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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

An "Old Settler' furnishes the Ore
gonian with the annexed account of a
fine section of country in CowlitZ
county, Washington Territory:
| wish to give to the readers of your
paper short sketch of the country
that lies adjacent to Silver Lake, in
land to the south and east of the lake,
land can be found. This extends from
steamboat landings on the Cowlitz
river, a distance of from one to ten
miles east of said Cowlitz river, with
choice tracts of alder and maple bot
toms and bench lands and fern prai-
ries and openings; and on the north
and east side of the lake we find the
TOutle river country, with tract some
five or six miles in width and some
twenty or thirty miles in length, as
you ascend the river; and this is dot
ted over with many Of the finest small
bottoms and benches, covered with
fine maple, alder and ash timber, with
many of those fern prairies and open
ings. Up near where the Willamette
meridian crosses the river and to the
north we find fine body ofgOod land,
large enough to form good neighbor-
hood. This is around what is known
as the north bend on the river. 1t is
some six or ten miles from the North
ern Pacific railroad, and from the lake
three to five miles. We have good
road to the lower end of the lake.
We find as we ascend the river the
timber gets better, rs there are some
very fine bodies of fir all along. But
when you reach the south fork of this
stream you will find the forest and the
best body of fir and cedar that can be
found on this coast and that it is easy
of access to the river. The cedar in
| this section is the finest that | have
| found on this coast. One mile below
the forks is located one of the finest
coal leads in this part of the Territory
| The lead is about feet thick and
crops out on one side of the river for Il
distance of 200 yards and on the other
some 400 yards. SO far as it has been
tested it proves to be very good fol
blacksmithing, but it has not been
tested for any other purpose. We can
find very fair gold prospect on al
the bars from this point for or II
miles down the river, but it has not
been prospected above. | would say
here that it would be well for lumber
men and sawmill men to look after the
timber on this stream.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

Near the little town of Gogstad,
Norway, is what is known as the
Kings Hill (Kongshaugs) where, ac-
cording to the ancient tradition, a
mighty king lay buried. Superstition
has prevented an investigation of the
mole, $50 feet high, covered with green
turf, under which he was supposed to
lie. Recently irreverent hands have
uncovered this mound, with result
which has lately been described by u
correspondent of the London Times.
The excavation which took place in
April and May last revealed the whole
body of an old Viking vessel, a feet
long between stem end stern, Is feet
broad amidships, drawing 8 feet, and
with twenty ribs. This is by far the
largest craft found from the olden
times. In 1868 the Danish Professor
Englehardt dug out from the turf
moor at Nydam, in Schlesvig, a YES
sci As feet in length, and in 1867 an
other was found at Tune, Norway, 43
feet long; but neither of these can, in
completeness or appointment, be COM
pared with the craft now eNcavated at
GOgstad. The tumulus Is now nearly
a mile distant from the sea, but 1t Is
evident from the nature of the alluvial
soil that in Olden times the waves
washed its base. The vessel had con-
sequently been drawn upimmediately
from the ford, and placed upon layer
of fascines or hurdles of hazel branches
and moss; the sides had then been
covered with stiff clay, and the whole
been filled up with earth and sand to
form the funeral hill. But the craft is
placed with the stem toward the sea.
1t was the grand imagination of the
period that when the great Father OF
the Universe should call him, the
mighty chieftain might start from the
funeral hill with his appointed
vessel out upon the blue ocean.
The wooden stock, perforated to hold
the anchor, was formed of two or three
small oaken boats of very elegant
shape, and oars, some Of them 20 feet
long and very nearly like those used
in English rowing matches, ending In
q small, finely-cut blade, some OF them
with ornamental carvings. The bot
tom deals, as well preserved as II they
were of yesterday, are ornamented
with circular lines. Several pieces OF
wood had the appearance OF having
belonged to sledges, and some beams
and deals are supposed to have formed
compartments dividing the banks of
the rowers on each side from passage
or corridor i'm the middle. In heap
OF oaken chips and splinters was found
an elegantly shaped hatchet, couple
Of inches long, Of the shape peculiarto
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

the younger iron age. Some loose
beams ended in roughly carved drag
ons heads, painted in the same colors
as the bows and sides of the vessel
to-wit: Yellow and black. All along
the sides, from stem to stern, and on
the outside, extends q row of circular
shields, placed like the scales of a fish.
Nearly 100 of these are remaining,
partly painted in yellow and black,
but in many of them the wood has
been consumed and only the central
iron plate has been preserved. From
the famous tapestry of BayeuX it is
well known that the ancient viking
vessels had these rows of shields along
the free-board, but it was supposed
that they were those used by the war
riOrs in the strife, and only placed
there for convenience. 1t is now clear
that they had only an ornamental pur-
pose, being of very thin wood, not
thicker than stiff pasteboard, unable
to ward off any serious hit from a
sword. In the middle of the vessel a
large oaken block, solidly fastened to
the bottom, has a square hole for the
mast, and several cOntrivances show
that the mast was constructed for be-
ing laid down aft. Some pieces of tow
and few shreds WOODEN stuff prob
ably the mainsail, were found here.
In this part of the vessel was built the
funeral chamber, formed by strong
planks and beams placed obliquely
against each other, and covering a
room of nearly Is feet square. Here,
just as expectations were raised to the
highest pitch, bitter disappointment
awaited the explorers. Somebody had
been there before them. Either in
olden times, when the costly weapons
of an entombed hero tempted the sur
viving warriors, or in some modern
period, when the greediness for treas
/ ure was supreme in mems minds, the
funeral hill has been desecrated, its
contents pilfred and dispersed, and
what has been left is only due to the
haste and fear under which the grave
robbers have worked. \ few human
bones, some shrcds of a sort of brocade,
several fragments of brides, of saddles,
and the like in bronze, silver and
lead, and a couple of metal buttons,
one of them with a remarkable repre-
sentation of cavalier with lowered
lance, are all thai has been got to-
gether from the heap of earth and
peat filling the funeral chamber. On
each side of it, however, We're dis
covered the bones of Il horse and of
two or three hounds. In the forepart
of the ship was found large copper
vessel, supposed to be the kitchen cal
dron of the equipage, hammered out
of a sole piece of copper, and giving a
most favorable proof of that remote
period handicraft. Another iron ves-
sci with handles, and with the chain
for hanging it over the fire, lay close
to a number ofsmall wooden drinking
cups. The detailed account of all these
objects would claim too much space.
The tumulus is supposed to date back
to about the year 500, when Charlie
magne was crowned Emperorat Rome,
but when Norway was still divided
between the wild chieftains and sea-
kings, vanqushed towards the close
of the ninth century by the great Har
old, the Fairhaired, founder of the
Norwegian state and nation.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

Robert Dunn writes the Yakima
Record as follows:
In compliance with your request /
give you few notes detailing my ex-
perience in the culture and manufac
ture of syrup and sugar from Mime
sofa early amber sugar cane. | re-
ceived the seed from Mr.. Brents, our
delegate to congress, last spring,
planted on 7S rods of land and its after
culture was in all respects the same as
for corn, and when cut 1t would aver
age fully feet in height and of excel
lent quality. All who examined the
cane declared it to be exceedingly rich
in juice and of extra sweetness COM
pared to that grown in the Mississippi
valley. 1t is moreover not so sensa-
tive to frost as corn. In making it
into syrup and sugar | had to use the
crudest kind of a mill for extracting
the juice, the rollers being of fir tim
ber were, when soaked with juice, too
soft to press it out and lost clear one
half of the crop. These and former
experiences prove that the most dense
and richest in sugar was what was left
in the cane and what got made ~
gallons of dense syrup. a sample
gave Mr.. a. w. Lachapelle crystal
lized in ten days without any chemi-
cal treatment. That which | treated
with chemicals gave clear crystallized
sugar but for want of suitable press
| have not separated it from the mo-
lasses. The lesson have learned this
season is, that there is no difficulty in
making sugar and syrup, both of good
quality, although the treatment of the
juices for sugar must be different here
than in the East on account of the al
kali character of our soil which the
Juice shows when tested. And | am
satisfied that all that is required is
acid to neutralize the alkali and by
boiling the juice as dense rs possible
you will have sugar every time by
keeping that up to about 500 Fahr in
from two to ten days. have saved
considerable seed which is free alike
to all without regard to sex, color or
previous condition.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18
Euigrants.

Recently we noticed train of emf
grant wagons in our streets, says The
Dalles Times, and started to interview
the occupants. They were the adj
vance guard of Il train of 50 wagons,
comprising the Washington colony,
which started from Kansas on differ
ent dates-May 18th and July 10th. In
this advance guard there are sixteen
teams, and they intend to cross the
mountains this fall to the Sound coun-
try and prepare the way for the bal
ance of the colony. They are composed
of men of all trades and occupations.
So far, they are not very much pre-
possessed with the new land, but seem
to still have longing for the flesh
pots of Egypt" which they left. We
told them of some of the many good
qualities of this coast, but they seem
incredulous. The were full of an am
bition to fell the forest, and they will
find plenty of that to do on Puget
Sound
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18
PROFITS OF A CHICKEN RANCH.

PROFITS OF A CHICKEN RANCH
Mrs. J. J. Findley, of Green Valley,
this county, has done so well in the
chicken business this season that we
are moved to give the figures, as taken
from her daily record to show what
may be accomplished in short time
with few hens: On the first of Jan
uary, 1850, she started with 100 hens.
She did not build any house, letting
them roost on the fences, in the trees,
or where they might choose, and has
taken no special care of them. The
hens are mostly of the white and brown
Leghorn, crossed with the White Po-
land, and were nearly all spring pull
lets when she bought them. From the
100 hens Mrs. Fndley has sold 500
dozen eggs in the San Francisco mar
kets, which have averaged her about
twenty-four cents dozen. This num-
ber does not include the eggs used in
her household, nor those set to raise
chickens from. Since the grain began
to ripen she has not fed the hens a
thing, and the cost offeed prior to that
time will not exceed $50. Mrs. Find
ley has had the care OF the hens her
self, and has kept an accurate record
of all transactions i'm relation to the
business, and thinks she can carry Off
the prize for good laying hens and the
quantity Of eggs for one season.-So-
tdnO Republican, October 18th.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

a Boston paper gives an account Of
a remarkable woman born in Well
fleet, Mass, and now ninety-three
wears old When she was but twenty
four, having two young children, her
husband was brought home to her
from his wrecked vessel an invalid for
life. He saw nothing but destitution
staring him aud his family in the face.
Then il was that her wonderful energy
was equal to the occasion. She started
a store, very small at first, but its
profits gradually increased, and she
says that many a day she has taken
in over n hundred dollars. For fifty
nine years she made monthly visits to
Boston in small sailboats to replenish
her stock. For fifty years she took
care Of her invalid husband, who was
not able even to dress himself. She
educated her two boys, and started
them in business. She also adopted,
clothed, fed, educated, and placed in
good positions in the world twenty
orphan boys and girls, besides visiting
and taking care of the sick at all hours,
day and night.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18
NUMBER 13.
Population of the Globe.
from the London Spectator. |

DR.. Benin and Prof. Wagner, Ger
man geographers of standing, who
have devoted much attention to the
statistics of population, have just is
sued IA new edition of their calcula-
tions. They arrive, after great labor,
at results which we quote, because
they modify materially the estimate
popularity current in Great Britain:
Europe, 315 600; Asia, S3S, 7U4 900;
Africa, 205, ,679, 900; America, 50, 495, 800;
Australia and Polynesia, 4,03l 900; po-
lar regions, 81, 900; the world, |, ,455, 923,-
800. The calculation for Europe, which
must be substantially accurate, is
much larger than the usual one; but
even then the immense bulk of hui
manity, 10 in If of mankind, dwells
in Asia and Africa, fact which the
philosophers will do we'll to remem-
Der. The Londoner or Partisan is not
exactly "man.u
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

I. Any person who takes paper regularly
from the post Office, whether directed in his
name or another's, or whether he has sub
seribed or not-is responsible for payment
fa nersou orders his paper discontinued,
he must nav all arrears, or the publisher may
continue to send it until payment is made, and
then collect the whole amount, whether inc
paper is taken from the Office or not.
l. The courts have decided that refusing 10
AXE newspapers and periodicals from The posi-,
of3ee or removing and leaving them uncalled
ror, is prima facia evidence of intentional
fraud
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

The number of cattle imported into
Great Britain from the United States
in the first twenty-siX weeks of the
following years will show the enormous
increase which is going on in the trade.
In that period of 1873 there were IS
head imported; in 1876 there were only
:; in 1877 there were 4, 226; in 1878 there
were ls,6ss; in 1879 the number had
increased to 27.722, and for the corres-
ponding period of this year the num-
ber is 1880.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

A Congressman, tired, and feeling
unwell after long journey, stood be-
fore the bar OF a leading New York
hotel the other day and called for
brandy, and was requested to pay for
it before swallowing. "Whatw re-
marked the NJ. c., at the unusual de-
mand. "Yes," replied the bar-keeper,
"thats my order to strangers" Ora
ciousw said the law-maker, walking
away, "if its effects are SO instantan-
eous, I'll not take it,"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

The Skagit mines, we regret to say,
have proved Il total failure, viewed
from the great expectations aroused
in the minds of our people respecting
them. At the hight of the season, q
few months ago, there We're probably
not less than eight hundred men in
the mining region, while from the
best Information at hand there are not
more than fifty or sixty of that num-
Der remaining there al present. Peo-
pie returning from the mines every
day denounce in unmeasured terms
those more or less interested parties
who We're instrumental in getting up
the "Skagit mining boom.0 They say
there was never anything in the min
ing district to warrant the glowing
account of its richness, and particu-
lafly do they censure the Seattle peo-
pie for their part in this business
Many of them have at great expense
and labor worked down to bedrock,
to find nothing of value thereon.
Most, if not all the gold taken out, has
come from the surface diggings. A
few claims are still paying tolerably
WELL but generally speaking the min
ing region has been pronounced fall
ure, and pretty general stampede
from the place has set it. No doubt
many will return to their claims in
the summer, and that there will be
more or less mining done there regu-
larly hereafter, but no great results
can reasonably be expected. Whdt-
com Mail.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

III. Wilson of Kansas City, Mo-,
saws the Inidnd Empire, arrived at
the Dalles in search of beef cattle for
that market and will have hard time
of getting them here unless he pays
larger figures than Lang X Ryan, or
any other Eastern buyer paid last
year.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

MISUNDERSTANDING Of last week,
says the Marshfield Mail, Reed and
Cornwall, who carry the mail from
Gardner to Empire City, found large
whale on the beach about five miles
from the mouth of Umpqua. 1t was
IS feet long; the tail was l. feet across,
and the estimated value Of the animal
is $1,000. A small young whale was
found near by.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

We have been shown some very fine
specimens of coal taken from a vein
recently discovered in the northeast
ern part of WILDLY Island, near what
is known as Fay's Point. The vein
extends over large tract of land
owned by G. NJ. Haller, Harrison Nos-
burg and another, whose name we
have not learned The quality is eX-
cellent, and it is believed that the de-
posit is extensive, and as it is immedi-
ately on the shore of deep water, and
a good harbor, it may prove Of great
value to the possessors and materially
add to the prosperity of Island county
Port IOCaSca0 Press.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18
Wheat Yield in the Upper Country.

The Inland Empire published at the
Dalles, says: The crop of the great
wheat growing region above us does
not go forward as fast rs desired,
though the tonnage on the river is
ample and the stage of water better
than at this time last year. 1t is plain
to be seen that, in transferring their
base of operations from Wallula to
Umatilla, the company made serious
blunder. They have strung out IS
miles of road between Walla Walla
and Umatilla) the rolling Stock of S3
miles, which was barely enough to
cover the old road and Wallula and
Blue Mountains last year. Hence it
is not to be wandered that wheat
comes slower than last year.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18
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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18

PICTURED RoCKs.-We understand
that the Indians of by-gone days have
painted history of their exploits on
the rocks around the rapids at the
narrows, commonly known as The
Dalles, about five miles from this
city. Rude hieroglyphics can be seen
on the rock, the Interpretation to
which furnishes quite an amusing le-
gend. For long number of years
the storms of winter, and now seem as
fresh as though recently from the
dauber's hand. Some time in the fu-
ture we propose paying avisit to these
pictured rocks, SO as to be able to bore
our readers with an article on the an
tiquity of this region and Siwash
mythology.-Ddltes Times.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-18
THE INDEPENDENT

Il Published every Thursday.
J. BEESON EDITOR.
Sharp County record., 1880-10-21
TUEIR FIRST TASTE.

Two men recently from Texas stopped
at Spurlook's restaurant the other day
and ordered dinner. While eating their
maal one of them espied the hor9oradish,
an article they knew nothing Of, apd asked
what it was for. lie was told that it was
to eat with the meat Texan then took a
good dose.oF it, which made the tears run
down his checks.
Texan No. . looked up in surprise, and
wanted to know what he was crying about.
"Well, you see," he replied, "eating
dinner here to-day puts me in mind Of
the last time and my poor father ate
dinner together. 1t Was in restaurant,
and he went out on cattle drive soon
after, and was killed by Indians"
No. 2 thought he would try little Of
the hor8eradish, and helped himself to a
heavy dose, which made the tears roll
down his cheeks in streams.
"What are you crying ior?' asked No l.
Im crying because the Indians didn't
kill you at the same time they did your
father, you doggoned fool"
Sharp County record., 1880-10-21
PUBLIC BENEFACTORS.

When the business men of = town fail
to advertise extensively, they diminish the
importance and trade of the place, and
permit more enterprising localities to take
ihe latter from them. Although done
for their individual interest, advertisers
should be looked upon by the citizens Of
the town where they reside as, in some
sense, public benefactors, and they should
be encouraged accordingly. The merchant
who sdvertses extensively is worth in his
own town more than forty who never show
themselves in print, and SHOULD for this
reason be preferred, assuming that he is,
of course, a fair business man.-Ex.
Sharp County record., 1880-10-21
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1880.

The candidates for presidential eleytor
addressed the people at this place yeoter-
day. Col. Abornerhy lead of in a spc ech
of an hours length, contrasting the his
try of the democratic and republican
parties, and the character and records Of
the presidential aspTants. His arraigu-
ment of Garfield, terrible az it was, was
fully vindicated by the words of republi-
can friends in congress and republican
newspapers throughout the country, viii e
bis euIogy upon the character, ability and
unselfsh patriotism of Gen. Hancock was
justified by the "Sherman letter and tue
Louisiana military orders" 1t was II
good, old fashioned democratic speech,
ably and eloQuently delivered. In fact, it
was the only thoroughly democratic talk
we have heard since the canvass CON.
menced
Mr.. Murphy attempted no reply. He
made no effort to rescue his candidate for
the presidency from the charges Of cor
ruptien made against him by Col. Aber
nethy. lie said he was a candidate for
congress, and in favor Of high protective
tariff, and charged the democracy with
continually stealing the planks from the
republican DECENTRALIZATION County
Record, Oct. 9th.
Sharp County record., 1880-10-21
THE ELECTIONS.

The Indiana and Ohio state elections
resulted in victory for the republican,
the former by four or FIVE thousand and
the latter BY eighteen to twenty thousand
majority. 1t is reported that large sums
# money were used by the republicans in
10Th states, and many voters we're import
"a from other states and voted "early and
wicen" in the cities, to swell the majOrities.
lie Georgia election resulted in favor Of
tne democrats, by forty to fifty thousand
%, ,ority. The prospect for Hancock $
the 3tion is still good,