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I GOLD BRICKS. Prcm Mr. Aukcns Hydraulic On Sterling Creek Jackson County. on i:xi . Guard, Augusts Today's Oregonlan ha an accouut of . .i.-niav of 20 koIu bam aud about nil) ounces of nuggets, In a Portland i i J,.rV wiudow, the total value of biili ringed anywhere from $50,000 luj-',,(xiU, from tlio Sterling mine iu Jaeksoii couuty. Tliis gold is from the bydraulio mine lu which II ry Aukeny of Eugene, to iuft.rcsted a d is the result of a receut (lean-up of a ruD maue hi nee juiy 1st MK. ANKENY BUKNT. "Hiretofoie," saya the Oiegouian, "lueoutput of the mine has been aold in the natural shape, but there would ,lwuyu lf a reduction of an ounce or run mailt' ou account of sand or dirt claimed to be among the gold, to It w3 decided to buy a furuaoi , crucibles, molds, etc. aud melt the dust Into bricks. This was done Wednesday, .ud Mr Aukeny has quite a burn ou one side- of his face back of the eye, on that account. The molds have to be leased before the moulten gold Is .oared into them, aud too much great got into one. When Mr An buy, was pouring lu the gold the grease took Ore, aud new ou His .race, aod u he could not drop the crucible, he had to let It burn him. "ilessru Cook and Aukeny look as healthy aud sunburned as possible, and their hands are as Laid as those of any holiest in ner or granger. They say that down iu the cutting where they were cleauing up, the thermometer Hood at 105 degrees. Their sons, both young men, have been running a mine "ou the side" just above the main mint, having an eight-Inch itreatu to operate it with, a d they il-olofik like regular miners." HOP OPINIONS. Estimates Vary as to Probable Yield -Ail Agree ou a Shortage A Salem Journal reporter interview ed Jefferson Myers on bop prospects yesterday. It says: Mr Myers did not consider the bop outlook for this state aud in particular for Linn couuty and also all sections eitt of i lio Willamette river to be very bright. Mr Myers has about 00 acres of hops under cultivation near Scio, which be visited Wednesday, besides a large number of other yards In that vicinity. There are r bout '.00 acres of hops in thevieluity of Sclo, aud from that immense acreage not over 40,000 pounds ot good hops will be harvested. It was estimated that the yield ot this section of the state would be fully 300, "M pound, but the lice and mould have completely ruined some yards whiUa number of yards will not be ricked at all. The conditions as above outlined are not local but are general Alt,,.! .1. t . . u.uuSuuuw iue nop-Deii east or me Willamette liver. Julius Piucus, the Portland buyer, as seen this morning and estimutes li yield for Oregon at from 65,100 to 5,000 bales. E C Herren. ot the firm of Herren & jLevy, does not think Oregon will pro duce over 55,000 bales while R H Leabo jlocal agent for Faber, Neis & Co, places the Oregon crop at not over 50,000 "lies. Valedictory, Harrisburg Review: 9 announced lnitt. n-oalr with this wediscontinue the publication of .'lie ItHVlaU' T 1 1 . 1 A ., uBve ueeu ireuieu wdly by the good people of Harris- urg aud appreciate the many court f extended to us. To the business 11(11 Kim k,. .1 . ii i wu.o uuuinuuieu w me sup- have our tak- so liberallv i " some return Iu frost cordial thanks. our deiurture frnm depjrture Har Tisburg We do so with the best wishes 'r-l and malice toward none." Dally Guard August 2S AFTKK Frittt F V fntlng the Johnson, Oliphant ComJ f Qy, of Portland . nrwnt loot, nloht in J8ne, Reeking to contract for dried ian prunes. He offered 4 cents Der :Und for "40 to 50V in Backs, net, "I. He made no flontraeia that we T heard ot. 3'-IP ('nVTaima 1' i. r , 1 I "VI5. 1UO lUllUWIUg ',UortBgea were given on hops, , -..us, moent & Freet: H C Jmi. 10,000 ,ounds, 500; L A Mw 8,000, (300, W L St John, 10 pofho jjoo. I ILL IJLN. Eugene caunery J 'fun the drier this season. The 8 ror drying will be either 1 or " UtS Tmr . . ... t in T MJUna. weare inrormea T'ne of the o.n.. RAILROAD ITKM. The Corvalll, Gazette WtnU a Rail road From That City to Eugene. We take the following from yesier lay's Corvall , Garette: "With the development of the fruit " ,u touthern portion of ...u,i i-uuniy, a road through lha fcunl ll.lt I.. u uo longer a mere possible ,"u'""" " ! u absolute necess- y. urain can be hauled long dls .uces ,0 market, but fruit demandi oeer suipping facilities. ' A m.. 1 1 a rauroaa irom C'orvallls to Eu tuB,IUm accommodate a remarka riiie section and atcur a l.r.,-. and profltable business. Thedi.tanc louly about 40 miles aud the route is aiong cnmparatlvely level ground. "Two feasible uroixiaitloua mv.Hi,f uicuueivea. TUe 8oulheru l'a,.iH, l ... .... r mlglit be Induced to extend ilH wt siuet.ueto Eugene, or the O C & persuaded to run a feeder to that city n,er organized enort on tlie part of the people interested will hardlv fall in securing one of these hues. "It Is natural that the people should regard the OC4E proposition with more favor. The citizens of Eueeue. CTjwtmny, wouiu rather encourage competition to the Southern Pacific. but either line would bring the farmers neaier the market and give them bet ter prices for their products. meuazette will refer to th s Im portant matter again. It is expected mat an active campaign will be com menced after harvest." Outlook For Cattle. The Dalles Times-Mountaineer ire diets that the present active demaud and gooJ prices for cattle canuot be depended on for the future. It gives some excellent reasons for Its opin ion. "The primary cause of the rw In the price of catih was the Immense crop of corn raised in the Middle- Western state in 1890 and the low price of feed prevailing. With corn at 6 to 10 cents per bushel iu the Mlsslss- ppl valley it was possible for buyers to oome west and pay good prices for cattle to feei'. They could pay from $23 to (25 per head for Bteers, ship them east to the corn producing country, aud after feeding them Irom three to six months put tbemnu the market at the custom? ry price of beef, and thus make a profit ou their corn. Such conditions will not exist next year. "The demand for wheat, caused by the shortage of crops throughout the world, will cause a rise in the price of corn to such a figure that it will no longer be profitable to ship cattle half way across the continent to be fed. Tills will reduce the demand for Ore gon cattle to the Pacific coast markets, and unless this is stimulated by au In creased demand that may come from Klondike, prices will rule lower next ear. But should 75,000 or 100,000 miners fiud employment in the north ern legions next season, they will re quire immense quantities of beef, and must be supplied from the Paciuo coast states. Without such au increased de mand, our cattle raisers must be con tent with lower prices than they real ized this season." Remarkable Oold Yields. The value of the ukon gravel Is not so very remamaDie compared wun much that was found in California in early days. In the Dardanelles mine in Placer county a single pan yielded (1800. Many others taken out of crev ices produced nearly .as much iu others of the drift mines on the Forest Hill divide. But in the shallow placers ol earlier days It was no uncommon thing to fled from (100 to &00 in a pan. A. lsaord of Nevada City. Cal., got (912 from one panfull on September 13,;i850. He and bis partners that fall took (104,00 from a pieceof ground thirty feetsquaie in their claim, says the Scientific and Mining Press. Apple Leaves. Ashland Record: E C Pomeroy returned Tuesday from Visalia, Cal., where be rented nis orange grove for another year. Thoe Turner, a Tulare druggist, came up with him to look over this country. Mr Turner wants to purchase two tons of apple leaves. The leaves should be free from scale and In good condition sprayed leaves are all right). He will pay 2 cents per lb and rurnisn tne sacks. He wants them for meaicai purposes." Something N EW.-Corvallls Times: Drowning house flies and after t' ey av been defunct an Lour so Dring- lng them to life again by application of salt has become a popular amuse ment In Corvallis. That the tning could be done Is generally doubted, but In numerous experiments maa , aner doseofsMt the fly has invariably flapped his wlcgs and flown away." Snide Advertising. Some time . 1. n anlloltlnir ago a Canvasser h uwo o dvertlslog for a city directory m ... r- -.11,. nf Milrm. gene, Aioany, .urBw and throwing In a bottle of ink. The directory has arrived. ItconiisUofa card 2x3 feet with small advertise ments of hundreds of forms. It I nseless and of no benefit whatever. T.r.:.n j.L.J.ai JCIcTlOS CITY .NEWS. 0 C Mlllett'sCropof 800 Acres Aver "fed 27; Bufhulg per Aore Otber Ileum. Times, Augut 'IK Ike Canon left Wednesday f,.r the Klondike oouutiy. It Is to be hopvd that he will strike It rich. '1 he Mioses Norrls of Eugeue. spent tveraldays In this city during the past week as the guests of Col and Mrs rolsotu. TheSPIsuow doing un immense freight busluess aud trains seldom ap proach schedule time. An extra Mght should be put on as tin nun are worked sometimes 2" and 30 hours without rest. Amos Hielial dson and family, Mrs Sam lliltleraud ohil Jieu a d Johnnie Kutltr, left for California Tuesday. They expected to start some ten days ago but were delayed iu getting ready. C O Millett's wheat averaged twenty-seven bushels to the acre. He had less than three huudred acres lu wheat this year but he expects to plant 6K) acres mis fall aud winter. He aold this year's crop for 80 cents per bushel. Obituary Died, at the home of her grand pur entaou Mohawk, Oregou, of typhoid fever, August 10, 1M7, Aid Grace, ouly daughter of Mr and Mrs W II Franklin, aged 4 years, 3 mouths aud 20 days. There Is uo death! what teems so Is transition; This life of mortal breath. Is but suburb of the life elyslau, Whose portal we call Death. She is not dead -the child ol our afiectiou, But gone unto tl at school, Where she no Ion. er needs our poor protedlon, And Christ Himself doth rule. Not as a child shall we agaiu Uliold her; For when with raptures wild, In our embraces we agnin enfold her, She will not be a child. But a fair maiden, lu her Father's mansion, Clothed with celestial grace; And .beautiful with all the soul's expaubiou Shall we behold her lace. Let us be patient! tin se severe af flictions, Not from the grouud arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark dicguise. U. Oregon's Greatest Fair. Cau be attended for one fure for the ruund trip from ary point ou the lines of the Southern Pacific iu Oregon. The fair opens on September 30, aud closes October 8. Nine days. Every day will be the best. Fraternal order day, October 2, Oregon press duy, October 4, pioneer aud barbecue day, October 5, Salem day, October 5, school day, October 7, free for all race, last dayJOctober 8. School day, Oct)- ber 7, children under 12 years of age free. School children over 12 years of age, ten cents. After harvest you will want a rest, so come to the state fair aud enjoy yourself. One fare for rouud trip. Popular at'nilssiou of 25 cents. A Wired Hop Yard. Hop picking iu the Campbell-Walker yard, halfway between Eugeue and Springfield, on the railroad, will com mence Tuesday morulug. This yard is wired, has been thoroughly sprayed, aud bat had all surplus leaves and runners trimmed from the vines thereby making work easier for pickers. Better time can be made ou wired yards than where poles are use ', as the wires are let down to the pickers' boxes without disturbing the vines they carry. The vines are not cut at the ground, which saves the hops from wiltlug while the vine Is being cleaned of Its load. Condense: Fruit. S P Sladden is gathering the fruit ou bis large orchard and putting it in cans In a condensed form. He has 000 gal lons of the material on band which will be put iu 2 pound cans, properly labeled, then placed on the market. He Is abo putting up pears aud sli ver prune s for pie fruit and plum but ter in gallon cans. The first of next week bis force will commence work on Italian and French prunes. Mr Slad den will load about seven cars with the manufactured product from his orchard tor shipment east. The outlook for a large yield of hops in Washington county, Is not so good as harvest approaches, as expected, ys a paper published in that county. While moid aud vermin have done some damage, blight will also cut short the yield lu a number of the yards. Picking will begin in some of the yards Monday; but will not be come general until the following Wednesday. Growers nave piciters engaged at SO cents for a niue bushel box, while thoae picking by weight are to pay 65 cents for 100 pounds. i CONTRACT AWARDED. L. N. Honey Will lluilJ Hie New Court House FutiiiJittion. fries aSIO" The commissioners court held a special session (his afternoon at the court house, to further consider the matter of letting the contract for the erection of the foundation of the uew couit hou-e. A full bourd was present. The contract was let to I, N Honey for tin-sum of $8,700. Hi former bid was '.i,o.",7. He will coiiiiiieiice getting tlio ma terial together at once. The work must U completed this fall. A separate couti act for moving the old building 12 feet west will be let In a few days. Coiiiiul-si uirs oi' James Allen, sujveryisor district No (JO 00 T B Aiilerson. relief of Mrs ltlackwell, indlgen' soldier's widow . 6 35 T 11 Audersnu, relief .if Mra Han ovan, Juiy 3,1 and 31, (3 95 and K 95 to 00 C A Wiiiteruieier, Justice fees, State vs Harris 8 Sidney Scott, countable fees, State vs Harri- 7 L T Harris, deputy district attor ney fees, State vs Harris 5 Ji'iwe Soveru, witness fees, SUte vs Harris 2 Kirhard D.Mdiiioinl, witness fees, State vs Han is 1 00 30 90 50 James Abrams. witness fees, S ate vs Harris 1 I) P Burton atKC t ( 78 D W Coolidge deputy assessor 05 11 F Kceney " sheriff..... 10 05 00 00 L T Harris deputy district attor ney state vsT J Vaugliau.. 0 50 0 50 00 90 M O Wllklns deputy district at torney state vs T J Vaughan... 0 Win Stewart rebate on taxes Geo Andrews " " N.'J Bryant " " 1 1 15 11 W 8c tt prlntiug 10 Eugeue Electric Light Co lights for July 8 00 E Bangs livery hire July 16 1 50 L Bilyeu attorney I.aue couuty vs Eugei e City 40 00 Will K Scarborough attorney Lane county s Eugene City. ..100 00 Ageut typewriter for sheriff aud clerk'a office 10J 00 A C Woodcock attorney iu case of Lane county vs A H Putter- sou 25 00 E O Potter, stamps 2 00 J O itliliiehart supplies for Jail... 1 05 E M Crolsait stiperlntedent Itc- form School, furo of Win Ham ersly 2 10 J M Stallord deputy slierill 12 50 S II Friendly pauper supplies 12 00 A I) Hylaud road and ferry work 13 25 K Smoole gravel 3 00 J Bruckor " 7 59 Horn Sc Pai ue blasting material 7 70 P Nt wcoiiib road material 5 00 Loughmiller & Peter road tools, etc 17 Cfi Henderson & I. Inn medecine for pauper 60 W C Yorau clerical work for January 1M)7 15 00 Ltickey & McMurray repair on road tools 10 00 I LCampbtll printing 40 90 Dexter items. August 2-5. The excessive heat of tlio past few days has practically exterminated the hop lice, Mrs Cecilia Hunsiker, Carrie Hun suksr and Miss Georgia Parker are picking hops at McMahan's yard on the McKen.lo. Willis Maguire is visiting friends lu upper Lot Valley. A D Hyland will begin picking his hops the 30th of August. Born-Tothe wife of Wm Twllley, a girl, All prospering. The grist mill Is ruuulng day and night to supply the hungry people. J O Uhiuehartand f mlly sojourned at this place last Sunday. Kku. A Mistake. Salem Journal: "The Journal was In error Thursday in Mat ing that Drs Paine aud Williamson, of the Insaue asylum, had accompanied their families to the Nestuca country. The families of the two gentlemen left yesterday but Drs Paine aud Wllllum so n did not go and do not intend to." Admimhthatoii W F Martin has been appointed administrator of the estate of James L Brown, deceased; probable value of estate, (100. lioud, (200; surnieH, E Evenson and J W Kays Makrikii. At Drain, Oregon, Au gust 25, 1S97, by Itev David Wolfe, Mr Urauville W Smith, of Douglas coun ty, aud Miss Myrtle A Doyle, of Lane county. COAL OIL UlsrOTFXLU. Projectors ot V.'oiV N'r.ir Walter U1 Word reaches tn today that coal oil has beeu discovered ou tho David It rooks farm, one-quarter of a mile from Walti'i ville, near the bank of the McKouzle river. The oil rises to the surface of the water. An old prospector from the coa! oil field of Pennsylvania, is con ducting the woik, and is quite ctitlni siustic. Personal. I'sily iluiinl Annul X KihIiiov Scott was in town today. Ki'V J M Diek was in Eugene today. J II l'.eekley of Oakland Is in this city. Charles Templeton, of llalsey, Is in the city. I. (.) I lull ii lias returned from a trip to Sodavillc. John Davles iiimlc Junction City a luiHiics visit today. Mrs J W White Is spending a week or two at Sulaville. W W Martin returned homo 1 1 1 1 -afternoon from a trip down the valley. J W Shumate, the Valterville post master aid merchant, was in the city today Miss Nan iiio Aukeny went to Sulem ou the local train today to visit friends a few days, John Burger and Cns Matlo k left today for the upper McKenzle, where they will tiy their luck llshlng. A F Thayer, a well known citizen of Portland Is in Jail on the charge of embezzlement. Drink led to his downftill. Will Vaugliau thtew a royal flush on Julius Goldsmith's slot machine today. This entitled him to 1(H) ten C3iito gnrs. Alfred Kirkland has relumed from a visit to Victoria uud Vancouver. B C. He says that times are Impioving at those places. Mrs P Blddle and Miss lllrdle Day, who have been visiting relutlves and friends In Eugene retur.ied homo to Albnuy today. W C Yoran and family and D W Cool Id go and family left f . r Newport this morning to ipeud u couplo of weeks. They drive over. Mrs M L I '.row n of Sacramento, Cal, Mrs M Pearson of Klamath falls, and 11 G Newcomb of Crow ford, Neb., are reglsteied at tho Hotel Eugeuo. C K Wolcolt, formerly of Eugene, Is now a reporter on tho Si-aichlight, a populist paper nt Bedding. Cal. His family havo Joined him from Sisson. Ed N White will leave for I'.elkimp Springs Monday, and take his cliunces getting a conveyance from there across the iiiotitalns to his homo at Prinevllle. Mrs Chas Crou r uud tho Misses Croner havo returned frnm a live weeks visit at Belknap Spring". They had a very pleasant trip. Priuovlllu Journal, of Aug 20: Mrs Gray, w ife of our esteemed sherlfl ac com pan led by her three children, Iten- uio and Ivy Booth and Una Stewart, left Monday morning for Eugene. H E Aukeny and son, Frank, came up from Portland on night's train. Mr Ankuny and family will leave In a dnyortwo for Foley Springs win-re they will stay a couple of weeks. Mrs A O Mathews and daughters, Misses Agues and Acgle, returned yes terday afternoon from a thrco weeks outing at I'.elki ap Springs. Mrs Mathews returns much improved iu health. Prof McElroy spent lust ulght in Eugeue, and this forenoon returned to ids fruit farm near Monro. He will have his prunes dried aud has made coutructs for tho drying at one cent per pouud. Mrs McElroy will remain lu Salem for several days yet. Miss Margaret Klnsey, ol Eugeue, and Mr and Mrs John H Krausse, of Salem, arrived In New York City August 21st. They have visited Bos ton, Lynn and Salem, Mass., and will spend a few days in the principal cities of the east befme returning to their Oregon home. Track Walkers. Harrlsburg Re view: The "track walkers" under the new plan inaugurated by the Southern Paclllo company will have a distance of from 20 to 30 miles to cover, over hick they must pass In advance of the nortli and south bound overland trains. Each patrolman is furnished with a ve!ocliede, colored lanterns, etc., to be used in, case of an accident. Slduey Dorrls, formerly of this ofllee, makes the run between Albany and this city, while Richard Krluel Is on the route between this city aud Eu gene. Tcrnkij Over. It will be remem ber that Achesou, the Albany tomb. stone man, recently left the couutry. He hud a Urge stock of goods and It has been turned over to W W Marti", of this city, to dispose of. Iu fact it has already been shipped. He will have au ad Monday rpODLE IPS LICENSE IJI OflEUOM. I: Yr j rioTsiHl for a Single lis; It lUslred Attorney General Idleiuau has been asked ht an olllclal o.iiulon prescrib ing the shortest pe-iod for which ped dlers licenses may lie Issued under the law. The statute provides that a county court may Ismo jeddlers' li cense for not less than (10 nor more than (200 per annum, or at the same rate for a shoitcr period. Iu constru lug the statute tho attorney general Ii dds that one day is tho shortest le gal subdivision .'or time; that there are some exceptions in commercial trans actions in which a fraction of a day is considered, but tills ease conies not un der the exception. Therefore the shortest period for which a iM-ddler's license may be ls.su. d Is held to be on day. liouglit lOO.Olh) Bushels lu a Day. t he Pendleton East Oregon Ian tells ot a wheat buyer 'here purchasing 100,000 bushels of wheat iu oue day. The purchases were not from excep tionally large growers, for that section, either, as tho following partial list will show: A T Pennlck, Ailains, 0000 bushels; V II Ferguson, Adams, 11,000 bushels; I. II U throck, Adams, I3.S0O bushels; Alex McKenzie, Adams, 7.000 bushels; J H Ferguson, Adams, 7,000 bushels; V S McDonald, Adams, 7,000 bushels; N E Despaln, IVi dleton, 3,500 bushels; J 11 llugeii, Pendleton, 4,500 bushels; WT Kigby, Pe.idleton, 7, J00 bushels: John I'.iilir, Fulton, 10,000 l usliels. Lank in LANK.-Corvallls Times: "The sheriff lu Bentou county Is about to b. overtakeu by awful trouble. A man named Coon dowu In Coos coun ty has written him a bold, Intrepid loiter about tux's. Mr Coon says: 'I fin l out you have been collecting tax es off of forty acres of my laud which lies lu La no couuty, and I have the receipts for 115 and 1890 So please re mit the sumo or tult will bo com menced. PS. I have a warrant fioui Laue county. Just what this 'war runt from Lane county' Is, that Coon gravely refers to, nobody kuows, but It is unquestionably something dan gerous. It may seuiu that Coon has made arrangements to habeas corpus Peter or to attack lilm from tho rear with a cliauge of venue, or to ruauda inus him fore aud aft with a puck sad dle. In any event his reputatio j Is no longer worth shucks with tills 'war rant from Lune couuty' iu tho hands of a determined man Ilka Coon, of Coos." Vacated. I u the case of HE Con ger vs H F McCornack, wherein a temporary Injunction was granted a ft w weeks go, prohibiting , the road supervisor from building a certain cul vert, Judge Fullertou, this morning lu tlio clerk's office fllcd.au order'vueutlng said Injunction. Fruit Sold. (J II Jeffries sold two car loads of Bart lett pears from Itose burg In Pittsburg, Pa, yesterday at from (1.45 to (1.65 per box. The first Eugene cur was to have b en sold In l'-ultimore today, and returns from same wi II probably be hero tonight. Wheat was emoted In Portland ves- terday at 80 to 87 cts per bushel, a fall of one cent. In the eat yesterday it lollS ceils. McMlunvllle Reclster: Thresliluu bus resumed since the recent lull aud reiiorU of bin runs are nloutv. As au example the machine of J C Penning ton ou Monday threshed for nine dif ferent men, set thieo times and turned out 2074 bushels. Grants Pats Courier: Sharp Broth era, Morrison and Hosley made a clean up at their Powell creek mine a week or more ago, which was a good one. A run of 54 days for three men with pick and shovel gavethem a snug lit tle sum of (2000 or over. Sam Case, the pioneer hotel mau of Newport, died Wednesday night at his home in that city, of cancer of the stomach, after a lingering Illness. He was one of Oregon's well known pio neers, and bad been identified with Yaquina Bay since Its earliest days. Iu Connecticut, "the land of steady habits," the average pay of a public school h aeher Is (200 a year. Perhaps tlrs accounts for the fact that at the end of the third year of schooling two thirds of her children are unable to write. Miss Cell Baker, or Baker City, who formerly resided In this city, will bo married In the near future, we leurn, to Frank Doolcy, a promiueut dry goods clerk ol that city. She will probably visit friends here before the event occurs. Prince Lulgl Duke of Savoy, and his party of five Indian mountain climbers, arrived in Seattle Thursday -u the city of Topcka, after complet ing the heretofore impossible task of reaching the summit of Mount St Ellas lu Als.ka. Major Ingham and the 10 porters who went with them from Keattlu also returned, as well as the four Alpine guides whom the prince hioiiifl't along.