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three-quarters of the sardlnes sold her,
are put up in ffty-one packing-houses
in Maine. These concerns are con.
trolled by trust company, which EN-
ploys COCO workmen, VINO can turn out
| 100000 cases of the fish annually.
I'm Maine sardines are caught off the
western shores Of the st. Croix River
and Passamaquoddy Bay. The fishing
season commences early In May and
lasts until late in the fall of the year.
The fish are taken in brush weirs, re.
sembling ordinary pound nets, into
which they are led by means of large
leaders and wings, which terminate in
a funnel-shaped entrance. Their escape
IS prevented by the extension of these
wings into the inclosure, thereby form.
Ing triangular hook at each end of it,,
so that the fish, as they circle inside the
weir, are directed past the entrance
When the fish are plentiful in the nets
quantities of scales appear upon the
surface of the water The nets are then
lifted and their contents are dumped
by the fishermen into thelt boats. The
fish make little squeak when taken
from the water and die almost instant.
ly. An ordinary catch of sardnes gives
to each boat anywhere from 1000 to
5000 fish, the price of which Is from 81
to $3.50 per 1000, according to the
quantity of fish that are being caught.
Arriving at the packing house, the
fish are carefully cleaned. This opera
ton over, they are sorted according to
size and carried into another part OF
the establishment. where they are put
into pickle.
THE length of time required by this
operation varies according to the size
Of the fish. After this the fish are
washed and placed with care upon wire
nets, called 'grills,' ON which they are
sent to the drying-room, where they
are driedb means of large fans or ven
tilators run by powerful machinery.
When dry and while still upon the
grills the fish are cooked by plunging
them into tanks containing boiling
olive oil. After this cooking the sar.
dimes, still upon the grills, are left to
cool, and when cold the work of plac.
ing them In halves and quarter cans
filled with olive oil, tomato and mus
tard sauce is begun. This work done,
the cans are sealed with solder and are
ready to be put in cases, holding 100
tins. for the market.
Like canned goods of every descrip
ton, sardines are cheaper now than
they formerly were, and American sar.
dimes are sold for less than the i'm
ported. American sardines are now
exported from this country to the West
Indies and South America. washing
ton Star.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-08-24
MINES AND MINING.
klondike output of Gold for the Year
1900 VIII Reach u Total Of
S25, 200. 900.

Dawson, Y. T., August 1s.-Th
Klondike output of gold during tbs
yeai 1900 will reach $25, 900, 900
Improved methods OF mining, resulting
from the introduction OF suitable ma
chinery, together with better knowl
edge of conditions here, ETC., cheaper
ing the cost Of production, and grounC
that was formerly Improbable is now
paying. Wages are fairly good, IS pei
day and board being the ruling pay,
and, while there are many idle men
complaining OF dull times, one whu
really wants work can get it.
The action of the Canadian govern
ment in prohibiting relocations on all
the creeks and closing Bonanza and FL.
dorado to locations, is driving out the
prospector and small miner, and re.
tards Development to that extent.
Capital is coming in however, and
groups and blocks Of claims are being
bought up for large workings. 1t is
the old story OF the individual miner
giving way to the syndicates, an
hunting new prospects. Hundreds
these during the last spring have LETT
the Klondike and gone to American
territory, where, 1t is claimed, the poor
man has a better chance than here.
Nome has taken the majority. but
many have gone to nearer points.
An early rush went to the Koyuknk,
bat late reports from there are very
unfavorable. Parties just returned say
that very little gold has been taken out
in that camp, and the ground sis ex.
ceedinglv difficult to work. on account
OF glaciers which overlie the bedrock.
The Forty Mile and Birch Creek dig
gings both OF which were practically
deserted in the rusn to Dawson in 1897
and later in the Nome stampede last
fall, are again coming into favor, for it
las never been disputed that there is
much good ground there that will pay
wages and more.
The latest candidate for popular ia.
vor is the Tanana district. Reports
from there are generally good. The
ground is three 10 seven feet deep only,
OVERLAPPING slate and purphry bed.
rock, and there is plenty OF water for
sluicing, all OF which makes it an ideal
country for summer working. 1t is
said to be easily approached from the
Tanana river. One to four ounces per
day is said to be the usual amount per
man, shoveling into the sluices.
The recent action OF the United
States government in surveying rail
road and telegraph route from Valdes
to Eagle City, and its promptness in
pushing through trail with stations,
ETC., along the line, is attracting much
attention here. The further fact that
the various civil officers for the eastern
division of Alaska, embracing the Koy.
ukuk, Tanana and Yukon watersheds,
are now duly installed at Eagle City,
gives great satisfaction. 1t is a long
step in the right direction, and great
developments may be expected in Alas.
ka within few years.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-08-24
GUIDED BY HIS SONS GHOST.
Successful GOId-Seeker Was Piloted to
Find by n SDirit.

Successful Gold-Seeker Was Piloted t.
a Find by a Spirit.
There was something uncanny In thu
story that Albert Davis told at the
Union depot. Albert Davis is Blue
Mountain prOspector bound for his ole
home in the village of Arkwright, n. Y
Not far from his home is Casadagua
Lake, the assembly grounds of the
Spirltualist cult, and from association
with Spiritualists Mr. Davis became in
time sort of lukewarm believer in
their teachings. He returns, he says, a
true believer. He also returns with
wealth in prospect. Mr. Davis told his
story in the presence of several fellow
passengers at the depot. 1t was in sub
stance this:
Three years ago his only son died.
The father was all but heartbroken; he
would not be comforted by the prom.
ises Of his Spiritualist friends that the
young man would come back to him.
But one night the boy did come, and
again and again. After several of these
nocturnal visits, the son told of ac.
quaintances that he had made in the
spirit world, among them, he said, being
one whose name was John Fremont.
This spirit told of his wonderful life in
the West and among other tales, one
OF rich mine that he mad discovered,
but which never had been found by
others. On subsequent visits the son
told more particularly of the mine and
gave detailed descriptions of its situa.
ton, until Mr.. Davis became so deeply
interested that he resolved to 90 in
search of it. Ywo years ago he came
to Colorado, and after a long search
found the range of mountains that had
been described to him. They were the
Blue Mountains, near the Utah line.
But his search was not completed.
Weeks and months were spent in pros
pecting and hunting for the marks on
the surface that would disclose the
hiding place Of the treasure. He was
on the point of giving up, and also of
losing faith in the spirits, when one
evening he came onto the very spot that
he was searching for. He knew it, he
said, as well as if he had been there be.
fore.
Mr.. Davis lost no time in making
mineral location, and is now returning
to his old home to get money, when he
will return to Colorado to develop the
mine to which the spirit directed him.
He has not yet found ore, but he ex.
pressed a firm belief that it was there.
Denver Republican.
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Honor to White of selhnrne.

Gilbert White, the father of all tn.
nature lovers and observers who are SO
common since Thoreau, is to have an
ideal memorial. The forest of Wool
mer, one of the crown properties of
England, is to be made into an asylum
for the wild creatures of England and
surrounded by defenses to keep out all
intruders, though the forest will be al
ways open to men of Whites sort. A
statue of the Selborne parson will
stand at the main entrance, with hand
raised in the act of liberating a bird
that has been trapped. Gamekeepers
and watchmen will guard the forest
night and day; cat nor dog will be al
lowed to enter the paradise of free life.
This is wonderful thing to contem-
plate in this day of indiscriminate and
exterminating slaughter, and it is a
beautiful honor to Gilbert While
Springfield Republican.
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San Francisco Market.

Wool-Spring-Nevada, 11@1Sc pei
pound; Eastern Oregon, 10@l4c; Val
ley, l6@lSc; Northern, 9@lOc.
Hops-lS99 crop, 1l@lSc pei
pound.
Rutter-Fancy creamery 22@221Sc;
do seconds, 21@2lc; fancy dairy.
l9c; do seconds, 16@lSc per pound.
Eggs-Store, l7oi fancy ranch,
acc.
Millstuffs Middlings, $500 a
5000; bran, $ls,5O@1S.50.
Hay-Wheat SS@la; wheat and
cat $S,00@1l.00; best barley $S.50@
alfalfa, S6,00@7.50 per ton; straw,
's5@S7lsc per bale.
Potatoes-Early Rose, 500 zoe; Ore,
!gon Burbanks, 90c@$l; river Bur.
banks, S0@60c; new. y @2c.
Citrus Fruit-Oranges, Valencia,
$a.75@S,25; Mexican lines, $4.00@
800; California lemons 75c@$l. so;
do choice $l.75@s.O0 per box.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas, $l.50@
400 per bunch; pineapples. nom.
inal; Persian dates. 6@6tsc per
pound.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-08-24
SET BURGLAR up IN BUSINESS.
Novel Experience of a Physician VINO
Dressed Housebreaker's Wounds.

|
Dressed Housebreaker's wounds.
"The strangest patient ! ever had"
said a prominent physician of this city
the other evening, was burglar My
acquaintance with him began In a sin
gular manner.
After | was graduated | was en-
gagged at night in one of the largest
hospitals in New York, where ! saw
many strange sights. One night our
ambulance brought in a prisoner pa
tient, accompanied by two policemen.
The officers said that the man had been
surprised while attempting 10 rob an
apartment In large fathouse. A po-
llceman was called. who chased him
into room with a window opening on
an airshaft.
ut was warm weather and the shaft
window was open, as was also the
window In the apartment on the OPP
posite side. Finding himself closely
pursued, the burglar, who was young
and athletic, jumped from one window
to the other, jumped across the airshaft
He landed in the other apartment
all right, but fell plump on a man who
was asleep in bed close to the shaft
window. The sleeper so rudely awak-
ened gave yell and attempted to seize
the burglar The latter, in seeking to
elude him and at the same time avoid
the policeman, who was at the opposite
window, threatened to shoot, fell down
the airshaft and was badly injured.
Il made an examination and found
that he had broken his right leg at the
ankle, was considerably bruised, and
also suffering from shock from his
fall. fixed him up all right and he
remained p prisoner in the hospital for
several weeks. At first he was morose
and surly, but gradually he began to
show gratitude for the kind treatment
he received. He became a favorite
with all the doctors and we gradually
learned his story.
He had been an honest, hard work.
ing man in another city and had come
to New York to better himself. Hav-
ing no friends here, he was unable to
obtain work and soon spent all his lit
tie savings. He kept getting poorer
and poorer, and while penniless and |
almost starving attempted his first
burglary by breaking into the fat |
where he was caught.
I'VE took such an interest In him
that although he was convicted. the
Judge suspended sentence upon our
proving his previous good character
and that it was his first Offense. He
was an expert tinsmth and we raised
a subscription and set him up in busi-
ness In a little shop. We sent all our
friends to him and he prospered and
now has large store here. He mar
rled and has several children and |
nave been his family physician for
years. Although all the doctors at the
hospital helped him at the start, he
showed his gratitude especially to me,
as received him and fixed up his
broken leg the night he was brought a
to the hosDital."
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-08-24

the near future he would give lunch
con party to the men who worked upon
1t and their families. 1t was arranged
that the party should be carried from
the village of Briarcroft in one of Mr..
Tinker's launches, and when the party
got aboard Miss Tinker took her posi-
tion at the wheel. The minute the
craft got under way the wheel spun
round and struck Miss Tinker on the
right arm. But not word did the
brave girl say of the accident, and
steered the boat for mile aud a half
with her left hand, to her fathers laud-
ing.
When all were ashore she ordered her
horse hitched and drove three miles to
doctors office, where the bone was
set Returning home, she made no
mention of the accident and assisted in
entertaining her fathers guests.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-08-24
A PLUcKY YAcHTsWoMAN.

She Steered a Boat Long Distance
with Broken Wrist.
The heroine of the Long Island coast
Is Miss Annie Il. Tinker, only 10 years
old, and tie daughter of Henry G.
Tinker, of New York. While out yacht.
ing she was steering the boat when she
was struck by the flying spokes of the
wheel and her wrist fractured. She
made no outcry, however, but remain
ell at the wheel as if nothing had hap
pened.
Mr.. Tinker's country residence,
"Briarcroft," Is on the west side of the
bay at Port Jefferson. Some time ago
he had a yacht built, and when the
boat was finished announced that in
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-08-24
Minute Measure for Temneratura


Prof. S. P. Langley, of the Smith.
sonian Institution of Washington has
recently improved his wonderful boil
ometer' an instrument for accurately
measuring the most minute variations
OF temperature. He is now able to de-
teet variations in temperature as slight
as the one eighteen -mllionth of de-
gree Fahrenheit If the temperature
of the air were slowly and steadily to
rise at the rate of but one degree a year
this instrument could measure the
change which would take place at this
rate in each second of time. The an
paratus is kept shaded and fully pro.
tected in a constant temperature room
which is not allowed to vary more
than a fraction of degree the wear
around.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-08-24
Southern Mnnnshinans

The great majority of moonshiners
are to be found in the mountain fast.
nesses of Georgia, Alabama and Ten.
nesSee, and here they live in conditions
of civilization as crude as their ances.
tors most of whom We're English fugi.
tives from justice who reached this
country more than century ago In.
deed, in many respects these descend.
ants nave retrograded rather than ad.
vanced. Had they been surroundad
for century by Chinese wall thew
could not have been more destitute or
ignorant of the modern conveniences
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-08-24
ALL ARE EAGER TO BUY.
Country Is Actively Preparing for the
Fall Trade.

country ls Actively Preparing for the
Fall Trade.
r. 6. Dun & Co.'s weekly review OF
trade says: After great wave OF ad-
| vancing prices, optimism as to business
is generally dangerous. But the top
was reached the middle OF March, since
which time reaction has come to every
great industry, so that consumers are
asking whether in some directions the
decline may have not been reasonably
large as was the advance, and whether
buying on the present basis OF prices is
not fairly sure. There are fresh eyi-
dences Of weakness in raw materials,
notably the break i'll structural iron,
but each one is ayailed OF to place
heavy contracts. New York is well
coming buyers from ell over the conn
try in larger numbers than for many
years at this season, in drygoods, gTo-
ceries, in jewelry and in hardware,
and ii contracts are not placed to as
large volume as expected, it is be-
cause OF the conservatism OF those who
bhAhh bboJ may tOHlpci ebulb luIbucI
shading OF prices. Reports this week
from other important points OF distri-
button show the same eagerness to buy
when the time seems right. 1t is be-
coming more apparent that the bottom
has been reached in prices Of ilon and
steel. The decline was severe and re-
coyery must be Glow, but gradual adj
vance and moderately increasing aetiv-
ity are more healthy than violent
changes. In no single division is the
improvement more striking than in any
other. Except steel rails, all forms of
iron from the ore to the finished pro-
duct are being sought more eagerly and
with less effort TO secure further con.
cessions in prices, but when the secre-
tary OF agriculture was reported as pre-
dieting "dollar wheat" before the end
OF the year, the market showed an in.
clination to disagree, and the Septem.
Der option fell below 80 cents for the
first time in two months.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-08-24
SARDINES CANNED IN AMERICA
Few of the Toothsome Little Fish Are
Brought from Abroad,

Next to the French the American
people are the largest consumers of
sardnes in the world" said leading
wholesale dealer in such canned goods
in New York to the writer recently.
Last year the consumption of sardines
in the United States amounted to
100000 eases, or 200.000,00O cans. OF
this quantity 100000 cases were the
product of the State of Maine, 10000
cases were put up in California, and
the remaining $4,000 cases came from
France. Thirty years ago ali the sar-
dimes eaten in this country were i'm
ported from France. To-day nearly
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-08-24
Northwest Notes.


In Yamhill county, Or, hoppicker
are quite generally paid by the pound
Walla Walla apples have taken 1
third prize at the Paris exposition.
Deer are reported to bo 1noro numer
ous in Coos county, Or, than for som,
years past.
Spokane's assessed valuation is abon
S2O, 900, 900, and the city's indebted
ness is $2,3Ss, 1863.
Poneroy. Wash. is rapidly rebuild.
ing. and in several cases substantial
~ brick buildings will replace the old
wooden ones destroyed by fire.
An evaporating plant of 20 tons ca.
pacity daily is in course of erection al
Spokane. 1t will handle prunes and
apples, and next year will also engage
in canning.
The barbed wire telephone line, con-
Meeting Condor, Or, with several of
the ranches in the neighborhood. has
been completed, and is pronounced a
great success"
The Walla Walla Watchman has
suffered from ''Too Much johnson. /"
A solicitor of that name made adyer.
tising contracts for the paper, collected
on them and suddenly departed.
Work mas commenced ON the con.
struetion OF Roseburg's, Or, new water
system. Pick and shovel men are ex-
cayating for the reservoir on the hill
between the town and Riverside add.
tion.
The Albany Herald says that people
who are coming home from the noun.
tains report that numerous parties are
hunting Denny pheasants. The game
warden and his deputies are doing their
best to stop the unlawful shooting.
Mrs. l.. J. Davis, of Jefferson. Or.
met with singular accident one day
last week. She was canning green
beans and a can exploded, the contents
striking her in the face. Fortunately.
her eyes were not seriously injured,
and she will soon recover.
A deal was consummated recently in
Baker City, whereby 5000 head of
sheep changed hands and check Tor
nearly 100000 passed in payment. The
sheep ware the property of Gale Bros,
OF Baker, and the flock was one of the
finest in the country. The purchaser
was Mr.. Nealy, OF Idaho. The sheep
will be transferred across Snake river
into Idaho as soon as cool weater sets
in.
Pat Shine is the name of the chair.
man OF the Spokane county Populist
central committee.
The outlook for beei-raisers is pretty
good at present, says The Dalles Times.
Mountaineer. Buyers are Offering to
contract for cattle at cents for fall
delivery.
The Butteville, Or, hop region is
the largest in the state, ana the agree.
ment OF growers to pay 35 cents a box
is having an important bearing on the
price to be paid pickers generally.
Grass and water are both reported
short in the mountains of Grant coun-
Or, and many bands of sheen will \
be in poor condition for the winter.
From August to IL Walla Walla
sent 35 carloads of iuits and vegeta.
bles to the North Central states. The
shipments consisted principally of APP
pies, pears, plums, potatoes and onions. |
The fund for work on the road be.
tween Eugene and Blue river, Or, has
reached the respectable total of
70, 24l.50. OF this sum, Lane county's
subscribed $1,000 and
he Lucky Boy Mining Company $500.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-08-24
He Settled 1t.


1t was in the bus.
Let me pay your fare" the first girl
said.
NO; let me pay yours" said the SEQ
ond.
NO; l insist on paying yours"
NO, you don't; will pay yours
NO; WILL"
Il willw
Z"
There is no telling what might have
happened had not an old meddler, who
was seated opposite, leaned over and
said:
Listen, young ladies; do not lose
your heads. think | can settle this
matter without blood being shed. Each
of you pay for the other, neither for
herself; that will make it right-nelther
of you out. Do you seer"
"Oh, how nice" they both exclaim-
ed, and when the conductor came round
they did what the old meddIer sug-
gested. Both then sat pleased and
magnanimous looking until the end OF
the ride.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-08-24
A Scandal Snoi,.,

Miss Goussip-l haven't hem,
thing of Miss Pechis since | %, %
from abroad. ." @a
Miss Kidder-No, she's lIvin,
another name now. U's
Miss Goussip (scentlng a scaOd,,
Aha! | thought that girl would ~
to that. She thought she was So W.
some, and N'
Miss Kidder-So did Mr.. Mur..
That's how she happened to he's wy
Mrs. Milyuns. ."-Philadelphla pros'
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-08-24
An Explanation.

Mistress-Why, Jane, what in @
world is the matter with the creaml
Jane-I don't see anything wrOD.
with 1t, ma'am.
Mistress-But what makes 1t SO pae,
Jane-I reckon that's because nearIv
beat the life out of it when you ordena
1t whipped, ma'am.-Chicago News.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-08-24
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William Pett Ridge, the author of
"Mord Em'ly"-a story of the East End
OF London-has had his new novel. "a
Breaker Of Laws" published in this
country by the Macmillan Company.
Mrs. Esther Baker Steele has built a
tne public library in Elmira, out of the
royalties from her own books and the
text books of her late husband. ]. Dor
man Steele. This is to be called the
Steele Memorial Library, in memory of
her husband
The Enslavement and Emancipa.
ton of the People" is a little book nv
j. b. Herboldshimer, in which phases
OF a prominent question of political
economy are considered. The author
paints the present condition of the in
dustrial world, and suggests an original
and practical solution of its problems.
The work is published by the author.
at Gibson City, Ill.
An authors manuscript often has
strange experiences before it reaches
Its destined publisher-if it ever does.
Certain members of the new firm Of
Doubleday, Page & Co. received the
other day the copy" of "The Sea- Far
ers, novel by Mary Gray Morrison.
Each remembered it as a manuscript
they had passed favorably on some
years ago, when they occupied the DO
sitions of under readers in separate
houses, but, alas, the head readers did
not agree with them, and so the manu-
script started on its wanderings once
more. 1t will now travel no further.
for its date of publication has been set
for the near future.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-08-24

Anxious Father-I suppose among
other virtues you are training Freezer
lex In economy?
Employer-He's pretty well up IN
that; YOU ought to see how careful he
IS about wasting steps!-Nashville
American.