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Title: Portland, Oregon, A.D. 1999, and other sketches

Author: J. W. Hayes

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Language: English

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Illustration: Frontispiece. Jeff Hayes portrait.

PORTLAND, OREGON
A. D. 1999

AND OTHER SKETCHES

By JEFF W. HAYES

AUTHOR OF

“Tales of the Sierras”

“Looking Backward at Portland”

Etc.

Publishers:

F. W. Baltes and Company

Portland, Oregon

1913

Dedication

TO THE CITIZENS OF PORTLAND AND TO THE DEAR FRIENDS OF MY EARLIER LIFE THIS VOLUME IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED

Contents

Part I.
Page
Chapter 1, The Visitor 1
Chapter 2, The Prophecy 4
Chapter 3, More Startling Prophecies 15
Chapter 4, Old Names Revived 21
Chapter 5, Prophetess Grows Jocose 28
Chapter 6 30
Chapter 7, More Denouements 31
Chapter 8, Politics Discussed 33
Chapter 9, Strange Occurrences 35
Part II.
The Bad Man From Bodie 43
He Never Came Back 51
Where Did You Get That Oil? 55
A Grapevine Telegraph Line 59
Along the Shore 63
Showing Off 67
“Knifin' de Dough” 71
A Musical Aborigine 75
“The Gentleman of Havre” 77
On the Wing 79
He Knew a Good Thing 83
Inadequate Cuspidors 87
No Jobs, But Vacancies 89
Phenomenal Telegraphing 91
His Old Kentucky Home 95
The Office at Spirit Lake 97
The Indians Were Too Loyal 99
A Governor for Fifteen Minutes Took the Bull by the Horns 101
The Seven Mounds 105
When Gold Grew on Sage Brush 111