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THE SUNDAY OKEGOmAN, PORTLAOT), AUGUST 19, 1900.
REMINISCENCES OF PUGET SOUND
The-IQIIIng of Cush, "the White Man's Friend," as the Result of
an Indian Feud, at Fort Nisqually, in the Year 1858
Pioneer Story by E. Hugglns.
Eha-road from Tacoma to Olympla pass
es throes'! tie "well-kno-sra farm, or -what
is txrvr cenerallr taotra as tho "Hogsins
Bench." Ibo homestead Is about 15 miles
from tEacoma. and 14 from Olympic. Pa
get Sound Is only one and ne-fliarter
miles -ftrest of the house, or about two
end a half miles above the landing or
anchorage for chips. The 2Slso.aally Riv
er, rhlch is about the same size as the
JPuralhrp, debouches Into Puget Sound Im
mediately opposite the southeast corner
of .Anderson's Island.
The nerweocnor, riding along the high
road lbs first ever made in this country
hTough the fenced Uelds. and by the
quiet, glotm cjque-looklng' old homestead,
would, no doubt, be surprised -when told
that rt ic the most historical spot north
of Port Vancouver, on the Columbia Hir
er, cad -was not so very long ago a place
of importance and the principal business
sits on Puget Sound; that, BO years ago, it
tees a strongly constructed fort, 'well
manned end armed, and that upward ot
E0 hands, white men, ynnfltow (Sandwich
Islanders) nd Indiana, comprised Its gar
rison. The Nisqually Indians (the Squal
lyamish tribe) were then quite numerous,
tmd in the Spring of 150 a large number
of lodges were in the open, nest of the
iort and on the banks of the little river,
bearing tha euphonious name of the "Se
(raslUtchcrw, which takes its rise In a
labe of the same name, about three-Quar-ters
of a mile in a straight line to the
eastward, of the fort, and after running
with great swiftness through a ravine
or gulch, nearly es wild and savage look
ing aa any to be seen in the Cascade
range of mountains, on the line of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, for about a
mile, empties into Puget Sound, about one
third of a mile below the landing place.
Uetween the bridgo which crosses the
stream, near the fort, and high-water
mark about one mile in a straight line
there is a fall of 232 feet.
These figures are correct, having been
obtained from Captain James Lawson, the
iead of the United States geodetic survey
'upon Puget Sound, in 1870. In the Spring
of that year ho made the Xisqually Land
lng his headquarters and for nearly two
months his vessel, the Fauntleroy, re
mained at anchor there. Along with other
work ha leveled the Sequallltchew River
or creek, from the bridge, near the fort,
to hlgiwwcbter mark, and he found the fall
to be 202 feet.
FxMrty-F'ive Years -Agro.
37Yrty-flve years ago the fort looked very
different from what it looks now. In fact,
a stranger would -not for a moment think
It had ever been the scene of so much
bustle and activity. There is only one of
the -old buildings erected by the Hudson's
Bay Company left standing. It is after
the old stylo adopted by the company
where timber was plentiful. The walls
are of fir timber, squared with the ax, and
the frame is stout and generally not less
than 10 or 12 inches square, and the walls
of squared fir, about 10 or 12 inches wide
and six inches thick. The floor Is either
boards cut with the pit saw, driven by
man power, or else puncheons, with one
side squared only, with the ax. The roofs
were generally covered wKa cedar bark,
cut lTrt" sheets, about 10 feet long, and
from IS to SO Inches wide.
Why this bark was used In preference
to cedar shingles, or shakes, I never could
find out. Bark roofs always gave trouble,
and required repairing every Fall. The
rough, or outside of the bark, was always
exposed to the weather. Soon after I
came to Fort Nisqually, all the bark roofs
were replaced with cedar shingles, or
shakes, which make an infinitely better
roof than cedar bark. A roof of well
made, good cedar shakes, carefully nailed
on, ought to last 45 or DO years, and shin
gles from 20 to 30 years, and at the end
would leak but very little.
The "Hugglns" residence, which replaced
the old "Tyee House," or chief's house,
was built in 1S53, of sawed lumber, ob
tained from the first water power mill
constructed upon Puget Sound, a small
affair, with only, at first, one up-and-down
saw. The lumber cost from $30 to ?40 a
thousand. It is a strongly constructed
liouso, 50 feet by 30, and one story In
height, with a wide veranda around three
sides of it; The work was done princi
pally by a. skilled mechanic, a discharged
United States soldier, but under him
worked a number of rough carpenters
French Canadians, Kanakas and Indians.
Borne of the Indians became expert In the
use of tools, and one especially, named
Gohome, bade fair to become a good me
chanic. All the work of this house, and
another of a similar kind, only smaller,
was done by hand, as there were no ma
chines invented for making doors, sash,
etc., at that eary date.
The old house, built in the old Hudson's
Soy styfle, was about 40x20 feet, and was
erected on the site of the old fort in 1S33
or IBM. which stood on a pretty clear
plateau, about one-quarter of a mile from
the Sound, and in 1SU. or thereabouts, was
moved to the new fort, on the edge ot
the large plain or prairie, which bears the
came of "American Plain." or "Boston
Ill-1-hee," so called by the Indians be
cause the American or United States
troops were located at the northeast end
of the plain. The Hudson's Bay Com
yans's servants were called "King George
tlllacum" (King George people or English
men). Tlse "Tyee Home."
The old "Tyee House" was, in those
days, considered to be quite a palatial
residence, although to the man just out
tfroni one of the world's leading cities.
It appeared to bo what It really was, a
wretchedly uncomfortable house. It con
tained only two rooms. The dining-room
"was about IB or IS feet long and 12 feet
wide, and there Tas one smaller room,
used as a bedroom. A still smaller room
was built ou the south end. The large
room has "been the scene of many stir
Xing events and several men, principally
X'nlted States Army officers, who after
wards rose to eminence, have sat at Its
board. President Grant. Generals JIc
Clellan, Casey, Pickett, Kautx. I. L Stev
ens, and several others, the names of
whom I have forgotten, have been en
tertained in that shabby-looking old
house.
Theodore "Wintrop. the author of the
"Canoe and the Saddle." mode two visits
to the fort. Ho made, in 3S53, a canoe
Trip to Victoria along with Ir. Tolmie
and. his "wife, and the latter"s sister, JIlss
Work. The return trip he made alone,
ana the adventures Jae met with, and the
trouble he had with his Indian crew, at
the head of which was the IXike of
Tork. the eldest son 'of King George, the
chief of the Clallams, and the Iukes
wife, "'Jin Un" (Jennie Lind), is most
amusingly told in his hook.
Up till 3ST4 the only means of commu
alcntion the people of Fort Kisqually
nad with the colonists of Vancouver Is
land was by canoe The company owned
a, large Northern Indian war canoe about
BO feet long, and six or seven feet wide,
which would carry at least 40 people, and
this canoe made almost semi-monthly
trips to Victoria with the mail, which
was brought across the country from
Fort Vancouver by express messenger.
The wifo of E. Hugglns, now residing at
the old place (Fort Nisqually), has made
elx trips by canoe to Victoria. During all
this time of canoe-travellng .not a single
life was lost, although some of the trips
were exceedingly dangerous. The canoe
was always manned by a crew of skilled
hands, thorough masters of canoe-sailing.
This mode of traveling remained In
vogue until September. 1S5J, when the
steamer Major Tompkins arrived from
Ban Francisco at Btallacoom, en route
for Olympla. She was in command of i
Captain Hunt, oad was owned by Captain j
t John Scranton, who had obtained a con
tract for carrying the mall weekly be
tween Olympla and Victoria, calling at
all intermediate ports. This made the
trip very long, and the old rattletrap ot
a steamer occupied nearly a week in mak
ing the voyage. Her charges were high,
passage to Victoria, f2J going and the
same returning. Freight, ?10 per ton;
cattle, jZB a head, and she charged I50O
for towing a ship from Nisqually land
ing to Port Tbwnsend.
Slovr and Unreliable.
She was an ugly-looking craft, very
slow, and always unreliable, and remained
oa the route but a few years. She was
wrecked one dark, stormy night, trying to
enter Victoria Harbor, and was a total
loss. No lives were lost Another boat.
j a propeller, named the Constitution, Cap
tain A. B. Gove, took her place. She
1 was a boat much superior In every re
spect to the old Tompkins, and the Sound
soon had steamboats enough, and a few
to spare.
Resuming my story: The old house
stood until a few years ago, when, on ac
count of Its dilapidated state, it was
pulled down, and its old timbers used for
firewood. Several people have expressed
regret that the old building was not
carefully taken down, removed to and
re-erected in Wright Park, Tacoma, and,
perhaps, it Is a pity it was not done. It
could have been moved and put up again
for about $50, and I am quite sure tliat
-Its owner would have cheerfully donated
and assisted in Its re-erecCon. There
was no doubt about its being the flist
house constructed north of Fort Vancou
ver. In 1KJG there were quite a number of
Indians employed about the fort, and
one In particular, a Nisqually named Go
home, of -whom I have previously made
mention, who was a handy man at any
kind of work. He was a very ugly man,
had a largo, hideous mouth, fiavage-look-lng
features, and long, coarse, black
hair. He was strongly built, although
not a large man. was quiet in his de
meanor, when sober, but when under the
influence of liquor, of which ho was
inordinately fond, he was a perfect fiend,
in looks and actions.
One day in the early '50s he got into a
quarrel with some Indians from down
the Sound, who had come to the fort
for the purpose of settling a grievance
of long standing between Gohome's peo
ple and themselves. Gohome, when they
arrived, was employed In the company's
old slaughter-house, and a messenger
from his lodge informed him of the ar
rival of his enemies. He immediatejy
threw down his tools and started for the
encampment, but had proceeded but a few
steps when he met the party coming to
interview him. There were Ave or six
of them, and four or flve of Gohome's
people.
A conversation ensued which soon be
came fierce and bitter. Hard words were
used, and Gohome, feeling himself at
tacked almost In his own house, aimed
a blow at the leader of the Snoqualmles
I think they were of that tribe and
almost Immediately both sides were mlx-d
up in a fearful, bloody fight. Each man
was armed with the Indian's favorite
weapon, a knife, or dagger, made from
a 12 or 14-Inch mill saw file, ground down
sharp on two edges, and to a fine dagger-like
point. A knife of this kind
is a fearful weapon, and being rather
heavy, when wielded by a strong man
does fearful and bloody execution.
A Bloody Fight.
The participants In the fight were soon
covered with blood, and it wasn't long
before two or three of them fell from
the effects of their wounds. The ground
upon which they were struggling was
covered with blood, and after a while the
bystanders were enabled to seize the com
batants and disarm them. Strange to
say Gohome, although the most forward
In the fight, and ounded In many places,
did not die, but after suffering a great
deal, apparently, fully recovered. Two
or three of the others, though, succumbed
from the effects of the fearful wounds
they received.
No more was heard from the attacking
party until the Summer of 1S5S, at which
time I was living at the "Mucla" house,
having gone out to take charge of the
company's business during the Indian
War, and the occurrence I am about to
relate was told me by an eyewitness, a
day or two after it happened.
On the night of Sunday, May SO, 1B58,
the Indians living outside of the fort
were greatly exercised over the report
that a small party of Snoqualmles had ar
rived at the beach, and It appears that
during the evening four or five of them
came up to the fort encampment and
were recognized as being the same party,
or, at least, some of them, with whom
Gohome had the awful trouble, as just
related. It would seem that they pre
tended to have come on a friendly visit,
and from what followed, it Is supposed
that they brought liquor with them, for,
about the middle of the night, the people
were alarmed by the report of firearms
In the camp, and the usual noises attend
ing a drunken orgie In the aboriginal
encampment.
The usual result followed, and a terri
ble fight ensued. Gohome shot one ot
the Snoqualmles dead, and he himself
received two fearful stabs from a knife,
but was not killed. An Indian woman
was also badly cut with a knife. She
was a relation of Gohome's, and received
the stabs while endeavoring to protect
him. Some of the other Indians were
severely wounded, but the Snoqualmle
was the only person killed during the
fight. How many afterwards died of
wounds received I cannot now say, hav
ing forgotten the details of the affair.
That which I have just related was
brought to mind by my having read the
account of It, as noted In the Journat
of occurrences that was kept at the
fort. The surviving Snoqualmles made
their escape to the timber, and it was
supposed gained their canoe, and soon
placed some distance between themselves
and the Sequallltchew.
But the Nlsquallys were woefully mis
taken In thinking themselves safe, as they
soon found to their sorrow. The cook
at the fort, or one of the cooks, for there
was generally more than one, was a Sno
homish Indian named Cush, whom, I
think, I have before mentioned in one of
my stories. However, he was a jolly,
good-natured Indian, full of fun, when
not full of whisky, and was liked by
every one. whites and Indians.
Killing: of Cxish.
On the day after the fight, and after a
hot time Id the kitchen, Cush, feeling
tired, went to the corner house of a "row
standing upon the north side of the fort,
and in which some or the workingmen
lived, and threw himself upon a bed, with
the intention of sleeping. There was no
one else in the house, which was about 25
or SO feet from the veranda of the nowlv
erectedprinclpal house (the "tyee" house).
2frs. Tolmie, the wife of Dr. Tolmie,
the gentleman In charge of the establish
ment at that time, was standing on the
veranda, and saw Cush enter. , The
place was exceedingly quiet, as almost
all of its inhabitants were lying down,
taking it easy. It wa3 the custom or
the place to rest for two or three hours
in the middle of the day during the heat
ed term, and moke up for It by working
as soon as daylight appeared In the
morning. Well, to continue my story:
Mrs. Tolmie noticed an Indian, a stran
ger to her. sneak through the open, small
postern gate, on the north side of the
fort, and, gun in hand, quietly creep along
the side of the house in which Cush was
lying. Not for a moment thinking of the
purpose of the Indian, she remained quiet
until sho saw him peer into the window.
Tcise his gun. already cocked, and point
at something in the room. She then,
fearing the intruder meant no .good.,
screamed, out, just as the gun was dis
charged. Poor Cush was shot fatally,
and died a day or two afterwards.
The murderer immediately ran out of
the fort, and after him a young half
breed Iroquois, named Ignace, with a
gun. He fired, and, it is supposed, hit
the escaping Indian, but the latter didn't
fall; with his three or four companions
who were awaiting him at the beach
with a canoe- he succeeded in getting safe
ly away. They gained their own coun
try, down the Sound, where our up-Sound
Indians dare not follow them.
Cush was regretted by all with whom
he was acquainted, for be was really a
remarkable Indian, possessing a fund of
humor, and powers of mimicry, seldom
seen among Indians. He had a way of
speaking broken English which was irre
sistibly funny, and the poor fellow's trag
lo death was a loss, hard indeed to re
place, and some of us had serious
thoughts of perpetuating his memory, by
the erection of a little monument or head,
stone; but, like the generality of such
good Intentions, this was never done. It
was afterwards ascertained that the kill
ing of Cush was a mistake. The Indian
mistook him for Gohome, and I never
learned how the fued ended. Gohome
strange to say, was not killed, but died
a natural death, accelerated, no doubt;
by the many wounds he had received dur
ing his lifetime.
It is astonishing what an amount of
cuttlng-up the human frame can stand,
so long as a vital part Is not touched.
I have seen men here Indians and Ka
nakasapparently cut to death, but, after
a great deal of suffering, wnich the In
dian medicine men no doubt augmented,
without the assistance of a white doc
tor, fully recover. I recollect one cose,
In particular, which occurred In 1853 or
154.
A big, burly Kanaka, named Kalama,
a good man at almost any kind of rough
work, and, ordinarily, well behaved, was
one of a party of Kanakas and Indians
taking part In a Jollification, during
which a great deal of liquor was con
sumed, and the party became uproarious
ly drunk. As usual, a fight ensued, the
Indians taking Bides against the Ka
nakas. The English workmen, at that
time only three or four in number, feeling
themselves In the minority, and suspect
ing what the result of the spree would
be, kept aloof from the orowd. One of
the Indians, not a servant of the com
pany, named Gukynum, or "Cut-Faced
Charlie," so called because of his face
having been badly cut in his many fights,
tackled the big six-foot Kanaka, ana
with the aid of his awful knife, came
within an ace of killing him. Before,
however, he quite accomplished It, Ka
lama was pulled away and Charlie was
secured. '
Kalama, was a frightful-looking object;
his nose was nearly severed from his
face, and his features were rendered near
ly unrecognizable by the many cuts he
had received. Luckily the Indian didn't
attempt to stab him about the body, or
else he would have mode short work of
him. The poor Kanaka was taken into
Bt. Tolmle's officii, where he was attend
ed to, his nose washed and sewed on, and
the other cuts nicely stitched. After
the lapse of some time ho fully recov
ered, but his good looks were completely
gone, and he showed, very plainly, the
treatment he hod received.
r For several years in the 'EOs, an old
Scotchman, a superannuated old servant
of the Hudson's Bay Company, a man
upwards of TO years of age, and afflicted
with blindness, was living in a house on
the sldehill, near the company's store
on the beach, at the anchorage, with
his Indian wife and daughter, the latter
about 10 or 12 years old. The old man
was hearty and hale and remarkably fine
looking. He Was tall and well made,
with a florid complexion and long, silvery
hair. In his younger days he had been
in the employ of the East India Com
pany. For several years he had been
a ship's carpenter in tho employ of the
Hudson's Bay Company, and until about
1847 he was stationed at Fort Vancou
ver. He worked at boatbuilding and re
pairing principally. The company had
quite a fleet of large river craft used
In the transportation of goods and furs,
and this gave the old carpenter and his
mates constant employment, building and
keeping the boats In repair.
Old Jlmmle's Masterpiece.
He also built a small schooner, named
the Prince of Wales, at Vancouver, and
this vessel ran on the Columbia River
for many years between Vancouver ana
Astoria, doing any and every kind of
freighting required. She, at last wore
herseUJ out and the remains of the
Prince could be seen for many yeais,
sticking on a sandbar near the mouth or
the Cowlitz River. "Old Jlmmle" (nl3
name was James Scarth) was very proud
of his handiwork, and considered the
Prince of Wales a masterpiece of ma
rine architecture. Many people, though,
thought her a very ugly dry-soods-box-Hke
craft, more like a barge than a
ship, and I have no doubt that there aro
people now living in Oregon who recol
lect the old tub and its builder.
"Jlmmle" was a regular Munchausen,
and was full of stories about his life In
India and on the Columbia River. There
were not many people in the country in
his time, and I have known more than
one settler to travel some miles to stay
a night with Jlmmle for the purpose of
listening to his wonderful yarns about
snakes he had killed In India, all the
way from 10 to 50. feet in length, and ot
the number of Burmese he had cut down
with his cutlass, for the old chap said
he was all through the Burmese War.
Of course, Jlmmle's visitors always took
with them a supply of liquids to limber
up the old fellow's tongue.
One day, during the heated term, in 1854.
I think It was. I was at work In the
trade shop, when I was startled by tab
appearance of an Indian who, in an agi
tated manner, told me that the Indians
at the beach there was always a large
encampment there 'in those days) in a
drunken frenzy, had broken Into Scarth's
house and stolen some whisky the old
chap had on hand. They were also
threatening to kill him. '
Directing four or Ave of the white work
men to follow me to the beach, and not
waiting for horses to be driven up, which
would have taken half an hour at least
we started on foot for the scene of ac
tion. When we reached the summit of tho
hill we heard a noise, and loud talking
and swearing in English and Indian. I
was the fleetest runner of our party, and
gained Jlmmle's house a little ahead of
the others. I saw a crowd of Indiana
around old Scarth, who was standing at
tha door with his shirt torn from his
back, and blood streaming from his face.
He was struggling with "Cut-Face Cuar
lle," whom I saw aim a blow at the
old man with an ax, and strike "him on
the back, luckily with the back of the
weapon.
Before he could strike another blow, 1
struck Charlie a heavy blow from the
shoulder, as I ran between him and the
old man, knocking Charlie senseless. The
Englishmen accompanying me now came
up. and I hod hard work to prevent them
from killing Charlie". The other Indians
old not Interfere; in fact, I think they
were pleased to see Charlie mastered for
once, when in one of his murderous fits.
I ordered the men to bind Charlie, ano
the cart from the fort now appearing,
he was dumped into it and hauled to the
fort and confined In one of the bastions.
Old Scarth was terribly bruised about the
back and face, but his Injuries were not
fatal.
It was partly the old man's fault He
had drunk too much liquor, and the In
dian. Charlie, had obtained liquor from
him, and upon the old man's refusal to
give him a further portion of his supply,
the fight was the result If I had not
arrived In the nick of time, Scarth would
assuredly have been chopped to pieces.
The next morning Mr. Charlie received, a
flogging which, I think, did him a great
deal of good, as I never heard of him
afterwards attacking any white men.
AIDS MINER AND INVESTOR
practioax. Bssrnvrs of muting
EXCHANGE.
It 2tam&eB the XMsser of Gold Cap
Mai is Develop His Property
ZjOBt Week's Haricot.
2be new -Mining Exchange in the
Chamber of Commerce has been tho cause
of a number of Oregon prospects being
developed," said M. P. Word, a promi
nent mining broker, yesterday, "as many
good claims were heretofore languishing
for lack of capital. A poor man might
have a very good ledge and still be nn
ablo to develop it from look of funds.
By: having tho prospect examined by re
liable mining experts, and then listing
the property with the exchange, men of
means have been Induced to furnish, the
funds for development All the money
subscribed for stock goes right into the
mine, and thus two shifts are now em
ployed on several ledges in Bohemia,
Sumpter and Gold Hill districts. Should
these prospects get richer as the miners
go down, the stockholders will make
monoy,on the Investments. In the mean
time the original owner is not getting a
dollar from the sale of the stock.
"I think Oregon Is equally as good a
mining state as California or Colorado,
and all lt'wants 4s capital -to open up
its many rich mineral deposits. The
people of the state have Invested more
money in mining development within the
past year than for the 10 years previous.
I look upon this encouraging result as
having been largely brought about by the
Mining Exchange, whose members ore
careful, experienced men, depending
largely upon their reputation for their
ultimate success.
"Yet, the City Council of Portland, in
putting the prohibitive license on mining
brokers, seems to have made up Its mind
to drive this class of business man out
No broker can Btand $100 per quarter in
addition to the $50 per annum already im
posed by the general Government la
figuring up the amount one firm -will
have to pay in licenses under this ordi
nance, the total reaches $575 a year. The
mining interests of Oregon should be en
couraged by our city authorities, and not
thus ruthlessly stamped out"
JMr. Ward has Bpent over seven years
among tho mines of Oregon, and many
nights he has slept under tho stars, with
no bed but the blankets he carried with
him.
QUOTATIONS FOR WISE WEEKS.
How Stocks at the Oregon Mining
Exchange Have Varied.
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tions on the Oregon Mining Exchange,
commencing June 18, giving the prices of
stock each Monday during the existence
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SALES FOR THE "WEEK.
Monntnln View Goes on the Listed
Stoclta Hereafter.
The Mountain View Gold Mining Com
pany has made the final payment on its
property and taken up the bond 15 days
before final payment was due. Yester
day, J. W. Helsner. secretary of the
Mountain View Gold Mining Company,
deposited the final payment of $1500 on
the Mountain View bond with the Wells,
Fargo & Co. Bank, of this city, and re
ceived the deed to its property. The deed
was- then turned over to H. M. Cake,
the company's attorney, who will put the
same on record. This speaks well for the
company, and shows that it 13 composed
of energetic men, "who do not let the grass
grow under their feet A force of men
has been at work for Borne time, and de
velopment is progressing rapidly. The
Mountain View will now be changed
from the head of unlisted to listed
stocks on the Oregon Mining Stock Ex
change. Helena No. 2 has reached 7 cents, which
is double the price first asked. May
Queen holds Its own at 2 to 2c. Buf
falo stock was much sought at less than
2 cents; some was taken at 2 cents. There
Is a steady demand for Gold Hill and
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We Guarantee a Fit or No Pay.
Havo your tooth out in the morning and go
home with now ones the same day.
If you are troubled with nervousness or heart trouble,
be sure and call upon us. You will hare no fainting
spells, no bad after effects.
Nowhere on earth is the subject of dentistry so thor
oughly understood and so much care experienced aaby
the directors of this magnificently appointed dental
office.
Teeth Extracted Without Pain
Teeth extracted and filled absolutely without pain by
our late scientific method. No sleep-producing agents or
cocaine. These aro the only dental parlors in Portland
that have the patent appliances and ingredients to ex
tract AH and apply gold crowns and porcelain crowns,
undetectable from natural teeth, and warranted for tea
years, without the least particle of pain. Gold crowns
and teeth without plates, gold fllllng3 and all other den
tal work done painlessly and by specialists.
Our prices are the lowest consistent with first-class
work. We do not try to compete with CHEAP dental
work.
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Branch office. Ban Francisco, Cal.
Branch office, Seattle, Wash.
Bohemia, as well as the TJmpqua. Lost
Horse is steadily advancing in price.
Following are tho transactions at tho Oregon
Mining StOCJt taccnonso yeaieruaj .
Listed Mines .Bid.
Adams Mountain $0 05
Buffalo Its
Coppcropolis o
Gold Hill & Bohemia 5
Goldstono Consolidated
Helena 31
Helena No. 2
Lost Horse SVs
May Queen VA
Ofegon-Colorado 0
Riverside 2
TJmpqua S
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Unlisted , ,,
Grizzly 1 g
Mountain View 2 2i
Sumpter Free Gold 1 8
BALES.
Adams Mountain 0000 shares at 0
Buffalo 1000 at 2
Copperopolls 2000 at 5
Co-Operative 1000 at 2
Gold Hill & Bohemia. 8000 at 5
Helena 2300at31
2000 at 32
6000 at 32
Helena No. 2
0000 at 6?
3500 at 6
COOOat 7
4500 at 3
4000 at 2
3000 at 2,
1O0O at 2
4000 at 2
Lost Horse
May Queen
Mountain View
2000 at 2
12000 at 2&
Oregon-Colorado 4000 at 5
Umpaua 6000 at 3
SALES FOR THE WEEK.
Monday, Aug. 13 62,900
Tuesday. Aug 14 60,300
Wednesday, Aug. 15 67,950
Thursday, Aug. 16 86,550
Friday, Aug. 17 64.500
Saturday, Aug. 18 80,300
Total 428,500
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18
quotations for mining stocks:
-Official closing
Alta $0 04
Justice $0 03
Mexican 27
Occidental Con ... 12
Ophir BG
Alpha uon ....
Andes
Belcher
Best & Belcher.
Bullion
Caledonia ,
Ov erman
Potosl
Savage
Challenge Con
Seg. Belcher.
Chollar 16 Sierra Nevada
Confidence
801
Sliver Hill
Con. Cal. & Va...
Crown Potnt
Gould & Curry...
Hale & Norcross..
1 35
15
15
22
Standard 4 15
Union Con 21
Utah Con 6
Yellow Jacket ... 32
NEW YORK. Aug. 18 Mining stocks today
closed as follows:
Chollar $0 15 Ontario
.$6 00
Crown Point 13
Ophir 50
Plymouth 10
Quicksilver 1 60
Con. Cal & Va... 1 25
Deadwood 501
Gould & Curry..
Hale & Norcross
14 y do pref 6 50
sierra isevaaa ... 34
Standard 3 00
Homcstake 50 00
Iron Silver 50
jUnion Con 17
Yellow Jacket ... 23
Mexican 24
BOSTON.
Aug.
, Closing quotations:
Adventure
B0 Humboldt S 25 00
Allouez M. Co.. 1 25 Osceola 67 00
Amal. Copper.. 89 00 Parrott 41 75
Atlantic 22 50 Qulncy 140 00
Boston & M.... 313 00 Santa Fa Cop. 4 75
Butte & Bost... 61 00 Tamarack 200 00
Cal. & Hecla... 750 00Utah Mining ... 31 25
Centennial .... 17 CO Winona 3 00
Franklin 14 00 Wol erlnes 40 00
Janitors Don't Like Slabwood.
At the Holladay schoolhouse the work
of getting the grounds In shape for the
opening next month Is progressing slowly.
The dilapidated sidewalks are being re
paired, but the debris in the rear of the
building, where the two parts of the
old structure stood, has not been removed.
The man who bought the old building
agreed to remove the debris, but has not
done so. The Janitor Is busy storing away
the slabwood in the basement. For the
Holladay schoolhouse 120 cords of wood
have been provided. So far only 15 cords
have been delivered. It Is a big job to
store 120 cords of slabwood In the base
ment of this building. Every stick has
to be handled three times, which makes
It equivalent to moving 360 cords of
wood. Then slabwood Is in small pieces
and to handle one cord takes two or three
times as long as it does to move cord
wood. The Janitors of the buildings pre
fer cordwood, but they have nothing to
say about tho matter.
Useless Buttons on Coats.
An American,- so the story goes, was
once questioning a Chinaman as to the
reason for many of the customs whlcj
seem absurd to us. At length, after
long endurance, the Chinaman replied:
"And now, my dear sir, I would like to
ask you a question which has puzzled
me greatly. Will you kindly tell me why
Americans and Europeans wear two use
less buttons on the backs of their coats V
Unable to answer, the American ralsett
the question at home. Investigators set
to work, and discovered that long ago,
when every gentleman wore a sword and
had to hang it from a belt, these two
buttons held the belt to the coat Yeara
passed; men became more civilized and
left the sword to soldiers' use; the bell
went out of fashion, but the two buttons
were left to this very day;
Cyclone In South Dakota.
PIERRE, S. Bv Aug. 18. A telephone
message from Harrold, 30 miles east ot
here, says a cyclone struck there about
5 o'clock in the afternoon, destroying the
Tandusen elevator and several smaller
buildings. No one was injured.
CAW YOU GO?
Tickets to all points East and return
at greatly reduced rates. Call or write
for full particulars. Burlington Route
ticket office, corner Third and Stark
streets. H. W. Foster, City Ticket Agent
UiC UiCdU the Udlldl uidir
NEW YORK DENTISTS
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Fourth and Horrlion 5b., Portland.
Honrs S to 8j Sundays 10 to 4.
OPENING DAY PARADE i
GENERAL CHARLES F. BEEBE 'WILIi
BE GRAND MARSHAL.
Street Pair Attracts Widespread In
terest In Neighboring: Cltlefl
Vote for Queen.
Opening day of the Street Fair and Car
nival is to be celebrated by a grand
pageant which will surpass in novelty
any similar street parade that the Port
land public has witnessed. General
Charles F. Beebe has been chosen grand
marshal, and will have charge of the pa
rade's formation and march through the
streets of the city. On September 4, the
day that the King and Queen of the Car
nival will assume their regal duties, the
royal party will proceed to Portland on
one ot tho largest O. R. & N. steamers.
Other steamers will be chartered to go
down the river to meet tho ship of state
and to act as an escort up the Willam
ette. As the fleet approaches the city, the
royal salute of 101 guns will be fired and
other greetings tendered by siren whistles
along the water front At one of the
docks the Mayor of the city and the City
Council, with a general reception com
mittee, will be In readiness to surrender
their municipal authority and to bestow
upon the King and Queen the golden keys
of the city. As an escort, there will be
drawn up under General Beebe's direction
the parade of the civic societies, fraternal
orders and labor organizations, headed by
the military companies. In brilliant cos
tumes, the most elegant ever seen In a
street pageant the King and Queen and
their court will appear to receive the
homage of the citizens, surrounded by
their mounted bodyguard. After an elab
orate line of march, the parade will ap
proach the buildings of the Street Fair,
and the ceremony of crowning the King
and Queen will be performed according
to the accepted customs of European
monarchies. Then the fair will be de-
1 clared open, and the carnival will com
mencemusic, gayety, sightseeing ana
amusements for 11 days.
The parade committee composed" . of
George L. Baker, chairman; Big Wert
helmer, Dr. H. R. Ilttlefleld and Henry
Griffin, has been at work three weeks
planning and organizing their parades,
and the programme for all the events in
their charge has the merit of novelty and
originality.
Commercial Travelers' Day-
At a meeting of the commercial trav
elers at the Portland Hotel last evening
complete plans were laid before those
gathered there for the parade on Sep
tember 8, which will present the evolution
of the commercial traveler from the 15th
century to the present day. All the cos
tumes have been ordered, an elaborate
line of march has been outlined, and
every detail, from the finances of the un
dertaking to the building of floats, has
been .looked after. The commercial trav
elers have shown their customary energy
in taking hold of the project and when
they parade, 1000 strong. In their linen
dusters, umbrellas and neat white crush
hats with blue silk bands, it Is certain
that they will receive their share of the
popular applause.
Woman's Bulldlngf.
Interest In the woman's building and tha
floral parade September 7 Is being kept
up by the women's auxiliary, whose com
mittee Is at the headquarters, at Seventh
and Washington dally from 2 to 5 P. M.,
receiving exhibits of the handicraft of
women for display in their building. The
work of decoration and arrangement of
exhibits will be begun Monday, as the
building Is completed and has been turned
over to the committee. Miss T. F. Cor
nelius, of 348 Montgomery street, has
charge of the art exhibit, and any one
desiring to display paintings, either oil
or water color, or decorated china, is
requested to communicate with her. Sug
gestions for the decoration of carriages
and vehicles, for the floral parade, will
also be furnished at headquarters.
Coming: From Cooa Bay.
Outside cltle-j are already widely inter
ested in the Carnival. Yesterday a well
known local tailor received orders for 70
uniforms to be used by residents of Sa
l,m a-nA Alhitnv in MnTiectlon with the
Fair and Carnival. The Salem Elks ex
pect to .wear something distinctive ana
attractive. The Albany uniforms were
fnr fhft milltarv band there, which will
o.nAo-. i Lrpn rpRnlpnffpnt. in heau-
CLjy va v.w ww..w . w.,'. .-
tlful sky-blue trousers ana Diouses. ana-
nnnronriate cans. From the coos .tsay
region news has been received that the
steamer Del Norte will bring special par
ties of excursionists, and the Marshfleld
brass band will make the trip in a body.
Voting: for Carnival Queen.
The leading candidates in the race for
Carnival Queen are nip and tuck, and
fVio rARTjl nf veatardav's count Dlaced
Miss Alice Thayer in the lead by 37 votes.
The work of gathering up votes to be
used In the last days of voting is going
on, and rumor has It that the friends of
itna nf thA IpniUntr ramdlrtatps have al
ready 1200 votes gathered up with which
We are making a specialty of gold crown and bridge
work. Our name alone will do a guarantee that your
work will be ot the best We have a specialist in each
department Best operators, best gold workmen and ex
tractors of teeth: in fact all the staff are Inventors of
modern dentistry. We will tell you in advance exactly
what your work will coat by a free examination. Give
us a call, and you will find we do exactly as we advertise.
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POS tO TEARS
Ornjcn (Over Saaly-Majon'i Grocery)
they intend to rlace her at the head of
the column. Today's count showed the
total vote cast to date to be as follows:
Miss Alice Thayer ...,.... 2.043
Mrs. R. B. Mays ............. 2 Oil
Miss Emma Aerne .....,.,.,.......... l.'gso
Miss Effie Bradley ..m,.......... 1 KM
Miss Ivy Vorbeck ............ 1285
Mrs. J. D. New ,., 1.049
Mls3 Helen Sundt ........... S.
790
61S
auss Bessie Amend ......
Miss Grace Walton ,.......
Miss Grace Campbell ........
Miss Pauline Berham ....
Miss Ivy Barker ..........,.
Total ... .. ...... ....
610
414
2S5
190
.13,133
Flowers From Dawson.
'Mxa. Delia Blockner, who went to Daw
son with her husband about two years
ago, has sent to her mother, Mrs. B. D.
Powell, of the East Side, a blrchbark
book, containing a large number of na
tive flowers from the Klondike. The
flowers are pressed on the pages and
on the opposite page la an appropriate
verse descriptive of. the flowers.
Norr a Presidential Office.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13. Tho postofflce
at Lake View, Or., has been advanced to
the Presidential class, to take effect Oc
tober 1.
Cures Nervous and Physical
Debility, Exhausted Vitality,
Varicocele, Premature Decline,
Loss of Memory, "pasting, etc,
Trhich has been brought about
through early indiscretions, or
later excesses. Six thousand
gave willing testimony during
1899. Established 30 years.
There are many imitations
put upon the market by other
firms and said to be the same,
but every one of my Belts has
my name stamped thereon. If
you will call at my office, you
can see them and consult me
free of charge, or send for my
little book, "Three Classes of
Men," which is sent free upon
application.
' Ao T. Sander
CORNER FOURTH AMD
MORRISON
PORTLAND OREGON
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THE MONTANA
State School of Mines
At Butte. Montana, will open Sept. 11, 1900.
Full four years course of Instruction offered;
two terms of 20 weeks each per year. Tuition
free to Montana, students; others pay $25 per
term. For other Information address Jf. JR.
Leonard, Butte. Mont.
The Oregon Mining
Stock Exchange
Auditorium. Chamber of Commerce Bid?..
y. O. box 670. Portland. Or.
Open call every day at 10:30 A. 1L
Phone Main 310, Oregon. Columbia Main 230.
j. E. HaselUne. Pres.; David Goodsell
Treaa.; F. J. Hard, Sec.
Director L. G. Clarke. J. B. Haaeltlne. Da
rid Goodsell. P. J. Jennlnin. X. G. DavUlSQS
J. I. Hartman, E. A. Clem. i