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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1900)
TEE MOKNTNG OBEGONIA2T, FRIDAY, "AUGUST 24, 1900. 0 ROGERS? FAWCETT? Two-Thirds Rule Will Defeat Both for Governor. FUSIOKISTS ARC MUCH UNSETTLED T5 Voorhees Candidacy "Will Be Stress it Spokane XTa-ron Htm Complications la Klnc County. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 23. If the two thirds rule Is insisted upon at the union convention next Monday, it is easy to see that it means defeat for both the lead ing1 Gubernatorial candidates, Rogers and Fawcett, and that & third man must be taken up. Ke may be Charles S. Voor hees. of Spokane, and he may not be. The Spokane delegations are in Senator Turner's hands, and trill be disposed first to consult his "wishes and interests. But they ore not tied up in any unit rule, and they are under no Instruction to do anything for anybody. So they may get way from Turner, and be carried off with the .flood tide of Voorhees' undoubt ed popularity. The Senator is earnestly doing all he can in behalf of Governor Rogers. To that end he has regarded -with friendly eye the aspirations of V. C Robertson to be Representative in Con gress. Robertson is from Spokane and it would seem, if Voorhees' candidacy would hurt Turner, as much might ba said of Robertson's candidacy. Senator Turner appears to be choosing the lesser of two evils. The Robertson alliance is made because it will sidetrack Voorhees, and leave the way open to delivery of the delegations to Rogers. It was necessary to take up Hobertson to shut out Voor hees; and it is necessary to exclude Voor hee In order to keop faith with Rogers, find not because Voorhees' nomination for Governor would hurt Turner any more, or much more, than Robertson's for Congress. The state at large has in the past regarded with peculiar indul gence Spokane candidacies for Senator and Representative. Three out of four xnsmbers of the Congressional delegation At one time hailed from that city Senator Wilson, Senator Turner and Representa tive W. C Jones. But this congestion of Congressman within the limits of that lively city -was short-lived. Not all be longed to one party. The Republican party once deliberately caUed Wilson &nd Hyde from Spokane, and the fusion party Turner and W. C. Jones. So there Is precedent in both parties for calling upon Spokane to supply material for one-half the entire Congressional dele cation. Tom Maloney, the Democratic boss, claims that he already has Governor Rogers beaten, and he is ready to sup ply the figures to show It. He claims that Rogers will not have more than ICO votes in the Democratic convention; while the Fawcett and other anti-Rogers men protest to see sometnmg like oo votes in sight. All these calculations are based upon the expectation that as the Democratic convention goes, so will go the union convention. All the candidates for Governor are Democrats, the nomina tion being conceded to that party. This chows the remarkable change in the whirligig of fusion fortunes In four years. Then the Democrats were lucky to be the tail of the fusion kite. Now they are the backbone of the whole structure. There will be a strong movement this year to give the united parties the Demo cratic name; and Just here will be a ripe opportunity for a great row. A Quarrel more or less will add very little to the difficulty of getting together. The parties have never yet fused until the tempers of all were at white heat, which Is the fusing point. Rogers, despite his apostasy from the Populist party to the Democratic, still retains a very powerful hold on the former party, and will. It is probable, come to Seattle with a majority of the delegates. He lost the Democratic delegation from Pierce, his home county, but he "will have the solid 29 from the Populist convention as well as the 14 Silver Republicans. In King County the Populist convention declared for Fawcett, a. Democrat and a Tacoma man. This is explicable on the ground that the Seat tle Populist leaders are practically unani mous in their opposition to Rogers, and their hostility Is largely personal. John P. Fay and Alaska Davis were summarily dismissed from the office of University Regents by the Governor; Bob Bridges, the Land Commissioner, has been per sona non grata to Rogers, the Governor, from the first. The origin of their trou bles is found in the fact tat Bridges Is a slngle-taxer one of the kind that the single tar has seized as with disease and Rogers is not. Eugene "Way, who comes very near being the Populist boss in Seattle, and who is the daddy long-legs of all the single-tax tribe. Is against Rogers first, last and all the time for the same reason, and perhaps for other treasons. So it comes about that not one stray voice has been raised among the Populists of King in Rorers' behalf. They do not love Fawcett more, but Rog ers a great deal less. They complain that Rogers has never listened to them. Their complaint Is well founded, for he has not, to the great benefit of the state. The truth Is that there is harsher criticism against Rogers as the state's chief ex ecutive among Populists once his own people than there is among Republicans. J There are few of the latter who will not admit that he has made a satisfactory I Governor, and there are none who will au on tne ucket, except a precinct noml not say that he has done the best he nee ,n th!s cltF. an he, it is said, re- -could, according to his lights. All the time, Rogers, and nobody else, has been Govemor; and that's what's the matter -with the Ways, Fays, Bakers. Maloneys, Tugwells and Davises. If he had heeded them, he might have had no trouble about his renomlnatlon; but he certainly would have a great deal about his elec tion. A complication has arisen in this county as to the Democratic delegation i to the State Convention. It was chosen I to further the candidacy of J. T. Ronald ' for Congress, after a severe contest with J F. McElroy. The alignment was broadly between the Rogers and anti- Rogers forces, and the former were beat en. Now Ronald is said to desire the I nomination of Governor Rogers; and so i does L C Gilman on of his .tmnr n, I tenants. Gilman. although a friend of ' Ronald, has always been a strong sup porter of Rogers: and it is doubtless hla influence that has caused Ronald to waver. Colonel Blethen, too. In his Evening Times, has been having some tlng to say lately as to the Governor ship. He has editorially declared he will not support Fawcett if he is nominated, because he is a Tacoma man. and. be cause his personal record Is such that the party would be on the defensive dur ing the whole campaign. To be plain about it. Fawcett and his "wife were di vorced, and he at once married the woman named in the first Mrs. Fawcett's bill of complaint as co-respondent. She was in the city's employ, kept there, it is said, through the Fawcett influence. The Times thinks there are many people who do not approve that sort of thing in a public man. It is due to Fawcett to say that many persons who know all the circum stances of his unfortunate troubles ap prove cf what he did, and say that he Is not blameworthy In any way. How ever, this unhappy affair is being at this early time urged as one of the objec tions to Fawcett. and there can be no doubt that it will hurt his candidacy. The blunt declaration of the Times has stirred up a great deal of bad feeling. It will have no effect on the King County Populist delegation, but It will encourage the few Rogers partisans in the Demo cratic delegation to insist that Fawcett be at least apposed. There are signs, too. that Judge W H Moore. "Democratic candidate for the Supreme Judgeshtp, i may be switched off. Moore made tho fight in the primaries with Ronald, and is entitled to his delegation. But It has become obvious that the Democrats of King County are asking too much, and there is a disposition to support Judge Wlnsor, a Populist, for the same position. If there were a steering committee to ar range the distribution of offices among the various parties, Moore could be elim inated by the simple process of giving this office to the Populists. It may .be yet that the union convention will decide be fore any nominations are made that there shall be a definite assignment of the sev eral offices to Populists, Democrats and Silver Republicans, as such. The latter may expect to get little or nothing in any event. The prominent candidates for the Fus ion nominations are the following: Governor J. R. Rogers, of Pierce; A. V. Fawcett, of Pierce; C S. Voorhees, of Spokane: Jere Neterer, of Whatcom, and James Hamilton Lewis, of King, (all Democrats). Congress J. T. Ronald, of King: F. C. Robertson, of Spokane, and James Hamil ton Lewis, of King, (Democrats), and BETWEEN Neal Cheatham, of Whitman, and Thurs ton Daniels, of Clark, (Populists). Supreme Judge W. H. Moore, (Dem.), of King, and" L. H. Prather, (Pop.), of Spokane, and Richard Wlnsor, (Pop.) of King. Lieutenant-Governor E. C. Million, (Dem.) of Skagit, and W. E. McCros key, (Dem.) of Whitman. Treasurer E. C. Ferguson, (Dem.) of Snohomish. Secretary of State Will D. Jenkins, (Pop.) of Whatcom. Auditor Neal Cheatham, (Pop.) of Whitman. Attorney-General Thomas M. Vance, (Dem.) of Yakima. Land Commissioner Robert Bridges, (Pop.) of King. Superintendent of Public Instruction F. J. (Browne, of King. It will be observed that Colonel Lewis is classed as a candidate for two of fices. It may always be expected that Lewis will come in somewhere and some how for the consideration of the con vention. Clark Faatonist Inharmonious. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Aug. 23. Con siderable dissatisfaction exists among Democrats, Populists and other fuslon ists In this city and county over the ticket nominated yesterday. Democrats are displeased at the Populist nominees, and Populists are said to entertain tho same feeling towards the Democratic representatives on the ticket. The Silver Republicans received no representation at fuses to accept As a result, there is con. siderable talk today of withdrawing sev- eral of the nominees and substituting oth ers less objectionable to the objectors. Request for resignation, It is said, will be made to C. J. Moor, of Skamania County, nominee for Joint Senator; V. J. Fike, nominee for Auditor, and J. Mon roe Wood, nominee for School Superin tendent. The convention was dominated by Lieutenant-Governor Thurston Daniels and a few of his friends, whose chief aim was to select anti-Rogers delegations to the i fusion state convention, with the result i that but little attention was given to the I selection of candidates for county offices. As a consequence, several nominations """" " "o va- "." ra - The following precinct nominations for & c,t5" were made: Justice of the Peace Henry Van Atta. 1 Constables North Vancouver precinct, William Jaschke; East Vancouver pre cinct, J. P. Smith; West Vancouver pre- , clnct, Gus Burgy. Idaho's Silver Republican Committee BOISE. Idaho. Aug. 23. The Silver Re publican State Committee has been an nounced as follows: C E. Arney, of Bannock County, chairman; John Don aldson, of Fremont County; George H. Lake, of Nez Perces County: Mrs. Carrie ' D. Myers, of Ada County; and John C Callahan, of Kootenai County. Chehnlls County Republican. COSMOPOLIS. Wash., Aug. 23. The Republican County Central Committee met today at Montesano and organized by electing Daniel Gillies, chairman; J. R. O'Donnell, secretary; E. C. Story, treasurer, and Silas M. Smith, chairman executive committee. Killed bjr Outlaws. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 23. A special to the Post-Dispatch from Dallas. Tex., says: Joe Alvarez, the richest cattleman of El Paso County, died today of wounds received last night In a pitched battle with four New Mexico outlaws on his ranch near Vinton. He came upon the band while they were killing his cattle, and they opened fire on him. A Sheriff's posse today captured the leader and one of his gang. The others are being pur- sued toward the New Mexican border. THE OLD TOWN Of HARNEY OP SLOW GROWTH, BtJT HAS SUB STANTIAL PROSPECTS. Center of Raage Horse Industry Promising Mining: District Opening Near. HARNEY, Or. Aug. 3X The town, of Harney, situated within a mllo of old Fort Harney, in Harney County, is one of the oldest towns in the county, and Is one of the smallest and most Inactive. A prosperous ranch covers the seat of the old fort and not a vestige of the former war scenes remains. For years Harney has been, on a standstill. The houses have gradually gone to rack, the paint has washed off. the sun and dry winds have cracked the walls, until Har ney looks like everything but an Eastern NOMINATIONS BACK TO Oregon town. And recently a mall-pox epidemic struck the -vicinity; there were 14 cases and one death, and the town be came panic-stricken within and was shunned like a pesthouse from without. The few that remained, with true Chris tian spirit, ministered to the suffering and now the epidemic has practically passed and Harney Is taking on. new life. The manner of ministering to the suf fering by a people who never saw a case of smallpox or had a case near them, is worthy of mention. The epidemic raged on ranches a few miles from town. Members of the plague-stricken families, who escaped tho disease, waited on the others. The schoolhouse at Harney stands out to Itself, some distance from the main town, and In Its belfry Is a large, old-time belL When anything was needed In the small-pox settlement a runner was sent In who rang this bell and some citizen approached him within a safe distance and ascertaining the needs returned to town and obtained the articles wanted and placed them yhere the messenger could get them But the saddest tolling of this bell was when the messenger rang for a coffin and shroud for a poor boy who died from the disease. When Harney County was created tho old town of Harney was first appointed the county seat. A courthouse was erected, Harney put on city airs, and the old-timers still talk about those good old times. A county seat election finally came on with all the proverbial bitter ness, and Burns won the -place by Ave votes. It Is a dangerous subject to touch upon yet at Harney. Then Har ney had a Are shortly afterwards and the courthouse, which was no longer needed, was destroyed as well as the bulk of the town. She has had two such fires and when the small-pox came, It looked as if the end had come. But It has had a different effect. Paint and lumber are being ordered, contracts are being let and the town Is already showing signs of revival. The surround ing country Justifies this. It Is In the center of the principal grain be.lt of the valley. There are three sawmills and two shingle factories within 12 miles, and the Idle City mines are being de veloped only 15 miles away. Besides, Eastern Oregon's great foundation and mainstay the stock Industry Is just now booming In the vicinity of Harney. Horses are higher in price than for years be fore and Harney Is the central point for this industry. Several Individuals took down small droves Saturday and sold them to the Government agent at Burns, at an average of $50 per head. The three sawmills 12 miles northwest from here have a capacity, respectively, of 25,000 feet, 10,000 feet and 5,000 per day, and work, all told, about 35 men. Two of the mills also have shingle factories in connection and turn out large con signments of shingles. The lumber brings $10 to 525 per thousand feet and the shingles bring $3 per thousand. The timber behind these mills is inexhaust ible the mountains are covered with it, and- it Is of a fine grade of block pine. As the broad plains settle up below, which is going on at a rapid rate, the lumber Industry here -will grow. E. H. King is the owner of the largest plant, C. F. McKInney & Son are owners of the second plant, and A. K. Richardson is the owner of the small mllL But the mining Interest here is not the least Interesting. Citizens think they are in the vicinity of the real Blue Bucket mines. These mines the Bfue Bucket mines are the talk of Harney County. Years ago an Immigrant train was passing through this section of the coun try. It was during the dry season and the company divided up and -went out Into the gulches In search of water. An old woman took an old-time blue water bucket and went away alone as did the others. After hours of wandering she came to a boiling spring and in dipping up water she got some small, uneven, gravelly-looking objects in the bucket. Returning "with the water and pursuing their journey they retained these objects. Several days, later they met a party of gold prospectors who were, shown the gravel obtained at the spring and upon closer examination, they proved to bo gold auggets. "Why," said the old lady, "I could have dipped up a blue bucket full of them!" From that day to this search has been made for the Blue Bucket mines. A par ty out from Portland spent a whole Sum mer looking for the Blue Bucket mines under some clew It thought It had. But the prospectors at Idle City, 15 miles northwest from here, think they are on the hottest trail. Seven quartz claims are being prospected and placer mining Is going on and has gone on for years. Sam Roach, O. J. Dorst, E. A. Earlywlne, Charles Ingram. N. E. Gray, K. S. Thompson and Brown & King all have claims. But Sam Roach Is the most enthusiastic and has backed his enthu siasm with Spartan courage. He has' worked alone for five years. He has driven one tunnel 200 feet, and another 264 fHt. He clnlms that In the latter tunnel now he only lacks 20 feet of being to the ledge that will mako him rich. THE FARM. Chicago Record. During these five years he has not lost a day Day In and -day ont he tunnels Into the mountains alone. He put In 29 months In one tunnel for 139 days he made only 2K Inches per day but he has never become "discouraged. He Is a poor man, and was poor to begin with, but like the others who are prospecting here does a little placer mining In the Spring, while there is water in the mountain streams', and gets enough gold to run him through the Summer, Fall and Win ter. Every yard of the dirt Is pay dirt. If water could be obtained, but this can only be had -when the snow melts in the Spring. They figure that about $20 000 has been taken out of the placer diggings In this manner. Besides Sam Roach, few others have experimented. A reservoir and flooding process Is now contemplated for next Spring. The quartz taken from the prospects so far have made good assays. One assay shows $362 to the ton In gold, free mill ing. Another shows $20 In gold, and 22 ounces of silver to the ton. There is plenty of timber adjacent to the mines, and it Is said that water can be ob tained In abundant quantities by the stor age plan. The mines are In a spur of the Blue Mountains. 1 Besides the mines, sawmills, shingle mills, hay and grain of this section, some fruit is raised and -vegetables thrive here. Harney, thus the Immediate supply town, Is bound to grow. There are no Eastern Oregon towns going backward now, for the eyes of the country are upon Eastern Oregon. The town Is Incorporated. John Loggan is Mayor, Robert Irving, Treasurer; Bill Gray, Marshal, and Wi R. Crawford, Jasen Bennet, A; K. Richardson and Sam Gould are the Councilmen. Two general stores, two hotels, a blacksmith shop, a saloon and a livery stable are here. The blacksmith shop Is one of the best In the county. It Is well equipped with modern tools and wagon and black smith work Is done for a vast scone of country. Seaward & Crawford are the proprietors. Seth Bower & Co. do n good general merchandise business, Robert Irving runs the livery stable and J. C. Buckland, an old-timer, has the sa loon. There is a good school, where two teachers are employed, the Presbyterians have a church, and the town has a fine Town Hall. There Is connection with Burns and the outside world by tele phone. OMAHA'S POPULATION. Census Shows a Decrease of ISventy slx Per Cent. WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. The popula tion of the City of Omaha, Neb., accord ing to the official count of the returns of the twelfth census, is 102.555 for 1900, against 140,452 in 1S90. These (figures show for the city as a whole a decrease In popu lation of S7.497, or 26.78 per- cent from 1S90 to 1900. The population In 1SS0 was 30,518, showing an Increase of 109,931, or 360.23 per cent from 1SS0 to 1S90. This is the first decrease In population bo far shown In the enumeration of cities. When Director of the Census Merriam was asked about It he refused to say anything, but in other official circles the charge will be made that the rolls 10 years ago were padded. It is claimed that old hotel registers and other devices were utilized in swelling the population of the city at that time. A Jfevr Vanderbilt Heiress. ASHEVTLLE. N. a, Aug. 23. A girl baby has been born to Mrs. George Van derbilt In Blltmore House. Mr. Vander bilt announced that her name "will be Cornelia 'Stuyvesant. The baby is heir to a fortune of $30,000,000. Jfen-ro Business Leatrue. BOSTON, Aug. 23. The National Negro Business League, made up of delegates from 25 states, assembled here today. The principal speaker of today's session was Booker T, Washington. WILL BUILD STEEL SHIPS CONTRACTS CLOSED FOR A KITHBER. AT CHICAGO. Seventeen ot Them "Will Cost About 63,700,000, and Have a Capacity of 00,000 Tons. CHICAGO, Aug. 23. Contracts -were closed here today for the building of a number of steel ships by the American Ship Building Company. Seventeen had already been contracted for. The rusn. It is said, is due principally to the drop In the price of steel, the current price being $25 per ton for steel plates, as compared with $70 during boom times. The 17 boats contracted for previous to today -will cost about $3,700,000, and will have a combined carrying capacity of 90, 000 tons. The building work will give em ployment to 7000 persons. All the boats contracted for are to be freighters. Seattle Los Raft Starts. The second monster ocean raft con structed at West Seattle left Wednesday morning for San Francisoo, In tow of the tugs Tatoosh and Rescue. The raft Is built according to a system patented, by Captain Hugh R. Robertson, of the Rob ertson Raft Company. It Is 618 feet long, EC feet In width at the widest part, 86 feet deep and draws 25 feet of water. It is bound together by chains made of lMrlnch iron, and placed 12 feet apart. The raft, tapers almost to points at both ends. Captain Robertson states that ho cannot approximate the amount of lum ber In the raft, but probably 800.000 feet of piling would be a safe estimate. The time usually needed for the construc tion of such a raft is about four months, but this one was under way for nearly eight Takes Cnllfornlan's Place. The steamship Callfornlan having been taken by the Government as a transport. Interfered with the plans of the Ameri can, Hawaiian line only temporarily. Tho people behind It are not easily dlscour- 'aged, and the company has secured the steamer Hyades to load at New York for San Francisco direct, sailing about September 5. This fills In the place of tho Callfornlan and the plans of the company now will be .carried out according to the original schedule. Lumber for Australia. ASTORIA. Or., Aug. 23. The barkentine Addenda cleared at the Custom-House to day for Melbourne, Australia, with T72.475 feet of lumber, valued at $78:4 76. She was loaded at the Knappton mill, and will leave out tomorrow. Marine Notes. British ship Franklstan left down the river yesterday. British ship Robert RIckmers finished loading wheat yesterday, and will prob ably clear today. N Tho German ship Wllhelmlna has been chartered at Vancouver, B. C, to load lumber for Delagoa Bay at the unusually high rate of 92s 6d. The British ship Rlversdale, from Ham burg, entered at the Custom-House yes terday. Her cargo consists of 20,805 bar rels of Portland cement. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 23. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., rough; wind, south; weather, fog and rain. Arrived At 6:30 A. QT. and left up at 10 A. M., steamer State of California, from San Francisco. Hoqulam, Wash. Arrived August 22, steamer Newberg, from San Francisco, for Aberdeen. San Francisco, Aug. 23. Arrived Steamer Columbia, from Portland; schooner Five Brothers, from Coqullle River. Sailed Steamer Titanla, for Na naimo; schooner Pioneer, for Astoria; schooner Joseph and Henry, for Coquiile River; steamer Areata, for Coos Bay. San Diego, Cal. Sailed August 22, Ger man bark Bertha, for Seattle. Eureka, Cal. Arrived August 22, steam er W. H. Kruger, from Tillamook. Kobe Arrived August 20, schooner Prosper, from Port Townsend. Dungarven Bay Arrived August 22, British ship Allegiance, from Seattle. Rotterdam, Aug. 23 Arrived Amster dam, from New York. St. Michaels, Aug. 23. Passed Ems, from Genoa, Naples and Gibraltar for New York. Plymouth, Aug. 23 Arrived Auguste Victoria, from New York, for Cherbourg and Hamburg. New York, Aug. 23. Sailed Koenlgen Lulse, from Bremen via Southampton. DISPLAY OF FORCE. A Probable Naval Demonstration Against the Porte. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. It Is authori tatively stated today from the Navy De partment that the new European station will be thoroughly established by the end of the present week. The new battle-ship Kearsarge has been chosen for the flag ship, and the pennant of Rear-Admlral Rodgers villi probably be flying over it in a day or two. The establishment of the European sta tion Is looked upon here as a move in the collecting of the Indemnity due from Turkey. The squadron will gradually be Increased In strength, and It Is openly said that In the Fall a cruise w!Ube made Into the Mediterranean. By that time, unless the Porte manifests a willingness to pay, a considerable display of force is calculated on. Trouble Among Telegraphers. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23. The Chron icle says: Trouble Is brewing In the Order of Rail way Telegraphers. The immediate cause of the trouble is the action of W. V. Pow ell, president of the order, In suspending George Estee, chairman of Division 58. For some time there has been much dis satisfaction among the telegraphers re garding the administration of certain reg ulations which relate to the insurance benefits of the order. President Powell took a stand that was distasteful to the' members, especially to those of Division 53, and when Estee was called on to exe cute the orders issued by his superior he hesitated and Anally referred the matter back to headquarters. The correspond ence that followed did not contribute much toward the settlement of the misun derstanding, and a few days ago the edict of suspension was issued. Lost In Arizona Desert. THE DALLES, Aug. 23. From a dis patch received here this morning, it was, learned that Norman Wilson, a former resident of this city, had been lost in the desert in Arizona. He had gone on an outing trip with several companions and became separated from them, and search for several days failed to find him. It Is feared that he has perished in the desert. Norman Wilson was reared In thl3 city, and went to Phoenix, Ariz., a few years ago for his health. He was engaged in business there. His sister, Mrs. B. S. Huntington, re sides here, "and a brother, Fred Wilson, 13 engaged In the mercantile business in Prlnevllle. Much anxiety is felt here on account of the meager news received here. To Extend "a Logging Rallrond. KALAMA. Wash , Aug. 23. C. T. Brock, of Stella, Cowlitz County, was In this city yesterday to secure the services of Surveyor Bystrom In surveying an exten sion to his logging railroad, on Coal Creek. The main line, -which Is laid'with steel rails, and is In every particular flrst class, is about eight miles In length, and will be extended about two miles. Branch lines to the extent of two miles will also be constructed, penetrating very fine bodies of yellow fir timber. KO MORE DRZAD I NEW YORK D ENTAL PARLORS ! Fourth and Morrison 3ts Be Sure Yob Are In Our Offlca BIa!naner-r"rank Building Over Sealy, Maaan & Ce. Teeth extracted and filled absolutely without pain by our late aciwrtiflo method. No sleep-producing agents or cocaine. 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MAIN OFFICE x FOURTH AMD MORRISON STS., PORTLAND, OR. Branch offlceu, di First avenue, Seattle; 723 Market st., San Francisccv Hours. 8 to 8; Sundays, 10 to L Ladles always In attendance. eodeeooeeeteeeeeeeeocooeeooeee9oee MAY OPEN CINNABAR MINE DIMINISHING SUPPLY nAISES PHICB OF MERCURY. Rica Deposits In the Slalclyou Moun tains Near AshlandGold Mines of Southern Oregon. ASHLAND, Aug. ,23. The recent ad vance In the price of mercury, with little probability of reaction, may stlmulato some new discoveries In the Slsklyous. Prospects of this mineral have been ob tained often In the Siskiyou Mountains, and considerable development work was done In at least two locations a number of years ago. The mine at Cinnabar Springs, worked successfully by Jackson ville men for several years. Is now being examined Into. When In operation this mine proved to be "rich enough in ore, but the low price of the metal and the ex cessive cost of transportation ,. rendered further development of It unprofitable. Now things look more promising for cin nabar. Some fear is felt In the trade that the world's production of quicksilver is likely to prove unequal to the demana. The total supply in 1S99 was 95,000 flasks, from Spain, Italy, Austria and Califor nia. This wa3 less than for quite a number of years. The production of the cinnabar mines of California, the only largo producers on the American Conti nent, has declined alarmingly. Just across the fork of the Little Ap plegate, from Wagner's Peak, not 15 miles from Ashland, there are some extensive cinnabar deposits, likely to become im portant at an early date on account of the increase In the price of the metal and tho decrease of the supply, now com plained of. An adit 150 feet In length has been driven into one of these claims, which disclosed an extra heavy deposit. Several years ago this cinnabar deposit, like the "one at the Cinnabar Springs, was worked for a time, the ore .being extract ed from some surface diggings, but It was dropped on account of the heavy decline in the price of .mercury. A number of men are now out looking up this prop- erty and prospecting In lta vicinity. The Ashland mine. In this city, con tinues to give splendid results. Tho ore chute at 425-foot level, from which so much fine ore has been taken In the post few months, 13 150 feet long. They have recently struck a very rich body of ore at a still lower level. The shaft Is now down 560 feet. The full crew of 25 men work ing at this mine are kept at work on night and day shifts. B. Carlile, who has worked almost continuously In. this mine for five years, is now acting as superin tendent at the mine works, under the di rection of the general manager, Mr. G. B. Ingersoll. The quartz mill of the Ash land, situated at the corner of Helman and Mechanic streets, is poundlag on rich rock day and night. J. W. Opp, the mining m recently from Montana, who has bonded the Gold Standard mine, on the left fork of Jack son Creek, situated about three miles from the county seat, and owned by Ash land men. Is now engaged in doing much cTosscutting work on the property. Tho Gold Standard has developed Into one of the very best of the newer mining prop erties In this section of the state. Now that the litigation over the title of the Whitney- ledge, near Tolo, has been settled by the United States court and the title to the valuable property vested in J. W. Mitchell, a practical miner, who came to this section from Colorado a few months ago, work has been resumed on the mine by him. This ledge 13 8 or 10 feet wide, and It goes JSO to $90 to the ton. while some of it has done as well as $120. The settlement of the title to this Whitney ledge will give a great im petus to quartz mining In Its vicinity. S. J. Fore, the proprietor of the Blue Jay mine, near Cole's Station on the Southern Pacific, sbuth of Ashland, is now engaged In placing his new five stamp mill on the property, as well as three Jacobs concentrators, made by the Ashland Iron Works. The new wagon road to the Blue Jay and the Poole mine is open. L. W. Miller Is superintending the erection of the new stamp mill on the Blue Jay. A splendid strike has been made on the Bumble Bee mine, situated near the Blue Jay, by three miners named Cheney, De Camp and Sutton. They struck a ledge of ore and with a hand mortar pounded out gold from the rock In a,. few hours that totaled $1200. So pleased are they with the prospects of the property that they have ordered a two-stamp quartz mill to be built In this city. D. B. McDanlels, who has been working on a tunnel on his claim -on the south side of Beaver Creek, for several years, has cut a ledge of productive rock some four feet thick. If this should make a good mine. It is said that there are some peculiarities of the formation, duplicated elsewhere, which would Insure other properties being opened and making It a very good district. Strike In South Coosar Mine. BAKER CITY, Or., Aug. 23. A big strike was made a few days ago In the OP THE DUCTAL CHAIH ., Portland, Or. Prove Satisfactory Will Be J gold crown and bridge work; tho moat the staff are Inventors of modern dent ce eiacuy wnm your woris wm coat oy and" you will find we do exactly oa wo South Cougar mine. In the Granlte-Law-ton district, Tho width of the ledge where the tunnel cuts It is reported to ba 46 feet, with a 13-foot pay chute. Sam ples across the face of this 12 feet were assayed here yesterday, giving a value of $40 to the ton. G. G. McNamara, speak ing of the property, soys the line of this property is about 1000 feet from the Cou gar mill, and Is on the same vein. Tho ore at this point on the ledge Is much richer than at the same relative location In the Cougar mine. The latter being one of the best properties In Grant County, there la every reason to believe the South Cougar is all right. The recent strike was made at a depth of 70 feet from the sur face, and 80 feet from tho mouth of the tunnel. Mlnlns StocJc Quotations. Following: are the transactions at the Orroa Mlnlne Stock Bxchansa yeatorday: Listed Mines Bid. Adams Mountain ........?0 OS Buffalo 1 Asked. BV 32V 7V 1 2 k 2,. 8& 10 3it Copperopolls ................ Gold Hill & Bohemia Helena. Helena No. 3, Isabella ....-. Lost Horse May Queen Mountain View ............. Oreson-Colorado M. M. & D. 8 82 .0002 a 2Si Klverstdo Umpqua 8 Unlisted Mines Rockefeller 3& Sumpter Free Gold 1 Gold Hill & Bohemia....... .6000 shares at B Helena 7000 at 32 Helena No. 3 0000 at 7 3000 at 8 Isabella 23000 at 1 2000 at IS Lost Horso 4000 at 3 May Queen 11000 at 2 Mountain View 10000 at 2 Oregon-Colorado M. M. & D 4O0Oat 8 Umpqua. COOOat 3 1000 at 3tf SPOKANE. Aug". 23. Tho eloslnir bids for mining stocks today werot BlacktaH 50 12H Butte & Boston. 114 Lone Pine Sur...$0 OOVi Morn. Olory 3 1. Crystal Deer Trail Con. Bvenlng: Star ... Golden Harvest I. X. L 3k 4 7 u8 Princess Maud.. Rambler Cariboo Reservation ..... Rossland Giant.. Sullivan - 23 8 13$ SAN FRANCISCO. Aug:. 23. Official closlnx quotations for mining stocks: Alta Alpha Con 10 03 Justice ............ $Oi02 Mexican 2& Occidental Con ... 10 Ophlr S3 Overman ......... 7 Potosl ............ 23 Savage ........... 10 Seg. Belcher ...... 3 Sierra Nevada ... 3a Sliver Hill 3& Standard ......... 4 10 Union Con ....... 20 Utah Con ........ a Yellow Jacket ... 20 . 6 Andes ............ Belcher Best & Belcher... Bullion Caledonia ....... Challenge Con ... Chollar .......... Confidence ...... Con. Cal. & Va... Crown Point .... Gonld & Curry... Halo & Norcross.. 1 12 17 3 62 21 IB 78 1 30 13 IB NEW YORK. Aajv 23. Mlnlngr stocks today closed as follows: Chollar ........$0 14 Crown Point .... 12 Ontario ......... .$3 00 Ophlr 82 Plymouth ........ 10 Quicksilver ...... 1 SO do prof ......... 0 60 Sierra Nevada ... 34 Standard 3 8a Union Con ....... IS Yellow Jacket ... IS Con. Cal. & Va... 1 S3 Deadwood -43 Gould &. Curry. . . 20! Halo A Norcross.. 17 HomesUKe 00 00 Iron Silver 53! Mexican 24 BOSTON. Aug. 23. Closing quotations? Adventure 3 2 50 Humboldt $23 03 Allouez M. Co.. 1 00 Osceola ......... 87 75 Amal. Copper.. 88 80 Parrott 41 75 Santa Fa Cop... 4 50 Utah Mlnlnff ... 30 6CV Winona 3 00 Bost. & Mont. 317 00 Butte & Boston 63 00 CaL & Hecla.. 760 00 Centennial 13 70j Asked. a. in KORTHWKST DEA3. "Walter S. McKee, of McKee. "WOODBURNV Or., Aug. 23. Walter a McKee, a native son, died at his home, at McKee, this morning, aged 33 years. De ceased was born at McKee, and was wide- j ly known and a highly esteemed citizen. He was a consistent member of the Meth odist Episcopal church, and also an active member of the Woodmen of the World. His father, David A. McKee, .and flva brothers and four sisters, survive. The funeral will take place Saturday. Demented Farmer Committed Snicld LEWISTON. Idaho, Aug. 23. Marlon Shellman. a well-known farmer residing near Anatone, Wash., committed suicide last night. He was mentally unbalanced and had been kept under surveillance by his wife. "Wearied from long watching she fell asleep, and the suicide 'slipped out of the house and put a bullet through his head. He left a wife and three chil dren. Mian Scharn'a Brother Held. NEW YORK, Aug. 23. The grand Jury today Indicted Frederick Scharn. brother of the murdered girl, Kate Scharn. for burglary, on the evidence of Mrs. Kehoe, who occupied rooms near Miss Scharn, and who accuses the young man of steal ing her watch. If the prisoner should be released on a habeas corpus writ tomor row, the police will rearrest him on tha charge of burglary. The Oregon Mining Stock Exchange Auditorium. Chamber of Commerce Bid?.. V. O. box 673. Portland. Or Open call every day at 10:30 A- M Phone Main 310. Oregon. Columbia Mala 230. J. E. Haseltlne, Pres.; David GbodselL Treas.; F. J. Hard. Seo. Directors L. G. Clarke. J. 23. Haseltlne. Da. rid GoodselL P. J. Jennlnrs. X. O. Davidson J. Xj. Hartman, E. A. Clem,