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,r MORNING OKEGONIA2S', FRIDAY, JUXE 29, 1900.
VALLEYS OF GRANT
Land Available for Farming in
Eastern Oregon.
IRRIGATION NEEDED EVERYWHERE
Prairie City, Canyon City, Granite
and Otker Points to Have ft
Railroad. Within Trro Yesn.
PRAIRIE Cnr. Or., June 25. Grant
County, -which, because of the mountain
ous formation and extent of range, has
generally been supposed to be useful for
nothing except mining and stocking, Is
destined to become a factor In agricul
tural production. Nestling in the Blue
Mountains are several valleys which, by
the aid of irrigation, can be converted
into veritable gardens. John Day Val
ley, the largest and most important, may
ere long take some of the conceit out of
the Willamette, TJmpqua and Rogue River
Valleys, the prido of Western Oregon.
Here, where irrigation is absolutely essen
tial, where the mercury sinks below zero
in Winter and rises above 100 in Summer,
where the elevation is between 3000 and
4000 feet, where there can be no profit
without careful management of crops,
agriculture will be pursued under differ
ent conditions than in .Western Oregon.
This will be the country of small farms,
networked with irrigation canals and
ditches, in contrast with the big ranch
and the rain cloud of the Willamette Val
ley. "Ten or 20 acres of irrigated land
in Eastern Oregon," writes William E.
Smythe, in his recently published book.
"The Conquest of Arid America," "are
more valuable than 20 times as much
farmed in grain and sold at the prices
prevailing during the past few years.
The little farm furnishes a certain living,
with a prospect of something more, the
large farm means drudgery, debt, and
very often ruin. These economic facts
having been clearly demonstrated to Ore
gonlans in recent years, irrigation has
become an important interest."
The statement that .Eastern Oregon
appreciates the need and value of irriga
tion covers the case as it stands in Grant
County. The people have not the money
for extensive canals, while their remote
ness from railroad routes and the small
ness of their numbers offer no induce
ment to the Investment of capital. It is
estimated that 150,000 acres in Eastern
Oregon are under irrigation, and that this
amount can be multiplied from 10 to 20
times. While Eastern Oregon has been
less fortunate that Eastern Washington
In Interesting capital in the construction
of large irrigation works, no reflection
attaches to It when one considers that
Eastern Washington is pierced by trans
continental railroads, while much of East
ern Oregon, which is believed to be sus
ceptible of as great development as has
obtained in the Yakima Valley is without
railroad connection. The O. R. & N. skirts
the Columbia and heading southeast from
the Umatilla reservation Joins with
the Oregon Short Line at the point from
which the great arid region stretches
westward to the Cascade Mountains. The
only railroad mileage in this arid region,
with the exception of the lines in North
eastern Oregon, is owned by the Colum
bia Southern and the Sumpter Valley Rail
road. The first is 73 miles long and ex
tends from Biggs to Shanlko in the souu
eastern part of Wasco County, near Cross
Hollows, which was long an important
station on the wagon road between The
Dalles and Canyon City. The Sumpter
Valley road is 32 miles long and runs from
Baker City to Bumpter. The Sumpter
Valley line is already building into the
arid country and the Columbia Southern
is expected to make a move before long.
Willie this minimum of railroad connec
tion Is an accommodation to travel, it
affords no outlet to products that will ad
mit of profitable competition with the
Grand Ronde Valley and other rich farm
ing districts. Consequently agricultural
development Is limited and does not even
meet local needs. The irrigation system
already in operation in the Grant County
Valleys are generally applied chiefly to
bottom and low-lying lands immediately
adjacent to the streams. "Where canals
are extensive," says Mr. Smythe, "they
are used for the production of hay and
grain as an adjunct to stockralslng.
There are a sufficient number of orchards
and small farms to demonstrate the possi
bilities in this direction, but for the most
part Eastern Oregon is undeveloped. It Is
within bounds to say that It can readily
make homes for 1,000,000 people when Irri
gation Is applied to the best advantage.
The first Impulse of a new era had begun
to bo felt In 1890, and it rose rapidly until
the panic of 1893. This Impulse must
again assert Itself powerfully, and it
seems not unlikely that this will happen
during the next few years."
Mining: Development.
If Grant County were dependent alone
upon Its agricultural capabilities. It
probably would have to wait a weary
while for capital to Interest Itself In irri
gation schemes. The great activity in
quartz mining the past two years has
brought in a great crowd of prospectors,
and many have come who wouldengago
In farming If there was an outlet for
products. The large Increase in pop
ulation has created a demand for rail
road connection, and assurance that this
will be given within reasonable time, say
18 months, has again diverted attention
to agriculture. Production In some form
or other has been carried on in the John
Day Valley since the beginning of placer
mining 40 years ago. Many of the miners
who came to the country then to make
stakes and return East tried the soil,
found it productive, and settled down
to stockralslng and farming for home
needs. One sees at Canyon City and
other localities potatoes and even fruit
trees growing on soil that was washed
by the placer miner In 18G2. No country
in the world is so well adapted to xarralng
and quartz mining, either singly or collec
tively, as the John Day Valley. Where
the elevation Is not too high, it is but a
stone's thrown from tunnel or the shaft
to the garden patch, and. for that matter,
all the vegetables that are needed for the
table, can be raised on the very ground
that hides the ledge of gold, copper and
cobalt, with pasturage for dairy cow or
saddle horse thrown in gratis. Go where
one will, even up Strawberry Butte's 000
feet, to locate a claim, and at the base of
that eminence Is soil that will produce
almost everything that one needs. The
creek that will turn the machinery in the
quartz mill on the mountain side will irri
gate the grain, the hay, the potatoes and
the garden truck on the foothill. Neither
farming nor mining here is of Manttoban
aspect, for the hot and cold seasons are
short and the period of personal dis
comfort limited. This Is a brief general
survey of a country which awaits capi
tal for its mines, extensive irrigation for
its farms, and railroad outlet for Its prod
ucts to give it station in the industrial
world.
John Day Valley.
John Day Valley, the largest of Grant
County's, cultivable areas. Is about GO
miles long, varying in width, from timber
to timber, from two to 25 miles, and aver
aging about 12. On the north Is the Dixie
spur of the Blue Mountains, whose high
est point is Dixie Butte. 7000 feet above
sea level. Southward is the Strawberry
spur, with Strawberry Butte towering
SOOO feet into the sky and offering a
mantle of snow nearly the entire year.
Eastward is the Ironside spur, which,
looking southward, all but Joins with
Strawberry, leaving an opening at the
southeast end of the valley for the swift
runnlng John Day River. This stream,
rising on the northwestern slope of Iron
side, traverses the valley its entire length,
and, flowing between the foothills of
Strawberry and Dixie In the western part
of the valley. Joins its several forks in
Its course to the Columbia. The moun
tains which overlook the river In its
rapid flight bear forests of the finest
tamarack and yellow pine tixnber,.and are
believed to be richly mineralized. The
Sherbondy, Lone Star, Clayton, Standard
and other gold, copper and cobalt prop
erties on Cougar Ridge. Dixie Creek,
Dixie Butte and Quartzburg have con
firmed the north side mountains as be
ing rich in mineral. On Strawberry Butte
little more than the "cinch" work has
been done on the claims that have been
located, and It Is perhaps too early to
speak definitely of what the ledges con
tain. However, there are ledges on
Strawberry, and there is no reason to
suppose that they will not show up as
well as those on the Dixie side of the
valley. The view from the ridge which
the traveler by stage ascends after leav
ing Flynn's station, is enchanting. North
and south, east and west, are the buttcs
of Ironside, Strawberry annd Dixie spurs,
some rounded and others Jagged and a
few topped with snow. Down in the
basin Is the valley, roamed over by cat
tle, sheep and horses, and dotted here
and there with the homes of the pros
perous stockmen. Prospectors with their
kits and packhorses lend variety to the
scene. The view 1b quite like that pre
sented of the Grand Ronde Valley as the
train ascends the rise near Union, ex
cept that there is no comparison between,
the two valleys in the matter of develop
ment and diversity of Industry.
The soil of the John Day Valley is a
sandy loam, a good retainer of heat at
night, which admits of maturity in the
corn crop. Climatic differences cut the
valley Into two parts. The upper part
stretches from Canyon Creek eastward
to Ironside spur, and includes Prairie
City. The lower part is from Canyon
Creek to the Junction of the Middle and
North Forks of the John Day River. G.
W. McHaley, who has lived at Prairie
City for 20 years, says that in the up
per section, snow falls to the depth of
about a foot in January and February,
and covers the ground for from one to
four weaks. There are usually three cold
days in Winter, -during which the tem
perature is likely to fall from 20 to 30
degrees below zero, and the cold is
sharp and cutting. This part of the val
ley produces wheat, barley, oats, corn,
hay, the hardy vegetables and all varie
ties of fruit, except peaches. The lower
section produces all that grows above,
and. In addition, peaches, watermelons,
cucumbers, tomatoes and grapes. Tons
of apples are shipped every year to
Harney County and other places. The
lower part is warmer than the upper
part .and is less In danger from early
and late frosts. After May 1, severe
frosts are not expected until October.
Jackson Chambers, of Canyon City, who
Is familiar with -conditions, says the snow
fall does not exceed five or six inches,
and the temperature rarely goes below
zero. Mr. Chambers, who was born in
Benton County, says the climate re
sembles that of the Willamette Valley,
barring the rainfall In the latter sec
tion. He ha6 seen bright, sunshiny days
at Canyon City, 3350 feet above sea level,
and they do not materially differ from
those In which he used to bask at Cor
vallls. Production for Home Consumption.
The principal pursuit of the people is
stockralslng, and there are several
ranchers who could dispose of their herds
right now for close to $100,000 each. Such
large tracts are given to pasture and
hay for Winter feeding that farming
areas are prescribed. G. W. McHaley
feeds his bands on 1500 Acres, and J. J.
Cozart has 1000 acres. All that Is raised
on the farms is for home use, and noth
ing Is exported. Though there are roller
mills at Prairie City and John Day City,
flour Is brought in from the outside, as
are also butter, eggs and cheese. As a
rule the farming is confined to the im
mediate vicinity of the John Day River,
where Irrigation is purely an operation
of intakes and gates, but there is plenty
of good land on the foothills bordering on
the creeks that dart down the mountain
side. For example," there are between
6000 and 7000 acres on Strawberry Creek,
and other niches of gulches have avail
able areas. Orchards, small and large,
dot the valley, but the majority of them
are on the bottom lands and within easy
reach of the river flow. Three miles
northeast of Canyon City, on the up
lands, Mr. Rlnehart has 40 acres plant
ed to plums, apples, peaches, cherries
and prunes. The orchard is irrigated, has
been bearing for 10 years, and is an ob
ject lesson in what can be accomplished
In the foothills of the valley.
Railroad Connection,
Of the railroad lines headed this way or
supposed to have an eye on the country,
the Columbia Southern would best serve
Portland's Interests, and would more
closely link the eastern and western di
visions of Oregon. Its advantage lies In
the fact that it connects wi.h the O.
R & N. at Biggs, 10S miles east of
Portland. Extension of this system from
Shanlko would make nearly all of the
arid region tributary to Portland. There
seems to be no doubt that it is the
policy of the company to build, but when
work will be begun Is problematical. If
the times continue good and the coun
try gets no set-back, it is quite likely
that the Columbia Southern will com
mand the water-sheds of the John Day
and Deschutes Rivers and be running
trains Into Prairie City, Granite, Canyon
City, Burns and Ontario In IS months or
two years. There is a good grade be
tween here and Shanlko, a distance of
200 miles. The intermediate country is
well adapted to agriculture, with Irri
gation, but Is now only sparsely settled.
The railroad would probably leave the
valley by way of Summit Prairie. 22 miles
southeast of Prairie City, taking the
southwest fork of Malheur River In the
extension to Burns, Vale and Ontario.
The only rise is to Summit Prairie, and
the grade does not exceed 2 per cent.
The Sumpter Valley Railroad has al
ready begun work on Its extension from
Sumpter to Clifford, to tap the flne belt
of yellow pine timber on the mountains
inclosing the northern side of John Day
Valley. Its ultimate destination Is Burns,
but the present need of Its controllers,
the Oregon Lumber Company, of Baker
City, is timber. Thousands of acres of
the finest yellow pine are In the country
Into which the Sumpter road is building.
Settlers and prospectors are resisting the
effort of the company to get control of
this timber. They say that If the com
pany monopolizes the land no wood will
be left for agricultural and mining de
velopment. A. J. Johnson, a Government
forestry agent, who has lately examined
the timber resources of this section, has
recommended to the Interior Department
that the forest be preserved as a re
serve. Bear Valley.
Sixteen miles south of Canyon City, and
about 1000 feet above it, is Bear Valley,
15 miles long and from one to 10 miles
wide. Bear Creek enters from the east
and Sllvle's River from the west. These
streams Join In the center of the valley
and form Sllvle's River, which runs south
and empties Into Harney Lake, in Harney
County. On all sides the valley Is fringed
with heavy yellow pine and tamarack,
but the growth in the bottom lands Is
small brush. Between 15 and 20 Inches or
snow falls In December, January and
February, and the mercury drops to 25
and .JO degrees below zero for short pe
riods. The Spring months are stormy
and the Summer dry. as at Canyon City,
with occasional showers. There Is frost
every month In the year, but it Is not se
vere In July and August. Agriculture has
been successfully carried en and Jackson
Chambers believes the valley will become
a considerable producer once the soil is
loosened so as to absorb the snow water
In Winter and distribute the heat in
Summer.- He calls to mind that before
the soil in the John Day Valley was
cultivated radishes froze In the ground
in June. He thinks cultivation will do
as much for Bear Valley as it has done
for John Day Valley. Mr. Chambers has
farmed in Bear Valley, and has raised
wheat, barley and oats, to grain. He
planted In Spring and harvested in Sep
tember. Hardy vegetables onions, cab
bages, beets, parsnips, radishes, carrots
and even lettuce and peas do well. Po
tatoes thrive best near the timber line,
as frost nips the vines in the valley.
Louis Helmlck, a valley farmer, raises
grain and garden truck. There are tim
othy meadows and any quantity of wild
hay. No one has undertaken horticul
ture. Half the land is vacant, and stock
men own much of the remainder.
Losan Valley.
Ten miles east of Bear Valley Is Logan
Valley, an open area, 10 miles long by six
miles wide, and fringed with yellow pine
and tamarack. Lux & Miller, the stock-
HAYING SCENE
men, own most of the valley and utilize
it for Summer pasture.
Sylvie's Valley.
Three miles south of Bear Valley, and
separated from it by Silvio's Canyon, Is
Sllvle's Valley, lying partly in Grant
County and partly in Harney. It is 25
miles long and from one to three miles
wide. The Burns-Canyon City stage runs
lengthwise through tho valley. Sllvle's
Valley Is largely owned by Lux & Miller,
who use It for Fall pasture.
Fox Valley.
Fox Valley, 20 miles north of Canyon
City, Is an Illustration of what cultiva
tion will do for Bear Valley. The people
who settled It tilled the land and did not
place entire dependence upon wild hay
and stock, as did those who went Into
Bear Valley. The result is that while
Fox Valley has about the same elevation
as Bear Valley, and pretty much the
same climatic conditions. It is peopled by
farmers owning from one-quarter to half
a section, while Bear Valley Is roamed
over at will by sheep and cattle. Fox
Valley raises wheat, oats, barley, pota
toes, vegetables and stock, and ships but
ter and cheese twice a week to Canyon
City and John Day City. Fox, on the
Canyon Clty-Heppner stage road. Is the
principal point in the valley. Fox Valley
is 15 miles long and six miles wide.
Lons Creek Country.
The Long Creek country, in the vicinity
of Long Creek. Is principally table land.
It produces good crops of grain without
Irrigation.
Military Prisoners Escape.
CHICAGO, June 23. A special to the
Tribune from Minneapolis says:
The military prisoners at Fort SnelUng
made a desperate attempt to escape last
night. While Private Winn was guard
ing a squad of prisoners, he was kicked
by a mule, and the prisoners, taking ad-
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vantage of Winn's condition, grabbed his '
rifle, beat him into insensibility and fled.
The garrison was immediately mustered
and pickets thrown out in every direc
tion. Privates Littler, Ashton and Ban
derdeate were recaptured, but Private At
lle is still at large. Private McGeagh.
w"ho escaped Tuesday, was recaptured.
Many shots were fired, and It Is said that
at least one man was seriously wounded,
although the post officers refuse to give
out any Information on that point. A
part of the Eighth Regiment Is stationed
at Fort Snelling. i
Captain Arthur SlagilL
SAN FRANCISCO. June 2S. Captain i
Arthur Magill. for 20 years general man- '
ager of the Phoenix & Home Insurance
Companies, is dead, having succumbed to
an attack of dropsy.
OLD LIBRARY TO BE USED
SET7ATE A3TD HOUSE KXKAMTT DI
VIDED IT BETWEES THEM.
How Senators Annoyed a. Fojmllst
Member False "Information"
About Trusts.
WASHINGTON, June 22. Ever since
the completion of the new building for
the library of Congress there has been
a squabble between the House and Sen
ate as to the disposition, to be mode of
the old haH occupied by the library when
it was located In the Capitol building.
The old library was a vast three-story
hall, with tier after tier of shelves, rising
clear to the ceiling. It was shaped like
the letter "E," except there was no middle
branch, and If properly divided up would
make ample committee room to meet all
IX THE VALLEY OF THE JOHN DAY
the demands of Congress at the present
time, "But there was considerable
trouble as to Just how it should be di
vided. Tho Senate wanted control of the
whole haih and the House manifested a
I like desire When- Reed was Speaker, he
; strongly advocated a plan of converting
; the library faito a Jolrtt Senate and House
1 restaxirant, doing- away with the restau
rants In the basement of either end' of
t the building; as at present. This plan
naa many admirable features, but did
not meet very great approval, especially
In the Senate. But at last, after a long
and determined struggle, the two Houses
agreed shortly before adjournment upon
a plan, which was finally adopted. Ac
cording to this plan, the library wHI be
divided up into a Joint House and Sen
ate reference library and tho two lower
floors to be converted Into committee
rooms, those in the Senate end of the
I hall being apportioned to Senators, and
t those in the south or House end to be as
signed to members. There is every rea
Eon why this solution of the problem will
prove satisfactory to all parties con
cerned, and It will at the same time make
available much space that has lain Idle
for several years.
The Way of the ropnll.it.
The way of the Populist In the present
United States Senate Is hard. Recent ex
periences of Senator Butler, of North
Carolina, illustrate this point. On one
occasion Butler fell prey to the bright
and ever-ready Chandler, who never loses
an opportuEflty to "have fun" with some
other Senator on the floor. Toward the
close of the session, when the anti-trust
bill was before tho Senate, Butler made
a brief speech on the subject, and asked
to have his remarks extended in the Rec
ord. Senator Chandler promptly objected,
saying It was contrary to the rules, but
Senator Aldrich Interposed, saying the re
marks could be extended without the
consent of the Senate. Butler became a
little "riled" to think that h!s request
should occasion any discussion, and as-
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THE JOHN DAY' RIVER. QUARTZ MILL
serted in a heated way that if he could
not put his speech in the Record, be would
deliver it then and there. Chandler saw
that Butler was warming up, .so he add
ed another spark, saying:
"That Is another reason I want to hear
it. It Is contrary to the rules to put it in
the Record without delivering- it, and I
want to hear It."
Wtoen Butler saw that Chandler was
determined, he said that, rather than
prolong- the debate and possibly defeat
the anti-trust bill, he would withhold his
remarks. However, when subsequent Is- i
sues of the Record appeared, the speech
of Hon. Marion Butler on trusts ap-1
peared in full array and In- its entirety.
On another occasion Butler had antap-
orized the Senate, and followed this with ,
a request for unanimous consent to pars .
a bill appropriating $5000 for Inclosing a.rnl '
beautifying a monument whlcfh marks the
. r. ' t -xy .'- ic r5. Mist. - &-:w ., '-. i .. . a
field of Moores Creek. N. C. tho scene
of one of the first skirmishes of the
RevohitioEary War. Senator "Wolcott,
who waa one of those who had been
touched by Butler's previous acts, prompt
ly objectex, but allowed Butler to make
an explanation. After allowing- the
Nortii Carolina Senator to proceed at
some length, he again grew restive and
interrupted, saytefe:
"I desire to aslc the Senator from Nortii
Carolina the date of the first battUo of
the Revolution at Moores Creek."
Butler replied that it was eome time in
the latter part of February, 1778.
"On what day of the weekT" persisted
the Colorado Senator.
"I have not tho exact day of the month,"
responded Butler. T think it was the
27th. I will put it in the Record for the
Senator to read in the morning deliber
ately." "Very weH," continued Wolcott, "and
I will perhaps remove any objection to
morrow, but tonight I must insist upon
It."
And that was the end of the Butler bill,
Anti-Trout Speeches.
If one could take the time to analyze
all the trust speeches made In the House
RIVER.
j and Senate he wou'd find that a great deS-l
j of wind has been expenaed, and a great
j deal of false information has been dls-
seminated through the columns of the
Congressional Record. Page after page
j of speeches have been devoted to trusts.
organized and, in operation, and the enor
mous footings of $4,297,918,000 In these
trusts were made to show how capital
was consolidated to crush the business of
the country. A casual examination of
these tables shows that they include
every street railway organization In the
country, although all of such companies
are under the direct municipal control of
the cities themselves. The rates of faro
are fixed, as well as the speed at which
they can run, and. In fact, they are com
pletely under the direction of the munici
pal authorities.
Also Included In this list were the West
em "Union and Postal Telegraph Com.
panles. Now, in nearly every section
of the East these companies are rivals,
competing for business, although there
Is no bidding for dispatches, because both
are working at an agreed rate. However,
It Is known that the establlhsment of
one of these companies has been a check
upon the other, and that they are rivals
in every possible sense, each in its way
trying to get all the business possible
from the other. Also In this list are the
express companies, although there has
not been any trust of the various express
companies operating throughout the
country, and there are generally offices
of two or three of the different companies
In nearly every large city. All of the
gas companies that are under municipal
control are also Included. These are
only a few that are mentioned, and It is
possible that others might be named
where there Is really no trust, and this
enormous sum of money is built up fo
the purpose of Influencing people against
capital, and to mislead them by amazing
sets of figures. There Is. of course,
plenty of fault to-be found with the trusts
FIVE MILES FROM CANYON CITY
without going outside of the actual facts,
and It would have been more to the point
had these orators on the subject of trusts
confined themselves to actual facts and
experiences, so that the people would un
derstand Just what is being done to their
detriment by the combination of capital
and organization of trusts.
Weak, Shifty and Unsatisfactory.
As the Chicago Record, Ind., views it,
the Republican platform, aside from the
money plank, "is weak, shifty, and un
satisfactory. The plank on trusts is lack
ing in frankness, and presents no effec
tive plan for dealing with evils of which
the people complain. There is an evident
attempt to minimize the Importance of the
new move of the Administration in the
direction of a colonial policy.".
COPPER IN CLACKAMAS
RICH OSS TAKEX FROM A LEDGE
OX ROCK CREEK.
Gets Richer "Wit. DeptH ' WorJc em. a
Gold Ledge a Short Distance
Front Ujpper Hatcaery.
OREGON CITY. June 23. David Fox,
who owns a farm near Wilholt Springs,
was here today with some very rich sam
ples of copper ore taken from a ledge on
Rock Creek, which runs through his
place. The specimens of ore are partially
made up of pure copper, and the greenish
castof the remainder of each piece of
rock indicates a large percentage of the
same metal. The discovery of the ledge
was made a year and a half ago by an
old prospector. Mr. Mldlam. the cropplngs
not proving very rich. Recently Mr. Fox
has been doing considerable development
work that has resulted In opening up a
ledge about eight feot in width, that ap
pears to be increasing In richness as he
sinks deeper In the body of ore.
Reports Indicate that there are an un
usuaj number of prospectors In the Cas
cade range of mountains within the bor
ders of Clackamas County, this season.
J. J. Davis, of Garfield, who Is In the
city, says that a party of prospectors are
working a ledge a short distance above
tho Upper Clackamas hatchery, where
they have been blasting with powder for
tho past three months. The ledge Is sup
posed to be gold-bearing, but the pros
pectors , are very reticent as to their
workings. Mr. Davis says that during the
past week two parties of prospectors
have passed up. the Clackamas on their
way to tho mountains, and that It Is
rumored that other miners are investi
gating the resources of Clackamas Coun-
tyB mineral belt.
AFTER MORE COAJL.
Bfeaft to De Sank COO Feet or More
on Istlimus Slongh.
MAR9HFTEL.D, Or., June 27. W. A.
Maxwell, a representative of the Cres
cent Coal Company, of No-w Mexico, ar
rived from Los Angeles on the last Ar
eata, and ha3 commenced active opera
tions In the development of the coal prop
erty on Isthmus Slough, recently pur
chased by that company. The machinery
is already upon the ground, and a force
of men commenced Monday to sink a
7x9-foot shaft. Mr. Max-well expects to
find a vein of coal Inside of 200 feet, but
will continue the shaft until a depth of
BC0 feet or more Is reached, where it is
expected that a much larger and better
quality of coal will be encountered. He
expects to make a progress of six to eight
feet per day.
Runs to Cobnlt and Jficlcel.
KALAMA, "Wash., June 2S. The shaft in
the Darnell mine Is now down 76 feet,
and the cross-cut extends 23 feet about
124 feet on each side of the shaft. Neith
er wall to the ledge has yet been reached.
The ore has continued to Increase in
richness in gold, parts, of It running over
JS00 to the ton- The copper has nearly
disappeared, but the ore has become quite
rich in cobalt and nickel a fact that is
causing the mine owners considerable
anxiety, for no smelter on this coast Is
at present prepared to handle such ores.
"Work will be pushed on the mine, how
ever, while arrangements are being made
for new smelter facilities.
Oregon Mining- Stock Exchange.
The following transactions In stocks took
place on the Oregon Mining' Stock Exchange
yesterday:
Bid. Asked.
Adams Mountain ?000 00
Buffalo 24
Fouts Dredging Co $00 00 100 00
Gold Hill & Bohemia 4 5U
Gold Hill H. L. D 10 20
?olden Slipper 24
Goldstone Consolidated ... 3 3
Helena 27 27(5
Helena No. 2 4 5
Ixwt Horse 2 2
May Qnecm 2 2Vi
Oregon-Colorado 5 "
5
11
2
itiversiae
Rockefeller
Sumpter Free Gold
Following: arc the salest
Goldstone Consolidated
2000 shares at .- S
2000 shares at 3H
Gold Hill & Bohemia
3000 shares at 3
Helena
3O0O shares at .......27?i
5000 shares at 27
300 shares at 27 i
Helena No. 2
6000 shares at 4
5000 shares at 4
May Queen
14500 shares at 2
3000 shares at 25.5
Oregon-Colorado
400 shares at C
S0OO shares at 5
Quotations of Mining: Stocks.
SPOKANE, June 28. The closing bids for
mining stocks today were:
Blacktall $0 14
I Morn. Glory .....$0
03
iuite & uoston.
Evening Star ..
Gold Ledge ....
Golden Harvest.
I. X. L.
Lone Pine Surp.
Mount. Lion ....
isoDie .Five ....
Princess MauL..
Rambler Cariboo
Reservation ....
Sullivan
Tom Thumb ....
T3
1
10tf
13
7i I
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23. The official clos
ing quotations for mining stocks today were:
Alta $0 02JJustiee $0 00
Alpha Con CI Mexican 20
Andee 6Occldental Con ... 11
Belcher 17 Ophlr 72
Best & Belcher... 2j Overman lu
Bullion 4Potosl 19
Caledonia 1 03 1 Savage iq
Challenge Con ... 151 Seg. Belcher 4
Chollar IS j Sierra Nevada .... 20
Confidence 76f Silver Hill 38
Con. Col. & Va... 1 55 Standard 4 00
Crown Point t Union Con 2o
Gould. & Curry... 12Utah Con 12
Hale & Norcross.. 261Yellow Jacket .... 15
Jfalia 11
NEW TORK. Jcne 23. Mining stocks today
closed as follows:
Chollar $0 lo Ontario (8 75
Crown Point
Ophlr 70
Con. Cal. & Va... 1 45
Deadwood 40
Plymouth 10
Quicksilver 1 30
do pref 7 00
Sierra Nevada .... 25
Standard 3 50
Union Con It)
Yellow Jacket .... 12
Gould & Curry... 10
Hale & Norcross.. 22
Homestake 50 00
Iron Silver 55
Mexican IS
BOSTON. Juno 23. Closing quotations:
Adventure $0 02
Osceola) $0
50
39
34
70
Sola
AJiouez Al. CO.. 1
farrow
Qulncy 1
Santa Fe Copper
Tamarack 1
Utah Mining ....
-Amal. Copper ..
Atlantic
Boston & Mont.
Butte & Beaton.
Cal. & Hecla...
Centennial
Franklin
8(1
21
2 00
eiu
7 20
-Vlnona
"Wolverines
12K
WOULD PENSION LIFESAVERS
Poor Pay XinTlixg Service and Dis
charged "When Broken Down.
ASTORIA Or., June 2S. (To the Editor.)
The papers are always full of the deeds
of army and navy heroes, which Is right
and proper, but there is a lot of heroes
all over the coast of the United States
who are very little noticed, but deserve
to be looked after. The United States
Life-Saving Service, I think, is the poor
est paid, of any in the United States. It
is only during the best part of a man's
life that he can serve in it, and yet,
when through exposure or accident, he
become useless there Is no provision made
for the balance of his life. I should like
to enlist your valuable aid In bringing
before the country the facts In the case,
and maybe something will come out of it
In time. Surely the man who risks his
life to save others Is as much entitled to
a pension as the one who does his best
to destroy life. A great many think the
Liife-Saving Service is a useless sort of
thing, but It Is only through lack of
knowledge. It Is the noblest calling a
man can engage in. I am personally ac
quainted with the majority of the life
saving crews and keepers on this Coast
and a better lot of men it would be
hard to find in any service. They are
brave and attentive to their duties. Every
year they save lots of lives and property
and no account is taken of it, only in the
EVERYBODY IS . ;
SOON GONVENCED
IT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTEY PROVED Tti
TWO CONTINENTS THAT
MunyoiYs Inhaler
CURES COLDS,
COUGHS, CATARRH,:
ASTHMA saidX ,
Throat art Lm$
Diseases, and Pre
vents (jflsampttei
By Inhalation;
The "Gloss Family Inhaler was tl tint to
demonstrate the efficacy t th lahniaUw)
treatment. The "Hard Rubber" Inhaler 1
handy, durable and portable. It is easily
charged and may be carried la the vest rocket
always ready for use anywhera or at say tlnvs
It sires ail the benefits of the glass "Family
Inhaler." It Is unbreakable and unspll&ble.
IT CURES AT ONCE.
Clouds of medicated vapor are total edtirooeb;
the mouth and emitted from t&e aostrila,
cleansing- and vaporizing all tho Inflamed ana
diseased ports which cannot bo reached, toy
medicine taken Into the btotnach.
RELIEF IS IMMEDIATE
It reaches the
sore spots.
It heals the raw
places.
It goes to the
seat of disease
It acts as a balm
and tonic to
the whole sys
tem. It permeates every ag
passago.
And at once -destroys
the disease germs.
It positively cures Ca
tarrh and diseases o
the nasal organs.
It positively cures
diseases of the throat
and lungs.
It enables yot to curs
yourself at home.
Price $1 (aEailine1..) At AH Druggists
WHAT HUNYON'S REMEDIES WILL DO
Munyon guarantees that his Rheumatism
ture wm euro nearly an cases or rheumatism
In a few days: that his Bvsnerisia Cura will
cure Indigestion and all stomach trouble; that
nis Sidney v,ure wm cure uu per cent or. ell
cases of kidney trouble; that his Headache
Curo -will cure any kind of headache la a fevr
minutes, and so on through the entire list of
his remedies. They are for sale at all drug
gists'mostly 25 cents a vial. "Write to Prof..
Munyon. 1305 Arch street, Philadelphia; Pa.,
for free medical advice.
life-saving reports, which no one reads
outside or the stations. It takes the best
kind of men to fill a place either as keep
er or in the crew, and the pay for either
i3 so small that they can barely 11-ve on
it, with no possible chance to save up
anything for old age. They should have
a pension sufficient to live on. after serv
ice rendering them practically useless.
A. T. STREAM.
Expelled From Board of Trade.
CHICAGO, June 28. Charles R and
Albert O. McClain, of the commission flrnx
of McClain Bros. & Co., who for some
weeks have been on rial before the
Board of Trade directors for maintain
ing and operating a bucket-shop, were
found euilty tonight, and by unanimous
vote expelled from membership. United
States postal officials arrested the Mc-
Clalns last November, charging them
with using the mails to defraud. JT-lsezj
were indicted by the Grand Jury and put!
on trial before Judge Kohlsaat, in the
United States District Court. . Judsm
Kohlsaat took the case from the -jjiry
and entered a verdict of not guilty. Then
the Board of Trade officials took the mat
ter In their own hands, with the above
result.
Kentucky's Trial a. Snccess.
"WASHINGTON, June 2S. The Inspec
tion! Board, headed by Rear-Admiral
Rodgers, which accompanied the new bat
tleship Kentucky on her final acceptance.
trial, has returned to Washington and
reports the result of the trial a3 very
satisfactory and equal in every respect
to that of her sister ship, the Kear
sarge. The double turrets performed
splendidly. The' Kentucky will go into
drydock at the New Xork yard for soma
finishing touches of paint.
Case of Abe Majors. '
SAIT LAKE, June 28. The remittito?
In the case of young Abe Majors, affirm
ing the judgment of the lower court and
ordering that the death sentence be car
ried out, was made out by the Clerk oC
the Supreme Court .today, and later
mailed to Judge Hart. It now becomes.
the duty of the court to resentence tha
youthful prisoner, which, it is expected,,
will be done some time next week.
General Spanldine Coming: Weat.
"WASHINGTON, June 28. General
Spauldlng, Assistant Secretary of tha
Treasury, will leave "Washington the last
of the nresent week for the "West on busi
ness connected with the customs. Ho
will visit San Francisco, Seattle, Port
land and Sitka, Alaska. He expects to
return about August 15.
MOVING MISERY
The Streets Are Full of it
Every Day.
Tell-Tale Marks of Liver Troubles
the Faces of Mankind Every-
vrnere ana net It Is so Easy
xo JjOoic Uootl and Feel
WeJI.
People we meet on the street.
"What a lot of them look miserable, sal
low, pimply, despondent, their skins
blotched with liver spots and blackheads.
It's all in the liver.
Beauty is blood deep. No one can have
the clean, clear skin of health where
blood Is impure, and no one can have
pure blood where liver is lazy.
Lively livers bring new life, pure blood
bright looks, therefore health and beauty.
Lively livers make lively dispositions,
contentment, good nature; therefore hap
piness. Cascarets, Candy Cathartic, make the
liver Hvelv. purify the blood, beautify tha
skin and are guaranteed to cure constipa
tion and prevent its dire consequences-
Cascarets are In tablet form; compact,
convenient to carry, taste good Ceat like
candy), never grip nor gripe, cause nat
ural action of liver and bowels; there
fore the ideal laxative It's what Cas
carets do, not what we say they do, that
proves their merit. Sold by druggists
generally. 10c. 25c and 50c, or by mail fori
Drlce. (
Our booklet. "Lighten the Ills of HuJ
manlty, and sample mailed free for-thai
askine. Address. Sterling Remedy Com-!
pany, Chicago; Montreal, Can.; or Newi
York.
This is the CASCARET TABLET. 1
Every tablet of the only genuine "
Cascarets bears the magic letters
"CCC" Look at the tablet before
you buy, and beware of frauds,
imitations and substitutes.
The Oregon Mining
Stock Exchange
Auditorium. Chamber of Commerce Bld.
P. O. box 670. Portland. Or,
Telephone Main 810.
J. E. Haseltlne, Pres.; David. Goodseli Tra&a.
F. J. Hard. Sec
Directors L. G. Clarke. J. E. Haseltlne. !-.
vld GoodBeUf P. J. Jennings. X. G. Davidson.
F. V. Drake. E. A. Clem. "
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