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I THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1906. 13 PHASES OF FINDS FORTUNE MINE Sam Samson, of Hood River, Lucky Owner of Share in Cyrus Noble. REPAID FOR HARDSHIPS Oregon Man Who Went North With Uurdly a Penny Three Years Ago, Is Now a Prospective Millionaire. HOOD EIVER, Or., Oct. 7.-Sam Sam son, who has been made suddenly rich by a mine in Alaska, and who was form erly a resident of Hood River, has Just returned from a trip to Connecticut to find a letter awaiting him that apprised him of the fact that he is over $30,000 richer than when he started for the East two wceKs ago. Since last January he and his three part ners have taken 2SO,O0O from the Cyrus Noble mine, which they own and which they had been working for more than a year before they struck pay dirt. When Samson left Hood River three years ago ho was almost penniless and after going to Alaska worked as a common laborer for some time in order to grub-stake him self for a prospecting trip, many of which he made before he succeeded in locating what gave promise of develop ing into a mine. The Cyrus Noble is a placer property and is located 214 miles from Nome. Mr. Samson left Nome on June 28 and spent several weeks at Hood River be fore going East, but is now preparing to return to Alaska. He has presented sev eral of his friends with gold nuggets as souvenirs. In talking about the great developments of mining near Nome, he said: 'Alaska is rich In the yellow metal and while much of the ground has already been taken, mining in that country Is really only in its infancy. The Nome country is overrun with prospectors and some of the claims near, Cur mines have been staked out so many times it is diffi cult to tell to whom they belong. The trouble with most prospectors ts that they have not the staying qualities to develop a mine when they find one. Our mine is 110 feet deep, every Inch of which had to be thawed out before the dirt could be removed and It was not until we reached that depth that we commenced to strike gold. "The thawing Is done with steam and Is pretty expensive, coal costing us $24 a ton. It is only $16 a ton at Nome, but we have to pay $8 a ton to have it hauled 24 miles. Labor costs $5 a day and board, and yet, strange to say, there are a good many men out of employment. How many of them exist In such an ex pensive country is a mystery. Wo em ploy about 25 men who work ten hours a day. As in most places nowadays, there is a labor union that regulates these things. So far we have had no trouble. On an average they take out the equiva lent of eight feet deep and 50 feet long for a day's work. "So far wo have sluiced out $175,000 and have $80,000 more In sight In 16 days we took out In the neighborhood of $100,000, which ts the largest amount we have ever taken in that many days, unless they have exceeded this 'while I have been away. Alaska has a great future be fore it, and until I came to the States this Summer I have been satisfied to live there. Now, however, I dread going back to the long, cold Winter, but must do so, as we have another mine to develop." Mr. Samson says that the Gertrude nflne, located near the Cyrus Noble, was estimated by experts before he left to contain between $1100,000 and $400,000 in pay dirt and that when the Cyrus Noble mine becomes exhausted they will develop another mine which they own called the Diamond I He says that most of the gold obtained Is in nuggets, varying In value from $6 to $12. ASKS FOR NEW WATER IjAWS C. B. Watson Cautions Against Wasteful Methods. i ASHLAND, Or., Oct. 6. (To the Edi tor.) James J. Hill, of the Great Northern, has gained the reputation of seeing far ahead of ordinary men in matters pertaining to our commercial future. In fact, so often have his words been verified that he has gained the reputation of Deing something of a prophet. This fact lends weight to his words of a few days ago, when he said: "By 1950, iron will have re treated almost to the company of the precious metals. The peril is not one of remote geologic time, but of the present generation." As a precaution iiry measure, he urges more attention to agriculture. This is undoubtedly good advice, but will it ward off the danger of the threatened exhaustion of our iron, coal and other resources, without fortifica tion in other directions? More agri culture means more agricultural im plements and machinery, and conse quently more iron, coal and other things with which to make them. "Would not such a revision of our tariff laws as would enable us to draw from like resources of other countries tend to a relief from the danger of an exhaustion of our own resources? Having always been a Republican, I have also been a protective tariff ad vocate. My views in that direction, have, however, been for years under going modifications with the evolution ary changes that are constantly going on. The purpose of my present writing is not, however, to discuss the tariff question, hut another thought aroused by Mr. Hill's warning. The rapid de velopment of the various uses to which electricity may be put suggests an other partial solution of the problem he has presented. From electricity we get power and heat; this relieves the stress upon our coal resources. Ex periment in the extraction of metals by the use of electricity promises to open new possibilities in utilizing ores that have heretofore been of too low a grade, or too refractory, to make the profitable working of them possible by the old methods. Our mountains are filled with such ores, low grade but carrying the metals we want. - We ought to, and will, utilize these ores so soon as satisfactory electrical meth ods for reducing them shall render the working of them profitable, and that time is rapidly approaching. Now, here is my point: Our Legis lature will soon be in session, and it is to be hoped that we will get 40 days of good, honest service from it. The people have relieved the Legislators from the old time-wasting struggle in electing a United States Senator, and expect their appreciation will be shown by public spirit and sensible action. fill INDUSTRIAL We need legislation on the water ques tion. No country on earth has such an abundance of water running to waste as Oregon. We need it for many pur poses, but especially for irrigation and the generation of electricity. In many portions of the United States this now essential force can only be produced by steam, which adds an immense item of cost to its production. We have mountains rich in various kinds of ore and inexhaustible streams coursing down their sides, offering power for the generation of electricity with which to work this ore, and for ail other purposes. Electrical devices are being perfected which makes it pos sible to transmit the currents without great loss for many miles. The gen erators may be stationed far up the mountains, and after the water has been used over and over again in turn ing countless wheels before the larger areas of agricultural country are reached, the supply, without diminu tion or contamination, will be turned over for domestic use and irrigation. Here, then, we not only have a solu tion of Mr. Hill's problem in the de velopment of new and inexhaustible supplies of mineral wealth, but also an immense impulse to the agricultural possibilities which he suggests. The basis of all this is to be found in a proper code of laws bearing upon our water question. Individuals and pri vate corporations have no more right to appropriate water for selfish and wasteful purposes and by wasteful methods than they have to bottle up the air and peddle it out through meters , M XV"e ft - i 1 to those who are able to stand their extortion. There Is enough for all if used under proper regulation, and it is the duty of our Legislature to lose no time in providing theae regulations. Our forestry reserve system is a mag nificent step taken by the general Gov ernment for the conservation of i our water supply, and it is now up to the Legislature to take essential steps to fully secure the great bounty here as sured. I believe that nothing could be done that would more surely secure to us proper proportion of the irrigation funds, about which so much has been said, than for our Legislature to show the appreciation of our people by tak ing the necessary steps to apply this bounty in its fullest extent. This should be done before private corpora tions have absorbed this greatest boon and have worked it into an engine of oppression. c. B. WATSON. new; grape section. Fruit Thrives In the Grand Kondc Valley. LA GRANDE, Or., Oct. 7. (Special.) C. M. Stockland, of the Cove, has on exhibition in this city three varieties of grapes grown on his place. This fruit is fully matured and ripened, and demonstrates the fact that grapes can be raised satisfactorily in Grand Ronde Valley. It had been an accepted idea, on ac count of the cool nights, which come at a time vhen a higher temperature is needed for the ripening process, that this Is not a grape country. The suc cess of Mr. Stockland proves this to be an error, and there seems no reason why any variety of grape which will grow and mature in the same latitude In the East will not grow and mature here. On account of the abundance of other varieties of fruit, but little attention has been paid to grape cul ture, but it is probable that consider able acreage will hereafter be devoted to vineyards. A corporation, to be known as the Oldenburg Fruit Association, s has sprung into life this week. The in corporators are Luwyh. John and S. Oldenburg. The capital stock is $28, 000, and the home of the company will be La Grande. The object of the company is to deal in and develop orchards, construct fruit warehouses and handle fruit on com mission. The corporation has exten sive holdings of orchards near Imbler. One tract of 95 acres has been subdi vided Into five-acre tracts to be sold for delivery five years hence, or at a time when the fruit trees come into profitable bearing. The company has another tract in the same vicinity of 480 acres of orch ard land, which win all be put out in trees as soon as possible. This will make by far the largest individual orchard anywhere in the Northwest. The exhibit hall at the depot has again been filled with apples, fruit and other products. The showing is a fine one, and attracts attention from people passing through on the trains. A. A. Gust has shipped out ten car loads of potatoes and has a contract for the delivery of 25 carloads more to Eastern parties. Mr. Gust says the Grand Ronde potato crop this year is good, the yield being very fair and the quality first-class. V Mr. Gust expects to handle from 60 to 75 cars this season, mostly from the vicinity of Alicel and Imbler. The present price paid is C5 cents per hun dred. Chestnuts and Walnuts Da Well. ELM A, Wash., Oct. 7. (Special.) Joseph Kane a few years ago set out some chestnut, English walnut and almond trees, ana today his chestnut trees are bearing and the other trees are expected to bear In a year or two. The chestnuts are of good size and quality, and have fuly matured. Mr. Kane planted the trees at first largely as an experiment, and from his experi ence, it is shown that good chestnuts can be grown here and that the same will be true of walnuts. LOW RATES TO NEW ORLEANS. Account National Convention Knights of Pythias to be held at New Orleans in October, the Southern Pacific Company will on October 7 and 8 sell round-trip tickets from Portland at rate of $75.85 For further information in regard to limits, stopovers, etc., call on or address C. W Stinger. City Ticket Agent, S. P. CoJ Portland. I ": GROWTH IN ACTIVITY MINES Eclipse Claim Shows Signs of Richness. WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED Carson Mines Are Forfeited to Cred itors After $50,000 Ha9 Been Spent on Preliminary Work. Machinery for Aurelia Claim. LA GRANDE. Oct. 7. (Special.) Activ ity in the mining districts Is marked this Fall and with the opening up of the properties tributary to La Grande, the continued rapid growth of this city Is assured. One of the richest and most promising vis- w -X.v CYRUS NOBLE MINE, NOME, ALASKA. mineral localities which is now creating decided interest here is the copper belt in the vicinity of Medical Springs. The claims belonging to the Eclipse Copper Company show value in copper alone of $175 to $200 per ton. The matter now in question is to determine the extent of the ore and to provide for getting it treated. Miners will commence work this week to make a cut through the ore body and sink on the ledge. At the present time there is no wagon road within six miles Of the Eclipse and it Is probable that arrangements will be made to pack ore. Of course, with a continuation of the recent fine showing at the mines, the company will not be long in providing a wagon road. All that this property needs is to show a sufficient quantity of the ore recently brought out and the future of the Eclipse is assured. Machinery weighing more than 7000 pounds was taken up the river this week for the Aurelia mines. This machinery is part of a delayed shipment and in clude the rock-crusher and other Im portant adjuncts of the mill plant, the principal portion of which is already Installed. Will Develop Aurelia Claim. Plans are laid for work at the Aurelia on a systematic scale. There is water power for operating the mill and an elec tric plant will be used for supplying light, both in the mill and tunnels. A company of the stockholders, including Mr. Corbett, R. F. Falk, L. Oldenburg and James Reynolds, who went up this week for a personal inspection of the progress of the work, have returned. They express themselves as greatly sat isfied with the work done and have ut most confidence that the Aurelia will, as soon as the mill Is in operation, be come a steady producer. At the sale of the old Camp Carson placer mines a few days ago the property was bid in by the creditors and former owners, Messrs. Toley and Imhaus. Not withstanding reports that the company which had the mines last year would re turn and lift the Indebtedness, the property-was allowed to go by default after an expenditure of $10,000 or $50,000 had been made in getting the ground in shape to work. N. E. Imhaus, who has been associated with Mr. Foley for several years in the ownership of the Carson mine, was down from Baker City this week for the pur pose of going with Mr. Foley to the camp to arrange plans for the next year. The season is too late for sluicing, but it is the intention to open up a new strip of gravel. There is a large amount of pipe giants and other hydraulic ap paratus that can be utilized as soon as the season opens next year. W. A. Wilkinson, of Minneapolis, who has the contract for the construction of the Palmer mill, was in La Grande this week. He has placed the work in charge of his superintendent, under whom 25 men are employed, and more are needed. A carload of tools and the millwrights have arrived from Potlatch, Idaho. Tbe railroad spur, which was laid to the river, is now being utilized-for the transfer of material and it is hauled over a temporary bridge across the river to the millsite. Work has begun on the machine shops and office quarters for the contractor. A large boarding-house CYRUS NOBLE PUMPCfG-PLANT. THE STATE has been established on this side of the river. WHITE SALMON FAIR EXDS Prizes Are Awarded for Excellent Display of Fruits. HOOD RIVER. Or., Oct. 7. (Special.) White Salmon's first fruit fair came to an end at a late hour Saturday, having passed off most successfully, with a good attendance and a fine dis play of fruit. The exhibition was bet ter yesterday, as the display was added to by growers who did not ex hibit on the first day. A feature of the fair that perhaps attracted at tention was a young bear that had been captured by a party of ranchers on their way to the exhibition, and was brought in and chained to a tree in the vicinity of the fair building. The fair attracted visitors from Trout Lake, Husum, Pine Flat. Golden dale and other places on the Washing ton side, and a large delegation went from Hoed River, three of whom, G. R. Castner. F. W. Angus and E. A. Franz, acted as judges of fruit and vegetables. The prizes for apples were won as follows: Best orchard display, G. A. Thomas; best commercial pack Spitzenbergs, F. W. Balsiger; best box Spitzenbergs, R. D. Cameron: best box Newtowns, R. D. Cameron; second best box Newtons, Mordccai Jones; best box Ben Davis, R. D. Cameron; best box Yellow Bell flower, G. A. Thomas; best plate dis- . X- v v . .v -v play of Spitzenbergs, Andrew Olsen. The special prize for small apples was J taken by A. R. Miller, of Pine Flat, 1 who displayed a plate of Hyslop crab apples. H. C. Cook, who was thought to have the best display of fruit, and was ex pected to take several prizes, the judges decided could not enter the contest because he failed to come within the requirements of the condi tions for exhibiting. MAKES FAIR A SUCCESS Lewis K. Alderniann Planned and Superintended Yamhill Exhibit. To Lewis R. Aldcrmann is due most of the credit for the school fair and carnival, held last week at McMinn ville. Superintendent Aldermann planned the fair and has had full charge of it. A great many more exhibits were made by the pupils than was first ex pected and there were not prizes for ! x - f v, - Lewis R. Aldermaon. all lines displayed. The committee, however, has formulated a plan where by each exhibitor will be given a cer tificate showing what he exhibited and the grade he was awarded on his ex-' hiblt. The lines shown included a great va riety. Drawings, paintings, pyrography, needlework and other products of do mestic science were among the attrac tive features. There was also a cred itable display of fruits and vegetables. , In speaking of the success of the fair. Superintendent Aldermann said: "Much credit is due to the pupils of the public schools, the ladies' com mittee,, the citizens and firms of Mc Minnvlile, and to the "Boosters" Club for the success of the fair. Although I formulated the plans I could not have accomplished a great deal with out their assistance." 1 -i i h ' -1 W SHOWING WINTER DUMPS IN THE DISTANCE NOME. ALASKA, MAY 23, 1906. OF OREGON NEW LINE ASSURED Eagle Valley Road Will Soon . Be Commenced. CONNECT WITH CORNUCOPIA Great Activity in Baker County Dem onstrates Prosperity and Causes Shortage of Laborers for the Many Projects Under Way. BAKER CITY. Or.. Oct. 7. (Special.) Bakers' troubles in railroad building are over, as the construction of the Eagle Val ley Railroad is certain. The amount nec essary to build the Vinson project is as. sured, and David Eccles. the representa- tive of the Mormon money that owns the Sumpter Valley Railroad, is here now in conference with Mr. Vinson, the pro moter, and his own chief engineer. West, regarding the building of the line. The facts will be definitely announced within a couple of days. Engineer West is back from a trip over the route of the proposed Eagle Valley line, the second he has made through the territory that Vinson proposes to tap. As soon as he returned, David Bccles was summoned from Utah to go over the situ ation with his engineer. Vinson was call ed in. and active steps will soon be taken. It Is now a question of who will build the road. It depends upon Mr. Eccles whether the Eagle Valley line shall become a part of the Sumpter Valley system or whether It shall be a branch of the O. R. & N. with the Harriman interests tapping Baker County's richest farming and min ing country. The most Important news in months came to Baker when It was announced that John E. Searles, the millionaire ex head of the sugar trust, was building and equipping an electric line at his Cornu copia gold mines, to connect the Cornu copia Mines of Oregon, as they are called, with the proposed Eagle Valley line. Will Develop Mining Property. Searles' venture is one of many notable improvements he has made on his prop erty there since he announced that he was determined to develop It to its fullest capacity. Although he had owned the mines for years, he had paid no great attention to them until early In the Sum mer, when he visited Baker County and saw their possibilities. Immediately Searles laid the plans of devejopmcnt, in wnicn iijt),ouo will be spent th is Fall. Searles determined to give his personal time and attention to the building up of tht Cornucopia Mines, in which he has great faith. The first step of the New lork capitalist was to put in the electric line to connect the Cornucopia with the Eagle Valley road. The line is to be nine miles in length. It covers a section of mountain country, and will provide a means of hauling the output of the mine down an extremely heavy grade to Car son, the objective point of the Eagle Val ley system. Dirt Is now flying in the construction of the property. The line has been surveyed, the materials ordered, and the timber carpenters are being used In constructing trestles where they will be necessary to the grade of the line. The road is right amongjhe mountains When the Eagle Valley project was first planned Vinson's objective point was the rich mineral camp of Cornucopia, but the heavy grades from Carson to the mines were so great as to make the plan im practicable. It was abandoned, and Vin son selected Carson as his objective point. leaving the nine miles of freighting to be done by wagon. Not so with the sugar king. He was determined to meet Baker half way in securing transportation facilities for his mine output. Immediately casting about for a cheaper method of hauling, Searles determined to build and equip an electric line. The new road will be used to haul ores and concentrates from Cornucopia to the smelter, and will transact a general freighting business between Cornucopia and Carson, practically doing away with the expensive hauling by wagon. It will handle all freight up the grade. Including the supplies for the Searles and other mining properties there. In addition, Mr. Searles Is building and equipping a 20-stamp mill. Just doubling his present milling capacity, and is con structing a network of flumes and ditches, which will furnish fine waterpower, which is necessary to obtain electricity for his new railroad. He is employing about 100 men, but is having a serious time secur ing labor. Call for Workmen Urgent. Two hundred men could be put to work within an hour after their arrival in Baker City today, and could secure po sitions at good wages. The season's work has been plentiful, and men have been few, but the qlimax was reached within the last few days. Never was labor so scarce. Contractors and employers are skirmishing for laborers in La Grande, Union, Huntington, and all the near-by towns. At Cornucopia, 100 men, miners, muck ers, timbermen, and laborers are wanted at once. In Baker City one contractor wants 50 men to work immediately in lay ing sewers. The Pacific States Telephone Company needs 30 men to lay conduits for its new system, and at Sparta, near this city, the Oregon Mining and Development Company, which is investing $50,000 this Fall, requires 25 men in developing its placer properties and building ditches for irrigation and mining purposes. The Ore gon Lumber Company finds It Impossible to get enough help to keep Its big mill running at full capacity. The skilled men are there but common labor Is scarce. The Shockley McMurren Lumber Company wants men badly for its logging camps. There Is no boom in Baker, but the steady growth of the city and the develop- A x, ment of the resources of its tributary country is making it an ideal place for the laboring man. With the building of the Eagle Valley road, which will be com menced soon, the need will be even more urgent. The Improvements of the Pacific States Company in Baker will cost in the neighborhood of $40,000, and will equip the town for a service such as would be needed in a city of 20,000 people. It is a striking instance of the faith of an out side corporation in Baker's development. The company last week commenced the work of placing its telephone wires in the business part of town, under ground. They will be removed from the streets, the poles taken down, and all the phones in town will be connected with central by cables, carried through the business part in a cement conduit four feet under ground WOODED LAND MADE TILLABLE Slashings Burned From 2000 Acres in Clackamas County. OREGON CITY, Or., Oct. 7. (Spe cial.) A reliable index of the extent to which the non-tillable acreage in Clackamas County Is being reduced to a state of cultivation is revealed in the unusually large number of permits to burn slashings which were issued during the season that closed October 1. Nearly 600 of these permits, em bracing on an average five acres each, were granted. While some pf the ap plications covered the burning of hay stacks and stubble, it is estimated by County Clerk Greenman that the cut tings have been burned this Fall from fulIy-2000 acres of fertile Clackamas County land. Much of this acreage will be culti vated for the first time next year. The remarkable development of the county is the direct result of the efforts of many new- arrivals here in establish ing for themselves farms and perma nent homes. Wires Under Ground at Baker. BAKER CITY. Or.. Oct. -i.-(Special.) The Pacific States Telephone Company today starts upon improvements that will cost $40,000. They will make a system in Baker that will supply a city of 20.000. All the wires In the business part of the city will be placed under ground and work in laying the conduit was com menced today. The company puts up a new building on First street with a new ewitchboard. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby I Cuttlnc Treth B mire and us that old and well-tried rem edy. Mrs. Wtntlow's Soothing Syrup, lor chil dren teething. It aoolhes tbe child, softens the gums, allays all patn. cure wind collti tnH .liarrhoee TRAVELERS' GUIDE. EAST via SOUTH toy. PNION DEPOT. Arrlvei. :45 P. M. DVERLAND EX- 7;2d JL. M. PRKSS TRAINS for alem, Rose burg, Aialand. Sacramento, Of -den. 8an Fran taco. Stockton. Los Angeles, El Paso, New Or leans and the East. 8:00 A.M. eSIn'n'.nt.tr,laat TiM P. 11 Woodburn dally except Sunday rlth trains tor Mt. Angel. Bllver lon. Brownsville. Springfield. Wend, ling and Natron. 4:15 P.M. lugene passenger 10: 33 A. II. connects at Woodburn with ML Anget and Silverton local. T:00 A. M. Corvalllj passau- 5:30 P.M. ger. 4:59P.M. Sheridan paasen- 8:35 A.M. ger. fS:O0 p. M. Forest Grove pas- J2:S0 P. M. 11:00A.M. tenser. . 10:20 A. M. Dally. IDally except Sunday. PORTLAND-OS W EGO SUBURBAN SERVICE AND YAMHILL, DIVISION. Depot. Foot ot Jefferson Street. Leave Portland daily for Oswego at 7:40 A. M ; 12:00. 7:05. 5:20, 6:25. 8:30. 10:10. 11:30 P. M. tally except Sunday. 5:30, O.JO, 8:40. 10:23 A. M. Sunday only, 9 A. M. Returning from Oswego, arrive Portland, dally. 8:35 A. M. . 1:55, 3:05. 0:15. 7:35. D:35. 11:10 P. M. : 12:25 A. M. Dally except Sun day, 6:25, 7:25. 8:33. 11:43 A. M. Sunday only. 10 A. M. Leave from same depot for Dallas and In termediate points dally, 7:30 A. M. and 4:13 P. M. Arrive Portland. 10:13 A. M. and 6:23 The Independence-Monmouth Motor Llna operates dallv to Monmouth and Alrlle, con necting with S. P. Co.'s trains at Dallas anj Independence. First-class fare from Portland to Sacra mento and San Francisco. $20; berth. $5. Second-class fare. $15; second-class berth, $2.30. Tickets to Eastern points and Europe; also Japan. China. Honolulu and Australia. CITY TICKET OFFICE. Corner Third and Washington tits. Phone Main 712. C. W. BT1NOER. H'M. M'MCRRAT. City Ticket Agent. Gen. Pass. Art. NORTH PACIFIC SS. Co.'s Popular S. S. ROANOKE (2300 tons) sails for San Francisco, Los Angeles and Eureka THURSDAY, October 11. . .at 8 P. M. THURSDAY, October 25 at 8 P. M. THURSDAY, November 8 at 8 P.M. From Martin's Dick, foot of Seven teenth St. Ticket Office 132 Third, near Alder. II. YOUNG, Agent Phone Main 1314. Steamer Chas. R. Spencer Leaves Oak-street dock every Monday. Wednesday and Friday at 7 A. M. (or THE DALLES and STATE PORTAGE, connecting with the OPEN RIVER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY STEAMERS for points as far east as HOVER. Returning. arrives Portland. Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday at 3 P. M. Low rates and excellent service. Phone Main 2960 or Main 3201. PORTLAND - ASTORIA ROUTE Fast Str. TELEGRAPH Makes round trip daily (except Sun day). Leave9 Alder-street dock 7 A. M.; returning leaves Astoria 2:30 P. arriving Portland 9 P. M. Telephone Main 565. San Francisco & Portland Steamship Co. Leare PORTLAND, with freight only. 8. S. "AZTEC," October titli. S. S. "BARRACOUTA," October 8th. S. S. "COSTA RICA." October 9th. Leara SAN FRANCISCO, with freight onlr. S. S. "COSTA RICA,"' October 14th. Bublect to chans-e wltnout notf Freight received dally at Alnsworth Dock. f aval siu 4, a. ajswboh, Age&t Upper Column Rive TRAVELERS' GUIDE. SiioigrLifffi 'ra Union Pawho 3 TRAINS TO THE EAST DAILY Through Pullman standards and tourist sleeping cars daily to Omaha. Chicago. Spo kane; tourist sleeping car daily to Kanaaa i-uy. Reclining chair cars (seats free) to the East dally.- UNION DEPOT. Leaves. Arrives. CHICAGO-PORTLAND" " SPECIAL for the East :30 A. M. 5:00 P. M. via Huntington. Daily. Dally. POKANB FLYER. Z Fr Eastern Washington, Walla Walla. Lewiston. Loeur d'Alene and Gmat Northera points. ATLANTIC EXPRESS 8:l!iP. M. 7:15 A. M. for the East via Hunt- Dally. Dally. lngton: I rR?TAND - BIOG3 3:13 A.M. 6:00 P.M. local, for all local points between BIkks and Portland. - Rivkk scirBnrr.E. FOR ASTORIA and S:00 P. M. 5:00 P. M way points, connecting Dally Dally Tlth steamer for Ilwa- except except co and North Deaca Sunday. Sunday, steamer Hassalo, Ash- Saturday t. dock. J 10joi)H JM. FOR DAYTON. Ore- 7:00 A. M. ifi SO P M. fon City and Yamhill Dally j Daily Kler points. Ash-su except except 0lJyaJerper.) Sunday. Sunday. For Lewlston. Idaho, and way points from. R,.iar(a. Wash. Leave Rlparia 5:40 A. M.. or upon arrival train No. 4. dally except Sat urday. Arrive Rlparia 4 P. M. dally except Frlday Ticket Office. Third and Washington. Telephone Mnln 712. C. W. Stlncer. City Ticket Agt.j Wm. KcMurmy, Gen. Pass. Agt. THE COMFORTABLE WAY . TWO OVERLAND TRAINS DAILY H THE ORIENTAL LIMITED Tbe Fust Mall VIA SEATTLE OR SIOKANE. Dally. Leave. PORTLAND Time Schedule. Dally. Arrive. To and from Ppo-L kane. St. Paul, Slln- :0 ro neapolls, Duluth ftndi Ail Points East Via,(!:50pm Seattle. I 8:30 am 11:43 pm V To and from St. I Paul. Minneapolis.) Duluth ana All, 3:00 am Points East Vlai Spokane. - 6:15 pm Great Northern Steamship Co. Sailing from Seattle for Japan and China ports and Manila, carry ing pas-nger.i and freluiit. 8. 8. Minnesota, October 20. fi. S. Dakota. November 28. NIPPON Vl'SEN KA1M1IA. (Japan Mall Steamship Co.) i 'V ( ti A Mi WIT ..ill n Seattle about October HI for Ja;.un ana iiiiia ports, carrying passen gers and freight. For tickets, rates, berth reserva tions, etc.. call on or address it. DICKSON, r. r. T. A., 122 Third St.. Portland. Or. x'none Alain b0, . th i r r i nn THi I liTIL LAKU ClS" V er Tr i me. r- mi sa.irx Den&rL. Arrive. Yellowstone Park - Kansas Clty-St. Louis Special for Chehalls. Centralla, Olym pla. Gray Harbor, South Fend, Tacoma. Seattle, Spo kane, Lewlston. Butte. Bil lings. Denver, Omaha, Kansas City. St. Louts and Southwest 8:30 gas 4:80 urn North Coast Limited, elec trla lighted, for Tacoma. Seattle. Spokane, Butte. Minneapolis, St. Paul and the East 2:00 pm 7:00 in Puget Sound Limited for Claremont, Chehalls, Cen tralla, Tacoma and Seattle only 4:30 pm 10:55 pns Twin City Express for Ta coma, Seattle. Spokane. Helena. Butte, Bt. Paul. Minneapolis. Lincoln. Omaha. St. Joseph, St. Louis, Kansas City, with out change of cara. Direct connections for all points East and Southeast 11:45 pm 6:50 pm A. D. Charlton. Assistant General rassen ger Agent. 255 Morrison St., corner Third. Portland. Or. Astoria and Columbia River Railroad Co. i Leaves. UNION DEPOT. Arrives. Dally. For Maygers, Rainier. Dally. Clatskanle. Westport, Clifton, Astoria, War 8:00 A.M. renton. Flavei, Ham-U:55 A.M. mond. Fort Stevens, Gearhart Park. Sea side, Astoria and Sea shore. 7:00 P.M. Express Daily. 0:50 P.M. Astoria Express. Sally. C. A STEWART. J. C. MAYO, Comm'l Act., 248 Alder st. G. F. it P. A, Phone Main 900. Columbia River Scenery Regulator Line Steamers Daily service between Portland and The Dalles except Sunday, leaving Portland at 7 A. M., arriving about 5 P. M., carrying freight and passen gers. Splendid accommodations for outfits and livestock. Dock foot of Alder street, Port land; foot of Court street, The Dalles. Phone Main 914, Portland. BOCTHEASTF.RN ALASKA ROUTE. From Seattle at 9 P. M. for Ketchikan, Juneau. Skagway, White Horse, Dawson and Fairbanks. S. s. city of Seattle, Octo ber 2. 12. 22. S. s. Humboldt, October 4. 14. 24. S. S. Cottage City (via Sitka). Oct. 7. 20. FOR NOME. Senator. October 8. FOB BAN FRANCISCO DIRECT. From Seattle at I A. M. Umatilla, Oc tober 2. 17; City of Puebla, October 7, 22; Queen. October 12. 27. Portland Offlee. 249 Washington St. Main 229. O. M. Lee, Pass, ft Ft. Ajrt. C. D. DUNANN, Q. P. A., San Francisco. WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE Steamers Pomona an4 Oregona for Salem and way landings from Taylor-street dock, dally- (except Sunday) at 6:45 A. M. OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO. Offlcs and Dock, foot Taylot 8W