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CURIOUS PETRFlED : $ FISH Et'ICC UNTRED
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Indian I'ro1em In Jaltern Oregon-Bigamy
, f" the Common I'rnctlce-A 'rravellng
11onntaIn-Oenerat Weltern IRt-
JlountRln-Oeneral
tel ' anI 1Iapenng.
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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
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" "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
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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- .
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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
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. 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
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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.
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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
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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. "
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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
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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
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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
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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. .
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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
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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.
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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 , "
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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 ,
