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The Yakima Herald.
Volume I.
THE YAKIIA HERALD.
Official Paper of Yatima County.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
OBOaaSTOSMSB. W. J. HILSOY. L. •- MOW LETT.
B. S. MILEOT.
TURNER. MILROY * HOWLER,
Attorneys at Law,
NORTH YAKIMA, WASH.
L. 8. Hewlett, ex-Reeelrer of Public Moneys at
tb«U. 8. Land Office, will flva
Special attention to making out papert for
SettUrt, and to Land ContetU.
M. T. CATOS. I L. c. PABa:*N,
Sprague. | North Yakima.
GATON A PARRISH.
Attorneys at Law.
practice In all the Courts of the terri
tory. Office on Klmt street, opposite the Coart
House. North Yakima. W. T. I.
H. J. BNIVELY,
Prmcitiag Attiraey fir Yakima «a i kittita*
Matin, aa i
Attorney at Law.
Cilice with County Treasurer, at the Court
House. North Yakima. Will practice In all the
court* ol tbe territory and U. fl. land oflicea
i. a. asAvu. | A. maza. | c. a. qbaves
REA VIS, MIRES A GRAVES,
Attorneys at Law.-
mr»Will practice in ail Courts of the Territory,
special attention given to all IT. 8. land ofßee
business. Oflicea at North Yakima and Ellens
burgb, W. T. L_
KDWABD WHITSON, I JOHN S. ALLBK
raao cask hr. Walla Walla.
Nortb Yakima. |
ALLEN, WHITSON A PARKER,
Attorneys at Law.
once in Pint National Rank Bnildinc.
8. O. MORFORD,
Attorney at Law,
Practices in all Conrta in the Terrltor). Es
pecial attention to Collection*,
once up atalra in Hill Block, Nortb \ aklma.
DaToTw. CAREyI Da. J. B. CHAPMAN.
Biochemic Physicians.
Diseases treated according to Nature’s Laws.
Wo invite our friends and all who believe In
true science and advancement to call and see ns.
Calls attended to day or night once consulta
tion free, office over Poet Once, North Yakima,
Washington.
wm. o. cos, a. ». s. b.mbo, m. d.
COE A HEO,
Pbjslclins, Surgeons md Accoucheurs.
Office Hours—Btill 10 a. m., 3 till 4 p. m. and
7 till 8 o’clock p. m.
Office on Second afreet, near Allen A Chapman’*.
DR. J. JAY CHAMBERS,
Physician and Surgeon,
Has had five years’ practice—one year Assistant
Surgeon of City Hospital, Baltimore.
Especial attention given to Surgery. Obstetric*
and Diseases of Women.
Office over Bnahnell's Drag Store. ray-tf
O. M. GRAVES,
DENTIST.
All work In my line flrst-claas. Local anesthet
ic* need to extract toeth without pain. No
charge for examination.
Ciroffice over Pint National Bans.
J. T. KINGSBURY,
(City Engineer.)
Civil Engineer.
floppies: Room No. 1. Kingsbury Build
ing. north Yakima, Washington.
HALL & GARDNER
Civil Engineers,
liaiig CUin LraM uk Crain EitiUkM.
Office Over Pint National Bank
MISCELLANEOUS^
Ahtaiiiim Dairy.
MMVBL FEAR, PROPRIETOR,
RVCCBMOB TO
W. H. CARPENTER.
Milk furnished Hotels. Restaurants and Ice
Cream Parlors at Bed meed Rats*
A. F. B.WITZER,
Contractor andßjiilder,
NORTH YAKIMA, W. T.,
Will Contract for the erection of all clamm of
tad lecordiM to tanomit
Rarsasscs: Pint Natl Bank of North Yakima.
ORce, In rear of Rodman A Xsbelman'a, Yak-
Imaaranoa, hear Hotel Yakima. OSlca hour.,
FIRST MTlOm Bil
of North Yakima.
DIEBCTOSa. _ . _
* ‘bbu
W. L. BTBiMWsa, Cashier.
DORS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
Iq, arf Mb baan a IwaaMi fata.
FATS IXTXXXST OX TUI BXFOSIIS.
NORTH YAKIMA, WASHINGTON TERRITORY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1889.
GREAT OVERLAND ROUTE,
Northern Pacific R. R.,
VIA CASCADE DIVISION.
The only line running Pullman Palace Bleeping
Cara, magnificent day coaches, and
ELEtAIT EINIJUT SLEEfUtI OKIES.
with Berths Free of Cost,
FROM OREGON AND WASHINGTON POINTS
r To the East,
VIA ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS.
The Only Transcontinental Line Running
PALACE DINING CARS
(Menls, 75 Cents.)
Fastest time ever made from the Coast, over the
lOHTHERI PACIFIC B. B.
To Sioux City, Connell BUM. 8L Joseph, Atcbl
son, Leavenworth, Kansaa City,
Burlington, Quincy,
NT. LOUIE, CHICAGO,
And all points throughout the Bast and South
east. via 8t Paul and Minneapolis.
Pillau Sleeplig Accommodations
Can be seenred In advance.
EMIGRANT SLEEPING CARS
Are hauled on regular Express Trains over
the entire length of the N. P. H. R.
Connection made at St Paul and Minneapolis
to all points Bast. Month and Southeast
Through trains leave Yakima for St Paul at
Through trains for Portland and all points on
Pacific and Cascade division, at ».ao p. m., con
necting with boats for oints on
«e sale to all points in the United
States and Canada. For routes, rates, Ac., ap
ply to H. C. HUMPHREY,
Ticket Agent North Yakima.
A, D. Ch a ELSTON,
Asst. General Passenger Agent, No. l«l First
street, cor. Washington, Portland. Oregon.
HOW TO SAVE MOM.
If there U anything that yoa want to bny In
the line ol Furniture or Hotuehold Gooda of
any sort, yon can aave Fifty Per Cent or More
by calling at
Harper’s Second Hand Store.
Everything Bought and Sold.
Furniture Repaired. Plcturea Framed.
Saws Filed.
Wm. Steigler, Manager.
M. D. BAUM,
THE PAINTER.
No Combinations No Dirty Work. All or
dera done promptly and work guaranteed. Or
den solicited. Paper Hanging and Kalaomtil
ing a apeclalty.
WELL DIGGING.
I am fully prepared to dig wclla. cellan and
other excavatlona In the city or count/. All
work done apeedlly, cheaply and In good shape.
THOH. NORTON,
North Yakima. W. T.
—For coal and wood call on John
Reed. 32-tf.
—Five hundred boxes of soep at Barth
old Broe. only $1.26 per box. •
—Goodwin A Pugsley have cheap money
to loan on improved business property. •
—John Reed will have his headquar
ters at M. H. Ellis', First street, near
opera house. 32-tf.
—Goodwin A Pugaley’s fire insurance
companies do not cancel their policies.
Give us a caH. *
—The finest line of neckwear ever
shown in North Yakima Jost received at
Myron H. Ellis’. •
—The public will please bear in mind
that coal and wood ia cash on delivery.
John Reed, Agent. 32-tf.
—A fine new line of saddles, harness,
etc., just received at C. E. McEwen’s
shop, Yakima avenue. *
—Groceries yon must have. Groceries
we must sell. Let’s trade and both be
happy. Bartholet Bros. *
—John, when you go to town, Just step
in at Bartholet's and get me some of that
elegant salt pork. It is delicious. •
—Geo. W. Solomon has the only exclu
sive cigar and tobacco stand in the city.
Smokers should try bis fine goods. *
—Go to Redfleld’s and examine those
steel glasses with gold nose-pieces—a new
patent. They never rust nor wear out. •
—Call and examine my samples for fall
and winter clothing. I guarantee a good
fit and will give you prices that defy com-
petition. Mtron H. Ellis.
—Persons desiring transportation about
the city or vicinity can be accommodated
by leaving orders at Allen A Chapman's
for Stanton's hack line. tf
—lf you have lost any money lately,
BedfleM will return it by selling yon
goods so remarkably cheap that you will
forget your misfortune.
—Dr. Savage will be found always
ready to attend calls day or night. Office
over postoffice; residence on Second
street, two doors south U. 8. Land Office.
C. E. IfcEwen takes a pride in turning
out good work. This is the reason his
harness, saddles, bridles, Ac., give such
satisfaction and outlast all others. •
—Go sod exnmine thoas elegnnt gold
watches at Rcdficld’a. Tbs, an dallies
and so cheap! Remember, they an war
ranted ae rapreeented or no trade.
—lHeeaee la canned by a lack ol acme
constituent pari d the human orgahiero
at the part affected, Blochemlc Reme
dleeenpply the deficiency end thus re
store the normal condition. MtL
THE DEVIL’S GOLD.
The Lugtst Hogget Enr Foul on
this Continent.
DUceT«n4 la N*rtfe Car* 11aa >■«
Verth a*ft,OOU~-rate •« line
Three Peewcwon.
It is fit that men should mine the Jsw
bones of the earth to get metal (or the
teeth of man, says the Washinston Pott,
and this be does, and thus does the gold
he gets find its way back to mother earth.
More gold is buried with the dead than
was lost in the sea and earth since the
argosies of Castile were sunk in Biscay
and the caravels of Solomon the Jew
were lost among the Moluccas reefs and
shoals off the Malay peninsula which
was called Ophir.
A strange thing is gold. Gold in the
hands of man is most unjustly and un
equally distributed. In the earth its dis
tribution is even more lacking in law
and balance. The geologist is yet to
come who will trace, like a placer miner,
its outcroppings and signs, through allu
vial deposits, stream washings, ledge and
vein, to the grandest pocket en earth.
What a find it will be. The philosopher’s
stone alone could rival it. But some
where there must be gold in plenty. Did
it in the earth’s first whirl from chaos
sink like a plummet to the center? Are
the outcroppings of the hills and moun
tains but flakes and wires whirled and
spun upward from the golden ball thou
sands of miles below the surface? Pos
sibly.
How many know where the largest sin
gle lump of native gold ever eeen in
America was found? In California? No.
In Colorado? No. In the Black Hills?
No. In Coear d'Alene, Nevada, New
Mexico? No. In old Mexico, Peru, Bo
livia, in Potosi, in the Caliao of Venezu
ela? No. Where then? In North Car
olina. And its story is as weird and
fateful as the Rhinegold’s.
A poor and ignorant Irishman, living
in the mountains, solitary and lonely,
propped open the door of hla cabin with
a lamp of metal. He had found It stick
ing oat from a water-washed gully and
carried it home as a curiosity. Though
no larger than a small cymling it was a
weighty lug for a mile. It was a dull yel
low, irregular in shape, and pieces of
stone were imbedded in it. For over two
years a fortune lay upon the floor of his
hovel, while he toiled early and late,
making a little whiaky and digging gin
seng root to earn a scanty living. A com
panion mountaineer, who had known
more of the outside world, thought this
strange stone might be sold at Asheville
as a cariosity for a lot of money—slo per
haps. This was In the flush days before
the war. Hp had seen quartz crystal
from Roan mountain bring that ranch.
A third mountaineer was called in con
sultation. Ten dollars was a lot of money.
The third man had been a traveler, a
regular globe trotter. He went to Ashe
ville four times a year, and he had been
clear to Washington.
Walking around the lump he gased at
it from every side, touched it with his toe,
spat on it, and breathed heavily.
"Hit air wurth nothin’, sr hit air wuth
a pile," he said. "Hit air nuthin’ but
brass, er hit air—" He looked around on
the other two with a queer expression—
“goold.”
"Ef hit air brass"—he drew a claap
knife and scraped the dull metal till a
new surface glittered—"vinegar’ll mat
hit. E( hit air goold. hit won’t."
He poured some vinegar from a Jug
upon the fresh facing of the lamp. The
three men hung over it intently. Five,
ten, fifteen minutes passed, and still the
metal shone clear and untarnished.
"Hit’s goold I”
"And I’ve been! goold was wurth more
than S2OO a pound," said the second.
"Whata d d fool I’ve been," groan
ed the owner of the cabin. "For two
years I’ve worked, and wealth I never
dreamed of kickin’ under my feet."
"I claims a third," broke in the assay
er. "Ye’d never a knowed what it was
but fer me."
"An’ a third for me," eaid the other.
The owner of the gold gave a sullen as
sent. They obtained a pair of steelyards
and weighed the gold. It turned the
scales at over 100 pounds avoirdupois,
and they roughly estimated It to be
worth $26,000 —over SBOOO apiece. That
night all three sat up and watched the
treasure, unable to sleep from excitement
and thoroughly sncpicious of each other.
The next day they rolled it securely in a
cloth and started lor Aslieville afoot with
the gold slung to a pole and carried be
tween two.
It VII th« devil’s ydd. At the flnt
belting piece the Irishmen end the second
mountaineer conspired to kill the third,
end he wes shot deed from behind. Hes
tily throwing his body into e clump of
brash the murderers (seed eech other in
the rood. Suspicion roused in eech guilty
breest sew treachery in the other’s
glance.
“Here.” said one forcing an uneasy
laugh, “there’s only one way to settle
this. Let’s divide the gold and eech go
his wey.”
“Agreed,” seid the other.
The lump was laid in the roadway and
chopped in two with a hatchet.
“Take your choice.” said one. As the
other bent to lift his half his companion
split the head of the stooping man with
his hatchet. The gold was his. With
blind fatuity he dragged the second vic
tim to the side of the road, lifted the
blood stained treasure, nod went on. At
Asheville he took it to the bank and had
it shipped to the United States mint. In
lees than a week, and before any return
could be made from the mint, the bodies
of tics murdered men bad been discover
ed and the crime traced directly home.
The miserable wretch was placed in Jail
and there he died within a year. The
witch gold fortune never crossed his
hands, remaining, 1 believe, in the fed
eral treasury for lack of ownership.
The region where the lump waa found
has been scoured foot by foot, but not
another lump like that has ever been dis
covered in that or any other section of
America. It is said that an English
company, which is working the Nacoo
chee mine, in Georgia, took out a nugget
weighing 1300 pennyweights, yet the
North Carolina lump weighed over 1500
ounces.
• 100,000 i* Laaa.
Mac Lean, Reed A Co. have ♦IOO,OOO to
loan on improved farm lands. Applica
tions for loans will receive prompt at
tention. •
Bucklcn’a Arnica Salve
Is the beet salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and positive
ly cures piles, or no pay required. It ia
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. l*nce 25 cents per t*ox.
For sale by C. B. Bushnell. druggist.
imtvEi tie nat.
I.w 1 friittr lucrtd a Bright Utt ut lot
His Job. »
A printer told the story.
"I had a good Job,” he said, ”ln a
Monroe street fiction foundry—one of
those shops where they publish stories of
the ‘Skeleton Hunter’s last Gurgling
Gasp’ order by the cord. It is the rank
est kind of rot, and is liable to give a
printer blood-poisoning if he handles
much of It. It is the sort of literature
that induces little boys to get up in the
night, steal the old man’s pocketbook,
buy guns, and start out west to rescue the
imperilled maiden from the lair of the
robber chieftain and restore her to her
agonized parents.
‘‘There were twenty printers and six
liars, each a full-fledged Ananias, work
ing in the place. The liars sat at a table
in one end of the room grinding out those
unwholsome stories as fast as we could
put them in type. One day I got a wad
of copy that was positively sickening. It
was about a lovely girl that had been cap
tured and torn from her home by a heart
less white desperado and his band of
bloodthirsty Apaches. The girl was in a
desperate fix. She either had to marry
the villain or become his wife, he didn’t
care which, and he was then on his way
to a cave in the mountains, where he
was going to have the ceremony per
formed.
“That night they camped in a rocky
gorge 200 miles from nowhere, and bound
the unfortunate maiden to a tree with the
usual buckskin thongs, which cut deep
into her tender wrists. Then they laid
down and went to sleep. In the mean
time Old Zeke, the Hairy Scout, who was
the first on the trail, sneaked up Just at
daylight, when people sleep the soundest.
Zeke sailed in and killed twenty-five or
thirty Indians with the butt end of his
trusty rifle. He didn’t want to shoot for
fear he would waken the others. Then,
after be had cut a notch for each corpse
on bis gnnstock and bung the coarse,
black scalp-locks to his belt, he released
the girl, hoisted her under his arm,
jumped into the saddle, and rode away.
“He rode at full speed for forty-eight
miles without stopping. When night
closed, in the bold scoot pulled rein and
went into camp. First he picketed his
horse, then bultt a fire, fixed a cot of
leaves for the girl and got her something
to eat out of his saddle-bags. This was
where I got in my work.
“The first thing Zeke took out of the
bags was several thick slices of fresh Vi
enna bread with honey on them. Next
came cold boiled ham, cut thin, an apple
pie with a short crispy upper crust, and
lost a tender spring chicken roasted a del
icate brown. Mind you, he had all this
stuff in a pair of saddle-bags in the wilds
of the Rocky mountains, 800 miles from
civilization, in the year 1896. It made
me sick, but I resolved that the poor girl
should have one good feed if I died for it
Sol shoved in another, paragraph like
this, completing the Mil of fare:
“After getting the girl started, Zeke
reached into the saddle-bags and pulled
out a bowl of steaming hot consommie
and a broiled fresh mackerel, some devil
ed crabs, cold slaw, potato salad, a half
fry, veal cutlets breaded, with tomato
sauce, green corn on the cob, some clam
chowder, stewed turkey, a portion of rice
podding, two cups of chocolate, pork ten
derloin, Rochefort cheese and a bottle of
Bass’ ale, Saratoga chips, a plate of va
nilla ice cream, a Chinese paper napkin,
sliced cucumbers, some California grapes
and a nickel-plated nut-cracker.”
“DM It goT” asked an interested lis
tener.
“No, it didn’t.” said the printer sadly,
“bat I did. The boss came to me next
morning with a proof slip and wanted to
know who was writing that story. I said
the author was making a stagger in that
direction, bat wasn’t giving the girl a fair
show.” —Chicago Tima.
INDIAN ARROWHEADS.
The Little Polite Tells the History«(
the Hue.
The Aatlgaary’a latercsllag Re
ar arch at the Campfires *f the
Ahwrlfflaeee.
Walla Walla Union: There is a certain
charm found in the study of aboriginal
antiquities which makes the enthusiast
in such things the laughing-stock of the
utilitarian. One can trace up the history
of a tribe from the rudest and most prim
itive type to the highest form of aborigi
nal endeavor by the study of the works
left behind them.
The arrow points of the Colombia are
in all stages of development, from the
crudest idea to the most highly finished
work of art. This might have happened
by different members of the same tribe,
of varying skill, doing the work at the
same period, hut while in some cases this
may be true, there still remains witness
of the growth of the arrow point idea
from the rude to the roost complete;
from the rough art of war to the arrow of
Cupid set in fancy forms and colors, and
still dangerous to the hearts of women
who fall in love with them on sight, and
shameless of their history, bear them re
joicing on their bosoms.
The oldest forme of arrow heads were
evidently fashioned of some soft material
and left to harden in the fire. These
show no traces of tools upon their sur
face and by exposure to the elements are
many shades lighter upon their surface
than upon their interior. They were
made in the form of a harrow with moon
like horns at the base. Then followed
flint, or rather soft petrified roots of trees,
fashioned in the same form. These ar
row heads must have set clumsily upon
the end of the arrow and been left in the
flesh of the victim.
Later came imitations of various leaves
of plants and trees, but still of rough and
rude formation, of large site, course ma
terial and without barbs. These kinds
are far the most numerous, and show that
the next step of progress was slow. After
ages, perhaps, some genius in the tribe
saw fit to imitate the form of animals—
and the turtle, the beaver, the bird, the
snake, the fish, with the bead of the deer
and horned sheep, can be seen as the re
sult of this evolution of ideas, and these
are not so numerous and are of a little
better, but still far from artistic finish.
None of these are found to be of topas,
agate or cornelian, although tlie brittle
and easily worked obsidean was freely
used.
At length some Tubal Cain came upon
' the field of action, and struck out for
1 himself a new design. The arrow-head
was no longer to be an imitation of some
; known object, it has to be made for use.
' A more delicate taper was put upon the
1 points, the sides were chipped so as to
’ resemble saw teeth when finished. The
arrow was made thin over the whole sur
’ face instead of halfway as formerly. The
1 barbs were made long and sharp, the part
1 fastened to the shaft was curved inwardly
1 so as to be strongly held to its place by
1 the deer thong. The eye of the artist
sought out precious metal in bright and
1 pleasing colors. It was discovered that
agate could be split and chipped, and it
became common. The topas was brought
from a distance and worked with wonder
-1 ful care; various kinds of chalcedony were
’ sought out, doubtless lor the sake of
their beauty, and wrought carefully to
• the ideal of perfection.
| Of this latter development there were
out three forms of the finished arrow
head. The first was cut to hold the sinew
upon both sides and directly in the cen
ter, the second upon the sides but cutting
out backward, the third began at the
base and worked toward the center, the
| last two had sharp barbs at the base, the
first only a cutting edge.
; Some will dispute about their being
three forms of this last and latest arrow
, head, but of other specimens there are so
, tew that we place them to the credit of
accident rather than design. The mak
\ ing of the arrow head is unknown to the
I Indians in this region. Vanesto, a sub
. chief of the Umatillas, says: “They
, were made a long time ago.” Lewis and
, Clark describe the tool used in making to
t a deer horn, and David Todd, of Wallula,
, has ten of these tools, found on the Col-
I umbia. Just what they used to break off
the large spalls from the body of the
, atone is unknown. One informant claims
the large stone was laid upon the sharp
, edge of another and weighted upon each
I side. The heat of the son broke the
, weighted stone on the line of pressure.
. This would not do the work of spall mak
f ing, although it might reduce the stone
, in sise. Any one taking a bone or soft
, piece of metal, holding the flint firmly
, upon a piece of board with the flint edge
. over the board and pressing with the tool
f down and under, can see how the arrow
. was made from the spall. The barb was
fashioned in the same way with a smaller
\ tool, round in shape, while the flat rib nf
a deer would do tbs first work well. I
. believe that for a long period stone pes
tela were used as hammers and to spall
the sides also. The later and better
| work was done by friction applied over
| or under, tlie pressure exerted being upon
1 the line of fracture desired.
Flint and agate harden and case harden
in the sun. They also get a polish by
the action of the elements. It is doubt-
ful if there is any genuine flint, inch as
ia found in other states, upon the banks
of the Columbia.
Petrified roots of trees, body and bark
of trees, is the principal substance used.
This, when found in large piece* and hut
lately petrified, must have been easy to
work.
A Iw-Ku Scran.
In order to keep up with the baseball
times, a Dakota minister recently preach
ed the following sermon:
Mr. Christian players, it is now time
for you to begin to bat Satan’s curves.
Do not pound the air, but bat him over
the fence. Get on the diamond of Chris
tianity and catch every fly made by Sa
tan’s men. You should make a home
run for mortality, and the aide of the
right. No one-bagger will tally on the
great judgment sheet. Every player
should make a score of earned runs lor re
ligion. Do not steal out to far from the
base of rectitude, and get out on third.
The devil may hold the boll in his band
and deceive and rub it on you when 3*oo
are not watching. Never, my Chrstian
nine, never try to slide in on someother
member’s faults. The errors made by
other members of your club will not save
you on second. Every Christian team
should stand on ita own merits and good
Cbrietian playing. You should strike
for heaven’s eake, right from the shoulder,
and do not knock sky fouls for Satans's
men to catch. Make no balks in your
unerring faith, and in the great judgment
day you will receive as your reward 75 per
cent, of tlie gate receipts.
TIE INIVaSiIYLANDS.
Cmlm Uußaiwn KtSltfenrirf SaW.
Kb bt bin TViij Whiter Ike
liivmilj In Ua4 tr lei.
Under the terms of the enabling act
enough land, in addition to that already
supplied to the territorial university, to
make up 72 section is granted to the state
for university purposes. The matter has
been investigated by the Prtu, and it
looks as though the state university will
be entirely without land.
Congress granted Washington territory
two townships or 72 sections of land for
the purpose of establishing a university.
In 1861 the legislature of the territory cre
ated a board of university commissioners,
gave them the authority to select the
lands granted for university purposes and
to sell them for not less than $1.20 per
acre. The best authorities allege that the
legislature bad no more right to do this
than the evil one had to give the Savior
authority over all the kingdoms of the
world so that all might fall down and
worship him. The fact of the business
was that the evil one did not own a foot
of land, neither had the legislature any
right, legal or otherwise to despoae of a
foot of the land.
A large number of sales were made at
SI.BO per acre, and out of the proceeds so
obtained, the present university was built.
The commissioners, looking op the law,
found that they had no authority what
ever to make such sales. That without
the sanction of congress was obtained,
the sales were null and void. In order to
obtain this sanction they porceeded to the
city of Washington and induced congress
to pass a law legalising the sales. They
succeeded in having a law passed confirm
ing and ratifying the sales made before
the passage of the law, provided they
were made in good faith. The evidence
thereof had to be submitted to the secre
tary of the Interior, and if the showing
was satisfactory to him he approved of
the same and so legalised the title.
How much land was sold by said com
missioners prior to the passage of the act
has never been definitely ascertained.
Judge Orange Jacobs, who for ten years
was regent of the state univerity, and who
gave the matter special attention while
serving in that capacity was seen to-day
and asked: “How much of the territorial
university lands have been selected ?”
“1 am utterly unable to state the quan
tity of University lands that has been dis
posed of," replied the judge, "nor am I
able to state what quantity of the two
townships granted to the university is
now owned by that institution. When
I was regent of the university it was my
desire that Mr. Brown, formerly register
of the land office at Olympia, be sent to
Washington City to straighten the tan
gled matter out and to ascertain definite
ly the following points: First, the quan
tity of university lands that had been se
lected ; second, the quantity of university
lands sold; third, the quantity still owned
by the university. There were no funds
with which to pay Mr. Browm for this
mission, and be never was sent upon it
"So far as I know, the university lands
are in a state of hopeless uncertainty at
the present time. Men are constantly
presenting deeds that are dated prior to
the confirmation act of congress of March
14,1867. No record is kept, so far as I
know, by the board of university com
missioners of these sales. The whole
matter is in such a fearful tangle that it
will require the work of experts to
straighten it out. It is my opinion that
but little, if any, of the university lands
are left.— SemtUe Preu.
She Tart.
Widow Flapjack—Are you supersti
tious, Mr. De Smith?
Qns De Smith—Not at all.
“Then I don’t mind telling you. That’s
the thirteenth buscuit you have eaten to
night.— IV«m Stflingt.
Number 88.
jn HILL’S m 1071
The Manitoba to be Leased by the great
northern lammoth Combine.
The New Ceapaif MMke4 fer fart j
I'llllleaa~Wlll Path fer the Pa
elfflc t'eaet-HU !*■ Circular.
President Hill of the Manitoba has is*
sned from New York the following letter
to stockholders, which explains itself and
accounts for several things:
Control has been obtained of the Great
Northern railway company of Minnesota.
It mill have an authorized capital of $40,-
000,000, ot which 912,000,000 will be pre
ferred stock, entitled to dividends in
preference at the rate of 6 per cent, per
annum, noii-accuinulative and free from
taxes. No addition can be made to this
preferred stock without the consent of
three-fourths of all the preferred stock
outstanding. The common stock will be
retained by the Great Northern railway
company, subject to future disposition for
its benefits. The entire $40,000,000 of
preferred stock in the Great Northern rail
way company is offered to the stockhold
ers of this company, of record on the
16th day of November, 1880, each stock
holder having the privilege of taking one
share of the Great Northern preferred
stock for each share of Manitoba stock
held by him. This preferred stock will
)« issued at par, but the stockholders of
the Manitoba company will only bo re
quired to pay S6O per share in cash, the
othe other S6O being paid by the transfer
to the new company of the assets already
mentioned, exceeding $22,000,000, hut
subject to the lien of the collateral trust
mortgage of $8,000,000. Htockholders will
lie allowed until the 27th day day of No
vember, 1880, within which to exercise
options. Roods secured by the collateral
trust mortgage of this company for SB,-
000,000 will be accepted on account of
subscriptions to the preferred stocks. The
Great Northern railway company will
pay off and cancel the $8,000,000 collat
eral trust mortgage bonds of the Manitoba
company. All the stock in railway and
steamboat company, transferred to the
Great Northern railway company, will be
deposited in trust so as to retain their
control for the benefit of both companies,
thus assuring the unity of the entire
system.
The St. Paul, Minneapolis A Manitoba
will, when the foregoing terms have been
complied with, execute a lease of all their
railways, rolling stock and equipment
loaned, leased or controlled by it to the
Great Northern railway company for a
term of not less than 99 years, in consid
eration of a rental which the Great Nor
thern railway company agrees to pay,
sufficient to provide for guaranteed divi
den da upon the entire capital atock of the
Manitoba railway company, $20,000,000,
during the period of the lease at the rate
of 6 per cent, per annum, free oT taxes, in
quarterly installments, on the first days
February, May, August and November in
each year, together with all taxes, assess
meats, interests on bonds and other cur
rent obligationa of the company ef every
kind, the Great Northern railway com
pany guaranteeing all the obligationa of
the Manitoba company and indemnifying
it against all liabilities.
The St Paul Globe devotes considerable
space to the circular, commenting on it in
the following language:
Such is an outline of the scheme which
the fertile brain of J. J. Hill has been
gestating for some time. The publication
of the circular giving details caused con
siderable comment among railroad men
yesterday. The general opinion seems to
be that there is more behind it than ap
pears on the face. In the first place it
doubles the capital stock of the Manitoba
road. The last annual statement of this
road showing a heavy falling off from its
receipts ot last year, was more than a dis
appointment to every one. The reason for
its loss is to be sought in the fact that the
extension of the road that runs out into
Montana is in a region of country that is
absolutely unsettled. While there is a
good local traffic in parts of northwestern
Dakota, the divisions from there west to
Great Falls are practically uninhabited
save by a few prairie dogs. The through
traffic between here and Helena is not
large enough to make such a line pay.
That it is Mr. Hill's ambition to reach
forth his arms to the Pacific coast is well
known and admitted. This increase of
capital it is thought will enable the road
to be completed to the coast A trans
continental road might pay, where one
stopping short of the coast would not.
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Pendleton, Or., January 12.
Having suffered with my kidneys 1 was
induced to try Oregon Kidney Tea, which
relieved me In a short time. I take please
ore in recommending it to th? public as a
safe remedy for kidney difficulties.
Übobob W. Baiuct.
County Judge of Umatilla.
Hold by Allen A Chapman.