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"VtyT. zfewgp- W" ?' : - if THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 2, 1901. COODYEARMNC Jackson County MadeGratify ing Progress. WORK OF SUBSTANTIAL ORDER Placers Have Held Foremost Place la Gold Ontpat Comprehensive Description of District and It Several Properties. ASHLAND. Or., Dec. 27. Precious metal mining In Jackson County for the year 1900 exhibits gratifying progress, and Is of a more substantial character than in any former epoch since gold was first mined in the region. It Is not so much involved In perplexity and doubt. Extensive development of a few of the quartz properties with profitable returns and proof of continuity of the veins, with persistence of metalliferous matter carry lag good values at the considerable depths attained, has cleared away a mass of mis conceptions and errors which has serious ly Impeded the industry In Southern Ore gon during a number of years. There are pocket ledges, so-called, and pocket min ing Is still carried on to some extent and with profit, but It can no longer be said there are no workable ledges conforming to the requirements of "milling leads," There Is in operation close to Ashland one of the deep mines of the state, and there are several within the county whose Underground workings are quite extensive with development of ore bodies which maintain them as dividend-payers. In no former year has there been so much work done on ledge prospects and on veins of proven value, and this has been attended with such results that quartz mining has attained an unquestioned position as a permanent and leading Industry" of the county. Another feature of advantage to the mining Interest is that less money and less effort, relatively speaking, are thrown away on capricious notions of the occurrences of precious metal de posits and hopeless undertakings than In previous years. "Work has commonly been done on lodes affording some prom ise, and with intelligent direction. This is pernaps to oe expected In the prog- C.P.SS Of QUArtz mlnlno- fn-r farH veni V.orx. are more trained minds and experienced hands, and fewer novices in the working vt. mines; nence waste worK ana disap pointments are more Infrequent and a mining district Is more likely to prosper or be abandoned on. its own merits. The placer mines have held the foremost place as to gold output, but the product of the quartz mines will likely soon be equal (it is nearly so now). If it does not exceed that of the placers. The working of the sands and shallow bars of the streams is small, and the placers of im portance comprise the hydraulic diggings, "where water is conducted by miles of ex pensive ditches aid flumes to operate giants to tear down huge beds of Neocene gravels and conglomerates, some of which, as the Sterling, are highly aurifer ous and pay well. The plck-and-shovel miners of early days have nearly disap peared from the creeks, though there are a few who do fairly well In a good sea son, and the aggregate of their product throughout the county annually amounts to a considerable sum of money. If per mitted to class the pocket-hunters with them, their Iiroduet PXCAPrln In valun eVinr of some of the Important farm products? ot mo county, having pointed out the sources of the gold, the mining man would doubQess desire a description of the coun. try In a general way, to be made ac quainted with the character of the rock masses, and some information In detail as to the principal mines and the mineral products. South of Ashland are Ashland Butte and its near neighbor, Mount "Wagner, two very conspicuous topographic feat ures of the Siskiyou Range or Klamath Mountains. They are some seven miles distant, and the former attains a height of 7662 feet. The trend of the range ap proximates an east-and-west line, and, except in the vicinity of Ashland, the crest line is mostly in California. It is flanked by spurs of such magnitude In some instances as to make a distinct range, like that north of Mount Wagner, which separates the Valleys of Bear Creek and the Applegate. East of Ash land Is the Cascade Range, with a north erly and westward trend, which forms the eastern "barricade of Bear Creek Val ley. From the western slope of this lat ter range and from the north side of the Bisklyous, the waters are gathered by a series of mountain streams, which are perennial, and conducted to Rogue River. On the south side of the Siskiyous the waters fall into the Klamath River; these are the trunk streams of the region. "Willie the trend of the uplifts are well defined denudation has been marvelously effective in land sculpture, and the coun try Is essentially mountainous and hilly, with several fine plateaus and rich val leys, relatively email; of the latter the Rogue River or Bear Creek Valley is the largest, and comprises one of the rich est agricultural and hortcultural areas xn iregon. The mountain region. th lnraut-u- nt nosi oi tno mines, is attractive and en joyable to a degree not exceeded, perhaps, in any other section of the "West. The forests are magnflcent, comprising the best types of the coniferous trees of commercial value, and a variety of small er growths, inclusive of some ines and plants of particular Interest and value. The areas near the summits are often beautiful in their alteration of glade and grove. Groupings of fir and pine, or of fir and hemlock, at the higher altitudes, are often ideal and park-like, and the opens where there have been no sheep are bright with beautiful flowers and grasses. The country is bountifully wa tered, and on the plateau summits there are numerous Ice-cold springs of sweet water whose source Is probably Shasta, which Is generally in grand and majestic view from these points on the Siskiyous, and seemingly only a few miles away. The Siskiyous, or Klamath Mountains, comprise extensive areas of the older rocks. In which the auriferous veins cora 'monly occur, and are to certain extent regarded as an extension of the Sierra Nevadas. They merge Into the Coast Range westward, with their cretaceous and tertiary formations, and are flanked on the north side by these latter forma tions, which cover much of the area of the count-, though there are patches of the older rocks exposed in numerous places. In these patches one is likely to find mines, but they are not confined ex clusively to the older formations. Meta morphlsm is a noticeable feature of rock history, as one goes south and west of Ashland, particularly In .the- "Wagner Butte region. There Is a good mining district there, as might be supposed. Further westward is a serpentine belt, covering a large area: the bedrock of io streams oeing commonly slate, which appears to underlie the serpentine. The mountain mass projecting northward and westward from Wagner Butte Is mainly iate, in wnicn tnere are a few encourag ing prospects, but no mini of nmvon value. In the serpentine belt mentioned mere are patcnos or orupuves or Igneous rocks, such as dlabuses and blvrltes, in which prospects have been found of cop per ores carrying some silver and gold values. In this region, too, the prospects of cinnabar appear to be of considerable Importance, and on one claim there is extensive development work. There are some huge masses of talc, asbestos Is com mon, and varieties of schists are well represented In places, immediately to the south and west of Ashland the rock masses are mainly granite and cranodio rite The Ashland mine Is in this forma Hon near town, and there are numerous neighboring prospects, some of which are being extensively developed. Relating to certain specified localities close to Ash land, I quote Professor Dlller, a distin guished member of the United States Geological Survey, whose pen has ren dered Oregon some valuable services: "At Ashland the Cascade Range is sep arated on the southwest from Siskiyou Mountain, a part of the Klamath group by Bear Creek Valley, a branch of Rogue River Valley. The topographic features just referred to are composed of four sets of rocks: (1) pre-cretaceous sedimentary and igneous rocks, (2) cretaceous con glomerates, sandstones and shales; (3) mlccene conglomerates, sandstones and shales; (4) mlocene and later lavas. Among- the pre-cretaccous rocks of the Ashland region quartz-mlca-diorlte is one of the most Important. It extends from Ashland southward Into Siskiyou Moun tain. It is the base upon, which the cre taceous strata He and from which the sands and silts of both the cretaceous and the mlocene strata were derived. The cre taceous strata occupy the middle portion of the Bear Creek Valley, and much of the lower slope upon the southwest side . . . and dip eastward beneath the Cascade Range, In all probability con necting with similar rocks of the same age exposed on. Crooked River, in East ern Oregon. The mlocene beds are ex posed upon the lower slope of the Cas cade Range a short distance northeast of Bear Creek. Although not accurately measured, they must have a thickness of over 500 feeE The mlocene sandstones, like those of the cretaceous, . . . were derived directly from the disintegration of the adjacent diorite, which formed the shore of the water body originating them. The conglomerate, of which a heavy bed occurs near the base of the mlocene, Is made up largely of fragments of older igneous rocks from the Klamath Mount ains, and differs from those of the Cas cade Range. Mixed with these In the con glomerate, but more particularly In the overlying sandstones, are pebbles of quartz, quartzlte, schist, and slhte, from among the older rocks of the Klamath Mountains." Some of these conglomerates and gravels are auriferous, and a tract north of Ash land has been prospected some. Tho old Davenport placers were doubtless en riched from them. The Sterling mine Is probably in the same formation. Again, Professor Dlller says: "The older portion ot the mlocene strata contains no trace of the modern volcanic rocks of which the Cascade Range is composed. They dip gently eastward beneath the sheets o lava composing the range." From this and other evidences mentioned he con cludes that the mlocene strata of the Ashland district are .older than the adja cent portion of the Cascade Range, ana that the earliest eruptions in this part ot that range took place In a later portion of the mlocene or pliocene. He further states that the Cascade Range is not un derlain by a parallel ridge of pre-cretaceous rocks. These points are cited as they have an important bearing on the mining geology of the region. In some features they are Interesting, too, In re lation to the project, said to be afoot, to bore for oil In Bear Creek Valley. Assuming that the animal and vegetables deposits laid down in these cretaceous and tertiary strata formed carbonaceous shale or other rock rich in hydrocarbons, then the heat produced in the rocks at tending the movements and uplifts which created the Cascades and the subsequent disturbances, may be supposed to have been sufficient to have made petroleum from these hydrocarbons. In this con nection I may state that some aspbaltum haa been found In the region, the locai. ty being named of the samples I have ex amined, which I have no reason to doubt. As asphaltum Is a product resulting from the oxidation of the hydrocarbon of petro leum oils, tho value of this evidence Is manifest, -and the oll-borlng project Is not without a rational basis. The Ashland mine whose location has been noticed above is the most Important of the quartz properties that Is Being worked .in the county. The underground workings comprise about GOOD feet of : shaf te, tunnels, drifting, etc. The main shaft is now rapidly approach ing the 700-foot level, and it Is there, fore the deepest mine in Southern Oregon. A. 1400-foot tunnel driven into the north side of the mountain spur which carries the ledge, connects with the shaft at the 250-foot level, which facilitates the ventilation of the mine, and through it- the water Is carried out. Drifting at the 500-foot and 600-foot levels on both sides of the shaft in fine ore is in progress. The blocking out and exploratory work furnishes all the ore that can be handled with the present milling facilities. This mine has improved greatly with depth, and is a very Important factor in support ing confidence in the mining district. At the. 600-foot level the vein Is "filled," a the miners term It; that Is to say, there is ore from wall to wall, a width ot seven to eight feet, and so continues. The proportion of free gold In these lower levels is large, and it is an excellent type of a good free milling lode. Py rites of iron are practically the only sul phides carried In the ledge. An average of two cars per month of high-grade base ore are shipped to the Tacoma smelt er. The concentrates from the mill run In amount from two to five per cent, and will perhaps average $45 to $250 per ton. This is known to be correct, as to ores from the upper levels. About 40 men are employed on the mine. Most of the gold product of the Ashland district for the current year came out of this mine. The Shorty-Hope, a neighboring mine which has a 10-stamp mill, is not now in operation. Much work has been done on supposed extensions of the Ashland, but there have been no Important discoveries on the lead outside the limits of the Ash land corporation's property. The Free Sliver, or Barron mine, nine miles southeast of Ashland, on the south western slope of the Cascades, has had considerable development, showing a large amount of good ore, and Is held to be a very valuable property. A description of this mine has heretofore appeared In The Oregonian. The complex character of the ores will likely require a smelter to save the values, though there Is free gold at the greatest depth attained, which is a little over 200 feet. There appears to have been much crushing of the rock material In the vein, which docs not seem so well defined as the veins in the Siski yous. At the 200-foot level It is seven to 12 feet wide. The mineralogy of this mine is more Interesting than that of any other known In Southern Oregon. Among the minerals carried in the vein, are pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, native silver, red silver ore, or ruby silver, na tive gold, sphalerite, and realgar. Thei is much silver. In the milling tests tho concentrates gave $157 gold and 900 ounces silver per ton. The sliver in the gold reduces the bullion value to $13 to $14. The Ashland's gold Is worth about $15 50. due to the presence of silver, or has been, whereas the placer gold of the county generally will run from $17 te $19 50. Local dealers usually allow $16 pei ounce. The Free Silver Is the only mine of established value known In the extreme southern section of thp Cascades. There are said to be some good prospects up Elk Creek, and numerous locations have been made, but no Important proper ties have been developed. The development work on a number of the prospects In the Ashland district is considerable and as a whole encouraging. There have been no sensational "strikes." but there appear to be at least two of the recent discoveries of substantial value to the owners and highly advan taceous to the district. The mining districts of which Jackson ville and Gold Hill are the commercial centers, though Medford may also be named, in the former, are old and have often been described in this and other -papers. To the mining man It may be said the metamornhlc rocks, such as slates. schists and miners' "porphyries," are well represented In the geologic formations. A necullar base of granite is a noticeable feature of the Gold Hill rock masses. Both districts are thrifty, and their goto product this year Is in excere of that for a number of years past Explorations in ouartz are In nrorrress near Jacksonville, and at several points up the Big Apple- gate and along its affluents, embracing a large territory of auriferous country. Some of these are yielding money, but no large mines have been developed yet. The placers of the region hold the first place, as heretofore. The Sterling Is a large, well-equipped and very productive mine, and holds a place as one of the big placer properties of the Coast. The placer properties generally have been much im proved this year, and with their better equipment and promising water supply, will clean off more bedrock this season than in any previous season for years past. About Gold HIH the activities in quartz mining are greater than at any previous period in years, making the camp a prosperous one. There have been some important and very valuable discoveries, notably the Nye ledge, and the gold prod uct Inclusive of that .of the neighboring placers, is greater than that of any year since the bonanza days. In this district Foot's Creek, Gall's Creek, Sardine Creek and Evans Creek are the important lo calities of mining operations, both fn quartz and placers. The writer has been at some pains to collect data by which he could arrive at a fairly close estimate of the gold prod uct of Jackson County for the year 1900. In this work he has been courteously aided by the banks of Medford and Ash land and by a number of mining men. The statements received are for the most part confidential for manifest reasons. The banks of Medford have handled the most gold among the local banks. Some of the ininps, like the Ashland, do not dis pose of their bullion product through the local banks. The following are tne figures obtained, which are submitted as conservative and a very close approx matlon of the actual yield of all the mines in the county: Ashland district, $95,000; Gold Hill. $104,000; all districts tributary to Medford and Jacksonville, $155,000; total, $354,000. In the Ashland district the product Is mostly from quartz. In the Gold Hill district about $55,000 is from quarts mines. Comparing the different sections of the mining areas Gold Hill makes the best showing as to Increased product. " The Ashland and Gold Hill districts are in a position to greatly "increase the output during the next year, as there arc several properties just reaching a position to be come producers, and-'I think this will be true, too. of the country in the neigh borhood of Jacksonville. M. F. EGGLESTON. PEONOGRAPH WINS A SULTAN Captain Smiley Tells How It Helped in UlnUInp: a Treaty. Chicago Chronicle. Modern science scored another triumph when a phonograph Induced the Sultan of the Sulu archipelago to sign the treaty with the United States. The story was told recently by Captain S. E. Smiley, of the Fifteenth United States Infantry, in Chicago, en route to Washington. Saptain Smiley said the Sultan and his suite were assembled on the deck of the Charleston. Preliminary negotiations were completed and terms agreed upon, but the Sultan wiuld not sign. General Bates, at the end of his expedients, had the pho nograph set up on the deck. When it be gan to pour forth the words "All Coons Look Alike to Me," the members of the Sultan's suite were variously stricken with fear and delight. The Sultan was amazed, and upon being permitted to speak 1 ito the machine and hear his own voice reproduced, his suspicions of the Americans vanished. ,He promptly and in great good humor signed the treaty. t AT-THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. O F Robinson, Kan C IGeorge D Schalk Jas P Hunter. Phila Mrs Jenkins, city John Noble, N Y iMIss Fiskin. city A F Towler. Chicago p W Halle, city R B Cradlebaugh, The j " -)uic rtuiuieiunipirs aiaDei uonant rMlss.McBrido unlive T H Curtis; Astoria E C Fahreny & wife, Chicago B N Flsk, Chicago Leo Well. N Y G H Gibson & wife. Seattle J L Buchan. Seattle R 8 Shaw, Bozeman C D Buck. MlnnnlM u a y rael ., , R F' Prael iTed Baker, Dawson a is uavanaugh, Nome u ireieraan iSc w, city Mr & Mrs It W Walter city Mr & Mrs Polndexter, San Francisco Dr & Mrs Panton, city W E Tallant. Astnrla S K Hlcklln & wife A D Spencer. San Fr L Obenmejer, Seattle G K Daniels. San Fr tZ ? i ,6' rl loff"ui " opeaay. san Fr ?,eo SLons, Tacoma J O Stout. Cincinnati Mrs Mna Larowe Edw Knoble. Tacoma Miss Estelie Mundt Edw G Ssroule, do P,r Ney Churchman IMr & Mrs T B Foster Mr & Mrs J D Leon- Mr & Mrs W H Grind ard j staff THE PERKINS. A L Butler. McMInnvl W J Warren. Cath- lamet S S Smith. Astoria N R Bridges. Astoria E Shelley Morgan, city J hrennan, Seattle A L Sawjer, Seattle V G Coleman city J T Gregg, city Lou Geer, city Ed J Mack, city D Roy. city Ben Mitchell, S F A M Baker, Starbuck Miss L Baker, do G W Whitehouse.WW Mrs O W Whltehouse. Walla Walla H W Jones, Memphis O V Allen. Salem O B Gates. Htllsboro E E Whltinff, N T W L Johnson. K.aftlo Fred Earl, (lanllnpr 0 T Brown. Forest Gr v u vnesmre, Eugene N K Bridges, Eugene P J HnvupMen tf iS P Hannawalt, city a a i-asvine. Salem A A Ellison. San Fr i is Ferris, San Fr Mrs H B Fen-la An W H Chatten. Salem u t; Brewer, Chemawa W S Bowen. Tnrnm Mrs W S Bowen, do Fred J Bowen, do Mrs E J Donovan, do J F Hart, KelEO.Wash J Belton, Kelso. Wash A Chrlstensen. T-AwMstn C B Chadwick. Seattle w leeber, San Fran .u u sonners. Seattle John J Conners. Spokn L B Williams, Seattle Mrs J J Conners, do V M Robinson, Sumptr Chas H Castner,' HoodiL C Massie, Seattle niver "Mrs C H Castner, do Ed Runleyside, Vancv W J Connnrs. T C IF F Clark. Skagway alter a tnsey, Al bany. Or T F Tuppey, city W M Isaacs, Astoria Sdw C Brewster.Seattl h u uirard. Astoria C R Wright. Astoria A M Humphrey.8alem J E Hall. Clatskanle F W Cupper, do Mrs F W Cupper, do Carrie Danneman. Corvallls G T Cochran, Stan ford University M B Belshe. Moro J B Smith.Jamestown, N D Gov Rea, Heppner Mrs Hulse, Moro. Or H C Leiser, Vancouvr J T Roes, Astoria F A Brvant. Astoria Geo H Richardson, St Louis Mrs G H Richardson, Mrs l. a Loomls. 11- waco MtBs Flower Loomls.do Miss Henderson. 1n Miss Kennell, do Z M Brown, Prlnevllle Geo Conser, Heppner Mrs fipn Pflnr Ar Mrs Margaret 8 Harter, iN"w xoru H Dunn, The Dalles Wendell Hall. Hon olulu W B Taylor, Elma.Wn a n uavar.aupn. Seattle Rufus Drum, St Louis A C Mowrey. Eufaula Mrs A C Mowrey. do Mrs J L Hutchinson, Morn. Or IMiss Hutchinson, do St Louis THE IMPERIAL. C. W. Knowles. Manager. J J Peterson. Oreg Cy W W Wiley, Bcaverton cnas aaucooK. ao J J Ilges. St Louis Geo L Trott, St Paul J C Clinton. Astoria M Meyer. San Fran Mrs L L Jacobs, do Miss Jacobs, do J F Calbreath, Salem C. A TJrlp-K Ran TTran ii b ivinc. ueaverton Paul Houser. Salnm C E Copple, Hood R Mrs Copple, Hood R J T Jones. Cottage Gnr Mrs J J Hennessy, spoKane Robt A Miller, Oreg Cy Katheryn Cary, Sclo Luella Cary. Ashland Rhoda Hudson. Wash Robt Forbe3, Aberdeen J O Stearns. Hnnulam Mrs Brings, San Fran Piaster isnsrs. ao Mrs N E Smith, city W.A Warren, Monmth A T MerUn. Keating Mrs O M Sanford. Sumptcr. Or Joseph Ramon Echo Joseph Very. Echo L Brier. Salem E M Eldrldge. city H Kimball Salem C D Gabrielson. do Ruth Gabrielson, do Mrs Ray Gilbert, do Miss Agnes Gilbert, do T T Geer. do Mrs Geer. do Eugene Semple, Seattl J M Haberly, city H S Mount Miss Bcmardl, Salem Miss Steelman. Salem Kerney Miller, Salem G Stolz. Salem H G Meyer. Salem E H Lampert, Salem Geo Basett. Milwk F D McCully. Joseph J Grady. Chicago M E Carll. Oregon Cy W L Bradshaw, Dalles Miss Trombly, CoosBy L M Fisher. St Paul Chas E Wllber. city M Ford. Astnrla iJohn Relners. Astoria Salem Football Team P Jarvis Clarence Bishop cnauncey uisnop Walter Brum H A Young H H Olinger D Farrar R Bonham Ed Judd Dr S D Rpnif J Gault R Sanders J Fletchcer J Williams S Lucas F W Durbln, Mgr HE Albert R Holman C L McNary H H Smith Tenuis T?!nliprrtn I John W Cochran Hotel BrnnnwlcU. Seattle. European; first-class. Rates. 75c and up. One block from depot. Restaurant next door. Tacoma Hotel Tacoma, American plan. Rates. $3 and up. Donnelly Hotel. Tacoma, European plan Rates, eOc and up. It's a mistake to go on losing appetite and jjtrensta. Hood's Sarparilla cor rects it Downing, Hopkins & Co. WHEAT AND STOCK BROKERS -" Room 4, Ground Floor BOTH TELEPHONES REVIEW OF YEAR'S TRADE EXPANSION IN BUSINESS AND CON DITIONS HIGHLY SATISFACTORY. Railway Supplies Selling Freely and Iron and Steel Trade Doomlng- Prosperons Year In Cotton. NEW YORK, Jan. 1. Dun's review, In Its summary reviewing the business of the year just closed, will say regarding the leading markets: Conditions of iron and steel during 1900 were much more sound than in the preced ing year, when speculation was rife and prices inflated far beyond the bounds of reason. Statistics of the weekly capacity of furnaces In blast show that the highest point on record was reached February 1, while there was little' diminution during the next few months. But with thb col lapse of speculation during tttie Spring and realization of the fact that operations had been overdone, there came a steady reduction in output. From 296 furnaces in blast on February 1, there followed a continual shutting down until but 21 were in operation on November 1, and the weekly production decreased 82,710 tons. Even at this rapid rate of declining Out put stocks accumulated tylth startling rapidity, and on OctoSer 1 the top was reached at 670,531 tons. Business conditions ,. wero satisfactory, however, and demandj expanded -while ex ports of finished products grew flieavy when prices reached a level that made competition possible with brand Jron producers. In two mbntihs ending Decem ber 1 furnace stocks of pig-iron decreased 118,315 tons and the tone was so much im proved that many Idle furnaces resumed. Manufactured articles have moved along similar lines. Quotations of iron and steel products at "the beginning of the year were little below the level prevailing 13 years ago, and in the Fall was almost uninterrupted until October, when the average was but 63.6S per cent of that pre vailing January 1, 1SS7. It is difficult to select any one branch of this industry as being pushed harder than another. Railway supplies of all kinds have sold very freely, and the mar ket la flooded wjoh urgent orders for freight cars. Structural material, partlc ularly for bridges and ships has been In much better demand than supply. Steel rails were reduced from last year's price of $35 to $26, but it was an open secret that the former figure had only been nom inal for months prior to the official change. of September. Contracts for $1,200,000 tons deliverable In 1901 have been placed at $26, and nu merous export orders also suggest the probability that the list will be main tained. Tin bounded up from 25& at the opening to 25 cents, in July, and then gradually lost the gain. But during the last week tinere was a recovery to 27&c. Copper has done nothin'g startling, vari ations remaining within the range of three-quarters 6f a cent. Opening at 16&c there were sales as low as 160 and the close was at the top, at 17c. Trade has been active'' and domestic .production pushed. One authority places the Ameri can made In advance of any other 'coun try. Lead fell from. 470 at the start to 375, and recovered to 435, where it has been maintained by the smelting company for many months. The year 1900 opened with favorable con ditions prevailing in nearly every branch of the dry goods trade. The home trada was good for the nrst three months and then fell away until by June the market had lapsed into pronounced dullness, and from a steady upward courso In prices began gradually to decline again. The arrest of buying was remarkable. In woolen goods stocks began accumu lating again and their course up to the close of the year has shown pronounced weakness in both men's wear, fabrics and dress goods, wltfi the result that the gain in prices made last year and In the early' part of this has been lost in many direc tions, and where any is retained at all it is of limited extent. A sudden demand from China for heavy brown cottons in May, the first purchase made for that market in several months, unfortunately was checked by the out break of the Boxer rising and since then there has been an entire suspension ot buying for that country. In September another stimulus was given to cotton goods by the rapid advance in raw mate rial which followed the Galveston disas ter and short crop predictions. Prices resumed their upward course and the market ruled strong again until the end of October, when tnere was another lull in the market. The prosperous condition of the cotton goods trade last year and the early part of this has had a marked effect upon the cotton industry in the South, reviving the boom in mill work which previous depres sion had checked. A -number of new mills have been added and many more are in course of erection. It is probable that when tho year's statistics are compiled this will show the addition of nearly 1,0W, 000 spindles to the productive capacity of thb South. After advancing from 10.01 cents, as the average of 100 grades of wool held by Coates & Brother, on May 1, to 24.70 in De cember, 1S99, it was only natural that the year 1900 should witness severe re action and return to a more normal level. The decline was gradual and the year closed about 22 per cent below the top point touched 12 months previous. ' The closing year of the century was a remarkable one for farmers and planters owing to the fact that some sections har vested smaller crops than In preceding years. "While the South produced less cotton than in two previous record-breaking seasons, prices were the highest in 10 years, and the net proflts made on plantations were enormous'. Spring wheat growers made big- crops and the average price was high. In fact, cereals are all abnormally advanced. But there oc curred an actual loss in exports, so that Russian ports were able to procure much foreign trade that had belonged to Amer ican producers. Corn was put up to with in a fraction of 50 cents here, and specu lative manipulation forced the Chicago prices still higher. These operations! had a naturally deleterious effect on .exporta tion and .foreign surplus countries reaped' much of the benefit from excessively in flated domestic markets. California Wine Trnat. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. L The Chron icle says: The California wine Industry today enters upon a new phase In its his tory. Several powerful financial San Franciscans have become heavily inter ested In the leading wine concerns in a manner to establish a community of In Stricture GRAN-SOLVENT" Dissolve Stricture like snow teneatn tfca ann, reeraoea Xnterod i rroMeu, aac bs la riftaea Emlsaiocs la Days. m& poelttre appilcstloo to ltauld. It is preoired la the p&&S?Fi3ct; Every Man Should Know Himself. The St. James Assk, Elm fit, Cincinnati, O. has prepared at ana mm am 7tnterpen an exhaustive Illustrated Traatlae on the maletai Ea? W lee .iratca, which ihayirUl send St. James Aas'n., 2-14 St. James Chamber of Commerce terests as to the general direction of the trade, while leaving to each corporation or firm Its Independence of action In the details of its business. Among the capitalists In this combina tion, which will control seven-eighths of the wines of the state, are: I. W. Hell man, president of the Nevada National Bank: Antolne Borel, of A. Borel & Co., and Daniel Meyer, the private banker. They have become interested in the Cali fornia Wine Association, the California Swiss Agricultural Company, the Lach man & Jacob! and C, Shilling & Co., all of which In turn have become sharehold ers In each of the other concerns. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. CHCAG-Q, Jan. L Cattle Receipts, 3000. Market generally steady to strong; butch ers' stock, firm; good to prime steers. $5 40 (6 10; poor to medium. $3 755 30; stock ers and feeders, $2 734 30; cows, $2 50 4 SO; hlfrs. $2 604 60; canners, $1 S52 50; bulls, $3 504 50; calves, 25c higher, $4 5 75; Texas fed steers, $4 104 90. Texas grass steers, $3 354 10; Texas bulls, $2 50 3 40. Hogs Receipts today, 16,000; tomorrow, 3000; left over, 2000. Market opened 5c higher and active, closed easy: top, $5 10; mixed and butchers, $4 935 10; good to choice heavy, $4 905 10; rough heavy, $4 75 4 85; light, $4 E05 05; bulk of sales, $4 70 5 50. Sheep Receipts, 8000. Sheep and lambs, steady to 10c higher; good to choice weth ers, $3 854 75; fair to choice, $3 5003 90; Western sheep, $3 754 75; Texas sheep, $3 503 65; native lambs, $4 255 63; West ern lambs, $35 60. KAjNSAS CITY, Jan. 1. Cattle Ro celptsr5000; market strong; Texas steers, $3 304 75; Texas cows, $J3 10; native steers, $3 70g5 40; native ows and heifers, $3 254 75; stockers and feeders, $2 754 40; bulls, $2 754. Hogs Receipts, 10,000; market, strong. 5c hipher; bulk of sales, $4 935; heavy. $4 97 5 05; packers, $4 935 05; mixed, $4 874 97; lights. $4 S55;; Yorkers, $4 935; pigs, $5 255 85. Sheep Repelpts, 1000; market strong; lambs, $3 25&5 40; muttons, $2 504 15. Boston Wool Market. BOSTON, Jan. 1. Sales have been very light in the wool market here this week, but values have not changed, however. The mill men as a rule have very light stocks of wool on hand, but see no In ducement to stock up as yet, and are simply buying as the wool Is needed. There Js a quiet demand for territory wools, fine medium and fine being quoted at 4648c, while choice staple calls for 50c. Fleece wools are meeting with little attention, prices "being nominal. Quota tions: Territory, scoured basis Montana and Wyoming, fine medium and fine, 1718c; scoured, 474Sc; staple, 50c. Utah, fine medium and fine, 1617c; scoured, 46 48c; staple, 50c. Idaho, fine medium and fine, 1516c; scoured, 46480; staple, 50c Australian, scoured basis Spot prices: Combing, superfine, nominal at 7375c; good, 6770c; average, 64867c. Active Foreigrn aioney JInrlcet. LONDON, Jan. 1. The money market waa unusually active, owing to largo transfers of cash. Nearly 7,000,000 has been distributed In the shape of foreign colonial coupons, and another 7,000,000 In Interest on colonial inscribed stocks and railway debentures, while miscel laneous dividends. will furnish from 2, 000,000 to 3,000,000 additional. Altogether about 17,500,000 was distributed, while 3,000,000 will be paid 1n shape of calls for money. Discounts are firm. The possibility of an advance in the bank rate on Thursday is freely discussed. London FInacInl New. LONDON, Jan. 1. Money, 44 per cent; bar silver, steady at 29 9-16d per ounce. Amount of bullion withdrawn from the Bank of England on balance today 84,000. Poverty. Clinton Scollard In January New LIpplncott. If four blank walls be mine, and every wind That goes careening through the vasts of sky Makes free with my shrunk casement, and my hearth Bhows but a feeble flame, and the rough floor Has but the dust for carpet, am I poor? Nay, I am very Croesus! that, and morel For no swart Mede can rob me of the dreams Wherewith I hang a rapt Madonna, there, A face Murillo painted, drape rich folds Ot gold-shot damask round yon oriel. And heap about me rugs of velvet pile Deft-wrought upon the looms of Kermanshaht Poor! Is he poor who has God's gift Of dreams? The lifeless body of John McKenzIe, a logger, was found in a Seattle saloon ear ly Saturday morning. Ble 6 li a noa-rolionomi remedy for Gonorrhoea, GUet, Spermatorrhea n. 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Write for circulars. Correspondence Confidential. THE HEALTH APPLIANCE CO. rooms 41-10. Sate Deposit pldg., Seattle. Wash. Df?. GROSSMAN'S Tor the Care of Gonorrhoea, Glrcta, Strlcturt-a. nnd tinaloe;ns enmptulnta or the Orsani er Generation. Price $1 a bottle. For sale by druggists. Steamers Alfona and Pomona Daily (ex. Sunday) for Independence. Salem and all way landings. Leave Portland G:4S A. M.: leave Salem 7 A. M.: Independence. 0 A. SL Office .and dock, foot Taylor JL Cured While You Sleep, in 15 Days y Xohkm I in 1 u J 4T. I Itrr-rl 0un3t4 J 11 set t luittirs. V V 0IKClTI,0 .1 J v V O.S.A. 7. r V XjoVi Pa " zip -a f etrenrthen the Seminal Duets, ctopplna; Drains and Ko drugs to ruin the stosaach, Vut dlreet local the entire urethral tract. "Graa-Solreat" la not a, lorn of Cnrons er Pen oil, axaooth a&el Ooi- t anysaaje. applicant, prepaid Baliainsr. Cincinnati. Ohio. TRAVELERS GUIDE Union Depot, Sixth and J Streets. THREE TRAINS DAILY FOR ALL POINTS EAST "CniCAGO-PORTLAJfD SPECLIL." Leaves for the East, via Huntlnston, at 8:00 A. M.; Arrives at 4 30 P. 1L SPOKANE FLYER. For Spokane, Eastern Washington, .and Great Northern points, leaves at B P.M.j arrives at 7 A. M. ATLANTIC EXPRESS. Leaves for the East, via Huntlnxton. at 8O0 P. M.; arrives at a. 40 A. M. THROUGH PULLMAN AND TOURIST SLEEPERS. OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE. Water lines schedule subject to chaose with out notice. OCEAN DIVISION From Portland, leave Ainsworth Dock at a P. AL; nail every 5 days: Geo. W. Elder. Dec 4, 13, 2J. Jan. 2. 12, 'Zi. Columbia, Dec 8. 18, US; Jan. 7. 17. U7. From Ban Francisco Sail every 0 days. Leave Spear-street Pier 24 at 11 A. M.: Co lumbia, Dec 4, 14. 24; Jan. 3. 13, 23. Geo. W. Elder, Dec 9, VI. 2J; Jan. 8, 18. 2S, COLUMBIA RIVCR DIVISION. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. Steamer Hassalo leaves Portland dally, ex cept Sunday, at 8.00 P. 1L; on Saturday at 10.00 P. M. Returning, leaves Astoria dally, except Sunday, at 7.00 A. M. WILLAMETTE RIVER DIVISION. PORTLAND AND SALEM. OR. Steamer Ruth, for Salem. Independence aad way points, leaves from Ash-street Doclc at 0 A. M. on Mondays, Wedneedays and Fridays. Returning, leaves Independence at S A. M., and Salem at O.A. M.. on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. CORVALLIS AND ALBANY. Steamer Modoc leaves Portland at d A. ?. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and baturdays. Re turning, leaves Corvallls at 0 A. M. on Mon days, Wednesdays and Fridays. YAMHILL RIVER ROUTE. PORTLAND XND DAYTON. OR. Steamer Elmore, for Oregon City, Buttevllle, Champoeg, Dayton and way landings, leaves Portland. Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays at 7 A. M. Leaves Dayton for Portland and way points Mondays. Wednesday and Fridays at 0 A. M. SNAKE RIVER ROUTE. RD?ARrA. WASH.. AND LEWISTON. IDAHO Steamer Spokane or steamer Lewiston leaves RIparia dally at 3:40 A. M.. arriving at Lew iston about 3 P. M. Returning, the Spokane or Lewiston leaves Lewiston dally at 8:30 A. M., arriving at RIparia same evening. W. H. HURLBURT, General Passenger Agent. V. A. SCHILLING, City Ticket Agent. Telephone Main 712. SO Third sL. cor. Oak. STEAMSHIP LINE TO THE ORIENT CHINA AND JAPAN. FROM PORTLAND. For rates, accommodations, etc., apply to OREGON RAILROAD & NAV. CO., Agints, Portland, Or. L Au 1 VIA SOUTH Leave Depot Fifth and I Street. Arrlre OVERLAND EX PRESS TRAINS, for Salem, Rose burg, Ashland, ShO r a m e n to. Ogden, San Francisco. Mo- 8:30 P. M. 8:30 A. M. L7:43 A. M. jave, Los Angeles. El Paso, New Or leans and the East. t. At Wood burn (dally except Sun day), morning train Connects with train for Mt. Angel. S1I v e r X, o n. Browns-, rllle. Sprlngn eld. and Natron, and' evening train for Mt. Angel and 811 verton. Albany passenger Corvallls passenger Sheridan pass'gr, .. 0:30 P. M. 4:00 P. M. 117:30 A. M 114.50 P.M. 10:10 A. M 5:50P. M. H8:25 A. M Dally. DaiIy except Sunday. Rebat tickets on aale between Portland. Sac ramento and San Francisco. Net rates 1? first class and $11 second class. Including sleeper. Rates and tickets to Eastern points and Eu rope. Also JAPAN, CHINA. HONOLULU and AUSTRALIA. Can be obtained from J. B. KIRKLAND. Ticket Agent. 140 Third street. YAMHILL DIVISION. Passenger Depot, foot of Jefferson street. Leav for Oswego dally at 7.20, 0:40 A. M.; 12: JO, 1:05. 3.2S. 4. 4W, 0:25. 8.30. 11:30 P. M.J and 9.00 A. M. on Sundays only. Arrive at Portland daily at '0 35. 8.30. 10 60 A. M.; 1:35, 3.10. 4:30, 0.15. 7.40. 10.00 P. M.; 12:40 A. M. dally, except Monday. 8.30 and lUrOJ A. M. on Sundays only. Leave for Dallas dally, except Sunday, at 5:05 P. M.v Arrive At Portland at 0 30 A. M. Passenger train leaves Dallas for Alrlle Mon days. Wednesdays nnd Fridays at 2:45 P. M. Returns Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. Except Sunday. R. KOEHLER, Manager. C. H. MARKHAM. Gen. Frt. V Pass. Agt. ONLY 70 HOURS PORTLAND TO CHICAGO ...VIA... 4 flu' 02 UNION PACIFIC R. R. CO. OREGON SHORT LINE R. R. CO. OREGON R. R. &. NAVIGATION CO. n iimniit.i'nirrmaiaaaaxssaa TWO TRAINS DAILY TO THE EAST HO CHANGE Of CAt?S to Denver. Omaha, Kansas City and Chlcazo. Only Four Days To New York, Boston, Philadelphia end Washingtoa Palace Sleepers. Tourist Sleepers, Dlnlwr Cars. Library Cars. Free Reclfnlng-Chalr Cars. Steam Heat. Plntsch Light, Fast Time. Union Depots. Baggage checked to destination. CITY TICKET OFFICE 135 Third Street Portland, Oregon J. H. LOTHROP. Gen'l Agent. GEORGE LANG. City Pass. & Ttt. Agt. WHITE COLLAR LINE STR. HERCULES takes the place of BAILET GATZERT (Alder-street Dock). Leaver Portland dally every morning at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Returning, leave As toria every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Oregon phone Main 35L Columbia, phone 35L Un ROUTZS JQj TRAVELERS' GUIDE. The Yellowstone Park and Pioneer Dinlng-Car Route Leave. I'lbsOejit, asm JSU Arrive. .No. 13 1:45 P. M. Overland Express lor South Bend. Aoerdeen, Hoqulam, Cosmopotis, Olympla. Tacoma. Se attle, North Yakima, RlUYilla, Spokane, Pullman. Moscow, Lew iston, Grangevlllo. Rossland, B. C, Butte. Billings. Fargo, SU Paul. Minneapolis. Chi cago, Boston, Vash tngton. D. C. Nw Tork, and all points east and southeast. Kansas Cltr-SU Louis Special fas Tacoms, Se attle, North Yakima. Rltzvllle, Spokane. Rossland. Lewiston. Helena. Butte. Billings. Deadwood. 'Denver, Omaha. St. Joseph. Kansas City. St Louis. Chicago. Washington, Raltlmore. New ork. No. 11-t:00J-M No. 4- 11:30 P. AI No. 3- 7:30 P. M. Boston, and all points east ana southeast. Baggage checked to destination of tickets Union Depot connections in all principal cities. Through car service via Northern Pacific Burlington Route, train No. 4. for Omaha. St Joseph. Kansas City, St. Louis. Quick tlrai and uneaualed accommodations. The only lloi running Pullman standard and Pullman upi bolstered tourists sleepers, the finest In tta world. Portland to Minneapolis and St. Pau without cbans. i . For any additional Information, tickets sleeping-car reservations, maps of routes, eta, call on or write to A. D. CHARLTON Assistant General Pasaensrer Agent, 2S5 JlJorrlson St., Cor. T'hlrd, Portland, Oregon. Another Record Run At 1:47 P. iL, Friday, Decembei 14, Paul McCormick, the Montana cattle kin?, left Omaha for Bil lings, Mont., on a special train. He reached Billings at 8:48 next morning. The run of 803 miles was made in 1081 minutes. Allowing for time lost In changing engines oiling, coaling, taking water, etc, the net time was 990 minutes, and the average rate of speed 54 mllej an hour. Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago everywhere East and South. IE TICKET OFFICE Cor. Third and Stark Sts R. W. Fester, Ticket Agant n Ticket Office 268 Horriien Jt 'Phone 680 LEAVE. No. 4 8:00 P.M. The Flyer, dally to and ARRIVE No. S 7:00 A. M from St. Paul. Minne apolis, Duluth, Chicago and all points East. Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers, Dining and Buffet Smoklng-Library Cars. JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP RIOJUN MARU Tor Japan, China and all Asiatic points will leave Seattle About January 7th ' e Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. LEAVES UNION DEPOT. For Maygers, Rainier, Clatskanle. Westport. ARRIVES UNION DEPOT. Clifton, Astoria. War- renton, FUvel, Ham mond, Fort Stevens, Gearhart Pic, Seaside. Astoria, and Seashore Express, Dally. Astoria Express, Dally. 8:00 A.M. 7:00 P. M. 11:10 A.M. 0:40 P. M. Ticket office 235 Morrison st. and Union Depot, J. C. MATO, Oen. Pass. Agt. Astoria, Or. Hong Kong, via Yokohama, and Kobe. Due at Portland as follows: 83. MILOS Jan. 3 SS. SKARPSNO Feb. 20 For freight or passage apply to T. M. Stevens & Co., Inc. 6-8-10 Columbian bldg.. Third and Oak sts. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. fOR ALASKA. The company's steamships Cottage City, Senator and Al-Ki leave TACOMA 11 A. M., SEATTLE 0 P. M., Dec 1, 0. 11, 10. 31. 20. 31; Jan. 5, 10, 15, 20. 25. 30; Feb 4. Steamer leaves every fifth day thereafter. For further information obtain company's folder The company reserves the right to change steamers, sailing dates and hours of sailing, without previous notice. AGENTS N. POSTON, 24D Washington st, Portland, Or. . F W CARLETON. N. P. R. R. Dock. Ta coma. Ticket elSlee. 818 First ave., Seattle. M. TALBOT Com'l Agt.; C MV. MILLER. Asst. .Gen'l Agt. Ocean Dock, Seattle. GOODALL. TERKINS & CO . General Agents. San Fran cisco. FOR Manila, Singapore, Colombo LONDON, ENGLAND Via Japan and Hong Kong and Suez Canal. SS. GLENFARG (3Ci7 tons register), FROM TACOMA ABOUT JANUARY 17, 190L Through bills of lading Issued. For cargo space, and rates apply to DODWELL & COMPANY, LIMITED. Tel. Main 03, 332 OAK STREET. SteamersTorOrient