THE MORNING- OREGONIAN, MONDAY. JULY 23, 1900.
REPORT OF STATE BANKS
MASKED IMPROVEMENT SHOWN Br
THOSE OF WASHINGTON.
Total Deposits in Banks of the State
Near $28,000,000, and Cash on
Eitnd Near $4,000,000.
OLTMPIA, Wash., July 22. The reports
of 27 state banks as of May 31 have been
filed in the State Auditor's office, and D.
B. Garrison, Deputy State Auditor, has
prepared an abstract of these reports,
-with comparisons of the past four years,
which show vastly improved conditions in
the state. There -were Zi banks reported
in 1697-52 in 1898 and 27 in 1839 and 1900.
If the same number of banks had report
ed for 1900 as Irj 1897 the figures -would
be much larger. In the matter of loans
the figures are as follows:
1897 $2,783.1631S99 53,577.117
1893 3,180,237l900. 4,708,893
The loans for 1800 are nearly double
the amoun.t reported in 1897. The four
years reported show that the banks have
not changed their real estate holding ma
terially, the variations being not over $60,
D00, present holding being $1,267,937.
The surplus fund presents a peculiar
condition, the amount at present being
about one-sixteenth of the amoun,t held in
1B37. The figures are:
1897 n62,0911S39 I 22,800
1898 149.652J1S00 10,745
The most remarkable showing is made,
however, in the -way of deposits, as fol
lows: 1897. $2,654.13211899 $5,660,683
1S9S. 4,C70.8S11SOO. 7.572,469
The deposits are almost three times as
great in 1900 as in 1897, -while the surplus
of $162,909 held by the 27 banks on a cap
ital of $1,349,960 amounting to about 12 per
cent, has been -wiped out.
The undivided profits also show a
marked decrease since 1S9S, and a slight
decrease since 1897. as follows:
1897 $21C.230!1S99 $166,646
1898 233.3OSl900 211,701
The actual cash on hand Is onjy about
$10,000 more than in 1899, -while the de
posits have increased in that time nearly
$2,000,000. The cash is reported as fol
Jows: 1897 $484.28011899 $1,019,278
1S9S 924,63411900 1,031,912
As all bank balances must be finally
liquidated in cold cash, nothing -would
show more clearly how largely confidence
enters into the banking business. With a
deposit of $7,500,000 but $1,000,000 of cash is
held to meet it. The report of the Wash
ington National banks of April 26, Just
one month earlier than the report of the
state banks, shows deposits of $20,420,954.
while the entire cash on hand is $2,923,252,
the per cent of cash being the same for
both state and National banks, the entire
deposit in the 27 state and the National
banks of Washington being approximate
ly $27,993,423, -with cash on hand $3,956,664.
Following is a summary of the reports
of the state banks:
Resources
Loans on real estate $ 307,505 58
Loans on personal property 760,789 88
Other loans and discounts 2.70S.176 33
Stocks and bonds 525,966 07
State, county, city and school
warrants 406,455 62
Real estate 1.267,987 79
Duo from banks and bankers.. 2,099.377 00
Furniture and fixtures 5S.701 49
Expense account 89,496 42
Overdraft 177.630 24
Other resources 60,714 CO
Profit and loss 29.349 64)
Cash on hand 1.031.G99 12
$9.533.S5S 78
Liabilities
Capital stock paid in $1,349,960 00
Surplus fund 10,745 00
Undivided profits 251,701 11
Certificate of deposit 1,766,763 17
Individual deposits subject to
check 4.372.804.00
Due to banks and bankers 357,173 01
Certified checks 50,629 93
Saing3 deposits 1,169,120 27
Bills payable 31.450 03
Dividends unpaid 300 00
Special deposits 213,152 29
$9,533,858 78
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ACCOUNT
Receipt and Dlnburiienientn for the
Year Balance on Hand.
CORVALLIS, July 22. The report of the
treasurer shows the following receipts
and expenditures at the Agricultural Col
lege and Experiment Station for the year
einxilng June 30, 1900. The disbursements,
oiu account of new buildings and slightly
increased running expenses, are larger
than usual, the running expenses usually
being about $56,000, instead of more than
$61,000, as shown here:
Balance on hand July 1, 1899 $ 8.342 22
Receipts-
Experiment station fund 15.000 00
Morrill act, 1890 25.010 00
Interest state land sales 12,322 S7
Improvement sales farm products 962 35
Chemical breakage 511 35
Local station, sale farm products 1402 57
Regular state appropriation 5,000 00
Special state appropriation, me
chanical hall construction 8.416 05
Special state appropriation, heat
ing plant 18.877 02
Total $95,544 46
Less overdraft on state, interest.. 226 78
Total available funds $93,317 68
Disbursements
Station $15,000 00
College 26.541 55
State. infcarest 10,096 09
Improvement 1,004 28
Chemical breakage 397 99
Local station .....'...-. 1.640 17
Sneclal 7,520 41
Mechanical hall 8.416 05
Heating plant 18,877 02
Insurance L613 24
Total .$91,106 80
Less transfer from local station
for sewer L142 79
Actual expenditures $89,964 01
Balance on hand . 3,353 67
Receipts from the farm
Agriculture $ 74 48
Dairy 152 51
Prune experiment 145 05
Horticulture 17 35
Miscellaneous 574 56
Total .$2.064 95
BOWLIN FIGHTS EXTRADITION.
County Judgre Liberated Him, lint He
Was Immediately Rearrested.
PENDLETON, Or.. July 22. Governor
Geer's warrant. Jppueil In response to .ho
extradition papers of Governor Beckham,
of Kentucky, for arrest of J. B. Bowlln,
alias J. B S;n!th. has been resisted hda
by the Institution of habeas corpus pro
ceedings, which are yet unsettled. Bow
lln filed a pctitior yesterday, asking for
release, on the ground that the requisi
tion of Go en or Beckham was insuf
ficient as to Its form, that the warrant
of Governor Geer was not regularly ls
Eued. and thit the attempt to procurs
custody of Bowlln was not to take him
to Kentucky to answer to the charge set
forth in the proceedings alleged utter
ing of a forged deed but were a mere
subterfuge to gef Smith back to Ken.
tucky to have him answer to a com
plaint in a civil suit.
Proceedings were l6fore County Judgs
Hartman, who acted in the absence of
Circuit Judge Ell's, the latter being at
the seashore. JuOge Hartman turned
Bowlln loose. But the Kentucky officers
were ready with a warrant for Bowlin
as a fugitive from Justice, and the cade
will come up a?aln tomorrow for a hear
ing on that charge
Incendiarism Sucpecied.
The fire at the ranch of the Oregon Im
provement Comply, G. W. Hunt mana
ger, in which 15W) bushels of barley wore
consumed the oher uay, appears to hav.
been of lncenJIary origin. Mr. Hunt, who
came up from Fcho this morning, stated
that there Is no other manner in whlcn
to .account for .hc conflagration.
Six stacc of braced barley were con
sumed, Ktmd'nt In a field distant trtca
the rallroal tracts, so that sparks from
the engines could not have- set the fire.
Threshers had not been at work scar.
The suDr.ntendent of the farm thinks no
one had boa In tho field smoking a. pipe.
Laclc of Harvest Help.
Farmers ara coming to town every day
now In largo numbers seeking men to
work in the harvest fields. Every acre of
grain sown last Fall or this Spring stands
ready for the header or the combined
harvester, but many farmers are unaolt
to hire men to do the work, and on Sat
urday two large outfits were brought
into town, an I the few men remaining
from tho ordinal crew were- discharged.
The ownera of the machines announced
that they tvou- likely not attempt to do
any more wort: this season, for the rea
son that thty cannot keep the men they
hire.
C. L. S. C. ASSEMBLY MADE MONEY.
Surplus of ?2G0 After Paying for
Improvements and Current Bills.
GLADSTONE PARK, Or.. July 22.
Everything is very quiet In Gladstone
Park today, the Chautauqua programme
having closed last night. Many of the
campers are leaving, and in -another day
or two the grounds will be practically
deserted. The receipts of yesterday, add
ed to tho previous receipts, will leave a
surplus of $250, after paying for all im
provements and expenses of this assem
bly. Efforts are being mado to secure
Professor C E. Kemp, of the Chicago
School of Oratory, as instructor in elocu
tion again next year. He assisted ma
terially in filling In places where the ad
vertised entertainers foiled to appear, and
his rendition of the "Seven Oaks" last
night delighted the audience. Miss May
Dearborne, of Portland, and Miss Imogen
Harding, of Oregon City, sung solos be
tween acts, and responded to encores.
The re-election of President W. C Hawley
and Secretary J. W. Gray gives general
satisfaction to the stockholders of the
Chautauqua Association, who recognize
their careful and efficient services.
Fatal Burninc Was AccldentaL
Coroner Strickland held an inquest yes
terday on the body of Mrs. ICatherln Ha
belt. who was burned to death at her
home, four miles above Sprlngwater, on
the previous afternoon. The Jury consist
ed of three women and three men, who
returned a verdict of accidental death
from burning.
The Habelt boys have lived in that sec
tion for a number of years, but their
mother arrived from Germany about a
month ago, and was living with her son,
Frank, who is unmaiiled. Frank and
his brother went away in the morning
to work In a neighbor's hay field, and did
not return until late in the evening, dis
covering that the dwelling had burned to
the ground during their absence. The
brothers then went to the home of tho
nearest neighbor, two miles away, to
make Inquiries as to the whereabouts of
their mother, but she had j.t been seen.
They returned home, and with the aid j
oi a., laniern discovered me oouy ot Airs.
Habelt, with the clothing burned away
and badly charred with the fire. The
deceased was about 60 years old.
A Prince In Jail.
Prince Henry Yelcus, of the Molallas,
the only survivor of tne royal house, of
that trsbe, except an only 60n, who Is now
In the Roform School, was arrested today
by Chief Burns for being very drunk.
He brought In a lot of buckskin gloves
from his Molalla ranch, which were sold
at a profitable figure, and for the past two
days had been attending the Chautauqua
assembly at Gladstone Park, occasionally
visiting the Chemawa Indian camp there.
On a previous visit, Yelcus paid a $10 fine
lrr the Police Court for drunkenness.
AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW.
Great Store Laid by the New School
Boole Law.
Corvallls Times.
Within less than six months it will be
necessary for Govornor Goer to name the
school-book commission, provided for in
tho 'Daly law. The act will be by long
odds the most Important that will de
volve upon the Governor during his term
of office.
The Daly law blocks out the way for
Oregon school patrons to be relieved of
an unnecessary burden in the purchase
of school books. As is well known, these
books under the contract fastened upon
school patrons six years ago, are sold at
prices far above the prices- paid by pa
trons in other states. The excess of the
prices is so great that Oregon's annual
tribute to the book concern is tens of
thousands of dollars.
The Oregon Legislature has done Its
duty by the people. If men of the right
stamp are named by Governor Geer for
tho commission, there will be a low
ering in the prices of books, and superior
books in many cases will be substituted
for thoso of an inferior character. Cheap
er and better books will be placed in the
hands of pupils, and many a poor buyer
on whom the purchase of school books
has been a burden, will turn with grat
itude to thoso who have wrought tho
change.
The opportunity opened to the Governor
and to the commission that he will create,
Is tho opportunity of a lifetime. It is
seldom that an act of reform can be
made to extend so widely and beneficially
to affect so many. It is a rare chance for
a public man to heighten his official repu
tation or to ruin it at a single stroke.
But there must be no mistake in the
selection of members of the commission.
Each must be a man of brains, stamina
and probity. As the members of the com
mission approach the task of making se
lections of school books, agents of book
concerns will swarm about them. Influ
ences of every sort will b thrown about
them. If there is the slightest sign of
paltering, temptations will be thrown in
their way. If weak or careless they will
fall, and the school patrons of the state
will continue to be victimized. All these
conditions unite In making the duty that
is shortly to develop upon the Governor a
duty to call forth his most conservative
and most careful effort He cannot afford
to make a mistake, and Is not likely to
do so.
Editor Wants His Ax Back.
Tillamook Headlight
If the party who borrowed the ax from
the Headlight woodshed will return the
same he will hove the editor's thanks.
Orejron Notes.
Heavy freight -trains are being run on
the O. R. & N., numbering as high as 65
cars to the train, says the Union Repub
lican. Saturday the Wasco warehouse at The
Dalles received the first load of 1900 wheat
from Klickitat County. It weighed 62
pounds to the bushel.
The only bicycle paths in Tillamook
County being the sidewalks In this city,
we do not know but what the city dads
would not -be Justified in demanding the
bicycle tax money, says the Tillamook
Headlight Talk about the law being un
constitutional in counties where they con
struct bicycle paths, it must be doubly
so when applied to Tillamook, for cyclists
are taxed here and with no prospect of
seeing bicycle paths built.
Whllo C. G. Boute, the La Grande Jew
eler, was driving along the mountain
road near Perry, a few days ago, with one
of his sons and his housekeeper in the
back seat of the carriage, the team
backed over an embankment about 60 feet
down. The woman and th boy were se
riously Injured, and for a time- were not
expected to live. The man and another
son. who were In the front seat. Jumped
out and saved themselves from Injury.
Art Minor, who was in from the .Minor
stock ranch. Informs the Heppner Times
that the recent hall storms played com
plete havoc with things up his way. It
killed 20 head of his sheep, ruined 100
acres of wheat. 75 acres of rye. and
knocked out 5000 acres of grass. His
neighbor. Mr. French, sustained similar
losses. Art says that ho didn't mind these
trifling reverses, but what broke him all
up was that the hall killed every bloom
In' grouse In that country.
IDLE MINES PICKING UP
OLD AND " INEFFEUTlVia- MILLS
GIVE WAY TO NEW.
How -Modern Mining: Development Is
Penetrating Eastern Oregroa.
Districts.
STJMPTBR, July 2L The Phoenix mine
in Greenwood Gulch,- one-half mile above
the Golden Eaglo, and opposite the Don
Juan, Is being operated by C. N. Chat
ham and William Sanders, who have a
two years' lease from the owners, C M
Berry, D. L. Choate, L. M. Barnett and
C. M. Collier. The mine has been Idle
for nearly four years, and the S-stamp
mill and concentrator put in by O.'B.
Hardy are a wreck. The mill was run
only a short time, owing to bad manage
ment, and, though the property could
have been sold at one time for $75,000. It
was allowed to stand Idle, tho owners
falling to agree on method of operating.
There is several hundred feet of tunnels,
but these will not be used, the new oper
ators preferring to sink and follow the
ore. The ore Is of two grades, one carry
ing black oxide of copper and the other
running well in free gold.
At the -Golden Eagle mine in Green
wood Gulch, a 4-foot ledge of good ore
has been struck in the lowest level. The
ore carries gold and galena. The 3-stamp
mill has been Idle a short time, but will
be started up at once. This mine has
been a good producer for several years,
and the late work demonstrates it one
now solid foundation. It has over 700
feet of tunnel work, besides shaft and
drifts. This Is the first property on the
gulch to get below water level and In
sures the permanency of the ledges.
A bond has been given in the California
mine, at the head of Cable Cove, and
the work of clearing out the old tunnels
and starting new work Is being prose
cuted under the management of W. H.
Jackson. The property has been Idle
-some time, the mill Is somewhat wrecked,
the tunnels caved In. and everything has
a dilapidated appearance. The mine has
always been considered a good one, but
has never been developed Intelligently.
There is nn excellent tunnel site, where
great depth can be gained, and this will
be used. Heretofore the tunnels have been
run on top of the hill, some distance from
the mill. Mr. Jackson Is a thorough min
ing man. and under his management the
California will make one of the best
mines in the camp.
H. A. McCollum. superintendent of the
Bald Mountain and Mammoth properties,
states that development work Is going
right along at the mines. At the Bald
Mountain they are putting In a station
nt the 200-foot level, and at the Mam
moth are Finking for the 300-foot level.
The properties are about ready for ma
chinery and plants will be Installed this
season, but so far no definite arrange
ments have been made. The Bald Moun
tain adjoins the Ibex, at the head of
McCulloch fork, and the Mammoth Is
near the Ana Lulu. The properties are
owned by Massachusetts capitalists.
At the head of McNamee Gulch, some
four miles from Bonanza. J. H. Hill and
William Rutrow are opening up some
claims for an Oregon City companv.
Shafts are being sunk, and show solid
ore. no cross cuts have been run. so the
width of ledges Is not known. The claims
are located just above some ground that
was rich In placr gold of a coarse, rough
nature, and It i? believed these gentle
men have the ledge that furnished the
gold. Near the claims bMng worked are
some promising copper properties.
The Marshall boys, of Portland, have a
valuable pronerty In the Zeritta group of
five-claims, located in Blue Gulch, about
eight miles from Bonanza and one and a
half miles from the Diadem mine. They
have what was known as the Poorman
mine, located by Jack Barnett. and the
Angle ledge, together with a recent dis
covery that assays well the pay behr?
In a white talc Arrangements are under
way to erect an arastra to treat the ore.
There is a fine water power on the claims
and an abundance of good mining tim
bers. Frank Ashley has closed a deal with
Colorado people for a bond on his prop
erty at the mouth of Ruby Creek. The
prospects are only three claims from the
Red Boy. and carry the same ledges. The
work done so far has been mostly of a
prospecting nature, and the ledges are
shown p through all the claims, and
prospect well In free gold. The new men
have started work, and will push matters
with a good force of miners.
Tho North Pole is adding a sawmill to
Its plant The machinery has arrived,
and will be put In position at once.
Machinery has been ordered for the Co
lumbia mine, located above the Golcon
da, to double Its capacity. The new out
fit will include 10 stamps and 16 Johnson
concentrators.
At the Red Boy tho work of excavating
for the hoisting plant has been completed,
and sinking on the large triple compart
ment shaft commenced, It being down
about 20 feet A windlass Is being used
until the hoisting machinery shall arrive.
The Exchequer Mining Company has
started work on its claim on Onion,
Creek, and Is arranging to develop claims
on Deer Creek Onion Creek Is coming to
the front These companies are opening
up prospects and all report a good show
ing. L. G. Wheeler, manager of the St An
thony group, at Alamo, has been cross
cutting the ledge for some time. At pres
ent a width of 120 feet has been gained,
and the wall is not yet In sight The ore
Is comparatively low grade, but values
are regular throughout and it promises
to become the biggest free-milling prop
erty in the district
G. W. McCulloch is opening up a claim
on the opposite side of the mountain from
the Diadem, which has every appearanco
of being an extension of the famous Dia
dem ledge. The ledge is some 30 fQet
wide, with a porphyry horse in the cen
ter. One section of the ledge runs high
in copper and the other in gold.
RICH FROM HAY AND MINES.
Growth, of the Upper Ochoco Valley,
In Crook County.
HOWARD, Or.. July 21. This place Is
SO miles east from Prinevllle, on the
headwaters of the Ochoco River. It Is i
mining camp, and known as Ochoco. The
first discovery of gold was made here 30
years ago, and since that time thou
sands of dollars .have been taken out
of the placer diggings. But the placer
pay dirt so fa"r discovered Is about ex
hausted, and attention Is turned to pros
pecting for quartz, it is claimed that the
country contains quartz ledges that are
among the richest In the world. Every
claim Is staked here for several miles
In every direction, and assessment wor'-c
Is going on right along. The Mayflower
Mining Company, of Portland, own the
main prospect, having recently pur
chased it from the owners, paying $100,000.
The original owners wera McCallister
Bros., of this county.
Twenty years ago they found the out
cropping of quartz here and began to dig.
When they exhausted their funds they
worked at something else until able to
buy another outfit and dig again. Win
ter and Summer for all of thoso years
they have kept this up. They struck
quartz rich enough to pay to haul It to
Tho Dalles and then ship It to tho
smeller. In 18 years the two brothers
had tunneled into the sldo of a moun
tain about 600 feet, when, two years
ago, the Mayflower Company took charge.
Tho tunnel la now more than 1000 feet
in length, and work Is suspended for only
a short time until machinery can be hod
to tap the tunnel with- a shaft The
work has been done by means of tram
cars, four to six men "working at a time.
Assays have ranged from a few dollars
to thousands to tho ton, and It is- said
that every inch of tae ledge Is pay ore.
Thousands of dollars now lie In the dump
to be taken out by the machinery when
it shall arrive.
There is a hotel here, general store
and postoffice, and dozens of log cabins.
It Is In the midst of a fine timber and
range belt Tall pines three and four
feet through cover thousands of acres,
and the grass, green and half leg high,
covers the mountains. Large mule deer
roam the woods, and fish are abundant
In the mountain streams.
There Is scarcely a foot of dirt 'in tho
beds of tho streams that has not been
washed, and two large reservoirs have
been built for placer mining. It is
claimed that this is one of the coming
mining centers of Oregon. There Is
every confidence now that tho thousands
of dollars heretofore taken out by the
placer process will be doubled many times
by the milling process.
Between this point and Prinevllle there
Is the greatest haying district In the
county.
"Ditches have been dug; tho water has
been diverted from the Ochoco River, and
the rich valleys are converted into lux
uriant meadows. The lands yield three
and four tons to the acre, and along the
entire -route large white residences of
wealthy ranchers dot tha way. Men
have grown Immensely rich from off
these meadows, and not one In 10 owe a
dollar. At the foot of tho mountains,
where tho soil cannot be reached by
water, rye Is sown and this produces
two to three tonr. of hay to the acre
Hundreds ci tons of last year's crop re
main unsold on account of the mild
weather last Winter, but the ranchers
are perfectly confident and are cutting
and stacking this year's crop, expecting
good salH. There Is a scarcity of help,
and laborers cannot be hired at any price,
compelling early and late work by every
member of the family In order to har
vest the 'crops.
The Ochoco country Is a rich one, and
with its hay and stock and mines and
timber bids fair for immigration and a
great future.
BIGGEST LOT OF KLONDIKE GOLD.
Brought Down by the Amur Esti
mates of Total Yield Grow.
VICTORIA. B. C, July 22,-Tho steam
er Amur reached here this afternoon.
bringing tho largest number of rich
Klondlkers and more gold than has pre
viously arrived from the North this sea
son. There Is at least $1,000,000 In gold
dust on board the steamer and 90 pas
sengers, one-third of whom made for
tunes In the far north. The general opin
ion of these men, who are actually en
gaged In mining, Is that the output for
the year will be $23,000,000. This large
output Is accounted for by the fact that
as much gold Is now being taken out In
Summer as In Winter. A man who went
over the creeks to estimate the output
said it was hard to make an estimate, as
clalmowners refuse to give the output
for fear that tho royalty of 10 per cent
will be exacted by the government Many
of the largest claims barely pay ex
penses, and If they paid a royalty there
would be a loss for the year.
Doctors say there are.no cases of small
pox In Dawson, but some typhoid. Ar
rangements for tho suppression of dis
ease are the very best
The American and Canadian Boundary
Commissioners have completed their
work above Haines Mission and are now
working at White Pass. The Indians
have entered a protest against the erec
tion of a Custom-House on the bound
ary on the ground that It will restrict
their trade with interior Indians.
FORFEITED THEIR BONDS.
Staire Line Bondsmen Dig: Up $0000
and Quit-
Heppner Times.
Messrs, Halght Kelsay and Bolton, of
The Dalles, bondsmen of B. F. Miller,
sub-contractor of the Heppner-Canyon
City stage line, forfeited their bonds last
Monday and are now forever relieved
of responsibility In -seeing that Uncle
Sam's mall matter Is carried from here
Into the interior. Mr. 'Miller became
heavily Involved and recently filed a peti
tion in bankruptcy, which means that his
creditors, who are said .to bold In the
neighborhood of $5000 against him, will
lose perhaps 75 per cent, of their money.
The bondsmen, upon learning the con
dition of affairs, hoped tq, be able to stay
the inevitable result, and they took
charge of the line themselves, running
it about four weeks. This brief experi
ence cost them over $J00Q.- and 'after wor
rying half their lives away over the big
elephant they concluded that the cheap
est way out of It would be to pay the
amount the bonds called for about $9000
and get out of It, which they have
done. Mr. Bolton says that tho experi
ence has. cost him every pent, he had on
earth, and the two other bondsmen,
while a little better nxed'-'flnanclally. will
perhaps never fully recover from the ef
fects of the stunning bjow.
Thla line will now have to be looked
after by the original contractor, of Lon
don. Ky. Postmaster B. "F. Vaughn, of
this place, has temporarily employed H.
A. Thompson, the liveryman, to carry the
mall from here to Monument, and the
postmaster of that place will see to hav
ing the same carried .on to Canyon City.
The creditors and bondsmen are entitled
to the greatest sympathy1 In their unfor
tunate predicament
Fire in Cordwood.
OREGON CITY. July '22. About 275 or
300 cord of wood belonging, to R. L. Rus
sell, a wood contractor, were burned on
the Tualatin River this afternoon. The
blaze evidently started from a campfire.
and had not the Crown Paper Company
sent over several men to tput out the
flames, the loss would have been much
greater. Mr. Russell had cut the wood
for the Crown mills, but It had not been
received by the company.
'
WnihlnfirtortffOtes.
The City Treasurer of Port Angeles re
ports a cash balance on hand of $11.671 91.
W. B. Day stepped Into-'a house at Su
mas, Whatcom County, -without knocking,
was mistaken for a burglar and shot He
will lose an eye and be otherwise dis
figured. A special engine did a big Job of cow
Dan Goodman, of NQrJh Yakima, sold
on Wednesday 41 sheep, Shropshire bucks,
at $25 a head, and 25 to 'Jnmes Fraser at
$10. He also sold 2200 lanibs 3t $2 40. the
lambs averaging 77 pounds each.
The Mason County Logging Company
continues to add to the equipment of Its
two large camps In the Black" Hills sec
tion, and will have 14 donkey engines pull
ing In the logs when the camps start
again, says the Olympiad Olympian.
The Ellcnsburg Capital .says. the North
ern Pacific has surveyors on the route of
a cut-off from Lind, on- tho main line, a
few miles west of Rltzvllle, to Ellensburg.
by which the bend ion- tq Pasco and
Yakima would be avoided and-99 miles of
distance saved between the two points.
The hop crop is excellent condition,
and in the bloom, says the Yakima Re
public There will be "from 14,000 to 16.000
bales this season. The hops never looked
better and are entirely free 'from vermin.
There are only 2000 bales contracted thus
far, and the uniform .pIce lar o cents. A
good many buyers areo"n the ground, but
the growers aref not .very willing to con
tract thus far.
killing about one mile, north of here Mon
day morning, says th.e Chehalls Times.
Eleven cows belonging", to S.. F. Town
send, the dairyman, were standing on
the track and the special ran into them.
Ten of the cows were killed outright and
the remaining one was injured. The front
trucks of tho engine Jumped the track,
and the engine ran some 150 yards before
ii could be stopped. Tho engine wa3 not
seriously injured.
THE FIGHT IN MONTANA
THE STANDARD OIL TRUST IS THE
REAL ISSUE.
It .Was a Shrewd Political Mo-re of
Cleric to Ally Himself Wit tae
Cause of tho People.
BUTTE, Mont, July 2L Intense interest
pervades all classes of Montanans In the
political struggle now being waged In the
state. The results- will be far-reaching
and all-Important The Issues at stake
are not the old Issues. Formerly the per
sonal ambitions of multl-mllllonarles oc
cupied the foreground of the political
stage, but neither Marcus Daly nor W. A.
Clark can occupy tho front of the stage
In the coming election.
Tho supremacy in Montana of the
Standard Oil Company or Its overthrow
alone vexes the minds of Montanans now.
The magnates of the Standard Oil Com
pany have acquired control of the great
copper mines of Butte, save those owned
by Senator W. A. Clark and F. A. Heinze.
Were Clark and Heinze out of the field,
Standard Oil influence would absolutely
dominate the state. The stocks of the
various mining companies could be manip
ulated by the "blind pool" management
at will and the public eould be
wheedled and fleeced without fear or fa
vor. The Butte & Boston Mining Com
pany, for Instance, Is a sickly Institution.
It Is a smelter mainly, for its mines are
worthless, or almost so. But the Stand-.
ard Oil management is taking rich cop
per ore out of the Parrot and the Ana
conda and selling It to the Butte & Bos
ton smelter at, of course, a favorable
price to the Butte & Boston. The pub
lic Is then informed that the Butte &
Boston Is producing 2,000.000' pounds of
copper a month. Were this copper the
product of the mines of the Butte & Bos
ton, that company might get out of debt
and pay dividends, but the copper produc
tion of the Butte & Boston Is a manipu
lated production, and nothing more. To
aid in the game of bolstering up a rotten
concern, the Parrot smelter was shut
down, and Its ore sent to the Butte &
Boston and Anaconda smelters; and this
notwithstanding the fact that the Parrot
smelter could have treated the Parrot ore
far cheaper and more economically than
the Anaconda smelter. Indeed, the Ana
conda reduction works are so antiquated
and wasteful that new ones are being
built and the old- ones will be completely
abandoned.
The game of the Standard Oil people is
to get Heinze to sell out and quit Mon
tana. He Is a bitter thorn In their side.
G. M. Hyams, who represents the Stand
ard Oil Interests In Montana, stated In a
Republican caucus that If the Republican
party of Montana would aid the Standard
Oil in driving Heinze from the state, then
the Standard Oil would see to It that the
Republicans were Intrenched In power In
Montana for all time to come. Hyams
has taken Marcus Daly's place In Mon
tana as the head of the copper trust He
Is a fellow of diminutive size, about 40
years of age, and a tireless worker. He
Is a Jew, and his face bears the Imprint
of extraordinary cunning and keenness.
He is arrogant to the last degree, and
he has no more respect for the rights of
others than a Chinese Boxer for the life
of a Christian.
Some of the Methods Employed.
A few illustrations will suffice to show
his methods. Heinze owns a great mine
called the Nipper. This mine Heinze has
developed to the 1200-foot level, and he Is
prepared to take 100 tons a day of cop
per ore out of this mine. Two years
ago, Heinze was enjoined from working
the Nipper by the Anaconda Company
as co-owners, for the Anaconda people
still own 5-36 of the mine. In that suit
Anaconda engineers made affidavits that
the apex of the Nipper was on Nipper
ground. Heinze had the law changed en
abling a co-owner to work a mine without
the consent of his partners. Thereupon
the same engineers made affidavits that
the apex of the Nipper was on the Oden,
a claim to the south. On the strength
of those affidavits the east end of the
Nipper was closed down. But In the west
end were vast ore bodies that the Oden
Injunction did not reach. So the same
engineers, under G. M. Hyams' direction,
made a new batch of affidavits, claiming
that the" apex of the Nipper ore bodies
was on the Little Mlna, to the north. In
fact, these hirelings of the Standard Oil
Invented a north nnd south vein to ex
plain away their Inconsistencies. Mean
while. Heinze has been trying to get the
Nipper case tried, but Hyams has used
all the machinery and chicanery of the
law to delay the trial.
In the Snohomish and Tramway case,
Hyams' methods, like those of the heath
en Chinee, were equally peculiar. Heinze
owned half the Snohomish and a third ot
the Tramway. Clara Larkln and the Butte
& Boston were contending for the balance
of the claims. As co-owner, Heinze spent
$160,000 opening up these mines from the
levels of the Rarus, and, to the astonish
ment of everybody, he developed mines in
both. Hyam3, acting for the Standard
Oil owners, brought suit for partition of
the Snohomish and Tramway. In that
suit he made affidavits that both prop
erties were only worth $200,000. But while
Hyams was contriving Injunctions and
partition suits, Heinze was developing
copper mines. Hyams brought suit to
shut down the Snohomish and Tramway,
on the plea that a co-owner could ex
tract ore only through a shaft sunk on
the mines themselves. Judge Lindsay
laughed this plea out of court Hyams
carried his plea to the Supreme Court.
Then he brought another suit for an in
junction on the plea that the tunnel con
necting the Rarus with the Snohomish
ran through country rock owned by the
Boston & Montana. Judge Lindsay also
rejected this plea, and Hyams again ap
pealed to the Supreme Court Pending
this appeal, Hyams asked for a receiver
from Judge Knowles for the half Interest
in dispute between Clara Larkln and the
Butte & Boston. Judge Knowles Is the
United States District Judge, and he
granted the receiver. This receiver was
an expensive luxury. He employed a
corps of Inspectors to watch Helnze's op
erations, but Heinze mined enough ore In
the Snohomish and Tramway to make a
profit for the receiver of $100,000. Heinze
asked the court to allow him $80,000, being
the Larkln or Butte & Boston Interest's
share of the development work to make
theso mines. The court refused, but It
granted Mr. Hyams' request to extend the
power of the receiver over the whole
mine. Hyams whole game was to shut
Heinze off from securing this ore for his
smelter. He failed signally In the state
courts, but a United States Judge and a
United States Court made a friend of
Hyams receiver, and this receiver Imme
diately curtailed production. Where
Heinze was mining 300 tons a day, the re
ceiver mined 20, and where Heinze was
making money the receiver operated at a
loss during the very first month he op
erated these mines.
Didn't Close This Mine.
The case of the Minnie Healy, which
Heinze bought from Daly and Miles Fln
Itn, is also peculiar. Before the transfer
was fully effected,. Daly combined with
the Standard OH, and, strange as it may
seem, tried to repudiate the sale of the
Mlnnlo Healy. But Heinze had posses
sion, and had developed a rich mine there
in. Then Hyams tried a thousand and one
expedients to shut down the Minnie
Healy. Heinze, fearing another Federal
Court receiver, took time by the forelock
and had a receiver appointed by the State
Court That receiver soon discovered that
Hyams and the copper trust were actu
ally mining rich ore in the Gambetta and
Piccolo, Boston &. Montana mines, from a
vein which unmistakably apexed In the
Minnie Healy ground. Receiver Wilson Is
now seeking to enjoin the 'Hyams people
from mining this ore, and the Hyams
gang have uttered a tremendous howl
about throwing men out of employment
by such Injunctions.
Theso cases will illustrate conditions ln
Butte. Heinze and Clark have granted
their miners an eight-hour day, and they
have agreed that they will aid in making
an eight-hour working day the law of
the state. The Standard Oil people pro
claim It from tho hilltops that they will
shut down every copper mine In Butte
they own rather than grant an eight-hour
day to miners. The shutting down of the
Standard Oil copper mines would cause a
copper famine, and would enhance
Clark's and Helze's profits enormously.
Clark 13 producing about 50,000.000 pounds
a year, and Heinze about 35,000,000 pounds,
and an advance of 5 cents a pound, which
must ensue from the shut-down of Stand
ard Oil copper mines, would mean vast
profit for Clark and Heinze.
Moreover, New York and New England
banks are weighted with fully $100,000,000
of the "Blind Pool" Standard Oil copper
stocks as collateral. A shut-down -would
mean the cessation of dividends, a terrible
slump In the value of such securities, and
a sauve-qui-peu for the banks to get
rid of them. The flooded. Idle mines
would cave and the Idle smelters would
rust and rot A policy of Insanity alone
would shut down these mines, and the
people of Montana know it, and they are
going to make an eight-hour day the law
of the state.
Moreover, the people see a conspiracy
on foot to pitchfork Standard OH tools
into the various legislative. Judicial and
executive offices ot the state. Senator
Thomas H. Carter, who Is an attorney for
this Standard Oil crowd. Is accused of
being a party to the conspiracy. He Is
accused of entering Into an alliance with
the Rockefellers to hand over to them
the Republican party of the state In re
turn for re-election to the United States
Senate. The Marcus Daly following tried
to turn the Democracy of Montana over
to the Standard OH crowd. But that at
tempt failed. It remains to be seen
whether Tom Carter can succeed where
Marcus Daly failed. Meanwhile, the vari
ous labor organizations and the Populists
and Democrats are working In harmony
to defeat the Standard OH conspiracy.
The conviction Is strong among the popu
lace tiiat the battle in Montana is the
people against the most monstrous trust
that ever attempted to dominate a state.
The copper trust Is fabulously rich, and
It will spend untold millions In striving
to achieve Its ends. It ha3 an army of
heelers and shouters. whose mission It
Is to deceive the people and falsify the
Issues. Its mercenaries will tell you that
It Is a Clark and Daly contest still, but
Montanans realize that this is a battle
of great principles, and not of persons.
A multitude of Daly clansmen and
many of tho most noted of the Daly
captains will be found in the rank3 of
the people, for the real truth 13 W. A.
Clark has gone over into the people's
camp and Is fighting their battle. He
has made the wisest political move of his
life, and If the people win Clark will hold
a place In Montana far more honorable
and more powerful than ho ever could
have held had not the Standard Oil peo
ple's greed been tempted by the colossal
wealth of Montana's copper mines.
Dubois Is Boastful.
BLACKFOOT. Idaho, July 23. Senator
Dubois returned home yesterday from the
Pocatello convention. He says:
"A fusion between the three parties In
the state Is absolutely assured. Tho Pop
ulists feared the nomination of Steunen
berg or one of his naming, and on that
account refused to Join the combination.
They are now satisfied and In due time
wiir withdraw their ticket and support the
Democratic and Silver Republican ticket
Success in the state is certain. As the
candidate for the Senate, I will carry
every county with the possible exception
of two, Ada and Latah."
WAR VESSEL FOR FISHERMAN.
One May Be Sent to Fraser River to
Protect Them.
VANCOUVER, B. C. July 22. There
was little practical change In the salmon
fishermen's strike situation today. Late
reports from Steveson show that the fish
ermen have refused the latest offer of the
canners to pay 20 cents a fish throughout
the season. The men still hold out for
25 cents. Violence Is threatened if tho
Japanese go out to fish tomorrow, as It is
reported they will do. A war vessel may
bo sent from Victoria to protect them.
Schooner Free Trade In a Storm.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 22. The schoon
er Free Trade, which sailed hence July
9 for Coos Bay, came back to port today
with her foresail gone and her forward
rigging gone. They were carried away
by a squall off Pqlnt Arena on July 17.
The vessel Itself narrowly escaped found
ering. AT THE HOTELS.
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Dr. Henry Sldgwlck, for nerirly 20 years
professor of moral philosophy at Cam
bridge University, is compelled to resign
his chair by serious ill-health.
SALMON 100 PLENTIFUL
CATCH CROWDS THE FACDLlTrEff
OF LOWER COLUMBIA.
Gillnets Most Benefited Traps Not
Doing? So Well a Usual Vis
itors to Flahins Grounds.
ASTORIA. Or., July 22. The fishing sit
uation during the past few days has
changed materially for the better, with
the result that today the cold-storage men
have been almost blocked; Indeed, one.
Alter, was blocked. The different can
neries In operation packed more fish today
than any day during the season, and while
nono of these were blocked, they wero
busy all day. If signs are at all reliable,
the run will continue for several days
to come. The Increased run has been es
pecially appreciated by tho glllnet fisher
men, while the catch of the traps has
fallen off. The seines scoop up every
thing that comes along, and the pres
ent low water Is to their advantage.
Fish Commissioner Reed and Representatives-elect
Allen and Hahn, of Clatsop
County, had for their guests today Sena
tor Smith and Representatives Heltkemper
and Orton. of Multnomah County. Ex
Senator Bancroft also made up a party
that made a tour of the lower river to In
vestigate the fishing situation. The steam
er El Hurd was placed at their disposal,
through the courtesy of the combine, and
the party visited Chinook, Ilwaco and '
Sand Island. The purpose ot the trip
was to familiarize themselves with tho
needs of the fishing Industry, so that tho
pack shall not decrease each year, as it
at present gives promise of dalng in tho
Columbia. There are three propositions
In view, and each has its friends and op
ponents. The first Is to abolish the use
of traps and wheels; the second to pro
hibit fishing above tidewater, and the
third Is to abolish .wheels and to regulate
the size of mesh of all nets, gill, traps
and seines. The Legislators on the trip
were eager to learn, and took notes of
what they saw. Next week they will
make a "trip to the Upper Columbia, to
watch the wheels In operation.
VANCOUVER A SUPPLY POIXT.
British. Base for the Operations in
China.
VANCOUVER, B. C, July 22. A special
from Ottawa says the Dominion Govern
ment has received a cable from the War
Office In London stating that Vancouver
is to be made a supply point for British
troops In China. Ammunition will be
shipped from the arsenals In England,
but all available rations are to be pur
chased at Vancouver. The Dominion
Government has been asked to make ar
rangements as soon as possible for the
transportation from Halifax to Vancou
ver of a large number of troops and muni
tions of war destined for the Orient but
the precise number of troops to bo sent
through Is not stated.
More Sherman County Wheat Burned
WASCO, Or., July 22. Three hundred
acres of wheat belonging to John and
David Fulton, living seven miles west of
this city, was destroyed today. It was
partly harvested, and the loss Is estimated
at 000 bushels. It was partly Insured.
The fire was caused by a traction engine.
Left With Their Prisoner.
Detectives Klpley and McGrath. of Chi
cago, who had been waiting here for sev
eral weeks for requisition and extradition
papers for Robert Pettlgrew, started for
Chicago last evening with their prisoner.
Pettlgrew Is charged with having taken
part in a conspiracy to kill during a labor
strike in Chicago two years ago.
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No other soap in
the world is used so
much; or so little of
it goes so far.
All sorts of people use Peart soup, all scrU
of stores sell it, especially druggists.
Has no equal for the cure of nervous and
physical debility, exhausted vitality, vari
cocele, premature decline, loss of mem
ory, wasting, etc, which has been
brought about by early Indiscretions or
later excesses.
Six thousand gave willing testimony
during 1S99. Established SO years.
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Corner Fourth and Morrison Streets
PORTLAND, OREGON
A BALD NEWSPAPER MAN.
Getting a Xevr Crop of Hair, and Has
No More Dandruff.
Everybody in the Northwest knows Colo
nel Daniel Searles, the veteran journalist
and publicist of Butte. January 10, 1900,
the Colonel writes: "I used a couple of
bottles of Nejvbro'fl Herpicldo with mar
velous results. Tho dandruff disappeared:
a new crop of hair has taken root, anS
the bald spot Is rapidly being covered."
Herpicldo 13 the only hair preparation that
kills the dandruff germ that digs up tho
scalp In scales as it burrows Its way to
the root of the hair, where it destroys
the vitality of tho hair, causing the hair
to fall out. Kill the dandruff germ with
Herplclde.
The Oregon Mining
Stock Exchange
Auditorium. Chamber of Commerce Bids.,
V. O. box 879. Portland. Or,
Telephone Main 810,
J. E. Haseltlne. Pres.; David Goodsell Treaa.
F. J. Hard, Sec.
Directors L. G. Clarke. J. E. Haseltlne, Da
vid GoodsrtU. P. J. Jennings. L G. Davidson.
F. V. Drake. E. A. Clem.
THE GOLD HILL & BOHEMIA MDONG CO.
owns four flrst-clasa quartz mining proper
ties; three of them, embracing nine claims
being In the Gold Hill wining district. Jack
son Countv. Oretron: and rmn nt thorn .-..
bracing seven claims, belnr in the very
heart of the Bohemia mmlng- camp. Capital
stock. 5100.000.00: 40 ner cent of stm in
treasury; all promoters' stock pooled. Listed
with the Oregon Mlnlmr Steele Esehum. in-i
vestlgate. Davidson, Ward & Co. (raemberaJ
of the Oregon Mining Stock Exchange), io
Chamber of Commerce. Phono Clay 83&
Dr. liii s Be t