m? 'MO-RNINR OBEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1900.v
UP MALHEUR RIVER
Railroad Survey Recently
Made and Map Filed.
EXTENSION OF OREGON PACIFIC
Rich, and Rapidly Developing Conn
try Which. Transportation Com
panies Are Anxions to Reach.
BURNS, Or.. Aug. 5. The United States
Land Office at Burns Is kept hustling
these days. The filing of homestead en
tries and claims under the desert act is
always large here, but during the past
month there has been. a. rush, the num
ber of filings more than doubling those f or.
any previous July- As is the case all
over Eastern Oregon, the small rancher
Is looking for a homo here. "Wherever
there is a level tract of land and water
convenient there is a race to see who
will be first to get It. Every year finds
more fences and less vacant stretches of
country. The resources of Harney Coun
ty are great, but on account of its iso
lation the outside -world has been slow
in finding it out. But people are com
ing now, and they find a welcome here.
A large surveying party for the Corval
lis & Eastern Company has just com
pleted Its -work In the county, and filed
In the Land Office here its map of definite
location, along with a pronie of the right
of way or route to be taken. It began
surveying afiout 24 miles southwest from
Ontario, on the Mnlhcur River, and added
about 100 miles to that already surveyed.
The new profile filed in the Land Office
hero shows the line to be along the
valley of the Malheur River. It follows
that river for a distance of 1224 miles,
the entire distance the line Is now sur
veyed. The surveying party broke camp
on the 18th of July and filed its profile,
or definite location claim, in the Land
Office on the 25th. The Land Office offi
cials have been busy since that time ex
amining the records, so as to report to
the General Land Office at Washington
each 40-acre tract of Government land
through Tvhich the new railroad survey
passes. The line, meandering with the
creek, covers a larse section of country.
The present survey ends near Crane, In
this county, 40 miles southeast of Burns.
It is 140 miles from Ontario. There was
a preliminary survey made along this
route several years, ago. A few miles this
side of the terminus of the present sur
vey there are two preliminary surveys.
One leads out south via Albert Lake and
Lakevjew, In Lake County, and thence
south through California to a point on
the Southern Pacific road. The other
comes via Burns, thence by Prineville and
on to Albany.
The field Is a good one from beginning
to end. The thousands of bead of horses
and cattle and sheep, and millions of
pounds of wool from this great .stock
center demand better transportation. Be
sides, this and the vast amount of freight
shipped Into this country, the rapidity
with which it Is settling up Is enough to
convince the shrewd railroad magnates
that this is not a country to "be neglected.
It Is no longer a question of the people
of Eastern and Southeastern Oregon beg
ging for a railroad, but it is a race for
the swiftest to get here first.
THERE'S NO PLACE LUCE NOME.
10,000 Destitute Men Who-Will Cre
ate Anarchy If Not Taken Array.
PENDLETON, Or., Aug. 7. The last
mall brought letters from John R. Dod
8on, Deputy Collector of Internal Reve
nue for several years in Alaska, who,
when he wrote, was quarantined at Nome.
Mr. Doason is now engaged In taking
the census of Alaska, and is familiar
with the entire Yukon Basin. He says
that 10,000 men. on a conservative esti
mate, arc stranded In the Nome country,
having absolutely nothing with which to
pay their way out to the states. Furth
ermore, he writes, the Government will be
compelled either to make provision to
bring homo these stranded imen, or ex
perience an open rebellion against the
legal power of the land, when the men
.tako forcibly what they cannot buy.
"This,' says he. "is by no means a
statement made without due considera
tion. But it is the opinion of the most
conservative and experienced men who
are here. In fact, this is the open and
avowed intention, and that they intend so
to do is not kept as a secret. Being
without moans and subsistence, and un
able to obtain work for anything beyond
present necessities, and many being un
able even to do that, their situation Is
desperate.
"This condition of affairs Is due to
the efforts of the big merchandising and
transportation companies to induce men
to come here by the thousands, when, as
the companies' officers well knew, "there
was nothing for them. I regard it as
actually criminal, the manner In which
this country has been boomed, and the
people of the states made to believe that
so great a number could do well. It was
well known that only a few could find
anything of profit, and yet the country
was Industriously boomed on the as
sumption that everyone stood a show to
become rich by coming here.
"Typhoid fever, smallpox and other
maladies are raging practically without
retramt Men hereabouts are so poorly
nourished, by lack of proper food, that
they cannot repel the attacks of the dis
eases, and for that reason there are jnany
cases of sickness of serious nature where
under ordinary conditions there would be
comparatively few. In this respect, the
prospect is exceedingly gloomy.
We can get out of this locality, es
caping the quarantine by going up the
river, and this we intend to do. But
few are able t pny for traveling In that
direction.
"What we do not understand Is that
the Government officials, who apprehend
the condition fully as well as any of us
do. do not lay down the requirement
that all who come to Nome must pur
chase a round-trip ticket, thus providing
a-rainst tho necessity of going out. This
-was done during the rush of 1S9S Into
the Klondike, where I wrs at the time,
and it effectually prevented men from
going in whe had no provisions. Then
they had t have provisions for a year.
Now, they should have a return ticket
home. Why, men are coming here yet,
arriving on every boat, and of each score
that come, ten are broke as soon as they
land.
"It is easy for people in the states to
see that thte cannot go on indefinitely
without terriWe conditions prevailing.
"iou at home may perhaps appreciate the
truth of wiiat I say, when I state that
at this time were the ships not an
chored so far out from the shore, the
men would seise one or more of them
by force. ad either take the provisions
or compel the masters to transport them
to the states."
Mr Dedson will remain in the Tukon
country during the coming Winter, hav
ing mining interests In the Interior, and
no doubt by this time has loft Nome for
up the river. Hte letter was written to
his brother-ln-iaw, T. E. Fell, manager
of the Pedlcta Woolen & Scouring
Ifllls.
GOLD AT COPPER RIVER,
Eight Pounds Snia to Have Been
Taken Out la a Week.
SEATTLE, Aug. 7. News of a reported
fabulously rich placer gold discovery "n
the Copper River district was brought to
Seattle by the steamer Bertha. From
bedrock, at a depth of seven feet, four
men are said to have taken out S2 ounces
of coarse goM from a claim on Slate
Creek, a tributary of the Chlstachlng.
"R-hiv.li fisws Into the Copper River. The
blcan-up was made In one da.
Tie news was brought down by J&xaea
Fish, the Government mallcarrler be
tween Port Valdes and Corah City. He
had his information from a miner named
Fulkerson, who was direct from the dis
trict, and who is said by Fish to be thor
oughly reliable. The find, lie says, was
made on July 1, and resulted In a stam
pede to Slate Creek. The mine where
the strike was made Is owned by Jo
seph Bourke, J. Jacobson. William Crarey
and Robert Cole. In the seven days fol
lowing their lucky find they are said to
have taken out eight pounds of dust
Fish also states that a gc-ud strike has
been made at the headwaters of the Chis
na, a. few inches below the surface, as
high as 30 cents to the pan being obtained.
The new discoveries Are 240 miles inland
from Port Valdes. There are not to e.
ceed SO miners in the district.
A telegraph line now connects Swan
port, the little town surrounding the
United States Army post in the Copper
River district with Port Valdes. It -was
completed a few weeks ago.
Corrrln Couldn't Reach Siberia.
VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 7. The steamer
Corwin "has returned to Nome from the
Siberian coast. The Corwin reported
having pulled the steamer Progress and
a Russian vessel from the ice pack. The
owners of the Progress have a large min
ing concession in Siberia, and the owners
of the Corwin crossed the straitsto see
wnat there was on the Russian side.
They took a number of miners, who went
over in the hope of doing some prospect
ing, but 'the ice was still thick In the
beds of the creeks, and, after a stay of
a week, the Corwin returned with her
party. The Corwin will now proceed to
the Arctic.
Washlnffton Notes.
John Saunders, a pioneer, aged C9, died
at Monroe recntly of consumption.
Johnny Peterson, aged 16, was drowned.
Saturday while swimming in the Spokane
River.
Whatcom Democrats will hold their,
primaries August IS, and their county con
vention the 25th.
King County's assessment foots up a
grand total of $31,559,551, of which nearly
$38,000,000 is In Seattle.
A young woman clerk In Tacoma Is re
ported to have refused point-blank an in
troduction to the Governor.
Mrs. Margaret Spinning died in Walla
Walla August 4, at the age of 63, after
a lingering illness with consumption.
F. A Fluke Is eald to be the name of
the man who committed suicide in a
Spokano variety theater. He came from
California.
The dates set for holding the state fair
at North Yakima are September 24 to
29, Inclusive. Among the exhibitors are
350 poultrymen.
Wiillam Moore, a North Yakima car
penter, was fined $50 August 4 for abus
ing his family. Sentence was suspended
during good behavior.
Hon. John M. Frlnk's friends carried
the Port Townsend primaries, and will
have a delegation at Tacoma in favor
of his nomination fGr Governor by the
Republicans.
A Hillyard correspondent reports that
the Prairie Squirrel Club has killed 6129
squirrels this year. Elmer Palmer killed
the largest number, 1435, and received a
target rifle as a prize. "
Both wheat and fruit from the Big
Bend country are reported to be of in
ferior quality this year. Fruit trees are
too heavily laden, and the parching
weather has affected the product
W. A York, the missing Walla Walla
farmer, is reported at Adams, Or. Dur
ing his absence he ,was working as a
farm hand. It is said he'was temporarily
demented by worry over business.
Henry McLeod and Frank Farr were
badly crushed by a falling log at Cou
gar's mill, in Centralis- the morning of
August 4. McLeod. It jj feared. Is in
jured beyond recovery, but Farr's in
juries are not serious.
Jonas Gise, of Port Townsend, died at
his .home in that city August 3 of heart
failure. He was a member of the his
torical expedition, headed by General I. I.
Stevens, which left Nebraska In IS for
the Pacific Coast His age was 73.
Rev. E. E. Thompson, while preaching,
sank down Into the pulpit of the Third
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Seat
tle, Sunday morning. It was found that
he was suffering from heart trouble. He
is confined to his bed, but Is improving.
Mrs. Kate Stevens Bingham, daughter
of Major-General Isaac L Stevens, -the
first Territorial Governor of Washington,
is on Puget Sound for the purpose of
taking orders for the biography of her
father's life, written by her brother,
Hazard Stevens.
A Fairhaven woman lost her purse, con
taining $75 90. and promised some children
a reward to find It Four little chaps
searched an "addition," found the purse
and carried it down town to the owner.
She gave them 10 cents for division among
them.
Nothing has been heard of the Populist
Central Committee for some time, and the
remnant of the party in this county has
largely gone over to the Social Demo
crats, says the New Whatcom Reveille.
It Is stated that the committee chairman.
W. H. Dorr, has also joined the Demo
crats. Three young men claiming to be ex
soldiers of the Philippine Army, and giv
ing their names as Harry S. Smith. Gil
bert White and Golden Barnum, recently
forged Thomas Ronan's name to checks
amounting in the aggregate to about ?5
at Dayton. They have not been captured.
The Board of State School Land Com
missioners has sold the timber- on sec
tions 16 and 3G. township 2S. range 42
east, Spokane County, to L. C. Gcmmlle
for $1395. Also, It has sold 156 chains of
shore land in Klickitat County to the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
for 52352.
Tho residence of John Stinson, east of
Colfax, burned with its contents August
4. Mrs. Stinson escaped through a win
dow with her two babies. Her skirt
caught holding her several minutes, hut
she managed to partially disrobe, leaving
her skirts in the window. u.ne loss is
$3000, with Insurance $SO0.
The State Board of Land Commission
ers has sold 93 acres of school lands in
Chehalis County to parties living in Ab
erdeen for $5651. This is the last .tract of
school land remaining on the Chehalis
River. It was appraised at only $535. Tho
lanre nrlce realized by the state was on
account of the controversy over the own
ership of the land between Chehalis
County mlllowners.
Wiillam R. Hammond, a pioneer of
Walla Walla, died Monday at his home
near that city. He left a wife, two sons
and the following daughters: Mrs. John
Reeser, Mrs. Joe Turner; Mrs. J. L.
Berry, now in Denver: Mrs. Joseph
Fields, of Portland, and two unmarried,
Gertrude and Emogene. One son, John
Hammond, is in Spokane, and Another,
Emery, is in Colfax. Three of his sis
ters, Mrs. James Green, Mrs. P. J.
Brunagin and Mrs. Nancy Hancock, live
in Walla Walla.
There is a bitter dispute at Mcintosh
over the sawmill at that place. A. "P.
Perry claims to own it and denies the
right of Receiver Hovey to have charge
of it Further, he made good his own
possession temporarily with rifle and
shotgun until arrested by Sheriff Bil
lings. It seems that Perry is the owner,
and received no money from his lessee,
Lawler. The creditors of Lawler will re
sist Perry's claims, and an earnest legal
fight is promised.
6heriff Tucker, of Yakima County, offers
a, reward of $50 for the arrest and deten
tion of Harry H. Graham, wanted at
North Yakima for obtaining money under
false pretenses. He Is described as "23
years of age, 5 feet S inches In height
165 pounds In weight dark olive com
plexion; hair black, very heavy and
slightly curly; eyes brown; heavy, coarse
features; thick lips, flat nose and large
nostrils; claims to have worked three
years in boot and shoe business In San
Francisco; left here with a young wife
having been married less than three
weeks) July 9, an deserted her in Se
attle the same day."
REASONABLE TIME TO PAY
AFTER THAT COUNTIES MUST PAY
STATE INTEREST.
Attorney-General's Opinion Squares
With. Decision of the Snpram'e
Court Troops for China.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 7. Attorney-General
3lackburn has rendered an opinion at
the request of State Treasurer Moore, In
which he holds that a county ih liable
for Interest on delinquent state taxes
after a reasonable lime has elapsed after
it Is possible for the taxes to be paid. The
question was raised in regard to balances
of taxes due from Washington County for
the years 1S32 and 1S95.
Some time ago, in a suit brought by
the State against Marlon County, the Su
preme Court decided that Interest cannot
be collected from a county on taxes
RAILROAD ROUTE
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This map show3 the -new line surveyed up Malheur River by the Ccrvallis &
Eastern Railway, the successor of the Oregon Pacific, which made a survey 12
years ago, graded a dozen miles -and even laid the rails for about two miles in the
Malheur Canyon, near Grove City. The n ew survey is above Grove City.
which have become delinquent because !
the Legislature has made it Impossible
for the county to collect Its taxes by i
the date they are made due to the state. J
In the decision the Supreme Court said: i
"The state ought not to be permitted
to insist that the counties shall pay
Interest because of a default which it
was Impossible for them to avoid on ac
count of the action of the state itself."
The opinion by Judge Blackburn Is upon
another question, but relating to that de
cided by the Supreme Court In the Marlon j
County case. He agrees with tho Supremo
Court that the counties should not pay
Interest for the time during which It
was impossible for them to pay their
state taxes, but he holds that if. after
they are enabled to pay their taxes, they J
delay payment beyond a reasonable time,
they must pay interest for the time they
delay. I
This opinion seems at first to bo In con- i
filet with a decision of Justice Thayer in
the case of State of Oregon vs. Multno- i
mah County, reported in the 13th Oregon
report page 2S7, but Judge Blackburn
explains this apparent conflict by the ,
fact that Justice Thayer's decision was
based upon section 1 "of chapter 27 of the
General Laws of Oregon, 1S43-1S72, while
that section was materially amended In
1SS0 and no attention was given the
amendment by Justice Thayer. The law
as It formerly stood provided that "the
rate of Interest In this state shall be. 10
per centum per annum, and no more, on
all moneys, after the same become due
on judgments and decrees, for the pay
ment of money," etc. The punctuation
of this law was changed in the amend-
ment, which reads as follows:
"The rate of interest In this state shall
be 8 per centum per annum, and no
more, on all moneys after the same
bacome due; on judgments and decrees for
the payment of money," etc.
The old law made Interest payable on all
moneys after they should become due on i
judgments and decrees. The new law
made Interest payable on all moneys after
they should become due. Judge Black- I
burn holds that state taxes are a debt J
due from the county to the state, and
that they are due within a reasonable i
time after they can be collected accord
ing to law. If they are not paid within
a reasonable time after they can be col
lected, he holds that Interest should bo
charged at the legal rate. What con
stitutes a reasonable time, he says, de
pends upon the circumstances of each
case. 4
Ore-ron Supreme Conrt.
In the Supreme Court today the follow
ing orders were made:
M. P. Montgomery, executor, respon- '
dent, vs. Robert Smith et al., appellants; ,
ordered that appellants' time to serve'
and file their brief be extended to Sep- j
tember 15, 1900.
Linn County, respondent, vs. P. G. Mor- ,
rls et al., appellants: ordered that ap
pellants have until August 20, 1900, to
serve and file their abstract herein.
R. A. Skinner, administrator, appellant
vs. George E. Lewis et al., respondents;
ordered that appellants" have until Sep
tember 15, 1900, to serve and file their
abstract and that respondents have until
October 1 to file a motion to dismiss,
and If said motion be overruled, that they ,
have 20 days thereafter to serve and file ,
their brief. i
S. L. Baer, administrator, appellant, vs.'
.ana j. isanengau et at, respondents; or
dered on motion that appellants have SO '
days' additional time to move for modifi
cation of the decree or for a rehearing.
The Singer Manufacturing Company, ap-' "
pellant vs. T" J. Driver. Sheriff, respon-1
dent: ordered on motion that appellant s
time to serve and file Its brief be fur
ther extended to September 1, 190C.
Prices for State Meat.
The State Board of Control of the State
of Wisconsin recently let contracts for
supplying meats for use at various public"
Institutions under its charge. A compari
son of the Wisconsin prices with those"
paid by the Board of Trustees of the
Oregon Asylum for the Insane shows that j
this state pays more for Its meat than,
does Wisconsin. As the meat sold to the
Wisconsin Institutions Is delivered at dif
ferent places, the price varies somewhat,
but averages about $6 GO per hundred for
"dressed beef. The beef consumed at the
asylum costs the state $7 20 per hundred.
Sugar-cured hams are supplied to the
Wisconsin institutions for 104 cents per
pound, while Oregon pays 13 cents. Ore
gon Is a little lower on dressed mutton
than Is Wisconsin, for the former pays
$7 20 per hundred, while the latter pays
$7 50. Fresh pork is furnished in Wiscon
sin at $7 25 per hundred, but as the
asylum In this state raises Its own pork,
there are no prices here for comparison..
The contract for furnishing meat to -the
Wisconsin Institutions was secured by
Chicago contractors. A Salem firm sup
plies the asylum here.
The Salem Creamery today advanced
the price of butter fat to 20 cents per
pound for separator cream, and 18 cents
for hand skimmed. This is for cream de
livered and 2 cents is deducted for haul
ing. May Offer Oregon Troops.
Governor Geer returned tonight from
his trip to Mount Hood. He said that In
caj?e war 1s declared with China or a
call for troops is made he will Immedi
ately tender the National Guard of this
state for service in China.
Captain Walter Lyon, of Company F,
Salem, says that nearly all the boys In
his company are ready and anxious to
volunteer for service in a war against
China.
Capital City Brevities.
State Treasurer Moore today received
a remittance of $799 60 from-Lincoln Coun
ty oa account of 1899 state taxes.
The charge of assault and battery pre
ferred against B. I. Ferguson, of Eola,
by O. P. Beard3ley, of the same place,
was dismissed today on motion of the
Prosecuting Attorney, and the costs were
taxed against the complainant Who failed
to appear when the case was called for
trlaL
A petition was presented to the City
Council this evening, signed by four citi
zens, asking that bicycle racks "be ex
cluded from the sidewalks;
Several loads of ISOfr wheat were re
ceived In Salem today, this being the first
of the season. It was all of poor quality.
PRECINCT ASSESSMENTS PROMPT.
The Neiv System Put in Practice in
Yamhill County.
M'MINNVILLE, Or., Aug. 7. For the
UF MALHEUR RIVER
OfiTAllO
past several years the assessment rolls ot
this cduntyj" have not been completed be
fore the first of January, and even later.
This year the Assessor appointed a dep
uty in each precinct of the county to do
field work, and as a result the books will
be ready to go to the Equalization Board
by the middle of September.
Yesterday County Treasurer Rhude re
ceived from State Treasurer Moore a
check for $7615 92, being the amount ap
portioned to Yamhill Countyfrom the
common school Interest fund, the per cap
ita being $1 56
Surveyor Maloney today went to New
berg for the purpose of straightening up
the town generally, establishing grades,
etc. -
President H. L. Boardman, of McMlnn
vllle College, has recently returned from
a trip to the East, where he went In the
Interest of the college and to visit relatives-whom
he had never seen. He re
ports a pleasant visit, but says he was
unable to secure much aid, as Eastern
States are jealously guarding the inter
ests -of their own schools to the exclusion
of those thought to be almost out of
civilization by many.
HELD FOR BIGAMY.
Edwards, of 'Alsea, the Accused Man,
Offered No Defense.
CORVALL1S, Or., Aug. 7. At his pre
liminary examination held in Alsea, R
E. .Edwards, accused of bigamy, was
bound over to the Circuit Court in the
sum ot $250. The evidence for the state
included the marriage certificate, which
related that Roscoe Edwards became tho
husband of Miss Touchet at New Lisbon,
.Wis., about 10 years ago. There was a
letter from the alleged Wisconsin wife,
in which she claimed marriage relation
with Edwards, saying that to her knowledge-
no divorce had ever been granted.
Thero were also letters of similar tenor
from the County Judge and Postmaster
at New Lisbon. Tho defense offered no
evidence, but moved for dismissal on the
ground that the state had not proved that
the former wife was still alive.
QUARANTINE AGAINST SMALLPOX.
Said to Be 25 Cases at Five Landings
on the Columbia River.
THE DALLES, Or., Aug. 7. Notifica
tion has been received hero from the
Health Officers of Hood River and Gold
endale, and the Sheriff of Skamania
County, Washington, declaring ,Cook's
Landing, Drano, Underwood, White Sal
mon and Blngen under quarantine on
account of smallpox. These places are
adjoining landings on the Washington
sldo of the Columbia River opposite Hood
River, among whose population. It Is
stated, there are 25 well-developed cases
of smallpox.
Oregon Notes.
Scarlet fever Is reported at Cove.
The town of Flora thinks it has a good
opening for a physician.
At Cornucopia recently two miners
broke a faro bank, getting 900.
New Bridge, in Union County, reports
a temperature of 116 In the shade July 31.
A bicyclist In Crook County claims to
'have run over a rattlesnake and barely
escaped Its fangs.
Hon. R. D. Hume, of Curry County, has
100 acres In peas for canning purposes;
but the ravages of cutworms will render
the yield light
Fourteen business men of Eugene have
put up $1000 for Improving the road to
tho Blue River mines, and further sub
scriptions are expected.
. Four "prostrations from extreme heat"
are reported during the recent hot spell
in the eastetrn part of Union County a
surprising bit of news for Oregon.
The Cove Courier says that the resi
dence of Heman Geer, father of Governor
Geer, caught fire on the 2d, but was saved
by fruit-packers. The damage was small.
, May Koster, of Mohawk, aged 13,
sprayed from nome, and neighbors
searched all night for her. Later she was
found In Eugene, and refused to say why
,she left home.
The Carson Tocsin, after giving space
to a couple of bellicose correspondents,
stops the discussion and suggests that
"they try some 'other method of settling
their differences, as razors, bricks, red
fire anything but slinging news ink."
A Corvallls lawyer has been to Eddy
ville, the scene of the fatal accident to
Mrs. Lucky and serious Injuries to Mr.
Weltain and family, for the purpose of
getting facts to warrant an action against
Lincoln County. Other bridges m the
county are said to be in bad condition.
The Salem Statesman has this concern
ing a former editor of the Salem Inde
pendent: "Ex-Governor J. H. Fletcher
and his son Ham. who went to Nome last
Spring, are said by IV. J. Culver to be
among the luckiest ones of the Salemltes
on the beach. They secured a good claim
and at last accounts were taking out $22
per day. The ex-Governor is reduced in
flesh, but is fn splendid health and good
spirits, and well satisfied with his ven
ture." Dr. Sanford's Liver Invijrorntor.
Tfce best Liver Medicine. A Vegetable Cure for
Liver Ills, Biliousness, Indigestion, Constipation.
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PACIFIC COAST SEAPORTS
JAMES J. HILL, IN SEAflPTLE, BOOMS
PUGET SOUND.
ncidentally TeUa "Want "Great-North
ern Railroad, and 3teaxashipn Willr
Ho to Help the Grovrth.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 7. James J.
Hill today gave the following interview:
"There is a great struggle' gofng on for
the control of the""trade of the Western
coast of the United States, and which
will result in one great cosmopolitan city
and port, and that struggle will bo be
tween Puget Sound and San Francisco.
"The advantage at present is with Sixn
Francisco, because of the amount ff
ready capital and the large investments
made In that city, and you know that
capital is the chief element in a hard
fight There are many men in San Fran
cisco worth $500,(X or even $1,000,000 each.
They have made their money In Califor
nia, and have invested largely in. San
Francisco, and those gentlemen are not
going to soe Puget Sound carry bff the
palm In this great struggle without a vig
orous contest
"But In the, long run Puget Sound will
win because of the great advantage de
rived from cheap coal. Other things equal,
such as docks, transcontinental roads,
quantities of freight, etc., the tramp
steamer goes where coal can be obtained
the cheapest, and as the tramp steamer
determines the rate of ocean freight, it
will readily ba perceived how cheap coal
will beat San Francisco in the long run.
"Seattle has reached a point in her
growth that is as high as she can hope
from her present resources, and that Is
why. I have made such efforts to estab
lish an Oriental line connecting with this
point, and 'why I am today expending
nearly ?6,0CO,000 in the construction of two
of the greatest freight-carrying steam
ships jthat have ever -been undertaken in
.the history of the j world.
"I shall, therefore, look forward to the
beginning of Seattle's most phenomenal
growth at the close of 190L when these
two steamers will be ready to undertake
the work for which, they are being con
structed, and when 'this shall be accom
plished, together with the permanent im
provements which .such an undertaking
involves, the entire country will recog
nize that the present "growth of Seattle
Is permanent and that the commerce and
trade already obtained is to remain, and
then there will 6ccur a rush of capital and
population to the town such as "will throw
all previous records into the shae. and
I am willing to do my part toward" ac
complishing that result
"During the Winter I shall lay the keels
of two new steamers to ,be put upon a
new line plying between Seattle, Hono
lulu and Hllo. These boats will be built
at the same yards where our monster
freighters are now being constructed, and
this Is a part of the additional Pacific
Ocean trade that will be turned to Seat-
tle."
"Mr. Hill, how will the Chinese war
affect your Oriental plans?" he was
asked.
"Not in the least, unless, Indeed, it may
benefit them. I believe that ultimately
the United States and other nations will
unite on a policy to aid the Chinese Gov
ernment In the restoration and preserva
tion of order.
"Our trade may temporarily drop off
the trade of the Nation, I mean but the
presence of so many American and Euro
pean soldiers will serve ultimately to in
crease trade. Every soldier who is in
China, and particularly every Boldler who
stays when the trouble Is over i3 a com
mercial agent He can't help but make
trade, make 'demand for American things.
"Another new industry of which you are
now receiving rt -slight taste isr the sup
plying of Government transports with
their nece-sary outfits. Seattle ought to
have a Government "supply depot and a
United States dock at this point. If this
were to occur, a Government ship com
ing to this port would not be compelled
to buy a portion of her cargo in Port
land, as was the 'case last week, for the
storehous2s would be kept full constant
ly, and when a Government ship wanted
a cargo in an emergency, the great bulk
would be ready for shipment. Nor would
this arrangement in any wise interfere
with the supply from Seattle. Indeed,
this patronage of Uncle Sam would mean
an Immense trade to your merchants.
"But I desire to give you a pointer
which every business man of Seattle
should paste In the top of his hat: Seat
tle will never be able to obtain Govern
ment business as a permanent institution
until she has at least some representation
In the Congress of the United States,"
and Mr. Hill laughed at Seattle's defense
less condition In the halls of Congress.
"Seattle is to be the giant port of tfio
Coast," was Mr. Hill's conclusion.
NORTHWEST DEAD.
Ezra Moe, the Oldest Settler In Wah
lcialcunx County.
SKAMOKAWA, Wash., Aug. 7. Ezra
Moe, one of the oldest settlers In Wah
kiakum County, and probably the oldest
citizen hereabouts, died yesterday morn
ing of old age. He was 88 years old
February 26 last He was the first Post
master in Skamokawa, and at one time
owned a wharf here and handled the
freight business of this section. He had
been unusually vigorous for one so aged
up to April, and Skamokawa people, who
took great Interest in the venerable old
man, thought he would live to be a hun
dred. He left two sons, Alex Moe, of
Skamokawa, and Albert Moe, of La Cen
ter, Clark County.
J. II. Stevrart, Oregon Pioneer of lSSt
OORVALLdS, Or., Aug. 7.-Oames H.
Stewart, an Oregon pioneer of 1B51, died
last night from a paralytic stroke, sus
tained last week. The deceased was
born in Fountain County, Indiana, June
19, 1S25. In 1S44 he went with his parents
to Polk County, Missouri, where he en
gaged In farming until 1851. In the
Spring of that year, with his mother,
wife and two children, Mr. Stewart start
ed for Oregon, arriving September 28.
Within a few months he took up a do
nation land claim two miles north of
Corvallls, on which he resided until a
short time ago, when he moved Into town.
He left a widow, aged 78, and the fol
lowing children: Jehial Stewart, Salem;
Mrs. Melllssa McMahon; Mrs. Randall,
Mrs. Mehala Stewart, and Late Stewart,
Corvallls.
John Glide, of Clackamas Connty
OREGON CITY. Or., Aug. 7.-John
Gllck, a well-known farmer, died near
Clarkes yesterday, aged 59. He came
here from Missouri 22 years ago, but
was a native of Germany. The deceased
left a wife and five children.
GOLD GLISTENS IN ORE.
A New and Significant Strike in the
Bohemia District.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Aug. 7. An
other rich strike Is just reported from Bo
hemia on the property of Stocks & Har
Iows. This find is said to be equal to any
thing yet found in tho district the vein
being four feet wide and the pay streak is
six inches wide. The gold is coarse, and
can be seen all through the ore. In the
last three years Stocks & Harlow have
been pushing development and a portion
of the time they operated a five-stamp
mill on their property. They started a
new tunnel within a few feet from the
mill, and the rich body of ore Is only
60 feet distant. There Is much excite
ment over this discovery, as it means
that there are numerous ledges that run
through that section which contain
great values. This property Is on the
"The American Porter'
:&,
.
criminating public. It
is superior to the best imported pro
ducts. Its high quality is assured by
the fact that it is the product of the
eusetBusch Brewing Ass'
St. Louis, U. S. A.,
Brewers of the Original Budweiser, Faust, Michelob, Anheuaer
Standard, Pale-Lager, Export Pale, Exquisite and Malt-Nutrine.
opposite side of the mountain from the
Mustek mine, but not on the same
lead.
Machinery for Bine River.
EUGENE, Or., Aug. 7. A carload ot
machinery has arrived at Springfield for
the Blasier .mine In the Blue River dis
trict There is about SO.0GO pounds of the
machinery, and it will be transported 'by
wagon from Springfield to the mines. It
Is the Intention to have it put up and
in operation before the bad weather sets
In.
Mining: Stock Quotations,
Following are the transactions at the Oregon
Mlnlnc Stock exchange- yesterday:
,, . . .Bid. Asked.
Adams Mountain So 05 -SO 05;i
Bnffalo 1 lC
.Copperopolla 5 qi!
Gold Hill & Bohemia fi fiii
4Jr&Aiy ...... 2?4
S1, 1.- A., 1
xiojDiia. .....................
Helena No. 2
Lost Horse
Sia- Queen
Mt View
Oregon-Colo. M. M. & D Co.
Riverside
Rockefeller
Sumpter Freo Gold
SALES.
Sltt 31
nir .
3 si
5
s
1
1
io
8
Adams Mountain looO at 05
Buffalo f tsooo at 01
Copperopolls sooo at 05
Co-operatlvo 2000 at 03U
Helena SOOO at 3iu
4000 at 31
2000 at S1U
8500 at 313
,, . 4000 at 31
Helton No. 2 .... eoooatoeji
, ,3000 at 06
2000 at (mi
500 at 00
Lost Horse ..... 2000 at 02
2500 at 03
Mt. View .. ......7000 at 02
May Queen . .V. ....14.500 at 02S
6000 at 02?,
C0OO at 02
SPQKANB. "Wash.. Ausr. T-The closing bids
for mining stocks today were as follows:
Black Tall 10 12i4
Butte & Boa 1
Morning dlory..$0 034
princess .uauae. i
Deer T. No. 3,
Evening Star..
Gold Ledge ...
I. X. L
Insurgent
Iron Mask ...,
L. P. Surp....,
Mountain Lion
I
Palmer Mt Tun 164
Qullp 15
Rambler Cariboo 22
10
Republic 84
Roasland Giant. 24
Sullivan 13
Jit
&5itTom Thumb ... 10
53 I
BOSTON, Aug. 7. Closing quotations:
Adventure $0
Allouez M. Co..
Arnal. Copper. .
Atlantic .......
Bos. & Mont....3
Butte & Boston
Cal. -Jt-Hecla.. 7
Centennial
Franklin
Bid.
02
1
8S
21
05
62
45
Humboldt $0 23
usceoia u(ft
Parrott 424
Qulnc 1 35
Santa Fe Cop.. 4
Tamarack ...... 2 00
Utah Mining ... 20
1
Winona a-i
13-4JwilverInes 30
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 7. The official clos
ing quotations for mining stocks today were
aS folows:
Alta
Alpha Con
Andes
Belcher
Best & Belcher.
Bullion
Caledonia
Challenge Con..
Choliar
.SO Ol
Justice :.0 07
Mexican 17
Occidental Con.... 6
. 7!
Ophir 63
Overman ........ 0
Potoal 14
74 (Savage 13
271 Seg. Belcher .... 3
14( sierra, wevaaa ... o
Confidence 07
Con. Cal. & Va. 1 BO
Silver Hill 00
Standard 4 45
Crown Point
lBlUnlon Con 22
exchequer
Gould & Curry..
Halo & Norcros3.
Utah Con
Tellow Jacket
NEW YORK. Aug. 7-MlnIng stocks today
closed as follows:
Choliar $0 10
Crown Point ... 15
Ontario 16 00
Ophir
Plymouth 10
Quicksilver 1 50
do pfd 6 50
Sierra Nevada .. 23
Standard 4 20
Union Con 19
Yellow Jacket ... 38
Con. Cal. & Va. 1 40
Deadwood
CO
Gould & Curry.
Hale & Norcross.
Homes take
18
17
50
Iron Sllver.;.
Mexican . 15
AS VIEWED IS SEATTLE.
Any Effort Made by Portland "Will
Be Stoutly Resisted.
Sjattle Trade Register.
The Oregonlan of July 22 had an article
chiding Columbia River pilots for sending"
their boats to Puget Sound for repairs.
It said: ,
The pilots who send their boats to Puget
Sound to be repaired are certainly to Be com
miserated for their lack of loyalty, but they
have the excuse of precedents in more am
bitious quarters. Superior activity gets Gov
ernment transports for rival cities, numbers of
inhabitants were missed In Portland for want
of funds to aid In the work, of enumeration.
we seem unwilling to bid low enough on mili
tary supplies, and an Influential portion of tho
community Is strenuously engaged In an effort
to move our maritime business to Astoria
Nature has done a great deal for Portland, but
there is a limit, it seems, to her field of oper
ations. A point Is reached In development
where a community must do something for
itself. ,
It is probable that, had the Trade Reg
ister made the above comment, it would
have received a great deal of unpleasant
attention from some of our Portland
friends. Our contemporary must not ex
pect to get business for Portland mer
chants on account of petty jealousies
against the progressive cities of Puget
Sound, rather than on account of price.
The Oregonlan may be wrong in assum
ing that superior actltvlty gets Govern
,"nent transports for us, as the Oregon
Senators are at least as active in the in
terests of Portland as "our" Senators
are for us, but It Is probably right In the
statement that the Portland merchants
seem unwilling to bid low enough on mili
tary supplies, as Seattle merchants re
ceive the greater share of the Government
business despite the fact that Portland
houses are constantly advertising the
amount of business they are receiving
from the Government "We all admit that
nature has done a great deal for Port
land, but we must also bear in mind that
"God helps those who help themselves."
The Oregonlan returned to the subject
last Monday In a lengthy article with the
following sad headlines: 'Tnjustice to
Portland. Livestock Brought Here Ship
ped From Seattle. War Department
Seems Inclined to Sidetrack This Port in
Favor of the Sound." This was 13 car
loads more of sorrow, but why follow up
the burden to the Oregpn Congressional
delegation, the Chamber of Commerce,
etc.? The real cause will hardly be given
any further airing. If Portland Is going
to take a "determined stand on this mat
ter,' It will not find Puget Sound sleeping
over it
Sew Oregon City Teachers.
OREGON CTTT, Or.. Aug. 7. At the
meeting of the board of directors of the
Oregon City school district held last
night, Mr. Matthews, of Narcotab, "Wash.,
was elected principal of the Eastham
School. Miss Myrtle Taylor, a graduate
of the Monmouth Normal School, was
elected to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation of Miss Gertrude Fin
ley, as teacher to tlie Barclay School, to
Jgg
the choicest of brews,
mellow and pleasing,
has met with instant
approval by a dis
accept the principalshlp of the school at
St Helens. "W. A. Huntley was award
ed the contract for sqppplylng- the city
schools with stationery for one year
for 514415. The Oregon Fuel & Supply
Company was given the contract for 35
cords of wood, at tho Eastham School,
at $2 5, and 55 cords of wood at the,
Barclay School at $2 33.
Tiotca of En-gene.
EUGENE. Or., Aug. T. Company C,
Fourth. Regiment, O. N. G., has made ar-.
rangements to take a Sunday outing next
Sunday, and will make it partake of the
nature of a practice march. The com
pany will inarch out Saturday evening to
some pleasant spot on tho banks of the
McKenzie, where camp will be made for
tba night. Sunday will be spent In re
creation, and the march home will bo
made In tho evening.
On the Mohawk branch of tho Southern.
Pacific the track is laid to a point about
seven miles from Wendlln?. The grading
is completed, and the last rail Is expected
to be laid In about two weeks, and the
first train is expected to reach "Wendllns
about August 20.
The stock of general merchandise belonging-
to the late A. V. Petres, wa3 sold
yesterday to Messra. Qutnner & Bitter.
The attending surgeon yesterday ampu
tated a portion of the left foot of John
Stears, who cut himself severely last
week with an ax, near his home on the
Lower Siuslaw.
Rural Delivery Cnts Ont a. Postofflce.
"WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. On August 10
the postofflce at Peoria, Linn County,
Or., will be discontinued ,owlng to -the
fact that rural free delivery 13 then to
be inaugurated there.
PAUL CROMWELL
The Colored Specialist
Has opened up his office at 347 Front, and
will sell his medicine as usuaL Medicine)
for all kinds of chronic diseases.
Properly applied, with the proper ap
pliance at the proper time, arouses tho
sluggish blood and sends it cour3lnr
through tho arteries and veins like a
sparkling, leaping brook. This removes
clogged and poisonous matter from the
system. Can you afford to go crawling
around, dragging out a miserable state of
feeling, when, such a remedy a3
Dr. Ssnden's Electric Belf
Is within your reach? "Write for my free
booklets, which explain fully all you. may,
wish to know.
DR. A.&-5ANBEN
Cor. Fourth and Morrison Sts.
PORTLAND ORECOrl
White Ribbon Remedy
Can Be Given in Glass of "Water-. Tea
or Coffee "Without Patient's
KnoTvledse.
White Ribbon Remedy will euro or destroy
the diseased appetite for alcoholic stimulants,
whether -the patient is a confirmed inebriate,
"a tippler," socUl drinker or drunkard.
Impossible for any one to have an appetlta
for alcoholic liquors after using "White Rlbboa
Remedy. . , .
Portland, Oregon: "Woodard. Clarke & Co.,
Fourth and Washington sts. By mail. SU
Trial package free by writing- MRS. T. C
MOORE. Pres. W. C- T. U.. Ventura, Cat
SOFT, GLOSSY HAIR
It Can Only Be Had "Where There Is
Jio Dandruff.
Any man or woman who wants soft,
glossy hair must be free of dandruff,
which causes falling hair. Since It has
become known that dandruff Is a germ
disease, the old hair preparations that
were mostly scalp irritants, have been
abandoned, and the public, barbers and
doctors Included, have taken to using
Newbro's Herplclde, the only hair prepa
ration that kills the dandruff germ. E.
Dodd. Dickinson, N. D., says: "Herplclde
not only cleanses the scalp from dandruff
and prevents the hair's falling out but
promotes a new growth. Herplclde keeps
my hair very glossy."
The Oregon IVHnlng
Stock Exchange
Auditorium. Chamber of Commerce Bids.,
'-. o. box CIO Portland. Or.
Telephone Main 810.
J. E. Haseltine. Pres.; David Goodsell TWa-u;
blrector-H-L. G. Clarke, J. E. Haseltine, Da
vld Gocdsell. P. J. Jennlnj-s, 2. Q. Davidaoa,
F. Y. Drake. E. A, C!ey
ill ilF I MlTlTlr ' II
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Drunkenness Cured