THE MOBNING OPPGONIA1?, FRIDAY 'AUGUST. IT, 1900,
NOME WORKED OUT
That's What's the Matter
With Beach and Creeks.
STATEMENT OF WINING ENGINEER
He Made Pergonal Examination Of
the Country Very Few Claims
Will Far for Further Worlt.
BAKBR CITY, Aug. -15.--The following
account of conditions and prospects la
the 'Cape JJerae country 1b from s. letter
Just received "here from James Birch,
a mining engineer, who represents the
Sea -Gold -Mining Companj,pf Cripple
Creek, Colo., who was sentto Alaska to
make a thorough examination of the
country for .his companj and who gives
the most comprehensive and, it Is be
lieved, the most reliable report of the
region that has jet been sent out. He
came down on the same ship that brought
this letter:
Nome City, Alaska, July 25 The exe
dus from Nome commenced some time
gD, and w e remained as Jong as we be
lleved there was any possible chance to
set even en the trip, and we believe"
evtry person of our acquaintance .baa
1c ft or wIH leave, as .soon as they can
set their business in shape. Nome may
prove a good camp for a few people,
but we have not met anv one who has
made anj thing like wages for either last
Fall s work or this ;'ears work, and we
hate met a good mknj hundred, wbo(
like ourselves, have not earned a dollar,
arid this applies to mlher, laborer', mer
chant, mechanic, We have heard of men
ald to have Sold town lots or mining
properety at fabulous prices, and of for
tunes having been taken out of the beach"
and the creeks and do not doubt there
may be such men. but we have not seen
the men or any evidence of the truth
f the statements Last Fall there un
doubtedly was some fouhdatlon for the
COid stories so industrlouslj circulated ty
individuals and the transportation com
panies At Nome last Fall there was a strld
of beach about 20 miles long by 50 feet
Tilde, with a five-inch pay streak on
considerable of It, laying from five 16
ee en feet deep, that gav e good pay, and
that had some Very rich fcpots In places
the sand on top of the pay streak would
pay, a few men taking out thousands,
and a larger number of men taking out
hundreds Advices of rich strikes and
clean-ups were coming In from Anvil,
JJixter, Buster and Snow GUlch Creeks,
ond doubtless reports of rich strikes froni
various other creeks. Many had located
of purchased mining or town property,
secured title they believed good, opened
up pay streaks on. beach or on creeks in
tho districts named, or erected buildings
Sot store or residence. Winter commenced
closing in oh this condition of things It
was generally thought the first freeze
up would stop work on beach and creek
vintil Slay or June, and a large number of
people left their property to catch the
last ships out for the States, with prac
tically all communication cut off behind
them. Intending, after spending the Win
ter In the States, to come back In early
Spring with supplies and machinery to
make the most of "their opportunity, the
lower-grade sand and the short season
The W Inter remained unusually open, and
a stead v stream of people from Dawson
and the Yukon country continued, until
over 3000 people- were in Nome. They
took possession of town lots, tore down
buildings, using the lumber for buildings
jf their own, located mining properly
regardless of prior location, and with dog
teams located mining claims covering ev
er' river and creek within 150 miles of
Nome, and of every other port on the
Coast, for Cape Tork to St Michaels,
also hundreds of miles of tundra and
beach claims and several mountains The
act of location consisted In a ereat many
cases of not over 10 minute? work, se
lecting a willow along the center of the
creek or Tlver at the commencement of
the intended location, and fastening on
the willow one of the several hundred lo
cation notices carried On the beach a
large number of men vere working every
day, tho weather permitting, and by June
1 practicallj all the pay on the beach
had been worked out, and many of the
best spots had been worked over six or
csvon times
Hour Reports Went Far.
While all this was going on at Nome,
those who had gone out were telling
their friends, families and neighbors of
the wonderful richness of Nome and
showing the gold they had taken out;
w ere arranging to take f amllj and friends
to Alaska, and selling their homes and
business for money to put Into machinery
and for Investment generally In this
wonderful, absolutely sure gold Held It
has been estimated that 12.000 to 15,001
peoplo left the states for Nome; ona ship
arrived In April, several In May. and over
80 ships wore at one time In port dtirlng
June We shipped on the steamer Alli
ance w hlch anchored June 14, with 17 ves
sels In port ahead of her. Shallow water
necessitated anchoring about 14 miles
from Nome. A great manv idle people
were on the beach; small boats came out.
60llcltlng passengers to go on shore, and
the boatman gav e us the following Infor
mation: Three thousand men had Wintered at
Nome, the beach had .practically been
worked out; some men were rocking on
the beach, but none making wages; the
whole country had been staked; creek
claims were doing nothing for want of
rain to thaw the Ice out of the ground,
and as to the tundra, nothing had been
found that thev knew of; there was small
demand for labor, but jl per hour was
being paid for unloading vessels; down
at Topkok, near Golofnln Bay, a strike
made in oarlj Spring had given rich
values and some pay for 000 feet length,
hut was uiokly worked out.
Several passengers returned from shore
and stated that cigars and drinks were
CO cents each, a good meal cost $2 to IS;
beds, 54 to JS per night, when they could
be had at all; and that so much property
had heen jumped and was being held
with the backing of the local authorities,
that there was no such thing as title. 1
One of our passengers thought he had
mining property, town lots and residence,
"went ashore to get the house ready for
Ms family, found everything" he had
owned last Fall now owned by other peo
ple, and with the local authorities, be
hind them A great many people found
the same condition, until flna'ly the "United
States military authorities wer ap
pealed to. and General Randall Issued a
bulletin, saving he would enforce law
and order Many stocks of -merchandise
Intended for opening up business houses
were closed out on tho beach at reduced
prices, and at an early date It looked
as though Nome was a very hard prop-J
ostites tor all oz us.
"What Miner Were Getting.
During the last of June hundreds of
rockers -were fit work on the beach, sorne
feund spots that had been overlooked
and took out pay, but after a thorough
investigation from Nome to Cape Rod
ney, It miles, we were satisfied abso
lutely that none of the rockers were
snaking wages or had any show what
ever of doing so; we could not see what
results tho power plants were, getting,
excepting those operated by our acquaint
ances, and several where the owners
gave us the information an,d proof. But
at this time we know that a very large
proportion of them did not make oper
ating expenses.
As to tho thousands o river, creek,
bench, &a& jDQ&3r&. jalijr-c&- Jaiso pro-,
portion of them are now either subjects
of litigation or will be if" any value worth
fighting over Js found, as they have been
located by from two to seven claimants,
fixamlnaflon of the records shows a very
bad mlx-up: For example, John Doe lo
cated and .recorded ground as clalni No.
40 on what he calls White Creek, while
thesame grdund is located and recorded
by Richard 'Boe on what he" calls Black
Creek.
We traveled over and prospected, as
practically as the undeveloped condition
of the country will now permit; a large
scope at country, and by combination
with friends, all the Nome District that
anvthlnc Is claimed for. Personally, we
'walked from Nome to Cape Rodney and
return, covering- the "beach, mouth of
Penny River and mouth of Cripple River
then on. Snake River and the small creeks
"emptying Into It; from Kome to mouth of
Big Hurrah Greek on Solomon River, cov
ering the beach to Port Safety and mouth
of Solomon River: mouth of Nome RiVer;
mouth of Bonanza Rtrer and Solomon!
Rivet to Discovery, and there we camped.
We were within 12 miles of Council City,
and our friends -covered all the creeTcs
along the Pilgrim, Kasadapoga ana fteuK
luk Rivers not covered by us, we repdrt-
ing on our territory and they oh theirs
Claims BO Kot Produce.
We know men who would not huy prop
erty on Anvil, Dexter, Buster or Snow
Gulch because of bad title, but we have"
to say that outside of those creeks, hav
ing covered the so-called rich terrltorj'
to our satisfaction, we couid find onlv
one claim where we would desire to risk
operating, and onlj three claims that we
would pay as much as $1000 for, not on
account of lack of title, hilt on account
of the lack of prospects for paj gold
Quarts Creek on the Itasadapoga is gen
erally admitted In the neighborhood to
have produced pay gold r and Ophlr Creek
(Lane's propertj) on the Neukluk, has
probably produced considerable money,
but both creeks are dry and not produc
ing now ThetBO-cent to $1 pans and ?5
nugget stories of this district which we
had heard ran down to 2 cents per panj
and nuggets, salted from Klondike pokes,
made us think they expected the rain to
bring gold as well as w'ater.
The production of Anvil, Dexter, Blis
ter and Snow Gulch Has been gre&fely
overestimated In print; a number of
claims lh thes6 districts have not glv?en a
profit, for" operating; Lilndblomt Laile and
some others have, no douht, taken out
large values, and we believe a majority
of Anvil Creek claims haVe paid a
profit, but this small district cannot make
a big mining camp; there Is orie bench
or tundra claim, near head of Anvil, that
has given 1700 to a shift clean-up, and
several others on the same creek ciaim
good prospects, an.d are likely to make
their claim 'good, but outside of that
district we have been undble to find, and
do not believe there is, a bench or tundra
claim from Cape York to Golofnln Bay
that ever produced $50 or thdt shows any
probability Of dolrig so. To compare
Notae. with any one of several rich Daw
eon claims does not seem reasonahle to
us, and on June 24 iiln,e"-tenthS of What
ever goldpfoducers Nome has were not
being operated, through lack of watef or
from legal troubles; If the Jfomo District
was In the -States, with a reasonable
length of season for work, ordinary legal
rights and som means-of .enforcing them,
near a base- -ot supplies and where a
dollar had some kind of Value, the show
ing made by the Nome country wotlld
justify systemdtlc arid thor'bugh prospect
ing; but under the conditions existing
we do not think the possibility of gain
large enough to maEe it anything of a
business proposition.
There has been a tremehdbUs amoUnt
of Ijlng about Nome The Nome Gold
Dlgger of Jluly 25.. 1&00, has an article un
der the heading, "Millions 6t Gold." which
saj s: "
Thefr 1b a fabulous tmouot'it sold now
berhr secured from tfi txJAcb; Nome to Cape
Rodaeyj hondreds of thousands ot dollars'
Trerihi TBore than the stay-8t-homs here in
town eVer dreamed of; and la no digging
ever discovered on tb Korth American Con
tinent were condltlona ever so favorable to the
poor man is rlrht here on the shores ot B6hr
tnfr Sea here today.
And od the sftma page appears the
following:
Appeal to Uncle Sam. Chamber of Com
merce aks th8 TJoYehhnent 16 talie Noma's
poor to tfie States Condition be-e Is hhbom
tnr rrichtfttt. Ah appeal to the 8 tales tor help
is suggested.
And it goes on to speak of the indigent
poor, hundreds ot men out of work and
out of food. We had little oppbrtUrilty
to learn the condition of the people, but
are now satisfied the Government will
soon have to take a hand of Ignore a
very great amfiunt of suffering and loss
of life. JAMES E. BtRCH.
Hdpplckin "Will Be I.nte.
MJUNNvTDLE, Aug. 16 Hopmed how
say that picking will begin at least io
days later than last year. Two weeks
ago the opinion was that It would bfegin
two weeks earlier, but the hop has been
developing slowly lately.
Several recent contracts filed with tho
County Recorder dre conditioned that
renter shall do all of the work on the
yard up to the time ot picking, and in
case the price does hot justify picking
then the renter and owner shall share
alike the expense of cultivating the yard,
and too product shall not bo gathered.
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FORT STEVENS CISTERNS
GDVfiRKaiENT ASKS FOR BIDS TO
BUILrDlXG KIKE.
Xcvr Hospital for the Post Also Seen
to Be Advertised For $20,000
Available for It.
ASTORIA, Aug. ifi. Captain! Downs,
Constructing Quartermaster at Fort Ste
vens, today received Instructions from
toe department at Washington to have
nine cisterns built to furnish a water sup
ply for the barracks The cisterns will
have a capacity of 300 gallons each, aiid
Will be lobated as follows
rvo n onrVt nf thf th-firf flnilhlf? sets of
officers quarters', one at each of the bar
racks; one at the aoume set or non-com-missioned
Staff quarters, "and one at the:
administration building, the guafdhdUSe
atrd stable.
BidS f6r the construction of these cis
terns will Be opened at 3 P. M , Septem
ber 5 A tw6-lhch test well has been
driven to a depth of 20 feet, and the in
fferitioh Is to put In a system of gang wells
to secure surface water for flushing" and
bathing ptirposes.
Captain Dpwns also received today the
modified plans and specifications for the
construction of & 24-bed hospital at the
barracksj tor be lighted with eleotrlcity
and heated by steam .. Bids for this hos
pital were opened In June, but they were
rejected, as thS lowest one exceeded thd
allotment of $20,000 inade by the depart
ment. The plans and specifications have
now been changed so that It is" expected
the construction price will be within the
allotment New bids have not yet heeh
advertised for, but It Is the Intention" to
open them and award the contract about
the middle of September.
Tho cannerymen who were arrested" on
Monday by Fish Commissioner Beed for
having safinon In their possession In the
close season were given a hearing this
morning before Justice Browed They ap
peared by) attorney, and the Deputy Dis
trict Attorned dismissed the cases upon
th"p defendants paying the costs The
costs in each case amounted to about it
The river was literally alive with nHh
last night, and while" all the canneries
on the river have closed down, many
Salmon were caught by fishermen to salt
down for their own use The ohlnooks
among those caught were of exceptional!?
high quality for this time of the year.
Ono singular and unusual feature of the
run Is the large number of sdckees, as
lnvprevious years only a few have been
In the habit of coming Into the Columbia.
A C6roner's' Ihquest was held this mof n
Ing on the body of Edward Darson, Who
was riih over and "killed by a train a
few days hgo The jury returned a vef
dlct of sUlelde, and exonerated the rail
road corripSny from any blame In the
matter.
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fiLTJB H.1VBR tVAGON B,6D.
""Vdrlc Prosecuted at Botfi Ends-De-
tructidri of Young Pheasants.
ETJGDftE, Or , Aug 18. Active work on
the improvement of the wagdil road to
the Blue River mines began today A
crew of men and teams started at Wal
tervllle and will work eastward, doing
the work thoroughly as they go. This
crew will he" In charge of W T Carroll
as" -foreman A few days later another
crew; under L Simon, as fbrfemlih, will
begin at Blue River and work westward
fhe work will be pushed as rapidly aa
possible, anjd It is hoped will be Weil on
toward completion before the falny
Weather sets in.
In 'this vicinity there are m6f e yoUhg
pheasants than, ever before, and many aM
killed every day. Every Sundaj, If one
ndppens to be out some distance from
town, h4 can hear the shotguns going ih
ev'ery direction. No attehlpt Is being fnade
to prevent this violation of law, and the"
hunting Is growing more and more gen
eral Those who would otherwise respect
the law see their neighbors killing game
without molestation, and in order to get
any for themselves they go and hunt also
The result will be that a large proportion
of the Birds will be killed hef ore tho Hufit
lng .season 6pens.
CASE OF TOCTHFUIji DEPRAVITY.
13-Year-Old Boy Chafed With Bur
glary, Robbery and Assault.
da Grande, Aug" ic.-:aske Liny, a
boy aged 13. was tbdaj arrested here for
bbrglary. The warrant was issued by
Jdhn HoUgh, and the Specific charge on
which he was arrested Is the burglary of
the second-hand store owned by Hough
and the stealing of a lady's gold Watch.
But the boj s apprehension for this crime
came through the tllscovery of another
crime committed by him. Saturday night
he took $S 60 from the pockets of George
Woods, with whom he was passing the
night, and Sunday he returned for d
child's safe, when he was discovered He
confessed having taken the money, and,
to make good Its return, gave to Mr.
Woods a lady's gold watch. vThe wat.eh
aroused Woods' suspicion, and he took It
to the Marshal, who-easlly connected the
two crimes. The boy was brought before J
the City Recorder and released on his
own recognizance for trial on Saturday,
lie must also at that time reader an ac
count for assault and "battery upon an
other boy.
MlAEIt X.6SES BUS fcASE.
Fisht Over Beach That Has Already
Been Exhausted! of Its Gold.
SDA.TTL0S, Aug. 16.--Cape Nome's gold
beach la no longer a poor man's heritage.
A decision just rendered by United States
Commissioner Stevens holds that the 60
foot roadway along the shore of Behringr
Sea does not exist, and that If It ever did
exist it was done away with by section 26
of the" new Alaska code adopted by Con
gress last June.
Atest case was made by Frank Sieger,
who" refused to mors h3 rocker or quit
Vork whoa ordered to Vacate a Ideation
made on the beach by George W Beards
ley and S. R. Caiden, and "known s the
Ophlr beach -Claim, A criminal complaint
was made against Sieger, and the decision
quoted is the result. Sieger has been
bound ov'er for appearance at the next
term of tiourt
The effect of the decision is to give to
several large corporations lands which
hive been Worked" by poor miners, who
wefe enabled to take out a few dollars
per day from the sands. Feeling among
the miners is 'running high over the loss
of the beach, and every legal effort, it is
sdld, will be made t6 reverse the decision.
England's" Purchdae of Supplies.
VANCOUVER, B C, Aug. 16 Large
orders for goods to be used by troops ih
the, Chinese campaign are to be pur
chased In the Dominion, and already ar
rangements are being made for a portion
oi the purchases to be made in Van
couver. Quantities of goods are td be
sent through by the next steamers, a;nd
a good" proportion of tVSS6 supplies' are
now be'ng secured in this province The
goods consist principally of Winter cloth
, lng, and are to be billed to Wet Ha! Wei.
Cottaere Gdve Postofttde Ralsedj
TVASHiNtrTON, Aug IS THe following
fourth-class Posloflfca has" beeh raided to
the third clasB. to fake effect OcfobeF 1.
Cbttage Grove, Oi.
Oregon fcotes".
Albany's Presbyterian Church is being
supplied with a furnace.
The1 eaeh cfop In the vicinity of Gor
vallis Is the best in many years
SamhlU fruftwofkers report rro ellovt
jackets thl3 year, but an abundaiiee of
bumble bees.
Ijane GoUnty's tax ievy iasf year was
$149,011 Of that amount, $16,175 has be
come delinquent.
A CoqUllle newspaper man ndverllses a
"fine old Sfratiinarlus violin for sale
cheajp17 at his office.
,A,Waplnltla man brought 11-head 'of beef
cattle to The Dalles, on the Utb, which
averaged 1240 pounds.
The fhtnirancfe oh Baker City's Iron -foundry
aild machine shops has been adjusted,
aiid the structure is to be rebuilt.
dVt J. State? has soid S. W. Newhouse
40 acres of the" W. T. Wallace ddnatioh
Tahd claim, in Yamhill CoUnty, for $4"0TO
Tstt Jteed, of Westdri, has been" to Wal
lowa County for & footrace., with d local
sprinter, Hi3 frterlds won $o0d On the re
sult. The Eugene Guard reports the sdle of
583 bicycles, ot qne make, In and about
that city. There is no dearth of m6hoy
in. Lane County.
Five" letters disappeared from The Dalle's
postbfflce ih April 1B97 They JiMe just
been found lfi a crack. Into Which they
accidentally- slipped.
Wfllfam Dale, Ming' between Helix 'arid
Varisycle, lost 17dCI bbcKs" of wlieSt, 6n tha
lfthi by fire, which started from a loco
motive sparta "The graih was insured.'
The .Umatilla reservation has been
cfosed til all hunters, because the agent
learned that white nieh were In the habit
of shooting quail, which; are by latf pra
ffceted .for 10 years.
-Tho sheep of WilUara Gurdstne, who
was killed by his horse falling or. him,
have1 been Bold-i"2800 head, at something
over $2 a head, all round," says the Pen
dleton East Oregonlan.
The jurisdiction of Charles A Sehlbrede,
of Roseburg', who was appointed to
Commlssibriership In Alaska, has been
mtlch enlarged recently. Ete and his wife
will s"6on mfaKe a visit to Oregon
Salem is flow declared by the Statesman
to have, the largest creamery m the state
That paper also says there Is no reason
why Salem1 may not become the Elgin of
Oregofl the crearnery center of the state.
As near as can be learned from hop
growers, 40, dents per box, say's the Leban
on Express-Xdv since, will be ifte price c
picking this j ear. Hopj ards are in prime
condition, ahd Indications point to S. good
yield of hops.
At Pendleton a young man from W ash
ington has been fined $10 for carrying
concealed weapon The Prosecuting Attorney-and
the Justice of the Peace ard
trying to stop the practice. The former
says that he ''has no objection to any
person'3 using a revolver for a watch
charm, but he is going to Use his best en
deav ors to stamp out the criminal practice
of carrying such a weapon around con
cealed; In a hip pocket of an Inner coat
pocket,"
TWO QUARTZ- STRIKE!
tfOTH ON GALLS CREEK IN SOUTH
KlUf OR&GW.
Zfittle Mining on the California Slope
Because of Scarcity of "Waters
Prospectors Are S'umeroaa.
ASHLAND. Or.. Aug, 16, The Kubll
brothers haVe recently .made dhother ex
traordinarily rich strike on the Golden
Standard mine, located on Galls Creek. A
fine body of ore, varying from 2 to i
feet wide, has been opened. The rdck
runs $150 to $200 per ton. The ore at the"
400-foot leVel of the Golden Standard is
provlrig to be the most valuable ever
found in this mine.
Work on the Nye mining property, on
Galls Creek, where- the rich strike was
recently made. Is progressing splendidly
The first chute of 100 feet hat Has been
cut shows in the roof- of the tunnel of the
mine great quantities of fine gold. At ISO
feet In the tUmie! a hew chute has bSeh
struck. Along thd Hanging "wall 6f IM
vein is a streak of ore 1 Inches thick
and half an Inch wide, which may prac
tically be called a streak of solid .gold.
Tfie rock from the Nye riilne will be
milled it the" fcTubl! brothers' Goldeti
ffahdard quartz mill No strike made In
outhern Oregon of recent date creates
so much Interest as does tHls" one at the
Ny6 ledge.
Reports from the other siae of her Sis
kiyou Mountains say that there is little
now doing at, tfce mines Ih ihe Lower
Klamath and Happy Camp districts. Most
of the st?edms are .dry, or Very" short of
water supply, owing" to the light fall of
snow1 in the Sisklj'oU and Saltnoh River
ranges Mines that have heretofore beeri
accustomed td run during the Summer
ihonths have shut down Much develop
ment work, howeveri Is golrig on, and ac
tive pfepdrallons are being made for" an
early Fall and Wfnter run.
The operations of the Pattuha Gtild Ex
traction Company, at Hollfn, on Salmon
River, near Sawyer's Bar, which com
pany did SO weil With the tSlllrigS frdrit
the Ashland mlrte, in this city, two years
aio, do not appear to have b6en suc
cessful Nor do the rosy reports' of the
workings there which have been sent btit
and printed from time ot time during the
past few moiitlts appear' to be substanti
ated by fecent developments. TB6 fine
plant that was created therft costing
niahy thousands of dollars, has been fibld
Uitder attachment proceedings for clatirtt
fd the amodnt oi $1700, and only brought
at public auction $300- The failure" of the
enterprise appears to have been Caused by
the pfbfrioters ov erestlmitlng the tailings
and of their Inability to extract the sul
phurets, t
The mountain sides and gulches Ot
Southern Oregon haVfe never been so full
of prospectors as during the present Sum.
iher. Old miners say they have neYer
seen the like of It
CfrACKAMAS COUNTY TEACHERS.
Of BS Applicants for Certificates 48
Passed The List.
OREGON GITY, Atog. 16. The County
Board Of Examiners completed the grad
ing of papefa of applicants for teachers
certificate? this afternoon. Forty-eight
but ot 5$ passed, a"s follows:
First grade Laura Thompson, Tuala
tin; Aura Thompson, Smffofdj Mrs
Elizabeth Buck, Oregon City; J. F, Mitts,
J. G- Noe, tt&e&y; Mary tx YoUng, Mil
waukle Second grade- Emma Kllensmlth,
Minnie Wlntermantle, Canby; L. Mar
tnlam; Myrtle Corriett, BpringWatefi Eva
Todd, Hubbard: inza R. Thdfhpson, Staf
ford; Enima; Flehimlrtg. Pajn: Mamie
tA-dafns, Mary Hornschuch, Lou Attree,
Oregon Cltyi Siaud Stone, Redland;
Gfeorge Mdrdock, Macksbuff; Anha
Thompson, Tvfalatln; Stella Surriner,
Suiinyslde
For primary" teachers Majorle Cati
ffeld. JJeftieT Waldeh, Oregon City. VeVtt"
Iinlght, Vesta Knight, Canny.
Third' grade Mary 'Nlse, Woodlawn;
Estella Richly1, Barton: Frank B Peter
son, Monitor, cf. B. Mohler"f SurinysideJ
Ahna Bdchman, Clackamas"; Helen MUr"
rdy, Wllsonvllle; Myrtle Been, Beaver
Creak; Bhoda Newkirk, Parkplace; Ada
Teel, Edna F, Brown, Olive M. Mlsa
more, Portland, May JoneS, CaruS; Lil
lian Gans, Oswego Tessle Larklns, Mar
quam; Cora B Moore, Grace Miller, An
iia 1?. Srolthv May AhdfeWs, Daisy Mc
Ariulty, Helen W. Gleason, Gussle Mad
dock, Hazel Pilsbury, Ev-a 8. Meldruni,
Oregon City. ,
For weeks the Soard of Trade special
committee has been canvassing the situa
tloh. to secure 6V commlssIoU-hottse lot
Ofcg'on City, so that farmers would have
a market for their pfdducG. The Cdm
nuttee was authorized, If necesdry, to
glvfe a bdhus eqhdi td a year's rent to
Induce some responsible man to oJjeTi a
house hefe that would hdndle a cdnsld
erable pbrtlon of the f&tm pfdducfs of
Clackamas County. Now- a respollslble'
man has" appeared "frho Is Tlllnff to eA-
gage In the business, even If the com
mtttee win gtiatlmtee him only haft rent
for one year". In fact, he has concluded"
that this Is a pretty good location, for
business anyway. The members express
a willingness to accept his offer.
Lulah ToedteraeTer,, of Stafford, today
filed a suit fdf a divarce from her hus
band, Louis Tocdtemeier, a wealthy farm
er of that section, on the ground of
cruelty. The plaintiff alleges that tha
defendant owns a farm worth t&Xft. farm
machinery v livestock and large sumsof
money loaned" out and drawing Interest,
and that she assisted In accumulating
this property. The plaintiff asks that
the court order 00 paid In monthly for
her support during the pendency of this
suit, and further asks, for a. decree fof
one-half of the property. She also a3ks
for the custody of their nine children,
tho youngest Being only four Weeks old.
County Treasurer Alfred Luelllng will
Issue a call tqmarrow announcing that
there Is money on hand A6 pay all war
rants on the general fund, indorsed prior
to October ilk 1807. City Treasurer Una
Jones has Issued a call for outstanding
warrants Indorsed pribr tb September 1,
1S&.
FARMERS SEE A CHANtfc.
Make "Northern Paelnc Take Lesi for
Hdullns Wlient to Tacinid.
GAItFIEIiD", Vv Oh , Aug. 16 The de
cision of the Northern Pacific to haul
wheat over the mountains to Portland for
the same rate that Is charged for haulirlg
It to Tacoiria will probabl result In some
Interesting railroad legislation at Olympla
next Winter'. A Short crop and low
prices have caused considerable dissatis
faction aniong the farmers of this county
and they will Insist on the railroad com
pany ddlverlngr their wheat at Tacbma
ahd re"6atlng the cost 6t the additional
haul id Portland. This maftSr will be a
most Important Isslie In the coming elec
tion, and candidates are already being in
terviewed by the wheatgrowers as to their
position dn the question.
Mlnlngr Sfbclc Quotation-.
Following are the" irahiactlons at the Oregon
MlnlSff Stock Exchange yesterday:
Listed . t
Adams Mountain 1
Boffalo
QpperdpoIU i..i.
Gold Hill & Bohemia
Helena ........ .i...
Helena Nb 2
Lost Horse ..;
May QUedrt ...,. ...u.....
Oreson-Colorado M M, & ti
RlV'rsMe
UmfrquA.
Unlisted
driizly v.
Id, Ashl.
05 JO 05',l
IH 2
5 sy:
5 5J4
3JJS 82U
m 7,
ft SK
5 b
2 . 10
3 3
24 m
zyt 2-a
3ti 5H
16 -xl
juonniain view ..,..., -yt
Hockefeller, ,...,, 3ji
Sumpter Free Gold...j ..... 16
BALES.
Adams Mountain . SOOO share? at 5
Buffalb t. lOOOat 2
CopiterbpollB t 3000 a' 5
lOOOat m
Gold" Hill & Bohemia 2000 at 5
Helena .. f......i SlC0at31
1000 at 12tV
1000 at $2
3000 at 32
1O0O at 32'
1
Helena KS 2" i 17S00at 6
COOOat
SOOO at (PA,
lost Bone ..... 0000 at- S
May Queen : 0250 at 2,
10OO at 2i
Mduntain View . SOOO at 2i
10000 at 23i
Oregon-Colorado t 2000 at 5
TJmptfua 300Oat 3
SPOKANB, Ausr. 10. The closlngf Mds
mining stoclis tdday were.
iftacktaJl 0 12mMorriaon .... , $6
Butte & Boston 11 noble. Five . .
Crystal 3 Princess MaUd ,
Deer, Trail Coil. 4HlBamblef Cariboo
Earning Stan.. 7 Kt-servation t.t.
Gold Ide ... 1 Ittfaaland" Giant .
GbMen Harvest flaltlvah . ,
I. X L, 114 Tom Thamb ....
Lone Pine Surp OWWatertdo ..1.....
Mwfc Glory . . iA
for
4
23
BXti FKAl?CiSCO. Aig 1 -Official elcsins
4otatlona for mining ifocSsi
Alia ,.. $0f OfJTuitlce to Oi
Arpna coa
Andes ...........
Belcher .........
Bftit & Belcher...
Bullion ..,
7 Mexican KW...1. 27
8 Occidental Con ... 12
15 Ophlr t E5
IS Overman .
3 pdtosl .n !
69 9avag6 ..
23 Set tielcher ...
16
ia
2
Challenge Con
lhmar- tOflprra NevadA 5n
Confldenco t T5 Oliver Hill 40
Con. Cal. & Va.i. 1 asFtahaard rw... 4 10
Crown Point 15TJhlpn Con 20
Gould fc-Corry. 1Q Utah Con C
HAla & Nofcfoss . glirellow Jacket .. 31
NEW TOHK, AUi. 18 Mlnlnsf stocks today
ciosea as follows'
Chollnr 0 17dntarlo $0 50
Crowri Point .... l4OpMIt .. M
Coir Cil & Va . I 25 Plmonth 10
DeadWood ....,. B0iQulckUver ,y... 1 CO
Gould & Curry,.. 12 Aa pref ....... c CO
Hale & JforcftJss , 20Slerra Nevada ... 34
Homestake SS OOStandArd 3 80
Iron Silver 501 Union Cb3 20
Mexican .. 25jTelIow Jacket ... 30
BOSTON, A8g. 18 Closing quolitiohs:
Adventure ....$ 2 OIHumbotist , 9 23 00
AMolJrt 31 Co.. i 2SJOiceola ..i.... 08 W
Afixal Copper.. 83 75(Patrott ...1 42 00
Atlantic 23 OQlQUlncy .. .4... 140 00
Boston & M . 314 OOJSanta Fe Cop ,. 4 75
Bnte & Bost... 61 OOiTarrnraclt ...... 202 00
CaL i. Hecla... tSO OOfUtah Mining.... 31 73
Centennial .... 17 BOrwinona 3 00
FfaSIlId ....... 13 50f Wolverines ...,. 40 60
Asked.
Tillamook County Teacher.
TILLAMOOK, AUg. 16 'The result df
the" teachers examination In this city
gavo Miss tsixl Suff, St fidj" Jiisa
Grace Craven, of Neskowln. Miss Bella
Trails, o Tillampqk: Miss Alice1 P&yne,
of Blafne; and iflss Frances ilyer. of
Fdrtst Grov, dMlUcates. Twd appli
cants failed to pass. Miss Tacy Wilk
inson, of Nehalem,. MISs Maggie Tone,
of Netarts; Miss Mamie Means and Mrs.
Davles f TWIamdok; and Mrs, N. 2
Dawson, of Ctoverdale, took the exami
naUo for state papers.
The cranberry harvest will commenct
about the 27th of this tHOnth.
The? Harvest in Illnn County.
ALBANY. Or, Aug. 16. The threshing
of Fall wheat In this county has been
completed by most of the threshers, after
a run df 14 to IS days. One thousand to
13X1 bushels of wheat arid oats has been
considered a good day's work, where
formerly It has been 2000 and over The
yield Is all the way up to 20 bushels per
ucre, according to locality, the latter be
ing rare. Thrf average will fall below 10
bushels. One threshing: crew reports the
highest as being 10 bushels, The thresh
ing of Spring wheat will begin In a weeW
or two. and the output tUH undoubtedly
oft more. There l much speculation 43
to the caUse ot the short crop, because
there are plenty of stalks for a big yield.
The general opinion Is that it has ben
the work of a small Insect or worm in
tne Joints of the stalks, keeping the1
nourishment from the kernels the hes
sian fly.
The yield, of hops In this county this"
yer is large and. of a splendid quality.
The prevailing pride for picking wilt h
40 tents per box.
The Canadian Pacific Strike.
VANCOUVER, B. c. Aug Ifr-ATthoUgt,
ItMs current.lv reported that the strike of
the Canadlah Pacific Railway machinists"
and allied unloris Is about settled, net
definite; news hds" jet beeh received frdrtl
Winnipeg, and it Is stated on godd au
thority that none of the men will go ta
work before next Monday. In Winnipeg
today the frieehdr.Ic's and allied mechanics
had a meeting with Mechanical SlUper'n
ttfndent. Cross and Master Mechdnlc Orr
It IS stated that the schedules demanded
by the men will be granted "by tfie com
pany. NORTHWEST DEAD.
Two Old CUIxen-J of "WeTllnnv'nie'
M-'MlNVlLLEJ, Or, Aug, J6.-Twd oW
and worthy citizens of this city died yes
terday. John Narver was born In Penn
sylvania January 1. 1823, and caine tcf Mc
Minnville in 16S9. where he has since re
sided. He Was ttie father pf sbt children,
two of whom dre on this Coast. He left
a widow
John Rhodes, a pillar of the Baptist
Church, was born In Missouri In 1334 and
came to McMlnnville in 1&9. Two sons.
B. F. and M D. It, attorneys, bdth
resldo in this city.
Mfg. Smith, Oregon Pioneer of 1333.
DAIX.AS. AUg. 16 Yesterday Mrs Su
san Smith, a p oneer of 1853, was buried
in the Brown cemetery, north of Dallas.
She was born In 181B, and married to
George Smith. In Missouri They came
to Oregon in 1S53 and ettled near Perry
dale In th's count , where they raised &
large family of children, five ot whom ara
living. She died at the- home of he
daughter, Mrs Ira Town;erd, at Perry
dale, August 14. Mr. Smith died many
j ears ago.
Washington JVotCs.
The Falrhaven schouls have put in 13)
feet of new blackboard
The steam flouring mill at GUy Is td
be moved to South Palouse. where water
power wilt be used
H. J. Shlvelj, Of North Yakima, denied
that he Is a candidate for Lieutenant
Governor on the fusion ticket.
The town of Harrison Is figuring oh a
Wdter works plant and the construction
of a resev olr of 100,000 gallons capacity.
State. .Treasurer Ycung has a 1200-acr
farm near Pullman, of w hich 000 acres ara
jih. wheat. .He rsnts hlshind for one
third of the crsp. He 13 now superintend
ing the harvest.
The contract for constructing one mllo
of the Lynden-Blalne rodd, commending
three miles northwest cf "Lynden. has
been let by the Whatcom County Com
missioners to Jacob Jepperson for $1335
Hop-picking will be la e H the Yakima
jards, owing to a recent cool spell, when
the burrs made almost no development.
It is thought tne rush of picking will
come toward the latter part of September.
A carload of Chinese laborers passed
through Simcoe August 14, fa und for tho
coast. They said they had been driven
out of Montana, wheie they had been
working on the Northern Pacific near Mis
soula. Lincoln County Is making arrangements
for an exceptionally line talr this year.
A permanent hall, 70x2C0 feet, la one of thtt
improvements. The stock pens will prob
ably show some fine cattle and sheep from
Eastern Oregon.
A bold burglary was committed at Rlts
-ville Saturday night by two unknown
me"n. They entered the Pacific Hotel and
succeeded in securing ?20 in small changa
from the cash diawer. but dropped mosS
of the money In their escape
The Eaerctt Independent reports &
scheme to "loot the cl'y's sewer fund" by
paying $17.5X for a bio k for sewerage
discharge Four Courtctlfiieii voted for
the purchase, and three against. Tax
payers have begun a suit to enjoin tho
diversion of sevter furids
C. W. Lucas, mallcarrier from Zlllah
ta Sunnyslde. dropped from his horso
on the 12th and dkd so n af tew aid. Hid
body was foumisSsbout two miles frOra
Zlllah, ljing by the rcadilde It Is sup
posed that he died from apoplexy He
was an old p'oneer and a Veteran of tb
Civil War
Del McAllister, of Seattle stumbled drt
to two ceug3r cubs nnr Eiifett Station
one day last week. Their cr!s& Brought
the mother beast, and a male cougdr
which bit and clawed the yourtg man In a
fearful manner. His companions climbed
a tree, but a farmer soon appeared killed
one of the cougars, and caused the other
to flee
PAUL CROMWELL
The Colored Specialist
Has opened up nls office at 347 Front, and
will S"ell his medicine as usual Medicines
for all kinds ot chronic diseases.
THE MONTANA
State School of Mines
AS Btttte. Montana, will open Sept. 11, 1000.
Full feur year course at Instruction offered;
two terms of 20 weehs each per. year Tuition
free to Montana students ,. others itay 523 per
term. For other Information address N. K.
Leonard. Butte. Mont.
The Oregon Mlnlrtg
Stock Exchange
Audltorltun. Chamber of Ccmmeree Bldjf ,.
V. O box 6TO L Portland, Or.
Open call every day at 10.jfl AM
Phone Main 110, Oregon Cclumbla Main 230.
J. E Haselllne'. Pres ; DaVId Goodsell.
Treas ; F. J. Hard. Sec.
Dlrectors-L. a Clarke. J. E, HaMlUne. Da
vid Goodsell. P. J- Jennings X. O, Pvl4MU
J. L. Harfcnaa, . A. Clem,