YUKON OUTFIT
■hould be f n i i _
('H-lt tor u j e , , .
5 S
U,|J
, J
inside thia, or use blanket«,
he may
prefer, though there is more warmth
THE
gold
hunter
to the same weight in thesl«*eping hag.
As for clothing, tli^ essentials are
SHOULD T A K E .
mackinaw suits, l^eavy wooleu under-
wear and overall,rte, heavy woolen
for T h u w W h o C ontrtn-
socks, woolen mitts and fleci-e lined
» '« I will,
l«*ather mitts, heavy leather boots, gum
M S e e k i n g T h . l r K o r t u u e » in t h e
o .„ „ „
boots, overalls, woolen cap, soft felt
„ G o ld K lold * o f A U i k t a n d tho
bat and a waterproof clothing sack. To
^ „ e . t T erritory ,
The ground ,8 frozen from surface to
this equipment one may add whatever
bedroek, a distance varying
in wining
jCorr«»Pondence''
he may think desirable, but these at
claims from 20 to 4o’
Eren
in
least are necossary. The question of
».most practical and vital question summer it thaws
r * , 1-
| footwear is an important one. Gum
ifccidfd by the man who intends
hoots are worn only while at work in
,o the Yukon next year is the S V ? k " i h . ‘ ,b ° Vetbe ^ ^ k . »nd the water, either in a claim or along
Leather tioots crack and are
position and quantity of his outtit. great deal" «If f VitTInd0 u"tak' '1'1 ‘ " * " the trail
should he take and how much of weeks of hard work in the o,Jn selson easily ruined in the snow and cold.
1 he Italians make a moccasin Inxit,
u . is
i« far more imoortant
aues- 1 , K'etbcr fuel enough to last
This
important a ques-
called “ muckluok,” which is the usual
, than that of the route he shall se- l l W‘ nter *0r h« * i" 8 «"d working
footwear along the Yukon, but it will
, since by any regular route he d i r t ^ T e i t r a l h .V t U ^ d l a n l ! ,1,*'’ ? of coarse be impossible for them to sup
Id probably reach hia destination, j only io the summer aml’ eaHy fall. 'Til ply the demand for them next year.
I, should he not have a proper out- Buln” districts water flow* 'oniy a few This renders it aiivisaide for tiie gold-
see ;er to take at least one extra pair of
bt would he likely to find his labor
mu
f
T
K
7?
'
-
A
“
U,e
dirl
tak‘in
out of the shaft is piled up near it till b«M)ts with him. The liuist desirable is
Ihsve been all in vain, with failure
the style of boot worn by lumbermen,
the following
and until IIIU
then
- summer, «.j«s
II
| possible starvation staring him in ,
the miner can not tell what will he the j There are numerous little things that
are a nei'essarv part of an «Equipment.
‘ fa‘ e
i , require to , result of Ins year’s labor.
labor.
FWhatever
a man would
' Every man should have a small kit of
Th i s
L to wear or to work with he should ,i „ , 18 tl,e ordinary programme of shoemaker’s tools and supplies, also a
the Yukon miner. He reaches the gold
complete mending outfit for clothing,
fee with him. To go into that conn- ti,|,irt jn j '^ e or'july ° "lie
spends the toilet articles, etc., all in a case with
, depending upon being able to pur- ; „ext few Weeks
in prospecting and pockets, one that can be rolled uo anti
i any of the necessaries of life ^ finally locates a c
iim. There is then tied. A few yards of mosquito netting
_e*sful work is to rnn the risk oil but a short time h
left in which to gather are necessary,for mosquitoes are a |>eHt.
.lttl failure and calamity. Again and tire wood and
prepare for work. Dur- Goggles to protect the eyes from snow
[ l in «as ibis asserted by experienced ill(? t)l0 winter'|ie
sinks his shaft and blindness are necessary.
Pens, ink,
pukoacis when the excitement broke pi)es
up the dirt to be rnn through Pencils, paper and govt rhraent stamped
nei'i summer
at in July. Publicly through the sluice bCxes'ihe'>
envelopes, both Canadian and United
and privately on all occasions j |]e
K
a" " r V, T V
' “ V .“
‘" ''“ ¡b e can get water he begins washing“
^ysdvised gold m t o i i to ta tow ith | und by the time lie ha. completed it States, should be taken. A few books
Fishing
■U^m a complete equipment for 18 more than a year has passed from the are worth their weight.
[months, certainly not less than a year, time he first arrived in the gold fields, tackle and shot guns are likely to
l„id to place no dependence whatever and it may then lie too late for him to prove of service, as the streams teem
[upon being able to purchase what they get out ot the country that season. If with fish and water-fowl are extremely
I might need from trading posts. This lie went in supplied for 18 months and abundant in summer. Traps are use
Ijilvice was bassei«upon the well-known has kept his supplies he is all right. If less. as all taking of animals for their
fconditions of work and transportation not, lie may be in the position of those fur is «lone by Indians. A «'oiupass is
] jj that region. The miner might be Klondike miners this winter, who have desirable, also snow calks for the firet.
Lgated several hundred miles by a trail not supplies to carry them through till For travel on the snow a Yukon sled is
(.Impassable in winter from the nearest spring and can not buy them at any needed. No matter by what route one
travels or how lie expects to transport
i a d 'nF post, while the post itself, even price.
his outfit, there will bo times either on
|if accessible, might fail to secure a
So much for the necessity of an the journey in or later when he will
" stock oi goods.
ample equipment. Now a few words
1 The soundness o f this advice iias about the nature of it. .Some things have to pack supplies on his own back,
and lie should bo eqnippe«! for it. The
been amply demonstrated the present are absolute neeessitites. and one of
ordinary packing straps cut and gall the
I season. Hundreds who did not give it these is quicksilver for saving the gold.
shoulders and let the load lie like a
•efficient weight, have rushed into Take five pounds. To he without it
dead weight on the small of the back
Dawson City with not enough food to would he like a soldier without ammu
and the kindeys. There are various
last them through the winter, only to nition. It should be in a metal tlask
devices for overcoming these troubles.
tind that not a pound of foot! is to be of some kind, something that will not
The best of them are tho Merriam
purchased there, and that they are but break, and care should be taken not to pack, by which the weight is thrown
adding to the distress o f those already spill it. A pick and long-handled upon the hips, and the Yukon packing
threatened with starvation.
They shovel are necessary tools, also a gold frame, which places the weight on the
have not done this in ignorance, hut in pan. You will want a kit of tools for shoulilers. Either is worth far more
defiance of the advice of men oi ex[>eri- making a boat, as well as for building than it costs to the man who has to
ence. The golden mirage of their im a cabin, flumes, etc. It should consist pack his outfit. In packing it is a
aginations has blinded them to the of ivhi(>saw, handsaw, jack plane, great mistake to overdo oneself or to
practical, and they have rushed head draw-knife, axe, claw hatchet, ham carry a load too far. The best plan is
long to needless hardships, if not de mer, square, chisel, tiles, whetstone, to move the entire outtit along by short
struction. Yet the majority of them chalk line, and wire and galvanized stages, and then to stop work before
took this advice seriously at first, and nails, also oakum, pitch, oars, row- completely exhausted. One should be
«quipped themselves well for the jour locks, calking iron, boat cotton, twine, especially careful not to sit around
ney. Very few, indeed, of those wtio sail needles, wooden block and manila without a coat when heated or to wear
have reached Dawson with almost noth .cotton rope.
Wet clothing when not at work.
ing for their sup(>ort this winter, land
The necessary camping outfit con
Every man going to Alaska should
ed at Dye* or Skugway with less than sists of a tent, a Yukon stove, a nest of tako a small supply of medicines
a thousand ponnds o f supplies each. three camp kettles, fry pan, hake pan, and surgical necessaries. These out
The secret of their present shortness is water bucket, plates, cup and saucer, fits, both regular and homeopathic, may
the difficulties of the trail and their in coffee pot, knives, forks, spoons, two be procured in specially prepared cases,
tense eagerness to reach their destina large spoons and a butcher knife. The and cost about $10. He should also
tion. They have disposed of or aban best materials for utensils are alumi understand the use of the remedies and
doned the bulk of their outfits, trusting num, graniteware and steel in the or appliances.
Finally, the best advice of all is to
to luck, or the deity supposed to have der named. No tin, china or glass is
fools in his special charge, to get desirable. Tiiere is no eoonoiny in not take only the best quality of every
through the winter somehow. They getting the best and a full equipment. thing, whether clothing, proivsions or
would have done better to have camped Food must be good and properly cooked utensils, and to procure them from ex
at the lakes till spring, than to have if one would retain health and be in perienced outfitters, who know just
Insufficient or what is wanted and how to pack it. It
gone on to Dawson short o f supplies. condition to work.
They would have done still better,when jioorly cooked food, with little variety, is [M>or economy to save a cent or two a
they found they could not got through is the chief cause of scurvy. Too much pound on provisions and tiieh pay a
this fall in good shape, to have returned care cannot be exerois«*! in this par dollar a pound to get this cheap food to
its destination.
to the coast ami waited until spring for ticular.
As for food, an adequate supply for
These things cfln »11 be bought cheap
another attempt fully equipped. Those
who followed this course are infinetly 18 months weighs about a tun. The er and to better ail vantage at t lie outfit
better off than those who sacrificed chief items are 600 pounds of flour, 300 ting points Loin which the steamers
everything to their insane eagerness to pounds of bacon, 150 pounds each <if sail than at any other place. It is both
get through, and are now at Dawson beans and sugar, 75 pounds each of economy and widsom to wait until the
with nothing to do and threatened with rolled oats or other mush material and finak starting |M>iut is reached before
being overwhelmed by a calamity of corn meal, 50 pounds of rice, six dozen outfitting, as a perfect equipment, se
cans of condensed milk, 35 pounds of lected under the advice of reliable out
their own creation.
The value of the advice given to those butter iii sealed cans, 150 (xmnds of fitters und properly paokod, is half the
who started last fall has been demon evaporated vegetables, 100 jmunds of battle for success.
Girl Usher* hi n Church.
strated by their experiences. The same evaporated fruit, 50 pounds of prunes j
advice is as valuable to those who will and raisins, 30 pounds of dried fish, 40 : Because tho members of bis church
go in the spring.
Take everything pounds of coffee, with baking powder, were negligent in attending Sunday
with you that you anticipate to need soda, salt, pepper, ginger, mustard, services and still more so in contribut
yeast cakes, tea, soap, matches, lime ing to the support of himself ami the
for a year for any purpose, and do not
depend upon being able to buy anything juice (very important), dried beef, ex church, Rev. Maurice Pen field Fikes,
whatever. It is folly to take for grant tract of beef, soups in tins, sausage, to pastor of tho First Baptist church at
bacco, etc., a« desired, bearing in mind Trenton, N. J., decided to try an inno
ed that there will be so many new
alwavH that variety of food promotes vation to attract (ample to hear him
steamers on the river next year that the
health. There lias more or less been j preach and their nickles and dimes
country will be amply supplied with
said in the papers auout various con from their unwilling pockets. He in
food and other necessaries.
Assuming
centrated foods, but with the exception troduce«! pretty girls as ushers, and is
that transportation facilities will he in
of evaporated vegetables and fruit, j more than pleased with the results of
crease«! ten times, this will be offset
condensed preserves, condensed milk the first experiment. Mr. Fik««g bad
by the undoubted fact that more than
and beef extract there is nothing yet the sagacity to make announcement
ten times us many persons will go in as
been brought forward which has been of the fact that the young women
aiv there now, and tiiat the added trans
proved desirable. One can not afford
portation facilities w ill be used to carry to experiment with his stomach in would show folks to their si-ats and
take up the collection. Ho was care
them and their outfits. To the thou
ful, too, to pick out six of the prettiAt
sands who are already there and must Alaska.
All supplies should be carefully girls in his flock, so the church hail
depend entirely upon supplies brought
in for sale, must be added the other packed in canvas sacks of a total weight more young men in its pews than had
of 50 pounds each as nearly as possible. ever before been seen there. Every
thousands who will not heed the voice
Canvas of superior quality should be seat in the church was filled long be
of prudence and w ill rusli in lightly
used, the object being to preserve the fore services were begun, and it was
equipped, depending upon purchasing
food from loss by dampness as well as necessary to get chairs in the diisles.
what they need for the winter. It >8
by breaking or tearing of tho packages. As ushers the girls were a grand suc
extremely doubtful whether enough
Fifty pound packages are the most con cess, but their best services were given
goods for sale can be taken in next
venient for handling, and this is often when the time came to take up the col
summer to supply this demand.
In
as great a weight as one man can carry lection. The innovation doesn’ t meet
deed, in view of the experiences of this
It is better to have these canvas sacks with the approval of the other preach
year, it is almost certain that they can paraffined, to resist dampness. Do not ers, who say that when people are
not.
use oiled canvas, as the extreme cold- drawn to a church simply for the privi
Even if it were not for this uncer ness causes it to crack with consequent lege o f looking upon a lievy of pretty
tainty, the conditions of successful work loss of the contents of the sack. Th a girls there is no lasting go«nl to be ex
there require that the miner take in a islfru« also oi oiled clothing, sleeping pected from it. But Mr. Fikes says
full equipment and have it with him bazs etc. Plain canvas is better than that he believes in getting people into
wherever he goes.
The Yukon gold S ' and paraffined better than plain. hi« church sn«l be doesn’ t care how he
fields cover a great area of country, Ac*nV»s tarpaulin is necessary a. an does it so long as the mentis are legiti
while the trading posts are few and at o u t f i t t e r , and tin. may
mate and honest. It took a long time
present only along the Yukon river.
to take up the collection, but when it
Other posts will doubtless be estab lacks' should be numbered and a list of was over ami the money counted there
lished next year, near such new dis S t e n t s of each kept. The owner’s was nearly $300 to add to the treasury
trict« as may become populous, yet even
i r Should is. plainly msrke on of the church._______________
,
Such necessaries as matches,
’ heee w ill be only at points accessible
Miss Maud Parks of Lock Raven,
to steamers. TJbose going to the gold S ' , e « . etc., should be distribute«! Baltimore county, Md.,Tvas sitting near
field« must not expect to find claims
a stove when a celluloid comb in her
near the present centers of population.
hair caught fire. Pnmehody present
They w ill bo compelled to prospect dis
the owner
Tj,e camper got a bucket of watar and emptied it
tant streams and gulches, and if enc* matches in tin
•
10x12 over h e r . __ _______________
•■essful, they may locate several hun will require a ten , 8*10 or
California claims the largest boy la
dred miles from the nearest store.
0 being the_ usual^ "
J
the world of hie age. His name is
J
,
|
i
have
i
canvas
^
bo compelled to make a journey a **
hood U
to : John Bardin. He is IS year* old, fix
^ S n a A f f l o e d , with a hood
supplies might cause the lo«« of the en "“•
preferably ps
oan haTi
foet flve inches tall, and weighs M0
tire season’s prMpecting. even assuming
pound«.
that the things needed could be por-
I at alL Every prospecting party
7
ADRIFT
IN
A
GALE.
THE
Bough r - p .r l.n c . of the atenmur Kal-
>.r Wilhelm Her tirouu.
New YorX, De. 27.— The giantess of
ocean liners, the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grtisse, of the North German Lloyii
line, arrive«! from Bremen a day late.
She brought over 461 cabin and 893
steerage passengers. Tiie ¡msseugera
told of a terrible experience. From
Cherbourg she met gale after gale.
On the third duy out from Cher
bourg, while a heavy sea w»« running
ami nearly all of the passengers were
seasick in the berths, the ship’ s ma
chinery was suihlenly Ntopped. Some
of the officers thought the maheinery
had broken, others that the engines had
gone to pieces, rind still others that the
rudder was disabled. After the ponder
ous vessel was hove to she began to
drift. For eight hours she was adrift
till she was 50 miles out of her course,
when she started again.
The iacts in the «'ase are that on the
evening of the 10th the bead of the
main boiler was wabbling. Invest!ca
l ' 1 m i showed that one «>f the stt*el hands
luul broken off. To prevent the hoiler
from vibrating ami a possible explo
sion, it was necessary to draw the fire,
stop the ship and allow the parts to
c«xd. Captain Englcliart laughed wiien
fho id«*a of danger in wnnoitiuu with
the break was mentioned.
ALASKAN. FLEET.
I t n e i h l H H ead.« for the Northwest
U u ltm .
The fleet o f steamship« which is
heading for the Pacific Northwest to
participate in the Alaska rush ia «till
receiving additons. The latest vessel
reporte«! is the British steamship Amur,
j which a Victoria trading company has
purchased in Loudon.
The Amur is a
comparatively new vessel, having beeu
built in 1890. she is 216 f«N>t long,
28.1 feet beam, anti 11.3 feet depth of
hold, auil is 670 tons n«*t register. lu
ailtiition to about a dozen resurrected
vessels alreailv on thia ooast tiiat will
l*e in the Alaska service the following
steamships are now re|Kirt«H] as liateii
for the Pacific Northwest, some of
them having already sailed: Bothnia,
hey th ia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Imiiaiia, Cottage City, Cnrucoa, Cone-
maugh. City of Columbia, Valencia,
Amur, Brixliam.
O r e g o n N o te ..
1(1 th* Honth d o Up.
BirmiDirham, Ala., Deo. 27.— The
Ceronna Coal Company and the Vir
ginia & Alabama Cktal Company, em
ploying about 1,200 coal miner., in
Walker couptv, tolay announced that
January 1, they will advance wages
from 60 to 70 cents per ton.
Sleds are now being used on the
Union-Cornucopia stage line, from a
point four miles east of Medical springs
to Cornucopia, in Union oounty.
The heaviest surf experienced since
1R84 prevailed on the Curry oounty
beaoli during the storms last week.
Many ot the miners lost their beach fix-
1 tores.
Tiie r«*(iort of Agent Emery shows a
total of 1,020 Indians on the Klamath
reservation, an increase of 59 over last
year. These rod men have been do
prived of allowances for the past 13
years, aiul most of them are supporting
themselves well.
A Lakeview paper says that a soow,
to carry freight, has been put on Goose
lake, in Lake county.
The scow will
be fitted with sails and will be navi-
gateil as well as may lie that way until
gasoline engines >'an be put on board of
her
A Southern Pacific official says that
np to December, the present season’s
Hhipuii'iit of hops out of Oregon amount-
si. to 26 , 0001 ’.ilos, ¡’.nil, since tintt time
6,000 more bales have gone forward,
making a total of 31,000, or neatly one-
1 1 A1 f of the 1897 crop.
The city council of Salem has accept
ed the proposition of E. J. Swafford,
ex-city treasurer, and George Williams
and J. A. Baker, Ins bondsmen, where
by they agree to pay $4,000 before De
cember 31, in full payment of tho bal
ance duo the city from ex-Treuaurer
Swafford.
Stock Inspector Vamlvert, of Crook
county, will soon have finished his
Hemi-annuuul inspei tion of the sheep in
Crook county. Only about 16 bands,
out of atiout 330,000 head, remain tin-
inspected. In ull this lot, he has only
j found three hands infected with scab,
i and heanl of two others that he will in
i spect later.
Tho Brownsville Times is aotlserity
for the statement that the greater part
of the hops in that vicinity are yet in
the hands of the growers. Joseph and
Pierce Hume and Michael Weber last
week shipped their ’ 97 crop to u New
York commission house, ami the hop
men are anxiously awaitiug the returns
of this shipment.
Tho work of clearing ont tho dirt
from the quarry at Point Terrace, on the
Siuslaw, was finished last week. Part
of the machinery has already been
taken to the mouth of the river, and
stored in the buildings there, and the
rest will be placed there soon. Mr.
Jacoburger, who lias had charge of tho
work, informs the Florence West that
he hopes to have all this business in
Florence arranged so ho can leave this
week. About 45,000 tons of rock have
hi*en used and about 450 fci't of jetty
built this year, says the West. The
channel has changed so that nearly all
the water flows through the south
entrance.
In the trial of Allen Logan in Dallas
last w«*ek, on tho charge of murdering
Enoch Sylvester, the head of the dead
was produced in court.
The prosecu
tion seciireil identification of the grew-
some pice«* of evidence, and showed the
jury fractures in the hack part of the
skull sufficient to cause death.
Tho
defense, In wcver, pro«luce«l as witnesses
three of the physicians who had been
present at the post-mortem, and estab
lished that the careful examination
these physicians had made was with
special referenw to establish the fact
whether or not the blow delivered by
Logan had fractured the skull, and
each swore positively that at the |x>st-
mortern no such fractures were to be
found.
The head turned out to be a
boomerang for tho prosecution, and it
probably contributed to the verdict in
Logan’s favor.
It has lieen many years since the tax
collections of Umatilla county have
showe«J such satisfactory lootings as
they do this fall. For the last two
preceding years there was not an at
tempt made to collect the overwhelm
ing list o f delinquencies with which
the books at the sheriff’ s oflloe were
filed, fur the taxpayers were in sneb
straits that it would have been o f little
avail to do so. But it remained for
1897 to be the banner year, and for
the last several weeks the delinquent
accounts have been rapidly paid off,
until there remain but comparatively
few to collect.
For three years pre-
ceiling the present tax oollection year,
the amounts of delinquencies that have
l»*en paid this fall amount to $32,-
417.0A, apportioned among the periods
■s follows: Taxes of 1895, $28,602.75;
1894, $7,814.31; 1893, $1,500.
San Francisco, Dec. 27.— Charles W.
Richards, a mechanical
expert of
Cleveland, O., arrived to«lay from .ta-
(*n , where he has been sii(ierinten«ling
the construction of a wire-nail plant,
coating 4'2o0,000, at Tokio. The ca
pacity of the works is 500 kegs of nails
and 1,000 wooden kegs daily.
A»
skilled labor in Japan ia paid hut 35
cent« a day, against $100 in this
country, the output o f the factory will
cause a corresponding reduction in lit«
demand for th* American product.
E. P. Wier, of Fossil, in Gilliam
county, shippeil several carloads of hogs
from Fossil to Portland last week.
Hoffman Ac Hastain, of Fossil, are pur
chasing hogs an«l turning them into
bacon. Last week they received 20
head from Frank Knox that averaged
371 pounds in weight, and 10 head
from J. D. Livingston that averaged
170. The prices paid were 4 cent«
and $.00 per pound, live weight, re
spectively, which made the hogs bring
over $11 a bead.
THE
Jacob
M ETHOD
X V elnan
t ta iii'u e d
W AS
F IE N D IS H .
S tran gled
W ith
« 'lo th
D ow n lit. T h roat.
St. Louis, Deo. 37.— .». newt mortem
was held yesterday on tbv remains of
Jacob Weinan, who was found dead in
his kitchen Friday evening, having
been murdered. At the time a towel
was found tightly twist«*«! about liis
throat, hut tin* post mortem revealed u
peculiarly fiendish method the mur
derers had resorte«! lo. Far «lown in
the niau’ s throat, tightly imbedded in
the bronchial tubes, was a wad «of t!ii«'k
cloth, wtiich ha«l been wrapped with
horsehair.
Fingers could not have
reached that far, and a stick was prob-
shlv»use«i to ram the wading «low n.
In 1893 a soldior at Jefferson barracks
was murdered in a similar manner, and
the similarity of the liiurilcr of Friday
with the latter has caused excitement
in police circles.
TO
CON TR O L
l iana o f a
COAL
C ro a t. C o m b i n e
t h o Kuril.
MARKET.
F orm in g
in
New York, Dec. 37.— It has de
veloped tiiat a big coal-selling combina
tion of the anthracite railroads where
by tho proiluction is to be doled out by
the supreme head, is only a part of a
vast project for control of the entire
coal industry in the East. J. Pierpont
Morgan’ s plan iuvolves the creation of
u similar central selling agency to
cover each of tho gr«*at bituminous coal
«iistricts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, \V«sst
Virginia, Indiana ami Illinois anil a
uniform working arrangement be
tween them that shall put a stop to rate
cutting and demoralization of trade.
The companies are to agree upon the
proportion each is to mine and haul,
and the buying company is to call upon
them accordingly us fust as it needs
coal for the market.
TRAIN
WRECKERS
AT
F u tile A t t e m p t M m le to flitc h
i n g t o n I’ airirieiiger.
LARGE.
a
B u rl
Thayer, la., Dec. 37.— An attempt
was made between hero ami Murray
last night to throw from the track the
Burlington train No. 3. Whether tho
attempt was made for the purpose of
robbery or for maliciousness is not
known at present. About 9:30 o ’clock
as the train was approaching the foot
of Murray hill, tho engine left the
track. Fortunately no particular «lam-
age was done to it or to the train, nor
was anyone on boaril injured. On ex
aminations it was found the track ha«l
been tani|>ered with, and footprints of
men were seen on the hill leading away
from the roadbed. Spikes had been
(uilled out of tiie ti«»s for three rail
lengths, the work being done with a
wrench and pinclihar, which had been
stolen from the carhouse at Thayer.
W o u l d A b o l i . h C o r o n e r * . Oltlce.
New York, Dec. 27.— The December
grand jury hamlod to Judge Hurd, in
the county court today, a recommenda
tion that the office of coroner be abol
ished, because that «iffice is of no prac
tical effeot in ferreting out crimes; the
methods are open to the most severe
censure; the manner o f conducting the
business is inefficient, and the power
of the (mroner is delegated to subordi
nates, whose chief functions seem to he
to collect fees incidental to their office
for their chief.
Good New« for Hawaii.
Honolulu, Deo. 27.— The Mariposa
arrived from San Francisco yesterday,
bringing news of the opening of con
gress.
Regarding the annexation
treaty, the Hawaiian government re
ceived a«lvices from Washington on the
day the steamer sailed, which state
that the opposition is not as strong as
indicated in the press dispatches.
WEEKLY
[OMee of Dowsing,
Beard ol Trade Broken. 1
mere* Building, form
The trade haa fallen into a
thinking that the hig receipts of
past week will clean up the
wheat that i« liable to come
present prices. Moat of this wl
contract, when it is all in the
think that they will control the
tion.
In the Northwest tba claim is
that 80 per cent o f th« crop haa
marketed, and that country elevator
stocks are very light compared with
prevWns years. Every one is looking
for a sharp falling off in receipts a
the first o f the year; also for higher
prices, while the situation on all aidaa
is udmittedly bullish the world over,
the prices have not responded to what
the hulls think tlu* (Nisition of stocks
to
estimate requirements justifies.
They have fixed the standard of values
in their own minds, ami because they
are not realized thoj feel disappointed.
Most of them ure too much inclined to
lose sight of the fact that tho prioe o f
wheat has reached a point where sub
stitutions of other a'ticl«*s cuts greatly
into the consumption, and that tha
speculators are more solicitous as to
the prioe and the probable supplies
than the consumers.
The outlook for supplies from A r
gentine is uncertain, the probability
being that the ««xportahle surplus will
nut exceed 30,000,000 bushels. Trad
ers lose sight of the fact that Argen
tine is a large country, and that uiife-
voruble conditions will hardly exiat
over the entire territory.
Harvesting is now in progress, and
the rains might reduce the exportabto I the
surplus. There will be little wheat V*
flo p
ship from Australia, hut India’s pros *uen
pects are evidently good, judging from
Hn*.
tiie free offerings in Liverp«>ol for Sep card
tember. The American visible supply
this week show«*d a larger increase than
CD
expected, being 1,051,000 bushels morn
than last week, and now totals 3A,A10,- % th «
000 bushels, as compared with E4,M3,- r o n «
000 bushels at the same time last year. Milu-
ti ill*
P ortla n d M arket.
Wheat— Walla Walla, 75(37Ac; Val
ley and Bluestem, 77di78c per butheL
Four— Best grades, $4.25; graham,
$3.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
• !
Oats— Choice white, 35@ 36c; ohoina
gray, 33(¿034c (>or bushel.
Barley— Feed barley, $19(320; brew
ing, $20 per ton.
Millstiffs— Bran, $17 |>er ton; mid
tilings, $21; shorts, $18.
Hay— Timothy, $12.60@13; oloi
$10(311; California wheat, $10;
oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9(§10
ton.
Eggs— 18 (326c jier dozen.
Butter— Fancy creamery, 55@t
fait to good, 45(360c; dairy, 40(§l
per roll.
Cheese — Oregon,
11 V^o;
Y«
America, 12‘„ c ; California, 9Q1
per pound.
wS>
Poultry— Chickens, mixed, $1.76(
3.35 per dozen; broilers, $2.00(13.!
geese, $5.50(36.50: ducks, $4.00(36.1
per dozen; turkeys, live, 8 @ 9 c
pound.
Potatoes— Oregon Burbanks, 350 (
per sack; sweets. $1.40 per cental.
Onions— Oregon, new, red, 90o;
low, HOo per cental.
Hops— 5 (3 14c per pound for
crop; 1806 crop, 4(30o.
W ool— Valley, 14(3l6c per
Eastern Oregon, 7 (3 12o; mohair,
( 3 2 2 o iKir pound.
Mutton— Gross, best sheep, well
and owes, $3.50; dressed mutt
O ^o; spring lambs, 6}^c per pound.
Hogs— Gross, choice hoavy, $4.(
light ami feeders, $3.00(34.00; dl
$4.50(35.00 per 100 pounds.
Beef— Gross, top steers, $2.75(31
cows, $2.60; dressed beef,
pound.
Veal— Large, 4)$(35o; small«,
6c per |K)iind.
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N«‘ l i t t l e M a r k e t .
Butter — Fancy native ere«
brick, 28c; ranch, 16(318c.
Cheese— Native Washington, 19J
California, 9 ){o.
Eggs— Fresh ranch, 28c.
Poultry— Chickens, live, per
hens, lOo; spring chickens, $2.$
3 00; ducks, $3.50(38.76.
Wheat— Feeil wheat, $22 per tec
Oats— Choice, per ton, $19(820.
Corn— Whole, $22; cracked, per
$22; feed meal, $22 per ton.
Barley— Rolled or ground, per
$22; whole, $22.
Fresh Meats— Choice dressed 1
steers, Be; cows, 5)£o; mutton 4
7c; )x>rk, Ac; veal, small, 7.
Fresh Fish— Halibut, 6(30c: sell
8c; salmon trout, 7 (3 10o; fioni
and sole, 3(34; ling cod, 4(85; rock
6c; smelt, 2 % (34c.
Fresh Fruit— Applee, 60o(3$l.$|
box; (»caches, 76(380c; prunes, I 6 |
pears, 75c(3$l per box.
Man r r a n t l M j M a v k a t .
W ool— Nevada 11 (3 18.:; OngOU THU
(3 14c; Northern 7(38o per pound.
Hops— 1 0(3 14c per pound.
Millstnffa— Middlings, $904818;
ifornia bran, $17.00(318.00 per
Onions— New red. 70(380o;
silverskin, $2.00(33.26 per
Eggs— Store, 24(3 28c; rsnoh,
34c; Eastern, 16(390;duek, 20(3
dozen.
Citrus Fruit — Oranges,
$1.60(33.00; Mcvlea»« limes,
3.00; California lemons, _
(32 00; do c<mimon,60c®$l
Cheese— Fancy mild, new, 1
to good, 7(38c per pound..
Hay— Wheat, 126114;
We
oat, $11(314; oet, $ 1 0 9 1 9 ;
ley. 97(38;
beet bar
F 1Wm
alfalfa, $ 8 .B 0 9 1 0 |l(|fr«r»
IS
Fresh
large box;
A0 (375c;
• l per box;