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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1894)
" " " "T , ? 5PT * Jl THE CM-AITA DAILY UJSEi JIONDAY , NOVEMBER 19 , 189-1. JDI A Dakota Gold Mine that Has Fiodacod Over Fifty Millions. HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS IIOMESTAKE 1 ondorfnlljItlcli Ledca Olncorernil In Fool's limyon , Arlzitnn Tha Florence Petro leum Ilelt Novr .Mrxlruii Mines Noir of the Nitrtfiwett , Mr. George Majors , a well known civil and mining engineer ot Lead City , B. D. , lias been for a number of years employed on the famous Homestako mine , near Lead City , which Is probably one ot tlio richest gold producers In the country. The gentleman Is now on his way to Arizona to take charge of a large property recently purchased by an English syndicate , located In the moun tains near I'hocnlx. Kor several clays past Mr. Majors has been visiting a brother In Aspen and stopped off In Leadvllle , haying heard of our wonderful gold deposits , says the Lcadvllle Herald-Democrat. "It would hardly be fair , " he said to a reporter , "to make any comparison between I > ; ulvlll9 and the Dlack Hills as gold pro ducers , one reason being that the latter has been producing for many years , whllo Lead- vllle has come to the front only within the past eighteen months. I should judge that the Fllack Hills have produced inoro than $100,000,000 In gold during the past eighteen years , not Including other liroclous metals. The. greatest gold mine of fiat section , and probably in the United States , Is the famous Homestake , which has paid Its owners about $50,000,000 In divi dends during the lant sixteen years. There are still ere reserves In sight to last thirty years longer at the present rnto of operation. I first came to the JJlack hills In 1877 from California , there being then only a few small properties In operation , although at thai llmo ths property had been opened up anil passed Into the hands of Senator Hearst ol < " 'nllfornla. Ho secured It for the compara- t.vely trilling sum of $12,000. Another prop- < rty next to It , known as the Deadwood Terra , wan bought for $80,000 , as It was sup posed to be the better property. When the ral value of the mines came to bo discov ered Senator Hearst secured three other properties the Caledonia , Father do Smel end Highland. The product ot the three mines averages $225,000 In gold bullion pet month. The various shafts on the different prop erties are connected _ by about thlrty-flve miles of narrowgaugo'railway. . There are ovr 3,000 employes and the pay roll amounts to $200,000 a month. The Homestako ere Is of low grade , yielding only from $2.CO to $10 u ton , but It occurs In such quantities and admits of such a. simple and inexpensive treatment that the profits are enormous. It lies In a bedded deposit , often exceeding 200 feet In thickness , and the vein In places 1s over 400 feet thick. A town ot between 3,000 and 5.COO Inhabitants has grown up around the Homestako mines , known as Lead City , and the people there ore engaged either directly or Indirectly In the employment of the company , which owns the land , but leatcs the building sites free of cost to the men. There Is really only one store In the place , but thU Is of mammoth proportions and Is owned by Mrs. Hearst herself. It is a general wholesale and retail supply store and one can buy anything there from a piano to a paper of pins. "There are 700 men working night and ilay , with ten-hour shifts , at a depth ot 3,000 feet below the surface. When the ore is lifted to the surface It la taken to the stamp mill. mill."I "I do not know of any place In the world v/hore there Is such an Immense body of free milling ere as It exists In the Homestake mine. Ore that does not run over $2.CO is not touched , but this Is marvelously low grndo and shows to what perfection the process of treating these ores has been brought. " LUCKY MEXICANS. The truth of the marvelous wealth of the Orljalva mines , on the Hassayampa , Is com ing out by degrees , says the Phoenix Ilcpub- llcan. The wonderful ledge was discovered by accident less than three months ago , and Its discovery lay among a lot ot Mexicans. They were BO jealous that they guarded approaches preaches to It and men armed with shot- tuii3 warned off Inquisitive visitors. It was only known that the face of the country had been washed away by a June Hood and that wealth hidden perhaps for centuries liad been brought to the surface , and that Fool's canyon was likely to become famous. The other night Jose I'cralto came to town und told a story about the mine which has never been told before. Ho has been workIng - Ing for the Orljalvas , but has quit , but he cays that the mine at Fool's canyon Is the richest mine ever discovered In America ; the richest , at any rate , ho has over seen , and lie has scon all the big mines on the coast since tlio first ono was discovered by white men. men.He He says that they are working the ore from a four-foot ledge by means of three nraslraa , and that no ere which does no ) run $150 a ton Is handled. The productlor Is $1200 avcek , at an expense ot $2.1. IHil J150 a ton has really nothing to do with the richness of the oro. Peralta has no Idea how rich It Is , but as an Instance ot Its wealth ol gold ho relates his experience of a single ' clay. In preparing ore for the arastra It IE necessary to crush It by hand. In the course of crushing sometimes nuggets ol .gold are thrown out. In one day in this way ho discovered nuggets which amounted to more than $200 , saying nothing ot UK rest of the rich ere left for development by the arastra. There is , Feralta says , no appar ent limit to the extent of that wonderful four- foot ledge. A GREAT OIL IinOION. Colorado's annual petroleum output ls valued uod at $1,000,000 a yoar. It Is for the present ont limited to the district round about Flor cnco. although there are Indications In man ] other directions. At Florence there are some fifty wells In operation , says the Denvei TImos-Sun. which produce about 2,000 bar rels of crude petroleum n day. About 1B ( shafts have been sunk to the oil deposits The oil belt of this section extends 'frorr ' central Wyoming south beneath westerr Colorado as far as the- Grand valley neai Grand Jnuctlon. It Is confidently expected that petroleum will bo found In paying quan titles near Denver , while natural gas hai boon discovered near Grand Junction. The progress of petroleum and gas development volopment In Colorado and Wyoming durtnf the year Just closed may bo summarized ai follows : New oil wells , 12. i Now refineries , 2. Increased output , dally COO barrels. \ft Number of men employed , 300. * Men employed In Wyoming , 60. Monthly pay roll ( Colorado ) . $15,000. Annual output ot oil In cash , $1,000,000. Present dally output of oil , 2,000 barrels. Several gas and ol ) shafts sunk , with sat Isfactory results , near Denver. Natural gas discovered at Grand Junction Colo. KICH MINES IN OUEGON. William Mulr , the veteran prospector am geologist , who has been doing devrlopmen work lit the Grand Ronde district In Oregon baa closed down work for thewinter. . Durlni the summer months , says the La Grand Chronicle , development work has been drlvei so hard that suitable preparation ! ) In the wa ; of buildings , etc. , were not made for I hi winter , and the work was therefore aband aned until spring. Mr. Mulr h s therefore been very conserva tlve In his opinion of the upper Grand Kondi as A promising mining district. He ha maintained the idea that any mlsreprosenta tlon of a mining district Is an Injury , am he has always declared that ha had ni opinion to give until he had made i full and satisfactory Investigation , H now Rives It aa hla opinion tha the Grand Hondo district will become ono o tha very richest camps In the northwest. Hi nays that U Is not a "poor man's" mlnlni country , for the reason that It will take li almost every Instance a great amount o money to reach the ledg ! 3. The ledges ar covered to a great depth with an eruptlv formation , and this mutt bo penetrated befor the deposits can bo reached , But when the ; ara onca expoied they are rich In mlnera ttnd almost Inexhaustible In extent. Th < character and quantity of to * ere U wha cadi Mr. Mulr to believe that thl Is to be come ono ol the very richest mineral dis tricts. The principal claim In that district , and .lie one on which the most development work was expended Mr. Mulr has named The La Grande. " Concerning the placer claims In that sec- Ion , Mr. Mulf says that the one worked by I'aul Dozzlnl yields half an ounce ot gold per day to the man , and ho considers the claim located by Joseph Truesdall on Limber Jim creek one ot the most promising of that section , REVIVAL AT GOLDEN. The Golden , N. M. , district 1s well known to the pioneer miners of this state. It had a boom many years ago , but decreased its production on account of the cost of * ship ping to the smelters , the bulk ot the output being of medium grade. Hut Golden comes forward for Its share of the revival. The Now Mexican News announces the establish ment of a smelting pfant In the district at a cost ot $100,000. Oneof the promoters of the enterprise , Mr. C. C. Fitzgerald , esti mates that there Is $30,000,000 of gold In the district adjacent to the proposed plant , and that fourteen of the mines near Golden expose - pose 1,400,000 tons of medium grade gold ore , worth close to $22 per ton , in addition to some values In silver and copper. The present condition of things In the dis trict has necessitated the shipment ot ores to Ccrlllos and Pueblo for treatment at a cost of $8 per ton. With the smelter at hand , says the News , the transportation of the min eral from the mlno will cost not more than CO cents a ton , thus giving n margin of $7.50 a ton , which will be saved by the establish ment of this smelter. It Is certain that the effect of this step will bo to bring to the front the great resources of a region In which there arc fitly known fissure veins , partly developed. developed.NEW NEW MEXICAN ORCHARDS. Colorado and New Mexico orchardlsts ore exempt frtJm all disaster from drouth , such as has diminished the crops and profits of eastern fruitgrowers this year , writes a New York Sun correspondent. In the far western arid country , where ? growers must depend wholly on Irrigation for moisture for their orchards , the expense ot ditching Is compen sated by the good result that they can abso lutely regulate the water supply the trees shall receive. The soil of the Rocky moun tain slopes Is peculiarly adapted for * fruits , grapes and berries , and the people of those regions more and more ere en tering upon this branch of farm- Ing. In New Mexico orchards are being planted on a scale rivaling those of California , with the advantage that a finer quality of fruit can be raised to be sold In a much nearer market. A scheme Is now un der way to plant a 10,000-acro orchard In the Pecoa valley , near Roswell , with the Intention that 2,000 acres of trees shall be set out this fall. A Missouri firm will plant 1,000 acres ot land to apple trees this autumn In Chavez county , and In several places In that county the preparations for setting out hun dreds of acres are being made. The ship ment of grapes to the east from the upper and tnlddie Rio Grande valleys has for years been an Important and Increasing Item of railroad freight , and this fruit commands a price usually a half higher than the Califor nia grapes. grapes.A A CALIFORNIA FREAK. San Jaclnto has a first-class sensat on in the person of a big Indian named Eduardo Guata , who lives across the river In the famous village of Saboba , says the Search light. Eduar-do's peculiarity Is that he has ( he power of distending himself at will to most enormous dimensions. When Eduardo has been persuaded to glvo an exhibition of his expansive properties ho arranges for It \\lth due solemnity and dignity. He loosens his overalls , unbuckles his suspenders , shakes out a reef or two In his shirt , takes a last look at the world , and starts In to pump him- tclf full of atmosphere. It Is a sight to see him swell up. Eduardo Is no sprinter to begin with , but when he has successfully en gulfed a tubful or two ot air he would put Grover Cleveland to the blush. He keeps on bravely until the spectators get nervous with the momentary expectation ot an ex plosion. Just as the suspense becomes un bearable Eduardo ceases and displays his person proudly to the assembled throng. We have only one tape line , so haven't tried to measure him when Inflated , but his c rcum- feronce Is something appalling. When Eduardo wishes to reduce himself lie merely makes some mysterious folding motions of his arms and shoulders , when presto ! change ! Richard Is himself again. PECULIAR COUNTY SEAT CONTEST. The most unlquo thing In all the unique things of the Washington state campaign Is easily the Snohomlsh county seat con test. Everett Is giving $30,000 and a build ing site for a court house , which Is , ac cording to the point of view , an act of generous public spirit , or a damnable effort to corrupt the franchise of free-born American'citizens. Snohomlsli has the seat of government now , and views the effort to dispossess It as a form of brigandage. Ever ett , on the other hand , prides Itself on Its life and contributions to public Improve ments. An Interesting feature of the fight Is the attack made by Snohomlsh upon Everett In connection with the Standard-Oil company. The company Is said to have deeded the sixteen lots In Everett to the county , and to have raised the $30,000 cash bonus. The Tribune , therefore , breaks out Into such exclamations as this : "Yes , let us glvo the county seat to John D. Rockefeller. Then let's throw in the county , for John only has $150,000.000 and he needs " ' ' , . It ! 'To him that hath shall be given , and from him that hath not shall bo taken away , John D. Rockefeller , the only man who will be bene fited by removing the county seat to Everett , has ? 150,000.000. " RICH VEIN AT RICO. In the Mount Wilson district , which has been prospected extensively this season on account of the gold In the ores , another success has been scored by a hard workIng - Ing miner. John Anderson , owner of the Palace vein at the head of Elk creek basin , has spent the past summer crosscuttlng for the vein. A few days ago , says the Rico N&ws , he was rewarded by striking the vein , which Is flvo feet wide. Ho Immediately commenced drifting , but the quartz looked so good that ho thought ho would have an assay made. The assay proved very satis factory , but being a miner of experience , ho decided to make a more thorough test. He extracted what ho thought would be two tons ot ore from what ho considered to be the pay streak , which is eighteen Inches wldo , packed It on burroa to the railroad and then shipped It to the Rico Public Sampling works. The ore weighed just 3,208 pounds , and after de ducting freight and sampling charges netted Mr. Anderson $56.63. The sampler assay shows tha ore to run 8.9 ounces In silver and 2.76 In gold per ton. The ore Is tellurium and there Is a vast quantity of It. Mr , An derson says that his Is not the only now property In the district that will be a shlprr the coming season. THE DAKOTAS. Contracts have been let for sinking two wells In Honllla township , to be used for Irrigation purposes. A largo consignment of trout have been recently distributed In the streams of the Ulack Hills country. Articles of Incorporation have been filed at Pierre for the Hot Springs & Wlndcave railroad , a short line of twelve miles. Tlio capital stock Is $150,000. Parties from Osceola , on the Great North ern railway , about thirty miles northeast of Huron , deny the report that settlers In that locality are using horse flesh for food on account of a scarcity of other meatb. Deef cattle , sheep and hogs are plentiful and cheap , and there Is no ground for the report above referred to. The largest brick ever shipped by the Golden Reward Mining company of Deadwood - wood for an eight-day run was sent east via Adams express the other day. It weighed exactly 1,000 ounces , valued at $18,000 , which Is equal to $67,600 for a thirty-day run. The product ol this company will be nearly doubled when the cyanide annex Is In suc cessful operation. COLORADO , At Cripple Creek rich ore has been found In the 400-foot shaft ot the Raven mine. Near Silver Plume the Mary Etta mine baa developed a fair amount ot gold In Its ores , which run high In silver. Forces at the Lamarttno mine , Clear Creek county , have been recently Increased. The output of ore Is larger than ever. The first ten tons of Dakar Contact ere , La Plata mountains , run at the new mill cave a return ot JD.80 per ton saved on tha platen. Splendid roiults have been obtained by the Deam process on ere from the Cowboy mine , located In Poverty gulch. Qooso Creek dlitrlct. A sample run returned 23V ounces ( I II II . . . 1. .11 o Twti . . -1 ' We have now overSOO OVERCOATS AND SUITS , in every size and style , all in one lot , ior $5. They are displayed in our window , worth two and three tim.es our price for a five dollar bill. The Overcoats are single and double - breasted kerseys , with silk and Farmer's satin lining , and the Suits are cassimeres and cheviots , single or * o double breasted , and in four different patterns , this week's choice ft 1 . t ! < ! ' -J 1 1 0 H. Cook Clothing Co t ' > J Successors to Columbia Clothing CO. , u ( > 1 3th and Farnam Streets , Omaha. 7 ' gold nnd 1C % ounces silver per ton. The property will be worked at once If the dis agreement among the owners can be patched up satisfactorily. The vigorous prospecting being done In the lialfour district Is having a telling effect. New mineral finds of Importance are clirpn- icled almost dally. The placsrs on the Dolores river where Dear creek empties In will be extensively worked next season. Miners make wages by the use of the pan. The Freeland mines , Clear Creek county , are noted for their liberal yields of free millIng - Ing ore. The Onelda tunnel , which will rev olutionize mining In this camp , Is being rapidly pushed ahead. The twenty-five stamp mill at McCourt , ut the southern end ot Cripple Creek deposit , Is expected to start up In about ten days. It Is claimed that the enterprise will pay If the ere averages only $2 per ton. The Champagne property , located over the ' In the Lead- range from Bird's Eye gulch , vlllo district , worked for several years on ac count of Its silver values , has developed gold In paying quantities and Is again a producer on the new gold-silver basis. One of the fine properties In Spencer camp , Gunnlson county , Is the Superior lode , now down forty feet. At a depth ot thirty feet , says the Spencer Times , the vein was four Inches In width , but In the last ton feet an enormous body of ore was cncountere-l. the vein now averaging four feet , the mass being about $100 rock , although picked as says have yielded upwards of $2,000. The Silver Queen mine , near Sllverton yields rich eold-sllvor ore. In sinking the shaft to make connection between the upper and lower levels good ore has been cncoun- tecrd as far as the shaft has been sunk. H Is down tv.cnty-fHo feet , nnd assays gave returns of 1,450 ounces silver and thirty ounces gold , and 2,474 ounces slUur nnd twenty-one ounces gold. This meins an av erage value of $1,500 per ton. WYOMING. A lead ot cobalt and nlcklo has been dis covered In a mine near Laramle. A stalk of celery grown In the Big Horn basin measures four feet In length. Big Horn settlers have circulated a peti tion praying for a dally mall service between that place and Casper. The platinum ore discovered In tuU state Is said to compare most favorably with the best ore of the kind from Australia. The number of sheep In Sweetwater county Is estimated at 350,000. With-the exception of two herds the sheep are reported entirely free from scab. The syndicate of Chicago capitalists who are now operating the Four-Mile placers are having a survey made for a largo ditch and will commence work at once. There are twenty men at work at the soda lake getting out soda. A number of men are still at work on the branch out there getting It In shape so that a locomotive can go out over the track to haul In the soda. Ore from the Miners' Dillght mine returns from $50 to $60 per ton over the plates , and from a shaft 225 feet deep , with levels at sixty , ninety , ICO nnd 200 feet from the sur face , over $500,000 has been produced. The work of killing wolves which have In- tested the state this season U being pushed vigorously by northern county ranchmen. H Is stated that the animals have been driven Into Wyoming from the burnt out districts of neighboring states. The Mason mineat Lewlston , on which considerable money has been spent , now shows a lead ninety feet wide of pay ore , Some of It Is high grade and some low , but the average runs over $20 to the ton. A twenty-stamp mill Is being erected on the property and It will be kept at work crush ing all winter. OREGON. The Empire City cannery has closed down with a season's run ot 9,500 cases. The Athena mills are running night and day on a flour order for the China trade. The Gllllam county girls raise their pin money by poisoning coyotes for the scalp bounties. A seven-foot gray eagle has been captured alive near Sclo and Is on exhibition In B store there. One ot Newberg's wonders Is a cabbage which Is bearing Its seventh annual crot from Its apparently perennial root. H. P. Warner , one ot a number of Ne braska cattle buyers who are fattening about 1,100 head of cattle In Wallowa , Is gathering up about 00 head of 3 and 4-year-old steers , which he will feed for the Omaha market. Two hundred men are working at the upper part of the Cascade locks and are making good headway. The gates have all arrived and will be put In aa noon aa the masonry work U completed. Arrange- n ' menta have been , mude for keeping the ma sons at work until , nig'1 ' water again Inter feres. ' ' ' Excellent sand"1 stone for building pur poses has been found' within a few miles of Ontario. The stonorla ot firstclass , qual ity and , of an unlimited amount. It Is found In layers varying from two to ten Inches In thickness. Recently 17G head ot cattle were sold at Paisley under execution. The cattle were not In the best condition , and , with the exception of about nine head , all went to one bidder at $10 for all ages , bucking calves thrown In. Deer , driven by the snow down from the cold , blue Cascades , are now working their of the foothills Innocent noses Into the shrubbery hills , while wandering over the divide toward the coast , nnd hunting Is highly spirited , says the Klnmath Star. Some 0,000 head of cattle have left the Enterprise , valley this season for outside markets. The Chieftain saya there are not more than one-third that number of calves on the range now , and considers the outlook for the Industry somewhat problematical. A few days ago a Sherman county farmer drove thirteen hogs Into Rufus which weighed 4.9GO pounds , and eight of them weighed COO pounds each. For these he re ceived 5 cents a pound , and they were fed on damaged wheat that he could not sell at any price. This Is n very successful exper iment ot feeding gra'n to hogs , and one that will pay better than selling wheat at 30 cents a bushel. Bear hunting Is thfr principal diversion "on the Upper Deschutes this fall. C. B. Allen Informs the Prlnevllle Review that James Dlllman succeeded In bagging a large grizzly , the first ono that has put In an appearance on the Deschutes since In early days. Wil liam Vnndevert killed two large blacks re cently , and Johnnie Hlnton haa killed five- all largo bears except one. These nnlmala seem to have Increased wonderfully In that section In the last few years. WASHINGTON . A new creamery ot large capacity Is about completed at Tenlno. Excursions ot homo-seekers are being run from South Dakota to Washington , as well as to Oregon. A Walla Walla county fruit grower shipped 5,000 boxes of apples to Victoria , receiving $3,000 for them. The Everett Herald ( .ays 140 tons of paper will bo shipped from the Everett paper mill to Australia by the next steamer. N. N. Brown killed a swan on Crab creek Tuesday that was nine feet from tip to tip of wings , and six feet from bill to toes. Davenport reports that numerous teams loaded with people and mining Implements have been going through that town to the Hunter Creek fields. . U Is a noteworthy fact that the country In and about Prosier-expects to winter about 30,000 head ot Oregon sheep. As a winter re sort Washington ( urrilshea an unexcelled cl'mate. s' ' The fcalmon cannery Cosmopolis employs sixty Chinamen amjmwelvo white men , and from 250 to 300 casepf black salmon ara put ' up dally. They expe'ct lo put up 22,000 caes of salmon this eea oi * There is a rush for lands In Chehalls county. As a result not the decision of the secretary of the Interior , several thousand acres of land whlfch , ave for the. patt six years been held by the- Northern Pacific rail road as Indemnity ! lulls have been thrown open to entry. 1 n ' As a test.mony. jti'.the ' Uelllngham bay "boom , " this utterance of Thomas G. New man , In the Whatcpuj U vellle , Is Interesting- "I am charged wlthbbelng a stockholder In the Bolllngham BayUioom company. If I could deny the soft'impeachment ' I should be batter off by $0,000'vfifch , I brought with me and earned In my' cjktess on , every cent of which nas gone to ids laboring men and merchants. We have spent In four years twlco as much as government In keeping the river clear , and for an expenditure of $50,000 the company have the right left to boom logs , " MISCELLANEOUS. There Is good clay for the manufacture of tile In the vicinity of Hddy , N. M , The average value to ( the ores now being taken from the Coin stock lode Is about $60 per ton. The Arizona Gazette reports the Discov ery of a remarknble' ledge of free milling gold ore on the divltflni ; line between Marl- oopa acd Gild counties. Utah's sugar factory bun paised the 2,003- 000-pound mark ot Its 1891 production and the plant Is turning out sugar with the utual regularity -nd without a hitch. The owners of the Bull T)3g gold mlno ol Gold Field , thlrty-flve mllet from Pho nix , Ariz. , refuted an offer of $200,000 cash for their lease , which has still a year to rua. Ulcti ore was struck about three weeks ago. The mine Is bonded for $35,000 and the owners nlready have taken out 1,000 tons of ore , run ning from $30 to $40 a ton. The Steen family of Boise xpect to get a share ot the estate ot William McKay , who recently died , leaving an estate In South Africa , the appraisement ot which Is said to bo $1G,000,000. News from Alaska says that A. Hayward and C. D. Lane of San Francisco have pur chased twenty-one of the richest quartz claims In the Sliver Bow basin. The Alaska New : ) of Juneau states that it is the biggest mining deal In the history of that city. It Is said that England has laid claim to the head of the Chllkat Inlet , 400 miles northeast of Juneau and near Mount St. Ellas. This claim Is made as a result of the International boundary survey work for the purpose ot establishing a coaing [ station there. Arrangements have been completed whereby the construction of the San Juan Ir rigation company's system Is an assured fact. W. II. Eastland of San Francisco Is at the head ol the company. The system will cost $2.r 0.000. and will Irrigate 10.000 acres. The originator of this enterprise , George Gates , has , after two years work , achieved a grand success. The steamer Princess Louise , just down from the north , bring * Intelligence of a land slide at Shusartlo bay , at the northwest end of Vancouver Island. which completely wrecked the settlement recently established there , known as the Canadian Co-operative Commonwealth. The settlement consisted of six persons , flvo men and one woman. It was at the foot of n big mountain , near the shore ot Shushartle bay. The opening of spring will undoubtedly sec a big rush ot travel over the new Burlington extension Into Montana The termlnui ol the extension Is fortunately In the great Yel lowstone valley , one of the richest agricul tural and stcok regions of Montana , and thla si-ctlc-n of the state should get a largs Influx of Immigration the coming season. If the road pushes on Into Meaghcr county next spring other rich valleys will b ? opned up. The Burlington is going to bo a great factor In the building up ot the state. Oregon Kidney Tea cures ail kidney tr. . bles Trial size. 25"cents. . All druggists A LIBRARY TUNNEL. Dlstrllmtlne IliinV , * liv nil lliulvrgrnmnl I'.n- The plans of I.lbrar an Spofford and Super intendent Green of the new Congressional library building. says _ tue Washington Star , Include an ingenious device for supplying books to the capital. They expect to meat the demands of senators and members of the house for literature from the nation's vast store through an underground conduit con structed between the two bulldinga , and they bellevo that It can bo done In this way so as to Involve very lltt e If any mere delay than U now experienced In securing books frum tha present quarters of the library In tli-j capltol building. At present the books tin : oljta'ncd by personal application to an assistant - ant librarian , who when ifbook la called for simply goes to a shelf nnd gets It ; but owing to the extent of the room occuploil by U considerable time Is often consumed In the search for the desired volume The new library building Is only .tlw.it U3' ' yard. , from the capitol building , an.I It h believed by those who liavu given uttuntloi to tha aubj.'ct that the obstacle of dUtunct cm bo overcome by the const ] notion of ai underground passageway and the uie of i pulley vIth an Ingenious car which un- Invented especially for tills purpou' . A pnu mat'c ' tube la uUi to li amp oytxl fur tin purpose of ordering bookh. A clerl. will lit stationed at the capital at a convenient plan near the center of the b.ilMlm ; , for the equa accommodation of the two homed , who wll receive nil orders for liuoka .and transml them to the library through the pneumatli tubu , and who will also receive the book' when neiil un the carrying inuclilnt ! . Superintendent Green estimates that tin cnilra proc/esu of ordering nml procuring i book lit this way will consume nut to ex ceul four minutes' Hint' , A portion of tin hooks now In the library about 70,000 o them will bo left In their present quartan for still greater convenience. Theno vslll ton hist of books of ref renc ? In the main , bu they will also Inclu.le ono eel of each o. tin itumlanl Kngllth author ) . The cirrylng de vlco to bo used In the proposed conduit wll form a foJtura of every-day work In th < now library tulU r.g lltclf It will be ( i constructed Uiat It will carry a book to an ; designated floor or 8 ctlcn m the hUKO atruc nJ fi M It at the pr-pu epat , thu TJIB EYE GLASSES- Do they work just right is your sight failing when you patronize a first c'ass , experienced opti cian such as ours are your eye troubles will be over that is if any one can help you. Cost you nothing to visit us , anyway. Jeweler and Optician Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts. HAND SAW is A GOOD THING , BUT NOT SHAVE WITH. " 0 * > \S THE PROPER THING FOR HOUSE-CLEANING. saving an Immense amount ot time to both render and library employe. THE 11ETIRE1) BURGLAR. Ills romliif'Ha fur Mttlo Children Cut Him Into Trouble "I always was fond of little children , " said the retired burglar to the New York Sun , "and I once served n term on that ac count. I had gone Into a house In the west ern part of .he state and rummaged about down stairs , ami finally got up and got Into a room where there was a man and his wife I'nd a little baby , all asleep. The baby waj In a cradle that stood at the foot of tlin bed. Not far from the cradle , xtandlng against the wall , was the bureau. I transferred what ever thtre was of value In the bureau and then I turned to the baby ; I couldn't help It. I turned my light on the kid to look at him pud It woke him up. It stared at mo a little unil thru lie began to smile and double up its llxtr. Rt me. "Well , he looked EO funny thnt I chucked him under tlio chin , and that seemed to tickle him Immense ; ho threw up his logs nnd his aims , and laughed more'n ever , and tried lo say Fomethlng ; all ho could say WBH 'Uoo o-- , ' but that was enough. You've heard of women so tlied you couldn't wako 'cm up firing a cannon In the next room that would wake up In a minute If the baby turned In It's cradle ? Well , when this baby uald ' ( ! ooo o ' It's mother not only I woke up Instantly , but she begun to get up befnio t-'lio \\nn fairly auake ; and all the time Mho a- < looking toward the cradle , nnd hc hHthi < light long before I could douse It. Then BIH ) t.creamc < l , and I made a groit lirrnU fin the door. | ' But i lie man got lucre before I did ; and , liphldi-s liclng very quick , hu was very nble- [ bndlfd nnd net the leant bit afraid ; In fact , I liii uas u better man than I was and the upshot of this business v.us that I got four ! years and six months Ju.u for stopping to cliuck a little iliavcr under the chin. " Captain Sweeney , U. S , A. , San Diego , i'al. , mo a : "Shlloh's Catarrh Ilcmcdy Is the first medicine I have ever found that would do mo nny good. " Price 50c , l--l.ll. Ill Uio Swls-8 colony near St. Kloren , Ala. , r.in be been u beautiful jmniK girl wheeled 1 aruiiril In u porumbulat-r , tliu lower por- lion oC which Is coverpil , 8ho haw nevei li'LMi Hi'i-ii mitflilo of this b'lxxy except by hr-r own paivulH , although who bus enjoyed jnrft'rt hfiillh during the HlxtuKii ycum ol her life. She IB unummlly bright and In- 1 diligent , and fiom hur carriage thoroughly i < itiji > ) 'x the society of ycuiiK people of liei agu. The rt'iieori that the Klrl IH doamcC ito > peml her days In the corllnca of liei bu rty Ix that flie In a ri'ullxtlo rnermald ; IJffnrc her lilrih hei mother was bodlj frlvititi'iird by u shark while croHalnp tin A thin I Ic oc. an , and tint lower rmrt of tin i ohlld'H bo.lv la that of a llsh. Iler father i Anton X.lmrl , Is a highly tiuccpHsful urn pi - liiuwcr nnd iuus become well oft us wealtl . i Is cvuntf'l In tills Hoctlon , but no nurglcu . ' treatment hail yet been found that can dp- vise a means fi > r correctlrg the deformity ol his daughter. Hhe him none of the char- ucteilstlcH of a llsli and IIUB no more fond IIPHS for water than U usually possessed b ) girls ot her age , Oregon Kidney Tea cures nervous head- - scbes. Trial size , 25 r.enU , All drueglsti. FOR INTERN\L AND EXTERNAL USE. ClUUH AM ) I'JIUVKNTS Cblds Oon < rh , B3wTh-oatInflucnziBron , 011 a , Pneumoiiia , Bwdllin ? of the Joint ? , Lumbigo , Inflammations , P.H mmm , NEUHALGIA , F OsTLirES , CHILBLAINS , HEADACHE , T001II\CIIE , ASTHMA , DIFFICULT BREATHING. cunca TIIIJ WORST TAINS m from one tu tncnty mlnutva. NOT ONIJ HOUlt after reading IIHn ( uKertltdiicnt need unjonu SUt'KJSIl WITH mivi ; > } * J'.nuly Itfllol U Mire Ouro for l.vAi-y ! I'niiiiiruui | , llrinnei , I'ulni In the Iliirk , rhmt or l.illlln. . It if UH th first unit U tlin OHM PAIN Hi\l \ HIY. Thnl liiBtuntly top the mont excruciating IMlns , nllnyii infliinmllcm. and cures conResUotn , nliMhrr ol th I.UIIISM. Stomach , llowclt , or other Elands nr orKUlis. liy uiut application , A hulf to a team > oonful to half a tumbler ot water will In H few mlnulrs euro Cramp , Hpai- in.i. Hour Stnmnrl * . lle.irlljurn , Nervouincra , MeoplehMenB , Kick lleuUncho , Dlnrrhea , Dyeen- tcry , Cnllc. Flalulrnry imil ( ill Internal paint. Tho.-o In not a remedial iiKcrit In all the world Unit will euro fever tulii IIKMO und all other Ma- KnloUH. Illlloim unit r.tlu-r fcvrrs n tiled Ijy HAD- WAY'S I'JI.I.S. no quickly as ItAUWAY'S KISA UY IUJLIUF. Fifty cents par bottle. Sold by Druggists SEARLES & 8EARLES SPEGUUST5 , Trealmenlby Hail , Consultation"Ffei Catarrh , all cliscust-H oT the nose , Throat. ChestStoiniich.I.lver.lilooJ .Skin anJ Kidney UlHcaaea , Loat Manhood and all Private Dis eases of Men , Call on or nddrcm , Dr , Searlcs & Searles ,