The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 25, 1906, Image 2

The Oregon daily journal., December 25, 1906, Page 2, Image 2

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1906)

Prev Page of 14 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (4.0 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 14 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3. HC3. ripuuiifltop JAPANESE-PAPER OFFICE IS L1ILLI00 FOH USE a li i nr.? crrz'sni GUTTED BY'DISASTROUS.TIRE LIKE A f, OF THE CITY Clrl Sweetheart and Two Wives 'V to Credit of Mysterious r Deraylan.' ; jL-JDENTiTY ESTABUSHE V ; . : BY HER TWO SPOUSES 3rok With Her Family by Reason of Dabbling- Dangerously In Revo- : lution Her Early Romance . With .Russian Sweetheart Recorded. ' ' J (Joerael Special gervlet.) ' . .' Chlcaco, Dm. 35. Tha three day' ' wonder growing cut of the discovery y that Nlcollel Deraylan. for yeare clerk . to Baron Schllppenbach. Russian consul In Chicago, was a woman, the discovery being mad after her death at Phoenix, Arlaona, ta now solved by the admla- sions of the two women with whom ehe lived aa "husband." , i ' The motive for Deraylan'a masquer ade, which had been kept up for II yeara, la mixed. Fart of It dated bach to her early affair with a airl In aouth. am Ruaala at the ftrat period of her aa ' somlng "manhood," and part of the ex '.. planatlon la found . In her connection ; with . revolutionary "bunds" , In thle country and Russia. Mrs. Eugenie Bur chulis, Deraylan's llrst "wife." and Mrs, Anne Deraylan. both unbosomed thein V aelvea In explaining- the mystery. There was po treat secret relative to her "af. fair" with a nobleman In Russia. The ; woman Deraylan was of the common ' " classes of the southern part - of the Slav empire. The 11-year-old boy who hss brn reported as being; the real child of the Deraylan woman ta ta re ality, aa Mrs. Anne Deraylaa has stated, ' her own child. The lad la the son of 'Joseph Armstrong, her former hus : band, and the register of his birth Is In '. the city tialL Armstrong haa appeared 'and admitted his fatherhood. The re port of the kidnaping of the boy ta a Action, according to Mrs. Deraylan. . The Idea of posing; as a man grew " gradually with . the Deraylan girt -' Trouble With her parents over revolu tionary secrets drove her from her horns 'in Ellsabetgrad when II years old. She , went to the town of Karaenyet and there. ' ' posing aa a man aha won the love 'of a young girl. Jenya Vassllovitch. Throughout her Ufa In America aa a , . man thla romance clung to her. There was a diary, which Mrs. Burchulla haa revealed, telling aU the details of thla ' ad romance. . In New fork, feeling- secure of her deception, aha married her first "wife," and from there the atory proceeda to Chicago. In Chicago aha married; a ,.' chorus girl. De-Brian's connection with the revo ;. lutlonary party In Ruaala was shown -'- by her presence at a meeting of a west .side "bund." her secret conferences with fellow countrymen and numerous dlapatchea aha sent to Ruaala. - . .. WM OF GOlDntlD ill : C0.1TWUE STRIKE Workers Insist on Five Dollars a Week More Pay and Owners May Meet Demands. , ' (Joaraal SeeHel Barytas.) f T' Ooldfleld, Nev.. Dec. It. A meeting ' was held here last evening by the In ' duetrtal Workers of the World at Miners' . Union hall to elect new officers. Fol lowing- this was a special meeting of - the Minors' uiilon, at which many new members wero Initiated. Nothing of ' great Importance took place at either meeting. jL,The strike still continues. "The min ers era silent In regard to all qusstions asked. It la expected, however, that the atrlka will soon be over. The tnln- .are Insist on II a day and tha mine , owners are willing to meet their do mends. ' - FOSTER BOUND OVER ON ASSAULT CHARGE Sperlel Dl-iwtch te Tke Joerail.) Salem. Or., Doc. II. Tho preliminary examination of Harry Foster in Jus 'tlce Webster's ' court - last evenlnr re . suited In hla being bound over to the district court to answer the charga of rnminai assault -on tne s-year-old step--daughter of Thomas Long. His ball was fixed at 1250. which he failed te rive and was returned to Jail. Foster -Is a woodr hopper and lived in a cabin near Pratum. In this county, on the same plarejon which Lone: resides. The examination waa held . behind closed . doora. LEGISLATURE OF BRITISH--: COLUMBIA DISSOLVED nrU ruapetch te The Jesraal.t Vsncouver. B. C, Dec. II. The pro ' vlnclal Itaislatura has been dlseelved. A proclamation haa been Issued to the of- feet that elections wllL be held February XL The house will meet In March. :'r- 15c Scenic Photo Calendars; ' Fine original photographs, choicest Oregon views, a dainty rslendar and the - most' appropriate, holiday aouvenir; other sixes, iSo an 1 16c. Klser Photo Co.. Udlts lobby. Imperial hotel. .. " Too Busy to . V, To One Portland's Best Shoe Store Merry Rosenthal - Tea-thousand Paclflo coast Japanese. subscribers and readers of the Oregon Shlmpo (News), who have been anxious ly welting the special New Year's edi tion of the weekly' paper, wnicn to contain accounts and Illustration of thelrfatherland and other topics of par ticular Interest to them, will be doomed to disappointment. The trne. the presses, tne 10 pages al ready, printed of the special SO-page edl- uta . anaotner. snu rt a Jumble of chaoa. The suu.ugo mat- vldusl pieces of typo, arranged in per pendicular cases extending for 40 feet along the walls, from which the curious Japanese newspaper characters are formed, are a jumbled. masa of water soaked lead. The special edition will not come off next Saturday. It will take" much longer than that to get the quaint and Innumerable lead characters rearranged into the hunareas or oozes which held them before the lire ana wster at Uncle Sam'a hotel thla morning caused such damage to the printing establishment. . K. Aaal, the editor or tne onimpo. wss at hla desk this morning, prepar ing copy for the New year's edition EN0RIL10US PROFITS HADE BY KANSAS BAMS Can Put Aside Ten Per Cent Un divided Profit for Surplus and Pay Big Dividend. Ieoraal RrwrUl Servtre.1 ' pT'opeka,. Kan.. Dec. 21. If the etate banka ol Kansas want to cut a nice Chrlatmaa melon for their atockhold era, they hare tha opportunity to do so now, according- to tha report or tno banks on November It. given out. by John Q. . Royce, state bank com missioner. Under the law atate banks are re quired to put 10 per cent of their un divided profits into a surplus fund, and after thla haa been dona banka may de clare dividend of more than II per cant on their capital atock. Thla la tha average dividend that could be de clared by IIS banka. Theao banka have an aggregated capital atock or $1US7Z,- 100. Their undivided profit are f 3.500, 141. Total deposits In the etate and na tional banka of tha atate are $138,715. 010. Thla la a decrease of deposits from tha September atatement of 11,470,111. Individual deposits In tho state banka are 111.117,711. and In the 111 national banka deposits are 117,771,711. . PEPPER'S HIDOW ILL AT HOTEL HE DIED AT Autopsy to Be Performed Upon Body of Distiller on Account of an Error. . ' IJavnl aeariel Bcrrlee.! 1 New Trk, Deo. IS. James E. Pep per, of Lexington. Kentucky, tho well known dlsUUer, died at the Waldorf Astorla yeetaiday aftfnoon. Hta wife la In a serious condition In tha same hotel, Buffering- from bronchial pneu monia. ..... ' ' . Because of an oversight In tha draw ing of the death certificate. Coroner Hamburger was sent to the hotel by the board of health to investigate Pepper'a death. It la likely an autopay will be performed merely aa a matter of form. Tho death certificate, filed soon aftsr Pspper died, gave the causes of death aa kidney, lung and heart troubles and a fractured lew. Tha health board re jected the certificate because It failed to give details of the fracture. Dr. Gibbons eald Pepper had broken hla leg Thursday afternoon. He waa on his way to the hotel after a bualness visit to Wall street, when ha slipped and fell, striking partly on the curb. Pepper, It Is said, suffared for some time from lung-, heart and kidney trou ble, and hla Injured leg proved so ag gravating to all of them that he auc cumbod. FAIR SKIES IN CHICAGO ' NO TOM AND JERRY (Jeoraal Special servtee.) Chicago, Dec. 16. This city celebrat ed Christmas beneath bright skies. The sun shone and the lake breeso was tem pered to the "shorn lamb." Chicago and Christmas and no Tom and Jerry, that Is the situation faced by thirsty ones today. The proprletora of the leading hotela aald: "With eggs at II centa we cannot make a profit from Tom and Jerry.". CHRISTMAS PACKAGES ' DESTROYED BY FLAMES ' (Jeursal Sped! Servtee.) William eon. Va., Dec 16. Fire this morning destroyed the postofflca build ing and Odd Fellows' hall. Tha loss Is 1100,000. All Christmas packages for the morning delivery wera destroyed. LEITER'SAUTO RUNS OVER AND KILLS NEGRO BOY . (Joaraal Special Sorties.) . Chicago. Dec 16. Joseph Letter's au tomobile this morning- killed. Samuel West, aged l4 years, a negro. The chauftuer waa arrested. . Letter waa rid ing In tha machine at tha time. Writs an Ad. and All 149 Third Street Xmas fwfaen-the fire on the cond floor, recti y above the printing office, was discovered. He at once notified ft. Pan, the owner of the paper, and together they-worked hard during the progreas of the flames In the-hotel to aavo their office, the thousands of sheets already printed of the special number, and their printing material. Tha amoka and flames, however,- prevented them from saving but little of the contents of the office, ana tha latter waa flooded wun water. A foot of water, covering; typo, furniture and other-material, stood on the floor thla morning, and tha presses and type cases . wero covered with charred embers and plecea of glass. The pagea of tha special number already printed were completely ruined. ' 'ater still dripped 'from the celling at noon today, and little streams .trickled down the channels between tha typo cases. carrying now and then one of the char aetera to Join tho hopeless muddle on The floor. Tha contents of the place wera fully insured, but the proprietor will suffer a heavy loss through hla Inability to isaua tne special number, over which much time and money haa been spent FRIENDSHIP FOR AMERICA BRITAIN'S SOLE DESIRE Bryc't First Act to B Reaf firmation of Edward's Good -Intentions to Us. (Journal Special Berytre.) London, Deo. IB. James Bryce's first act on assuming hla dutlea aa British ambassador -at Washington will be to reaffirm in most unequivocal language tha purpose of King Edward's govern ment to make good relations with America tha cornerstone of England's foreign policy. Tha new ambassador does not Intend to encourage tha no tion that ha will consent to Canadian or other colonial sacrifices to unjust American demands, but neither will he try any emplre-bulldlng based on con cessions to Ill-founded colonial clamor. Bryeo will dissipate tha fallacy that tho Anglo-Japanese alliance Involves a menace to Anglo-American friendship. Ha will point out that thla alllanoa re- kfers to 'a particular part of tha .world and a special group of Interests, where aa the ?unwrltteh pact" between Eng land and America relates to tha whole world and to tho whole body of ques tloaa affecting- the common Interests of humanity. ACCUSES HEARSTREPORTERS OF STEAIIHB LETTERS Colonel Kowalksy Asserts That King Leopold's Missives Were Clandestinely Taken. ' (Joarotl Specie! Service.) Mew York. Doc 25. The district at torney's office has begun an Investiga tion of the ehargea made by H. X.. Kow alskr,wtao aaya he la attorney for Xing Leopold, of Belgium, in this city, thnt copies of certain letters which had been sent to King Leopld had been stolen. Kowalsky saw copies of the letters printed in the New Tork American. As sistant District Attorney Miner sent for men employed by the American, but they . did not respond. Clarence J. 8 hear n, who represents ""William R. Hearst, told Miner that no InformaJou would be given by the American as to where the letters came from, but as sured Miner that they had not been stolen. , The letters had been used aa part of a charge that ther waa a lobby at Washington to prevent this government from Inquiring- Into tho Congo cruelties. ESTACADA GRANGE FOR THE OPEN RIVER (Special Dlepetck te The JoeraaL) Estacada. . Or, Deo. . It. Garfield grange No. 117 at Ita last meeting adopted the following resolution unani mously: "Whereas. The toll charged at tha Oregon City locks la taken from the profits of the producer, whether ahlpped by rail or water, because It lessens the competition between rail and water transportation, and tha - toll, when freight la ahlpped by water 1a directly asessabla to tha producer; be It "Resolved, by Garfield grange No. SIT, That we petition the congress of ths United States to build locks at Ore gon City and operate them' for tha bene fit of the people." Tha following orflcers wera elected for the ensuing year: W. H. Holder, master; Ta J. Palmateer, overseer; F. M. Gill, lecturer; Ralph Lemon, steward; Mrs. Delia Davis, chaplain; J. E. Hone bon. gatekeeper: Mrs. Nora Looney, treasurer; Floyd B. Holder, secretary; Oliver Wagner. Ceres; Rachel Davis, Pomona. Grace Davis, Flora; Mrs. Ida Palmateer, lady steward. . GOSPEL OF SPRAYING TO BE PREACHED FIRST (Special tHipetcfe te Tke Joaraal.) Salem, Or., Dec 2t. E. C, Armstrong, fruit Inspector for Marlon county, Is holding a aeriea of publlo meetlnas throughout tho county to Impress -en tne farmers and fruitgrowers ths ne cessity of winter spraying of fruit trees. A meeting has been called for Hubbard Thursday and at Aurora Friday. The meeting at Aurora will bo a lolnt moat ing of Marion and Clackamaa county fruitgrowers. . At these meetings nothing also will be discussed but tha Importance . lot spraying and tha boat methods of doing mis. Meetings in tne interest of other parts of the Industry will bo held later In the year. Mr. Armstrong considers that spraying trees Is of first -importance to the fruitgrowers of the county. Maao Contest a Saytoa Closed. ' - (Special DUpitca to The Jeers!.) Dayton, Or., Dec. IS. The Optimist piano contest, which -was running for fire months, is closed. It was a close contest, the friends of the three leading- young ladles working hard for their favorites. The vote stood: Minnie Mc Donald, 141.1(5; Vivian Miller, 3I,I7J; Elraa Parish. 1,055. ' Seller Skates for Salem ToVL Salem, Or., Dec. 25. The new Audi torium' roller-skating rink waa formally opened last night and an Immense crowd attended.' Tho skating fad, pretty well played ont In other-eltles, promisee to Mt i v v av a j . a i. I A Cream of Tartar Powder, , free from alum or photr -phatle aold - ascosuDsmum AGED MAN-LOSES LIFE (Continued trom Pag One.). an overturned kerosene lamp ta a room on- tha second floor, adjoining ths-alr ventilator, which runa through tha entire-building and la a wide shaft from tha basement to tha 'roof. - Tha air shaft furnished an excellent draft for tho flames, which wera aucked into the opening and spread with great rapidity throughout the aecona and third floors. - - Stalrwaya Are SUooked. Even before the Sleeping occupants of the rooms were . . aroused, the . dense smoke end flames had completely blocked "the Stalrwaya, and escape be came possible only through the win dows and down the ladders. Out of tha T rooms In tho hotel building, the In mates streamed - forth through the blinding amoka to the windows, and as faat aa they could get their feet to tha rungs they wero .porno In safety to the ground. ' Both firemen and policemen worked like beavers In the llfe-aavlng work; At tha beginning, a few of the persons on the second floor were awakened by po licemen pounding- on their doora, and these were hustled down tha ataira. Aa the flames spread, however, rescue work waa confined tp the ladders, and these were managed In an excellent manner by the men In charge. Sam Wafler, proprietor of both the saloon and hotel. was among; the first to bo taken down a ladder from tho third floor. After him came two women who had -occupied rooms close to his. Practically all that waa aaved by tha persons caught In tha trap was the clothing which was hastily thrown about them when aroused and what little they could carry in their hands. Thla morning tho rooms are piled knee deep with clothing and be longings, most of which were dragged from trunks and closets In an effort to take It to eafety. Most - of . this Is burned. Firemen stated this morning that the flro was a moat stubborn one and that it gave forth denser clouds of smoke than any other with which they have had to contend thla winter. Special po liceman Jack Hoare waa tha first to discover tha flames. He turned la an alarm from Sixth and Salmon and then rushed back. . to the burning building-, where he aroused many of the Inmates whoae lives ware In danger, and for two hours afterward helped In the work of extinguishing- tha flro. Owing to tho fact that tha flame started near the eenter of the building-, away from any door or entrance, the firemen found the blase difficult to lo cats. The flames were faat getting be yond the control of chemical and Jioso No. 1. although the latter had two streams playing oa the building, when engine and truck 1 arrived. A few mlnutea later, anginea No. I and No. 4 and truck arrived and 10 streams Of water - were aoon crowding- down the flames. The alarm waa turned In at 1:44 thle morning and was under con trol In about three hours. Uncle Sam'a hotel, which la owned by Sam Wafler, le a three-story frame building at Fifth and Couch streets. Jt was built about a dosen years ago and used for aomo time by C J. Cook A Co. as a livery stable. - Afterwards the building; was remodeled and converted Into a rooming-house. A restaurant owned by Frank W. Lambert, and a sa loon under the same management aa tho hotel, occupy the front apartments on the ground floor. Both those ' ware damaged to aomo extent. The celling were burned by the flames abovo and considerable loss came from tha deluge of water. In tho rear part of the build ing, facing on Conch street, la an em ployment office and a Japaneae print ing office In which le Issued .tho Oregon Shlmpo, a weekly pspsr with a circula tion, of some- ie.000 copies among the Japanese of the Paclflo coast The loes here waa heavy, owing to ths damage to the type, and tho contents of the em ployment office were completely ruined. The total lose win root up close to $5,000, although Sam Wafler, the pro prietor, haa not aa yet had time to es timate the amount of damsgo donej He carried an Insurance of $5,100 on the hotel and saloon, and the restaur ant waa Insured for f (00. Caspar Met aener, who conducts a tailor shop in the building, will lose several hundred dollars as a result of the fire. Thoeo -of his suits" and clothes that wars not- burned were mined by tha water and ashes. . Ho had ' no Inauranoe on hla atock 1 - Fully loo persons wsr driven from their homes on account of tho fire, and these, with what few clothes can be" gathered together from their friends and the burned remnants in their rooms, will bo all to furnish them com fort on thla year's Christmae. Many of them who stood around thla morn ing shivering In their scant attlra wera at their wits end to know where ta go and how to get a Chrlatmaa dinner. CHRISTMAS DAY. IN EASTERN OREGON ((pedal Dlipetcb e The JosneM Pendleton, Or.. Dec. II. Christmas Is being duly observed In eastern Ore iron, it la raining at Pendleton and throughout the mountains. The churches are holding exercises and the poor are being cared for. At Athena thera are no publlo festivities, on account of diphtheria and scarlet fever, . wrw Cure tot HpUepsy. , 3. B. Waterman of Watertown. O, Rural free delivery, writes: ' "My daugh ter, amioted for years witn. epilepsy, was cured by Dr. King's Nsw Life Pills. She has not had an attack for over two yirs." . Beet body cleansere and life Swing tonto pills on earth. 35o at Red ross Pharmacy drug store. Such Is Amount That .the Pro posed Tax Levy Will ..... .. - - - . Bring. . :r v COUNCIL EXPECTED TO ADOPT THIS SCALE Hundreds of Places Where City Must Spend Money During- the Coming Year Marty Expensive Improv ments Must Be Mad. Over 11,000.000 will ba turned over to tha ofllclala of Portland with which to run tha city next year If tho raeommen dation . of tho levy of .f mills - is adopted by tha council. The ways and means committee of the council late yeaterday afternoon decided to recommend that tho levy on city property be f.T mills. On tha valuation of property thla year thia levy will raise l4ti.06O. To this must ba added ltd, 000 whtoh will ba raised from license feea and other sources, and which goes Into the general fuAM. The bulk of the money will be divided among the de partments for which speclflo levlaa must oa made py tha oharter. Tha recom mendation will probably bo adonted. . x ax pay ere wiu doubtlaaa d rotes t. but tha councilman can ahow what la de manded next year; aa Increase la tha salaries or tho firemen and nollcamea and the construction of a farcers cre matory, which will cost approximately $50,000. Theaa are but two . of tha larger Items. - . Where Koaey Will eo. " Money will also be spent for en aaat aide police station. Thla haa been con sidered a necessity for a lone time. It la also confidently Jhoped that provialoua will be made for an emergency hospital. It is declared that no other city of Port lands slse In the United Statee re quires Its police force to. take injured persons to the police station in the patrol wagon. . , . For tho axpenaea of the city In 1008. $1,0.1J7 waa raised by taxation. This waa by a levy of I.I mills on a valua tion of $131,000,000. . Aa tho valuation thla year la $116,500,000 It will be seen that the council Is planning a higher levy on an Increased valuation... This will amount to $2(5,13! mora than Port land haa over raised tot Its axpenaea be fore. Asssssor Slgler haa declared that a levy of mills upon hie Increased valu ation la all that la necesaary. Ha told the ways and meana committee yeater day that any higher levy waa unneces sary, but his suggestions did not find favor. If the oouncll adopta this levy the total levy will bo 14.3 mills. This will be divided as follows: County tax. including road tax, $.375 mills; city tax. 6.7 mills: state tax, t mills: school district No. 1 tax, '3.5 mills;, ort of ortland tax. . mills; atato school- tax, 1.S mills; library tax. .131 mills. The receipts will be divided mon tho departments aa follows, according to tho levy recommended yesterday; flro department $174,435; police, $175,- 487; library, $30,811.50; street repair. interest on bonds, - $ 1 0 $, 3 35 ; ' bridges. 1(1,360. MORE POOR PEOPLE (Continued from Pace One.) the baskets according- to tho slse of th famtlv. Vor a email ftmlU thw. la a medium alxeA r.hlrlrMt whll v. baskets that carry dinners to 10 and is peopie navo two cmcxens and aomo beef besides." . All the baskets aent out by the army contained at least one chicken, two and one-half to four and one-half pounda In weight. Soma celery, a loaf of bread, aaveral annlea an nrinr. member of tha fa.mfiv- m. "V m mm.. berries, another of prunes and another oi sugar, a quantity or Deans, half a pound of butter, several pounds of po tatoes, cans of earn mnA tnm tnmm box of crackers and another of ginger snaps. . Two hundred 4trlrata a fn. .4 ,.. dinner at tha American runnnnt also -given, out to single men. These nil" Si fir' c 2, s. f o.-1 -''rj,.- SHIRTS ; NECKWEAR UNDERWEAR " ; HOSIERY - V ! UMBRELLAS v A : HANDKERCHIEFS PAJAMAS NIGTSH ''.-:; Suitable for'.'' ;'. . r NEW YEAR'S GIFTS 26&271 MORRISON STREET wore sood for 40 eenta. Some of the men receiving- tlcketa couldn't wait until the orthodox dinner time and at 10 o'clock thla morning- wero at the restau rant On tha dinner bill of faro ware auok things aa roaat turkey. New Eng land dinner, pickled herring, apple cob bler and all the other t hinge that go to make uo a real live dinner. The heavy rain last evening seriously reduced tha money donations expected to fall Into tho dosen kettles oa the street corners. Tho largest food dona tion received by the Salvation Army waa tOO pounda of prunes. One of tho largest commission houees . on Front street finally dealdod to donate SO cents' worth of sweet potatoes. The Volunteere of America also dis tributed a number of basketa. It any family In Portland waa really la need of a dinner It was because lta wanta have not been made known. . , NEW COAL BUNKERS AT BINGHAM SPRINGS (RpeeUl tMaeeteB to The Jesraal.V Pendleton, Or, Deo. 35. Tho new coal bunkers being constructed at Bingham Springe. 30 .miles west of -here, will soon be ready for use. . They will da away with the bunkers at this place, which have aeon a' great Inconvenience to passenger trafflo. The new bunkers will have a -capacity .of 100 tons, with five eutomatle ehutea. - There will also beVa, ehuto holding; about $0 yards of sand, a feature not now Included In any. of tho ooal bankers en the eye tent. GANS-HERMAN FIGHT MIGHT BE POSTPONED Tonopah, Nev., Deo. 35. If the otrtke on the Southern Paclflo spreads Tono pah will be ahut oft, and Manager Riley would postpone the Oans-Herman fight The strike of tha electrical workers has been settled. . To Care a Oold la One Say Ttke IAZATITS BB01IO Qnlntse Tablets. Draft lets refund smtr If It felts ta care. H. W. OBOVB'e eliattare te cm each bos. t5e. ft VW- -: '.our- ' yML&--' Of THL - y SEASON Tltll ft. fli hlic fc ir-TJiew BSBSej m m v : ALKALI LAKE TO BE MADE A PAYIKB BORAX niSE Company Stake Eleven Claims r and Order Reduction '- Work. " ;, '. ,V .. 8pedal Dlspeteh te The JoaraaL) Zhirna. Or Deo. 36. A company of energetlo men of Burns and other places, headed by Smith and Miller, baa located and surveyed about 3,300 acres of Alakatt lake Into mineral claims, and haa had tha deposit assayed by one of tho beat aasayere In Portland, who finds It rich In borax and aal aoda. (7M per cent .having commercial value JV..T. Smith, the president and manager 'of the company. Is on tho ground, and la fpuahlng ths work with a forba of man. He tntenda to begintne survey or a townslte next week Tha railroad Una now bains surveyed through central Oregon runa .through Swan City, which will be tha name of the new town. Tho mine will bo named tha White Swan Borax mine. Mr. Smith intends to push tho work so as to be ready to take oare of thla season's "crop," .commencing In June. Mr. Miller la at Portland, look ing after tho necessary machinery. Tha mine la located in ennatmaa uu valler. $0 miles oast of Silver lake. In Lake county, Oregon, which Is a beau tiful and fertile valley that la eettUng up very rapidly. It la eomethlng like $0 miles square with water In abund ance at from 4 to 30 feet from tho surface. It le all heavy sagebrush land and vary productive. Mr. Smith "thinks tho valley will aU ba aettled thle spring. , The valley le surrounded with Juniper and pine timber and fine building stone In abundance le at hand. Tho town com pan y will give a busi ness lot and a resldenea lot to the first 36 buslnssa men that will start in posit nsaa of any kind in Swan City. . Pief erred Stock Canned (roods. Allen at Lewis' Beet Brand. . .'? ' have a successful run In Salem. k "