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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; MONDAY , MAY 11 , 180J. 5 fain ' ' ' _ alT. ' . ' T- " " - * * 1 'j . . . - " - - ' T-- PBLSEOFWESTERN PROGRESS Largest Silver Nugget on Record Iloistad Up Jrora the Smuggler Mine. V/EIGIIS / 3,300 POUNDS-WORTH S25.00Q J.lglit IVrt of Itlcli Ore Struck In thn ( Inlitcn Vtraea lit iMlta City Taking Out 830- 000 to gno.OOOn Month Illff Irrl- Kittlon Scheme IVcttirn Nowit , A tovr days ngo the Smuggler Mining com pany performed a feat tlint probably Ims no equal In tlio liUtory of mining. It was the liolstlng to the nurfaco Intact a piece of ore weighing 3,300 pounds and containing a Bllvcr value of $25,000. This Is the most valuable silver nugget known , being nlmosl pure , and of n size heretofore unheard of. The Smuggler lias a largo amount of this ore In sight , says the Denver Times , but owing to the low condition of the silver market no attempt Is being made to Increase the output beyond what Is taken out In the course of development workj Prepara tions , however , nro In progress for extensive work some day. A now plant of machinery Is arriving and within a short time the old holster will bu replaced by n much heavier on ? . Ono ol the largest pumps In the camp Is being placed In position to handle the heavy flow of water recently encountered and everything about the property Indicates an Immense out put ns soon as the market will justify such a move. Ono of the greatest Improvements Is a largo battery .of boilers which will be placed down at the railroad tracks , doing away with the necessity of carting the coal up the hill. A larg * foundation for tlio now engine is now In progress. The local management of the Golden FIccco and the people of Lake City generally are jubilant over n rich strike junl made In that mine. It consists of an eight-foot vein ol Bollcl tellurium and ruby silver encountered in the third level. This Is the largest body and richest ere over struck In the mine or In this camp. O. W. Plerco of the Colorado Ore Sampling iWorka , who Is ono of the six Denver men owning the Oolden Fleece , wan shown the above dispatch. Ho stated that the strike referred to was made several days ago , al though It was only yesterday that the body of ere was penetrated and Its thickness de termined. This new body consists entirely of high grade and Is worth $3,000 a ton. The total product of the mine during the past year has averaged $107 a ton. The mine Is now employing thirty men and no especial effort Is being made to take out ere ; the work being for development purposes. Yet the monthly shipments run from $30,000 to $50.00 In value. It Is under- Btdod that a dividend of $12,000 Is paid regularly each month. SCHBMR FOR THE UNEMPLOYED. Mr. Dllltnan , a prominent business man of Spokane , Is In the city maturing a scheme whereby ho proposes to .ninko a big stroke toward developing central Washington , and at the same tlmo offer work to all the un employed labor In the state , says the San -Francisco Examiner. The scheme Is to dig three big Irrigating 'ditches and pay the employes their board , clothing and other expenses , and the balance of their wages In Interest-bearing bonds se cured by lands along the ditches. Mr. Dill- man ban two associates , J. M. Buckley of Bpoltnno and II. II. Smith of this city. They liavo an option of 00,000 acres of Northern Pacific railroad land In central Washington , and propose that the Cham bers of Commerce ! of Tacoma , Seattle and Spokane shall each appoint one person , the nix making a board of directors to manage the company's affairs. The company. If or ganized , Is to contract for the purchase of these 90,000 acres , and at once sell enough on long Installments with a small cash pay ment to lay In sufficient tools and provisions tci set the men at work. Mr. Dlllman says the land la to bo bought by the company at very reasonable rates. Ho thinks the enterprise Is already assured. Ono ditch will extend from Priest rapids toward Presser falls , on the- west side of the Columbia river , and water 30,000 acres ; the second extends from Wallula to Alns- vorth , embracing 15,000 acres , and the third leaves Snake river near Rlparia , at the crossing of the Union Pacific railroad , and traverses the Eureka flat through 45,000 acres. acres.STAMPEDE AT GLASGOW. Rlclrgold fields forty miles south of Glas gow , Mont. , were discovered about a week ago. The news has started the fever all over the state. Men. are arriving horseback cnrouto to the diggings. The mlno Is sup posed to bo that discovered by Kles In 1SG7 , .who was killed by the Indians on his way to tho-mlno from Fort Benton , says a special to the Minneapolis Tribune. Ho took out $3,000 In two weeks. Kles' prospecting out fit and his old shack were found on Box crock , John Cliff , living north of town , In his rush to cross Milk river and got to the dig gings , Jumped his horse Into the river with ten others. The horses became Jammed and Cliff Jumped off and was drowned. The others stayed with the horses and oamo out all right. Ills body was not recovered. The Btompedo was so great that they would not stop to recover the body. Ono store and lour saloons are already on the grounds. It Is hard to get railroad men to run trains. They have quit their positions to take claims , 'fho stock outfits are wtthqut cowboys , as tboy have all gone to the diggings. A steam terry has been put In the Missouri river at the Peck to carry people and teams. LOWER CALIFORNIA GOLD. Gold placers of considerable richness have been discovered In tha Interior of Lower California , according to Luis , a Yaqul Indian runner , who arrived at San Qulntln a few days ago from the now camp. * Ho said the entire Mexican population of Rosarlo had gene to the new diggings , where they were taking out from halt an ounce to an ounce cf gold dally per man. The placers are lo cated eight miles east of a place called The Titles and about ICO miles southeast of San Qulntln , There Is plenty of water at the camp coming from the Soda springs. Par ties from Sau Qulntln have gone to the new diggings. diggings.GREEN GREEN RIVER GOLD FIELD. Prof. F. J. Stanton recently returned from n hurried Inspection of the Green river placer ( lolds. To a reporter for the Cheyenne Sun lie said : "Thero Is gold there and any quantity of It , and It Is my opinion that coarse gold will be found when the bed-rock Is reached. Seine Chinamen have been at work above the city of Green River and have reached bod-rock at a depth of fifteen feet. What they found there they refuse to tell. My experience teaches mo , hcwever , that the gold will bo found to bo coarser as the bed Is reached. "It Is my Intention to return there soon , but I can say that the Green River Holds are not poor men's. Although a man can get hundreds of colora at each panful of dirt and sand , still ho will find dlfllculty In sav ing the gold because of Its fineness. On this acccunt It will ba necessary to secure machinery , which will save the fine gold , because the loss of that will malto the sand iion-prj-luclng In paying quantities. It la my ilriu conviction that there will bo good fields located south of the city of Groin lllvor as well as north. All those who are going there now and taking up land are g Ing above the city. I am safe In saying that the prospects as the present Indications show , are most promising for ono of tha greatest placer discoveries at Green River that the > world has over seen. But money will bo needed to make them productive of lue best results. " RICH QUARTZ SAMPLES. Specimens of gold bearing sand and quartz ire becoming very numerous In Park City , Utah , these days , says the Record , and there Is consequently much talk of rich eold finds made and to bo mado. Martin ilcOralit had aomo of the richest and best looking gold bearing sand In hla possession jrecontly that the writer has seen for many U.iys , being literally allvo with scales or flake gold. It came from a bar in ono ol the streams In Wyoming , and It Is Mr , Me- Oruth'a Intention to make a trip there this reason and prospect the ground thoroughly , Ho li satisfied that some , rich diggings are to be found In that state. Again , C. K. Street was exhibiting some Idaho quartz that wa * plastered ever with tbe precious metal In such quantities as to almost m.ika one's mouth water. The ore en mo from n ledge In Idaho that remains yet hidden from the hnnd of man , It having been discovered by an old prospector , who died In the hospi tal at Salt Lake. Ho was sick unto death when ho found the ledge , and never recov ered sufficiently la work It , and when he died he was unconscious and unabla to tell Its location. Besides these there are speci mens from Mercur , the Henry mountains , Indian creek and other points , that arc freely shown. As A result many Parkltca are becoming enthused , and the chances are that several prospecting parties will soon leave to look for the yellow metal. WANTON SHEEP SLAUGHTER. A report waa received from Do Bequo , Colo. , stating that 800 sheep owned by Mr , Reed , a local sheepman , were killed the other night by persons connected with the Utah sheep men. Reed was driving hie animals to pasture In the reserve , It Is said , when the slaughter occurred. Inspector Mason has organized a special party to gc to the scene. Trouble Is expected. A flock of 350 Utah sheep ore camped twc miles west of the city , and 10,000 head are reported on the trail near Grand Junction , Dr. Oresswoll , who Is here. Will turn back the flocks. HAGGARD'S DEVILS OUTDONE. The attention of the department of In dian affairs has been called to the bar barous practices of the Indians along the west coast of northern British Columbia , who. It appears , are still Indulging In can nibalism , supposed to have been given up long since , says the Denver Times. II. J , Simpson , a trader who has spcnl twenty-five years In the vicinity of Forl Ruperts , states that the Indians carry on their dances with all their old-time ferocity , the only difference being that now they are careful to have their wildest orgies only In the depth of winter , when the Inclemency ol the season has practically put a stop tc trading and hunting and has driven all white men , Including missionaries , to move to comfortable quarters. So soon as they have the field to themselves preparations are started for the most disgusting orgies , Simpson , who having married a full-blooded "Klootchman , " Is what Is known as a "squaw man , " has been specially favored ot trusted by being permitted to witness some of these rites , and gives a terrible descrip tion of what Is known to these Indians as a "man eater dance , " which ho witnessed a few months ago. In this dance.tho man- Ista , or chief character , horrifies the spec tators by appearing with a back-number native taken from an eminence upon which It was exposed to dry after death and tearIng - Ing the shriveled flesh from the bones as he dances about the huge log fire , all the time uttering the most frightful sounds In the Indian vocabulary of lamentations. Simpson also lately saw the horrible torture - turo of a maiden In connection with another dance , In which , to prove herself worthy to bo the bride of. a brave chieftain , she al lowed great barbed hooks to bo driven through the flesh of her back and danced almost naked while the chief held the reins attached to the hooks and by a series of wrenches eventually tore the flesh apart and released them. Missionaries have taken great credit throughout the civilized world for having converted these savages and the government has been led to be lieve that the dances now carried on are only Imitations of former barbarity , but Simpson , who Is a reliable man , asserts that they are no mockery at all , but a most revolting and cruel reality. LAND FOR SETTLERS. The amended Ute reservation bill , which will throw open to settlement 700,000 acres of good grazing and agricultural land In Colorado and about 3,000,000 acres In Utah , will be signed by President Cleveland within the next thirty days and will Immediately become a law. Hon. Adalr Wilson , who ar rived hero from Washington , says the Den ver Times , Is the bearer of this pleasing and important news. Mr. Wilson spent three months In the capital and with the aid of the Colorado delegation succeeded In effecting a compromise of the measure. Mr. Wilson Is stopping at the Brown hotel. Ho said today that there will be no delay In opening the lands to settlement , after the president's signature Is obtained , because negotiations with the Indians will not bo necessary. The measure Is based on the treaty of 185' ! , which the Utes sanctioned , but which w&s never sanctioned by con gress. The bill provides for the removal of the Utes to the western portion of the reservation and besides they will be given a liberal slice of New Mexico. Two large Irrigation canals have already been constructed and are now In active operation to within a short distance of tlio line of this proposed reservation and can easily bo extended on to the lands of the Indians at small expense. The bill further provides that the remaining lands of the reservation shall be sold under existing laws , and the proceeds held In trust for the Indians , except certain annuities and the sum of $20,000 to be Invested In sheep for them as was provided In the agreement of 1888. 1888.Tho Utah land which will bo opened lies Just north of the beautiful fruit country about Farmlngton , and Farmlngton and Durango will bo benefited. Mr. Wilson said that the land waa not a mineral country except along the streams , but was particu larly adapted to grazing and fruit. A colony of 100,000 people can bo accommo dated on the lands. RESORTS OF COLORADO. Recent reports on the diversified topog raphy of Colorado show this state to pos sess provision by nature for health and pleasure resorts sufficient In number and variety to accommodate the civilized world In Its multitudinous wants and fancies. Scores of mineral springs of the highest medicinal value , with good and ample ac commodations , exist In all parts of the mountainous regions. While the field Is ono most Inviting to the health seeker and tourist , happily these resorts are environed by streams , lakes and forests In which flsh and game abojml for the sportsman. Nowhere Is there a place ot icsort or a point of vantage to tha tourist that Is not conveniently reached by a line of railway from Denver , Colorado Springs or Pueblo , and a trip to any of them Is filled with the most fascinating surprises of mountain gran deur and beauty. Colorado Springs possesses an all-year- round cllmato unsurpassed upon the globe. Elegant hotels accommodate the throng of tourists and Invalid travel which flows Into It at all seasons ot the year , while Us broad shaded avenues are lined with tasteful cot tages and the homes ot wealth and luxury. Manltou , the "Saratoga of the west , " a fashionable resort famous for the variety of Its springs , the dellclousness of their waters and Its superb hotel appointments , nestles at the very foot of Pike's Peak , the "gem of the Rockies. " Its many caves and canons , Us sparkling waterfalls , charming nooks and delightful walks and drives , makes Manltou ono of the most desirable places to spend the summer season , as thou sands of yearly visitors testify. Glenwood Springs Is located In the beauti ful valley of the Grand river In the midst of mountain grandeurs , and Is ono of the greatest sanitariums In tno world. With Us thermal springs , highly efficacious In the treatment of rheumatism and chronic dis eases , the magnificent hotel , "Colorado , " Us mammoth swimming pools. Us rich and ex tensive bath houses. Its gorgeous surround ings Its flue fishing streams and Its tim bered hills abounding In game , render It one of the moat charming spots In all the mountains at any season of the year. WOKOII Wheel Gap , on the Rio Grande river. Is a gem of the great San Luis park ; It Is a favorite resort ot the fisherman. Its streams teem with trout and Its surround ing hills abound In game ; Its healing waters are so well known us not to require any elaborate mention. . . . . Poncha Springs , on the slope of the Con tinental Divide , was from time unknown the healing fountain of the Indian. Hero there are ninety-nine hot springs flowing from a field of tufa , chemically the same as that at Hot Springs , Ark. Cotlonwood Hot Springs , near Buena Vista , under the shadow of the Collegiate mountain range , possesses great curative properties for skin and blood diseases and la situated within a convenient and pleasant drive from Cottonwood lakes , which abound In mountain trout. Pagosa Hot Springs were also discovered by the Indian to bo "Big Medicine , " because of their wonderful cures of calculus , skin diseases and rheumatism. Trimble Hot Springs Is ono ot the great attractions of the famous "Stiver San Juan , " and a moat delightful health resort. The celebrated hot springs of OJo Callento are situated eleven miles from. Barranca , on the Uaptnola branch ot the Denver & Rte Grande- railway , with stage line connection. The waters cure paralysis , rheumatism and kindred diseases. The fame ot the Ouray hot springs takes preccdcnco to that ) ot the rich mining camp surrounding the city. From the first days of settlement these waters have been highly efficacious In the euro ot rhoumatlim , cuta neous and blood complaints. Cebolla Springs , In Gunnlson county , hnvo been known from the earliest days ot settle ment for the wonderful healing qualities In many diseases.The hot springs are espe cially efficacious In rheumatism , whll > the soda and Iron springs are beneficial In stomach ach and kidney troubles. At Canon City there are several cold min eral springs , ono of them resembling the celebrated waters of Vichy , and It Is bottled and shipped extensively. The Waunlta hot springs , In Gunnlson county. Is a resort of considerable local re pute , for the curative properties ot the waters. As a sanitarium , great things may be spoken ot Steamboat Springs , In Routt county. Nearly 100 mineral springs of dif ferent kinds , ranging from cold to 150 do- Kroes temperature , Immediately surround the town , which has nil the accommodations of a health resort , Two springs represent the highest typo of Vichy water. These waters cure many human Illg and the hot sulphur pool , a natural bath , Is extremely efficacious In the treatment of rheumatism. All these places are amply provided with bath houses and other requisite accommoda tions for visitors , while the surrounding country affords many advantages ol sport and pleasant recreation. Idaho Springs , situated at the western head of Clear Creek canon , thirty-seven miles.from Denver , Is a delightful town , because - cause ot Its beautiful surroundings and Its healing thermal waters. From this point the picturesque mountain roads lead the way to the great parks , the lakes , the rivers and forests of northern Colorado. NEBRASKA. Friend wolf hunters went out on Johnson creek and caught eight wolf whelps. It costs a boy $10 to walk down Main street , Holbrook , holding onto the hand of a girl. girl.Red Red Cloud Is going to have a new Catholic church. Bids for the building ot it will bo opened Juno 1. September 10 , 20 and 21 are the dates tint have been set apart for the Burt county fair , to bo held at Tckamah. Pawnee City Methodists Intend to rebuild the west wing of their church , which was damaged In the recent storm. Oscar Larson , who lives two miles south of Valparaiso , lost four horses In a fire which ho believes was started by tramps. Ho had a slight Insurance on the barn. David City has rushed the season In the mad dog scare line , and ono cur suffering with hydrophobia has already been killed without any damage being done. Attorney J. A. Dudgeon of Arapahoe has accepted the Invitation to deliver the Memorial day address to the Kearsargo as sociation of naval veterans In Boston , Mass. Llttlo Chester Cranglo of Holmesvllle was knocked down and badly bruised by an en raged cow the other day. Fortunately the animal waa hornless and assistance arrived In tlmo to prevent any bones from being broken. Hazel Cook , the 3-year-old daughter of James Cook , living near Julian , strayed away from homo with her sister In pursuit of flowers and laid her down to sleep on the Missouri Pacific tracks. A passing train crushed her foot , which has had to be am putated , and the child ! now doing nicely. A burglar entered the residence of O. A. Brown at Plattsmouth , ransacked the whole house , and took away with him a diamond pin and a now coat belonging to Mr. Brown. In return for this the considerate robber left an old coat of his own , and the police think that this will give them a clew to work on. Strawberry boxes with false bottoms have become so much of a nuisance that the Superior Sun comes out with the announce ment that any Nebraskan who will kindly Invent a box that has the bottom placed where It should bo or have a law enacted that will compel fruit venders to put the berries In the bottom Instead of In the top will bo remembered In history as a true friend of humanity. Beginning Tuesday , May 15 , the Nebraska State Eclectic Medical association will hold a three days' session at the Hotel Lincoln in the capital city. In the various depart ments of materla medlca , gynaecology , sur gery and pathology , mental and nervous dis eases , othalmology and otology , obstetrics , etc. , papers will bo read by the delegates from various parts of the state. The Omaha eclectics who will be present at the conven tion are Drs. Ira Van Camp , Hamilton War ren , N. J. Carrlcker , G. L. Nlckols and J. M. Keys. THE DAKOTAS. Centorvllle has voted favoring the Issue of bonds for a system of water works. Fargo celebrated the successful termina tion of- the Great Northern strike In her new opera house. The government proposes to do considera ble work on the Missouri river above Slonx City during this season. A meeting of the ministerial association and Epworth league of the Huron district will bo held at Huron May 15 , 10 and 17. The state encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic , Woman's Relief corps and Sons of Veterans of South Dakota Is to beheld held at Do Smct , Juno E , 6 and 7. The school authorities at Devil's Lake , N. D. , were confronted with a formidable strike on the part ot the scholars , who In sisted on a whole holiday for Arbor day celebration. Contracts have been completed and work begun on the axle grease factory and electric light plant at Custer. They will cost $30,000 and employ about twenty-fire men. They will bo In operation In July. The soldiers' and sailors' reunion to be hold at Yankton In Juno Is to bo ono of the largest gatherings of the kind ever hold In the state. It Is to occupy three days , and 5,000 to 8,000 visitors are ex pected. . * About ten days ago the government snag boat , Josephine , passed Chamberlain bound up. The steamer Mandan , also a govern ment boat , arrived down river. The Man- dan put In the tlmo removing snags from the main channel of the Missouri. The boats will bo engaged this season In clean ing out the river. As a supposed result of the late strike the telegraph operator at Rugby Junction has been summarily dismissed and is unable to ascertain any reason for his dismissal. He has made many friends , who are Indignant at his being let out , ho being the most ac commodating and gentlemanly operator here. The American Railway union Is going to look Into the case. The commissioner of school and public lands , aided by deputies , Is making selec tions of Indemnity lands to replace these Included In the list rejected by the depart ment last fall. Deputy Bowman left Huron for the western part of this district , where ho expects to select from 15,000 to 20,000 acres. There ore nearly 100,000 acres to select from , but ho finds difficulty In obtaln- 'Ing choice tracts. The engineers who will survey the route for the Illinois Central railroad from Lo Mars to Yankton , and thence to Norfolk , Neb. , were to begin their \\ork on the 10th Inst. The construction company will com mence grading as soon as the engineers get the line In shape for them. One ot the officers ot the construction company said that the entire road , 130 miles In length , would bo completed this season , and that arrangements have been made to work 1,000 men and teams on the grade. While sinking a shaft on the Gold Brick lode , near Hill City , the owners uncovered some remarkably rich free gold ore. The samples were covered with gold , both In tlio quartz and the decomposed portions. The occurrence of gold In tlio quartz la a certain Indication of permanency that Is pleasing to the luckv owners. The shaft Is now about olxtcen feet deep and shows a well defined lodge two feet wide , which , has steadily in creased from the surface. The ledge li traceable for a distance ot 3,000 feet on the suface. WYOMING. r A wooden railroad between Rawllna and Casper Is being agitated. The state flsh commissioner has about 1,000,000 fish for distribution In the different counties of the state. Wyoming U expecting an immigration of 30,000 people along the line of the Burling ton extension this season. The new road across the Crow reserva tion from Sheridan to Billings , Mont. , U to bo In operation by November 1. The Mary Ellen mine at Atlantic has and Is now taking as rich ore as over came out ot the ground. Many ipats in the lead ( 10 ? r-f ) ANY PEOPLE say they don't sec how it pays to ad lU * I M vertise the way we do and sell goods as cheap as we " - X claim. They are right , It don't pay. We arc not ftit tb > after money we are quitting and we propose to quit in style J4 r- , , to make ourselves remembered , Everybody must get it cheap now.or they won't buy that's one reason we are fill in fr \ ti All the rest of the # 12 to $20 Cheviot and UT JUST WHILE we arc going we wish to Cassimere incidentally remark that no living man will Suite be allowed to compete with us. No house can import cheap suits to catch our customers , for , we sold for $ > last week o now at listen last week we sold 750 of those $12 , $15 , $18 and $20 cheviot and cassimere suits for $ S. Now the other 500 are going for a few days at $5 oo as long as they last. Your friends will tell you all about them. COLUMBIA % $ * % For a while at 13th and Farnam then we quit. iv i I will go $20 to the < pound , and there are many pounds of It , too- It cost the city of. Laramlo something that.al ) citizens were vaccinated over ? 100 to see cinated during the lale.fscare . there. Seventy-live mlners.artho Quealy mine strike. 1 no wcnt-ouPon a at Rock Springs trouble was brought about by the weighing of coal. A band of 200 elk were seen on the moun tains above Hyattvllle recently. This Is the largest band of elk that has been seen for a number of years. The Union Pacific Coal company will store 4 000 tons of Its Rock Springs product at Laramle and Cheyenne this month In antici pation ot an eastern demand for bituminous coal. While digging a hole In his garden Charley Hegewald of Laramlo discovered a lot of black sand which contained a number ol small rubles similar to those found in gold fields. The sand was panned and showed a number of colors. taken from the Three more samples ot ere Burke-Nalsmlth prospect have Just been as sayed by Prof. Knight. The first runs 30 $22.40 In gold. 331 ounces I" silver and . In gold , 271 per cent lead ; the second , $13.90 ounces In silver and 18 per cent lead , and the third , $24.GO In gold , 121 ounces in silver and 34 per centIn / lead. Farmers about Sheridan , says the Enterprise far greater acreage prise , are planting a kinds of of all than usual this season cereals and vegetables. Tlio on-bu ding of the B. & M. to a connection with the Northern Pacific will furnish a good market with the Montana mining towns , ana tie farmers are not slow to appreciate this fa0t' ' COLORADO. Another largo ore-treating plant Is to bo erected near Florence. , During April the Amethyst , Creedo , aver aged forty tons a day In shipments. Tree planting Is still the. leading feature of the spring work In the Grand valley. The Columbus , one of the big mines of La Plata district , Is to be opened up at once. Colonel S. II. Baker , the La Plata district magnate , says the stamp mill for the dis trict Is assured. The Syndicate mlno. near Sllvcrton. Is working seventy-five men and shipping nlgn grade silver ore. Ohio City , once a camp of 1,000 people , but having now only twenty-six , reports some good ere discoveries and a now boom Is promised. A lack of teams caused the Independence mine at Cripple Creek to shut down. There are nearly 400 tons ot ere ready to be taken to the. smelters. The Humboldt river Is said to bo booming and the lake has risen seven Inches In the past two weeks. It Is feared that every dam on the river will bo carried away by the freshet. The output of the Hock Springs mines for April was above the average and the usual number of miners are working four days each week , although this Is consid ered a dull season. The Montezuma. valley In the southwestern part of the state Is .c njinu rapidly to the front as an agricultural section. A late frost has , however , InJurM the prospects of a fruit crop for the. pros9/it / season. The llmo works at Tbomasvlllo , Pltktn county , are said to be" shipping 125 tons of rock per day to Leadyllie and twenty tons of burnt lime per 'day' to Aspen , Lead- vlllo and other towns tfc building purposes. The Wyoming Mining. Milling and De velopment company , ' which was organized recently with a capital stock of $2,000,000 , will at once begin th'p ildvolopment of some of the rich properties ) in the La Plata district In Albany coijuty. Wolves got lu a cayc * where a band of 3,000 sheep of the Lale ( llasln company were herded about two about , ago and caused a pile up which resulted disastrously. Nearly 400 sheep were smothered during the panic. They rushed to the further end of the sheds , piling ono on top of the other until they reached the roof. The Caldwell .Tribune says the canal com panies of Canyon county have directly In creased the cost of water CO per cent , and In addition assume to regulate the quantity , "Their methods of supplying water at $1.60 per acre and then assuming to nay how much water shall bo used on an aero has the ap pearance ot a cinch , " gays the Tribune , aud that "every move made by these Institutions compels the belief that they are a menace and a curse to the country. " Wo could not Improve' the quality If we paid double the price. DdWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is the beat salve that experience can produce , or that money can buy. The par ticulars of this Fa mous Dis patch will be founij in of the OPran CONCLUSION OP GHNIJRAL nix's -AMERICAN FLAGDISPATCH. . Century War Book NOW READY. 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