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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-17

The time has come when gold Is an
article of manufacture, reminds Sue
cess Magazine, There are practically
exhaustless tracts of rock and soil in
which gold is being produced in enor-
nous quantities with absolute elimi-
nation of risk. I shall briefly consider
two typical Instances of gold manufac-
ture either one OF which is sufficient
to doom gold as medium of ex-
change.
In 1874 the discovery of the great
est deposits OF gold in all history was
made known. This was in the Wit
watersrand district OF the Transvaal
of South Africa. Compared with II
the famous Comstock mines were
nothing. Not until recent years has
1t been possible to go ahead in the
extraction of the billions in gold
which are scattered through the
rocks and soil of the Witwatersrand
1t required new processes, but science
and invention supplied them. Here
Is gold bearing reef 40 miles in
length, 20 miles In width, and in
which borings to a depth of $500
titles! How much gold is there in the
Witwatersrand? Hundreds, probably
thousands of billions of dollars of IT.!
The Witwatersrand conglomerate
cerries only the insignificant amount
of 10 pennyweights of gold to the ton,
but 1t runs uniform, therefore 1t Is
only q. question of machinery and la
Dor to determine the yield. Money
supplies the machinery and China
the labor. The annual production of
the Transvaal gold factories now ex-
ceeds s100, 900, and the record is
broken every month. If labor can be
had. there is no reason why the out
put should not reach half a billion a
year. and the rock can be worked for
centuries without making a serious
impression on its vast extent.
Not many years ago II was discov-
cred that all of the soil of the Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin valleys was
filled with gold. We will consider
what is being done in the Sacramento.
Fer hundreds of miles this river runs
through a broad valley of a width
| varying from 20 to more than 100
miles. When it became known that
gold was scattered through the soil
of this 10000 square miles of valley,
| capital called on science and inven-
| ton for assistance. The distant noun
tains were made to furnish water
power for electricity. Then there
was built floating gold factory at a
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-17

cost of s250,000. 1t took a position
near bank OF the river, and with It's
dredging appliances began to eat its
way into the soil. The mud and dirt
were carried over the huge scow, the
gold extracted, the taillngs were
dumped in the rear. Thus was wit
messed the strange sight of factory
crawling overland toward the distant
foothills. 1t rested in a canal of its
own making; 1t was run with electric
power generated by mountain
brook; 1t worked "a hours day with
three shifts of men; the amount OF
gold extracted was as uniform as the
thrust of its motors; its mine was an
ocean of mud, there was no more ro-
nance about its operation than there
is about a brick kiln, and yet that
$250,000 gold factory made a net
profit of 100000 the first year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-17
GENERAL NEWS.

Former President Grover Cleve-
band is again Ill at Princeton, y. Y.
cbut has not yet been forced to take
ITO his bed.
Bennington day, the anniversary OF
the Battle of Bennington, was OBJ
served as a legal holiday throughout
Vermont As usual on August Is.
Edward F.. Morgan has been ap-
pointed postmaster of New York city
to succeed Mr.. Wilcox. who resigned
to become a member OF the New York
city public utilities commission.
C. E. zerberger. a merchant of
Chicago, was shot and killed by two
robbers who entered his store. Ter
berger slashed them with his knife
until he was felled with bullets. One
OF the robbers was captured. but the
other is still at large.
The figures of the immigration Of
ficials show that the number Of I'M
migrants coming to this country dur
ing the year ending June 80, 1907,
was the largest in \the history of the
country. reaching 1,2s5,349. OF these
over 100000 landed In the port of
New York.
Juana Aristoa. pretty Spanish
girl, committed suicide by jabbing
herself In the abdomen at Fresno,
Cal. with blunt soldering iron. She
came from Spain two months ago,
and has been despondent ever since
her arrival.
Reports come from jefferson City,
Mo-. that Frederick Seymour, ("Lord
Barrington') will not go TO the gal
lows. to which fate he was sentenced
for the murder of James McGann.
Governor Folk has commuted his
sentence to life Imprisonment.
One hoy was killed in New York
and several persons injured, several
of them dangerously. when a Long
Island freight train struck n trolley
car 1T a crossing on Coney Island.
One woman and one man died in the
hospital as result of their injuries.
Theodore Olsen, former Danish
vice consul at Omaha, and once city
comptroller of Omaha, is missing and
It is alleged that his accounts with
the Danish government are short
$4,000 for estates that he handled as
trustee for the government OF Den
mark.
r. L. Mccormick, secretary of the
weyerhaeuser Timber company at
Seattle, has gone to st. Paul to have a
Dersonal talk with James j. Hill re-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-17
NORTHWEST NEWS.


Division superintendent ]. l. De-
force of the Northern Pacific, has as
ssured citizens of Yakima that, a new
depot will be placed there in the
spring.
Sullivan Downward of Wallowa,
was killed "Wednesday by fall from
horse. He was driving cattle when
he fell from his horse, his head strik-
ing a rock. He died instantly.
The police Of New York are
guarding the Italian church ef
Father Sorrentine to protect him
from the Black Hand threats made
unless $4,000 is deposited in cer-
tain place.
Lewiss Hall, who recently resign
ed as auditor of the Payette & Ida
no Ncsthern, has been succeeded
temporarily by B. E. Bonney of At
lanta, Idaho. Mr.. and Mrs. Hall will
later move to Vancouver.
The 10-year-old boy OF c. j.
Swift, n farmer living near Coifax,
Wash, is in the hospital with a bad
ly broken leg, the result Of jump
ing from the top of a 14-foot porch
while walking in his sleep.
The city council at lone has in
structed the marshal to inspect the
streets and alleys of the city, to keep
them clear of weeds and trash and
rubbish, and the owners of property
shall be notified II any such rubbish
be lying about, and will be required to
move II within five days time.
The body of Ariel Young, the g.
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Young, was found in an irrigation
ditch or Jesse Lloyd's farm near
Rexburg, Idaho. The child fell into
the main canal the day before, and
search wss continued for "a hours
before the body could be found.
Stella Stratham, the 11-year-old
daughter of George Stratham of
Hibbard. was accidentally shot and
killed Wednesday at the Stratham
home near Rexburg, Ida. She picked
up the revolver, and before she or
anyone knew it, 1t was discharged.
the bullet passing through her heart
Levi Magee. grand master of the
Grand Lodge of Idaho, l. o. o. F.,
1929, and one of the most promi-
nent Odd Fellows in the state, died
at his residence in Boise August G.,
1897, aged AZ years, II months and
22 days. He had been practically
confined to his room for almost three
years.
A man who refused to give his
name shot himself near Parma, Ida
no. He had been living off the
rarchers in the neighborhood of
Parama for a week. He acted queerly
and thought that many deputy sher-
iffs were after him. He has the
initials f. w. C. tatooed on his right
arm. lie may live.
The Northern Pacific railroad is
now pushing the work of replacing
the wooden railroad bridge across the
Wishka river, near Aberdeen, WASH,
with steel one. This bridge will be
135 feet In length and will cost be-
tween sl75,000 and 100000 A
crew Of between 40 and so men are
at work on the same.
On September the people of Eu-
gene will vote on the question of
bonding the city for 100000 to put
in municipal water plant, and from
present indications the bill will pass.
The Willamette Valley company has
claimed to pump It's water from a
well across the river, but recently it
became known that it uses river wa
ter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-17
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Hotel st. George.-Joe Basler. Long
Beach; Edwin Knowns, Portland: J..
A. Allison, Portland; Jesse Shaffin,
city; L. r. Catwell, Denver; r. L.
Giverns, Mango; H. F. Johnson, Hunt
ington; A. J. Mum, Los Angeles; A.
M. Brown, Portland; Mrs. F. w. Will
Hanson and daughter, San Francisco;
Ralph Kaufman, Ellensburg; o. M.
Numeister, Tacoma; Jake F. Stotz.
Omaha; r. r. Johnson. Echo; A. B.
Stanfield, Echo; Nose Meyers. Port
land; C. A. Scott. Portland; H. S.
Moody. Spokane; Bay Mitchell, Port
land; H. s. Coffman, Portland; C. r.
Wood, okesdale; w. A. Crank and
wife, city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-17
MANUFACTURE COLO.
PRODUCT is DOOMED AS
A MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE.

Eventually II VIII Become 80 Plenti-
full and Cheap That IL Cannot Be
Cornered by Manipulation OF FL
nances and Cannot Be Invested
With Fictitious value-It Is Pro-
duced Now in Quantities With All
Risks Eliminated.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-17

Hotel PendletOn-Thomas w. Cleg-
EFT, Vale; Francois E. Maithes; ]. A.
Cooke, San Francisco; J. w. Burgess,
Piloet Rock; F. w. Jackson, San
Francisco; ]. A. Martin, Portland; S.
A. Johns, Portland; Theodore Hill
dreth. Spokane; George E. Lilly,
Mt. Valley Junction; NJ. H. Patton,
Spokane; Ralph L. Shepard, Spokane; {;
F. Wilder, Portland; G. McCully,
Spokane; ]. C. Moore, Portland; ].
NJ. Henderson, Starbuck; Max Meyer,
Portland c. L. Moder, city; ]. Glas-
ser, Pasco; w. Wolff, San francisco;
Fanny B. Long, Boise; Marcella
Doyle, lewiston; George B. Blan and
wife; d. P. Knight, Walla Walla; ].
Sedore, Spokane.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-17

The services tomorrow will be
morning prayer with a celebration Of
the holy communion at II o'clock,
and evening prayer with sermon at s
o'clock. All are cordially invited.
Charles Quincy, rector.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-17
Churches s
South Methodist
Church OF the Retjeemer.

Preaching at the brick church Sun
day at ii a. m. F. N. Looney.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-17
Christian Science.

Eagle building. Sunday service, II
a. m. Subject, mind" Sunday
school, 10 a. m. Wednesday meeting,
p. M. Reading room same place,
open daily except Sunday from 2 to
4 p. m.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-17
DRAGGED UNDER A RAKE.
Guy Hobson Badly Hurt and May Not
Recover

The La Grande Observer says that
as a result of runaway accident
Guy Hobson of Summerville, is in a
critical condition, and grave fears are
entertained regarding his recovery.
He was raking hay on the Jim Chill
ders place, when the horses became
frightened and ran away. Mr.. Hob
son was thrown down In front of the
rake and was caught in the double
trees. He was dragged several hun
dred yards and sustained severe in
juries about the shoulder and chest.
AT O'Clock this afternoon there was
no apparent change in his condition.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-17

Some fellows seem to hustle so
much that they haven't time to do
anything.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-01-11
MORE ENTHUSIASM.

Wanted-In Hayre, Montana, a Ill
tie moro enthusiasm among the bust
ness men Of the city in order that
new industries may be encouraged TO
come here, and to promote, further
the better interests Of the hui>nc S
institutions Of the city.
1t appears to The Herald that there
is a spirit of letharSy which seems to
have taken 4 firm hold Of the bust
ness men Of I!ayre, to a large ex
tent and which needs shaking Off
Montana is bound 10 enjoy Il year Of
almost unparalleled progrc in 1907
and HaVre, one OF the best towns in
the state, should be awake to Ler IN
terests and be up and doing as are
other progressive cities Of the state
1t will be a point in fact along this
instance, IS going about things with
the proper spirit. The business mems
organization Of that city seems de
termined 10 push Iutte and to Cb-
tam all That is coming and II little
more to the city Of mining interests
and commercial activity. \ Minneso-
ia concern. the American I}iscuit COM
pany, has been attracted to Butte by
the hustle OF its business men. and
will put in a branch establishment in
that city which will mean more labor.
more people, more money for Butte.
This is htl a case in point ana the
Herald would like to SEE HAVE wake
up and set into line in the onward
march Of success. The Industrial
association of this city has been work.
ing along with luke-WaIm Interest,
with the exception If 4 few men who
attend regularly the meetings called
and who are inclined 10 do their Darr
in every way. Others fail TO attend
the meetings, and, in CONSEQUENCE
there is a sort of ha3f-heartodness in
the work that is not calculated 20
bring results. Hav"e needs more p>t-
pie here, it needs railroad shops, Il
hospital, and many other things which
will go to make il Il commercial CEN
ter of activity We need manufaciur-
les and Montana has 10 better point
of vantage, in a better territory, than
here, for almost any business e8tab-
lishmenr and manufacturing concern.
What We need is more enthusiasm and
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-01-11
IT LOOKS LIKE DIXON.

AS was intimated in the Herald of
last week, the senatorial aspirations
of Mr.. Mantle and Of Mr.. Garter for
him. were not wholly certain OF a hap
show on the part of the men sent there
as representatives of the common PEG
pie who are weary of the machine RUE
and bossism. The house republicans
went into caucus on the sixth and
gave E. w. King Of Bozeman a ma
iority Of IT votes over a. J. Bennett
of Virginia City for the speakerslip.
This is significant OF the sentiment
of the house, as the two candidates re-
presented the rival forces respective
ly. Mr. Mantle is credited with the
statement that this in no way will af-
feet the vote onthe senatorship, in his
opinion while Mr.. Dixon gave it as
his opinion that it had a significance
which pointed strongly towards his
Endorsement for the senatorship. In
a political battle such as is on i'll
this state for the senatOrship or in
fact any office, the first blow is con-
sidered the best blow and well it may
be. That there was lineup of rival
forces and that the Carter-Mantle ma
chine got bumped, is another concIu-
sive fact and any effort to repudiate
it only demonstrates the insincerity
Of the person or PERSONS doing so.
Mr.. Dixon has not captured the de-
sired honor, by any means. The fore
es which he as representing the COM
mon public Of Montana against the
machine are subtitle, cunning forces
and Oily Tom is Il very wise man at
the game Of politics. He knows the
ropes and how to pull them. But a
Waterloo comes to every Napoleon,
sooner on later and as III the case Of
Alex Mckenzie Of North Dakota and
the machine which las ruled the state
for years with ali iron hand. only to
meet defeat at last, it may be the be-
ginning Of the end with the machine
in Montana politics
The Herald as an independent
newspaper and a free moral agent, I'M
incumbereh by political pap or hope
of any, hopes to see Joe Dixon win
and belieI es that he will. With all
respect To MI Mantle, Dixon is the
man and Mr. Mantle is IN wrong
companF. That he would make good
senator, under ordinary circums ano-
es, is admitted That he is tie PFC
tege Of the one man who has welded
the scelter Of power in this state for
many Years and hates 10 let so, IS
another evident fact. Should j. g
Dixon WIN. it will he a credit to the
men who have gone to the legislature
with thcil eyes OPEN and they &i1l
reap the reward OF merit. from their
constituents.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-01-11

natural, over an invention which
threatens to rclegate them to Il sausage
factory
That was less than twenty years
ago. Today the New York Central
Railroad Company is cXpending $780,
100000 in the electrifcation of the first
tnlrty-tivc miles of its system, and the
car horses were long ago RELOCATED to
the boncyard, if not to the sausage
factory"
'They" have done marvellous things
since the increasing knowledge OF
electricity opened up Il now world Of
achievement. and we have scarcely
crossed the threshold. In 1880 the cleo
tric car was a dream; in 1890. an en-
pertinent; in 1900, a great and wonder
full fact which is rcvolutionizing pas
senScr transportation and will enable
human beings to move from place to
place twice as fast as they do at pres
emf
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-01-11

1t is evident that many gentlemen
of the state are attempting to steal
the Newman idea from Havre's pro-
gressive chief executive, but it won't
work. That suggestions offered by
Mayor Newman relative to boosting
Montana have been freely and flatter-
ingly complimented upon all over the
state and will probably be adopted, to
all intents and purposes, by the con-
vention Of business men who are to
meet in Helena on the goth of this
month
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-01-11

a machine to live circuit by mis-
take ana was greatly astonished to see
It begin to rotate. This reversibilitv
OF function was publicly demonstrated
for the first time at the Vienna e~nn
siti0n in 1878.
NOT until 1870 was the first electric
railway pub in operation, taking the
current from a dynamo, using a MOD.
ern motor and carrying passengers.
rms novelty was in operation at the
Berlin exposition and was mile and
tWo-thlrds, in length. The train CON
sisted Of small locomotive and three
small cars, capable of carrying TWEEN.
" people. It reached a speed of eight
miles an hour.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-01-11

! One Hundred Mile an Hour Electric Ira
ried two passengers ut Dover. New
! Hampshire.
Then the United States congress- be-
came interested. by special grants
Professor Page of Smithsonian insti-
tute was aided i'll the construction of
several forms of motors. One of them
was used as L locomotive and, driven
by Il battery Of one hundred Grove
elements, was tried ADri! %, 1851. on
a railroad running from WASHINGTON
to Biadensburg. \ speed of nineteen
miles an hour was developed, so great
that it destroyed the batteries.
Numerous other experiments fol-
lowed, all commercial failures because
the motors We're crude and the source
Of power Il primary battery. The de-
yelOpment of the wonderful mndnrn
dynamo was necessary before nloct,.ir
railroading could become 4 commercial
success. The first great step was in
1860, when an. italian named pacinot.
ii invented Il continuous current DIV.
namo. Three years later the FIRST
practical commercial machine for con-
tii""''' Current 'ptIdtlol was made
by GrAmmc.
Still the modern electric car WAS i'm.
possible. The ''reverSibiIity of func-
ton had vet TO be discovered, invol-
wing electrical transmission of nnorn,,
through two machines, one driven ~,
power and generating electricity: tho
Other reversing the operation. recciv-
ing electricity and developing me-
cnanical power
Like many other important discov-
cries, this is said to have been the "a.
suit of accident \ workman counlnl
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-01-11

thirty thousand miles of electric track
in the United States alone.
This change was not accomplished
without opposition, encouragement
and financial difficulties. Mr.. Sprague
hin self, who was SO potent a factor in
working this change. has told the story
of his first important contract. In the
spring of 1887, the Union Passenger
Railway company of Richmond, Va,
engaged him to build an electric rail
way. The first car was run out one
night while the skeptical people slept,
to make sure it could climb the hills.
1t started out in 4 blaze of glory and
ANONYMOUSLY was towed back again
by four big mules. But Sprague per
sisted until on Feb. .. 1883. in n
driZZling rain, the road opened for
business.
From that time forward the future
of electric railroading was assured and
events moved rapidly. City after city
adopted the new motive power; horse
cars became things of the past; in
terurban roads began to gridiron the
country everywhere. and in each in
stance commercial success was
scored, Electric interurban lines have
been money makers from. the start.
The greatest development has been
in the east; but the west is not far
behind. The Aurora. Elgin and Chi
ca@o Electric railway Ohe third-rajl
SYSTEM which has been in operation
several years. is famous. From one
central power station over two hun
dred miles Of road are onerated, or will
he as soon as the line to Belvdere is
comnlcted. Electricity at Wholesale is
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-01-11
FROM HORSE CAR
TO THE TROLLEY
Story of the Wonderful De-
velopment in Electric
Traction During the
Past Twenty
Years.
PASSING OF STEAM TRACTION
Gradual ELIMINATION of Distance
Through the Development Of
the Electric Locomotive
Chicago to New
York in Ten
PASSING OF STEAM TRACTION

| During the summer of 1887, there
appeared in the New York Sun the
following facetious news item:
They tried an electric car on
Fourth avenue yesterday. 1t created
an amount of surprise and consterna-
ton from Third st. to One Hundred
and Seventeenth st. that was some
thing like that caused by the first
steamboat Oh the Hudson Small boys
yelled "dynamite!' and 'ratsr and
nade similar appreciativc remarks I'M
til they were hoarse. Newly appointed
policemen debated arresting it, but
went no further. The car horses
which were net on the other track
kicked without exception, as was
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-01-11

sold to cities and villages along the
route for lighting purposes; electricity
for power is sold to farmers. Trains
Of elegant cars run into Chicago at a
speed which would have seemed i'm
possible a few years ago. Passengers
wave good bye to steam trains on a
parallelng railroad, which they pass
easily. A parlor and dining car is one
o. the luxuries which the suburbanites
enjoy going to and from the city, and
the railroad seems a veritable gold
mine for its owners.
The horse car has long since disap-
peared Will the iron horse. the great.
steam locomotive, be supplanted also?
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-01-11

Windsor. Canada: Appleton. Wis: Port
Huron, Mich: Scranton, Pa, and
Montgomery. Ala. In the autumn of
1884 Frank l.. Sprague whose name
is inseparahly connected With electric
traction, began to attract attention
with his motors.