THE MdfifrftftT OREGbKIAtt, .$HURSnAT?F-SEPTEMBER 27, 1900.
IS PROBABLY LOST
.Fears for Safety of the Steam
er Robert Dollar.
LIKELY IN BEHRING SEA STORH
Steamship Jnst In From Alaska
Brines No Report of the "Overdue
3iome Vessel.
PORT TOWNSEND. Wash.. Sept. 26.
The steamship Charles Nelson arrived to
day from 2Tome, bringing 428 passenger?.
She sailed two days ahead of the steam
er Roanoke, but .was caught In a serera
storm and made for Dutch Harbor. Grave
fears are entertained among shipping men
for the safety of the steamer Robert
Tollar, -which sailed from here for Cape
Nome August 23, and had not arrived on
September 11, when the Roanoke sailed
from that port. The arrival of the Nel
son from Dutch Harbor, and her failure
to report the itobert Dollar- there, In
creases the anxiety. It Is claimed that
she should have : cached the viclnfl of
Behring Sea about the time that section
"was visited by a severe storm, -whirl
lasted from Seitcmber 1 until Septem
ber" 7. She had a f ulL carfio of miscel
laneous freight and a few passengers
The steamship Queen, three days over
due from Skagway, arrived this evening,
with 170 pass infers and $200,)00 in gold.
The Queen reports fine weather during
the trip, the cause of delay being ih
clean-up of the season's pack at various
out-of-the-way ralmon canneries. Tho
Queen reports the United States gunboat
"Wheeling at Sitka, tbort of men. Seven
teen bluejackets from that vessel, who
iiaxe served overtime came down on
the Queen. The Wheeling vwas on the
AsiatiO Coast and received orders to prd
ceed to Behring Sea. "While at the Philip,
pines, the bluejackets, while making a
raid on the .sland, captured a Philippine
Island goat, whlah they took aboard that
vessel. Tho goat was brought down on
the Queen and will be presented to Cap
tain Burwell, In charge of the Govern
ment drydock at Port Orchard.
SAIf PEDRO NOT IN TROUBLE.
iPontrary Ruxriors Generally Discred
ited by Shipping: Hen.
SEATTLE, Sept. 26 Since the report of
Jhe violent storm In Behring Sea, brought
down by the Roanoke, rumors regarding
the safety of varlons vessels have been
afloat. Among these Is one to the effect
that the San Pedro, owned and operated
by a San Francisco firm, is in trouble
eomewhere between here and Cape Nome.
Inquiry among shipping mefl tonight re
sulted In one and all discrediting the re
port, on -what is considered very good
grounds. The San Pedro left here a week
ago for Nome, Tiaving" a good cargo of
freight andjL small list of passengers.
That she ..was not spoken by any of the
vessels arriving Tuesday or today is hot
considered strange, as all of them were off
their usual course, owing to the storm.
The San Pedro could not, It Is said, have
raeched Dutch Harbor In time to speak
any of the vessels that have arrived since
ier departure.
DAWSON CITY SITUATION.
More Mining; This Year Than Jver
Consul McCook's Report.
WASHINGTON, Sept. J26. Some interest
ing facts regarding tbe situation at Daw
son City is contained in the report of
Consul J. C. McCook, under date of Aug
ust 22. He says there has been an abund
ance of wild blueberries, currants, rasp
berries and cranberries this Summer. The
cattle herders on the hilte and a few
Indians gather the berries and biing them
to Dawson, receiving 51 to H EQ per quart.
The Idea of building an Ice plant in
Dawson seems like "carrying coals to
Newcastle." The lack of ice in Summer,
however, has been seriously felt, and a
contract has been let for an Ice machine
to be placed in -a cold-storage warehouse
The cost of Ice this Summer has been
B cents per pound, or at the rate of $100
per ton.
Consul McCook says more mining claims
2iave been worked this Summer than in
any other season, because the heavy
rainfall has afforded sufficient water for
sluicing. Machinery Is now found every
where in the district, and no one. thinks
of working a claim without boiler, en
gine and pumps.
The amount of gold sent out this sea
eon, as per consular invoices, is $12,500,000.
It is possible that $250,000 more has gono
out without any record.
Alaska Supplies Delayed.
SEATTLE, Sept 26. Word was received
bere today that the shipment "of 300 tons
of supplies for Fort Egbert and Fort Gib
bon, on the Yukon, failed to reach St Mi
chael in time to catch the last up-river
twat. To prevent -possible shortage of po
tatoes and other staples, the Quartermas
ter's office will ship a duplicate order
from here tomorrow. It will go to Skag
way, and an effort will be made to rush it
down the river before the freeze. Failing
In this, sledges will be used.
The original shipment went north on the
steamer Robert Dollar, which did not
teach St. Michael until September 13.
CXiACECAMAS COUNTY ROADS.
Marked Improvement, Due to Oregon
City Business Men and Court.
OREGON CITY, Sept. 26,-Rapld strides
have been made in road improvement in
Clackamas County in the past year or so.
A little over 18 months ago, the Oregon
City Board of Trade took up the matter
of Improving the roadways leading to the
county seat, adopting a policy of perma
nently improving one main trunk thor
oughfare each year. Tho plan was to
Induce the business men of Oregon City
to subscribe liberally toward such enter
prises, and also to ask the people living
along the line of the road Improved to,
aid in the matter. The plan was to
build, first, a thoroughfare on a direct
line to the Molalla country, making a
thorough improvement. Road meetings
were held in the city, and In the districts
along the line of the road, resulting fn
subscriptions' being raised to the amount
of several thousand dollars: Tho County
Board of Commissioners took charge of
the work, appropriated liberally, pur
chased a rock crusher and appointed a
jwd engineer to see that the work was
done in. a uniform manner- throughout the
various dlstripts. This was the beginning
of energetic road improvement in Clack
amas County, and as a result many of the
shorter connecting roadways have been
appreciably improved.
The pan now adopted is for the citizens
of a district to subscribe a certain amount
of volunteer work. The County Board
of Commissioners on this showing appro,
priates a like amount from the-county
treasury. During the period above men
tioned, several miles of th& Sandy road,
connecting with the Multnomah County
road, have been planked; an Improved
plank and gravel road has been made up
the Abernethy to Redland and "Viola;
considerable work done on the West Side";
and work is now being1, pushed on tjie im.
provemont from Oregon City to High
land. In a few weeks a, creditable im
provement will be completed from the
Xiower Clackamas bridge to Logan, 12
miles distant from this city. A branch
road is also being improved from the
Clackamas hatchery along the north side
of the river to Eagle Creek, which will
be completed as far as Barton this year.
Considerable- work is being done on the
upper road toward New "Era, and it is the
intention of the Board of Trade to- see
that this is extended to the south end of
the county during the next year.
Oregon City business men and the City
Council subscribed $2000 this year for tho
lmorovemeht of fKfe'roads leadlne-to lo
gan and Eagle Creek, besides4-aldlng IhVl
Abernethy road. Last year they did fully
SB well for the Mdlalla road. Darin the
fiscal year ending July 1, 1900, the County
Clerk drew warrants on the 5 pet cent
county road fund, amounting to $34,664 96,
and warrants on' the general county fund
for the same purpose amounted to $24,
631 11, making a total of J59.296 07 paid out
of the county treasury for roa'd improve,
ment alone, while -cash subscriptions and
volunteer work expended under the -direction
of the County Board would
amount approximately to $25,000 more.
Nearly $53,000 has thus been expended on
the county roads within one yearr and
this ratio of expenditure bids fab- to con
tinue. Where the county purchased lum
"ber for road Improvement, It was at the
minimum price, as the millmen were ex
pected to make a reduction in contribut
ing their mle to good roads. In many
instances only $S per thousand was paid
for lumber for planking purposes, and on
other occasions sawmills have donated
lumber on condition that residents of a
district would haul and lay the same.
There Is a notable Improvement' in the
appearance of farms and buildings along
the newly planked and graveled high
ways' during the past few months. Farm
ers are producing, more, as they can haul
larsrer loads to market, and newcomers
have- an eye -to making purchases of 'land
alon the better roadways. It id an ad
mitted fact that the completed road Im
provements are mflfe desirable for drive
ways than the streets in, the limits of
Oregon City, with the exception of the
Main-street brick pavement.
ailninfc Stoek Quotations'.
The following transactions were :mafla yes
terday at the Portland Mining Stock Ex
change: Helena . 10,400 shares sold at 83,
2,000 at 33i&
Mustek . ...... 23.000 at 10
7.000 at 11
Helena Xo. 2 .....;... 6,000 at 7U
2,850 at 7V
Lost Horse ...:...,. 4,000 at 3
800 at 3
Hay jeen ..... .7,500 at 2
Portlabd O. M. &M. CO 17.000 at 3tt
1,500 at SS
Amerioan Bay 6,000 at S
Sweden ..,,..... 2,000 at ltf,
QUOTATIONS.
Bid.
Helena 33
MtiSick ....11
Helena No 2 TV
Lost Hots1 w..... 3
May Queen .,...,.. ... 2$
Portland G. M. & M. Co SV4
Oregon Ex. & Dev. Co ......003
Sweden .V. 1
American Boy . 8 -
sfinsfet o. m. Co ....:...:.... ..."
Oregon-Colorado . ...
London Ltd i, ...
Isabella .-...003
Richardson ....:
Asked.
St
a
a
3a
44
.009
id
LOCAL STOCKS.
Bid.
Asked.
TS-f N?eti-,oI -DnrtV Olft
U. S. National Bank 110
MerclMLnta National Bank 110
Alnsworth National Bank - 100 135
East Side Bank .100 '
Portland Os 103& 110
Funding Tr& -..., a ..102
Alblna 6s , ..103&
Bridge bonds . ........101
City Hall Sb 101
Water bonds ., . 101
Ferry bonds - -..101 ....
Improvements 4 103 110
East Portland 6s C....103
dambrinus Brewing- Co 100 lio
General Electric 100
Northwestern Light i 100 .....
Reserve script 3 4
Suburban 105
Following are the transactions at the" Oregon
Mining Stock Exchange yesterday:
Bid. Asked.
Adams Mountain 5 5i
Buffalo 2
Copperopolls D 3Vi
Gold Hill & Bohemia G 5
GQldstone Consolidated 2
Helena No. 2 7
Isabella". 1
Lost Horse 3 34
Muick ....1C 10
May Queen 2 2
Oregon-Colorado 4T& 5
Oregon Ex & Dev. Co.,..., 0ft
Riverside :,- i...... 3V4 7
TJmpo.ua 4 5
SALES.
Adams Mountain , 1,000 at 5
1,000 at 5
Copperopolls .'...1,000 at 5.
1.00O at 8
SOQat E
Gold Hill & Bohemia 1,000 at 5.
1,000 at 5 .
SPOKANE. Sept. 20 The closing bids for
mining stocks today were
Blacktail $0 1141 Morrison ..SO 01
ijuite & tsosum.
Crystal
Chespa-Bluejay.
Deer Trail Con.
Gold Ledge ....
Golden Harvest
L X. L
Iron Mask .....
Lone Pine Sirp.
Mount. Lion ...
Morn. Glory ...
2 Noble Five 4
3 I Princess Maud.. 2
! Rambler Cariboo 24
3 Republic 08
2H Reservation 6
ftjRoseland Giant.. 3
11 I Sullivan 14H
31 (Torn Thumb .... 10
8?uConJecture 39
58 (American Boy... 7
7$ii Copper Queen... 8
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20 Official closfng
Quotations for mining stocks today were:
Alta
Alpha Con ....
Andes
Belcher
Best & Belcher.
.$0 02
3
0
17
. "30
21
Justice $0 06
Kentuck Con 3
Mexican - . . . 31
Occidental Con ... 7
Ophir 52
0erman "10
PotosI 18
Bullion
Caledonia 42
Challenge Con ... 10
Chollar 10
Saage 10
Seg. Belcher 2
Confidence . . . ..
75 Sierra Nevada ... 30
Con. Cal. & Va...
Croxvn Point ....
Exchequer .......
Gould & Curry...
Hale & Norcross.
1 10 Silver H1U 87
UlStandard 4 10
Union Con
18
Utah Con
Yellow Jacket
4
20
NEW YORK, Sept. 28. Mining stocks today
closed. as follows:
Chollar $0 151
Ontario .....S5 73
Crown foint .... 10
Ophir" 45
Con. CaL & Va.
1 05
Plymouth 10
Quicksilver .T.... 1 50
do nref 6 00
Deadwood
Gould & Curry..
Hale & Norcross.
Homestake .....
4
30i
Standard 4 00
Iron Sliver ..
65Union Con 15
Mexican 25) Yellow Jacket
24
BOSTON, Sept. 20. Closing Quotations:
Adventure $ 3 COiHumboldt .,....$25 00
usceoia tw uu
AUoufez M. Co.. 1 87
Amal. CoDDer.. 88 00
Parrott 40 25
Qulncy 142 00
Atlantic 22 50
Santa Fo Cop... 4 00
Tamarack 228 50
Utah Mining ... 28 50
Winona 2 50
Wolverines .... 39 00
Boston & Mont. 309 00
Butte &. Boston. 50 00
Cal. & Hecla... 740 00
Centennial 13 50
Franklin 13 00
Qresrox Mining: Notes.-
The enlargement of the mill at the
Greenback mine, in Grave Creek district,
has been completed, and 15 stamps are
n,ow working.
The mining property belonging to the
estate of A. B. Hopkins, located la'Ker
byville district, has been sold to Wilson
& Meredith, who own adjoining mlneB,
for $4500.
. Wlnningham, Pence & Van Gorder, of
Forest Greek, who have been running a
tunnel to tap their ledge further down,
last week struck another body of ore
that holds out good promise.
Owing to the scarcity of water at the
Rising Star mine, located In Williams
Creek district, the mill Is being opefate"d
only during the daytime. A large quan
tity of good ore Is In sight, and consid
erable of it is being mined and milled.
J. W. Shumate and P. C. Post have
made a rich strike in their mine, Lucky
Queen, In the Blue River mining district.
The mine where the strike was made is
about 1000 feet southwest of the L-ucky
Boy. The ledge is over seven feet across
and is getting wider as work proceeds.
Gold can, be seen In the quartz with the
naked eye.
Pioneers and Old Pollen' Reunion.
(HBPPNER, Or.. Sept 28. A pioneer
and old fWks' reunion will be Held In this
city October 6. Even nan awd woman
who came to Morrow County prior to 1890
and all present residents of the county
over 5 years of age are requested to par-'
ticlpate. Arrangements have been made
for an old-time picnic, dinner and suit
able entertainment for both the afternoon
and evening sessions.
Sheep for Eastern Oregon Ranee.
STEVENSON, WASH., Sept 23. W. J.
Lauder, of Wasco County, shipped. 2700
head of sheep from here today on" the
steamers Game . Cock and Dalles City.
He Is taking them to Winter range in
Eastern Oregon. The Summer range In
Skamania County is gradually "becoming
known to the sheepmen in Oregon, and
many stockmen will utilize tho pasture
next Summer.
CONSULTED THE LEADERS
SlWATOfi. TtatNBR RETURNS ROlft
HIS -EASTERN POMTXCaij TRIP.
Dlabverer&rThat Democrats Couni ola
Blgr Vlct6ryin Eastern states
Will Taicp Stump.
fiPOKANBv -Wash., Sept K.-tSBnkfor
George Turner' haS jiist returned from an
extended trip through tho East, where"
he was in consultation1 with, all 'tho Dem
'ocratlc leaders. Hd.says Tie expects the
Democrats to gain a big vidtory in the
East, cafrylffg evert Ohio) the state of
President McKinley. The Republicans
have practically conceded to us Indiana,
iCentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and
Delaware, all of wlllch went .Republican
fbur years acd. These alone, .with others
w ;are certain of, will give us within J
OALbERY Of NEW MEMBER
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HUBERT BERNARDS, REPRESENTATIVE FROM WASHINGTON UOU.VJ.1Y.
FOREST G-ROVE. Sept 20 Hubert Bernards who has" been elected a Representative
from Waahlncton County, nas born at Reek, Ir6vlnce N6rth Brabanti Holland, September
27, 1S49, and emigrated to Wisconsin in 18G7, where he lived 10 ye'are. He then mo ed to
Oresoi and located on n farm two mlles north of Forest Grove, where hfl hafe followed
dairying: and farming for the past 24 years. By industry and ecdhomy arid cafdful manage
ment he is now able to live on the interest of" what he has made by farming. , At the age
of 20 he married Miss Johanna Cop, in Wisconsin. They have five girls andfour boys.. Mr.
Bernards has always been a strone Democrat, and for a Ions time," .was a firm believer In
the erold standard, until by careful study his own convictions have changed his mind, and
he Is now In faor of sller at the ratio of 10 to 1. Ho received a majority of 311 -votes,
the highest vote polled by the'Representatlves. He has 'a beautiful home, and his farm,
which, at first was quite small, how comprises 360 acres of the finest land In 'Washington
County. " Z - '
four -votes of enough- to elect. "However,
we claim thlvt. we will' carry New York,
Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin. "
uIn th6 'West 1 cannot speak so well,
haying just returned," but I do not think
there is any doubt about this part of tho
country. Bryan will carry every state
west of the Mississippi, that he carried
four yeard ago. In Spokane County here
I expect to see 1203 majority for the
Democrats.
"I will be In Spokane for about a week,
and will then leave for the coast, and
place myself In the hands of the State
Central Committee. I expect to make a
tour of tho state for the next month,
probably winding up in Spokane a day
or two before election. My exact route
has not been arranged yet, but I will start
closo to tho 1st of October."
BOOST FOR J. HAMILTON LEWIS.
Press Agent Made Use of Effort to
Secure Campaign Fnnd.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. The visit of
Senator Turner to Washington and to va
rious places in the East, when he was
chasing Chairman'' Jones around the
country In his effort to secure liberal cam
paign funds-for use In his state, was made
use of, as nearly everything connected
with Washington State is, by the press
agent of James Hamilton Lewis to give
that almost forgotten individual a boost
Into prominence. The fact that .Lewis
was not renominated for Congress was
generally understood to be a good deal of
a turn-down to the pink-whiskered
statesman, or Lewis meant that he had
no hope of the Democrats carrying the
state. Possibly the latter Is true.
Lewis has been campaigning in the
East, and no one had heard him until
his press agent here called attention to
tho fact that he was a "notable" Demo
crat, and that he was going about the
country with "his oratory and able and
eloquent strokes." According to the same
authority, he has also "penned one of his
characteristic effusions, brilliant and
pointed." At the same time the Demo-
crats have .no hope of carrying Wash
ington State, and just why Turner is
making such frantic,. efforts to secure a
'large campaign fund is not quite under
stood, unless it is that Turner wishes to
have his own anti-expansion record in
tho Senate Indorsed in the state which he"
represents.
Idaho Populist Nominee Resigns.
BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 26. The Populists
today offered for filing in the office f the
Secretary of State the resignation of D.
H. Andrews as a candidate for Presi
dential Elector and the nomination of H.
J. Rich, Democratic candidate, to All the
place. They did not, however, have a
certified cop'y of any resolution passed by
their convention authbrlzlng the commit
tee to mako the nomination, and the filing
was not-made. It is understood that Mr.
Andrews, who Is chairman bf the Popuillst
committee, and participated in the con
ference at Chicago, felt bound in honor,
under tho agreement made there, to re
sign. ASTORIA BURGLARS FOUND GUILTY.
Sentenced to Five Years In State
Penitentiary.
' ASTORIA, Sept 26. The trial of Her
bert Davis on the charge of burglariz
ing the store o'f M. S. Copeland was com
pleted In the Circuit Court this morning,
and the jury returned a verdict of guilty,
after being out only about 15' minutes.
John Sullivan, alias Miller, who was In
dicted with Davis, then withdrew his for
mer plea of not guilty' ahd pleaded guilty
to the charge. The men were sentenced
to terms of five years each in th Peni
tentiary, and were taken to Salem this
evening. "
Captain Downs, constructing quarter
master at Fort Stevens, has received tel
egraphic instructions from the depart
ment at Washington that the bid of
Blaker & Sparks, t of Vancouver, for con
structing nine brick, and cement cisterns
at the fort, had ' been approved. The
bid was $4624. .
'W. A. Goes and C. D. Lewlg, the Port
land tennis Oxperts, were In Astoria to
-day, and played a series of three sets
. . . - - f 1 a. !
?$ & S
iiy ins viDJioro wuu ctuoityi wjr3 vi..o
6f 5-1 'i-S, S-L .
- Deput? United Slates Marshal Rob-efts
arrived In1 Astoria fhlri morntriif in fchargo
e triie of. the desertltig sailors" ot th
Brltislr gflfp. Genista. He also AM with
him thrde other sailors who had deserted
frqn the. fjanie .vessel, but who had vol- 'j
unjtaniy re-signeo- ana we nuuiis i
retufrk' ,TK6 Genista g now has. .her full
complement afid -Hrlli go to sea tfrilay.
ecbtfd division; Oregon Naval Reserve
was Inspected this eVerting bV Cofonfl
Jackson; of 'Governor Gear's s&ff, Hb
frtrtrifl i mvfatnn'ln nxeellenf cbridfllori.
afid complimented' tBe Snlcefs ahd men,
on their fine drill
,r r 1 r - .
"foiHic tor tteudtibN iiifiiND'RGAt.
Jhlc&ga JFlriri'a Arahseiae Will
Cattse Delay ot SO Day.
ASHEAND, Or-, Sept & ThVmeetlng
8f .the directors of tbe "Oregon Midland
Railway arid henparties representing the
Midland Constriictldri Company, of Chi
cago, was finished" lri tlilg city this" affor
OF THE OREGON LEGISLATURE
noon.; 'Owing' to some supplemental ar
rangements entered into with the Chicago
company by' the Oregon MIlamYdlroti
tors, the work on the construction of the
road, which was expectcTd would begin
Octoter L'-nlll probably bo delayed abouf
30 days. ; W. W.' Thompson and G. Ni
Lyman, representing the Chicago Mid
land Company, and John HaleV the con
tractor, of the firm of Hale & Smith,
left this city this evening, all destined
for Chicago, via Portland. '
Oregon Notes.
A Bryanand Stevenson club, has been
formed at Eugene.
Eagle "Valley is In need of a fruit can
nery and will endeavor to have one for
next year's crop.
The main battery of the local Western
Union has been moved t from Empire to
the Marshfield office.
Waldo's' Chinatown, which M was once
the abode of 100 Mongolians has been
razed by Charles 'Decker, who owns the
land on which It stood.
John and William. Banta, charged with
stealing. wheats Have been bound over at
Eugene in the sum of $250 rach to appear
before the next session of the Circuit
Court.
On last Thursday's train coming out of
Portland a poll was taken op the politi
cal situation, which showed 160 Republi
cans and 93 Democrats, says the Eugene
Guard.
T. G. Hendricks has sold the brick block
occupied "by Hampton Bros., on Willa
mette street, Eugene, to W. Saunders for
$7000. The size of the lot Is 24x160 feet,
and tho building Is of brick.
Last week three min from Salom, filed
homestead claims on land in the Hay
stack country, in Crook County, and a
number of entries were made -on the
"desert" west of the, Deschutes. '
Work at Willamette University is now
well under way and a prosperous year!s
work is promised. The, registration ex
ceedsany former session ofth scho'ql,
and bothyfaculty and students aro en
thusiastic' in thoir work.
A, petition will soon be circulated for
extension of the Gardiner-Glenada mail
route to Florence, and also for a tri
weekly service. It now takes a week 01?
4,morej to send a letter from Flornce to
iarainer ana to receive a reply.
, . Id nil o Note.
A Republican club or 60 members Jias
"been organized at Troy. v
The cordwood market is actlveat Troy.
'About 4000 cord are piled at that place.
A movement'haff' been started in Asotin
to secure a fund of ?100 for a reference'
library "for 'the public schools of that
place.. - '
Felix "yan-en and A Lee shipped 500
borses from Lewiston to Sioux City Mon
days The horses were mostly from the
Salmon River .country.
An ordinance has been passed by the
iowlston City Council prohibiting bicycle
riding on the sidewalks of Main street,
between Lapwai and First street.
F. D. -Hasbrouck, nominee for State
Senator on tho Nez Perce County ticket,
is now" "teaching In the grammar depart
nyjptf of the Genesee public schools.
Miss;' Hester Spackman, a graduate! of
the . Lewiston Normal School, has been
nominated by the. -Republican Convention
of Ada County for the office of County
SehQOl- Superintendent.
During a dispute at Republic last Sat-'
Urday- between James Stussl and the
Courtney brothers, guns were called into
action and two shots exchangea by each
without r fatal results. The altercation
arose over a matter of wages due Stussi.
Only 57 Instruments were filed with j&e
County Recorder at Wallace. last weeH
Tbe aggregate value was $48,03950.. Of 19
deeds six were for the nominal considera
tion of $1 each. There was also one
patent, one mortgage and one chattel
mortgage. The locations included one
ranch" on unsurveyed land, one, placer
claim and 2$ quartz lo'des. 'One new com
pany filed articles of incorporation and
one.marriage license was Issued. The to-
taj number of instruments filed to datj?v
this year is 2842, as compared with 17aX
the same period In 1899 and 1162 in 1898.-
BLAZE AT SALEM
STOVE .'lTOUNWaYJ AlfBr MACHINE
SHOP COMPXiBTBitiY DESTROYED.'
Ittrtfraaee-rto Aet t ,$l1SOO Car
ried Orlgift ot Fire umcaftwn
Great Las te the City.
BAJJEOSi Or., Sept. 2&v-Perry & Cd.'s
Stove foundry in this city was. destroyed
by Are this evening." The building ami
contents were valued at about $3000, and
.were insuwfd for $1600 in the London fc
Lancashire Insurance Company! The or
igin of the blazers. unknown. TI16 work
men had cast, this afternoon, and. at 6 P.
!M. wont.tp supper leaving everything safe
as they supposed. The, fire started In tho
molding-room, and in a few. moments
had spreadto the whole bqlldfng. The
Are department responded, to the call,
but as the foundry was about. 20 blocks
away they cquld' not reach, the fire ,Jn
tune to save the building. , x
"Elmer Klghfrlnger 1iad a machine-shop
in a, portion of the building, valued at
$6000, which was completely destroyed. He
had no. insurance. The destructi6n of
these two plants will be 4felt in Salem,
lor the, foundry, and shop were operate"i
the year round, 'an'd gave employment to
a number of men. Mr. Perry said this
evening that he did not know whether he
wouldrebuild or not. ,v"
Social Democrat Ele.ctom ;
The Social Democrats of Oregon --today
fifed In the office of the Secretary.of State
a petition nominating the followhiff can
didates of the party for the offices of Presidential-Electors:
N. P. J."Folen. of Port
land; J.-F. Porter, of Baker City; Joseph
Meirifll, o'.Ab6rnotHy. Precinct, Clacka
mas County, ana C. P. Rutherford, of
Burns. The petition Is signed by 25i per
sons. The numbed required by law .is
250.K . ...
Local Uglit and Potver Cdmpany.
The Salem Light," Heat & Power Com
pany was incorporated today by F. R".
AjiSon, Mk C. Anson and Q, A. Rock
well, wltha capital stock of $40,000. This
company was organized" for the purpose
of operating an electric light and steam
heating plant in this city, under thefran
chise granted to F. R. Anson.
' Cook Placed In Penitentiary.
La Fayette L. Codk, the 'murderer of
James Collins, was brought to the peni
tentiary today by Deputy Sheriff C. F.
Plnkhnm. of Gilliam County. Hr will
serve a five-year sentence for manslaugh
ter. BOFGROWERS LESS FIRM.
Recede From Stnnd to Demand 15
Cents 01? Better for Crop.
v SALBM,. Sept. 26 There Is some Indi
cation, from events of the last two days,
that hopgrowers are weakening on their
stand for 15 cents a pound or-better. A
number of sales at 14 cents are reported,
ah-i grpv-efs are heard to say that they
will take that price. Dealers are offerr
lng 14icentsr ana that 13 generally con
sidered 4the minimum price lor. choice
hops. There are many growers, however,
who will still hold out for 15 cents, rely
ihg upon tho assertion of prominent buy
ers that if they. hold .for that price they
will get It. Nearly every hop-baler In the
county Is running .now, and will bo for
about two weeks when thehops will be
in'jthe bale. Dealers express the opinion
that the market will-be brisk nextiweek,
unless the growers and dealers fall to get
together on a price..
.oQne grower said today that he expects
to.gdt 15 cents -for his hops, hut- hopes
rthjmarket will not so highor- tian thaM
vVTms,may, gcem strange, . he. said., and
unroftfiG;ttable,buHt ia-almost certain that
a higher, prieeA than-15j .cents wmld be an.
Injury to -ihe Aopfjrdwing industry. Tr.e
high prices of aeveral-tvears. ago. induced
farmers to turn from wheat to hops, with
the iresult that hapgrowlng" was overdone.
The low prices that. followed as a result
of overproduction droye many out of the
business, and prices are now at a.stnge
whero hopgrowlng is profitable without
yielding .more remuneration than the la
bor and chances taken will warrant. If
prices -should go higher. Impetuous peo
ple would jump "into the business and set
out yards, with the result that there
would be another overproduction. There
will bo no surplus this year, and yet there
will probably be enough hops to supply all
demands. Next year the markets will be
clear of most of the old stock,"and we
ought to have fair .prices again. The hop
acreage is sufficient to supply the deinand,
'and it will be unwise to either Increase
or decrease the production."
A number of yards in this vicinity were
sold this season shortly before picking
time- The buyers paid a lump sum for
the hops on the vino. As an example ot
the way this works out. a man reported
today the, results-of his venture. He paid
$350 for a' yard that vielded 7000 pounds.
It cost' him another ?3S0 to get the hops
picked and baled, and ho has an offer
of 14 cents for the crop. He will accept
this and will have ?2S0 clear to pay him
for the chances he took: and for the use
of his money. ,.-
PRUNE DRYING ABOUT FINISHED.
BullcW Clark County Crop Is of Size
Heretofore Almost Unknown.
VANCOUVER 'Wash., Sept. 26. The
prune drying season in Clark .County Is
now about shded. Many driers have al
ready "shut down, arid all will have closed
,by October 1. The weather 'during the
season has .been Ideal, and. te crop gen
erally Is saved. In good .shape. One or
!two Instances Are, reported where small
loss win oe susiamca on account 01 a
lack'' of sufficient facilities forr drying.
The Italian or Falle.rtberg prune's are of
superior size.' The bulk of th& crop In
-Clark County will 'average 30 tQ 40 to the
pound, a size heretofore almost urikflown
in this market. The largest crop by any
single grower reported in,,the county Is
that of .General John M. Bacon, who has
80 tons dried prunes. The crop of the
county will aggregate 40 carloads.
Hoppiclcers Take Depnrtnrc.
FOREST GROVE, Or.,. Sept. 26. The
hoppicklngr season Is now over In this
section and the roads are lined with peo-
NOTHING
LASTS .
except mtl This
- medicine, with its
rcccrd of absolute
success, has lived
for years, and is
worthy to live.
Hbstetter's
Stomach
Bitters
CUKES
. Dyspepsia,
Irtdijcsfioh,. Constipation, Nerv
ousness, Insoninia, Rheumatism,
Chills and Fever. -,
All dru agists and general 'dtalen sell it
S60 that a Private RevenbVstam p cov
ers the top.of ihP.BQlliSi.
pie returning- home.' Tha people of this
tOwtt have easily earned $5000 picking
hop's this -year. j
, ROBBERS IDENTIFXEDi
tHrtlaWa" WItfc WliOii Officers Battled
at Addy from Spokane.
SPOKANE, Sept. 28. A special fo the
Chronicle from Colville says:
The highwayman , .daptured yesterday
nealf Addy, after, a' running battle with
Deputy Sherlgs, has- been identified as
Harry Coffeeri. Hte wound Is not dan
eerous. The dead robber has been Identi-
fied a3 Tom Dowrfer. Both were young'
"me'ii from Spokane, and are not known to
have been convicted of any crime before.
COffeen Is Still In Jail, having been bound
"over to' the" October term of court In ihe
'suiS of' $2500.
dfceer Not Held for Jone Marker.
ARLINGTON,- On, Sept. 26. The pre
liminary examination of F.. M. Farrier,
deputy .city marshal, charged with tho
murder of .William Jones (colored), was
held before Justice of the Peace A. J.
Shelton today. Frank Menfee, Prosecut
ing Attorney, appeared for the state, and
Attorney S. A. D. Gurley for the de
fendant. Four witnesses were called anp
exainihed for the state. On motion of
the defendants tho case was dismissed
and Farrier discharged.
. . GREAT CASCADE TUNNEL.
TTtto Entli Connected Without Devia
tion qf rtn inch.
ST. PAUL, Minn.. Sept. 2G. President
Hill, of the Great Northern Railroad, has
received from Chief Engineer Stevens a
telegram 3tatlng that the east and west
crews In the Immense bore under the
Cascade Mountains have met. The two
forces working from opposite ends in the
big tunnel brought the two ends to
gether without the variation of an inch.
Now that the tremendous task of boring
out over two mlies of granite has been
accomplished, the work ot laying the
track Is comparatively insignificant.
.It Isl estimate that the tunnel when
finished will have edst $5,000,000. Ono
thousand men have been engaged nearly
three years In Its construction, and all
records of drilling have been broken. Tho
average progress was IS to 20 feet per
"day.
The tunnel wjll supersede the "switch
back" oVer the Cascades, which In itself
has always been looked upon as a mag
nificent engineering, achievement.
SUNDAY LAW BEING ENFORCED.
Three Saloonkeepers ArreMted and
General Warning: Given.
CHEHALIS. Sept. 28. Messrs. T. C.
Rush, J. F. Laughran and JLen Kuehner,
Chehalls saloon men, have been arrested i
for violating the state Sunday law. Yes- '
terday justice Westover bound them over
to the Superior Court in SCOO bond each.
J. A. Graham was out of the city, but a
warrant is out for his arrest on the same
offense. The warrants. were sworn to by '
J. D. Rice, a well-known merchant. Mr. '
Rice has also notified the confectioners
and othars to keep closed. It is Under
stood that the arrests are the result of
the rigid enforcement which was begun
last Thursday of-the anti-town cow ordi
nance. . The regular October Jury term of court
has beeh postponed to some date to be
fixed by Judge Elliott In November. Tho
postponement wa3 the result of a petition
presented" to the court and signed by
most, of the attorneys, requesting the
Change until after election.
NORTHWEST DEAD.
Pell Simlnaon, Prpmlnent Wheeler
. . . ddnnty Stockman.
'. THE J)AijLES, Or.. Sept. 26. Poll Sim"
inson. a well-known stockman of (Mitchell,
Wheeler Cpunty. dleerbere this afternoon'
of .peritonitis,, the result ofjpelng kicked I
in. theabdqmen bya horse. ..The accident
occurr,ed .at the Regulator-dock one week
ago today, .while Mr. Slmlnson was at
tempting to lead a fractious horse from
the boat,, and, while painfully hurt, his
inluries at tho time were, not considered,
fatal Mr. Slmlnson was about 40 years
of ago and unmarried.
Dotv Palmer, of Salem.
SALEM, Sep. 26. Dow Palmer, former
ly night operator in the Western Union
Telegraph office in this city, and several
years ago occupying a similar position at
The Dalles, died at his home in this city
last evening, of consumption.
.Sherip Saed as an Official.
CORVALLIS. Or., Sept. 26.-SherIff
Burnett, of Benton County, is defendant
in a suit just begun In the Circuit Court.
His deputy attached wheat belonging to
Walker Cllne on a claim held by August
FIsche. John Stalbusch holds a chatter
mortgage on the wheat. He claims It to
be a bono fide mortgage, and tho oppos
ing, parties claim it to be bogus. Tho
Sheriff refused to give up the grain and
The Salt Extracted m
CURES Headache, Constipation and Indigestion
Sold bv most Drujnjlits or sen t by tuall. 25c. , 50c., 5 1 .00 per bottle
THE ABBEY EFFERVESCENT SALT CO., - - 11 Murray Slreet, New York;
tt
LOOK HERE YOUNG
Your loolcs tell on yon. Can keep
rlt secret a while. But before W
too late tso and see or write to
tltla old doctor. He baa been treat
ing: finch canes ior over 30 year,
and perfectly reliable. Famishes
his own. medicine and tells no
tales.
jMm
Ttventy-seven years' experience treating Private and Chronic
Diseases of men and ivonien. makes old Dr. Kessler the best on the
Coast. He hna.neter failed In nnjr case; he Is perfectly reliable,
and his terms reasonable. If yon have any Private or Chronic Dis
eases go- and see or write him today. Qnlcker you see hint the
easier to care on.
This is. the oldest Private Medical Dispensary on the Coast. Dr. Kessler
has been manager of this institution for 17 years, during which time thou
sands of men, women and boys have been cured, and no poor man or woman
was ever refused treatment. The St. Louis Dispensary Is perfectly safe. We
say to young men suffering from, any private disease, go and consult this old
doctor at once. Consultation free and strictly confidential. Private rooms for
consultation. Women go to see this ola doctor from all parts of the coun
- try. Hundreds who can't come are treated at thIr homes by his Perfected
Home System by writing a full description of their case. Piles of testimo
nials by persons cured none published without permission. Don't give up.
No difference how many doctors you have tried, you may be cured yet, but
look out for traveling doctors, as thousands have been swindled by them.
They promise anvthing to get your meney. Dr. Kessler's charges are very
reasonable. He furnishes medicine, and you can pay monthly, if so desired.
Call on 6r address, with ten 2-cent stamps.
J. HENRI KESSLER, M. D.,
ST. LOUIS MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DISPENSARY
230 YAMHILL ST., P.ORTLAND,,OR.
Sick-a-bed does nothing;
Half-sick does only a 'little;
Ayer's Pills can do everything
for both sick-a-bed and halt
sick folks.
All druggists. 25 cents a box,
J. C. Ayes. Company,
Practical Chemist, - Lowell, Mart.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
AyerJ8 Pills
Ayer's Ague Cure
Ayer's Hair Vigor
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
Ayer'a Comatone
Stalbusch has begun proceedings for re
plevin. The Sheriff holds an ample in
demnifying bond from "the plaintiff in tho
attachment proceedings.
.Wanhlnsrfon Note.
One of the features of the Colfax Fair
will be an auction sale of livestock every
day.
The corner-stone of the new Evangel
ical Church of Fairhaven was laid Sun
day. Preliminary pile-driving on the Everett
fresh-water Improvement wilt begin next
week.
A $20.C00 brick block will be built at
Spokane next 8pring, on Riverside ave
nue, near Division street..
The German proprietor of the Everett
bakery has skipped the city, leaving many
creditor to mourn his untimely departure.
Ten-cent barber shops at Colfax have
raised the price of a shave to 15 cents.
The only 10-cent shop now in Whitman
County Is at Palouse.
The hull and machinery of the steamer
Crest, whose run was between Tacoma
and Sig Harbor, have been raised, and
the steamer will b6 rebuilt.
Wenatchee Jim, a refractory Indian,
who has been terrorizing the vicinity of
North Yakima for some time, has been
arrested, and Is now safely In the cooler.
All of the 51 school districts of Yaklmt
County are represented at the teachers'
institute now being held at North Yaki
ma. About 100 instructors are In attend
ance. The bonding of the Everett Water Com
pany for $300fC00 has been made public,
any company officials state that $150,000
will be Immediately expended upon the
system. ,
The State Board of Equalization has
fixed the general levy at 2 2 mills and the
school levy at 3.8 mills. The Interest and
military levies are established by law at
2.2. mills each.
The State Bank of Olympta will soon
be a National banking Institution. Steps
are being taken toward that end, and it
Is expected that by October IS Olympia
will have a second National bank.
The Republican campaign begins In
Thurston County next Monday. Assign
ment of speakers has been made for the
first two weeks. Congressman Jones will
speak In the Opera-House in Olympia
Tuesday evening.
Congressman Jones has said that he will
endeavor to got a Government appropria
tion, for, improvement of navigation of
the Nooksack. He has given assurance
that he will support the Whatcom Creek
waterway piroject-
Constructlon has"be5un on tho new
wing of the State Penitentiary, which 1j
to ba built by the Federal Government.
The wlnff is to cost S25.0C0,. and wi'". be JO
feet broad bj 120 feet long. It will hava
43 steel cells, and will be constructed
along the most modern lines. The con
tract calls for completion of the building
in six months.
Last week J. H. Davis picked up on the
beach at Shelton a six-pound cannon
ball. Thirty-one years ago Charles Tay
lor found It and placed It on a log, but
It rolled off and was olost. The mlssilo
Is supposed to have been fired at the
Indiana from one of the guns of the old
war steamer Massachusetts during the
early days of the Indian War, in 1855
ahd 1856.
At Whatcom Monday, E. Y. Grassett
was dismissed from the charge of receiv
ing deposits in the bank of E. Y. Gras
sett & Co. when he knew the Institution
to be In a falling condition. The charge
was made by Mrs. Westing, and the spe
cific deposit named In the warrant wa3
one of $275 made last November. The
court held that the testimony of the
state's witnesses themselves did not show
the bank to -be insolvent at that time,
and that therefore the defendant could
not be held.
the Jmssojpi fmn Fruits.
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