Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-05
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Envious eyes viewed it and en-
vious hands weighed it, the big
hunk of retorted yellow metal which
Dave Good was showing around town
says the klamath Falls Herald. Fif.
ty-six ounces at approximately $15 an
ounce. Fifteen times 56 is oh
let IS call it $3.50. And several pieces
of ore almost solid gold, which
brought up the total way beyond
that. No wonder the old mining men
gathered around. The gold was the
result of the cleanup for 10 days
work by three men over on the Hun
CRY creek claims, which Dave Good
and Messrs Lowery and Watt, of
Butte, Mont, recently purchased.
George Sackett and l.. Berg have
been working the mine with Mr..
Good. The gold did not come from a
pocket, either, but from nice, fat
vein that looks like it would last
clear into the center of the EARTH
Baker, Oregon: Contracts for wheat,
oats and barley, aggregating 100000
bushels and involving an outlay of
more than $250,000, have been made up
to date for delivery to coast and east,
ern points. j. +. O'Brien, local agent
for NJ. H. Houser, of Portland, announc.
ed. The latest contract closed was
for $4,000 bushels of wheat and barley,
wheat being taken at s1.16, while bar,
ley went at $l.75 a hundred. Oats are
being sent to Portland, while other
grains are all to be sent east to fill
European orders. 1t is estimated that
the output of grain on the valley ranch
es lying between Telacoset and Pleasant
Valley will be in the neighborhood OF
1000, 900 bushels.
Rogue River Courier: G. Hassell,
the official photographer of the South.
ern Pacific company, is in the city and
will leave tomorrow morning by thl
stage for Cave camp and the caves for
the purpose of making a series of pho.
tographs for his company He will
take number of pictures along the
highway and the trail, as well as nun
erous flashlights within the caves. His
coming is direct result of the recent
visit of Vice-President Mccormick to
this district. Mr.. Mccormick having
visited the caves and become much i'm.
pressed with their scenic beauty. The
photographs will be used by the com
pany in exploiting this district and
in attracting tourist travel to it.
According TO figures Just compiled in
the district forester's office, 81 forest
fires out OF ll9 occurring between Aug.
ust 10 and 20 were caused by careless
campers, and the remainder were due
to incendiaries, hunters, numbering and
railroads. During the period from Jan
uary TO August 20, there have been
$40 fires in the national forests of Ore.
gon, Washington and Alaska. These
fires burned over a total acreage of
2,437 acres, an average of 6 l-2 acres
per fire ,and cast $3.50 to extinpuish,
The Siskiyou national forest, during
this period, has had 80 fires, burning
over 1858 acres, and costing $s7, as
against 29 fires, burning over ll2 acres
and costing $s7 for the same period last
year.
Myrtle Creek Mail: Probably not
in the history of South Douglas coun.
~ have grain crops been better than
they are this year. While the acreage
is far less than in earlier days the yield
is excellent. Wheat is averaging 30
bushels per acre and oats and barley
so. Some few fields of wheat have
gone 90 bushels per acre. Jack Wilson.
of Orchard Valley, reports 90 bushels of
barley per acre, while X. Fate reports
a yield Of SO bushels of oats per acre.
In addition to the small grains there
is prospect Of one Of the largest corn