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ttt iTTONTNG- OREGOSIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1900.
SCHOOL LAND BAS
Why Do Not Proper Officers
Know of ,Any?
HOW DOEX-OFHCERS GET SO MUCH?
Some Pointed Question m to the
Administration, -of Oreeon School
Land Bnnlcezn The Abuse.
SAL12M, Aug. 1. Some of the com
plaints against the management of Ore
gon's school land business are voiced by
John P. Robertson, who has had occasion
to Jook Into the matter somewhat and pro
cesses to know -whereof he speaks.
"'In The Oregonlan of July 16," said Mr.
Robertson, I see an article by Hon. iL
Xt Chamberlain, Clerk of the State Board
of School Land Commissioners.
"He replies to a letter by Mr. Crump, of
Xakeview, who stated that the Board
charged applicants for the purchase of
school lands' 58 $0 per acre, when the- law
fixed the price at $2 50. Mr. Chamberlain
says this charge Is untrue, and adds:
Ir, Crump's -application for 40 acres of lieu
or indemnity land, ncompanled with fi, wes
TeceUed from his attorney at Lakeview. Or..
April 21. The land applied for not haWnc been
selected or eubject to rale, the application and
remittance -were turned oer to the State Land
Agent, vfto, "having1 no available base, notified
the said attorney that ?15 more would be re
quired 16 make a pclcction. This amount the
attorney forwarfed to the land agent, 'who
made the selection upon the "base furnished by
General W H. Odell, and advised this of
fice that b. selection had been made Sor 40
acres, as applied for. A certificate was issued,
end the one-nfth payment of $20 properly cred
ited thereon. Of the $42 remaining, the land
agent remitted $2 to the United States Land
Ofllce .for -fees charred in -each selection, and
turned over to "VT. H. Odell the remaining $40
In Jil charre for the base furnished, he hav
ing adUsed thhe State Land Agent that he
bad jjrevlouslj arranged with Mr Crump's at
torney to furnish the base. "Where the parties
bold or have knowledge of unused base, they
have and do exercise the right to fiispose of it
at will.
"Here it does seem to me that Mr.
Chamberlain gives away the whole case.
3a order that the public may fully under
stand the true Inwardness of this most
disreputable business, a little explana
tion is necessary.
"By law the United States has granted
to the several states the 16th and SGth
soctions In each township for school pur
poses. But often before survey a part
or all of these sections are settled on and
claimed, or are In reservations, and are
lost to the state. In such cases the State
Board of School Land Commissioners has
the right to select from any of the un
occupied public lands, subject to entry,
an equal amount in lieu thereof. This
loss of any land to which the state would
otherwise be entitled is" therefore called
a base for the selection of other lands.
"Now, who would be supposed to know,
and who should Tcnow, when the state
had lost land; and whether other land
had or had not already been selected
Instead, unless It be the clerk of the
board, whose business It is to receive
the lists, dispose of, and keep a full rec
ord of these lands? That is what the
clerk of the board Is paid to do; and
when application to purchase Is made,
to give all necessary Information from
these records, without charge.
"Accordingly, when a few years ago I
.had a claim In the mountains, and con
cluded to locate it as school land, if I
could get a base, I went to the clerk of
the board, Ignorantly supposing that I
could get all "necessary Information of
that officer. I was soon Informed that
he did not know anything about Itdid
not know that we bad any base due us.
He threw down a number of old records
anU Invited me to look for myself. He
might just as well have handed down a
history of China. I concluded to appeal
my case. I -went right up to His Excel
lency. From him I learned that the books
from the first had been kept badly had
not been postedand neither the clerk
nor the board Tcnew whether the state had
any lieu lands due it; whether we were
Just even, or whether they had not al
ready sold much more than the state was
entitled to. "Was this not a pretty kettle
of fish? I asked why the board did not
nave the records posted so that the board
would know when they had land to sell,
and the clerk could give all the informa
tion desired. The reply was 'no appro
priation for that purpose.'
"Why then have you not called the at
tention of the Legislature to this, and
-asked for an appropriation?" I asked. To
this I got no reply.
"'Returning again to the clerk. I was
told to go a young attorney of Salem, and
It would be all right. "Well, I did not
go. and did not buy the land.
"However, the Legislature of 1893, I be
lieve, took this abuse in hand and at
tempted to apply a remedy. They created
the office of State Land Agent, and Gov
ernor Lord appointed Hon. T. "W. Daven
port to the position a most excellent
selection. In his report he mercilessly ex
posed the tricks of these base Jobbers to
whom applicants must apply for the In
formation that should be given to them
by the clerk, and without charge. These
sharks sometimes supplied their clients
with false bases or bases that had been
used before. If my memory serves mo
rightly, Mr. Davenport published one list
of over SO such purchasers who had part
ed with their hard-earned dollars, to
these men and to the tate, believing they
wero securing a good title to their little
homes only to find later on that the
state had no title to convey, that the base
for which they had been forced to pay
had been used before' Mr. Davenport
put a stop to this nefarious business, and
told me a few weeks before he retired
from office that he had almost any
amount of unquestionable bases to fur
nish free.
"Now we learn from Mr. Chamberlain
that Mr Crump applied to purchase 40
acres, sent ?47. and that the State Land
Agent, having no available base,
notified the said attorney (Mr. Crump's)
that '$16 more would bo required to make
the selection." The pertinent questions
here, it seems to me, arc:
"First "Was there any base due the
state?
"Second If there was base still due the
state, who should know that fact so well
as the board, their clerk, and the land
agent, whose especial business it is to
dispose of these lands and keep the rec
ords? .
"Third If no base was still due the
state, how could General Odell furnish
it?
'Fourth Is it true, as rumored, that,
Just previous to the close of the last
state administration, somebody sold to a
syndicate, all or nearly all. the bases se
cured by Mr. Davenport?
"Fifth Is It this base that General
Odell is now furnishing at 51 per acre?
tThls Inference seems warranted by the
closing sentence in the extract from Mr.
Chamberlain's letter, viz., 'Where parties
hold, or have knowledge of unused base,
they have and do exercise the right to
dispose of it at will.)
Sixth Does General Odell "hold or
have knowledge" of this "unused base."
disposed of during the closing weeks of
the former administration, and when he
was clerk f the board?
"Seventh Is It those holdings or this
knowledge that all applicants who wish
to purchase school lands must pay for,
at the rate of 51 per acre. In addition to
the price fixed by law?
Of the ?62 sent by Mr. Crump. $2, very
properly, was sent to the United States
Land Office and the selection made; 530
was applied on his purchase, and $40 de
livered to General Odoll for furnishing the
base1.
"Is It not strange passing strange
that all these clerks while la. of
fice are as densely - Ignorant of
whether the state has any available base
to locate, as if they had always resided
In Che Foo, or South Africa; and then as
soon as out of office know all about It,
and set up as expert base brokers, at 51
to 52 per acre, a la McComack and Na
poleon Davis? Will Mr. Chamberlain and
Mr. Geer, when they retire two years
hence, take all the knowledge of the office
with them, and also set up as base brok
ers? "We shall see what we shall see.
"I say this more In sadness than in
gladness. The reputation of our citizens,
and especially officers, is part of our
wealth, and should not be clouded for
light and trivial causes. Charges are
easily made, and all facilities for defen
sive explanations should be freely ac
corded, and judgment withheld until all
the facts are known. I disclaim any de
sire to injure any gentleman mentioned,
and make no charges. But it does seem
to me that there is a great wrong some
where, that has long vainly called and
is now calling for a remedy."
Return of Railroad Prospectors.
THE DALLES, Or., Aug. L The party
of railroad prospectors who left here a
week ago for the purpose of examining
the banks of the Deschutes River as
to Its feasibility as a railroad route, re
turned to The Dalles yesterday, and re
port a trip of great hardship on account
of the rough country traversed and the
.extreme heat experienced. The party
consisted of A. S. Bennett, M. T. Nolan.
J. P. Mclnerny. F. S. Gordon and Oscar
Huber, a railroad engineer. The portion
of the country prospected by the party
was up the canyon of the Deschutes,
which is a succession of rocky declivi
ties, slides and precipitous banks, to
Trout Creek, about 100 miles In all. This
road is projected to connect The Dalles
with Lakevlew, between which points an
immense amount of freight is hauled by
team annually.
Clarlc County Finances.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Aug. L County
Treasurer Parcel today flled with the
Auditor his report for the quarter end
ing June 3D. The report shows:
Cash on hand April 1 557,771 09
Receipts from all sources. 57,775 55
Disbursements 4b,7z 62
Balance on hand July 1 69.S27 62
Tho amount received from tax collec
tions was $42,639 52. The delinquent tax
roll shows uncollected taxes amounting
to 525,376 93. This Is over 5S000 less than
the delinquent roll at this time last year.
The amount of taxes collected by tho
County Treasurer for tho City of Van
couver to date is $3895 53. This amount
has been turned over to City Treasurer
Scanlon and apportioned to the different
funds.
Buying: Cavalry Horses.
Frineville Review.
Last Wednesday and Thursday H. M.
McDonald, representing William Frazier,
of Portland, was in Prlneville. accord
ing to announcement, to purchase cav
alry horses. Mr. McDonald went up to
the Camp Creek country and brought
down about 20 head. He succeeded In
getting 61 head at this place, and left
yesterday for Albany. At Sisters he ex
pected to pick up a few more. Tho
price paid was very good, and possibly
the average price was 510. He took some
good horses, and some which were not.
Ho took no large horses. Mr. McDon
ald left over $3000 in our midst for horses
that every one thought could not be sold.
Transfer of Rev. Father Verlianp.
BAKER CTTT, Aug. L Rev. L. Ver
haag will leave for Portland tomorrow
en route to Verboort. Washington Coun
ty, to which place he has been trans
ferred as pastor. His. new duties also
Include those of dean, and he will have
general supervision over the clergy of
Washington, Yamhill andx Tillamook
Counties.
Rev. Father "Verhaag has boen the resi
dent pastor In Baker City for nearly seven
yeans. During that tlmo a great deal
of Improvement has been made by .him
and he leaves the parish free of debt.
GO Xets of Japanese Destroyed.
VANCOUVER, B. a, Aug. L Although
the fishermen's strike on Frascr River is
a thing of the past, the bitterness of
white members of the union against the
Japanese Is greater than ever. Fifty
Japanese fishing nets, valued at 5100 each,
were destroyed while the Japanese were
asleep, and the police have been unable
to locate the vandals who destroyed them.
Reports of the Fraser River fisheries to
day indicate that the run is improving,
the boats averaging between 50 and CO
fish per day.
To Be Dishonorably Discharged.
WASHINGTON, July 26. Private
Thomas Johnson, of Company M, Twenty-fourth
Infantry, now In the hands of
the civil authorities serving sentence of
imprisonment, will be dishonorably dis
charged from the service by the com
manding officer at Fort Wright, Wash.,
where he was stationed.
Freio-ht Conductor Killed.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. L Conductor
Valle was killed on the O. R. & N.
Cocur d'Alene branch today. He had
charge of a freight which ran into a
horse near Tekoa. Vaile, who was stand
ing on a car, was thrown off and crushed
under the wheels.
Oregon A'otes.
Eugene is complaining because few
owners of dogs take out licenses.
At Eugene a man is bringing 2000 cords
of wood to town through a mlllrace.
In the Camas country, Lane County,
the yield of wheat is 1 to 10 bushels per
acre.
William Nels, owner of a 25-acre hop
yard near Springfield, has let It to James
Strassman for three years.
Mr. and Mrs. Clair Inman, of Liberty
postoffice, have just been honored with a
12-pound boy, whom they have called
Mark Hanna.
Mormon preachers announced a meet
ing at the church in Oak Hill last Satur
day evening, but were prevented by find
ing a prohibitory notice on the door
signed "'Legal Authority."
An Oak Hill man sends this to the Eu
gene Register: "Found, six miles west
of Eugene, a swarm of bees, on the Sic
Fall ranch. Owner can have same by de
scribing and giving number."
During the ensuing year the Klamath
Indian agency has contracted for supplies
as follows: Flour, 519 50 per 1000 pounds;
wheat and oats, each 51 30 per 100, and
bran, 51 per 100 pounds; beef, 56 4S per 100
pounds. Two bidders tied On the contract
for beef to be furnished at Talnax, 57 25
per 1W pounds.
A large and powerful crazy man en
tered a. mallear on the Southern Pacific,
near Ashland, July 30. and it required the
united efforts of Conductor Tynan, Postal
Messenger Gay and the brakeman to over
power and eject him. Once out of the
car, he threw oft the trainmen and es
caped in the darkness.
Eugene's business men are not respond
ing liberally to the requests of the com
mittee appointed to secure subscriptions
for a road Into the Blue River mines. The
Register says the "lack of support must
come as a matter of deep concern to the
people of Eugene," and It warns them to
beware lest Brownsville get the trade of
the mines.
The Asland Tidings says a well-known
"female dead beat" Is working towns
along the Southern Pacific Railroad. She
was over the same ground one year ago,
and was thoroughly exposed at that time,
yet so successful was she at her game
that she now tries it again. Her name is
given as "'Mrs. Woodruff' now, but for
merly she called herself "Mrs. -Cameron."
She Is well advanced in life, being about
50 years of age, stout of figure, with gray
hair and blue eyes, and is attired mod
estly. One of her successful dodges is
to work charitably Inclined people on the
fraternal racket, claiming her near rela
tives as belonging to the Masonic. Odd
Fellows" and other fraternal organizations.
CRUSHED TO JELL?
FATE OF WORK3IAX CAUGHT BY A
, SAWMILL PULLEY.
Xearly Every Bone In His Body "Was
Broken Arms Torn Off and Neck
Dislocated Unmarr Jed,
EUGENE, Or., Aug. 1. David Kauble,
an employe of the Booth-Kelly Lumber
Company, was killed at the sawmill In
Coburg this forenoon. He was caught by
a belt, which he was attempting to throw
from a pulley, and was wound around a
shaft at a great rate of speed, 'his body
being-crushed and mangled In a horrible1
manner. Foreman A. C. Miller saw the
accident and Immediately signalled and
stopped the machinery, and with the as
sistance of other men extricated the
body. All the bones of the chest were'
broken and ribs crushed, the right arm
torn .off at the elbow, the left arm crushel
and almost torn oft at the shoulder, both
legs crushed, neck broken, and in fact
nearly all bones broken. An Inquest was
held this afternoon. No one was held
responsible for the accident. Kauble was
41 years old, and -unmarried.
MILLER MAY RETURN TO OREGON.
Chinese Dlsturances May Keep Hint
From Reaching His Post.
SALEM, Aug. L Governor Geer today
received a long personal letter from Hon.
H. B. Miller, ex-president of the Oregon
State Board of Horticulture, and now a
United States -Consul In China. Mr. Mil
ler was at Manila when the letter was
written, June 26, but he expected to leave
within a few days for Nagasaki, Japan,
and thence to Taku, China. If the pres
ent condition shall continue in China, he
will not be able to reach his post, and
in that event expects to return to Ore
gon. He has spent two weeks traveling
in Luzon, and has the following to say of
his observations:
"The country Is wonderfully rich from
an agricultural standpoint; hemp, sugar,
rice and tobacco being the principal prod
ucts. Cocoanuts, bananas, mangoes and
many other fruits grow wild. Pineapples
are not cultivated, although they are
sweet and nice, but smalL Corn Is a
staple for food, and grows throughout the
year. It is to ba seen In the. same field
thoroughly ripe and just peeping out of
the ground. A crooked stick is used for
a plow, and harrows are made with
wooden teeth. These, with a hoe, a knife
and a solid-wheeled cart or sled con
stitute the entire Implement outfit of a
Luzon farmer. The crops they grow,
however, are immense.
"Some of the largest' and finest hard
wood" trees in the world 'grow here. A
beautiful mahogany plank four feet wide
and 16 feet long, perfectly clear, is not
anything of a curiosity. Immense forests
of many varieties of elegant hardwoods
are to be found on many of the Islands,
and their value Is beyond computation'
from present knowledge. It is certainly
a source of great wealth, and our Gov
ernment should inaugurate a policy that
will continue their growth.
"There Is, so far as I could see, no Im
mediate prospect of peace here. The na
tives are vicious in their hatred of Amer
icans, and nothing but force will hold
them down. They are killing about as
many of our soldiers now by stealthy
meas as they killed in actual warfare.
The natives are bright, and have in them
the making of "good people in time. They
have not In them sufficient stability or
reliability to conduct government now,
but under proper directions would soon
grow to It."
Mr. Miller said he had not yet heard
the results of the Oregon election.
Clerk M. L. Chamberlain," of the State
Land Board, today paid into the state
treasury 521,319 52, collected by him dur
ing the month of July. This sum Is di
vided among the various funds as fol
lows: School, principal 517,135 04
School, interest 3,251 57
University, interest 16 60
Agricultural College, principal.... 74157
Agricultural College, Interest 119 44
Swamp land 55 30
Total 521,319 52
This is an unusually large amount for
one month's collections, but is not the
largest during the present administration.
In May the collections amounted to
521,834 49. The total since January 1 is
5117,276 42. A large part of tho school
principal this month is the product of the
sales 'of state land, though the greater
portion comes from the payment of money
borrowed from the board.
Governor Geer today commuted the sen
tence of John Laveny, who was received
at the Penitentiary April 27, 1899, on a
two years' "sentence from Harney County,
Laveny's crime was an assault with a
dangerous weapon, and jthe person as
saulted, Lon C. De Condrjs, joined In a
petition for Laveny's pardon. The com
mutation simply restores the prisoner to
liberty, but does not restore his citizen
ship. The latter depends upon the future
conduct of th'e man.
Sheriff Durbln today paid Into the
county treasury $10,991 33, which Is the
amount of taxes collected by him during
the month of July on the 1S99 assess
ment roll. This Is the sixth turn-over
made by Sheriff Durbln, the total thus
far collected being 5107,343 57. There is
still to be collected the sum of 5109,751 4S.-
Sheriff Durbln says that just at present
the taxes are coming in slowly, though
they wero paid rapidly some time ago.
He expects that the last half of the
taxes will be paid very slowly.
In the case of F. L. Richmond, respon
dent, vs. Southern Pacific Company, ap
pellant, tho Supreme Court has ordered'
that the appellant's time to serve and
file Its brief be extended to October 1, 1900.
The annual distribution of tho proceeds
of the Irreducible common school fund
should have been made today, according
to law. Owingto the failure of the(
Superintendents of Multnomah and Doug'
las Counties to report their school popu
lation, the per capita ratio for the state
could not be ascertained. The money
will be divided among the counties ac
cording to population.
Chemeketa Lodge, 'I. O. O. F., of this
city, tonight decided to lease the Opera
House, in the new temple, to W. P.
Adams, of Portland, whose bid was 51200
per year. A contract will be closed to-'
morrow covering a period of two years.
No contract was awarded for chairs or
scenery, but It was decided to purchase
the best grade of chairs.
WALLA WALLA'S ASSESSMENT.
Increase of 290,000, All of "Which,
and More, Is Railroad Property.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., August L
Assessor Cadman has completed the as-,
sessment of Walla Walla County for-1900.
His returns show an Increase over last
year of 52S0.23L The total for 1900 is
5S,536,0S7. The real estate is assessed a
56,56.25S, and the personal property at
52,030,829.
There are 309,555 acres of improved lands,
valued at 54.044.302. with improvements on.
1 them valued at $516,651. Town lots, mostly
in Walla Walla city and Waltsburg, are
valued at 5931.540, and the Improvements
on them at 51.012,765. The area of im
proved farm lands Is 57.40S acres greater
.than last year. There are 299.8S2 acres
of unimproved farm lands.
The real estate values -svere Increased
$356,347 over last year, personal property
has decreased 556,116. The decrease In
I personal property value is accounted for,
chiefly, by the transfer of the water com-
I pany plant, heretofore assessed for 530,-
000. to the city, and there was 560,000-worth
of wheat less In warehouses. Consid
erable property was also transferred to
Whitman College and St. Mary's Hospi
tal, both of which are exempt from taxa
tion. There wore 10,616 horses and mules,
valued at 5199,106; 7407 cattle, Valued at
5103,656; 31.035 sheep, valued at 553,952, and
36S0 hogs, valued at 5S710.
There are S9 miles of main line of the
Washington & Columbia River Railway,
Assessed at 54200 per mile; 13.7 miles of the
Eureka Flat branch, at 53000 per mile,
and fl.33 miles of sidetrack, at 52CO0 per
mile, ,making the total valuation for that
company 5453,660. '
The O. R. & N". Co. is assessed for
74.88 miles of main line at 54700 per mile:
10.78 miles of sidetrack, at 52000 per mile;
13.40 miles of narrow-gauge, at 515CO per
mile, and 3.40 miles narrow-gauge side
track, at 51000 per mile; a total valuation
of 5396,636.
The Snake River -Valley Railroad Is as
sessed on 62.20 miles of main line, at
552SQ per mile; 2.46 miles of side track at
52000- per mile; a total valuation of 5333,
336. Last year this road was assessed for"
a total of 52636.
The. Northern Pacific is assessed for
11-60 miles cf main lino at 5S2SO. per mile,
and 1.51 miles of sidetrack, at 52000 per
mile; total, 564,342.
The total valuation of all railroads is
51,247,974. an increase of 5336.2S9 over last
year, caused by the construction of the
Snake River Valley road.
THE SEASON'S SALMON PACK.
224,000 Coses Pat Up on the Colum
bia River.
ASTORIA, Aug. t With 10 days more
of the open season left, the pack of the
Columbia River salmon canneries up to'
midnight, July 31. was as follows:
A. Booth Packing Company 15,600
Fishermen's Co-operative 19,000
George Sanborn A...-. 7,000
J. G. Megler . 9,500
F. M. Warren (Cascades) 8,800
F. M. Warren (Cathlamet) 6,000
Seufert -. 9.000
McGowan (Cascades) 7,000
lMcGowan (Chinook) 7,000
Columbia- River Packing Company
. (cuttings) :...;. 11,000
Pillar -Rock 20,000
Columbia River Packers' Associa
tion , ,. 105,000
Total . 224,900
The owners of the deep-sea fishing
schooner Jessie have decided to consoli
date their Interests with the owners of
three schooners on Puget Sound and in
corporate a company to engage in the
deep-sea fishing business. The headquar
ters of the company will be at Tacoma.
The Jessie arrived In at Seattle yesterday
from the halibut banks with 20 tons of
halibut
The Run of Salmon.
The run of fish was even better last
night than it has been for the past week
and the canneries are as busy as they care
to be. Some of the fish do .not show up
in quality as good as earlier in the sea
son, but they average well, which shows
conclusively that the run of the beat fish
Is now much later than In former years.
Connections "With Nevr Seivers.
CORVALLIS, Or., Aug. 1. An engineer
Is making plans and specifications and
running lines of survey for a number
of Jaterals connecting residence property
with the new sewer system. The pro
posed laterals include a line between
Fourth and Fifth, connecting all prop
erties south with the Jefferson-street
sew:er; a similar line In the tier, of blocks
immediately west, also connecting with
the Jefferson-street sewer; a line between
Eighth and Ninth, connecting property
both north and south with the Van Buren
street sewer; a line between Fifth and
Sixth, from the creamery southward to
the Van Buren-street sewer. The final
ordering of construction of the laterals
devolves upon the City Council. The
cost is to be taxed proportionately to
owners .of the property.
Mortgage for Trolley Line.
TACOMA, .Wash., Aug.. x A mortgage
for $1,000,000 was placed on record today
to secure bonds of the Seatlle-Tacoma
Railway Company, which Is constructing
an electric line between the" two cities.
Work is to be prosecuted at both ends
of the line. The Fidelity Trustee Com
pany, of Tacoma, is trustee, and the In
terest and principal on the bonds are
payable at the Chase National Bank, New
York.
Real Estate Sale in Forest Grove.
FOREST GROVE, Aug. 1. The most
prominent business corper hi town, 29x100,
was sold yesterday by Mrs. M. J. Mac
Mahon, of Portland, to A. B. Thomas, of
this place, for 52700. This property has
been occupied as a drug store for over 50
years.
Over the Hills to the Asylum.
TACOMA," Wash., Aug. 1. Mrs Luzene
Wallace, SO years" old, widow of Colonel
William H. Wallace, at one time Governor
of Idaho, was today committed to the
asylum, as she was laboring under many
delusions.
"Washington Noies.
Everett's Riverside sewers are nearly
completed. About four miles have been
laid.
In some localities fanners are digging
their potatoes early, to save them from
cutworms.
Everett Elks expect to get a 53 round
trip rate to Portland between September
4 and 16, for the street fair and carnival.
Thurston County claims the oldest man
in the state. His name Is French, his age
ds 108, and he Is an inmate of the county
farm.
A Falrhaven dairyman loses 20 tons of
beets to cutworms, and will be compelled
to sell some of his cows because of short
age of feed.
In a runaway at Spokane, Monday, E.
C. Kumbera was thrown against a tele
phone pole and suffered a fracture of
his skull.
The Falrhaven-Herald says that "sock
eyes have struck the traps in force,"
and salmon canneries there are extremely
busy. Monday they put up 60,000 fish.
Thomas McKane, a millwright, jumped
on a caboose of a freight train at Paha,
but slipped, and both his feet were
crushed. He was taken to Cheney for
treatment.
Mrs. R. G. Pettlbone, of Tacoma, while
on an excursion of the First M. E. Church
to Hood's Canal, last Monday, fell down
the companlonway of the steamer and
sustained a severe concussion of the brain
and a broken arm.
A carload of shingles In the middle of a
moving train caught fire Monday night,
near Edmonds, and was destroyed after
being cut out from the train. The car
was from Ballard, and Is supposed to have
ignited from an engine spark.
Mrs. Felix Gump and three children are
.in Spokane, from Evanston, 111., looking
for a husband and father. He sent them
transportation money a short time ago.
They are waiting at the police station for
him, but tho officers cannot locate him.
The University of Washington and the
University of Idaho will meet on the grid
. Iron at Spokane the coming football sea
son. October 20 has been set as the date
of the game, and the Washington and
Idaho teams will then have the first In
tercollegiate contest ever held in Spokane.
Postmaster Eldrldge, of New Whatcom,
has received a letter from the First As
sistant Postmaster-General saying In
spector Wayland had recommended .that
no extension be made in the free deliv
ery service of the city, as the local offi
cials and public take no Interest In num
bering the city and marking the street
corners properly.
A 16-to-l worm story comes from Olym
pia. A Statehouse official, it will be re
membered, placed 16 army worms In a
tin box to see what the result would be.
Gradually the number lessened, the larger
worms eating their smaller mates until
but two were left. Monday morning when
the box -was opened but one, 'the larger,
remained. During Sunday he had de
voured his partner.
A NEW BONANZA STRIKE
RICH PLACER ON SOUTH MEADOW
CREEK, NEAR GRANITE.
Coarse Gold in, Abundance Prepara
tions to Work the Property on
an Extensive Scale.
LAWTON. Or.. Aug. L Edward Clan ton,
a resident of The Dalles, Or., who, with
his partner, has been prospecting around
the north fork of the John Day River,
about seven miles from Lawton. the past
"two months, has made what promises to
be a bonanza strike In placer, on what
is known as South Meadow Creek, about
five miles northwest from the old Mon
roe diggings, on the north fork. The
goid Is very coarse, and looks as' though
It was "'lead" gold, as It is evident that
it has; not traveled any distance. A cut
extending about 12 feet In length by 12
to 15 inches in width yielded between 55
andt 56. Old miners say that it is the
richest ground and the coarsest gold that
has been found formany years in Eastern
Oregon.
"So much has been, said about Alaska
pjacer gold and Its great extent that It
seenis like a fairy tale when told that In
Eastern Oregon, barring one or two
claims In the Klondike, the gold is as
coarse, and, as far as prospected, as
plenty as in that much-talked-of country.
Mr. Clanton is now at The Dalles, and
arrangements will be made to put the
ground. In readiness for an early start In
the Spring, and It Is believed that this
section of country will become as famous
as the Klondike for rich placers. t
.. Mining; Stock Quotations.
Following are the transactions at the Oregon
Mining Stock Exchange esterday:
Bid. Asked.
Adams Mountain 5? 6
Buffalo '. 1
Copperopolls 5
Gold Hill & Bohemia..., 5
Gold Hill High Lino.Dltch 10
Grizzly 2
Helena - 31
5ft
20
3
81
6U
Helena iso. z , ..... u
Lost Horse .-. 2
May Queen 2
Mountain View 1
Oregon-Colorado M. M. & D 5
Riverside 2
Rockefeller 3
Sumpter Free Gold 1
SALES.
Buffalo 1000 shares at
5tt
10
VA
Copperopolls 8000 at 5
Helena 10000 at 31
. 10000 at 31 V,
Helena No. 2 12500 at C
8000 at 6
Lost Horse w SOOOat 2
Mountain. View SOOOat 1
13000 at l4
2000 at 1T4
May Queen 0000 at 2
SOOOat 2
SPOKANE, Aug. 1. The closing bids for
mining tetocks today wero:
Blacktall 50 1H4J Palmer Mt. Tun.
15
21
S
Butte & Boston.
1
Rambler Cariboo
Deer Trail Con.
Evening Star ..
Golden Harvest.
I. X. L
Insurgent
Lone Pine Surp,
4
7
10
Reservation
Rossland Giant..
Sullivan
Tort Thlimh
4
10
l
Mammoth 15
"Rlir Iron 3
9
Morn, uiory
3
Hecla 1 50
Princess Maud..50 02'
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1. The official clos
ing quotations for mining stocks today Were:
Alta . ?0 06
Alpha. Con 0
Justice 50 08
Mexican 10
Occidental Con ... G
Ophir 70
Overman 1ft
Potost 13
"Sava.go 13
Seg. Belcher 3
Sierra Nevada ..... 25
Silver Hill 63
Standard 30
Union Con .... 21
?tah Con 0
ellow Jacket .... 31
Andes
Belcher
Best & Belcher..
Bullion
Caledonia
Challentre Con ..
21
Chollar 15j
Confidence Hi
Con. Cal. &.Va... 1 50i
Crown Point 10
Gould & Curry... 22
Hale & Norcross.. 25
NEW YORK, Aug. 1. Mining stocks today
closed as follows:
CHollar 50 12OntariO $0 00
Crown Point- UjOphlr , ,. G2
Con. Cal. & Va... 1 40Plymouth ........ 10
Deadwood 50 Quicksilver 1 CO
Gould & Curry .... 20 do pref ....:.... 6 50
Halo &Norcross. 22 Sierra Nevada .... 20
HomestaXe 50 OOiStandard 4 10
Iron Silver 62 Union Con 15
Mexican 12Yellow Jacket .... 27
BOSTONr Aug. 1. Closing quotations:
Adventure .....50 02
Allouez M. Co.. 1
Amal, Copper .. 83
Atlantic 24
Eost&n & Mont. 2 08
Butte & Boston. 02
Cal. & Hecla.... 7 40
Franklin 13
Humboldt 25
Asked.
Osceola $0 64
Parrott 40
Quincy 1 32
Santa Fe Copper 4
Tamardck 1 08
Utah Mining ... 2T
"Winona 2
Wolverines .... SSHi
HORSES FOR CAVALRY SERVICE.
Bought in Croolc County for $40
Each Linn's Summer Resorts.
ALBANT, Or., Aug. 1. H. M. McDon
ald, representing William Frazier, of
Portland, arrived In 'Albany last evening
from Crook County, coming oven tho
mountains, with nearly 100'head of horses
for the United States cavalry. They werp
bought jat an average cost of about 540,
and were In excellent condition.
A small party of surveyors leaving this
city last evening for the Cascade Moun
tains by way "of the Lebanon wagon road,
in the interest of the Corvallls & Eastern,
caused some comment, but so far as Is
known at the Albany office has no new
significance, tho party merely joining one
or two parties already In the field work
ing over the old line this way.
Linn County this year has several pop
ular mountain resorts. At Cascadla, or
Lower Soda, are" 65 tents; at TJppeT Soda
and Fish Lake are a good many visitors
from 'both sides of the Cascades. Water
loo and Sodavllle are favorite resorts for
those seeTdng quiet places and natural
soda-water. Up the Corvallls & Eastern
the hot springs of the Breltenbush are
attracting considerable attention. At De
troit a number are sojourning for the
pleasanj surroundings and mountain air.
The mountain-climber going further finds
in the trip up Jefferson one of the finest
experiences of the .kind In the Northwest.
A good many are looking forward to tho
Mazama outing, the party leaving this
city onthe morning of the 7th of August,
with the prospect of a large crowd.
WILL SOON PLY AWAY.
Worms That Have Been so Active
Are Entering Chrysalid State.
1 OREGON CrTT, Aug. L A. Kanne, a
farmer of Clackamas precinct, was here
today with a, practical demonstration
that the army or cutworms now infesting
the gardens and potato fields, of Clack
amas County is about to take wings and
fly away. Mr. Kanne brought In a paste
board box filled with spherical cemented
earthen shells., containing the worm from
the time it begins to double up and en
velop itself with a dirt covering until It
reached the shell-covered body and grow
ing wings of the chrysalid state. Mr.
Kanne says that he finds .thousands of
these little earthen balls In the dry dirt
among his potato vines, evidently formed
by the worm when It reaches a certain
stage of development, bending Its body
almost double, extjdlng a viscid fluid as
it rolls in the dry dirt until It is house-l
with a compact covering of dirt, which
forms a thin, hard shell.
Sale of Timber Land.
A deed was filed In tho County Record
er's office today conveying tracts of land
on the north and east side of the Tuala
tin River aggregating 404.31 acres to the
Willamette Falls Company from the Os
wego Iron & Steel Company. The Instrument-was
dated yesterday, the con
sideration named being 537,672 13. The
grantor reserves to itself and successors
water rights and dams In the Tualatin
River, riparian rights, etc., except that
already held by N. O. Walden or the
Willamette Falls Company.
Adklns Bros., the Canby sawmill men,
have purchased 160 acres oL-timber from
A. L Larkins, near Meadowbrook, and
expect to float 1,000,000 feet of logs down"
-Milk Creek next 'Winter. This firm has
large contracts for lumber, bridge tim
bers and ties with the Southern Pacific
Company ,,
Big- Land. Ofllce Business.
July breaks the Tecord for a rushing
business at the local land office. Seventy
three accepted original homestead loca
tions were filed, and 63 were rejected
pending the appeal of the State School
Land Board on account of a rejected til
ing of indemnity lands In the limits of the
SUetz reservation. It is believed, how
ever, tharthe settlers wlllTvin out in the
contest. Receiver Galloway expresses the
opinion that when the financial report
for July shall be completed. It will show
the largest cash receipts of any month
for the past eight years. During De
cember, 1S39, the best for a number of
years, S9 final proofs out timber claims
wer& made, whllo for July, this year,
the total number was 43.
Repairing: Street Pavement.
Three or four faulty spots In the vitri
fied brick pavement on Main street are
being repaired by the city. The pave
ment was laid about six years ago, the
contractor guaranteeing the work to la3t
for five years. The street is still in ex
cellent condition, barring a few places
where the foundation of gravel was prob
ably not made sufficiently solid or level.
The new brick now being laid Is of a
better quality than that formerly put
down.
"GOXE TO SMASH."
The Silver Republican Party of
Idaho Is Only a Memory.
Boise Statesman.
, That was a great meeting that was
Tield at Welser Saturday night. - Promi
nent men who had been members of the
Silver Republican party were conspicu
ous In the audience, and both the speak
ers were of the same class. The mem
bership of the club, under the auspices
of which the meeting was held, is large
ly made up of men who formerly trained
with the Silver Republican, organization;
and it is declared that 90 per cent of the
former Silver Republicans of the county
aro back in the old party. Washington
County had a very strong Silver Repub
lican organization, but It has dissolved
and Its members are back in the Re
publican fold.
t Another county where there has been
a similar chango Is Owyhee. That has
been one 6f the strongholds of Silver Re
publicanism, and It has been confidpntly
claimed that the party would eontinue,
very strong there; but it appears that
the process of dissolution has been at
work in that county also. ThevDe La
mar Nugget reports that the mission of
Chairman Arney, of the state committee,
to the county last week was to get the
Owyhee committee Into line, but his ef
fort was a" failure. Nineteen out of 30
of the former Silver Republican voters,
the Nugget says, haVe abandoned the
party. A 'few of these have followed
Dubois Into the Democracy, but the rest
are back In the Republican organizations.
The Silver Republican crash has come
right on the heels of the Pocatello con
vention. At that convention the claim
was made that Dubois would control
several th.ouiand Silver Republican votes
for the Democratic llcket, and he was
nominated for Senator on the theory
that he would strengthen the ticket by
the votes he would bring It from the
party to which he has claimed to belong.
Those who have understood the political
drift of the times knew well enough that
Mr. Dubois could not control the Sil
ver Republicans, but now everybody can
understand how groundless was hl3 claim
respecting the strength he could throw
to the Democracy.
ROASTS GOVERNOR ROGERS.
Sharp Remarks by Chairman of Dem
ocratic State Committee.
Spokane Chronicle.
, "If John Rogers should be nominated
lor., Governor and get -cO votes in Thurs
ton County, 15 of them would be mis
takes." Such was the statement today of Judge
Thomas Malony, chairman of the State
Democratic Central Committee, who Is in
the city from Olympia,
"Thurston County Democrats are un
alterably opposed to the renomlnatlon of
Goyernor Rogers," ho continued. "My
own opposition to him began with a fellow-feeling
with the Thurston County
Democrats. They will never forgive the
Governor for his treatment of them. Hi3
veto of the Capitol bill Is not the only
matter which harrows the feelings of th&
Olympia and Thurston County Demo
crats. They feel that the Governor has
on several occasions slurred them, and
also deplore the injustice he did H. T.
Jones by breaking his promise to tho
Democratic chairman. Thurston County
Democrats were present In the field at
that time, and will never forgive Rog
ers." Judge Malony Is an enthusiastic Thurs
ton County Democrat, and Is displeased
'to have' any of the state papers attempt
to give him any other residence. On
that matter he said .today: 9
"My home Is In Olympia, and about all
the property I own Is there. My family
is there all the time, and I shall vote
there this Fall, as usual. I have taken
a somewhat active part In Thurston
County politics, and shall continue to do
so, but I do not Intend to meddle in tho
politics of any other county."
Northwest Postofilcc.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. S. D. Blakes
lee has been appointed Postmaster at
"Wynoche, "Wash.
The postoffice at Alms, Clackamas
County, Or.J has been moved one mllo
to the southeast, and Charles E. Bram
hall has been appointed Postmaster.
A postoffice has been established at
Daniels, Oneida County, Idaho, where
Niels Mlckleson has been.appointed Post
master. The name of the postoffice at Card.
Oneida County, Idaho, ha3 been changed
to Dayton.
The postofflces at "West Chehalem,
Yamhill County, Or., and Bohannon,
Idaho, are to be discontinued, the for
mer to be supplied by rural free deliv
ery. NEW YORK RESORT RAIDED
Police Close the Tivoll and Arrest
200 Men and Women.
NEW YORK, Aug. L No such whole
sale raid of well-dressed men and women,
has been recorded In the "Tenderloin"
under the present administration as that
which closed up the Tivoll In We3t Thir
ty, nfth itieet, tonight, and landed 200
men and women In the West Thirtieth
Street station. Several patrol wagons
made trips between the brilliantly-lighted
resort. Captain Thomas and 40 officers
made the raid. The place was full, an
orchestra was playing and waiters were
serving drinks when the captain and hl3
men entered. At once more men In plain
clothes who had been scattered arnund
at the tables drinking with the women
sprang to their feet and displayed their
shields. Men swore and women screamed.
Some of them, to whom a policeman was
not a new thing, resigned themselvts
philosophically to the Inevitable and
besrsred only that- the policemen handle
them carefully. All the women were ar-'
rayed In expensive Summer finery, and
sleeveless and low-cut bodies of almost
transparent material were the rule. Many
wore much jewelry. The police went
through the place, which Is a large hall,
luxuriously fitted up, and arrested every
body except the one most desired. Ack
ron. the proprietor. Ackron has kept out
of the jurisdiction for three or four days,
ever since he learned that -a warrant was
out for him for assault.
Chief Devery ordered early in the day
that the Tivoll must be closed and the
raid was not unexpected. The women
were nervous all the evening and several
of the more hardened of the "Tender
loin" habitues kept close to the door all
night. Others who had received no Inti
mation of the general demand for the
Tivoli's suppression, a demand which the
THE HEALTH OF YOUNG WOMEH
rwo of Thenv Helped by Mrs. Pinkhom
Bead their Letters.
' Dear JIbs. Petkhajt : I an sixteen
years old and am troubled with, my
monthly sickness. It is very irregular,
occurrinjr only once in two or three
months, and also very painful. I also
suffer with cramps and once in awhile
pain strikes me in the heart andl have
drjawsy headaches. If there is anything
yon can do for me, I will gladly follow
your advice.
Mrsa Maex
Gomes, Aptos,
Cal., July 31,
1893.
"DsaxMbs.
PlSEEAM :
After receiv
ing,vonr letter
1 Vfiran the
nse of your reme
dies, taking T)oth
Lydia E. Pink- '?
ham's Vegetable Com
pound and Blood Purifier. I am now
regular everymonthnndsufternopuin.
Yourmedicine is the best that any suf
fering girl can take." Miss Mvbt
Gomes, Aptos, Cal., July 6. 1S99.
Nervous and Dizzy
" Dear Mrs. Petkitam : I wish to
express my thanks to you for the great
benefit I have received from the use of
Lydia E. PiDkham's Vegetable Com
pound. I suffered constantly from ter
rible sideache, had chills, was nervous
and dizzy. I had tried different kinds
of medicine but they all failed entirely.
After taking three bottles of Vegetable
Compound and three of Blood Purifier I
am all right. I cannot thankyou enough
for what your remedies have done for
me.w Miss' Matilda Je3es". Box 18f
Ogdensburg, Wis., June 10, 1899.
police have at last complied with, wero
taken unawares. These women were tlw
ones who screamed and wept. Many of
the prisoners were evidently prosperous
business men of middle life. All sorts of
false names were given at the police
station.
The raid was the most theatrical ever
made In the "Tenderloin." Old-tlmere all
said so. Captain Thomas marched at the
head of his men up Seventh avenue to
Thirty-fifth street, and then to the door
of the place so sharply that no one had
time to run In and warn the crowd. Tha
captain left several detectives and rounds
men at the doors and exits and then
entered. In almost no time wcrd spread
all over the Broadway and Sixth avenue
district and Thirty-fifth street and
Sixth and Seventh avenues were packed
with people when the patrol wagons
started on their trips. The prisoners were
greeted with yells. A crowd numbering
000 gathered around the police station.
Captain Thomas entrance was dra
matic. He was irr full uniform and when
he marched his men Inside he took up
a position In the middle ot the hall and
glared around him for fully a n.lnute.
Everybody was scared and when the cap
tain had satisfied hinuelf of this he ex
claimed thettrically. "Eve y man and
woman In this place Is to consider him
self or herself under arr3t." Bedlam
broke loose as scon as the captain had
finished his little rpech and screams and
yells of terror, scm real and some simu
lated. fille-J the place. Many of the
women tried to faint and few succeeded
apd the men who had "just dropped in
to see what, the place was like, don't you
know." lcoked sheepish enough.
"The 'men. nearly all of them expensive
ly attired, were taken to tho wagons
first. There were 54 of them and many
had never before been under arrest. Somp
wept, others screamed, but the crowd
cheered derisively as they were driven
away. At the 'Tenderloin" station their
pedigrees were taken and they wero
locked up. Three well-dressed couples of
apparent respectability, who c'aimed they
were married and simply seeing the sight",
were permitted to go free Detective
Glcnnon won the plaudits of the crowd in
the street when he escorted a pretty Sal
vation Army lass with a bundle of War
Crys to the dcor and bade her depart In
peace.
It took several trips of the wagns to
carry the women prisoners to the station.
There were 154 of them, all ages and con
ditions, many of apparent refinement and
respectability. Names and addresses wero
taken at the station and after Captain
Thomas had given warning that he would
hold them if caught again, they were per
mitted to got
An official return from the British War
Office shows that the distinctively Scot
tish regiments In the- Transvaal war
contain -O.CO0 men
Has no equal for the cure of Nervous
and Physical Debility. Exhausted Vi
tality, Varicocele, Premature Decline,
Loss pf Memory, Wasting, etc., which
has been brought about by early lpdls
cretlons or later excesses.
Six thousand gave willing testimony
during 1899. Established thirty years.
Call or write for "Three Classes of
Men."
DR. A.T. SANDEN
Cor. Fourth and Mormon
PORTLAND, OREGOM
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IO cents and 35 conta, at all drug stores.
The Oregon Mining
Stock Exchange
Auditorium. Chamber of Commerce Bid?.,
A O. box 0T0. Portlands Or.
Telephone Main 810.
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F. J. Hard. Sec
Directors L. G. Clarke. J. B. Hasaltlne, Da
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