THE 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-
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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
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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.
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