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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1894)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - I " : . . . . . . . . , . 12 . . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TilE OM AIIA DAILY BEE : ! lON \ D.A.Y , DEOEBER 17 , ISO ! ! . I - - - - 1 l t PULSE . . OFWESTERN \ PROGRESS I t - I . , I I DorIng for OOll ! and on in Juab County , Ut\h : I - - - - - I CURIOUS PETRFlED : $ FISH Et'ICC UNTRED - Indian I'ro1em In Jaltern Oregon-Bigamy , f" the Common I'rnctlce-A 'rravellng 11onntaIn-Oenerat Weltern IRt- JlountRln-Oeneral tel ' anI 1Iapenng. - - , "Thn nrnnrtv of the JUlb Oil and Coal u _ _ . -r--- _ - comanyIateIY Incorporated under the laws I ot Utah , II situated about twelve mIles In an easterly directon from JUlb , a statIon tn the UnIon I'aclnc railroad In JUlb colnty , Utah , , 100 mIles south ot Sai Lake City , and con- I Rists of 320 acres of land containing vast quantities of' biuminous shale whtso out- crops on the surface are plainly seen. While all the shale on this property contains some al : hydro carbons , says the Salt Lake herald , . those which arc commercially valuable are of black or dark brewn color , and ot these are several beds , over and underlain , by tghter colored shales. These light colored shales can be mixed and used on the property I a fuel , but would not pay to shIp ur dls- till. - UI.The property has thus tar been partially develcpCI by n tunnel twenty-one feet long , . and a ohaCt 46 feet , eighty feet deep : from the bottom ot this shnCt a boring six Inches . In diameter and 100 feet deep has been made The shaft exposes a series oC beds of shales , nndstone and limestone and In I are four - or five layers oC black bituminous shale , the smallest eight Inches and the largest six feet thick The b're hole passed through light S. Ihales and clays and then penetrates twenty feet In n bed ot blalk shale wih- out goIng through It. Ata acpth of sixty feet In the shaft and below "ganoida" I. c. , Potr.I- , fled fsh four or five Inches wide by twelve Inches long were taken out , and smaller pieces were recovered from the drillings In the bore . hole. These. I identify l as Ileces of - - - " "gcnods"-n ! which was plentiful In the : waters tC the carJnlCerous perod. : The . rocks oC this period arc those In which the . large coal and oil bearing areas In Pennsylvania - vania , Ohio , Indiana and Canada occur. The ? IndicatIons for oil are extremely favorable , ? not only In the Ilr , perty located upon rocks . ot an age which has furshed ! both 0 I and . coal In large quantities , but the presence oC oil Is shown by the water extracted from the f , boreholes olng continuously c'ated with a ; fIlm ot oil . Irrespective ot what future developments wi unquestionably show , there Is positive proof that the property at present has a large . value , samples from a surface outcrop oC black shale which have been sUbjected for , centuries to atmospheric Influences , and was vIsibly much altered , gave by analysis 26.5 : per cent ot volatile maier and forty-five gal- tons of lubricating oil per ton of shale. The . shaft has been opened several years and a , , sample from the slx Cot layer ot black shale In It gave 30 per cent ot volle maier land fifty-five gallons of oIL per ton. When the shaft was frt opened the yield ot oIl from this layer was eighty gallons ' per ton. The drillings from the bore hole Indl- catell that the thick bed of shalt was of still , better quality than either of the other two ' , - mentIoned , but no suitable sample could be , procured fem the fine drllngs extracted. In October last machinery represented to , - be capable ot boring to a depth ot 1,000 feet ; . , vas' takn out and set up at the shaft and a hole six Inches In diameter ' started from the bottom of the shaft I proved , however , wholly unsuitable for the work , and after a succession of breakages , work had to be suspended - ' " . pended , when a depth ot only 100 feet was . attained : It this hole could have been pushed down a few hundred feet farther there can ' . be no question that oil or coal would have I been struck. . i . The suspension ot operations Is only tem- I . orary , and just as son as suitable machinery ' - can be obtained , for which negotiations are - IIOW pending , the work of borIng wi be re- - umed and pressed forward vigorously. - I I.O'S IDEA OF MARRIAGI. I ; has always been supposed In the east - that the Oregon Indians were the most advanced - . , vanced ot any In the the country , or at least t. It was supposed that they hal long ago 1 yIelded to the habits of civilized life , and : . f that having been so long associated with , whie people they were far In advance ot : their more wild brethren. The reports of the ; different agents indicate that they , like many other tribes , care little for habits of civilza- ton and that It will take a strong pul to get thor out of their present condition Into , civilized life. Here Is what Alphabet ( J. F. , 'r. D. Drentano at Rondo ' ) flrentanogent Grand , says ot the Indians under his care : . . "Zilgamy Is very common here. Yet the . , f 1artes claim that they are Innocent. The ' : facts are as follows : ActIng under the In- : etructons from the department , the IndIans ; In vast years and before the allotment were married on this reservation without obtain- , i ' " Ing the license requIred by the statutes oC the state ot Oregon. For sore reason some , l no oC these parties became dissatisfied with . 'hla wife and went to see some lawyer , who bad more ' consideration for his pocket than for the sanctity of the family , and who ad. 'Ised the Indian that the marriage was void and that the Indian could. again contract , coulngaln contrct , another without the formality of a divorce. The Indian was but too willIng to follow the bad advice that suited his Inclnnaton so woli. Ho took out a license to wed another : " , ' woman and left his wife and ' chIldren. hind . : the first case been punished It would not f _ 'have become so common. Now , acer years , ot abuse , It becomes a hard mater to break UII lila vicious custom. The Indian claims ; that he Is not gulty. : lie says the frt 'oman that he was living wIth , and of whoo children he Is the father , Is not his legal wife. lie lives with the second ( who he i . claims Is his legal wife ) and raises a second family. le turns his first wife out of the . house and home that has been allotted to , him only and does not turn a hand to support - ; . - . carded. port the " wife and children that ho has dis- ; Mr. Dlntano says that there will be a , , rich harvest for lawyers In the future as : the Indians have one name and then another , , and already there Is great confusion as to whom lands ore allotted . .le does not hold : nn entirely pesslml.Uo view ot the Indians , but says the school Is a credit to the country and Is well patronized The report of David W. Ialhowq , agent ; ' , at IClamath , Ilresents n much more favorable . point of vlow. The Indians on this reservation - ' . . ; ton seem to be tending towar clvlratJn , , nnd have made advancem The schools also show a good httendanco . . ; Ieal Gaiher , agent at Sletz , makes quito ; a favorable showing , but the moral condition ' . : Is not promising. lie says : "The eomlton 5 of the Indians has been S'J'\ ' . yet soma Im- t " l'rovement Is noticeable In hlbl ! ot industry ; ; and inorais One of the IOft difficult mat , t 'I tore to contend with iDon : : these ndlans I the laxness with which the marriage vows , , tre regarded. They seem to have but little Idea of the solemnity oC the ceremony or f ; the obligation I Impose . " + ; . \VO4DEitFUT . MOUTAIN . ' A traveling mountain Is found at the Cas- ' , cades of the Columbia. 1 II described In r G.ldthwalte's Gl > graphlc1 Magazine lS 1 trlple-pealeed mass ot dark brown basalt , , , t six or eight miles In length where I fronts , . the rIver , and rIse to the helghth ot almost a 2,000 feet above the water. That It Is In ( motion Is the last thought that would be ' ' likely l suggest itself to the mInd ot any . ' j ; one I'asslng I , yet It Is a wel established tact that this entire mountain Is moving slowly but steadily down the river , as IC It bad I deliberate purpose some time In the . . ' future ' to dam the Columbia and form a great lake from the Cascades to the Dahies . In its forward and downward \o"ement the forest along the base ot the ridge has become submerged In the river. Large tree : , Itumlls can be seen standing dead In the I _ water on this shore. Tbe railway engineers k , , and brakemen find that the line of railway ' that skirts the foot of the mountain II being e , , continually forced out ot I'lace. At certain pints the Permanent way and rails have , been puulle eight or ten feet out at line In , I few ye.rs. Geologists attribute this strange phenomenon - enon to the tact that the basalt , which con- " Ittutes the bulk of the mountain , rests on a substratum of conglomerate or ot ser , . 'sandstone ' , which the deep , swift current of the mighty river Is constantly wearing away r that this softer 'lbrocl Is at itself yleld- . . ' 4 lag lt great depths to the enormous weight at the huder mineral above. MARVELOUS CAVES AND CANYONS. The "Orand Teton" peak \ 15,446 fet hIgh , being 1,229 feet higher than PIke's peak , and 982 feet higher than the loftiest mountain peAk In Colorado , and Il has remained - , malned for an explorIng party under the ' leadership oC W. T. Sawyer to make the die- covery , says the Denver News The valley , as described by Mr. , Sawyer , Is sixty miles long and has an average width ot twenty miles. Jackson's lake , a body of water eighteen by nine miles In sIze , Is In the upper end ot the valley , and the Snake river emptyIng out of the lake , which Is fell by a hunted mountain streams , winds its way through the valley . Mountains on three sides shut the valley from the cold winter winds , , so that the Snake river Is never frozen over , even In the coldest lays oC the yenr. . "This region , " Mid Mr. Sawyer , "Is one ot the most interesting I have ever seen , and I have visited nil the principal countries ot the world One of the mountains , which has been christened Mount Sawyer , has a water- Cal with a perpendicular descent ot ,600 teet. Snowsldes and glaciers may be seen lealllng down toward the valley from the peaks , whose summits are all the year 'round sending the waters toward the lakes that are scattered through the region of the streams that merge Into the Snake rh'er. Where the river breaks through the Teton range there Is a canyon with I sheer perpendicular heIght oC 6,000 feet The canyon Is forty miles long , and so Car as Is known no man has ever passel through its gloomy portal and came out alive. 'fhere are many other canons leading Into the valley , but the Snake river canyon surpass' % ! them all In grandeur and Impres- siveness. I Is deeper and darker and more dangerous to the life , of any person attempting - Ing to make the passage than the Grand canyon oC the Colorado. " Mr. Sawyer described a great cave whose dark opening peeret out from the base of peerel one of the mighty mountan ; peaks upon the borders oC Jackson's lake. The explorers entered - teed the cave to the distnce of 800 to 1,000 Ceet. Ceet."In our progress , " sold the leader ot the party , "we heard strange groanlngs an,1 hiss- lug noises that would have frIghtened a superstitious - perttous Ilerson out oC their ' wits. Lights flashed upon us lIke the' colored lights ot . theater , and lr ( an Instant , we were sur roundel by the darkness oC mIdnight. W'e found the broken and decayed bones oC two skeletons , anti just before we turned back we came to the conclusion that the noises were caused by the explosIon ot the steam as It rushed from the recesses of the rocks. " In the ollinion oC the members of the party the cave Is a natural wonder which will be a never 'lalng ' source oC Interest to travelers and tourIsts of the future Its extent - tent Is unknown. : IRCUJS PRECIOUS STONE. My own curIosity being aroused some weeks ago by reports oC the discovery of a rare and beautiful mineral In Utah called varlscle , says Don Maguire , writing In the Engineer- Ing and MinIng Journal , I visited the locality In which It was discovered. The place Is situated about 100 miles southwest of Ogden , Utah , In a ' ( oothl on the cast base oC the Oquirrh range of mountains , and lies In the northwest corer ot Cedar valley , Utah county Utah , about three and one-hal miles northwest ot old Camp Floyd. The formation Is metamorphic limestone with occasional beds of black pyrllferous slate. The mIneral itself occurs In nodules or renlCorm , varyIng In size from that of an English walnut to an occasional one oC tie size of an average cocoa- nut. Upon each ot these there Is an outer coating about one-eight oC an Inch In thick- ness. This Is lamlner yellow In color , and from one-eighth to 'a one-sixteenth Inch In thickness. Underneath this lIke the kernel In a nut , les the : beautiful green mineral varlsclte. Tim composition of thIs Is almost similar to that ot turquoise the base being a hydrous - drous aluminum phosphate , the coloring princIple arising probably through either I Iron or manganese. The natural gem In color Is ot great beauty , stands a hIgh de- gree ot heat , of considerable hardness , takes a fine polish . and Is doubtless one or the most beautiful gem stones hitherto discovered - ered upon the American contInent. Upon ' first Investigation ot this discovery It was thought probably that the locality was that whence the Aztec monarchs of Mexico ob- tamed the beautuf green jewels held In such high favor by the members ot Monte- zuma's court. WIth a desire ot finding proof thi' might lead to such a conclusion , I searched the locality In which these gems are found , without , however , I'Jscoverlng any traces of ancient workings. Near by I found two metate or mealng stones , such as were used by the Aztecs , and arc common - mon In Central America and Mexico to this day. I found , also , about , two miles south of the varlsete ! mines , upon ledges of rocks near what Is knc.wn as the "Pass , " hleroglyphlca writings In considerable extent - tent the work ot course. of a lost race. I. however , failed to find any cld workings of the mines , alhough , al seems to have been usually Ue ! cases , they my have been worked at some point on this ground , all traces oC such work having been carefully covered up by the ancient miners. It Is strange that a year should ha'o passed since the discovery oC these gems , and yet the wld knows so little about them. This liarly arises from the fact that they are found In limited quan- titles and , secondly , that those who discovered - ered them seem 10 take very little Interest In the nnd. A few pounds found their way east and IJssell through the hands ot deal- ers In New York and Phiadelphia. but It Is only now that 'atentm from more distant paints seems to be drawn to the discovery made In ' that , remote part oC Utah. From England , Germany and Hussla collectors and lapidaries are making Inquiries and request- Ing specimens ot the mineral for jewelry manufacture , and also for the cabinet. SIOUX MAY CAUSE TROUDLE. nrule and O alhila Sioux , who wish to pro- test against the hanging of Chief Two Sticks , the Indian who murdered the cowboys at Humphrey's , cltte ranch , are gatherIng at PIne Idge'aJency , says u Rosebud special to the Sioux Fails Argus-Leader. Tw0tck3 was sentenced to be hanged December 28. Captain Penney , acting Indian agent at PIne Ridge and Rosebud agencIEs , Is be'ng solicited to aid the cntendlng ones They are receiving - eelvlng some encouragement to revolt , as the Irules are not yet satisfIed with the lesson tauJht them In 1890 and 1891. which resulted In the bloody carnage at Wounded Knee TheIr unsettled state ot mind might cause them to break out upon the slightest provocation. Agent Wright fears no trouble . Everything Is being done ( to keel ) the bands on their respective reservationB so lS to nip any up- rising In the lnnh A ghost dance Is going en at PIne Ridge agency In the camp of Young-Man-Afraid of-Ills-Horse. There will be a gatherIng of all the Indians at this agency next week , when Agent ' , 'right will Issue their annuities and the big councils will I then be held " . PAULKNlm GOLD CAMP. A correspondent of the New Mexico Nugget says the new mill of the Myer" Gold Mining and Milling company , on Slapjack hill , at Faulkner , Is running regular ten-hour shifts 'fhe ore being treated Is a cement bearIng gold and Is taken from the contact. Twelve men arc employed In the mill and mine So far the results are satisfactory and the man- agement will soon add another 01lrty-ton huntington to the plant Siapjaek hi Is one ot the bonanza spots of this camp Thousands of dolars have been taken out In former years by placer miners. Work was begun by Messrs. MeDermenl & _ lpnltm , Inon I contract to sink a well 10 furnish ; i water - for - the i ; Charter r Oak company's new 01 at tbe lower camp . Work upon the grade for the site of the mi will be com- mencrd next week It Is Intended to treat by milling the cement , which Is so abund."t , here , and all ot which carrIes free gold Messrs. Williams & Parks , operating for Chicago parties , Ire sinking a double compartment - partment shaft and drivIng a tu'i'ii 1 upon the Wicks mine and have ecelent tree miii- Ing ore. They wi loon begin the erection of n mi on I'orcha creel for the treatment of their are. MONSTER TUHNIPS. Alhougb Sauvlo's Island was almost en- trlly submerged by the great food ot la spring , the tamer on that tavore tract have but little reason for complaint. As loon as the water subsided they went to work replanting their crops. and as I lam- pIe of the rebul , says the Portland OregonIan - Ian , Me8r , . Heeder & Sons have left lt the rooms ot the Oregon Immigration board a number ot lllchnels of the purple top , strap-Ieave turnip , raised from seed sown July 15 , which are the largest oC that varIety - ety over Been here. They are as big a a' itian's bead , and some of them much larger They are perfectly solid and sweet all the way throuch. The food left a deposit ot fertile soil on tie Island , which wIl be ot much more value than the flood did damage 21eaans . Reeder also raisd A good - " . - , " , . . - , . . . - - - - - , - . - . . crop ot potatoes , although It wa 50 late when the teed was planted that I did not germinate - nate as well IS usual Mr. feeder's otcha.l was killed by the food , but he Is setting out anothet. lie has lived over forty year on the Island and never saw such a food before , and never expects to again , even I he should live there forty year more. Dr. Jay Guy Lewis , who was present when Mr Reeder brought In the turnips , said he saw nothing at the Columbian exposition to , compare with them , and bo arranged with Mr. Ieeder to secure samples to take to the pomologists' meeting at Sacramento. Mr. Heeder Is certain that the sugar beet will grow well on Sauvle's island , a mangolds and tagle beets grow to a great size In the rich alluvial soil , which , he thinks , will give the usgar beet I large percentage oC Bcchallne matter. . TWO RAILROADS. There Is every prospect that the construction of two more Important roads In the Back hIlls will be begun In a few months , says the Laramie Republican . The frt Is the Dakota Wyoming & Missouri River , and , the second Is the Rapid City , Missouri River & St. Paul. The grading on both for several miles out of Rapid City was begun In 1893 , but was stopped during the panic when money became scarce. All the indebtedness has been pitid up , and the directors of both roads think that they see n clear way ahead Both roads start from Rapid City and traverse n rich minIng and farming country The second road will ' cross a vast tract of country not now covered by a railroad. Its easer termInus will be Pierre. Th frt road penetrates the heart I ot the Black ILIlis. ELECTRIC I'OWEH. The Teluride Journal notes the starting np or a new seventy.flve-horso power motor at the Columbia mill , and then refers to the water 110\er at Ames , Colo. , where the electric power Is so cheaply and efclenty generated. The electric staten Is the prop- erty of the San Miguel Consolidated , which has just added another permanent Improve- mont In the way ot a 500.horse power water wheel , which will be set In by the side oC one oC the other motors now In use , and I operated by means ot water piped from the I new reservoir-Trout lake. The last wheel ' raises the water power to l,550-horse power all told There arc three water motors In use- ne ot 350-horse power , one ot 700- horse power , and the last one Is 500-horsl ! power. The power so gathered Is utilized for motive power by which the electrical rnachlner of one ot the largest plants In the world Is drIven , and the current Is transmitted long distances to mills In dir- rerent sections of the county. and Is also used for lighting the town ot Teiiurlde. The company - pany owning the Plant Is running five large mills now and will soon add two more I the list. TiE DAKOTAS. The Yankton Indians hnve refused to ac- cept government checks In payment for their land , and have demanded that thEY be pal ) In gold or silver coIn. The Methodist Epworth league ot the Huron distrIct adjourned Its convention here to- day. Hev. Stokesbury ot Miller was chosen imreslclent. The next annual meeting wi be held at Redfield. Howard Eaton , a wealthy ranchman ot Dickinson , N. D. , has forwarded a carload of elk to relatives In Pittsburg . Pa. The animals were raised In the Dad Lands and are quite tame. Superintendent Rowe ot the Sioux Fahis Fals city schools has made his report for the month of November. I shows that the total enrolment December 1 was 1,717 , against 1,59 for the same time last year , and 1,410 for 1892. Parties living fifteen mHes north ot Miller report the falling of a meteor In their neigh- borhood a day or two ago. I caused consid- enable alarm to a few , as It made a noise similar to distant thunder and flashed a pe- cular blue light as It fell. The first annual exhibition ot the North Dakota and Northern Minnesota Poultry association - sociation . now II session at Grand Forks , N. D. , has been very successful. Over 400 fowls are on exhibition and the attendance Is large. The next show will be held In Grand Forks In December , 1896. Seventy-five . clgarmakers' employed by Wuest Brothers at Sioux Falls struck. , The cause ot the strike was the hiring or a sec- , < enl apprentice boy. which the union men claim was against their rules There was no dissatisfaction In regard to wages. There are still twenty hands remaining In the manufacturing - ufacturing department Probably the most Important gathering of educators ever held In South Dakota will occur December 26-28 , when the South Dakota Educational - ucatonal association holds Its annual meeting at Huron. There will be present prominent educators from every college , university and high school In the state , together with prin- cipals ot schools and county superIntendents. At n meeting of the Old Settlers' associa- ton at Fargo , embracing residents ot the Red River valley prior to 1875 , N. K. Hubbard was eleted president ; W. H. Lounsberry , George D. 'Vlnshlp , R. N. Probstneld , S. G. Roberts , David McCauley and Charles Ca"a- ler were appointed a historical committee to ley. prepare for the society a history ot the val- ley.The The State Norma school at Madison Is one of the state's educational institutions that It Is proposed to turn over to the con- trol or t'e city or county In which It Is located. This institution Is In charge of lion W. hi. H. Beadle as president. He says the institution Is strictly a state school which return Its cost to the state In better - ter trained teachers-something that Is very greatly needed. The attendance In 1892-3 was 260 , ot whom 188 were In the normal department , and came from thirty counties , with eighteen graduates from eIght counties , and one from outside of the state. Rev Father Craft , the Indian missionary who Iins devoted his life to Indian work and was left on the Wounded Knee battlefield for dead , writes Dshop Shanley commending Secrtary Smith's posItion on the Indian ques- tion , and In his views the bishop concurs. ton lie says : "Most , In fact , nearly all Indians , wi not progress until they are cmpeled. They are realy now as they can be made by any scheme thnt leaves out tie sharp spur ot necessity . The reservations should be broken up and the Indian compelled , like white men , to make an honest effort. I would enable progressive IndIans and force nonprogresslve ones to act. " ' Justice of the Peace Zimmerman of Justce Oacoma , who was recently appointed to the position , to try his hand went throuJh a mock marriage ceremony In which Erick Lund and a young lady who Is employed at an Oacoma hotel were the principals ! Tie questiomi that the marriage was legal was queston afterwards raised , and the two principals In what they supposed was simply In enjoyable pastime are now considerably worrIed about the mater , I Is claimEd that they are legally married-according to the laws ot time state , with the single exception that they had no lcense to marry. Whether or not this tact leve the marriage ceremony null and void Is looked upon as their only salvation. COLORADO An artesian well Is to be sunk at Granada. The Cowen haven tunnel at Aspen Is now two miles long Leadvillo's gold belt Is keeping good the . promises made the first ot the year The Golden Wonder mine Lake City dIstrIct - trIct , expects to start up In the spring . A large number at hogs and cattle are being tel on alfalfa about Las Auinas. ; A bunch ot range horses recently sold at auction ot Meeker for time low prIce of $2.16 a head. A patent has been issued to John V. ' . Bailey of Denver for an ore pulverIzing and amalgamating miii. The Florence Oil company has just fnished packing GOO barrel at winter apples. Their crop tils yea was 1,000 barrels. De'elopment work goes steadily on In the prospects at Goose Creek Some finds of importance are chronicle every week . A mining man In tram CrIpple Creek say , that the monthly yield Is a little over $600 , - 000. The talk of a million I month Is flap- doodle. There II work enough about Lamar to keep the threshing machines running for two months A great deal of alfalfa seed Is yet to be ttmreahmed . Neil Horton has harvested tram fourteen acres ot bottom land , a few miles below Mon- trose , seventeen car loads of potatoes. These at 60 cents per 10 would return him $110 a car or $1,810 veal. This II a cash return ot $133.57 per acre , Probably the largest water ram In time country has been placed In positIon for the Peoria Gold Mining company In the Ward district , The machl e was built by J. George Lyner ot this city afe the plans of Gordon Land , and will lift. ever 10 gallons or water a minute from the 'StP Vraln rivet to n tank at the mil , 60 tea'aboe. Now that the yetris nearly over , R good many will have to hecge on the figures ot the gold yield COt lime stste. I will nol be over $12,000,000 , msrlany . enthusiasts have clnlme" The ! Lmory , Ciippk Creek , Is being a- tvely worked by lessees . Some rich font hu been touOl nvsra1ng $2,60 to the ton on the Clayton E claim , owned by time . Lemorny company. Two hundred torof ore shipped from the Lillian mIne , In Ldvlle's gold belt , were pall for last wel , The smelter returns showed from five to , ' eight ounces of gold per , ton , 100 to l0Iolces ot silver and 40 per cent excess iroif. This means an average ot over $200 per ton. The Argentm-Junlata at Aspen Is among the shippers again and ore Is now being taken from time big body that was encoun- toned a Yew days before the mine was flooded. h this point over $60,000 worth of ore was : taken ont In two or three days . The present shipments are expected Co be phenomenal ones , even for Aspen. W. S. Stratton of Cripple Creek has started to sack some ot his Independence ore Here- Indep toCore nil .the ore shipped trom this mine has been sent to the smelters loose. The syh'/nle ore , whIch Is found In the second level , Is turning cut very rIch. Several hun- dred tons already smele,1 have averaged over $100 per ton. Only the very richest are Is being sacked , and when a carload oC It Is shipped It will , without doubt , be the richest car ot ere ever sent to Denver from Cripple CrepI ( . I will not run less than $50,00 and may bring $00,000.WYOMING. WYOMI NO . The coal mines at Hoe Springs are being actively worked I A lumber ot head ot cattle have died In the Saratoga valley recently Crom eating the loco weed. Time new depot at Wheatand Is about com- pleted. I will be the finest structure on the road between Cheyenne and Orrin Junc- tion. Dlshop Preston of Salt Lake and a number ot other d'gnltrles ct the Mormon church own 3,000 acres ot fine land In this low r por- ton ot the Star valley , In UInta county , which they Intend to Improve and put under ditch next year The commissioners of Fremont county have brought suIt In the suprcme' 'ctmrt of the state to tEst the constItutionality ot the bill creating the county ot Big Her which ! Is taken from the northern part oC Fremont county and a port n ot Johnson. The busIness men oC Sheridan have forwarded - warded a Iletton tl Washington requestng the department to Improve time mal service between Sheridan and Dlings , by runnIng the mal car through to the end oC the line instead ot cutting It off at SherIdan. The Douglas Power and Electric Light company has submitted a proposition to the town ot Douglas to build a 250-horse pwer plant for manufacturing purposes The company - pany proposes to furnish the power for the city water works and the electric ! light. The Yelcwstone Park Irrigation and Land company of Omaha placed a large ditching machine In the DIg Horn basin , near the mouth ot Stinking Water rIver , and propose to have 8,000 acres ot fine land really for settlement - Iement and cultivation by March 1 next. The Boomerang lays that Fish Commissioner - sioner Schnltger has' 'ust received a letter at Neosho. from the government hatchery : . , that they will ship 50,000 rainbw trout eggs In about slxty'da's. 10 had nsleed for 100,000. Mr. Schnlgc will also get 60,000 brown trout eggs 'from the Michigan hatch- cry. . cry.It Is the general hnprrsslon that there Is going to be a bomn In the northeaster part ot Wyoming next summer. The valuable coal croppings on Hay credit , north oC Sundanee , arc attracting the attention ot easter capi- tahists. Within the' past ninety days filings have been made on over 12,000 acres ot these cal lands The Laramie - Rpublean says the UnIon Pacific surveyors nre .Iocatng a spur to the paint mines north : Rawhins. Th paint has turned out to be better than was expected and Denver smelters say they will take 20.000 tons ot It I the company will build a track to the mlnc.and , make a relsonable rate .to Denver. An attempt , was " made to burn the shear- lug pens atempt , In the 'southern ' part' of Carbon county , which are owned by J. G. Edwards ot Rawhins. Time fire was klndle1. but the parties left It before It got a good start and It died out. Mr. Edwards has offered a $200 reward for the conviction of I the guilty parties. drill from a Whle ! trying to extrIcate a dri well on the Medicine fat ranch ot A. M. de Cleroq the other day , ' a well borer discovered the well was nearly full ot oil , says the Sundance Gazette. When the men stopped there was no indication - drilling over n year ago dication ot oil or water , but last week the dicaton well was discovered to have over seventy feet ot water and oil In It. The well Is a little over 100 feet deep , and the presence of ot. oil In tilts vicinity was never before thought OREGON. - Three feet ot fresh snow bas fallen on the Slsklyous. A Salem tannery received 1,000 sheepslcns from Troutdale. Five feet of snow Is reported on the road to the Santam mines. Salem's Building and Lan association has assets now ot over $100,000. P. D. Deckley ot Oakland has turned off $12.000 worth ot hogs this fall. Theo Is some talk at Dalas ot the re- opening ot the woolen mill now Idle. Thirty-seven carloads ot potatoes have been shIpped from Jefferson this fal , The Pnmnevihlo Review uses a piEce of re- centy fallen aerole for a paper weight. Dears are unusually Cat and plenty In the Curry county woods thIs winter. Many are caught In traps. A combined grist and sawmill II going In on Elk river to meet tIme needs ot Rogue , rIver and Port Orfond ' 'Lake county Is almost on the verge of a mining boom , says the Laleevlew Examiner. Mines are beIng located In almost every lo- cahity . There are 250 miners In the vicinity of Sparta , Union county , In comparIson with ninety located there last year. A new quartz mIll Is being put la. The Tygh rIdge cattle have an epidemic among them again. This time they call It time \ "blind staggers " for want ot a more accurate term , and many are , dying ot It. Some 2.000 sheep have arrive , .t The Dalles from Crook and the InterIor of Wasco county. About 800 are for Immediate ship- ment to the ' Sound , and the rest wi bo pas- tured. The nandon woolen mill has captured a contract for several r thousand blankets for the Japanese Time ' mill Is therefore working day and night , employing two shifts of fIfty hands each The mines ot poweU'B creek are booming , and a great deal ot coarse gold Is being n brought to the surface. Almost the entire course of time creek his been located , and n great deal of nctvlY 16 noticeable. The Back Gold Channel Mining company. which acquIred a large area of mIning ground 1/ Foots creek district , are still actively en- gaged In prospecting. They have already run a channel 1,200 teEt In length and are now engaged In crosscutting. This promises to b6 one oC the mOIt Imprtant mining enterprises - prises In Orgeon. - There Is prospect for lIvely times on Rogue river durIng the , next year. The Alaska Packers association has decided to have a cannery In operation In time for next springs I nshlng , and It Is qute probable Hume will ' , also build a cannery. The Alaska company will build at the DagtI terry , which Is considered - sidered the best location on the river for a cannery , Charles Howard , a school teacher near Mi- ton , In this county while punishing a pUIII , was attacked by flue grown boys. Howard pulled a pistol and held them off whie CO/- tnulng to give the unruly pupil a whipping , This 18 the same district In which rank Fletcher and Peter Gakel , boys who murdered - dered Charles I'etrle on Ington mountain two years ago , attended school 'rraveiing Agent P. D. Whlteny or the Southern Paclla lines In Oregon , Is the Alh- land Tidings' authority for the statement that ul' to the end of November a total of 0,000 bales of bops aggregating about 500 carloads , have pancd southward through Ashland 10 tar this tall over the Souther Pacifc railroad . All were consigned to ealt- ere poInt , and most at the car were billed through by way of the Sunset route. lo t of these hops , of course . are raised In Oregon , and the extent ot tht shipments can bo more , . . . . . - " ) . . . , . . : . - - - . : : : I ' : . . , - . , - , . < < - .o" , , " - . . ' ' ' . . " . . . . . . . l ) . , " , < ' - , , . . ' , ' . , . , - - - , ' ' " : : . ' Long cut , black and blue and tan flfl ' ' ' " ' , ' , . . :1 ; , l\crscy Overcoats , with velvet S 5.00 . : ; , : ' . colars , 48 inches long , ( or. . . , , : - -'m . . . ' ' " Black diagonal worsted overcoat . with velvet collar , medium 50 . . . wih colar 6 . . " length , 41 inches , worth at least $12 , all wool , at. . . . . . . - I , , Black or blue clay worsted dress I. , . . S , , , sacks and cutaways , suits I 0 0 , ! ' . , " , . " . , regent cut all wool , neatly I 0 . . trimmed and lined , bound or , _ " " " unbound , at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , t _ ' ' . , Black or blue clay worsted suits in . . cay ' : sacks or cutaways , cut extra 50 . long , the best imported goods , 12 e ' ! \ , made up in the height of , , ' , " : , " . , . . : i : fashion ' - , - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I . , . . , . ' . , . . . . , . , . . .4 " .i ; " - . f , . , ; , ' : ' ' : : . . " 'I ' . - , " , " , " ' , ' ' . " ' : , . , , . " , " ' ? . . , . . ' . ' ' . : . - : , 'Jrh . . . . ' ' . ' . , " . . The M. H. Cook Clothing Coa , ' . . 13th and Farnam , Omaha. easily comprehended when It Is added that ht 8 cents per puml they would aggregate a value of about $160,000. The people oC the southern end ot Denton county want the Long Tom navigated by 'rlhr sfeam rs as far up . as Mrmroe , and are , holding mass meetings , with a view , to petitioning - toning congress fr aid to clear out obstruc- tons In the channel ot the stream. I Is six miles from the mouth ot the stream to Monroe - roe , and light draught boats ; It Is said , have sometimes made the trip. I Is figured out that a $20.000 or $30.000 appropriation would ' clear out tIme channel so that It could be navigated - gated several months In the year. WASHINGTON. The Cheney fourlng mi Is running day and night. Rabbits are working havoc In orchards around Natchez. . II The new Yakima match factory has already begun to market its product. Large numbers of deer are being slaughtered - toned In the Birch bay country. Money ' has been raised. It Is said. to pay off the recalcitrant Elensburg ditch laborers. Wltervle rejoices In tfmo t near . _ prospect of a survey for an extensIon or Inc ureat Northern , and the Northern Pacific's exten- sion from Coulee City westward. For the purpose of ascertaining the extent of the recent disturbances on Mount Ranier the Post-Intehltencer oC Seattle has decided 10st-Intelencer Seate to fit out an exploring party to climb the mountain. In eastern Washington the prospects for a . surprIsingly large Increase In fax culture the comIng season are excellent. Growers have become ' thoroughly Interested amid will experIment - perIment rgely. l It Is stated that the Great Northern I making arrangements to cut 300,000 cedar ties this wInter In Washington , the Oregon Railway . way & Navigation company 250,000 , and the Northern Pacific about 300,000. Some Iwaco druggists have about twenty pounds ot ambergris picked upon the beach there last sprIng. They hmavo been offered $32 per ounce for It on time strength of a sample recently sent to London The nnnual session ot the Chehals county teachers' institute will be held la time public school building In Aberdeen , December 19 , 20 and 21. This Is the first time for the institute to be held on the harbor. The Wannacott Lake Milling and Mining company hns obtained a patent for ten quartz claims , coverIng the townsite of Golden , In Okanogan county , and adjacent lands on the northwest and south sides ot the same , also the land on which the stamp mill and other company buildings are located The famous Onyx mining case , Involving a valuable deposit of onyx near Valley station. which was recently sold by G. W Ainsley and other owners for $10,000 , was , < eclde,1 In the superIor court at Colvie by a jury , who gave a verdict to Ainsley. the plaintiff In : the case , Involving title to the ground. The herring packers oC Waldron Island , In- eluding Thomas Bros. , packed , 12,000 boxes of herring this season , and those who have visIted - Red the Island testify that the quality Is good Time San Juan salmon cannery Is said to have placed 10,000 cases , alUlouJh It was the first season ot the cannery and the run was highmt . One hundred and twenty Comnmonwealers who have been harassing the citizens 01 Elemburgh for some time , have begun a march to Olympia , where they expect to arrIve when the legislature convenes In January . They propose to demand appre prlato s for public highway Improvements that will give them work to do I Dr N. O. Dalock , clalrman of the Wash- , Ington Irrigation commission , estmatel that ! there are 2,100,000 acres ot land susceptible ot irrigation In easter Washington. Of this amount about 1,250,000 acres are In the Yakima valley. On the basis of twenty-acre farina , Yakima could , theretore , support 60- 000 people on Irrlgat d land Time I'ruer American believes that the oil seeds of commerce can be successfully cuRl- vated In the Yakima country , and thinks that experiments In the culture of elves and castoro plants lay lead to a promising In- dustry . Southern California hI made a suc- cess of olive cultivation , anti while the ciimmmato there Is much milder than that at time horse Heaven countny the experiment may bo fruitful with sUCcen. mlISCELLANEOUS. Agent Day has been ordered by the Interor ! department to brIng time wandering Utes back to their reservation from Utah. The land tunnel at Cochlt , New Mexico , has pierced Gold hi 300 feet and the quartz Improves as de"tb Ip i gained on I. On January 1 , 1895 , there will b a general reduction ot salaries on all revenue beats , Ihbthoule : tender and lghthouse .teamel Itatoned on the l'acitlo coast Al employel of the revenue and lighthouse service except captains , lieutenants . engineers and commissioned - missioned officers wi be affected by the new order of things. A letter from White Oaks , N. M. , tells oC the ' ' , ' ' raIlroad pleasant anticipation of' ha.lng 'a rairoad to that camp befOre the end ot 1896. AmerIcan capitalists have bought the Colon mine for $200,000 , and the Canavan mine for 90000. Doth mines are In Sonora . Mexico. The consolidated Calcrnla and Virginia , on tie Comstoct ) lee , produced 350 carloads f ore In one wools recently worth over $ GO per ton. The Northern Pacific has filed n list of fed lst over 100,000 acres ot land selected by It under the new regulations ot the InterIor department Time Apex controversy Is .up for settlement In the Mercur district , Utah. The Marion company has tolovedhe ore vein outsIde Its side lines. lnes. It Is said work on the Fresno & Monterey - terey road wil be begun In Fresno and at Monterey In January or February , I the rIghts ot way arc given as previously promised. r George McGarvey arrived at San Derar- dine coming from Rock mining district , brInging wih him $800 In gold nuggets , two ot which are worth $250 each. On a few locations In tIme district miners are ding well . A. Neuschwander , who has a borax plant thirty miles south or Kennedy , Nev. , Is i producing about thIrty tons ot refined borax a nmontim Borax Is worth 7 cents a pound , making the monthly product of hmis plant $3,000. Movements are reported to be afoot in Park City , Utah , looking to the development of time whole ridge of mining claims hying nortim of time Ontario drain tunnel , TIme Great Eastern company , wimfch was recently incorporated - corporated , Is leading tIme movement , A tract of grazing land forty miles wide , between Fresnal and tIme ( Iunsiglmt mines in southern Arizona , is about to ie mbandoned hy stockmen , l'apago Indians steal some $1,000 wortim of prime beef monthly and timat is a imigimer tariff than "tIme traffic will hear. " A hand of Indians arrived from time nontlm to wait on General Booth. They a ro from time Siwashm Salvation army and arc in uni. form , Timey left the Methodist cimurcim he- cause thmeir pastor , 11ev. Mr. Crosby , objected to their religious marclmes and drumn accom- vanimnents. Time situation in Ehlenshurghm in reference to time work on time ditclm , says time Locaiizer , is unfortunate for time muon mmd a burden to , s. . % . .u. . , r ( , 1 , . , , , , . , , , . . , I , , , , .4IJ & UUC.flJU j ) . . . . . . . . residents to be cared for wlmo have claims upon time city. It is unfortunate for tIme mmien , because timey do not receive full pay for wimat timey Imavo done , It wouiml have been mnucim hotter for time men and time city , too , had the work not been commenced. S Captain Sweeney , U. S. A. , San Diego , Cal. , says : "Shmiloim's Catarrh hlemnedy is time first medIcine I have ever found that vould do me any good. " Price SOc , S iio had 11cr 1)otmin. Indianapolis Journal : Simo hmeld Imerself so stihi to catcim what he was muttering in imis dreams timat site imardly breatimetl , "Mary- " "That's mae , " aime timougimt to hmorselt , as timere was imo occasion for imer to timimmhc. of any one else , "Mary mmmust have that new wrap , even though I do have to takeit out of tue book. keeper's salary. it 15 100 minIm , too , lb IS tHe only support of a widowed mnotimer , " All was still again. Slum lay there and timougimt some immoro. "lie's just as mean as lie can be , " sime murmured , "I don't beiiuvo imu was asleep at all. " _ _ _ S _ _ _ 'lime Cruelsi Time Queenmmlander , Australia ; "Your imigim- ness , " said time menial , "the man with a bulletproof - let-proof shirt is in waiting In time ante room , " Meekly time immventor entered. "Has thus garment been subjected to every poseiblo test ? " inquired time potentate , "It baa , please your majesty. " "Er-imas It been to time steam laundry ? " Time inventor fell to time floor in a swoon , "Foiled agaimm , " said tao as be fell , A l'mitcI , Puck : "See time womani" "is the woman glaring and frothing at time nnoutim 7" "Time woman is glaring and frotiming at the snout im , " "hiss the woman a fit ? " "That is just. the Question ; time dressmaker says she hiss ; she says she hasn't. " "They arc speaking of the matterS , " -S Oregon Kidney Tea cures all kidney trou. bies. Trial size , 25 coats , All druggists , FEMTh'IXE NOTJS. Time women's clubs in and about Wasiming- . ton have federated ummder time title of "Tho Federation of Woman's Clubs of time Distrct of Columbia , " Mrs. Bradley Martin. the American motimer- in-law of time earl of Craven , is credited with six months' negotiation and patience in the. purchase of a jeweled coronet of as much historic as intrinsc value , Lily , duchess of Marlborouglm , formerly Mrs. . Hammershey , nee Price of New York , lB again the subject of fresh matnimnontal , gossip - sip in London "socIety weeklies , " which rumors and gossip. Imowever , hicr friends deny an "utterly ridIculous. " Mrs. Langtry keeps up lmer pedestrIanIsm , daily irrespective of sunsimine or rain , t vlmici exercise chic attributes tier imealtim and envied complexIon. A matter of ten milea a day on foot is to Mrs. Langtry what a. walk around the block is to an Americam woman , , I Ducimess do ha Rochefoucaulmi - is countet one of the cleverest women in France-Amen- can 'circles in Pars. She is a datmghter ot Senator Mitcimell of Oregon , and was married to tIme duke in 1892. I'eoplo say sime. "lOoka and speaks hike a I'anisian , " whmiclm is a. double compliment. The Political Equality club is making nr- ranmgements for time proper observance of Miss Susan B , Ammthmommy's 75th hlrtimday , whmlcim wiR occur on February 15. A recent acqulsitior to time club is Miss Ilelemi Gould , wimo , witii Imer sister , imas also joined time woimman's la fr class of the Ummivorsityof New York , Time wife uf Franz Itummnel , time pianfst is time daughter of Prot , Morse of telegraph , fame , lihmo imad , perhaps , more offers of mar- . niage from titlcd personages timan penimaps any youmig Ammienican lady of lmer day.Mr Ruimimel was so unpopular witim tier parents tlmat her mother refused to attend time wed- ding. Mrs , Rumnimiel imas grown stout and gray , but is still a very lmandsommme woman , Au odd occupation hmas beemi timoughmt out anmi entered upon by a southern wommian liv- . lug in Alahmamna. She arranges scimool and Sunday school entertalnnments , beIng able , . when needed. to write an address or simort. - dialogue , to instruct in time art of declammma- . tion or recitation , get imp tableaux , or , in , - fact , do any of tIme irksonio hut most lmccez- ' sary timings inseparable from suctm entertain- nmemts , and wtmichm usually fail upon some. overworked comimmittee. The wedding of MrsEva Wilder McQlns- . son , wtmichm follows close impoim time announce- mnent of bmcr engagement , is aim event ot mtmcim imleasant iimtcrmt to tIme mnany friends. and admIrers of timis giftbh woman , Mra , Mc0laaeon marries a mmmenmtmcr of an old ant thiatinguisimed I'fmmnsylvania family , Mr. hIenry C , lirodimead \Vilkesbarre , Time wemldirm and trip includes a long stay abroad , time first objectiie Imoint beimmg aenea , for wimich port. Mn , and Mrs. Brodimead mailed on their wedding - . ding day , lecenmber 5. , Time 'SVonman's Relief carps of Indianapolis , IniL , conducted a luncim and coffee stand i , front of time pensloim otilce 0mm time last pay day , Timis was thomme to higimtemm time effect of time counter temptatioum of time mmeigimborJng liquor saloons , Under time gmmise of a convenient - venient place to have timeir cimecks cashed , for which service a commmmmmission of 25 ccrmta. is etmargemi , time veieranM are itmreml into tlmess places , and rarely get away witimout leaviimg considerable more than time commimnlsslon mmmoney in excimango for liquor , wimlcim time old soldier' finds it easy to ho i'ersuademl to dnixmk , A chmamimlon for time Boston girl imas anisoR in tIme IeraoIm of Jiarnit't I'reecott Hj'offord , Sue says of timat learned lady : "Sue is in timla generation a conmjmosite of all tier grand- mnottienmi. If 'imo has- time i'iignixn's firm ad- hierenco to her faitim 'ime imami also time hilmen- silty of time friend of harry Vane , time stnalghmtforward courage of limo Scotehm-Inlaim , . tile vivacity of time French , and always som of time iron fIber of time i'uritap iii tier mnoral and iimentai and vimyuical condition , Iitmt * knows timat New York considers lien provincial - . cial , But what matter ? She considers New- ' York banal. " Time adoption at time recent meeting of time. New York State Womamm's clubs of Mrs II. It. Simattuck's "Woman's Manual" us time. authority of time imewly formed state federation. in all paniiamnentary matters was enmirmentiy proper. ' It was a comnpiimnent to all womnn amd a deserved comnimhimemt to one in lIar- ticular , Mrs. Simattuck understands otitcial and legislative red tape as most wonmeu d ciml'ffons , and it ii ijuIte nighit that her ad- immirable brochure should supersede "Cushleg's. Mammumml , " at least in all gatimerings of womee , Time New Jersey State Federation alat adopted it. a Law days ago ,