THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, IDOL
TO MAKE HOT FIGHT
Tacoma: in Earnest About
.Removal of Capital.
BIG;dDELEGATION AT OLYMPIA
.Will Make Every Effort to Have
Question. Submitted to Voters
Trading: With. King: Countr
i to Beta Feature.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 28. A big dele
gation t- Tacoma business men arrived
In the capital tonight, and caucused with
Pierce County's members of the Legisla
ture onthe capital removal proposition.
United states Marshal Ide presided, and
It -was decided to use all possible efforts to
secure pp submission or. a constitutional
amendment removing the seat of govern
ment fjom Olympia to Tacoma.
Steering committees were appointed to
confer with different legislative delega
tions on the proposition, and especial care
was talcen in the selection of the commit
tee to talk to King County. It is proposed
to use the legislative reapportionment
me&stfre and the bill to lower Lake "Wash
ington, as trading stock with King Coun
ty. Anong the Tacoma business men there
Is considerable criticism of the five Plorce
County Senators for their supposed lndif
fertnce to the capital question, and their
alleged willingness to let it suffer In or
der to aid the railroads in their fight on
the Preston bill. It is asserted that the
roads have made a deal with Olympia,
aad thereby secured a vote against the
Preston bill, and that the Tacoma Sen
ators, whl'e not a party to the deal, have
been. cognizant of It, and have not op
posed it.
To 'add to Tacoma' s troubles. It is ru
mored tonight that Ulmer, of Clallam, will
tomorrbw Introduce a bill in the House
dividing the state into three Congressional
districts, by the terms of which Pierce,
Klng(and Kitsap will constitute one dis
trict -This, of course, would pleace Seattle
and Tacoma together in a Congressional
district, and would give Seattle a big lead
In a Congressional convention by reason
of its heavy vote. Pierce County will
fight the bill. If It is introduced, to the
bittar end, and In doing so all combina
tions may have to be broken and new
ones formed that will force the abandon
ment of the capital removal scheme.
FOR AN INVESTIGATION.
Senate Want Late Conduct of State
O Ulcers Inquired Into.
OLYMPIA, Was., Jan. 28. In the Sen
ate this afternoon there was a warm de
bat on the House resolution to appoint a
Joint committee to investigate the state
executive departments, with particular
reference to the manner In which they
have been conducted during the past four
years by Democratic officials. A strong
effort, was made by several of the Demo
crats to Include the conduct of the old
McGraw administration in the investi
gation, but this was voted down. The
original resolution was amended to make
the Investigating committee bi-partisan,
and finally passed by a vote of 20 to 8,
some of the Democrats voting for it In
the end, and three Republicans against it.
The Senate adopted resolutions of re
spect to the memory of the late Repre
sentative W. M. Colwell, of "Wahkiakum
County. Similar resolutions passed the
l liouse Saturday.
Several Senate bills were Introduced and
one minor bill passed.
Gundorson of Mason renewed his fight
in the House .today on flshtraps. The
fisheries committee having reported unfa
vorably his bill prohibiting all flshtraps
in the state, he presented another
one today which provides that traps
shall not be used In waters of
the state south of Deception Pass in the
Hast channel, and south of Admiralty
Head, on the west side of Whidby Island,
and in the waters of Gray's Harbor. The
bill doubles the present taxes on can
neries, and Increases the licenses of traps.
The traps In the Columbia and In Willapa
Harbor are not disturbed by the bill, ex
cept that the license on first-class traps
a Increased (10 and on second-class traps'
JS. There Is to be no fishing between 6 P.
M. Saturday and 6 P. M. Sunday. Those
opposed to the measure are satisfied, they
iy, that it will not become a law.
Buck of Spokane Introduced a resolution
in the House, wfalch was held to be out
of order, to the effect that, owing to
hWvj' appropriations already contemplat
ed,, no moneys be allowed at this session
far new buildings or additions to state
institutions.
Brown of Whatcom Introduced a bill
providing for elections of United States
Sttaators by the people at general elec
tions. This bill Is similar to the one be
fore the Oregon Legislature.
Barron Introduced three bills today for
improvement of public roads. One appro
priates $1600 to Improve the state road
between the mouth of the Methow River
and ttio moUth "of the Twlsp River, In
Okanogan County. Another bill provides
forj the improvement of the stage road
between Conconnully and Brewster, and
between Brewster and Silver, In Okano
gan County. It carries with tt an appro
priation of $1200. The third bill provides
for the .improvement 0f the state road
between Conconnully and the east line
of Okanogan County, making an appro
priation of $8000.
The House today passed the bill giving
King County a fourth Judge.
WOULD BANKRUPT STATE.
Will 'Not Do For All "Wanted Appro
priations to Be Made.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 2S. If the gen
eral appropriation bill passed by this Leg
islature shall Include all the appropria
tions asked for, the state will be bank
rupt for the next 20 years. Every state
institution is asking for a greatly in
creased appropriation, and road bills and
applications for fish .hatcheries are more
plentiful than ever before in the history
of the state. Nearly all of the state in
stitutions. In addition to their regular
maintenance fund, are crying for money
with which to erect new buildings. To
add to the matter, the presidents and
other officers of the institutions are not
'backward about coming to Olympia. and
(-working for their interests. In fact, sev
'eral leading educators or the state are
here In the lobby "log-rolling" like vet
eran politicians. Their actions are pro-
voking very unfavorable comment, and
4 it mar be that they are doing their Insti
tutions more harm than good.
To add rest to a very dull Saturday,
the moral forces of Olympia caused all the
gambling-houses in town to be raided
Saturday night. Warrants and search
warrants were placed In the hands of the
Sheriff, special counsel was employed, to
the exclusion of the Prosecuting Attor
ney, and gambling apparatus and money
were seized Indiscriminately. The affair
has 'caused a small sensation, for the-raid
seems to have been the outgrowth of a
local political fight.
State Factory Inspector William Black
man received a telegram this morning
notifying him of the death of his father,
George Blaokman. in Des Moines. la., at
the age of 82 years. Inspector Blackman
14 a -sonl-ln-law of Governor Rogers.
'Colon'el N. H. Owings. vice-president of
the Capital National Bank, in this eltv.
foraWly aecretary of the territory, and
one of the most picturesque characters in
the state, has an argument in favor of the
retention of the capltol at Olympia that
surpasses anything yet heard.
"This, my boy. is classic ground," he
said to The Oregonian correspondent to
day. "Here is where Governor Isaac L
Stevens, the martyr patriot, located his
capltol away back in 1853, when he waa
sent out into the then wilderness as the
first executive of Washington Territory.
He established his government here, and
recommended to the first Washington Leg
islature that the permanent seat of gov
ernment be at Olympia. The Legisla
ture adopted his recommendation, and
here it has remained ever since, despite
frequent atttempts to put it on wheels.
"Moreover, here rest the ashes of the
state's heroic dead, the bodies of the men
who braved the trackless forest, ' and
carved out a commonwealth. It is fit
ting that in this, once the metropolis of
the state, the New York of the pioneers,
the seat of state government should re
main forever."
Governor Stevens' old homestead still
stands. It Is occupied by Judge T. N.
Allen, a leading lawyer of this city. Al
though weather-beaten and worn, it Is
still In a fair state of preservation, and
has a peculiar historic interest to every
citizen of the State of Washington. It is
located on Main street, half way between
the business section and the present state
capltol, and Is surrounded'by a large lawn
and orchard.
Governor SIsrned Bill.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 28. Governor
Rogers today signed the bill giving Spo
kane County an additional Superior Judge,
and announced that he would appoint L.
H. Prather to serve until the next election.
BROKE ALL RECORDS.
Steamer Made Slcngrway-Pngret Sound
Run In Fifty-Eight Hours.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Jan. 23.
The steamer Victorian, reported disabled
In Alaska, arrived last night, 58 hours
and 15 minutes from Skagway, the quick
est time on record from Skagway to Pu
get Sound.
The Victorian reported that the snow
blockade on the White Pass & Yukon
Railroad has been raised, and trains are
running through. A train left Skagway
on the morning of January 24, and one
arrived from White Horse January 25,
bringing 50 Klondikers, most of whom
came down on the Victorian. Sixty thou
sand dollars in dust was In the steamer's
safe, and It is estimated an equal amount
was brought by the passengers.
Returning passengers report that Klon
dike is free from smallpox, and the quar
antine has been raised. No deaths from
that disease have occurred in the Yukon
Valley, and not a case has been reported
for six weeks.
A cold wave continues to sweep the Yu
kon Valley. Telegraphic advices received
at Skagway on, January 24 announced the
temperature at Dawson as the coldest yet
recorded, the thermometer Indicating 54
degrees below zero.
The damage to the steamship Senator,
which went ashore at the southeast end
of Shelter Island, 25 miles north of Ju
neau, on the morning of January 22, is
slight. The place where she struck was
soft. Upon reaching Juneau divers ex
amined her bottom. She will arrive to
night or tomorrow.
The steamship Topeka, In tow of the
tug Pioneer, was passed by the Vic
torian at anchor In Wrangel Narrows
January 26.
TERRIBLE BLIZZARD IN SKAGWAY
One of Worst Ever Known Experi
enced January 18.
SEATTLE, Jan. 28. The two weeks'
snow blockade of the White Pass & Yu
kon Railway was broken January 19, and
traffic, freight and passenger, resumed
the next day, according to advices re
ceived by the freighter Ruth.
During the night of January 18 Skagway
experienced one of the worst blizzards
ever known In the North, the snow drift
ing In several streets to the helgth of one
story housetops. Two sailors of the steam
er Al-Kl were so badly frozen while the
vessel was crossing Taku Inlet that they
had to be taken to Juneau for treatment.
Captain Hlgglns says the damage re
ported by the DIrigo to the Alaska steam
er Victorian was no more serious than
the breaking of her hydraulic steering
gears, that the Victorian under hand gear
would be able to complete her voyage al
most on schedule.
ATTACKED MAN WITH AX.
Act of Intoxicated Man at Colfax
Ljnchinp: Feared.
COLFAX, Wash.. Jan. 28. Frank Mad
den, 22 j ears old. was lodged in Jail here
tonight on a charge of attempted murder
upon John Raper, at Garfield, this morn
ing. Madden struck Raper on the head
with a beer bottle, knocking him sense
less, and then beat him while lying on
the ground. Raper Is lying at the point
of death.
Madden became angry because Raper,
who conducts a livery stable, refused to
allow Madden and Frank Simpson, who
were drunk, to place a drunken companion
In the office. He atttacked Raper with
an a.x, but was disarmed. The feeling
against Madden is Intense, and lynching
is feaied if Raper dies. Madden was ar
rested by his father, who is Marshal, and
turned ever to the Sheriff.
Clarlc County Settlers' Meetlnff.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 28. Owing
to a misunderstanding as to the date,
there was a small attendance at the meet
ing of the Clark County Settlers' Protec
tive Union, at the Courthouse, in this city,
today, and no business of importance was
transacted. It was decided by A. G. Ol
son, president of the organization, to call
an adjourned meeting at the Courthouse
for 10 o'clock, February 9. It Is desired
that all persons Interested In the settle
ment of title to lands lying within the
limits of the Northern Pacific original
grant, known as the "overlap," be present
at the adjourned meeting.
To Settle Dally Paper Question.
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 28. R. S. Sheridan
and Charles H. Fisher, of Roseburg, Or.,
are in the city. Messrs Sheridan and
Fisher are the gentlemen, who, it is Bald,
will start a new Democratic daily paper
here. Mr. Fisher said tonight the matter
has not been finally settled, but that It
will be tomorrow.
Prison Abuse. s In Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 28. The re
port of the legislative committee, which
has visited the state Institutions, was
handed to Governor Durbin tonight. The
report charges that Mrs. Sarah Keeley,
superintendent of the Indiana Women's
Prison and Girls' Industrial School, has
been guilty of stripping girls naked and
flogging them with machine lashes on
their naked backs. The report also
charges cruel treatment In other ways.
Mrs. Lease's Divorce Salt.
WICHITA. Kan., Jan. 28. Judge Dale,
of the District Court, today insisted that
Mrs. Mary E. Lease must positively be
present when her petition for a divorce
is taken up Her attorney sought to have
the court grant her a divorce without
putting her to the expense of a Journey
from New York.
Eight Hour Day for Miners.
BUTTE, Mont, Jan. 2S. Manager Kle
petko, of the Boston & Montana Mining
Company, announces that the eight-hour
day for miners will be put into effect Feb
ruary L In the properties of that com
pany. Manager Gillie, of the Butte &
Boston, posted notices to the same effect.
Harrison's Plan Rejected.
CHICAGO, Jan. 28. By a vote of 33 to 33,
the City Council tonight defeated Mayor
Harrison's plan of repealing the midnight
saloon closing law.
THE BICYCLE TAX ILLEGAL
RULING BY THE SUPREME COURT
ON THE QUESTION. ,
Tvro Other Multnomah Cases De
cidedOne Affirmed, the Other
Reversed and Remanded.
BAJJEM. Or., Jan. 28. The Supreme
Court today handed down decisions as
follows:
Ellis vs. Frazier, Sheriff; from Multno
mah, Alfred F. Sears, Jr., Judge; affirmed.
Opinion by Moore, J.
This was a replevin action, brought by
J. A. Ellis to recover from the Sheriff
possession of a bicycle that had been dis
trained for failure to , pay the v lev
led thereon by the County Commissioners
under the terms of the act of 1S99, gen
erally known as the "bicycle tax law."
The complaint alleges the ownership of
the bicycle, its value. Its seizure by the
Sheriff, a demand for possession and a
refusal by the officer, and alleges $5 dam
ages for detention. Complainant also al
leged nine particulars in which the law of
1899 Is invalid. The case went up on ap
peal from an order overruling a demurrer
to the complaint and entering Judgment
for the plaintiff as prayed.
After stating the general rule that courts
THE TERRITORIAL DISPUTE BETWEEN LINN AND LANE COUNTIB.
Linn County Is endeavoring to recover from Lane a part of the strip of territory an
nexed to the latter by the Legislature of 1887. The ground for the proposed action Is the
fact that the Callpoola RHer traverses Linn County, and Us headwaters are now in Lane;
whereas they should be in Linn, so the residents of the latter claim, The Legislature of
1887 cut oft from Linn a certain tier of townships and added them to Lane, so that the
residents along the Mohawk should bo entirely In the former. 'where they naturally belong.
It Is now claimed that the headwaters of the Callpoola should not have thus been included,
and It was not Intended to Include them. Linn County has been building a road up the Cal
lpoola, and It has been compelled to stop at the county line. It Is said that the road will be
extended Just as soon as the desired restoration is made. The Lane County delegation in
both houses will strongly oppose the effort to cut off their territory, saying that It Is natu
rally tributary to Eugene. The motive, they say, of the Linn County people Is to get the
Blue KUer mines within their borders. These mines were developed largely by Eugene cap
ital, and that city wants their trade. The McKenzle Ither drains the disputed section, and
the McKenzle road passes through it.
The disputed section. This map Is from the circular issued by the Linn County people.
The Lane County contestants claim It is not correct, inasmuch as the McKenzle River passes
through It.
will not declare a law void In whole or In
part unless its incompatibility with the
organic law Is apparent, the court finds
it impassible to avoid passing on the con
stltutlpnality of the act. Four points are
decided.
First, the burden imposed by the act
Is held to be a tax rather than a license,
as the fee is manifestly in excess of the
Sum necessary to cover the cost of issuing
the licenses and the Incidental expenses
attending the furnishing and distributing
the tags. After citing several text-writers
and adjudged cases the court con
cludes: "It Is evident, we think, from a
consideration of the entire act, that it
was primarily designed as a means of
raising revenue, and the burden thus
Imposed must be treated as a tax and
not a license."
Second, it is decided that the act In
question is local, on the authority of Max
well, Tillamook County, 20 Or. 495, where
the term Is defined by Mr. Justice Lord.
Third, the law is void as contravening
the state constitution. Article IX, sec
tion X, which requires uniform and equal
rates of assessment and taxation, and a
Just valuation for taxation of all prop
erty, both real and personal, since it
levies a uniform tax on all bicycles re
gardless of age, pattern, condition and
quality. This Is not taxing at an equal
rate, according to the authorities cited
from Alabama, Colorado and Ohio,
Fourth, the act operates to produce a
double assessment of bicycles, in viola
tion of the state constitution, article I,
section 32, requiring all taxation to be
equal and uniform. The presumption is
entertained that the public Assessors did
their duty in 1900, and assessed all per
sons who owned bicycles, bo that they
presumtlvely paid on this property, and
this act requires owners of bicycles to
pay an additional tax that is not required
from the owners of other classes of per
sonalty. The Illinois case declaring un
constitutional the act after which the
Oregon law was modeled is cited under
this point.
On the point that the bicycle law vio
lates the state constitution, article IV.
section 23, sub-division 7, the court says:
"The next inquiry is whether the act pro
vides for laying, opening or working on
highways. A way may be public, though
suitable only for footmen and horses, or
when not suitable for all carriages; and
hence a bicycle path is a highway, for bi
cyclists and pedestrians. It will be 're
membered that section 9 of the act In con
troversy not only authorizes the construc
tion of bicycle paths along the public
highways, but also in such other places
as may be thought advisable by the Coun
ty Court. If the construction of a bicycle
path along a public highway be deemed
a reasonable use of an existing right, the
location of these paths in such other
places as may be thought advisable by
the County Court or County Commis
sioners would seem to be the laying out
of a public highway by means of a local
law, wulch is, in that respect, at least, in
hibited by the constitution. But, how-
ever this may be, the question is not
necessarily Involved here, for it does not
appear that the fund arising from the bi
cycle tax was being expended In laying
out paths In any other places than along
the public highway."
John P. Christenson and Daniel J. Mo
Masters, partners as the Chrlstenson
McMasters Machinery Company, appel
lants, vs. J. R. Nelson and Bmll Nelson,
respondents; appeal from Multnomah
County, Arthur' I. Frazer, Judge. Opin
ion by Bean, C. J.; affirmed.
This action was commenced October 15,
1893, to recover possession of personal
property. The complaint alleges, In sub
stance, that May 1L 1898, the plaintiff de
livered to Gustave Sundberg and Peter
Lind certain planing mill machinery, un
der an agreement by which they were
to pay $535 therefor, $225 at the time of
delivery. $50 July 10, $100 October 10, and
$160 November 10. following; that such
contract further provided that the title
to the property "shall be and remain in
the party of the first part (plaintiff) until
all of the payments therein mentioned
have been fully made, and it is further
agreed that the party of the first part
shall have the machinery insured in its
own name, and the parties of the sec
ond part shall pay for the same; that
Sundberg and Lind. haye negected to
comply with their contract, in that they
failed to pay the Insurance, as agreed, or
to make the payments as provided In such
contract, and, without the consent of the
plaintiffs have delivered possession of the
property to the defendants, who forcibly
and unlawfully withhold and detain the
'same from plaintiffs to their damage In
the sum of $770, which Is alleged to be"its
value. The defendants -admit in their
answer the partnership as alleged ln
plaintiffs' complaint; also the 'conditional
sale as get forth in the complaint, and,
for a further defense aver that August
1, 1S9S, Sundberg and Lind with the knowl
edge and consent of plaintiffs sold all their
right, title and Interest in and to the
property in dispute to the defendants; that
it was- agreed, as part ot such contract,
that defendants should make the deferred
payments due plaintiffs, under the agree
ment between them and Sundberg and
Llnd, In pursuance of which, August 3, 1893
they made the payment "of $50 due July
10, 1898, which was accepted and receipt
ed for by plaintiffs; that on October 10,
1S9S, defendants tendered to the plain
tiffs the amount then due, and have ever
since said time been willing to pay the
same and bring the same Into court,
with their answer and deposit it with the
clerk for the use and benefit of the plain
tiffs. A reply was filed, denying specific
ally all the new matter set up in the
answer. November 21, 1898, plaintiffs filed
a supplemental complaint, alleging that
the payment of $160, falling due Novem
ber 10, had not been paid. As an answer
to supplemental complaint, defendants ad
mit the truth of the facts set forth there-
. 1
in, but allege that .since September 15,
1S98, plaintiff's refuged to accept from
defendants the money tendered by them.
The allegations of the supplemental com
plaint being put in issue by the repjy, a
trial was had, resulting in a judgment in
favor of the defendants, from wijlch the
plaintiff's appeal, assigning as error the
ruling of the trial court in the admission
of testimony and its instructions to the
Jury.
The opinion by the Supreme ,Court holds
the numerous errors set forth as to
the rulings of the court below- to, be with
out merit. To the error Insisted that the
court erred in submitting to the Jury the
construction of the contract between the
plaintiffs and Sundberg and Lind. so far
as it refers to interest upon deferred pay
ments, the court further holds:
"Now, it appears that in this case the
Jury construed the contract in accordance
with the practical construction put- upon
it by the parties themselves. The question
was, whether "interest on deferred pay
ments" meant Interest from the date of
the contract, or from the time of the ma
turity of such payments, and the parties
in their dealings adopted the latter con
struction. Whatever, therefore, may be the
technical legal construction of the lan
guage of the contract standing by itself,
the parties to it have given to it a prac
tical construction, which the Jury adopt
ed; hence, the error in submitting its
construction to them was harmless.
Some objection is made to the form of
the verdict. But, as the record is silent
we must assume that the property was
in the possession of the defendants at
the time of "the trial, and, If so, the ver
dict is sufficient.
This disposes of the several assignments
of error, and the Judgment of the court
below Is affirmed.
Barbara Stager, respondent, vs. Troy
Laundry Company, a corporation, appel
lant; appeal from Multnomah County, Al
fred F. Sears, Judge; reversed and re
manded. Opinion by Wolverton, J.
This is an action to recover damages
for injuries received by plaintiff while- in
the employ of the defendant, and engaged
in the service of feeding textile fabrics
through a mangle for the purpose of dry
ing and smoothing them.
The action Is based upon the alleged
negligence of the managing agents of the
defendants in adjusting or placing the
guard-plate too high, thereby allowing too
much space, or too large an opening, be
tween the guard and the table, and In
their want of knowledge touching the
mechanism of the machine, particularly
In the use of the tension screws for rais
ing and lowering the rollers upon the cyl
inder. The defense is that the danger
was obvious and incident to the service
In which the plaintiff was engaged, the
risk was one which she assumed in her
employment, and, therefore, that the de
fendant is not liable for the Injury sus
tained. Judgment was for the plaintiff,
and the defendant appeals
After reviewing the facts and the law
In the case, the opinion holds: "That the
proprietors and managers are not required
to possess themselves of technical and
exact knowledge of the detailed mechan
ism and workings of machinery with a
view to extricating persons from perils
to .which they may subject themselves
through their own folly or negligence. It
cannot be charged against the defendant
that it was guilty of negligence In not
having a person possessed of such knowl
edge convenient when the peril arose so
as to extricate the plaintiff from her di
lemma. It is unusual to anticipate ac
cident and to provide for the most speedy
relief when such an exigency arises. There
is no Intimation, either by the evidence
or the argument of counsel, that the de
fendant's managers willfully or wanton
ly prolonged the sufferings of the plain
tiff, while it must be conceded that they
did all they could, with their "knowledge
of the .machinery, to extricate the plain
tiff as quickly as possible. We do not
desire to be understood as intimating that
they did not possess adequate "knowledge
to have relieved her in the most speedy
manner possible, under the attending cir
cumstances of the accident; but it seems
plain "that they did all they could, and,
hence, are not chargeable with negli
gence In prolonging her suffering and
thereby adding to her Injury. For this
error the Judgment will be reversed and
the cause remanded for a new trial"
MINES TAKE ON NEW LIFE
CABLE COVE DISTRICT AGAIN
COMES TO THE FRONT.
Showing: Made by Several Properties
is Very Enconroglng The Most
Important Claims.
BAKER CITY, Or., Jan. 2S.-One of
Eastern Oregon's mining districts that
has forged its way to the front after
seemingly having having dropped out of
sight is the Cable Cove, eleven miles
from Sumpter. It was discovered in 1S72.
Portions of It were located In 1877, but
not until the past year was there any
thing of an extensive or systematic plan
of development undertaken. The winter
of 1899 saw but one property, the Imperial,
In operation. At present, work is in
operation on seven claims. One year ago
it could scarcely be said that there was
any equipment in the district for work;
now three Burleigh drills are pounding
away at the hard granite formation.
The Cable Cove is regarded as one or
the Important districts of this region.
It is attracting more attention than many
of the better developed parts. It is all
In the granite, which Is commonly under
stood to Indicate value to great depth.
Nothing more than comparative surface
work has been done. With the crosscut
of the California aiming at 800 foot depth,
the Crown Point 500, the Gypsy Queen
promising 1000 feet of backs and a 400-foot
tunnel on the Imperial and Eagle that
may be driven another 1600 feet, tapping
the veins of those properties at three
times the depth of present workings, it
would appear that the real merits of the
Cable Cove will soon be demonstrated.
All the properties commonly Included
in the district are not in the Cove DroDer.
The ground bearing this name is a small
cove about four miles in area forming
the head of Silver Creek. On the immedi
ate western and northern sides of the di
vide, where the John Day River heads,
are as many or more properties than have
been located In the Cove, that are in
cluded in the district. The Cove takes
its name from the Cable brothers, who
are among the best known pioneer miners
or Lastern Oregon. They "staked" the
California mine in 1877, and later made
the first locations on the big North Pole-Columbia-Golconda-and-E
& E ledge.
Last year several properties in the Cove
changed hands, either by outright pur
chase or by working bond. Much new
capital entered the district. One of the
first results of this new life has been con
tinuous work throughout the Winter
months. Snow falls In there to a con
siderable depth, and heretofore has Inter
fered with work for four or five months
of the year, but since determined efforts
are being made, it is found that opera
tions are but slightly Impeded by Winter
weather. Supplies were laid in when
roads were good, and up to the present
time no trouble has been encountered in
keeping the road to the district open.
The California mine is the most exten
sively worked property in the district. It
was the first located there of a permanent
nature. A few years ago the Cable broth
ers bonded It to a Montana concern that
erected a small stamp mill and drove
tunnels on the vein. Montana operators
took from the California 2500 tons of ore
for the mill, besides shipping a consider
able quantity. But little free gold Is
found in Cable Cove ores. When the
stamp mill was operated with the van
ners to concentrate values, it was found
that there was so much iron that the ore
slimed and most of the values were lost.
This, and mismanagement, brought the
career of the Montana company in the
Cove to an end. The California lay Idle
for a period, until taken up last June by
a new stock corporation. This company
Is known as the California Consolidated
Gold Mining & Milling Company.
Under the new regime the first work
was preparation for deep mining. Six
tunnels have been driven on the vein.
The lower one, or No. 6, Is 740 feet. No. 5
500 feet, No. 4 300 feet. No. 3 between 150
and 200 feet, and Np. 2 about 70 feet.
A total depth of about 250 feet has been
attained on the breast of the lower tun
nel. A parallel vein is found within 100
feet of the main vein, and on this a tun
nel has been driven about 400 feet. The
parallel vein was found to dip towards the
main body, and Is supposed to converge
at a depth where the new crosscut will
strike. All the ore removed has been
stoped between the level of the four
lower tunnels, except a comparatively
small quantity taken from the parallel
ledge. The main ledge of the California
averaces about three feet, and in the
work done heretofore, all the material
found between the walls was milled and
shipped.
The new crosscut, which is in 100 feet,
will strike the main ledge 400 feet di
rectly under the opening of tunnel
No, 6. It starts In the claim known as
the Oregon, which Is supposed to be Inter
sected by the Imperial ledge about 200
feet from the California ledge. By drift
ing on the California the same distance
as the old drifts, a depth of 700 feet from
the surface will have been attained, and
when directly under the apex of the hill,
it will Drobably reach 800 feet.
The new Rand drill, which Is being
operated by steam, direct, was started
on the crosscut last week. It Is expect
ed that from thr and one-half to four
feet will be made dally, with one shift,
as similar work Is being done on the
Crown Point. The management states
that very soon two shifts will be em
ployed and from seven to eight driven
per day.
From the assays taken wnile the pro
perty was being operated the exact val
ues contained In the ores handled is ob
tainable. The average as reported by the
mining engineer who figured the total up
was something more than $12 50 a ton.
Shipping netted $40 and $50 and freight
charges In those days would not permit
a profitable handling when values fell
very low.
But few men are now employed In the
properties of the Eagle Mining Company.
This Is not because values in this famous
property are decreasing. An Injunction
was issued to restrain the company from
dumping In such manner as to cause an
accumulation upon the claim immedi
ately below, known as the Miner. It is
understood that these complications have
been adjusted, and no further difficulties
will be encountered because of a dump
site.
Development work on tne Imperial and
Gray Eagle, the two principal properties
of the company, has been devoted to
reaching the very rich shipping ore re
moved from the .former. A long tunnel,
100 feet of which is crosscut and the re
mainder drift, has been the principal
means of reaching the shipping ore. A
second drift over the main tunnel has
been opened and from It much ore taken.
Stoplng has been between these two
drifts, at intervals, as only the richest
ore was sought. A depth of about
180 feet has been attained in the
long tunnel, and as the surface Is left
values grow better. A little free gold
Is found in the cores in the higher levels,
where oxidization has taken place, but
all the Imperial ores are usually quite
refractory. Great value attaches to them
as a smelting proposition, because of the
heavy per cent of galena contained,
which is the most remarkable In the
granite of the Cove of all Eastern Ore
gon ores.
A 500-foot tunnel has been driven on
the Gray Eagle ledge, opening up ore
that is said to be excellent for milling,
rne ledge Is about five feet In width, anu
It is said will furnish much material for
a concentrating plant whenever a mill Is
erected. The Imperial ledge Is not so
wide as the Gray Eagle. The streak of
shipping ore varies In width from two
to three Inches to a foot, while the
ledge proper will average about three
feel. The Imperial has the reputation
-of having sent out more shipping ore
than any other Eastern Oregon mine.
Fancy prices have been offered for the
properties of the company, which include
seven other claims besides the InV
perial and Gray Eagle, but the owners
are in nowise anxious to selL A deep
crosscut tunnel was once commenced
to tap the ledges of this property about
400 feet below the present workings. Af
ter some work had been done the man
agement ceased driving. If this tunnel
entered on the line indicated by the com
mencement, both the Imperial and Gray
Eagle ledges, as well as the Star and
Winchester veins, would be cut at a
depth which would undoubtedly prove
richer than ores being handled.
On the Red Chief and Ohio, which are
owned by the same concern, some work
Is being done this Winter. One shift of
men is engaged in a crosscut In the Ohio,
which Is now 200 feet from the mouth. A
small ledge has been encountered, and the
main ledge is expected to be cut soon. On
the Red Chief, surface work shows that
there is a big ledge. Ninety feet of work
has been done on the vein. Four other
claims are controlled by this same com
pany, which is largely New York capital.
Greater activity Is expected in the Spring,
when less obstruction exists to more ex
tensive work.
At the Crown Point, one shift of men,
with an Ingersoll & Sargent drill, are
driving between three and four feet every
day on the 700-feet crosscut intended to
tap the main ledge of the property. It is
in 200 feet now. The formation is in hard
granite, and nothing but a machine drill
could make the same progress. All the
rock removed Is highly mineralized, which
Is taken to Indicate a ledge soon. A small
stringer was cut a few days ago, but it
did not carry sufficient values to encour
age drifting. The depth that will be had
when the main ledge is cut will fully test
the permanence of values that have been
very good on all the surface work and
cropping tunnels driven. Several other
properties He In such position that the
Crown Point Is developing them, and
completion of Its tunnel will be the mak
ing of them.
Great activity prevails at the Baby Mc
Kee mine, across the divide from the
Cove. The several claims Included In this
property recently passed into the
hands of the Baby McKee Mining Com
pany, managed by Colonel J. T. Grayson.
Work on a 1000-foot crosscut has been
pushed with great energy, during the lat
ter part of the Fall and Winter. A Bur
leigh drill Is kept pounding away at the
granite with an energy that means early
completion. When this long crosscut Is
finished, the property will be opened up
for remarkably cheap operation. The Last
Chance claim, on which there is 300 to 400
feet of development work, was recently
purchased by the Baby McKee Company.
It lies In such position that the crosscut
would tap it if driven far enough.
Work Is also kept up constantly at the
Gypsy Queen property, on Big Limber
Creek, Just across the Cove divide, and
about three miles from the Baby McKee.
Last Fall three claims, known as the
Gypsy Queen. Gypsy Boy and Gypsy Girl,
were taken by a Boston company, of
which E. A. Kingman Is president, Horace
Chester treasurer, and W. H. W. Hamil
ton, a mining engineer of Sumpter, man
ager. Mr. Hamilton effected the deal, and
has a portion of the stock. The necessary
house for operation .n Winter have been
erected, an dthe tunnel Is being pushed
with all possible speed. The tunnel may
be said to partake both of the nature of a
crosscut and a drift. For the first 150
feet It will not be on tho vein, but it is
not driven at right angles. When the
vein Is cut, a slight variation in the di
rection will be made and a drift begun
until a total depth of 1300 feet Is had. At
this point it Is estimated that there will
be over 1000 feet of backs In the Queen.
This is where the end line intersects be
tween the Queen and Gypsy Boy. By con
tinuing the drift 1500 feet further, the
same proportionate depth will be attained
before crossing the end line of the Gypsy
Boy. The Gypsy Girl lies alongside of and
parallel to the Queen. It was taken up
originally for the timber on it, which is
plentiful, and finely adapted to mining
purposes, but after being located the
highly mineralized condition of the coun
try rock gave rise to the belief that a
ledge would be encountered. Development
work to determine whether or not this is
true will be done.
A vein ranging from five to seven feet
In width has been revealed on these prop
erties. Some croppings in tunnels at dif
ferent levels, over the hill, where the
ledge is traceable, furnished the samples
that encouraged deeper work. Assay re
ports were to the effect that the ores
would run as high as $16 a ton. The new
crosscut Is In 100 feet now. Within a
short time the main ledge will be opened
up. In commencing the work, the tunnel
site was located where ore could be readi
ly removed to a mill for treating it, which
is 'to be erected in the canyon below.
Abundant water is found in Big Limber
Creek for power purposes. There is suf
ficient fall In the stream to get a drop of
about 200 feet by ditching around the
canyon side for 1500 feet. Manager Ham
ilton states that all machinery. If put In,
will be operated by water, although tim
ber Is so near as to render the cost of
fuel insignificant.
One shift of men is employed on tho
Gold Bug. on the south side of the Cove
proper. Three or four claims are Included
In this property, the principal ones being
the Hornstake, Gold Bug and Terminal.
A crosscut tunnel is being driven now to
tap the ledges. A depth of about 200 feet
has been attained. The Gold Bug was
originally opened up by a 30-foot tunnel
driven on the vein. An ore body from
four Inches to two feet In thickness, and
a ledge four or five feet wide, was re
vealed. From the ore taken from thfa
work, picked samples assayed high as $66
per ton, some of the values being free
gold. There Is a second ledge on this
claim, extending parallel to the main Gold
Bug ledge. Work on it showed the ledge
to be from three to four feet thick. On
the Hornstake a shaft has been sunk 25
feet, showing from four to six feet in
thickness. This property has been bond
ed for $30,00).
A group that has received considerable
attention, but Is idle this Winter, is the
Mormon Boy properties, consisting of the
Mormon Boy, '97 Bannock and Apex. They
are located on the John Day side of the
divide. On the '97 there is 325 feet of tun
nels on the ledge. One of the tunnels is
in 75 feet and two others 175 feet each. A
well-defined ledge has been revealed, wfth
a porphyry footwall and porphyry and
granite hanging wall. The ledge Is about
four feet thick. Eighteen to 24 Inches of
high-grade ore was found in the portion
worked. Enough values were removed
from the property to pay the cost of op
eration. It is stated that these proper
ties will be worked In earnest In the
Spring, or soon as supplies can be sent
into the district.
Preparations were made last Fall for
the working of the Black Dwarf, on the
Gray Eagle ledge. Menno Unzicker ac
quired control of the property, and a few
hunderd dollars was spent in the con
struction of cabins and other work pre
paratory to the commencement of sinking.
A shaft is contemplated on the vein, as
the property Is not so situated that a tun
nel Is possible.
The Evening Star Is being worked and
an excellent ledge was cut a few days
ago by the contractors engaged In driving
a crosscut. The ledge Is seven feet in
width, and has every appearance of good
values. Reports from the assay have not
been received. W. H. W. Hamilton has
a bond on this property, and expects to
have It In such shape by early Spring
that work on a larger scale will be pos
sible. Big Limber Creek separate the Evening
Star from the Morning Star. The latter
Is being worked some this Winter. A
100-foot crosscut has been run, revealing
a seven-foob ledge. Drifting on the ledge
is in progress.
The Gypsy King group, across Big Lim
ber Creek from the Gypsy Queen, or
Kingman group, recently passed into the
hands of a corporation organized to han
dle It. This company is the Gypsy King
Gold Mining Company. Eugene Bartholf
Is managing the company's affairs. The
incorporators of the company are John
F. Alden, C. F. Brodie and G. H. Dednck,
all of Sumpter. The claims Included in
the property are tha Gypsy Kln-r. Orphan
Your Story'
"Every morning I have a
bad taste in my mouth; my
tongue is coated; my head
aches and I often feel dizzy,
I have no appetite for break
fast, and what food I eat dis
tresses me. I have a heavy
feeling in my stomach. I am
getting so weak that sometimes
I tremble, and my nerves are
all unstrung. I am getting
pale and thin. I am as tired
in the morning as at night.'
What is the trouble? Im
pure blood.
What is the remedy?
Ave
rs
arsaparilla
$1.00 a bottle. All druggists.
Take one of Ayer's Pills'
each night. You cannot be
cured while troubled with con
stipation. Price 25c a box.
Write the doctor freely an the particulars In
Sour case. You -will receive a prompt reply. Ad
reu. Dr. J. O. ATXB, Lowell, Mas.
Boy and Lela May. The main ledge I3
identical with that on the Gypsy Queen,
as Is seen in the deep cut made by the
stream in the bottom of the canyon, and
further demonstrated by stripping tho
vein at points on the hillside. A fine tun
nel site exists for working, as a depth
of 1100 feet is possible in a distance ot
1500 feet. This company's property will
be developed by the work on the Gypsy
Queen.
The Lucky Boy, owned by Dave Arthur,
and now under bond to W. H. W. Hamil
ton, has three tunnels on It. All three
are on the ledge, and 150 feet apart. Each
is In about 40 feet, at which depth very
satisfactory values have been attained.
This property, which also Includes the
Baltimore, adjoins the Evening Star. The
Golden Rule, on Big Limber Creek, owned
by Sumpter men, Is regarded as a prom
ising claim. The Lucky Kid Is the north
ern extension of the Orphan Boy, and is
owned by Ira Isaacs. Location and as
sessment work is about all that has been
done.
The Summit and Butterfly are two
claims on the Crown Point ledge, across
on the John Day side of the divide. Mc
Dowall and Chrisman are the principal
owners. Considerable work has been done
on the vein, about 2S5 feet In all. The
ledge averages about eight feet in width,
end shows excellent values, some of the
ore running high as $S0. No work Is be
ing done on these claims this Winter, as
the crosscut In the Crown Point develops
them as surely asMf run on the claims.
On the Miner claim there Is less than 300
feet of tunnel work on the vein. The
Donnelly group, on the west side of the
Cove, has about 400 feet ot work done.
Many other properties have been partly
i developed, and will receive much more at
tention the coming year. In fact, interest
in the Cove is livelier than for years be
fore, and one of the results expected is a
large Increase in the number of miners
employed there. The deep crosscut on the
California is regarded as a test for all of
Eastern Oregon. If the California finds
as good or better values at a low depth
than were taken from near the surface,
investors will regard the future of the
district fixed, and it 13 believed that they
wlll have no hesitancy in acquiring In
terests there. In a report made some
time past on the district by John Arthur,
mining engineer and assayer, was the
following description of the ores found
there:
"The formation of tho Cable Cove dis
trict Is bronze, soft granite on the sur
face, with the veins throughout showing
from two to 40 feet, in thickness. The ore
on the surface is an arsenical, massive,
low-grade iron, carrying considerable zinc.
At a depth of 100 to 150 feet, the forma
tion changes Into a white slllclous gran
ite, which ha3 a tendency to narrow up
the veins, concentrate the ore Into smaller
bulk, and the zinc and white iron being
displaced, lead and chalcopyrites appear.
When the whito granite is encountered,
and the lead and copper show in the ore,
the values multiply from five to 10- times,
as the white iron and zlno mainly disap
pear." A peculiarity of the Cove district is that
it is in granite, with the contact line on
both sides clearly defined. The slate belt
of tho Golconda, Columbia, North Pole
and E. & E. region terminates at tho
edge of the Cove, and tho gneiss begins a
short distance over on the John Day side
of the divide. For water and timber the
Cove will never suffer. It has the finest
lot of mining timber to bo found In this
part of Eastern Oregon. The trees grow
in small forests and are of the proper
size for timbering a mine. The entire dis
trict has many advantages that are hoped
to tell in its favor when extensive opera
tions are Inaugurated.
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