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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-03

schools, the result would hc of enots
nous advantage 20 the state Of ore
gon,
Every commercial ANA industrial
body In the state OF oregon, nv we'll
as every rcal estate firm ANA corpor-
alton, should make these rates either
introductory or the central figure of
their advertising aud II real estate
mans clientele "a IN the state Of Kan"
sas, for Instance. let him give the rate
az from the state of Kansas. aud cir
culate the matter there In order Ia
make II local at the other end of
the line
II citizens from other states, who
have found a home tn Oregon within
the last two or three years. would
write Il letter to their old home paper
and make especially prominent this
low rate to various points IN Oregon,
the advertising received would he Of
wonderful benefit to Oregon
Inquiries betug received Ivy tho ore
ron Development League Al their
Portland office, cover all Kinds OF
questions, Many prosperous farmers
in Iowa, Kansas and other states, want
to know how they can properly invest
nvo thousand dollars to ten thousand
dollars, others desire small tracts OF
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-03
AMONG THE MISSING
Hundreds Disappear Every Year
in the City Of New York.
LEAVE NO CLUE BEHIND
One Person Out Of Every Ten Thou
sand in New York Vanishes Never
to Return-Many Foundings
Unclaimed.

NEW YORK, Feb, 2,-"Enrolled in
the city's army Of lest and missing, Z"
that was the fate Of 425 persons in
New York, the city Of mysteries, last
year. One and all they vanished never
to be heard of again, and vanished in
the most commonplace manner, SIM
ply stepping out of their houses, offices
or hotels in the most commonplace
way in the majority of cases, and fall
ing either to return or to leave any
clew whatever behind them. In the
last decade this list which is increas-
ing each year totallei enough TO popu-
late a fair sized western town. To the
question Where do they CO." there Is
only the grim reply of the police, "Oh
some kill themselves, some start life
over somewhere else, some sneak back
after a few years an dive in secrecy,
and some-why, nobody knows what
becomes of them. They just disap-
pear" According to these figures one
person out Of every 10000 in New York
vanishes never to return, a rather start
ling percentage. Coupled with these
figures are others hardly less interest
ing, which show that out Of total of
2,213 children found by the police dur
ing the year, 446 or about 90 per cent,
were never claimed OF the 372 bodies
found during 1905, only 11S were in
Identified, the remaining 254 remaining
unknown" SO from the ranks Of the
young, the old, and the dead, the past
year in New York furnished nearly l.
900 mysteries in which the chief char
acter either disappeared or was never
made known by Identification. Less
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-03
Corvallis Passenger Leaves the
Track At Nc Coy Station.
THIRTEEN WERE INJURED
Train Going at Low Rate Of Speed Is
Wrecked-cause Of Accident Is Not
Known, But investigation Is
Being Made.

PORTLAND, Feb. 2.-As result or
the derailment of the Corvallis pas
senger train, No. ., on the Southern
Pacific. one mile north Of Mccoy, at
II o'clock Yesterday morning, 13 per-
sons were injured, two Of these Sc
riously. The train left here at I
O'Clock yesterday morning and the
cause of the accident has not yet been
determined. Special trains carrying
rhvsicians and nurses were dispatched
to the scene Of the wreck and the in
jured taken care Of.
Division Superintendent L. R. Fields
left for the scene today AMI wired back
a list of the injured, which is as fol-
lows: J. r. HuntIey Independence,
right arm hurt; Mrs. Zadee Handy
Kelso. Wash. seriously; f. v Cum
ningham, Pullman, WASH nand
bruised; Mrs. Cunningham, hand
bruised; H. T. Freeman, Portland,
shoulder bruised; Mary r. Sparks, AL
banv. seriously; Pierce McCloskey'
mail clerk, back hurt; f. y. BurweIl'
mail clerk, right hand and shoulder
bruised: c. A. Mende, Carlton, Ore,
leg hurt; Andrew Clay, Portland
shoulder hurt; N. C. Nylander news
agent, arms bruised ]. L. Braden, ex-
press messenger, head bruised and
hands cut, and Ben Scholfield, Cornell
ius, hand bruised.
The train, which was made up OF
five cars, three Of which contained
messengers. and all turned over after
leaving the track. A stove turned
over in one car and wOman's dress
became ignited, but the fire was SUD-
dued before doing material damage
Doors of the cars were jammed be-
cause Of the derailment and it became
necessary to batter them down before
the imprisoned passengers could get
ont The equipment did not suffer
nuch and the cars later were llfted
to the track and taken to Corvallis
A broken rails is one reason assigned
for the mishap, while others contend
the rails spread, but strict investi-
cation is being carried on by super
intendent Fields. The train was not
travelling at high speed, which ac-
counts for the absence Of more serious
injuries.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-03
GIVES MlLLloNAlREs MONEY.
Awards Over Quarter Million TO Swed =
ish Millionary Society.

ABILEN, Kan. Feb Judgment
given today for s26o.00O In the district
court here by the transcript from the
Illinois Courts against Peter Anderson
Of Chicago. the klondlkc millionaire
I'm favor OF Nett Hultberg, represent
Ing the Swedish Mission Society. An
derson was It's missionary when h
FOUND the gold mine which enriched
him and the society alleges that Il
owns the field. It will try TO secure
$50, 600 worth Of Land In this county
II the Supreme cour, anlrms the Jndg-
mcnt.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-03
'''' HUNTING FOR TROUBLE.

I've lived in California 20 years and
and am still hunting for trouble in the
way Of burns, sores, wounds, ooils
cuts. sprains, or case Of piles that
Rucklen's Arnica Salve won't quickly
cure" writes Charles walters, Of Allie
ghany, Sierra Co. No use hunting Mr
Walters: it cures every case, Guar
anteed nj Chas. Rogers drug store. CSC
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-03

than one-dfth OF the disappearanceS
can be lead to the door of mental un-
soundness. No one knows the reason'
no one ever knows the explanation,
But every year new hundreds are adj
ded to the city's army Of lost, missing
and unidentified
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-03
Spring Rates on Railways for
West-Bound Tourists.
ALL HANDS ARE INTERESTED
Means the Bringing OF Thousands OF
Good People TO the Whole North
west with a Share to Oregon
and TO Astoria,


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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20
THE OHIO A
LUSTY YOUTH
Located Since the First Of the
Year and It Is Now
Fine Showing.

jain Nassau and Patrick Quinlin,
who, with Arthur Phillips of Spokane,
own the Ohio group of mining claims.
joining the American Eagle mine,
brought some fine samples of their ore
to the Office of the Mining News for
exhibition last Saturday. The rock,
which we were told was not picked,
showed free gold, and the owners of
the property expect average assays win
run between $50 and $1OO. Some ore
was sent Saturday to an assay office In
Spokane.
The Ohio is new property, it having
been located and christened since the
first of the year. A tunnel has been
run 100 feet on the ledge and the face
shews five feet Of ore.
Mr.. Phillips, one of the owners; made
visit to the property two weeks ago,
and expressed himself as being pleased
with the showing. He is a man who
has had great deal of experience in
mining in Alaska, British Columbia and
other places. incidentally, Mr.. Phillips
thinks Elk City district is all right, and
he is glad that he has been able to get
in on a property here at this time. He
Il
favorable mention from experts anc
engineers than any otner district he
knows of, indicating that attention will
be drawn this way this summer.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20
MORE ABOUT MCDONALD.
Brother Writes of the Tragedy Near
Barton, Vermont.

The Mining News has received a let
ter from R. D. Mcdonald, at Boston,
relative to his brother, Dan Mcdonald,
who died on train near Barton, Yer
mont, in February. Part of the letter
il as follows:
''The Boston Herald printed the news
on February %, saying man commit
ted suicide on the Montreal express at
Barton, Vermont, by cutting his throat
with a pen knife, having an envelope in
his pocket addressed ID. A. Mcdonald, ,
written in ink. Under this was
American Telephone & Telegraph Co., ,
written with lead pencil. This company
l have worked for the past thirteen
years. AS the description answered my
brother SO well, and having the COM
pany's name l work for on the enve-
lape, 1 thought to make inquiries.
called by telephone and asked the auth
critics at Barton abodt 1T. then went
to Barton, and when had identified the
body sent for my sister and brother in
Boston. We brought the body tc
Boston for burial.
1--WE had not heard. from Dan fol
eight years. Then l nlst by accident g
man by name of VIM. Wiley, who gave
me his address and he wrote a couple
of letters.
my parents are in Nova Scotia.
have notified them, but did not let then
know the cause of his death, as it woult
probably be the cause of their death.
Dan left home when he was rnde
18 years old, and would never go bacl
unless he had money to live independ
emily of everyone after. He did no
have to leave home as he had com
Portable hbme. But when young bo
he had the idea of getting riches il
mining and seeing the world.
II Barton, Vermont, is 219 miles fror
Boston, about six hours ride on tn
train.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20

John Ross, Aged 65 Years. Has Ter
rible Experience on Salmon River.

!, Dixie, April 16-Special to Mining
News-John Ross, a well-known pros
pector and miner of this district, was
lost for three days in the wild country
along salm0n river last week, and it is
the indomitable will Of the veteran only
that enabled him to live through the
terrible experience and be able to tell
his friends about it.
Mr.. Ross is familiar with a great
scope of country around Dixie. He has
been living on the Joe Eakin ranch on
Salmon river, 81 miles from here. The
trail from here to the Eakin ranch has
been travelled but little the past winter,
and while on his way to this place Mr..
Ross lost his bearings. For three days
and nights he waded through snow
which at times was waist deep, and had
no food of any kind, and not any
matches with which t6 start a fire to
dry his clothes and rest during the night.
It is narrowing tale that Mr.. Ross re-
lates, how hunger, worry and fatigue
would nearly bear him down and ther
hope and courage would gain the mast
cry. Several times he sank exhausted
it was battle of strehgth and courage
against time and the physical require
ments of the body, and one with little
less determination yyould have failed
A binding snow STORM added to the lost
mans difficulty and discomfort, wettine
his clothes and obscuring the way.
Mr., Ross reached Dixie the evening
of the, fourth day of his wandering, will
scarcely strength enough to explain tn,
cause of his haggard' appearance. H
is now at the hotel here and will requir
long rest before starting back to hi
home on the Salmon, river.
Mr.. Ross is e5yeaIA of age, and hi
experienfe was less Favorable thsn tina
of number of younger men who wer
lost in the Salmon river country, an
died.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20
Some Instances In Which Great
Savings Can Be Made.
TAKING THE ORE OUT
Means to Be Provided to Facilitate the
Handling.

Among the lesser problems of
mine administration which often
does not receive the attention of
which it is deserving is the ques-
tion of getting rock out of the
mine after it is broken down. In
mines operated through a shaft
the possible capacity will be that
of the hosting apparatus, but
even here it will be found in
many cases that economies can
be secured in getting rock to the
station and the same will apply
where surface connections are
made entirely through tunnels,
Says Butte Mining Review.
Where the ore is of the jewelry
store variety, of course, the main
considerations will be those that
| tend to its security, and the cost
of handling will not be a large
factor, but where, as in the case
of the great majority of actual
workings, the success of opera
tions depend upon realizing a
small profit on each ton of ore
taken out, it is important that
this cost be reduced in every pos
, sible way, and the nearer auto
| matte the operations of getting
, out the rock become, the better
| is the chance for the credit being
on the right side of the balance
sheet. The shovel, Where i'm
. NECESSARILY used, is one of the
biggest enemies to profitable
mining and many good PROPOSE
tions have had the profits SHOW
: eled out of the ore for lack of
> proper planning in the arrange
> ment of chutes. Illy-constructed
: chutes frequently cause Irritating
+ and expensive delays through
their tendency to choke up or
$ run away" The time lost in
: clearing poorly built ehutes, some
t times it even beinG, necessary to
't blast the chicken material, would
n itself figure a tidy little sum in
the years expense account. To
IS this should frequently be added
; secondary losses, which are in
y themselves of serious moment,
IN due to the failure to keep the ore
y supply up at the mill, the block
a. aiding of the Slopes, etc. 1t is
e. probable that any Of the patent
l chute gates, number of gooC
h makes of which are on the mar
Mt ket, would Quickly pay for them.
'e selves in time saved where any
IN considerable amount of ore o.
to waste is being loaded into cars
Such conveniences are often re
or garded as luxuries and an un
a necessary 'soddling of car nrgh i
We Where ground is being broken il
ie drifting and tunnel Slopes a grea
deal of time can be Saved il
muSking by shooting the dir
Id Id onfcs steel slick sheets or plat
fortls and any mans time who j
er worth employing at all can b
ck much better utilized than in hay
ID ing him shoveling from a roug
10 % bottom when this is not neces
ov sary.
in Poorly built tracks are anothe
expensive luxury for the opera
'm ton, besides being dangerous fo
he
j 81
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20
MINING NEWS IN BRIEF
FROM NEARBY DISTRICTS

central Idaho, and, particularly Idaho
county, is a mineral region that
possesses real merit. The company
from which the letter c5mes has ex-
pended several thousands Of dollars in
constructing private roads, but the
writer states the improvement of the
public road-the main channel leading
from the base of supply to the field of
operation-is of vastly more Importance
to the companies and the district as a
whole.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20
Great Difficulties That Are En-
countered By Engineers.
ARE NO SET RULES
COMMON Sense, Skill, Judgment and Ex-
perience the Only Guide.

Anyone who has had an ex-
tended field experience in examin-
ing mining properties must have
realized that Mature abhors a
straight line" and can not be CO.
creed by any hard and fast rules,
whether they be laid down by
text books, or, by the imagination
or dictates of those whose expert
ences are limited to the labora-
tory, the class room or the bust
ness desk, says Denver Mining
Reporter.
Parties at a distance may re-
quest an engineer to examine and
report on a property, giving him
exact information according to
certain requirements Of theirown,
for example, the number of
tons of coal in a large coal prop
erty, or the number of tons and
value of ore said to be in sight"
in a metal mine. Such parties
have often little conception of the
actual difficulties of the field, and
the impossibility of fulfilling such
requirements other than. approx
mately. Take for instance a
L large, undeveloped coal property,
covering several square miles; a
statement is required of the
number of tons in it per square
mile or square acre. This would
be an easy matter if a coal region
consisted of a series of perfectly
uniform horizontal strata, and the
coal seams throughout were of
regular thickness and steady con-
tinuity, and the area one easy to
walk over and map. Instead, the
engineer often finds an intensely
rugged region cut up by steep
walled canons With the bottoms
full of snow, the hills above SO
rugged as to be next to inaccess-
ible, coal seams poorly exposed
here and there and at long inter
walls apart; seams, varying in
thickness and in other character
istics every half mile or less, OF
in some places wanting altogether
or entirely covered up by brush
and debris. Added to this ir
winter there may be snowstorms,
and, in summer, intense heat anC
lack of water for camping pur-
poses. The utmost that the engi
neer can accomplish in such &
region is a general and approx
mate report, especially as to the
probable amount of available coal
In the case of metallic mines
the difficulties are also consider
able. The ever-changing thick
ness of the veins and the varying
quantity and value of the or
from level to level in mine
make the estimating Of so callet
''ore in sight" an extremely diff
cult such as is little realizes
except by those who have been il
tie field and tried it. No castirol
or book-rule will hold. Book
may give useful suggestions, bu
in the examination of every kim
Of mining property a wide margin
; must be allotted to the common
sense, skill, Judgment, efperiensc
aha ,adaptability of the enginee
4 to ever-changing conditions.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20
Committee is Organized.

In order that the committe may be in
shape to do more effective work an
organization has been perfected. Frank
Hye is chairman, G. 1. Porter is secre-
tary and G. L. L. Baskett is treasurer.
The subscription may be paid at any
time to MIR. Basket, or any other mem
ber Of the committee, and the sub
scriber will receive receipt for the
amount given.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20

Sr.B. Lane,left Thursday on "a
business trip to Grangeville and
Lewiston.
j. H. Schworer, the ,frapper %
the Middle Fork, was in camp
Friday and Saturday t9 make hts
third shipment of hides for the
present season. Mr.. .lSchworer
hasa shipped, in all. ABOUT two
hundred hides this season, con-
sistipg of lynx, otter. weasel, fox,
marten and cougar. His trap
line is over pne hundred miles in
length and he has built. several
cabins along the routs. He
ships to a firm in st. Louis.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20
Companies, Prospectors and Miners
Unite in the Good Work.
HALF THE SUM IN SIGHT
Everybody Recosnizes the Need and
are Anxious to Do fbsir Part.


# the goodi, i,tS' will and assurances sur Of
financial assistance that have come to
the executive. committee of the road
improvement league the past week from
heads of mining companies operating in
these districts is any criterion, it is safe
to say that the state appropriation will
be met in full by popular subscription,
and that $l2, 900 will be expended in i'm
proving the Sites, Elk City, orOgrande
and Dixie roads the coming summer.
The Committee has been encouraged
greatly by the way subscriptions and
pledges have poured j the, past week,
from local residents and interested part
les living at distance: 1t was thought
a week ago that the local subscription
papers carried about as great amount
as it would be possible to raise here, but
the committee has been happily sur
prised by the increase that has been
made. Parties whom it was thought
could not be reached owing to the short
time in which to raise the money, heard
of the good work under way, and have
added their names to the roll of honor.
A number who had already subscribed
have increased their amount; others
have signifed an intention to do the
same, and many who do not feel that
they can afford cash subscription at
this time of year, have promised cash
or It's equivalent some time in the near
future. When the local subscription is
finally, made up the contribution will
show a greater per capita than that
from any other district, and much of it,
too, will come from people who have
only a wage-earner's interest in the
mining. districts that are to be directly
benefited by the improved roads. If
the gateway points-Lewiston. Sites,
Grangeville, Harpster and Clearwater
are awake. to their interests and will
show the, same public spirit that has
been shown by the laborers in the
mountain districts, the road fund will
lack only what is now expected from
the county and some of the big mining
companies in meeting the appropriation
made by the state.
Companies to Cooperate.
The correspondence sent, out by /, the
committee to the, head offices havt
hardly had time to receive the attention
they deserve, and, some haye not :;any
more than reached their destination
However, the committee has keart
from company whose head Office. is il
Spokane, and they give great encourage
mept. The writer states that a. .goot
road Will do more for the Idaho count,
mines than any other thing that he cal
think of. He recognizes the fact tha
better means of communication vii
tend to reduce the expense of operating
here; that it will facilitate the handling
of freight at all times of the year, and
in short, the expenditure of s12, 900 O
the road by the state and the peopl
viii, prove to, that portion of the minin
world unfamiliar With the facts tina