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OMAHA DAILY BEBSMONDAY.
. MAY 15 , 1803. o
I-Dame Naluro's Munificence Made Manifold
Through Her Mineral Mints.
i GREAT UNDERTAKINGS AND , DISCOVERIES
I XUjton Uulrtt to lie Worked A Ileil of Coke
Sill tun Sink to lie tlrnlneit ( leu.
rrnl M n 1mm tlio
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ITio crop outlook throughout the agricul
tural sections of the trans-Missouri country
[ looks hotter than at any tlmo this season and
promises In the main to bo equal to or above
the nvorago. The fnllt crop alone the
Pacific slot > o , with the exception of slight
local defections , "III bo Immense. Mining
| . In nil sections Is showing a vigorous activity
rdlng every Indication of a prosperous
coason ahead. All m nil the general indica
tions throughout the western half of the
country wcro never brighter.
Tim HowrU of Iliilil Mountain.
"During the past week or two , " says the
Sheridan Post , "considerable Interest has
begun to bo manifested In the opening of the
mining season nt lluld mountain and other
camps In the Ulg Horn range. Although It
will bo three or four weeks before the road
will bo passable for heavily loaded teams ,
many will got to the camps before that
.tlmo , nnd others will follow as soon us they
can.
can."Thoro
"Thoro Is no longer any doubt but that
Bald mountain will be called upon to glvo up
much of her rich treasure thU yc.ir. The
machinery placed there last fall by the
-Fortunatus Mining company Is all
ready to begin operations , nnd n now and
much larger plant Is coming to iucroaso the
facilities of the company for saving the gold.
A letter received from Mr. II. H. Hawkins ,
secretary of thn company , stutes tlmt ho will
nrrlvo here from Albany. N. Y. , sotnowhoro
nbout the 12th or Ifith of the present mouth ,
nnd that work will bo vigorously prosecuted.
Hon. George T. Heck , who has just returned
from a trip through the eastern states , in
forms us that ho will rcsumo nctlvo opera
tions with his hydraulic plant In
, Dayton Gulch as soon as the snow is
out of the way , and that ho ex
pects to make n rich clean-up from the work
done there last fall. Mr. John U. Dougherty
has written that ho will come on this spring
with four machines , which ho has thoroughly -
< ' oughly tested for saving line gold , and will
place them nt Ilald mountain. Mr. Dough
erty visited that camp two years ago , and
thoroughly satisfied hlmsclfas to its richness.
Ho would have returned n year ago had
it not been for the cattle troubles break
ing out at that time , the reports of which
were magnilled to such an extent that he
thought It butter to wult another year. So
much * or the placer districts. While It may
not be generally known , because there has
not been much said about the matter , it Is a
/act nevertheless , that the most promising
quartz lead In the state has been located
near the crest of the main , range , about
twenty-five miles from Sheridan. The dis
coverer is Mr. H. II. McNeil , who is in the
city now equipping himself for the season.
Interested with htm in the camp is Dr. II. K
lloss , n mineral expert , assaycr and capital
ist from Nova Scotia ; Captain G. G. Stock-
well of tlio British army , also a capitalist ,
und n Mr. Slater , who comes from Canada
on a tour of Investigation.
A Coke Discovery.
What is probably the most important dis
covery over made in Archuleta county has
just bean made known. It Is a whole mountain
of cok' Mch has been produced by nature
nnd pronounced by exports to ho far superior
to that made by artificial means.
The deposit is ou a flat top mountain and is
covered by from six to twelve feet of decom
posed shale and dirt. The vein of coico is
from four to six fcot In thickness and is
L underlaid by a strata of what scorns to bo n
.superior quality of graphite from throe to
live Inches thick.
Underneath this is a deposit of flno clay
two feet In thickness. Samples of the
graphite and clay have been sent away for
tests and until these have been made no
estimate of their value can bo made , but of
the coke there Is no question as to its gen
uineness and quality.
The coal Holds of this country have for a
long tlmo been supposed to bo great , but
since this cokohas beenfoundprospccting by
expert nnd experienced miners has developed
the fact that the coal deposits are simply
phenomenal. Mountains of it are found with
ono , two and three stratas , ranging In thick
ness from four to sixteen feot.
Aside from this coal It is estimated that
the tlmbut of this county will make n solid
body ton miles wldo by sixty miles in length ,
or 400 square miles of solid timber of llrst-
class quality that would average 4,000,000
teet of lumber nor square mile.
On every stream and in almost every canon
Is found indications of petroleum and natural
gas. Oil springs furnish all the oil used by
the ranchmen for their machinery.
Potrlllml I.o * or Copper.
Wonderful stories nro those that come from
Now Mexico concerning nn excitement over
mineral discoveries said to have been made
In the vicinity of thu ancient Spanish mis
sion of Ablquln.
"Something entirely now to the sclent o of
mineralogy hns been unearthed. It Is a forest
-of logs petrified into rich copper ere that
I1verages CO per cent copper and thirty to forty
Jouucfs of silver to the ton. The logs 300111
M luivo floated in some kind of n mineral
[ solution , evidently In thu carboniferous
. period. A sediment of conglomerate pob-
J' tiles , sand ntid calcareous matter settled
between ilium , dividing them as they are
now found. The scam of conglomerate Is
about thirty feet thick and extends ou both
aides of the canon a dlstanco of eight miles
each way , so there are sixteen miles of-n
copper-bearing seam , tilled thousands ol
fcot back with copper loh . There is about
COO/out of sand rocic ubovu thorn , which
shows the great antiquity of the copper for
mation. Some of the logs have already
yielded over two carloads each , There nro
logs ever four fcot thick. At lirst It was
thought that thu little branches and knots
of the trees were only small pockets of cop
per , and llttlu attention was paiu to the
canon. It was only when its true nature
was discovered that It begun to boom and Is
now full of prospectors , many of whom
already have several carloads of ere to
flhlp. "
A Glecuitlo Kntorprlir.
Collls P. Ilunllngton hns recently made a
sale of a tract of land comprising ever 1,000 ,
000 acres In Southern California , to n partj
of capitalists of Now York , Chicago am
Denver , for 52,000,1100. The tract include
the famous Saltan Sink which mysteriously
lllled with water a couple of years ago , am
the enterprising promoters of thu scheme
propose to uiako It u permanent lake ny cu
mils from thu Colorado river , ultimately reclaiming
claiming an immense acreage near It.
U la proposed to build a canal from the
, Colorado river , at a puiut about 100 miles
east of Yuma , which will bo simply u now
channel for the Colorado , It will extend
through the rntlraSulton territory , aud will
also bo carried by another branch Into Mex-
I , Ice , into which the territory owned by the
* * company extends.
If the purposes of the capitalists uro real
ized that buutlou of the country will bo so
reclaimed that It will bo possible to estab
lish a colony there of moro than 3,000,000
people , who will not only bo able to support
thcinsol\os but export almost anything that
can bo raised in a temperate or subtropical
climate ,
ImuiiMiaa Hulmon Oiitpur.
Marshall J , Klnnoy , ono of thu oldest and
most extensive salmon packers at Astoria ,
Oro. , makes an Important statement regard
ing the Alaska salmon Industry , Ho says ;
"I consider the Bering sea and Cook's Inlet
will bo the future fluid for the salmon Indus
try. I think the pack of northwestern
Alaska will reach over l.OOO.OuO cases in less
than 11 vo yours. Half of the salmon streams ,
us near as 1 can learn , are not even touched.
When wo have butter railroad facilities to
jUtorla 1 expect thu cold stonik'o and frush
ft business on the lower Columbia aud in
Alaska will bo simply euoruious. Alaska U
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the coming field for the salmon Industry ,
nnd I fully oxpnct that the production will
double Insldo of five years. "
Mr , Kinney shows that the pack has In
creased from JW.OOO cases In IS. * ! to over 430.-
000 cases In 1WJ. Ho says that the stores
and pear sent north this year Indicate that
the Alaska cnnncrymen nro preparing for
the largest pack on record. Ho calculates
that It will roach 800,000 cases and quotes
nn estimate by Mr. Morgan , who Is well
known In the San Francisco trade. Mr.
Alorpnn estimates the coming Alaska pack
nt G'JO.OOO cases , of which 105.000 cases will
bo packed in southeast Alaska and the re
mainder In northwest Alaska.
Now 1'incrr Mlnr * .
In constructing the Great Northern rail
road It was necessary to change the channel
of the U'onatchco river for a short distance
at the old Indian mission , eleven miles
above Wcnatchoe. This river bed has been
staked off as placer claims and the locators
anticipate that they have got n veritable
bonati7.a. Colors are found In every pan , and
although the gold Is very line , It Is reason
able to ttupposo that coarse cold will bo
found on tlio bed rock. Only a minimum ex
pense will be necessary to slulco on an ex
tensive scale , as there IH plenty of water con
venient and the topography of the land Ls
such that any fall desired can bo obtained.
A St. Paul capitalist Is Interested In the
company. Ho has had years of experience
In British Columbia during the llrst gold ex
citement there.
A .Mining dnln.
One of the most Important mining deals
that has taken place In the Hills of late was
quietly consummated yesterday between the
Stewart Mining company and the Golden
Howard Mining and Milling company nt
Deadwood , by which the latter assumes the
control of a valuable single claim owned by
the former company In Ruby basin , adjoin
ing the ground of the Golden Howard com
pany. The amount purchased was 180,000
shares , at 25 cents per share , a total of $45-
( XXI , which amount is divided between O. J.
Salisbury , Moody & Washabaugh , T. J.
Grlcr , K. 11. Dlsuoll , B. P. Daguo , D. A. Me-
" 'hot-son , The Stewart , besides being very
lull , has the distinction of bolng thn llrst
lalui located In the Uubv basin district ,
ml It is estimated to contain at least $1,000-
00 worth of ore.
Irojton Imprnvnmmit Company In Trouble.
It Is reported from Now York that there
s considerable friction among the members
f the management of the Oregon Improve
ment company. Messrs. Prince and Edgerly
f the executive commutes are oxpsctuJ to
' ( sign before the annual meeting next
nonth , and the cancellation of the sluicing
und provision of the 0 per cent first mort-
jatro is a question about which them Is ser
ous discussion. There Is also talk of rotir-
ng the 0 per cent mortgage altogether In
ixchango for the consolidated mortgage
lues. Tlio authorized consolidated mort
gage is $ lfi,000,00q. Of this SUIIS.OOOaro
aid to bo outstanding. The change in the
'irectory ' , it is said , will leave the manugc-
nent entirely in the hands of a single fac-
ilon.
Onlil nt Olymplu.
Kugeno Motiroo , an old prospector , has
rcasioned endless excitement ana interest
> y displaying samples of gold ere of an un-
isually high value discovered within two
iiiles of Olympia. Ho says ho has been
irospectlng in the vicinity for three years
, nd hai found a ledge of burnt quartz ,
.hrough which a thread of gold runs in largo
luantitios and unusual purity. The ledge Is
lalf a mile long with outcropping of native
iuartz. Ho exhibits ono piece of free pold
lalf an Inch long and one-sixteenth of an
Inch thick picked from the lodge , and says
' .hat assays show that the ere will run from
' 5,000 to $30,000 per ton.
A < iooU Find.
A Mr. Lawrence from Denver , who is
largely interested in the Four-Mile placers
lust south of the Wyoming line In Colorado ,
loft on the stage this morning for Dixon to
begin active operations. Ho will use water
mt of the Willow Creek ditch. The Uoclr
jprings company have their ditch , which
; hey are taking out of Four Milo crook ,
icarly completed aud expect t begin sluic
ing in a few days. One of the Booth boys ,
who has a clulm in a gulch near Timber
lake , which is fed by a spring , cleared up
iver $200 in a ten days run.
Tlio Ucorliorn hold.
Messrs. do la Bouglise and Clmrtler , rop-
Clouting the French syndicate that put In
.hoHosebud mill at Cripple Creole , Colo. ,
lave purchased from Messrs. Wallley and
kVulsh the Doorhorn mlno at Cripple Creek
tor the modest sum of $40,000 cash.
J. Stanley Jones drew up the papers and
the entire amount in cash changed hands at
Mio First National bank this morning. The
jam is considered the best bargain over
macla In Cripple Creek , although Messrs.
Walfloy and Walsh have realized a very
handsome profit on their Investment.
The Dakota & Wyoming ? Itallrond.
The steel rails have now boon laid up to
the company' ! present terminus at Rapid
City. It is thought that the force of men
will bo put to work next on sidetracks for
yard facilities. The force of men will bo
largely increased the lirst of next week and
work will bo rushed on the rock \vorlc west
of the city , as it is proposed to complete the
line to iDark canon and thus bo able to run
excursion trains to that place during the day
of the picnic held by the Society of Black
Hills Pioneers nt Clcghorn grove Juno 8.
Nehrimku unit XrhriiHltnnn.
Lightning shattered the house of Joachim
Bull , near Klkhorn , but none of the inmates
were Injured.
Business men of David City talk of boy
cotting the Union PaciUo because it will not
build n now depot In that town.
Monroe people have raised a bonus to
build a brldgu across the Loup at that place
aud the structure will soon bo finished.
The Dodge county Sunday school workers
will hold a convention at Jamestown May ii4
and 'J5 , with a basket plcnio thrown in to en
liven the occasion.
A Madison incendiary poured kerosene
over a building twice In ono week and flred
it , but the lire boys prevented the destruc
tion of the structure.
A heavy chandelier In the Baptist church
at Pawnee City fell the other day and sut
lire to the carpet , but the blaze was extin
guished before much damage was done.
The old Union Pacific car which President
Lincoln used during the war , and which has
been at North Platte for o number of years ,
has been sold to a syndicate and sent to
Chicago.
The Hastings presbytery at Its mealing a.
Culbortson decided In favor jof the revision
of the confession of faith of the Presbyter
Ian church. The fall mooting of thu presbytery -
tery will bo held at Axtol ,
Mrs. Frank Nermuth , living near Lynch ,
Boyd county , was burning grass around ti
garden plot and her dress' caught lire. Stio
ran to a creek near by , but before reaching
it her clothes were all alhuno and her body
terribly burned.
Mrs. L. H , Douglas , a Broken Bow widow ,
owed n debt of $ IU which she was unable to
pay and her creditors started to foreclose on
her property. Charitable pcoplo discovered
the fact , raised the fVJ and presented Mrs ,
Douglas with 15 besides.
County Attorney Al Tingle of Bassett and
J. J. Likens , the ex-county treasurer , came
to blows on the streets of Bassott the other
day , nnd whei : the light was ever it was
found that Tingle's thumbs had been
"chawed" to a Jelly by Likens.
At the examination of candidates for the
West Point cadetship from the Third con
gressional district , Xono Brfggs of West
Point passed the best examination , having
un average of 81 , but on account of his ago
was appointed nn alternate. Mr , Williams
of St. Kdwanls was next with an average of
77 , and was awarded thocadotshlp.
The Crete Chautauqua will hold its ses
sions thU year from J'dy 5 to 15. This Co
lumbian year promises to repeat and oven
exceed the successes of lust year. Popular
evening entertainment. ! are being arranged ,
to be announced In full later , whlcti will
maintain the high average of previous
years. They will include two oratorio ovuu-
Ings by the chorus of the assembly , assisted
by the Lincoln Oratorio society , and. one
evening by the Chorus of Missus of Lincoln
(200 ( young itirls ) , under the direction of
Mrs. P , V. M. liayiuoud. There will be two
evenings of stereoptlcon lectures ou the
architecture and art of thu World's fair by
Lorado Taf t of Chicago , ouo of the artUts of
the exposition , showing nil the buildings
and vividly picturing their style of archi
tecture , statuary nnd decorations. The list
of entertainments I * not complete , but U U
welt under way nnd will maintain the as
sembly's record for first-class programs.
Colorado ,
I/ong Dros , nrc sacking ere at Hear Crcok
which nveragc.s ? l,000 per ton.
The flsh Killers are already operating with
dynamite down the Hlo Grande.
After a long season of drought the eastern
art of Colorado ls bolng visited by rain.
Tlio AniPthvst hns contracted with three
mcltcrs to fit.-nlsh each fifty tons of ere
my *
A largo body of shipping ere has boon
truck in the Guston mlno , Hod Mountain
( strict.
Articles of Incorporation of the Pueblo
Vatcr Works company were filed with the
ountyclork with a capital stock of $ lnoo ,
Tlio sale of the Dccrhorn nt $15,000 scorns
o have affected Anaconda stock only fr.tc-
lonally. A big drop was expected when the
ale was announced ,
It seems to bo n well grounded rumor that
, railroad Is to DO built through Fort Collins
t no distant day , and that the new line will
jo pushed on to the coast.
No credence Is placed In the rumored kill-
ngof Lieutenant I'lummer byNavajos. The
atcst news from the San Juan Is to the cf-
'cct that everything Is quiet.
Tlio men on the chain gang nt Colorado
prlnga went out oil a strike and refused to
vork any loniror unless they were given
hrco meals a day Instead of two.
A great strike hns been made In the
Sprlngdalo Gold Mining and Milling com-
i.iny's property. Some tclltindu of gold
taken out which was worth (15 a
Gentlemen In from Aspen report the loca-
rlon of a largo body of ere , the result of re
cent development the Mineral Farm ,
which Is located In Hunter's Creek valley ,
; xbovo the Smuggler.
The closing down of the Kurydlco mlno at
'latorn Is announced , owing to the failure
if miners to get their pay since November ,
803. The owners are Barth , Anderson ,
farman and othcis of Denver. The Eurv-
lice i.s rated as one of the best properties In
ho Conejos river section.
The Homo Cheyenne company obtained an
iptton uiwn five acres of land between Col-
trade Springs and Washington Height.- ? .
The property I * rich in cryolite and thu com-
wny will engage extensively hi the manu-
: ucturo of glass. A plant coating $50,000 will
bo erected In the near future and employ
ment given to tlfty men.
The Union Pacific will build a branch road
Lo the pressed brick works and Case stone
quarry at an early day. E. A. Cordman ,
roadnmstur , was out yesterday looking over
lite ground and will report at headquarters
todav. A road to those Industries will give
11 great Impetus to Boulder business , and It
's hoped that the road will be built at once.
Wyoming.
The -overnment contract for supplying
beef to Fort Russell was let at $3.33 per hun
dred pounds.
Jesse and Sam Yoder brought In sixteen
wolf hides from Horse creek. They received
8128 of Laramie county money.
Reports from the shearing pens of the
north indicate that the quality and quantity
of wool this year has never been surpassed.
The CoM Springs Stock company of Aurora ,
Albany county , has been Incorporated , with
$20,000 capital , and will conduct a general
anch , flsh hatchery and a live stock ousl-
ncss.
In Fremont county the assessment roll
shows that it has ono company which pays
; axes on 11,000 head ; whole number of com
anies and persons assessed , 420 ; whole
number of cattle , 55,11)3. )
Ed Dolan , a tramp , is in jail at Rawlins ,
iVyo. Ho stole the telephone from tlio ofllce
of Judge Homer Merroll. Dolan says ho did
not know the nature or value of the Instru
ment , but thought it would sell for some
thing.
| 8 Work has been commenced on the telegraph
line from Clearmont , on the B. & M. rail
road , to Buffalo , and it is expected the
line will bo In operation in less than twenty
dayn. Connection will also bo mndo with
the Fort McKinney military post , three miles
distant.
Nebraska men have incorporated the Val-
.ey Townsite company to do business with
the Alcova hot springs in Natrona comity ,
where a resort has been established. The
capital Is $2,000,000 , and operations are to ho
conducted on a largo scale. An electric rall-
ay sixteen miles long will bo built.
An Indian arrow-head miiio is ono of the
atest mineral discoveries in Wyoming. It
ins recently been found forty miles from
aramio peak In Albany county. The min
eral was from an agate ledge , which shows
extensive work. It is estimated that it would
take 100 men two years to do as much work.
Governor Osborno has issued a proclama-
lon offering a reward of $250 for the appre
hension of Charles T. Gale , the defaulting
city treasurer of Laramio. This is in addi
tion to $500 posted by the bondsmen. Gale
handled $ 'iO,000 while in olllco a year and
was short $12,000. Pictures and descriDtions
have been scattered broadcast.
Ono of the most curious and interesting
mineral discoveries Is the recent find of a
natural soap , mlno on the line of the Bur
lington , near the town of New Castlo. The
deposit la from fourteen to twenty foot In
thickness , and is a kind of talc saturated
with potash. In its natural state It inarfcs
fair laundry soap , and when softened with
water increases its bulk about four-fold and
makes u rich lather.
Thn DilliotnH.
Hot Springs Is promoting a paper mill. A
four ton plant is projected.
Citizens at Aberdeen have perfected a
bond guaranteeing a right of way and depot
facilities to the proposed Black Hills road.
Gophers are becoming a pest along the
James river north of Yunkton , and farmers
have inaugurated n crusade against the ani
mals.
The Central Dakota Veteran association
will hold its annual encampment at Lake
Preston , S. D. , on the eek commencing
June I'J.
The pontoon bridge at Chamberlain , S. D. ,
is In position again , and hundreds of cattle
und bcoros of land-soakers arc crossing dully
on tholr way to the ceded Sioux lands.
Complaint Is being made that the flsh In
Canon lake uro being wantonly killed by
the use of dynamite. This method of fish
ing is unlawful , besides being cruel nnd
wasteful.
Harry L. Williams , a young school teacher ,
has been Indicted for stealing three 2,000-
mile mileage books from the Chicago , Mil
waukee ft , St. Paul depot and for forging
names to them ,
Whlto-Faco-Horso. the Indian Implicated
In the killing of cowboys some weeks ago ,
and said to afterwards have com
mitted suicide , Is alive and well , hidden at
Pine Hldge agency ,
The proprietors of the Wind Cave have
planned an excursion for the editors of the
Black Hills , and individual Invitations have
been extended to each of the members of the
fraternity and to their wives.
A largo force of men is at work on the
Yankton & Sioux Falls railroad and the
grading is being pushed all along the line.
The piling of the bridges Is all on the ground
and a crew of bridge builders Is crowding
that branch of the work , The Yunkton end
of the grade will bo ready for the track
layers before many weeks are past.
Contractors on the government artesian
well at the Indian school at Pierre struck n
How of water yesterday at n depth of 1,000
feot. This establishes the fact of thu exist
ence of an artesian basin in this part of the
state , which has always been questioned ,
The well will ho sunk about 100 feet deeper ,
when the contractors expect a gusher.
DcAiiwooi ) , S. D. , May 8 , The now foun
dry and machine shops have started up und
ere now running1 out flrst-class work , The
Institution will benefit the various other
mills in this section , as it will bo able to tur-
nish immediately any casting which is bro
ken and to repair machines otherwise dam
aged , thus doing away with much delay
heretofore necessary when a breakdown oc
curred.
Stockmen west of the Missouri river are
protesting against the section of Governor
Sheldon's cattle quarantine proclamation
which says , "Provided that cattle brought
into this state from certain portions of Texas
shall come Into the state of South D.uoti
only for slaughter or grazing , and shall not
bo nhippea from South Dakota into any other
state or territory in the United States before
fore the 1st day of December , 18U3 , " The
stockmen ask , if the cattle are tit to be ad
mitted into the state , why uro they not in a
ihm I at F WHO WINS JHE PRIZE ?
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tolls all about horses nnd dogs , pigeons nnd rabbits. It tolls all about different countries , and the strange customs of
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'that inhabit it ; the great whales , the seals , the sword-fishes that fight the whales with their swords ; those are all interesting
to schoolboys , as arc the little coral insects and the wonderful Islands they build up from the bottom of the soa.
These tropical islands , how beautiful they nro , and what an interest they hold for every boy , with their stranpo
natives , their cocoanut and date palms and their coral roofs.
The ENCYCLOPEDIA tolls of these things and of a hundred thousand more. A boy can amuse himself with
those wonderful books or ho can study and got a good sound education out of thorn.
Every schoolby ought to have a set of the Britannica , nnd all parents ought to make it tholr duty to put aside 10 cents
a day to obtain for their children this wonderful library , which is useful every day of the Seven Ages of Man.
lit condition to ship when an owner of such
stock sees it to his advantage to sell ? Stock
that is held"on the ranges until Decemper I
will have to remain there during the winter
and the following summer.
A largo number of physician * and sur
geons of the hills will moot in Hot Springs
on Saturday next for the purpose of organiz
ing a medical and surgical staff for a hos
pital to bo established at this point. It is
proposed to locate a ilrst-class Institution ,
pqual to anything of a llko nature in any of
the eastern cities.
Colonel T. K. Dawson of Grand Forks , N.
D. , owns the lirst military order issued by
General Grant. It is a simple document , is
No. 1 , dated July 2 , 1801 , appointing Mr.
Dawson quartermaster and commissary of
the Tweuty-llrst Illinois. It is signed Colonel
nel U. S. Grant , Sprlngtlold , 111. Mr. Dawson -
son has refused 1,000 for it.
Now artesian wells near White lake are
becoming quite frequent and the Wave records -
cords a now well nearly every week. The
latest ono Is on the Cooper farm near town ,
where a very heavy How was obtained. The
water Hews through a six-Inch opening and
rises to a height of six feet before break In K.
The well is IM'J feet deep and wan put dov/n
in less than live weeks , II. M. Miles doing
the work.
I-ast winter the legislature passed a law
empowering the state railroad commissioners
to llx maximum passenger rates. The rail
road commissioners came to consult the In
terstate Commerce commission on the eon.
stltutlonallty of the statute. The national
body , after u careful examination , decided
that there nro so many glaring errors in the
bill that It would not stand. On this advice
the state commission will refuse to act under
the law.
During the year elapsing since the opening
of the Hissoton reservation 2,1150 homesteads
have been tiled upon it , leaving less than 400
open for settlement. These remnants are
largely fractional and are chiefly located on
the hills. The soil generally is rich , but the
pieces left are not , of course , choice tracts ,
though well adapted , to stock and general
farming , Three lloumhlng towns have albo
grown up Slssoton , Summit and Efllngton
HO that It Is safe to place the white popula
tion of the reserve at 10.000 , a clear gain to
the state In twelve m'oijths.
What Is claimed rtp'bo , the largest book
over made has Just boph completed by Brown
it Saenger of Sioux Faljs. It is called tlie
Visitors Heglster , aml , > vlll bo shipped in a
few days to Chicago , where [ , It will bo put
Into the South Dakotajjbulldlng , and every
South Dakotnn is cxp qtcd to register In it ,
The book contains 2,0001pagos , and will ac
commodate forty nuiivto | the pago. It Is
25 Inches long , 27 lnqes | ) wide , when shut ,
nnd 13 inches thick. , ) } weighs 17.r > pounds ,
nnd It took the wholOjhjdo of a cow to bind
it. Through the follow of the back
when the book M open , a 7-year-old
boy can crawl with i.aaso. The board is
three-quarters of anwfi \ thick. The book
cost the firm $100 , uniivflll ho presented to
the South Dakota cotujmission ,
Montuuo.
Scarlet fever has broken out among Croo
Indian children , and thirteen cases and
three deaths are retried from a camp eight
miles north of Anaconda.
William Matthews , the king and last of
the cattle rustlers , who for a tlmo In 18UO
and 1891 defied law successfully In Wyom
ing , Idaho and Washington , was brought to
( .real Vails heavily ironed by Deputy Sheriff
Dwycr. Ho was captured lu Chateau , whore
ho was traveling under the name of Thomas
Briggs.
"John J. Zimmerman Is a cattle owner of
Montana , " runs a dispatch In the Chicago
Tribune , "Though well-to-do so far us this
world's goods uro concerned Mr. Zimmerman
is wholly unaccustomed to the ways of the
wicked city. Accordingly when ho ran
against Phllamon Austin and his wlfo Mar
garet ho parted with money and notes to the
extent of f7,500 and has hU experience in exchange -
change for hU money , lu the hope of getting
back at his alleged swindlers Zimmerman
has tiled a Dill in the circuit court asking for
an injunction restraining them from dispos
ing of the notes he gave them. Ho also hogan
suit against Austin for $ -0,000 damages.
The women of Bozeman have sent to the
World's fair a magnificent Jewel in the form
of the state's coat of arms. It is composed
of gold , silver , copper and precious stones ,
all of the most artistic and excellent work
manship , weighs live or six pounds , and cost
an oven f.V)9 ) the entire sum being raised by
the jnltcd efforts of the Ladies' Columbian
association of Gallatin county.
The court has overruled the motion for a
non-suit made by the defendant in the cole-
orated St. Louis-Montana minliic companies'
case now progressing at Helena. This rul
ing is construed as favorable to the St. Louis
company , in that the senior right of the
plaintiff gave it the privilege to follow the
mineral vein into territory to which neither
of the parties to the suit has United States
patents.
What will very likely turn out to bo the
most Important mining suit ever brought In
the United States is now on trial in the
United States court. It Involves a question
tlmt has never yet been settled in the courts
and which Is a disputed one under the min
ing laws. The question is whether the first
discoverer of a mineral vein , the apex of
which Is-on his claim , is entitled to all the
ore found within the walls of that vein , no
matter whether it stays within the lines of
that claim as it deepens or goes outside.
The apparently interminable Davis will
case Is again on the docket of the circuit
court for a now trial. Reports have been
current that a compromise had been effected
between the different factions , especially In
view of the recent death of one of the prin
cipal litigants , hut this in denied by the law
yers on both sides , The special administra
tor has over $1,000,000 lu cash on hand , In ad
dition to nearly 1,000 shares of bank stock.
No attempt has so far boon made to collect
on the notes for K 0,000 tlmt bear the signa
ture of Irvln Davis , orother of the dead mil
lionaire.
Washington.
A company has been negotiating for the
slto o ( n 10-stamp mill ut Swank and will
put it in operation If a lodge can bo secured.
J , H , Jansen of Tacoma has purchased
Dexter Shoudy's claim at the mouth of Wil
liams creek , Swauk district , for $ : ) ,000 ,
Gus Nelson Is reported to have taken out
a gold nugget at Swauk last week weighing
twenty-eight ounces and valued at M20.
Tlio Crispin Mining company is developing
gold mines in the Green river country. Win-
lock claims to bo the nearest town to this
locality.
There Is a possibility that the Langonour
woolen mill subsidy may yet bo raised. Of
the 115.000 usked as a bonus $10,500 has boeu
subscribed.
The Washington Reduction company of
Huby City baa commenced milling again
after having been shut down sluco Novem
ber 20 on account of frost.
Operations have been going on all winter
at the Italnbovv mine on Palmer mountain ,
nnd a 12-foot lead of rich rock In being
worked with good success ,
The now shingle mill of the Willapa Cedar
Lumber company at South Bend has been
started in full operation. The mill turns out
a carload of shingles a day and is undergo-
inir changes which will increase the dally
output tu 180,000.
The diamonds und othnr valuables stolen
from the residence of J. 10. Boss of Spokane ,
have been recovered and returned to the
owner , The total value of the stolen Jewels
amounted to ? SOO. The theft was traced tea
a youth of respectable parentage , who ,
when confronted with the evidence of hU
crime , broke down and confessed all.
It is reported that the great monster sor-
pout that lives in Hock lake near the mouth
of Hock creek , has been seen lately and la
supposed to be 100 feet in length and as large
around as a barrel. There U an old traul-
tlon that a regular man-cater dwells in ICock
lake. The Indians live in great dread of it.
They are afraid to go on the lake In n canoe
or dwell In close proximity to it. They toll
the story of its great size and craving for
human flesh.
Director Amos of the Union Pacific rail
road writes that the company is milking an
active inquiry with the view of extending its
track to Astoria , and expects to reach a
conclusion in a few weeks.
Oregon.
Shyster locators and timber sharks are
locating eastern suckers on land In Tllla-
meek county at from $25 to $75 per head.
The Sheridan Sun says : A few of the
'swindled immigrants ought to make n hangIng -
Ing bee nnd string up a few of the aforesaid
locators.
Mrs. Ell/a Lovcll Francis died at Port
land Sunday , aged 100 years. She was a
personal friend of Abraham Lincoln and the
relict of Major Simeon Francis , U. S. A. , ed
itor of the Portland Oregonian for several
years , beginning with 1801.
W. W. Cavities of Pcndloton , having been
pressed by creditors , has sold to U. S. Stra-
han , J. W. Whalloy , G. W. Hunt and asso
ciates the well known Foster ranch prop
erty on the Umatllla meadows , and also his
stock In the Columbia VVilloy Laud and irri
gation company , for $ -10,000.
Jos 1 ah Taylor , the oldest man In Oregon ,
died near Sheridan , Yamphill county , aged
104. He was the oldest of seven children ,
the other six of whom are still alive , the
youngest being now a woman of 80 years ,
Josluh voted for the fourth president of the
United States In 1812 and has been a demo
crat ever since. Lust November ho walked
seven miles to cast a vote for Cleveland.
The telephone line now building from Pon-
dloton to Canyon City will bo what Is known
nsa "metallic circuit. " the same system as
In VORUO between Chicago and New Vork.
There will bo two wires the entire distance.
Tno company behind the enterprise is known
as the Blue Mountain Telephone and Tola-
graph company , and was recently organl/cd
ut Pendloton with a capital stock of $50,000.
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