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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

tempted to answer 1t. but has left It
for further investigation. He advances
the theory, however, that this peculiar
action must have a disastrous effect
upon gold deposits in the course OF
time.
AS to the business opportunities in
volved In the discovery, it is perhaps
sufficient to say that the lovers of
trees need feel no apprehension as to
any wholesale destruction of them, for
the gold yielded is too little to warrant
the expense.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
TREE ASHES YIELD GOLD.
Timber Near the Mines Is Valuable
Metal in Dissolved Form.

Timber Near the Mines Is Valuable
Metal in Dissolved Form.
Many an enthusiastic botanist will
tell you that certain Of his specimens
are worth their weight in gold OF
course, he had in mind the extreme
rarity of the plant or root. Very diff
ferent, however, is the meaning of Dr..
e. e. Lungewitz, well-known metal
lurgical chemist, when he states the
proposition that certain trees are worth
proportionate part of their weight
in gold; for after conducting many ex-
periments on certain classes of trees
he has come to the conclusion that
such trees actually contain pure gold
in a diluted form.
Chemists have long suspected that
gold might slowly dissolve in surface
water, and have disposed of the OBJ
lection that that proposition has never
been established by analysis by con-
tending that the solution is infinitely
weak. After giving the subject con-
siderable study and thought, DR.. Lun-
gewitz came to the conclusion that If
the surface water contained dissolved
gold at all, however small the quanti-
ty, 1t should naturally be drawn up
by the roots Of the trees in the near
vicinity, and would there appear in
more substantial form.
Accordingly, he selected a number
Of trees growing in the neighborhood
Of lodes and placers. had them feled
and cut them into pieces of convenient
size. After the bark had been removed,
with about one inch of the outside
wood, the pieces were placed upon a
clean sheet of corrugated iron and
fired. The ashes, which yet contained
grains of charcoal. were then collected
and assayed. The experiment was not
a distinct success. While gold was un-
doubtedly present, its quantity was so
Infinitely small that an accurate eSti-
nation of it's amount or fneness was
out of the question. AS these trees
were of, the soft wood variety, it was
thought that better results might per-
haps be obtained by experimenting up
on trees of a different kind. And that
is just what happened. The ashes Of
some so-called ironwood trees yielded
between 10 and 40 cents worth Of gold
to the ton.
In all of these experiments only the
trunks of the trees near the roots had
been used, and it was determined,
therefore, to ascertain whether more
satisfactory results could not be OBJ
tanned by reducing the upper branches
to ashes The branches proved to be
richer in gold than any other part OF
the tree heretofore tested. In one in
stance the ashes yielded no less than
SLIT worth of gold to the ton, while
in many cases the assay showed q re-
turn of over 81 ton. The signifi-
canoe Of these experiments lies in the
fact that they established beyond all
doubt that gold is dissolved by the sur
face waters traversing and percolat-
ing gold formations. They give rise
likewise to the interesting question as
to which component of these surface
waters possesses this -dissolving
property. DIR. Lungewitz has not at
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

No man could ask for a nobler mon
ument than that which the late Fred
erick Law Olmsted has left. In the
large sense he was the ia ther Of the
profession Of landscape architecture,
and it is exceedingly fortunate for
the country that this man, who was
to fix the limits of the profession, was
SO great man. A list of his import
ant public works would occupy much
space and Is unnecessary. The man
who created Central Park In New
York. Prospect Park in Brooklyn and
Franklin Park In Boston, laid out the
grounds of the Capitol in Washington,
the reservation at Niagara Falls, and
the white City of the Worlds Fair
In Chicago, In his actual work con-
ferred most important benefit on his
generation; and in training others and
showing the possibilities OF his art, he
did even more.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

They uIsgrace 10 European clVzatOn It Il always
the story wherever the Turk exercises
Christian The is execrable After being
patiently borne for certain time the oppressed
to defend itself Then savage brutales the
of the rulers which met by brates
part OF the insurgents Reforms which
only to be granted when order is Order
meansa recurrence Of oppression At
employees not paid at ALL and the soldiers there
paid sparngyf at all. The whole ruling there
FORE has to live the subject That tricky scoundre
the Sultan has long succeeded in converting the faes
tricts In the world into hell by playing European
country OF against another We the only power on
which he still count in this devils game Our duty
therefore, is to make it absolutely thatcome
what maybe will get no aid from us.-London Truth.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
OUR AMERICAN ADAPTA1ILlTY.

Have Attained to High Position.
Lady Curzon, the Vicerine Of India.
stands as shining example of the
facility and the adaptability of the
American woman. Occupying a posi-
ton which brings her in continual con-
tact with royalty, she bears herself
with as much dignity and distinction
as IL she had been born to the pur-
pie. No daughter OF the reigning
house Of Great Britain could sustain
herself in the place of Lady Curzon
with more admirable poice than she
exhibits In all Of the great functions
in which she is called to figure Lady
Curzon belongs to what would be
called new family, even in America.
She has not behind her the genera
tions Of culture which many Ameri-
can women can point to. She was
brought up in Chicago, a town that is
conspicuously associated with the COM
mercial idea. Her acquisitions were
not aided by the influence Of hered-
itary culture. Her achievements are
the fruit Of a keen and active mind
and an agreeable personality under the
spur and encouragement of liberal ad-
vantages. Her accommodation to the
requirements and the opportunities of
large riches shows the difference be-
tween the British and the American
systems. In England it requires cen
turies to manufacture the sort of Ia
dies and gentlemen who are often de-
veloped in this country in a single gen
eration.-Kansas City Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
COAL IN THE NORTHWEST.

Mining Industry Increasing Yearly
in the State Of Washington.
At the Worlds Fair in Chicago the
State Of Washington exhibited a chunk
of coal weighing twenty-five tons. 1t
excited considerable interest because
those were the young days of import
ant mining in that State; and the Pa
cific coast Is not able to boast Of such
enormous coal resources as are found
farther east.
The geological survey of Washing
ton has just published map showing
the distribution Of the coal fields In
the State. One may see at glance
that all the coal fields yet discovered
are situated quite conveniently to the
sea.
They extend in a broken line from,
the Canadian boundary to the Colum.
bia River. One group is situated on
or. near the sea. little above the
northern end Of Puget Sound; another
group lies to the east of Seattle and
Tacoma, and still other fields are south
Of Puget Sound
Altogether there are seventeen fields
which are contributing more OF less to
the coal supplies. Some of them are
entirely within the Puget Sound basin.
and others lie between it and the foot
hills of the Cascades. 1t is fortunate
for Washington, which is not overbur.
dened with railroads, that her coal
the water transportation of the fuel.
It has been said that the coal of the
Pacific coast is not Of a superior quail.
ity, and this is true. But Washington
mines a great deal of coal of the most
useful kinds.
Last year Washington produced the
largest quantity Of coal ever mined
there. There was no very important
production before 1886, but nearly ev.
cry year since then the quantity mined
has increased. 1t amounted last year
to 1880, ,789 short tons.
The larger part is consumed In the
State, and as time goes on and the
population increases the home market
Will require much greater supplies.
The largest use to which coal is put
is in the making of steam for locomo-
lives, StedmDOdlS du0 StdllOhdIy OOlr
ers.
Wood is extensively used as fuel in
western Washington, but in the timber
less region of the eastern part of the
State coal is used for all purposes, and
is chiefly supplied by the Roslyn dis
trict, which furnishes nearly half the
coal mined, and is conveniently situ'
ated in respect of the transportation
facilities afforded by the railroads and
shipping of Tacoma.
The great bulk of the coal shipped
from Seattle and Tacoma goes to San
Francisco, but a number of cargoes
were sent in 1901 to Hawaii, as well
as to Alaskan ports. British Columbia
competes with Washington In supply.
ing Alaska, but that Territory has
coal Of her own and is likely in a few
years to become an exporter instead Of
an importer.
California buys about one-third of
the coal produced; the railroads of
Washington and the adjoining States
are also large purchasers, and about
100000 tons a year are consumed by
steamers in the foreign and domestic
trade-New York Sun.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
They Had to Wait.

Mr.. Thomas, Of Hermis fame, is tell
ing his friends about two green youths
Of his acquaintance, who, having hired
horse and trap for a days outing,
found themselves at the close Of the
expedition confronted with the bewild-
ering problem Of reharnessing the ami.
NAL. The bit proved their chief diff
Guilty, for the horse made no response
whatever to their overtures.
"Wen, there Is nothing for It but to
wait" said one.
"Wait for whatr' grumbled the other
For the horse to yawn," replied his
companiou
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

as men; the vulgar rush for social
prominence: the widespread system
of graft and blackmail which has
grown up in all classes in the haste
to be rich-these familiar phenomena
straining our optimism and shaming
our national pride at the very time
when we are called upon to exult in
the commercial greatness of the coun-
try and its peculiar qualifications for
redeeming the benighted regions Of
the world.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

It cannot be denied that Of Late the
soberest-m1nded men among us have
ing to anxiety In noting the momen-
tum OF certain dangerous tendencies
On American life. The trend toward
mob law in various sections Of the
country; the revelations OF public and
private corruption, and especially Of
the buying and selling Of legislation
and franchises; the growth Of the
eau,bling mania among women az well
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

mediate depletion. And every cypress
tree felled means that In return ad-
dttional wealth comes to swell the
means whereby in other ways Ar
kansas is undergoing splendid develop
ment.-Little Rock Gazette.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
Celt and German in America.

Seventy-fve per cent of our foreign
born population in 1900 was of Teu-
tonic and Celtic stock-the very same
that made the English. OF course, a
still larger percentage Of the nativ.
born are of these races and of their
admixture. 1t is an error, then, to
talk Of the American people as a con.
glomeration Of races. There is an
American race, formed by fusion OF
the original races that made the Eng.
lish.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

Ibsen says that he would come to
this country to live IL he were not too
old; and the husbands of all the Ib-
sen clubs are thanking their stars that
the Norwegian dramatist is not young
nor beautiful.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

The Holstein cow has been vindicat-
ed by the scientists, hence we get
back to the proposition that it all de-
pends upon who owned the Holstein.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
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times S145 making total of S2 2O against losing nine
times at S225 making total of 95 So that
in tine end he will be $35 ahead That is good average.
Now take In consideration the and tear of
loss sleep and the chance of losing whole invest
ment and the conclusion is arrived at that job of
ing bricks at $3.50 day Is easy thing In comparison
Geneva Review.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

According to a Berlin scientist it
would be great benefit to the nervous
systems Of girls If they were not per-
mitted to begin piano practice under
the age Of 16. It would be a great
benefit to the nerves of the neighbors
k they Odd not begin It at all.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

Harry Lehr says the lapel button
hole SHOULD be abolished. Harry Is
always deeply interested in some ques-
ton of supreme Importance to man.
kind
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

Mr.. Choate Is now dean Of the diplo-
matte corps in London. With an Amer
lean dean Of the diplomatic corps and
a new American duchess added to the
list every few days, how can they keep
us down?
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

cereal and fruit products, as they say,
attempts to cure the patient.
Conable allows no horses on the
farm, and all the work is done by hu-
man hands or steam power.-New
York Sun.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

The owner of Lou Dillon has re-
fused an offer Of $4,000 for the trot-
ter. Perhaps he is waiting for some
Richard III. to come along and make
a bid
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

If the time ever comes when the
novelists form a union. perhaps we
shall have the Great Amalgamated
American Novel with fifteen different
kinds Of dialect.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

American colleges in Turkey, says
Secretary Barton, Of the American
Board. are the best possible safeguards
TO the political existence Of the en-
pire, In that they teach Turkish sub
jects 10 be upright, self respecting, law
abiding citizens, able to respond to the
leeds Of the government for respons-
ible service, both at home and abroad.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

When the European concert tunes up
1t makes such a racket that innocent
bystanders think it must be the be-
ginning Of the overture.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

ample supply of artsticay skilled workmen
the continuance of the supply operatives
ment conducts porcelain factory at Missen Pupils and
apprentices taught drawing for years. On the
completion Of this they spend additional term
Of two years modelling and painting Those
veop special skill then sent fine
Dresden. Berlin and the finish
their education II pupil perseveres to the through
this long noviate he practically lifelong
vice in the Government porcelain factory.
Another German industrial education which
might be adopted with advantage practice
of sending trade apprentices industrial for
portion Of each Those who indentured for
fouryear apprenticeship usually least
year in of these schools which conveniently
Gated in the manufa cturing
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

1t is doubtful whether. in spite OF all
this war news, the average American
will get his ideas of the little countries
In Eastern Europe unsnarled.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

The Boston Post thinks it sees a
clares that such a famine Is lawful to
contemplate" If it is worse than the
Goldfish smell it must be all Of that.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

If King Edward is looking for real
autocrat to pattern after he should
by all means consider the Governor
of Guam.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

Placer mining machine has been in
vented that will make gold plentiful,
and this will help us to stave off the
trusts for a little while.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

And now Mrs. Fish declares that
Harry Lehr Is IAN ordinary person"
Surely this is the most unkindest cut
nf oil
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
T0QS or
TIE LMES.

The rolling stone sees it's finish when
It strikes the up grade.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
Dabblinu in Stocks.

OES it pay to dabble in stocks7 That is a ques-
ton that good many can answer. The man
ner of answering. however, depends on which
side of the fence the man jumps of. Some
are losers and some are winners. man can
not win all the time unless he Is an extraor-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

A chronic lier Ia less dangerous thai
the liar who has spasmodic attacks o
veracity.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

A man never knows what he can do
until he tries-and II he tries the
chances are he will regret 1t later.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

early to the MILL that nerves the Of the blacksmith
working his forge, that inspires the at his
and the merchant at his desk that gives
the soldier and patience to the teacher
Erskne asked how he dared, unknown bar
rister hostile court and insist right to be
heard. II felt my Children he replied "tuggng my
saying, here your chance father to get us
bread 1t is this vision OF the children dependent
that inspires all in the battle Monthly
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

It seems that the United States did
not have control of Cuba quite long
enough to cure it Of the earthquake
habit.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

Few college women marry. This Is
q serious reflection on the college men.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

Manufacturers Of the bullet-proof un-
derwear are still hurrying agents to
the Balkans
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

A wedding present from a married
person Ia all right. but one from an
unmarried person is the same as con-
tracing a debt
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
A Disgrace to Civilization.

e ought to tell Russia-and the sooner we do
1t the better that SO far we are concerned
we are prepared to recognize henceforward that
Macedonia is within the sphere Of Russian in
fuence, provided that she will put an end to the
horrors that are being enacted in that country
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
Love Is the Mainsprinq.

OLITICAL economists have told us that self.
interest is the handspring of industry It is
not true. Love is the handspring Of industry
It is love for the home and the wife and the
children that keeps all the busy wheels of in
dustry revolving that calls the factory hands
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

Occasionally you meet people who
are unfair, and inconsiderate. but
think Of the many nice onesi
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
Rearing Skilled Workmen.

ERMANY leads the world in its Industrial edu.
cation The supremacy in the several indus.
tries for which she is so famous is directly
traceab BILE to this educational development. The
porcelain industries for which Germany is
noted could hardly be carried on without an
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
Euotlsm AM Efficient Of Worldly SUCCESS.

n egotist, all students of wordbooks know,
Is one who puts himself forward constantly
and talks too much about himself. Cardinal
Wolsey is a celebrated example Of the egotist,
for 1t was he that said. Ego ct rex meus'-i
and my King; for which sentence he has been
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
Red blindness.

Inability to 'see red' is the main
form of color blindness from which
sailors suffer. Last year thirty-four
officers and would-be officers of Great
Britain's mercantile marine failed to
pass the color tests; and of these TWEEN
ty-three were more or less completely
red blind, the rest more or less unable
to distinguish green. The 1900 candi-
dates for certificates were also SUBJ
mitted to test for form vision, and
twenty-five of them failed to distin.
guish the form Of the object submitted.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

How many things go on that you
don't know aboutI
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

When you make wishes, it is sign
you are not getting what you want.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1903-03-19
The River Situation.

The rainfall which threatened
such devastation and ruin in the
Mississippi bottoms was felthere.
On Wednesday the heaviest rain
of years fell and the precipita-
tion for the twenty four hours
ending Thursday morning at
seven o'clock was 1.73 inches.
The rain fall since last Sunday
as given out by Capt. Dan Rich
ards, the government observer,
is as follows: Sunday 60; Mon
day OF; Tuesday 90; Wednesday
1.73; Thursday 10; Friday 33;
Saturday 54 or a total for the
six days of 3.37. The river has
been rising as a result of the con
tinuous rains, the roads are in a
fearful condition, very few of the
people Of the county are in the
city and business for the past
week has been extremely dull.
But it is not the local situation
which gives alarm. 1t is appre-
hension for the great delta in
terest which causes a feeling of
uneasiness over the entire com
monwealth. The rains in the
Mississippi Valley at this sea-
son have been unusually heavy
and with the melting of the wint-
er snow and ice in the north,
the Mississippi is higher than 1t
has been for years. At nearly
every pOintof i'm por tance the dan
ger line has been pastand the river
would have broken through the
levees in many places but for the
prompt work done in raising and
strengthening them. At many
places in the delta refugees have
been going to the places of safety
and refuge and Memphis has a
large number of the people of
the lower country in it. The
Ievees are being guarded day and
night and large forces are at
work in the threatened places
doing repair work The highest
water is expected to-day IN this
section.