UNION Eitab. July, 189T. 6AZETTB Eatab. Dee., 1802. Consolidated Fel. 1899. CORVALLIS, BENTON". COUNTY, OREGON, Fill DAY, JANUARY 18, ISOl. VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 4. i! KB 0F1 ID From All Parts of the New World and the Old. I OF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Comprehensive Review of the Important Hap penings of the Past Week in a Condensed Form. Dewet is no longer a lion with the British. Another ocean-to-ocean railroad is projected. Russia turned over the Tien Tsin railroad to Germany. Admiral Dewey is confined to his home by an attack of the grip. ' , T. M. Patterson was nominated for senator by Colorado fusionists. - " . The supreme court decided ' that Neely must be extradicted to Cuba. - Oregon : will send three r-essengers - to carry the presidential vote to Washington. Much . damage' has been done by snow And landslides and high water in Oregon and Washington. ; - There is a famine in the provinoe of Shan Si, China, and it is said 5,000, 000 people are facing starvation. A county superintendent at Seattle - and a. county treasurer at Spokane re ' fuse to give up their respective offices ' to successors. Ten peraoDs were killed and many were injured as the result of an ex plosion in a hat factory at Denton, iieai Manchester, England. The steamer Tillamook, carrying United States mail between Juneau and Dutch Harbor, Alaska, was wrecked on Wood island reel and is a total loss. A special from Ash croft, B.C., says that three cases of . smallpox are re ported to have broken out among the Indians on the reservation near Ques nolle. The place has been quaran tined. v , WorS jast received from Dawson re ' ports a fire on January 7. Three large buidings were entirely destroyed. But little of the contents were saved. The origin of the fire is unknown. Loss ' $50,000. The most serious accident that has resulted from the combination of heavy snowfall and high winds occurred to day, says a special from Vancouver, B. C, when almost the entire north ern end of tne new brick drill hall of the Duke of Connaugbt's rifles col lapsed. The wall was built to 45 feet in height, and was six feet wide. The scattered bricks represent a loss said to approximate' $4,000. The kingdom of Saxony solicits a loan of $20,000,000. Burglars blew open a safe in a store at Irving, Or., but secured no booty. Boers captured three agents of Brit- - ish peace commissioners and put one to death.' The Umatilla reef lightship has again broken loose and dir'ted from her station. The rebels in Colombia made a des perate attempt to enter Colon but were driven back. Prince Chang protests aeainst con templated appointment of successor to Li Hung Chang. Governor Hunt, of Idaho, has abol ished the famous permit system in the Coenr d'Alenes. London papers loudly demand that! reinforcements be sent to the Scene of war in South Africa. A Leavenworth, Kan., fiend only escaped lynching by being placed in the state penitentiary. Northern Pacific train was wrecked in Washington while passing over sinking bridge and five people injured. Samnel Lewis, the notorious money lender and nsnrer, who has been called the greatest and meanest of modern Shylooks, is dead. During a theater performance in Chi cago, a man raised the .cry of fire and as a result seven persons were killed and many injured. While engaged in thawing dynamite in one of the tunnels of the Ample mine, near Lillooet, B. C, John Ole- son, a miner, was instantly killed and two others seriously injured. . I Oregon's state levy tax has been ' fixed at 5.7 mills. An artesian oil well has been struck i near Beaumont, Texas. Thousands of . people are flocking to the place to see the novel sight. So far, it is esti- j mated 60,000 barrels have been wasted ! on the prairie. I The Chebalia-South Bend, Wash., I train ran into a landslide about eight miles west of Chehalis and the engine and three freight cars ran off the track into the Chehalis river. The passenger coach left the track and the front end hung over the river bank. The engineer was the only one injured. Five hundred motor carriages per year is' the average output of a Paris firm for the past five years. The Esikmos of Alaska make water proof boots and shirts of the skin of the salmon. In the Boston hign schools the girls outnumber the boys by 1,000 or so, but in the primary and grammar schools the boys outnumber the girls by nearly 8,500. It DDK MM 0. M. Moore, an Old Newspaper Man, and His Work. MANAGES A BUREAU OF INFORMATION A Seattle Enterprise That Benefits the Entire Northwest, but More Particularly Washington and Alaska. For two years Seattle has sustained a Bureau of Information in addition to its excellent Chamber of Commerce. It is called the Puget Sound Bureau of Information, and it might reasona bly be supposed that its field is limited to the Puget Sound conntry or to still closer limits--the city of Seattle, from whose business me a the burean gets its support. But the bureau is organized on broader grounds and has made its field the entire state of Washington and Alaska on their merits, and'never in odious comparison with any of its sister coast states. . . - The work of the bureau is. little un derstood, even by its home' people, and apparently much less by ' the other cities of the commonwealth. ' It has formerly and usually' been the custord of all cities oi the Northwest to stand on their own resources and probabili ties, allowing all others to do the same though generally subject to conten tion for supremacy. The Bureau of In formation was organized on the broad platform that "whatever helps the state,, helps the- leading city thereof," and its works have been governed ac cordingly. Its secretary, O. M. Moore, being a newspaper man of con siderable experience, and last year the president of the Washington State O. M. MOORE. Press Association, has practically had the management of the bureau in his hands. Most of his work baa been in the direction of furnishing Washington and Alaska corresondence to Eastern and Southern papers senbTing from 80 to 150 letters per week. Mr. Moore is a conservative writer, believing that even less than the whole truth about the advantages of the Pacific coast states is much better than overstating things. - Among his latest contribu tions may be mentioned illustrated articles on "The Climate of Washing ton," "The Puget Sound Route to the Orient and Alaska," and another on "Puget Sonnd and Sound Cities." The Bureau of Information has several publications descriptive of the Great Northwest the latest a paper called "The New Northwest," 20,000 copies, 24 pages. Its different publications and. other expenses, under the present secretary, have aggregated a matter of $300 per month for nearly 20 months a total of about $6,000. Ol this sum less than $200 has come from' the general public the bulk having been provided by less than a half dozen en terprising Seattle firms. Chas. L. Denny, of the Denny-Blaine Land Co., and son of the old pioneer, the late A. A. Denny, has been the financial head of the bureau since June, 1899 The burean desires the co-operation of all the cities of the state for more effective work, and is about to publish a handsome album of 1,000 views of Washington and Alaska, to be placed in publio libraries, hotels, railway cars, and for distribution at the Pan American exposition at Buffalo, May to November, 1901. It is expected that every section of the state will be rep resented in this album. The newspapers ol Washington, es pecially, should be on good terms with Secretary Moore and the bureau, and through these every community should be brought within the scope of the good work of the Bureau of Informa tion. It may be mentioned in this connec tion, for the convenience of Washing ton newspaper men, that the Seattle representative of the American Type Founders Company is located with the Bureau of Information, in room 9, Colmarf block, First Avenue, between Columbia and Marion streets. He is tire genial O. R. Ball facetiously known to the oraft as "Hi-Ball." Wrecked in the Mediterranean. Lachiappa, Island of Corsica, Jan. 16. The Italian steamer Leone has been lost. Many bodies from the wreck have been washed ashore. Fighting in Gambia. Bathurst, Gambia, West Africa, Jan. 16. The British punitive expedition arrived at Dumbntn January 11, and completely surprised and routed the rebels. The troops captured the town after an hour's fighting. Sixty rebels were killed, 60 were woanded and 200 were captured. Six important chiefs will be brought to Bathurst. The Brit ish casualties were six West Indiana wounded, FILIPINO CHIEF SURRENDERS. Delgado and His Command Lay Down Their Arms in Panay. Washington, Jan. 16. General Mac Arthur reports the surrenaer of Del gado, commander-in-chief of Ilo Ho province, Panay. He also reports that other important surrenders are expect ed during the next few days. General MacArthur's telegram to the war de partment is as follows: ''Delgado, commandant in Ilo Ilo province, Panay, v surrendered January 11 to Brigadier-General Hughes, with four officers, 21 men and 41 rifles. His command was scattered. Other surrenders are expected during the next few days. Important signs of the end of "organized armed resistance in Ilo Ilo province, Panay." The dispatch gives much satisfac tion to the war department, although the command surrendered is not a large one. It also was noted by the officials that the assurances were for the end of "organized armed resist ance," indicating that there was con siderable unorganized marauding still in progress. A Brighter Outlook. ' Manila, Jan. 16.--Optimisra is tak ing the place of conservatism among the military men here, the- cause being the numerous surrenders, captures and destrnction of insurgent camps, coupled with the increasing under standing of the Americans' intentions among the natives. The propagation of the principles of the Federal party and the knowledge that they are ap proved by the United States Philip pine commission and the military au thorities and the carrying out of the terms of General MacArthur's procla mation, which classes all who com-J mit acts inimical to the interests of the army as rebels and traitors, are having pointed effect The outting of communications and supplies has de stroyed the remnants of the insurgents' organization. The inhabitants of the towns are disinclined any longer to contribute to a hopeless cause, and it is generally believed that the pacifica tion of the neessary number of prov inces to inaugurate the scheme of prov incial government will be accom plished before many more weeks have slapsed; The most-pronounced resist ance at present is in remots southern Luzon, northern Mindianao, Cebu and JSohol. The first batch of . 30 leading insur gents who were ordered deported to the island of Guam will sail on the transport Rosecrans tomorrow. General Wheaton reports ' that 53 armed bolomen have surrendered at Benguet. Sixteen of Geronimo's band were eaptnred Sunday night and brought to Montaiban. SALT LAKE CONVENTION. Everything in Readiness for the Livestock Meeting. Salt Lake, Utah, Jan. 16. Every thing is in readiness for the fourth an nual convention of the National Live stock Association. The hall has been gorgeously decorated and every con venience provided for the delegates and members of the press. The indi cations are that it will be the most successful convention in the history of the association. The headquarters of the association and the principal hotels are thronged with visitors tonight. ,.A large number of delegates arrived dur ing the day It is safe to say that nearly every prominent stockman west of the Missouri river will be present. A large delegation is present from Chi cago, and a fair attendance from othir points east of the Missouri river. The famous Pueblo Cowboy Band arrived this afternoon and was met at the de pot by the local committee and es corted through the principal streets ol the city. The executive committee of the association held a meeting this af ternoon and discussed, in a general way, the subjects to be taken up by the convention. From Spokane to the Mines. Spokane, Wash., Jan. 16. A new railroad line is being, planned to run from Spokane to Republic, with branches to the Methow and Okanogan mining districts in Eastern Washing ton, ahont 250 miles of road in all. The estimated cost is about $4,000, 000. H. W. Mangold, the promoter, claims he has the necessary captial in sight. He promises to cut the present freight rates from those districts squarely in two when the line is com pleted. He pioposes the building of a big smelter in Spokane to handle the ores of these districts to be brought in by the new railway. Assaulted by Highwaymen. Chicago, Jan. 16. Edward Kelly, a prominent race horse man, is at home in a dangerous condition as the result of a desperate battle with two highwaymen. Kelly was on his way home and in an effort to save his money ana valuables resisted when the footpads presented revolvers at his head and ordered him to hold np his hands. In consequence he was knocked down and' then brutally beaten and robbed of money and valuables to the amount of $500. Work of Trainwreckers. Tampa, Fla., Jan. 16. Train wreck ers are believed to have caused the derailment of a West Coast Plant sys tem train a few miles sonth of Dun nell, Fla., oausing the death of En gineer Tom Roachand, the injuring of several passengers. The names of the passengers said to have been hurt are not known here. A survey of the track at daylight showed that a rail had been removed. Five men suspected have already been arrested. MyWATIOII Russia Demands an Indefinite Lease on Liao Tung. WITHDRAWN FROM TRIPPLE ALLIANCE Her Treaty With China Will Also Give Her Complete Possession of the Man- churian Railroad?- . : London, Jan. 14. VPrince Uchtom sky's mission to Pekin," says the St. Fetersbnrg conespondent of the Daily Mail, "was to secure a convention, I' understand, on the following basis: Iu return for renouncing her claim for war indemnity, Russia demands an in definite, instead of a 90 year, lease of the Lia Tnng peninsula; and of the Port Arthur. In other words, she de mands annexation, as well as the com plete possession of the Manchurian rail way, which, under the existing agree ment, reverts to China after 90 years." The Concert Breaking Up. , New York, Jan. 14. A dispatch to the Herald from London says: . r -' Attention, was drawn to the sus picious similarity in the tendency ex isting between the official views eman ating from Vienna and the dispatches cabled, by English correspondents in the United States. Another striking instance . has oc curred within the last couple of days. As usual the - unanimity of views is manifested in a sentiment of hostility to the Amerioan government. This time the ' state department's proposal to refer certain points of the Chinese negotiations to a commission which would meet at Washington or else where, furnishes the pretext for at tack. The Daily Telograph's" Vienna correspondent tells how the suggestion has aroused the ire of Austrian dip lomatists aeainst the United States may be asked to leave the concert of W Hm HuHburt who has just resigned as general passenger agent of the O. R. & N. Co., to become president of a street railway company in Port land. He has been an active railroad man 30 years, with several large systems In the East and with the Union Pacific in San Francisco and Portland. powers in China, is freely discussed. This unanimity is too pronounced to pass unnoticed. If the matter were probed to the bottom, the person who inspired many statements would proba bly prove to be the kaiser, who is at the head of the triple alliance, and the only member of the Anglo-Gernlan al liancs whose hands are unfettered. Englaud being kept busy in the Trans vaal, is in no position to dictate with a fair chance of being obeyed. His majesty is more concerned in shutting the United States out of the concert than any one, for it is the United States that has thwarted his scheme of wholesale slaughter which was to imbue China with terror of the German empire, while the other powers were to thrust into the back ground as of no account. As a matter of fact, however, there Is no concert of the powers now. Russia has virtually withdrawn from it of her own free will, preferring to make an important treaty with China. According to the Daily Telegraph the idea is contemplated of leaving out the United States. And France, .the ally of Russia, and nnited by . the friendliest ties to America, will scarce ly work cordially with the stumps of a oonoert, namely, the triple alliance and England. This simply means the concert is breaking up into aompanies of which the divisions are becoming more marked as time goes on. Lawshe Goes to the Philippines. Washington, Jan. 14. Auditor Law she received, the final instructions 'rom. the secretary of war today, preparatory to leaving Washington tonight for the Philippines, where he will enter upon his duties as auditor for the Philip pine archipelago. One of his, duties will be to re-examine the accounts of officers of the army who handle all the government funds in the Philippine arobipelago. BLOCKED THE MAILS. Indiana ; Farmer Removed Railroad Track From His Property. Crawfordsville, Ind., Jan. 14. The rails of the Chicago & Southeastern Railway, which . crossed the farm of Wesley-Grantham, near this city, were torn up and removed from the farm last Wednesday night by Sheriff Ca nine, acting on a writ of ' ejectment, secured by Grantham. All train traf fic including the government mail service was effectually blocked Injunction proceedings were lmroed iatey filed against Grantham, but to day in the circuit court Judge West refused to grant a temporary restrain ing order, declarig that Grantham had already been kept out of his property seven years, and that the constitution guaranteed him certain rights, with which the court did not propose to in terfere. The road's attorney asked that an order be made giving the road possession until the land could be con demned, but the court refused to do this, saying that the oompany had had seven ye.rs to do tblB and had failed. The court issued an order, however, .forbidding any further destruction of the road '8 property. Grantham's hind is guarded by armed men. Last night two of the road's bridges were blown up, one of them 60 feet long and 15 feet high. Many loads of rails were carted off to a school house, three miles from the" right of way. Two haokloads of armed men; went down ' from Ladoga last night to the Grantham farm. - The road will be blocked now for several .days at least,. and Grantham's attorney declares possession will not be relin quished until the road pays $3,000. RAISES THE BONUS. Seattle in One Week Subscribes $103,000 for the Battleship Contract Seattle, Jan. 14- The people of 'Se attle have completed the raising of a $100,000 bonus to be paid the Moran Bros. Company, of this city upon the launching of the new heathed battle ship, which they have been awarded by the Navy department. The Morans bid oi $3,873,900 must be Foiled down $100,000 to bring it within the limit fixed by congress. The business men volunteered to furnish this amount if the company would accept the contract at the reduced figure The entire sum was raised in a week, being oversub scribed $3,835. It is estimated that the battleship contract means the ex penditure of $2,100,000 in wages on Puget Sound during the next three years. Moran Bros, will build at once new. machine shops and power house, to cost $400,000. Commander John W, Quackenbush. , Washington, Jan. 14. Commander John W. Quackenbush, United States navy, retired, died today at his home in this city, aged 54 years. Commuted by the President. Washington, Jan. 14. The president today commuted the sentence of Chas. L. McUin. who was to have been hanged in this city tomorrow, to im prisonment for life. In December, 1899, McUin, who was a motorman on one of the street railways, killed an other motorman. Jealousy was the cause. Sentenced to Death. Princeton, Ind. Jan. 14. J. D. Keith was this afternoon convioted of murdering Nora Keifer and sentenced to death. Danish West Indies to Be Ours. Copenhagen, Jan. 14. The negotia tions for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States are seem inlgy approaching settlement. The matter has been placed in the hands of the finance committoe of the rigsdag, with the view of arranging the differ ence in the price asked and offered. The king and ministry are in favor of the sale, but final action may be de layed by powerful opposition both in the islands and here. I1EW5 Of THIS AlID ilEldilDOHIIIQ 5TATK t ; - ",'." 1 ; Interesting Events and Gossip of the Past Week Reported From Cities and Towns in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. IDAHO. Thurston Hutchins, a well-kown stockman of the state,' died at Boise. A movement is on foot at Caldwell, looking to the early .closing of stores. Paul Jacot, a resident of St. Joe, has been committed to the Blackfoot in sane aslyum. John .Harley. a pioneer of, Idaho City, is dead, aged 70. He came to this state in 1863. Callender is the name of a new post office in Idaho county. Edward VW. Taylor is postmaster. . A branch telephone line has been run from Dewey to Swan Falls. This gives the Falls a direct line to Boise. S. B. Wright's two-story residence at Bonner's Ferry, on T;he north side of the river, was entirely destroyed by fire. :-- ... The aggregate : valuation "of the in struments filed for record at Wallace with the county recorder in 1900 is $2,052,416.73. Henry Ott. a well-known pioneer farmer of the Boise valUy, has sold his ranch of 450 acres. .: The. purchase j?rice was $6,625. - . . ' Thomas W. "Bates, promoter of the Idaho Midland railway, has returned to New York. He says the road is in the best possible condition. The P. & I. Ni railway 'has an nounced its intention of extending its road into the Seven Devils country. Steel rails have already been pur chased. The county commissioners of Ada county have selected T. C. Catlin to represent their interests at the Na tional Live Stock Association meet, to be held" in Salt Lake City. - The preliminary steps have been taken toward -organizing a Pioneer As sociation at Lewiston. All who re sided in the state prior to the close of the year 187.7, are eligible for mem bership. ' Judge Stewart has rendered a decis ion of considerable importance to Boise. - He holds that the city council has no authority to act as a board of equalization. Therefore increases of valuation of property made by the council are illegal and void. Fire at the.- Bunker Hill mine, Wardner district, destroyed a tram way which : leads to the Stemwinder mine. In . consequence, -' the latter mine had to be temporarily shut down. The fire originated in the pumping house. Loss is estimated at $2,000; fully insured. . James Patten, a rancher living near Bonners' Ferry, lost a valuable horse while triyng to cross the river. He attempted to drive the team across on the ice, but when near the middle of the stream the ice gave way utder the horses and before they could be drawn out one of them was drowned. WASHINGTON. It is said that Hoquiam will have a basket factory. The Aberdeen Order of Eagles will eiect a $3,000 building. Spokane has accepted plans for a crematory which will cost $4,500. The old Hartford hotel has been torn down and loaded on cars, billed for Jackman, Skagit county. New Whatcom is endeavoring to have the appropriation for the water way project raised from $15,000 to $50,000. - Whitman county boasts of the youngest court bailiff in the United States in the person of Willie, the 11-year-old son of Judge McDonald, of the superior court. Dr.' L. R. Markley has betn ap pointed quarantine officer for Belling ham Bay. Heretofore vessels have had to wire to Port Townsend for instruc tions. Measures are being taken to intro duce a bill in the legislature to sub mit to a vote of the people an amend ment to the constitution designating Tacoma as the state capital instead of Olympia. The miners working on the Admiral Dewey claim, near Republic,, have killed lour cougars recently. , The largest measured 8 feet 4 inches from tip to tip and the smallest 7 feet 10 inches. The board of county commissioners for Lewis oounty has let a contract to the Northwest Bridge Company for the construction of a 140-foot span bridge across the Chehalis river at Black's Station. The contraot price is $1,494. An important Btrike has been made on the property of the Oro Grande Gold Mining & Milling Company, a few miles from Marcus. Previous as says gave from $8 to $21.65 in gold, silver and copper and the ore from the new vein is expected to go much higher. The executive board of the Thurston County Bicycle Path Association re ports $1,901 received last year from the sale of bioycle tags and $456 from other sources. David Jathley, who has returned to Everett from Dawson, brought home the petrified jaw of a prehistoric mas todon.' From pqint to point, the jaw measures 37 inches, and it still con tains two teeth nine inches long. It is thoroughly petrified, weighing 60 pounds. A 50-year franchise has been granted for an electric railway between Seattle and Taooma. The line is be in operation in 18 months. The machinery for the new mill at Hartford is now on the ground. It will cut 85,000 feet of lumber per day, and the shingle mill in conjunction will have a capacity of 150.000 shingles. As the result of eating canned meats and salads at a lodge entertainmet at Ballard, F. S. Stillman, a rug clerk of that city, is lying in a critical con dition at his home, suffering from pto maine poisoning. . Word has been reoeived of the dlath ot Captain William Haines, a pioneer mining man, at Northport. He was a native of North Carolina and bad been on the coast since the palmy days of Virginia City, Nevada. The Northern Lumber Company's sawmill at Everett, which was burned a few months ago. is to be rebuilt. New TT1 Si lhi TlnT-V in rm -Vi a fMn. I - - - "'J w V. VA WOJ AAVFUl rthe East, and plans for the building are ready lor the contractors. It is announced that the logging camps adjoining the Sedro-Wooley townsite on the north, staited up again by a new concern. These camps, two in number, are among the largest in the Northwest, each employing about 150 men. The operations of the new firm are expected to be on a scale even more extensive than heretofoie. Judge Moore at Seattle has issued a peremptory- writ ot mandate to the King county board of commissioners requiring them to call a special elec tion within 40 days to permit the resi dents of that part of 'the reservation lying within King county to vote whether they desire to have the reser vation annexed to Pierce eounty. Natural oil indications have been discovered near Spangle. . The discov ery was made on the adjoining ranches of A. D. McMichael and J. B. Butler,-; and a lease has been secured on one of these by capitalists who will prospect for oil and gas. F. K. McCoy, a repre sentative of an oil company in Cali fornia, has been examining all the fields of the Palouse looking for oil lands for his company, and he has se cured a lease on Mr. MoMichael'a farm. OREGON. The organ factory at Dallas is en larging its plant. The Bybee bridge across Rogue river is being repaired and is closed to travel. The free ferry at Liverpool, Benton county, is not yet in operation, owing to high water. F. E. Dunn, of Eugene, sold 57 bales of 1899, hops to San "Francisoo buyers for 8 cents per pound. Fred Walters, of the Farmers' Cus tom mill, has purchased the Cheape mill property at Pendleton for $5,500. The telephone office at Sumpter has abolished its telegraph office, and mes sages are now transmitted bv telephone to Baker City. A test pit, sunk 15 feet on the Ore gon Boy, a recent location -in the Ala mo district, is said to have disclosed a ledge with $12 values. Oscar Dilley, of Oakville, is building a dairy building which will be large enough for 50 cows and will have all up-to-date improvements. J. A. Fitzgibbon has bought the Cook and Miller ledge on Foot's creek, Southern Oregon. This is a ledge in which two feet of $50 rock has been developed. A young man, aged 18 years, the adopted son of Thomas Smith, was thrown from a load of railroad ties near Elgin, and received injuries which re sulted in his death. The shaft on the Little Breeches claim, in the Bald Mountain district, is down 26 feet, and average assays of $5.40 are reported. No cross cutting will be done until the 100-foot level is reached. Farmers living between Lebanon and Sodaville will make an effort to get free rural mail delivery. The route will be about as follows: From Lebanon to Sodaville, thence west about six miles, thence north abqnt six miles, thence east to starting point. Georse Newsome, a farmer living near Marquam, was held up and robbed in his own doorway. Mr. Newsome answered a knock at the front door and was surprised to find a revolver in his face on opening the door. He gave up a few dollars be had in his pocket. C. S. Warren, Jr., has pnrohased from George Day a one-sixth interest in the Crown Point property for $500.' The property adjoins the Diadem in the Greeuhorn Mountain district, and has been developed by a 40-foot shaft. It is said that average assays from a 3-foot ledge are $25.30, while some specimens assayed $104. An important mining deal has just been consummated in Eastern Oregon, whereby the Quebec and High Ore claims changed hands. The considera tion is placed at about $40,000. A mass meeting of citizens of Gil- : ham county was held, at which it was decided to organize a company and' build a railroad from Condon to the Columbia. This would greatly benefit the wheat men of that county, as at present all wheat is being hauled in wagons 40 to 60 miles--