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.+ Illustration: F. W. Baltes Logo +Publishers:+ +F. W. Baltes and Company+ +Portland, Oregon+ 1913 +Copyrighted 1913+ _All rights reserved_ 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 PREFACE.