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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1900)
'-? JJS5- .T5 A "i- -i jTSt-?'? ger--'spi?T5V- - - 8 THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAN, PORTLAlsT), APRIL ,29, 1900. rtjt'xs i l-v YIELD OF GOLD BELT Estimate for Eastern Oregon Put at Nearly $5,000,000. NEW MACHINERY IS GOING IN Mining Engineers Give Opinions ot the Gold Zone and Copper Depos its Process of Eight Month. BAKER CITY. April 2S. According to the latest' estimate of Secretary O. L. Miller.. of .the Chamber of Commerce, the output of 'the Eastern Oregon sold fields, present and prospective. Is put at J4.9.0, 009 annually. The actual output Is &. 000. Of this amount, the regular produc ers, representing 135 stamps, and the North ' Pole cyanide plant, are credited with $1,430,000. The Irregular producers are given $175,000 a year. They Include GoM Hill. Gold Ridge. Flagstaff, Virtue Collateral, Imperial. Ohio, Sanger. Rob-blnS-Elkhorn, and a large number of mines which are In process of develop ment, and which ship ore in Summer. New minea with machinery represent S3 stamps and an estimated output of $1,200. 009. Mines which are putting In machin ery are to have 110 stamps, and It Is es timated that they will add $1,530,009 to the annual' output of gold. The placers are supposed to be good for $600,000 a year. The Old Reliables. The mines classed as regular producers, their equipment, ore values and output follow: Caradtr. Value Annual Name. stamps, of ore. output. Bonanza 40 $12 00 $ 400,000 KM Boy 30 12 00 300.000 .Columbia 10 IS 00 100.(00 North Pole 10 10 00 100,000 GolconJa SO SO HO 100.000 Badger SO 15 00 100.000 Union Companion. .SO 12 00 110.000 BalslcyvElkhora ...SO 10 O0 1SO.000 Conner Creek 35 10 00 100.000 Total .$1,450,000 Cj-atrfae. The Xevr Mines. The new mines with mills are: . Capacity. Av. VsL Annual Name. stamps, of ore. output. Little Giant ....S0 $10 00 $ 3OO.0U0 Mar Queen 10 12 00 1GO.0O0 Mamolls 10 10 00 300.000 "ur 35 10 00 350.003 Hehner A Nlm...10 10 00 100.009 Sfarr & Etarter ...10 10 00 100.000 "Itetal .$1,300,000 Estimated output. Machinery Going In. New mines soon to have machinery and the amount of gold they are expected to produce are: ... Capacity. Value Annual Name. sumps, of ore. output. Jan Anda so $10 00 $ 300.000 5?X ".V M S00l 300.000 Mammoth io n oo 150.000 ? JO 13 00 150.000 ?,l" JO 10 00 100.000 Tom Payne 10 15 00 1SO0O0 Pocahontas Bflle...l0 13 00 J5O0OT EmPT 10 10 00 looiooo Total .. $1,630,000 The Pincers. The placer output Is thus summarized: The placer output is sold to local buy ers, bankers and brokers, or shipped to the assay office at San Francisco. Seattle or Boise: Local buyers buy per annum, arproxl-rS."t-:"C-"-"i--""" ,$100,000 m.tiTw- J annum, approxl- mately Amujt to away oflice 'by 'miners.' iOO.OOO 100,000 Total snmrmn A large quantity Is not sold in this way. but is converted Into Jewelry, souve- niri, etc Snmmnrj-. &,aronpocesn,rr..'?..T.?t,on'"c New mine, with mills estimaleu" 1 200 000 tS !" a to bve ml" i: -.Pia-svpVt-:;::::::::::::1 ToUl I1D75 00O 3?,! ,fo"olns fact and" what follows JP?.m I ncvr materU which Secre tarj MlUer has prepared for the revised edition of 'Commercial Report of the Eastern Oregon Gold Fields." This pam phlet was widely circulated In the United States and England, and the demand riirJi ' '""necessitated the new edition. Opinions of the gold fields by prominent engineers are an excellent feature. George Gordon McNamara writes: Gold-Benrlng Zones. i',th0!i?h tfce m,nera country Imme diately adjacent to Baker City has a great variety of valuable metals and other products besides gold and silver, namely, rdckcl cobalt, chromium, copper, cinna bar, and also sodium and phosphates (the latter in the form of apaUte ore). I shall however, confine my remarks to briefly outlining the different gold-bearing zones of this and adjacent districts. K.30.ihi,eaSt Cf Baker Clty- the cow bearing belt commences almost at the city limit, and extends to the north and east for a distance of from 40 to 50 miles. In this territory are located such producers as the Virtue. Collateral, Flagstaff, Car roll B.; and it also includes the copper bearing belt known as the Copper Butte District, which Is now giving promise of rivaling the Lake Superior mines, the ores being of the same nature and charac ter. It Is true that many of three mines, and also many valuable prospects, are lying Idle, but they are only awaiting capital and Intelligent management to bo made valuable producers. To the nest of this city He the mines of the Elkhorn Range. The gold-bearing belt commences about four miles from Baker City, extending to the southeast several miles, and to the northwest over 20 miles. This magnificent and pictur esque range, with an altitude of over 10.000 feet above sea level, and some COOO feet above the surrounding country. Is creased and furrowed by Innumerable gulches, many of which yielded richly In placer gold to the pioneer of this ejctlon of the country. Even now, the bars and hillsides are being worked successfully by hydraulics. The gold-bearing veins of quartz commence near the valley paral leling the mountain, and extend to the summit and many miles bejond. The Balsley-Elkhorn, which has probably pro duced more money for Its owners than any other mine In Oregon, Is located In thef e mountains, as are also the Robblns Elkhorn, the Balsley Gold Mining Com pany's group, the Sherman group, and many other valuable mines and pros pects. "Near the crest of the mountain, and eoroe five miles to the southwest from the Balsley-Elkhorn, is the now famous Cracker Creek District, in which are lo cated the North Pole, Columbia. Eureka and Excelsior. Golconda and many other valuable properties. ecral of which are palng handsome dividends to their own ers. "The limited space you awarded me will not permit my giving any detailed de , scrlptlon of the mines near Sunpter, Granite, Canyon City, Prairie City and Susamlllc. where are located such dividend-payers as the Bonanza, Red Boy. Cougar. May Queen, Little Giant. Golden Eagle and Magnolia, and such well-known prospects as the Van Auda, Ibex. South Cougar and Maiden's Dream, all of which have been sufficiently developed to war rant the Immediate erection of machinery, and, are de&tlned to be classed among the producers of this part of Eastern Ore gon. "The general formation of, tbe above described districts Is slate, porphyry and granite; with occasional belts of lime' fcchLst and phonollte. The ores, as a'rule. are of the free-milling clacs, though In many Instances they mergo Into sulphur els as depth is obtained. However, In most Instances, when this change takes place, the gold value of the ore lncreaieu very materially. In many cases there aro associated with the quartz, stringers and bunches of tellurium, sllvanlte and nagya glte. These last-mentioned ores are In every way similar to the Cripple Creek deposits, and are generally amenable to the cyanide treatment. "I have found In my general conversa tion with prospectors of the above dis tricts, that, as a rule they are willing to give a liberal part of their holdings to parties having sufficient money to, de velop their claims. The writer of this article stands ready to answer any com munications In regard to this last state ment." Copper Deposits. J. N. Esseltyn writes: while the country tributary to Baker City, and. In fact, the whole of Eastern Oregon, has for years been locally recog nized as a great mineral belt, yet It Is only In the past few years that It has attracted tbe attention of outside capi tal; and as the result today we find pay ing mines being operated In any direction we may choose to go from Baker City. While the "gold fields In the vicinity of Baker City have attracted the greatest at tention, yet w-e find very rich copper de posita which 'are attracting more and mora attention every day. The copper depos its of the district are of two distinct classes, namely, copper ores and native . copper. Tne ores are principally the eul I phldes and oxide of copper, varying some- wnai in tneir percentages of copper. Some of the most prominent of the copper ore deposits are to be found to the east along the Snake River) where largo veins of high-grade copper ores have been opened; also at Copper Butte, 3. miles ,to the northeast of Baker City, and another large deposit Is being 'developed about M miles northwest of Baker City; while In the main range of, the Blue Mountains only five miles from Sumpter, a deposit of copper ore has recently been discov ered. Also at Copperopolls, south of the Greenhorn Mountains, are many well-defined ledges of copper ore. All of the above ores are smelting ores, and In the same districts are- found large deposits of limestone, and Iron ore for fluxing these ores; all of which points' to a very pros perous future for the smelter. "Native copper Is found about three miles from Granite, along Clear Creek; also about 18 mVes , northeast of Baker City. This district to of a basaltic form ation, with zones of amygdaloid, carrying native copper. These amygdaloldal depos its are the same as the amygdaloldal de posits of the Lake Superior copper region, upon which are located the Qulncy, Pe wablc. Franklin. Arnold, Wslverlne. and many other of the famous' copper-producing mines of tbe Lake Superior country. For the year lS39the Qulncy mln stamped &59.1S4 tons of rock, from which It obtained 25.6 pounds of refined copper per ton of rock, or 12.8 per cent. With this produc tion, the Qulncy paid $950,000 in dividends to Its stockholders, and spent over $400, 000 In the construction of a new stamp mill and other Improvements. "The amygdaloldal copper deposits of Baker County will necessarily have to car ry a larger percentage of metallic copper than the Lake Superior mines In order to make them a paying proposition, on ac count of the higher prices of labor, fuel, supplies, water supply, freight rates, etc if the work which Is now being carried on In this great copper belt In Baker County will develop an ore body from which can be extracted not lees than 1K8 tons per day,, and carrying 3 per cent metallic copper, I believe It can be made to pay large dividends, and Oregon will soon be classed among the copper-producing states of the country." IVealth of the Gold belt. The values which Secretary Miller gives of products of the territory tributary to Baker City show that the country Is not dependent upon mines alone, though gold Is the principal Item. The grand total of production of all commodities. Including the yield of mines which will soon begin dropping stamps, to estimated at $6,631, 30 per annum. On the basis of a popu lation of 13.000. this Is $300 for every man, woman and child In the county. The summary of all the products Is: Total value of farm products $ 007.850 Total value or lumDer ............ 4zu,ikju Total value of livestock 489,000 Total value of wool 100,000 Gold and other metals 4.875.000 Total $6,681,850 Agriculture, stockraising and lumbering add $1,706,850 annually to the wealth of the gold region. In detail the produc tion is: Quantity. Price. Value. UTieat, bushels.... 310.000 $ 0.50 $ 105.000 Oats 150.000 .40 C0.000 Barley and rye.... 85 000 .50 4T.500 Potatoes 200.000 .09 120.00(1 Hay. tons 50.000 COO 300.000 Apples, pears, etc.. 100.000 .50 50.000 Butter, cheese, lbs. 100,000 .25 25.000 Lumber, feet JO. 000.000 14.00 4S0.O00 Wool, poimds 1,000.000 .10 100.000 Cattle, shipped, slaughtered 12,250 35.00 423,750 Hoitf. shipped. slaughtered 4.450 S.00 35,000 Horses, shipped ... 500 30.09 15,000 Total $1,708,864 Wages and Values. Tillable land In Baker County. 333.490 acres. Number of horses and mules. JS, 360; cattle. 209.132; sheep. 65,500; hogs, 2DS0. There are 97 miles of railroad, and 67 miles of telephone line In Baker County. Lumber, wool, sheep, cattle, horses and the products of tho gold and silver mines. Butter, eggs, flour; cured meat, fresh and canned fruit, vegetables, poultry, hogs, cheese and canned goods. All of the above-named articles are pro duced of the choicest quality In the Ba ker City gold fields, but the supply Is not equal to (he demand, and hundreds of carloads are annually Imported. Common labor Is paid from $1 50 to $2 per day, or from $25 to $40 and board per month for farmhands and sheepherders. Miners and mlllhands get from $2 59 to $3 per day, and usually pay $1 per day for board. Stagcdrlvers and teamsters receive from $30 to $69 and board per month. Clerks and bookkeepers are paid, ac cording to the importance of their work, from $39 to $100 per month. A five-room house In Baker City rents for from $10 to $15 per month. Beef, mutton, pork and dressed chickens sell for from 10 cents to 20 cents per pound. Vegetables from 1 cent to 2 cents per pound. Dry goods, etc, can be purchased at from 10 per cent to 30 per cent higher than In Middle or Eastern States. Farm land, well situated, within 10 miles of Baker, with good improvements, can be purchased for from $25 to $40 per acre. Unimproved land, without water right, can be purchased for from $2 to $6 pet acre. The value'of the land depends much upon the water right for Irrigation. Without a water right the land has little or no value. There Is no T3overnme"nt land for entry In Eastern Oregon, except arid lands, much of which will have to await the construction ,of large canals for Irri gation. There are large areas of free pas ture lands In the foothills. Frogrcss In Eight Months. In the preface to tr-e first edition of the Commercial Report, published lart August. Secretary Miller ventured this conservative observation of conditions: "Many mines have been mentioned by namo only, eome not at all, while thou sands of partially developed properties have been grouped under the title of pros pects. Space will not admit of greater detail than is here given, but the author believes sufficient has been stated to dem onstrate the presence of great natural re sources, a virgin sell and an ideal territory alike for the prospector, the Investor, the tradesman and the farmer, watered by rivers flowing over strandti of gold, from tho eternal snow1 of the .Blue .Mountains, crossed by a transcontinental railway, mountains covered with a forest of merch. actable Umber, ribbed with ledges of gold bearing quartz, foothills covered with pas. turo for etock and yerdant valleys where may'be seen In their season fields o'f wav ing grain and grass and "orchards of lus cious fruit It is not an Eden. It Is not a Paradise, but It is a land where honest I industry and Judicious Investment will reap a fair reward." This Is what the secretary has to say In I his preface to the new edition: I "Since writing tho above Introduction, 1 great progress has been made in all Unu of Industry. Many properties have been I developed, prospects have become mines I and dividend paying mines have doubled In number, while hundreds of new prop erties have been developed past the pros pective stage. And although mining has received Its full share of attention, other Industries- have not fallen behind. Tho Sumpter Valley Railway Company has purchased 16,000 acres of timber on the headwaters of Burnt River and will ex tend Its road Into thin flno belt of yel low pine timber and Into the new mining districts this season. Farming, fruitgrow ing and stockratolnsT have kept pace with the progress In other Mnes of Industry. The Immigrants are not all miners, but farmers, fruitgrowers and stockralsers are coming; many new homes have been pur chased, new farms opened, buildings con structed, better breeds of stock Intro duced and new orchards planted. The growth of business at the centers of trade and the building of new camps has sur passed the most sanguine expectations. Expansion has been the business man's 'watchword during the year Just past, and 'dig deep Is the muwnr motto. Gold and copper, copper and gold, with fields of golden grain and orchards of delicious fruit, with forests of stately pines and a thousand halls where roam herds of cattle and -horses and droves of sheep, such are tho Eastern' Oregon- gold fields." FOR ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION The Ship Which Will Be Dalit for the Royal Geographical Society. The "task of designing a ship for the British expedition of 1901 was intrusted by the Royal Geographical Society to a chief constructor for the Admiralty, and the work of building will be committed to a Dundee company, which has achieved great triumphs In the construction of whal ers. She will be almost entirely of oak. and the wood Is now being selected with special care. Her sheathing will be of greenheart. and, like the German vessel, she will be still further strengthened by . Ship (or the British Antarctic Ex pedition. Interior bracing, to withstand the pressure of the Ice, which Is the most serious dif ficulty to be anticipated. The ship will be a trifle larger than that of the German expedition. Her length Is to be 172 feet, her beam 33, and her draught 16. She will be bark rigged, and have engines of 450-horsepower. Many features of the vessel will have special reference to the exceptional work to be undertaken. A powerful winch for operating the deep-sea dredging apparatus will be provided. A magnetic observatory, with no Iron or steel within 30 feet of It, will be established on board. There will be means for lifting the rudder and propeller when the heavy Ice is encountered, and ror replacing them when the ship Is again free. An asbestos cold-proof, lining for the deck and a huge felt blanket big enough to encompass the whole ship In case of wintering In the Antarctic, are among the other novelties contemplated. When Joe Jefferson "Guyed.' Success. The Impression Is current in theatrical circles that Mr. Jefferson never guys. He Is a stickler for professional etiquette. It Is true, and tries to mold his company Into one harmonious picture. Into a per fect machine. But there was one night upon which he yielded to the temptation to guy. It was during a performance of "The Rivals," In which his matchless por trayal of Bob Acres proceeded smoothly until the scene Is reached In which Folk land. Captain Absolute and Bob Acres have a wordy altercation. At thin point the actor playing Falkland ranted violently, raised his voice to an unnecessary pitch, and finally. In a burst of anger, slammed a door as he made his exit. It Is part of the business"-for Captain Absolute to say at this Juncture. "Poor Falkland 1" He did so. and Mr. Jefferson promptly re plied. "The poorest I ever caw!" HOTEL ARRIVALS. THE POrtTLAND. Wb F Jacobs. San Fr T B McGottrn. N y Adam S Collins. 8 F Lewis Hall & wife, Welser, Idaho E Waldo Ward. N T J M Gamble. N X M J Grammant. Chgo B B Hicks. Seattle P J Tormey. San Fr T J Beaumont. St Joe W McMullen. Boston IH L Uonhelmer. digs it iieea, Cleveland has Davis. New York. A C Youmans, Buffalo A n Jacobs, Oregn Cy Geo L DUlman. do It E Colby. Portland G Norma. ToVlo. Japan A W Brown. New Trk L Kletn. San Fran -pi vieo u jteuer, u S N Mrs J P Fleltz. Detroit A M Grant. Denver miss fieitz. Detroit Geo L Fleltz. Detroit Mr A Mrs II P Whit airs a M Grant. Denvr W Clarke. Chicago II Fels. Chleazu mors & child. Omaha Philip 1 Fisher. San Fr Mrs it A Fisher. S F G H Stellg. Victoria J II Morris, wf & 3 ch. city Miss Elliott, city Edgar B lper & w, do B G West. Chlcaro a r-ranaenDurr, K r Augustus Ehle & wf, Chicago Y S Native &. w. B F J S Levr. San Fran Ezra E Kirk. Tolrdo.O Mrs M a uorr,nocc ter. N Y D W Conr. do D McGarrlty. San Ft J E Serve, New l'ork II JI Western!!. Seattl t N Ketchum. Chicago Morris II Paige, do F E liojd. San "ran G Iloseneranta. hail Vr W E Clark. New York Airs iiums a child. Spokane Miss Wlnnlfred Qulg- !ey. Chicago J S Kloeber. Seattle H Rort. San Fran Max Lufddeman. An telope. Or , Go Spaugenberg, Den ver, coio L II ridding N y It II Thompson, Chgo THE PEItKINS. H J Russell. San Fr Laura Nichols. Eagls Cliff W L Connelly. Chgo J J Llston. Detrott J B Wilson. Seattle E S Gordon. San Joso E S Moulton. do O H Flthlan. Chicago E V llomerer. Seattlo P J Goodman. Astoria Fred Bowler. Astoria P Conn. 8lrterton. Or Wm E Mourer. Seattle a u I'atton. Salrm J E Reeves. Cornelius P F Halferty, Warren ton. Or E Kawllns. Seattle Geo W Chapman, do R C MacAlllster. do J Issaes. San Fran Mrs B Rosenthal. S F E S Dickey, Kallspel. Mont J II Cook. Cooksburg. iWm Itldpath. Spokane ix j jvursiy, apoicane R R Ervln. Hood Klver D W Ward, M D.Sump- ter. Or Thos F Baylies. Omaha S J Oliver. Omaha A W Gunnison, San Fr ra T 11 Smith. Omaha Geo B Lardner, Au- IT J Reagan. Seattle burn. Cat E T Eunhrat- San Fr B C Qulgley. Seattle F N Jones. DalltS James M Berry, city Dr A F Knowles, Clatskanle Mrs A F Knowles. do B F Mulkey. Monmth I! E McGowan, Puyal- lup. Wash II S Rowe. Norris & Howe's Show Miss Katie Borgsrdlnff, Melrose,. Minn Mrs C C Bchoener. do J B McCann. Reedrllle Airs ii h- aiuikey. us M.F Hardcjty. AstortalJ W Karsteter, do F Harter, Dalles W F Carter. Yancoavrf 'M DIUIhorn. Oregoa C ,Dr F R Hays. BrldalVl Ike Rosenblatt, ban Fr! C M Owen. Astoria wm Holder. Mora. Or G Farley, wife & ry. The Dalles Mrs Geary. June City Geo E Reynolds, Ta- coma W G Hoptins.Abcrdcn C C Haynes, Forest Gr D Hood, city A E KIncald. Seattlo C McDanlels, Chicago THE IMPERIAL. C W. Knotrles. Manager. II M Cockerllnc, Eu- IH B Wallace, Baker C gene. Or Mrs Wallace. do L A McNary. city H C Judson. city I L Weil, city iR S Willard, Demer E B Sharp, SacramntojMrs Willard, Denver B A McNaughton. Ch;. Grant Mays. Dalles Mrs McNaughton. do I Fred Oerr. Salera ti it ureen, Seattle j a Mt. San Fran Mrs Green. Seattle ,w II Walters. Butte P Hendricks. Seattle B L Conror, Tacoma Mrs Conror. Tacoma C A Datu. Lewis Co. Wash Arthur C Lawrence. city W D Joiner. San Fni uia nrro. uu.ia W E Yates. Corvallls B G Petschnlcoff.Sump- ter Mrs Petschnlcoff. do H T McKlnlcy. LaCroes W Bohm. W Superior Mli" E Saltzman. Eu. B T Babcock, Spokane Mrs Baocock. do E W Parks. Seattle gene, ur II Harklns. Seattle (Torn II Hojnn. Salem II A Gaffrney. Pcndltn'H G Smith. Astoria Mrs Gaffrney. do tMrs Smith. Astoria H Logan. The Dalles A Lake, Astoria E W Dacgett,ArllngtniD Marx. Astoria Mrs Daggett. do 1L Glgnac, Astoria F P Kendall. Astoria I Hotel Donnelly, Tncoraa. European plan: headquarters for com mercial men. Chllberg's restaurant In connection. LAST OF FORT WARNER WAS BUILT BY GENERAL CROOIC YEARS AGO. lie Occupied It a Few Years Before Going to Vancouver An Old Chimney Lett. LAKEVIEW. Or.. April 26. Historic old Fort 'Warner. In this county, about 40 miles north from Lakevlew, will soon De no more. The Government Is preparing t to move the bodies of tbe soldiers buried J In the little cemetery on a hill overlooking I the grounds, the parade grounds are being made Into a garden by a rancher who has homestcaded the property, the logs for merly constituting the walls of tbe bun-lings have been hauled away and only one chimney remains standing to mark the site of the old fort, and It happens to be the chimney to the quarters once occu pied by General Crook; all the other chim neys have fallen down. This one will soon fall, too, for the mortar has fallen out from between the huge square stones, and the chimney already shows signs of toppling over. Old Fort Warner was established 33 years ago. David R. Jones, now of Lake view, was there, familiar with all of the Incidents of the times, a personal friend of General Crook, and knew every man In the command. Fort Warner eat upon a small, rich basin of land, entirely surrounded by mountains. It can only be approached after climbing mountains, and. In every direction save one. It requires a steep climb to get out of the basin. The fort was In close gun range to the tops of mountains on nearly every side. It looks like the last place on earth tor a fort, and Is so generally regarded by the stranger, for It looks as if the Indians could have combined and approached from every direction and massacred the occu pants of the fort with ease. But Mr. Jones snis that General Crook was not afraid of Indians. Tbe fort was doubtless locat ed there for convenience to timber and water, for a great spring bolls out of the ground, and the mountains aro covered with large pine trees. Stone Bridge Across the Lake. General Steele, who was in charge at Vancouver, located the site of the fort In 1SC3. The Piutes and Snake Indians were on the warpath and playing havoc with the whites In this country from Harney Lake, in Lassen County, Califor nia, to Snake River, fn Idaho. Lake Coun ty was the center of their base. Two companies, under Captain Collins, left Boise, Idaho. In 1S66 and arrived on the shores of Lake Warner, 25 miles from the site selected for the fort. In the Spring time. They could not cross the lake, and moved back eight miles and went Into per manent camp. That Winter Colonel Mar shall. In command at Boise, was relieved by General Crook, who Immediately set out In person with two companies on a scouting expedition In this country. Wherever he found, Indians there was a fight. If the Indians would stand. lis reached Camp Warner early In 1S67, and, finding that they had not gone to the place selected for the fori, on account of the lake, said he would find a way. He left a small garrison at the camp and came upon the shore of Lake Warner and fol lowed It until he found a place only 300 yards wide. It was very deep, but here he decided to cross. There was no timber, but the desert was lined with rock. He opened quarries and began hauling rock and dumping them Into the lake. He man. aged to get about half of his command across the lake and they began dump ing rock from the other side. Within three months he had a fill acros this narrow point sufficient to drive loaded wagons across, and It Is used today as a wagon road, and is known as "General Crook's stone bridge." The elte was reached and Fort Warner established In July. 1S6T. Sawmills were built, houses erected, and In ,a few months Fort Warner was a well equipped fort. La Grande, Or., was the base of supplies, and, with 23 teams, consisting of 222 oxen, and 23 drivers, two herders and an escort, Mr. Jones brought the first load of grain through from La Grande, using 47 wagons and requiring six weeks' time. There were five companies of soldiers and 60 private citizens employed at the fort. Bat One Serloas Fight. During General Crook's command of the fort, there was but one serious fight with the Indians, a-t that settled the trouble with them. He had two faithful scout Archie Mcintosh and Donald Mc Kay. These discovered the Indians camped in the forks of the Dunder and BUtzen River, near Stein's Mountain. General Crook Immediately went to the point, sur prised the Indians' and practically wiped the band from the face of the earth, kill ing and capturing what did not plunge Into the turbid river to drown or escape, and destroyed everything In camp. The surrender of all the hostile Indians followed In the Fall of the same year. It was perfected In a peculiar manner. The scout. Mcintosh, had married a squaw, and he and his wife left the fort and went among the Indians, and in a week's timo arranged the terms of the surrender. In two weeks' time the Indians came In and laid down their guns, and General Crook began feeding them and kept It up as long as he was there. They 6tIU linger about that country and Fort Bldwell, where the numbers are decreasing yearly, and they will soon be extinct. When they came in they crossed the Medical advice can only be given by a medical man or woman; one educated and trained in the profession of medicine. IT IS USELESS'TO WRITE TO A W0AIAN or man for medical advice unless such are trained and qualified medical practi tioners. Offers ot " medical advice " are made by those who cannot give what they offer, because they lack the med ical training and professional qualifica tions of physicians. You will not trust your property to the care of irresponsible people. Will you trust your health? Inquiry wifl show that no offer made by any advertising physician can compare with that of Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief con sulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. Sick women can consult Dr. Pierce by letter free. All letters are read and an swered in strictest confidence. If you are suffering from disease of the womanly organs write to DR. R. V. PIERCE, BUFFALO, N. Y. 1 WOMANMCAL ADVISER J long stone bridge In single file, and Gen- I eral Crook had Mr. Jopes kill some I oxen, which the hungry Indians fell upon I and devoured like beasts. General Crook was soon called to Van- i couver, on account of the death of Gen- I eral Steele, and all of the soldiers, except I a. sman garrison, leu we tort in 1873 ana went to the seat of the Modoc War. In the Spring of 1S74, the fort was aban doned entirely. Hundreds of old stoves and miscellaneous traps still mark the quarters of the different departments, but the chimney to the quarters of General Crook only remains. There were IS soldiers and one woman buried In thu cemetery. The woman was the wife of Captain Pollock. The fence around her grave Is all that remains standing. The wooden slabs put at th heud of the soldiers' graves have all fallen down and been moved about until no one can tell where thev Ulnnv nni names remain uneffaced on these slabs. A Ud In tho r-nlrh mit r-n , ..! there Is an old cabin with a dirt floor. In the center Is a mound. This contains the dUSt Of An nlrf tmnrw IT. V..1 V requested by the soldiers to come Into the l fort. H w.1 nnl ?.-. -. Tai . " - w .a.u v. iuuuqs. trns morning they found him, near his cabin, scalped. They buried him under his own roof. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Real Estate Transfers. He: ji T,-. " -ft " ". ana M, Oracle hS, Fulton Park; April IT.:.... S Isabella Klrkman to Fulton Park 77"$ PP-J01 7 9. 10. U, 12, 13, H block 82. Fulton Pari; Aliril a i I; palne to same, lots 2, Ci. 6. f. block 83, lots 5. 6, 7, 8, , btock io Fulton Park; April 25....'.... o. it. Lombard to same, blocks 78. 8L S3. 86. 90. M. S2; lots 7 to 13' i SuslJe;. bJ?clt raL "Hso Part ol block IOC, Fulton Park; April 17 Southwest Portland Real Estate Co" to H. L. PIttock. block 84. and ftJ' J- " J0- ". U IS and ul block 85; October 6, 1M7 ,,W;,IJJPa.tt u J- Edwards, lots 13, 11, block 8. Proebstel's subdi vision; April 27 -. J- Smlthson to Nancy Smlthson. lot 2, block 9, North Albina; April ZSse... . M. E. Smlthson to Nancy "'SmiuU son. N. block 2, and N. of lots L 2, block 4. subdivision of TJv.eSJ,ew" Adala: April 26 Lydte Buckman to Laura Buckman, .. . uiock ii. i,yaia UUCK man's Addition; also 0x100 East Flanders and East Nineteenth streets; April 19 2.500 JuUa D. Church and Charles P. Church to Walter B. Preston, N. 10x110 feet at NW. corner of Mont gomery and Sixteenth streets; April 19 300 Albert A. Krumrey and wife to Fin ley C. Malcolm, lots 17. 18. 19, 20. block 6, Peninsular Addition No. 2; April 27 M Clara V. Kummer and husband to D. W. IJams. lots 18. 19, 20. block 4S. University Park; April 20 5 Amelia Zimmerman and husband to James L. Tlndall and Maggie Tin dall, lots 7, 8, 13. 14, block U, Ports mouth Park; subsequently lots 13, 14. 15. 16. 25, 26. 27. block U. Col lege riace; April ii 70a Jung Sam to D. P. Thompson, un divided V, of lots 4. E. 7. and the S. Vt of lot 6. block 12L Couch Ad dition; April 24 1,533 Sheriff for H. A. Hogue et aL to Wm. M. Ladd et al., blocks 9. 10. and S. block 25. East Portland; also adjoining land 30x230; also water rights; April 24 43,189 Title Guarantee & Trust Co. to Ful ton Park Land Co., blocks 87, SS, S3. Fulton Park; April 19 1 Portland Traction Co. to Portland Railway Co.. block L Market Street Addition, with power-house, machinery, etc; also all railway track (about 7 miles described) formerly belonging to Portland Ca ble Railway Co.; rolling stock, etc.; April IS 10 Balldlng Permit. Estate of M. W. Fechhelmer, for ex cavation of the corner at Seventh and Washington streets, 82000 preparatory to building. Contagions Diseases. Cora Mellon, age 1 year, 273 North Six teenth street, measles. Frank Fields, Good Samaritan Hospital, typhoid fever. r Marrlsffs T.feens.s. . 7:Albert J. Gratton, aged 22. Sarah C JUST OF AGE. , 1 TfC . THE BEST RAMBLERS EVER BUILT We sell for cash or on installments. 03d wheels taken in trade. 200 2d- hand hikes at all BICYCI lOOO MODELS, 20, 25, f30. lOOO CLIPPER CHAIN AND CHAIX- LESS, 40, fSO, fOO, f 73. CURES WEAK MEN FREE Send Name and Address Today Yon Can Have It Free and Vigorous INSURES LOVE AND A HAPPY HOME L. W. KNAPP, M. D. How anv man mat milrlrlv rilr nlm. self after years of suffering from sexual weakness, lost vitality, night losses, vari cocele, etc.. and enlarge small weak or gans to full size and vigor. Simply send yuur name ana aaaress to ur. 1. w. Knapp. 2651 Hurt Bldg., Detroit. Mich., and he will gladly send the free receipt with full directions, so that anv man mar eas ily cure himself at home. This is cer tainly a most generous offer, and the fol lowing extracts taken from his dally mall show what men think of his generosity. "Dear Sir: Please accept my sincere thanks for yours of recent date. I have given your treatment a thorough test, and the benefit has been extraordinary. It Births, April 16. girl, to the wife of Oscar De baul, Portsmouth. April 23, girt, to the wlfo of Jacob A. Prag. 25 North Ninth street. April 21, boy. to the wife of Ludwlg B. Larsen, 2S54 First street. April 8, boy, to the wife of Herman Holroan, 148 Arthur street. Deaths. April 27, Mary F. Culver, age 43 years 2 months. 23H Union avenue: dropsy. April 26, Chancy E. Barton, aged 64 years 3 months, Damascus. Or.; cerebral hemorrhage. April 27, Jeanette Coffin, age 72 years 1 months, Montavllla; ulceration of. stom ach. April 27, Thomas Kay. age 62 years, St. Vincent's Hospital; hypertrophy. s At Home at Last. Ontario Silver Advocate. A noticeable feature of the late state If You Are Looking Forward For a pleasant season's riding see that you have the right wheel and the right tires. Heavy-Tread 0. & J. Clincher Tires for us and for the rough roads o1 our territory. 1900 JXSNftffiC prices. Best repair west. Call and see us before you purchase we can save you money. BUSY BICYCLE STORES FRED T. BILL GYCLE CO. Portland, Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma (We like to have our competitors copy our style of advertising. We don't receive it carload every day, but we have received more bicycles than any dealer on the Coast to date.) 3 CARLOADS OX THE ROAD. Be Strong and for Life. has completely braced me up. I am Just as vigorous as when a boy, and you can not realize how happy I am." "Dear Sir: Your method worked beau tifully. Results were exactly what I need- 1 returned and enlargement Is entirely sat- lsfactory." Dear Sir: Toura was received, and I had no trouble In making use of the re ceipt as directed, and can truthfully say It Is a boon to weak men. I am greatly Improved In size, strength and vigor." All correspondence Is strictly confiden tial, mailed In plain sealed envelope. The receipt Is free for the asking, and he wants every man to have It. conventions at Portland was that the leadV Ins Silver Republicans of the state were elected and came as delegates to tbe Dem ocratic convention, as was the case with many Populists. They realize that they are united In principle agalnet a common enemy of the people's best interests, and to win they must unite under one banner. This Is being done all over the state and Union. Two years hence all of the re form forces wlll'be united under tho ona banner. At the Portland Tonight. March "Knlirh!i Tem-nlar" AhM J Danse a la Turque "The Sultan" Daniels Waltzes "Doux Teux" Wadsworth Selection "Jaclnta" Robyn, Caprice "Shadow Ballet" Bendlx March "The Man Behind the Gun".Sousa, Overture "Oberon" Von Weber "Patronlllo Enfantme" Gillet t String orchestra. j Waltzes "Homage to the Ladles" Waldteufel Scenes from "L'Africalne" Meyerbeer unuean nance .nanana'- ..........xsissua Two-step "The Major" ...CJarka Charles L. Brown, director. Sohmer Pianos. Wiley B. Allen Co. are made to order, ilcTucb BICYCLES 40 shop in the North .aia. -j :-. jfa.-aiaifc&t''OHU v.--l.