THE MORNING OREGONIAK,--TUESDAY, .'JUNE 26, 1900.
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DOWN' TO A SOLID BASIS
8U8TJTESS GOOD IS SUMPTER, BUT
BOOM IS PAST.
Oeaatry Xa Fall of Prospectors
Owner and "Worlc at Several
of Leading, Mines.
SUMPTER, Or., June 25. Sumpter is
said to be not exactly dull, but quiet.
Very likely this is true. The building
boom Is over for the present, and the
town has settled down to a legitimate
basis. Business men admit that business
is poor. The Sumpter Transportation
Company, which runs dally stages to
Canyon City, Prairie City, Bourne. Gran
ite, Red Boy, Bonanza and Golconda
mines, and which also hauls machinery
and freight to all these and other points,
say business never was better. The hills
are teeming with miners doing assess
ment and development work, and with
prospectors looking for new locations.
There are few idle men about town, and
there need not- be any. The Utah Con
struction Company, which has the con
tract for extending the Sumpter "Valley
Railroad from here to Clifford, has bro
ken ground, and will, in a few days, have
CO teams at work, together with as many
men as they can conveniently handle.
This work will continue uninterruptedly
until the road Is completed.
The pay mines of Cracker Creek, Cable
Cove and Bonanza districts, all directly
tributary to this town, are working to
their fullest capacity, keeping their
stamps dropping day and night, and ship
ping their concentrates to Everett, Ta
coma and other points. It is remarkable
how much Canadian capital is being em
ployed in the development of Eastern
Oregon mines. It is here, all the way
from Victoria to Nova Scotia, The Koot
enai country is well represented, Mon
tana, Idaho, Colorado and Eastern Wash
ington capitalists and miners are so much
in evidence that the Orcgonlan, and espe
cially the Portlander. sinks into Insignifi
cance, and most of these men have spent
nearly all their lifetime In mining and
prospecting, and what money they have
has been made this way. It is almost
Impossible to find one of them who does
not say that this is the most promising
mining field in the United States.
The sale last week of the Bunker Hill
mine to John Penhale, representing Ca
nadian capital, for $20,000, and a large
block of stock, has improved the feeling
in mining circles. Work has been re
sumed, and upon Manager Penhale's re
turn, all the men possible will be em
ployed and the property opened up.
Much work is being done in properties
which are close corporations and which
have no stock for sale. About these very
little gets into the newspapers. A per
sonal -visit to two such, a few days ago.
disclosed the following facts:
The Mammoth property, situated about
seven miles from here, and which consists
of 13 claims. Is owned by New York,
Boston and Lowell people. It Is Incor
porated for $1,000,000. None of its stock
is on the market. This was one of the
oldest locations In the district when it
was purchased by its present owners, and
had produced over $100,000, and was only
25 feet deep, when It pinched out. It was
supposed the bottom had dropped out of
It. The present owners took hold a j'ear
ago and commenced sinking In the old
"shaft. They went through a "horse" 1&S
feet thlclt, when they struck ore running
$57 per ton In gold. They have reached a
depth of 250 feet, and have run levels at
100 and 200 feet The 200-foot level shows
five strata of ore, varying from nine
inches to 14 feet, and assays from the
same show from $S to $3200 In gold. They
are now sinking to the 300-foot level,
when they will cross-cut again. The
property Is well equipped with a 90-horse-power
engine, and employs 18 men. Thirty
five thousand dollars have been expend
ed upon this property; one of the finest
roads In the county has been construct
ed, and good, systematic work is being
done under the management of Mr. H. S.
McCallum. who, though still a young
man, is an old-timer from Leadvllle, hav
ing been there In 1S77.
The extension of this property known
as the Bald Mountain Gold Mining Com
pany, which owns 22 claims, and Is an
extension of the well-known Ibex mine,
is under the same management, and al
though a separate company from the
Mammoth, is also owned In New York.
Boston and Lowell. It Is also a close cor
poration. When the present management
took hold on March 1, there was an old
tunnel 572 feet in length on the prop
erty. They proceeded to put In a com
plete plant of machinery, and erected
buildings to accommodate a force of 50
men. They sank a shaft 150 feet deep at
the mouth of the old tunnel, and at the
100-foot level encountered eight feet of
ore assaying from $10 to $30 in gold. In
doing this development work, about $SCO0
worth of ore has been taken out. and left
upon the dump. It is expected that by
the 15th of September arrangements for
a 20-stamp mill will have been completed.
Mr. McCallum Is also manager of this
property.
A visit to the Greenslde group, situated
16 miles from Sumpter In the Granite dis
trict, and one mile from the famous Cou
gar, disclosed the fact that 10 men were
at work for Dr. D. W. Ward, who holds
the property under a working bond.
There Is a tunnel 200 feet In length, and
a -shaft Is being sunk to Intersect the
tunnel. Dr. Ward has shipped ore to the
smelter, which, after paying $21 for min
ing, hauling and smelting charges, paid
a profit of $27 50 per ton. This property
shipped ore as far back as 1862, when it
was packed on muleback to Umatilla, a
distance of over 100 miles. It adjoins
the Magnolia, La Belle Vue, and Monu
mental. W. C Calder has Just returned from a
trip to the Greenhorn Mountains, situat
ed 2S miles from here. He had with him
Mr. V- H. Morrell. a gentleman repre
senting English capital, who has been for
the past three weeks looking over the
district In order to find out whether there
Is .any merit in it. or whether it is all
newspaper talk. He regards It as a most
wonderful district, and he has had ex
perience in many mining fields. While In
the. Greenhorns, they visited the Inter
mountain property, which has Just opened
up a chute of ore 31 feet wide at a depth
of 40 feet, and shows values of $16 per
ton. This property has shipped ore
enough to pay for all the development
work done on it since it was purchased
by Its present owners. Mr. Calder re
ports that most of the activity In this
district is above ground. There are hun
dreds of prospectors in the field well out
fitted, and most of them are old-timers
from Colorado, Montana. Idaho and Brit
ish Columbia.
A new strike -was made a few days ago
five miles from hero on the Urapqua
group, situated on the road to the Ibex
mine. They have been at work about
three months, and have run a cross-cut
tunnel 227 feet. An ore body 10 feet thick,
with the footwall not yet in sight, has
been found. Eight assays contain from
$23 27 to $24S 48 per ton In gold.
The Oregon Placer & Power Company
has purchased the Griffith placer, which
is distant about seven miles from Sump
ter. A company has been organized with
a capital of $1,000,000. They have a ditch
six miles long, and will put in flumes,
pipes and giants; also, 800 miners' Inches
of water for four months during the year.
It is composed of Idaho capital. N.4J.
Sorensen Is manager.
H. K. Pardee, manager of the Diadem,
has contracted to have a carload of 20
tons of ore brought in for shipment to the
Omaha smelter.
W. E. Hurd. of Portland, who has been
mining in the Greenhorns, and near the
Bed Boy, is well satisfied with the out
look in both places, and he ought to be.
Inasmuch as ho took out of & shaft la
the Potost group. In four days, with two
men, 65 tons of ore, -which netted ?63 24
per ton.
Colonel X T. Grayson, who has con
ducted mining operations In many re
gions, an- who is well-known as an ex
pert and mining engineer. Is engaged In
developing the "Baby MeKee" In Cable
Cove district. His opinion Is worth much,
and he unhesitatingly aays he believes
the Eastern Oregon gold belt Is a contin
uation of the mother lode of California.
He predicts a great future for this country.
FLOCKXJfG TO BOHEMIA.
Colorado Miners Attracted to the
Camp.
EUGENE, Or., Juno 25. While Cape
Nome and other mining regions are en
Joying booms, and are centers of attrac
tion in mining circles, there are other
camps near by not to be despised, though
not conspicuous from the standpoint of a
"boom." and which are having prosperity
of a substantial character, from which
there is not likely to be a serious reac
tion. The Bohemia district, which Is easily
accessible from Portland,- and can boast
of having one of the greatest gold-producing
mines in the United States, using a
five-stamp mill, is taking on Its usual
Summer appearance, with an Increased
travel and better accommodations than
ever before. It has two new hotels, one
at the Mustek mine and the other at the
foot of the mountain grade. There are
three stages running Into the camp, and
they cannot begin to accommodate the
travel. Some days the stages are fol
lowed by as many men on foot as ride
in the wagons. About July 1 one stage
company Intends starting a stage from
each end of the line every morning.
Last year a number of Colorado mln-
tag men visited the 4mp. with the re- i
suit that nearly every stage this year
carries in men from the Colorado camps.
especially from Cripple Creek. They all
seem to regard Bohemia as nearest re
sembling the famous Cripple Creek camp
of anything they have seen. The gen
eral formation and the many Intrusive
dikes of the various eruptive rocks, so
conspicuous In the rich mineral belts ot
Colorado, seem to win the confidence o
the Colorado miners. Some of the stike
made durlpg the Winter are attracting
considerable attention. They prove that
the district has not been half prospected.
Some of the best strikes are made on
ground formerly run over, the surface
values not being high enough to Justify
the working of the property. An illus
tration of this is the late strike on the
Laura mine, near the Champion mine,
where a 13-foot drift was run on a large
vein of very little surface value. But- it
opened up eight feet of high-grade ore,
mostly free-milling, 27 Inches of which
carried gold visible to the naked eye, as.
saying $256 SO in gold, and $9 lit silver to
the ton, the remainder of the eight feet
of ore assaying over $100 to the ton in gold
and silver. This same property was
given away two years ago by a practical
miner, because the surface values
showed only $1 or $2 per ton. Another
strike In the same vicinity made early
last Spring showed values ranging as
high as $450 per ton. Another Illustra
tion of Bohemia's possibilities Is found on
the Governor claim, near the Calapoola
mine, on Steamboat Creek, which was
sold a year ago for $50, on account of the
low surface values. The purchaser drove
a tunnel last Winter in about 40 feet,
and struck 18 inches of base ore, assay
ing over $400 to the ton.
Many property-owners are awaiting
with interest for the new water-jacket
smelter to be tried. It Is a new venture
for Bohemia. Once it is proved to bo
a success, the future of Bohemia will
be established beyond a doubt.
Quotation of Mlnlngr Stocks.
SPOKANE. June 25 The dosing bids for
mining- stocks today -were:
Blacktall o 15Vittorrlson
IK
21
OH
Kuttft & Boston.
zPrlnccss Aland ..
5 RaxnbIer Cariboo
"! ileervatlon
1 'A 1 1 to stand Giant..
Deer Tiall Con..
Eenlng Star ...
Gold Ledge
Golden Harvest.
Insurgent
2
l?6ulllvan 11"
kirom Thumb .... 17U
14 (Waterloo 2
Lone Pine Surp.
Mom. Glory $0 03s
NEW YORK. June 25. Mining stocks today
clocd as follows:
Chollar .$0 17
Crown Point 7
Con. Cal. & Va... 1 45
Ontario $6 75
Ophlr 67
Plymouth 10
Deadwood ....... 40
Gould & Currr... 10
Quicksilver 1 50
do pref 7 00
Hale &. Norcross.. 22
Homcstake ......CO 00
Iron Silver ...... 55
Sierra Nevada .... 20
Standard 3 O0
union Con ........ 17
Yellow Jacket .... 8
Mexican lb
SAX FRANCISCO. June 25. The official clos
ing" quotations for mining stocks today were:
Alta 0 02
Alpha Con ....... S
Justice $0 06
Mexican
:i
Andes .... 5j
Occidental Con ...
Ophlr
11
72
15
IS
ueicner ......... io
Best & Belcher... 2'J
Overman .........
Pot oal
BuUlon 4
Caledonia 1 05
Savage
17
4
23
33
S 90
13
13
11
Challenge Con
HfScg. Belcher
Chollar
Confidence .....
Con. Cal. & Va.
Crown Point ...
Exchequer
Is
Sierra, Nevada,
CS
1 65
7!
Silver Hill ....
Standard ,
Union Con ....
1
lUtah Con ....
Gould & Curry..
12
rcjlow Jacket
Hole & Korcross.. 25
BOSTON, Juno 25. Closing quotations
Adventure $0 02
AUouez M. Co... 1
Amal Copper .. 85
Atlantic 22
Boston & Mont 2 S7
Butte & Boston.. 62
Cat i Hecla... 7 25
Centennial 16
Ooool& $o 58;
Parrott 30
Qulncy 1 34
Stnta Fe Copper " 14U
Tamarack 1 76
Utah Mining- .... 21U
Winona ......... 2V4
Wolverines 33
Franklin 12fc!
Asked.
Oregon Mining Stock Exchange.
Bid. Asked. Sold.
Alamo 5 5 2000 5
3000 54
Adams Mountain 5 6
Buffalo w.: 1 1 10000 1H
Gold Hill & Bohemia... 45 5& 1000 5
Gold Hill High Line D.. 5
Helena 26 27 7000027
Helena No. 3 4 4H 4000 44
10.000S v
Lost Horse 24 2 .2000 2
Oregon-Colorado 5 5 7000a 5
10005H
Sumpter Free Gold 3M 2
W. Fork Gold-Copper... 24 23
Today's call will be at & o'clock in the
evening. Every other day this week the
call will be 11:45 A. M.
imle of Baiter Countv mines.
BAKER CITY, Or.. June 25. Saturday
the Gold Bug and Home Stake mines. In
the Cable Cove district, were sold by
their owners, Messrs. C. H. Ames, G. E.
Boblnson and J. T. York, to George Pet
tlnglll. of Colorado. The consideration Is
said to have been $30,000. Mr. Pettlnglll
will put a force of men on these claims
tho early part of July.
The Roiiload Strike.
NELSON, B. a. June 25. Ralph Smith,
M. P. P., returned today from Rossland.
where he was trying to settle the threat
ened strike of the muckers, who are de
manding an advance of SO cents a day.
They are now getting $2 CO. and are de
manding $3 after July 15. He thinks this
will not be forced.
The Original Keannrgt.
Boston Journal.
Apropos of the old sloop-of-war Kear
Kirge and her building a.t Portsmouth, N.
H., an eye-witness tells of the curious
way In which she was "Jaunched." "She
was built," he says, "on the marine rail
way at the head of the drydock at Ports
mouth Navy-yard, pushed into the dock
by hydraulic rams and Heated out into
the riven." The Kearawgo was not a
"90-day gurtboat" or an emergency cruis
er. She was authorized by Congress be
fore the Civil War began.
"World, to End Tliln Year.
This Is the recent decision of one of the
prominent societies of the world, .but tho
exact day has not yet been fixed upon,
and -while there are very few people who
believe this prediction, there are thou
sands of others who not only believe, but
know that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
Is tho best medicine to cure dyspepsia,
indigestion, constipation, biliousness or
liver and kidney troubles. A fair trial
( will certainly convince you of Its value.
TO 'FRISCO IN BAtLAST
BAT
CITY D1YERTETG TOXNAGE
LISTED FOR PORTLAND.
Ocean Freight Rates the Same at All
BLr Coast Ports Marine
IVotes.
The British bark Norma, previously re
ported as sailing for Portland, has been
diverted to San Francisco and the ton
nage capacity Is again shortened. San
Francisco-Is drawing in all directions on
ballast tonnage, which in former years
was dependent on Oregon and Washing
ton ports for business. With a big carry
over stock of wheat, and at least an
average yield of wheat and barjey com
ing on, the Bay city will be as much
at the mercy of the shipowner as are
the Northern ports. Son Francisco men
still have a few cheap ships which were
chartered several months ago, but there
are not enough chartered to move very
much of the stock that will be offered.
Freight rates. Jlke the price of wheat,
vary slightly from day to day, but
for charters made the same day, and
under the same conditions, there has
been no difference in the rates at any
of the Coast ports for the past six
months.
San Franclsce paid the highest rate of
the season for a spot ship, and for distant
tonnage no differential is claimed at any
of the ports. This news will undoubtedly
be surprising to some of the commer
cial experts at the mouth of the river.
who for years have been trying to provo
that ships would go to San Francisco for
less money than they would take to
come to Portland.
THE STRANDED LIGHTSHIP.
Tea Firms Submit Bids for Floating
the Craft.
Captain Sebree, Lighthouse Inspector
for this, district, yesterday opened bids
for floating lightship No. 50. which Is on
tho North Beach sands. The bids were
submlttted, the lowest being that of
Robert Mcintosh, who has been work
ing on the lightship for several weeks.
Mr. Mcintosh neglected to Insert a time
limit in his bid, but promised to correct
the matter by a supplemental letter. Tho
bids In detail were as follows:
Robert Mcintosh, of Astoria. $11,750,
with use of Government appliances; $12,000
without use of Government appliances; no
time stated. Vessel to be moved seaward.
Harry Reeve, of Eugene. $12,000, with
loan of Government appliances; $15,000
without use of Government appliances;
60 days. Vessel to be moved seaward.
Wolff & Zwlcker Iron Works, of Port
land: $14,600 without use of Government
appliances; 60 days. Vessel to be moved
seaward.
William T. Carroll, of Portland; $14,510
with use of Government appliances; $15,
148 without use of Government appliances.
Vessel to be moved seaward.
Captain Albert Stream, of Astoria; $15,
000; 60 days. Vessel to be moved seaward.
Does not mention whether use of Gov
ernment tackle Is contemplated.
Andrew Allen and John Roberts, of
Portland.. $17,500; with use of windlasses,
chains and Jacks on vessel; 30 working
days. Vessel to be moved across spit
and launched In Baker's Bay.
John A. Fastabend. of Astoria; $17,475
without use of Governmont appliances; 60
days. Vessel to be moved to Baker's
Bay.
Robert H. Loller, of Portland; $18,000,
without Government gear; 90 days. Con-tractor-to
have option on way of floating
vesBeL
Leander Leabeck, of Astoria; $18,000; 90
days after notice of acceptance. Vessel
to be moved across sandsplt, launched In
Baker's Bay and delivered at Buoy De
pot. To use own appliances.
Charles F. Beebe, of the Portland
Wrecking Company, of Portland; $20,000;
company to furnish Its own appliances; 90
days. Vessel to be moved overland to
Baker's Bay.
FUGITIVE WARRES'S SHIP.
Victorians Make an Effort to Save
Hera's Cargo.
A few weeks before Captain Warren,
the suspected murderer of Mate Kirk, of
the Clarence S. Bement. reached Port
land, he beached the burning schooner
Hera on the west coast of Vancouver
Island to save the lives of the passen
gers. Victoria wreckers are now en
deavoring to save something from the
wreck. The steamer Queen City, leaving
Victoria last Friday, took up the wreck
ing outfit, and In mentioning it the
Colonist says:
"The wrecked schooner lies in about
19 feet of water, in the mouth of Clayo
quot harbor, where she foundered In No
vember last, after her most sensational
race from off Flattery to save the lives
of her crew. It was for efforts made to
rescue the crew of this vessel when she
ran into the harbor mouth a Clayoquot
that Mr. Brewster, Stanley Spain and
those other heroes of Clayoquot were a
few days ago awarded tho medal of the
Humane Society. Captain Warren was
In charge of the Hera when she took
fire. In mid-November, through the lime
in her cargo being slackened by water,
which was swept on board by the Novem
ber storms. He is now a fugitive from
Justice, with the charge of murder hang-
lng over him he having killed the mate
of a sailing ship at Portland." He turned
her towards tho Coast, and for 24 hours
she raced lor the shore, the heat Inten
sifying and the flames growing with
such rapidity that when she had reached
the spot where she now lies $ho after
part of the vessel was a mass of flame.
She was en route to Honolulu with a
general cargo from the Sound, and this
cargo went down with hot rrhen she
foundered. Included In this was consid
erable canned goods, 10 pianos and a
heavy assorted freight. The wreck was
sold here last winter at auction, and
bought by Mr. W.Lorimer. The pres
ent work is In charge of J. C. Prevost,
who has secured the services of Diver
McDonald to do the work below water.
Marine ?otes.
The German ship Mabel RIckmcrs left
down the river yesterday morning. In
tow of the Ocklahama, and will reach
Astoria some time today.
The British ship Wendur has com
menced loading at the Elevator dock, and
will probably finish loading this week,
although her clearance may be over Into
next season.
The Carlisle City will take put over
300,000 feet of lumber, 10,000 barrels of
flour, and a lot of beer. She will get away
the latter part of the week.
The Harlech Castle, from Honolulu, and
tho Franklstan. from Nagasaki, are fully
due at this port.
Last of the Gypsy.
INDEPENDENCE. Or.. June 25. All
that Is left of the O. R. & N. Company's
steamer Gypsy, which used to ply on the
river between Corvallls and Salem, now
lies upon a gravel bar a couple of miles
below this city. After dism&nteltnsr the
boat and burnlnp the upper works and
hull to the water's edge, the remnant
was set adrift, and. assisted br the Mo
doc, went upon the bar about three-quarters
of a mile below, where she was
wrecked, there to remain until next "Win
ter's floods, shall again set It afloat.
Quarantine Is Lifted.
There will be no more delays to the San
Francisco steamers at Astoria on ac
count of the quarantine regulations.
Superintendent Conway, of the O. R. &
N. water lines, was yesterday notified by
Dr. Hastings, the Government health offi
cer at Astoria, that the quarantine
against steamers from the Bay city had
been lifted, and they will no longer be
.subjected to delays on entering the river.
Dsmeitlc and Forelca Pert.
ASTORIA, Juno 23. Sailed British
steamship Inverness, for. Japan ports.
Condition of the bar at -5 P. M., smooth.
Wind, south. Paining.
San Francisco, June 35. Arrived
Schooner Western Home, from Coos Bay.
Sailed Steamer Umatilla, -tor Victoria.
Sydney, June 25. Arrived Aorangt,
from Vancouver, via Honolulu and Bris
bane. Port Townsend Arrrive4 Juno 24 Ship
Troop, from Shanghai. Sailed Bark So
noma, from Vancouver for Sydney; ship
Pera, from Port Blakeley for Hamburg.
Seattle Sailed June 24 Steamer QueenJ
Adelaide, for Manila; steamer Queen, ior
Sitka; ship Shandon, for TJnlted King
dom. Arrived June 24 Steamer Ruth,
from Skagway.
Victoria Arrived June 23-TSteamer Tar
tar, from Yokohama.
London, June 25. British ship Glenogil,
from London for Vancouver, put Into
Tocoplla with captain dead.
New York. June 25. Arrived Maine,
from Bremen.
Bremen. June 25. Arrived Steamer
Koenlgen Louise, from New York; steam
er Maasdam, from Rotterdam.
THE OLD "CHAW" IN MISSOURI
How the Old Settlers la That State
Prepared Tobacco.
Kansas City Journal.
An old Mlssourian from one of tho brush
districts of Saline County was a witness
In the Circuit Court fh Marshall last week,
the Index says. While -waiting in aa
anteroom, he pulled from hSa pocket a
chunk of tobacco six Inches long; two
inches In diameter and perfectly round
and smooth, and as hard 'almost ee flint.
After he had cut off a chew, a man Who
had watched him asked him what It was.
"Terbacker!" lie answered. "Yes. I know,
but what kind is It?" "My own kind."
"Where do you buy it7" "Don't buy frt;
it's homespun terbacker . make It my
self." In response to a good deal of question
ing, the old man told hie story how the
roSl of tobacco was made. "Fust and
fo'most" he said, "you must a.ve good
cpJanvi hecne-grown leaf terbacker, and
cure it in the sun. Then you stem. It. tak
hY out all tho stalks. When you're ready
In the Fall to make up your year's sup
ply of ohawta' terbacker, you saw off a
hickory log and bore a hole- in one end
about a foot deep with a fsro-Inch auger.
You have your loaf soaked in honey and
peach brandy; or, if you haven't any
peach brandy, apple brandy will do. You
put your soaked terbacker leaves Into the
two-inch auger ho!e In the hickory log
and ram it down tighft, and keep putting
in tho leaf end ramming It down tHl the
hole is nearly full. Then you take a hick
ory plug made to -fit the hole, and drive
it in as tight aa you can wfth a maul.
Tola mashes the terbacker into a solid
ohunk. Then you put the I green hickory
log on the fire and let it burn! slow until
It Is heated all through and tho sap begins
to sizzle out of the ends. You take the
log off then and put it out of doors to
cool over night. The next morning you
Split the log open, and there's your chunk
cf chawin' terbacker. that will keep as
hard as leather In any cHmete, but it's
tho sweetest chaw In the world. There
never waa no store terbacker to hold a
candle to It for a sweat. Juicy, Jastin
chaw."
Several tobaoco-dhewenj standing around
sampled the old mars home-made plug,
and declared that it was the best they
had ever tasted. "In the old days, that's
the way the fust settlers in Missouri
made their charwin' terbacker," the old
man cold.
A Hungarian Love Tale,
v New YorUun.
From Debreczin, i Hungary, cornea a
love tale that opens new anatomical pos
sibilities. A young man there wag re
jected by a young woman because he was
bowlegged. He went to a hospital and
asked the doctors to straighten his legs
for him. but they told him that It could
only be done by breaking the legs and
resetting them., and that the chances
were against the operation. The young
man insisted on having It performed. The
operation turned out all right, and he
went back to the girl and won her.
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAND.
R SI LeoDoId. Phiin
EAuKUsteln. PhHa
? T Hart
B W Skinner. San Fr
H Hamburger, S F
V H Lehme, Chicago
A. G Jacobs. Orrtr fat
M Herman. Denver
Fred Metzler. Milwlc
Consul P KosedowflkL
Mexico
JJf" 11ev' Saa Fran
Miss F Levy, Baa Fr
G -N Jacobl- Rynrflr,.-
H C Keller. San Fran
W S Sherwood, St Paul
H J Ottenhelmer. S .F
F V Bailer. Chirim
Mrs W J Sweascy, SF
a a. J3unaiener, Ht u
J A Llmtmch, Chrro
H a Slosel. jf x
B M TopUU. N T
fl P W Adderman &
wife. Denver
Leo Well & yrt. N T
C L Knofoe. Chicago
Louis Loob, Rock laid
H V De Bolsa, 8 F
J J MoNamara, S F
H Nelson
F T Barbour. Pan Fr
T J Scanlaa. San Fr
Geo L- Galbralth. N T
A R Jacobs, Oreg City
WH Mwon. Battle
Creek, Mica
W A Howe. Carltnn Or
lAFox. Philadelphia
E B Moore, Raclne."Y!a
kiw uonn, ean Fran
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S.-, !'. Portland
V C Sullivan ft a sr
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Tacoma
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CW Fulton. Astoria
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,-fiaj.Vr..I'l,ae steamers, from Oak
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Dallea, Hood River, Cn.cnde Lookn.
an return. Call en, or Tone Asont for
further information. -"fcui iur
THE PERKINS.
MM?nSSii S0?!'10-; C Hough. Gr Pass
MInnvllle, Or (H Haynes, Forest Grv
5SV iP ?lras' slkn P T Kane. Forest Gr7
M TV Belshaw, Farm-
i"" ""re -mcomajj j xiinion, do
S May, Harrisburg. Or,
ingion
Miss Allle Belshaw. do
Mrs M W Belshaw, do
George Belshaw. do
m v. juuu, eaiem
Mrs Judd. Salem
HT Murray. Eugene
A C Edwards. Spokane
S H Wilson. Hn ?
ii k Hamblln. Portlad
Mrs W E Parsons,
Butte. Mont
A K Rowan. Knappton
W F McCarthy. San Fr
Mrs W F McCarthy, do
MrsM J "Weston, S F
J E Wlssen. Los AnglftL S Head. Los Angeles
H S Wood. Cnrvnil!
Chas F Mlchelbacb,
James Ferdon. city
L C Palmer. Palmer
John P Kelly. Trans
port Lennox
John H TVourm, "Wal
lace. Idaho
A T KeHlher. Salem
H Hamblet. Astoria
Mrs Hamblet, Astoria
J A Smith. Oregon
R C Brown. Baker Cy
Mrs A F Lechler, Lex
ington. "Wash
Mrs J A Crooks, Hay
wards, Cal
Mrs Pauline Roth. Or
E O McCor. Dalles
iao JB4ies
M J Conway. Seattle
Mrs Conway. SmttlA
J H NeK Dallas
Sam Bobrln. San Fran
J N Mcllroy. Seattle
M Mattsen, Drummond,
.Neb
R D Schuber. Sumpter
J A Bycely. Ostrander
Mrs A G Bartholomew,
Heppner..Or
R W Duffy, Manhattan,
ivan
Mrs Duffy, do
I Owen Jones, Hoqulam
A Elllngson, Hoqulam
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Mr? E K Smith. Hepp-I Mrs V A Humphries.
ner. Or j Seattle
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G F Johnson. Tacoma I Miss Ruth Garner, do
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C B Watson. Ashland
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C. W. Knowles, Manager.
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J Hecbt. St Louis
W H Henry. Butte
Mrs Henry. Butte
Miss B M Taylor.Pltts-
burg. Pa
H Harklns. Seattle
u Bcott. Seattle
B Dearln. Tamm
J Carothers. Montesan.
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f, M Benson. San Jose
Mrs Benson-. San Jose
Miss Laura Benson, da
Master Wesley Benson.
Mrs C W Kealey. IndDl
Mr H C Lewis. Rose-
burg. Or
O Wallenbaogh. S F
Mrs J Hyland. San Fr
Mrs J C Cutwell. S F
Dr W D Wood. Hllls-
boro
P W Metcalf. Berkeley
F L Washburn. Elgin
J D RQuntree, Mont
J D Loccy, Vale. Or
Mm loefr. Vale. Or
ess jose
J E Fault. The Dalles
L H Adams. Salem
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D B Steeves. Huntlngtn
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Creek
Gus Moose. San "Pr-n
JJ M Chalmers, Rldgfld
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MIvi Mary B Locey. do
C O'Shephard. Mllwk I
Lars Heath. ShermnCo
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awaOr )H B Settem. Knappton
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E H Davis, beauie
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block from depot. Restaurant next door.
One
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American plan. Rates, $3 and up.
Donnelly Hotel, Tacoma.
European plan. Rates. 50c and up.
The Largest
ENDOWMENT EVER PAID.
Fifteen years ago Mr. George Gooderham, of TorontOi took out i
Year Endowment Policy No. 289,421 for $100,000, in the Equitable Life
Assurance Society, paying an annual premium of $8,382. Now his policy
has matured and shows the following results:
1. Cash , $150,847
2. Paid-up Assurance - 210,000
3. Annuity for Life 20,320
At the same time Mr. Gooderham took out a policy of the same kind
for the same amount and with the same premium, in another company;
the cash return on which was $15,000 less than on "the Equitable policy.
Here is what Mr. Gooderham says of his results:
" I have always been a strong advocate of Endowment Insurance, and aibotit the time "
"'I took your policy for $100,000 I placed $400,000 of Endowment policies on my life in "
"eight different companies. Of this amount 8310,000 has already matured. I have lived"
" to see the result and to "know what it means. These results realized by the Equitable '
" are larger and more satisfactory than any result ever realized by me on any of my policies "
"which have matured to date. I may say that they are quite satisfactory, and that no"
company has ever done so well for me."
Strongest in the WorId
v is) & LeI
STEPHEN CRANE FORGOT
DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO CABLE
GRAMS FI103I HIS "WIFE.
The Careless "Way He Lived in Hav
ana and the Only Time Ho
"Was Enthusiastic
"Tho first tfano I ever met Stephen
OraiKv" said one of his frlndSs, in "Wash
ington, according to the Commercial Ad
vertiser, "was when- General Wade, chair
man of the American evacustloix commis
sion m Havana, received a London cable
gram for him, and asked me to carry the
nows to htm, I told Crane tn. a cafe. He
thanked mo, and tho message passed out
of Ms mind. The next day General "Wade
told me he had another cablegram from
the same source, inquiring whether tho
first had been delivered; he requested me
to tell Crane to call at the offices of the
commission and get" the second one. I
delivered the message at the same place.
Crane said:
'Bay, didn't you tell me eomethlng
about a cablegram yesterday7
" Tea, I told you about one, and this
second is tn inquiry as to whether the
first was delivered.'
" 'I see. Using the- Government to find
me. Anyway, I'm much obliged.'
And again be forgot all about it. Or,
at least he never paid any attention to
either of my notice. Some time later I
told him that the message was still In
"Wade's hands.
" 'Oh, ll'o some tradesman to whom I
owe a bill, I suppose,' he commented care
lessly. As a matter of fact, the cable
grams were from his wife, who was being
put out of her house in London because
he eent her no money with which to pay '
her rent.
"I have heard many Army officers say
he was the bravest man they ever saw.
He never thought of danger. Death to
him was nottrlmy more than the next
breath, or the next breakfast, or the next
sleep. This was not affected; It was a
distinct quality In the fellow. To see
others Buffer tore his heart, for he was
almost girlish m his sympathies; but It
apparently did not bother him to be hun
gry himself or to be in pain. He was
mixed more or less intimately with the
Cuban "War from the start to finish. He
knew Jose Marti, had been with Maceo,
Gomez, Garcia, Babi and the others. The
whole thing to him was never anything
more than a 'big story.' He knew tt Just
as a police headquarters reporter Knows
all about a big case, with Its star crimi
nals, its essential witnesses, its lost clews,
its great lawyers, its involved legal points,
its ruined reputations, its death scenes,
and Its human miseries. Into this mass
he woe picking and picking for copy. As
tho editor would define it, he was looking
for 'things of human Interest.' So far as
I could note, courage was the only thing
he admired. If he cared anything for
the Cuban cause he never showed It, but
he had a boundless admiration for the
men who did the real fighting. The only
time I ever saw him really enthusiastic
was when he was trying to prove to a cafe"
crowd that the filibusters who landed
on the enemies' shore had the greatest
kind of courage. Crane had seen all
kmds of fighting. It had a fascination
for him. Danger was his dieslpation, as
carousals or gambling might be for an
other. "A strong man could not help feeling
sorry for Crane. He seemed on the verge
of collapse for lack of physical force. His
arms were as thin as one who had been
ill for a long time. In a dim light his
face was handsome, to the point of being
beautiful, but in the full light it had an
anaemic and distressed look. His habits
were atrocious. He did nothing regular
ly. He ate and slept when he could not
longer do without these necessaries of
life. He would remain in the streets and
in the cafes until his companions were
tired out. In Havana he lived with a
former filibustering associate in a pair of
rooms not far from the down-town hotels,
to which he would go In the hope of find
ing some stragglers when other places
were closed to him. If he did, he would
sit and listen to their tales until they
were exhausted. Then he would go to
work. "When I saw him. he was writing
about 600 words a day. This was the
only -thing he did with regularity. He
wrote somewhat slowly, and was almost
whimsical in his choice of words. He
would spend a long time In trying to find
out what suited him; and. since he had
no books of reference, his search for tho
right word or the necessary Information
consisted in chewing- his pencil and wait
ing until the Inspiration came to him.
"When his 800 words were written ha
EQUITA
Life Assurance Society of
Energetic men of character who desire to represent the Society address
L. Samuel, Manager, 306 Oregonian Building, Portland, Or.
would rouse some of his straggling guests
or possibly go to bed. To take care of his
health never occurred to him. He hod
the Cuban fashion of taking light drinks
and coffee, but he did not Indulge to ex
cess in alcohoL which was remarkable at
a time and place of excessive drinking.
This was two years ago. and his health
then was wretched, although not hopeless,
had he cared to mend his ways. But he
simply refused to think about himself.
I remember once when he drummed up
some friends to play 'hearts'; the usual
stakes there were five cents a heart, but
when the counters were distributing
Crane suddenly said: 'Let's play for oen
tens." "This was startling. Centens were $3
gold pieces. With such, stakes It would
be possible to lose ?65 on a band, and very
easy to get rid of some hundreds of dol
lars at a sitting. Not a member of the
party had the resources to play for such
stakes, but for some reason they decided
to embark. The only man who lost much
was a special friend of Crane's, an ex
flllbutser nick-named the 'Bartender.' He
was the one who could least afford it,
which really seemed to please Crane im
mensely. A book could be written about
the camaraderie of these two. They had
been In all sorts of tight places together.
The 'Bartender knew the Cuban coast
by night and day. He had been the pilot
of the Three Friends, and later of the
Dos Hermanos the Two Brothers. He
was not by profession a bartender, but
Crane simply called him that because he
had once held a position In a cafe, from
which he had been discharged because he
was late in getting to work In the morn
ing." -
"Wellington at VHtoria.
Stephen Crane in July New Llpplncott.
The basin or valley of "Vlttoria, with
the town In its eastern extremity, is a
small plain about eight miles by six
miles In extent, situated In an elevated
plateau among the mountains and guard
ed on all sides by rugged hills.
The great road from Madrid enters the
valley at the Puebla Pass, where, too,
the River Zadora flows through a nar
now mountain gorge. This road then
runs up the left bank of the Zadora to
Vlttoria, and from there it goes on
towards Bayonne and the Pyrenees. This
road was Joseph's, line of retreat.
King Joseph, burdened by his treasure,
which, included the plunder of five years
of French occupation In the peninsula,
and consisted largely of priceless works
of art, selected with most excellent taste
by himself and other French connois
seurs, had dispatched to France two
great convoys, a small part of the whole
treasure, along the Bayonne road. As
these had to bo heavily guarded against
the Biscay guerrillas, some thousands
of troop3 had gone with" them. Joseph's
remaining forces were estimated at from
60.000 to 65,000 men.
The French wero anxious above all
things to keep the road open the road
to Bayonne; there are several rough
mountain roads Intersecting each other at
"Vlttoria, particularly those to Pampeluna.
Bllboa and Gallcia, but the great Bay
onne road was" the only one capable of
receiving the huge train of lumbering
carriages without which the army was
not to move.
On the afternoon of the 20th. Welllnsr
ton, whose effective forco was now 65,000
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men, surveyed the place and the enemy,
from the hill ranges and saw that theyi
were making a stand. He decided then
on his tactics. Instead of pushing on hl3
combined forces to a frontal attack, ha
made up his mind to divide his troops?
he would send Graham with the left wing,
consisting of 18,000 men and 20 guns,
around by the northern hills to the rear
of the French Army, there to seize the
road to Bayonne. Sir Rowland Hill with
20,000 men. Including General Morillo
with his Spaniards, was to move with
the right wing, break through the Puebla
Pass and attack the French left.
Laafrh, on the Preacher.
Westminster Budget.
Mr. Osborn has a good deal to say
about the Northwest, the far West, and
the far North that is interesting, and
should be valuable to those "who are nlac
lng money there or thinking of going
there themselves. He gives some amus
ing instances on the Yukon miner's hu
mor. One of the best is the story of the
"yaller dawg" who was taught by his
Ingenious owner to hunt gold by scent,
and, after making many rich strikes for
his owner (who never had occasion to
sink another prospect shaft), was taken
home to Tacoma, where he ran down a
prominent preacher of total abstinence
who had secretly taken the gold cure, fee
drunkenness the Summer before.
Amenable to Civilization.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The reason why the South American
monkey stars with hand organs is that
it is the only one of Its race that can
be trained well. It learns tricks readily,
and is willing to show them, while tha
Asiatic or African monkey has a pro
pensity for stubborn and Incorrigible
sulks. Then, too, these animals, IX can
fronted with anything new that startles
or irritates them, may drop their veneer
of civilization and slip back Into savage
wlldness and viciousness, while the ring
tail always does credit to his training
and maintains his serenity. His virtues
are his undoing, and he leads the hardest,
life of any of his tribe.
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The National Magazine.
Judges of the Supreme Court, Cabinet
officials and diplomats forget for a time
all heavier responsibilities engrossing
their lives, for a few hours playing golf
at Washington. For three miles around
the clubhouse at Chevy Chase stretch,
the Hnk3 of the most aristocratic golf
club In thi3 country. Force, brilliancy
and romance are added to the sport by
the presence of the belles and beauties of
the capital, who participate in the game
Carpet Mill Bnrned.
PHILADELPHIA, June 25. The carpet
mill of Ashland & Sons was destroyed by
fire today. Loss, between $75,000 and
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