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V THE MOKNING OREGONIA3S7, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1900. 4 ASPHALT JW OREGON .Large -Body 'Found' Six Miles Southeast Qf Ashland.. PROGRESS ON HICK LING DITCH "DItcn for .the Homason auarti JIII1 at Gold. Hill JeT From Samp ler DlHtrlct. ASHLAND. Or.. Aug. 2L Quite a stir "has heen created in mining circles in Ash- J land and vicinity, by the discovery of a very large, body of fine asphalt about A six miles southeast of the city limits. Samples tested by .an assayer and chem ist are brittle, .black and brown, highly lustrous,.1and -will burn well when .boated. The prospectors at first believed they had come across a good body of lignite, but ' the- assay shows the mineral to be true asphalt. "Work :has .been progressing satisfactor ily on the High Line ditch, from Gold Hill to the waters fit Upper Rogue River. The right, of .way, for SS of the 93 miles of the survey has been secured, leaving "butfive miles at the far end of the ditch to be acquired. A number of men are at "work on the enterprise, and JO. miles of radipg from Gold Hill in. a northeasterly direction are reported finished. Considerable attention has been direct ed to the Cow Creek country. A prom- lnent mining man who has Just re turned, from a prospecting trip there cays the Fortuna. jnlne, on Grave Creek, is one- of the most promis ing. The mine is owned by a. San Fran- sisco company, and comprises about 60 acres of placer ground, equipped with pipe and giant and having a fine water right. JThia property under the'able man agement of "OTIUam Bole, gives every in dication -oT becoming one xf the best-paying mines In the district Situated below it on Upper Grave Creek ,are the hy draulic properties of Blalock, Pease and Hall, and also the Columbia placer mine. There are roans other paying properties along the different tributaries Of. Grave Creek. Above the Fortuna are the prop erties of "Wilson. Roberts; Brlggs and Sdhmoker, two of which are well equipped with pipe and giant. This district, which "has just begun to be opened up, prom ises W become shortly one of the best-, paying ones in Southern Oregon. The -estimated output of gold for "Upper Grave CceoliJ this season, Columbia mine In cluded, is 116,090, an increase of $4000 over last" season. -Oir 'the 'Umpqua divide, near the head, of Last Chance, there ova two very prom- r ising copper properties, one at Bolder Gap and one at Green Mountain. These ledges, are fissure veins, two to four feet in width, carrying gold, copper, silver and 3iickeT. The formation in the vicinity is porphyry, hornebtende, and stratified slate, with cross dykes of pyroxene. Quartz prospecting in this section has hitherto been limited to cropplngs or sur face prospecting, and as a great part of' this country is capped with "tap" rock, aio Important discoveries will be made . until the "prospector goes deeper than the surface. To the north and west and head ing against the divide in this vicinity are -Staxveout, ""Colnes. Hoggum and "Vhlt,e "horse 'Creeks, "On which" expensive mining in eoth placer &nd quarts is carried out Along the divide" for a distance bf -20 miles "are to be seen numerous deposits of ancleht'sea w-ash, 'the wasih gravel "being" fin d conglomerate and fossilised state, containing sea shells, etc This has un doubtedly fed, to a great extent, the rich placers on the numerous streams that "bead along this divide. " ' ' IS. "Perhom. has the contract for the wmg s daxa which will enlarge" the ditch of the jiew custom, auartz mill of Ivan Humo- son. at Gold HIIL The enlarged ditch will" convey 2500 "Inches of water. The" work- as to be completed In "30 days. As it will lake but COO inches to run the 'mill, this will give a surplus of 1900 inches. The contract price is $1300. The Humasoh stamp- mill has not yet begun operating, but it is expected -tfr-lo si) In a. week or 10 days. -A large amount of ore is at the1 mill awaiting 'crushing. S. J. JJoro, of Cole's? the proprietor of the Blue- Jay mine, was in Ashland Mon day. He has purchased a seven-eighths Interest in the "Hungry Feeder and Ster ling mines, and in 40 acres adjoining the property, the consideration being $17,500. GIPSY QUEEN SOLD. Boston 3Inn Will Organize Company, and Develop Group. SUMPTJCR, Or., Aug. 3L Tho Gipsy Queen group, west of Cable Cove, has 2)eon Sold to E. A. Kingman, of Boston. As soon as Mr. Kingman, can return to Boston and organize a company develop ment .work will be begun. The Gipsy Jueen is a recent discovery, and very little work has been done on the claims, tout the ledge is well defined and carries good values from the surface. Fo rthe past four weeks miners have fceen exploring the Mountain ;View, ad joining the Venus and Gibraltar, on Cracker Creek, with a view to sinking. Ore was brought In and assays went as &igh as ?S0 to the ton. This is evidently , pay chute, hut the extent of it has not been determined. A contract has been let to sink a shaft 100 feet. Several good finds have been made in this section this season. Arrangements are being made to start. work on the Buffalo property, located aiear the Magnolia. R. T. Cox, of Pen dleton, will be'in charge. The property is owned toy Portland capitalists, havlns Sjeen purchased atoout a year ago from 3eagle Bros. There has been compara tively little work done durine the oast tfive or six years, but prior to that about' JL600 feet of tunnel work was run. The control of the Golden Gate group 3ias been secured by H. S. Sherard. The claims are located four miles from the 3onanza, on Quartz Gulch. Mr.-Sherard ays work, is being prosecuted on a--shaft- and that the ore carried good values. There are two shifts at work, sinking -for the 100-foot level. Adams Bros, have made arrangements "for the Winter work on the Jersey group, in Cable Cove, near the Baby McKee and California. Supplies have been ha.uled out -end buildings are'belngerectea. The extension of the Sumtfter "V"aHev "Railway, which,-will be completed 'by November 1, to Whitney, 15 miles from liere, will carry the track within 100 feet of the Comstock mine, and afford cheap transportation, for the great mass of ore in sight there. The property Is a freak, opinion differing as to whether it is a slide or a blowout, but there Is no ledge in sight. This big deposit on the side of the mountain Is said to rep resent $10,000 of value, and the further resources are merely speculative. So easily is tht? ore handled that 50 cents a ton will transport It to the Bmelter at Sumpter and another half dollar pay tha cost of mining. The assays run over $20. The difficulties of the Magnolia and "Lit tle Giant mines are over and arrange ments have heen completed for the re sumption of work on "both properties. Tho oond of the Magnolia had been al lowed to lapse, hut the default has been." made good, and the claims, said to aggre gate about 515,000, which nad accumu lated against the Llttlo Giant, were com promised last night. Twenty-five per cent will be paid down, a like amount in 90 days and tho balance in a year. The new work will give employment to a large number of men, and th properties ore likely -soon to prove' more profitable to their owners an English syndicate, represented lb. these negotiations by Cap tain Bley, and Mr. C. B. Balmforth, both' of Liverpool. The peculiar mineral conditions in this district are receiving considerable atten tion in scientific circles. Professor Wal demar Lindgren, of the United States Geological Survey, has been examining mines here, and checking over the work of the four surveying parties, who have .been working in this vicinity. Today Professors" Fulton and Skelton, of the State Agricultural College, at Corvallls, arrived to spend a fortnight here, com paring conditions" with the Bohemia mines, which they have just been study ing. Professor Fulton, the station chem-. 1st, is giving particular attention to mln erology and assaying, while Professor Skelton, who is a civil engineer, is look ing up the methods of working the mines and surveys. Mining: Stoclc Quotations. Following are the transactions at tho Ore-yon "vitaine Stock Exchange: Bid. Adams Mountain ? 05 Buffalo Coppcropolls Gold Hill & Bohemia. Helena ,...,v Hclona No. 2 Isftbtlja 1.0!t Home May Queen Mountain View .. Orsffon-Colorado Riverside Umpqua ... , SALES. Adams Mountain 10O0 shares at 5, Gold Hill & Bohemia 2000 at 3" Helena 18Q0atS2 1000 at 33 0000 at 32(4 Helena. No. 2 G3O0 at 7 2300 at 7 3500 at 7 Isabella 10000 at 1J4 11000 at Hi LostHoree 2000at 3 750 at Stf May Quen ..,,....., I-..- 2000 at 2' " . . , aoooot 2ji Mountain View, t .-..4000at 2 "Cmpotia ' "..7.. .....'..... 2000at 3 2000 at 3, SPOKANE. Auff. 31. The -closing bids for mlnlnjj: stocks today wro: Blacktall $0 HViinamb, Cariboo.. $0 22"4 Butte vfe Boston. lj "Ope.r Trn.ll ("Yin. SStt Reservation ..... 8 Rossland Glttit.. 2U 1 Golden Harvest. W, Sullivan 13 Tom Thnmb .... 18 Winnipeg- 8 Mammoth .....". 17 I. X. L. 16 j Jron Mask 24 JLonefPine Burp. OJt' Monnt. Lion .... 50 lAmbr. Boy 4 Mora. Glory ... 3 Morrison ....... 9 .Noble Tivo ..... 4 Republic 73 Wonderful .. IRebcoca Conjecture .. Miller Creek. at' SAN BBANCIBCO. Aujr. 31. Official cloelns quotations for raining stoefce: , Alta 1 $0 02 Alpha Con ,. 4 Andes 7, Jurtlee ...-. f0 02 Aiexican ......... Occidental Con .'.. 0 Ophlr ...r 49 O'orman 8 Potosi .-., 20 SavaKe .,., 8 Seff. Belcher .:... 2 Sierra Nevada ... 31 Sliver Hill 33 Standard 4 00 Union. Con. ....... 18 Utah X.l 4 Yellow Jacket ... SO' Bulljon Colodpnla ...r.... 40 Challenge Can ... 18 Chollar : 13 Confidence ....... 60 Con. CaL & Va...- 1 20 Crown Point, 11! Gould &. Currr... 10 Hale & Norcross.. 15 NEW TORK, Aui;. SI. Mlolns stocks tpday closed as follow: Chollar., ..-SO 101 Ontario -, .. .83.50 Crown Point ...... 10 Ochlr 45 X:on. Cal. & Va... 1 10 Plymouth .'.. 10 Quicksilver 1 00 Deadwood 40 Gould & Curry... 134 do- preft G 50 30 3 25 13 15 Hole & Norcro3S.. 15 falerra Isevada Hemestake 50 00 Standard Iron Silver 04 Union Con Mexican 22 Yellow Jacket BOSTON, Aug. 31.-:noslngiquotatlons: Adventure .....$ 3 50'OsceoIa $09 00 Allouea M. Co.. 137 Pan-oft 42 00 Amal. Copper... S7 75 Qulncy 140 00 Bo-rton & Mont. 320 00 Santa Fe Copper 4 75 CaL & Hecla.. 757 00 Tamarack .....-210 00 Centennial 1G 75 Utah Mining ... SI 75 Franklin 13 OOlWlnona 3 0 Humboldt 25 00fVolverlnes .v... 4150 JTORTHVVKST DEAD'. Franlc Howell, Who "Was a Member of the Second Oregon. ASHLAND, Or., Aug. 3L Frank How ell, a member of Qompany X., Second Oregon, died, at the home of his mother in this city today, aged 33 'years. Two weeks ago he returned from Manila on a Government transport, seriously ill with a 'disease contracted at Tarlae, where he engaged In the mercantile busi ness after his- discharge frpm the. Oregon regiment about a year agq. Mr. Howell leaves hfs mother in Ashland; two broth ers, Motris,. who" lives in Ashland, and B. "W., of "WWdron, Wheeler County, and one sister, 'Mrs. "Margaret E Herrln, of Portland. The funeral, which will be a military one, will take place Sunday under tho- direction of General IJoyd Wheaton Post of Spanish-American "War "Veterans. Helen D. Cochrane. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 3L News has been received of the death of Helen D. Cochrane, a former Yakima girl, at Manila. She was in the hospital serv ice, and had been in the Philippines since the outbreak of the war." Her parents live at Prosser. She taught school at various places in the county, and then went to Portland, where she became a nurse. Many members of the First Washington Regi ment are indebted to her for services In the hospital, and will learn of her death with regret JUDGE WnUA3IS IS VAMHttL, Held Conrt In the Middle District JTearly 50 Year Ago. .fiTMINNVILiiH, Aug. 3L Hon. George vS. "Williams, of Portland, was at' the Courthou'se today transacting legal busl,- from thq, one in- which I held court- for Yamhill County in 1853-54," said the ven erable Jurist.' "At that time? tha county seat was at Ia Fayette, and the Court house was an old shanty. J, -was Judge of the Middle District, composed of Yamhill, Polk, Linn, Xane, Marion and Benton. ..The Northern District, ..com prising Washington, Columbia, Clatsop', Multnomah and Wasco, was presided, over by udg Cyrus Olney, while Judge M. P. Deady had -under his charge all of the territory within the. state south of Eugene0 . . $ Y&mhiU County, paid J2300 on- her 1S90 state- taxes during August, leaving $10. 123 still' duo. , Tho Board of Equalization for Yam hill County will be in session for one week, beginning Mounday, September 17. ITALIAN PRUNES SHORtf. " ' . Korest Grove OrclterdlHt Reports a One-third Crop. FOREST GROVE, Or.. Aug. 31. Adplph Anderson, the largest prune and grape grbwor in. this section," said today that he would begta. drying prunes Monday. He has three varieties ofv prunes French, silver and, Italian. Of the first two he had a good crop, but the yield of Italians will be about one-third -of the average. In spots in his orchard, the "Italians are as large and as abundant as ever, but there are so many places where 'the eold rains destroyed much fruit, that he thinks a two-thirds shortage a correct estimate for this year. Mr. Anderson says the Italian prunes are the largest this year ho has ever seen. Two buyers called yesterday. One offered him 44 cents, and the other 5 cents for 30s and 40s. He wilt "have about six tons of dried prunes. Choked to death. Old Resident of Carry County Dies Suddenly at Gold Beach. HARE, Or., Aug. 30. Christonher Ringe, a native of Germany, aged 81 years, died suddenly at Gold" Beach. He came to this country In 1853, and to Curry County over 20 years ago. Rlnge came to town during court week and sat down to supper, but had scarcely taken a mouth ful when he was seized with a choking spell, and died in a fow minutes. Wmco Teacher' Institute. HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 3L One of the .most interesting teachers' institutes ever held, in, Wasco County closed" tonight. The teachers were given a picnic and dinner in HoDd River "Park today.. President Strom's lecture on "The Tendencies of Education at the Close of the" Nineteenth Century" received close attention and was appreciated. Asked. $0 05& L3t J 4 54 321? 32k 7 "! 3(1 3 - 24 2 2 8 2 10 3H 3 SHOT BY HIS BROTHER TWELVE - YEAR - OLD BOY ACCI ' -DENTALLY KILLED? " Ran In Front of a Gun as It Was About to Be Fired and Received "the Full Charge BAKER CITY, Or., Aug. 31. A boy named Fosterling, 12 years of, age, was accidentally shot and Wiled' by an older, brother at Huntington today. The two boys went a few yards from the house to shoot pigeons. As the older boy raised his gun to fire, the younger lad ran di rectly In front and received the full charge in the side. He died In 2Q min utes. As the accident was witnessed by several people it was not deemed neces sary to hold an inquest. The funeral will take place tomorrow. AT QUARANTINE STATION. No Funds Available for New Build lnjrs at Astoria. ASTORIA, Aug. "31. Quarantine Officer Hastings has received notification. frOm the Department at Washington that none of the bids for the .construction of the barracks and hospital buildings -at the Columbia River quarantine station will be accepted, as' the funds available at pres ent are not .sufficient to erect'those build ings and make the other improvements necessary. -. He was also authorized to make certain improvements needed, to put the plant In condition for" use this Fall and Winter., The work to "he" done will consist of putting In a complete water works system, leading from the springs on the hillside and connecting with-every building at the station, repairing the old dock sufficiently to make a safe approach to the new wharf, constructing attend- anta"' quarters, putting in a complete sewer and plumbing system and repairing tho main residence now on the property and fit it for the accommodation of the otU cers and cabin passengers of any vessels that may be held in quarantine. Bids are to be received at once on this work, and when it Is completed there will be suffi cient accommodations to permit of the station being used this season. In the eycat of the necessity of. detaining a, ship load of Immigrants the old cannery bulld- ing will be used to house them. If there' are any funds left m the appropriation after these repairs have been made1 they will be used to construct one of the hos pitals on which hidawere asked sometime ago. At the coming session of Congress a further appropriation will be asked for, with which to erect tho quarantine offi cer's cottage, Immigrant barracks, hos pitals and for the construction of a steam er to bo used In boarding Incoming ves-. sela. T. S. Trulllnger, of this city, has been appointed engineer at the station, and he is now engaged in setting up the disinfecting, machinery and boilers. They wlll be ready for use In about two weeks. When the plant is in operation seven at tendants will be employed there, besides the men on the boarding steamer. In order to avoid any question as to tho right of the publio to use the ocean beach in front of Its property, The Grimes Grove Land Company, at a meeting held yesterday, dedicated to the public all the land and tideland lying 'in front of its platted property at Seaside, reserving to the owners of property in the addition the joint and exclusive right to dig clams and' catch crabs on the pioperty of tho com pany. A letter was received' this morning from Superintendant Keegan. of the cannery of the Chllcoot Packing Company, in Alaska, stating that his cannery will suc ceed In getting over 15,000 cases of salmon this year. When the -steamship .T-hyra ran.into ,the; trostle near thp pld Eagte cannery, yes-' t'erday, there weFe some men working "on thetrestle at least.a mile away. These men" felt the "shock distinctly, and two of them wore nearly knocked from the tres tle. They thought that there had been an earthquake. WJlllam A. Beeson, of this city, is be lieved to .have been drowned at Gray's Harbor Wednesday, according to reports received from there today. He went from here some time ago to Gray's Harbor with the gasoline launch Leonore,- to use It as a tender for McGowan's cannery there. Wednesday morning he left the cannery irt the launch alone to visit the different fish stations. Later in the day the launch was found on the beach about seven miles from where Beeson intended going. He was missing, however, and no trace of. him could be found in the vicinity. The launch was in gcod condition. It was then believed that, in making a landing Beeson had stepped ashore and that the launch had .gotten away frcm him. As he did not put In an appearance thg,t night a search was begun for him, but he has not yet been found. Now it is believed that while the launch was run ning, he, In some way, fell overboard and was drowned, and that the launch con tinued until It ran ashore. HOMESTEAD LOCATIONS. There Were 140 Flllugrs at Oregon City In August. OREGON CITY. Aug. 31. August, at the local land office, broke the record In the matter of homestead locations, 143 having been filed, including 21 declaratory statements by old soldiers, who are per mitted to file without first seeing the 'land. Nineteen timber land locations were 'filed, 28 final proofs made on timber claims, fpur homesteads commuted, and final -proofs were made on 24 homesteads Homestead patents have been received for the following settlers: Newton'-J. Morrison, Hans Chrlstsen, David R. Kuhn. Edward E. Walker, Thomas G. Devlne, Jerome L. Jones, Ove M. Ause. Alton L. Whitten, Norrls Sta ples, Thomas McFarland, Clark Allen, Charles' Hansen. William Rldderbusch, James Stask, John W. Antrim, Isaac B. White, Charles-Jensen, James Ruddlman, Valentine G. Wheeler, William W. San ders. Jeremiah Lynch, William C. Hodges, William D. Bedford, Sherman Coop, Jo seph Sleicher, Charles RobltzOch. Fred W. Prahl, heirs of Minerva L. North, Anton Barg, Herman Dunna, Thomas Collins, Erik Erlkson, .Carrie .M. Alexander, Charles-M. Carlson, William Barlow, Al bert Rankin, Jesse A. Flneout, Jacob E. McCoy, Anna Fink, Thomas Mitchell, Charles O. Mayer, Ernest Grand George, Oscar A.Fanno, Andrew J. Parrish, Rob ert R. Liggett. CHINESE HOLDING ON, Borrowing1 Money But Not Contracting- Their Hops. " " OREGON CITY, Aug. 31. About a dozen Chinamen control and manage hopyards In Clackamas-County, and it Is a notable fact that none of them has contracted his" crops. In every Instance, they have bor rowed money from banks or private indi viduals to handle the yield of their yards. Sing Wing, Wong Hlng Tong, Wong Duck. Jim Lee, Wong Tong and Git See are the individual makers of chattel mort gages to J. H. Woodward, a Portland at torney, filed today as securities for loans to enable them to handle their crops. Ono Chinaman has a lease on a 100-acre hop yard near Graham's, In 'the south end of the county. HUNTING ACCIDENT. Benton County Boy Has ISO Shot In His Back. CORVALLIS, Aug. SI. Tort Misner is at his home in King's Valley with 129 number G shot in his shoulder and back. The wound was made at short range and is painful, hut It is believed that tho boy wlll"recover. With three compan ions, Misner went hunting "last Sunday. Tho hammer of the gun carried by one of the boys became entangled" in"-a bushr and the weapon was. discharged. Some of the shot took effect in .Will Graham's gunstock, while others passed through hjs sleeve and the baok pocket of his" overalls. The remainder entered Mts ner's shoulder and back.' FISH TRAPS IN GRAY'S HARBOR. . Gillnetfers Shut' Out From ifie Best Ground. COSMOPOLIS, Wash., Aug. 31. The fish ing season is at hand and the gillnotters and trappien are engaged in bitter con test .The trapmen have made 20 loca tions in the Humptulips channel. On the south side they have two locations, one on the west .end of Seal Spit ,and one, opposite, on the We3tport side. Humptu lips channel Is an Ideal king salmon fish ing ground. For two and a ljalf miles from Damon Point up the channel, gilt 'netters can use 150 fathoms of net by set ting at a small angle across -the chan nel. Here the trapmen have 20 locations and the gillnetters are wholly shut off from their best grounds. Here single boats have recently made ?50 inta single night. From a point" oh the south side for six miles there is a straight course, and along it lies the. second great king salmon ground. Here the fishermen can go for six miles, stopping at the Black South Bnoy, Just about even with the outer end of the jetty. At Seal Spit the two locations are exttemelybad; and, ot course, objectionable. RIGHT OF SEARCH. J Game Warden Q,umhy to Blaise a Test Cane In Linn. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 31. State Game Warden Quimby arrived last evening from Halsey, and reported an Important case. Warden Quimby'& deputy at Hal sey found a Mr. ClemenB with a gun, a dog .and a sack containing something, and demanded tho privilege-of seeing the contents. This was refused with threats. It is proposed to make a test case of Clemens, under the section of the law which gives the Game Warden" or depu ties fpower to search any person and ex amlue any boat, conveyance, vehicle, game bag, etc., which .he has reason to believe contains evidence of the violation of the law, and -which makes any such Interference prima faolo evidence of a vio lation of the law. Clemens will bo arrest ed on charges of trespass and threatening the deputy. MONMOUTH NORMAL SCHOOL . Professor Mullcey Elected to Chair of Mathematics and Physics. MONMOUTH, Or., Aug. 33U At a meet ing of the Board of Regents of the State Normal Sfehool. this afternoon, B. F. Mulkey was elected" to the chair ot mathematics and physics, formerly held by the late Professor Powell, George S. Bishop, of New York, was elected .to the choir of English and rhetoric, succeeding Professor Mulkey, Benjamin Schofield was made a member of the executive committee of the regents in place of B. C. Ppntland, resigned. Trout Failed to Arrive. 1 SALEM, Aug. 31, The Salem Rod ano, Gun Club received a telegram today say ing that a quantity of young trout would be brought to Salem tonight for planting in Marion County streams For some .reason the fish failed to arrive. Oregon Notes. The McKenzie road has Jjeen much im proved this Summer. . The brick -work of the new Armory at Eugene ls almost, completed. - 'The Pedee postofflce complains that -it has been without mail Jor.two weeks. Tlie ' corner-Stone of tho' new Catholic Church at, Woodburn"wlll be" laid Sep tember 9. " ' "' r Hobos' oTon't like the environment of The Dalles because, or the existence there of a hospitable rock-'plle. ( J" - The posyTl board -will ho'lVa civil service examination" "at Salenv'on1 September 'Sff1 for applicants for the. posftlons5'o" clerk and carrier. ' ' Tw hundred and ' twenty bicycle li censes" iave been taken out In Marion. .County this year, and $80 of the fund is lying in bank, t ' Henry Swart and F? K. Baker, of Wis consin, are reported to bo negotiating for the purchase of the military road lands cast of Eugene. ' , - Mrs. P. J. .Mulr, of Roseburg. who was so seriously injured in the runaway ac cident last Sunday, is improving as rapid ly as could be expected. The will of the late Peter Schlosser ha? been admitted to probate at Albany. The property, worth $10,000, Is left to Mrs. Schlosser during her lifetime. A foot race at Marshfleld last Sunday for $150 a side between Ben Schuyler and John Taggart was won by the latter. The '70-yard course was run In u:w l-o. " Reports have come to Judge Gray that the 'Fort Clatsop road is being under mined by employes of a Portland pottery company, who are removing the eiay ror manufacturing purposes. Several flocks of ducks have arrived at Coos Bay from the northern breed ing grounds. This is much earlier than usual, and causes weather prophets to predict an early and hard Winter. Mrs. Rj, W. Nichols slipped and fell at her home at Rock Hill, near Leba non, last Friday, breaking both bones of her leg below the knee. Dr. Lamber son ,was called and reduced the fracture. The road over the hill at Pony Slough on the Marshfield-Emplre road is reported almost impassable. The Supervisors whose districts llo in that vicinity 3e clare the hill is not in their own juris dictions. A row occurred among a threshing creYr--on Monday in tho field of H. Elch- ehberger, near Antelope, for whom F. Fleming was threshing. Eicb.enberger was badly bruised in the face, and an other man received a good choking. The Second Eastern Oregon District Agricultural Association will hold Its an nual fair at Antelope on October 16 to 20, inclusive. In connection with the fair, arrangements have been made for a splendid race meeting, 24 different purses having been provided. The bar pilots will petition the cap tains of San Francisco steamers for a change in the Fort Stevens light from a bright to a dark red. The reason given is because there are so many bright lights at Hammond and New Astoria that it is confusing to pilots in coming up the river. A Eugene farmer was in a store the .other day and some ohe asked him to listen to a phonograph on exhibition tnere. The operator handed him the ear tubes, fixed them in shape and started the machine. The farmer dropped tho tubes hurriedly, saying: "Gosh, there comes a brass band, and I left the mules untied." Farmers along the Turner rural mall routes object to a recent order of the postal department which compels them to purchase metallic boxes of prescribed size and shape. They are willing to put up weather-proof boxes of wood, but don't like the red-tape appendages ot metallic ones. Those who are obstinate will continue to receive their mail at Turner and Salem. A rather peculiar phenomenon,' and one interesting to oculists and physicians, is that existing in the case of Mrs. John Burnett, of Pleasant Point. Some sir weeks agoshe was thrown from a car riage to which a runaway horse was at tached. She alighted on her head, and since then" Bho see3 objects double, but Bhe Is gradually cOmlng back to single vision. The Road Supervisor on the Fort Clat- J sop road near Culloby's Lake has been notified to warn all persons throwing rubbish In the ditch which leads from tho lake to the Sklpanon River, that they would be held liable for damages to the road if proceedings did not stop. The water in the ditch is backed up so that the bridge at the placo i3 in danger Of helng undermined. HOPS STILL MOVING DP SALEM'BREAKS THE RECORD WITH A CONTRACT AT 12 1-2 CENTS. Chinese Growers In Clackamas Bor- ro-fvlnK Money to "Handle Crops, Bat Are Not Contracting. SALEM. Or., Aug." 31 The record price of4 hops took another -cent rise when T. A- Livesiey '& Co., of Salem, filed a con tract by which they buy from Fred Mil ler, of Buttevllle, '003 pounds of hops at 12 cents., The, contract was made yes terday. It is probable that higher prices have been paid, but no contract above 124 cents has been .filed in the Recorder's office. Among the contracts filed today were: A. CKeene.and J. B. Terschweller, of St. Louis, Marlon County, to Faber & "tfeis, of Albany. 10,030 pounds at 12 cents. W. T. Coleman, of Champoeg to Faber & Nels, SOOO pounds, at-12 cents. William Ray, of St. Paul, to the J. M".' Russell Co., of Portland, 6C00 pounds, at 10 cents. Hop. mortgage, consignments were filed today as follows: H. J. Pulfer, of Butteville, to H. J. Miller,- of Aurora, 6000 pounds. John Greenwald, of Aurora, to H. J. Miller, -of Aurora, 4000 pounds. Wan Him. of Monitor, to John H. Woodward, 19 acres. Ah Poey. of Butteville, to John H Woodward, 18 acres. John Sing, of Woodburn,, to John H. Woodward, -10 acres. The last three consignments were made to Woodward, and by him assigned to Balfour. Guthrie & Co. The commission provided is 1 per cent. MILL FEED "WILL BE SCARCE. Prospect That Farmers Will Have to Pay Higher Prices. SALEM, Or., Aug. 31. Salem feed deal ers predict 7i scarcity of milL feed this Winter, and say that the farmers, in ad dition to having to buy an unusual quan tity of feed, will be obliged to pay a good price for it. They say that the oat crop yielded only ahout one-third to one-half the usual quantity, and for this reason, In' part, the price is now 35 cents, where as at this time in ordinary seasons the price is 10 cents less. The destruction of the Salem flouring mills by fire last Fall had made it necessary for the'Salem feed dealers to ship in their bran and shorts from the near-by Valley towns. As there is a good demand for bran and shorts In California at prices that make shipping profitable, the mills end" much of their feed to San Francisco. The condition that Is predicted is one of scarcity rather than of excessively high price, although the price promises to be good. When mill feed becomes too expensive the farmers will grind wheat and oats together, mak ing a chop. The low price of wheat, it is said, is al. that prevents an extravagant price on mill feed, "and if wheat makB a considerable advance this Winter, feed will advance accordingly. As the hay crop was large, there will be an abund ance of good hay at low prices. As a rule, however, the farmers raise their own hay, but buy mil feed. They will not profit much, therefore, by a low price for hay : PROHIBITION ELECTORS. Certificates of Nomination of the Tfeh-et Filed at Salem. ' SALEM, Or., Aug. 3lT The first certifi cate of" nomination of Presidential Elec tors filed this year was received at tho office of .the Secretary of State today. It is 'signed by. H. M. Clintpn., chairman, and C F, Mills, secretary, of an assembly .of the Prohibition jtty The candidates areN.. A." Tdvl, of JJa11ton;.N. F. Jen kins: of "Grant's-Pass; C. T. Mills, of Mc MJnnvllle; and F. R. Spauldlng, of Hood Rlyer. .JThfe certificate "jyas accompanied by acceptances. i. ". The law governing the filing of certifi cates of nomination provides that "if such certificates of nomination "be made by a convention, or- assembly, it shall be filed with the Secretary of State not more than 100 days, nor less, than 45 days before the day fixed by law for the election. If such certificate of nomination be made by Indi vidual electors, it shall be filed 'with the. Secretary of State not more than 100, and not less than 30 days before the day fixed for the election. According to the usual method of counting, the time for filing certificates of nomination of candidates for Presidential -electors began July 2S. and will close September 21. Dr. W. S. Mott, chairman of the Marlon County? Democratic -Central Committee, has called a meeting at Foresters' Hall, In the Turner block tomorrow evening, for the purpose of organizing a Bryan club. HELD FOR BURGLARY. Portland Boy Attempted to Escape, and Was Lassooed. COLFAX, Wash., Aug. 31. The Sheriff now has in tho county jail Charles R. Wilson and Harry A. Ravens, 19 years old, who say they, were raised in Portland. The boys are' under "arrest on a charge of burglary. When Constable Potter and George Parks attempted to arrest them Wilson stopped, but Ravens whipped up his horse and rode away. Parks swung his lassoo and caught the boy, but did not draw the rope taut, and Ravens threw it off. The next throw of the lassoo set tled over Ravens shoulders and about his waist. At tho same time the stock man whirled his horse, and Ravens found himself dragged out of the saddle and lying on the ground out of breath. CLUBBED BUCK TO DEATH. Big Four-Pointer Chorared After Hq Had Been Shot. GRANT'S PASS. Or.. Aug. 31.-G. W. Donnell and S. M. Wiley had a lively ad venture while hunting yesterday. They had gone about three miles toward Mer lin when Mr. Donnell saw a fine buck. Donnell's gun was loaded with buckshot In. one barrel and bird shot In the other. He used the buckshot first but missed, and the doer "charged. When the buck was within 60 feet Donnell fired the. other barrel into the buck's face and head. Angered and half blinded by the shot, the buck made for Mr. Donnell, who grasped his gun by the muzzle and clubbed the Infuriated animal to death. The gun was ruined. The buck was a fine four-pointer. ROCIC PILE FOR VAGRANTS. North Ynklma "Will Provide "Worlc for Certain Unemployed. NORTH YAKTMA, Wash., Aug. 31. The city authorities have decided to mako North -Yakima an unpleasant place for vagrants. They have been coming in hero in large numbers in the last few weeks. They will now bo put to work. A rock pile, with all-the latest improvements,, has been provided, and the policemen have been given instructions to put visitors at work on It unless they can give satisfac tory account of themselves, or will agree to get out without delay. CLARK COUNTY PRUNES. General Bacon Estimates His Jron ot Italians at 800 Tons. VANCOUVER, ""Wash., Aug. 31. General John M. Bacon, who has a 40-acre orchard at Lake Shore, expects to gather upwards of 300 tons of Italian prunes this season. He has another 20-acre orchard, the pio neer orchard of the country, 20 jears old. Which will not yield enough, Italians to pay for the picking. His Petite prunes at this orchard, howevor, are turning out fairly well. General Bacon has com menced picking and drying these, and os-l General Bacon has com- wwMmiu' i"""""""""" GRATITUDE f Letters from Women Relieved E. Pinkham."S vegetable Compound Pmiitfui MesasiitMsiicn " DBAS Mbs. PnnnrAM: I was troubled with female weakness, irregular f I jCFAikJlhw and. painful 1' month tha,t "Dbab troubled weak and , have taken pound for Pills and improved i prised to Muelleb, nati, Ohio. 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Russell & Sons, and Mrs. Cottingham, of "Wash ougal, also report good prune crops; - ' AUGUST COL-GECTIOXS. Cleric of Land Board Pays State "Trensnrei' Over $10,000. SALEM, 'Or., Aug.1 ''31. Clerk M. L. Chamberlain, of the State Land Board, today-paid to State Treasurer, Mqotc ?16;-' 19G 23. collected in August. This sum will be divided among the various funds as follows: -i ' Schcol. principal 511.69614 School, Interest 3,533 91 University, principal 20 00 University, interest , 23 53 Agricultural college, interest 67 2 Tide land fund ...., 855 53 The United States Civil Service Com mission has directed that an examination ,of applicants for clerk and carrier in the postomce service oe nem at saiem, Sep tember 26. Those who successfully pass the examination will be placed on the roll of the substitute force, and will bo given employment during temporary vacancies in the regular force. Permanent vacan cies will be filled by appointments from the substitute force. David M. Dunne, Collector of Internal Revenue, has decided that revenue stamps are not required on Sheriff's deeds issued to the state for lands bought by the state at foreclosure sales. The Marlon and Polk County Courts held a -joint session today and awarded to R. M. Gilbert, of McMInnville, a con tract for bracing the piling and replank lng the main span of the steel bridge across the "Willamette at Salem. The contract price Is $636. which was the low est of four bids. A deed was filed today conveying from Eugene Breyman to Michael Skaife a 320 acre farm near Silverton, the considera tion being SSOOO. Michael Skaife has sold to Thomas Skaife a farm of 102 acres in the Samuel Allen donation land claim, near Silverton, for $3500. Secretary of -State Dunbar has employed Banvuel Kleirman, of Sclo. to operate the elevator in the Statehouse from Septem ber 1 until after the close of tho next session of the Legislature. Governor Geer today received an invi tation to attend memorial services to bo held by Italian residents of Portland next Sunday in memory of King Humbert. FAST HORSEBACK HIDING. John Venator Cover 134 Miles In a Hay and a Half. LAKEVIE"W, Or., Aug. 29. John Ven ator, who has been attending the Ann Arbor, Mich., Law School, made a fast horseback ride en route home. He left hlB brother's ranch on Silver Creek, Har ney County, and came 82 miles to the XL ranch, on Alert Lake, the first day. and reached Lakeview tho next day, thus making 134 miles In a day and a halt and the last 52 miles in five hours and 15 minutes. STILL "WIDE APART. Idaho Fanionists Making No Progress ToTnrd Fusion. "5oiSE. Idaho, Aug. 31. There Is still no fusion between the Democrats and the Populists. If they have made any prog ress it does not appear on the surface. A leading Populist said this evening that a Harmonious arrangement would be ef fected by tomorrow night, but others ex press doubt. Lrsons Re-El cctel Secretary. SEATTLE, Aug. 31. J. "Will Lysons, of Jefferson County, for the past two years secretary of the Republican State Cen tral Committee, was re-elected to that office this evening. At the meeting of the new state central committee held, at the. adjournment of the state convention in Tacoma the choice of secretary was left to Chairman J. H. Schively and J. M. Frlnk, candidate for Governor. These gentlemen tonight decided upon Lysons. Onlcville Woman Injured. NEWPORT, Or., Aug. 31. Mrs. C. Ham ilton, of Oakvllle, Or., met with a serious accident yesterday morning. She was walking across the room in her cottage when she stumbled and feu, oaoiy irac- ("Wr of Monthly Pain by Lydia menstruation. I suffered so every J. was obliged to go to bed, but "thanks to your medicine I am now well. I would advise all women who suffer as I did to u'se Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." ' Mbs. A2""tf a Lact, Ross, Iowa. , XSraieful Miss Musselman ' ' Deab Mbs. 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Myneighbors are all sur- see me out and doing my own work. i I would advise every suffering woman to try Lydia E". Pinkham's remedies." Mbs. Hexrt 543 McAlpin Ave., Clifton, Cincin Irregular FenstmsaiSon " Dear Mbs. Pinkham : I want to thankyou Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com done for my daughter. It has helped much. She had doctored for two years, ' but obtained no relief, and now in two months 3 she is well. Menstruation is now jg appeai - e nas retxxrneuri.iicpi.iu. uua xcxi. VEGETABLE GOBBPGUND turing her right thigh. It is considered a very serious accident, as Mrs. Hamilton Is past 70 years of age. Hurt ly a Rolling: Log. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. 31. John Dyer, employed by the Portland. Vancou ver & Yakima Railroad, fell under a roll ing log at the log-rollway yesterday, and was painfully cut about the head. "Wnsuinfrton Notes. Colfax College opens September 26. Labor day Is to be made a gala celebra tion at Spokane. W. A. Johnson, a confectioner, of Walla Walla, has disappeared. The-County Commissioners have accept ed the new bridge at La Center. The round-trip- rate from Port Town send to tho Portland Carnival' 13 '45 SO. Fire- at Mossy Rock Monday destroyed the Riley barn and a hay crop owned by Mr. Lester. The loss is considerable. The opening of the schools of Qastle Rock has been postponed one week on account of the delay In receiving lumber for repairs. They will commence Sep tember 10. On complaint of Marshal Eihrlch, of Rosalia, Florent Meyer and Joseph Schul thers, saloon-keepers of that town, have been bound over by Justice Schurra for selling liquor on Sunday. J. P. Hull, of Pullman, is also under a like charge. Noah Thayer, of Grand Prairie, Is suf fering with something that resembles blood poisoning, which probably resulted from a cut he received in one of his feet some two weeks ago. He Is suffering terribly and the doctors are almost at a loss to determine what the malady really Is. Idaho Note. Nez Perces County, has 6000 voters, ac cording to the census. The University of Idaho at Moscow will be dpened September 20. The Lewlston State Normal School will resume work September 5. Nez Perces scouts are just now receiv ing pay for their service in the war of '77. About S90.0G0 acres of Government land have been surveyed and opened during tho past year In Idiho. It Is feared nt Lewlston that the low stage of water in Snake River will in terfere seriously with traffic. Reports of harvest In Lewlston Valley are better than advance estimates. The average yield In the Tammany district is 30 bushels of a better grade than ever before. A premium of "i per cent has been offered for bluestem. Lewlston Valley, with the greatest fruit crop ever known, is not able to supply the demands of the outside markets. The shippers are besieged daily to let carloads en route be diverted to Eastern markets. offering fancy prices for the products. 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