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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14
MINES OF The N0Rl INVEST
lRoNDALE WORKS SOLD.

Pass Into the Hands of Mr.. Hill, the
Great Northern King.
Port Townsend, Sept. 10.-The an
nounced sale of the lrondale iron fur
mace to an agent of James J. Hill,
which is said to have taken place at
San Francisco, September /, has caused
no little comment here. Whether it
means the starting up of the plant
again, or whether the property has
been purchased merely for the water
frontage and other purposes is ques-
tion OF debate.
For the past year negotiations for
the sale of the plant have gone for.
ward. The deal was to have included
valuable iron deposits on Texada isl-
and, B. c., but the owners of the lat
ter property, the Puget Sound Iron
Company, which is composed of the
stockholders of the Irondale property,
refused to dispose of the island iron
mines, so the furnace machinery and
large amount of land at and near IRON
dale was sold without the iron mines
in British Columbia.
On the lands included in the deal,
but lying some miles from the furnace
at lrondale, are valuable iron deposits
and ore from the mines there was. Rsed
in connection with Texada ore during,
the time the furnace was in operation.
The com bining of the two ores made ex-l
cellent iron, and a large amount OF it,
was used in the construction of thes
crusier Charleston, built by the Union.
Iron Works.
There are other valuable deposits of,
iron in Jefferson county, in the Olym-
pic mountains. bordering on Hood
canal, and easy OF access to the Iron
dale works. These iron deposits have
been thoroughly prospected by experts
during the past six years, who were
here in the interest of Mr.. Hill, and
the belief here is that the works at
Irondale will be put in operation again.
The iron works, including machinery,
cost $3.50, 900, but at present are not
worth half that, and to put the furnace
expenditure of 100000. The hot
oven is wleck, the stack out of date,
the air compressor being about all the
machinery that could be utilized to ad-
vantage. 1t is doubtful if the works
will be run again as smelling plant,
but the purchase of the property may
be with view of putting in ship
building plant.
DIR. Ii. c.. Willison, one of the
stockholders, who returned from San
Francisco few days ago, when seen
about the sale of the property, said he
had not before heard of the deal being
closed, but admitted that agents were
negotiating for the works. He also
said one OF the men representing Mr..
Hill passed through Seattle. August
"a, on his way to San Francisco, and
the deal might have been consumm ated
September l as reported.
Some of the finest water frontage on
Port Townsend bay lies at lrondale.
1t is securely sheltered from all storms,
| and the water is OF a depth of from
eight fathoms at the shore to 30
fathoms in the center of the bay. The
place lies abont seven miles up the bay
from this city.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14
silencing the Boaster.

A certain man was very much given
to Dragging about grand relations and
connections, though he was not al
ways quite convincing.
On one occasion he was particularly
tiresome, holding forth about Lady
Blank, whom l met yesterday. a con-
nection of mine through Lord So-and-
So and the Earl of Nobody" and so on.
A Scotsman present said. quietly
'That reminds me o. man l knew,
who said he was relation O. the Duke
o. Argyll, and explained it this way:
The dukes piper's sisters wee laddie
has wee doggie that's ain brither to
my aunts wee laddie's doggie.'"
The boaster was silent about his
grand relations for the rest of the even
ing.-London Tit-Bits.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14
FALLAclous PRcFlTs.
Mistake of Bookeeper in a Yearly
Balance Sheet.

Mistake of a Bookeeper in a Yearly
Balance Sheet.
1t is doubtful If any modern promoter
has hit upon simpler scheme to swell
the assets on his balance sheet than
that which has been employed by a
humble bookkeeper Of this city while
the century was young.
The year 1901 had been q very pros
porous one for the merchants of New
York, and all looked forward with in
terest to the first month Of the new
year, when they would be able to ascer-
tadn how much better off they were
then than at the same time twelve
months before. Notwithstanding his
high expecta tions, 1t was with feeling
OF grateful surprise that the frugal
Scotch bachelor, John Macintosh, re-
ce1yed the news from his bookkeeper
that he was f2.0OO richer by the trans
actions of the year. That was large
sum in those days. and Macintosh
thought the increase in his income war
ranted change in his mode of living.
Accordingly he engaged more COM
modious lodgings and invested in many
long-desired luxuries.
Still he could not make out how he
mad succeeded in accumulating such a
large surplus. He ran over the figures
again and again to convince himself
that they must be right, and every time
checked his bookkeepers totals. Yet
the doubt haunted him with a persist
ency as truly Scotch as himself.
He was about to retire one night in
early March, when he took out the bal
ance sheet, which he kept handy, and
once more endeavored 10 convince him
self of his good fortune. Without wait
ing to put on his hat, with balance
sheet in hand, he hurried to the lodg
ings Of his bookkeeper.
In those days all the good folk of the
town retired at the stroke of 8. But
MacIntosh's pounding succeeded in
awakening the blissfully unconscious
clerk, who threw up the window and
demanded:
who's there:"
"Who's here, you dunderskull?" ex-
claimed the frate merchant do ye
ken what ye've doone? Ye've added
the year of our Laird to the creditsr'-
New York Mail and Express.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14

ably past middle age, and their make
up is one of genteel poverty-of 81 have
seen better days" Some who sew dur
ing the day spend an hour or two in the
later afternoon and early evening sell
ing papers, because they need the recre-
alton and air, besides they make lit
help to them in meeting expenses
There are a few newspaper sellers
who fetch a child with them to the
street, which serves as manufacturer
of sympathy. The child may belong to
the woman who has it, and it may be
borrowed for the occasion. The latter
becomes a pretty self-evident fact when
the child does not always put in it's
appearance, and especially so when the
child bears no likeness of the woman
and they act one toward the other as if
there was no bond of relationship exist
ing between them. The child's part in
the play for sympathy and trade is a
conspicuous one. If it is not too large
1t is carried in the woman's arms while
she stands and on her lap while she
sits. but in any event it is kept well
to the foreground as childish appeal
for patronage. 1t is a good card, and
even men and women who believe it is
all a play cannot always resist the
promptings of their sympathy. Such
women move from place to place. They
are on one street corner to-day, another
tomorrow, and somewhere else the
next day. They do not work for regu-
lar customers-that is, those who bor-
row babies for the occasion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14

J. W. Routh and Capt NJ. +. Kanan. Of
that city. 1t was organized by Major
Stephenson and Captain Phelps on
April &, 1866. The officers were mus
tered in by Major Stephenson, who
then declared the post duly organized
and ready for the transaction of any
and all business that might come be-
fore it. At the regular meeting on
April 10, 1866. \. G. Burns, Henry Cor
man, n. f. Winholtz, W. Fl. Andrews
and w. H. b. Rowe were mustered IN
as new members of the post.
In the meantime Major Stephenson
and his comrades worked hard to per-
feet the constitution, which was finally
accepted at meeting in Springfield,
May 8, 1866. 1t was printed in Spring
field, and copies were sent to the Deca
tur Post No. 1 on May Is, followed
shortly after by copies of the revised
ritual. According to the constitution
the name of the national organization
was to be 'The Grand Army of the Re
public" and precinct, county and State
organizations were provided for. Prior
10 the formal institution of Post No. .
at Springfield departmental staff had
been agreed upon to prosecute the work
of organizing posts.
The first State convention or encamp
ment to form the Department of Illi-
nois was held at Springfield, ILL.,, on
July II, 1866. At that time there were
already thirtynine Grand Army posts
in the State of Illinois that had re-
ceived their charters. The call for the
convention was signed by many of the
most prominent former army officers in
the State. The convention was called
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14

to order by Major Stephenson and Col.
Walter B. Scates, of Chicago, was elect
ed president. The Department Of Hi
nois was formally organized.
The first national encampment, in
which the national OrganiZa ton of the
Grand Army of the Republic was per-
fected, was held at Indianapolis, Ind,
on Nov. 20, 1866. 1t was called to order
by Commander-in-Chi b. +. Stephen
son, and Gen. John NJ. Palmer was
elected permanent president of the
convention. The war Governor of In
diana, Oliver z. Morton, attended the
encampment and was received With
great enthusiasm.
The second national encampment OF
the Grand Army did not take place un-
til Jan. 15-17, 1868, and was held at
Philadelphia. John A. Logan, of lili-
nois, was elected commander-in-ch chief.
He was reelected at the following two
national encampmentsa at Cincinnati and
Washington, d. c. The fifth national
encampment was held at Boston and
elected \. E. Burnside commander-in-
chief.
During the first years of its exist
ence the growth of the Grand Army of
the Republic was comparatively slow,
and not until the latter part Of the '70s
did its marvellous growth really begin.
In 1878 the Grand Army comprised but
81 ,O16 members, while at the present
time it comprises 7,1S4 posts, with $780,
453 members. The greatest number of
members was reached in 1890. when
the national organization comprised
400, 4S9 members in good standing.
After this it is expected that the num-
ber will steadily decrease, owing to the
mortality among the veterans.
Following is a list showing the num-
ber of members of the Grand Army
during the years from 1878 to the pres
ent time:
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14
VAN ANDA PROPERTY SOLD.
Attorney Bannon Now Has Practical
Control of 1t.


Control of 1t.
Baker City, Or, Sept. 10.-Attorney
P. ]. Bannon. formerly of Portland,
now as practical control of the Van
Anda property on Olive creek. At the
execution sale, held in Canyon City.
he bid in the property for $500 in the
interest of the judgment creditors. AS
only four OF the six claims constitut-
ing the Van Anda group were levied
upon, the deficit of judgment, amount-
ing to $400 will have to be met by the
sale of the remaining two claims.
William Turner, one of the original
owners of the Van Anda, has hopes Of
raising the money necessary to redeem
the property before the time of redemp-
tion expires. 1t is also understood he
will take up the building improve
ments, which were some time ago sold
as personal property on execution.
This mine at one time ranked as a val
liable property, and this it may be yet
,bout $1,000 worth of development
work has been done and about 81, ,O00
has been spent on buildings. The
mine is located on Quebec mountain.
and is surrounded by number of other
promising properties.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14
DiADEM GOLD ORE.
Good Showing Made at the Baker Cit.
Sampllng Works,

Good Showing Made at the Baker City
SamplIng Works,
Baker City. Or. Sept. 1O.-Returns
from the Baker City sampling works,
for the last carload shipment made by
the Diadem Gold Mining Company,
show net value of $1,018.94. The
report gives $40 ounces of gold, nine
ounces of silver and $115.S0 value to
the ton. The company's property is
located in the Greenhorn district. about
five miles from Robinsville, and the
owners are Montana capitalists. The
previous shipment ran $130.5O to the
ton and netted $SO0.24.
Samples of ore from the copper
lodges on Goose creek, near the Dolly
Warden. are on display in Baker City.
They show rich deposits of the red
metal. and those who have visited
there say the district shows Won
derful surface indication, and it is the
opinion of those who are making the
Investigation that the district will be a
great producer of copper whenever cap
ital and practical mining are employed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14
China to Outstrip Japan.

When the outside interference which
is now inevitable shall have removed
or modified the existing bars to trade
China will leave Japan far behind from
the industrial standpoint. The Chinese
are as remarkable for their CONNER
cial morality as the Japanese are for
the opposite; they are more solid, better
balanced, take longer views, and are,
in short, more merchants and less ped
dlers than the same class In Japan, and
the natural resources of their immense
country are such as Japan cannot hope
to compete with, poor as she is in min
eral wealth and subject to the most
disastrous natural commissions.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14
San Francesca Market.

neutrality-suspicious., IL @ lsc per
pound; Eastern Oregon, log l4c; VAL
ley, 16@1sc; Northern. 90 l0c.
Hops-ls99 crop, 81 @lac; new
crop, 1900, 10@121ac.
Putter = Fancy creamery sSc:
do seconds, ZIG 22c; fancy dairy,
201ac; do seconds, 19c per pound.
Eggs-Store, lie: fancy ranch.
22c.
Millstuffs - Middlings, $17.OO a
90 90; bran, $12.50@13.50
Hay-Wheat Ss@la; wheat and
oat SS.OO@1O.50; best barley $500
alfalfa, $6.00@7.5e per ton; straw.
25@371ac per bale.
Potatoes-Early Rose, 500 75c: Ore
son Burbanks, 90c@$1: river Bur-
banks, 35@65c; new. % @2c.
Citrus Fruit-Oranges, Valencia.
$2.75 @3.25; Mexican lines, $4,000
500; California lemons 75c@$I 5os
do choice $1.75@2.O0 per box.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas, $I.50@
$50 per bunch; pineapples, NOM
inal; Persian dates. 6@s1ac per
pound.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.

Labor Conditions Affecting Business in
the East.
r. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade says:
The volume of business does not ma
terially enlarge at the East. and there
is only moderat, improvement at the
West and South, but if expectations of
greater activity when politics cease to
disturb are realized, current operations
will be found to have laid substantial
foundation. The most important event
of the week in the industrial world was
the agreement on the tin plate wage
scale with the amalgamated associa-
tion, granting about per cent advance
to 35. 600 hands long idle.
Prices of grain are little altered,
good crop reports coming in freely, but
the effect is being neutralized by the
foreign estimate of world s., crop be-
low requirements.
Business in iron and steel products
steadily increased, and mills are more
actively employed. October l is mem
toned as the probable date of general
resumption.
Railroads have refused to make re-
ductions in freight rates, which it was
hoped would increase exports.
Last week s shipments of boots and
shoes from Boston were only 70,345
cases, against 71,277 in the previous
week. and for the year thus far the de-
crease. compared with 1899, has
amounted to 254, ,315 cases.
Sales OF, wool at the three chief East
ern markets declined to 2.833,00O
p unds, against ABA, 700 pounds in
the previous " eek; 9.245, 200 last year.
In the WOODEN market there is
rather deceptive appearance of greater
activity. Bulk of business in new
lines recently put out a substitute for
standard goods and a lower price.
Failures for the week were 145 in
the United States, against 132 last
year, and "A in Canada. against 10 last
year.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14
Starting i'm the Chicken Business

There is a story told of a shrewd
Yankee who began in business without
any capital ut ALL
He borrowed broody hen from one
neighbor and setting of eggs from
another.
Having set the hen he soon had a
fine brood of chicks, but was now in 4
dilemma as to how he could pay back
those eggs.
He finally solved the difficulty by
keeping the hen until she had laid the
required number of eggs, when he re-
turned both the hen and the eggs, and
guessed he had as fine a lot of chick
lis as anybody. And abo 1t as cheap
too. There are men in western Ne
braska who claim a good start from a
borrowed COW, but the operation can
hardly have been as smooth as this
Exchange.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14
BIRDS THAT DO NOT SING.
They Far Outuumber the Musicians of
the Feathered Family.

They Far Outnumber the Musicians of
the Feathered Family.
Singing is applied to birds in the same
sense that it Is to human beings-the
utterance of musical notes. Every per-
but many persons never attempt to
sing. So it Is with birds. The eagle
screams, the owl boots, the wild goose
honks, the crow caws, but none of these
discordant sounds can be called sing
ing.
With the poet, the singing of birds
means merry, Eght-hearted joyousness,
and most of us are poetic enough to
view it in the same way. Birds sing
most in the spring and the early sum-
mer those happiest seasons of the year,
while employed in nest-building and in
rearing their young. Many of our most
musical singers are silent all the rest
of the year; at least they utter only low
chirpings. 1t is natural, therefore, that
lovers of birds should regard their sing
ing as purely an expression of joy in
the returning spring, and in their happy
occupations.
Outside of what are properly classed
as song birds there are many species
that never pretend to sing; in fact, these
far outnumber the musicians. They in
clude the water birds of every kind, both
swimmers and waders, all the birds of
prey, eagles, hawks, owls and vultures;
and all the gallinaceous tribes, compris-
ing pheasants, partridges, turkeys and
chickens. The gobble of the turkey
cock, the defiant crow of the bob
white,' are none of them true singing;
yet it is quite probable that all of these
sounds are uttered with precisely SINH
lar motives to those that inspire the
sweet warbling of the song sparrow,
the clear whistle of the robins or the
thrilling music of the wood-thrush.
But naturalists have set apart very
large group as song birds, and even
among these there are many species
that never sing at all. Birds are group
ed according to their anatomical char
acteristics, the structure of their bones,
bills, feet and wings. And thus we
have the songless song birds, looking at
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14
GOLD KEEPS COMING.

Klondike Shipments to Seattle Do Not
FALL OF Much.
Seattle, Sept. 10.-In round figures
$500, 900 worth of Klondike gold was
brought to this city by the steamer
City of Seattle from Skagway. Tn,
shipment included single consign,
ment of $539, 76O by the Canadian
Bank of Commerce of Dawson to the
Seattle government assay office. A
steel box containing $43, 200 is shipped
out by James Brown, who was not,
however, passenger on the vessel.
Nearly $4,000 worth of Klondike
treasure was received by the steamer
A Aberdeen from Skagway. The bulk of
this wealth was owned by three men.
Frank E. Skagerlind, Fl. Carlson and
William Pricharl.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14
DREDGING THE GOLD.
Big Operations on the Fraser River in
British Columbia.

Big Operations on the Fraser River in
British Columbia.
Kamloops. B. c., Sept. 10.-The big
gold dredge on the Fraser river near
Lvtton, B c., has been in operation
for the past month and the owner is
more than satisfied with the results
attained. The dredge is in operation
every hour of the "a, the men working
three shifts. Every "a hours 1900
cubic yards of gravel is taken from the
bottom of the stream and passed over
the treating tables. This may not ap-
pear to be large amount at first sight,
but when it is understood that this
means in the neighborhood of 1000
tons dead weight, and that during the
day over 10000 tons of water are used
in the washing process, it will be evil
dent to anyone the workings of the
dredge Is an undertaking of great mag
nitude.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14
Big Sale of Mining Stock.

Portland, Sept. 10.-The stock of
the Musick Miuing & Milling Com
pany, one of the best-known properties
in the Bohemia district, was placed on
sale at the Oregon Mining Exchange
and 1913, 400 shares were sold during
the first call. at 10 cents per share.
The Musick is good producer, nearly
81 90, 900 having been taken from that
property. A stamp mill is in operation
at the Musick.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14
CAPACITY OF FIFTY DRILLS.
Standard Mine at Wallace Is Putting
in Big Plant.

Standard Mine at Wallace Is Putting
in Big Plant.
Wallace, Idaho, Sept. 1O.-The
Standard Mining Company is putting
in new air compressor and electric
plant at the mine. The foundation is
completed and some o. the machinery
is on the ground. The new compressor
will have capacity of 80 drills, the
present being only of 15 drills. In
putting it in the company is looking
far into the future. The. 15-drill COM
pressor is nearly large enough at pres
ent, and the company does not desire
to work over 20 drills if they had ever
SO much power, but to put IN such
compressor would only mean the addi-
tion of still another new plant almost
before this one would be running, SO
it was decided while the change was
being made to yet machine that
would be large enough to do the work
for years to come.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14
only Three seminole Bands.

There are to-day but three bands of
Seminoles left in Florida. So complete
Iy have these people been disintegrated
that no tribal relations now exist be-
tween them: they have no acknowledge
ed chief, and they recognize no mans
authority. They number about 600.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14
SPOKANE MAN FEELS RICH.
Claims His Mine In jackson County,
Or F.

Claims His Mine in jackson County,
Or. Is a Wonder.
Spokane, Sept. 10.-H. B. Nye, an
old Spokane prospector. has come
home. bringing with him a sackful OF
fabulously rich ore that was taken from
his claim, the Bill Nye. in Jackson
county, Oregon. The ore assays $4o,-
600 in gold to the ton. In speaking OF
the rich strike, Mr.. Nye said:
The great pay chute is ten inches
wide and the native gold is visible all
through it. On July 25 1 bonded the
claim for 5000 and by August l had
taken out $12, 200 in gold ore.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-14
Boats to Run in Six Inches {

Boats to Run IN SIX inches OF Water,
Two distinct curiosities in American
shipbuilding have been recently COM
pleted in San Francisco. They are
stern-wheel launches that. when load.
ed, will draw but six inches of water.
They have met all tests so far success
fully, and with their light, compact
little engines, easily make seven knots
an hour In six-inch water basin.
They are to be used in the Amoor
river, Liberia, shallow stream of local
commercial importance.