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. Salem, Oregon, February 15, 1902. -lira.
Motile Mayo, Astoria, Oregon: -
Your kind note of the, Sth came to
hand yesterday, the 14 th St. Valen
tine's Day. For'amnsement ajd a .a
means ,of keeping the postal Jlne open
r for news from the scattering branches
of. the "MorrJsori family . with whom I
crossed - the - Rocky Mountains from
- Missouri In 1844 and assisted to reach
Clatsop plains in January, 184S, IJiave
had a Valentine la some of the younger
members of the family for many years.
My last engagement expired'yesterday.
'So tor the pleasure of going-over again
some' pleasant passages of my own life
connected with members f your own
family and of personal friends who of
ten - spoke of you, IwiU rewrite the
L s'tOry of t the discovery, or more cor
f rectly; the rediscovery of. a once much
, used native trail across the Cascade
. - range, and later a runaway of Hudson
Bay Company's trapping and trading
parties;; and yet. to become, I,hop and
believe, giTlmporant passway of a
varied commerce.': " , ' . ; , '
I wlH tell the story in the third "per
son as. a weans of Illuminating myself
, as much as possible, but I assure you I
have pride as well as pleasure In hay
ing been a participator, in what was to
. me grand pulaatinjf life. ''-H"z.:2t.?': '.
The time has passed for any reason
1 able opposition to utilizing that pass
, way, -and I firmly believe a little effort
woultKseeure the withdrawal of one or
. . two townships Wide through the Forest
Reserve via the railroad line which
could be used as a common road till
the raJMs expended. I think it is nearer
to Bend on the Deschutes from Detroit
, than from : Shaniko. 'The timber growth
of the former Is equal to flty-consectt-
. tlve crops" of wheat and meat by the
..-'latter, j V T1K -.f- ; -i j X -
. I would be pleased If you Would al
low Mr. IL S. Lyman to lookf ever the
story of the old trail and if he deems
. it "worth his tiotlce as a most jyaluable-
collector for the-Oregon Hlstolical So-
ciety, he might perhaps wish to take
a "type copy. Tours very cordially," '
JOHN MINTO.
The Rediscovery of a Forgotten Trail,
v Previous to 1845, an Indian tradition
was conveyed to M. Ev missionaries of
t a native-trail via the North Santiam
" .valley. '-During the harvest ' of that
- w. season,- Henry .Williamson undertook
to harvest a volunteer crop of wheat
on the claim of Dr. Elijah White, who
. was then holding the position of Sub
Indian Agent ' for ? all the territory
". '-. claimed i by the United States west of
the Rocky Mountains and north of Cal-
Ifornia. I , ,
Mr. Williamson had engaged John
; M into to assist him in this Job of bars'-
vesting and had taught him to make a
band and tie a sheaf in its own straw,
and in order to save time -for field labor,
had engaged board for himself and as
sistant with Mr, D. Carter, a lay mem
ber of Ihe M. E. mission, then owner of
. original mission ,'Halm and ; buildings!
but living. In a portion of a roomy
- building which had1 been built for-a
' hospital for the mf WIorf.scHool; but had
Just been purchased from the mlBtsion
agent. Rev. ; Geo, Gary, by Alanson
: MeersV another lay member of the mls
. " slon.and the most common sensed and
effective worker of all 'who came as
-missionaries. J
On the secontt day these two young
harvesters.' appearing at the Beers
- - house for the noon meal, they met there
Dr. White the owner of the crop they
. were -harvesting. I White is entitled to
notice as the first resident In iOregon
having an official warrant from the
UnKfid States, and had Just returned
from jan ofllclal visit to the native race
of the upper Willamette valley and the
Tillamook t country." lie showed little
Interest In his wheat crop, but occupied
the after dinner time with a description
" of the country he had recently traveled
jover and the condition of the Indians
heihad seen for Mr. Beers Information
- - well knowing It would soon beiven
Li- to all the other members of the mis
sion, who f were' closing around their
"' . secon4 and most . sensible plan of
' founding the Oregon Institute for;the
education of the children of the white
race of home builders from the Mis
souri border, already? herein sufficient
urnbers to perfect and maintain a
poyisiorial l American government. f In
suoport of this school Alanson Beers.
to whom Dr. wnue was
dently for effect) was Jat this time the
strongest individual supporter, being
at once the most extensive successful
farmer and blacksmith.' White and
his party on this trip had examined
the North 8antiam valley " far -up
' he said) as Mt. Jefferson, and avoid
ing any definite statement left the Im-
j presslon that it was a good way. bjr
which immigration could enter vest-
era Oregon and avoid the Columbia
gorge which cuf hrough the Cascade
range lined with Indian Aleves all the
way and might easllytbe made a death
trap for Americans, should, British
- ; emissaries' now here compel, the Hud
"i sons Bay Company, to turn Its means
and power over the natives, to that
end. This probably was onlr prevent-
ed at that very time by Dr. J ohuMc
LoughUn as chief factor ot tJHud-
t.. ivmraT. for at that very
nuns a. t j v -. -B - - - c?l
time Oeutenant Wm. Feel sonof .Sir
:RoberrFeel, FrIme Minister . or i.ng-
land), with a party of JJJ
' sloop of war Modest, was touring the
, .Willamette valley In valuation of Its
' territory. r. White had don;..
These two young harvesters, taking
thel r noon rest on the same bench .Dr.
White occupied, could not help bu
hear as bell as Beers. Hence It was
; that a few days thereafter .while as
sisting Joseph, Gervals to finish M.
harvest, allusion by Williamson o Dr.
Whites trip brought out the
from Mr. Gervals that when W family
ws youns he nsed after his little bar
vest vas safe, to take his wife - and
n,Ti cross the Cascades that
way and trap and hunt In the upper
Deschutes country, sending his turs
and pelts in 4he charge of the Hudsons
naw imt,nv servants to take to an-
r The Dalles, and recros-
.1.. mn,.nti!n via the Santiam
' , 1 trails would- rest at home two wee ks
' before he could go to Vancouver a4
.i . v. 'muit of: his- nunu
Minto was again the silent auditor of
these recitals which were remembered
perhaps becanse they toucnea ck
- .-i, wiwhjuw .of the.- mission
- .' claim 'and building and -opening te
latter aurin the succeed. winter to
the sufferers who had been induced to
lie' !
follow Steve L. Meek In his attempt to
lead all who would follow Into Western
Oregon via the Santiam. traiL Meek,
who of himself was a man much In
ferior to his brother Joseph L. Meek as
a mountaineer, was probably encour
aged by Dr. White's tajk In this ad
venture,, which nearly cost him his life
for the sufferings and deaths which re
sulted from his failure andwhich was
also the chief cause of this easy na
tural pass falling out of public view,
though a publie meeting held at the
Oregon Institute In the spring of 134C
appointed a committee of six with
Joseph Gervais as guide and General
Gilliam as head, to examine, the pass
as a passway for 'wagons. General
Gilliam's talents did: not Include road
making, and the 4 committee turned
back from the first obstacle on the old
trapper's trail a wagon could not pass.
That same season Messrs. Applegate
and Scott lea Immigrants from Fort
HalJ by a route into the head of the
Rogfue-rtver valley across that of the
Unipqua, passing greater obstacles,
into the southern end of the Willamette
vaJleyj'and the old trail via the North
Santiam passed out of public notice,
till in October, 1873, when two hunters
(Henry States and Geo. Scott) In
search Of game range, penetrated 'up
through the main gorge to a point
where the valley widened and moun
tains seem to lower, and they returned,
believing they had . ; found an '- easy
means of reaching- Eastern Oregon.
John Minto at that time had fallen
into the habit of taking his sheep and
his family for his wife's health to the
vicinity, of Mehama and had talked at
camp fires of the old . trail. Learning
from Mr. States the character of the
Valley as far as he and Scott had fol
lowed. It . eastward, Minto deemed ft
his duty to lay the subject before the
county authorities of Marion county,
and it so happened that Wm. M. Case,
then one of the county commissioners,
had learned Of the old trail-from his.
neighbor,- Thomas McKay " (a famous
Hudsons Bay Company leader), of his
Using the passway. as Gervals- had
Stated to Williamson, Minto hearing
18 years before, that he had done.
; Tjhe result ef a short conference of
the county commissioners court was
the judge turned to; Minto and said:
"We authorize you to choose two com
rades and penetrate the valley till you
are satisfied If, there is a natural pass
there or not. t We will depend on you
for a report and allow you $3 per day
each, while maklngthe. examination."
Mhrto wrote to States asking his
company, and on the third day after
wards the two were leaving Salem on
thetif errand, ' trusting to get a third
man in Fox valley, when States ,un-j
fortunately met 4JoL Frank Cooper on
the wing towards reported gold' find
ings north of the Columbia in ; Wash
ington. Mr. Cooper wag a-product of
the times in the general -search for
mineral wealth," satisfied with the posi
tion of camp' keeper m. wages. lie
was a fluent talker for the business oa
hand, a humorous teller of camp fire
stories In - which, he j had been. actor,
without much regard to truth, -a fair
cook, and ready defender of the pack
horse against abuse., Mr, States (a
very different mart) was looking more
for minerals than for game, but on
higher moral levels than "CoL Cooper" j
who. at State's word. Joined him as
third roan.. . . i; ,.. , . ' :
. On November 22d. the explorers were
a little east of Idanha, the present end
of the rail on the line of the Corvallis
& Istern railroad. Here they staked j
the pack pony and -hung fthelr provls- j
ions in a tree, and proceeding about one
mile further east, took the point of
ridge making in from the northeast and
followed thaf estimate four miles the
object being to get a view of Mt. Jef-
ferson as a means of -locating their ,
position. It was heavy clouds over
head and strongly indicated rain. It
was past the noon hour and States and
Cooper had begun to plead Kolng back
to camp, when Minto noting a thinning)
of the timber on the south side of their
tou rse, a s 1 1 proved, asked them to
wait till he made one more effort to
see oUt.r The light guided him ,to the
southern side of the ridge very steeply
dropping towards river about mile off
the bawling" sound of which wa plain
ly heard. A half grown fir tree In the
upper edge o an opening was limbed
down to his reach and he called to his
comrmdes to watt whJehe puuea nun
self up in-tothe tree. 3lw was 1 yet
thirty feet from the tree top when bl
eyes fell on a-body of grass land and
he railed his comrade to come." They
came to the foot of the tree, but re
fused to climb up It. CoL Cooper here
got In his work by questioning Minto
about the extent of the grass country
be could see the fonh,. of mountain
tops within his sight. . These he named
as Minto described. In a manner to
make a party of prospectors laugh, but
Minto was too much in earnest too
much Interested In what he saw to sus
pect he was being fooled by a natural
cheat of the story telling ordr. ,
While thiswas going on the clouds
were rapidly- lifting, being evaporated
Indeed by the sun's ray above them:
for Minto in his excitement trylng to
estimate the extent of the open land
emm riht to left of his view, sudden
ly saw the top of ML Jefferson emerge
from the clouds as though being push
ed upward and he could plainly see the
grass country was wweeanw
jit Jefferson and. appeared to. reach
past Its easi oac. r-
ed on a level wKh the grass land and
he could see neither timber or moun
tain beyond IL South of ; . It a deep
Umbered nctch appearea ana
that a peak of many rocky pinnacles
whichCooper gave sn unwriteable name
crossed the grass land jon his Wto
VlsR a chief of Warm Springs Ind ians
on the river of that name; that the
tass country was bunch grass of
Astern Oregon, the first he "arched
on a trip from Quatzvlile mines via the
meadows on Quartsville mountain.
All this, which Mirrto had no reason
Jhen to doubt, was largely creaUon of
Mr cJopefs'lnvenUoiv but the truth,
liarn 7oZ year afterward, Mlnio was
icarn-u i" j mountain
looking across
. " .won his name: tne
via Marion Lake to the Minto I s. so
Ma ai:l"""IIenry states the next year,
earned by Henry
k ro.id through the pas. In 18.1. tut 13
tj,i::n. J:!!!:!: in a Lc:!:r:l3 a
Frl::.j cf - a . Ficzrir.
locally known as' Three Fingered Jack.
It stands about midway between Mount
Jefferson and Mount Washington
southward and Is likely to form the
southeast corner of Marion county and
the northeast corner . of Linn county
until the development of Santiam vaf
ley creates a necessity for a county be
tween Marlon and Crook, when Inde
pendence valley. In which the waters
of two main branches of - the North
Santiam meet, about seventy-two miles
from Salem to Prineville respective
ly, will likely contain the county seat.
Mount Marlon is also about half way
between east or Marion branch of the
Santiam and that coming In from the
southeast, named by Minto "Gates
Gap" when be discovered it and cited
the railroad people to It. but the late
J. I. Blair of New Jersey named It for
K- T. Hogg the day the first Investors
in the railroad enterprise took dinner
at the summit. Minto was lniuced to
examine this southeast branch of the
Santiam for passable railroad bed by
Hon. John B. Waldo, observing, in one
of bis summer outings batt seemed
tower than, the Minto. Pass, and the lat
ter found it so by 600 feet... Both
streams feed off the western base of
Mount Marlon and their valleys con
tain a wealth of fine timber, buthres
used by the natives prior to the white
man's taking Oregon, had made grassy
openings from the summit twelve miles
westward, making desirable places to
settle for (an estimate) 2009 families.
Lumbering, dairying, bee keeping and
fruit growing being the resources,' ex
cept the use of water power to change
to electric force (which is very great),
and possibly mineral wealth yet un
known. v
Minto reported belief In an easy
grade for a common road to reach the
summit of the Cascades, eigbtyflve and
one-half miles distant from Salem and
about niety-three -miles to reach the
Crook county road three miles west of
Black Butte. On this report a petition
for the view of road bed In the spring
of 1874 was responded to by the coiiu
ty court, and John Minto, T Geo, S.
Downing and Porter, Jack were ap
pointed viewers, T W. Davenport sur
veyor; "Col." Frank -.-Cooper ; was pur
veyor, .cook - and packer with four
horses, reel visa; $7 per day.. There
were chainmen. choppers and markers,
making in- all a party.of fourteen. The
measurements made eight-five and
one-half miles from the court house at
Salem to. the summit tree, and 'the rail
road survey subsequently made takes
about 93 per cent pf line from Mill
City to Independence valley. Very
soon after the survey was reported,
Frank Cooper, Seth Hammer and thtf
ers Incorporated ; the Astoria .& ', Wln-
nemucca Railroad Company, did some
surveying to legalize the claim to the
passway and so obstructed, its use for
common road purposes till the public
interest In It chilled. It was not suf
fered to die, bower. ., In 1877 the Marion
& Wasco Stock Trail & Wagon Road
Company was Incorporated? share's
placed at $10 each, payable In cashi 'r
labor.! A rewi business -meta l Satesi
took ten shares each, but more of , the
stock was taken by settlors of ; ihe
Santiam valley In shares from one to
ten and paid for In labor. Messrs.
Bash, Breyman Bros R. T, Boise R.
M. Wade, Major GeoV Williams; F. R,
Smith and, John Minto were most acr
tlve stockholders in Salem. Messrs.
P. Berry, I. B. Trask.. the potter Broa
and D. A. Smlthcand E. Henness of Fox
valley t were conspicuously active, but
many others took shares, paying for
them In honest work. John Minto was
elected superintendent and time keeper,
M. L. Chamberlln secretary, and work
began In early June. Except t one
point near the "Minto siding on ' the
railroad line, , where a blast was re
quired, the work was made wide- en'
ough for w&gons to abouj. three miles
east of Idanha. when becoming convinc
ed he would not have Sufficient labor to
take It wagon road width entirely to
connection with the" road system f
Eastern Oregon, the cuttings through
fallen timber was reduced to six feet
wide, the legal width of a trail. The
labor was very severe and through
June into July, often" wet-- But the
men, animated by a spirit of improving
their own property holdings, labored
with a spirit pren rarely work for
themselves by encouraging each other.
The purveyor, for , the party was Ji.
Henness. of King Prairie, and he .en
gaged Mrs. William Tumldge as cook
the first month. She was succeeded
the second month by the Misses Berry,
whose father (one of the most efficient
workmen) was of the party.
They got the trail made to a, con
nection with county road, running west
from Prineville via the Sisters in early
August, the presence of the Berry sis
ters making the working party very
much tike a family, picnic. ' .
They had worked up' near the head
of the valley of the Santiam when the
summer school vacation decured; and
the teacher at Fox Prairie overtook
them, intending, in connection with one
of. the party (John. Denton), to ascend
Mt. Jefferson" Mr, Denton and his
teacher friend overtook Mr. Minto it
the base of the mountain now called by
his name (the grass -covered mountain
he first saw -.from:' the tree top) and in
camp fiie converse told the latter of a
plan of the youngsters to sing a song In
compliment to .him as leader f the en
terprise, whem they should gain , the
summit. Mr, Minto was marking the
line In advance (Intending and did go
on to Prineville In hopes , of getting
some assistance to finish the ; work
creditably and advertise the fact on the
east side), spent the next , day after
leaving Mr. Denton . (who ' was the
camp poet) . and" his teacher friend.
marking the course from SUnto moun
tain to the summit, but while so en
gaged was also preparing comrsliments
In" reply for compliment- As It is in a
. condensed description of
thi party and their, work on this oc
casion It. Is here Inserted as-1
. The Santiam Road Makers.
-Come list to me good people alt-wlth
i patience If you can. - . .
Ill sing you of a Jovial crew that lived
. by Santiam, - -' ,
Who started out to clear a route.to
., Eastern Oregon. " "V
And make to join our people still one
. more enduring band, v a
Across the Cascade range to go.: i
Amongst high mountains white with
snow - - - -- -Where
tallest Ers and cedars ktqts
And coolest, brightest waters flow,
A jolly Land of mountain men
As ever treaded gorge or glen;
I say this truly, well t can.
I knew these boys of Santiam.
Ia early June the camp was set. and
then the work began.
Though woods were damp .the weather
wet and every gully ran.
This did not stay their ardent seal;
they use the level, ply -the steel
Of saw. of axe. of sledge or wedge, as
rut or break their way they can,
, TJp through rough canyon broad and
;deep, .....:: : --.r- - ' .; - ' ,
. Past frowning precipices steep;
With Wasco's bunch grass plains the
;. goal. . - - : :. - .
Their calm, determined way they
'keep, - ;
, A plucky band of mountain men
As. ever .treaded gorge or glen;
. I say this truly, well I can.
I knew these boys of Santiam.
Thus like a band of brothers Joined.
they, work their eastward way.
No servile Astatic gang, driven by grim
want for pay,
But elf respecting, citizens who well
the public interests ke
And knew that making good highways
Is work becoming kings of men.
And when a day of rest they take.
Some cull the rare plants from the
; brake. - . .. ' ' .
Some plumb the depths of mountain
' lake, V 1 v"v'.,..-' '-' .v:-:-
Some scale the heights of Jeffersoru
A band of keen, observing men.
As ever threaded gorge or glen;
I say this, truly, well I can,
t knew these boys .of Santiam.
And when in camp for food or rest this
party did convene,
The song, the story or the Jest was not
; their, only theme; '
From game and range and public lands,
to the World's wants,' their talk ex
. -i-.-. pands; ..'. f .-; ' , .,;:'.
How Kurope on our plows depends, and
' to what shores our trade extends.
Fair woman's beauty, man's good
- 1 name ' 5
. The .. statesman's . wisdom soldier's
. fame; 1 .- ' - '.' ,
The, school, 'the pulpit, and the pen.
Passed in review before them then.
' Such were the boys of Santiam.
" On mountain top or shady glen-'.
,r Include our cooks, our. party then
Were pretty girls and honest men.
The. cost of this work of the Marlon
& Wasco-Wagon Road & Stock Trail
Company - for labor and the board of
labor was but J1S65. The cost of the
first examination and survey and view
ing was about 1400. Less than $1000
more-ywould have made a very passable
free wagon road connecting with the
Crook county road system about eight
miles west of -the present village of
sisters. . - .. '. 7 , .
That labor should not be lost. At the
time it was performed the Willamette
Valley & Cascade Mountain Military
Road Company - had a grant of, some
800.000 acres of public land yet in some
jeopardy, which would have been In
creased, by, so cheaply made road
through so much easier pass, and that
company had at that time a very ac
tive and by common report a very un
scrupulous agent on the east side of the
range. There ought to be a- revival of
an effort to utilize "that passway. One
thousand dollar would now re-open
the way for, a, weekly mall from De
troit to Sisters, only a good day's Tide,
and half of each yearUve stock could
be easily brought to the present end of
the rail at Detroit; for shipment to
Portland market or to farmer feeders
in Western Oregon, . ' . T . .
: In conclusion It may be added, when
the road viewers for the , county did
their work they crossed an old and
deeply worn trail between the first two
streams flowing from the - southwest
slopes of Jefferson, . the White Fork
or White Water; the second most east
erly was named Pamella creek Rafter
Pamella Ann Berry) by the VWriter.
This old trail was . deemed by the
viewers as' supporting the Indian tra
dition of a former much used native
traiL -t :
Independence valley Was so named
by. the road viewing and surveying
party arriving there and celebrating
the 4th of July, 174. some of the boys
awakening the echoes by starting big
rocks down the south side of Minto
Mountain, 2000 feet o the valley below.
Note lMr: J.. L. Parrlsh while
studying the Mellala language learned
that at one time that that tribe and the
Cayuses were one people claiming he
west slopes of the Cascade range as its
country. Family quarrels divided the
tribe and a portion- went to the west
slopes of the Blue Mountains. "A fierce
tribal battle caused the abandonment
of the trail by the natives. -
' TWO SPLENDID RACES
THE SARATOGA SPECIAL AND
-! TUB TRAVEHISB STAKES AT
SARATOGA. YESTERDAY.
SARATOGA, Aug. Irish Lad won
the Saratoga special this afternoon. In
a driving; finish. ; The net value of the
rice to thewlnner was 118.000, In ad
dition to gold cup valued at. f 1500.
The Traverse stakes, one of tne oldest
classics of the American Turf was won
by Hermls, after a most sensational
race, following are the summaries; -
Saratoga special i-year-olds. &M fur-longs-Irish
Lad. 'won; Dazzling, sec
ond; Blue Ribbon, third. Time. 1:08
Traverse stakes, J10.000, -year-olds,
mire. and . a furlond Hermls It. won;
Gold Cure, second; Cunard, third. Time
1:54 4-8: ' -
ROOT HAKES AUSYER
SHOWS WHY A CLERK )IS THE
WAR DEPARTMENT WAS '
. - - DISMISSED BY HIM.
WASHINGTON, D. Aug. 9. The
answer of Secretary Root, to the- pe
tition of Miss Rebecca J Taylor for a
writ for mandamus to compel him to
restore her to a clerkship In the Wat
Department, was fJed today. -Miss
Taylor was dismissed for putilh!n
criticisms on the PTJlippine policy of
the administration. Hoofs answer
says that Mirs Taylor's authorship snl
that her answer to a re'juert f r sn ex
pllnatiop were Insubordination,
prejudicial to the order sn.l ; r y
of the service; and Root terefre t - u -ed
her. removal.
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Shirtwaists, regiilar 75 c no7 45c
x; Glpves from 10c up; : ;
Overshirts, good, heavy material 39c
Sox 5o and Handkerchiefs' at 5o that aro
- better values than Usual
Skirts, only 45c
1
Shoesjtor girls from 25c lip
Shoes for ladiesirom Oo ''jap;-.
Cotton Blankets "and" Contoters special
, values.
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.'. ' - 25c- - .
i.t . Pink Beans, 10 ibs,
: - -' nu-;vy- - v.; -: i ?
. Small Whits Beans, 8 lbs. v
25c:
Good Floor, per sack,
''- .' 70o ,
Black Figs per lb. -. -v
, . ". 5c . v '
Good Cooking Molasses, per gallon,
;- - ' ' . . 30c
Fancy Table Syrup, per-gallon, 60o t
Good Cooking Molasses,' per gallon, 30
' Scotch 0t, per pkg,
i10o
Bulk Cocoa nut, 15o per lb.
Macaroni No. 1, large size boxes, white
- or ysllow, per box, 35c
Jumbo Mush, 26 lbs,
4 pkg a, 25c
Bring us your batter and eggs, x We
ay hig"het market price, cash or mer
cbAcdise, - " T .
M. T, RINEMAN .
132 State Street telephone 131
ANEW FLOURING MILL
INCortPOItATION OF A COMPANY
PItOM UNION ARTICLES
FILKD vin:nDAT.
Jn the; etate Tepart ment, ' yejiterday.
articles of Incoriwatlon were flleI by
three new comtanV. They" are:
The Union Flouring Mill Company, of
Union, will ojerfite a. flouring milt ami
deal In flour and grain, operate eleva
tors and electric liRht and iower plants.
The capital ia 123,000, an4 Bi. KId.lle.
II. C Bidwell and F. A. Uidwell src.the
Incorporators. t ?t ' .
The Cbopey Woolen Comiany will
deal In wools, woolen goods, clothing
and other merchandise with headquar
ters at Prtland. and a capital of f 10,W.
Charles Coopey, 3. U.. Coopey and J
Arrhand are the Incorporators.
' The Troy Laundry will operate a
laundry st Portland, with a mpltal of
Jl j.00. O. J. Bherman, W. II. Norma n
and J." I. Tait are the Incorporators.'
MUST CSIVB UP MONET. '
P.OMB, Aug.- k. The selling by" the
Philippine Friars of their lands to syn
dicates Of laymen la disapproved at the
Vatican. 'The lands are considered to
be church property, inalienable without
the consent of T.ome. When the sal
are definitely ascertained the friars
be bilged to show the amount rect-IveJ
by tWr.i and rtimburse the church.
-v CONDUCT OF V.'AIl. '
LONDON, Aug. The' Trcrr i r, A.
J. Dalfour.- announced the si rntw nt
of the foHo:ns cor?;;.;!ti- cf ,.:?'
fnto theVohdiut cf th!.Iij-.r v.ar: T:.-:
Karl' of, Elgin.. ch?rroan;, i"-r - ll :;ry
Norman. SUr John .IIo'i,ii.i, Lorl IIv!; -r
'and glr 'Jobn i:
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