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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1893)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : ] vfoNDAY , SEPTEMBER 11 , 1803. GOOD WORDS FROM THE WEST L Bich Goal Mine Discovered on 'Wild Horse Orook in Wyoming ! BLACK DIAMOND VEINS 1HIRTY FEET THICK Other Mlnnnil rintU In Hjoinlni : Illnck 1IIIU UlHxn-I.nnilvlllo Mine * to Kr. nine A California iloimnra tiirup * from Uvcry whore * TEUX , Wyo , Sept. 7 ISpeclal to Tun DUE ] For the pist jrar prospectors have boon much Inlciestcd In looking for coil in the countrv tributary to Wild Horse creek , ns this region socins to bo the central and rlchi st part of tlio Wyoming coal Holds Coal is abundant from the soutco of tlio erock to Us confluence with Powder river , ntid ninny veins show rroppltiRs In the gulehef opening Into Wild Hoisovnlloy feonio of llicso veins uro twenty llvo to thlrtj foot in thickness and of good qualltj Hut tiio belief hns existed tlmt , somewhere in this rilstt let , would bo found a vein of coal which would surpass all others and such n "vein has icu-nlly buun louilcd onu niilo from Felix , nnd is now being opened to supply winter tr.iilo This bonanza is kno\\ as the II istler inlnonnd Is being operated by the Fulix Mln'ni ? compiny. The work of development is being pushed tin taplilly as possible , nnd the < oal already taken out Is pronounced bj exports to bo fully equal , If not superior , to any coal vet discovered In Wioming. It is a flno steam coal , as IMS been proven bj lepcated tests under tlio supetvision of practical engineers Coke makers from Pcnnsylvanli and from Kngland have pronounced it to bo tlio best unit cleanest loklngtoal they have over seen ' 1 ho supply is inoxhaustlblo , us the voln Is twcntj-four foot in thickness , and Is cortninl.v tmderl.vlng a largo tract , but its extent is difllcult to asccitaln on account ot the stoop ill | > of the voln , wliloh bus a down ward Incline to the south of about twelve fo l pgr 1H ( ) Pump * are requited to keep the inlno ftco of water , ns the coal has a conMdoinblo amount of water In it. It Is linden teed that castoin capitalists Are quietly negotiating for a puiehnso of the property , but ns no agreement h isvot , boon Touched It is impossible at this time to Rive any names 'I Ms coal will bo sold nt differ ent points in Nebraska at about the same rati's as the Inferior grades now being used Much oj thi ) coal In Wild Horse mining district takes llro spontaneously after being mined , this being duo to absence of water in the vein. The coal from tlio Hustler mlno has been thoioughly tiled in that inspect , and Is found to bo proof Against spontaneous combustion 'iho Telix company bollovcs it hns jnauo a great llnd , nnd thut further work will provo the mine to bo the beat coal over found in this state. Allen mill Aluminium Clii } . One after another discoveries arc made of mlneiuls in Wioming , until almost everyone known to sdcnrohnB boon found within the boundnilcs of that state Among the latest dlscovorlos is a ledge of inka of the purest quality in Converse county. Mic.i In largo quantities has been found in different parts of the slate , but too impure for commercial purposes .ludgo Glifi-ko of La ramie has also ro- celvod specimens of a clny , an analysis of which Bhotts10 per cent of nluiuinium. Clays containing 5 per cout of aluminium have been successfully worked at n profit , so that the deposit of 100 acics from which Major Glnfi'lte's specimen Is taken should provo u bonanza to the owner , though forty miles from tlio railroad , m thc.Medieir.oBow rango. Another Strlko on Haiti Mountain. .Too Orr , ono of the veteran prosiioctors of the Dondvvood distilct , Is showing a small specimen of gold-bearing rock lhat contained 150 colors which sot out from tlio quartz nnd Glittered in the sun like diamonds. It was taken from the claim adjoining the Shoboy- \ propel ty , located on the north side of S\o mountain , where a fair sired body has been encountoied , and is houojcombed with freci cold. Tlio fcalhcr edge of tlio ledge bun been drifted in on enough to dotcunino as to whether it is in paying quantities , with oncoin.iL'Intr mobiieots of the bodv widening and of higher ci.nlo as they got farther In. Tlio average of what they have taken out thus fur is $ . ' 5 Moro lutorcst U being manifest In pros- pouting around on the apex of B.ihl mountain these dnjs than in any other p.u t of the dry 010 bolt It Is thought by soiuu tlmt 13ald mountain In an upheaval of ininetal wealth. AVhilo wo question this , it is a fact that seine valuable prospects nro being opened up , anil liald mountain piomisos to outstrip anything mound itvhcii capital is onto in terested in the development of her pros pects. Tlio Cnlil Hue "I" " ° Worked. One of the most surprising facts about the La 1'lnta milling camp is that gold ere is being found in oven gieater abundance than silver ore \\as disco\cml there a jear or more ago , sijs the I/inimlo Boomerang Dan Shocithn , Jaok Uichaids and I'.it Dyer confirm all the information of the gold i ich- . * ness of the tamp io | > oited sottm timoago by Judge 0V Uiam.-l 1 Richards and Khockloy havobeen prospect- me for gold oulusUolj for same time and they loport an impoitnnt discovoiv Thoi have loin ten what they full the Gold nug ' 1 his elaiin is two and a half miles southeast of the lilg.Stillto , down In the edge of tlio granite foi mation In the llmo formation thosilver.it the Ln Plata is found. Iho Cold Hug is in uranito and slato. 'J'ho ere Is the s mm as the old Centoiiiil.il ore. but is not BO rich. It is estimated that It will inn on an average above $10. They had run an open cut sixteen feet across the le.ul and hiuo ere tliu entiiu dis tance. It is believed tlio lead is twenty foot vide. 'Ibcio Is uei > iieli sticakof ere next to the south wall. U II Ultcliio pros- ] > octcd at tills \erv saino point tuo jonis ago and savs that ho secured essays wliicli run Jt > 0 This claim was located llio 1st of August. An Important fact in connection with this gold disi-ovi'iy Is that S K Uavis of Den- Tnr , an oxiiert miner , has been out to the I > n- Plata and canui in fioni the camp last night accompanied by Phillip Ileelc , another Colorado rado gentlcmnn. 'Jlieycnt out there a several ucclis ago with Mr Dm b ink of Den- \er The latter oamo in from the camp ten ai s ago and letinned to Denver , talcing samples of 010 from tlio Gold 13ug ith him Dm l.llll spriirlluli I'irf. 'Iho tlmbei at the licad of UttloSpoarflsh croeli Is for mllt-s a st'othing muss of llamo. The llro mm ted near Han's ranch and burned to uilli.n nshoit illst.ineo of his ih\ellliig , 'jut tuts piowmtcd ooiiiinuniiMting to the Imllulug b\ the heroic \\oiit upon the partof his mttghhoisaml ( lie m > d i lu > pni > rs fioni the ne.ir-bi i.iinp i u ni.-lii tlio lite , which huined biisklj .ill dihid bin tied it.s uij ne.uli four miles down the cro k ihuekil ) thocourso it tool ; U spirsoly , lu'iico inuaiiinago is compiratiu'ly klighl to | noK'itj | , but the lo 3 In corduood U ) mans of the wood contractor will bo liea\y. Piom a guntlunian who aiiUedin Dead ooU fIoni lli.itlcinlts It is learned thut the hla/u started from Hies built b.\ U-rry pklieis , and giovv lapidli until U uas u verllablo tidal wa\o of tire Owing to the fact tlmt this section H t hie lily tDM'ied bi underbriiHh and Doling trees the hills hsuing Uccn ilentideil of timber euis ago the 111o must lonttnuo until It bums Itself out , IIH tlio 'jiiderbiunh U as dras tinder nnd all effoits to stay it are futile The path of the tea ot lire vaiies from lit i eo to four and live miles In Hith 'J'ho heat Is intense and can bo felt ( or milt's , \\lulo the smoke it KUlfocating At iialil iiioimtain , ten miles away from tlio llroboii the wind hear * lu that direction , the pcoplo s i > thusmoko Is hardly endura ble , At Hoi h ford and KugluvrooJ the under brush U also ablaze , but they are minor tires complied uitli the Ultlo Sv.irlUh | llro ami i lll soon burn out The smoUo from those ilres settled do niii thlt giilch sj tlilcklj that for boino hours the sun was partially obscured I'lio da ) had the appearance , of a lia/LV Indian summerdaj , Since then the wind shifted and the amoko was drifted off ill a northerly direction ( iunil I'rntpcct * Tor l.rudrtlle. There \vaa an important meeting hold at I oadvillo the other day , roproaeuiliiK on ono ldo the miner * of the camp and ou the othur uiluo ownors. hero. TUo com. The ol ISSUES A City CORDIAL INVITATION To the People of the UNITED STATES , CANADA and MEXICO to visit it during the AUTUMNAL FESTIVITI eventy-five Thousand ELECTRIC and GAS LIGHTS are required to produce the Which excell in extent and gorgeousness any illuminations ever attempted in any city of the World. The spectacle includes miles of streets brilliantly lighted , with many colored globes. ELECTRIC FOUNTAINS , MYRIADS OF GAS IIGHTS , ELECTRIC BULLETINS , ELECTRIC PANORAMAS , GAS TRANSPARENCIES , ELECTRIC PORTRAITS , ELECTRIC REVOLVING STAtlS , GAS ARCHES , COLUMBIAN TABLEAU , ELECTRIC FLAGS , GAS COMBINATIONS , FLORAL ARCHES , ELECTRIC ARCHES , GAS CLUSTERS , COMBINATION EFFECTS. SPECIAL ILLUMINATION DATES : SEPTEMBER 4 , 7,14 , 21 , 30. OCTOBER 3,5,12,19 , THE TENTH ANNUAL EXPOSITION. THE VEILED PROPHET The only successful Annual Exposition in the world , will open Sept. 6th , and And his gorgeous retinue will parade with Oriental Splendor on October 3rd. remain open until October 2ist. Maghificent Palaces on wheels Grand Ball in Merchant's Exchange Hall. FoUr Gcijcerfcs Paily by SOlJSA. S Graijd Goijcerfc Vocal and Instrumental Solos by Madame SCALCH1 THE THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL And orther artists of international reputation. MECHANICAL AND AGRICULTURAL FAIR Magnificent Paintings and Pictures in the Art Galleries. Splendid displays of Manufactures and Liberal Arts , WILL OPEN OCTOBER 2nd AND CLOSE OCTOBTR 7th. Electrical and Mechanical Departments of Exceptional Interest , Countless added attractions and new features. And a general array of exhibits valued at many hundred thousand dollars. Exciting contests in the spacious amphitheater. INCLUSIVE ADMISSION FEE 25c. NO EXTRA CHARGES. Racing on the World Renowned Mile TracJ Greatly Reduced Railroad Rates from All Points. One , or one and one-third fare for the Round Trip on special dates during the Carnival. ALL RATES REDUCED. VISITORS TO THE WORLD'S FAIR are especially invited to secure transportation via St. Louis and spend a few days in the great-Metropolis of the West and South-West during the Carnival Period. For further particulars as to rates apply to nearest Railroad Station Agent , and for programmes and lists of special attractions on forty consecutive days , to BUREAU OF INFORMATION , AUTUMNAL FESTIVITIES ASS'N , Mermocl & Jaccard Building , ST. LOUIS. nnttees on both slues mot to discuss the labor situation , and they were an\ious to approicti tno subject from a reasonable standpoint. A plan was nnrtlallv agreed upon hisod on a general reduction all along the line The lesultof the confeiencoasasoitoftacit uiulorstanding that the mluo managers would , as far as possible , stall up on a now basis of wages , provided they could secure a reduction in freight charges and in all the supplies used about the mines , Including coal , lumber , powde/ , etc It was felt that labor should not fie asked to bear all the buidons , but that each and o\orv factor must aid in sustaining the others. The exact bvsis of wages IMS not jot been determined upon but it \\ill be proportioned on the price of silver that is to say , if silver Jumps fioni 70 to bO cents the inon's wages would bo latsed a pioper pei- ccntatfo. Of lourso , there will bo a number of meet ings jot hold by the committees and the vaiious details moio fully sot foith No\ei- tholess , the meoting.it is bollo\uiluill icsult honollciallv to bothpiitios concotnod , and the fooling is duciduily moio hopeful than It has been for sumo time. Tlio Gold Holt l.ciilu. Anew discovery of gold healing quaitz was made In Pine mining district last \\ook by Messrs. Clonnon ifc Co , named the Gold Holtlodo. The vein has been opened up along the surface for n distance of tliiity feet by an oi > on cut tn.it is twenty feet deep at the breast , and it has disclosed a line looltimroiii of lionojcomboJ quail/ from eighteen inches to two and one-half feet wldo that sliowH coirso gold In the pan As- sa\s give a value of fibin 0 to $15 s ton In gold and tuontj ounces of slher. A run of two cords U to bo sent to the Hlock Hawk mill as a test in u few days , and if it coiiob- orates the assay tests will provo a valuable piece of pioporty. There is a good tunnel Hlto taken up in White's gulch that will cut the vein at a depth of & 00 foot , through which it will bootltuJ. . llnby mill Silver Oro. Messrs Kennedy and Wilson have cut Into what promises to bo a large \eln of ilch ere in their Conipiomise shaft at a depth of about 1.10 feet , sa\slho I.iko City Times. Somoof the 010 taken fiom the nowstiiko is on exhibition. It looks voty line , con taining lots of ruby nnd some pot/lto 'J'ho shaft is a putpcndiLtilar ouo and eut into the vein ftom the hanging \\allsldo , the \oin basing a stiong dip tow.ud the soutli H is the Inti'iition of the owners to continue mulling UK linliu. the shaft with the pitch of thnvein The Compiomise Ib on llotohkiss inountain adjoining tlio Golden l leoco on the wentcil } end. O < > \ Oroulc Uulil , The gold claims on Cow crook , says the Hldgewaj Herald , recently located bv George Curlew , A O McPlico , Kniinetn Mo- 1-Xin ild und J O Holes , at o 1 < m i.- ably well lor the amount ot > .xi nt work that has been done A tunnel \ , noiv being tun on ouo of the claiuih to cut iho \etn.nnd is now In IIIK > UI thirty fuit 1'lf- teen or twunty feet will strike the \oin , and unless all signs fail the property will boa bou..in.i Tlio lock now being taken out Is mlneialUcd , and considerable ere tunning from * 15 to $50 has been encountcied. 'Jho load shows a gold \aluooii the surface of an average of t O. with some silver Mr. Car- low , uu old time pro pector , was t.o ! dis- counorof the piopaities in qucsllon , and made the locations on ground that has been run over for jears. Worth Mlllluni. The famous Utlca quarz mine nt Angels , Cala\cras county. Cal , owned by Ah Una 1 in > ward , tliu Hobirt estate and C. D Lane , jieldedlaat month tin enormous sum of jllVi.tXX ) , which was i5,000 more than the owners expuotcd. The cleanup was made last Saturday , when Colonel Hay ward , Jamei Crois , representing the Hobart estate , anil Mr I.unovtoro present , and the golc btlclfs wcro brought dev > n by Messenger Me Counell snd two other shotgun guards oi Wells , Fargo A. Co. This was the blgt-est cleanup at the Utlca , ani It was expected ti bo Juigo , a > u ricli chute had bocu worked recently. The Utica is a steady producer , giving the owners moro than JIOO.OOO overj' month , nnd rock is in sight for seven years' more work for the 100 stamps now runuinc. The vein is liftj1 foot wide , nnd is now being worked at a depth of 800 feet , whoio it is growing better. The mine costs to run about f40UiW a month. Homo Orugon Developments. W. P. Elj- , editor of the Cowlitz Advocate , of Custlo Uook , Wash. , has returned from an extended trip to the Bohemia mining dis- rict , in which ho has so\eial valuable claims. Speaking of mining prospects in that section , ho said : "Prospects in the district have never been so bright sincu . ! . A. Kuott of this city erected the first mill theio twenty-two years igo After Mr. Kuott loft the district ivorytlung became quiet , nnd it was onlj 10- cently that woik wns resumed ution the nines Now thej' present a vcrj' lively nji- learanco , thcio Doing sevcial hundied men > ro3peeting thorn. The Annie and Hohemi.in nines , wlikh .110 under the managemontof J. H Magce and Mi. Uavis , are turning out considerable oio The surface indicates sul- ihnto ore , but there is plenty of free milling 'old. Some of tlio piospcctors ha\o taken int fid of gold fioni a single pan of qunitz. Cnough do\elopmont work has boon done to show that the mine is 'permanent , ' and theio .s no sign of a 'drop. ' No now capital has iieen Intioduced into the district as yet , and the mines nro being worked by flock com- unles. which have hold them for several yeais " nnil NelirnsUunii. Tno Madison countj' republican confcntlon ins been called for Soptomler ISO , at Uuttle 3reck. Tno State giango will piobauly moot at Tckamah sometime In Uucomber with WO dclcirntes. Burglars entered Karly's ' Jowolrv store at Wither and secured > 0 orth of goods without .oa\inpr a clew , C. H Iingo , who formerlv resided nt Scrlbtmr , was killed bv falling from a horse nenr Mason , To\ . The Sutton AdyorllBor has entered upon Its seventh so.vr it is prospering under tlio dlicction of Dr. Clark. Prnnk Slinoen of consumption , nnd Mrs Suali A. Patiiekof paialysls , were two deathb lecorded at Stanton in ono day A hundred dollais iev.ml has been ofToied for tlio aucst of the parties who attempted to bum the Catholic chinch nt Hooper Fire in Paulson's fiunituio stoio at Ailington caused dnmngo to the extent or ( 1,000 It was caused bj the explosion of a lamp. Mis MirthaHyors of Plnttsmouthwifo of K W Hyeis , fotmerlv warden of the state punltuntiarj , died of cancer of the stomach at liei home. Clnrles T ( Irlflln , foimcrlj' editor of the Oakland independent , has buconio the min- ngerof the Alliance Independent at the sluto capital. AmojVliitoomb of Ponder U minus a log His gun went off while ho was dihlng thtougli n canon near I eng Pine , and mulcted a wound which made amputation necessary A wreck occurroil on the Fairmont Chester branch of Iho H & M. The passen ger train from thoBoutn collided 1th the freight train which was moving from the switches to the main track , Mhoonginos mot on the bridge which spins the big Sandy cieok Just south of nelvlctoro. The enitineois and liromon on both engines ie- inalncd at their posts of duty , fully leall/lng the unccrtaiutj of sa\iiiK their lives by jumping to the bed of the crook , a dlstanco of twenty llvci or thirty feet. Hoth engines \\oro badlj w locked and partly derailed No oao , however , was injuied bojond being frightened and shaken up J. 1C ( jrcen.nnold and respected citizen , living four miles southeast of Broken How. had an accident in town that nearly cost him hU life It seems ho had taken two coxrs to Hrokmi Bow for the butcher ami as ho was tying one of them the other started to mil away , the rope catching Green by the anUu of bis loft foot and ho was dragged for about uroo blocks , w hen tome men succeeded i-i stopping the cow , but Mr. Green was in sensible and ho was taken to the Innun hotel , where a doctor was summoned , who pronounced his ankle only sprained and his injuries being internal with bruises about the head and bodjf. His wife was sent for and when she arrived ho had gained sensi bility , but was suffering intense pain from his internal injuries. The doctor oraorcd that ho bo not mo\cd fora few days. Colorado , Ore is being taken out of the COO foot level of the IJusslcIc , Slher Cliff. A concentrator Is contemplated. The fortj-flvo minors of the Canon City Coal company \\ero paid their July wages last Mondaj' , putting ? 40,000 in circulation. Amended articles of incorporation of the Union Mining and Leasing company have been filed. 'Jho capital stock his all bocn paid up and lias been placed at f. > OI,000. ) A legal conllict Is possible between the Golden Tleoco and the Compiomise , the di It tings having como so close together that the mon in ono shaft can hoar the work in the other. Thrco shifts are pushing work on the Moinirig Glory mine , nrnr Harry , owned by the Work company. The ere , a good sjlvan- ito , runs $ i0 : ! gold in smelting ana flO from the stamp mill. K \j. lidgorton , a harvesting machine agent , and a mnico at mining , accidentally struck a load of hematite and pyrites of iron on Milwaukee hill , Duncan , running heavy with froogold. The Tolltirido Republican reports that leasers on the Montana have roccutlj' struck a small stieaic of remarkably rich gold. It is said to bu 1 } ' inches of quart/ that shows f i co gold throughout. 'J'ho Golden Treasure , Gllpin county , a tnoporty for < i long time nbaudoned , In Au gust j folded ? 1-I40 , In retorts , | 1.150 , from smelting oio and $5'JO from tailings , a total of f.SK ! ) ) , ngnlnst a piy loll of $ > OJand an ex- pciiso account of i00. . The Pueblo smelters received forty-four cnilo.uls moro oio during iho wonk ending September' ! than for the provoius week , and which amount to about ninetj more car loads than any other wcok since the decline in silver , Tlio I'liehlo smoker is about to blow In two more furnaces Thomas J. Cullliou of Don\or has just nmdo u big strike in the Hiher Ilommor mine In Kulston Creek canon. 'J'ho pay stieak is well dellned , and tin ) ore runs bo- twcen llfty and sixty ounces in gold to the ton with about 'Jo per cunt of copper. This Is the Hist vain ible gold mine over found in Icfloisou county. An assay made this week from a mining cliim near Dumout gives a result of nearly t\wMltv.tlmui nniu PS nf rrnldn t.hn tnn M lm proportj belongs to Urtlonol H Van Straight &Co of lon\or , who huvo boon working it for tlio past two months , although it had previously boon ullo fur. j oars The Little HUncli mine , at the hold of Silver clock , has a p.i\'stieik ' uhlch shou.s tweho Inches at a depth of fifty foot There arc tvent.\-llvo tons of 9 0 on the dump An assay h is boon taken from \eliishowing silicon o uncos in goldiund > oimcos in sil ver The Hess lode is an adjoining propoity which has recently opened a Jho-foot vein that runs high In gold. Dm lukotB . Including Sioux Tails and Yankton there are ton stations on the now Yauuton & btoux Tails lailroad. The canning factory at Sioux Tails has put up lioo.ooo cans and began the ether day to put up 100,000 moro. The new ditch for the water supply ol Dead wood , on which u lartro force of mop. haNo been working for weeks past Is com pleted to the sjphon on McGororu hill and the water turned into the same , Wonderful results are reported to have been obtained from tba iiot hptings waters in the cases of the \etor.ins bunt there fron Leiucnwoith Mllltarj' hospital. All of the old follows have bc n straightened out it peed shape The only obstinate case was that or Alphonso L < ong\o\o , who was suf ferlng from locomotor utaxia. Ho WHS pro nouucxa incurable at I oavcnworth aut also upon his arrhalat the Springs , anil has inco died. A grain palace can bo seen In Tlanrtreiu , ono that on a small scilo can equal the best Yberueon Is able to getiup , and besidesitbo eal stuff fioni which the collection is made can bo seen in the Moody county fields At the new county artesian well in Torj' ako towiibhip laigo quantities of a kind of : oal aio thrown up. 'Jho stuff burns readily , jut ou exposure to air BOOH crumblea up. rho well is o\erlKX ) foot deep and a stiong low of water has been obtained. Samples of ere from the recent discovery on the Chinese syndicate group wcio shown at Dead wood recently , and in appearance are ligh grade The property is situated at the unction of Dlacktail and Shceptnil gulches , i section well noted for its high grade silic ons oies. A project is now maturing nt Ynnlcton , which will icsult in a thoiough'test of aitesinn wells for drhlng pow or put poses , A company of gentlemen with means pio- > ese to sink six artesnn wells , six inches in diameter , within an erca of an acre or less , gurautced to fuinish 1T > 0 horse power. Wyoming. Tour Snake Indians cnmo Into Lnramlo tno othot day selling honis and bad to dis- DOSO of them at unusually low juices , l ven Ix ) is being touched by the panic. According to the Doriick , coal discovered near Casper has been analysed and found to contain H3 Cij per cent fuel , while the Hock Springh coal contains tff.55 per cent of fuel. 'Ilioio is said to ho more gold at the head of Gioen river than can bn used Ujr the people of the Unltod States , only It U llo.U gold and too line for present appliances The earth for forty miles can be panned with a yield of IHI cents to the jard. It is stated that the Fortunatus company has had another cloump and that , the result - sult is fully one-third bettor than the previ ous one. A letter stated that tlio plates wuro tilled with gold , Tills improvement In the gold cleanup beam out the olt-ie- pciited statement that the dcopor jou go in that peculiar formation of which the Hald mountain camp is composed the richer will ho the ground , Hediock has not jot boon reached. The III .v ear-old son of Thomas South wood ran awaj from his Homo in Kcd Lodge about a j car ago and all the olToits to lind him proved ft unless About tv\o weeks ago ho was located by some cownoj's over in llio Hig Hoin rountiv. where lie was living with the Indians Ho had ndopteJ their lifo and was dressed as only Indian ! , clothe thonibohos 'iho COWUOJB endeavoiod to bi ing him back and about half way to Hcd Lodge the .voungsior eluded his captors and escaped. Millions of locusts , fat and Immcnso in sl/.o , ha\o made their appeal nice on tlio sheep langcs of the lilg Horn basin The insects swoop down upon the sheep In swaims when they aio eagerly puisued by the animals and devouiod. As u fattening diet thoj nro said to bo superior to the best glass upon the ranges , and shocpmcn are bctiouslv thinking of devising some moans wheieby the insects may bo propagated nnd piesoived , to bd fed to the sheep duiiug the winter months. Oregon. The Whlta Swan's last ton days cleanup lesulted in S.1,000 gold. Shelton Is Indignant at wholesale ayna- mlto tlshing in Its trout streams and lakes John Goodman of Jordan \ulloy , 13oars old , killed f.vo full giowu boats and two coons on a morning hunt The attempt to stock Powder rlvor with cattish has been successful , and some wore caught lattt week about live inches in length. Ion carloads of cattlolnne been shipped by Dave Horn of Pondloton to Chicago on a special train , which will make theiua on its own schedule in eightj-four hours Cliailto Loti7 of HU 'Springs , Klamnth marsh , has a couple of line bear cubs weigh ing ov or sixty pounds eacn They are j ounir gilzillcs , but as docile as kittens and full of spoil. Probably the only orange that over grow and ripened lu Grand Itondo valley In ou exhibition at a Dalles drug store. The tree ou which the otango grow Is about eight uclics in height , and tlio fruit is a little under the average si/o. J. S Millikon of Owjheo mnikotcQ atYalo nelons neighing liftj pounds , seven-pound ) cets and twontj'-pound cabbiges "Owjheo valley , " savs the Vale Gazette , "against the world for vegetables " William Miller of Husjeno has consigned lis crop of Ib'JJ ' hops to Thomas Unborno of England. Ho received an advance of 1C cents per nound. Ho had 1)3 ! ) bales , or nearly i,000 ( ) pounds The well known cattle liujcis , Gerber , [ Jevnolds and Short ; passed tluough Tulo ulte section , ICIamatn county , within the aat ten days with neailj-1,000 head of cattle eniouto to the lailtoad. Tlio Pat Donegan ranch , compilsing 4,200 icres , located tweho miles north of Mod- foid , was sold Iho ether diy for .11,000. Tifty Polish families fiom-Ivansas and Ne braska will settle on the tiact. Major L J ) Toncst of Hugono will ship about 700 pounds of Oiegon grape loot , which ho has had gathei ed , to a Sin i'ran- cisco firm of mauufacturlng druggists for medicinal put poses It will go bj team to Corv allis and by the Oi cgon Pacific. Foiest HICK In the Hiuo mountains west of La ( ii.indo aio causing great loss to timber. A torce of upwards of 100 men has boon cm- plo\ed for savcial dajs lighting the flames , and is having great dilllculty keeping them a way from the sawmills. Ciowsato moio numerous in this valley this , \ear than ever before , and nro already doing considerable damage to Clio growing coin ciop , says the Ashland Tidings , 'ten yeais ugo a ciow wns a i.ire sight la south- urn Oregon Now the flocks are almost as luigo as in the old coin states' of llio east. AVaililiicton. The estimated output of canneries this year at Port Townsend is liOO.OOO cases This Is n0 per cent decrease tioin last H'.ir. A destructive forest ( lie has bcon raging for several dnj's past on the promontory nortli of Hirch bajr , destroying a vast amount of timber. Noah Uojer of Walla Walla iccently hill vested from twelve acies 501) hags of ted chaff wheat , avciaglng ISIS pounds each , over nlnoty eight bushels pnr acre. The Noi thorn Fituiflu has hi ought In a 105- ton locomotive to move giain trains tlnousjli the Pnlouso countrj' Over , r > 00 loaded cars of last jo.u's are awaiting bJiipimmt Seigeant Wilson of lompany G , Tort Spo kane , wont out hunting Ho wns gone about four hours and killed six latllcsnukos with rattles as follows10 , 10 , H , 11. 7 unit f > Cirlo .V Donohiio are having a siwmlll built , of the most model n pattoin , 10 bo bloated at Clallnin ba\ . It will have a i apuilty of 50,000 to 75,000 feet ol lumber par ilny , A inport from Superintendent Patrick of the Hlewett Gold Mining company's piopcr- ties in the I'oslmstm distrlot states that iho mill is i iinnlng steadily and is bundling lift/ tons of ere a day , and that all work is pro- Blessing satisfactorily. 'When pain nnd nnguish wring the brow , A ministering.ingel thou" Hroino-Sellzer READY MADE MUSTARD PLASTERS Wovcro the first mnnufncturors on Uils Continent. Our latest iimirovcmunt Biirpassea unytlilngrvor before produced , llo .Uk > , & 5o. Tier tin. Itiidurotolmvo HKAHUKV'S. Ask tor them spread on' cotton cloth. SEABURY'S SULPHUR CANDLES ; Prevention Is better than euro , by biimlnir those Camilla bad smoUs In Instuncnln , < : losf la , &e. urodo4troyedund tliincouUin'lonsdlitista ; ui'otept uuay ; nUo nsuftd for oxpellinic inos * ijultos and InilatliiK Intcttfl. I'rlce.iao. each. 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