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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1903)
lis Not The Hen That Cackles Loudest that lays The Biggest Egg BUT OUR BIG STORE IS SO WELL FILLED WITH SENSI BLE ARTICLES SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS THAT WE WANT YOU TO CALL AND SEE THEM FOR YOURSELF. RICH GOUER O'ALENE ENORMOUS OUTPUT OF LEAD-SILVER MINES Over Eleven Million Dollars from Sil ver Mines Alone in Past Year in Northern Idaho District Several New Properties Being Developed and Old Ones Improved. YOU KNOW THAT WE CARRY A Complete Line OF THE PRODUCE OF THE Pendleton Woolen Mills AND EVERYTHING THAT A MAN OR WOMAN WEARS. RIGHT NOW WE WISH TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR Boys' Clothing THIS EMBRACES " 3-YEAR-OLD" SUITS AND OVER COATS IN EVERY DESIRABLE STYLE TO THE YOUNG MEN'S WE HAVE PUT A CHRISTMAS PRICE ON THEM. A CHRISTMAS PRICE IN SOME STORES MEANS AN AD DITIONAL PERCENTAGE. OUR CHRISTMAS PRICE ON BOYS' CLOTHING IS THE LOWEST PRICE YOU EVER SAW FOR BOYS' GOOD CLOTHES. THE PEOPLES WAREHOUSE Wfiere It Pays to Trade Spokane. Dec. 21. -The oHKial fig ures of the enormous output of the lead-silver mines of the Covur d'Alenes for the present year ami the consequent enormous value of the ore produced will give an excellent Idea of the mineral wealth of this district. A market price of 53 cents per ounce Tor silver, and $4.50 per 100 for lead. Is given In the. following fig ures, which, however, do not Include the California Consolidated, uor any of the small producing mines on the Murray' side of the district, nor the sold "and copper producing mines which tarry considerable lead an! silver: ..Month. Tons. January Iti,7fi5 Februnrv 14.090 March ' 1S.030 April 17.S07 May lfi.ni June 1C.1S5 july 16,-I1H August 19.IIS2 September 17.032 October 1S.4S9 November lfi.24G Figured at $55 per ton. which Is a conservative average market price based on market quotations, the val ue of the output for those 11 munths ! conies to J10.22S.S24. which -means nn average output of lti.flo? tons per month and estimating the production of December to he the same, the to tal output for the year 1903 will reach the vast sum of 202.SSS tons, having a total gross value cf $11.15S,709. These figures show an Increase of 121.409 tons, or S2.S19.57S over the output of the year 1902. which also included the amount produced by the California, and as they are sweeter returns the report of the wonderful increase of the Coeur d'Alenes Is re liable It is expected thai 1904 will double any ore production in any year since this district became a shipper of lead anu silver, and for the reason that at present there are 17 new mining com panies developing properties in the vicinity, besides many other proper ties on the Murray side of the dis trict, which are sure to play an im portant part in the near future. Intended to start out upon a lecturing tour at $:&,oim per year for a term of five years When about ready lo sign up he was offered nn engagement with the Mou sey company for J50.000, but he re ceived notice from W. R. Hearst not to sign up for that nmonnt until he heard from his. From the news contained In his let ter. It would nppear that Mr. Hearst could not do nny letter for him nnd thut he had accepted the Munsey of fer Mr U H. Gcor Is an uncle of Homer Davenport. THE TONTO DAM. RICH GOLCONDA ORE. Rich Strike Made on the Three-Hun-dred Foot Level Best Body Yet Un covered. Speaking of the famous Colconda mine at Sumpter. owned principally by Pendleton people, the Sumpter Miner says: Owing to the extreme reticence of those in charge of tue tiolconda mine little has been said regarding this property for several mouths past, but I despite all efforts to conceal the con dition of affairs there, it Has been generally known throughout the dis trict that progress in the develop ment of this famous old projierty has been pushed with great vigor and with unbounded success for the past ; year It has been known also that the mill I has been run to Its full capacity dur- j ing the entire year, reducing about 2,000 tons of ore per month, but the proceeds from the mine has been a matter of conjecture only, except that It has been known that numerous car loads of shipping ore have been sent direct to the smelter from the prop erty, and this would indicate that the milling grade must necessarily have been good. It has also been known that a great deal of ore has been blocked out and put "in aight" ahead of the mill. even after producing 2,i00 tons per month for reduction. There has been a persistent rumor that the great ore shoot had been re cently uncovered in the lowest levels of the mine. Manager Howard was seen and asked If this was true. He said that It was true that a fine shoot of ore had been recently dis closed on the 300-foot level, and that this Bhoot promised to be the best body of ore la the property. When asked If this same shoot bad been opened on the 400 and 500 foot levels he said that he had never yet donq any work below the 300. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests all classes of food, tones and strengthens the stomach and digestive organs. Cures Dyspepsia. Indiges tion, Stomach Trouoies, and makes rich red blood, health and strength. Kodol Dyspepsia .Cure robullds worn out tissues, purifies strengthens and sweetens the stomach. Gov. G. W, Atkinson, of W. Va., says: "I have used a number of bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and baye found It to be a very effective and. Indeed, pow erful remedy for stomach ailments. I recommend It to ray friends." Sold by Tollman 6 Co. DAVENPORT'S NEW JOB. Signed Up With Frank A. Munsey at Fifty Thousand Dollars a Year. According to a letter recently re ceived by L. I). Geer of this city, says the Salem Statesman, from his son, Bert, In New York city. Homer Dav enport, the celebrated cartoonist and caricaturist, has signed a contract with the Frank A. Munsey company, of New York, publishers of tho Mun sey Magazine, for a torm of five years at J50.000 por year, with tho specific agreement that he Is to make not less than two cartoons a month. Homer Davenport resigned his po sition as cartoonist for the New York Journal and otuer Hearst papers and First Actual uovernment Irrigation Work to Be Done. The Phoenix. Arizona, papers ruport that there Is much activity at the Ton to basin reservoir site since the Issuance of the order for the construc tion or the dam. About 200 men un employed about the various works, one-hulf of whom are Apache Indians and nre said to be giving excellent service at $1.50 per day with board included. The white men receive S2 per day and rations, lodging, etc., and the force Is being increased ns rap Idly us men make application for work, and It will be but a few weeks when the force will reach the propor tion of n small army. Road building is the principal de tail nt present blasting through the box rnnon of the Salt river nnd worn ing into the Virginia pine forests at the Sierra Ancha mountains, where saw mills are to be Installed, and from which section all the lumber for the construction of the grent reservoir will be taken. All Arizona is already fettling tin' beneficinl effect of the big water pro ject which promises so much for the development of the territory. Mm fi' mm I OA flU SONG OF THE NATIVE BORN. Tli onion wus born in Kgypt. The potato in far Peru, Celery come from Germany. As u few other good tilings do; Cnbbnge first grew in Liberia. I lie radish tn una liu .Inlian. And the cucumber got Its colicky start At the hands of the Hindoo man. The garden cress is from Egypt. And some more of the far off Earn And we judge from the things they'te beep raising South America first planted yeas' The parsnip first grew in Arabia Hie tobacco in our own land Sardinia first raised the parsley plant Anu Amerlcn corned beef canned New Orleans Picayune Myron Shanks, a Helena express man, swore. 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