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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1903)
B THUKSDAY, MARCH 20, 1003. BRIGGSUN ITEMS SNOW IS DISAPPEARING FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Crops Generally In Good Condition Six Feet of Snow at Fletcher's Mill C. W. Avery Making Preparations to Open Bingham Springs Fred Erlckson Leaves for Sweden. Drlggson, March 23. Tho weather is more spring-like, tho sun Is iutte warm nm! snow Is disappearing. This has been a long, though not severe winter In this section. Some wevo he ginning to feel very much alarmed on account of tho scarcity of feed. Very few, If any, havo more than enouga to do them a month longer, and tho com ing of spring now will ho very much welcomed by nil. J-owIs Van Winkle, nn extensive farmer of this locality, has In a largo amount of fall-sown wheat, and re ports It ns being In good condition, and good crops In general Is the an ticipation of all farmers hereabouts. Miss Efflo .I'lanklngton, who has Just closed quite a successful term of school on Wild Horse Mountain, will wield tho rod of correction nt the Sheppard schoolhouse for the ensu ing term, which will commence April 1st. I Henry Lacy, of Bingham Springs. wns visiting a few days at this place last week. He reports having killed a largo lynx near the hotel at the springs a short time ngo. Ho also says a very large cougar visited them one night, nt which Henry took aim, hut it was dark, mid the animal made a hasty retreat nt the report of the gun, and uy climbing n ver5' high uiuii, mauo good its escape. Charles Voronl and family havo gone to St. Helens, Cal., to reside m tno future. Grandma Greer, who has been crlt icaiiy in tor tne past month, of pneu monia, is convalescing. A. Campbell, who has just complet ed a term of school at Warren, Is visiting nt the home of W, B. Bow man on Wild Horse. Six or eight feet of snow is said to bo at Fletcher's Mill. Yet tnoy are uuoy lunging unci expect to make an excellent run the coming season. Earl Hoys nnd Wilbur Lewis, of Athena, were visiting nt this place Sunday. Frank Taylor and family were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood, near Helix, last week. C. W. Avery, manager of tho Bing ham Springs for the past four years, Is making preparations and will oper ate the same for the coming season. Mr. Avery's past management has been immensely apnreciated hv nnr. rons and all will be glad to know he has decided to remain for the pres- Clnrenco Ross has Just returned from Mr. Goodman's scheep rnnch, near Echo, and reports stock In flno condition thoreabouts. All of tho stockmen are making preparations to bring their stock to tho mnuutnlus by the first of April for summer pnsturo. It Is bom netween 5,000 and 0,00(1 head will be on the mountnln ranges this season. Mrs. Emma Ross is unite 111 of grip, at her homo on Wild Horse. William Wilkinson and Mr. Floyd, of Athena, wero In this vicinity a few days ngo, making preparations to do some Improving on Mr .Wilkinson's ranch. Smith & Rnmbo are making some Improvements at their sawmill, and will stnrt up by the middle of April. They snw from lfi.000 to 18.000 rect per day, and find ready salo for it nil. It is said thoy wore kept quite busy last year In order to supply the de mand. Fred Erlckson, nephew of Uncle Gus Johnson ,of this place, ,who has been In this country for the past 11 years .will sail lor Sweden the first of May, whore ho will visit his aged parents . It Is reported a Methodist minister will lie In charge hero in tho near fu turo. and Sunday school will bo or gnnlcd at the Sheppard schoolhouso. LONDON FOGS. The Council Appoints Committee to Inquire Into Causes of Dense Fogs, Loudon, Mnrch 25. Eighteen months ngo the London county coun cil appointed n committee to Inquire into tho onuses of London fogs. This committee seems still to remain In a fog about the matter, for thoy recom mend the council to spend more money on tho Inquiry. But tho mete orological office has furnished tho council with some Interesting facts about London's fogs, which seom to be caused by a high barometer, a low thermometer, and a low temperature of the Thnmes river. Observation showed that onco during a dense fog the temperature In the street was 10 degrees lower than on the roof of the meteorological office, and the fact is further pointed out that the effects of smoke nro much greater than might be supposed. In winter tho ex treme limit of vision from the dome of St. Paul's under the most favorable circumstances Is but little morethnn a mile. New American Liner. London, March 25. The first of the big steamers to be added to the American Line service between Phil adelphia and Liverpool, the Belgium steamship Frlesland, sails from Liv erpool today for Philadelphia, in com mand of Captain Apeld. The Fries- land .Merlon, Nooderland, Western- land nnd Hnverford will constitute the service In tho future. The Fries land was built on the Clyde In 1809, and can carry 10,000 tons of cargo in addition to 1,000 passengers. ent year. After going around with a broken skull for 15 years, the Kentucky wo man who owned It has Just had It re paired. NIUULA UUAL BRITISH COL TJMBIA COAL FIELD To be opened up and developed by American capital and enterprise. THE TTT jT1 1 IT AN 11 Af a I 'ao nnn limn I .lYVl Wo vyv 1 Aim 71 II UULLl IA)JL J. A VJJL VVlUUUjIIV 50 J Betnice Building, Tacoma, Wash. With Nelson Bennett as president, have (secured a largo tract of coal land in tho JNieoJa Valley, Brititli Columbia, in all, 2560 acres, or four full sections, with five large seams of coal known to underlay the land, and containing over 100,000,000 tons of the highest grade of Bituminous Coal that has been found in the Northwest It makes tho finest and best coke in the world, and for steam and domestic purposes theio is no better coal pro! duced in tho country. Tho coal is situated in Southern British Columbia, about 100 miles east of Vancouver British Columbia and from New Whatcom and Bollingham Bay points. Tho Canadian Pacific Railroad and the Great Northern Railroad are now both ready to construct and extend their lines into tho Nicola coal field and will bo there this year. This beautiful Nicola Valley will then be turned into a beehive of gigantic industries. Ti. Western Coal and Iron Company are now offering the first block of its treasury stock at the low rate of 15 Cents Per Share The Crow'B Nest coal shares sold in 1896 for 10c por share. Today the stock is worth $125 per share; it ad advanced from 10c to 836 in two years. .And it is sate to say that tho Nicola Coal offers today just as good chance to the investor as did tho Crow's Nostin 1896. We are quite certain that the stock is sure to advance to par ($1 per share) this year. If you want to bo in it on tho ground floor and make 700 per cent on your investment in a few months, decide quick ns this 15c stock will not last very long The stock will be advanced next monih. The oianaara un company lias bought zbbo acres, the adjoining coal land, only z miles Irom our Company's prop erty and in the very same coal basin and paid $2,500,000 CASH FOR THE LAND This is glorious news to those holding Western Coal and Iron Company's stock. The Tacoma compauy in tends to place their coal on the market here as soon as shipping facilities have been furnished. For further in. formation I cordially invite you to call at my office, where samples of the coal, reports, maps, diagrams, prospect- ucco, luuciD iiuui iiuimiiBiii uuiiKeis. luwvurH ami OLiior miRinnfiH man. w in nsivn invpRnrrntori i mi nnn nrrmneii n r .,.r.ii- ' " ' r-.-ruomuu JR. JOHN HHILEY, LOCAL AGENT, Room 16, Judd Building, j PENDLETON, OREGON tttf tfftfftttt S5" "m nm", MMimmMnnwwf www iiiiuwwwwww WW WW W W WWW ff??f ?????????????????????? ????? 7??7?f 7??7?????7??T Deliberate, Be Thoughtful Yet Act Promptly. g Upon your prompt and early action often depends the Price at which you may secure a good invest- vestment. The second allotment of stock of the 1 HIGHLAND GOLD MINES COMPANY SITUATION The properties of the HIGHLAND GOLD MINES COMPANY, consisting of twelve claims, (240 acres), iind known locally a the KNA1T GROUP OF JUNES, are situated on the famous MOTHER LODE system of tho Sinister district, in Bakor county, state of Oregon, and on the great Elkhorn divide at the head waters of I Jock Greek flowing to the east nnd Oruckor Creek flowing Ic the west, through that renowned Cracker Creek district of Eastorn Oregon, where are situated upon the MOTHER LODE system the North Pole, E. & E., Columbia, and Golconda mines, known the world over us the "Big 4" of Eastern Oregon. MEMORANDA OF SAMPLES TAKEN FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. BY COL. M. L. LOHMIRE 1800 Ghihgow drift west side creek, heavy sul phides, ore from rich streak $51510.00 From crosscut east side of creek on Eldorado, 10 feet wide, taken in ,r-foot sections, north wall r.7S Six feet in center vein, large samplo 2.51) Five feet ninth side, large samplo ;;fo The Bannock Burn tunnel, 7 feet on foot wall large sample 05 Bannock llurn tunnel, 10 feet, (I inches width huge sample 7 70 Hack 8 feet from face and 2 feet next to haug;ng wall, large .sample . . . , 15.00 Sumo body 14 feet back from face, 4 feet of ore . . 222 From Glasgow drift west of creek, from ore on dump in boxes 5H)8.:J5i From same point in Glasgow drift, 11 inches wide, 41)1.88 20 feet buck from face, 0 inches wide, same drift 4510.00 East side of creek, in crosscut next to shalt on Eldorado, 15 feet wide 4.70 .Float in and around open cuts half way up the mountain from cast end of Bannock Burn tunnel, gonoral samplo 27.00 At open cuts near west line, values obtained ranged' from $28.00 to $29.00 Small streak in open cut near west end line of Bannock Burn 5100.00 Samplo from surface near creek east side, 8 feet wido 2 4;i JULY 1000. Bannock Burn tunnel face, 0 foot in width, tunnel having been driven ahead a few feet 4. 10 General sample, (i feet, of ore 8 feet back from face of Bannock Burn tunnol 10.82 General samplo of 4 feet of ore, 30 feet bnck from faeo of Bannock Bum tunnol 5.70 Genoral sample, 8 feet of oro in open cut 250 feet west, furthor up tho mountain from Bannock Burn tunnol 553 General samplo next to foot of wall, same place, 250 Genoral samplo 2 feet in width, hanging wall 250 feet west of Bannock Burn tunnel 2.25 Bannock Burn claim near west end line 2.1 feet oro 0.04 FREE TRIP TO THE HIGHLAND MINE If you seriously consider an investment in the Stock of the 1I.IGHLANI) GOLD MINES CO., and wish to make a personal examination of tho MINE, and person ally learn the facts, you may do so without cost to your self. Yo will pay your expenses from your home to the Bannock Burn claim, general sample, from large boulders of ore half way up the mountain, 10.01 Sample from 11 inches in face of Glasgow .... 27.10 Sample of lot of float 1000 feet west of Bannock .Burn tunnel . , 4.510 Sample of sulphide ores irom Glasgow drift, west of creek 210.00 General sample, open cut 700 feet west of Ban nock Burn tunnel 151.22 Memoranda of sampling and results for tho fall of 1001 misplaced or lost, but results were good. Sampling this fall from the Eldorado tunnel in the face, genoral sample ran from ..$51.70 to$lf.70 por ton. Samplo of 18-iiich gouge or M-lvidgt ,. . . 4.58 WIDTH AND LENGTH OF VEIN The vein is traceable the entire length of tho claims, thirty-five hundred (51500) feet, and tho ore shoots aro known to he of immense length, and tho values in tho same evenly distributed throughout. The width of the vein varies from ten (10) to forty (40) fee , and has a northeasterly and southwesterly strike of course; the permanency of which has been dem onstrated by the development of the other mines on tho now famous .MOTHER LO.DE of tho Sumpter District. I he vein 011 this property has been explored thor oughly (mi the surface by means of shafts, tunnels and opon cuts, and is known to carry commercial values tlio entire length of the claims. MINE and return; and if you find the facts as represent ed, all wo ask in rotnrn is a fair and reasonable invest ment, but it you find that the facta havo boon misrepre sented, wo will not ask you for an investment, and for ever hold you harmless from all necessary exponsos on account of your visit and examination. A .1 ,1 n . ,.UU.B u tummunicauons, anil make your checks, drafts and money order: navahl NEIL J. SORENSEN & CO. , A Department No. il I . t t t f t I t i t t t 1 ) t ,,,,,,,,.,....... 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