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& THE MORNING- OHIiTGONIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1900. MAN FOR GOVERNOR New Name to Be Sprung on Washington Republicans. ANH-WILSON AND FARMERf FRIEND Hon. John C. Larrrence, of . WMt- xaan County, Believed to Be a. Voll for Frinlr of Klnc COLFAX, Wash.. Aug. 10. Whitman County Bepubllcans have prepared a sur prise, which -will Je sprung1 on the state convention next week. It Is In the form of a new candidate for the gubernatorial nomination In the person of Hon. John C Lawrence, of Garfield. The fact that his claims for the nomination -will be urged by the delegation from this coun ty -will be news to the voters of the party here, the county convention by a very Frong vote having decided that the couc t should demand the nomination of John Lathrum for State Treasurer, and the delegation -were Instructed to that effort- This was all right nntll King Oounty decided to support Frink, and It became generally understood that Frinks candidacy was a combination of the Mc Graw and "Wilson strength in the county. If there is any one thing upon which Whitman County can be depended on it Is to oppose ex-Senator "Wilson. After Frink had won in King County. It soon became evident that he would be a strong man In the convention, and that to heat him would be a difficult matter. It was believed that since- Frink was known as a corporation man, and ono who, as a member of the legisla ture, had always voted in the interest of the corporations, a candidate from one of the farming counties would stand the best show of consolidating the opposition to Frink, as a corporation man, and also as a representative of the Wllson-Mc-Graw combine in state politics. After considerable deliberation, it was decided that "Whitman County, as the great ag ricultural county of the state, would be the best place from which to draw a farmer candidate, and, finally Mr. Law rence was decided upon. Mr. Xajhrum, it is understood, has agreed to with draw, and lit the event of the election of Mr. Lawrence, will be made warden of the Penitentiary. Hon. J. C. Lawrence, of Garfield. Is one of the best-known men of the state, lie has been a resident of "Whitman Coun ty since territorial days, serving as Ter ritorial Superintendent of Schools, and later as Receiver of the land office at "Waterille, Wash. For many years he has acted as manager of the Farmers' Alliance warehouses at Garfield, and has always been active and Influential In Re publican politics. His friends claim ho will go to the Btate convention with the solid east side opposition to "Wilson at hi3 back, and will have, in addition. Pierce County on the west side. PIERCE COUNTY SPLIT. Frtnlc for Governor Imt Ankeny for United State Senator. TACOMA, Aug. 10. The Republican County Convention was held here today. A full county and LegislatH'e ticket was jiominated. The friends of .Mr. Frink, of Seattle, who is a candidate for Gov ernor, were in the ascendency, except in the Legislative nominations. Stanley "Warburton and Lincoln Davis, who arc said to favor Mr. Ankcny, were nomi nated for Senator In the respective dis tricts. All the present Republican county officers were renominated by acclamation. Congressman Cushman was allowed to ixame 11 delegates. CLARK COUXTVS ASSESSMENT. aiBicrlally. Smnllcr Than Lat Year Comparative Summaries. VANCOUVER, "Wash.. Aug. 10. The County Commissioners are in session this week as a Board of Equalization. The tax roll as submitted by Assessor Curtice shows a reduction in taxable property un der last year of J3C7.705. Notwithstanding this big reduction, It is the belief of the Commissioners that they will be able fur ther to reduce the burden upon the tax pavers by lowering the rate of taxation at least 1 mill. Following is a summary of the tax roll ior 1900 as compared with last year: I 1S99. 1900. County Acres land assessed. 2Q.r57.05 263,618.1 Acres Improved ..... 52,5'i0 37,353 City Acres assessed 424.3S 424.S Acres improved 219.64 37S Total acros assessed 26L4S1.4S 264,012.42 County " alue land $2,1H,450 00 $1,905,375 03 Value Improvements! 3C9.S40 00 402,910 00 City I J Value land ) 711,933 00 529.715 00 Value improvements 269,205 00 262,725 00 Incorporated towns Value land ....( 45.375 00 S3.220 00 Value improvements! 24,515 00 23,633 00 County and city Value railroad track 38.400 00 41,410 03 County Personal property... 336.7E0 00 S9S.025 00 Ctty-e- I Pensonal property... 215,720 00 194.265 00 Exemptions allowed personal proparty.j 44,110 CO 77,055 03 Total tax. property.IJ4.0S2.160 00 $3,714,455 00 The financial affairs of the county were never in better condition than at pres ent. There Is not a dollar outstanding in unpaid warranty, and there is a sur plus In the current expense fund of near ly $10,000. Ten thousand dollars more taxes wore paid into the treasury in the first six months of the prebent fiscal year than for the same period last year. NOT A VALID ASSESSMENT. Decision xu Cl&ekomai County Case Credited to Prior Owner. OREGON Cirr. Or.. Aug. 10.-Judge McBride has just rendered a decision in the suit of Charles B. Moores against Clackamas County to set aside the claim of defendant to certain property in Min thorn addition to the City of Portland, ac quired by tax title on account of taxet levied for the years 1SP2-3, the property In question having been assessed to the Oregon Land Company, and the total tax amounting to $2344. The decree is in iavor of the plaintiff, and perpetually en Joins the oounty from asserting any claim or Hen upon said premises, and It also decrees that the plaintiff recover from the .defendant his costs and disburse ments. The County Commissioners today made an order to appeal from this decis ion to the Supreme Court. The land in question originally belonged to the Oregon Land Company, but later was transferred to L. P. McNary as trus tee, and subsequently C B. Moores, a stockholder in the original company, be came the individual owner of the prop erty involved in this suit. It was after this ownership was acquired that the property was assessed to the Oregon Land Company and sold for delinquent taxes. Mr. Moores states that the Assessors have always persisted in valuing this platted property at a much higher rate than adjoining lands, and has offered to compromise with the board, but could never secure a reduction. It Is a noteworthy faot that no reports have yet come in to the effect that thresh ing machine proprietors have raised the price ptr bushel for threshing grain. The ruling price is the same as heretofore. 3t is reported that J. M. Tracy, of Logan, does even better by his customers than last year, paying the band-cutter, which has not been the custom in past years. Timber oialm and homestead patents have been rocolved at the local Land Office for the following persons: Timber claims John H. Nelson, George Hallt Leon V. Jenkins, Ray E. "Watts, John S. Clark, May "Weston, Hugh Cam eron. "William J. Payne, Joseph Fergu son. William H. McPhee, Nell Brown, James Black, Hector McKlllIgan, Ralph M. Ackley. Charles H. Hemstreet, Wilton Johnson. Homesteads James "Wilson, George A. Barton, Christ Hyronlmus, Ludwlg W. Strangeland, Fred 8plnger, Daniel Blek karl. Jacob E. Bralller. The woolen mills closed down this even ing for 10 days to enable workmen to con struct a new flume to carry water from the basin to the mills. The mill is crowd ed with orders from the East, but it was necessary to close down so that "repairs could be made. COUNTY ACCOUNTS ALL BIGHT. Expert Beport in Benton County Prisoner Fight. CORVALLIS. Or.. Aug. 10. J. H. Wil son, expert, has juBt submitted to the County Court his report of the investi gation of the accounts of the 'Sheriff, Clerk, Recorder and Treasurer, for the two-years term ending July 5, 1900. The report says that "the officers have kept their accounts with great accuracy," and that all funds were properly accounted for. During the term the Sheriff col lected and turned over to the Treasurer taxes and fees aggregating J13S.22S 68; the Clerk collected and properly turned over fees to the amount of $1769 02, and from tax Hens redeemed from the county by Individuals. $1301 26, which also has been turned over to the proper officers. In the Recorder's ofHce the aggregate of fees collected and turned over was $1548. ' Tho Treasurer received during the term from all sources $151,20414. Pryor and Kubli, the two prisoners In the County Jail, had a fight the othel night It grew .out of the fact that Pryor gave the Sheriff Information con cerning Kubll's late attempt at breaking jalL Kubli, who is a desperate character, sought satisfaction, and got the worst of it In the mix-up. A RAILROAD RUNAWAY. Smashed Up Ten Cars nnd Killed a Trainman. ASHLAND, Or.. Aug. 10. James Donog hue, recently of Ashland, and well known in this section of the state, a trainman on the McCloud River branch of the Southern Pacific, was instantly killed at 10 o'clock this morning In a wreck. Ten freight cars, which had been standing on the main traok with their airbrakes set, when coupled ' to the .locomotive, which was to haul them to McCloud, started on the down grade, which is a very heavy one on this road, and became unmanage able. It. is thought the. air leaked, from tho cars while standing awaiting the en gine. After running, at an tmcontrollable speed for about two miles, the 10 bars struck a sharp curve and were ditched, hut the engine remained 6n tho track. Donoghne's remains were taken from the wreck and sent to relatives at Dunsmulr. This Is the third runaway wreck on the McCloud railroad In the past few weeks. GOT GOOD PAY AT CAPE NOME. A One Man "Who Bronght Back More Than He Cnrrled Away. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 10. The first man to come back to this part of the state from Nome with more money than he carried away, arrived last night, Fred Powell, who left In May. He paid $80 for the ride north and only $15 for coming out on the Oregon. Powell Is a veteran of the Philippine campaign, and through hla Eighth Army Corps pin received steady employment at lightering. On one occasion he worked 43 hours without rest, at $1 an hour. When the Oregon left even the mines on the creeks were closed and In the hands of a receiver, ted up by litigation. He confirms all the re ports of the desperate nature of the sit uation there. FARMER SERIOUSLY SHOT. Had Dispute "With a Liveryman Over Some Grain. MORO, Or., Aug. 10. David Jenkins, a farmer, was shot and perhaps fatally 'In jured on his place, three miles from here, at 11:30 this morning by George T. Hlgln botham, a liveryman. They had a con troversy regarding some wheat, and Hig-j inbotham drew a revolver and fired, the shot entering Jenkins chest and ranging upward through the lung. Jenkins was attended by Dr. Hartley, of Moro, and Dr. Beers, of Wasco County. It Is be lieved that he cannot survive. Higln botham was taken Into custody by the 8herlff. CEXTRALIA SALOON BURGLARIZED Gold "Watch, Revolver nnd 20 In Cash "Were Taken. CENTRALIA, Wash., Aug. 10. The safe of E. W. Thomas' saloon was blown open this morning about 3 o'clock, and $201 In money, a gold watch and a revolver were taken. The explosion was heavy, and awoke people In the vicinity. The safe was drilled Into from the top and the door was blown off. So far there Is no clew to the perpetrators. The burg lars apparently entered from tho back door. ICIndersrartner for Indian School. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Mary Ross, of Chicago, has been appointed klnder- gartner at the Umatilla Indian school at $600 per year. " Oregon Notes. The hesslan -fly ruined the wheat crop in Nehalem Valley. Eighty horses are In training at the State Fair Grounds. Hood River claims tho best apple crop it has had In years.- Lebanon's paper mill is piling up an immense stack of straw. Columbia County has called In all war rants Indorsed prior to January 1, 1900. A Moro man says this year's yield of wheat Is enormous, and makes Sherman the banner wheat county. North Yamhill has no water for fire protection In Summer. The Record urges citizens to change so dangerous a condi tion. Newberg has just sold at public auc tion a span of stray horses that had been "on the town" forx10 days. They brought "$176. Rufus Robinson, of Irving, received a wound In the hip a short time ago from the rifle -of a hunting companion, who mistook him for a deer. A C Cockbum & Sons, the extensive Couso Creek farmers, have purchased the Blalock farm of 1442 acres, below Milton, for a reported consideration of $30,000. A combined harvester was included in the deal. Fly fishing afforded fine sport on North i Coos River last week, says the Marshtleld News. The trout were large, many of them weighing between two and three pounds each. Fishing on Isthmus Slough was also reported good. Lem Burgess, of Antelope, sold his clip of wool, consisting of some 30,000 pounds, at The Dalles, the morning of August S. The price was not given out, but it is said to have been over 14 cents. 1$. was bought by the scouring mllL Orb Elliott, a pioneer of Baker County, died at his home on Upper Burnt River the Sth Inst., of bowel trouble. Deceased was nearly 70 years old. He was known by nearly every one In Baker County, having resided there since 1S62. He left a wife and seven children, all residents of Baker County. About two months ago three of John Koberg's fine Jersey calves, 6 months old. were caught on the railroad track and each had a leg broken by a passenger train, says the Hood River Glacier. The bones of their legs were broken clean off. and their legs were dangling. Mr. Ko berg immediately went to work to set the fractures, and. with the assistance of his wife, succeeded on aU three. After three or four weeks tho bandages were re moved, and now the calves seem to be al! right. COMMON POINT RATES ALL OREGON TUUST HAVE THEM IF IT IS TO GO AHEAD. Producers Hero Muat Not Be at Dis advantage As to Rates With.,, Other Nortlixrest Points. FOREST GROVE, Or.. Aug. 10. (To the Editor.) A few days ago a Valley paper called attention to the fact that while the year 1900 showed much activity in railroad building in the United States, there was nothing doing In that line in Oregon, and further says there are no hostile laws in the state and the Railroad Commission law has been repealed, and then asks why the state Is not being developed? Legislation does not always prevent railroad construction. Railroad compa nies generally would rather operate Tin Jcr a just and liberal law than under no law at all, for the reason that one extreme often results In the other. An overt act arouses the people, and the Legislature GALLERY OF OREGON J. B. EDDY, OF THE FOREST GROVE TIMES. J. B. Eddy, edllor and publisher of the Forest Grove Times, was born In England, 45 years ago, and emigrated to the United States when 1C years old. He learned the rudi ments of the printer's trade In the land of his birth. In 1S73 he sot a "case" on the Reese River (Nevada) Reveille, and worked on that paper first as "comp.," then foreman, then ed itor, until 1881, when he came to Oregon. He purchased tho Pendleton Tribune In 18S0, In connection with E. E. Sharon, now grand secretary "of the I. O. O. F., and afterward was associated with ex-Judge James A. Fee In Its publication. In 1807 he purchased a half-Interest In tha Rosebure Plalndealer, and edited that publication for a little over a year, when he sold It A year aso he assumed the control of the Forest Grove Tlme3. He was reading clerk or the State Senate In 1889, 1S91 and 1893. and In tho latter jear was elected Railroad Commissioner, serving five years. In politics he is an uncompromising Republican, and is one of the original Oregon gold-standard men. proceeds to enact legislation that goes to extremes. The late commission law was the result of a compromise to pre vent thei enactment ,of maximum-rate-bills. But. the discussion of that 13 not the purpose of this letter, which Is rather to inquire Into the reason for the present stagnation, in railroad construction In this state It is small wonder that peoale who put their tnoney In railroad bonds and stocks are a little "Bhy of Oregon. In-, vestors in railroad stocks have lost large sums of money In this state. The in vestment of something like $15,000,000 in the old Willamette Valley & Coast Rail road, now the Corvallls & Eastern, was a total loss to bondholders and stock holders. The "road was sold some six years ago for $100,000, a sum which did not begin to satisfy the Hens upon it, so that there was not a dollar for the orig inal investors. This road was started with the Idea of making a great seaport on Yaqulna Bay and extending eastward to a transcontinental connection. There is yet no harbor at Yaqulna for deep sea vessels, and the old saying that the road "began on a mud flat and ended In a snow bank" is too near the truth. What may be done remains to be seen. Tho narrow gauge systems of the Ore gonlnn. the Portland & Yamhill and the Portland & Willamette Valley roads, op erated from Jefferson Btreet to Alrlle, on the West Side, and from the Willamette River opposite Woodburn to Springfield, on the East Side, parallel to the lines of the Oregon & California Company, and there not being business enough for both, 'they went Into the hands of receivers and worn so onerated at a loss to the stock holders until leased by the Southern Pa cific Company. For some years there after, even under one management, the roads did not pay their fixed "charges. The fact of the matter is, the narrow gauge systems (they are now standard gauge) ought not to have been built. The field was already occupied by the Oregon & California, and the new roads paralleled tho old from three to 12 miles apart! The result was a further black eye to railroad Investment in Oregon. But to return to the query referred to In the opening paragraph. Other states are forging ahead In the matter of rail road building. Towns are growing up and are prosperous; villages stand whero there were merely crossroads a -.-short time ago, and villages have grown to towns and towns to cities of no small di mensions. Oregon is surpassed by no state in the Union In natural and varied resources. The Coast and Willamette Valley counties cannot be surpassed any where for dairying, fruit-raising, garden ing and diversified farming. Tho forests of the Cascade and Coast Ranges are vast and the trees of magnificent pro portions. Veins of coal crop out upon the sides of the mountains, and gold bearing quartz ledges that contain suf ficient of the precious metal to reward the miner and the smelter are uncovered on every hand. Water sufficient to gen erate all needed power and light is go ing to waste over the cataracts and goe3 singing on, unharnessed, to the sea. The climate is ideal. Then why are we in the rear of the procession? The recent contributions of some railroad men to your columns may throw some light upon the subject. A vast section of the state, known gen erally as Southeastern Oregon, Is with out railroad transportation, and that is tho section bounded by California and Nevada on the south, the Cascade Moun tains on the west, tho Western and other spurs of the Blue Mountains on chc north, and Idaho on the east There are large bodies of bunchgrass lands in that territory that could be converted into wheat fields like those of Umatilla, if there was only a way to get the product to market The Columbia Southern, which is probably another name for a branch of the O. R. & X., Is headed that way. but is still a long way off. A rail road traversing that section from east to west with a common-!oint rate to Port land would open up a magnificent coun try and find employment for busy com munities. I said a common-point rate to Portland. The tendency of modern shipbuilding and . ocean traffic Is toward large vessels of. deep draught and immense tonnage. Rail roads, then, must reach deep water. That Is a point to be kept in" mind. Do all you can for your coast harbors; they will be needed aa population increases and traffic grows, but the great bulk of ocean trade will seek the deep harbors, and the railroads must center there. This Is a law like Gresham's, that legislation cannot affect. It will operate as surely as the rivers run to the sea. Tho Eastern Oregon and Eastern Wash ington country, In the region of Walla Walla, for instance, has a common-point rate on wheat; to Portland, which enables the farther points to enjoy the same privileges as points nearer -by. This i3 advantageous to both producer and car rier. It enables the farmer to produce wheat at a pront and stimulates the in dustry; and the greater the volume of traffic, the less the percentage of cost. Why could not the principle be extend ed to include Interchange of traffic from one road to another and the making of common-point rates on other products? There Is no disguising the fact that the State of Washington has grown in wealth and population during the last decade, and a half much more rapidly than Ore gon. Is It not probable that this Is due largely at least to the policy to which Mr. Hammond refers in his letter pub lished on the 12th ult., that of making common rates for all the lumber-producing sections of the state? In these days business is done on such narrow margins that unless producers can get into market on equal terms, he that 13 NEWSPAPER MEN No. 16. at a disadvantage, however small, Is compelled "to retire. If the lumbermen of Oregon are to sell their products In tho" markets of California or elsewhere they must get there on equal terms with the lumbermen of 'other sections or they cannot compete. If, as has been charged by the writer above referred to, the lum bermen of the Santiam, in order to reach San Francisco and Los Angeles, must pay the Portland rate, plus the local rate to Portland, it is a policy that cannot be defended, that makes the people clamor for anti-railroad legislation and Legislatures restive. The policy cannot be explained to the satisfaction of the lay mind why a haul of 700 miles should cost more than a haul of 770 miles over tho same line, and Legislators are asked be their constituents why they allow such things to be. Is, it desirable that towns should be built up In every section of the state? Then these sections should have the same privileges as are accorded to other places. If It is the purpose or hope of Portland to see a railroad built through South eastern Oregon, it must be made clear that tho lumber and wheat producers of that section will be able to reach deep water on, the same terms as other Darts of the state. That there shall be perfect interchange of traffic upon practically a mileage proposition. Our railroads should get together for the common good, and they will all benefit thereby. There are no more promising fields any where for the investment of capital railroads than those of Southeastern Or egon, above referred to, and the valley ofthe Tillamook, but before much can be expected, there must be assurance that the products of these regions can have a chance to get to market on equal terms with other sections of the state Or of the Northwest Portland will never be a large city until there are other largo cities in the state. Oregon has the natural resources to sup port several large cities, but if Port land, from her commanding position, im proves her opportunities, she can always bo the largest. What is most desired Is common-point rates, so that all sections of the state can grow and towns and cities spring up, each supplying their immediate commu nity, and all contributing to the wealth and influence of what must always bs tho greatest commercial and banking cen terPortland. ' J. B. EDDY. Idaho Notes. Nampa's school census shows 322 chil dren of school age. Jesse Mllledge, of Emmett, has been committed to the Insane Asylum. Work Is In progress on a telephone line." to connect Cul-de-Sac with Spauld Jng. . Two Spokane men are considering the wisdom of starting a flouring mill at Nampa. Farmer Hugh Watson, of Fletcher, has had Farmer Dick Blttenger, a neighbor, arrested for assault with a deadly wea pon. A club was the weapon. A human body was found In the Payette River, near Bunch's ranch, August 7. The remains are supposed to be those of Lo renzo Carpenter, who was drowned May 23 about 25 miles above the ranch. O. H. Scott, a barber at Glenn's Ferry, went with his family for an outing. When he returned, the man he had left In charge of his shop had gone to unknown parts, taking ra2ors, clips, strops, a shot gun and other portable property. The rascal's name Is Jinks. Two Nez Perces Indians, Steve Reuben and Amos Williams, are In jail at Lew iston to answer a charge of highway robbery, preferred by L. H. Gibson, of Lapwal. He says they took SO cents and a" knife; they say they took a bottle of whisky. "Idaho is in need of a practical state wagon road that will connect the pan handle to the pan," says the Lewlston Teller. "The road by the way of Payette Lake Is only passible at the expense of great hardships and at the pains of a long Journey. The proposed road by Rapid River and Little Salmon meadows has been built by 'settlers till It now has only a break of 35 miles to unite the extremes of the state by a practical wagon road. It is a sad commentary upon the pro gressive economy of -the commonwealth that .this barrier should be left to inter- rupt trade indefinitely." WIRES THROUGH ALASKA GOVERNMENTS CO-OPERATE IN GETTING TELEGRAPH SYSTEM. Largre Part of the Service "Will Be v in Operation try October 1 Nevrs of the North. VICTORIA, B. a, Aug. 10. H. GUchin, in charge of the supplies of the public works department in the Yukon, in an interview said that the telegraph system between Atlln and the outside world would be completed and In operation by October 1, and that by the same time tho line which the Dominion Govern ment is to extend from Dawson to Fort Cudahy, on the international boundary between Yukon Territory and Alaska on the Yukon, will be ready for use. The latter wiU be about 50 miles long. The American system to be constructed in tho Yukon Basin will connect with the British system, and the two will be com plementary, making a complete system through the Yukon Basin and serving the chief points of the far north. Wholesale reduction both ways on the Yukon between Dawson and White Horse, and affecting intermediate, aa well as through travel is announced by the Whito Pass and Yukon route, effective immediately onjtfl its steamers. The new rates are exactly half what the rates that provalled up to this time have been. Late Dawson papers report that elab orate preparations, are being made for tho reception of Lord and Lady Mlnto at Dawson. " v MORE GOLD FROM. DAWSON. $1,000,000 Reported to Be Shipped '' v Do-vvn .-Soon. SEATTLE, Aug. "10. Late advices, from the North state that a single shipment of $1,000,000 in treasure will soon be made from Dawson to this city. According to" the plans of D. C. Jackson, superintend ent of the Alaska Express, which has the shipment In charge, the gold will arrive here in about 10 days. The treasure is consigned to the local assay office fr6m the Canadian Bank of Commerce at Daw son, which corporation purchased It from the miners In small lots. The shipment will perhaps be the largest or One of the largest single shipments of the sea son ,. Another $1,000,000 In treasure left Daw son July 20, on a down-river steamer, and should arrlvehere on one of the next boats Via "St. Michael; "$750,000 of It be longs to the same bank as Is making the above shipment To Wait for Boundary Settlement. SEATTLE, Aug. 10. A special to the Times, dated Victoria, B. G, says: An important announcement was mado this morning of the Government policy In regard to granting Yukon charters. This was to refuse all applications until settlement of the boundary question, thus conserving trade for the all-Canadian routo and desisting from the upbuilding of American towns. The government is in communication with Ottawa regarding tho Canadian project with a view to se curing harmonious and combined action. Coal on the Dalton Trait. VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. 10. The steamer Cutch, from Skagway, brought 70 passengers today, and also news of discoveries of extensive coal beds near Dalton trail, and not far from White Horse. The discovery was made by Gus tavo' Gervals, who has been interested in coal mining at Lethbridge. News of his find had been received just as the Cutch was sailing, but to substantiate his state ments Gervais brought In with him a small sack of promising, samples. Two Ships From Slcaevray. VICTORIA B. C. Aug. 10.-Tho steam ers Tees and Cottage City arrived today from Lynn Canal. The former had $200,000 in gold. Captain Barrington, of the wrecked river steamer Florence S., has been ex onerated of the charge of manslaughter at Dawson. No Cliillcoot Railway Charter. VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 10. The Provin cial Government has announced that they propose granting a charter for a railway through Chllkoot Pass, as the country is in dispute between Canada and the United States, and that the line would parallel the White Pass Railway. Postmaster at Nome. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. J. H. Wright was today appointed Postmaster at Nome, Alaska. HARNEY COUNTY'S FAIR. No State Aid A Protluet of Hust ling Local Enterprise. BURNS, Or., Aug. 10. Big flaming pos ters are out everywhere and prepara tions are being rushed through for Har ney County's first fair, which 13 to be held at Burns, September 17 to 22, In clusive. The racetrack, grandstand and pavilion are all completed and $1850 has been subscribed for premiums. The first day there will be two races for $75 each. The first will be a three-elghths-mlle dash by Harney County horses .that have never won fjrst money. The second race will be a three-elgbths-mlle dash by Harney County saddle horses that have never run for public money. The cecond day will bring a one-fourth-mile dash, free for all, for a $150 purse. The third day there will be a three-elghths-mlle dash, free for all, for a purse of $150. On the fourth day will be a one-half-mile dash, free for all. for $175, and the fifth day a three-fourths-mUe-dash, free for all, for $200. On the sixth and last day there will be a one-half-mile dash and repeat, two In three, free for all, for $200. There will also be a half mile dash on this date for Indian horses for a purse of' $15. During the fair there will be three base ball games between the Burns and Can yon City teams for a purse of $500. These games will take place on the second, third and fourth days of the fair. There will be a long list of exhibits for premiums. Among them will be di visions for horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, farm products, garden produce, potted plants, dairy products, merchan dise, handiwork of medhanlcs,- are and fancy work, minerals, horticulture, pas try, and needlework. Exhibits are also Invited from the out side. Portland merchants, who practic ally supply this whole country, are es pecially invited to take part In the fair and to send in exhibits. Horses are already beginning to arrive to tako part in the races. Horses from Prlneville, Lakevlew. Long Creek, Cat low Valley and other places will be here. LBill Nye and Red S. are already here. as well as many others of note. In the organization of Harney County, she was cut out of the fair district and therefore gets no appropriation from the state. But with her usual -vim and en terprise she proposes to have a success ful fair every year In the future Just tho same. She contains a territory as large as some of the fair districts and pays as much taxes, and when the next Legis lature meets will make an application to be organized under the law as a separate fair district Harry G-. Smith, an old Portland boy, is one of the moving powers In the mat- TO REDUCE OPERATING EXPENSES To This End Improvements Are Un der Way at Baialcy-Ellchora. BAKER CITY. Or., Aug. 10. To reduce expenses of the Balsley-Elkhorn mine, the owners of that famous property have com- jmenced some very eztensive and radical improvements. The first step was to put in a telephone line from. Haines, to the mine, and the poles and wire are now on the ground, and In a few days the work of setting the poles and putting up the wire will be completed. In addition to this tho owners are preparing to build a stamp mill in the canyon on Pine Creek, whero abundant water-power can be secured. The ore for reduction will be trammed down to the mllL Then this tramway will be extended a distance of six miles to Powder River Valley, and all the con centrates from the mill will be trammed to this point and hauled to Haines for shipment These Improved methods will reduco expenses, as it will save hauling wood to the mine over an up-hill grade, and will do away with the long team haul of concentrates. Since the owners com menced to sink a shaft on their property, they decided to curtail the expense of pro duction. R. H. Terhune, a metallurgist of Salt Lake City, Is in Baker, looking over the advantcges of this city and other pofnts with a view of establishing a smelting works for the treatment of gold, silver and copoer ores and concentrates. Nye's Bis StrlUe. J. S. Howard, chief engineer of the High Lino Ditch Company, is in the clty from Gold Hill. Ho says the recent strlko by J. C. Nye at Gall's Creek" is one of the biggest gold finds in the history of the state. Nye purchased the prospect a few months ago for $600. and when the time came to pay for It he handed the seller $400 more, making it an even $1000. Nye afterward disposed of a half Interest to a third party for $9000 cash, and since that time fully $50,000 has been taken out, Still, there is $50,000 more in sight along the face of the tunnel, and there is nc? tolling the value of the ledge, as the tun nel is simply following the vein, and the mine has therefore not been "butchered up." Old miners think the pay streak runs through a well-defined ledgp. and there is no indication of Its finally "pinching out" mining- Stoclc Quotations. Following are the transactions at the Oregon Mining Stock Exchange yesterday: Bid. Askrd. $0 03 Adams Mountain $0 15 Buffalo .. IS 1 5 ayA 5 Ofc, 31 32 Gft 0 3 3U 2tf 2?i 3 OV 2tf 10 3 354 2H Stf H 2, 3k 0A 1U Vn Copperopolis ..-. ... Gold Hill &, Bohemia Helena Helena No. 2 l,oft Horse .........'. May Queen Oregon-Colorado, M.. M, & D Riverside Uropqua , Unlisted Grizzly ML View Rockefeller Sumpter Free Gold SALES. Buffalo 50OO WOO Copperopolis .2000 Helena 0O0O 4000 3000 Helena No. 2 5000 Lost Horse 40OO COO May Queen 10.000 5000 Mt. View 4000 0000 Umpqua 2000 4000 at 01?a at 01 at Go at 31 at 31 at 314 at 0t at O8J4 at 03 at 03 at 02 at 02 at 02 at 024 at 03 at OJH Mining: Stocls Q-notatlonn. SPOKANE, Aug. 10. The closing bids for mining stocks today were as follows: Black Tail ,..$0 12Morning G.. ..$0 034 Butte & B.... 01 Morrison Crystal w (Princess If. . (tt xjeer x. jno. 2. 04 Palmer Mt. T. 18 Evening Star 07 Rambler-C. 22 S2 07 02 12? 19 clos were uoiu .uecige Golden H-. . I. X. L Lone Pine-S Mountain L. Republic Reservation .. 12 09lRiilllvnn .. 56 I Tom Thumb .. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 10. The ing bids for mining stocks today as follows: Alta $0 OllJustlce $0 06 Ande3 OSlOccldentai CoK'. 27 07 64 OS 14 11 Bploher .. 13!ODhir .. Best & Belcher. Bullion .. ..."... Caledonia Challenge Con.. Chollar .. , 19Overman .. .,. D3Potosl .,.." 70 Savage .... .".. 20Seg. Belcher .. 14 Sierra Nevada to ss 62 4 15 21 C8 25 Confidence 91Sllver Hill .... Con. Cal. & V.. 1 40 Standard Crown Point .. 14Unlon Con. .. Gould & Currle lGfUtah Con. ... Hale & Nor 23Yellow Jacket BOSTON. Aug. 10. The closing bids for mining stocks today were as follows: Adventure ...$ 2 50 Humboldt .. ..$ 25 CO Osceola 67 15 Parrot 40 75 Qulncy 134 CO Santa Fe 4 cO Allouez 150 Amalgamated. 87 37 Atlantic 23 00 Boston & M.. 303 00 Butte & B 61 fOITamarack 193 01 Calumet & H. 745 00 Utah Mining... 29 00 Centennial ... 15 OOWInona 3 75 Franklin 13 75WolverInes .... 39 00 NEW YORK, Aug. 10. The closing bids for mining Btocks today were as follows: Chollar $0 12rOntar!o $6 01 Crown Point ... 12IOphlr 05 C, C. & Va 1 S5 Plymouth 10 Deadwood 45!Qulcksllver .. .. 1 50 G. & C 12 do pref 6 E0 Hale & Nor.... 20 Sierra Nevada . "5 Homcstake .... KKStandard 4 00 Iron Silver .... f.0Union 15 Mexican 12Yellow Jacket .. 25 MILL BURNED AT SOUTH BEND. Total Lobs About ?5200 May Not Be Rebnilt. SOUTH BEND. Wash., Aug. 10. The shingle mill of the South Bend & Seattle Mill Company burned to the ground last night. The fire is supposed to have caught from sparks from a neighboring refuse heap wnlch was burning. The mill had Just closed down, and the night watch man was discharged. The flames spread In an Instant The fire department saved the dry kiln, which was full of shingles, and prevented the spread of the fire to the neighboring mills. The mill building and boiler and engine were owned by the Seattle National Bank, and, so far as known, were not Insured. They were leased to the South Bend & Seattle Mill Company, which owned the rest of the machinery, and had $1230 In surance. Their total loss was about $3200. The bank's los3 Is about $2000. Owing to the low price of shingles the mill will not be rebuilt at present. Fair Crop in Levels County. CHBHALIS, Wash.. Aug. 10. The Che halls flouring mill, which has been over hauled and Improved by the addition cf a lot of expensive machinery, will com mence grinding wheat next week. Thresh ing commenced yesterday in Lewis County. Indications are that tho crop will be fair, and with a few weeks of good weather will be saved in fine con dition. The cutworms, which have done consid erable demage In two or three limited sections In this county, and which have been general all over the county, are dis appearing. Young clover and peas were their favorite articles of diet, but they IN SUMMER. mmmmmm Sunburn, Chafing-, Insect Bites, Burns, Itching, Scratches, Sprains, Stiffness of Joints, Fatigue and Inflamed Eyes are cured by the use of Used Internally and Externally CAUTION! JZofaso the vealc, watery Witch Hazel preparations represented tobe "thesameas" IH3NVS EXTRACT, which easily sour and generally contain "wood alcohol," adeadly poison. POND'S EXTRACT is sold ONZrJT in SEALED bottles, enclosed in bnS wrapper. POND'S EXTRACT CO, 7S5UUiATaJl.r. are) ovsrsomo by Lydm E Pisakhsim's Vegotshl Fafiy ihsEiszind! hssppy womsn f&siify to this in grateful fetters to Mrs Pfakham RSesistirsistiois 3s st SGvore strain on si wo man's vitality if H is pBi&fsii something is wsB3sg which Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound 1 wlHpsompiiy set right ? if excQssive or irregisiaa vriiQ to Mrs Pinkhwn? Lynn9 Mass, foradvicG EwMessoQ sisoun&s thai fisSM Pisskhasass siivicQ and msdlclne foava fos ms&y ysars &SSJ3 hijpiss women to be strong Mo oiimr aslvlc is so ara varyingiy acoisrate? sm other 8ssBsiici3sa has sssc& a rooord f gejfs were to be found on almost all garden vegetables to a greater or less extent. "Wa-ihtnurton Note. Auburn Is enjoying her custom. Inaug urated several years ago. of holding an annual celebration in August. Olympia has issued 1000 tags to bicyclist-". It i3 estimated that the people of the capital city have $40,000 to $50,000 In wheels. At Everett the demand for fir logs re mains steady, but there appears to ba no Immediate prospect for a rise in shingles. An Olympia woman gave a tramp a meal, and her husband employed him to split some wood. He repaid them by stealing an $3 pair of blankets. A Walla Walla man is at Ontario with. a rush order for 3C0 mules for the Gov ernment. He Is offering $S0 to $100 for unbroke mules from the rnnge. Twin calves were born at Sumner re centlyone on Saturday, tho other Tues day following. The first could not swal low, and died. The second had no tall, but is alive and well. Emma KIdwell. the 15-year-old girl who was stabbed at Walla Walla by an as sailant. Is recovering. Her description of the man Indicates that the police have the right fellow under arrest. M. D. Harpole Is dead at North Yak ima as the- result of a dog's bite. Being poor and having no medical attendance, he did not have the wound cauterized. The bite apparently healed, but In a few days turned to blood-poisoning. Several weeks ago all tho hose was cut from B.. S. Fryer's hop-spraying, pumps, at Sumner, and last Sunday night his binder was chopped to pieces, the bolts,, pins and screws taken oft and the can vass cut into strips, rendering it value less Just at the time It Is most needed. The Chehalls Bee-Nugget says that tho creamery at that place has turned out 10,000 pounds of butter and 500 pounds of cheese during June. It also estimates that with the Toledo, Browning. Centralla and smaller creameries In operation, Lewis County's dairy product will reach $73, 000 to $SO,CO0 per year. Earl Miller, a 10-year-old Spokane boy, was thrown by his pony August 6, "suf fering the dislocation of hl3 neck and be ing rendered unconscious." says the) Chronicle. He was temporarily paralyzed. A doctor "pulled his neck Into place," and thinks tho boy's chances of recovery are good. Mrs. Mary Leroy, who. with her Infant baby, was found on the banks of Spring Creek, near Walla Walla, August 5, and taken to St. Mary's hospital, is reported as some better. As a result of the trying ordeals through which she has passed, her mental as well as physical condition Is sadly Impaired, but It Is thought she will soon bo able to tell a rational story. BY White Ribbon Remedy Can Be Given In Glass of Water, Tea or Coffee Without Patient's KnovrleUge. White Ribbon Remedy will euro or destroy the diseased appetite for alcoholic stimulants, whether the patient is a confirmed Inebriate, "a tippler," sociul drinker or drunkard. Impossible fcr any one to have aa appetlt for alcoholic liquors after using- Whito Hlbbon Remedy. Portland. Oregon: Woodard. Clarke & Co., Fourth and Washlnzton sts. By mall. $1. Trial packase free by writing- MRS. T. C. MOORE. Pros. W. C. T. U.. Ventura. Cal. The Oregon Mining Stock Exchange Auditorium. Chamber of Commerce BIclff., V. O. box 670. Portland. Or, Telephono Main 810. X. E. Haseltme. Pres.: David Goodasll Treaa.; F. J. Hard. Sec Directors I. G. Clarke. J. E. Haseltine. T. vid Goodsell. P. J. Jennlnes. I. O. Davidson, F. V. Drake. E. A. Clem. o -""-- frUM 1 'tew-t?J EwifimMS Drunkeniresstured :wjw23S 'M JSteMSH iOll' IT jpilill