THE YUKON RUSH
HOW THE THOUSANDS
REACH ALASKA.
WILL
there Are Many Route Spoken of, But
Yet Only Two Are AdvUabU "for
the "Gold Seeker to Attempt Some
of the Difflcultiea to Be Overcome.
(Special Correspondence.)
How many will go to the Klondike
next year, how will they be transport
ed, are questions now being asked by
transportation , companies and the
thousands interested in one way or an
other in the great movement about to
take place. Everi the man going
thither to seek his fortune is vitally in
terested in these matters. If there is
too big a crowd he may not be able to
Beoure a passage, or to get a proper
outfit, or be suooessful in transporting
it into the interior. He would better
not trust too much to luck nor depend
too much upon being able to travel in
the regular way. Certainly, so far as
the regular steamers are concerned,
their berths will all be engaged weeks
in advance, and the man who neglects
to secure passage early may have to
wait a long time for his turn to come
around. Even on the overland trains
there is promise of inoonvenienoe, if not
delay. So great a rush, all in one di
rection, will tax the rolling stock of
the railroads to its utmost, since cars
will have to go back empty. '
The lowest estimate of 'the number of
people who will start for Alaska next
spring is 60,000, while some who have
given the subject much attention place
the figure as high as 200,000. At an
average of 800 to each vessel, it would
require 170 steamers to convey the min
imum number, while 680 would be
necesuary to accommodate the maxi
mum. To Bend 170 steamers in the
months of February, March and April
would make it necessary for two to
sail each day. There is cow advertised
not one-quatrer the steamers necessary.
The others will no doubt be provided,
for there are numerous transportation
projeots on foot, but nothing definite
about them can yet be said. This is
. sufficient to show that the man who
intends to join the first great rush by
the way pf the passes and lakes would
do well to make sure of his passage to
Dyea or Skaguay. As to the route by
lilO Way U- Ot IUltUnCJ9 t,v luu ..v. ,
that will , not be open till June, and
extensive transportation projeots now
under way will be sufficiently developed
long before that time to make it well
to postpone any estimates until later.
There are but two wen Known anu
undeniably practical routes to the Yu
kon mines. One is by the mountain
, passes from Dyea and Skaguay to the
lakes and thence by boat down the lakes
and rivers, and the other is by ocean
steamer to St. Michaels and thence up
the river by light draft steamer. All
other routes are yet to be proved, and
oil wVin t.rv t.hfim must exDeot to meet
with the tribulations and uncertainties
that lay In the path of the pioneer.
TTndonhtedlv the ereat majority of Yu-
KOners Will trjf wao paBBca, muw un
mines can be reached in this way two
nr three months earlier than by steam
, .1 III A ll. .. 'a'iwnn .1-11
er, and, of these the greater number
will bo over the regular xukon trail Dy
the way of Chilkoot pass, the next
greater number going from Skaguay over
the white pass.
It is well thorouehlv to understand
this route and its variation as to the
two Dasses. Linn canal, about 100
miles north of Juneau, penetrates a
numuer-ui iunea iiuiwionv
Art fa i na 10 T71TTT VldQ fl Clf it VlA
ing divided into two arms by a rooky
(
flows Skaguay river and into the west
rirnmnnT.nrv. iiuu ma eaairi.y niiu
erly arm the Dyea , river. , HOtn are
rapid, ice-cold mountain streams, nav
iuahle for canoes only for several miles.
At the head of these arms are located
. the new towns of Skaguay and Dyea.
- From these points it is necessary to
cmca thn hifh mountain divide to
Lakes Lindermann and Bennett, where
boats are constructed for the journey
down the river, until me past season
t.ViA Ynkoners have used the Chilkoot
pass,' from Dyea, exclusively, the Chil-
kat Indians packing all the supplies at
the usual rate of 15 cents a pound.
The route is 27 miles lone, and the
it of the nass is 3.200 feet high.
The Indians have always refused to
pack by any other route, declaring this
to be the best one. .Last summer, ow
ine to the ereat rush and the eager
ness of all to get over at any cost, the
TnHianR raised their nrice for rmckinz.
until often as high as a dollar a pound
was paid them. This, and the crowded
condition of the trail, led many to try
the Skaguay trail, whioh, though 41
miles long, was asserted to be better,
because the summit . of the pass was
Rflfl font lower. It was found.
hnwBvor. that the trail was not soeood.
v that the river had to be crossed several
times, and that, though the pass was
somewhat lower, the trail led up and
lnwn hill so mnoh that the actual
climbing done was greater than by the
Chilkoot nass. where tne ascent was
gradual to the foot of the summit di
vide, when one very steep climb was
necessary. ' The praotical result was
that a very much larger percentage of
those who tried the Chilkoot pass suc
ceeded in reaching the lakes, than of
those who attempted th a Skaguay route
Nevertheless, improvements .are now
U!ni madp an hnth trails, and both
, will be extensively used in the spring,
it being muoh easier to go in over the
snow, when the rocks and mud which
made the trails so difficult last fall are
covered up.
Theie are projected improvements
for both of those trails, in the nature
of railroads and tramways, but as yet
only Chilkoot pass shows anything tan
gible. A combined railroad and tram
way is under construction and is pronv
od in ha nnmnlfited by the first of Feb
ruary, for the taking of freight from
Dyea through to Lake Lindermann. The
probabilities are that this convenience
will be provided by that time, or
shortly thereafter. The company oper
ating it purposes to contract to carry
freight from Dyea to the lake at a price
much below what it would cost to pack
it over, and to handle it so promptly
that by the time the owner can walk
over the trail his freight will get
through. With this tramway in opera
tion, and nothing similar on the Skag
uay trail, the Chilkoot pass would get
all the travel. There are, however,
still other tramways and railroad pro
jects on both trails, but when they will
be ready for use is uncertain. At the
present time it would seem as though
this Chilkoot tramway will be the only
thing ready early enougn to accommo
date the first rush in . February and
Mrnh. Until that time, there is ap
parently little choice between the trails
for winter travel, and those wno go in
before February may take either. For
those who go in over the snow a Yu
kon Hind is neoesBarv. This is a strong
skeleton sled and may be purchased at
any regular outlining point. .many
take does to help draw sleds, duu an
can not do this. If it is done, special
provision must be made for food for
the animals. t
After the lakes have been reached,
the remainder of the route is the same
for both passes, consisting of about 550
miles of lake and river navigation to
Dawson City, at the mouth of the
Klondike. It s 50 miles lurtner to
Forty-Mile, and Circle City is 800
miles down the river Irom Dawson.
The new town of Rampart City is still
about 500 miles further down the Yu
kon, at the mouth of Munook creek,
tint fur ahove the point where th
Tannanah flows into the great river.
This entire lake and river journey is
modo in strnncr hnats usually built out
of timber whipsawed by the Yukoners
on the banks of Dakes lindermann or
Bennett. There is a small saw mill
there, but it is unable to out enough
timber to fill the demand. Doubtless
other mills will be taken in as soon as
the.tramway is completed, but miners
should not rely upon this, but should
take an outfit of tools and material tor
building a boat,- as well as oars and
rowlocks. Efforts to take in boats over
the pass last fall were unsuccessful,
even in seotions. Though it' might be
easier to do so over the snow, it is
doubtful if it would not consume as
muoh extra time ' and labor as the
building of a boat would require.
When the tramway is at work, special
ly constructed boats could no doubt be
taken in to advantage, and valuable
time be saved. .
The route leads through Lake Linder
mann, 6 miles, a portage to ljaice .Ben
nett, 1 mils,; down the lake, 24 miles;
through Cariboo crossing to Lake Tag-
ish, 2 miles; down tne lake i mues;
by river to Lake Marsh, 6 mues;
across the lake passing Windy Arm,
iq m i 1 as . , ThosB who eo m the win
ter and early spring can proceed to this
point by drawing their boats on sleds,
but there they must wait for the ice to
break up before proceeding down the
river in their boats, unless they intend
to go through light, dragging a siea
over the snow and ice. Twenty-five
miles below Lake Marsh is the dreaded
Miles canvon. and just below this
place are White Horse rapids. . Both
of these places may be safely run m
the boat if the utmost care is exer
cised. Many boats have been wrecked
here and their contents lost, while sev
eral unfortunate men have been
drowned. No one should attempt these
difficult passages without first having
carefully studied the situation. Thirty
miles further down the river is Lake
Le Barge, 80 miles long. Five linger
raDids are 163 miles below this lake,
and Rink rapids are 3 miles further.
These are the last of the specially dan
gerous places, though care must be ex
ercised during the entire journey.
As to other routes from the coast,
there are but three that have any
nn1 nnltA ftf tVlOTtl IB Q 9 Yflt
'sufficiently known to make it advisa
ble for the ordinary gold seeker to at
tempt them. One of them is the Dal
ton trail, leading noitherly over the
mountains just west of the Chilkoot
pass, and paralleling the lake and
river route for about 800 miles, finally
striking the Yukon below the most
dangerous rapids. It is claimed thai
this is the best route for a railroad, bul
it is yet to be shown how practicable
it is for general use. The government
will probably attempt to send in a re
lief expedition by . this route early in
the spring.
The Taku and the Stiokeen routes,
one starting from Taku inlet, near Ju
neau, and the other from the Stickeerj
river, near Wrangel, oonverge at Lak
Teslin. Small river steamers can nav
igate this lake and pass down th
Hootalinqua river to the Yukon below
the rapids, and thus to Dawson and be
yond. It is claimed that such steam
ers will be built on he lake in the
spring, and that trails will be opened
up to the lake and pack trains put on,
to be followed soon by railroads; but
until this is actually done the gold
seeker would do well not to intrust
himself to the uncertainties of those
routes.
Undoubtedly the most comfortable
and easy way to reach the Yukon mines
is by steamer from one of the Pacific
coast ports to the mouth of the Yukon,
at St. Miohaels, and thence by light
river steamers up the stream, the dis
tance up the river being 1,422 miles to
Circle City, and 1,772 to Dawson City.
The trouble with this route is that the
river is navigable only three months in
the year, and then only by small river
steamers, because of frequent bars. The
ice breaks up about the 20th of June
and fo'ms again about the same time
in September. There are now several
steamers on the river belonging to the
Alaska Commercial Company and the
North - American Transportation and
Trading Company, both of which have
trading posts on the river, with head
quarters at St. Michaels. Both com
panies are building several new vessels
tor next year's traffic.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Office of Downing, Hopkins & Co., Chicago
Board of Trade Brokers, 711-714 Chamber of Com
merce Building, Portland, Oregon.
The interest in wheat has been any- .
thing but keen outside the December
deal, prices holding comparatively nar
row. Taking the May delivery, which
is more nearly an index of market val
ues than is December, the undertone
has been one of comparative firmness,
marked late last week by the good ad
vance and a subsequent period of un
certainty. -
The world's news affecting wheat
values has been on the whole favora
ble to higher prices.
Publio stocks in this country have
not been increased as rapidly as for
merly; while the world's shipment to
Western Europe was liberal, they were
made up in great part by clearances of
flour from our own coasts, phenomen
ally large and highly encouraging. It
is believed the Australian crop will
show only a small exportable surplus,
there are recent reports of purchases
on the Pacific coast for South Africa,
and the Liverpool Corn News has pub
lished further statements pointing to
the important shortage in Russia's sup
ply of breastuffs and feedstuffs. The
Argentine exportable surplus continues
a matter of uncertainty, and the trade
is less interested than formerly,' but of
course will closely watch the movement
as soon as the new crop is ready, now
a matter of only a few weeks. Receipts
of spring wheat in the Northwest con
tinue large, but it is the time of the
year to expect suoh. The cash demand
for wheat and flour is fairly good.
The corn market has been a sluggish
affair most of the time for a fortnight
past, prioes narrow, interest at a mini
mum, the undertone one of easiness.
Increased receipts are expected now
that farmers are practically through
husking and shelling, and in the ab
sence of an urgent shipping demand,
ojnside.ing the large offerings, specu
lative support is lacking. Exports are
fair, but ought to be much greater,
and a large visible supply acts as
something of a weight on values. -( It is
worthy of note, however, that at exist
ing low prices a good deal of corn ' in
the aggregate is being shipped out of
Chicago. With the close of lake navi
gation liberal quantities will be pur
chased by speculators, and stored in
the hold of vessels at a low rate for
shipment next spring. The market
has continued to hold close to the 26
cent basis, with- May hesitating be
tween 29o arid 80o. Low grades by sam
ple 2425o. .
Portland Market. ,
Wheat Walla Walla, ' 72c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 74 76c per bushel.
Four Best grades, $4.25; graham,
$3.50; superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 8485c; choice
gray, 82 83c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $19 20; brew
ing, ifao per ton.
Millstiffs Bran, $16.50 per ton; mid
dlings, $21; shorts, $16.50.
Hay Timothy, $12.50 13; clover,
tl0ll; California wheat, $10; do
oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $910 per
ton. ' .
Eggs 1825c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 5055o;
fair to good, 4045c; dairy, 8040c
per roll.
Cheese Oregon, 11 o; Young
America, 12c; California, 910o
per pound. -)
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $1.75
2.50 per doezn; broilers, $2.002.50;
geese, $5.506: ducks, $3. 00 4. 50
per dozen; turkeys, live, 10c per
pound.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 8540c
per sack; sweets, $1.40 per cental. ,
Onions-yOregon, new, red, 90c; yel
low, 80o per cental.
Hops 814c per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 46o. ... ;' (
Wool Valley, 14 16c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 712o; mohair, 20
22o per pound.
Mutton Gross, best bheep, wethers
and ewes, $3.00; dressed mutton,
6o; spring lambs, 5c per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.00;
lightand feeders, $3. 004.00; dressed,
$4. 50 5. 00 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $2. 75 8. 00;
cows, $2.25; dressed beef, 45jc per
pound.
Veal Large, 4Joo; small, 5J
6o per pound.
Seattle Market. ,
Butter Fancy
brick, 28o; ranch,
Cheese Native
native
1618c,
creamery,
Washington, 12)40;
California, 9o.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 80 82c,
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.50
8 00; ducks, $3.503.75.
Wheat Feed wheat, $22 per ton.
Oats Choice, per ton, $19 20.
Corn Whole, $22; cracked, per ton,
$22; feed meal, $22 per ton
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$22; whole, $22.
I Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6c; cows; 5)c; mutton sheep,
7c; pork, 7c; veal, small, 7.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 4 5c; salmon,
8 4c; salmon trout, 710o; flounders
and sole, 84; ling cod, 45; rock cod,
5c; smelt, 2)4c.
Fresh Fruit Apples, 50c$1.25 per
box; peaches, 7580c; prunes, 85 40c;
pears, 75c $1 per box.
' San Francisco Market.
Wool Nevada 11 18c; Oregon, 12
14c; Northern 78o per pound.
1 Hops 10 12c per pound.
I' Millstuffs Middlings, $20 22; Cal
ifornia bran, $17.50 18.00 per ton.
I Onions New red. 7080c; do new
silverskin, $1.401.60 per cental.
I Eggs Store, 2426c; ranch, 27
82c; Eastern, 1520; duck, 2025c per
dozen.
I Cheese Fanoy mild, new, c, fair
to good, 78c per pound,
HP DIFFKRENCE.
Physical troubles of a like nature coming
rom different causes are often a puzzle to
those who suffer pain as to their treatment
and cure as in the case of lumbago from
cold or a strain in some way to the same
muscles. The treatment of Buch need not
differ one with the other. Both are bad
ennueh and should have prompt attention.
as nothing disables so much as a lame back.
The use of St. Jacobs Uil will settle i
question. Its cfhcaoy is so sure in either
case tnere is no amerence in me u-euuneiib
and no doubt of the cure.
Kangaroo tails for eoup have been
sent to London from Australia. A
shipment of 2,500 weight was sold at
the rate of $3 a dozen, tails. In Aus
tralia they are considered a great
delicacy.
REPUTATIONS MADE IN A DAY
Are precious scarce. Time tries the worth of
a man or medicine. Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters is a forty-five years' growth, and like those
hardv lichens that garnish the crevices of
Alaska's rocks, it flourishes perennially, and
its reputation has as firm a base as the rocks
themselves. No medicine is more highly re
garded as a remedy for fever and ague, bilious
remittent, constipation, nvcr emu muucj
orders, nervousness and rheumatism.
The longest straight railroad line in
America is on the Lake Shore railway,
beginning at a point three miles west
of Toledo, Ohio, and running 69 miles
without a curve.
$200022
If you use too much of
Schilling's Best baking powder
it don't spoil the cake.
But why not make your
money go as far as it will by
using just enough of Schilling's
Best baking powder one-third
less than of the brand you are
used to ?
A Schilling & Company
ban Francisco . 3023
An : old English "Manners Book"
says: "A lady should dip only the tips
of her fingers in the sauce bow', and
should 'not let food fall out of her
mouth on the tablecloth. "
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word " CASTOKIA," and
" PITCHBR'S CASTQRIA," as our Trade Marie
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of " PITCHER'SCASrORIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac-simile signature of CHAS. H. FXETCHER on
every wrapper. This is theoriginal " PITCHER'S
CASTORI A " which has been used in the homes
Of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bougkl, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March S, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, M.U,
Railways in Holland are so carefully
managed, that the accidental deaths on
them average only one a year for the
entire country. , . . -
HOME PRODUCTS AND PUKE FOOD.
All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
flucose. "Tea Garden living" is made from
ugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
bv flrst-ciass grocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured bv the Pacikic Coast Syrup Co. All gen
uine "Tea Garden Drips" have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
The legislature of Uruguay has con
ferred citizenship and the sum of $10,
000 on Dr. Sanarelli as a recognition of
his discovery of" the yellow ' fever
microbe.
"King Solomon's Treasure," only Aphrodisiacal
Tonic known. (See Dictionary.) 15.00 a box, 3
weeks' treatment. Mason Chemical Co., P. O. Box
V47, Philadelphia, Pa.
An international congress has been
arranged at Paris for the discussion of
the means of preventing fires in thea
ters and other places of publio resort.
We will forfeit Jl.OOO if any of our pub
lished testimonials are proven to be not
genuine. The Piso Co., Warren, Fa.
Trj Schilling's Best tea and baking powder.
In agreeable contrast to the faimliar
"no thoroughfare" sign is an inscription
at Sabino, Me., whiuh reads: "Private
way; welcome." . .
top! Women,
And consider that in addressing, Mrs.
Pinkham you are confiding your private
ills to a woman a woman whose ex
perience in treating woman's diseases
is greater than that of any living phy
sician, male or female.
You can talk freely to a woman when
It is revolting to relate your private
troubles to a man; besides, a man does
not understand, simply because he is a
man. ' .
MRS. PINKHAM'S STANDING
INVITATION.
Women suffering from any form of
female weakness are in vi ted to promptly
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. All letters are re
ceived, opened, read, and answered by
women only. , A woman can freely
talk of her private illness to a woman.
Thus has been established the eternal
confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and
the women of America which has never
been broken. Out of the vast volume
of experience which she has to" draw
from, it is more than possible that she
has gained the very knowledge that
will help your case. She asks nothing
in return except your good, will, and
her advice has relieved thousands.
Surely any woman, rich or poor, is very
fooiish if she does not take advantage
of this generous offer of assistance.
, y
niiut-.t WHt-ii- ah Hat FAIIs.
Best CouKh Syrup. Tastes Good. Use I
in time. Koia Dy nrogKistfl.
fia
OREGON STATE NEWS.
Brief BoTiew of the Week Throughout
.the State.
' Salem has at last a chamber of com
merce organized and in .working order.
The government improvement work
at Bandon has stopped, the appropria
tion having been fully expended.
An old-fashioned freight train ar
rived in Lakeview from the south last
week. It consisted of , 10 wagons and
32 horses. ,
The entrance to Coos bay harbor is
marked by a new whistling buoy
placed there by the lighthouse tender
Manzanita last week.
During the recent heavy storms the
oyster beds at Willapa harbor were
buried in drifting sands until at least
half the orop will be lost.
The Baker-Canyon Telephone Com
pany now has the long-distance line
between Baker City and the Grant
county town in working order.
Lyons' broomhandle factory, in
Coos county, shipped 40,000 of its best
product to San Francisco last week. A
portion of 1 the consignment will l
forwarded to Australia.
Captain Berry, thev aged lighthouse
keeper at Port Angeles, died in the
Sisters' hospital at Port ; Townsend
Sunday. He has been keeper of the
light at Angeles for the past SO years.
The farmers who supply the Coquille
creamery received S6j cents a pound
for butter fat, delivered during Ooto
ber. Two thousand .iollars was dis
tributed among those who supplied the
creamery. " " '
A Polk county farmer has been ex
perimenting with tobacco culture, and
has been so successful that cigars made
with tobacco grown by him are said to
be as good as the average cigar smoked
in Oregon. '
It is said that the next grand jury in
Curry county will not meet until Sep
tember next. If Jhis is the case; it is
apt to be a long "time before the Van
Pelts will have to answer the charge of
killing A. Coolidge.
. A drove of about 125 nice trim young
mules, which had been boug.it in Lake
county, were secured at the low average
price of f 15 per head. They will be
taken to Huntington and then shipped
to the Eastern market.
Joe Siver, who is making a tour of
the United States from New York and
return on a bicycle, was ' fined $10 in
Harrisburg for riding on the sidewalk.
He was allowed to go on condition of
his leaving the city at once.
The checks for the second dividend
declared by the contioller of the cur
rency in favor of the creditors of The
Dalles National bank have been re
ceived' by Receiver Wilson,'. and are
ready for delivery to the owners.
The Albany iron works is a very busy
place these days. The oompauy
shipped out 10 tons of machinery last
Friday, including a quartz mill manu
factured for Southern Oregon mines,
and machinery for the state pumping
station at Salein.
One hundred and forty-four bales of
hops, aggregating over 27,000 pounds,
belonging to five growers in the vicinity
of Laurel, were sold Monday for 13
cents per pound. Tuesday 43 bales,
aggregating over 8,500 pounds, were
sold to J. M. , Russell & Co., for W4
cents per pound.
The grain acreage in Jackson county
for the coming year will in all likeli
hood suprass in extent any year in the
history of Rogue river valley, and if
conditions prove favorable, the greatest
number of bushels of grain in the his
tory of the county will be harvested in
1898. This, says the Tidings, is the
opinion of well-informed persons.
During the last few months a Crook
county firm has purchased 16,000 head
of sheep, and are now handling about
22,000 head. They are all in their
winter range, and each flock is within
convenient distance of big . stacks of
hay, more than sufficient to curry them
through the hardest winter. ;- The
sheep are all reported to be in fine con
dition and thriving. . . :
! Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Albert celebrated
their 60th wedding anniversary in
Salem ' Monday. They were married
at Wheeling, W. Va., in 1837. Mr.
Albert is 82 years old, and Mrs. Albert
81. A reception was he'd at their
home and a large number of friends
paid respects to the venerable couple.
The guests included seven children, be
sides grandchildren and great grand
children. The controversy between two quarrel
some members of the Vernonia church
was submitted to a jury, or committee,
of church members. One of the mem
bers was expelled. The other was cen
ured and reduced from full members-hip
to six months probation. It was
ruled by the committee that no one in
the Nehalem valley is entitled to
church membership unless he is imbued
with love and righteousness.
The Eastern Oregon Sheep Associa
tion of Baker City offers a reward of
1 1,000 for information that will lead
to the arrest and conviction of any per
son or persons found guilty of wilfully
injuring the sheep or property of any
member of the association. And a fur
ther reward of $250 for information
that will lead to the arrest and convic
tion of any person or persons gulity of
robbing sheep camps the property of
the members of the association.
Messrs. Rice, Flint & Co; have
struck a vein in their Black Repub
lican tunnel, in Michael creek mining
district in Southern , Oregon, showing
very promising ore containing fold and
copper. No assays from this lowest
level has been made. The third tun
nel is in 210 feet, and will be pushed
some 50 feet further to crossout this
and another parallel vein further in.
Promising ledges are being uncovered
In the distriot. A number of placers
are running light.
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So much deception has been practiced in ad
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They wilUsend their magically effective ap
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Noi a dollar need be paid until results are known
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"write to the ERffe MEDICAL COMPANY,
Buffalo, N. Y., and refer to their otter in thii
paper. ,
At a recent meeting of the Institu
tion 01 jivii .engineers in juuiiuuu, mo
opinon was expressed that the coming ,
material for ship-building is . nickel
steel, but that before It can be exten
sivley used, further deposits of nickel
must be discovered. . , . ' '
DEAFNESS - CANNOT BE CUBID
By local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
flamed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it isentirely closed, deafness is
t,A poatilt and iinlpse tho inflftmmAI jot, pun V,A .
taken out aiid this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition ol
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness, (caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
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P. J. CHENEY & CO:, Toledo, O.
Bold bv druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Fills are the best. "'
I Cure Varicocle. .
No operation
No clamps or
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No detention
from work.
No possible
danger.
No lolion or
? medicine.
WTv Simply gal
dZiSj vanic ' elec
... tricity. '
It is nature's remedy, my Electric, Body Bat
tery, in form of a belt, is put on when you go
to bed, and the mild, exhilarating, continuous
current sent through the congested veins dur
ine the nieht speedily dissolves the trouble and
cures in a few weeks. My pamphlet, "Three
Classes of Men," has an illustrated treatise on
this complaint, and every such sufferer should
read it. Sent free on application. Address.
SANDFN FIFOTRin RFIT CO.
853 West Washington St., l'oitland, Or.
Please mention this I'aper .
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We carry the mostcomplete line of Gymnasium
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Send for Our Athletic Catalogue.
WILL & FIN C1C CO.,
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WHEAT
Ma'te money by succesful
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buy and sell wheat on mar
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: , 180 FRONT ST
Portland. Or,
YOUR LIVER
Is it Wrong?
Get it Right.
Keep it Right
Moore's Revealed Remedy will do It. Threo
doses will make you feel better. Get it from
your druggist or any wholesale drug house, or
Irom Stewart Si Holmes Drug Co., Seattle.
Dentists....
Get your supplies of us at cut rates.
Large stock and low prices.
Goods guaranteed.
WaodanJ-Ciarke I Co,, Cental Depot, Portland.
w Mrs. Winswjw Soothixg bybuf atiould always be 1
ft used tot children teething. It soothes the child, (toft-
b ens the gnms, allay all puin, cures wind onllcand le 4
L the beat remedr lor diarrhoea. Twenty five cenU a
bottle. It is the beat of nil. a
RODS
fhr tracing and locating Gold or SHVer
Ore. lost or buried treasures. M. 1.
'OWjLEK, Box 337, Southington,Uomi,
N. P. N. TJ.
ZSo. 50, '97.
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?K?r writing to advertiiera, plea
mention tnu paper. .
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