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tral Point with his daughter, Mrs.
Welch.
A. L. Ifarvey and family return­
1. M. Si us went to Medford
ed from Crescent City the first of
Wednesday.
the week.
Howard Betts returned to Apple-
gate Tuesday.
Geo. Merryman and family re­
turned
from the coast one day this
G. M. Galwith went to Gazell
week
after
a short outing.
d, ednesday morning.
Mrs. Ida Betts and her sister
Clark Williams and wife were in
j
who
is stopping with her drove
the city Wednesday.
down to Grant's Pass Tuesday.
Miss Sarah Messner was a south
Mrs. I. H. Cole left for San Fran-
bound ja.ssenger Monday.
i cisco Wednesday where she will
Remember the Box social next spend the summer with relatives.
I uesday night at the school house.
Gritfis, the builder is rushing
Two one legged tramps were work on the Gold Hill Hotel. He
ditched in the city the first of the now has the building ready for the
C. II. Dalrymple went to Col- plasterers.
stine, California, Monday on busi­
W . H. Beidler, C. Vroman and
ness.
J. W. Hayes were absent from the
The N ews will appear daily dur­ city the first of the week prospect­
ing the September Encampment of ing on Illinois river.
G. A li.
Mrs. B. Lucas of Pierce, Nebras­
L. F. Pate expects to go to Alas­ ka, who has been visiting in this
ka if he can dispose of his property vicinity left on the north bound
here.
overland the first of the week.
1
BARGAINS
IN SHOES!
A Miner of '52.
around as freely as nickels are to­
day. One man, an old blacksmith,
hail a potato patch of 37 acres for
How Fools Spent Their Money In which he refused $37,000.
“Two of my friends, who owned
Flush California Days.
a rich mine near me, were in the
R- A. Clark, of Albina, sent to habit of going to Yreka every Sat­
The Oregonian the following perti­ urday evening with $500 apiece in
nent to the Klondyke excitement: their pockets, to have a good time.
“As I witness the craze of the On Monday morning they returned
public over the Klondyke excite­ with not a cent. And these men
ment, my mind recalls the similar were not exceptions. They were
experience of 4b years ago, in Cal­ but a fair sample of the fool in gen­
ifornia: and, judging from the final eral. Fool after fool 1 knew to be
result of those days, I feel that, to brayed in the mortar, and still he
the great majority of men who are did not learn wisdom. Twenty
after these times, the above
stampeding to Alaska at this time, years
mentioned blacksmith could be
it is a matter of no consequence seen in Eastern Oregon, pounding
whatever whether the wonderful away on his anvil.
“But all of a sudden a dire
stories of those mines prove true or
calamity
came upon us. On wak­
false. True or false, the end will
ing one morning in December, we
be all the same, so far as those men found the earth covered with a
are concerned.
three-foot snow. Of course, that
“ Perhaps the experience and ob shut off all pack trains, on which
servations of one who yielded to our bread depended, and in a short
the alluring stories of that time time we were reduced to beef
At once everything went
may be ot interest, if not profit, to straight.
up to famine prices. Flour was $2
some who are afflicted with the per pound, salt $1 an ounce, and
present mania. If so, here it is:
other things proportionate. Fortu­
“In the summer of 1852 the writ­ nately, beef was plentiful, and that
er was one of that hegira, the great­ was only 25 cents per pound. For
three months I was confined to
est the world has ever known, which beef straight, and nothing else.
crossed the plains in chase of that Fortunately, however, I was sup­
ignis fatuus which lured so many plied with salt, which I kept a se­
to their ruin. Yreka was the field cret, as it would have been appro­
of my experience at that time. The priated by others had it been known.
Such was the condition of things i
mines of that section had been dis­ until spring, when the snow disap- j
covered only the year before, and peared. Seizing the opportunity 1
on my arrival there everything was renounced my beef diet and left for
flush. Day wages at anything was Portland, where my old friend and
$8. If a mine yielded only $8 a partner, Captain J. C. Ainsworth,
harl located.
day, it was deserted in search of
“Since those days many have
something better. Not a few, after been the ‘finds’ the world over, but
working two or three months, bad as a final result the Fairs and the
the good sense to return home with Mackays can lie counted on the
$5000 or $10,000 in their pockets. fingers' ends, whilst the unnumber­
ed hosts will exclaim with the wise
Indeed, such was the general pros­ man, ‘Vanity of vanities; all is
perity that $20 slugs were thrown vanity!’’
For the next two weeks we will
offer for sale 10(1 pairs of LADIES
and MISSES BLACK and TAN
OXFORD TIES at 50c and 75c
per pair.
THE
GOLD HILL
MERCANTILE
COMPANY,.
D e a le r s In
General
Merchandise
Dry Goods, Millinery, Clothing, Hats, Caps.
Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Provisions, Har­
ness, Wall Paper, Crockery, Glassware, Etc.
ALL GRADES OF LUMBER IN STOCK.
Agents for Kimball s I amous Pianos and Organs. Also Ag’ts.
for A gricultural Im plem ents, E xtras, Binding
J w ln e , Etc.
FR EE
Sardine Creek, Tuesday.
Kanes Creek— Tolo, W ednesday.
Foots Creek, S aturday.
C alls Creek, T hursday.
Sams V alley, M onday.
Gold Hill every day.
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Gold Hill,
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