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EASTERN
INVESTORS
IN
OREGON MINES
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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
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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.