Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1898)
WEALTH OF THE YUKON. Ten to Fifteen Millions of Dollars Will Be Cleaned Up This Year Dawson City, With Ten Thousand People, Is the Greotest Mining Camp in the World The Greatest Known Gravel Deposit What the Districts Show The output of- the mines of tho Yu kon district this year, while it haa .readied between $10,000,000 and $15, 000,000, has disappointed eren the mote conservative estimates mode last fall, and based on tho prospects then existing. Three things have contrib uted to shorten this spring's clean up: The Canadian royalty, lack of men and lack of strengthening food. ; One of tho most prominent civil engineers on the Pacific const, who has spent this winter in the mines, has said: "Considering the fact that lesd thii 8,000 poorly fed men have gotteo out this winter almost $15,000,000, tho Klondike has niado a showing that entitles It to consideration aevth greatest gravel deposit In extent and richness in the world. The placer mines of California in early days aro its only rivals." Tbe great riches of claims on French. Chief, Littlo and Big Skooknm gulches are the wonder of mining men in the interior of Alaska. A claim owner on French gulch offers a standing bet of $30,000 that he can rock out of his claim, singio-handod, $5,090 00 any given day. Tbe benches are old ' river beds, which have been broken up by an eruption of the earth. A continuation of the old river bed has been found near I"TVU' ing has been done, it la thought that it v will turn out very well. . . Eldorado and Bonanza oreeks pave proven all that was expected ol them Much more could be seen in actual re sults if the olean-UD had been coniohetod this spring. But hope that the roy alties may bo called off, and the early drying up of the water which oould be used iu sluicing, has ouused many big claim owners to leave aon' third of the dirt takqn out 00 dump, Tho wash-up has been' com pleted on yory few claims, and on fewer still can a statement bo obtained as to tho real amount of tho clean-np. This makes it Impossible to state posl- 11 1 .1.. - .. . . e I r '- Of the lees known streams, Dominion creek is giving evidence of mineral do posits which may make it known as the richest strike yet made. The conflict of claims, owing to tho two discoveries nothing to interfere with the develop ment of the mines. Hunker oreek is ' rich in placer, but, unlike tho rest of tho country, is spotted, pold Bottom is not turning out as well as expected. Many other creeks whioh promise well have not been sufficiently developed to mako an estimate of their wealth safe. So many are the dimitl vantages in mining in the Northwest territory that auenuon jh ui'in once mora hwohcii to mines on the Airierioan side. It is believed that many surprises ar? in store in this direotlon. Forty-mile creek has been relocated and many new claims reoorded. Chicken creek, which has been known for tbe last two years, but not worked, will be developed this year. Canyon, Nugget gulch . and Franklin creeks and the bars on Forty mile will lie worked by the hydraulic process, and there will be a good camp at the mouth of tbe river within two years. ! American creek, 40 miles down from Forty-mile, is known as good; the ground is high and well laid ouf. Pane are taken running from CO cents to $3. The Misson oreek district has. three formations placer, quartz and coal. At it mouth is Kagle CHy, io whioh will be established the United States barracks and the ouetom bonee. ' .' "Twecty : miles below Eagle Ctty U Star City, guarding the mouth of ttev- I -I.,,.. TI. k.n -I l. In has been worked lot many years. On Barney croek, from three to six ounces to the day has been taken for tho last three years. The other tributaries are as good as Barney, but it is only now, when people are spreading out, that much work wiil be done. A number I - . . - . r . t . . ... in men are ouw m ocur getting their outfits up to the mines. ..,,, . .From Seventy-milq.to Circle City has been prospected, and oreeks are found here and there which give good indications. Coal and Sheep creeks promise esneciallv well, and 'also the j Charley river. . i s Cucie City has . been praoticaUy de serted since: the rush to Dawson but tbe riches of ' Mastodon, Independence, I Eagkv, ' Deadwood and a "dozen lesser galohes in , tire Biroh creek district will revive the town. A moderate fortune can be made in that district in two years of hard work. .,. Minors are 1 returning to Birch creek from Dawson. ''They orppreoiate v a - district fn - which there Is no royalty, no wood and log tax and rio tlmbor grants. I ; Aoross from Circle pitv is Jefferson oreek, which is now being prospected for its whole length. , It will be cheap ly worked; because of being so readily aooessible to the Yukon river. Further down is the Mi nook creek district, whioh has boon thoroughly advertised this year.. ' It has doveloped some claims whioh have paid ,$37,000, $35,000 and $15,000 for the winter's work. The country is to a great extent an unknown quantity. The discovery of Idaho bar, from which men have ' taken out $100 a day with a rocker, is a 'groat boom for the district, and tho prospects of the oarny are .extremely bright. A gient country will be opened up in the Koyukuk. .-. It . has been known to miners for 10 years, and no' pros pector who went in there has failed to bring out a good grubstake. The territory ' to be worked is of a vast ex tent, and offers many opportunities to the new comer. Tan an a, Kuskoqnlm and Chandler rivers have all been brought prominently to the notice of mining men this year. All things con sidered, the American side would seem to be tho place of the future. . As for-' Dawson City itself, it is un questionably the greatest mining oamp in the world. Frank Canton, United States deputy marshal in Circle City, and in, former years an officer of the peace in many of the largest oamps of tbe West, has said that nothing he has ever seen approaches Dawson as a model mining oarap. Accustomed as he has been to dealing with the roughest class of criminals, hiB commendation of Dawson, as a law-abiding town, baa great weight. The sidewalks are crowd ed with men and women from morning to night. People are even forced to walk in. the middle of the' streets' to make progress. It is a great jumble of tire good sod the bad, and the only pledge' of "respectability required is regular attendance at church. Daw son's population has grown until it Is now . between 8,000 and 10.00O. Klne-tenths of the newcomers are not in tbe country to work, and when they find that success in the Klondike can i only be bought by hard labor, they will bo ready to ooroo out. A great exodus . of unsuccessful mop will take" place ) this fall; and tire cities of tbe Pacifto 'coast, to which these people will go, I will be overrun with a rough, desperate and altogether undesirable class. They KANSAS SUPERSTITIONS. are now in Dawson as the advance I guard of the more substantial men to follow. ; It is a repetition of the his . tory of Circle City. ' When the Birch I creek mines wwe discovered, two years ' ago, double the usual invoice of people went there, but soon left disgusted. Had they remained, thoy would have . been in on the ground floor in the Klon dike discovery. ... ,.)''-.' ') r: The.Cubon fffactoete. Much ba-s been said of tho terrible machete, a deadly weapon indeed in thA hAildfl rtf A rlfvarwr-AfA man and when used against a dofenselese person. The machete was never intended for a I weapon of warfare; it is an instrument of husbandry oarried by the Cuban peasant in times, of peace,: and is bis one familiar daily companion.' It cuts his fixe wood, aids him. in building his I hut, hews his path through tbe mani gna, and performs , many othei offices. . The machette te a straight, heavy I blade about two feet long, with a wooden or bone handle, - having no ' guard; consequently it is utterly un . suited as a weapon to be used in a con jfliot with an armed man. The Cuban, I of course, by reason of his long fain Hi larity with the instrument, is an adept in its use. ana its effect upon a group of unarmed workmen is truly terrible. It is in tbe foray against the defense less and unarmed that the most serious work of the maohete has been done in the island of Cuba.-r-l'Cuba as Seen from tho Inside," by Osgood Welsh, in the August Century. " , ' " Advices from Honolulu state that the executive council of the island govern ment has . signed a contract with the Schyniser Company to lay a qable from the American coast to Honolulu and Japanv -.' ,', - . .v i Carry a potato in one's pocket to cure rheumatism. ; Tbe skin of a black cat worn in one's clothing will cure rheumatism. Hold your hands above your head and ydui nose will cease bleeding. Never let a chioken die in your hands and yon will not have palsy. ' Hold a silver spoon against the back of tbe neck to stop nosebleed. Wear a . red string or ied beads around the neck to prevent tbe nose bleed. . ; ;' , The skin of a snake worn around tbe one's hat orown will oure the headache. ' Wear a string of gold beads around your neck and your nose can not bleed. neadache mar, be prevented by wear ing in one s bat the rattles ot a rattle snake. - - (. . The negro sometimes sleeps with a young dog in order to transmit rheu matism to the dog. : ' ' At Delphos, Kan., livee a young man who gallantly i procured his sweet heart's warts by purchase.' A sty may be cured by rubbing it with a pold ring, a silver spoon, or one's finger moistened with saliva. . If you see any one asleep in church say to yourself: "Whon you awake take these warts." Bore a hole in tbe wall the height of a child's head; when tbe child grows above the hole it will be cured of asthma. ' In order . to cure tbe toothache out your finger nails on Friday, y Another sure core is to wash behind your ears every morning. ' ". Write on a stove with a piece of chalk the number of yow warts. When the number has burned off the stove your warts will be gone. ; ' Rub the wart with seven pebbles, wrap the pobbloe in a parcel and throw thorn away;' if the parcel, is picked up tbe Wart will go away. You . may always jwevent cramps in the feet by turning your shoes upside down every night beside your bed. Gertrude C. Davenport, in the Journal of American Folk-Loro. Steal a dishcloth, rub the wart with it, and then bury the oloth under the eaves of the house. If you tell no one and no one finds out your tboft, your wart will go away. ; If you have a ; wart and Bee a man riding on horseback in the rain (or, as another version runs, riding on a gray horse), say: "Take these along;" rub the wart and it will leave you. Put Into a red calico bag "hearts" from grains of oorn; "run down the road;" throw away the bag not look ing where they fall; run home agan, and if any one picks' up the bag your warts will go away. Some of these cures, which were col lected iu Coffey county, were obtain ed from colored people. The majority of tbe superstitions, however, which were collected in Douglas oounty, w&e obtained from people who declared they knew no superstitions and , believed none; namely, students in attendance at the Univeisity of Kansas. .These students came from nearly every oounty In the state. ' Strategic Ttkloe of Par to Rtoo. !: Mr.' Frederick A. Ober writes an article for the August Century on "The Island of Porto Rico." Mr. Ober says: . Until it was discovered that Porto Rico possessed great value as a "strategic center" of . naval operations, the fair isle slumbered undisturbed,, merely a link, and no important one, in the em erald chain that separates the Atlantic and the Caribbean. Suddenly naval fol&B became aware of its . importance; they saw that while it borders on the Caribbean sea, yet it breasts the rough Atlantic , waters; that it is equadis tant, or about 1,000 miles, from Key West and Colon; from New York 1,500 miles, which is half tbe distance from Cadl; 1,800 from Newport News, which is half tbe distance to the Canar ies. It lice, in fact, at the very point that we should have selected for a coaling station, had we unrestricted choice ol location. All the arguments that have been advanoed for the acquisi tion of tbe island of St. Thomas, 60 miles distant, and for which at one time we were almost ready to pay seven million dollais, apply with tenfold force to Porto Rico, with its six good harbors to the one of St. Thomas, and its commercial as well as strategical potentialities. f LUST HIS LIFE SAVING OTHERS. Established 1780. Baker's 1 '. , : V Chocolate, A country boy vlsUtng New York stopped a frantic runaway team that was about to c)ash on the -sidewalk vhere there were hun dreds of Women and children- lie saved their Uvea, but lout his own. Hundreds of Uvea are saved every yaar by tlostetter's Stomach Bit ters. Teojile who are fast going to their gravs with disorders of stomach, liver, bowels and blood are brought back to good health by it. All tho sick should try It. Gov. McCord has received indefinite leave of absence from his duties as the executive of Arizona, , end will take command as colonel of the regiment of infantry now being recruited in the four territories. ' v TUT ALLEN'S POOT-EASH. A powder to be Bbaken into the shoes. At this season your feet feed swollen, ner vous., and hot, and get tired easily. If you have smarting feet or tight snoea, try Allen's Footi-Easo. It cools the feet and makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet, blisters ana callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and ?;ivea rest aid comfort. Ton thousand tes lmomals of cures. Try it today. Sold by all druggists and shoe Stores for 35c. Sent by mail for 2.ic in stamps. Trial package FREE. : Address Allen a Olmsted, La Roy, New York. ' Railway building in Africa is pro ceeding with wonderful rapidity con sidering the difficulty and expensive ness of most of the enterprises. ",. ' -WAGONS IMPROVED. 3Sie now improved 8tonf?hton wagons stand tho racket. Throe more oar loads are on the way. It pavs to have the best. Vrio for free catalogue-. JOHN TOOLE, sole agent, foot of Morrison street, Tort land, Or. ' : - Mlorobes are so minute that 250.,- 000,000 can be comfortably accommo dated on a penny postage stamp. According to a German authority the human brain is composed oi 800,000, 000 nerve cells. I , OPIU MORPHINE COCAINE LAUIANUM StoDDed atonoe Dn. J.C. Hoffman, 481 Isabella Bldg, Chicago,!!!. 8 celebrated for more, 9, than a century as a delicious, nutritious, '0' and flesh-forming 5 beverage, has our well-known j( Yellow Label on the front of every package, . and our trade-mark, "Lq Belle Chocolatiere,"on the back. NONB OTHER QENUINE. MP8 only er ; i WAT TEH T4AffEf 9. m t A Dorchester, Mass. T W$i$.i3t3r33r2r2t$r3t$t!2r3t2tai Bishop Scott Icadomy' Founded 167l. A TtrMirtllnir and TWlv Hfhn(i fnr bovfl. Military diecrpilne In charge of U. B. Army oflioer. Primary, preparatory and academic departments. Manual Training or Uloyi) lias recently ben In stalled Boys of ail ages receive. Hpeclat In'fuctlon In zuuhIc, modern language J 4tenogruphy. Through col lt'KG preparation a specialty. Tha Christmas terra will open September 13th, 1H98, Catalogue on application to tbp pnneliMM, J. W. HI JUL, M. D.t P. O. Drawar 17. Portland, Or. , BUY THE GENUINE SYRUP OFFIGS , ... MAITOFAOTTJBED BT ... CALIFORNIA F1Q SYRUP CO. WHEAT Make money by luccealul speculation 16 Chicago. We buy and Bell wheat on mar. (tins. Fortunes havn hvan made an a small beginning bv trading In fu tures. Write for full particulars. Best ol ri erence alvea. Several years' ex perlence on tha Chicago Board of Trade, and a thorough know ledge of the business. Send (or pur free refer ence book. DOWNING, HOPKINS & Co., Chjoago Board of Trade Brokers. Offices in Portland, Oregon and Seattle. Wash. .' m'S Go"01 M dm u mrictpre. CURE YOURSELF! Big for unnatural (llHflmrKw, InAmnn.alli.nn, Irrltatloufl or ulccr'utloua at nincona mem brands. PahilB. and hot nstrlo lTHEvAN8 0lMI(imOo. ,ut or' poisonous. , Bold by Ikroiretsta, - pr stmt in plain wrapper, liv nxnrtiflH. nrr.fini.1 f, il.OO, or 3 bottles, 12.78. lrcuiar sent on . rtniueet. YOUR LIVER Moore's Revealed Remedy will do it Three doses will make yon feel better. Get it from your druggist or any wholesale drug bouse , or trom Stewart & Holmes Drug Co., Beattle. " Is it Wrong? Get it Right Keep it Right will & mn an lll!t7LOHMH rialn or with Cutter. The beat needle In tho mar. Irat fTiuul l.V ail aafb -n , ... .. eral merchandise stores, or by i;..WIll FINCK CO., 620 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. 33 N. P. N. V. So. f8. WHEN writing to ndTertlsers please mention this paper. . i - ; v A- 1 you are dissatisfied witJi the size of piece of with the quality of the chewing tobacco you are using and you 1I get your money' is larger than the 10-cent piece of any other brand of the samehigh quality, and is the largest piece of really grood chewing tobacco that la sold for 10 cents. c c C) C) C) o C) C) C) c ( () C ) c o l ( ) ( I i ) o () ( ) ( ) C ) o rfs.rflii iSaw ts va. jiiat a a Jl jfak dRtik jtfffla MH. XMk 4lt llh rfMK rfKk rfk jrffltK. jrHi 4lfh ' .ii, ' si. : i 'Sl.i., ..J ii.-,., .'i- Jf.a. .,. .- jfii-ln .lifU