The morning call., 1895-02-01
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

'tThere recently died in the Sisters hospital
in Spokane, Washington, an old-time miner
who will be recalled by many of the pioneer
prospectors in California's gold fields" said
c. J. Eakin of Portland, at the Occidental yes
terday. "His name was Henry Mankin, but
he was tamiliarly addressed as Hank and he
had in his time worked in almost every famous
camp in the West. The cause of his death was
a gunshot wound received while defending
mining claim in Arizona several years ago.
The bullet pierced the center of his forehead,
passed through the upper part of his brain and
came out back OF the right ear. But Hank did
not die at once, his wonderful vitality keeping
him up, and the removal of an abscess from
the brain by the process of trepanning the skull
last summer led to the belief that he would
recover. Hank was the cause of death of sew
eral men in his time, but was possessed of
many friends who admired his naturally gentle
nature. He always claimed that he had never
shot except in self-defense, and was looked
upon as a fine type OF the old-tme frontiers
man, now fast dis appearing in the West"
IA rather peculiar and at the same time
very promising new industry has recently been
inaugurated in Tacoma" said J. P Farrell of
that city at the Grand yesterday. "Mayor Orr
and some other wealthy gentlemen have organ
lied what is called the Pacific Pork Company
OF Tacoma, and the object of the organization
is to supply the northwest markets with the
home production OF pork, hams, lard and bacon.
The gentlemen referred to will purchase q large
ranch in Yakima County and will stock it with
hogs in the spring. The ranch referred to is
covered largely with heavy growth of brush,
In which the hogs will be allowed to run wild
Tor a year or two. On the edge of the ranch it
is proposed to establish creamery, from which
all the buttermilk will be distributed by sys-
TEN of troughs through an adjoining lot, easy
of access to these hogs. When the raising of
hogs is well under way it is also purposed to
establish packing house in the vicinity
E. F. Freeman of Helena, Mont, who was at
the Palace yesterday, says that State is having
much the same kind of trouble with the school
book question that is now agitating the legis-
lators in this State. Zone publication company
now supplies nearly all the textbooks used in
the common schools of the State" said he, "and
1t is now endeavoring to get lead-pipe cinch
on all the lists. 1t is a notorious fact that the
textbooks In use in Montana are years behind
the times, but the internal and ubiquitous pay
ment OF commissions seems to have obtained
such foothold for the company in the State
that it will be hard to break the shackles. An
effort is now being made to pass legislation to
the effect that the same books shall be used for
SIX years to come, and the principal objection
to this continuance is that many of the books
now in use have been utilized since 1872 and
are not up to date in any particular"
"Paul JONES'" the round-the-world tourist
who has gained good deal of free advertising
Of late, has not yet materialized at any of the
hotels, and if he is in the city is remaining in
seclusion. The Characterization of the man as
fraud by the Boston Press Club and the publi-
cation OF the TACT in the papers of this city pos
sibly caused "Mr. Jones" to think that San
Francisco would not prove an inviting field in
wSch to increase his cash fund.
M. f. Green, who was over from Stockton yes
terday, says the ministers of that city have
boycotted the Sunday papers published there
and thereby stirred up quite an interesting war
OF words between the editors and the reverend
gentlemen referred to. "What makes the news
paper men hot" said Mr. Green, ais the fact
that all the preachers take the Monday morn
ing San Francisco papers, although they well
know that all the work thereon, or nearly all of
1t, is done on Sunday"