12 THE OWAIIA DAILY BEE : IJU5TURDAY , SEPTEMBER 8 , 1891 ,
Gold from the Grass KooU Down In tto
four-Mile Country ,
ITS PLACERS INDICATE IMMENSE WEALTH
Camp lllunca Itooitilnc ltciort tlml Ilia
Ciuiip Is "No tioml" Denied Invcitl *
K tlne IseniUlllo' * Onlil licit
Uciierul Western * New .
Ex-Sheriff James O. Rankln came In a few
flays ago from a ten days trip to the Tour-
Mlle country , says a Rawllns special to the
Denver Time * Sun. He la very enthusiastic
over the- prospects ot that region fas a placer
mining camp. That there Is gold there and
plenty of It from the grass roots down to
bedrock there l no possible doubt , while the
country resembles a. sandy rolling sage brush
plain. The sand consists of pulverized quartz
jvhlcli carries gold In quantities from 10 cents
to (10 ( per cubic yard , He made a number ol
locations , which he claims will yield $3 per
yard. The gold Is not Confined to a small
district , but covers an extent of country that
has already been more or less prospected , flf
teen miles In width by twentyfivemiles In
length. Mr. J. B. Adams , who Is manager
for an Omaha syndicate , has recently taken
In a dry process machine whlcn It Is claimed
Mill handle 1,000 cubic yards of gravel In a
ten hours run. The machine is said to be a
success in every particular , the manufactur
ers guaranteeing that It will save 35 per cent
of the gold passing through the machine
It requires some water , which has already
been secured , and Its operations will be
watched with the greatest Interest , for If It
does the work claimed for it a large number
of similar machines will be at once ordered
and placed In position to begin operations
with the opening ot next season. During
the latt fortnight there has been great ac
tlvlty in the camp , caused by the arrival ot
prominent mining men from Denver. Aspen ,
San Francisco and Portland , Ore.
A large amount of placer ground on Four-
Mile , Jack Kabblt. Tlmbcrlake , Dry Gulch ,
Dig Hole , etc. , have been located , all ot which
Is claimed to be very rich.
It Is currently reported that Mr. D. II.
Moflat of Denver , a prominent banker and
mining operator , has purchased a large block
of claims. Mr. James Glllesple ot Aspen , a
wealthy mine operator , with a party of
miners , also -visited the camp and has ordered
the survey of a ditch , which will tap the up
per waters of Slater creek and cover many
thousands of acres of good mining ground on
Four-Mile and Tlmbcrlake , where he owns
numerous claims. The ditch will be about
twenty-five miles long.
The Gold Valley company , nn Aspen organ
ization , ot which Mr. Shear Is president , will
construct a ditch from Snake river , tapping
the river near Dlxon , covering all the land
hereto'ore held by them , as well as a large
amount recently purchased , all ot which will
be vigorously worked , as the president Is
Bald to have an Income of $40,000 per month.
Another company has just completed the sur
vey of a ditch from a point near Dlxon to
the Big Hole and Dry Gulch district , which
will furnish water for many thousand acres
of fine , rich placer ground. Mr. Booth lias
very rich ground , as Is also that owned by
E. II. Swlzer , L. Calvert , John Easum , C
Hayes , Vt'llllam Booth and others. The
claims owned by John Hardenburg of Aspen
arc pronounced the richest so far developed
The gentleman Is a thorough prospector and
practical miner , whp has had many years ex
perience which has"serSed him well in the
choice ot Ills locations.
Ho has several gentlemen associated with
him which next season's olean-up will make
a handzomo stake for him.
Colonel II. H. Wilson and his brother ,
George , two well known old-time residents
of Tlmberlake , have probably as rich ground
os yet discovered. They are. washing out
big money every day and saving all their
gold by the use of a machine Invented and
constructed , by themselves. The Rock Springs
company , of which Frank Illnmnn Is man
ager , owns a large tract of rich ground which
they worked the present season , taking out
a large amount of gold.
The company Is making preparations for
greatly Increasing Its capacity , intending lo
work a much larger number of men next
Bcason. A Rock Springs paper , speaking of
its last clean-up , says : "Great chunks of
gold as large as average sized turnips are
the attraction In Wlpperman's show window
this week. The aggregate weight of the ,
lumps la something over ninety ounces and
their Intrinsic value is nearly $2,000. They
are the result of one week's clean-up from ( he
hydaullc placer works on Four-Mile creek ,
about seventy miles south of Ruwllns. "
A Mr. Boise Is working over the tailings
nt Nelson's camp on Four-Mile and is aver
aging about $15 per day , which lie modestly
call * making wages. A number of Rawllns
parties have recently made a largo number
of locations. There is a dally stage front
this point. Dlxon , four miles north of the
camp , Is reached In twelve hours.
GOLD IN ALPINE GULCH.
The coming gold mining district nf Hlns-
dale county Will without doubt be In tlie
Alpine country , according lo th'e Lake City
Phonogiaph. This gulch opens at about
two nnd a half miles southwest ot this city
and runs back about six miles , forming one
ot the moat attractive and richest mineral
Izeil districts In the- San Juati country.
Float which Is found here in great abun
dance Is of a tellurium character and of
the very highest grade. A recent tellurium
discovery was made on property located in
the main range and duo west of the old
FidelIn ! mine , where a large body of
tellurium ore has been uncovered , and In
nn assay the return showed thirty-five
ounces In silver and five ounces In gold.
It is thought by all mining men that this
is by far the richest and soon lo bo the
most productive district In this section of
the countrv.
The Fidclltn mine , which is knowa all
over the state for Its rich bowlders , is
being worked steady. The parlies In charge
are ruining a cross-cut-tunnel to catch , thv
vein , which will be accomplished In nbut 200
feet , nnd cut the vein about eighty feet
deeper than where It was opened In the old
tunnel. Across the gulch from the Fldellla
Is located the Chicago and Kansas City lodes ,
which are being worked by local parties.
A tunnel has been run on the vein
about forty feet , passing through a porphyrl-
lic quartz and following a streak cf talc ,
which is thoroughly Impregnated with
Yyrltcti of Iron , and having every other Indi
cation of teen being a steady producer. The
prospectors in this section find it a great
feast to search tor the leads that the rich
float comes from , and when a few more of
the- large veins are opened up an excitement
such as this country has never experienced
Is euro to follow.
MORE MINES AT CRIPPLE CHEEK ,
A boquct of the new discoveries ot pro
nounced merit lends a spicy aroma to the
talk among the leading mining men of the
camp , says a Cripple Creek special to the
Denver Times-Sun. Some time slnco It was
Given out that a ream of shipping ore had
been , found , but as rumors of this kind are
frequent In regard to mlnea In general , no
special attention was paid to It. In the last
day or two all doubu liava been put to rest ,
and the forecast can safely be made that in
future the Summit will cot bo simply a low-
grade mine. Home of the flnrst specimens
In the district have been taken from the
ore bins here since Sunday. For the most
part they consist of fUurln-slalned quartz ,
csrrjina free gold , thojgh there Is also a
rich team of brown quartz.
What U of far greater importance is the
almost positive assurance that a vein lias
at length been , opened on this ground. It
means much , not only for the Summit , but
for other properties on Globe Hill. At now
showing , u Is from six to eight feet between
walls , anil has a. strong seam of from ono to
two feet of bonanza pay A carload of high-
grade has already been taken out that can
safely be put down lo run not below 1100 a
Ion. In addition , It cm be said that tlie re
serves of milling mineral Increase each day
There Is now from a , dozen to fifteen months *
upply marked out for the mil ) , and though
fifty toni a day are taken out , il does not
ft em to make i scratch on the Immense ore
bodies. Thirty men- are here at work.
IUCH oitn AT nice
The placer mines have developed such rich
deposits that Illco bids fair to becutim re
nowned as gold camp. Messrs Clint 1 s
Little and Robert Bnyiler , while prospering
seven miles below nice , sajs the Donvtr
News , went down lo bed rock on a bar close
to the road. Th y washed out four imtis
ami found $ lg worth of gold. II ban lung
been known that gold existed In this vicinity ,
but It has never been prospected to aliy
tent , A few days ago Mr. John Little , n
brother , found some magnificent gohl , which
caused furth r Investigations At the mouth
of Scotch creek a yard ol gravel produced
gold to the amount ot It.75 This VMS taken
out with a crude form of rocker.
lions are being made for sluicing and further
developing. The largest nugget weighed I3J
grains. Five others weighed 8 , 6 , SO , ID and
.13 grains respectively. There seems to be
quite a quantity of coarse gold. Tn pieces
of this grade -weighed twenty-two
The business men of the town are buying
Into the claims , and n stcck company Is.
being formed ,
HAILUOAD TO COOS BAY.
The Marsh Held & . Peninsular Itallro.id com
pany has b en Incorporated In this city , ultli
a capital stock of $100,000 , for the purpose
ot building a railroad and telegraph line
from the western terminus of the Coos Il.iy.
Hoseburg & CaMern railroad In a north
erly direction to North Bend and Coos bay ,
soys the Portland Oregonlan , The promoters
of the scheme and Incorporates of the com
pany are Captain Thomas W. Symons ot the
United States engineers ; Mr. Lse Hoffman ,
a well known contractor , and Mr. Sanderson
Heed , the lawyer , all of Portland. Everj-
thlng is In readiness to commence th work
and push It to completion at an early date ,
just as soon as the right of way can be
secured through Marshfiild. In speaking of
the project , Captain Symons said :
"Our Idea Is to build a sort of belt line from
Marshfleld around the outer edge of the pen
Insula , so as to enable certain new Industries
to be established there. Tnese Industries
cannot be established Just now because there
Is no way to bring In the necessary materials.
The materials can be obtained from along the
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line of the Coos Hay , Hoseburg & Eastern
railroad , which terminates at Marshfleld. Just
now we contemplate building but four miles
of track , but may build more at a later date.
Eventually hope tosee the Coos Ilay ,
Hoseburg & Eastern road built jnto Jloseburg.
a distance of sixty miles from Its present
eastern lermlnus at Coqullle. That would
open up direct rail communication between
Portland and the beautiful deep water Tiarbor
at Coos bay , and a country rich In resources ,
which Is practically tributary to California
at the present time , would become tributary
to Portland. That is a country of which
people here are comparatively Ignorant. It
has extensive forests of lumber famojs the
world over ; coal mines upon which Callfor
nla Is dependent for a portion ot Its supply ,
and dairy products unsurpassed. The Cobs
Day. Hoseburg & Eastern road , which Is but
fifty-six miles In length , always lias been a
paying proposition , and three steamers ply be
tween Marshfield and San Francisco the year
round. The shipbuilding yard at Marahneld has
turned out many substantial vessels since Its
establishment , and has the fight sort of tim
ber on hand to turn out more and better
ones. Some new coal mines are to be opened
up In the near future , and the shipments
of coal largely Increased. The settlers In
that portion cf the state arc still a little scat
tered , but they are thrifty and progressive.
"We have not jet secured our right of
way through Marshfleld , but It has been
promised , and we do not anticipate any
trouble in securing it. The town -will be
greatly benefited by the road.
"The extension of the Coos Bay , Itoseburg
& Kastern road east-ward Is not necessarily
a difficult task. The countrj Is rough In
fome places , but good passes may be found ,
and there are really no Insurmountable diffi
culties. "
A NARROW ESCAPE.
A. D. Mcrshon of Troutdale recently had
an adventure with a cougar in themoiinj (
tains which he does not care la repeat ,
siys tlio Portland Oregonlan. He waa o-ut
for a walk In the thick timber and was
proceeding leisurely along absorbsd In tlie
beauties of the forest surroundings when
ho was suddenly are is d from his contem
plation of nature by the stealthy approach
of an an'mil In frsnt. Mr. Mention saw the
animal was a , cougar , and being unarmed ,
having nothing but an old sack , he at
tempted to get around It , shaking tb sack
at the animal lo frighten It. It continued
to approach within a few yards , where It
assumed a crouching attitude , preparing to
spring upon Mr. Mershon , who concluded
his time had come. However , summing up
all his courage , he looked the cougar
squarely In the eye. For several minutes
neither moved. Mr. Mershon thought U
was an age , never taking their eyes oft
each other. The fercclty of the beast
seemed to subside , tnd presently he walked
eli , eyeing Mr. Mershon until he disap
peared In the timber As soon as the ani
mal had gone Mr. Mershon retraced his
steps with Hying leaps. It was ona of the
largest c.ugars eeen In the locality ,
and would have been an ugly customer , es
pecially for an unarmed man.
THE DAKOTAS.
Preparations are * lready begun for the
opening of tha state university nt Vcr-
111 Illon on September 12.
A boy about 12 years of ago , while herdIng -
Ing cattle en the Uorebeck farm near Trent ,
was gored to death by a bull.
In connection with tin coal strike .it
Glaegcw serious rioting occurred and sev
eral pits were wrecked by disorderly mobs.
The first large shipment of cattle from th
ceded Sioux land ranges has been made from
Chamberlain , comprising a train of thirty
cars , hauled by two locomotives , and destined
for Chicago.
Tha water works plant at Dell Rapids Is
at a standstill for lack ot material. The
contract called for a completion ot the wcrk
by August IK , and the delay is causing con
siderable dlsaat sfactlon.
Three residents of Smith township , In
Brulo county , hav enjoined the county au
thorities fr m procudlng to put down the
artesian well recently ordered in that town
ship. Seme people believe this will result
In stopping work on all wells In that county.
The summer shipment of cattle from Tort
Pierre to eastern markets has commenced
In earnest. About 1,000 head have already
been shipped lo the Chicago markets , and
about 20,000 head will be shipped within
tha next thirty days. The cattle are in line
condition , but will Improve , as the hot
weather Is about over , and the gross on the
range la flue.
A few days ago a grave was unenrthcl
near Miller , the slab upon which bore this
epitaphVm. : . Dunn , Linn , Iowa ; dl d
May 11 , 1661 ; Indlan3. " A number of graves
have been discovered In this -vicinity during
the past few years , some of which contained
well preserved skeletons , and th ? Inference
Is that a severe battle was fought hero In
the early CD's between the United Stairs
troops and Indians. $
The 'low price of wheat and scarcity of
corn In the counties and states south of
Aberdeen has opened up a new enterprise ,
which consists In buying up the young pork
ers from districts to the south ami feeding
them on cheap wheat. The wheat is soaked
In tanks forty-eight hours before feeding
and la ( hen relished by swine. It's fallow
ing properties are said to far exc 1 those of
corn , one bushel going as far as one and a
lialf of the coarser grain , Already several
tnrga shipments havn been made.
The Ouster Chronicle , while complaining
if the dslny In establishing the axle grease
Factory , notes with pleasure that other pro
ducts besides axle greace will be manu
factured. "Following Is a list of the various
artlc'cs which they propose * to manufacture
and handle ext nslvely : Lubricating com
pounds , talc , lump and ground ; saponulc ,
Hake , saponule , ground ; plumbago , lump ,
plumbngo , ground ; plumbago paints , mica
sheets for etovc , mica for electrical purposes ,
mica Hake , mica fine ground ; Sienna paint ,
raw Sienna paint burnt and foundry fac-
ngs. "
COLORADO.
The. Mancos Times nays seventeen mines in
that district are now shipping ore.
Over In Ezgle county the Tip Top company
has decided to erect a mill. Work has com
menced on the Kundatlon.
Ore which yields JSOO per ton In gold
B being taken from the Mastcdon In Silver-
ton district. This la a recjnt discovery.
News comes from Bear creek. In the Aspen
district , that tlie Little May Is oulputllns
ere that assays 313 ounces gold and :63
ounceo silver per ton.
A placer machine Invented by Gordon Lano.
I" 1 < 1 to have a capacity for lundllns
30.000 cubic yards of material In twenty-four
hours , has been located on tht >
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We are going to clothe every ! man in this .51
. > town with that Fifteen dollar suit for five ,
1 if the other dealers don't look out , It's a single
.e ic breasted or doubje breasted , especially made
.A'41 * for this opening sale , six shades , straight ort
u - round cut. None see it but buy it. Boys' full
d knee pants suits 75c.
The M. H. Cook
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successors to Columbia Clothing Co. ,
13th and Farnam Sts. , Omaha.
river , about four miles below- Granite , on the.
Wheeler claim , and will commence operations
at once.
The owners of the concentrating plant at
IClco are well satisfied with the returns re
ceived from their first thlpment to the
Uurango smelters.
Dillon , In Summit county , wants sampling
works so that a market may be had there
for small lots ot ore. Two railroads , plenty
of water and cheap fuel are among the In
ducement ! ! .
The Georgetown Courier reports a number
of gold strikes In that hitherto argentiferous
camp. It is surprising how these wornout
old silver mines ore turned into steady and
voluptuous gold producers.
In gophering around the Difficult Creek
Mining company has opened up a fine two-
foot vein of mineral , which runs anvwhere
from a trace to ten ounces In gold. The
camp Is about twenty miles from Aspen.
An assay from the Scott claim on Fall
'Iver near Idaho Springs showed a test of
1232,000 of gold to the ton. Mr. Scott so > s
li.il the ore Is found In small pockets , and
that the development work has uncovered
several of these.
High grade smelting ore Is being shipped
from ( he Longfellow , located southeast of
Hull's camp on Dull hill , over at Cripple
Creek. The find Is being kept as quiet as
possible. The pay streak Is two feet in
width and the ore runs about } 100 per ton
from gross roots.
At the head of Russell gulch In the Iilahf ,
Springs district Is the Kalrfleld mine , which
has not been worked for a number of years ,
although It had a record of $150,000 In gold.
Work has been resumed by Williams &
Harker , who have erected a new shaft bouse ,
put In new machinery and vlll sink the shaft
to a depth of 500 feet. They find plenty of
free milling and smelting ore.
Scrapers will be utilized on the large placer
beds near Bluff City , on the San Juan rher.
Major Hound , who controls & large share of
the property , claims that he has the most
complete' gold-saving placer plant In the west ,
und that he will be able to put through from
200 to 250 cubic yards of grael per day nt a
minimum cost , Ho has two Kennedy ma
chines and an electroplate of large capacity.
The gravel Is worth over CO cents per cubic
yard , and bis appliances will save It all , at
least he Is confident that they will.
WYOMING.
There Is big gold excitement over the
recent discovery of gold In the Dig Horn
mountains.
The cattlemen around Green River report
that there Is considerable rustling being
done in that vicinity.
The haying sea ton In the Platte valley
It about over The crop wai one-third
heaver | this season than It was last year ,
A number of residents In and around Port
Laramle , about 100 miles north of Cheyenne ,
near the junction of the Laramle and North
IMatte rivers , report great devastation by
grasshoppers. They have ralen the grass
for miles , and the crop of hay will be very
short. They appear , however , to be gradu
ally leaving tlie neighborhood , but the dam
age already done Is % ery great.
The Casper Derrick says range riders re
port awful havoc by wolves this season.
Prominent cattlemen place the destruction of
calves at fully one-fifth , and Bay that they
find an average of three to five calves that
have been killed by wolves every day , and a
great many rows and yearlings terribly
mangled. No end of complaint is heaped
on the Katrona county commissioners for
their lack of encouragement to have these
pests exterminated.
onnpoN.
Nov\bcrg voted fir 115,000 water works.
A 14,500 school house Is neorlng comple
tion at Buy City.
The Coos b.iy creamery ls making 485 |
pounds of butter and receiving 11,500
liounds of milk per day.
A movement is taking shape In Columbia
county to build a road over the mountains
Into the N'elialem country.
John IIde of lieo , lately told 217 head
of cattle , and is delivering the same at
Huntlngton. He realized | IO to } 12 for
cows , | 9 to flu for yearlings , and $13 to JH
for In os.
A panther was Vllled at the ranch of
lltnry Sengttackcn. on South slough , Coos
bay. which measured over ven fret In length.
The animal had succeeded In killing three
calvea and one hog before he was killed.
llarney county has paid off her artesian
well man and called II quid. It is thought
n abundant flow ot water could Lave been
obtained If they had uied the proper ma
chinery for boring deep holes. Tts drill cot
. - stuck at a depth of nearly 800 feet , and
could not bo recovered.- . . „
At Coos bay the Chinook run of salmon
Is late putting In an appearance this year.
Fishermen , up to the present , have been
making very poor catches.
I WASHINGTON.
> Tlie fight over the location ot the capital
at Butte , Mont. , Is getting quite warm ,
i An ordinance has passed the Oakesdale
council authorizing the Issuing of $28,000
light and water bonds.
"Wheat King Northcutt" of Pullman has
100 acres of giant wheat which ha thinks
will average eighty bushels to tlie acre.
At Monte Crluto they expect $75,000 to
bs expended-this fall In putting the Everett
& Monte Crlsto railroad In first class order.
Among the subjects discussed at the
Vaklina hop growers' convention v.as the
pay ot Indian "bosses " The sum of $2.50
a day was agreed upon.
The Everett council Is still wrestling with
petitions urging it to submit a proposition to
the voters authorizing $30,000 setver and
$30,000 park and harbor bonds.
The Stlllaguamlsli creamery at Slyvcnla
has commenced operations and is turning out
1.000 pounds of butter daily , which It Is ex
pected to increase shortly to 5,000.
V Kellogg , a fanner one mile from Cum
berland , \V\s.\ \ discovered gold , silver and
copper while digging a well. A company Is
being formed , and a prospecting shaft will be
sunk , at onre.
There Is now on exhibition at the head
quarters of the 1'ayette Valley Fruit associ
ation , at the depot , a cucumber twenty
Inches long and thirteen Inches in clrcum- i
fcrcnce , weight seven pounds. I
Spokane county has made free dlstr bit- ! I
tioti through drug stores this season of
something like14,000 ounces ot strjchnlne. I
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six tons of bisulphide of carbon and COO
pounds of phosphorus to farmers tor the de
struction of ground squirrels j I i
A submarine eruption in Bristol bay re
cently killed a great number ot codfish and
salmon. The effect of this was so extensive
that t'ie natives had been unable to catch
any fish as late as August I. All the vol
canoes In Alaska are active this summer ,
which is very unusual. I
On the Austin ranch , near Wliatcom , there
U a fir tree seven feet in diameter growing | i
over a half burled , perfectly sound cedar , '
which 1s five feet In dlap-eter It Is esti
mated that the csdar must to several hunJr d
years old. Instead of sparing this , arboreal
curiosity the Isensea choppers cut the fir .
tree off about ten feet from the ground. | I
The I'ennlman fruit evapcrator ordered by
the Yaklma Evaporator company has ar
rived and Is now being placed In position.
It Is thought that the machine will be In
readiness tor operations this week. H will
cost , complete , abouti H.Mt > , and will have
a capacity of five to six tons of prunes per
day , or ten to twelve tens of apples. This
will be the second bf these machines north I |
of California , the other being at Ashland , ' ,
Ore. |
William Rehmke shows the Ellennburg
Local zer a chunk of coal that was taken
from Relmike Bros. ' znlne. one and one-half .
miles above Clc-elum. It is on the same I
vein as that of the Roslvn ccal , which It
resembles very much. The opening of the
inlno Is about a mile and a lialt from the
railroad , The mine * Is In a'gulch and the
vein crosses It , running In a southwesterly
direction. The coat It pronounced as good ,
and perhaps superior , to the Koslyn de
posit. The tunnel Ir In about twenty-five tcet
and the vein Is five f et thick.
The authorities at Sial Islands have fin
ished killing eeals for this year , having
slain 15,000 of tlie animals The forty
schooners comprising ! tlie scaling fleet have
nil cleared from Uaalaaka. They report
having killed from 100 to1,000 seals each
while enroute to I'nnbskn ' , and each
schooner expects to kill at least 1,000 seals
after August 1. It-Is expected that the
fleet will kill botwatn 75,000 and 100,000
seals this year. The captains of the
schooners say that It will not be necessary
for them to go near the sixty-mile limit , as ,
according to their experience , the seals do
not feed nearer than 100 miles from the
Itlands.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tbe Pecos valley , N. M. , fair will te aban
doned I his year.
Honey Is being shipped by the car load
from Phoenix , Arli , , to New- York and Liver
pool.
pool.Over
Over 1,000 car loads of California fruit
has passed through Cheyenne this year , and
the leacon Is not yet over
Six miles of the grade for the extension
of the Ban Pete Valley road Is now com
pleted , and about hall the ties for the en
tire HOD have been delivered. The heaviest
work will be encountered In the remaining
two mllcsr of grading , and no such , rapid pro
gress will be made.
A rich gold strike has bon made In the
McNeil district , on the divide between Dig
Goose and Tongue river , and about two
miles from the new Gillette mountain road ,
In Sheridan county , Wyoming.
Kisk J. Shaffer of Helena has been awarded
the contract for the erection of a $5,000 jail
at Mammoth Hot Springs In the National
park , and work on It has already begun.
U Is to be completed this fall.
Another new gejser broke forth In the
upper gejser basin In Yellowstone park.
Boiling water was thrown 150 feet lilgh
and over a radius of 200 square feet. The
new geyser broXe forth very unexpectedly
and a tourist named Lorenzo C. Anderson
was badly scalded.
For the first halt month the Mercur mill ,
nt old Ciunp Floyd , Utah , cleaned tip $18,000.
Tlie company expects to double Its output In
a short time , having ordered additional ma
chinery , so that the mill can handle 200
tons per day. Thf Mercur Is the most suc
cessful cyanide plant In the country.
Two hunters recently returned from a
trip to Fl li lake and the Metoles sml tell
the Albany Herald that 150 Indians are
slaughtering deer , killing does and fawns ,
in the mountains near Pish lake. It Is
said that last fall Indian hunters killed
over 1,000 tlter In that region and saved
nothing but the hams and hides.
Hon. Orlando North of Evanston , manager
of the Clover Volley Land nnd Cattle com
pany , one of the heaviest organizations In
tlis state , Is shipping some cattle to Chl-
cago. The gentleman has just been In Idaho
for the purpose of purchasing 1,000 head of
steers for his Wjomlng ranch , Ha regards
the outlook for cattle good , although prices
are low.
Considerable old snow rests at the bet-
torn of the old crater on Canon mountain ,
and Its gradual melting keeps the numerous
springs along the mountain full to over
flowing of the purest Ice water. An effort
was made cncc by the miners to wall up
the side of the crater which had ftllen In ,
and make an Immense reservoir for storing
water for mining purposes , but that was
found to be Impracticable , as subterranean
fissures carry off the water as rap.ill jas
the overltstlns snows melt.
According to tlie. Cor vail Is Times the best
prune crop in Benton or Linn counties this
season will be picked on Hugh Flnlcy's place ,
eleven miles south of Corvallls. The or
chard has been leased this season to II. M.
Stone , who la now building on the place a
Kertz dryer with a capacity of 200 bushels
every twenty-four hours. The ICcrlz dryer
Is made at Salem and contains ISO trays
when full. Mr. Stone has four men em
ployed on tlie work and expects to be
readj for doing by the last of thli month.
It Is expected that the amount of prunes
picket ! from the Flnley crchard will reach
3,500 bushels
The Salt Like Herald states that the
harvesting of sugar beets will commence
on Monday , September 3 , and four days
later the factory of the Utah Sugar company -
pany will begin the manufacture of sugar
and continue the work for not less , than 100
days , In which limeIt Is anticipated over
4,000,000 pounds of sugar will be manu
factured. This will be an Increase of nearly
200,000 pounds over the production of 1833 ,
n very sralf ( > lng showing for one year ,
proving , as It does , that the farmers are be
coming more skillful In the culture of the
beets , and therefore reaping greater rewards
for their industry.
On or before November 1 the Burlington
will b ? completed to a junction with the
Northern Pacific at Bllllngi , Mont. U has
already made Bi-ch arrangements , with the
Northern Pacific ftswill make It one of th .
most prominent factors In transcontinental
business to and from the Pacific "oast.
For all practical purposes It will be a _ addi
tional transcontinental line , as It will run
through trains to Portland via Dllllngt anil
the Northern I'aclflc. Although { he North
ern I'nclflo will thus admit a new competitor
Into its own territory , the combination III
materially strengthen It In Its irrepressible
conflict with the Great Northern.
Oregon Kidney Tea cures bacLachs. Trial
size , 25 cents. All druggists.
A Terror to the Com.
Conductors of the trains running through
the Pennsylvania coke regions dread the
Hungarian and Italian passengers. They
seldom ride long distances and they never
buy their tickets before they board ( he
train. The great traveling day with these
people IB Sunday , when they go In parties
of a dozen or more lo visit friends In neigh
boring Bettleraetft * , TieUka particular
pains to hand the conductor a $5 note or
perhaps one ot $10 out of which to take the
j fare for an eight or ten mile ride. By the
time a conductor makes change , cuts a
. "duplt * " for each passenger , nnd answers
, the dozen or more questions they arc sure
to ask in broken English , he Is a tired
man.
man.THE
THE HO& AND THE BEAR.
A Uielj Tight , InUilch the Hear nan
Vnnqulalieil mill Utvuurctl.
Leonard Alverson of Leye Creek , Pa , , ped
dles meat through that part of Bradford
county , says a correspondent to the New
York Sun. Ills slaughter houhe stands close
by a wood , near the creek , and Is out of
slcht of his house and the mainroad. . Ad
joining the slaughter house on the woodland
side there Is a large yard , with a high
fence. Inwhich the butcher keeps a lot of
hogs to feed on the offal. The slaughter
house shuts off the view of the yard on the
Bide toward the road ,
When butcher Alverson approached the
slaughter house at daybreak last Tuesday
morning he heard the hogs snorting ami
tearing about the yard as thougft they were
being driven around by a dog. A tnree-year-
old boar that the butcher nad kept confined
for several months was also snortlnc and
thrashing1 around Jn his pen In a corner of
the slaughter house ,
Butcher Alvcreon ran Into the building and
looked throuch the cracks to see what had
alarmed the swine. One glance brought to
view an Immense black bear near the center
of the yard. The bear was feeding on the
offal as If lie hadn't eaten anything for sev
eral days. He had evidently Just tackled it ,
nnd he had full possesion of the yard. The
hogs were In a state of terror at sight of the
big , black animal , and were cantering along
the fence and vainly tr > ing to find u hole
to crawl out. The hungry bear paid no at
tention to them , but put In his best licks to
fill his stomach.
Not having a gun at hand and thinking
to have some fun with the bear , Mr. Alverson
got a crowbar and opened the door to thr
boar's pen on the Inside. The boar , bounded
out Into the yard with nn angry snort and
came up standing when ho saw the bear.
Bruin glared at the newcomer for a moment
and then pitched into the offal again. The
boar , having apparently made up his mind
that the bear had no right to be In the yard ,
charged on the big black beast , and before
the bear had time lo realUe that he had an
antagonist the belligerent hog cut a hole in
the bear's Jaw with his tusks and leaped to
one side , snorting as he dashed past the
bear.
The bear wheeled and lunged at the boar ,
but the maddened hog had just turned for
another attack , and being quicker than Uio
bear , he set his tusk Into the bear's snout
and hung on until the bear gave him a cuff
that sent him staggering toward the other
hogs. Both were game , though , nnd again
tlujr came together and had a bout In which
the bear got the worst of It.
With blood pouring from Ills nostrils the
bear forced the boar Into Die corner where
the hogs had huddled , but In that he made
a mistake , for tlie smell of frsh blood
enraged the hogs and the wholu
drove pf nearly twenty piled upon the
bear and rolled him over In the dirt lo the
opposite end of the yard , where he- broke
away and started to climb a tree Inside the
fence. The Infuriated boar pulled him down
several times , but finally the bear , with
blood streaming from half a dozen wounds ,
got away from the boar and climbed to the
branches , Then ho soon became so weak
that he lott his hold and fell to the ground.
In less than flvo minutes the boar killed the
bear. Then the other hogs commenced to
tear him to pieces , and by sundown , Mr.
Alverson said , he was devoured.
Mrs. Ellen Malson , wife of Elder Malfon ,
pastor of the U. B. chruch at Gallon , III , In
ipeaklng ot Chamberlain's I'aln Halm , says.
"I can cheerfully recommend it , " Applied
to a cut , bruise or burn. It produces a sooth
ing , pleasant effect , relieving the pain Hi-
most Instantly and healing the parts quickly
and without leaving1 a scar. A flannel cloth
dampened with this liniment and bound on
over the affected part will cure a sprain in
less time than any other treatment , Bold by
drueglits ,
Hare Colni In n Itlvrr.
For centuries U lias been the bel.ef of
the common people of Genca that treasures
were hidden. In the bed ot the Polcavera ,
a stream that runs by the city. Recently
a carter , in digging1 for sand In Ibe bed
of the dried , up torrent , came upon hidden
treaiure , < ; ' vblcti so far cola of the ( ace
yalua of 60,000 francs has been found , anil
ho supply Is not vet exhausted. My the
Imi iiT ' , ' " ° f thls E0es to the We
and half to the
finder. The value of the
mint f8nfar f8 be > end ttlQ sum mentioned ;
many of them
nre rare and of great artlstlo
value ; they are chiefly gold and belong to
the period between HCO and 1G50 , that Is
Hie regions of Louis XI. . Charles
yiir. , Louis XII. and Francis 1. .
and all ore cither Trench or Gen :
cese. The Genoeso ducats are specially
rare and will fetch h gh prices. The
P0llce
ENLISTED MdN" IN THE
Questions KnKaKlnK tlio Attention of ( ho
War Dcpurtnicnt.
Several questions of Importance to the en
listed men of the army are engaging the at
tention of the War department officials , saya
a dispatch to the Globe-Democrat. The ad
visability of repealing the law which deprives
the soldier of $1 monthly during his first
year of service somes In for special consider
ation. What disposition shall bo made of
recruiting depots , and the apprehcnslonr ot
deserters are two other points upon which
action will be taken.
The object of'the Inw which retains part
of the men's pay each month was to prevent
desertions. It was supposed that , if the
soldier had a considerable sum ol money on
the paymaster's book , ho would not leave
the colors. Experience shows that such ex
pectation Is not realized Jn practice. Men
who are bent on desertion are not deterred
by restrictions of the kind , The fact that
their pay is withheld In part IB frequently
the chief cause of discontent , which ends In
desertion. War department officials ore now
getting the views of officers at the several
posts as to whither or not the repeal of the
law would work to the benefit of the. toldlcr
nnd the service. In getting the desired In
formation , an exception to the military lulo
Is to be made , und the enlisted men tliim-
selves are to bo asked for opinions In the.
matter.
If the reports show that a change is ail-
vl&able , congress will be asked to tnko ac
tion In the case Opinions on the subject ,
already expressed. , are to Die effect Umt tlio
EOldler's full pay should be Ms own to do
with as lie pleases , and that the gov-'r.unsnt
should not retain any part of it , especially
If the service of the man 1 .is bten honctt
and faithful.
Relative to recruiting dipjtg a comprumlsa
feature of the new army appnprUtlin apt
makes It optional with tlie Bccretaiy cf war
to send recruits from recruiting rcndc7VLUt
to cither depots or military pp-j a AislMont
Secretary Doe , after conml'allon vv'th ' a
number ot officers who have rcccn ly t ( rvcd
with troops , opposes the ( onllnuanco of it-
crultlng depots. lie wishes to s"t them en
tirely abolished , or , V'hat is practically ) ha
same thing , be made r ; ular military potts.
A large percentage of line officers are said to
be favorable to the rlnnge Tlietc cfnccra
prefer to get their mm dire-'tly fr < n the
rendezvous , and thus lie ajl ! to control Ililr
earliest Instruction In military ni.iliert. Gen
eral Doe's arguments are lllicly to prevail
with Secretary Lamont.
Jefferson Barracks , where cavalt > miii era
trained , may be made an ' xce.it in 11 Ilia
rule , as there arc but few facilities ( .nil little *
time for disciplining the uorxo t re-ops at regu
lar posts. Under a law j 1st paused by con
gress $10 Is to be the * .naxlmum sum to bo
paid for the arrest and delivery rf distrurs ,
ami In the future no xpeclal i ffort will bo
made to detect them. Steps 7'lll be taken to
prevent desertion by making the rtrvlco
more attractive and the soldiers more com
fortable , but when a man runs iway his rap
ture will be a matter of indifference to the
military authorities.
Oregon Kidney Tea cures all kldn'y
troubles. Trial ilze , 25 cents. All druggliU.
"
TypngruplilrHt Curloilty ,
Among the. curiosities of typography a
prominent place must be given to the recent
achievement of a Chicago paper In the mix
ing up of headlines In a mott startling
manner. First there Is an article with the
caption :
THE CONDOH OF TUB ANDKS.
Albert Beaten Bery of Kentucky Bears That
Dlitlncllon.
In another column , on the came page ot
thu paper In ; iuestlon , Is this announce
ment :
TALLEST MAN IN CONOHKSS.
Soars Far Above tlie Eagle and Reaches A
Height of Jilt Mllei ,
Oregon Kidney Tea cures nervous hudt
ache * . Trial tilt , 26 c nti , All flrugjljti. , .