THE SUNDAY 'OKEGOm&S, POBTLMP, OTGTJST 26, 19Q0.
CLACKAMAS FRUIT CROP
5XARGEST YHSLIJ THE COBXTRY HAS
REPORTED FOR TEARS.
Petite Prunes Small, tout Italian
Snow Improvement Three
Drier Besrln "Woric
OREXXXN" CITY. Or.. Aug. 25. The-
three XninedrJrs af J. "W. Rrvnfs Warinn
Johnson and G. H. Webster started up at
Clackamas Station this morning. The
Petite trees are so loaded that the fruit
is small, but the Italian prunes are yield
ing1 better than was expected. "While
there are but Jew Italian prunes on the
trees, the irult Is unusually large. It Is
estimated that there will be 100,000 pounds
f dried prunes within a limit of one
xn!lo of Clackamas Station. The fruit
crp in Clackamas County Is the largest
for years. m Peaches are of unusually good
quality and size, and apples and pears
siro comparatively free from pest marks.
RAIX IN MARIOX COUXTY.
"Washed, the Dnt From Hops and
Iclt Them Bright.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 23. A light rain fell
In this -vicinity this morning. Reports
from other sections of the county indi
cate that the rain was very heavy farther
rorth. The rain will probably prove a
benefit to early hops. The rain was heavy
er ugh to wash the dust off the hops and
Jccve them bright and clean. The weath
r has been bright and warm today, with
drying; winds.
Pick! ne Early Hops.
HA0RRI9BOKG. Or., Aug. 25. J. R.
Cartwrlght is picking early varieties of
hops on Ws 76-acre farm. He finds that,
n hereas his early hops produced 200 bales
last year, he will not have to exceed 140
bales this year. Ke accounts for the
etnrtage on the ground that amid the
f jliage the hope have utterly failed to
mature, and that at the ends of tho
laterals the burrs are dwarfed and unlit
for usp. This last defect he attributes to
lack of moisture.
Showers at Sherldnn.
SHERIDAN'. Or.. Aug. 25. Rain began
Sailing early thi6 morning, and there were
ehowers throughout tho day. Hops In
this vicinity are in good condition, and
would not be damaged by several das'
rain. Threshing is late In the foothills,
and farmers are stacking their grain as
a. jxozectlon.
PROSPERITY AT DREWSEY.
Thrivtinr Harney County Town Live
stock nnd Lumber Interests.
DREWSEY. Or.. Aug. 22. The Town
cf Drewsey has a wide reputation for its
energy and life a long distance away.
Irewsey has been quiet this Summer, but
It Is picking -up now. Several new resi
dences are under construction and the
Odd Fellows are building a good hall to
cost about $2000. All the other fraternal
rooetles will meet in it. Drewsey has
a good school, where two teachers teach
75 pupils. Tho town has recently been
incorporated and a set of town officials
"was elected. Dr. C E. Standlee Is May
or, E. A. Heath Recorder, J. C. Bartlett
Treasurer, L M. Davis Marshal, "and E.
Olson, J. A. Bartlett, R. B. Johnson. A.
X. Johnson, W. D. Baker and J. D. Day
xure Councilman.
The flrst business house was erected In
XVewsey In 1SSS by Abner Robblns, who
was the first settler of this country. He
lived hero alone for a long time prior to
that date and engaged in stockralslng
end dodging Indians, who laid for his
Bcalp. Thoro are two large general stores
row. The larger Is owned by Daly &
Robblns, who carry a stock of about $20,
900, and do a volume of business of about
Fo0,0G0 annually. The other Is owned by
A. I Johnson & Bro. This Arm carries
a stock of $10,000 and does an annual busi
ness of $20,000. The town also has a
blacksmith shop and saloon in construc
tion. There is one newspaper here, the
Wcfctern Ways, and two stage lines, one
flary and one tri-weekly. Tho dally runs
from Ontario to Burns and the other
.from Drewsey to Van, making a round
trip three days In eaoh week. There aro
two hotels, two blacksmith shops, two
livery stables, two saloons, one confec
tionery store and one millinery store.
This town draws business from a sec
tion of country extending 20 to 35 miles
in every direction. The town is located
on the middle fork of tho Malheur River
end Is in the principal valley. There are
bocral valley from which It draws Its
trade. Agoncy. Junction, "Warm Spring,
South Fori;, Stinchlng Water and other
valleys.
Nice little homes nestle along all of
these valleys. Wherever there is natural
irrigation, thero is a homo. But thou
tmds of acres yet Ho idle.
There is plenty of water to Irrigate
cverj inch of the ground, and attention
is being turned in that direction. The
Elft mountain streams are carrying the
water away to wast at present, but In
a few years until all of this water will be
utilized, homes will be increased, and
th.s will be another rich farming coun
try In Eastern Oregon. Besides the
many valleys subject to Irrigation, thou
drds of acres aro subject to overflow
from storage reservoirs In the mountains.
Vi here table lands and plateaus cannot
be reached by ditches direct from the
natural water courses, the storage sys
tem is suggested. There are deep gorges
and canyons where, by building a dam
at a nominal cost millions of gallons of
water can be c&ught when the snow
melts In Spring and this saved and util
ized In flooding the level tracts later.
This "storage" system is the general talk
hero and there is no question of its util
ity. In one way and another tho whole
section of rioh level land will in the
course of time be brought into a state
of cultivation. Immigrants and horac
eeekers are alroady driving about the
country and prospecting for homes.
The resources of this section are ex
tensive. Already 36.900 bushels of grain
are raised in this vicinity. 14.000 of which
Is wheat, with an equal amount of oats.
Rye and barley compose the remainder.
One hundred thousand pounds of wool
are shipped from this place annually,
TO00 head of beeves. 10.000 sheep and 1500
head of horses. The lumbering Industry
will also eventually reach large propor
tions. The John Ott & Co mill, prin
cipally owned by Dtfy & Robblns. with
n capacity of 3,000 foot per day. is located
22 miles northeast from here, and Is do
ing a profitable business. Rough lumber
cells at $1 per 1000 and dressed lumber
at 515 to $31 per 1000. There is also a
planing mitt and shingle mill in connec
tion. Five hundred thousand shingles
are turned out annually and told at 53
per 1000. The timber is practically inex
haustible, consisting of flr and pine, and
although not very large it is of a flne
quality. This will be a great Industry in
the course of time. As the country set
tles up the demand for lumber will ln
cret.be. Alroady lumber Is hruled from
tills section to a distance of CO miles and
a region hundreds of miles to the south
and southeast will be supplied from this
belt of timber.
Business generally Is reported here as
being better than for yoars. Everything
bears a prosperous appearance.
SIRS. FULLER'S WILL.
BblU of the Property Left to the
-Woman' XepbcTrs and Xleces.
OfHVAIXIS. Or, Aug. 23. Tho will of
3rfr Leotse Puller, who died childless, has
b- tUA tor probate. The property is
ee4Hi t be worth about 5U.000. Half
tf( 1MMMP trm ar Oonrallis. $1200 cash
J1 pmnumml preperty go to a. nephew.
tHttnw4 , Bute, who is made executor
Vlttfeowt tom6 Tke ronwindor of the farm
l M It- Am C Sane, of San Fran
0hmt, ws(wh'. A Corrallls residence
goes to a nephew, Clayton R. Bane, of
Gilroy, CaL, a great-nephew, David A.
Bane, Corvallls. and a niece, Susan Baker,
of California. Residence property in Eu
gene is left to a nleee, Louisa Henton,
Denver, Colo., and to a great-niece, Ellas
Bskrldge. of Camden Point. Mo. Eight
lots and two strips of land in "Wilkin's
addition to Corvallls go to the Masonic
lodge, with provision for sale and appli
cation of the Interest on the proceeds to
keeping up the family burial lot in Crys
tal Lake cemetery.
JL COLLAPSED HUMBUG.
Governor Fletcher's Opinion of the
Some 3IInInfC Boom.
SATJBM, Or.. Aug. 23. Governor J. H.
Fletcher returned from Cape Nome last
evening. He denounces tho Cape Nome
boom as a colossal humbug, and charges
that the transportation companies aTe re
sponsible for the loss occasioned by so
many people going to a region represented
to be an inviting mining field. Among
the other Salemltes tiho have or will re
turn are Professor J. O. Hall, James
Smith and Fred Geer.
Oregon Xote.
Fruit trees about Elkton are heavily
loaded.
W. B. Stevens has sold G. F. Seeley 101
acres In Polk County; price. $2000.
John "Wright has sold Robert Trenton
61-2 acres adjoining Ashland for $550.
Two more children of George Bunn, of
Tho Dalles, are down with diphtheria.
L. B. Frazer, who died near Bethel re
cently, was a pioneer. His age was 6S.
A Dallas mill is shipping to California,
weekly, 100,000 feet of finishing lumber.
David Dove, of Independence, has raised
10,000 bushels of potatoes this year on 25
acres.
A small factory for tho making of
hard-rubber goods Is to be started at
Dallas.
Fire destroyed two stacks of grain at
W. C. Stilwell's ranch, near Mayvllle,
last week.
Cottage Grovo has been raised to a
postofflco of the third class, to take
effect October 1.
L A. Allen has sold John Simon 227
acres in T. 7 S., R. 4 W., Polk County;
consideration, $7750.
L. Wambsgau, of Day ton, has picked 250
boxes of merchantable Gravenstcln ap
ples from 70 trees.
A, J. Wagner, residing north of Athena,
reports a yield of 4S bushels per acre on
a 70-acre wheat field.
A Nehalem sow was badly clawed and
bitten while defending her pigs from a
bear; but Bruin got two of them.
Elmer Emerson, of Lakevlew, return
ing to Oregon from the Klondike, was
recently buncoed out of $205 at Seattle.
Avery Hlnshaw has sold to Laura M.
Huffman SO acres in tho H. W. Eads
donation land claim, Polk County, for
$1000.
Rev. O. D. Taylor, of The Dalles, says
that 20 tons of green prunes, shipped by
him to Denver, netted him 2 cents a
pound.
The McMlnnvIllo Reporter says that by
September 10 boats will be running
through tho locks of the Yamhill at La
Fayette.
At Elkton fire destroyed the residence
of Ed Haines, together with his smoke
house and 1000 pounds of meat and flour.
No Insurance.
Much wheat is coming into The Dalles,
but nearly all of it is stored, as 50 cents
a bushel for No. 1 is not considered a
satisfactory price by growers.
Mrs. C J. Selts, of Alsea, sends a
Corvallls paper a sample of second-crop
beans, raised this year on her place,
whose pods are over nine inches long.
Polk County Is building new bridges
across the Luckiamute at the Turner
place, the Slaats place, and the James
Grant farm; also across Mill Creek at
the Buell mill, and across the slough on
the Hall's Ferry road.
At Pendleton, prices offered for wheat
vary greatly. Local mills are paying 4S
to 50 cents per bushel for No. 1. Export
ers are offering much lower figures, and
claim that farmers are receiving more
than the market warrants.
Andy Hanson, a Dane, was thrown
from his wagon near Elgin, last week.
He struck on his head and right shoul
der, with such force as to break his
shoulder-blade and partially paralyze
him. Relatives sent him to a Portland
hospital.
Charles McLevy. of Helix, sold 1900
sacks of wheat August 22, but the price
he received for It Is withheld. He had
refused an offer of 45 cents for It, and in
formed the exporters that the highest
bid would take the wheat. It is the opin
ion that he received from 46 to 47 cents.
Representative Tongue writes to the
Tillamook Headlight: "My visit to Tilla
mook changed my Ideas entirely In refer
ence to tho Importance of the improve
ment upon the Tillamook bar. I regard
such improvement as very essential for
the future commerce of Tillamook Bay,
and I hope we can succeed in securing
it."
John D. Greenball, formerly of Oregon,
was recently thrown from the top of a
freight car at Red Bluff, caught by rods
under it, and dragged some distance,
when his cries attracted the attention
of his companions. His abdomen and
chest were severely lacerated, and crowd
ed into a knot. He lived about 10 hours
after the accident occurred.
The Wahlberg hop farm at North Yam
hill Is being equipped with a strictly mod
ern kiln for drying the output of the farm.
The plant includes a double kiln with
two drying floors, each'26 feet square, and
a cooling and storage-room about 100 feet
distant from the kiln, the two being con
nected by an elevated railway. The green
hops aro lifted to a level with tho drying
floors by an elevator.
Lightning struck, a haystack on John
Walker's ranch in Ferry Canyon one
night last week, and destroyed about 40
tons of hay. The Condon Globe says the
light was plainly visible from that town.
A peculiar circumstance of the fire was
that another stack, less than 10 feet dis
tant, was not damaged. The heavy rain
which was falling at the time kept It so
effectually "wet down" that tho flames
could not Ignite it.
John A. McMorrls 1k having excellent
success with his barb-wire telephone
lines, says the Condon Globe. He has
ordered a better class of instruments
than those now in use on the Matney
Flat line. A number of farmers In other
localities have signified their Intention of
being connected with the system, and
it is thought that within a few weeks
Ferry Canyon, Hay Creek and Rock
Creek will all be in "hello" touch with
Condon.
Four alleged "specialists In the treat
ment of troublesome diseases" have been
working the farmers of Wasco County.
One of them acting as agent hunts up
a suffering man and "contracts for a
cur6 or no pay." Later one of the "doc
tors" insists on having a note as an
evidence of the patient's good faith. In
this way, they secured a number of notes.
The Sheriff has helped several farmers
to get back their paper before It passed
Into the hands of Innocent purchasers.
Edward L. Mlms, tho Pendleton lawyer
who killed J. Henry Miller and was
given five years for manslaughter and a
fine of $1000, stood off his punishment for
just a year by motion for a new trial,
appeal to the Supreme Court, and a mo
tion for rehearing, but was Anally land
ed in the Penitentiary at Salem August
24, at 11 A. M. Just a year to an hour
from the time he was arrested and put
In the Umatilla JalL He gets no allow
ance for the year ha was in jail at Pen
dleton. IMPROVED SERVICE TO
FROM ILWACO.
AND
Road the O. R. & N. adv. on page 7 and
note change In leaving time of steamer
T. J. Potter from Portland.
SETTLED THE SHORTAGES
WASHUiGTOX COUXTY EX-OFFI-CIALS
PAY A3IOUXTS DUE.
Ex-SIierif Ford. Will Contest
Cfcarse Relating to Delinquent
Tax Coats.
JHILLSBORO, Aug. 25. As the result
of the work of the experts who have been
examining the books of the various coun
ty officers, Washington County is sev
eral hundred dollars ahead. The ac
counting covered the period from 1594 to
July. 1300. The result Is a surprise, as
experts have been employed each year
by the grand jury, and they have al
ways reported the books correct and all
moneys collected turned into the county
treasury. The County Commissioners re
cently determined that a thorough ac
counting was necessary, and Messrs.
Clark and Buchanan, of Portland, began
the work in July. Their flnal report was
filed with the court Thursday evening,
but It will not be made public until early
in September.
All ex-officlals who have been charged
with deficiencies have paid the amount
Into the county treasury, except ex-Sher-lff
H. P. Ford. It Is understood that he
Is charged with several hundred dollars,
embracing delinquent tax costs; nearly all
of which Mr. Ford maintains rightfully
belongs to him. To an Oregonlan repre
sentative Mr. Ford said that he was not
in the least alarmed over the outcome of
the matter, as he had acted under legal
advice in the matter of retaining costs.
He says that he was awarded costs of
a like nature by District Judge McBride.
He says that there may have been a few
clerical errors, which are likely to happen
to, any one In the handling of several
hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Ford adds
that the amounts charged against him
by the experts, in nearly every case, are
matters of controversy which he believes
will be decided in his favor.
Tho amounts paid in by the other ex
ofHcers aggregate over $900. Ex-Sheriff
W. D. Bradford whose term closed July
1, was charged with $440 91, and upon the
showing presented by the experts he
immediately paid tho amount Into tho
county treasury. Ex-County Clerk R. B.
Goodln, whose term of office was from
1892 to 1S9B, wad charged with $324.39.
Upon looking over the records, he paid
the amount into the treasury. J. A. Im
brie, whose term as County Clerk expired
July L was charged with $135 30, which ho
paid. Of this he will 'get a rebate of
$7, an excess payment. Over $50 of the
charge against Mr. Imbrle was a pay
ment of delinquent tax redemption.
People here generally regard the defi
ciencies as the result of clerical errors
and the county's poor system of book
keeping. Had the experts previously ap
pointed by the grand Jury done their
work properly, there is no doubt that tho
ex-officers would have settled promptly
with the county.
WORK OF IXCEXDIA'RIES.
Sulcxn Church and Residence De
strcyed by Fire.
SALEM, Aug. 25. At an early hour
this morning the German Lutheran
Church and tho residence of Rev. G. F.
West, adjoining, were destroyed by fire.
Tho buildings were located on East State
street. The residence had been unoccu
pied fon a few days, Mr. West having
gone to La Conner, Wash., where he
Alls the Methodist Episcopal Church pul
pit. Tho fire started in the residence, and
Is supposed to have been of incendiary
origin. A night watchman in the car
barns near by heard two explosions and
found the residence in flames Immediately
afterward. Both church and residence
were comparatively new buildings, the
former having been completed and dedi
cated about six weeks ago. Each of the
buildings was worth about $1500, and each
was Insured for $1000.
Governor Geer today honored a requisi
tion from Governor Gage, of California,
for the return of L. L. Whitely, who is
wanted In Fresno to answer to a charge
of embezzling $300. Whltoly Is under ar
rest In Portland.
State Treasurer Moore today received
a remittance of $2300 to apply on Yamhill
County's 1S99 state tax.
Marion County taxes are being paid
very slowly. Sheriff Durbln began send
ing notices today that tho 1S99 taxes will
be delinquent October 1.
Mayor Bishop today signed the ordi
nance taxing telephone companies 5 cents
per month for each Instrument operated.
ai'MLXNVILLE'S STREET CARXIVAL.
Three Days' Celebration of the Com
pletion of Yamhill Locks.
OI'MINOTVILLE, Or., Aug. 25.It has
been decided to hold McMlnnville's street
carnival September 27. 2S and 29. A tent
G0x60 feet, with 10-foot walls, and 36 feet
high in the center, will fill the street
space at Third and D. This will bo divid
ed Into compartments sufficient to ac
commodate the 21 precincts of the county,
each of which, it is presumed, will be rep
resented in the display of grains, grasses,
fruits and other products. County Judge
Bird, Mayor Moloney and J. C. Cooper
aro at the head of the undertaking.
There will bo three days of Jollification
by the people, who will be benefited by
the completion of the Yamhill locks,
which event this 'carnival will celebrate.
IcMinnvIUe College will reopen Sep
tember 12 for the Fall term.
THREATENED BY AX IXSAXE MAX.
Letters Received by United States
District Attorney Gay. $
OLYMPIA, Aug. 25. United States Dis
trict Attorney Wilson R. Gay has writ
ten Governor Rogers that he has been
showered with threatening letters from
J. L Doyle, now In Portland, Or. Doylo
Is the Insane man who called at the Gov
ernor's .office last' Spring and made an
assault upon Private Secretary Pelletier.
On being taken to the pollco station he
was found to be armed with a revolver.
He was taken to the Asylum at Stella
coom, hut after a few weeks was paroled,
as his sanity seemed to have returned.
Doyle went to Seattle and became en
gaged in a saloon row there, and left
for Portland. Since being there he has
written to Governor Rogers and United
States Attorney Gay. Doyle's letters
show him to be a dangerous man, and
that ho Intends roturnlng to Washington.
TO JOEV HIS REGEJIENT.
Lientennnt Hasson Leaves Vancou
ver for the Philippines.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 25. Lieu
tenant John P. Hasson. Thirty-fifth
United States Volunteer Infantry, who
was wounded in the Philippines, and who
has been spending a two months' leave
at his home near here, left today for
San Francisco. He will report to Gen
eral Shafter with a view of returning to
Manila to Join his regiment. Lieutenant
Kasson was accompanied to San Fran
cisco by his brother, Charles Hasson, for
merly a. musician In the First Washington
Volunteer Infantry.
DEXIED A LICEXSE.
Remonstrance Affainst a Rldgeflcld
Liquor Denier Prevails.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 25. The
Commissioners today denied the petition
of one Byrne .for renewal of liquor license
at Ridgefield. Byrne's petition was ac
companied by a remonstrance signed by
a majority of the residents of Ridgefield
and vicinity. The Commissioners decided
that they had no lepal risht to grant (no
license in opposition to the wishes of tho
residents of the neighborhood whero the
saloon was located.
CLARK COUNTY EQUALIZATIOX.
Personal Property Increase Offsets
Reductions on Realty.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 25. The
County Commissioners, who have been
in session since August 6 as a Board of
Equalization, adjourned this evening.
While a number of changes were made
on the rolls, the result will make but
little, if any, difference in tho aggre
gate of the" original assessment, as the
increase by the board on personal prop
erty assessments will about offset the re
ductions on real estate.
A SECTY-DOLLAR BILL.
The Only One Known to Be in Exist
ence. Spokane Chronicle.
Spokane has the only $60 paper bill In
United States -currency known to be In
existence.
It was issued at the first session of, the
Continental Congress In 1778, and carries
with it all of the crudity of that age. It
Is .a peculiar looking document, being a,
piece of greenish paper, of much tho
same material as the present paper
money, except that It Is heavier. In shape
it is almost square, with dimensions of
about four by three and a half inches.
On one Bide of tho bill Is written tho
receipt, which Is as follows:
"This bill entitles the bearer to' receive
60 Spanish milled dollars for value re
ceived In gold or silver, according to a
resolution passed by Congress at Phila
delphia, September 26, 1778."
On tho back of the bill is drawn a bow
with a set arrow. Along the margin
the value of the bill is again printed, and
at one side 'tho words "Printed, Hall &
Selers, 1778." At the bottom of the face
is the signature of some one In authority.
The letters have so faded out that it is
almost impossible to follqw the charac
ters. Some have Imagined they could
trace the signature of George Washing
ton upon those lines, but others could
not Imagine what authority he had to
distribute money at that date.
This rare bill Is the property of Otto
Flechtl, of the Flechtl Quartet, of tho
Coeur d'AIene. It was presented to him
at the Charleston earthquake in 1886 for
the saving of an Irishman's life. The
open-hearted act of the big German to
ward his hereditary enemy so overcame
the man from Erin's Isle that ho gave
him the only artlclo of value he .pos
sessed. Mr. Flechtl was desirous of ascertain
ing the true value of the bill, and In 1893
sent it to Washlngtqn, where It was kept
for six months while the department In
vestigated the issuance of the bill. It was
adjudged legal, as the issue of $G0 bills
at that time was known to h,ave been
made, though this is the only one which
had not been returned to the Treasury
Department. Tho piece of money has
considerable value outside of the amount
upon its face. Tha Spokane man now in
possession of the relic has refused an
offer of $1000 for it, and says no prlco
could induce him to part with it.
KILLED BY HESSIAX FLY.
Experience of a Farmer With. 12
Acres of Early Spring Wheat.
FOREST GROVE, Or., Aug. 25. Frank
Vanloo, of Greenville, planted on 40 acres
36 bushels of wheat and 36 bushels of oats.
He sold the crop, unharvested, to Jacob
Vohs recently for 36 bushels of wheat, Just
enough to seed one-half the land for the
next crop. Vohs took special pains with a
12-ocre piece of the early Spring whoat,
and he reports that the crop was killed
by tho Hessian fly.
Owing to so much timothy hay being
shipped, out of the country, the farmers
say the price per ton will easily reach
$15 in the home market before the Win
ter is over. The price now is $13 a ton.
Xevr Wareliouse at La Crosse.
COLFAX, Wash., Aug. 25. The Pacific
Coast Elevator Company Is building its,
second grain warehouse at La Crosse.
Tho new building will be 40x100 feet. The
old warehouse, 40x120 feet, Is already
full.
Mining: Stoclc Quotations.
Following aro tho transactions at tho Oregon
Minim: Stock Exchange: v
Listed Mines Bid.
Adams Mountain. $0 05
Bunraio
Copperopolls
Gold Hill & Bohemia
Helena
Helena No. 2
Isabella
Lost Horse
May Queen
Mountain View
Oregon-Colorado M. M. & T,
Umpqua ,
Unlisted Mines
Grizzly
Sumpter Freo Gold
BALES.
Adams Mountain 1000 shares at 6
Helena ....' 500Oat31
1000 at 32
Helena. No. 2 11000 at 7
14000 at 6
20000 at 6
1000 at 7
1000 at 7
COOOat 7
Isabella 11000 at 1
ISOOOat 1
Lost Horse 5000 at 3U
May Queen 12000 at 2$
Mountain View 5000 at 2,
2000 at 2
Oregon-Colorado M. M. & D 4000 at 6
SALES FOR THE WEEK.
Aug. 20 37,500IAug. 24 100,500
Aue. 21 60,5001 Aug. 25 120,000
AUg. -JZ 1UU.BUUI
Aug. 23 87,0001 Total 524,000
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug:. 25. Official closing
quotations for mining stocks:
Alta $0 03Justlco
.$0 02
Alpha Con
OlMexlcan 20
Andes
Belcher
Best & Belcher...
Bullion
Caledonia
Challenge Con ...
Chollar
7 1 Occidental Con ... 10
12Ophlr 53
17lOverman 7
3IPotosI 21
50 Savagu 10
22 Seg-. Belcher 2
15 Sierra Nevada ... 36
75 Silier Hill 40
Confidence
Con. Cal. Sz Va... 1 SOlStandard 4 00
jgCrown Point .... 13. Union Con 20
Hale & Norcross.. 1S Yellow Jacket ... 20
NEW YORK. Aug. 25. Mining stocks today
closed as follows:
Chollar $0 121 Ontario $5 50
Crown Point 10 Ophlr 50
Con. Col. & Va... 1 30PIymouth 10
Deadwood 60,Quicksilver 1 BO
Gould & Curry... 15 do pref 6 60
Hale & Norcross.. 14SIerra Nevada ... 33
Homestake 50 OOiStandord 2 50
Iron Silver "16 Union Con 18
Mexican 21 Yellow Jacket ... 22
BOSTON, Aug. 25. Closing quotations:
Adventure $ 2 SOlHumboldt $25 00
Allouez M. Co.. & 00 Osceola G7 00
Amal. Copper.. 87 50 Parrott 41 75
Atlantic 24 OO.QuIncy 140 00
Bost. & Mont.. 317 00 Santa Fo Cop.... 4 60
Butto & Boston 63 00Tamarack 212 00
Cal. & Hecla... 753 OOlUtah Mining.... 30 25
Centennial 10 SOfWlnona 3 00
Franklin 13 25 Wolverines 40 150
Large Particles of Free Gold.
BAKER CITY, Or., Aug. 25. Specimens
of tho strike In Quartz Gulch, near tho
Virtue, received here, are full of particles
of freo gold as large as a plnhead. These
specimens created great Interest at the
Courthouse. Sheriff Huntington, Clerk
Geddls and Deputy Recorder Cord own
claims adjoining that on which the strike
was made, which belongs to "Uncle
Dan" Cochran. Dynamite, fuses, picks,
shovels and drills In abundance have
been hurried to the mine, and the boys
all expect the American Girl to bring
them rich returns.
From Mrs. Bullock.
OREGON CITY, Aug. 24. (To the Ed
itor.) In justice to myself, I beg space
to xeply to an article in your issue of
the 21st Inst., entitled "Wants to Get
Rid of Her Son."
It is there stated that I filed a com
plaint In the County Court with a view
to having my son declared insane and
consigned to the State Asylum, etc.
Now tho facts are as follows: I never
charged my son with insanity, for he
is not nor never was insane, but, as I
stated in "my complaint, he has been af
flicted wih epilepsy from Jpfancy," and
Asked.
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though otherwise strong and healthy, is
totally unfit to work at anything with
out some one heing constantly with him
to look after him. Wore his father hero
to care for him or myself ahle physically
and financially to do so, I should never
have made Vjp application. In the artlclo
above referred to, the writer would have
it appear that I made an effort before
the court to have my son (aged 32, and
not 24, as stated) adjudged insane, when
in fact after consulting with his honor,
I concluded to withdraw the complaint,
and if the proceeding were as reported, It
took place subsequently and in my ab
sence. E. A. EULIiOCK.
Owyhee Republicans.
' Boise Statesman.
Tho Republican County Convention was
held at Silver City August 23. A large
number of delegates were present, and
the convention was very harmonious. Tho
following ticket was nominated:
State Senator E. R. Southern, De La
mar. Representatives W. "W. Avery, Black
Jack; Thomas Krlegbaum, Trade Dollar.
Sheriff Frank Crosson, De Lamar.
Treasurer M. M. Getcheli, Silver.
Assessor O. F. Brunzell, Sliver.
Probate Judge Simon Harris, Silver.
Superintendent of Public Instruction B.
B. Lower, Silver.
Coroner J. N. "Weston, Silver.
Surveyor Frank Hulett, Silver.
County Commissioners First District, J.
J. Baker, Sliver; Second District, Charles
Forney, De Lamar; Third District, Thom
as Penrose, Pickett Creek.
"Washington Land Cnses.
"WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Tho Secre
tary of the Interior has affirmed the de
cision of the General Land .Office, dis
missing the contest Instituted by George
N. Reed against the entry of John B.
Clewafor a quarter-section tract in tho
North Yakima land district, "Washing
ton. The Secretary also approves the ac
tion of the land office in rejecting the se
lections of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company of six sections in tho Olympla
land district, and holding the same sub
ject to tho application of C. "W. Clark.
Washington Notes.
Two supposed cases of smallpox are re
ported at Puyallup.
At Anacortes, two men are under bonds
for selling liquor to Indians.
Thieves recently ran off five horses
belonging to George Curran. of Colton.
At Centralla, apples and plums have re
cently been selling at 2 tp 3 cents per
pound.
Arlington Is Improving rapidly. Many
strangers ar6 in town seeking invest
ments and locations for business.
W. A. Newell, formerly Governor of
Washington territory, is a prospective
candidate for Congress this year in New
Jersey.
Marlon Shellmafc, an Anatone farmer,
committed suicide, August 22, while tem
porarily insane. He leaves a widow and
three children.
Vessey & McRae, prominent Yakima
sheepmen, shipped 14 cars of lambs to
the Chicago market on the 22d. The last
shipment of 10 cars they say netted them
2 50 each.
Tacoma's schools were announced to
open Monday, September 3, but the Board
of Directors has changed tho date till
after tho circus Is gone, which will be
September 5.
Gunner's Mate John Isberg, TJ. S. N.,
at Bremerton, found to be suffering from
subacute mania, was sent under proper
guard to the Mare Island Hospital for
treatment.
The fishing schooner Lizzie Colby, Cap
tain George M. Jacobs, arrived in Port
Angeles, August 23, from Behrlng Sea,
with a full cargo of codfish. She is about
a month earlier than usual.
The rain in Whitman County on the 23d
was "so severe as to stop all threshing
and wheat-hauling. Probably two-thirds
of the grain Is cut. Farmers thought the
rain would do little damage, unless pro
longed. O. M. Annls, a pioneer resident of the
Puyallup Valley, died at his home near
Alderton August 22 of heart failure. Mr.
Annls was 72 years old, and had resided
at Alderton 31 years. He leaves a widow
and six children.
Judge McDonald, of Colfax, has ra
leaBed a prisoner from serving out a fine
of $40 and costs, imposed by a Justice
of tho Peace, because the sentence,
through an error, reads that the fellow
"shall be convicted until paid," instead
of "committed till paid."
The Stevens County Board of Equaliza
tion has raised the assessed valuation
of 2.11 railway trackage from 72 pents per
foot to $1 per running foot on all main
lines In the county. It is estimated that
this raise will add about JS0.000 to-the
assessment rolls.
Forty land-owners in Kittitas Valley
have formed a company for the purpose
of building three storage reservoirs in
Menashtash Canyon, in which they in
tend to store, during the Winter months,
sufficient water to irrigate all their land3
below the canyon. A surveying party is
now at work locating reservoir sites.
The greatest deed ever recorded in Yak
ima County was filed with the Auditor
August 23. It was made by J. Dalzell
Brown and his wife, Harriet McLaren
Brown, of Portland, to the Washington
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old Sunnyslde Ditch Company. The price
is $1,000,000.
In four years tho shipment of berries
from the Puyallup Valley to points In the
Middle West has Increased from 500 crates
during the season to 15,000, the total
which this year's shipments will reach,
says the Tacoma Ledger. This Increase
has been made almost entirely within the
past three years, and the greatest in
crease was made during 1S39 and 1900.
The farm team of O. G. Fiance, who
lives near Wenatchee, raa away August
22, and came '.n contact with another
team, driven by Alex, Murray, an aged
farmer. Murray's arm was broken, his
head badly bruised and various parts of
his body badly Injured. His recovery is
doubtful. He is widely known through
out Kittitas County, as ono of Ellens
burg's early settlers;
Tho gang of tramps which recently
terrorized the Town of Blaine has gone
southward, committing depredations at
Lynden, Everson, Demlng, Wlckersham,
Wooley and Mt. Vernon. At Lynden they
committed various burglaries, taking
watches, razors, shoes, etc. At Wooley
they broke Into Downle's meat market
and took his tools. A. Smith andGeorge
Taylor, of Lynden, pursued them and
captured 10 of them at Mount Vernon.
They failed to find any of the plunder on
them, so they were released. The Mount
Vernon City Marshal started them down
the track toward Seattle.
A New York firm contracted the hops
of nearly 200 acres In the Yakima dis
trict on the 24th. The yards are esti
mated to produce 62,000 pounds, and the
prlco is 10 cents per pound. The yards
are owned by Sam Chong, Joslah Wilson,
A. P. Eschbach, John Lutz and B. S.
Hill. The hops are to bo of good color,
cleanly picked and delivered In good con
dition between October 1 and November
1, at tho warehouses in North Yakima.
They are to be baled in 24-ounce baling
cloth and weigl from ISO to 210 pounds
per bale. Advances are made on the con
tracts for picking and baling, and the
product Is to be equal to that of the
ordinary years from such yards.
The Puyallup Independent contains the
following- particulars of the killing of W.
W. Wilson, the aged druggist of Sum
ner: "He was starting for Puyallup on
his bicycle. Tho belated passenger train
from Seattle struck him squarely in the
middle, killing him Instantly. The bicy
cle was knocked about 63 feet and off
the track, but Mr. Wilson's body was
picked up by the engine and ground In
beneath the pilot and the drivers in such
a horrible manner that It took the com
bined efforts of four men to extricate It.
Tho engine had run from the Main-
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a distance of several hundred feet, before
the fireman discovered where the body
was. although the fireman saw him hit
and ran back expecting to find a mangled
corpse where the collision occurred."
Idaho Notes.
Wardner's schools will not open till Sep-1
tember 20.
The State Bank of Welser has Increased
its capital stook from ?25,0OO to $50,000, In
shares of 150.
Judge Standrod, Republican nominee for
Governor, will speak at Bonner'3 Ferry
next Monday night.
Wardner Is holding a "merchants' car
nival," whose proceeds will go to reduco
the indebtedness of the new Congrega
tional Church.
The Boise Statesman says that, accord
ing to an old Indian sign, the coming
Winter Is to be long and severe. Chickens
and birds have bescun to moult some
thing which usually does not begin until
Octpber.
Governor Steunenberg has offered a re
ward of $300 for the apprehension of tho
murderers of the Elmqre sheepherder,
Frank Koenlngen. The Commissioners ot
Elmore County had previously offered a
reward of an equal amount for the ap
prehension of the murderers.
Ex-Governor W. J. MeConnell. whosa
position as Inspector of Indian Agencies;
requires him to travel all over Idaho, 'saya
there Is a great change in political feel
ing, and expresses the opinion that tho
Republicans will carry nearly every coun
ty In the state.
A warrant has been sworn out at Wal
lace for the arrest of Deputy Marshal
Samuel Findlay. who recently raided a
meeting of the Miners Union at Gem.
The Sheriff hesitates to make the arrest,
because advisext that the county Is under
martial law. The newspaper of the min
ers censures Sheriff Sutherland very bit
terly for his non-action, saying that tho
deputy Is charged with assault to kill.
The Sheriff says that an officer In tha
discharge of his duty does not commit
an assault.
Deputy United States Marshal C. A.
Foresman returned to Lewlston on tho
22d from Wallace, where he went to
servo subpoenas In the suit of William
Gerard et al. against the big mining com
panies In the Coeur d'Alenes. The suit
was filed some time ago, the alleged dam
ages in each case being $40,000. The suit
Is the result of the tailings from tho
defendant's property whkn It Is alleged
have been washed Into the channel o2
the South Fork, causing the water to
overflow the lands of plaintiffs below Kel
logg, thereby cnnslng Irreparable damage.
The case Is set for hearing at Moscow
September 3.
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