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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-
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DYSENTERY , DIARRHOEA ,
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half tumbler of water , repeated a often aa In *
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< 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-
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caps. Only prevention of clef
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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 *
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llccnuio , wo are tbtj largest manufnctiireri cl
tblignuleofrtiotg In tbo world , nnd muraQteo thrlr
lalno by stumping the name and pricf on tht
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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
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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
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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.
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versallr est.ibl'shed. ' "Improperly fitted fluntl
will Intariablr Incrru * the trouble nnu ma )
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adlux claties lately and correctly la beyond
qu llnn. Coniult tii. Eyi- felted frtt of charge.
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Opposite Paxton Hotel.
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CAPITAL , - $400,000
SURPLUS , - $55,500
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