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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-23
HIAwATHA on BASEBALL.


"Then again" said Hiawatha,
Il am somewhat interested
In this baseball proposition.
I'm a red-hot. ranting rooter,
Very fond of foxy pitching,
Double plays, home runs, etc.
Always out to kill the umpire
When he makes bum decision.
1t is claimed, my little dearies.
That this pastime was invented
By the wise old Father Chadwick.
Who was aided and abetted
BY old Grandad Adrian Arson.
Should YOU ask me who created
And originated baseball.
l would tell you in jiffy-
1t was Skin-the-Sassy-M -Muskrat.
OF the tribe Of the Ojibways.
OF the sporty old Ojibways.
Who received their correspondence
Where the Falls of Minnehaha
Clean and gurgle i'm the sunlight.
This young Skin-the-Sassy-M -Muskrat
Was thoroughbred from way back
Very game was he, and nifty.
He could sit i'm for an evening
And corral the red and blue ones:
nc Nouiu pulliSl llfeWaIef
Like a dry old dromedary
Stocking up at an oasis,
And it never seemed to faze him.
After scheming for fortnight
Skin -the-Sassy- -Muskrat chuckled.
Called the Ojbway braves around hin
And explained his proposition.
Then two teams were straightwa,
chosen;
One was called the Mighty Mudhens
! Captain, Skin-the-Sa ssy- -Muskrat;
And the other, Heap Bad-Actors,
! Captain, Big-Chief- Bite-the Features.
| On a level stretch of prairie,
Near the shores of Gitchie Gummie,
These two factions got together
1 On balmy day in summer.
| Buck-Afraid-o of His Reflection
Volunteered to act as umpire.
| Up came Skin-the- Sassy -Muskrat,
/ Swung at several wild pitches.
Hit the ozone with his war club
Batter Out!' the umpire shouted.
| Thereupon the Mighty Mudhens,
Led by Skin-the-Sassy -Muskrat
| Seized the luckless arbitrator,
Then they scalped him to a FRAGILE.
This, my children, is the story
| OF the rise and fall of baseball
In the land of the Ojibways."
w. F. Kirk.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-23
PREPARE FOR PEACE.

Prospects OF peace continue to i'm
prove, bringing good cheer 10 oregon
merchants, who are destined to con-
duct a large trade between the Pa
cific coast and the New Asia that Is
rising from the ashes of the old, like
the Phoenix of the mystic time.
The serious manner wherein the
fighters have accepted the Washing
ton conference affords much encour'
agement A conference resembles
convention in which nominations ar'
ALI cut and dried. IT meets to ratifI
agreements rather than to make new
ones.
1t might be compared also to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-23

Eugene voted at the last city cleo
tion to build a municipal ELECTRIC
plant. The power station will be on
the Mckenzie river, 20 miles from
Eugene.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-23

Since the first of last January, the
deaths from plague in India have
averaged $4,000 per week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-23
A HEALTHY Old AGE
OFTENTHE BESTPARTOFLIFE
Help for Women Passing Through
Change of Life

Providence has allotted US each at
least seventy years in which to fulfill
our mission in life, and it is generally
our own fault if we die prematurely.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-02-18

The deposition of Mrs. Reed OF Hilo
with regard to the illness OF Il, M.
Jones In his childhood was yesterday
afternoon admitted In evidence.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-02-18

In but misery for them In Mexico.
But why should they go at all? The
planters will come to terms sometime
1; they want steady and progressive
white laborers on their plantations
The Portuguese do not want much,
they only ask what they used to get
In 1882 when they arrived here they
received SIS per month with the privi-
lege OF raising domestic animals and
farm products. Now they receive sl2
with no privileges. In 1882 beef sold
at 10 cents pound. II is now Is cents:
beans were 2 cents pound, they are
now ga cents a pound and mind you
this increase in living expenses has
taken place since the tariff has been
abolished and wages cut down. Let
the planters compromise with the Por-
tuguese, and they will secure for tho
Territory a population that will be a
bulwark against the growing Asiatic
citizenship"
A. G. Correa, the attorney. is inclin.
ed to agree with Agent de Souza, he
points out the fact that the Portuguese
although a docile, honest and indus
trious race are not wanted In Hawaii.
Nothing has ever been done to con-
ciliate them. Why should they remain
here? Read the recommendations OF
the Chief Justice to the Legislature"
he exclaimed, land you will see that
be recommends the appointment of two
Hawaiians, one Chinese and one Jap
anese Interpreter and cuts the Portu-
guese entirely out. And yet there are
| $4,000 Portuguese in Hawaii, or AZ
| many ne all the other white races Dut
together. BY all means, let the Por-
tuguese go. They have everything to
gain and nothing to lose in doing so, -
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-02-18

The Weekly Edition Of the Evenins
Bulletin gives . complete summary d
the news q the day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-01-29

an endless chain with twenty sharn edped
scoops. each capable of carrying five cubic feet
OF earth The chain will support A weight Of
iiNe hundred tons strong marine engine
operated by electric power. drives the whole ma
chine The SCOOPS attack the bank of earth
against which the dredge is anchored. and each
IN turn bites into it. taking up soil. gravel or
rock Some powders that roll into the scoo7z
are as large as mans body AS the chain
reVolves the scoops one at a time are DUMPED
INTO a rapidly revolving cylinder fed with 5000
sallonS OF water a minute The separation OF
the rocks and earth from the gold is secured
oy an ingenious combination of all the processes
known to the placer and hydraulic miner Al
thoush quicksilver is largely used as OF old IL
mas oeeh FOUND inferior to ordinary cocoa mat
tlng In catching the finest particles of gold Tba
OIeS VI 'nese mats hold SO fast to the golden
nour that it is estimated that only one-tenth
OF per cent of the gold washed is lost
1t is at once apparent, therefore. that dredp,
INNING IN California is not an industry for ths
poor man. To begin dredging even in the
smallest way requires an initial outlay of al
ieast SI0oOUO before stroke of work is done.
ana most of the companies have $4,000 on
hand before beginning operations. The ma
chimes cost about 100000 apiece.
dredging machine is run by a force Of six
10 elght men, working night and day in three
eisht hour shifts. One man at a powerful
winch in the central tower. from which he can
observe the whole machine works levers that
direct the ponderous machinery Another man
on deck keeps eye on the pumps which
furnish water and sees that the machinery ia
we'll oiled The dredge does the work of 5OOO
men and carts in a single day.
The expense of handling the earth is reduced
as low as three cents a cubic yard. and it never
goes above five cents. Ground that would not
satisfy Chinaman. working under the old
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-01-29
Il WONDERFUL BOAT.
1t Makes It's Ozcn Lake to Dredge
Gold From.

The ship of the desert is no longer a mere
metaphor. 1t exists in reality. In Cali
foTnia and some other mining States an am
pflibious craft has appeared which not only
travels across country, but takes along wher-
it goes its own body of water
This veritable prairie schooner, however, is
built neither for passengers nor freight. 1t is
tco slow even for commuters. and the only
cargo it takes aboard it digests after the fashion
Of i mammoth earthworm. Indeed it's appetite
is tremendous 1t can swallow a 50-foot slice
off the top of in month and leave
behind a mountain of barren debris, which
neither weed nor cactus will grow.
AS matter of fact, such a desert ship is only
a mining machine intended to sift out the fine
grains of gold found in many of the old mining
districts of the West. It stands in pool of
water fed by pipe from some source, which
may be a few yards a hundred miles away,
and it dredges up the ground in 'front.' carries
# up into its "fo'castle' by means of end
less chain of buckets, puddles the dirt in a
stream of water, which is poured in upon it
from the supply pipe and after separating the
gold it casts out the rock and the mud in it's
wake.
In the neighborhood of Oroville CAL there
are now thirty-fve of these ships of the desert"
and they are Transforming the orchards and
vineyards of this region rapidly into waste.
because of the profits of the business some
miners have even bought up choice residence
districts and are converting pretty gardens into
Tcaps of rubble. The miners are often willing
to Fay $1,000 acre, knowing we'll that they
would be able to take $4,000 in gold out of its
soil, and their offers almost always have induced
owners to sell out. The devastation wrought by
the machines, however, has at length aroused
alarm, and started movement to obtain legis-
latiOn, requiring the mining companies to re-
store the soil. This could be done it is said
at a moderate expense.
Dredge mining it is called, was imported
from New-Zealand. and it was first used only on
the borders of rivers and small streams When
1t was discovered that the dredges could be used
as far inland 1t was possible to pipe water
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-01-29

engineers had wasted several millions in trying
to work the soil The orchardsts were from
New-Zealand, where dredge mining was we'll
established industry, and in digging a well on
their land they discovered much fine gold,
flour gold" as it is generally called that they
decided that it would yield more money to the
miner than to the orchardist. Accordingly they
sent across the ocean for a dredge. and had it
set up on the banks of the Feather River just
below Oroville. This machine has been dupIi-
Gated many times, and some new features have
been added by American ingenuity, until now it
represents the best results of engineering skill.
AS now built, the mining dredge somewhat
resembles an English hOusebOat 100 to 165 feet
long, with huge steel ladder. crane, at the
front from so to 100 feet high over which winds
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-01-29

the machines began their invasion of wide
stretches of country, eating their way from town
to town and through desert and orchard. In
California most of the dredges are working near
streams such the Feather and Yuba rivers
north of Sacramento, but in Idaho, Montana and
Colorado they are ploughing through valleys
hundreds of miles from any water course Most
of the California dredges are operating in dis
tricts made famous by the fortunes secured
there years ago in placer mining. So completely
do these machines wash and sift the soil that
they finding vast wealth in what the placer
miners with their cruder apparatus, permitted
to go to waste.
Dredge mining began in this country by an
accident. 1t was started near OroviIle by two
fruit ranchers after regularly trained mining
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-01-29

are angular and others are rounding.
These facts are shown in the ACCOMPANYING
illustration, which was made directly from a
Keen razor blade by a microscope and camera
Ihis picture shows exactly how an ordinary
razor edge looks when seen by a good micro
scope. This is the view of the side of the blade
near the edge and including the edge. However
smooth and polished the blade NAV annsar 70 +ba
unaided eye with the microscone II a1u,o,,s
shows near the edge great numbers of deem
scratches in the metal. These scratches are
greater or less angle" -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-01-29

1t is well known that keen razor edge,
which appears to be so perfect and even is in
reality extremely irregular; in fact, there is a
popular idea that the edge is serrated so that
when sufficiently magnified it looks like a saw
but this idea is not exactly correct" said W. F.
Watson, secretary of the faculty of Furman
University, Greenvile S. G., the other day 1T
is true there are minute projections and indenta-
lions extending along its whole length But
these do not even approach the regularity of
saw teeth Some notches are very promi-
nent' while others are small; some points
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04
Observations.

Papa" Wright said that the train
he went to Chicago on few days
ago run SO fast that It's shadow was
two miles behind it all the time.
Jake Wishaum states that il he
ever quits tending bar he expects to
learn the printing trade. Jake
could set type about like an ele-
plant could do crochet work.
Platteville has man who goes
daffy every time the leaves fall.
Geo. Blakesley can stuff an
animal or a bird till it wouldn't
know itself.
Boscobel has man so badly
crippled up that he can't do his own
John Flesch informs us that when
he used to go around threshing they
run pitchforks through the machine
in order to get toothpicks for the
threhermen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04
Sunday Sermon.

Great truths are often flashed in
to the mind through the window of
the eye. In the galleries of Yer
sailles the history Of France is writ
ten in color. The canvas that lines
the walls records the varying phases
of the national life. When we look
into the Scriptures the same thing
meets us. The pages sparkle and
glow with life. The truth is not
taught in dry formula but it is flash
ed upon the mind from parable or
symbol or pictures. God paints
marvellous lessons in burning bush,
pillar Of fire and cloud, visions of
patriarchs and prophets, splendols
of TRANSPORTATION mount flaming
canvas of the Apocalypse. The
vision which Zechariah saw is a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04
EXPENSIVE WOOD.
Louis Daley Pays $4,000 for Two
Cords.

On October oath, G.. S. Johnson,
who resides just west of the city,
having two cords of wood which he
had sold to William Barrows, that
he wanted delivered, hired LOUIS
Daley to haul it for him. Instead
OF taking the wood to Mr.. Barrows
Daley sold it to Gus Munson and
delivered it to him. On learning of
this Mr.. Johnson had warrant
issued for Daley's arrest and he was
taken before Justice Shimmin on
October 28th, when the case was
confined until November /. Daley
demanded jury trial and the fol
lowing were chosen: James Scullon,
Will Jayne, Henry Belz, Joseph
Casper, Abe Decker and Henry
Ressmeyer. After hearing the evil
dence the jury found defendant
guilty and he was fined $500 and
costs, amounting to $4,000, which
was paid. H. w. Brown acted for
District Attorney Kopp and Harry
Carthew looked after Daley's in
terests.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04

the company shall own the land free
and clear of all membranes and
shall have no royalty to pay for the
mineral taken from it. The COM
pany will also have sufficient funds
IN the treasury to install first class
equipment, mill and to carry on it's
development work. An illustration
of the foregoing facts and forecasts
is to be found in a group Of mines
at Highland. They were worked IN
"a small way by different parties
for many years, but recently have
been consolidated into larger COM
panles and are now engaged in
working oyer the old deposits and
meeting with success.
The Trego Roasting Furnace is at
tracing wide spread attention and
Mr.. Trego has already closed three
contracts for roasters of this type,
with q prospect Of several more
with n 2 week or so. He states us
that he is going to be taxed to the
utmost to keep up with the demand
for these new roasters. The great
simplicity, cheapness of operation
and high results are the points
which are causing mining men Of
the district to adopt this type of
furnace in preference to all others.
Messrs. Benz Hodge and Harry
Stephens of Platteville, and w.
Wonn of Mif1ln, have secured a
tract of mining land of Ahbdht 100
acres, located about four from
Highland and four milesA Mont
fort. This land has long been
known as very rich mining prop
erty and shallow mining has been
going on for years. A new strike
was recently made exposing a heavy
sheet of lead and zinc ore, with
smaller sheets below it. 1t is the
intention to incorporate the Red
Jacket Mining company, open up
the property and equip the mine
with complete line of mining and
milling machinery. We expect to
have more complete details Of this
property shortly, and as the devel-
Opments progress
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04
AMONG The LEAD AND ZINC MINES.

All those acquainted with the
early history OF lead and zinc min
Ing in the state of Wisconsin, know
Drybone or Centerville Diggings,
located between Montfort and High
land in Iowa county. These mines
are now to be known as the Red
Jacket Lead and Zinc mines. The
property consists of one hundred
and fifty seven acres, most of which
is covered with old surface diggings-
They have been worked since 1886
in a small way by numerous leasors
and have yielded, from the upper
runs of ore a steady yearly produc
ton, but they have never been
mined below the water. In one of
the old shafts the present leasors
have recently struck a fine sheet Of
lead and jack and have exposed the
sheet for over sixty feet, with small
er sheets below. The present leasors
are following the sheet and the rich
flat still continues. There is evil
dence that in other places similar
sheets will be developed. The lower
deposits, which lie in the water have
never been worked, as there never
has been pump on the property
of sufficient size. There are num-
erous old dumps on the property
which should yield good profits with
efficient treatment. The old miners
only raised the richest of the ground
they broke and used the rest to fill
the old workings. There are thou
sands of tons of this material to be
worked over. All these indications
show wide and promising field for
mining operations. The Red Jacket
Lead and Zinc Mining company has
been formed to undertake the pro-
ject. This company has been or
ganized under the laws of the state
of Wisconsin, with a capital stock
of $S5, 000Idivided into $85, 900 shares
of $1.00 each. The object Of this
company is to purchase these lands
and the mines on them and to ex-
tingulsh all mining rights or leases
and the option of purchase now out
standing against the land, SO that
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04
CLIFTON.

CLIFTON.
Frank Allen.
FENNIMORE.
John Schneider, G. J. Niehaus, S..
G. Bailey, VIM. Rudersdorf.
HICKORY GROVE.
Isaac Edge, G. D. Blanchard, Geo.
Glassbener, Frank Heffner, Edward
F. Kreul, John Kelly, VIM. H..
Hammond, John Buben.
LIBERTY.
Bert DiVall, Chas. Barnes, Ed.
Whaler, Louis A. Smit d, B. f.
Meyer, VIM. Michel, L. Eoerner.
LITTLE GRANT.
E. Ell. Grifis.
MARION
f. L. Boebel, Louis c. BoebeJ,
Arson P. Rice.
MT. HOPE.
Jay F. More, Fay Parks, Frank
Braudt, Walter Lambert, M. j.
Carmody, Andrew Smith.
MT. IDA.
Thomas Jerrett, Iheo. Wehrle,
John Tenant, Adam Hill, G. w.
Taylor.
MUSCODA.
Gus Efnger, Frank Pospichal, f.
J. Eagan, Fred Harms, Otto Book,
M. Homer, Jr., Henry Harms, John
Rowdon.
LANCASTER.
W. B. Griswold, No. Lancaster
John Hoff man. No. Lancaster, Louis
Vesperman, So. Lancaster, G. Ell
Bryhan, So. Lancaster.
WATTERSTOWN.
I'll. A. Peer, A. F. Zemlicka, 7. F
O'Brien, jacob Thomas.
WINGVILLE.
A. T. David, A. Pettera, j. T
Blddick, J. w. Jones, Albert Hof
fand, E. E. Palmer.
WOoDMAN.
Fred Hess, J. r. Hoffman, JUG
Anderson.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04
School Board Conventions.

Mention was made in Wednes-
days Herald of the school board
convention at Bloomington held
Monday and Tuesday, conducted by
County Supt. Nye, Asst. Supt. Brock
ert and G. L. Harper.
Those IN attendance were as fol-
lows,
BEETOWN
Charles Thorpe, Geo. Budwortb,
James G. Perrin, Geo. Peterson,
John Burns, w. Brun, j. w. Red
man, j. G. Edgington, Henry Hud-
son.
BLOOMINGTON.
J. B. Ludden, Lin coin Abraham,
0. FL. Martin, Walter Scott, Thos.
Battle, John E. Council, W. G..
Lewis, Jake A. Waltz, w. T.Thorn-
ton, M. L. Edwards.
CASSVILLE.
John Rech, j J. Seipp, Ell. M.
Phinney, Frank S. Phinney, Jacob
Klein, Anton Kirschbaum, Jacob
Kirsch baum, Petor Glassmaker, E.
j. Dietrich, John A. Klindt, IL.
Grimm.
GLEN HAVEN.
John GocKel, E. L. Chandler, H.G.
Kuenster, Bert Bennett, John Kip
per, A. A. Ziegler, Orlando Mutt,
Jas. w. Smith.
LANCASTER.
Joel Trollope.
LITTLE GRANT.
j. G. Welsh, Henry Cliff, William
Garthwaite, Charles E. Wetmore.
MILLVILLE.
Joseph B. Beadle, Frank Perry,
III. Ct. Brown.
MT. HOPE.
F. W. Vince, Mrs. FL. M. Linton.
PATCH GROVE.
M. B. Lewis, L. FL. Munson, Fran 4
Kolb, Peter Pagan.
WATERLOO.
Charles Wamsley, Chris Hartman
Ell. r. Doll, G. Glassmaker, y. Il.
Williams
WOODMAN.
David Arbuthnot, Frank GarVlp,
Henry G. Riley, Roy Rands.
a WYALUSING.
w. T. Malin, Riley Jacobs, Henry
Horstman.
Supt. Nye, Prof. Brockert and u
J. Schuster conducted similar
convention at Fennimore Wednes-
day and Thursday. This was also
a very successful meeting. Those
enrolled were as follows:
BOSCOBEL.
A. E. Brainerd.
CASTLE ROCK.
Herman Efnger, F. E. NeF,
Henry Gore.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04
No Hopes for Grlndell Party.

Both the United States and
Mexico have united in the effort to
promote the search for the explora-
ton party of which Tom Grindell,
formerly Of Platteville. was mem
Der. The latest reports from Arl-
IONA states that J. Fl Hoffman, one
of the party had been discovered
and brought back to Tucson. He
is but a mere skeleton Of his former
self, and shows traces of the most
awful sufferines and hardships
which he has endured in the past
four months. He is, he states, the
sole survivor of the party of
educators and explorers who start
ed out in June to explore the
jiburon Islands. OF these islands
it is said, no white man has ever
escaped alive.
His story is as follows:
Leaving Santa Ana, Mexico, the
party started across a 10O-mile
stretch of desert, but the supplies
gave out after the party had lost
it's way and wasted a week. To get
more water Grindell left the party
and started to retrace his steps. He
became lost and without water soon
became a maniac. Giving his horse
free head, the insane professor
was brought back to camp and in
his madness he attempted to kill the
other men, bers of the party.
Hoffman, more fortunate than
the rest, wandered on aimlessly,
living on cholla berries, rabbits,
doves and such other scant food as
could be found. Rawl started out
to find ranch supposed to be in
the neighborhood. After waiting
two days the remaining members of
the PARTY started on, leaving
Grindell behind.
Hoffman and Ingram travelled for
about twenty miles and then Ingram
played out and his companion
halted. During the night Ingram
became violent and attempted to
kill Hoffman, and the latter had
fierce struggle with the maniac.
In the morning Hoffman, finding
Ingram rational, started to seek a
water hole. More dead than alive
he came upon some friendly Indians,
who took him to a Mexican ranch,
where he was cared for. Word was
sent to the Mexican rurals, and the
searching party was called in.
Hoffman was brought here as soon
as his strength allowed him to
travel"
The guide, whom it was supposed
had made way with the members of
the party left before this trouble
came so is released of the guilt.
He, with party of twenty, headed
by E. P. Grindell, have started over
the route in search of the bodies.
-s0.a--
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04
The Latest.

Mr.. James McBrien, the popular
tonsorial artist, of Lancaster sees
where he missed his vacation and
has started to school in order to
obtain a new .Halten
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04

Moses and Ella Hend ricks of
Bloomington were callers in Lam
caster Thursday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04
LICENSED TO WE'D.
Cupid's Franks as Recorded by Count
Clerk Tuffiey.

VIM. A. Edge, Lima and Alice
Quick, Ellenboro.
Leroy Ingram, Hazel Green and
Ida Wynn, Benton.