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THE MORNING OEEQONIAN, MONDAY. 'AUGUST 20, 1900. & CITY NEWS IN BRIEF Amusement Tontsbt. ALISICrs WINTER GARDEK fTblrt end Morrison etrceU) Concert nightly. Did Not Pas That Corner. W. A. Hears, -Who resides on Portland Heights, started for home the other evening, ac companied by a friend -whom he had In vited to dine -with him. They took a. "Washington-street car at First, Intending to transfer to the Traction Company's line at Fifth. They alighted on a corner, and were somewhat surprised to find no car to transfer to, as since the two roads -were combined the cars make close connection. They chatted awhile, Mr. Hears keepliiR his eye on the track, but time paBsea and no car came In sight, either up or down the street. He finally concluded tnai mere Bad been some obstruction oil the line, or that the "stllng had broke," and his friend proposed that they drop in at a soda water stand. More mlnute.1 passed, and finally, losing patience, Mr, Mcars rushed to the nearest telephone and asked the offlce of the Traction Company what was the matter with their blankety blanked blank old road, as he had been standing- on the corner for half an hour and had not seen a car pass. He was asked In reply where he was at, -what corner he was standing on, as the para Tvere running on time. One look showed him that he had been waiting at Fourth and Washington for the Fifth-street cars, And without stopping to make any expla nation or apology, he let the 'phone fall from his nerveless grasp and, seizing hi$ friend, rushed -up to Fifth street. He ts going lo petition the Council to place new and larger signs at the street in tersections. Tins Is Kerr a Carnival Elk. The D. P. Thompson fountain has been com pleted practically for several days, and the bronze elk,, with his magnificent ant lers at hand ready to be attached, has been patiently waiting to be hoisted into position on top of the structure. The delay Is caused by the failure to arrive of the "'cap stone' on which the elk Is to stand. This was not ready when the other pieces of stone for the fountain -were shipped, but was sent soon after. In time to get here before It would be needed. It came by way of San Fran cisco, and has been expected here every day of late. As poon as this tone arrives the elk will be elevated and his antlers shipped, and he will be ready to be ad mired by all the thousands of Elks who will gather here during the Carnival. A number of persons collected about the fountain yesterday were, discussing the question of why the elk. which has its home In the dense forests, was furnished with such large antlers, which must often be a great Inconvenience to it One of the party remarked that this was not S3 strange as that elk and deer should E.hed their antlers every Spring and grow a new and larger pair during the Sum mer nnd Fall. Another of the party did not believe that this was the case, and said lie thought the statement ridiculous, ind a heated argument followed, which, cf course, could have only one result, end the unbeliever had to "haul in his horns." THsr TTbius in a Predicament. A Portland couple sojourning at Moffett'a springs at the Cascades went through a rather trying experience last week. They were preparing to take a bath In one of the houses furnished with a large tank, suid as the day was cool had a fire built in the stove with which the bathhouse is provided. In some way the shingles or me moss on tne root took lire, and a scene of great excitement ensued. The man called for assistance, and several persons who were lounging around the spring near by and testing their storage capacity rushed to the rescue. Some climbed on the roof, while others en deavored to break In the door and rescue those inside. The persons Inside were In the meantime endeavoring to get into their clothes as rapidly as possible. The woman slipped on her husband's coat, and he put-on anything he could get hold ot, and finally was ready to sally out, bUt his wife concluded to go down Into the tank, pull the cover down and stay there until the fire was out. In the height of the excitement her husband recovered his presence of mind, and, seizing a drinking Class, threw the contents on the blaze and extinguished it. The other guests have not yet got through with congrat ulating them on their narrow escape. When the excitement was highest and the crowd largest the scene would have served as an Illustration to some of the terrific experiences of the "Darktown flre brigade." Walking on the Water. On the bor der of what Is left of Couch Lake, north cf the terminal grounds. Is a large chicken yard. The section of the lake Inclosed In this yard Is almost entirely covered by a growth of aquatic weeds, densely matted, which form a sort of car pet on top of the water. Chickens do not take to the water readily, even when mothered by a duck, but the chickens In this yard are all developing Into water fowl. They travol around on the matted voeds mentioned, catching beetles and other aquatic Insects, sinking to their Ivt.ees In the water at every step, and cr.ee In a while breaking through, but they scramble out and go ahead, and seMn to be perfectly at home walking on the water. If this thing is kept up for a few ges the chickens will evolute long legs or web feet, or learn to swim, or all get drowned or stolen or something. Same SrARCirr or Houses. Agents com I'aln that houses for rent are becoming scarce already, although the movement from the countrv to thn Htv for wint-r has not yet set In. One of the principal rrms In this line state that they have practically no houses on hand except a few old standbys of the class of undesir ables. A largo number of houses hao been built this season, but they were mostly for permanent) homes for the builders. There has not been so much doing in the building line for the past month or six weeks as usual, on account of so many persons being away at Sum mer resorts, but about the time bad weather sets In there will probably be a rush In the building business. The large number of families who come into town for the Winter are likely to have trouble In finding houses to suit them this Fall. Will Hoist Stars and Stripes. The Interesting ceremony of changing a steam ship's flag will be performed today at 2 P. M. on board the Argyll, lying at the Alaska dock. The Xorth Pacific Steamship Company, representing the ves sel s former Scotch owners, has trans ferred the Argyll to James Jerome, of San Francisco, which entitles her to American rglstrj. Mr. Jerome will bo present and also representatives of the ee'ling firm. It will be remembered that when President Harrison lowered the forlgn flag over the two splendid liners transferred to American registry and hoisted the Stars and Stripes there was a very elaborate ceremony and immense crowds. The change of the Argyll will hardly attract so much atetntlon, but to those interested will not be dull. Generoi-s Donation. The Oregonlan received yesterday from M. W. Mathleson and family JW for the Arthur Venvllle ransom fund This is the largest sub scription yet made to the patriotic cause. To lay Lieutenant Wood will renew his work of raising the fund, and hopes to hn.-ve It completed by this evening. DrRiNO the Astoria regatta, the Astoria & C lumbla RlVer Railroad will sell tick. cts at one fare for the round trip from all points to Astoria, except from Port land. Tickets good going on August !iS. H and 25, and returning up to and In eluding August S. REDrcED Rates. August n and 22 tickets to Chicago and return, with choice cf routes. Is $T1 S8 for the round trip. For particulars, inquire at ofiice of Chi cago, Milwaukee &. SL Paul Rallwav. 1S4 Third street. PosTroNBD. The O. R. & K. low excur sion rates to Bftnnevltle and Columbia H.ver points wH be discontinued Sunday en account of a special chartered exour tlon train to Bonneville and Cascade Lacks. 9 Cost or Carino for Sick Seamen, From a circular issued, by the Treasury Dspartment in regard to contracts fur the care of sick seamen and the burial of such as die. It is learried that there Is a great difference in the charges for these matters in various towns In the United States. For Instance, at Port land, Me., such patients are cared for In the United States Marine Hospital: Ilsley Bros, to provide for the burial of de ceased patients at $11 each. At Portland, Or., medical attendance Is famished by a medical officer of the Marine Hospital Service: St. Vincent's Hospital furnishes quarters, subsistence, nursing and medi cines at SOc per day; F. S. Dunning to pro vide for the burial of deceased patients at $2 50 each. At Portsmouth, N. H., Hos pital, fees are $1 per day, and the burial of deceased patients costs $10 each. At Seattle Hospital, fees are $1 a day, and the burial of deceased patients costs $2 S3 each. At Tacoma Hospital, fees are 00 cents per day; contagious diseases $3 per day, and the burial of deceased patients costs $4 75 each. At San Francisco, pa tient's are cared for at the Marine Hos pital; burial of foreign seamen costs $10 each. At Port Townsend, patients are cared for at the Marine Hospital; the burial of deceased patients costs $9 50 each. In a majority of ports the charge for the burial of defeased patients ranges from $10 to $12 5P Just why the charge for this shculd be so much less at ports on the Pacific Coast is not known. Spratinq Hops Fnotf A Steamboat. The hopyard of Dr. J. W. Hill, on tfto Tualatin River, Is probably the only one in the country which is sprayed from a steamboat. The yard covers some foui or five acres situated in a bend of the Tualatin. A small steambdat, owned by a sawmill company In that neighborhood is utilized to furnish the power for spray ing the whole yard. The tank for mixing the spraying solution, facilities for heat ing It and the pump for throwing the spray are all on board the boat, and the pump is operated by the machinery of the boat. Iron pipes connected with the pump are run ashore and up among the rows of hops, and two lines of hose are attached to a crosshead on this pipe, enabling some six or eight rows to b sprayed at a time. Additional lengths are added to the Iron pipe as the work pro ceeds. This saves a great deal of work In the way of p'umplng and hauling bar rels and barrels of the spraying solution out among tho vines, and the spraying Is done more rapidly and economically. The boat sprays about half the yard from one station and Is then moved around the bend to the other side of the yard and completes the work. There may be a few hopyards where steam power is used In spraying, but It Is -not probable that there Is another where the work is done from a steamboat. Usn for Broken Plate: Glass. When one sees a sheet of plate glass smashed he knows that any large pieces that can be cut out of the fragments will be of value, but very few are aware that pieces three or four inches square can be util ized. Thousands of such tiny squares are used in salmon canneries In the can-making department. They are set In the machines In which the strip for the body of the can is rolled Into shape and sol dered. The piece of glass Is so arranged as to come just under where the solder ing Iron Is to be applied along the seam. Glass Is a poor conductor of heat, nnd when the soldering Iron is rUn along the seam the glass does not rob It of Its heat, and so It can be used many times with only one heating. If metal were used In place of the glass, It would soon get hot and the soldering Iron cold. The small squares of glass are not worth so much as when they were all In one large plate, but they utilize what would otherwise be of no value, and help to lessen the loas by breakage. Does Not Punish His Feet. Buckskin shoes are not commonly seen in Port land, though tho old Indian moccasin may not be much of a curiosity, so when an Arizona man appeared with a pair on his feet he attracts some attention. A prominent cattleman of the land of cactus and hot sands who is in the city never wears anything else. The uppers aro regular Indlan-tnnned buck, while the soles are of sole leather, and he says they are just like a stocking to the feet. Although buckskin is supposed to be a lasting material, buckskin shoes cannot bo worn In the wet. and they would not do In the plowfield or tho harvest field. With ordinary Indoor wear, they last forever almost, the soles being renewed as they give out. The buckskin camu from" a deer he killed In the Arizona Mountains, and he paid SH) to have two pair of shoes made. He would not wear anything else, and he thinks people who box their feet up in stiff calfskin are missing a wholo lot of ease and comfort In life. Women Supplanting Men Waiters. Women have largely supplanted men as waiters In Portland hotels within the past few years, according to a citizen who em ploys a good many in that line. "Men have become scarce," he says, "on ac count of wars and gold rushes, and so the women have been given a broader field for their labors to that extent. In comparing the two classes of help, women are more reliable and cleaner, but their strength Is not equal to the man's In carrying dishes or in the rapid filling of orders. Men are no doubt the best wait ers, but a large proportion of them fall to report after pay day, and they neglect to send any one In their places. The average male waiter will not save any thing out of his wages, and what balance there may be left at the end of the month is liable to go In having a good time. Girls therefore have taken the places of men, as they are generally on time and seldom quit a Job without giv ing warning." Defacing Letter Boxes. The Postof llce authorities and the men who are put ting on the new steel posts and painting the letter boxes about town are much annoyed b'y men and boys who scratci and paw the boxes to see what kind of paint Is being used or for some other reason. The boxes are being painted with aluminum paint, which makes them look as if they were made of aluminum, and tho raised letters on them are painted red. It Is the desire of the Postoftico Department that the boxes and lettering should be clean and bright, and boys and others should leave them alone and not rub off the paint or scratch names, etc, on them. There Is a very stringent law in regard to defacing or In any way tam pering with letter boxes, which provides for a penalty as high as a fine of $100) or three years imprisonment. If this tampering with the fceshly painted boxes Is kept up, some arrests will be made, and an example furnished for the benefit of others. Unsightly Catfish Hatchert. The long bridge on Xorthrup street, from the terminal grounds to the old St. Vincent's Hospital, has been barricaded against team travel for some time, but bicyclists and pedestrians continue to cross. Tho bridge passes over a shallow pond of stagnant, discolored water. In which cat fish havethelr abiding place and prosper. Persons crossing the bridge often stop to watch these sealeless fish excavating their nests down Into the soft mud. The water Is so dirty that the fish cannot be seen, but their operations aro visible by tho mouthful of mud ejected every few minutes, and as they back up out of the holes they are boring onco in a while the tail of one projects above the surface. They bore holes a foot or more In depth and then excavate a chamber at the bot tom, where they hatch out their young. No pool of water Is too stagnant, stale or filthy to suit them, and they would bo perfectly happy In a swill barrel. Hop-Picking. Hopgrowers are in all stages of preparation for picking their crops. Some expect to begin operations about September 3, but hop-picking gen. erally will not begin until about the 10th. The prospects arc favorable for a good yield, and some say that if the weather keeps fine the best crop of hops ever known In Oregon will bo harvested. The prospects are good for fair prices, as anything in the neighborhood of 15 cents a pound is considered very satisfactory. and with a good crop even 12 cents trill return & fair proflt to the grower. Preparino to Kill Ducks. The season for duck shooting does n6t open Until September 1, a week from next Saturday, but hunters "are already making ready for it, A number have been sending out wheat to their preserves, and the keepers In charge are feeding quite liberally. Many are having blinds put In order and boats made' ready, ahd all are impatient for the grand opening" dny. The lakes, ponds and sloughs are alive with young mallards, wood ducks and widgeons, which are In fine condition, and, owing to the lato date fired for the end of the close season, are well grown and. ready to go south with the advent of the first cold raln When the shooting season opened earlier there used to be fine sport shooting "flappers," as the young ducks hardly able to fly are called, and there Is nothing In the way of game which much excels a nice fat, tender, juicy, young mallard or wood duck. This sea son the yqting ducks will be "flyers," Instead of "flappers," and the sportsmen are hoping that the rain will hold off till they get In a few days' shooting. . Some of the hunters are having the margins of their lakes sown to grass, grains, vetches, etc., to make them look more attractive and to furnish food for tho ducks. Did His Last Day's "Farming. Ex Governor Pennoyer spends most of his tlfho these days on his snug little farm at Woodstock. Just whether he has -any Idea of meeting with the sad fate of Cincinnatus or not he does not say, but he has of late quit doing much hard work on his farm. He Is keeping his eye on a patch of .Canada thistle on a neighbor's farm, and sayB that while every precau tion is being taken to keep It from bloom ing, It still continues to expand In a subterranean manner. He keepB a diary of his life on a farm, and a fow day3 ago made an entry stating that he had done the last day's work he Intended to do In tho way of cultivating the soil. He drove out to Gresham a short time ago, the first time he had been there since ho was School Superintendent, 42 years ago, and went out there to arrange for a school. He was astonished to see what a vast Improvement had been made there and what a fine farming section that region had become. Terminals to Warehouses. The ware house track being built by the North Pacifio Terminal Company from the ter minal grounds up Thirteenth street to Kearney Is about completed. It will sup ply connection with a number of ware houses, and will be the cause of many more being built, for the section through which it passes Is not suitable for res idences, but is, from Its nearness to the terminal grounds, well suited for manu factories and warehouses. A number of spur tracks will be run out from the main track to different warehouses. Among others' which the line will fur nish with connection with the terminal grounds are the warehouses of M. Seller & Co., Portland Cordage Company, J. A. Martin, oil warehouse of Cordage Com pany, and the spurs to .be built will reach many more. It will not be long until there Is a great warehouse district along this track. Has Not Sold Out. Says The Dalles Times-Mountaineer: "A few days since The Oregonlan published a rumor that the Northern Pacific Railroad Company had absorbed the property of the Central Navigation & Construction Company, generally known as the Paul Mohr port ago road. Inquiry at the office of the Central Navigation & Construction Com pany reveals the fact that there is noth ing in the report. Neither the Northern Pacific nor any other compahy has ab sorbed the portage road property. On the contrary, the Central Navigation & Construction Company people are putting forth every effort to get its line in oper ation, and expect to bo In readiness to handle wheat as soon, as It begins mov ing. Its steamer Billings will be oft the rocks within a week, and will bo making regular trips, and the Klickitat Is nearing completion." PORTLAND'S "BOYVILLE." Kansas Not the Only Place Where the Conrt Holds Sway. If any one who has read William Allen White's "Court of Boyvllle" would take a walk along the O. R. & N. track below HIPPITY HOPS GAILY ALONG THE THE TRACK. tho steel bridge on an August afternoon he would bo convlhced that Kansas Is not the only place where tho court holds sway. For here they are, swarms of happy, sun-burned boys, who scramble down the steep bank to the place where they build their flro and dive and splash and ride the swell of passing boats, as If they were part' of the river itself. There Is one boy who answers the description of "Mealy Jones" exactly wide collar, shoes and stockings and all, besides Bud, the King, and alt the rest. There Is one little Knight, with Irish gray eyes, and curly, dark hair, who Is truly a soldier, for whether he plays war or not he Is in a buttle every day, and fighting against odds, but he always wins. He is lame, one leg is shorter than the other; but he conies down the Kins of Portland Boyvllle. bank as nimbly as the others, and hlp-pity-hops gaily along tho track to tho place where the other boys are swim ming. Ho says tho time he learned to swim he fell off Montgomery dock, and nobody came to get him out for 10 minutes, but he paddled around to keep his head above water and after that he knew bow to swim. In February he will be through tho grammar school, and then he Is going to learn bookkeeping, and will succeed, of course, for he Is the sort of boy who does. - . MUST GUARDSMEN GO? QUESTION OP COMPULSORY DUTY FOR FOREIGN WAR. Conflict of Opinion on This Polni Which Has Not Been Authori tatively Determined. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 17. (To the Ed itor.) Will you kindly state through the columns of your paper whether or not if the Oregon National Guard were called Upon to go to China or Governor Geer should tender their services to the Pres ident, each and every one of tho soldiers would haVe to "go, of whether any would be compelled to go, provided, of course, they were qualified for service? There seems to be considerable dispute over the question among the members of the Guard, and it has been suggested by them. CONSTANT READER. This is a must disputed question, on which there Is conflict of opinion. Some hold that the President, as Commander-in-Chief, can call upon the mllltla and National Guard of the various states for any military service required. Colonel James Jackson, Inspector-General of the Oregon National Guard, takes the posi tion that the Guard Is subject to such service, while others maintain that the duties" of the Guard and mllltla are lim ited to suppressing riot or insurrection, or repelling Invasion. Adjutant-General C. U. Gantenbeln is among tne latter. Extensive diseusslons of the question were had a few years ago by Army and Guard officers. The conclusions reached then, except as to what was the more practical method, were not tested when volunteers for the Spanish War were called out. President McKlnley asked for volunteers, distributing the number among the' states according to population. Tho Governors, desiring to bring forward the best available material, gave Guards men tho preference In choosing the vol unteers, but instead of calling out exist ing Guard organizations, asked such as wanted to go to Volunteer. Adjutant-General Gontetnbeln read a paper presenting the legal aspect of the question to members of the Oregon Na tional Guard a few years ago. This rep resented the decisions then bearing on tho question. As Is well known, Congress has enacted that "every able-bodied male citizen of tho respective stated, resident therein, who is of the age of 18 years and uhder the age of 45 years, shaft bo enrolled In the mllltla." The Oregon Leg islature re-enacted this law, and divided the enrolled mllltla Into the National Guard, or organized part, and Reserve Militia. The Constitution provides that "Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress Insur rection and repel invasions. "To provide for organizing, arming and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed In the service of the United States, re-. serving to the states respectively the appointment of officers and the authority Of training the mllltla according to the discipline prescribed by Congress. "The President is Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy and all other land and naval forces called into the service of the United States." The penalty provided by the code for refusing to respond to a proper call Is as follows: "Every member of the enrolled mllltla ordered out by competent authority, or who volunteers for service, who does not appear at the time and place designated by the officer authorized or directed to make the call, or who has not some able- . bodied and proper substitute at such time and place, or who does not produce a sworn certificate of disability from a phy sician in good standing, shall be taken to be a deserter, and dealt with as pre scribed in the Articles of War of the United States, which Articles of War shall govern all troops In active service as far as practicable." No one asserts that the present trouble in China could be construed as an in vasion of the United States, and hence General Gantenbein and those holding with him maintain that the present Guard organization could not be com pelled to leave this country for military service there without enlisting as United States troops. This applies whether the President makes demand for a speeifio portion or all of the Oregon National Guard or the Governor endeavored to order such Into the foreign service, In response to a call by the President or pursuant to a tender of troops But little interest attaches to the ques tion because of the practice of asking for volunteers for the United States Army, regular or volunteer, when troops are needed. A new mllltla bill is pend ing in Congress reorganizing the National Guard, which is said specifically to cover the point in question, and if It becomes a law at the next session, Guardsmen and perhaps the militia will likely be made subject to general military service required by their country. In Bine River District. BLTJE RIVER, Or., Aug. IS. There Is a big excitement over the recent discov eries on Bald Mountain and Lava Peak, and prospectors are flocking in here to seek weaiui in the new district. Claims aro being located at the rate of two or three a day, and a large area of country Is already staked off. Eight or ten more prospectors arrived from Eugene last evening, and left this inorning for tho scene of tho excitement The district was discovered July 4 by C. D. Edwards and C. A. Davis, who located two claims. Two weeks later Volney Hemenway and John Cantrelt lo cated two claims. tVoTk had been pusoed 1 sw- on these claims, and soma rich strikes have been made, when In only a few feet. Small stabs of melted ore taken from fissures In the rock on the Pioneer claim show a proportion of one-fifth gold, one-fifth silver and three-fifths copper. Tne rock also prospects well. USES GASOLINE POWER. Upper Colombia Man Pumps Water for Irrigation. "When the Columbia River can be turned out over the plains jon the north side of the river, some 3,000,000 acres, now worth about 25 cents each, will rase to $10," said W. E. Quinlan. at the St. Charles yesterday. Mr. Quinlan has been experimenting with a 45-acre field, three miles above Pasco, using a gasoline en gine to hoist the water perpendicularly 100 feet, to keep his alfalfa growing all Summer, and the yield averages S& tons to the acre. This year he sold the crop for $5 per ton, baled and delivered on board the cars for export to Honolulu. Baling and delivering cost fully $3 a ton; so the sale equaled $2 per ton delivered In the stack, on the farm. Yet even this low figure he his found to pay good Interest on the money In vested, and so far he considers the experi ment a success. His firm 'has several sections of dry, level sands, a portion having been entered under the Desert Land Act, and the rest purchased at a nominal figure, from the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. The manner of irrigation he. considers very simple, the water being pumped to the highest portion of the tract and then permitted to find its way over the alfalfa roots, by gravitation. Occasionally a fur row Is run', to assist tho moisture In find ing the more remote corners of the field, but one man dan run the engine and at tend to the distribution of the water. The gasolfne engine costs only 48 cents per day for fuel, but he has found it mor& convenient to operate the pump at night, as the waters of the Columbia River are always cold and on hot Summer days its application would have the effect of ''cooking" vegetation, by the sudden change from heat to cold and back again. He contemplates building a reservoir to store the water until It has become warmed by the sun, when It would have a more grateful effect upon his alfalfa. Hoisting water by machinery, however, limits the amount of land to be brought under irrigation, as tho hot sands drink it up very rapidly. ""His suction pipe, which has a diameter of four Inches, has therefore all it .can do to supply the 45 acres. Although no regular survey has yet been made of that region, with a view to a large canal system, Mr. Quinlan Is sure that the river cah be tapped at Priest's Rapids, GO, miles above, and the water brought down through Yakima and Klickitat Counties, with plenty of fall to redeem fully 3,000,000 acres from its present desert state. It would take large capital to do this, however, as $500,000 would be needed to construct headgates alone. The river rses fully 30 feet in times of freshets, and stout masonry would be necessary to keep the headworks from washing out. He considers the project a grand opening for men of means who are now buying bonds or warrants and feallzinz from 3 to 6 per cent on them The enterprise .would, of course, Include the purchase of the land to be benefited, which can now be done for a very small figure, but the moment water Is available, $10 an aero will be a very reasonable price. v He has often looked out on the broad Columbia as its wealth of waters flowed by his land, and wondered If some con trivance could not be tteivised to utilize Its immense power In hoisting a moiety of Its water to the land which needs it so badly, but the rivet nas thus far de fied efforts of puny man, and all its Im measurable power goes for naught. Several smaller irrigating schemes are operated near Pasco for hoisting water, one of which Is a wheel turned by the current In the river. Vegetables are raised by this means to some extent, but there is no market for garden truck in that sparsely-inhabited region. The bulk of that naturally fertile valley will there fore have to await Government aid or an aggregation of capital, to turn the desert into a garden. 0 AT THE MUSICK MINE. Tunnel 3000 Feet Lone Will Be Run ThlO Winter. I. H.. Bingham, one of the directors of the Muslck mine, who is at the Imperial, says nis company is about to begin run ning a 3000-foot tunnel to tap the ledge 1000 feet below the present levels. Power drills will be used after a certain depth has been reached, and wont will be prose cuted all Winter, as arrangements are being made to have the men under cover going and coming. The Muslck mine is one of tho best known properties In the Bohemia dis trict, and for over a year a 10-stamp mill has been operated, Gay and night. The present operations are conducted at an elevation of 6000 feet, and deep snows Usually render locomotion diffieult during the Winter months. The mouth of the new tunnel, which will be 1000 feet lower and on tho west side of tne mountain, will escape considerable of the bad weather which visits the present dump and surroundings. Twenty men are employed In the mine and mill at present, and the force will be Increased when the new operations are begun. A large amount or rich ore is being stoped at a depth of 400 feet from the surface, and the ledge gives every evidence of uniform value and lasting qualities. When the new tunnel is run, a fine body of ore will be In sight, as the drills will follow the ledge all the way. OREGON PRESS PLEASE COPY Seven Hundred Medals Awaiting Webfoot Volunteers. Seven hundred medals being presented by the state to the soldiers participating In tho Spanish War and Filipino insur rection remain uncalled ror at the of fice of Adjutant-General Gantenbein. One thousand have been delivered, and tho Adjutant-General Is anxious to have the others claimed by their rightful owners. The medals for the Oregon Engineer Corps have been completed and are now ready for delivery at the same office. Oregon papers please copy. t WHERE TO DINE. If all restaurants were as good a3 the Portland, 503 Washington street, no one would talk of "home cooking." CHEAP RATES EAST Via Oregon Short Line R. R. For full information, call at City Ticket Ofllce, 142 Third street, Portland. HOTEL VENDOME. Elegant furnished rooms, with board, $1 a day up; corner Thirteenth and Alder. Portland's Leading; Music Dealers. The oldest and largest general music store In the Pacific Northwest. PIano3 and organs; wholesale and retail. The Wiley B. Allen Co.. 211 First st. . Jacob Doll tJpricht Plnno. - Tho latest Improved. Acknowledged to be best sold on easy installments. Pianos rented, tuned and repaired at lowest prices. H. Slnsheiraer, 73 Third. Estab lished 1S62. Assignee's Sale of Shoes. Monday. c00 pairs ladies' sample button shoes: sizes, 2 to 7; $1 5 pair; worth $1 50 to $5.00. C. James, assignee, 247 Morrison street. i Furs, Scarfs nnd Capes. See Prices. Kew York Mercantile Co.. 205 Third st. er f lanos A Weber Piano costs you a little more than an ordinary good make, but the extra cost will be the best part of your investment. It Is the tone of a piano that gives it value and settles its grade as a musical instrument. Everyth ng about a pi ano, from its Scale to Its case. If properly constructed, has a part in the making ot this tonal quality. It is because each big and little part of a Weber piano la abso'utely faultless that the WEBER TONE Is un equaled. It isn't merely mechanical skill that secures this result; its something akin to genius. SOLD IN OREGON BY IN NEW MUSIC BUILDING 35! WASHINGTON ST. ueen Quality OXFORDS Light and Graceful Patent Kid Leather Does Not Crack Also Other Styles Oregonlan BuHdlno oooeooooooooooooeosooooooo I THE OREGONIAN 1 PUBLISHING CO. If MOW EQUIPPED FOR BOING F1RST-CLASI Abo... DESIGNING AND SAMPLES..; -lNC ETCH1N3 of Work and Prices upon Application ooeeoeooooeooeooooeoeo of the TEETH EXTRACTED AND FILLED AU BOLUTEIiT WITHOUT PAIN, by our lato scientific method applied to the guma. No (leep-produclnsr agents or cocaine. These are tho only dental parlors In Port land havlns PATENTED APPLIANCES and ingredients to extract, fill and apply gold crowns and porcelain crowns undetectable from natural teeth, and warranted for 10 years. WITHOUT THE LEAST PAIN. Full cet of teeth, (5, a perfect fit guaranteed or no pay. Gold crowns. $5. Gold fillings, 51. Sti ver flllinss. BOo. All work done by GRADU ATE DENTISTS of from 12 to 20 years' ex perience, and each department In cnafgo of a specialist. Give Us a call, and you will find us to do exactly as iv advertise. We will tell you la advance exactly what your worlt will cost by a FREE EXAMINATION. SET TEETH 95.00 GOLD CROWNS $5.0(1 GOLD FILLINGS $1.00 SILVER. FILLINGS JS0 M0 PLATES New York Dental Parlors MAIN OFFICE: Fourth and Morrison sts., Portland. Or. HOUR3 8 to 8; SUNDAYS, 10 TO 4. BRANCH OFFICES: T23 Market st.. San Francisco. CaL aii Strat am. Seattle. Wash. Tioga, Long Beach, Wash. In connection launch, sail and rowboals onShoaiwaterBay. Special attention paid to amusements. Livery, bix horses; dairy, ten Jerseys. The 12th year will open at 10 o'cllck A. M. Monday, September 17 Mr. Wilson has returned, and will be at the academy from 0 A. M. to 12 M., and from 3 to C P. M. For cataloeue. address. PORTLAND ACADEMY. Portland. Or. Northwest Electric Engineering Co. 124 First St., Portland, Or. Dealers in dynamos and motors, direct or al ternating current, new and second-hand. Also fan and celllnz motors, telephones and sup plies; armatures and fields rewound; house wlrln?. "When your electrical machinery needs repairs call us up. Tolephono Black 934. FRED PREHN The Detain Bulldlne. Full Set Teeth J5.WJ Gold Crowns $3.00 Bridge Worlc ?3.tt Examinations free , Teeth extracted abso lutely without pain. Cor. Third and Washlnnon. t-r .ilea an nr&n &tn Services the cominff holidays, nt A. O. XT. W. Temple, cor. Second and Taylor sts., by Rev. Dr. N. Mosessohn, with tho assistance of & choir. Lectures in English and German. Single seats, $1. I 1 III) P f RDOVty '"rE AXD EAR DISBASZSk Un. C U urwnii jurauam tola., rooms C26-7. f-S -1 .$25Q O v EQUIPPED FOR , BOING F1RST-CLASI c 9 I vSlJ O 9 lllifla MotHk. ti)Tii51t'JLWJ3t':-9im iSLJL J .JyJJL1 THE PALATIAL nil bu W 11 m 111 III' MiliL Not n. dark ofllce In tUe building)1 absolutely- fireproof; electric light and Rftealun Tpaterj perfect snnlta- tlon and thorough ventilation. Ele vators run day nnd niskt. Room. AINSLTE. DR. GEORGE, Phrsictan... .003-003 ALDRICir. S. W.. General Contractor 610 ANDERSON. GUSTAV. Attorney-at-Law...al ASSOCIATED PRESS: E. L. Powell. Mgr..30 AUSTEN, F. C. Manager far Oregon and Washington Banlters' Life Association, ot Des Moinea. la B02-S03 bankers- life association., of des MOINES. IA.;F. C. Austen. Manaffer..302-80S BAYNTUN. GEO. R.. Msr. for Chas. Scrlb- ner's Sons 31J nEALS. EDWARD A.. Forecast Official U. S. Weather Bureau ........DID RFNJA.MIN. R W.. Dentist ..314 BINSWANGER, DR. O. S.. Fhys. it Sur.410-411. BROOKE. DR. J. M.. Phys. & SUrs 70S-70 BROWN. MTRA. St. D 313-314, ERUERE. DR. G. E.. Physician 412-413-41. BUSTEED. RICHARD. ABent Wilson & Mc- Callay Tobacco Co. C02-CB& CAUKIN. G. E.. District Agent Traveler Insurance Co. .....,.. ..L. ..... 71 CARDWELU DR. J. R G0 COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANT w. 6CM-M5-800-C07-813-tU4-ClS CORNELIUS. C. W.. Phya. and Sunteon....2i COVER. F. C.. Cashier Equitable Life 30 COLLIER. P. F.. Publisher: S. P. McGulre. Manager .......... 413-41 DAT J. O. & L N. 318 DAVT3. NAPOLEON. President Columbia Telephone Co. .., ....80T DICKSON. DR. J. P., Physician 713-714 DRVTCE. DR. II. B.. 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C. 315-310-313 KADY. SrARK T.. Supervisor of Acents Mutual Reserve Fund Llfo Ass'n 104-C03 LAMONT. JOHN. Vice-President and Gen eral Slannjrer Columbia. Telephgne Cu 60f LtTTLEFIELD. II R.. Phys. and Surgeon. .201 MACRUM. W. S.. Sec. Oregon Camera Club.2I4 MACKAY. DR. A. E.. Phys. and Surg.. 711-713 SIAXWELL. DR. W. E.. Phys. A Surg. .701-2-3 McCOY. NEWTON. Attorney-at-Law.....713 McFADEN. MISS IDA E-. Stenographer.. ..20J SIcGINN. HENRY E.. Attornev-at-Law.311-3J3 McKELL. T. J.. Manufacturer Representa tive 203 METT. HENRY 21S MILLER. DR. HERBERT C. Dentist and Oral Surgeon C0S-C09 MOSSMAN. DR. E. P.. Dentist 312-313-314 MANHATTAN LIFT INSURANCE CO.. of Isiw York. W Goldman. Manager. ...200-213 MT'TUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASS'N; Slarlt T. Kady, Supervisor of Agent.. G04-C03 Mcelroy, dr. j g.. phys. & sur.701-702-703 MFARLAND. E. B.. Secretary Columbia Telephone Co ..60 McGUIRE. S. P.. Manager P. F. Collier. Publisher 415-41B Mc-KISI. SIAURIOE. 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Agent 002-003 WOOD. DR. W. L.. Physician. 412-413-414 WILLAMETTE VALLEY TELEPH. CO. ..013 A fe-w more elegant ofllces may t bad by applying? to Portland Trust Company of Oregon, 100 Tblrd st., o to tbc rent cleric in the building. I -