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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-23
BY ARTHUR DUNN.

The first mining reporter in Cali.
fornia was the celebrated Hakluyt
publicity agent to Sir Francis Drake,
who, when this continent was yet an
uncertain quantity, wrote in his his
tory exploiting he greatness OF that
distinguished visitor near San Fran
cisco bay
There is no part Of the earth here
to be taken up wherein there is not
reasonable quantity Of gold and
silver"
II will not avail to denounce him as
fraud and fabricator three hun
dred and thirty-five years after his
fancy tried to boost realty values on
the Pacific, nor will it benefit US
much to equip with gumdrops and
pursue the path Of frozen fact. for, IL
we do, we shall learn that Marshall
was not the first discoverer of gold in
California, and thus shatter another
Of our cherished traditions. So let US
raise the monument to the miner Of
the millrace, and give glory to those
men Of might who so loved adventure
that they were lured from the COM
forts Of civilization to prepare the
way for the throngs that were to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-23
On the Trail of Gold in FOrty-Nine
Historical Sketch Of the Early
FeHfo SomeA

mentioning 1t casually to workmen in
this simple fashion:
Boys, / think I've found a gold
mine." but his hearers informed him
that there was no such luck"
This momentous event happened in
January 184s. Marshall himself fix
ed the date as between the 1920"
which gave rise. quite naturally, to
the belief that 1t necessarily was the
18th. But Marshall was not at all
certain, nor was he usually accurate,
so the historians have fixed upon
January 25th as the date Of discovery.
The genuineness Of the gold, how
ever, was not attested for some time,
and it was not until March that Isaac
Humphrey was shown some Of II at
San Francisco. He had had mining
experience and he posted off imme-
dlately to Coloma, although friends
70 whom ne impaired the secret OF
the find refused to place credsnce In
Il and would not abandon the enter
prise that was then under way--to
send a messenger overland to the
east, with copies Of the California
Star containing Fourgeaud's Pros
poets Of California" The purpose OF
this expedition was to attract emil
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-23

ramento valley. He declared II Mar
shal's flakes and pebbles were gold
he had ample on his ranch. John
Bldwell, one Of the sturdy members
Of the Bartletson party of al, who
was clerk to Sutter, Joined the for
tune seekers. and had band OF In
Clan retainers washing the sand for
him, The news spread rapidly. The
pursuit had begun.
There is an underground" that car
ries the news of a gold discovery to
the farthest quarters Of the universe,
seemingly as swiftly and as surely as
wireless watts the news from sea to
shore. News Of Marshalls discovery
reached the Atlantic seaboard and
Europe. Men laughed at the absurd
report emanating from that God for
saken country at the end Of no
where" | once saw a $40 gold piece.
absolutely mint perfect, offered for
sale for $l9.75, and prospective pur-
chasers actually bit the coin in an ef-
fort to test its genuineness only to re-
ject the offer scornfully. So 1t must
have been, in those days with the re-
port Of great riches existing in the re-
gion beyond the range Of civilization's
telescope. The first official notice Of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-23

grants to this section and the ac-
counts glowingly predicted a wonder
full agricultural future for the terri
tory, but very little mention is made
OF gold. Rather did the author an
nOunce that every precious metal was
to be found, employing language sim
liar to that used by writer's Of pros
pectuses years after when new spe-
cles OF mining promoter was abroad
in the land.
Marshall and Sutter had endeavor-
cd to keep secret the discovery Of
gold not because Of desire to cor
ner" the output so much as a wish to
complete their mill before the work
men should go seeking the precious
metal on their own account. Silence
may be golden, but Sutter could not
keep the secret Of his gold, and him
self wrote 1t to friends at distant
points; and he sent Charles Bennett,
who was Marshall's assistant, to
Monterey in an effort to gain title to
a district OF land twelve miles square
which he had negotiated with the In
dians Bennett was cautioned against
speaking of the gold, but he had no
sooner reached Benica, then the first
city in California, than he disputed
the value Of the coal discovery near
Mount Diablo and proudly brought
forth some Of the gold nuggets he had
gathered near coloma, displaying
them with the remark Here Is
something that will change all Cali
fornia; will bring thousands here and
build great cities This is gold and
the country is full Of IT," II was nat
ural for men to excuse his extiber-
arce on the ground that he was pc
ouliar" and none paid the slightest
attention to his remark. He went on
his way to Monterey. where his err
rGnd met with failure, for II was not
within the power of the military COM
mander to make land grants in a ter
ritory under only nominal possession
Of the United States, Here Bennett
again cQnfided his secret" to Off
GERS and soldiers alike, and then
moved on to san Francisco. Here he
learned Of Humphrey, who had been
a gold miner in Georgia, and eagerly
showed him the gold When Hum
rhrey arrived at the mill he found
that everybody was washing for gold
and meeting with good success. Then
came Pearson B. Reading, owner Of
a large ranch at the head Of the Sac
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-23
come and build a new empire.

come and build new empire.
California has been producing gold
ever since l775. That is recorded
fact. Whether there were earlier
Mexican miners than those who found
the placers OF the Colorado river. his
tory is silent. but we are informed
with a nicely as to detail, that sill
yer ore vein was uncovered in 1909
at Ollzal, in the district Of Monterey.
In 1888. h1ty-nine years after the ar
rival OF the Franciscan friars and the
establishment OF the first mission
placer mining had been done for
twenty years. Then. on May I, 1885
Thomas o. Larkin, United States Con-
Fi; al Monterey took official sogni-
zance Of repeated rumors Of the ex-
istence of mineral wealth in Califor-
MIA. Writing to James Buchanan
then secretary Of state, he said;
There is no doubt that gold. silver
quicksilver, copper, lead, sulphur and
coal mines are to be found all over
California. and Il is equally doubtful
whether, under their present owners,
they will ever be worked"
Mr.. Larkin may be commended for
his sagacious suggestion that the Uni
ted States take over California;
whether the state department looked
upon the rainbow in the west in its
negotiatlns with Mexico can only be
conjeotured, but we know that Cali
fornia became American territory
shortly after Mr.. Larkin wrote to Sec
retary Buchanan.
Now, James W. Marshall was not
a miner. He was a carpenter, and
came TO General Suffers ranch from
Oregon. He took up some land along
Butte creek. stocked it with cattle,
and was then called away on ac-
count Of the Mexican war. During
his absence his ranch was looted,
and when he returned he was obliged
again to enter the service OF Sutter.
Sutter and he agreed to build a saw
mill for lumber, Marshall superin-
tending the work and sharing in the
profits, and Sutter providing the me-
cessary money He located the mill
site AT a place to which was given the
name Culuma, after Coloma, and
while walking along the millrace he
noticed specks of what he believed to
be gold. He was not certain of the
value Of his discovery and, indeed,
took II In a matter-o manner
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-23

the instruction in agriculture which
the pupil receives at school, and a
record of the results OF which will
be faithfully kept and turned In to
the teacher at the conclusion Of the
project At school the pupils exer-
cises in arithmetic, spelling, English,
geography, etc, are so directed that
the value Of these subjects IN practi-
cal life Is made clear For example,
in the language lessons, the pupil
may be asked to write out the meth
Cd which he used In testing milk
with Babeoek tester, special empha-
sis being placed upon the need for
making the meaning absolutely clear.
In the same way the records obtain
ed from COW testing may be used as
exercises in arithmetic and the pupil
asked to compute the total yield OF
butter fat, itA money value. and the
estimated profit from any given dairy
herd.
In the supplement Of the bulletin Is
contained a number OF sample score
cards designed TO assist the teacher
in rating agricultural exhibits which
the pupils should be encouraged to
make. The new bulletin Is designed
especially for rural school teachers In
the northern states.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-23

a man we knew once decided that tire manu-
"a facturers were all bunch of thieves and
= robbers. Another $4,000 tire had gone to
pieces and he had just been politely turned down
by the tire dealer who told him again chat tires
carry only an implied life of $500 miles" Also
that he couldn't do a thing for him.
When he drove out of the garage Mr.. Motorist
accidentally backed right through a large plate
glass window which cost $125.00 The tire dealer
gasped, but said nothing. He knew the mOtorist
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-23

the find was sent by the ever watch
full Larkin to the authorities at Wash
ington, where II was received in the
middle Of September. The New York
Herald printed some of these dis
patches, and they attracted wide at
tention. Some Of the yellow journ-
elists of the day chat was before
Outcault's Yellow Kid was invented
by George Palmer, sometime sailor
OF San Francisco) INDUCED their fan
cies to a remarkable degree The
New York Journal of Commerce pub
lished the following. dated at Monte
rey:
Il know Of seven men who worked
seven weeks and two days on the
Feather river; they employed on an
average fifty Indians and got in these
seven weeks and two days, two hum
dred and seventy-five pounds Of pure
sold. l know the men. and have
seen the gold; so stick a pin therel"
Such lively tale was certain to ex-
cite men, and this statement, greatly
embellished, was given wide publicity
throughout the east. When Lieuten-
ant l. Loeser Of the third artillery
reached Washington by way of Peru
and New Orleans, carrying a small
a-caddy containing $4,000 worth Of
sold, the nuggets were exhibited in
the war department. and the president
OF the United States took official no
tice Of the new Ell Dorado in a mes
sage to the congress. So II was not
difficult for sixty-one vessels, aver
aging fifty passengers each, to sail
between December 14th and January
18th from the Atlantic seaboard to
round Cape Horn. In February, fifty
more vessels sailed from New York,
seventy from Philadelphia and Bos-
ton. and eleven from New Bedford.
Up to the spring Of 1850, two hundred
and fifty vessels had actually cleared
the Atlantic seaboard for san Fran
cisco and it is recorded that forty
five vessels arrived in San Francisco
bay in one day. And the news had
spread in Peru and expeditions out
fitted there; Chinese, inveterate gam
blers, came chattering and tabering
from their crowded cities; the gov
ernment lottery at Manila virtually
was abandoned for the greater gam
ble with fortune in the new world.
The Japanese heard the news with
indifference, One man set sail for
the Sandwich Islands in whaleboat
in August 1S4S, to come to the land
of riches.
Throughout the world trade was
stimulated or stagnated as the tide Of
emigration temporarily affected vari-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-23
He Cot Revenge

had got revenge The motorist allowed that
accidents will happen7-and the dealer paid
for the new glass.
It's aggravating to go on buying tires that fall
down in service. But why do it?
Ajax tires are guaranteed in writing for 5000
miles. With each tire you buy you get definite
pledge of service, not merely promise.
And you save SO to SIS every time you get an
Ajax tire, because you are assured of 439d more
anticipated mileage.
Insist OH Ajax tires.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-23

Confined on page eighteen,)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-23

HOME LIFE AND HOME STUDIES
CONTINUED from Page 10.)
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-07-09
WHITING.

L. \. Webster is home from the West
for few weeks.
j. p. Hoyt of Middlebury college will
occupy the pulpit in the Congregational
church during the summer.
Mrs. f. \. Hack of Brandon has or
ganized her music class for the summer
and is in town from Wednesday noon
until Thursday afternoon.
The Ladies Aid society met with
Mrs. Frank Williams last week. a fine
time was reported and work for the sea-
SON was arranged.
Miss Nellie Daniels is home from
Brockton. Mass. where she is teaching,
for her summer vacation.
Tuesday, July 6, was Field Day in
this town. People fIom this and adj
joining towns met and witnessed ball
game between Whiting and Sudbury
Juniors. which resulted in a victory for
Whiting. score % to 5. There were
two games in the afternoon; one
Whiting and Hubbardton. score to g..
in favor of Whiting, and Cornwall
against Orwell, score to l, in favor of
Cornwall. There were several running
races, also peg races for both men and
women, and horse back races. Ice cream
ana ltInOnaue were on sale, ana picnic
dinner at the hall. All seemed TO enjoy
the day. After the Grange meeting in
the evening the young people had the
hall for dance, which was quite well
attended.
Miss E,tella Taylor has gone to Silver
Lake for few weeks
Myron Taylor of Brandon is at his
uncle ;, w. +. Tay for the summer.
Rev. r l. Caster went Monday to
Pusford sauatorium. Mrs Caster is in
Rutland for few days.
Rev, w a. Dawson, ID. D., secretary
ot the Baptist State convention. will oc
cupy the Baptist pulpit SUNDAY morn
my, July II. DR., Davsoh's many
Friends will wish to be present and hear
him.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-07-09
LEICESTER.

Miss Sara Horton is visiting her moth
er, Mrs lone Horton, for several days
Miss Beatrice Sturtevant Of Schenec-
tady, y. y, is spending the week at her
uncle'-. Carl Wiliam.'-.
Austin johnson went to Ripton the
first of the week and engaged Frank
Mills t. work for him during the re-
malnder of the season.
Mrs. Ben. Fayler. who has been ill for
some time j. much improved.
Miss Louise Hall is still confined to
her bed
Mrs. V. Narcotics, who has been the
guest Of her daughter Mrs. Edward
Mohan. has returned to her home in
Bressee's Mills.
Mr. and Mrs y. H. Jennings have
been the guests recently of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Eldridge in Middebury.
Mrs. B. c. Fiske of Worcester. Mass,
who is visiting her sister, Mrs. Fletcher
d. Proctor in Proctor, accompanied by
her brother, George Robinson of Rut-
land, were guests last Sunday of Mrs.
Fiske
Miss Mary Davenport of Brooklyn,
n. Y. has opened her cottage for the
summer Miss Davenport has for her
home guest Miss Despard, also of Brook
Ign.
Mrs. Georgana Bachelor and sons,
Masters Donald and Joseph. have re-
turned after "a weeks stay as guests of
Miss Bessie Sessions al her cottage at
Lake Dunmore.
Miss Mary Kelly and niece, Miss Kath-
rine Beechard of Troy, and Dennis
Bump of Rutland are spending some
time at Mrs. Melvin Ayers
Mrs. lone Horton and daughter, Miss
Sara. are entertaining for several days
Miss Cecilia Walsh Of Brandon and
Frank Horton of Glastonbury, Conn.
Mrs Judson Stevens and Mrs. Frank
Parker of Cornwall we're over-Sunday
guests OF their sister, Mrs. Linda Frost.
Mr., and Mrs. Carl Williams motored
to Fort Edward, y. Y. last Saturday and
returned on Monday They were Wis
itors at the home of William Cahee
Mrs. Willlamss brother
Harry Morse and sister, Miss Exie,
entertained at a picnic in honor of their
home guests at Lake Dunmore on Mon
day.
Miss Leona Allard has returned from
Charles Johnson's and has gone to the
home of Eugene Newton in Salisbury.
Miss Florence Doner of Crown Point,
\. Y, who has been the guest of her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs Andrew Doner for
ten days, has returned.
Harry Morse has been on an extended
trip since his school closed, visiting
through the southern part of the State
and also through Massachusetts,.
The Alden home opens on Friday for
the season. The Ilsleys and friends are
expected to arrive from Brooklyn on
that day.
Melvin Aver, who has been a great
sufferer for six months, departed this
life on Friday night, July . The
funeral was held from St. Mary's church
in Brandon on Monday morning.
Friday morning a telegram was re-
ceived from Hewett Arnold in Meeker,
Colorado. announcing the death of their
only daughter, Ella, of tetanus. At this
writing none of the particulars of the
death have been received
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-07-09
WEYBRIDGE,

The cantata Ruth" was given in the
town hall on the evening of the 9Th
by local talent The several parts were
taken IN a highly cre ditable manner
The young ladies decorated the stage
very nicely, much to the surprise and
pleasure of the management. After the
cantata ice cream and cake were served.
The proceeds approXimated $40, which is
for the new library fund
The Fourth passed off very quietly
here Many from here motored to Bur
lngton and other places to spend the
day.
Mayor j. A. Harrington and fam
lily of Nergennes are occupying the Har-
rlngtOn homestead here for two weeks.
District superintendent Crane of the
Clean, n. y, district preached an inter
esting sermon at the local church last
Sunday evening.
E. II. Martin of the Burlington Gro.
Gerry Co., was Il business visitor in town
last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. c. r. Britel. Mrs. G, E.
Child, Mrs. Mary Smith and Mrs J 5.
Shaw mOtored to Burlington last Tues
day to attend the Chatauqua meetings
held there this week
Twins. boy and girl, arrived at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert b. Perkins
last week At this writing Mrs Perkins
Is in very critical condition.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-07-09

Make the luncheon color scheme that
blue. A cunning centerpiece may be
evolved by the use of tin soldiers.
Make a fort by the use of a white
pasteboard box of convenient size
turned upside down and marked into
oblongs to represent brick. Color the
bricks by the use of a red lead pencil
or water colors Place in the center a
flagpole surmounted by flag. Ar
range the soldiers on top of and round
about the fort. The color scheme may
be carried further 10y the use of white
place cards the corners Of which are
decorated with tiny flags in water col
ors.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-07-09
WEST SALISBURY.

w. b Langley Of Pennsylvania won
the $50 prize at Meehan's, Dunmore
park, july . Mr.. Langley is now stop
ping at the Middlebury Inn. He is EN-
ployed by the Postal Telegraph Go.
Mrs +. E. Dyer and son, Harold, and
Miss Grace DEMO were in Middlebury
Saturday.
Mrs f. Ryder and daughter have
returned home
Master Carroll Dyer is in camp at
North Hero.
W. II. Dyer and family Of Middletown
Springs have moved to town and are
living over +. G. Dyer's store.
A large crowd were at Lake Dunmore
July 3.
Harry Landon of st. Johnsbury, who
has been visiting friends in town, has
returned home.
Miss Christine Plue is visiting friends
in Brandon.
Mr. and Mrs. +. c. Atwood and Mr..
and Mrs. Z. X. Preston were in Rutlan d
Saturday.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-07-09
SOUTH STARKSBORO.

Miss Mary A. Jones of Brooklyn,
n. Y. is stopping at w. II. Young's
Mortimer Green and wife of Buffalo
have been in town, the guests of rela-
tives and friends.
Rev. and Mrs, McCarty have rooms at
Robert II. Noung's for the summer.
Elisha Follansbee and family were
guests at d. d. Follan-bee's sunday
Frank Varney and Miss Nellie Narney
were married at Bristol by Nj. Holman
Saturday evening.
Stephen E. Young and family of Port
Chester are expected here this week.
Miss Caroline Underhil, Ethel Chaplin
and Sue Barrett of Brooklyn. are
coming Tuesday to occupy the Narney
cottage.
E. H. Arnold received the sad intelli-
gence from Meeker. Colorado, of the
death of his granddaughter, Ella.
Elizabeth Narney is stopping at
George ElliOtt's
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-07-09
HANCOCK.

Mrs. George Taylor is in serious
condition,
Mrs. H. R Perry is visiting her chill
dren in Randolph and Bethel
Philip and Rita Fiske are visiting rela.
tives in Bristol this week.
r. A. Whittier caught another bear
the 9TH. making the sixth he has caught
in the last five weeks,
c. c. Hubbard and family went to
Montpelier Tuesday to the circus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fessenden from Boston
are visiting at G. r. Churchs.
Miss Rita Fiske has returned from a
weeks visit in Boston and Cambridge,
Mass.
Mrs. Pearl Durham is in very poor
health.
Miss Rhoda Hubbard from Granville
visited at c. c. Hubbard's the first of
the week.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-07-09
CORN w ALL

Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Stevens and Mr.
and Mrs. Dodge Of Rutland called on
friends in town Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. \. W. stevens and
daughter Were in Bristol few days last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Goodrich and
two children went to Rutland Friday.
Mr.. Goodrich returned Sunday
Mrs. Edward Murray visited her broth
er, Edward Shackett, in Mpnkton over
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Elmer Wilcox and two
children spent Sunday IN Addison.
1t is little girl at Edward Poets.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-07-09
EAST MiODLE8URY

Mrs. Charles Maranville is visiting
friends at Rutland.
M and Mrs. Frank HOlsworth Of Pal
mer, Mass, were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. +. NJ. Day for few days this week
F. II. Piper has returned to the Sol
diero Home at Bennington.
Miss Beatrice Day is visiting friends
at Bennington.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-07-09
State OF Ohio, city of Toledo. | ..

Lucas County So
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is
senior partner Of the firm of F. ]. Cheney
4 Co, doing business in the City of To-
ledO, County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev-
cry case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn 10 before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day Of December.
A. d. 1885.
(SeaD A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mus
cous surfaces Of the system. Send for
testimonials. free.
f. ]. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-10-05
1T PAYS TO GARDEN
IN WAUSAU, WISCONSIN

Rev. G. A. Lunde of this city is in
receipt of letter from his son, o. G.
Lunde, who resides in Wausau. That
part of the letter which may be of in
terest to our readers Mr.. Lunde has
given US permission to print. The
Wausau man evidently conducts a
truck farm and the success he is
meeting with must be very encourag-
ing, for no such crops can be raised
anywhere but in Wisconsin. He says:
II am nearly caught up with my
work. The last four days L have sold
fifty baskets of tomatoes containing
fifty pounds each. This makes about
$50 baskets in all that 1 have sold. L
have probably loo baskets yet to pick,
all of which were grown on two-tifths
of an acre of ground. At present l
get sl.25 per basket but in the be-
ginning / got $3.50 per basket. This
land is producing at the rate of about
$500 per acre. l am through with
the sweet corn. l sold about 1000
dozen at 10 and 12i cents per dozen
ears. My crop of corn was taken
from seven-eights of an acre of land.
Ny muskmellons are just beginning
to ripen. There are about 1000 OF
them. We are picking ripe straw
berries. Next week expect to have
some TO sell. / had nv plants in.
spected last week. Will have about
5000 to sell, the market price being
$3.50 per hundred. The inspector
told me / had the best plants of the
everbearing variety he had ever seer
in Wisconsin. / am positive thess
plants, if properly set out and cared
for, will return to The owner next
lsummer 81, 500. l sell my Strawberries
for 80 cents a quart" -Marshfield
Herald.