Fw" y L-K . r -"T" 'l I COVERS THOROUGHLY THE GOLD FIELDS of the INLAND EMPIRE EASTERN INVESTORS IN OREGON MINES Payfor AND READ IT M ED MAUSER A MOST In Hd. E. Haiiser's safo snugly re poiod h slab or gold, worth approxi mately $1H in coin of the leaim. ."It atauda me IHOO," says Mr. Mauser, sadly. "See those dark tains on Itt Those are marks of felt Hiid bitter toHrH. Often I have unlocked the Hiife on (iilet nights and held this little lump of gold in my haud and wept, oopiotiHly and with a breaking heart. Helgho! Its a aold world. Aluo the tale la a Had one. Let me adorn It, and you eau point the moral. "In my Hiilad days I wan a rain bow chaser. The furthor away it was the more strenuously 1 ohaHod It. 1 longed for Mold nuggets from Klon dike. 1 yoarnod for bullion bars from Koolgardlo and Calgoorle. 1 bayed at jthe moon when hungry for green cheese. Tbh partloular maul faatatlou of the mining fever happena to every teuderfoot. Usually, It oosta him money, until ho outa his ye teeth. 1 have out my eye teeth, but thane tear atalua ou thin lump of gold exhibit the eaduesa and the pain of the process. "Five yeara ago 1 had a ohanoe to buy a mighty good looking prospect ou Cracker tweak. 1 had the money. Hut 1 waH a wIbo Mike. Not for me the gold quart, at my font, when the gorgeouH rainbow stretched athwart -the western heaveiiH. A pot of gold hung on tint further end- -anil it for we, aaya I. "Pardon these tears. Overlook thuHB womanly sobs. Forgive theto unmanly weeps. Lot's have a drink. Ouly lethal booze out) give me for gaiiuiues or now mnnumomai a uhump 1 wan, and oau oaHe the pain of uiemory. "Along came a miner from British Columbia. He waa looking for juat such cany marka a me. He unfolded a tale of wondroua wealth in a northern initio. He ueeded a grubstake to begin the work of Mauling out gold nuggetB iu Muoh quantity that unless he way OMlltnl otf, gold would be domnultz d a (oo common for coin. Ho loaded me up with mo many facta ami figures relating to IiIh British Columbia property, that for weeks 1 tapped lightly for fear of jarring some of the valuable Information out of my HyHtem. 1 grubstaked him a hundred plunkri. 1 waited for inoiitbri. They (nine. Others fol lowed. Oh, the jtadneHH of it. A letter arrived. It was a request for another grukHtako, The rainbow till Hlrctchoil the splendors of the Molar Mioott urn across the heavenly dome. 1 uialled a second rtili8take two hundred was the touch there for. Oh, but 1 wax iasy ! "A iiiouth later a tele ram came. The ledge had been opened, j Wheel barrowH had been purchased to cart out the gold. Hut 000 were deeded at ouce to buy oil for the RELATES TEARFUL TALE wheelbarrowi. The pot of gold at the tall of the rainbow waa prao tioally In my grasp. J. Pierp Morgan and John D. Rockefeller began to look liko thirty aenta. I aent the IHOO, and aat back with a smile ou my boautlful face, dreaming of gov ernment bonds, aud motor cars aud steam yaohts. "By word of mouth 1 learued that my man in British Columbia appre ciated a good thing. Travelers told me thBt he would outer a barroom up north, call up the house, toss a ID bill on tho mahogany aud say: 'Come up, everybody. Never mind the change, barkeep. My partuer down in Oregon has all klndB of money. ' "Tlmo passed. We'oka rau into mouths; months Into yeara. I still waited dreaming. One day 1 met a man from British Columbia. We talked -heart to heart. The rain bow faded from the sky, and sud denly I felt, a sharp pain iu my jaw. 1 had beguu to cut my eye teeth I 'Next day 1 received tbh 918 chunk of gold by express C. O. D. It came out of the mlue In the first wheelbarrow load. 1 use It for a tear mat. No more rainbows fur me. ' Sobs shook the manly bosom of Mr. II alitor, eyea aud foil Tea ta fell from his with Had aud solemn kerpluuka on the floor of the New Olympia barroom. "And that Cracker oreek pros pect," contluuod Mr. Ilauser, after the first paroxyim of grief had passed away, "that Cracker oreek proBpeot, which five yeara ago 1 could have bought for IHOO, is today tbippiug ore. ilimmy Sherrldou, would you please kick me hard I" STATE MINING LEGISLATION In a recent decision of the supreme court of the United States, Justice Hrower sustains a decision of the Montana supreme court, which is of importance, in that it recognizes as constitutional the legislation of the several states iu making laws not in coutlict with the federal statute. The United States law llxoi the mini mum requirement iu making legis lation, but to ttiis requirement the state legislatures, and the minora thoiiihelvoH of the organized districts, may lawfully make rules prcHCiibiug the acts uecotsay to constitute a valid claim location. Some statos require a stated amount of work to be per formed, aud other acts doue within a given period sixty to uiuety days which is really a part of the act of location, and these requirements are in addition to those required by the foderal statutes. Montana is one of the states in which this supplementary legislation has been enacted. The deaisiou of the United States supreme court above referred to was iu the case of the Butte City Water com pany, plaintiff in error, against B. Baker, iu which appeal was taken from the deaisiou of the Montana court. In conclusion, Judge Brewer said: "The Moutaua statute, among other supplementary regulations, provides that the declarator; statement filed iu the office of the clerk of the county in which the lode or claim Ib situat ed must contain the dimensions aud location of the discovery shaft, orjjits equivalent, suuk upou lode or placer claims,1 and 'the location and de scription of each corner, witbthe markings thereon.' A failure to comply with those regulations was the grouud upon which the supreme court of Moutaua held the location invalid. It is contended that these provisions are too stringent, aud conflict with the lihoral purpose manifested by oougres iu its legislation respecting mining claims. We do not think that they are opeu to this objeo tion. They oe.tainly do not con flict with the letter ot any con gressional statute; on the contrary, are rather suggested by Seotion 2324. It may well be that the state legislature, iu its desire guard agaluat false testimony respect to a location, deemed Important that full particulars to lu it in aud the respect to the discovery shaft the comer posts should be at very begiuuiug plaoed on record. Even if there were no danger of frlse testimony, it was not unreasonable to guard against the resurreatiou of incomplete locations wheu, by sub sequeut explorations, mining olaims of great value hare been uucovered. "We wee uo error in the rulings of tho supreme oourt of Montana, and its judgment la affirmed." This deoisiou clearly confirms the right of the several states iu the uiou to make miuing laws not iu aoufliot with the mining laws of the United States. Miuing aud Scieu tiffo Press. To Protect Mining Investors. The western miuing states are generally awakened to the demaud for legislation to protect the mvestor iu miuing stocks aud iu several of them measures have beeu iutroduced in the' respective legislatures to euaot some laws to that oud. Colorado, California, Utah, Wyoming uud Ore gou may be mentioned in the list of westoru states that have these laws for investment safeguards uudor cousidetatiuu, and several of the other states already have special legislation on this subject. This movement iu the states iu which mining is the important industry is significant of the dosito of the legitimate miuing iuterests to keep the fakir aud swiudler out of tho business. Reooutly some of the eastern states, which may be con sidered tho homes of tbo investor, have proposed legislation aloug the same Hues, lu Miuuesota aud Wis couslu bills have beeu introduced in the legislatures which require all companies selling stock in tneae states to file with the respective secretaries of state, a statement showing the condition of the com pany aud other details of tne or ganization which will enable the intelligent iuveitor to protect him self, by availing himself of this information before buying, or to have a record to recover iu ase the facts have been misrepresented. This united movement for the pro tection of the investor in the miniug states and iu the investing states will certainly bring about some good results toward driving out the swindlers in the miuing busiuess aud in aiding the legitimate enterprises. Mining World. OFflCIAL RECORDS. The following instruments were filed at the court house in Baker City for record yesterday : REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. DKKO. W. A. Oweus aud wife to Miuuie A. Hughes, W. 00 feet off of N. eud of Smith's tract of land, corner of Fourth and Court streets, Baker City; 1050. Erueet Babler to Mary J. West, E. W of 8. E. X N. W. H, S. E. and S. E. i N. E. , S. 2, T. 11, R. 41; 11500. Perry Lewis aud wife to Wm. A. Owens, lot ft, block 10, Brattin k McComas addition to Baker City; 175. Sarah A. Mason aud husbaud ta Walter E. Mason, one acre iu S. 22, T. 0, R. 40 aud water tights; f 1. A. Loug and wife, et al, to Wm. Dawsou, lota 1, 2, 11 aud 12, block 4, Ling's addition to Haines; 00. Geo. M. (luldeu aud wife to Au gust Fell, part of block HO, Warren beigtbs' addition to Sumpter; 9200. U. S. A. to J as. M. Hamilton, N. E. hi S. Jl, T. 11, R. 30. J. P. Halley aud wife to The Portlaud Trading company, lots 3 and 4, block 1, Halley's addition to Richland; 1200. J as. M. Hamilton and wife to C. R. Deuisou, N. E. 4, S. 211, T. 11. R. 30; $1000. MINING MATTERS. DKKDK. J. M. Doyle to Citizeus' Consoli dated Cold Miuing company, Hold Coiu group of mines; 1,000. J. M. Doyle to Citizens' CoiihoIIJ dated Cold Miuiug company, boud for deed, the "Migouette" quartz miuing claim; 1. Wm. Kickhafer aud wife to Buck eye (iold Mining company, the "Buckeye" quartz miuiug claim; 81. MISCELLANEOUS. Suit Uoisor-ilendryx Investment compauy vs. Columbia (iold Miuiug company, action to compel au ac counting, prays for au injunction preventing (lefts from workiug "Tabor Fractiou" claim; contract be reoiuded. Geueral Manager Ward, of the Maxwell miue, ou Rock Creek, au uouuees the closing of the mill, owiug to the extreme cold weather. Underground development, however, is beiug kept up.