THE MOKNTSG OEEG.OITCAS, MOOTAY, DECEMBER 31, 1900.
DERELICT SIGHTED
Incoming Schooner Reports
Vessel Bottom Up.
NAME COULD NOT BE MADE OUT
Ship About Eighty-five Feet In
Length and Xevrly Painted Brit
ish Schooner Damaged in Gale
Fats In for Repairs.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 30. The schoon
er Sacramento reached this port today
21 days from the Sluslaw River, bringing
news of a -wrecked schooner -which was
lighted December 23, bottom side up.
The Sacramento bore down to investi
gate, and found the derelict to be a vessel
about S5 feet length of keel, with a new
copper-painted bottom. The stern was
well out of the water, the hull was white,
and there was a black oval name board
bearing yellow pointed letters with the
words- San Francisco showing, but the
name of the schooner was too deep in the
water to be seen.
The Sacramento experienced several se
vere gales, and December 15 was almort
wrecked by a heavy sea. In order to save
the vessel, a portion of the deck load was
thrown overboard.
Of the Ave schooners which left Gray's
Harbor together December 5 and passed
through the terrific gales which raged on
that coast the following three weeks, the
C. T. Hill and Jennie Stella have reached
this port, and the Reporter has been towed
leaking into Port Townsend. The A. J.
West and the Eva are still to be heard
from. The Jennie Stella reached port to
night and reported that on December IS
a. heavy gale caused the schooner to
spring a leak, and it was necessary to
throw overboard 100,000 feet of lumber.
The British sealing schooner Enterprise,
disabled as the result of storms off the
northern coast, put in here tonight for
repairs. The captain reports that De
cember 15 and 16 the schooner experi
enced terrific gales with a high, confused
sea, which stove in the boats and sky
light, and flooded the cabin. It was im
possible to make a northern port, and the
Enterprise headed for San Francisco.
TO PRESERVE LAXDMARIC
More to Buy Building "Where First
Washington Legislature Met.
OLYMPIA, Dec SO. Hon. Allen Weir,
the first Secretary of the State of Wash
ington, has interested himself considera
bly in the preservation of the old Gold
Bar Restaurant, the building in which
was held the first session of the Legis
lature, In 1854. Mr. Weir Is In receipt of
subscriptions from pioneers in various
parts of the state, to be devoted to the
purchase of the now historical building.
The structure is very old and rickety,
but with careful bracing. It Is thought it
can be removed to some spot where it can
be strengthened and used as a meeting
place of pioneers or Native Sons of Wash
ington. The City Council will be asked to allow
the old building to be located at the foot
of Washington street, which would mean
only a short removal.
At the time the first Legislature was
held there were but seven counties In the
territory, and these counties were repre
sented as follows:
Clark F. A. Chenoweth, H. R. Cros
ble, A. T. Bolon, J. D. Biles, A. L. Lewis.
Island S. D. Howe, D. F. Bloomfield.
King A. A. Denny.
Lewis H. D. Huntington, John R. Jack
son. Paciflc-J. Scudder.
Pierce J. M. Chapman, H. C. Mosely,
L. F. Thompson.
Thurston D. Shelton, L. D. Durgln, O.
H. Hale, Ira Ward.
Of the House, F. A. Chenoweth was
chosen Speaker, and B. F. Kendall chief
clerk.
The Council was composed of the fol
lowing nine members:
Clark D. F. Bradford, William H. Tap
pan. Island and Jefferson William T. Lay
nard. Pierce and King George N. McConaha,
Layfltte Balch.
Lewis and Pacific Henry Miles, Seth
Catlln.
Thurston D. R. BIgelow, B. F. Tantls.
G N. McConaha was president, and H.
Frost, of Lewis County, secretary.
Of the above list. Hon. D. R. BIgelow
still lives In Olympia, and Ira Ward in
Tumwater.
JfORTBTWEST BEAD.
Antone Petros, Prominent Vancouver
Citiren.
VANCOUVER, Wash,, Dec 30. Antone
Petros, a prominent hotel and restaurant
keeper of this place, died at St. Joseph's
Hospital here last night. He had been In
poor health for several months, but had
been confined to his room only a few
days. He Insisted upon going to the hos
pital, and, despite the protests of his wlfo
and friends, walked there from the
United States Hotel, his home, shortly
after noon yesterday. It was not until
then that his wife realized his true con
dition. He sank rapidly and died about
10 o'clock.
Deceased was born in Austria in 1S53.
He came to America about 25 years ago.
locating first in California. A few years
later he came to Portland, where he fol
lowed the occupation of cook. In 1SS1 he
moved here and opened a restaurant, and
had been prominent in business circles
here since that time. He leaves a wlfo
and one child. The funeral will take
place from Odd Fellows' Hall at 2 o'clock
tomorrow, under the auspices of the Odd
Fellow and Red Men lodges.
CARNIVAL WAS COMPLETE SUCCESS
Good Result of Marshfleld Mid-Holiday
Fair.
MARSHFTELD. Or.. Dec 30. The mld
hollday carnival closed last night with a
minstrel performance at the Opera-House
by local talent. The fair throughout was
a complete success, a large crowd being
in attendance each of the three days.
Friday, the principal day. Miss Addie
Snyder was crowned Queen. Hon. S. H.
Hazard officiating. Mayor Anderson de
livered over the keys of the city. The
coronation took place upon a throno
erected for the purpose. The Queen then
reviewed a military and fancy drill by 50
young ladies In fancy costumes, under
direction of Miss Rebecca Luse. The
Queen's maids of honor were the Misses
Alice Aiken, Alice Butler, Gussle Brown
and Maude Reed. The weather through
out was perfect, and the attendance
larger than expected. Fully 5000 people
were present Friday.
Rich Alaska Placer Strike.
VICTORLY. B. C.. Dec 30. According
to advices from Dawson, a placer strike
was reported December 7 on the left limit
of Fronch Gulch, one panning running
$126, while an average run of the pay
streak was obtained running from $1 to
$1 GO to the pan.
Attempted Snlclde.
VICTORLY, B. C. Dec 30. Earl W.
Schlecht. of the Omes Mercantile Com
pany, attempted suicide at Dawson De
cember 5.
Committed Suicide.
VICTORIA. B. C, Dec 30. Steve Hoi-
gate, a gambler, committed suicide In the
Gold Hill Hotel, at Grand Forks, Decem
ber 6, by taking morphine.
Oregon Notes.
Coquillc has several cases of chlcken-
POX.
Bakr City police are running hobos
out of tOWli.
A cniloart of pipe for the Baker City
waterworks arrived Friday.
Miss Addie Snyder was Queen of the
Marshfleld Carnival last week.
Ninety Danes have made their homes
west of Eugene since last Fall.
The Belgian hare craze Is dying at The
Dalles, according to the Chronicle.
The entertainment given at Astoria for
the benefit of Harry Twilight netted, $100.
The Booth-Kelly Hospital at Eugene
will open January L according to con
tract. Quince Davis, who was seriously in
jured recently at the Coos Bay Jetty, is
recovering.
Construction of the new St. Elizabeth
Hospital, at Baker City, will begin in
the Spring.
A large quantity of mistletoe has been
shipped from Southern Oregon to Port
land lately.
The Granite A. O. U. W. is said to be
contemplating construction of a $10,000
lodge building.
The steam shovel at Natron broke down
Thursday and was taken to Portland for
repairs. It returned Saturday.
In Sumpter's new charter the ratio of
city indebtedness to assessed valuation
has been limited to 10 per cent.
The Farmers' Institute, that was to
have been held at Wells January 3, has
been postponed to February 5.
The men who carried out the dead
Chinaman that succumbed near Cannon
Beach received $50 for the work.
Travel has resumed over the Lewis and
Clark road. Clatsop County, and the
break In the dike has been repaired.
Marshfleld Presbyterians have pur
chased property at Third and A streets,
to which they will move their church.
A register has been placed at Mohawk
Junction, one mile east of Springfield,
where trains record arrival and depart
ure. The Benton County bar will meet at
Corvallls January 12, to make prepara
tions for observance of John Marshall
day.
The road from Miami bridge to Gari
baldi is obstructed with drift logs, and It
Is possible to get by them only at low
tide.
A. J. Johnson has resigned his position
as president and director of the Bank of
Scio, and E. P. Cadwell has been elected
In his place.
A petition has been circulated among
the principal business men of Lone Rock,
Gilliam County, to raise money to build a
footbridge across the creek.
A barn belonging to John Relth, of the
Lewis and Clark River. Clatsop County,
vas blown over recently. Four head of
stock were buried In the ruins, but none
was Injured
The store of the Coqullle Mill & Tug
Company, at Parkersburg, was burned
Tuesday night. Only the books and pa
pers were saved, and it was with diffi
culty the mill was preserved.
There are 427 pupils enrolled at the pub
lic schools in Milton this year. This Is
not taking into account 50 Milton school
children attending Columbia College. The
second census for this year gave Milton
C60 persons of school age.
A petition Is being circulated on Granite
and Bully Creeks to have the Uklah-Long
Creek mall changed to run up Meadow
Creek as far as Bringhaxn's .Station and
thence west to Rltter, and to have a
postofflce established at Brlngham's.
The Tillamook Headlight says that citi
zens in the Little Nestucca country want
to be annexed to Yamhill County, while
others want the county divided and a
new county created, the dividing line to
"be north of Beaver, at Bloom's place.
An accident happened to the stage
Thursday night In Adams Canyon, says
the Antelope Republican, which resulted
in severely injuring Roe Grimes, who was
on the seat with the driver. The king
bolt broke, allowing the tongue to drop,
and the wagon collided with a telephone
pole, which broke and fell on Mr. Grimes'
head, cutting a gash In his head and
knocking him senseless.
The annual election of officera of the
La Grande Commercial Club took place
Friday evening, and resulted as follows:
Robert Smith, president; William Miller,
first vice-president; Thomas Walsh, sec
ond vice-president; J. W. Scrlber, treas
urer, and W. B. Palmer, secretary. These
gentlemen filled the name offices last
year. The board of directors is as fol
lows: T. N. Murphy, B. F. Wilson. F. L.
Meyers, A. V. Andrews, J. W. Scrlber,
Dr. D. L. Reavls. Turner Oliver, A. T.
Hill and Fred Currcy.
During the recent storm, the Cannon
Beach residence of S. 1 . Adair was lifted
from its foundation. On the same beach
the porch of the Walters cottage was
blown down, as was also the wing of one
of the Flanders cottages north of Elk
Creek. The high seas have made won
derful changes on the beach south of
the creek, and between Silver Point and
Humbug the sand has entirely disap
peared, exposing the rocks for a distance
of nearly half a mile Between the points
named the tide now washes up to the
bank, and travel Is therefore very diffi
cult when the tide is in.
Oregon Industries.
Eugene will have another steam laun
dry. A cold-storage plant will be built at
Arlington.
The Elgin electric light plant shut down
last week for repairs.
Ten carloads of potatoes were shipped
East from Imblor last week.
A dealer at Scio shipped out five tons
of turkeys for the Christmas trade.
Many sheep are reported to be dying
of leech In the hills south of Starton.
C W. Nossley last week shipped two
carloads of apples from La Grande to
Chicago.
Another coal bunker Is being built at
Rlvcrton. Coos County, for loading the
Mandalay.
B. T. Snell last week at Arlington sold
S059 sacks of wheat to the Balfour-Guthrie
warehouse.
It is said the stage line between Canyon
City and Mitchell may change hands in
the near future.
S. D. Fletcher, of Condon, last Monday
sold to the Arlington warehouse 1400 sacks
of wheat at 43 cents.
The Lillian coal mine, on Coos River,
was closed down several days ago on
account of high water.
The Shaniko Warehouse Company re
cently decided to enlarge Its warehouse
to double its present capacity.
Dr. A. Sharpies, of Lane County, sold
his prune crop this year at 51 cents to
Eastern buyers. The hard Winter a few
years ago killed about 2000 of his trees,
but he now has about 6000 bearing fruit
trees. He has one of the best drying
plants In the state. Eight thousand
pounds of- fruit have been cured in one
day with three cords of wood.
Anintlc Island for Sale.
Paris Messenger.
Keboa. an island in Tonkin, supposed to
be rich in coal, is in the market, and will
be put up at auction in Paris on February
2 at trie price of 200,000 francs. It has a
surerflcies of about 62,500 acres, and, in
addition to its deposits of anthracite, has
a railway of nine miles, connecting the
mines with a seaport. The Island was
conceded ab5olutel some time back to M.
Jean Dupuls, a French explorer, who
formed a company to work it in 1X39, with
a capital of 2,500,000 francs, increased in
1BS2 to 6.O00.COQ francs. The undertaking
did not realize expectations. There .s
no price for the shares of 503 francs, and
the company appears to be now desirous
of setting rid of this white elephant.
FOR NEW NORMAL SCHOOL
STATE TO BE ASKED TO FOUXD OXE
AT BURXS.
Representative Geer "Will Introduce
Bill at Coming Legislature Cor-
bett His Choice for Senator.
BURNS, Or., Dec 29. L S. Geer, Joint
Representative from Malheur and Harney
Counties, will leave tomorrow for Port
land and Salem, to remain until after the
session of the Legislature He was asked
for his views upon the Questions now
prominent in the public mind in regard
to the coming session. Mr. Geer said:
"Of course, I regard matters pertain
ing to the welfare and development of
Harney and Malheur Counties as having
first claim upon my attention. There are
several such, and If opportunity be fa
vorable I shall secure their enactment
Into laws. The rapidly developing agri
cultural Interests of Harney County were
so strikingly Illustrated by the exhibits
found at the recent meeting of the
Harney County Fair Association that I
believe our agriculture, like that of other
sections of the state, should be given
financial aid. To properly conduct annual
expositions of the section's product Is
GALLERY OF NEW MEMBERS
GILBERT L. HEDGES, REPRESEXTA TTVE FROM CLACKAMAS COUXTY.
OREGON CITY, Dec 30 Gilbert Hedges. Representative from Clackamas County, was
born in Canemah. Or., in 1574. His mother, a daughter of Dr. William Allen, crossed the
plains from Palmyra. Mo.. In 1850. Two years later Joseph Hedges, his father, came to Or
egon from Ohio. At the age of 15 the son was sent to Phillips Academy, at Andorer, Mass.
Three years later ho graduated from the institution. In the Fall of 1832 he entered the
freshman class of Tale University, from which Institution he graduated in 1836. After re
celling his deer. .Mr. Hedges decided to stitdr law. and In "September; 1898, entered the
Tale Daw School. Mr. Hedges worked diligently, and succeeded In completing the three
years' course in two years. At the commencement exercises, held In College-Street Hall.
New Haven. Conn.. Jnne 27, 1S0S. he was awarded the Townsend prize of $100. a prize
awarded each year to that member of the graduating class who shall write and pronounce
the best oration. After receiving the degree of LTu. b., Mr. Hedges returned to Oregon,
was admitted to the bar, and at present is a practicing attorney of this place. He was elect
ed to the Legislature on the Citizens ticket.
rather too great a task for private enter
prise, when it Is considered that the labor
and expense involved must largely be
given without hope of remuneration. In
order that the efficiency of our county
fair may be Increased from year to year.
I shall ask that the present organlzatibn
be riven the aid of a state appropria
tion, to be made to a district comprising
Harney County.
"Special laws have been for a long time
demanded by the various livestock In
dustries here, and If they can be arranged
with Justice to all conflicting Interests
an effort will be made to secure the
passage of such measures as are desired.
This Is with reference to the questions
kof restrictions upon migratory stock, and
of a compulsory road-brand law.
"For the benefit of educational Inter
ests I shall ask that an appropriation be
made for the establishment and main
tenance of a State Normal School at
Burns.
"You may be sure that I will not
neglect any opportunity to resist any
proposal that may be made to repeal the
present scalp bounty law, which Is, di
rectly to Eastern Oregon and Indirectly
to Western Oregon, a matter of public
policy. I deem it a matter of Justice to
the large Interests particularly subject to
the destructive pests which the present
law is designed to exterminate.
"I have no measure In view which will
ask for the patronage of tho state with
out giving In return full promise of net
ting to the state. In the development of
our section, a reasonable return In the
way of Increased taxable property, re
sulting from a proper fostering of legit
imate business and industrial pursuits,
and. while I shall zealously labor to ob
tain such benefits for ourselves, I would
not object to similar favors being ex
tended elsewhere for like purposes.
"I am in favor of a primary nomina
tion law. If one of general practicability
shall be submitted. Or, If It be possible
to adapt such a measure to the uses of
the larger districts and counties without
disturbing the present conditions In the
less densely populated sections, then such
a law would receive my support.
"Being In full sympathy with the de
velopment of the Inland Empire, I would
support any resolution or memorial to
Congress that would tend to hasten In
a practical way the opening of the Co
lumbia and Snake Rivers to continuous,
or approximately continuous, navigation
to the sea.
"I would also earnestly support any
memorial urging Congress to expedite
legislation looking to the reclamation of
our arid lands, and the early construc
tion of an isthmian canal."
Asked as to his preference for United
States Senator. Mr. Geer said: "It is my
intention to cast my vote for Hon. H. W.
Corbett." Mr. Geer did not express his
opinion upon the caucus question. He
said, however, that, as he was not In
anywise ashamed of his preference for
United States Senator, he did not care
who knew that his vote would be cast
for Mr. Corbett.
FAVORS IRRIGATION EXTEXSIOX.
Senator Johnston Desires That Ore
gon Take Advantage of Carey Act.
THE DALLES, Or.. Dec 30, T. H.
Johnston, Joint Senator for Wasco and
Sherman Counties, states that his atten
tion in the coming Legislature will bo
heartily turned to all needs of his dis
trict, especially in regard to the exten
sion of irrigation throughout the arid
lands of the state, and the protection of
the fishing industry on the Columbia
River. He favors tho adoption of the
Carey Irrigation law, whereby the United
States Government will grant to the State
of Orecon 1.000.000 acres of arid and desert
I land on condition that the state in turn
will grant permits to irrigation coxnpa-
nles to build ditches on the tracts avail
able for such improvement. Upon com
pletion of this work the land will be
thrown open to settlement, each land
holder being entitled to 160 acres, to which
he can gain title by reclaiming and till
ing, in a similar manner under which
the present homestead laws are operat
ed, the irrigation companies charging the
settlers upon the benefited lands a stipu
lated price for water drawn from the
operating ditches thereon. In this man
ner thousands of acres of land now lying
idle and useless in Eastern Oregon might
be transformed into the richest farming
sections, thereby providing for an In
creased Immigration of settlers and add
ing large tracts of much-needed pastur
age to the state.
Regarding the choice of a United States
Senator, Senator Johnston listens to many
questions, making little response, allow
ing his questioners to await the casting
of his ballot. In the matter of Senatorial
caucus, he expresses a positive opinion
as to Its efficacy in bringing about speedy
and satisfactory elections at the earliest
possible moment.
Oregon Mining Notes.
The new boiler for the Badger mine, at
Susanville, has arrived at Its destination.
Colonel J. T. Grayson has bought the
Last Chance mine. In Cable Cove, for
$3500.
Two carloads of mining machinery for
the Cornucopia mines arrived at Baker
City Friday.
The discovery of two new veins of ore
OF OREGON LEGISLATURE
at the Greenback mine. Grave Creek dis
trict. Is announced.
Considerable damage was done to
flumes and pipe lines In Gallce district
by the recent storm.
During the year, a Sumpter hardware
company sold 55 Truax ore cars and 120,000
feet of T rails to new properties.
Owing to the great volume of water en
countered at the 100-foot Ietvel, work has
been temporarily suspended at the Red
Rock group.
Tom McEwen states that a three-foot
body of ore averaging $24 has been en
countered In the shaft of the Enow Creek
property, at a depth of 55 feet.
All the machinery for the Red Boy hoist
is being loaded on specially constructed
heavy -sleds. With the first heavy fall
of snow they will be started for the
mint.
Dan Yaeger, who has a group of prom
ising claims at Gold Center, about six
miles from Sumpter, on the Granite road,
has gone to Montana to buy mining
equipment.
The Granlto Hill mine, located In Louse
Creek district, and owned by Messrs.
Hull, Mongum and Booth, Is being oper
ated on full time, with prospects of a
good run.
J. N. Carr, of the Oregon-Colorado
group, located In the Alamo district. Is
at Denver getting bids on a 10-stamp mill
to be installed early In the Spring, says
tho Sumpter American.
Tho tunnel on the Winning Hand prop
erty, adjoining the California mine, In the
Cable Cove district, is now in 50 feet. It
is said the ledge is six feet wide, of
which three feet average $19, the other
three feet averaging $9 73.
It was reported that the final papers
have been exchanged transferring the
Bald Mountain mine from the original
owners to the new Bald Mountain Com
pany, represented by E. S. McCallum.
The consideration Is said to have been
$50,000.
Three carloads of machinery wore re
ceived at Sumpter Friday, two for the
Bald Mountain Company, containing gen
eral mill machinery for the 20-stamp mill,
and one for the Columbia Mining Com
pany, containing the new sinking pump
for the 000-foot shaft.
The Baby McKee Gold. Mining Company
has three eight-hour ohifts at work at
Cable Cove. A 2500-foot tunnel Is being
run to crosscut the Cincinnati, Chloride
and Baby McKee ledges. On Thursday
last Burleigh drills were set In operation
In the tunnel. A force of 23 mines Is em
ployed. The news has reached Baker City by
letter from Cleveland, O., that the Yum
Yum Gold Mining Company, of that city,
has purchased for $60,000 the Gunner
group of claims In the Greenhorns, and
that It will begin extensive work on the
property In the Spring.
Byron Sherbondy has four claims In
the Quartzburg district, of which the
Hawkeye Is the main property. On this
claim a 350-foot crosscut tunnel has been
run to tap the main ledge, and the whole
distance of this tunnel stringers of oxide
of copper have been struck that run from
$40 to $113 In gold, copper and silver. He
will soon start a 200-foot tunnel to tap
the 76-foot surface ledge of the Copperop
olls, which claim Is an extension of the
Hawkeye
G. E. Ingersoll, manager of the Mon
treal & Canadian Mining Company, Ltd.,
arrived In Grant's Pass Thursday even
ing, says the Mining Journal, and left
the following morning to examine some
property in the south end of the county.
He said: "Yes, we have already ordered
five more stamps "for our mill, which will
give, us 10 stamps. We have now reached
i a denth of 650 feet on our Dronertv. and
arc pleased with the showing It Is raak-
j lng."
FIRE AT THE DALLES
EARLY
MORNING BLAZE
LOSS OF $3500.
CAUSES
Livery Stable Destroyed and Saloon
Damaged Many Other Buildings
Threatened for a Time.
THE DALLES. Or., Dec 30. The livery
stable of William Isabell was destroyed by
Are at 6 o'clock this morning. The blaze
gave the firemen-a sharp tussle before
It was controlled. When first discovered
the flames had complete possession of the
.second story of the stable, and soon broke
through the roof and scattered burning
hay about the surrounding roofs. The
heavy frost and wet condition of all the
buildings saved much property, as the
barn was situated in a block crowded with
small frame buildings, and within one
door of the Moody warehouses. The O.
R. & N. Co.'s freight depot. Just back of
the stable, was on fire at Intervals dur
ing the fire, but was saved from serious
damage by the effective work of the fire
men, who bad five streams turned on the
menaced buildings.
The stable building, owned by W. Lord,
Is a total loss. It was valued at $2000.
The horses and most of tho vehicles were
saved. Several sleighs and old traps were
burned, adding perhaps $500 to the loss.
Ben Wilson's saloon, the adjoining build
ing, was damaged In the sum of $700. In
surance on either building Is unknown.
IDAHO-MOXTAXA RAILROAD.
Reason to Believe That Midland Deal
Will Go Through.
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 30. Secretary of
State Patrle returned today from a trip
to N"ew York. He states he met a num
ber of men Interested In the Midland Rail
road project and has every reason to be
lieve that the deal for raising the neces
sary money will go through In a very
few days, and that work on the line,
which Is to run from Boise, Idaho, to
Butte, Mont., will begin not later than
February. There Is no doubt in his mind
whatever that T. W. Bates, the pro
moter, has the matter in hand and that
the road is assured.
Idaho Notes.
park at Welser 13
A city
cussed.
being dis-
A lodge of Foresters will be organized
at Grangevllle.
The Welser Signal has Issued a very
creditable New Year's edition.
Rural mall delivery boxes have been
shipped for the route from Welser.
The Pacific & Idaho Northern has
reached a point eight miles from Council.
The Lewlston G. A. R. has been given
the use of the City Hall for Its meetings.
The Kamlah eleven and the Red Men'r.
team will play a game of football New
Year's for $50.
Louis Dupuls has been -sentenced at
Moscow to IS months at hard labor at
Boise for assault with a dangerous
weapon.
Lewlston has drawn warrants for about
$13,000 for street Improvement, which ex
tends from the Snake River bridge to
Fifth street.
Ten thousand sacks of barley were
shipped over the Northern Pacific from
Lewlston Valley to the Milwaukee brew
eries Saturday. This grain was collected
by Joseph Alexander, a Lewlston mer
chant, at Lewlston and Lapwal.
The contest case at Moscow of the will
of the lato John Snyder has been de
cided. Charles Snyder, brother of the de
ceased, who was Ignored In the will and
who contested It, receives half the prop
erty, and the German heirs the other
hal.
Twenty-three carloads of apples have
boen shipped from Troy this season; also
three cars of pears. Three carloads of
prunes have been shipped from Clyde's
Spur. There are fully 20 cars more of
appl?s and several of dried prunes. The
prlco of apples has ranged from 40 cents
to 75 cents per box.
James Sheehan shot and seriously
wounded his daughter at a mining claim
in Porcupine district. His sluice boxes
had been robbed of gold dust several
times. He kept a watch and shot the
thief. It proved to be his daughter,
dressed In man's clothes. The girl was
trying to get money to elope with a
young man to whom her father objected.
Her wound Is not fatal.
Notice of the location of the Black Dia
mond gold quartz claim by William W.
Williams and G. A. Williams has been
filed at Lewlston. The claim is located in
Spring gulch, one mile from Snake River.
Lester Coffin shipped over the Northern
Pacific 13 cars of sheep from Lewlston
Thursday. The shipment numbered 3120
head, and they will be placed on the
range In the Yakima country, to be
shipped to Chicago in the Spring. Coffin
Bros, now have 30.000 head of sheep in
tho Yakima country, and have during the
past year shipped COCO lambs to the Chi
cago market.
The Northern Pacific bridge gang Is at
work on the bridges on the hill between
Kendrlck and Vollmer, making needed re
pairs in the way of "trussing the bridges
to provent possible damage from Spring
floods. The 600-foot bridge four miles
above Kendrlck is being repaired with a
Howe truss of a 120-foot span. After this
is completed it is said the approaches
will be rlprapped with large rocks and
filled.
John Zerblch has some of the finest ore
yet seen from Iron Mountain district,
says the Welser Signal. It 13 a beautiful
sulphide of copper yielding 20 per cent
value, and is from the Monumental, on
which he has run a tunnel 70 feet, cut
ting the vein at 40 feet depth. On the
Magdalene he has a tunnel in 40 feet
and an open cut 20 feet, showing 12 per
cent carbonate and sulphide ore. The
Roadside has a 45-foot tunnel, showing a
fine copper sulphurot, running up to 28
per cent. The Grouse shows a different
character of ore, being bornlte copper
with gangue stone. The ore runs 4 per
cent.
Nez Perces County Is now without a
Board of County Commissioners, as a
transcript of the Judgment of impeach
ment has at last been filed with the Clerk
of the District Court. This Is the end of
a prosecution that had its origin in politi
cal strife at the beginning of the last
campaign. The County Commissioners
were found to he technically guilty of re
ceiving Illegal fees, the statutory penalty
for which Is impeachment and forfeiture
of $500 to the plaintiff In the suit. It is
believed that the Governor will appoint
the newly elected board to fill the' va
cancies. Senator W. A. Clark, the Montana mil
lionaire. Is reported to have purchased
the controlling Interest In the big copper
belt under development at Stevens Peak,
a few miles south of Mullan. The deal is
said to be the outcome of a favorable re
port Just made by an expert sent to the
district by the Amalgamated Copper
Company, of Butte. The Park stockhold
ers, who claim to have disposed of their
stock to Senator Clark, say that It is the
Intention of the copper king to run a tun
nel to tap the district from somewhere
near Mullan, which would mean a longer
tunnel than that run by the Clarka to
tap the Sunset Peak district.
It Is announced that Colonel W. H.
Dewey may be a candidate for the Sen
atorship. Prior to the state convention It
was understood he would be. He was
among those who opposed tho plan of
making a nomination for the place In the
state convention. Since that time there
had not been much talk about- his candi
dacy. It seems a large number of the
Colonel's friends are satisfied he can be
elected owing to the complications that
are likely to arise when the Legislature
meets. Colonel Dewey, who is a Demo-
crat, Is one of the best-known men of the
state-. He has been very prominentlj
Identified with the development of Idaho s
resources. For a great many years he
lived at Silver City and was a leader In
the opening of the mines of that sec
tion, and realized a large fortune from
the Trade Dollar and other properties.
More recently he has made his home at
Nampa and is engaged In railway build
ing and the promotion of the general In
terests of that section of the country.
He owns tho Boise, Nampa & Owyhee
Railroad, and Is building a road north
from Nampa, known as the Idaho North
ern. He Is Just finishing a hotel In Nampa.
Washington Xotes.
The number of smallpox patients at Spo
kane Is diminishing.
Catholics of Spokane will Issue a weekly
paper, called the Herald.
Spokane bicycle repairers will adopt a
uniform schedule of charges.
Friday evening at Spokane J. Z. Smith
was held up and robbed of $17.
The estate left by the late John Sulli
van, of Seattle, has been appraised at
$447,230 37.
Two Walla Walla physicians removed
the entire thyroid gland from a patent
last week.
The old Simmons cemetery, north of
North Yakima, Is to be moved. The
graves will be transferred to the Tahoma,
or City cemetory.
The number of divorces granted In 1900
In Pierce County has been 123, and of
marriage licenses Issued 542.
Smallpox has developed among the In
dians in Kallspell Valley, about 50 miles
north of Spokane, and the settlers are
much alarmed.
Ll Mackle, of Ballard, will erect a
double block and shingle mill this Win
ter on land near Trafton, on the new
line of railroad.
It is stated that a scheme is planned to
turn the south fork of the Nooksack
into Lake Whatcom by ditching and by
building an aqueduct.
A shingle-weaver by the name of Ralph
Shoemaker suffered the loss of all his
fingers except the thumb on his left hand
in the mill at Bryant Saturday morning.
The Selah Valley Irrigating Canal Com
pany has authorized Its local manager,
Hon. Ira P. Englehart, to expend $10,000
this Spring In Improving and enlarging
the canal.
Word has been received at Aberdeen
that the memorial sent to Congress for
a Gray's Harbor appropriation will be
entered as an amendment to the river
and harbor bill.
County Fruit Inspector von Holderbeke
condemned and burned a shipment of 120
fruit trees from Missouri at Snohomish
last week on account of their Infection
with crown gals.
A young man of Everett named Shade
met with a serious accident Thursday.
He was splitting firewood with a double
bitted ax, and on the up stroke the Im
plement struck him on the forehead, cut
ting a deep gash.
Burglars it Tacoma entered the home
of Rev. F. L. Smith, pastor of the First
Baptist Church. Friday night, and car
ried off valuables to the amount of $30.
Several other burglaries were committed
in the residence portion of the city.
Billy Robinson lost his way on Slate
Creek trails last week, and was com
pelled to camp out all night without flro
or blankets. When found by his friends
next day his feet and hands were badly"
frozen, and may have to be amputated.
Lee Huntosh. the leader of a band of
rough boys who were found guilty of
robbing a store at Tacoma, has been
bound over for trial in the Superior
Court, with the other members of his
band, and his bail has been raised from
$300 to $500.
Dave Morgan, a 6-year-old child of Ta
coma, was knocked down and run over
by a "wagon and team driven by a farmer
named Smith, of Fern Hill, a suburb
south of Tacoma, Saturday. One of his
eyes was gouged out, and he is probably
Internally injured.
J. R. Woodley, of Spokane, has leased
1000 acres of oil lands near Rosalia, In
cluding part of a townslte. He has or
ganized a local company to push pros
pecting, and will have abundant capital
to develop the properties If the expected
oil showings are encountered.
Mr. Reynolds, an Eastern capitalist, has
leased a building along the water front
at Port Townsend, and will start a sar
dine cannery. The building is being put
into shape for the reception of the plant,
and the machinery is now on the way
from the East. The plant will have a ca
pacity of 1500 cases a month on the start-
off, with a weekly payroll of $400.
In the case of M. Billings, of Portland,
against the State of Washington, Judge
Linn, In the Superior Court at Olympia
Thursday sustained the demurrer of As
sistant Attorney-General Vance and dis
missed the action. Billings sued the state
to recover $2500 damages for the withhold
ing of certain tide lands which later were
conveyed to him by a Judgment of the Su
preme Court.
Fish Commissioner A. C. Little, who
has been experimenting since April with
Eastern oysters In the waters of Puget
Sound, considers he has Indubitable evi
dence that this variety of bivalve win
do better on the Pacific Coast than It
does In the waters of the Atlantic. Sat
urday he received a box of Eastern oys
ters, which were planted at the oyster
experiment station at Keyport last Spring.
Tho oysters show a growth made since
they were placed In the waters of the
Sound that Mr. Little declares would re
quire two years' time to produce in the
waters of the Atlantic The only draw
back to the propagation of the Eastern
oysters Is In the matter of reproduction.
The waters of the Sound are apparently
Young and
This 1 the oldest Private Medical
Dispensary in the City of Portland,
the first Medical Dispensary ever
started in the city. Dr. Kessler. tho
old, reliable specialist has been man
ager of this institution for 20 years,
during which time thousands of cases
have been cured, apu no person was
ever refused treatment. The St.
Louis Dispensary has thousands of
dollars In money and property, and
able financially to make Its word
good.
Since Dr. Kessler started the St.
Louis Dispensary, over 20 years ago,
hundreds of traveling- doctors have
come to Portland, advertised their
sure-cure ability In the papers, -got
what money they could from confid
ing patients, then left town. Dr.
Kessler Is the only advertising spe
cialist who can give reference to all
classes. You may ask bankers, mer
chants, and all Rinds of business
men. They will tell you that Dr.
Kessler Is O. K. Lots of people com
ing, from the country deposit their
money with him. No other special
ist on the Coast can give such refer
ence as this old doctor.
GOOD DOCTORS.
Many doctors in country towns send patients to Dr. Kessler, because
they know he 13 prepared to treat all kinds of private and chronic diseases.
DDIIMTC Diseases. This doctor guarantees to cure any case of Syphlllls,
rmVAIL Gonorrhea, Gleet, Strictures cured, no difference -now long stand
ing. Spermatorrhea, Loss of Manhood, or Night Emissions, cured perma
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make you perfectly strong and nealthy. You will be amazed at his success
In curing Spermatorrhea, Seminal Losses, Nightly Emissions, and other ef
fects. KIDXEY AXD URIXARY C03IPLAIXTS.
Painful, difficult, too frequent, milky or bloody urine, unnatural discharges,
carefully treated and permanently, cured. Piles, Rheumatism and Neuralgia
treated by our new remedies, and cures guaranteed.
Patients treated In any part of the country by his home system. Write
full particulars, enclose ten 2c stamps and we will answer you promptly.
Hundreds treated at home who are unable to come to the city.
DPin THK Take a clear bottle at bedtime, and urinate In the bottle, set
KtAU llllo aside and look at It In the morning. If It Is cloudy or has a
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be attended to before you get an incurable disease, as hundreds die every
year from Bright's disease of the kidneys. '
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Enclose ten 2c stamps or no answer.
too cold for the spawn, and the Increase Is
not as rapid as It Is In the oyster beds
of the East. 1 t
The mld-Wlnter convention of the Pa
cific Northwest Holiness Association will
be held at Spokane from Saturday, Janu
ary 19, to Sunday, January 27, inclusive.
The Harrington Milling Company Is send
ing out the last of a 6500-barrel order of
flour, consigned to Kobe. Japan. It re
quired 25 cars to transport the flour to
Seattle. Eighteen thousand barrels Is the
amount of shipments by this mill to Japan
In the past three months.
The Pierce County legislative delega
tion met at noon Saturday. Nearly a
dozen aspirants have brought pressure to
bear upon the delegation for indorsement
for positions as clerks, sergeants-at-arm3
or other employment at the Statehouse
during the session. It was the consensus
of opinion that If the delegation succeed
ed In securing the election of Represen
tative J. H Easterday as speaker of the
lower House, Pierce County could not
with good grace ask for much additional
in the way of patronage. The delegation
will meet again next Saturday, at which
time bills will be discussed which Pierce
County statesmen will bring before the
Legislature
The contract to build 16 bridges on the
extension of the Bclllngham Bay & Brit
ish Columbia road from Sumas to Maple
Creek, In the Mount Baker district, has
been let. The length of the bridge will
be nearly half a mile The effects of the
new road are already being felt. Several
logging camps and shlngle-mlll sites have
been marked out and started, and by
the time the road Is completed In March
the splendid timber section through which
it runs will be alive with men turning
out productive material from what I
now an unoccupied territory. Land along
the new line has doubled In value. Tho
effect on the Mount Baker mines will be
Immediate, as hitherto the miners could
only get In supplies and machinery by
going round through Canada, and had
to take out their ore the same way.
GROWTH OF CALIFORNIA.
Statement Showing Its Commercial
Progress During- 1000.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 30. The annual
New Year's edition of the San Francisco
Chronicle, printed this morning, gives a
comprehensive summary of California's
commercial growth during the year about
to close. Considerable space Is given to
the growing trade with the Philippines.
The total Imports and exports out of and
Into San Francisco from the islands wera:
Iinports, $436,293; exports, $601,704.
In 1899 they were: Imports, $290,000; ex
ports, $325,000.
The totals of California's principal prod
ucts for 1900 were: Oil, 4.000,000 barrels;
wheat, 19.500,000 centals; barley, 14,700,000
bushels; sugar, 27,000 tons; hops, 48.000
bales; butter, 29,000,000 pounds: wine. 21,
000,000 gallons; brandy, 3.250,000 gallons.
The orange and lemon shipments wero
22,000 carloads.
The product of raisins was 75,000.000
pounds; prunes, 120,000,000 pound3.
The total mineral output was $30,000,009,
of which $16,000,000 was In gold. Copper
amounted to nearly $4,000,000; quicksilver,
22.926 flasks. For the year 1S99. the
figures were: Exports, $37,618,300; imports.
$44,575,170. The total gold and silver im
ports for 1900 were $23,500,000; exports,
$23,675,000. Wheat exports, 7,348,000 centals,
flour, 1,131.944 barrels.
The total clearings of the San Francisco
banks were $1,023,395,017, an Increase over
1S99 of nearly $58,000,000. During the year
the banks of all kind3 in California in
creased their resources by nearly $2T,
000,000. The total output of Pacific Coast salmon
canneries in 1900 was 2.994.4S5 cases; Brit
ish Columbia produced 527,281 cases; Alas
ka, 1,554,745 cases.
Would Pardon Filipinos.
CHICAGO, Dec. CO. Professor M.-m-gasarin,
a Chicago Congregational clergy
man, tonight, at the Grand Opera-House,
delivered a lecture on "The Close of the
Century." He said In part:
"Let the American people celebrate the
birth of the 20th century by a memorable
act give liberty to the Filipinos. Victor
Hugo used to say that no festival or cele
bration was complete which did not bring
amnesty or pardon to some people; let us
pardon the Filipinos for rebelling against
our sovereignty. If that Is their crime, and
in addition let us confer upon them lib
erty. Let America establish a divine
precedent that of giving freedom freely
and without price to a people who prefea
liberty to life."
Smallpox Quarantine Raised
ST. PAUL, Dec 30. The local Health.
Commissioner, satisfied that the new
Board of Health at Winona has taken
proper measures to guard against the
spread of smallpox said to exist there,
has raised the quarantine between tha
two cities.
Paris Exposition Picture Sola.
PARIS, Dec 30. The Luxembourg Ga
zette has purchased several pictures dis
played at the Paris exposition. Among
these are Walter McEwen's "A, Sunday la
Holland," and Humphrey Johnson's "Por
trait of a Woman," both from the UnlU4
States section.
Small Kansas City Fire.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec 30. The firs'
early this morning in the Pennock block,
which for a time threatened the Baltimore
Hotel, was got under control with small
loss.
So many diseases depend on impur
blood, Hood's Sarsaparilla 13 the most
widely useiui meaicine.
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Old, Read This
J. Henri Kessler, 31. D., Manager.