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Newspaper Page TextTHE MOANING ORECH) NK, r WEKDAY, AUGUST "28, 1900. HOLDS FIFTH PLACE Portland Gaining In Prestige as a Wheat Shipper. EXCELLED BY FOUR OTHER PORTS PuEct Sound Is Tenth Place for the Tear' to Ancnit 1 Steamship for Siberia, The statement of the bureau of statls Scs, showing "wheat exports for the month of July, and for the first seven months af the calendar year, place Portland In a higaly favorable light. Only four other ports In the "United States shipped more wheat than the Oregon metropolis dur ing July, and the same position is held by Portland for the entire seven months of the year, a gain from sixth to fifth place, as compared with the same period In 1899. Puget Sound, which was In sev enth place for the first seven months o l99, has dropped back to tenth place this year. The July shipments -were as follows: Port July. 1900. July, 1899. Galveston 1.O8S000 742.246 Ban Francisco 980,720 537.944 New York SSI.G8S 1,912.234 Boston and Charleston 4S0.511 S4S.531 Portland 462,974 337.776 New Orleans 339.200 SS9.715 Philadelphia 2S0.57S 2&50 Puget Sound .268,118 361.064 Baltimore 225.19 1 3,293 279 Superior 214,000 72S.C57 Duluth 1G4 000 430.73 Newport News 24,000 40,0j0 Norfolk and Ports mouth 52 8.OJ0 Mobile 10 Other districts 141.S49 4"9,4:4 Totals 5.E53.S95 8.703,643 The shipments for the calendar year to August 1 wero as follows: To Aug. 1, To Aug. 1, 1S00 3819. New Tork 10 02,751 12.00?,234 San Francisco 8.4"57.715 2,fiS0O Bost'n and Charlesfn 5.3KI 502 6 W3.502 Portland 5t37.641 407146 Galveston .. 5.25 904 5 07USO New Orleans 3.526,42". 7,309.0 Baltimore 2.267.190 5,40S94 Philadelphia 225(,5?0 2,2S5 0"6 Pugot Sound 2,305 ?59 2,790 224 Superior 1,46.711 2,377.949 Dlfluth 1,20,480 3,461514 Newport News 7G1.455 r'W.523 Mobile 25.447 359.0CS Norfolk and Ports mouth 52 116 578 Other districts 1,802,283 2.770."62 Totals 50.435.491 00,645,103 FOR VLADIVOSTOCK DIRECT. Steamship Tyr "Will Load a Full Car pro at Portlpnd. The Norwegian steamship Tyr sailed from Vladlvostock, Siberia, last Saturday for this port direct, and on arrival will load a full cargo of flour, feed and gen eral merchandise for the Siberian port, from which she has just sailed. The Tyr is under charter to a big mercantile firm which is represented in this city by Konry Mett. This firm has an immense business in Siberia, and has already dis patched several cargoes similar to that which will go on the Tyr, the last vessel In its employ to leave this port, being the British steamship Ness, although the Tyr has since carried a cargo for them from San Francisco to Vladlvostock. The Tyr is a modern-built steamship of 2225 tons gross register and will carry about SOCK) tons of freight. She is 2S4 feet long, 40 feet heam. and 17.6 feet of hold. She is equipped with triple compound engines of unusually large power for a vessel of that size. MYSTERIOUS COLLISION. Cnknorrn Vessel Crashes Into the PenthesIIea Off Cape Horn. The British ship PenthesIIea arrived up from Astoria yesterday morning and docked at Mersey dock to discharge her cargo of general merchandise. Unlike the Riversdale. the Penthesllca's skipper brings no lurid tale of the terrors of the istorms which swept over the ocean while he was coming this way. He does, how over, bring a story of a narrow escape from destruction while off the Horn in the Pacific. The PenthesIIea was wallow ing along close hauled to the wind, on May 8, shortly before daylight, when all of a sudden, a big square-rigger running free, came out of the mist of the morn ing, and before the man on watch had time to bellow out an order, the stranger had taken the jib-boom out of the Pen thesIIea, sent the foretopmnst and main gallant-mast by the board, split sails, mussed up the headgear, and left the ves sel In a badly crippled condition. Captain Manson. of the PenthesIIea en deavored to ascertain the extent of the damages sustained by the stranger and also to discover the Identity of the craft, but was unsuccessful, and the mysterious vessel vanished in the gloom, leaving no clew on which a libel suit could be hung. There Is a possibility that the vessel may have received fatal wounds in which case she may never be heard of. If she was not badly damaged, and succeeded In making port, the occurrence will undoubt edly be reported. OAK BRAXCII IX PORT. Blsr British "IVIialctiaelt Steamer Loading for the Far Ennr. The British steamship Oak Branch ar rived up from Astoria early yesterday morning, and docked at the North Pacific aiia, where she promptly commenced load ing lumber for the Orient. The steamer came to this port from Tacoma and al ready has aboard 430,000 feet of rough, and 109.000 feet of dressed lumber, the des tination of the Tacoma shipment being Klvon at "Wei Hal "Wei. After taking aboard about SO00 tons of lumber and mis cellaneous freight at this port, she will proceed to San Francisco to complete her cargo with TOO tons of hay. which is for the Government. The steamer is con signed to- the Pacific Export Lumber Com pany, but has been re-chartered by that firm to other parties. AGAIXST THE STEAMER. Columbia Must Par for the Lois of the Eppinprer. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 27. G. TV. English, and the other owners of the schooner J. Epplnger. were awarded a Judgment in the United States District Court today against the American steam er Columbia. The Epplnger was run down about GO miles north of this port several months ago. She was a total wreck and the captain and crew lost all their property. The collision oc curred during a heavy fog. According to testimony produced at the trial, the steamer, despite the thick weather, was plowing up the water at the rate of 13 knots aa hour. Judge Dehavcn decided that this speed Is too great and showed & lack of carelessness in managing the vessel. AIDS TO ALASKA NAVIGATION. Dutch Harbor MnrLrd hjr Trvo Xevr Buojii o Iteport on Uchthonscs. WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. A wooden boaoon, painted black and white in hori sental stripes, was established July 13 on the southerly end of Splthead, the long point on the northerly side of the en trance to Dutch Harbor, Alaska. On the following day, under direction of the ' lighthouse Board, & black second-class can buoy was established In 40 feet of water at the southerly side of the en trance to Dutch Harbor, near the outer end of the North American Commercial Company's wharf in Dutch Harbor. These two new aids to navigation were not es tablished under the recent appropriation for lighthouses in Alaska. The commission or board which was sent to determine the definite locations for those lighthouses has not yet report ed, although it is understood in "Wash ington that they have picked out the several localities, and marked the exact spots on which the lights are to stand. The bill making" the appropriation speci fied In a general way where the lights should be erected,, but this board, with those restrictions, was to pick out the most desirable points that would come within the provisions of the bllL The report, If approved, will not be made public until after the next meeting of the Lighthouse Board, which will not take place until late in September. BIG FLOATING DRTDOCK. Union Iron Works to Have a For midable Competitor. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27. Applica tion has .been made by the Rlsdon Iron "Works for space on the water front near the Rlsdon plant for a great floating drydock, which is intended to be the largest of its kind on the Coast, and one of the best In the world. This com pany's plant Is being put In shape to turn out ships of the largest size and it prom ises to compete with the Union Iron "Works in bidding for Government work. BILLINGS A COMPLETE "WRECK. Machinery "Will Be Removed Loss About ?20,000. The steamer Billings, belonging to the Central Navigation & Construction Company, which was run on a rock some weeks ago near the upper terminus of the portage road, is a complete wreck. The machinery will be removed, but a loss of about $20,000 will result to the company. A Yaqnina Marine Disaster. The steamer Ruth left this city on the ..morning -of the 20th for Newport, says the Toledo Post, arriving In that city in the forenoon and made 'fast at the whart at high tide. As the tide went out the little steamer settled until her bottom rested on the sand, and naturally enough she tilted at a considerable angle off shore, and as the tide came In, the boat falling to resume her level, the salt chuck ran In over the lower side, filling and sinking her. At the next low tide the water was pumped out and bhe was righted. It was found that no injury had resulted from the Immersion, and she was soon on her Journey home, reaching here on the evening of the 21st. Steamboat Inspectors Busy. Steamboat Inspectors Edwards and Ful ler leave for Astoria this morning to inspect lightship No. 67, which has been In that port for several weeks undergo ing repairs. On "Wednesday the inspec tors will leave for "Woods, on Netarts Bay, where they will Inspect the steamer Kiowanda. Sunday they will leave for Bonner's Ferry. Idaho, to inspect the steamer Klondike. Lost Friday, the tug Samson and the new propellor Irene were inspected at Astoria. The latter Is a small craft which has Just been built by Olsen Eros, for use In their logging camp on the Lewis and Clark River. Marine Notes. The Oriental liner Monmouthshire Is due from Hong Kong and way ports early next week. She has a fair Inward cargo and a full outward cargo awaits her. The British bark Nlthsdale, after a de lay of nearly two weeks In the stream left down the river yesterday. The Rob ert RIckmers sailed from Astoria yester day. The steamship Argyll Is taking aboard a condgnment of 21 carloads of oats, which arrived Sunday from the Bast. At the rate at which Eastern oats and hay is coming from the East, It will not be advisable for the Oregon farmers to hold on too long. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Aug. 27. Sailed German ship Robert RIckmers, for Queenstown or Falmouth, for orders. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M.t smooth; wind, north; weather, cloudy. San Francisco, Aug. 27. Arrived Schooner Free Trade, from Coos Bay; schooner Ida McKay, from Gray's Har. bor. Sailed Schooner Ralph J. Long, for Sluslaw; Norwegian steamship, Thy ra, for Portland; schooner C. T. Hill, 25 Steamer Dlrago, for Skagway; steam Seattle Arrived Aug. 26 Steamer South Portland, from Nome; August 27, steamer Humboldt, from Skagway. Sailed Aug. 20 Stteamer Dlrigo, for Skagway; steam er Roanoke, for Nome. Tacoma Arrived Aug. 20 Schooner Se home, from St. Michaels. Sailed Bark Blu Bonanza, for Adelaide. Arrived Aug. 27 Ship Dashing Wave, from Cape Nome. Seattle Arrived Aug. 25 Steamer jTomo City, from Nome; Aug. 20, steamer Ohio, from Nome City; steamer Cottage City, from Dyea. Sailed Aug. 25 Steamer Ex celsior, for Cook Inlet; steamer City of Seattle, for Skagway. ' Eureka Arrived Aug. 26 Steamer Em. pire, from Coos Bay. Hong Kong Arrived Aug. 25 Steamch Braemer, from Oregon. Callao Arrived Aug. 24 Schooner Nov elty, from Port Blakeley. Seattle, Aug. 27. Sai. -vug. 23 Steam er Kintuck, for Kobe. Port Townsend Arrived, Aug 24 Sh:p Glcnard, from Antwerp. Bremen, Aug. 27. Arrived Baraarossa, from New York. Cherbourg. Aug. 2C Sailed Deutsch land. from Hamburg and Southampton, for New York. New York. Aug. 27. Arrived Manitou, form London. Gl sgovr, Aug. 26. Arrived Brazilian, from Montreal. Yokohama Arrived previously Ameri ca Maru. from San Francisco, via Hono lulu, for Hong Kong. Havre, Aug. 27. Arrived La Bretagne. from New York. Glasgow, Aug. 27. Arrived Anchorla, from New York. Liverpool, Aug. 27. Arrived Etrurla, from New York. Hoqulam, "Wash.. Aug 25. Sailed Schooner Maggie Russ, from Aberdeen, for San Francisco; schoonor Sarena Thayer, from Aberdeen, for San Francis co; steamer Signal, from Hoqulam, for Cape Nome. New York, Aug. 27. Arrived South wark. from Antwerp; Grosser Kurfurst, from Bremen, and Southampton; Georglc, from Liverpool. Dull Political Cnmpnlsn. La Grande Journal. The people of La Grande are waiting for some one to open the campaign In Oregon. They are tired of languishing in political indifference. Having ex hausted their wrath and vented their spleen in the June contest, they are now anxious for some vintage out of the old political cellar, politics of the high roll ing, big-sounding sort, politics that isn't afraid to draw swords with Its adversary on the stump, the platform or the rear end of an oxcart or a parlor car. If something of tnts sort doesn't come our way the election will go by default from sheer cnnuL In Eastern Washington. Columbia Chronicle. "We hear it said that the fusion farm ers are going to vote for Bryan this year because wages for farm hands are too high. This is an admission that Bryan and low wages go hand in hand. Per haps the intelligent laboring man will be sharp enough to vote for McKlnley and make a stand-off, for the Bryanltes. He certainly does not object to receiving 52 50 and $3 50 per day for the same labor he used to receive 75 cents and $1 50 for. ARRIVAL OF THE MIDWAY SPECIAL TRAIN, WITH COACHES FULL OF STAR ATTRACTIONS. Robes for the Queen, Accommoda tions for Visitors, Sunday Clos ing;, All Arranged. With banners streaming and bands play ing, the special train of the Great Ori ental Midway Company pulled into the Union depot yesterday afternoon, and crowds of spectators gathered to see the arrival. The train was composed of coaches for the baggage, tents, scenery and all the paraphernalia of the shows, cars for the lions, camels, giraffe and other animals, and sleeping-cars for tho performers, who number 100. Every na- tlonalltv, from the swarthy Turk an.l dusky Arab to the . 'llow-sklnned Mongo lian and fair-haired Sa-ns, were repre sented among them, and they will be seen in national costumes, presenting their characteristic devices to amuse the public in tho Oriental Theater, the Street.? of Cairo, the Mexican village, the Turkish Theater, the German village and the many other shows that go to make up the midway. Among the performers are magicians, balloon ascenstonists, musicians of every nation, dancers, animal traineis, lightning-change artists, buffoons, aerial per formers, tight-rope walkers. Tick Mcycle rldeis and masters of all novel at tainments that have delighted and awed tho public on stage or In circus. The mldwav arrived on time, and the week before the cnrnival will be devoted Hi putting ud tents and getln? all the Shows In readiness for the grand opening Sep tember 4. In the opening-day parade tho mldwav attractions will be seen to gether for the first time, bespangled and made up for the occasion, and In the evening their shows will begin. Costumes for the carnival Queen wer ordered yesterday by John F. Cord ray. and the robes of state will be gorgeous and truly regal in th'lr elegance. The maids of honor will alro be lnndsomMy gowned, and the royal pages fittingly costumed. The court will pre-ent a bril liant spectacle when assembled and ar rayed ip monarchical splendor, and the ceremonies incident to fie crowning will bos ued to a picturesque ndvantogp. Questions of administration occupied the executive committee of the street fair last evening, and among the ques tions settled were the opcnlrg and closing limes of the carnival The gates will be opened daily, except Sunday, from 1 to 11 P. M. Friday evening of this week the whole length of the street fair wl 1 be closed, In ordr to give the exhibitors time to arrange their booths. Gate-tenders will be In position, and tickets will be required to secure .admission. All ex hibitors may secure their tickets at car nival headquarters. General Summers' request that souvenir monument buttons be allowed to be sold in all booths willing to take them was willingly granted. H. C. Bowers, of the accommodation committee, rep-rted that the headquar ters had been opened at the Portland Hotel rotunda for the listing of rooms and accommodations; that the work was being well -systematized, and that no dif ficulty would be encountered In accom modating comfortably every visitor to tho city during the fair. W. M. Killlngswrth, chairman of a committee of the Board of Trade to co operate with the executive committee in meeting the acc-mmodation problem, stated that his committee would work In hearty sympathy with tho subcommittee on accommodations and hospitality., and assist In every way to nrouse the citi zens to realize their duty in making the 50,000 or 100,000 visitors welcome. Statement Froin Carnival Committee. PORTLAND, Aug. 27. Mr. Charles Ringllng. one of the proprietors of Rlng llng Bros." circus, arrived in Portland last Friday night, and. after looking over the situation in reference to the street fair, he on Saturday, night made a proposition to the carnival committee, that proposi tion being, that Ringllng. Bros, would pay the regular license of 5500 to the city for the privilege of four performances, and would also pay to the city a license for the carnival, amounting to the same sum, vlz., $500; that they would also furnish several attractions free of charge to the committee, and would arrange their pa rade for an hour that would not Interfere with the carnival parade, and would oth erwise so conduct their show as not to In terfere any more;than possible with tho street fair. The Committee met this morning, to consider tho proposition, and, believing that under all the circumstances thev could not consistently reject a proposition made In this spirit, or appear to assume an arbitrary attitude, accepted the same In so far s their right to do so is con cerned. Believing that the license offered to be paid by the circus and the free at tractions added to the carnival would probably offset the injury -caused by the circus-coming at this time, the commit tee will request the Mayor and Council. who havo shown every disposition to for- ?$. J . ?4b, Jr ward the success of the undertaking, to also accept the proposition. E. W. ROWE, President, J. M. LONG, Secretary. HIS IS A SAD CASE. Corn Doctor "Who Cannot Get Pa tients Because He Lacks Acre. i. i A youth about 20 years of age, who says his name is Von Santen, and that he was born in Portland and educated In the pub lic schools here, was arrested by the license officer yesterday for peddling a cdVn cure on the streets without a license. He has been living In San Francisco for about five years, and started from there to engage in peddling corn, cure and run ning sideshdws, etc.. about-a year ago. He said he had not money enough to pay the license here, whlcfi for such peddlers is WO per day. He had' licenses taken out In various cities, as follows: Nanalmo, $10 per week; Vancouver, B. C, $1 per day; Victoria, no license:, Seattle. ?5 per month; Tacoma, $15 per npnth. He said he had made an -unfortunate investment in Seattle, lind had not money THE MAN BEHIND THE GUNS. to pay his license here. - He was told that he must pay It or go to jail. He managed to dig up enough to pay .for one day, and If he does well, may paymore He said i that he squandered hl wealth in Seattle on a "monkey-faced fish," a. sort of ma rine monstrosity, which lie endeavored to preserve In alcohol, .hut all the alco hol he could buy with all the money he had --ould not save the, thing, and he went broke. When asked why he did not engage in some legitimate business? he said ho had a diploma as a corndoctor, but he was yet too young to praTctfce successfully. Tne public appear to have' ah Idea that Only age can brin? wisdom lh regard to corns, and they will not patronize him yet. If he can manage to exist until he is old and grav, he will then amass a fortune, in the corn-doctqr business in a short time. PERSONAL MENTION. M. J. Delahunt and. family have re turned from Seaside. W. H. Kearney, a Spokane mining man. Is registered at the Perkins. John Farr, a timber dealer of Goble, is registered at the St. Charles. Matt Mosgrove, a merchant of Milton, Is registered at the Perkins; F. H. Kiddle, an Island City cattleman, Is registered at the Perkins. S. M. Yoran, a newspaper man, of Eugene is registered at tho Imperial. B. Lowenberg, a plonker merchant of Spokane, is registered atthe Perkins. D. M. C. Gault, a newspaper man, of Hillsboro. is registered at the St. Charles. D". O. Hajnes. proprietor of the New York Commercial, Is at the Hotel Port land. Hon. J. C. Moore, of Washington, D. C, National Bank Examiner, was in Portland yesterday. D. R."" Mills, a banker of Ashland, is registered at the Imperial, accompanied by his wife. Will R. King, a prominent Democratic politician, is registered at the Imperial from Ontario. j Dr. H. J. Llttlefleld, of the United States revenue cutter Perry, is regis tered at the Imperial. F. P. Kuettner, connected with the As toria & Columbia River Railroad, Is at the Imperial, with his- wife. W. W. McGuire, formerly of Portland, now connected with the Seattle Invest ment Company, is at the (Perkins. H. J. Thlelsen. of Salens grand master, and J. F. Robinson, of Eugene, grand secretary, A. F. & A. M., are at the Im perial, i Selby C. Oppenhelmer. of an Francisco, representing S. JH. Friedlnnder & Co., proprietors- and managers of "Thd Brownies in Fairyland." is in the city. B. P. Taylor, a Pomona, Cal., fruit-raiser, isat the Imperials He was formerly a Marlon County farmer'and still has in terests in the Willamette Valley. Edwin Mays, who laid' aside the toga of Assistant United States Attorney to go to Nome, has. returned. He Is not a sadder, but is a considerably wiser man than when he left for the land of the midnight sun. v NEW YORK, Aug. 27. Mrs. C. Skals and H. Skals, pf Seattle,, registered at the Astor today. .. Electrocuting a Tree. A large elm had recently1 been re moved from the grounds of the Illinois Central Hospital for the 'Insane at Jack, sonvllle. The only crosscut saw on the place was not large enough, and no on& wanted the job of cutting It down. Dur ing the consultation 'of an improvised ways and means committee-the electri cian of the hospital happening to pass, it was suggested that' he elecute it. He finally consented, and a piece of wire rope was secured, heated to a dull red (In the sunlight) by the current from the hospital plant, and used "as a saw. The tree was 42 Inches in diameter, and It took two hours and IP minutes to burn it through. The heating current varied from 120 to 135 amperes direct, the voltage at the machine being about 100. , Tho pamphlet descriptive of Hood River Valley prepared by S. F Blythe and E. R. Bradley is out and being: -circulated. GOLD AND COAL FIELDS GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF NORTHERN "WASHINGTON Several Thousand Locations on Nlff- eer and Injralls Creeks, but Little Actual Mlninff. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2L A short time ago that section of the State of Wasn ington lying north of the Northern Pa cific Railway, where It crosses the Cas cade Mountains, clear to tho Internation al boundary line, a distance of approxi mately 100 miles, a large portion of which Is Included in the Washington Forest Reserve, was explored by Mr. Israel C. Russell, of the Geological Sur vey, with a view to learning- something definite of the geology of that region. Mr. Russell's report on this trip has just - f t . - Indianapolis News. been published, and contains some Inter esting and valuable suggestions, particu lariy to prospective miners for gold and coal. Itefemng to the gold of that sec tion, he says. In part: v Gold Deposits. "At a large number of localities throughout the Northern Cascades Jn Washington gold has been found, both In elns and In stream gravels, and at a few places quite extensive mining opera tions have been carried on. The forma tions known to carry gold range from the crystalline rocks, such as granite, schist, serpentine, greenstone, etc, which are of unknown age, to Cretaceous and Tertiary terraner. Several mining dls. trlcts have been established. The best known of these are the Swauk and Pes. hastln districts, to the west of Tabl6 Mountain: those at Monte Cristo and Darrlngton, on the west side of the Cas cades, and on Ruby Creek and Slate Creek, near tho Canadian boundary. There are still other regions where prom ising prospects h ive been opened, as on the Mcthow and near Lake Chelan. Ac. tual mining operations have been carried on in Swauk, Peshastln, and Monte Crl3 to districts, but the others have not yet pashtd the prospecting stages. The mines In the Swauk district, near Liber ty, Include both placer and veins. "The placer gold along Swauk Creek and Its tributaries occurs in the stream gravels and In talus slopes. The gold Is mostly coarse, and In the talus slopes adjicent to the veins from which It was derived is frequently angular and branch ing; crystalline specimens, termed leaf gold, are not Infrequent. In many in stances the streams have re-excavated their channels in part, leaving portions of the previously deposited gravel as ter races along their borders. Not lnfre. quently the present streams flow at a lower level than the beds of hard rock on which the gravel rests. At many widely separated localities in the Cas cade region there are gravel deposits similar to those at Liberty, which are known to contain gold. In the narrow valley of Peshastln River near Blewett, and along Ruby Creek, these deposits have been worked for gold with favor able results. In all similar Instances gold may be expected to occur on bed rock, although on the sides of valleys and near the heads of drainage lines tho stream-deposited gravel, consisting of waterworn material, frequently' merge with talus slopes In which gold may oc cur at any horizon from top to bottom. The rock fragments forming the talus slopes are angular, unless derived from the disintegration of conglomerate, and are unassorted, and the gold when pre sented does not have the characteristic worn and rounded appearance usually found in placers. "It is safe to say that several thousand mineral locations have been made in this "region, mora especially along Nigger and Ingall Creeks, on the headwaters of Ici cle and Fortune Creeks, and In the mountains from which flow the several branches of the" north and middle forks of the Teanaway River. Only a few of theso prospects have been opened so aa to show what the conditions really are, and "with the exception of a few locations on Nigger Creek, no actual mining oper ations have been undertaken. The fact that so few prospects have been devel oped, and the total absence of paying mines, lead to the inference that this region Is not promising from the miner's point of view. Although rich ores seem to have been discovered in many in stances, no large bodies of such' ores have been revealed. "The well-known Monte Cristo district was not visited by the writer, but many favorable reports were heard concerning it. The region about Darrington has pro duced some good ore, but how extensive the veins may bo is unknown to the pub lic. "A hasty visit was paid to the Slate Creek district, where many fissure veins, some of them of large size and carrying free gold, have been discovered. Pros pecting is being actively , carried on in this region by men well qualified to de termine the nature of the deposits, ,and the conditions certainly favor the hope that valuable results will be reached. I cannot presume to speak with authority in this connection, but feel It my duty to suggest that capitalists would, do well to give this field careful attention, and to assi3t.n its development. "The impression gained from my hur ried visits to the various mlneral-bearinc districts referred to above- Is that the en tire Cascade region, needs to be carefully investigatecL What Is required Is not con fidence In tho widely current saying. "If one goes deep enough gold will be found." for there is no real foundation vfor such a faith, but a careful and painstaking study of the conditions as they exist, and the working out of plans for the most economical methods of developing the ore bodies actually present. The State of "Washington holds out many promises to the miner, but much more scientific meth ods than are now employed must be ap plied before the state can take even, a modest position In the ranks of those now noted for their gold, sliver, copper and other similar mineral Industries. In addition to a careful search for coal and gold, attention should be given to the development of the less attractive Indus tries based on tho excellent building stones and clays, and attempts should be made to utilize the deposits of d!a tomaceous earth, volcanic dust and ser pentine, and to make use of the alkaline lakes that are known to exist." Coal Fields. The report then takes up In a brief way the subject of coal in this same vicinity, of which tho following Is said: "The most valuable of the mineral de posits here claiming attention are the coal seams In the Roslyn sandstone. At the town of Roslyn a shaft S2S feet In depth has been sunk, and from its bottom an extensive, series of galleries excavated la the main coal seam; which is 5 feet 4 inches thick. The coal is bituminous and highly valuable for steam generating pur poses. At the Cle-elum mine. In the eastern outskirts of the village of Cle elum, a shaft 250 feet deep, begun hvlSM, reached a seam of coal 4.5 to 5.5 feet thick. In July, 1S9T, a drift had been car ried eastward from the bottom of this shaft for 60 feet, another westward about COO feet, and another northward about 300 feet The dip of the strata exposed in these workings Is south at an angle of 14 degrees. The output of the mine at the date just stated "was 125 tons per day. This coal seam is not the same as that worked at Roslyn, but occurs at a high er level In the geological series. At a locality In the hills about two miles north of Cle-elum, the Ellensburg Coal Mining Company has worked another coal seam In a small way bymeans of a drift start ing at the outcrop of the coal and run ning eastward about 600 feet. The coal Is there four feet thick. "The total output of these mines, but derived mainly from the workings at Ros lyn. was 231,531 tons, with a value of J4S5 520 In 1895, and 481,710 tons, with a value of Jl.027,200 in 1S96. "Tests made by means of a diamond drill conducted by the company operating the Roslyn mines, show that coal of workable thickness and good quality un derlies an area measuring a square mlla or more in the valley of Yakima, to the southeast of Cle-elum. This area extends to the Yakima River, but whether it oc curs to the south of the river, as might reasonably be expected, has not been as certained. Coal outcrops in the valley of the. main trunk pfTeanaway Hiver, to the north of Roslyn and Cle-elum, but no mines have been, operated In that region. Examinations for coal have been made on First Creek, near the north end of Green Canyon, at the head of Williams Creek, on the west side of Table Mount ain, and on Naneum Creek, a southward flowing stream which has excavated a canyon-like valley in the more elevated portions of the Table Mountain plateau. Coal seems to have been found at each of these localities, but not In commercial quantities. Whether these examinations have been sufficient to demonstrate the absence of valuable coil scams is not known to the public. Several openings have been, made In search of coal near Camas Land, along the Peshastln, below the mouth of Camas Creek, and" In the valley of the Wenatchee, but thus far without success. It dees not seem, how ever, that any of these tests were suffi ciently extended to demonstrate the ab sence of workable seams." INDIAN WOMAN MURDERED. "Columbia George" Arrested and Charg-cd "With the Crime. Pendleton East Orcgonlan, Aug. 25. Annie Edna, an Indian woman aged about 35 years, was murdered between 7 and 8 o'clock, the evening of August 4, at her home, one-half mile southwest of the agency buildings, four miles east of the city. District Attorney T." G. Hall ey. Coroner W. G. Cole, Dr. F. W. Vin cent, and Sheriff William Blakeley went to the scene, and the following Is the sum of their Investigations: ' c Columbia George and Teua-tua, two In dians, were In Pendleton, drinking to gether and returned to the reservation together. Shortly after 7 o'clock P.. M.. Annie Edna ran from her cabin andtent across tho gulch, to the home ofH., K Lamar, and asked Mrs. Lamar to give her grease to drink that she had been poisoned by drinking from a bottle hand ed to her by Columbia George Mrs. La mar went to the home of B. F. McEJroy closo by and got some medicine asked for, which was taken to the Lamar, cabin by Mr. Woodard. By that time Annio Edna was In convulsions. During the In tervals between tho convulsions she ex plained minutely the manner In which she had been poisoned, and within halt an hour was a corpse. The Coroner lm nnnniorl n inrv. which heard the evidence of six witnesses, and returned a verdict in accordance with the foregoing. Por tions of the body were preserved for fu ture examination. The evidence was so strong against Columbia George and Teua-tua that Sher iff Blakeley quickly took them In- Both the Indians are now In the county jail to await further Judicial developments. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Real Estate Transfers. John Sommervllle to Bank of British Columbia, blocks 70 to 77 inclusive, blocks 89 and 20. and lots 8 and 9. block SS; lots 1. 2, 3 and 4, block 91. Palatine Hill No. 3, June 4...........J l James DUley to Lena Hetzel. lot 2. Everglade, containing 9.3o acres, July 18 David Campbell to James Campbell, lots 1. 2, 7 and 8, block 31. Tlbbetts addition. August 24 ...-. Jacob F. Gilbert, trustee, to Mary J. Gray. "N. " of tract of land begin ning at N. Vk of S. W. corner of block 4, Lents, containing IS acres. July 10 Building- Permits. M. Duffy, two-story dwelling. East Fourteenth street, between Thompson and Tillamook. J2000. Marriage Licenses. William Alexander Merrlam, aged 34. Susie C. Wensley, aged 20; George Oot ner Mason, 23. New York. Annie Mllss McCraken, 21; Emmeron J. Wilson, 23. Pacific County, Wash., Clara. M. Craw. ford. 35. Births. August 25, girl, to the wife of John H. Janzen. 389 Eugene street. August 25, boy. to wife of .Michael Mur phy. 182 Lincoln street. Contagions Diseases. Clarence Wlnesett, C03 Fourth street, mMrs. R. M. Gatwood, 3S3 East Twelfth street, typhoid fever. Deaths. August 28, Margaret C. Von Ooelen, 5 years, 758 East Eighteenth street brain fever. August 28, Jane Lent, 30 years, 1S3 East Seventh street. August 25, Stephen Coffin, 55 years, 131 Sixth stree't, heart disease. August 25, Mrs. Mary Cochran. 30 years, St. Vincent's Hospital, tuberculosis. ; Hay Creek bridge on the road from Ar lington to Ferry Canyon, was washed away during a storm last week. Thl3 bridge was 53 feet In length and stood 14 feet abovo tho- ordinary water levoL HOWTIIVIBER 1S"CRUISED" DUTT THAT REQ17ZRES SKLL AS "WELL AS ENERGY. Deal on Hand. JTott la Orearos Thai Involves, About ?l,50O,0O0 Tho Demand. Continues Aotlve. With Oregon woods full of timber crula ers. and Portland hotels full of timber speculators all Summer, a whole lot of timber lands have changed from tho hands of tho original locators to those, of Eastern mlllmen, who do not Intend to wait very long before putting In log sing camps and sawmills. Most of tho timber lands bought up Ia all portions of Oregon and Washington within tho past year have been purchased with, an eye to immediate construction of saw mills. This Is evidenced by the hesitation on the part of buyers to take hold of tim ber lands that cannot be made available without considerable expense In prepar ing to bring the logs to some stream. The rafts must be floated to the mllla. When large bodies of timber lands can be included In one deal, options are taken, from the different owners for a certain, length of time, and the project Is brought to the attention of Eastern capitalists known to bo in the market for several hundred millions of feet. The prospective buyers send out their own cruisers, who visit the various subdivisions of the tract, take careful bearings as to location on the Government plats, and than proceed, to estimate the amount of timber on each 40 acres, taking data as to Its quality. This task may Involve several months of labor, where the tract Is a large one, and as all depends upon the cruiser's re port, he must be a man of reliability and good judgment, as a word from him may make or mar a million-dollar deaL The cruiser therefore is an important factor in the transfer of theso tracts. The purchaser cannot take the settler's word as to how much timber there may be on the quarter section; and ha can not personally look into the matter of title. These Important points, as well as the amount and quality of the timber, must be settled by the cruiser. The cruiser, therefore who has a life reputation to back his honesty and judg ment is a man much sought and well paid. He occupies the position that the mining expert does, who goes down deep Into the bowels of the earth, sampling the ore and making estimates as to the amount 'In, sight." and who then looks up the records with a view to a clear title, and afterwards has assays made of the various fragments of rock he has picked up.. The capitalists on the lookout for a. safe Investment are entirely at the mercy of both expert and cruiser, and these men, cannot afford to lose their reputations for what they might make off one deal, as they would forever thereafter be tabooed In their wonted business circles. Occa sionally a cruiser's judgment Is not so good as the employer hoped it would be, and the result Is a business loss, without any dishonest intent on the cruiser's part. The misfortune Is his own, as well as that of his employer's, and he will have to quit the cruising business and learn some occupation at which he will suc ceed better. It costs on an average about 340 to cruise a quarter section, by each sepa rate 40-acre subdivision in Oregon or Washington. Cruisers are usually paid J5 a day and expenses, and where the ground 13 remote and rough, more diffi culty is encountered in making surveys as a. starter. The Government stakes, witness trees and mounds have to be found and made to correspond with the Government surveyor's lines and field notes, taken perhaps 30 years before. Tho cruiser must therefore be a good com pass man. who knows the variations of the needle at any particular point, and ha must be able to paco accurately along ' lines that had been chained through tne woods when he was but a boy. On steep hillsides, across mountains, gorges, or through impenetrable brush, these lines must be followed, by offset or otherwise, until each tract 13 definitely located. Then the estimating begins. Whervtha timber Is even, like the heads of wheat in a harvest field, an acre may be meas ured off. trees counted and a pretty ac curate total reached as to that particular acre. Then, by multiplying by the num ber of acres In the subdivision, a relia ble estimate of the whole may be. reached for the guidance of the Investor. A big deal la now on In regard to a. lOO.OCO-acre tract or fine yellow nr on tno McKenzie River, along the boundary bo-j tween Lane and Linn Counties. In this state. Schwartz & Holmes, of Marietta, O.. have had half a dozen cruisers In tho timber there for several weeks. If I the trade Is consummated, .It will put! over $1,500,000 in circulation among thai owners of timber lands In that vicinity,! and the prospect is very good for a aale. Among the earliest of the resuits ofj important timber deals in, Clatsop anag Tillamook Counties will be the creation oil a large sawmill on Nehalem Bay. by Du bois & Wheeler, of Pittsburg. Pa. This mill Is to have a capacity of 60,000 fee a dav. and will supplant the mill in op eration at that point now. A powerful tur is being constructed for the purpose of assisting timber-loaded vessels outi over the bar, which at the right stage; of tide is said to be able to float shlpd drawing 14 feet. Work is to begin on tnt new mill early next Spring, ana umo will probably be shipped from that poin to California by next Fall. The extension of the railroad from Sea side to Nehalem will be accelerated or these big timber deals, as moneyed meij will not rest until their investments begli to earn dividends. Delicacies Past and Prse,t. Th Gentleman's Magazine. The Identity between the Seventeentj century and Nineteenth century aeuw cies Is curious. Both penoas agree, tor ctnni.0 nci tn the merits of caviare o anchovies, asparagus points, clarified buj ter, parmesan gratea, soic icing, annor, nrtt.A nn.1 frmr! d'Artiehauts. while. Ill ourselves when fortunate and the Cnvl man, the Seventeenth "centurion" begr dinner with oysters. Robert atay. novirj studied in Paris, offers without prejud!j ways of dressing tortoise, irogs ar snails. 1 f SEE 1 1 !! THAT THIS U V THAOeMARK El "Sn n ,s brandeo 1 I ""N A 0N ever 1 I N V SHOE. 1 Fashion's Favorite. BOX CALF TAN CALF ViCI KID L C GODDARD & C OrcQonlan Bui!din$