THE MINING OKEGCTNIAN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1901. S H'ARB MOUNTAIN TRAMP, EXPLORIXG THE COUXTRT AROUKD BRIDGE' OF THE GODS." - MouKible Explanation of the Indian. Stone-IoundH on ilie Coluirililn, N'enr Caocadcs. i A apiece 'of hard tack In the pocket and aviBmile on the face, that's all one meeds Iqr mountain climbing," said a member of'thfe Beffulator exploring party, to hla comrades, as he trudged galy along the Tough mountain road near the end of a 35-mUe walk. This aptly expressed the spirit of last week's expedition. Footsore emd leg-wean they might be. with ragged (soles and outstaring toes from unkind- oontact with miles of shale and jagged cocka, much tumbling Into thistle patches aaa unpremeditated exploration of ground boles artfully hidden .under a talr ex terior, jungle of fern fronds or tangle of .golden rod and blackberry vines. Crook "backed", they might be, under the load of "blankets harnessed to their shoulders, rfrom .'sunrise to sundown, or from the -staggering weight of a 25-pound camera -outfit. But these discomforts merely fur niahed a target for jokes which whizzed about one's ears thick and fast. .Aroher Mountain, a visit to which occu 3pled the forepart of last week. Is com paratively easy of access. The county x-oad, "tfjich at this season of the year is 4a excellent condition, runs to its bae, a distance of about four miles from the Columbia. As 'one Is put off from the Jboat at Butler's Landing, about 4 o clock in the morning, the noisy swish of the steamer's wheels, the rumble of the ma chinery, the jingle of the bells, the thump of the great logs of wood In the engine room below, the calls of the deck hands, are suddenly exchanged for a silence as lonely as vast. The gleam of the moon light dimly shows the outline of river Ibank and mountain-buttressed sky. The road takes one Into the forest. Glimpses of glancing water are to be caught here and there through the trees, together with new and unfamiliar views of Multnomah, Horsetail Falls, and Oneonta Gorge, -which are directly across the river from Archer Mountain. The mystery of night slowly gives way to daylight, and with at thoughts turn In very practical fashion to breakfast. This takes place near the base of the mountain, where a spring of pure water flashes forth from the hill side. Bacon held on a stick over a roar ing campfire, even though there may be -30 other relish to go with it than plain torcad and coffee. If eaten in the full splendor of the rising sun makes a meal lit for a king. The mountain takes its name from F. JU Archer, whose land runs upon the -mountain side. He lias as picturesque a cottage as any artist could wish to see, set in a tangle of honeysuckle, wild cher xles, apple and plum trees, with trellised srape vines sending out long tendrils to--w&rd every passer-by. Here blankets, luncheon and other baggage may be un loaded and safely left behind. A short jifid easy climb brings one to the Indian mounds, about half way up the southern elepe to the summit. This Is the dumping ground of the mountain. A huge cliff, bare and bleak, towers up in a straight line several hundred feet toward the sky. Acres of loose, rolling rocks and pebbles He at Its base. Here the frowning mountain, in grim humor, throws stones at itself. But it is easy to see that the hand of man has also had a part In the wild play. The whole place looks like the ancient cemetery of some forgotten race. The mounds face toward thej-iver. They are arranged in set rows, trenches, and winnows. Here and there, square and round hillocks of stones are thrown tip without regard to the points of the compass. Altogether there are between 20 and 30 mounds, but farther on around a spur of the mountain are other groups xf these mounds. The order and regular sty with which thej' are placed, leave a profound impression upon the obseri'er, and this is deepened when one is told that directly across the river a neighboring mountain has a similar collection of mounds, which also face toward the river. The idea that the place Is a great graveyard is hardly acceptable, owing to the fact that nothing has ever been found burled under any of these hillocks; neither human bones, nor bow and arrow, nor any other relics of a bygpne age. Another theory is that this was at one time a great battle ground of the Indians, the trenches and breastworks being thrown up as a cover behind which they could shoot poisoned arrows at their foes. Sail another explanation is that the place was a hunting-ground, the mounds being used as places of concealment for shoot- lng at the elk and bear that used to abound in that region. After leaving the mounds it Is something- of a hard pull up the latter half of the mountain. Skirting the cliff one keeps well to the left, making the ascent by the middle ravine of the eastern slope. The dense brush, which was waist-high, happened to be very wet at the time the Hegulator exploring party made the enmb, which resulted in drenched cloth ing. In some places the only way one could get past a precipitous rock was to be pulled up strong leather straps. But these difficult spots may easily be avoid ed, by a little care in selecting the path of ascent. There is no real trail. After the white buckberrles, hazel and dog-wood, have been left behind, the golden rod makes its appearance, acre after acre of yellow bloom flooding the entire mountain top with its glory. The summit was reached by 10 o'clock. It broadens, out Into far-reaching meadows which ond abruptly h the south, in two dangerous cliffs overhanging the Indian hunting grounds, a dizzy distance below. These two cliffs are far removed, one from another, and give the mountain a savage and threatening aspect, wholly different from the gentle curves present ed to the eye on the side toward the river. After enjoying the splendid pano rama of mountain range and river gorge, stretched out before him, the climber may slake his thirst at a spring of sparkling water on the summit. Nor should he neg lect on the way down to find the warm mineral spring discovered by C J. Church. The oat.'utting rock that forms the apex of the mountain is pierced in very curious fashion by a circular hole that is said to be about S or 10 feet in diameter. It Is in an Inaccessible spot, . but may be viewed from below. There Is probably no ipore familiar or cherished legend in the entire Northwest t, than that relating it the Bridge of the Gods. "'Everywhere along the mid-Columbia," says F. H. Balch, in the preface to his well-known book on this subject, "the Indians tell of a great bridge that once spanned the river where the Cas cades now are, but where, at that time, the placid current flowed under an arch of stone; that this bridge was tomano wos, built by the gods; that the great spirit shook the earth, and the bridge crashed down into the river, forming the present obstruction of the Cascades. All of the Columbian tribes tell this story, iln different versions and in different dia lects, but all agreeing upon Its essential features as one of the great facts of their past history. " 'Ancutta (long time back),' say the Tumwater Indians, 'the salmon he no pass Tumwater Falls. It too much big leap. Snake Indian he no catch um fish above falls. By and by great to manowas bridge at Cascades he fall In, dam up water, make river higher all way up tOf Tumwater; then salmon he get over. Then Snake Indian all time catch Tim plenty.' " 'My father talkL one time, said ah old Klickitat to a pToneer at White Sal mon, Washington, 'long time ago liddle 4oy, him in canoe, his mother paddle, paddle up Columbia, then come to to manowos bridge. Squaw paddle canoe under, all dark under bridge. He look up, all like one big roof, shut out sky. no see um sun. Indian" afraid, paddle quick, get past soon, no good. Liddle boy no forget how bridge look-' "Local proof also is not wanting. In the Fall when the freshets are over and the waters of the Columbia are clear, one J going out in a small boat just above the Cascades andlpoklng down intothe trans parent" depths," can" see submerged forest trees beneath him, still standing upright as they stood Before the bridge fell In and the river was raised above them. It is a strange, weird sight, this, forest beneath the river. The waters wash over tfie broken tree tops, fish swim among the leafless branches; It is desolate, specter like, beyond all words." .The.dlzzy cliffs on either side .the river, which have given rise "to the tradition, He In what is practically unexplored ter ritory. The only trails are those made by bears .and other wild-animals. Rumor says that one of these bearfralls on the verge of the precipice is a foot and a half deep. The same bear hunter Tvho tells this story testifies to seeing four bears at one time on this mountain, Into the very heart- of this savage and inhospitable region, where the earth withholds even water from thirsty man, the Regulator explorers determined to go, bent upon wresting from Nature some proof either for or against the ancient tradition that there was once a natural bridge across the Columbia.- Leaving Turner Lev-ens' place, between 6 and 7 o'clock, the six men Captain Frank J. Smith. W. L. Miller, of the Columbian Field Museum, Chicago; George" "M. Welster, photographer; C. F. Sutton, C. J. Church and C. H. Winnett turned In to "the county road, which they traveled a short distance eastward, then struck a trail which brought them to a cabin in the woods, four miles from their starting place. Taking the trail again, they walked half a mile farther, up to their ankles In water, over marsh and soggy ground, till they came to a hunt ing lodge. A few minutes' walk brought them to a steep hill of loose dirt, a 2C0 foot climb. A blazed trail on the top of this foothill extended for about a quar ter of a mile along a hogsback. then ab ruptly ended, leaving the explorers only about five miles on their way, each one an entire stranger to the region, without gun, compass or guide. From this; time on they were compelled to blaze their own trail. One peak after another was climbed, which slowly brought them higher and higher. Broken ridges, from 100 to 200 feet, had to be crossed. To the east the mountain became a sheer precipice of a thousand feet or more. Progress was slow, owing to the numerous pinnacles that had to be ascended and descended. ' Walking, moreover, was difficult because of the loose stone. When one stone was touched it would start thousands of other stones rolling. The brush soon became so dense that the only possible way to get through It was to get down on all fours and force their way through like bears. Under brush three feet high, mingling with vine maple, hazel and trees, from 200 to 300 feet high, made an Impenetrable thicket. It was at this point that the first mutiny occurred. Thoroughly exhausted with the terrible . strain of pushing their way through what appeared to be an endless jungle leading nowhere, weakened by the cruel pangs of hunger and thirst, one man declared that unless they found wa ter a team of oxen could not drag him any farther. "And even at that mo ment," he concluded as he told the story 24 hours later, "we were only 500 feet from water." "But they were perpendicular feet," In terposed Mr. Miller with a dry laugh. Everyone agreed that no burro could be made to go over this trail, because of the danger from rolling stones. "At one place you have to hold on with your teeth," said Captain Smith, laughing. At 4:15 the summit was reached, and 43 min utes' rost was enjoyed. Some Idea of the height of the precipice, which Is about one and one-half miles long on the river side of the mountain, may be gained from the fact that a stone let fall from the summit, being timed by a watch, took eight seconds to fall. Even when allow ance Is made for the time required for the sound to reach the ear, this would indicate a great height. If the exact weight of the stone was known an ac curate estimate might be made of the dls tande. The entire ridge was likened to a ball cut In wo perpendicularly on one side and sloping on the other. The square, flat summit of the mountain was judged by George M. Weister to be between 6000 and 7000 feet in height, about equal to the timber line of Mount Hood. All agreed that the mountain stands about four and one-half miles from the river. Between is a stretch of low land, dotted with lakes. The Cascades Locks are almost directly below. Off to the southeast, across the Columbia, could be seen Mount Hood, looking from that distance almost on a level with the observers. Mount Adams was northeast. A little south of eas,t was Moffatt Springs, four miles away in a straight line. Bunchgrass grew on the summit and southern slope. It was so slippery that in climbing one went up one foot and down three feet .This served the men to good purpose, however, In the descent, as they were able to coast down a distance of 700 or 800 feet, and if they had not been both hungry and thirsty, would have found it great sport. At 15 minutes to G water was found, the headwaters of Cedar Creek, which, further to the south, flows into Hamilton Creek. Up to this time they had eaten nothing, for fear lest Is should Increase suffering from thirst. A hot hunt for the trail they had blazed that morning then ensued. Darkness was coming on rapidly, the air was chill, and without blankets the night was sure to be cold and cheerless. Just as daylight vanished the trail was found, but It was then too dark to see a foot in front of one. Every step had to be jealously watched, for fear they would go astray. Match after match was lit, each man hugging a tree and feeling around In the darkness to find out which way the trail went. When the hunting lodge was at last reached, itw as christened Camp Salvation. A fire was made and lots were drawn as to who should sleep Inside. Luckily It fell to Captan Smith who, lamed In one knee, was rather In more need of comfort than the rest, who. blanketless and for lorn, shivered around the blazing embers, with empty pudding pans for pillows, one eye shut and the other eye open. The wind blew, and the grass was porous, so no one caught more than a five-minute nap at one time. With daylight they started homeward, arriving at Turner Levens In time for breakfast, just 24 hours from the time1 they left. Not one of them returned with a whole pair of shoes. A photograph of these, ragged and torn, with flapping soles, might hai'e told the "whole story of their tramp. C. J. Church, who had started out the day before with a new pair of canvas shoes, was forced to walk the last few miles in his stocking feet, carrying the sad-looking relics in his hand. M. L. Miller, whose opinion on the scientific side of the question carries weight, feels satisfied that the expedition accomplished what It aimed to accom plish, viz., an answer to the old conun drum, "Was there ever a natural bridge across the Columbia at the Cascades?" He is convinced that the Cascades were not made by debris from the fallen bridge, but owe their existence to the Buy Corn It Should Sell Very High Within a Short Time. i & GRAIN AND STOCKS 214-215 Chamber of Commerce Phone Main 516 fact that the bed of the river Is formed of harder rock at this point than in the rest of -Its course. A strong argument in support of his view is that the mountain they visited, supposed to be the abutment of the bridge on the Washington side, is so far away from the river, viz., four and one-half miles. This brings the two abutments fully five miles apart. "It would be hardly possible for a flat bridge to extend across so great a distance. It would have "to be an arch, It is con ceivable that at one time when the Co lumbia cut through the Cascades, there may have been a small bridge, but this, If true, must have been thousands and thousands of years ago, so long ago that there would be no tradition of it. The burden of finding proof lies with the side that maintains there was such a bridge, not with those who deny it. A -Portland man, Clyde Jenkins, who has just returned from an outing in the low river land that lies between the Washington abutment and the river, says that there are 23 lakes there. One of these, Big Lake, which is two miles square,with steep banks like a reservoir, he maintains, has trout one and a half feet in length. There are also stone mounds there, similar to those found on Archer Mountain. A man 70 years of age. who has lived ip that region 50 years and has a squaw wife, furnishes the most feasible explanation that has yet been given to account for these mounds. Long ago, he says, when a young Indian ar rived at manhood, he was expected to give evidence of his strength and power of endurance. According to custom he went to some high mountain, or other lonely spot, and without food, drink, or sleep, he was to gather the loose rocks Into a pile as high and large as he could malte it. On the fifth night he was to sleep, and whatever animal bird or fish he dreamed of, wa3 to be his "tomano wos." that would bring luck to him. This he was riever to pursue, nor was he to eat it when it had been killed by. others. Probably no more reasonable or likely ex planation can be found of the strange mound3 that until now have pioved so Inexplicable a mystery to the white man. G. M. AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. ,C "W Stone, "Warren F R Strong and wife. Chas Daly, Cincinati I city L Lechman, Lewiston W Dormer, Seattle H H Shutts and wire. Mlss B Beaid. Oregon Chicago iS L Lamping, Seattle J W Chandler, S F I Edwin Nelll. Nelll Co J A DavlBon. X 1" J M Moffltt. 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Rates, 50c to $1.50. One block from depot. Restaurants near by. , Tncoma Hotel, Tncomn, American plan. Rates, $3 and up. Donnelly Hotel, Tncoma. European plan. Rates, 50c and up. a Pictures on the Dish Towels. Good Housekeeping. A friend who came for a piazza visit took from her workbag half a dozen neatly-hemmed dish towels, on which she embroidered in hasty outline stitch, with a dark-blue thread, the outlines of varl- ious utensils, such as tumblers and a cup and saucer; one had a small frying pan on it. "Isn't it waste of work to em hrolder dish towels?" I suggested mildly. "Not at all. It Is an economy of time. I have gone through the trial year after year of trying to make Swede, German or French girls understand me. One of the things I could not Impress on their memories was which dish towel was to be used for certain dishes. They wiped my cut-glass with the heavy crash towels and the frying pan with a glass towel. One day my little girl brought home from kindergarten a card on which a cup and saucer, were sewed prettily. I trans ferred the pattern to some new dish towels I was hemming and Johanna took to It at once. Now I'A'e put emblems on two dozen, my new supply, and it works like magic. She dpes not know a tumbler yet oy name, but she knows Its form." OLD TIMES IN PORTLAND LETTER FOUSD AMONG EFFECTS OF' DEAD SAN FRANCISCAN. Gives, Interesting Picture of Life and Conditions In Oregon Metropolis Twenty Years Apo. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10. (To the Editor.) Among the papers of my father, who died a short time ago, I found the Inclosed uncompleted letter, evidently writ ten during a visit he made to Portland 19 years ago. He had formerly lived in Portland, and always took an Interest In the town, and the letter was eAidently in tended for publication In The Oregonlan, but was overlooked or laid aside and forgotten. Perhaps you may consider It worthy of publication at. this time as a remin lscense of days gone by, and to give an Idea of the changes which have taken place In Portland since It was wrlttten, MINNIE HILDRED. Portland, Or., Sept. 24. 1882. (Editor Oregonlan.) The first thing to attract my attention on landing here a week ago from the Queen of the Pacific after an absence of several years was the inade quacy of hotel accommodations. Owing to delay caused by our steamer haing to wait for the tide to enable her to cross over a sand-bar In the ri'er. it was nearly midnight before she reached her dock, and it was only after driving to .three hotels that I was enabled to ob tain lodging. I retired mentally vowing that I would take "mine ease in mine Inn," and not rise till a late hour on the following day. My Intentions In this re spect were, however, frustrated, for at 5 o'clock In the morning I was awakened by a chorus from the whistles of the steamboats lying at the docks near by, which was kept up with 'igor and re newed with such frequency as to pre clude the possibility of any one except a deaf man remaining oblivious to their noise The intervals between the blowing of the steam whittles were filled In by still more discordant sounds which I was at a loss to understand. In my dreamy half-awake state I imagined I was once more camp ing in the gum forests of Australia In stead of occupying a room at one of Port land's best hotels. Finally, finding that I must abandon all hope of repose I arose, dressed and started out to ascer tain whence all this unearthly and un timely noise proceeded. Imagine my surprise at finding on the cqrner of the street, a' block distant from the hotel, a menagerie consisting of two bearp, a coyote, raccopn, porcupine and several other animals, and about 100 par rots, cocatoos and macaws. This collec tion of birds and beasts which had pro duced the din which murdered my repose lined the sidewalk and gutter in front of a low-grade salopn, the owner of w'hlch has evidently little, fear of the city author ities, aid less carp for the pea'ce and quietness of his fellow citizens. t, Flrnt-ClnMN Hotel Needed. The growth of Portlaand has been very rapid of late, and the increase in the A'alue of rea'l estate, correspondingly great. Evidences of prosperity are seen on every hand in great number of handsome and substantial blocks of buildings In course of erection. The last of the row of old wooden shanties which a few years since disfigured the business part of the city fr.ont has disappeared, and been replaced by spacious and handsome structures of brick and Iron stores, and In many places additional stories are being added to buildings, shoAvIng that the business men are trying to keep pace with the progress of the times. But for some rea son there has been no Improvement in the line of hotels. There are here four 'hotels, each bf which was first-class In Its time, but all of which, though com paratively well kept and furnished, fall far short of what Is demanded by a city of the size and Importance of Portland at the present time. A hotel suited to the wants and requirements of the city, and placed at a distance' from the annoyances incident to a location In the vicinity ot the wharves, will proA'e a good Invest ment. The subject. I am informed, has been talked over by capitalists here and a site selected on Fifth street somewhere near the postoffice, but no active steps have been taken In the matter as yet. Of cheaper hotels the city has quite a large number, but not enough to accom modate the constantly Increasing number of mechanics, laborers and emigrants who patronize them. Cheap restaurants and coffee-houses are numerous, but out side of the best hotels, the greater part of which are conducted on the European plan, nothing approaching in any respect a first-class restaurant is to be found in the city. The market, judging from the fare at the hotels, appears to be supplied with fairly good beef, mutton, etc., but the supply of fish, fowl and game Is not at all what one might expect to find In Oregon. I accepted an invitation from a friend to take a drive around the city and view the improA'ements which had been made since my last Aisit. I find the stories I have heard of the Increase In extent have not been overdrawn. Nearly the entire space from the river west to the hills Is now built oA'er. and even the hill-sides, which, a few years since, It was not sup posed would eA'er be utilized for 'build ing purposes, are now dotted with dwell ings, while the summits are held at funcy figures, and are expected to shortly be covered with stately mansions. My friend, during our drive, pointed out with excusable pride and six public school buildings ot the city -which are all spa cious and handsome, and cannot probably be equaled In any city of the same popu lation In the Union. At the north end of the city are a number of handsome dwellings surround ed by spacious grounds. In this part of the city Is also the site secured for the great Union Railroad Depot, Avhlch Is to be built at a cost of 51,500,000. The O. R. 6 N. Co.'s road from here to the junc tion with the Northern Pacific Railroad at "Wallula is now completed,, the last spike having been driven on Tuesday last, hut there Is no sign of wgrk being com menced on the depot. One of the large wharf boats used In. the upper Tl'er be fore the railroad was built Is to be made into a ferry to transfer trains across the river, and the huge Alnsworth dock will be used as a temporary depot. This leads some who have not implicit faith In Port land's future to say that the depot will ne'er be built, hut that upon the com pletion of the Northern Pacific Railroad to the Sound the company's offices will be moved there, and that all the wheat of Oregon will be shipped from the Sound, where will spring up the great metropolis of the Northwest. But a A'lslt to the great Improvements the company Is mak ing on the East Side a short distance down the river Is calculated to give an other Idea. A large drydock Is nearly completed, having a capacity to accommodate the largest ships, an Immense wharf, over half a mile In length, Is being constructed, and on it are spacious coal bunkers, and will be a huge elevator cap able of containing thousands of bushels of wheat. To these and other Improve ments of the company, to the favorable location of the city, and to the flush times always attendant in the construction of great railroad and other enterprises re quiring the expenditure of vast sums of money, does the City of Portland owe her present prosperity, and not to any enterprise or foresight of her citizens. They, howc"er, are not slow to take ad cantage of the tide In their affairs which Is leading many of them on to fortune. The way in which they have advanced the price of real estate shows them to be fujly awake to the main chance. The country for miles around has been, laid out In town sites and additions, tracts, etc., lots In which are held a. prices wjilch are calculated to proA'e profT itabe to those selling but to pers. Downing, Hopkins & ESTA11L1.SIIED JSO.1. WHEAT AND STOCK BROKERS Room 4, Ground Floor ADVERTISED. Unclaimed Letters Remaining In the Postoffice nt Portland. Or. Free delivery ot letters by carriers at the residence or owners rauy be secured by observ ing the following rules: Direct plainly to the street and number or the house. Head letters with the writer's full address. Including street and number, and request an swer to be directed accordingly- Letters to strangers or transient visitors In the city, whoie- special address may be un known, should be marked In the left-hand cor ner. "Transient." This will urevent their be lntr delivered to parsons of the same or slml lar names. Persons calllnc for these letters 'vlll please state date on which they we.-e advertised, September 10. They will be charged for at the rate of 1 cent each. AVOMHN S LIST. Adam?, Miss Kechn, Mrs O it Allen. Mlis LInnle Keener, Mrs Fiank Anderson. Miss Lena Kinsman, Mrs Cora L Anderson, Miss Soila King; Mrs Kaltle Austin. Mts AVm-i Knowles. Mrs Mary B Barker, Mlis L Larceraun, Minnie Bates, Mifs Sidney Lee, Mrs Julia Benedict, Miss Ceila Llchty, Lizzie Sheridan Llmlt Miss Edltlr Blair, Miss Clara Leng. Miss Mamie Bolvtrs. Mrs L Long. MUs Ionia Boleman, Mr3 Mattle Long, Myrtle Boiaen. Mrs Julia Mclnnls, Mrs Tloortz, Mrs Ernest McCullough, Mrs AA J Brown, Mrs G McCaw, Miss Jojle Brown. Mrs G M McCollum, Miss I.-a- Browri, Mm AV R belle Blown, Mrs AVilllam McFarland. Mrs Sall Robertson McFayden, Alvlra Brush. "Mrs" Henry McEwan, Mrs Laura Buckmastcr, Mrs XettisMcKay, Miss Iva Burr, Mrs H G McKlnny, Miss Susie--Bushong, Mrs Clara Mai. Mli.? Pauline Bryant. Mrs G T Maroway, Catherine Cady, Miss Cora B Martin, Miss Fannie Cain. Mrs E R Me; ret. Miss Theresa--Camp. Miss Minna Miller, Mrs M Carlyle, Mrs J AV Muller. Mrs E Carson, Mrs Annie Moll, Mrs Eva Chambers, Mrs Jennie Morter.son. Miss Chambers, Miss Anna Mortimer, Miss Lulu Chamness, Miss Maud Murray, Mrs Lna Cole. Mrs Delia Xelernson. Theresa Collins. Mrs Nation. Mrs Agnes M Cota, Miss Carmon Nelson, Mrs Annie Cross, Mrs C J Noane, Mr3 Herman Dalroy,- Miss Clarice Pattrlck, Mrs Ellen Dement. Mrs S A Fatton, Miss Eva Daodale, Mrs Emma Pettlt, Emma Dorrls, Miss Pendleton. Mli'3 F B Douglas, Miss Elsie Phillips. Mrs Edna Ehchardt. Mrs G Plltz. Mrs Charles Ely, Mrs Hannah PX0Uty. Mrs- Clara Bell Elmer, Mrs May C Prout, Mrs Sarah EL-tlng, Mrs E G Reed, Miss Grace Fields, Lilllc M Rutherford, Mrs Ricn Flsher, Mra EJaina ard Foadley, Dr Idelle Robb, Mrs J M Foster, Mrs Fnd rick ERusaell, Ml?a E B Frledrlck. Karalln Rhodes, Miss Leaner Gault, Miss Mary Savage, Mrs Alma Gelnslch. Miss AVlnnie Schlem. Miss Selma Georgenson. Mrs Stgan, Miss Mary Oilman, Mrs Lizzie . Shipley. Mr3 Nettle Grayson, Mrs J TempleSmlth, Miss Belle Greenlnger. Miss Lena Smith, Mrs Mary L Gregory. Mrs Belle Soblskl. Mra Jessie GrolT, Mrs Lillle Soncrs. Miss Ethel Hall. Mrs Edward Stevens, Miss Lillian Hamlyn. Mra J J Steavens, Mrs R Hamlin, Mrs F M Stephenson, Miss Julia Hanson, Mrs Mary 2 Hayncs, Mrs S S Stewart, Miss Helen Hllllker, Mrs EuphraslaStrubhar, Miss Emma Hilton. Mrs Delia- Trip, Miss Bertha Hill. Mrs J B Thluodcn. Miai Louisa Hlnkey, Mrs Alice Thome, Miss EsMe Holmes, Miss Irene Thomas, Mrs S E Holmes, Helen J-2 Tlbblts. Mrs J H Horner, Mrs F J Tripp. Miss Bertha Houghton, Mrs Sarah Tim. Mrs S L Hough, Mifs Leila Underwood. Mrs Sam Howie. Mrs G A'aughan. Mrs Mary Howard, Mrs T B Vance. Mia Georgia Hubbell. Mrs Ella Van Beek. Madam Hunt, Emma V AA'ard, Mrs Johansson, Miss Alma AA'ebb. Mrs Fannie C Johanson. Mrs Edward AA'hitcomb. Mrs S Godtfrld AVhlte, Lilly B Johns. Miss Ida M AVilson, Mrs Johnson, Miss Christine AAMlson, Mrs Mamie Johnson. Mrs Lee Woodward, MUs R Jones, Mrs Owen AA'olfo, Miss Clara E Kays, Miss Zoe Zerung. Miss MEN'S XI ST. Abbott, E A Kendall,- G H Achme Gold Machine King, Andrew Mnfrs Klrkpatrick, Ahcrndson, A C Koch, lsidor Anderson. Garland Koton. Leon Anderson, Abram Korth. T Baker. C K Klrn-.?IX Beaty, F J Lee. M G Beckwlth, E R Lafountaln. Ben Beichholtz. Louis Lamoree, D M Benflrt, Dr & Son Lent, F G Behlow. Henry Lenord, Rev F AA Berg, Edward Lemmon, P S Blake, John Leoralng. J B Blurd, J R Leonard. II Bowers, C B Levins. Walter Brace. Earl Lowell, Edgar L Brltton, M E-2 Ludvlg, Albert Brodick, Erie R Mclntire, N A Brownell, Albert McCarscy. Dr G R Brooks. Joseph McCarthy. Patrick Blown, James AA' McDuffy & Co Brown. R C McDonald, Dr J S Brumbaucr, A McKenzle, N Burns, James J McLaren, D Burton, Musgroe Mark- A: Merle Caeser. AV J Mary. F B Cain. Thomai E Martin. T W Campbell, AVlll Matheson, J H Carman. Dr Charles Mattson. Fred Carey, George M Mayer, Lloyd O Carland, Otho Mayger, Mr Case. G L Merritt. James Clarke, C Stewart Mercantile Adv Co Clark, George Meyer. Oscar Clifford. A Mlchall. O B Condon, AA' J Miller, John Crabb. O II Miller. J M Cummlngs, Ralph E Mltchel. Wm Curlburt. AA' H Montgomery. Av H Dante. C J Mosiman. Mr Darrah. James Munson Chester Darrah, P A Mlntersbauh, F II Davis, Charles AAr -Meyer. Oscar Dean, John A Meyer, Oscar R DeVoung, Dr David Magcl, C F Deshner, Theo Naunton. Fred Delose, John Nagel, y DeLano, A J Neville, John DcRoy, F Rafaela Nebergell. Phil Dltmore. V G Nelson, Henry P Doyle, J Nelson, Dr Aug Domorat, Ggnaczl Newlen, Oscar Drake, R J-2 Newman, Bert Drew, George Novelty Adv Co Dressier, Andrew Oregon Forrester Dull. C M Oswald. AA'm Eastham. Melville Oppenhelmer. Sol Edwards, W Pappa, Henry Efers, Sam Palmer, AVarren Elbach, P Patterson, D D Ellmaker, A Penegore, Jerry Everett, Burt Pendleton, R E Ewalt, F C Peterson, Gust Everest, Dr E Pick, Dr Henry Fleger, Louis Pierce, J Rowland Flnp, Sam R Pierce Dr Edw Fisher, Albert Portland Mnfg Co Fleher, Fred Potter, Thomas A -2 Fisher, Frank Powell, R II Fleck, Prof Ernst Qulnlan. AA Forde, Will Hal'. C T French. A J-2 Ray. G T-2 French. Dr Aug Randall, A m Frit?, AA'alter Rasmussen John F Furgerson, AV E Rawson, C W Gay, C Reany, James Garback, George RIcketts, Henry Hamll- Gehrlng, F AV ton Glacorno, Liquor Ba- Rosa M V puzzl Roach, J AA' Gilbert & Co Rosenthal, R Good, Dr J AA Safton, J 1 Graham, Davld-2 St John, E Greene, F J Schulz. Herman Greene, Henry Shafer. Dr M E Groornca, Toip i,h!ei43' - 4 Hadley, AV B Shields. Alvln k Hazel, Johnle Smlthers. Henry Hammond. E G Smith. Dr Sldney Handlcy. A C Sobleska. Mr Hanke. J T Sturgls, Mr and Mrs Hanson. AVilllam Eugene Harvey, C Edwin Stanley, L AA Hartls. J L Stephens, Clifton II Hayden, P Snodgrass, Mr Hayden. A V Sydcr. E F Heart. Ben Svenson, John Hexter. SI Tawney. T A Hcarshel. H L Thomas, S F Hehshaw, John Thompson, Bop Herverck, John Tiler. Peter Hoadley. C Tiller Tullle Hopkins, H AV Vaughan. L N Hopson, Wm Van Cleve, Merl Horgan, J F AValker. AT Hou?eley, G W Warden, C Howard. Burtln Ward. Irving Hunter, .B P AA'aters, S & Co Hunchcy, Frank-2 Waterman, H A Hunter, AA M AVasterlea. George Humes, Charles AA'aterman. Hugo A Hurtlg. Henery AA'ebster. R Idaho. Nevada & Call-AA'ertz, H G fornla Stage Co AVestcrn Savings Assn Igleheart. Mr Verna AA'enoffcr, John Ingram, M Whltwell, W Jackson. AV Wlrtz Jean Jackson. J P Wlllard. AA'lllard. Johnson. Guy Williams Blank - Johnson, George W Wills, Carl Johnson, John H WIthrow, R E Johnson. Johnnie Wood. Guss Johnston, Robert Yancey. E H Johnson. O S Yabe. M Jones, AA F Tardwood, Daniel Kent. James Toung, Egsert Kendall. G N PACKAGES. Anderson, Mrs M E Fisher, W I Carlthers. Mrs W AV TJUman. John N A. B. CROASMAN, P. M. IV'ew York Theater Will Clone. NEW .YORK, Sept. 15. On" "the an Chamber or Commerce nouncement of President McKInley's death, James K. Hackett, who is play ing a very successful engagement at Wallack's Theater, closed the house. He declares that he will not resume until after the funeral services at Canton- At a meeting of the theatrical managers to night it was decided to close all the houses on the day of the funeral at Canton. . Gang: Talked Into a Hidden 'Phone. Baltimore Sun. Washington "The nearest approach to that story about the man with the tele phone In his hat which ever came under my notice," said Chief WUkie. of the United States Secret Service, "was the method by which a city 'ring' was broken up. "The good residents of the city were convinced the city was ring ridden, but were unable to obtain evidence to estab l.sh the fact. Several professional de tectives were employed, but se cured nothing. Finahy the case was put In the hands of an amateur Investigator, who soon reached the conclusion that the meetings of the 'ring' were held In the office of a lawyer who stood close to the gang. He hired an office nearby, and one night when the build. ng was deserted ob tained entrance to the lawyer's office. "In the center of the office he found a large table, and on it a combination pen holder and Inkstand of elaborate design. Through the center of the table dlrectiy under the Inkstand ho drilled a fine hole and passed through It a small Avlre; under the Inkstand he placed a minute telephone transmitter, Avell set In to avoid observa tion. Then he ran his wire under the car pet and out the dooor to the next room. "TJie next day, as the office Avas about closing, the amateur detective entered it and managed to tilt the Inkstand on edge so the transmitter could receive the sound. That night the ring met and the memhers took their seats around the table. In the other rcoom were four members of tHe cit izens' committee, each with his ear glued to a rc-ccl-er. That was the end of that particular ring." TRAVELERS GUIDE. -TO- Low Rates to AH Points East WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS. TICKET OFFICE: Cor. Third and Stark Sta. R. W. Foster. Ticket Anent. Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. LEAVES Depot Filth nnC 1 Street. ARRIA'ES For Maygers. Rainier. Clatskanle, YVestport. Clifton. Astoria. War rentun. Flavel. Ham mond. Fort Stevmvn;Q x. M. S:0OA. M. Astoria and Seashore Express, Dal!-. 7:00 P. M. Astoria Express. I 0:40 P. it. iJauy. Ticket office 235 Morrison st. and Union Depot. J. C. MAYO. Gen. Pass. Ast.. Astoria. Or. (I '.K'& Time Card of Trains PORTLAND Leuvcs. Arrives. "North Coast Limited".. 2:00 I. M. 7:00 A. M Twin City. St. Lculs & Kan. City Special 11:30 P. M. 7:13 P. M. Puget Sound Limited, for South Bend. Gray's Harbor. Olympla. Ta coma and Seattle S:S5 A. M. 5:20 P.M. Two trains dally to Spokane. Butte. Helena. Minneapolis St. I'aul and the East. A. D. CHAItLTOX. Asst. General Pass. Ask. 255 Morrison street. Portland. Or. Record Voyage 6 Dots. 7 Heirs, 22 Minutes.! BOSTON t) UVEiMJl via QLlLISfQtf.l Commonwealth, Twin Screw. l.t,(MX. Sept. ''i New England Twin Serew. 11.G0O. Oct. 0 F0RIIA1D U LIVi?30L Cambroman .Sept. 21 1 Dominion Oct. 10 Vancouver Oct. o Vancouver ...Nov. 5) THOMAS C005C & SON, P. C Qen'l Attala, 1621 621 Market Si.. Sso Frandsco, Cat. NORTHERN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO. For VLADrVOSTOCIC AXD PORT AR THUR, calling at Talienwart or Dalny If inducement offers. s S. S. "CLAVEIIr-G." "Will sail from Tacoma about Sept. 29th. For rates and space reservat ons apply to DODWELL & COMPANY, Ltd. ' General Agents. Or any agint of the .Northern Pacific Railway. iSrZ88ft!& &.O!- TON S.3. SIERRA, SS. AUSTRALIA, for Tahiti. Sept. J8 10 A. M. S3. ALAMEDA, for Honolulu. Saturday. Sept. 21. 2 P. M. SS. 'SIERRA, Honolulu, Auckland and Sydney. Thursday. Oct. 3. 10 A. M. I D.SPRECKEIS k BSOS. CO., Genera! Annb. 327 HaiistSt frn'l Pamspr Sift?, 643 Hirht SL. ffer Xo. 1. PadSe SI BUFFALO EXPOSITION TIW.VEL.EKS GUIDE;. EQIT LINE and unioh Pacific THREE TR42N5 DAILY FOR ALL POINTS EAST UXION' DEPOTS Leavp. Arrive. CHICAGO-PORTLAND 0-.00 A. M. 4:30 P. M. SPECIAL. For the Eu-U lu. Hunt lnj-ton. Dully. Daily, SPOKANE FLTEK. For Eustwm .V.ishm,--tan W.illa Walla. Lew iston. Coeurd' AU"n .! Gt. Ncnrrvrn Points. :00 P. M-Dally- 7:00 A. Ml Dally. ATLANTIC EXl'KEd? !( P. M. Fur Uiw BjjA la Huhv (Dally. Inztun. S:H A. M lDy- OCEAN AM5 UIVKi:. SI'IHSDULE. FOrt SAN FJtAN CISCO. Krem Ainsworth Dock. FOIt ASTOIWA nrtlJS:OP. it, 6(00 P. M. DrtHy. with Htr. for Ilvaco atid.&ituiayaiHtllfcc- sun. North ffcHh. str. citin siMgy a!o. Ash-street Dock. ,at. 10 iP M. FOK SALEM ami way SMC A. M. fa-.wi p. it points, ir. rilinor" ijlun.. Ash-street Dok. WU.. Tu.. Thurs.. wuter prmltun. Frl. Sat. FOR DAYTON. Oru Eon City and Vamhl) ltiver j.olm.s. atr. Mo doc. Ash-street Dock Water permitting. .flo A- M 3:00 P. iX, Ts.. Men.. ThHM. 5at. iWd.. IFL TICKET OFFICE. Third and Waablnston. Telephone Main 712. PORTLAND & ASIATIC STEAMSHIP CO. For Yokohama and Hemr Kontf. calling at Kobe. Nagasaki and Shanghai. lakln freight via connecting stpumora for Manila. Port Ax thir and vkillvnte?k. KNIGHT COMPANION SAILS SBPT 23. For rate? and full Information call on or d drena otflclals or acentu of O. It. A; N, Co. AST v,; SOUTH Lenre "Tste """ i A"lv OYKKLAN-U KX PitKas i.twVl.Na. ter aulem. itiwa burg. stjuiuad, stc rauiea hi. ogdea. Sun riurKiiJCo. jlo- JUv, L94 AUilMfc iil x'ao, Nov t)r iuns u nil tae Hauit. 3:30 P. M S:30 A. M. 7M5A. M. 1:20 P. M. At WtoilD urnf tautiy eJCuept auu !uj. morRtm; (rum simndcta wild trala lor Ait. Anxt. al . ei ton, Bruwni . 1 I le . aprlttjiuid. nd Natron, and .tibany Lata I for ill. Aise' una biv . ertiHl. lbany pasnger.... "orvallls putwenzur. hvridan iweiger.. M :00 P. M 7:30 A. M 4:S0 P. M 10:10. A. M. 5:50 P. M. HS:25 A. M. Daily. lIDally except jaunday. Rebate tickets on sale Between Portland, Sac ramento and ban Franctoco. Nat sates ?17 SO first cIush and 3M second etaiut. Second cUas Includes sleeptir; tire" tla dWi not. Kates and ticket- to JEuaievn points and Eu rope. Also JAPAN. CHINA. HONOLULU ami AUSTRALIA. Can be obtained 1mm V A. SehllliiiK. Ticket Agent. 24 qot. "VVahingtoa and Third. YAMHILL DIVISION. Fasaenger Depot, foot ot JeCaraon street. Leave for Oswego dui.y at 7.20, U:40 A. M.J 12:Ji 1:55, 3.25. -At. 0.25. S:30, 11:30 P. M.; and U:tx A. M. on rsunaaya omy. Arrlva at Portland duUy at C 35. a..M), 10:00 A. M. I 1 , 3.10, 4:30. tf.J3. 7.40, 1W.0O P. M., 12.40 A. M. dully, except Monday. S:30 ana 10;05 A. M. on Sundays only. Leave for Dullus dally, except Sunday, a3 5 05 P. M. Arrive at Portland at 0:3O A. M. "Passenger train leave Duilu for Alrllo Mon days. Wrdne-Mlays aiul FiWay at S. SO P. M. atums Tnla3. Thursday and Saturdays 'Except Sundpy. R. KOEHLER. Manager. R. B. MILLER, Gen. Frt. & Pass. Agt. TicXct O.'fic;. 122 Third Si. Phon 630 LEAA'E I The Flyer, dally to and .." . (from St. Paul, Minne- -0, " i spoils. Dyluth. Chicuwi. C:00 P. M. j and all points East. ARRXVH No. 3 T:00 A- ZX. r... v. n.. .ml Taurtat Slsesers. Tilnlni and Buffet Smoklng-Llbrary Cara. JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP TOSA MARU For Japan, China, and all Asiatic joints tiiH leave Setttt'e About September 17th. Pacific Coast Steamship 0o Per South-Eastern Alaska Leave Seattle 9 P. M. Sttamahips COTTAGE C1TT, CITY OF SEATTLE or CITY OF TOPEKA, Sept. 3, 0, 8. 12, 17. J. 22. 27, Oct, 2. Jj, 7 12. 17. 20. 22. 27. Nov 1. For further Information obtain company folder The company reero iua rignc to change steamers, sailing dates and hours ot eiilinr without provious notice. "gENTS-N. POSTON. 24 Washlnstcn 8t. Portland. Or.-. F. W CARLBTON N. P. K. iC WHITE COLLAR LINE STR. BAILEY GATZERT. DALLES ROUTE. Dally round trips. Leuva toot Aldpr atreot every morning at 7 o'clock, except Monday. Arrive at The- Dalles 3 P. M. Leava Tn Dalle? 3:.!0 P. M Arrive Portland 1 P. M. Landings- "Vancouver, Cascade Locks, st, Martin's Springs. Hood Rlverr VhIt Salmon. Lyla and The Dalles. ASTORIA ROUTE. STR. TAHOMA. CAlder-streot DocjQ, Leaves Portland dally every rnornlns at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Returning, Reaves Aa- torla every night at 7 o'ofdok, except Sunday. Oregon phone Main 351. Columbia phone 331. For Oregon City, Salem Way Landings Steamers Altona and Pomona, for Salem and, way landings, dally except Sunday, 6rf3 A. M. Stesmer Leona. for Oregon Cny leavsa Port land dally and Sunday, 0 A. M., 1 and 3PM Leaves Oregon City 7. 11 A. M., 3 P. M. Bound tvlB. 25c Phono Main AO. OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO, Office and doclc foot Taylor strtw fl 3UN3ET -n O CGCENS SHASTA If dM3RTNoffflgRii