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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1894)
* . t v 'YP 'TA TTTM OMATT.A. TJA11VY- OUTO351C1C 8. 185)4. TJoloratlo'a Recent Acquisition * Gold Miuo of Tabtilouj VP.IUO. MILLIONS OF TONS OF GOOD PAY ORE Frmionnruit Ilie Orcatr t Deposit of-l're- olinm Sinful on Ihe ( Continent Arlron IVupIn Alnrmoif Trouble Orer a Itli li Mlno-Northwestern Now * . S. II Uaker , tbe trice fortunate dlscor- Crer of the "Dakcr" contact , Is authority for the prophecy that the golden era Is about to dawn In Colorado , says the Denver News. In hla statement ol the value ol tha discovery , on account ot which was recently reported In Tlio nee. he la corroborated by J. W. Pentler. one of the greatest experts upon mining In tlio world "The 'Baker' contact , " said Mr. Ponder , "I * the largest ore deposit that has been ( Uncovered on the American continent. No engineer can figure out how many tons there ofo In tliat great bank of conglomerate , but at & low estlmattJ there are 7,000,000 or 8,000,000 tons averaging $5 per ton. " Mr. Dakcr , the discoverer of the now noted contact , la a tall , gray-halrod gentle man , 62 years ol age , He Is a lawyer by profession and came to Colorado twenty-two years ago , For twenty years lie spent a large part of each summer prospecting In the mountain * . October 3 , 1603 , will remain indelibly fastened In bis memory , for upon thut ilule he made the great discovery ot his lite. "Two years ago , " said he , "I began an earnest search lor the origin of the gold de posit In the San Juan rrter. Last summer , in company wltb n young man named Gra ham , I traced the 'float' with pan , pick and above ! from the La Plata river up one of the side streams and up the side of tbe TUountaln to an altitude of 10,500 feel , where the contact Is located , The ere body lies cvptned In a mountain gulch near the tim ber line , probably half a mile from the top of the mountain. The contact Is exposed to a depth of 250 feet between walls which are " 300 feet apart. The gulch Is right In the inld'lle of the ere body. "I regard the La Plata region as the crCM test mining district of the state , " said Mr. linker In response to an Inquiry. "Tlio nilnnr.illzpd territory is ten miles wide and ilfteen or twenty miles lone. There are ninnv barren spots In the region and many locations whore the ere runs $8 or $10 to thu ton up to as many ounces In gold. Much of the ere Is highly refractory and Mill require new processes to bo successfully worked. The free milling ere Is the exception , There are now seven or eight mines shipping selected ere regularly , and about COO men are working or prospecting In the region , " The magnificent ere body known as the U.tker contact la described by an expert as an oblong vault of conglomerate , 2GOO feet long on the surface , and containing djlccs ' which were forced up from below ages ago , It Is estimated that the actual cost of pro ducing the yellow metal from the Immense .gold quarry will not exceed $1.40 a ton. This Includes mining , delivering at the mill and cost of reduction. Mr. HaKer flrsl saw the Hooky mountains In 1850. In company with a party of forty- four Georgians he made the journey across the continent to the const , returning to Qeor- Rla a few years later , where he met Greene JUissell. the pioneer gold discoverer ol Col orado. An undo of Mr , Raker's was with lltlsi < ell nhcn he panned gold out of the Bauds of Cherry creek , nnd the Colorado snan remembers distinctly the prophocles of JUissell that the gold supply of the United States would bo mined In Clear Creek canon and other canons of the Rockies. Latft summer Mr. Dakcr spent several weeks prospecting along Cherry creek and in the rcclon where the first discovery of old was made In this stuto. His theory Is that al ono time the region south ct Denver for fifty or zoventy-flve miles was the bet tom of a great sea. Tha water deposited a cement , which was permeated to a limited degree with fine gold. "The cement has gradually been dissolved and washed away , " said Mr. [ taker , "and tbe gold Is distributed over a wide region , but not In bodies rich enough to pay for handling the gravel under present conditions. In the Cherry creek bottoms the gravel contains perhaps $1 a ton In gold. " THE UTAH COMPANY. The people of the territory are watching with a great leal of Interest for the promised developments In connection with the Utah company , and the Indications nre- that they will not have long to > wait. The return of Messrs. Cannon and Clayton with encourag ing reports means- much , says the Salt Lake Jlerald , for upon the reports of their hasty .visit to New York and other financial cen ters everything depended. Meetings are being held almost daily , and according- Ihe statements of the promoters of the enter prises It will not be many days before the 9ompany Is ready to move with all ot Its reserve force. Speaking of the -workings of the com pany , Mr. Clayton stated thai it Is an en tirely separate enterprise from any other project ever set on foot In this territory and upon Its own bottom It will stand. While the detailed plans have not yet been ap proved , the road to Coalvlllo from this city is to be completed at once , work on the terminal having already been inaugurated , A force of graders Is now engaged In pre paring the grade for the first six miles of road , and this section Is to bo pushed to an immediate completion. When asked whether or not the Utah company would absorb the Great Salt Lake & Hot Springs , or any of the other projected systems between Salt Luke and Coalvlllo , Mr. Clayton stated most emphatically that such was not the plans of the company. Some tlmo ago the di rectors at the Utah & Wyoming- made a proposition to Iho Utah company people for the purchase , ot * tie old roadbed constructed by the Salt Lab i & California at a cost ot in tbo nelghboihood of $15.000. The nego tiations having fallen through , the Utah & Wyoming company proposes to mo.ke use of the grade for Its own extension to Coal- Mile. Mile.GOLD GOLD IN THE DIG HOHN IUNGE. A tew months after the massacre ot Custer , kind his men a party of soldiers wore scout ing after hostlles In the Dig Horn , says the Portland Oregonlan. The country was ter ribly rugged and broken , progress was very UlcRlult , and , after proceeding for some days In the midst ot the wilderness ot peaks , the Kiildo was forced to admit that ho had lost Ms way. The captain seated himself on a ledfte , while the guide lay down on the Kround near by , holding the reins of the Jtorses. An earnest conversation followed us to the proper course to be taken In order lo get out of Iho hills. "You maye say what you please , but I think we ought to go that way , " said the captain , and as ho spoke ho picked up a bit of slono from the ground and tossed It In the direction Indicated. The guide ( stared , then made & rush for the bit ot ktone. It was a piece of quartz so thickly reamed with gold to form a specimen of wonderful richness and beauty. The two collected a few samples , hid them , and heroed to keep the matter a secret until i they could return and take possession of the mine. A few days later tha guldo was killed and the secret remained with the cap tain. Time and again after bis troop had been extricated from the- mountains did ho ruako efforts to relocate tbe hill of old , but every effort was doomed to failure : It could never ba traced. U Is possible that it may have been the "Lost Cabin : " of this Ihere Is no certainty , but. If not. It was mlno of such wonderful richness that nothlog te it has ever been discovered In tbo lllg rn range. AN OLD MEXICAN LEAD. The recent discovery of gold In Little Creek canon , near Paragoonaa. by two ex perienced prospector * , says the Bait Lake Herald , has given considerable of a revival to tha mining excitement which wai the re sult of a former dlscorery of gold bearing quaitz In thu same netehborhood. It Is thought that at last ono of Ihe leads ot the old milieu which were worked , by the Mex icans long before the territory was settled. lias bcn located , and It Is understood that eoino systematic development work Is to bon donq at enc lor the purpose ol ascertain ing exactly what the district can produce In the way of mineral * . In ( lie archive * ceof tli government at Washlnirton there are number ot Interesting record * ot the win - Ins operation ! ol thi Mexican * on what li now United Slatci soil , n-l nn of the places described ai being near tome very rich gold mln which hid twnworked for years li a counterpart of I'araROoiuh or H d Creek , a II wai formerly called , The opinion se mi to be general that tlif "toil leid" lia * btrll discovered. It wai nh ar th cuitom o ( President Drlglmm Young to inako T gular periodical trips Into the southern pirt of tlio territory , and thcjo trlpi partook conaidernbly of the nature of an ovation , continued from Ihe tlmo Salt Lake City wal left to the arrival at St. fjeorgo and on the return , The presi dent Wai always tend ( d 'by a largo com pany , On DIB nrit trip south the route taken took the party over Ilia mountain ! from Clrclesvllltt , Oarflclil coilhty , to Red. Creek , and white coiiilne don'n the divide known ns Uuckskln pats , George W. Dean , one of the president's attendants , picked tip a large piece of quarts which was filled tilth Irce gold , some of the flakes being of considerable site. The rock was Bhotvn to President Young , and by him brought back to this city , where It was tested and found to b fabulously rich In the precious metal , A party was outfitted here and sent in search of tbo mother ledge , but although a great deal ot lime was devoted to the prospecting the results were barren of good , and the members of the party came to the conclusion thai the rock had fallen from the pack of tome Mexican who was cawing quartz down to the headwaters of the Santa Clara , or still further south , for milling. It IB now thought to be possible that the rock came from Little Creek canon , which Is n short distance from Uuck ktn , having been dropped there by some Mexican prospector. The dlscorery and the stories which are being circulated are creating a great ilcnl of lrtcr- ) eat and the Indications arc said to be rery good for the development of some rich propjh crtles In the district. John H. Jones , tlio Chaparral gtilcli mining man , la In EDO feet on his 1,150-foot tunnel. Tha tunnel will pierce the mountain which separates the Little Jessie mine from the mill , and the tramway to go through the tunnel will do away with n long ami most circuitous ore haul. Tha tunnel will cut through the Gladstone , Union and Star veins , belonging to Mr , Jones , and also through the Postmaster und TIcondoroBa , belonging to another group. These mines can be workd from either side of the tunnel and the ere cheaply transported to the mill The ore taken from the tunnel will In all probability pay the expanses of driving It. AN ARIZONA CAMP. Hd Austin has returned from Austin City , on the Santa Maria , says the Prcscolt Jour nal. Tom Pitch has located therewith his family and has put twelve men to work en the ninehe bonded from Austin & Owens , As work progresses the mine Is showing1 up better and all parties are satisfied , Dan Thorno Is pushing development work on his properties , and strangers , mostly prospectors , are continually pouring Into tha district. This Is one ot the few districts In Arizona where rloh ere In abundance and eNerlasiIng wuter for all purposes are found together. TltOUULE OVER A MING , "W. S. McMurrcn , a prominent lumber dealer of Baker City , Ore. , whllo conversing with a Statesman reporter at Boise , Idaho , repealed some Interesting facts concerning the Virtue mine , located near Italtcr City , which Is now Involved 111 litigation. The mlno Is now held by George W , Qrayion , an old time Idahoan , Mho spent years In the Owyhee country , -where he Is still Interested. He Is defendant In the action brought by Portland parties to recover the property and $75,000 damages. The Virtues 1ms been al most a steady producer since tha early CDs. It was supposed to have been worked out several times , but further development al ways brought something to light and the mlno wan practically never shut , down. Some tlmo ago Grayson , evidently becoming dls- satlsnert with the Virtue , sold It to Portland parties for 115,000 on tha Installment plan. Tha Wobfooters seemed to be very unfortunate and the tlmo canfe when they could not pay their employes. After some parleying with the miners , the latter took charge of the mine for the purpose of taking out their wages. About this time the Portland parties learned that an Immensely rich pocket had been cut Into on the 400-foot level , but that water poured Into , the level with suoh a rush It was Impossible to get at It. As the time for making the last payment on the property hatl not elapsed , they made an ni- slcnment and sent the assignee from Port land to toke .charge of the mine. He arrived In Maker , and , engaging a team , started out lo the mine. The miners had heard of his coming and were prepared to give him a worm reception. He was mot .by a strong guard whllo yet < iulte a distance from the mlna and warned to proceed no further. Threats of personal violence had the desired effect and he retraced his w&y to Uaker City , the maddest man In Oregon. It was at this time Grayson , through his repre sentatives , reappeared on the scone and , pay ing the men the balance duo them , took charge of the mine. The work of pumping out the 100-foot level was commenced at once and prosecuted vigorously , finally the water was lowered so U was possible for a man to get Into the level. One evening- the superintendent , with a few trusted men , en tered the level. They waded through water to their waists until they reached the rich pocket they had been endeavoring to get at so lonir. In the morning they brought up ore representing UO.OOO a pretty good night's work. Mr. McMurroit says he knows that night's work netted $10,000. Whether any more ore was taken from the pocket he does not know. The parties who brought suit claimed there was In tflic neighborhood of $75,000 taken out. Mr. McMurrcn says that for some unaccountable reason the pumps were shut down shortly after the eventful night's work and the level allowed to again fill with water. The Portland parties allege , he says , that the miners organized and took the mine away from them , that they did not voluntarily give It up. Mr. Grayson claims that by their abandonment of the property they waived all their rights In the premises , thus per mitting him to step In again. PIIU1T DUYIXO IN UTAH. One of the moat Important Industries In Utah's Dixie , and one of considerable cense quence to the entire territory. Is that of fruit drying. The dried fruits of this terri tory rank second to none , except the evapo rated article of California , and the amount of revenue derived Irom the sale of fruits Is always represented by six figure ! ' at least , The Indications are , however , that there- will be considerable of a reduction this year and unless some immediate change- taken place the people of the territory will receive about a cent less for their unpceled peaches than tbe quotations for 18M. This will make con siderable of n difference to the fruit produc ing districts. "Present advices Indicate that the. prices of all kinds of dried fruits will be consider ably lower thin season than was the case last year , " said Superintendent Webber of Jtlon'a Co-operative Blercantlle Institution , tea a Herald reporter. "The reasons for the change In the schedule of prices are patent , one of them being the enormous quantities of fruit dried in California this season. Had It not been for the railroad striken and the consequent tleup of all roods leading out from the coast an extra amount of fresh fruit would have been sent to the eastern and foreign markets , but the lack of railroad transportation forced tha orchard owners of the coast to dry their fruits , and on this ac count the markets will be flooded with all classes this fall. Utah's dried fruits are In high favor with the eastern people , but It Is extremely difficult for us to compete with the coast. No heavy movements of fruit take place In this territory until about the emt of October , when th southern stores and commission people begin to unload upon us and the market takes on considerable activ ity. The reports received from the producing districts are lo tbe effect that the crop Is about the same as In 1833 , with a , noteworthy Improvement In quality , due lo the extra care given to the orchards , The local grow ers are already sending In their crops , the season for dried fruit being considerable earlier In the northern part of the * territory than In the southern , that Is , the movement take * place ) somewhat In advance of that In the south. Practically all of the Utah f nil la will go to the eastern markets , where they will be thrown Into direct competition with the product of California , but the result will not ba detrimental to the. Interests ot this territory , " HAILHOAD INTO MEHCUn DISTRICT. After many unexpected and provoking de lays work U at length begun on the laying oC the rails on the road from Falrfleld lo Mercur. Halls have begun to arrive over tha Union Pacific , and Manager Jacobs has been informed that a. force ot sixty teams had be n put to work and that sixteen moro nould bo added. This nlll enable the com- nIMDJT to puih the road with til haste , Kb ( hat com ! ruction to the Mercur mine may be finished by November 1 The Mercur Mining company await * ( ho progress of the road with considerable anx iety , s Its own future operations depend upon Iti early completion , H now hi * ready the machinery for enlarging Its mill , but will bo unable to set It up until tbe road \3 \ finished. As the grading of the roadbed la complete as far a the mill site , and all that remains to ba done Is tha laying of the rallp , U Is a.ipcctcd that this portion ot the road will soon be ready for use. Should that bi the caie , the Mercur company will proceed with Its Improvements without delay. The Improvements will consist chiefly In the enlargement ot the mill to n 150-ton capacity froth a 100-ton capacity , n It standp al present. The leaching tanks will be en larged * nd some other now machinery In serted. nnconns OP EARLY NAVIGATION. A numbtr ot Interesting documents con ne nected < with the business of the old Oregon St < > am Navigation company , and Incidentally with the history of the elate , which had floated out oC some place where they had been Btowed away by the railroad company , were picked up among other flotsam ct Jet- ' cam of the late flood by Mr. John Qlll at The Dalles a short time since , and presented to Mr. Frank T. Dodge , In whose handwriting Inf many of the documents were. Among them is a fragment ot the cash book of The Dalles , olflce , showing the receipts from tickets eti solil In that office to miners and others for trip No. 7 of the steamer Ttmlno , up river , In May , 1862. There were thirty-two passengflrs for Wallula at $15 each , and 315 for Lewtaton at $30 each , the total amount for passenger fares for the trip being $10,930. Those were the days when steamboatlng paid , and when the stockholders of the Oregon gen Steamship and Navigation company laid tlio foundations ot their fortunes. Tbero was no law In those days restricting the num ber of passengers a boat should carry. The rush to the mines on Salmon river , Ore Kino and Elk City began In the fall of 1801. and for three or four year the Oregon Steam ship and Navigation company enjoyed prob ably the finest run of business ever known. The mines were placers , and the miners flocked up to them in the spring , end when the water froze In the fall they flocked down again , loaded with gold dust. Portland being but a small place , most of them went on to San Francisco , or on to the "Day , " as they fltyled * lt , to spend the winter , and often their earnings. NEBRASKA. There ars four artesian wells now flowing In different parts of Plattc county. Purses to the amount of $1,000 have b ° cn liung up for the races at Alliance October 11 , 12 and 13. An election will be held at Nelson Octobar 26 , to vote on a proposition to Issue bond * to * build waterworks. A Oorins boy tried to cut A pumpkin , but ho madu a mlscuo and severed a finger from the hand of a younger brother. There Is talk of a tar and feather party at Dakota City In which a resident of the east- ein part of town \\lll be the Rue t of honor. The High school at Hat tings Is so crowded with pupils that It has been found necessary to at up a private residence to accommodate the overflow. Instead of feeding several thousand head of sheep this winter on his ranch near Grand Island , as he has usually done , Robert Tay lor has shipped the last of his sheep to his Wyoming ranch. Reports of the harvest In Scotts HI lift cotmty are most satisfactory as to the yield. The same encouraging condition of affairs oxlsts In all the counties where Irrigation has secured a foothold. George W. Prather , the populist candidate for county attorney In Franklin county , has brought suit against the editor of the River- ton Review for slander and defamation of character. He aslcs for $2,000 damages. The 17-year-old sop of J , A. Orr of Scotts Bluff county tried to ridea liorso and carry a pitchfork at the same time. He cairlsd the fork all right , but two of the tines pierced Ills sldo and made a wound that nearly proved fatal. The horde stumbled and fell. Ray Tabor , a 3-year-old boy Irving at Dennett , foil Into a cistern the other day , bi\t \ was discovered by his 5-year-old slater , who held hU head above water until G-year- okl Eddie Jones came along and helped her to pull the baby out. The only harm done was the wettlnc of the little one's clothes. The Halgler News reports a school dis trict In that j > re < nct where the school house was located so far from anywhere that only the children of one family could attend. The teacher appreciated the In justice and resigned. Then the mother of the family living near the school finished I the term without getting a certificate and drew full pay. pay.THE THE DAKOTAS. Custer expects her new opera house ready by November 1. A heavy fall ot snow has fallen In the Bald inountalns. The grain palace at Aberdeen Is reported to have been a great financial success. The -water works almost completed at Dell Haplds were tested last week and burst an eight-Inch main. Commissioner Drowning has gone to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek agencies on a tour of Inspection. The state Women's Christian Temperance union met at Wahpeton , N. D. , with the larg est attendance- ever had In the state. Stockmen along White river and In the Bad Lands country have formed an associa tion for the purpose of. ridding that country of wolves , The James river valley fair. In many re- specti rivaling the state fair , was held at Jamestown , continuing four days from Sep tember 25. The third annual fair of th James River Valley Fair association has closed. The at tendance was large. The fair was regarded as a great success. The Methodist conference for the state will hold Its sessions at Watertown during the 11 rat part of October. Bishop Fouler Is 'ex pected to bo present. The ferry boat Joslo IK. . , in service between Yankton. and the Nebraska side of the Missouri river , was sunk by a forty- mile wind. She will probably bo raised. The- Chicago & Northwestern railway has made another contract for transporting sev eral thousand head of cattle from Forest City to Chicago. The first ICO carloads will bo shipped this week. Thus far this season fully 10,000 head of cattle have been shipped from Hello Fourcho and Brennan stations In Ihe Black Hills. It Is estimated that tbe shipments this year will be heavier than ever before. Chairman Peterson of Lead ot the regent committee of the Slate university at Ver- milllon has called a meeting of the committee In Vermllllon on October 1 , to consider mat ters pertaining to that Institution. A convention of all the county auditors In the state met at Jamestown , N. D. , to determine upon a more uniform system of accounts for each organized county and to review the present revenue and taxation laws , and all other laws pertaining to county matters. The Lead City Call , which Is presumably the official organ of the county seat execu tive committee , once moro asserts that the county seat fight la not dead , but merely sleeping , and that tlio committee Is still quietly at work laying Its plain for a con test two years hence. Hntrlcs In the various classes for the American coursing meet , to be held at Huron on October 9 , are more numerous than those at the International meet last fall , and everything points to on attendance equally as largo. Several strings ot grey ; hounds have already arrived. P. H. McCarthy , one of the flah wardens of Pennlngton county , received a letter from Creston Informing him that owners of Irri 1- gating ditches had taken all the water out ot lUplJ creek , so that only pools remained In different places In the bed of the creek , and that fish In consequence were dying k.jy thousands. The fish wardens at once ik hold of the matter and will prosecute ea In the future If they do not leave sufficient water In the creek to form a current. ntul According to a statement of a St. Paul man on his way to Fort Sully , that military post will soon be abandoned , and numerous changes ot troops at stations In this depart ment will soon ba made. A part ot the Eighth United States cavalry and ono or two troops from the Tenth cavalry will bo sent to Fort Asslnabolne and Fort Mcade , to relieve ft part of tbo Twentieth Infantry ) toW there , which with the remainder ot the regiment will be sent to I.eavenwortk. Kan. Three companies of the Twelfth Infantry at I Fert Bully tbe remainder of the regiment | being at LearenwoftS , TC n. , unfler com mand of Colonel Tttvniend ; ill will bo Rent to Nlobm * , Neb. , , , James Hardln , working the stamp mill at Perry , near Ueadnood , milled fltlr totjs of ore within the pa'st few lovs , and the net remit was { I40J .Wbjle protecting tp a place nhe | It wouMiho eailer to hmndlt the ore they unk & itifctt twelve feet deep and uncovered a body ct1 ere that goes from $150 to | 1CO to the toni ; It la reliably reposed that a worm has made Its appearance in. Edmunds county , South Dakota , tliat 'Is ' destroying the Rus sian Uilstle. U I : nld that tlierb are liter ally millions ot them In a small area. They are small green worms , " "less than an Inch In length , and appear to lattack Ibe Russian tlilttlo o nly. The ntpto entomologist has been asked lo make np investigation of this mat ter and reptfrt results. Casper has found a purchaser for her $20,000 water bonds. Good ore has been discovered In the Mollle Gibson mine near Laramle. Several pitche ol Russian thistles have been located near Laramle recently. The canal at the headwaters of the ) Lar amle river Is soon to bo enlarged. The Carey Cattle company shipped three train loads o stock , from Casper the othtr day. ' It has been decided to hold the State Teachers association ot Wyoming at Hock Springs on Decemoer SI and 22. There has been a call for fruit cars on the Southern Pacific. It i reported that the-re is cctiilJerablo late fruit awaiting shipment. Careful judges estimate that nearly 20,000 bushels of corn , all of an excellent quality , will be harvested in the Big Horn basin this fall. fall.The The Fort Collins Express says that garden ers who have hauled their product to the Wyoming- markets this tall [ have barely made expenses. The Sheridan Journal says , that a hastily taken census of that city shows a population of 1,037 , and that from fifty to seventy-five persons were missed. There Is every prospect that Tie Siding will soon have a boom. Copper has been dis covered ! there In largo quantities and Denver capitalists ere going to invest and develop the mines. The Carbon mines are doing more buslnois now than In years. About sixty new miners were put to work recently and more will be put on shortly until the working force num bers 359 men again. Bear are said to be numerous in the Somlno * country this fall , and have on sev eral occasions came dow"n from the mountains and killed a number of sheep which have been grazing In the foot hills. The troops at Fort Russell arc now packIng - Ing up most busily , and the entire scene ( it the fort Is one of activity. The cars for packing up wcro placed on the sidetrack and everything will soon be In shape for the inovo to Columbus , O. A car loaded with twenty-nine elk and one antelope passed through Laramle in charge of a keeper. They were loaded at Ham's Fork and are consigned to Walter S. < Vebb and will be placed In the Adlrondac moun tains in New York state. Ranchmen In the Ashley country reports that horse thieves are numerous In that sec tion. Over 200 head have , been stolen within tha past month. It Is believed the thieves have confederates In' ' Montana who find a market for the stolen prqperty. The Pennsylvania pll company Is making preparations to begin1 the shipment of oil from their Salt creek wells in large quanti ties. General Superintendent Harris and other Elkhorti railroad oflj.clals were at Cas per en the 21st , making arrangements to handle the oil. The cbiripdnjr expects to ship several cars of the pnjjtict/ each week. II. It. Perkins , oneof tfie Oreybull ranch men , says the Buffalo ; Bulletin , ia the > owner of a ten-acre Held ot alfalfa which bo thinks , as a. matter of fact , 'beats anything in the state , IL waJ5 sown on the 16th of May , and he has already cut a good crop and ex pects to gather another , a. second one , this fall , an unusual occurrence for the first year with thatproduct | , , nii t Tom Carroll brought , , in from hlsj Little Horse creek ranch near Cheyenne a surpris ing collection of vegetables. Everybody who saw thorn seemed amazed that they were Wyoming raised , but vicre more surprised to learn that the showing was In no respect unusual. In the collection were several Hub- bard squashes weighing fifty pounds or more , extremely large turnips , cabbage , beets , onions , etc. Private James Martin , troop I , Seventh cavalry , won the gold medal In the cavalry competition of the Department of the Mis souri , which has been In progress sltico Sep tember 21 at Fort Sheridan. His aggregate score for a known distance and skirmish firing Is 635 points. This makes the fourth consecutive year the department medal In the annual competition has been won by a member ot the Seventh. The Laramie Republican states that the city Is in danger of losing Its free mall de livery system from the fact that the receipts of the ofllce are falling below the $ $ ,000 limit annually. If the .recolpta fall below that amount the posofllce must bo put in the second class , and would then lose the free delivery attachment. The Board of Trade In Laramie will endeavor to take some action ! looking to an Increase in the receipts or making up the amount by subscription. COLORADO. One firm has sold 171 harvesters In the San Luis ' valley this season , A now Congregational church his been completed and dedicated at Lyons. Work will be continued all winter at the Atastodon mine , Sllverton district. The Horseshoe concentration mill. Pork county i , Is running on ores from Jhe Emmons mine. i It Is a big producer of lead. Arrangements are In progress for the erec tion of a canning factory at Delta. The plant Is to cost from $2,000 to $1,000 , The Fairvlew mine , near Sllverton , has re sumed shipments to the smelters at Durango. The shipments will average thirty tons per day. day.A A three-fourths Interest In the Sulphur- eltcs mine , Sllverton district , recently changed hands. The ore runs $11 per ton , mostly In silver. On sixteen acres ot land , says the Long- raont Ledger , Milton Matthews claims to have harvested 36,000 pounds of oats , which Is about equal to ninety bushels per acre. The "Western Oil company started thean nex to UK refinery at Florence. Thli plant has B capacity ot 900 barrels a day and will give employment to t. n men at a good salary. The closing down of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company at Newcastle has thrown a great ninny miners out of work. The miners are rnak'ng ' strenuous efforts to in duce Iho company \p \ raaunie ' work. They promise not to strike. . The Las Anlmos L iicr Is informed that the grass on the souther ) ! range has suffered much from the late rajas -mid that the new Impetus for growth given the grass will be met by fall frosts which" will kill the grass and cause great loss bfibattlo if the winter Is severe. , j > Ul The Redondo Mining.company , , with a capital of (500,000 ( , nnV kcrurvd possession of sex-en patented gold properties in the acres. From these mines ore to the value of $3.500,000 has ah-rsrdy been extracted , whllo an abundance.remains in the undeveloped "lrn" veloped ground. The San Luis filr.'NvlUcli ' Is the event of r the season In the vdlley , opened with a large attendance. The exhibits caused tre mendous astonishment , not only to strangers , but to those who have'lived In the vicinity for years. Wheat , oatsi alfalfa and potatoes irero known to flourish here by all who have made the least Inquiry concerning the agricultural products of the valley , but the present exhibit shows that not only do all Iho hardiest grains and vegetables grow here , but they grow to enormous size and still retain excellent flavor. OREGON , Forty Immigrants from Iowa have arrived at La. Grande , to locate. A Tlllamook farmer has cleared $8.000 on his sales ot chickens aitt eggs to San Fran cisco. cisco.Wallow Wallow a county will turn off $100,000 worth , of cattle this fall , and eastern buyers are now contracting for hogs at 4 cents. There was a thief at the state fair uha had enterprise , lie stole a buggy al one place , a horse at another and a set ot SUPPOSE you can make a dollar by walking a bbck out of your way would you do it SUPPOSE you make two dollars then , would you walk 2 blocks SUPPOSE you make three dollars O would you walk 3 blocks * We don't profess to have the gilded palace with the gilded prices as a sure accompani ment together with high rents and big salaried slick salesmen but We sell our goods on their merits alone. We know the clothing. We know the trimming. WE SAV YO\J We know the making. MANY A DOLLAR. We know its popular. The best imported Kersey Overcoats , beautiful , stylish garments in blue and black colors , elegantly made and trimmed We save you $5 to walk three blocks out of your way to get ours for The new Vicuna Suit and the genuine English cheviots in either sacks or cutaway 4- button , regent cut , save you lots of dollars for ours are only Boys' elegant Cheviot Suits in dark effects , for ages 14 to 19 years , long pants , will save you nearly $5 for ours are GOODS WELL BOUGHT ARE HALF SOLD. [ GIVE US A TRIAL. ] M. H. Cook . . Clothing Co , successors to Columbia Clothing Co. , 13th and Farnam Streets , Omaha. at a third. These three things he put to gether , and nothing has been heard ot him since. Emll Schonno , the Watco county fruit grower , has received from California a col ony of Australian ladybugs , which he will put out along Milt creek. Mr. Leonlg. a farmer on Wolf creel : , has finished harvesting. From a tract of twenty- three acres he threshed 2,200 bushels of barley. Some of the heads had a& many as ninety-sis kernels. The J. E. Miner timber land contest be fore ; the Roseburg land offlce Is still grindIng - Ing i serenely along. Fifty days have been consumed In hearing the testimony In one of the thirty or forty separate cases. Several farmer * in the vicinity ofSllverton _ are now maklnc preparations to cut the second end crop of closer this season. Clover Is a profitable crop. From the- first cutting It yields a heavy croy of first-class hay , and from the second growth front 100 to BOO pounds of seed per aero can bo procured , which sells readily at from 10 to IS cents per pound. The gentleman from Flagstaff , Ariz. , who recently purchased an Interest In the Pioneer stone quarry has arrived at Yaqulna bay. He expresses himself as well pleased with tbe oullooTc , both at the quarry and In the mar ket. He brought some additional machinery up on the Scotia and expects to put In much more machinery at the quarry at an early date > . WASHINGTON. Tramps In the Puyallup valley are intim idating housekeepers for meuls In preference to picking hops , Arthur Jell of Llnd , n railroad station be tween Pasco and Sprague , has been notified ot a bequest of $2,500 left by an undo In England , The Pullman college nil ! he asking the legislature for $75.000 as Its biennial allow ance , against $97,000 given it two years ago. This will include $20,000 for a girls' dor mitory. The Tacoma smelter Is receiving 800 tons of ore monthly from the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine. The contract Is for six months. This order alone will keep the smelter busy for fifteen days of each month. The big raft at Stella Is slowly being framed. It now has about 23t,000 ) feet of piling In , and 100,000 feet more will finish It , The top will be built out ot tpars. Thirty men are at work on the ratt , and It will take fully one moro month to finish It. Ch dial Is county has sixty organized school districts and sixtyfiveschools. . The county received $1,331 last year from the state school fund. The average wages of teachers , Including graded schools , Is } ! > 8. Female teachers get from $33 to $60 per month. Tha follow Ing statist lea were submitted to the recent session of the Puget sound con ference of the Methodist churches : Mem bership , 8,187 ; churches. 111 ; value ot churches , $312.250 : parsonages , 27 ; value of parsonages , $53,575 ; paid for buildings and Improvements. $5.482 ; paid on old debts , $7.192 ; present Indebtedness , $03,093 ; Sunday schools , ICO ; teachers and o ( liters , 1.408 ; scholars , O.C92 ; current expansesof churches , $8,737 ; expenses of Sunday schools , $3,743. There Is much excitement In Chewelah over the prospect of the Cleveland mine , lately discovered on Hunter creek , about fifteen miles west of that place , As soon as a road can be built to the railroad , they will ship i car of ore per < luy A party of citizens has gone to the mine' to locate a road. Sprlngdale is also trying to get a road from the mine , but men who know the lay of the country think a better and shorter road can be built. Those who have seen the new mine say It Is the largest body oC ere they ever saw. MISCELLANEOUS. Tbe shortage of Texas cattle so far this season U 08 per cent. A party of Comatock miners will soon leave Nevada for South Africa. Los Angeles proposes la have a smelter with capacity for handling 400 to 500 Ions of ore per day. Seventy mllea of new steel rails and 325,000 of now ties are being put In on the Nebraska division of Ihe Union 1'aclllc. Captain Sllton , who has returned from Alaska , thinks that the gox-roment should do something for the natives. Shipments ot llelk and other game anlraaU of tbo Rocky mountains are fre quent over the Union Pacific. A plant equal to 100 tons per day , using the Engelhardt bromine process , Is to be erected at Helena , Mont , , for tbe treatment of gold ores. The western rangers contributed slightly more than 18 per cent and Texas ellghtly I less than IS per cent uf last month' * receipt ! oT 297,892 cattle at Chicago. for headache ( whether etctc or nervous ) , tooth- che. neuralgia. rlieumatUm. lumbago , pains nd weakness In the back , spin ? or kldneyj , yalns around the liver , pleurisy , swilling of the- ] olnt nnd pains of all kinds , Che application of Rndway'B Heady Relief will afford Immedlet'j case , and Us continued USB for n. ( en day * of- 'rets a permanent cure. A CURE FOR ALL Summer Complaints , DYSENTERY , DIARRHOEA , CHOLERA MOHBUS. A half to a teaspoonfjl or Ready Relief In a , half tumbler of water , repeated a often aa In * lliicliargca continue , and a flannel saturated < vlth Ready Relief placed over the stomachs or boweli will afford Immediate relief and ioon tt- 'ect a. cure. Internally A half to a teaapoonful la a , tumb- r of water , will In a law minutes , cur * Jramp , Spasms , Bour Stomach. Nausea. Vomit ing. Heartburn. Nervousness. Sleepnemess. Sic * Tradache. Flatulency and all Internal paint. Malaria In It > Various Form * CM red tincl l'ievAiito < l Inert la not a remedial agent In the world hat will curs fever and ague and all other m - arlous , bllloua and other fevers , aided by ItAD- IVAY'B PII.LS. so quickly as ttADWAY'B REA DY RELIEF. Price (0 cents per bottl . Sold by all druggist * TOR SEARLES & SEARLES , SPECIALISTS. Chronic WE Nervous Private AND CURE Diseases Treatmcntby Mail , Consultation Fres Catarrh , nil diseases of thu nose , Throat. Cliest.StonmcliLiver , Illood Skin nnd KiJncy diseases , Lost Manhood and all Private Dis eases of Men , Call on or udtlruss , Dr. Scarlcs & Scarlcs , WHAT CURES PIMPLES Tbo only really > ncce ful Pretfiiilvo ' nml rnro of plmplct , hl'ic-Uu-ndf , ridiGii h bnmlt falling li lr , and liiliylilrm. libei , U tha celcliutrit CVrlruiu SOAP , grcatrd of ikln ptirilleri ami bcAutlfier * , aiwell purcit and itvci'tot of toilet ami mirnry caps. Only prevention of clef gtng of the. porci. Bold ercrjr where. IVE SEEDS This Pnmnui Henieiljr curd _ , quick Ianf pernik * .7 v. nenllr all norfoui disease * , such WP.III Uamory. of Drain 1'owor , Ileailictie , WakefDlne.il. JLu C Vltulliy , nlnlitlronjluloiiii. erlldreimi.rm * potonnruiKl MaJtlnitilUemnc Unxl Lj yuulbrui errori ar xcr r , Contains no oiilntns. ! Dorvo loulonnd > > luod kullilcr. Hakes tba pal * BDU puuj tironifniiitijlumi" . Kaillr carrlajlu rest pockul. SI | rt > ori lurSS. iff mill prtpsld wltlin written KUKruntontoeuru or inonerreiiiiideU. Wrltous for free meUlrul hook , x-ot > enlxt In plain wrapper , whlcli eantalni teitlmonlnln and uiiAiielal raforooros , ttn cliurirA s"i r eoneiillu * ( Ian * . Dewan of imituttnni. HnM IJT ouradTftr tliod ftKHiils. or addrun * AKItVJ ! HEED CO , , Uoionlo Temple , Cblcuio , III , BOLD IN OMAIU.NKIt. nVBIIIinirANA-Mo. CONNBM. . WW.DOWIB , K\JlNf&CQ.JfttL \ ] * ' liAKU , r ' ISTHC BEST. NOBQUCAKINO. $5. CORDOVAN , FRENCHo\ENANEU DCAin EXTRA FINE. .n ? BOYSSCKOOLSHOEJ , LADIES- 3END FOR CATALOGUE WU-DOUOl-AS - , BROCKTON , MA33. You cnn anve money by wmrliiE tlio W. L. Douelaa 83. OO Slide. llccnuio , wo are tbtj largest manufnctiireri cl tblignuleofrtiotg In tbo world , nnd muraQteo thrlr lalno by stumping the name and pricf on tht bottom , which protect you Against hlgli prices nnd the middleman' ! profits. Our > lie s equal cunom work In itjrle , eny nttlng and wearing qualities. IVahaiathem oM eTDrywlier * nllowtr prlcMfor the viiliioKlven ttunonjollior make , Takononub- tltule. 11 your dealer cannot 4uppljr you , we. van. Sold by A. W. Bowman Co. , (17 ( N. 161'si. C.J. Carlson. 1218 N 24th. ElleaSvonaon. 2O03 N. 24th. Ignatz Nowmnn , 424 S. I3th. VW. . Flahor , 2923 Loavonworll Kelly , Stlgor & Co. , Farnam & iStft T. A * Croasy , 2BOO N at. So. Omaha jiarcli 31 t , Ale A P nfold Cot I am ery much ple l to commend W. U Seymour1 * ability an mi optl < clmr , havlne b en tatliliciorllv ntte lwith elans- for astUniatlBin and derived irreit benefit therefrom in my profilonnl work. I would reo. commend all ot tha arttitlo profusion la da JIKf Bl e. Very truly. J. UAUllIia WAtLAOB , Omaha Academy of Vim Arts. HUAOACI1U CAUSED 1JV BYE BTHA1N. IJON'T TltirLB WITH YOUH UVE3. Jinny permits uliose heads aru constantly ach ing havy no IJ"a wliat relief * clemlllcaUy lltti < ( latset will gUe lh m. Thli theory la now unit versallr est.ibl'shed. ' "Improperly fitted fluntl will Intariablr Incrru * the trouble nnu ma ) lend to TOTAL IIIJNDNESB. " Our ability adlux claties lately and correctly la beyond qu llnn. Coniult tii. Eyi- felted frtt of charge. T..E ALOE & PENFOUD CO. , Opposite Paxton Hotel. LOOK FOtl THU GOLD LION. Prepared from Iho orlelnnl formula pro -erred In tha Archive * of Iho Holy Land , huv > agna authentic liUtory dating buckCOOycara. A POSITIVE CURE for all Stomach , Kidney and Bowel troubles , especially CHRONIC CONSTIPATION , Price DO cent * . Bold by all driiffcUt * ' .rhe Franciscan Remedy Co. , U4 TAD BUJIEX BT , , OHIO AGO , Hi , ,1. ' for Circular tn.i IllustrnlcJ. Calendar. NEBRASKA JBAJVJi V , 8 , I > epoiltor\i \ , A'cbro 7 > u , CAPITAL , - $400,000 SURPLUS , - $55,500 Offtctra and Dir.ctota Htnrr W. Tntil. prat. I4tnt ; John S , Oolllna , rlM-prailfent ; Lfitti li. n d. CaJtUiri WUUtua li. a llufbii. t Ul at coiblar , _ _ THE IRON BANK.