VOL. XVII.
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GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 3t. 1901.;
No. 49
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R. E SMITH,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office, Boom 1 over Post Olttc. Residenoe
' - . - ; Booth House, 7lh and A.
QUANTS PASS.
OREOOS.
D
R. CLIVE MAJOR,
General Practitioner of
Meuicini and Suhoebv.
-Office in Williams Block
-. C. HOUGH, ....
; ATTOBNKY-AT LAW,
Practices in all State aud' Federal CourU
t" Otrio,el5Ver First National Bauk. '
Giants Taiw, - Oaioou.
J C. PIPKINS,.
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DKpUTY
MINERAL SURVEYOR
UNTb PAH8,
Okkgos.
Willis Kramer
M ANl'KACTL'KRR or
Myrtle Creek;
' 'fi "Etra Family Floui
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And Everything that govt with First
Clans Milling.
iEoi ale by.Cmi.KS, DKLKMATER,
Wadk aud Coknki.1..
Call (or it; same price as oilier brand!
QEORGE II. BINNS,.
' ASSAYER,
Office opposite Hotel Josephine
Grants Pahs, . - . ..
OriquN:
N. E. McGREW,
PIONEER J. :
TRUCK and DELIVERY
Furniturn and Piano
Moving.
GRANTS PASS, OREGON.
The popular barber shop .
Get your tonsorial work done at
IRA TOMPKINS'
On Sixth Slreet Three chairs
Batb room in connection
II. Hi BARTON,
WATCHMAKER and
-1EWELER.
Full assortment of Watches, Clocks, Sil
vern ear and jewelry. A Good
Assortment of ltracelets and '
Heart Bangles,
Clemens' Drug Store.
J;M.GHILES
GROCERIES
HARDWARE
TAIJLEWARE
Fine Butter a Specialty
FRONT and FOURTH STS.
SWEETLANH & CO.
FRESH and SALT
MEATS.! g
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MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS.
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" J. B. rADfOCK, Paoi'B.
i I atu prensred tofurtiieb nnjfliing ih
! lot MARBLE or GRANITE. ' ' ' '
; Nearly thirty years of experience in
i - that I can. fill your orders in the very best
. Can furnish work in Scotch, Swede
. J. B. PADDOCK,
Front Hirect ieit to GfeeirK'a Cvnkliop. .
Prices $5
Latest NEW PROCESS Rocorda
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COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY
125 Geary Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
FIRST NATIONAL
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SOUTHERN OREGON.
Capital Stock,' - - $50,000,
Receive deposits subject to check or od
certificate parable on demand.
Sella siirht drafts on lew York, San Fran
Cisco, and Por'Jand.
Telegraphic transf sold on all point In
the United States,- ,'
Hpoasl Attention given to Ctiileetions ani
general business of our customers. -
Collections mode throughout Southern
Oregon, and on all accessible points. .
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R. A. BOOTH, -PrMent.
!J. C. CAUPBF.LL, Vice President.
' H.L.GILklET, '.Cashier!
" .Grants Pass ,
Banking and Trast Co.
CAPITAL STOCK $50,000.
Transacts a g m ral Banking business
Receives! deposits eiihjfjct to check or
on demand cer'i (hates.
Our customers aro assured of courteous
treatment nti 1 eveiy considi ration con
sistent with .i.iuul banking principles.
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.!. Frank Watson, Pres.
Ei Lis Pou-ccx, Vice-Pres.
, L..L. Jkwku., Cashier.
, THE
Pacific Pine Needle Co.,
' (Incorporated.)
Founder of tiiis industry in America
wishes to announce that ils factory is
now ready to resume active operations
and will continue running.
All Contracts for Needles may be filled
From Oct. MMIi, 1DOI,
D. A. CUKIU.
Men Wanted I!
Wood Choppers, J
Wood Loaders,
Wood Pi'crs,
at Wolf Creek, Oregon. Good tim
ber, and good wages can be made.
DUNBAR k KUYKCNDALL, .
Woli Creek, Ore. -
Thought for
. Your Horse-
You should think of yonr horse when
you are buying Jinrse goods as well as
yourself. Not only will the horse be
more i oinfort&hlo in the harness and
horse enacts we provide, but you will
he more
Certain to be Satisfied. ' - .
since you will have a pride in your out
fit. Our horeo goods are our pride.
We want to make them vour pride al
so. These articles are well made, are
sure to pe a pleasure wherever used,
and we believe you will find them all
, they shouM be. The price is right,
too.'
JOHN HACKETT,
tit li tlrei t.
AT
31. Clemens,
. . PRESCRIPTION DRUOOIST
Orange Fronh oppo. Opera House.
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the line, ol Cemetery work in any kind
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Vie Marble business warrants my saying
manner.
or. American Granite or any kindcf
to 150
entertains
everybody
everywhere'
School
Supplies
THE SILVER CREEK REGION.
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Territory of V&stness sxnd Great
Promise Barely Touched
by the Prospector.
The Silver cteek region occupies the
extreme western " edge ofJosephiue
county and reaches oyer into Curry.
Of all our mineral districts, it is likely
that Silver creek is one of the least
known and its merits and extent least
appreciated by the general public. The
inaccessibility oi the district Is responsi
ble for this condition of ignorance re
garding it. It lies in tho heart of the
roughness of the coast range, hemmed
in on all sides by rugged and "lolly
mountains and far removed from roads,
eo that all supplies and equipments
liavo to be transported many miles over
rough trails by pack train. There are
several routes by which the district is
reached from' Grants Pass. One Is by
way of (ialice, from which point the
head of "South Silver" or "Big Silver1
may be reached by a "pack" of about 1
milts. Another route, by way of the
'Big Bend" of Kogue river and. Upper
Briggs creek, by a trail "5 or 30 miles in
length from the river, leads to the
Silver creek basin on South Bilvei creek,
and its neighboring district. Still
another routp, by way of Selma
Swide Basin and lower Bring creek and
Red Dog, feaches Silver creek near the
Phillips mine aud tups "lower Silver
or Old region below the falls.
The several branches of Silver cteek
h ad up against Galice and Howard
creeks of tint. Rogue, river side and flow
south and west, uniting dually in one
large stieani which joins the Illinois far
down toward the junction of Unit stream
with Kogue river. Silver creek, below
the confluence of its principal brunches
atiains almost the dignity of a river and
flows through the moat magnificent
canyons in a region of crags-and chasms,
rugged cliffs aud towering mnuntaiott.
"South Silver," one of the creek 8
main branches, is the portion ol Silver
creek which has made it known as a
mining region and nearly all of the
Silyer creek mines of the present are
situated on Suuth Silver. About 30
years ago the discovery of golJ on this
creek occasicned one ol those mining
stampedes typical of the time aud fur
a time Silver creek was a tremendously
lively camp, full of men and with
nuggets and dust in prolusion. Placer
mining on Silver was and still is of a
seneatioual character as the gold occurs
lirgely'in big nuggets up to the value of
100 or even greater. It is nearly all
channel gold, smooth and very solid.
pure and heavy, always commanding
the highest price.
At the falls of this creek a big rot k
-llile has tilled up the creek to a great
ih pih, -an obstruction that has caused
the formation of the "Silver creek
basin," about two-fiitles long, in which
the bediock has never yel been reached
The creek bed was worked out as far s
the basin and was very rich, When it
beCiine impossible to drain the bedrouk
the creek was abandoned Tho cabins
which once lived the banks of tills
stream have nearly all been burned by
hunters for the purpose of seeming nails
At the mouth of "Itanrhide," one of the
tributaries ol South Silver, there is an
old, charred pile of logs which is pointer!
out as t he location ol the "grocery," the
commercial center, half store, half
aloon, of Silver crok in hir glory
The. character of the whiskey sold is
said to have given the little creek its
name.
Silver creek history is similar to thst
of other southern Oregon creeks
had its rush, ils period ol inactivity, and
its awakening to new life, with pipe and
giant, in tho new order ol tlnne.
Several mines with, small hydraulic
plants are operated r.eir the head of the
en ek and at the fulls a big engineering
projwt is now being carried out, to
tunnel under the falla and tap the big
b min of Silver creek. "Big Silver" a
branch heading west and north of South
Silver, has never, been mined although it
H known to carry gold. One $30 nugget
was found in a crevice near the mouth
ol the creek. At the present time, two
miners are opening a placer on "Big
Silver" near the '.'forks" for "Big Silver
divides itself also irtfo two sections,
"South Fork" ami ' S iurgrass", both
creeks of magnitude. This region was a
yery psradiw of game, botore the
vilUuious'U skinner made, his camp
there. ; Tx .--
Between tlie more important branches,
"Soutji Hiivef" and "Big Silver", comes
"Liltle Silver," a smaller creek, five or
six liule long, from and through a
rtgiou grand in its. ruggeduesf. ..The
,'iead of UtUe Sjlyer Jit the localiou,ol a
oiimbeV .of. "bear ' wallows" and is a
knowo point for those aho make the
pursuit ol Bmiu a specialty.' , ,
'Jhe amnner in wlnci. Silver creek:
UlctHti name is of, peculiar juiciest
Tub early prac.V miners fouiij" at limes.!
in their r.Hll-s" with the gold.'pioces of
britfht," while metal which, they sup
posed to be silver, hence the creek's
naaie. ' This metal lias been found lo be
instead of tiiver, nothing else than
native tin. The source of tlie metal has
oe.r been tound and as far a known
uottrriba been made to find it. The
visitur'to this region is constantly aslou
hhed at the di.eisiiy of mineral which
the region bears. Uoid iVplenliful in the
creek and tue country is full of uupros
.pe-led b-tlget. Native tut . found in
the placers, tvidencea of n irk el aud
c- bait are tojnd, ro;,;s r in In alious are
au.o.t mnveisa1. Iron is very w here.
P a bin n is fr-und i"i the rerpriVine.
M igie!?iu"n, asbestos and hoe's of other
mineral aie present. Kvery thing
seems to be on a grand y targe scale that
lends color to the statement that the
.-il,er creek district has before it a
future jf u-gnitit-er,t promise.
Kodaks and films) A.E.Voorhies,
Esso-y on Salmon.
A curious sight ia to be seen nowadajs
on the Elk and Yaouina rivers, two or
three miles above Elk City. It is the
salmon spawning time aud on miles
aud gravel bars referred to lha spawn
ing ceremony is daily in vogue. The
sight is familiar to residence of the
vicinity, but it fills the visitor with
interest.
The eggs of the female ckinook are de
posited id gravel bars, The fish ascend
the ritllss iu pairs, their dorsal fius and
sometimes portions of their backs out of
the water. The ascent is attended with
some dilbculty on account or the
shallowness and striltness of the water,
and the passage of the fish attracts
attention from tlie shore.
When a proper spot in the riiltes is
reached the male, with his nose, digs a
hole. The gravel is banked up below,
and as much sand as possible ia left in
the bottom of the hole. Then the eggs
are deposited, and the male, alter fer
tilizing theiu, covers them up with sand
and gravol, again using his note for the
purpose. Then the pair pass on up the
stream to repeat the operation on other
bars. Sometimes three or four pairs of
big chiuooks are on the same bar at one
time, and then the operation is highly in
teresting to the spectator, to whom the
salmon, intent on propagation of their
Bpecits, pay no attention.
The eggs lie in the boles until the fol
lowing spring, wheu the warm rays of
the sua batch them out. Tne process,
alter t begins, tequires but a few days,
during which tuno the minialuie salmon
is a curious bit of life, half eggs, hall
fish. In a short time he develops, and
by and by drills ;down to the sea, to re
turn after about three years to fresh
water again, a royal chinook, ready to
to spawn. ' President Jordan, of Stall
lord University, the best of all authori
ties on fish life, says that aflor reaching
fresh water chinook snlinon take no food,
and that after spawning they continue
their journey up stream until bruised,
blind and maimed, they are overtaken
by death. He holds that they never re
turn to their ocean home, as is some
times supposed. However this may be,
it is certain that thousands of thcin d e
in the upper nuters of streams tributary
to the Elk, Alsca and Yuiiuiua rivers.
The full freshets lift the stieaniB above
their normal stage and after the water
recedes hundreds of big chiuooks are
left to flounder suil stiuggle in holes.
They soon die, where their decaying
remains become unpleasantly known to
the passer-by.
The propensity of the salmon lo root
like a hog is well known. There is a
story that In the early dava ol the
Clackamas hatchery they undermined
adain,and the whole herd that had
been penned up for the purpose of the
hatchery escaped Curvallis Times,
Oregon, My Oreyon.
A citizen of this state, with a particle
of gratitude in his nature, who fails to
attend the thaimsgiving service next
month, or have one of his own, ought
to be sentenced to a term in soino South
American congress. It would take
crvstalized pessimist, with a IVad
March to Saul whini", lo point out a sin
gle failure in all the varied factors con
tributing lo our great state's wealth.
The w heat fields have outdone them
selves, I he hop rrop Is a success, prunes,
apples and other fruits aro bringing s
good priuo for a bountiful supply. Our
cattle, shuep and horses are greater,
both in value and number, the mines
have surpassed fondest expectation?.
Our lumber mills are behind their orders,
owners of remote and supposedly valu
less timber lands find thai they are nut
without a market. Our men-hunts have
dune a greater und more profitable bus!
m ss, manufacturers have been pa'ronix
ed as never before, tow n and city loiv
aie advancing, steady and nnpreceileu
ted building persistently continue, the
railroad ! cannot meet the demand for
cars; the taltiioii have even taken the
book of the trust Surely we have much
for which to be thankful, not exi-epting
that cbiefest of all blessings to the man
ol the land of tho free and the home of
the brave, to account fur it all precisely
in accordance with his own political
views, no mutter what they are. Re
ii. ember that you are privileged to live in
the grt alest stato in tlie L'uion, and be
thankful. Pacific Miner.
fictile with ck Coyote.
James Lrias. who is living on K, C.
Cook's place across the river, had a ftht
wilh a coyote that nearly' en led in a
tragedy. 1 lie auimal turned upeu Mr.
Urias and fouuht desperately. Mr. Kiu
finally killed the brute, but not until he
was almost exhausted. I. atu iu the af'.ei
nojn Mr. Unas went out to the barn to
fed the stock. As he passed the chicki II
coips he noiiceil a large coyote skulking
about. He hurried back to the hon.-e
and got a double-barreled shotgun. Re
turning, be shot the animal, both char s
"'" ' i.s oooy, out not latatiy
'"i""" the cojote. The animal snap, J
and snarled, an I, though be started olf
it was very slowly and wilh most victim
looks backward at Mr. Urias. The latter
wanted to kill the annual, as he was con
vinced it was making way with tome oi
his chickens at least. He started alier
the coyote. As tlie animal g it to thg
corner of the barn It stopped, and, fa
'jng about, snarled and snapped nioit
savagely at the oncoming farmer. Mr.
Trias rushed up to the animal, clubbing
it with the bolt end of hi, shotgun. Tlie
I coyote repesdly tried lo bite Mr. Uria,,
j but could not. It was in an awful ra-,
its eyes bloodshot, loam streaming from
lis mouth, and almost constantly it
; growled and gnashed its teeth. Th
most weird battle, probably, ever f ugiit
onldahisoil a atd hy the side o!
lint barn for fully 10 minutes, when Mr,
Unas succeeded in killing the animal.
It is considered wholly strangi that the
eoyote would fight so bat it was doubt
I less rlue tu tin pain fr jui the shotgun
wounds. Boiie Statesman.
HYDR.AUL1CS AWAIT R.AIN.
Josephine County Plevcers In
Ree.dlness for Water. Many
New Equipments. -
The owners of the 150 hydraulic mines
throughout Josephine County are "lying
on their guns," ready to open fire with
their powerful cannon-like giants, when
eufhVitnt water pressure is alTorded the
flumes by the winter rains.
The hydraulic season usually opens in
November, and it bids fair to be as
prompt this year as ever before. In
most all the hydiaulic mines of the
county, the regular Summer's repairing
work of mending flumes, ditches aud
reservoirs, laying pipe ami adding giants,
ia completed. This work has been mure
extensive this year than ever befoie, so
that the number of giants put to woik
when water comes, will be most materi
ally increased.
Tho now hydraulic mine being de
veloped in the lower Grave Creek district
by Captain Nash, has its live-utile ditch
completed to bring the water from Poor-
man's Gulch to tho working grounds,
and the several thousand feet of 2G and
30-inch piping ia nearly all In position
This mine will operate several giants,
and will be one of the leading placer
properties of the Grave Creek district
In Waldo district the new hydraulic
mine iu course of development by F. II
Osgood, of Seattle, is well nigh com pie
ted. This mine is located in Allen Gulch
near tho Illinois. In the opening of the
mine it was necessary to dig a "50-foot
tu unci through a hill of solid rock in
order to gut the water-fliimo through to
the working grounds. The grounds of
this properly prospect very rich, aud
it is expected to become a prominent
placer-gold producer.
The Simmons and Winter mines of
this district have their repair work done
and are ready for business. These two
mines together own over 1000 acres of
mining ground, which it may he truth
billy said, contain gold from the grass
roots to the bedrock. They have, miles
ol ditches and flumes, good water press
lire and operate six or morn giants, Uilh
lay and liijiht from nine to eleven
mouths In the year. The dirt ol these
mines usually produces line gold, thougl
nuggets of from $7 to $10 value are crin
mon occurences. The annual output ol
each of these mines is from $20,000 to $00,
000.
A crew ol from 30 to 40 men have been
kept at work at the Old Chann-il hy
draulic mines at Gulice, during the en
tire Slimmer, putting them in tip top
shape for a big run this coming season
Manager Harvey reports that there is
yet considerable work to he done before
the Winter's business begins, but that
all will be ready on time. For nearly 2o
years past, the Old Channel mines hav
brought An annual revenue lo their own
ers of from $20,000 to $25,000, but the
new management, who became possess
ed of the mines early hist Spring, hope
to double the former outpti s of the
mines from now on With this end in
view, they have increased the capacity
of ditches and flumes, strengthened the
reservoirs, dug new ditches, added more
grants and increased the plant and
tipiipmeut of tlie mines throughout
The work of building a Ruiile (iri..lv
increasing ditches, and putting in pipe
lor a new liiant, has been completed at
the Forest Queen hjdraulic mine of the
bouse Cieek district. The management
claim that with their increased facilitie
the output of gold from the Forest Queen
this coming Winter will put all previous
records in the shade. Thu blue an
gray gravel of the working grounds
this mine, is rich in ils production
c uvrse c il.t. i I io mine Is under a new
managemeii', having been recently pur
chased hy Fastcm people.
James lltilme, a mining engineer um:
capitalist, of I.os Angeles, has just pur
chased lha Tennessee Gnlrh placers on
Upper Cow Creek ahoie the Victory hy
diaulic mines. The consideration of the
sale is not yet given to the public, but
is known to be several thousand dollars
Mr. ilullne is having considerable im
proviMimnt work d one on his recently
sc.piircd property, and hop"s to reulizo
snug clea'i-illi next Spring, lie 1) we
pleaed witli the general outlook ol t!
Southern Oregon mines, and is looking
up JoS'pbinii quartz properties with tl
intention ol investing in them also.
The Victory and other hydraulic piop
erlies ol Upper Cow Cm a huvec' liil
ted their Summer's work, and are rea
to open up. l lm home of Mr. t amp
the owner ol the Victory, together with
other buildings belonin to the mine,
were almost completely demolished by
the explosion lhal recently occurred by
the igniting of three cars of dyriamito on
a passing freight train. Since that time
the buildings h ive nearly all been re
built, and thu otlur dauiatp'M d inn by
the eiplosion, repaired.
The Ruble and the Bennett ft Mitln
toh, the two principal mines of Coyote
creek, are ready to begin their regular
Winter's huskies. These mines will
operate the same number of giants as
formerly. Tliete mines possess working
grounds of gray gravel, i!0 feet in average
.depth and very productive of coarse
gold. Icnnis Stovall, iu Portland Tel
grum. 1'hologrn.phic Paper.
Amaieur bolograpl.eis can find
i u my slock nearly every kind oi paper
they may n quire and in fact every
thing needlul for picture making. I
have on band rearly all sites of Carbon
and Scial Portrait Velox, Velox Postal
Cards, Solio, Lithium, Aristo Su'f Toner,
Dekko, W. 1). Platinum. Let me know
your photographic wants.
A. K, Vooiuiits
Tlx But Prcscriptioa lor Malaria
Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's
Tasteless Chill Tonic. It Is simply Irou
and Quinine in a tasteless form. No
cure, no pay. Price oc.
iClFlC COAST XEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST PICKED FROM
THE WEEK'S DISPATCHES.
Murder and Rutrltle In 8nu FrancUco.
Illmutlrk Sentence,! OUve-(lrowers In
California Will OrganlM So Uuuouto
rtiigue In Sail Yranelavo.
Tho new Raymond hotel at Pusndcua,
tub, will be opened Jnu. t.
Peter M. Van Aken, proprietor of a
grocery store oil Wesley avenno, Los
Angeles, w as instantly killod by coming
into contact with a livo eleotrlo wire in
bis stable.
William MoBrldc, for many yours
head of the Washington press bureau of
the Cincinnati Enquirer, has purchased
Iho Salt Lake Tribnuo.
The physicians and pharmacists of
Los Augeles have organized an assocla
tlon to protect the public from adulter,
nted drugs and rnedlclues. Tho object
the association is to establish a bu
reau of materia mcdlca consisting of
physioinns, pharmacists and chemists
specially interested in the Investigation
and stamlnrdiaatlou of medicines aud
ohcmienls.
Tho spocial health oommtsslonnrs ap
pointed by tho governor of California
to oonfor with the federal authorities in
Washing-ton rospcoting tho alleged ex
istence of bubouio plaguo iu California
hnvo nnido their report, in which it is
stated that " San Fruucisoo is and has
been absolutely free from the dlscaso,
and that thoso who said it oxisted wore
eithor mistaken or deliberately misrep
resented the facts."
Within n yonr the residents of Shasta
county, Cul., mny seo the establishing
of ono of tho largest lumbering- enter
prises on tho Pacillo const. Attondaut
unou it will bo tho constructing of a
railroad lino connecting the oouuty seat
with tho extrcmo uorthwostoru seotiou
of tho county, with tho possiblo extou.
siou of tho road into a trauscoutiueutal
lino.
At tfnllnrd, Wash., officers opened fire
on five highwaymen, as they wore escap
ing, from N. Theisseu's saloon with $)0
in cash and two gold watches. Uullets
flew In nil directions, but tho only evi
dence that any una was hit oamo from
the fact that one hiuhwnyinnii was
helped along hy his companions in flight.
Throe blocks from tho snloou tlie ties-
poradocs mnt M. J. Davis, local agent
for tho Great Northern, whom they
beat into insensibility and robbed of
$100 ill gold aud a gold watch,
Tho lumber schooner L Oirondo,
Captain Grimm, on her way uorth from
Redoudo, struck in a fog on the Isluua
of San Clemento and wont to pieces.
Tho crow of eight escaped iu tho life
boat and reached Sim l'cdiio tu an ex.
hansteil condition. Tho schooner was
owned by Cliirenco A. Thayer, secretary
of tlie . K. Wood Lumber company of
Hau Franoisco, and was built at Port
Ludlow, Wash., iu 1875.
At Seattle, Captain Charles W. Alms
and all other oillccl'S of thu steamship
Charles D. Ijhio were exonerated by
thu local board of United Suites Iiihikic
tors for tho loss of that vessel by ship
wreck on tho rocks of Niinivali island,
Bnliring sen, July 13 hist. An incorrect
chart is given by tho board as the real
cause of tlie wreck.
Judge Du 1 Iu von refused to grant
Waltur N. Oimiiiick a now trial, de
li led u motion for arrest of Judgment,
and sentenced tho ex-chicf clerk of thu
mint at San Francisco to imprisonment
at hard lubor for two years In Sau Queu
tin. This wus for his conviction on the
chorgo of having proseuted to Cashier
Coin a fictitious vouchor for lilt). 37,
and fur having applied tho money to a
purpose not contemplated or allowed hy
law. Thu remaining minor eiubcz.lu-
nieut charges will come op for trial on
Nov. 7.
Mora than two-thirds: of tho ollvo
growers of California woro represented
lit u meeting ill Los Augolvs to discuss
ways and means of obtaining hotter
prices for their product. H is proposed
to orgnulA) ull the olive-grower of the
stato, and tho following committee on
permanent organization was named:
U. A. Washburn, Los AugclcH, chair
man; It. F. Hillings, Corona; II. R.
Mcsurvu, Los Aiigulcs; A. H. Sprugue,
Sin Fiunciaco. und 11. Kiuidivuut, Iis
Angeles.
Ivl Nolan, who served u tunu of 2(1
years In San Qncntiii, was rapt unal near
It.iilnrd, Wash., and is now held 111 jail
at Seultlu subject to charges of piracy
and burirlnrv. His companion was
"Shorty" Wilcox, unotor ions Sau l'Vun
Cisco wab r-liont lliief. Wilcox iniido a
daring oscupu hy plunging into u sort of
niaish. In n blind garrut, where Nolan
and Wilcox lived, with found the ac
cumulations of several burglaries which
liavo hitherto bullied the Seattle policu.
Nolan is chin god with piracy on I'ligct
aound.
l'.ritish purchasing; agents aro buying
largo numbers of horses in whitman,
Wulla waiia ami other stock-raising
counties of e.i-tei n Washington. Thou
lauds of horsei, have lier-n otfernd by
larincr in western iauadx, but uicmi
aru found loo llglit. Tim purchasing
agents aro paying ''') to ,Vi each lor
good hor.es, ,:rt IlKaillst I-ibO 1ST hi
which thu 1 nnli army has to pay at
Cape Town. It is sani Ih it oo.oo!) inoru
horw a wul b : I-, ii.nre. I.
H. L. Puis, iilniH "lied" puis, was
UTeMcd In u riaucisct, hy sei ret ser-
v.cc ng -ills. Pills was one of thu gang
of wh; !i 1'i .nli Perry, iinly H.ig.ui an
K V. S. nllh vro said lo bo thu leader-,,
.inO which iii.iiio tt t.p' ciinty oi p.iss.ug
!liu not, a ot a delimit bulk of N
CltllMWI'k, - J. Ihll pl.ite.l MI-IU Hot
b stiovod Wle.il t.lu bank went out o
n..i-ii;o, und over $.o,0) v.otti o
notes wero iriuti d beforo 111 i 1 1 II it
Via) iliwover-U. All llm member o
the uai It ham bci.-n indicted by the
United Stat. 1 grand jury, and moat ol
them arrested.
An eluctrio railway le-tweun !) An
rcles and Santa Ana will shortly bo
ander w ay.
Two fine tlmronirhlir. d hoi , vV.ned
,i ft i. Rial, the on is rtv of K. J. Paid
w in. wurc killed by b.-lug struck hy
iiniihern Pacltic tram on tho Suit
ifouica lii:". near Ivai Angel' A thin
ti irso was so badly injured that It will
bo almost worthier.
A ('bin. an iiiiiiiud Tsoy Sin. employ
f..U at tlin homo of !r. Gcorgo H
Palmer, at thu conn r of Jawksou am
t'.eiuer stroeU, Sau Francisco, was a
Thomas
Where Everything
Wo will not handle Second-hand goods; don't allow
them iu tho store.
SPECIAL RUQ SALE
The most of these Rttgs are fjxOo inches; some are larger,
but they must go to make room for our immense line of
Holiday goods:
Ilcinp Rugs, Regular 85c. Sale price 60c.
" " " 70c. " " 50c.
Brussels " $1.75 " " f 1.25
Velvet " " 3.50 " " 1.50
Moquet " . " 2.50 . " " I.50,
Brussels " . " , 1,50 ' " " . " 1.00
t-75 " " i-s.S
Axminister Rugs " 2.75 " " 1.75 .
NEW
Linoleums, Iron Beds, Me.tressrs, Rockers This Week.
Holiday Goods Now Arriving.
Furniture
Carpets
Mailings
baceCurliuns
tacked by a b atclietnian who hud con
cealed hliusiilf in the house, and his
head so horribly chopped that dentil
may n.snlt. Tho police bcliuve tho
deed to bo nil nltuuuath of the rocuut
Chinatown war.
Miss Mary Knudsoii of Moscow, Ida.,
lays Unit she niiuyud hersolt iu brldul
robes and wailed iu vuiu for tho Kov.
John W. SiHinocr to 001110 ami marry
her. Hurpiirunts hud prepared a wed
ding supper. Hiss Knudsou, for al
leged injury to feelings, has filed a suit
fori l(),Uu0 for breach of promiso, and
tho sum of 10i) Is usltoil for tho bridnl
costniuo and tho supiier. Miss Knud
son is tho daughter of a' woll-kuowu
furmor, and Spencer is au itluurtuit
preacher and thu sou of a wealthy
fanner.
Alexander Manning returned to his
homo iu Sau Rafael, Cal., shattered iu
uiiiid and health ns tho result of a trip
to Alaska iu searoh of gold. About
throe years ago Manning went to N01110,
aud while llioro ho and fuur friends
struck out for tho Interior iu quest of
rich diggings. Hardships oil tho trip
killed threo of tho party, but Manning
and 11110 other man wuro rescued, ltoth
bad lost thuir reason, although Manning
suiUolently rucnorud to bo sent homo.
Manning, howevur, docs not rumomlRjr
San Rafael nor his wife or family. His
mind seems to bo a blank as tu tho past.
It Is thought probnblu that ho will re
cover ill a short tiiuu. '
Edna Wallace Hopper, tho actress,
U now a wealthy woman through the
atli of bur mother, Mrs. Joscphino
Diinsinuir, thu iippritisemuiit of whoso
csluto wus II led ut Oakland, Gal. Tlie
piiralHers fixed tho vuluo of tho prop-
erty lit $2lill,fi2l Kl, to ull of which, with
tho exception of j.'iil.ObO 111 trust for bur
brother, Miss Hopper ia the heir.
Tho proisitv und franchises of thu
Northwest railroad, iu order to satisfy
hums mid judgments, wi re sold tu
linker City, Or., by Wallace MoOam-
ant, master in chancery lur tne uniteu
Suites circuit court for tho district of
Oregon. Tho sum paid was $3",0u0.
Thuro was only ouu bid, that of Louis
Uoseii,Veig of Erie, Pa. KnsciixwutK
acted for Cluirhis M. Rued, who is a
largo creditor of the Northwest Railroad
company.
Miilsd Fiiiiilflin Mayer, 13 years old,
wus shot and killed while ustcop In
Ik-iI nt lur home, fo8'j Jcaslo street,
Sun Francisco, by John Stano, n nativo
Turkey, btuuo then put tho pistol
to his head mid killed himself. Ho
,v,tM ,1 i'i iriwl 11I1L visitor ut thu honso of
Mrs, Mayer, and had become infatuated
Willi the girl, w ho gave him iioeucuur-
uireiiient. Joseph J. Mayer, luliier 01
thu deud girl, has been mining 111 Alas,
ku, nud is now cu bis way homo.
San I'Vanciseo mining men, Including
Joseph K. Keiidnll, Georgu O. Walker
and J. Seo it LVkcr, liavo purchased Hi
milling claims localud oil Red Mouii
tuin, iu Snohomish county, Wush. The
prion paid was f llXMMl. Red Mountain
Is 1,i's) feet high, with veins of quarts
iirrying gold, hilver und cop(R-r rhu.
uiug from one side to lha other. The
ill chasers hnvo liicorsirute l tho Keii-
hill Red Moiiiilniii Mining and Devel
opment coinpuiiy'to work tliu mines unci
also to generate oiecinc power lor min
ing and sawmill purposes.
Ilighhiiidi rs cxplislud giant iwwdcr
under tliu window of thu storu ot
Wong You at P 21 Ulipolit street, Sau
Francisco, which did considerable ilaiu-
oiro to thu intorlor of tho storu. Scvur.il
tii 1 in so Iu thu stieet at tliu tl mo were
kiiMked down by thu concussion.
It is stilted that thu British govern
ment i uboiit to mount somu lug guns
Southern Oregon
Matresses - M glW "T C I f BlUy V
Pillows dL hi B
i.ineuhuiiM yjfy
HIP SIXTH STREET
ASHLAND, OREGON.
Strong
A cad em l.o
Professional
the highest
course.
training of
excellence.
Well equipped labora
tories, rirst class train
ing department. De
mand lor trained teach
ers exceeds the supply.
Graduates easily secme
good positions.
II e s 11 1 1 1 11 1 location .
Most delightful cliniato
on the coast.
. Fxpcnies $120 to $1W)
per year. Write for
catalogue.
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THE
.HOUSE FURNISHER.
you buy is New.
WairPapVr
t'rockery
Ulasaware
faamps
Tinware
Granitewara
Woodenwart
Tools
Mirrors
in the forts ot Signal hill, Esqulinolt,
which means that the llttlo villngo at
tho nuvul statiou will have to be evacu
ated by civlliiins, ns the cououssion
from tho guns would make the towu
uninhabitable. Wheu equipped this
will bo the most formidable fort on the
Pacillo, being cat out of, a solid moun
tain of granite, aud tho Largest guns
Will be mounted thero.
John Alwin, master of tlie steamship.
Garonne, has had his lloeuse snspeudod
for 1)0 days, and Duncuu Croo, her ohlef
engineer, has had his papers rovokod,
for bringing tho vessel, which sailed ou '
Sept. 20 for Nome, back to Seattlo, ou
tliu grouud that It was unsafe, owiug to
"leaky boilers and poor coul," to pro
ceed oil tho voyugo. Tho ship was well
ou her passago to her dustluution.
Judgo Ellsworth, at Oakland, Cal.,
decided that the much-disputed Reno
(Nov.) iiiiirrUaCgcs are valid in Califor
nia. Iu his railing Judge Ellsworth
agrees with Judgo Hubbard of Sau
Francisco, but disagrees with Judges
Troutt, Boawoll and Holchor, who have
hold that marriages ooutraatod at Ileno
by persons who havo been divorced
within a year aro not valid. Judge
Ellsworth said that fur a final rullug
tho mailer will have to bo tukuu to the
supremo court.
Willio Fuller, a m-year-old boy, whose
homo is in Ontario, Cul., was arrested at
Redluuds and brought to the oouuty
jail nt San Uernardiiio with ohargos of
burirlary ugnlnst him. Fuller bad
broken into Wells, Fargo & Ca's office,
the Santa Fo freight otllces aud six resi
liences for the purpose of robbery. Re
cently ho wus arrested for stealing
horeo and carriage, nud ho would have
beuu committed to tho reform school, .
but Ralph Swing, a looal attorney, ob
tained consent of the oourt to take tho
boy into his home. Ho has twice
tobbed his benefactor.
A Fiendish Attack.
An attack was lately made oil C. F
Coliinr ol Cherokee, Iowa, that nearly
proved latal. It came through his kid
neys. His back gut so lame he could
not stoop without great pain, nor sit In
a chair except propped by cushions. No
remedy helped hint until he tried Elec
tric Hitters which ellectud such a won
derful change that bu writes be feels like
a new man. This marvelous medicine
cures backache and kidney trouble,
purifies llm blood and builds up your
health. Only 60c at Dr. Kremers,
A Gree.1 Railway.
The Chicago, Milwaukee A St, Paul
Railway Co. ownea and oiierates 0,000
miles of thoroughly fqulpiKMi railway.
It op-trutcs its own Sleeping Cars and
Dining Cars, and the service is first-class
In every respect.
It traverses the best portion of tba
states ol Illinois, Wisconsin, the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan', Iowa, Missouri,
Minnesota, South anil North Dakota.
It runs electric lighted, steam-heated
trains.
It has tho absolute block system.
It uses all modern appliances for the
comfort and safety of ils patrons.
Its train employes aro civil aud oblig
ing. It tries to give each passenger "value
received" for his money, and
It asks every man, woman and child
to buy tickets over the Chicago, Mil
waukee A St. Paul Raiway (or ills A
Great Railway.
Time tables, maps and information
furnishid on application to C. J. Eddy,
General Aoi.t, 1111 Third St., Portland,
Ore.
Stale Normal School.
GON
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CLAYTON. Pres.