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s 10 WHBggW Hg!? rjg!?'"""" ""' "" . . . . MILL AT OPP NINE . Tan StamDs Are Now Dropping. I Electricity Being the Sole Br- Energy Used. K . roruf WITTIwr. RTOPFR IN SHAPE FOR MILLING New Plant Is Pronounced One of the Best in Southern Oregon .Region. (SpMiai DtopatcS to Tb. Jooraal.) Ashland. Or., Dec. 15. Ths new 10 tamp mill of ths Opp mine, near Jack sonville, started On its first run this week. The mUl Is run with electric power supplied by the Condor Water ft Power company, at Gold Ry. The plant la regarded by mining men as one of the best In southern Oregon. The I capacity Is about St tons per day with Opp ore. The company has about '600 tons of milling ore on the dump. A crew of to men is employed at the mine. Ore bins are filled In readiness for work. A force Is engaged In opening up the stones and will have them in shape to take out ore in large quantities as soon as the milling plant Is able to handle them. IMPERIAL SHIPS ORE FROM NEW ADIT LEVEL Special Dt.pstrh to The Journal. ) Sumpter. Or., Dec. J5. An unuaually goo l body of or has been opened In the lower drift of the Imperial mine. Cable Cove. The management shipped SO tons of ore the past week, most of which la said to have come from the lower workings. This drift is reported to have attained a length of more than 500 feet, which brlnga it under the ore shoot opened in the told Imperial workings. Aa explored and atoped' on the old level, the shoot had a length of about S00 feet and varied In width from one to three feet, much of the rock between the heavy lining of -gouge being shipping grade. Ore averaging 100 a ton was considered about usual for high-grade stuff In early work, and when the wlnsa was sent down 40 feet below the main adit there was both Increase In slse and values. The new tunnel will explore the . shoot ISO feet deeper, and the early ship ment of high-grade ore Indicates that the ' prophesies that the Imperial would 1m- prove with depth, seem amply connrmrd. The new Intereats comprising Michigan capital have secured the mine at its brightest stage of development. Steady shipment of ore and concentrates la as sured during the entire winter. KAML00PS HAS MANY MINES IN ACTIVE LIST (Special Dispatch to The teams!.) Vancouver, B. C, Dee. 16. Mining is looking up In the vicinity of Kamloops. The Iron Mask mine's new machinery Is running, and the company that is de veloping the bituminous coal deposits of the district Is adding to general pros pert jr. The Jacko lake belt la also at tracting attention and indications are that this part of Kamloops will soon flourish. The AJax and the Monte1 Carlo groups are the most promising properties at Jacko lake. On the Monte Carlo a vein 80 feet In width baa been exposed by, extensive surface work, values running high In copper and gold. On ths AJax. adjoining the Monte Carlo on the west, the vein has been shown to be .to feet wide and considerable oxidized ore has been found. This has been assayed as high aa 28S In gold, silver and copper. RAPID WORK ON THE CRANE FLAT DREDGE Frederick Burbidge of Spokane, who Is associated with A. Burcb in construction of the Crane Flat dredger. Grant county, Oregon, was at the Hotel Portland yea terday. Measra Burch and Burbidge op erate on a close corporation basis, di vulging nothing relative to their plana or results of work. Delivery of the dredger machinery Is about finished, and con struction Is under way. Karly spring will find the plant In commission, unless something unforeseen occurs. The dredger cost approximately 150,000, flut was pur chased by the Spokane men for less, and moved from the location in Idaho. All parts of the plant are said to be in ex cellent condition, and when it Is finished the Crane Flat boat will be one of the best smaller plants in the state. PROSPECTING DRILL STARTS DREDGER TALK (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Waldo, Or., Dec. 15. Colonel T. Wain Morgan Draper, one of the principal stockholders in the Waldo and Monu mental companies, of this district, has shipped In a churn drill, to be used In placer prospecting. The work will be done on one of the tributaries of the upper Illinois, where hydraulic opera tions have been conducted for half a century. The chum drill Is the usual type used for proving dredge ground, which haa caused the district to fore cast another dredger for the camp. There la a large amount of ground that on the surface has every appearance of being good for dredging, and so sit uated that the hydraulic appliances will not reach bed rock. In such work aa that being done by the Deep Gravel company It la proved that heavy boul ders would not interfere materially with dredging. The failure of the first dredger ever brought to the district, which was located at the old China dlg- ' s-ss K C Baking Powder It WIDELY IMITATED What better prJ of its being a good thing? Be tare you get the genuine. 25 Ounces for 26 ctBti THE gings, does not discourage the placer experts who have examined other tracts The deeper bade of alluvium along some of the larger streams, the tributaries to which have proved such rloh placer ground, are deatlned to be the scene of much dredge work in the future. LARGE PROFITS WILL PAY FOR ADDITIONS t Special Dispatch to The 1 oar u. 1.1 Vancouver. B. C. Dec. Is. At an Im portant meeting of the dlrectora of the British Columbia Cupper CO., limned, held recently in New York, the directors authorised the preparation of plans for two additional 400 ton smelter furnaces which will double the capacity of the company. The new furnaces will be modern In every respect and have all the latest improvements. It Is officially stated that the British Columbia Copper Co. has no debt of any description, but has a large balance In the bank, and It Is said further that flie company is earning about 20 per cent on lta capital stock. XV OT1 STATES. Governor Brady of Arizona states in his annual reporf that hla territory will be second In the list of copper pro ducers of this nation in the present year, and In another year will probably rank ahead of all others. If Arlsona were permitted to Include the product of a Caiutnea mine. bonora. Mexico, which la barely across the line, the territory would exceed either Michigan or Montana. There are several new mince in the southwest country, the rapidly increasing product from which promises to bring Arlsona to the very forefront In the Industry within a snort lime. If not in a year. The .smelter of the North American Copper company, at Orand Encampment. Wyoming, has been blown out for the winter, after a run of six months. Last winter the management Installed an 800 horsepower steam plant to work auxll lary to the water power, suit it seems that the water, for milling arid other uses freeses. The production of the smelter for the six months was about 3,000,000 pounds of blister copper. Tf member of the Colorado legislature will introduce a measure at the next session regulating stock companies, so that there will be greater protection to purchasers of mining stock by giving full publicity to stock company opera tlons. Official figures of the output of the Canadla-n Yukon territory for the first 10 months of this year show a yield of 19.210.665. There will be some more gold sent out, but this is regarded as practically the total output for the season. The falling orr rrom naicyon days has been steady, despite predic tions of a larger output for the pres ent year. rOBTLAHDEB OFEB1TXS PLACIB. From elevator boy and hotel porter to mine operator la the step that haa been made by James Jensen, formerly of the Imperial and the Perkins hotels, of this city. Mr. Jensen has purchased a giant snd with his partner Is preparing to wash gravel on Canyon creek, of the Cow creek district. Douglss county. The magnitude of hla holdings there is not indicated, but the enterprising young Port In nder Is understood to . have ac quired a good piece of ground. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Spokane, Wash , Dec. 16. A shaft Is being sunk on the Last Chance property of the Okanogan district, which is owned by Jonathan Bourne of Portland.. The Last chance la altuated near the former village of Ruby, and the preliminary work now under wsy indicates the own er's purpose of continuing development In the property that has promise of be ing a good producer of the white metal. I Special Dlapatch to The Journal.) Granite. Or.. Dee. 16. Development st the Blue Bird la being pushed with en ergy. Since the stamps and roll plant have been put In commission, with a cy anide plant to handle tailings, the man agement haa Increased the force In the main tunnel, which Is being driven to open the large Sullivan vein that crops on the hillside several hundred feet above the mllletta. BAUIZT COSTS SaTOBMOUS. The total coats In the Balllet trials at Das Moines, Iowa, were approxi mately 6100,000, which Judge McPber son taxed to the defendant, but he will not have to serve time to pay the same. If he should ever make anything the court said that hla property would be subject to payment of this amount. The San Frsnclsco Call Is making a novel gift to lta subscribers. Some time ago It arranged with the largest rose growers to plant to different varie ties of roses. These have flourished, and now the Call, with each new or renewal of a six months' subscription, sends free of charge six plants of any of the following varieties: Mile. C. Ber thod, yellow; Bride, white; Bridesmaid, pink; Hunan Cochet. pink; Cornelia Cook, white; Btolle de Lyon, yellow; Catherine Mermet. soft pink; Clothllde Soupert, pink, deep, center; Helen Gould, red; Mile. F. Kroger, fawn and creamy pink; Mrs, R. B. Cant, crimson-scarlet; President Carnot, blush rose; Aurora, silver pink; Meteor, crimson; Marie Von Houtte. cream blush tints; Ivory, snowy white; Golden Gate, white, pink border; Mile. Lambard. salmon pink; Kmpress Eugenie, sliver pink; Elsie ' Hey man. salmon pink. HOSE COMPANY VICTIM OF FALSE FIRE ALARM Drenched to the akin by their drive In the rain seven blocks to a supposed fire and back to the station, the members of hose compsny No. 6 were sngry men this morning. Fire headquarters on Fourth street waa called up by a man who excitedly declared that a building was on fire at East Fourteenth and Best Sherman streets. Hose company No. 8 hurried to the scene. At Blast Twelfth and Sherman streets a halt had to be called, aa It was found that ths street had not been cut through. An Investigation showed no Are snd nothing that would have warranted any person In believing a building waa burn ing. The men returned to the fire sta tion at East Seventh and East Harrison streets, and had to change their clothing at once in order to avoid catching' colds, the horses had to be rubbed down, and the apparatus wiped clean of mud. It was an hour later before the tired and angry men were able to rest. Engine 8 waa called out last night by a chimney burning out at ths home of C. U Brlner, 242 Monroe Street There Is sn Insurance of 61,000 on the house. The damage amounted to only a few dollars. Another chimney burned out st Wood lawn, the alarm being answered by chem ical 4. No damage resulted. Jsckrahhlts. ones vary numerous thereabouts, have vanished from the vicinity of Dufur. OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY HOWLING STORM MENACES SHIPS Mariners Say It Was the Worst Inland Gale They Had Every Experienced. NO STEAMERS DARED TRY THE TRIP FROM ASTORIA Vessels Reported Off Coos Bay Waiting an Opportunity to Cross the Bar. One ' of the fiercest wind and rain storms of the season raged last nlgbt along the waterfront, and had any of the ships been anchored In the stream tfiey would undoubtedly have drifted ashore. Hktppers say It waa one of the wildest nights they had ever seen. For a time the rain descended in a steady stream. The hardest rainfall was for an hour ending at 8:10 last even ing, during which the precipitation was .48 of an Inch. It is believed the rain fall was heavier up the Willamette. Driftwood came down the river all morning, and so much of It accumulated around the piers of the Morrison-street bridge and blocked the weat passage wsy of the draw that a couple of steamers were kept busy a good part of the day removing the debris. In the accumula tion there are many logs which bad evi dently broken away from their moorings at some nawmlll. These will be held foi the owner. The storm was much worse down th Columbia river. The steamer Undine was forced to remain nt her dock In As' no la last evening. At 10 o'clock thlJ morning the steamer was still lying a' Astoria. She will leave up aome time today, and the Mascot will go down u meet her. Off the mouth of the Columbia tb' Wind was blowing at the rate of (4 mil" an hour, und storm warnings were up all along the coast. This morning the velocity or the blow Is only 36 miles an hour, but the warn ings are still up on San Juan de Fuca strait Officers of the steam schooler Au- rella say that when they were coming up the coast yesterday there were three unknown vessels hovering orr coos nay waiting for a cessation of the storm to cross the bar. It Is believed that a number of steam ers are on the inside or i oos Day, un able to leave on account of the severity of the storm. The Alliance and F. A. Kllbnrn. which sailed almost a week ago from Portland, are supposed to be there bar-bound. The Alliance was at Marshfleld a couple of days ago, but no word has been received from her since then. There haa been no report or the Kllburn's sailing. The Aurella passed the Columbia river bar just In advance of the heaviest of the ntorm yesterday afternoon, and reached Portland late last night. Short ly after docking in the city by the sea the first officer says that one of the worat Inland gales he ever experienced began to rage. The vessel brought a full cargo of general merchandise and a lot of passengers from San Francisco. Among her freight is a large shipment of phonographs. FROM RIVER'S BOTTOM. Some Queer Things Brought from Dark, Fathomed Oaves of ths Columbia. Strange things are picked from the bottom ofthe Columbia river by the gov ernment dredge W. S. Ladd. While working at Pillar Rock yesterday after noon a strip of iron weighing is pounos was gathered up. carried through the pumps and suction pipe for a distance of several hundred feet and hurled upon the bank of the stream, the machinery of the dredge sustaining no damage by the operation. The Iron la two feet In length, three Inches wide and three fourths of an inch thick. It Is supposed to have been lost from the hull of a ship, and United States engineers Intend to keep the relic The other day an old fashioned monkey wrench was found In the material which the dredge had taken from the river bed Judging by Its make It Is supposed to have been In use about 50 years ago. Small strips of platea from sailing vessels sre frequently brought np snd conducted sshore through the suction pipe. Not long ago a particularly heavy piece of Iron got in the pump and broke one of the wing plates or the rotary Those operating the dredge are keeping a close lookout on all the curloa brought to light from the depths of ths Columbia, expecting to find among them some day a few reminders of the Lewis and Clark expedition. PORT TAXES FIXED. Commission Determines Ass Lets Contract sod Will Dredge Klver. Port of Portland tax levies were fixed at tha following rates at a special meet ing of the commission yesterday after noon: 1.6 miles on all aasessable property In the confines of the port, the pro ceeds to be placed In the general fund; 0.8 of a mill to be applied to the refund ing bonds and 0.4 of a mill to pay In terest on the outstanding dry dock bonds. The drydock plant Is not subject to taxation. The Willamette Boiler works, whose bid wsa 81.600, wss awarded the con tract of building a boiler for the steamer Mary." said the Mis tress. "In fat are always order Golden Oat Coffee." rtoihl.J gwee wM GOLDEN OATS COrreE bat sattsfaetlaa. Na prts.s M ceaaaas aa erackery. I aaa 8 Ik. eraaaa.itgkt Has. Nevee said la hula. J. A. Foltfer EL Co. Cetahllatsarf half a CsHurjr 8r Francisco Bargain Store Open Every Evening From Now Until Xmas. The time is limited FORTY CENTS ON THE DOLLAR MUST BE SOLD DURING THE NEXT EIGHT DAYS There's been a mighty scramble for bargainst since we started this sale. Such extraordinary fine goods and such tremendously low prices never before greeted Holiday Day Shoppers in the history of merchandising in the northwest. THE HUB IS PORTLAND'S ECONOMY CENTER. Friday's Bargain Story reads like this: $3.00 Suit Cases. Bar- in Friday price, $100 a 50c Neckwear, a big va riety of patterns. Bar gain Friday price, lie h Wenona. If the firm can remove the old boiler and place the next one in po sition It will receive 150 for the work. Bids for repairing the hull of the vessel will be opened next Monday. The dredge Portland will clean, out the channel leading through the 'east draw of the Morrison street bridge- Cap taln Oroves, superintendent of the dredges, will arrange for the work. MAYE RATE WAR. Lsom May Oorer Kaaun monte sad Make Three Trips a week. While the Leona will not meet the rut In the passenger rate which went Into effect on the Kamm line yesterday, a fight may be begun In some other man ner. At present they are making the round 4rlp dally, only calling at La Center, Wash.. - while the Ksmm boat stops at various points on the Lewis river. According to one of the owners of the opposition boat, they may make only three round trips a week and call at all the towns visited by the Kamm steamer. It la contended that this plan will nave more etfect than to cut the rates. ALONG THE WATERFRONT. Steamer Olenola went to Oregon City this morning with a barge of oil. On the return trtp she will do some work at the Clackamas rapids. Schooner Eldorado, which reached the mouth of the river this morning from China, Is In command of Captain Smith, well known at this port. The vessel will probably return to the orient with a cargo of lumber. Olrvln ft Eyre have chartered the German ship Arthur Fltger to load s general cargo at Hamburg for Portland. The German ship Anna began receiv ing lumber at the Inman-Poulsen mill yesterday for Taku. China. MARINE NOTES. Astoria. Dec. IS. Arrived at 7:30 and left op at 46 a. in., steamer Colombia. from San Francisco. Arrived dowa at 10:30 a. m. schooner Annie Larsen. San Francisco. Dec. 14. Sailed, schooners Irene snd Luton, for Portland. Astoria. Dec. 14. Arrived, at 12 noon. schooner Eldorado, from Tslntsu. Astoria, Dec. It. Condition of the bar St I a. m.. rough; wind, northwest; westher, cloudy. lirooB cosnPAsnr vat costs. The steamer Surah Dixon, which wsa dsmaged yesterday by tha schooner Annie Larsen at ths Washington street EVENING, DECEMBER It. THElKiUB COR 3RD 6 and the vast stocks of the Sterling; Clo thing Co. Holiday Goods A Friday Flyer In the Suit Depart lent $5.00 I the Bargain Friday price on 100 of the Sterling's best quality all wool, extra well finished Suits and Overcoats, cut and finished in the most approved fashion. These fine suits were sold by the Sterling Clothing Co. at $10 and $12. On sale for One Day Only. Bargain-Friday, at $5.00 Come early and avoid the Overcoat to each customer from this sale. 15c Black, and Tan Socks. Bargain Friday price, per pair, 300 Sample Hats, in all the desirable shapes and styles, regular $2.00 value. Bargain Friday the price is 50c 6c 50c Uncle Sam Suspen ders. Bargain Friday price, 19 c dock, will be taken out on the ways' of the Portland shipyards for repairs to morrow. The Pacific Construction com pany will pay all costs of putting the vessel In good condition. It assumes sit responsibility for taking vessels through the draw of the Morrison street bridge until that structure Is completed. The estimated coat of fixing up the Dixon Is placed at $1,000. ELLikT? Shippers doubt that the British steam ship Ellamy Is en route to Portland. A cablegram stated that she sailed from Manila for the Columbia river on Oc tober 28; It requires only sbout 14 dsys to make the trip. If she started for Portland she must have met with an acrldent, or received orders to proceed elsewhere. She has not been chartered here, and her reported sailing for here Is thought to have been a mistake. The Roseburg Plalndesler has a grudge againat The Journal, but HS last Issue contained 26 articles or Items taken from The Journal without credit 4k 5 Wa- 15-2.0-M-3O-3S Oil HW 1901 -Friday BtJJfteSlDE STS rush. Only one Suit or all dealers are barred $1.00 Rubbers. Bargain Friday price, 55c $2.50, $2.00, $1.50 Shoes Bargain Friday price, $ 1 .00 BIDS OPENED FOR A NEW BATTLESHIP New Hampshire Is Designed to Surpass All Others in the United States Navy. IS TO BE CAPABLE OF EICHTEEN-KNOT SPEED Government Is to Funrish All the Armor and the Ordnance and Ordnance Outfit. (Jneraal Special Sorrier.) Washington. D. C, Dec. 16. At the navy department bids were opened at noon today for the construction of the New Hampshire, .the great new battle ship whleh Is designed to surpass all others in the United States navy. Bids have been received from aeveral of the largest shipbuilding companies on the Atlsntlc and Pacific coasts snd careful consideration will be necessary before the contract Is awarded. Ths cost of the vessel Is not to exceed 14.400,000. The New Hampshire Is to be built, fitted and equipped complete for the sea by the contractor, with the exception that the armor, ordnance, ordnance out fit and sea stores will be furnished by the government, but the contractor Is to fit and make secure all armor, ord naass and ordnance outfit If the apeed on ths four-hour speed trlsl falls below 18 knots and exoeeds 17tt knots sn hour. the vessel will be ac cepted so far ss speed Is concerned, but at a reduced price, ths reduction being at tho rate of .AO.00O a quarter knot deficiency of speed from 18 to 174 knots, snd st the rate of 1100,000 a quarter knot deficiency of speed from 17 to 17H. Ths New Hampshire's main battery will consist of four I2-tnch breechload Ing line.' eight 8-Inch breschloadlng rifles. 12 7-Inch breechloadlng rifles and four submerged torpedo tubes. Her sec ondary battery will consist of 20 2-lnch H pounder rapid-fire guns. 12 3 pounder aemt-automatic guns, four i -pounder semi-automatic guns, two 2-Inch ..eld pieces, two machine guns having a cali bre of .80, and two automatic guns also hsvlng a calibre of .20. The hull of ths boat Is to be pro le, ted at tho wstsr line by a complete Store Open Every Evening From Now Until Xmas. bought by us at A Sensation in the Pants Section The Sterling regular $2,00 fine, durable Worsted Pant. You'll never be able to match this bar gain the longest day you live. Bargain Friday the price will be 98c $2.00-$2.50 Sejf Opening Um brellas. Bargain Friday Price, 76c Silk Initial Handkerchiefs. Bargain Friday price, $2.00 and $3.00 Alf Wool Odd Vests. Bargain Friday Price, $1.00 and $1.25 Neg ligee Shirts. Bargain Friday price, 49c $1.50 extra fine Jersey Ribbed All Wool Un derwear. Bargain Fri day price, I 75c belt of armor, nine feat three lncnes wide, having a uniform thickness of nine Inches amidships, gradually decreased to four Inches at the stem and stern. The boat's conning tower wtU be nine Inches thick, door six Inches thick snd ths signal tower for Inches thick. Thero will be a complete protected deck, ex tending from stem to stern, the deck being flat amidships, but sloped st the sides throughout and sloped st each end. The engines will be of ths vertical twin screw four-cylinder, triple expan sion type, of a combined Indicated horse power of 1(1.600, snd arranged for out board turning propellora when going ahead. There will be IS water tube boilers, placed In six water tight com partments. Free Candy. People of sn economical mind who went a dollar to go a long way toward purchasing a Christmas present for father, mother, sister, brother, husband, wife, cousin or the loved one, could not do better Justice to their pocketbook than selecting a nice pair of shoes or sllppsrs. It's a gift the recipient will enjoy ths comforts of and greatly ap preciate. Down at Baron's Shoe Store 130 and 2.12 Morrison street, near Sec ond, one can find a great assortment of fine shoes and slippers. They have a beautiful line of felt Juliets In all the newest shades, and trimmed up neat with leather, braid or fur. For men they have a select line' of slippers In the black and tan shsdss. When It comes to the shoe line Baron's Is slways up to the times In style, wear, snd all goods are priced down to the lowest notch. From now until Christmas they will give to each customer purchasing a pair of shoes pound box of choice French mlxsd csndy free of charge. This will be a real treat for every purchaser who gets shoea at his store In the next few dsys. A free electrical panorama it ths corner of Third and Alder streets, from 0 s. m. to p. m. Worthless Soli Transformed Into Rich Bearln&Ground t Drain your land with a system of tils, and doubls It In vslue. We ran furnish you with rods of sewer pipe at mile prices. If In terested send for descriptive mat tsr snd pries list. 1 DIAMOND BRICK CO. I Ofloe 1S1 BussellSt., Fortlaad, Or. f Yard Foot aakeny St.