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THE OMAHA DAILY 3JE12 : LiktONDAY , AUGUST 1 , 1800.
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of lh popocratle candidate. The
difference Is that the same communistic
principles hnvo now a more able and elo
quent advocate , and that their chief ex
pounder appears upon a loftier platform.
Then his journey 1 * marked by a greater
paralysU of business , a more general clos
ing of factories , a moro uniform toppling
of credits , and n deeper and wider alarm.
nut It should not bo forgotten that tbo
name collapse Is In store for Ilrynn that
came to Coxry , who U now one of the No-
braskana * followers. The culmination of the
"bread march" was also to ho In Washing
ton , and It was expected to gain In strength
nnd magnitude until the multitude that no
man could number should mount the great
Btcps of the rapltol nnd majestically pre-
cent Its dcmanda brforo the congress ot the
United Statci.
The 29th of April was the dny set for
tbU grand rllmnx , but whnt was the result ?
A few "sildlm" wcro arrested for trampling
on the nation's grass , the country burst Into
a guffnw , nnd the crazy and dishonest epi
sode has be' i ) nearly forgotten already.
This will bo Mr. Ilrytin's fnte , though he
In nt the head of a larger army nnd though
ho Is kept In countenance by n greater party.
As sure us th > > night follows the day the
American people awed at first by the nov
elty nnd force with which the populists
urge their demands will detect tbo ab
surdity and hollowncss of the silver move
ment In tlmo utterly to rout Its advocates.
Itryan's progress Is on n more majestic
acaln than Coxey's , but It Is essentially the
name , and IH to the full as ridiculous and
as dangerous.
. \ \ AllHliTlTciMIIMi.lIXT.
One of ( In- Hilly AKHITIIIIIIN of tin-
ClirbMoiio I'lnnnHrrx.
WiiKhlnKtnn I'ont.
Of all the absurdities ot this educational
campaign none Is moro preposterous than
the over-recurring complaint that the pres
ent banking system favors the cornering
of money and thereby prevents It from be
ing used In business. How can money locked
up In bank vaults bo profitable to the cus
todians of It ? It would be as sensible to
lilre laborers nnd keep them from work as
to lock up capital. It would be as politic
for a liveryman to refuse to furnish riding
nnd driving outfits , and keep tits horses Idle
In their stalls , as for bankers to refuse dis
counts that could bo safely made nnd keep
money Idle In their vaults. A man who
knows enough to come In out ot the rain
ought to know better than to believe or
circulate the complaint that the banking
business deprives Itself of Its principal
source of profit In order to demoralize busi
ness , for business Is the life of banking.
Money looked up brings no Income to the
banks. To lock It up Is to surrender the
chance of making a profit. As well could
n farmer liope to mnko n living for his family
by letting his lands go unplowcd and im
planted. Hnnklng Is a practical business ,
not sentlmcntnllsm. Bankers are quite as
much Interested as merchants or manufac
turers In the activity of trade and the pros
perity of the people. They are In business
for the profit there Is In It , and that prollt
comes , la a largo degree , from Interest on
loans. They encourage the largest use of
money that Is consistent with safety. They
nre far moro likely to err In loaning too
freely than In refusing loans. y
Hut the money loaned by banks Is bor
rowed money. It belongs to millions of de
positors. Most of It is due to the depositors
nt nny time when they see fit to check It out ,
nnd nil of It Is a debt as binding as any hu
man obligation can bo. For this reason
banks are compelled to curtail their loans
when confidence- shaken , but every dollar
of curtailment Is a reduction * of their In
come.
CAMJ'AICNOTHS. .
Ex-Senntor McPherson of New Jersey has
declared -.gainst Ilryan and cheap money.
The abolition of St. John's literary bureau
In New York has deprived the campaign
down cast of much ot Its merriment.
Another people's party convention Is to
be held In Illinois. The mlddlo-of-tbc-road
men refuse to fuse and reject "tho leprosy
of democracy. "
A Boston man attempts to check opposition
, to a clipped dollar by announcing tl.at he will
give twenty beers for a free silver dollar.
No troubln to ralso the collar
The free silver faction of tbo Iowa democ
racy was cheered and comforted when It
crept Into the populist tent with unc
tuous greeting of General Weaver , who paid :
"God bless you ! We welcome you to the pop
ulist camp nftor so many years of warfare
nnd waiting. "
Dispatches fro n Denver Indicate that the
popocratle national treasury Is not as empty
ns Jones pretends. The Denver & Hlo Grande
Railroad company subscribed $25,000 as
n starter. The committee which Is passing
the hat In Denver and vicinity Is composed
ot David H. Moffatt , Otto Mears and N. P.
Hill , each of them millionaires several times
over.
There Is n man In Ohio named Jenkins ,
wuoso resemblance to Abraham Lincoln Is
said to bo wonderful. He Is said to have
received in his tlmo enough jail sentences
to round out an ordinary life , and been In
enough brawls and accidents to kill a dozen
ordinary men. Yet , on account of bis
likeness to Lincoln , it Is asuertcd , he gets
nil the free passes on the railroads that ho
wints and almost any favor ho asks for.
"Lot ns have no dodging , " exclaims Tom
Watson , supplementing a demand for ottlcial
notification. "Why does Senator Allen ,
chairman of that committee , refuse to do
what the convention Instructed him to do ? Is
he afraid Mr. Ilryan will repudiate our sup
port ? If BO. our party has n right to know
that fact. If Mr. Ilryan Is ashamed of the
votes which are necessary to elect him wo
ought to know it. Ho cannot carry his own
state without our he'p , and If ho is ashamed
ot our help ho Is not the iiinn our people
Lave taken him to bo. "
The editor of the Rockvlllo Tribune , an
Indiana sheet which supports free silver , Is
charmingly candid In explaining his motives.
Ilelng charged with purchasing Mexican dollars
lars he acknowledged the corn In these
words : "Tho editor of the Tribune bought
100 Mexican dollars , for which bo paid $50
in cash and $10 In advertising , nnd would bo
Kind to mnko a similar deal every day. The
only drawback Is the required cash. If
Ilryan Is elected It Is the purpose of the
writer to have them coined Into United
States legal tender dollars , und If at the tlmo
be owes $105 ho will liquidate the debt and
thus. In n small degree , get back part of thu
loss ho has sustained by reason of the single
gold standard. As to the morality of the
transaction , wo will take our chances on the
Bide of the debtor , who the republicans think
ought to bo compelled to pay In dollars that
will buy twice as much of the farmers'
1 product ns they would ten yenrs ago , The
claim that the creditor will got 53 cents Is
Billy when the sovereignty of the govern
ment has put Its seal on the old-tlmo amount
ot silver and says It Is worth 100 coats. "
miVAX'S FATAL AUMISSIOX.
Tim l.nw of .Supply mill llcmnnil Ap-
pllpil to Crop Prlcf * .
N > w York Times.
"You know that If the world's crop next
year of a certain article Is very much
grtaler than the crop of this year , that
article will fall In price. If the crop Is
much smaller than this year , that article
will rlsn In price. You known that the law
of supply and demand reaches and controls
all sorts ot property. " Mr. IJryan at Mad-
alln , N. Y. , on August 22.
Mr. Ilryan was talking to farmers. The
remarks which wo have quoted above set
forth clenrly the chief cnuso of the de
cline of the prices of agricultural products
hero during the lest twenty-five years. Hut
Mr. liryan and nil the other sllverltcs toll
the famers that these prices have fallen
because of the "appreciation of gold" and
the "demonetization of silver ! "
For example. In Now England and In the
west the stump speakers and other repre
sentatives of the silver party nro snylng
to the farmers that the fall of the prlco
of potatoes has been caused by this "ap
preciation of gold" and this alleged "de
monetization of silver , " although the real
cause Is clearly disclosed to every Intelli
gent man whoso mind Is not full of sil
ver fog. and was pointed out by Hryan
himself In the words we have taken as a
text. Last year's crop of pota
toes was enormous and without prece
dent. It glutted the market. The quan
tity was reported ofllclally to have been
207,000,000 bushels , while the trade cstl-
matn wns 400,000,000 , and the annual av-
orngo for the five years Immediately preceding -
ceding had been only 178.000,000.
Mr. Bryan shows how the law of supply
and demand affects- prices under such con
ditions , nnd then tells the farmer that the
fall of prices has been due to the use of
the gold standard !
Here Is a table showing tbo enlargement
of the output ot cereals In this country
since 1873. with some figures relating to
farm animals , exports of hog products , and
the world's product of silver :
IN T\VINTY-TWO YKAHS.
isx 110 ; .
Corn , hu . 93S.274.000 2.151IM.rM
Oat * . 1)11 . 270.310,000 R24.4I3.M7
Wlirnt. bit . 2St. 25 1.700 407. 10i ! > 47
m-P bll . ir , H2.WO 27.210.070
llnriey bu . 32,011.491 87.072,741
Itucliwhcnt , bu . T.S37.700 1S.J4I.33J
All cm-nK bu . l.KM.fOJ.ono 3.572.C10.COO
O.tton llM . 1.8M 1M.M1 C.OS0.9'-.1,4W '
IMIntofl. . bU . 10fl.OSa.POO 257.237.370
tnrin . ZJO 5. X ) 47.0TS.B41
liny
! ! . NO. . . . . . : : : : : : : : : . . 9.222.470 15,124.037
Oxon nna other cattlo.
_
I rd , 'mi.iuceil. . Ilia . 292,000.000 l" ' . ( W
Ijinl exported. Ilia . 1CS.000.000 4D1,000H
r : C3.2G7.000 1M.OW.OOO
The year 1870.
Force Is ndded to the comparison when It
Is borne In mind that tbo average crop of
wheat for the five years Immediately preced
ing 1895 was 529,000,000 bushels ; that the
demand for oats and horses has been affected
by the use of the trolley and tbo bicycle ;
that panic duo primarily to silver legisla
tion and the discussion of the sliver question
has depressed the demand at homo for con
sumption , nnd that the agricultural output
abroad has been Increased by legislation.
Mr. Ilryan's remarks nt Madalln strike
down the very argument by which ho and
his associates have procured the support ot
so many deluded farmers.
CUHHU.Vr IM.KASANTHIKS.
Chicago Uccord : "Pop , what Is Inertia ? "
"Well , If I have It It Is pure laziness , bul
If your mother bus It Is la nervous pros
tration. "
Dntrolt Free Prrss : Hrldo n't the Wedding
to Uest Man Why Is marriage often a
failure ? , ,
Uest Mnn Hecnuse the bride docs not
murry the best man.
Somcrvlllo Journal ; The man who cnii't
afford a bicycle can console himself with
Iho thought that be doesn't hnvo to clean
OIIB every time after ho comes In from a
ride.
Cincinnati Knqulrer : "Mnrrlagc , " said
the unsophisticated youth , "marriage baa n
civilizing effect on the man. If not. why
Is It that nn old bachelor Is so apt to bo
cross and crusty ? "
"Hocause , " said tbo Cummlnsvllle sage ,
"because nn old bachelor Is not ufrnld to
say what ho thinks. "
Atlanta Constitution : "Cnn't toll any
thing about the case yet , " said the lawyer ,
"tho Jury Is hung. "
"Jerusalem ! " exclaimed the prisoner ,
"that docs beat all ! Hut I knowed my
friends 'ud lynch 'cm If they got a chance
at 'em. "
Indianapolis Journal : "And you say that
the hailstones were as large ns hen eggs ? "
"No , " said tlin cautious person ; "they
were not quite that. Thuy were , say , about
the size of boarding house canteloupes. "
Chicago Tribune : Tenderfoot I don't
understand the epitaph on this tomb stone.
It suys : "Ho Talked Himself to Death. "
How's thnt ?
llroncho Pete That's right. Ho called
Alkali Ike a llnr.
Washington Star : "Do only trouble
'bout bavin'-patience under provocation , "
said Uncle Ebon. "Is tlat desa r > z or man
gits er reppytatlon foil It , cvrybody seems
anxious ter gib ' 1m or chance ter show
off. "
Buffalo Times : "Why do people always
say 'HI' when they want to stop n stage ? "
"Because they don't want to tantalize
the borsu by shouting 'Hay. ' "
THI3 FETCHING QUALIFICATION.
Detroit News.
"Where are you irolng , my pretty maid ? "
"I'm going a-votlng , sir , " she said.
"Who will you vote for , my pretty maid ? "
"For Congressman Blank , kind sir , " she
said ,
"What Is his platform , my pretty maid ? "
"Ho dances divinely , sir. she said ,
XOW AM ) TIII3.V.
Nixon Waterman.
O. now nnd then there comes n day
When all our skies are bright ,
And all of life's appointed way
Is bathed In golden light ;
When roHi-H limit no thorns beneath ;
When love holds no alloy ;
And zephyrs full of pcrfumo breathe
From out the hills of joy.
Thn present IB a Hooting thing ,
The past will live for nye.
And nil Ita .store of treasure bring
Forever and a day.
And softer shall tbo echoes como
From time's receding shore ;
Kaeb day will glean a pleasure from
The days that nro no moro.
O , memories of such , awnko !
And glnil the weary Now ;
A wreath of recollections make
To crown the dreamer's brow.
O. silent voice anil vanished hand ,
Bring back the golden sheaves !
The rlpplo of this waters and
The luughtcr of the leaves.
PE1N PIOOTUREIS PLJ&A.SAN'TlAY 'IJ ' ND POINTE1DLAY PAR.A.Q RAP HELD
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TIIJSY'VR JIOVHU
CJot a better house before the
bors knew It the for rent sign wan up
hail one of our great three-horse "Vaim"
put everything on one load all Iho fur
niture placed In the new house In BO
short a time you wouldn't believe It
unless you moved with one of our
"Vans" KB u pleasure to inovo nowadays -
days wo do everything but pay the
rent better move right when you do
move.
Omaha
- 141S Fariiam
IIOX'T YOU KNOW
We have an expert that does nothing
else but correct eye defects by far the
commonest defect of the eye Is known
tu astigmatism which properly speak
ing Is the Irregular curvature of the
cornea or "watch crystal" portion of
the eye This defect may exist Inde
pendently or be combined with other
troubles-Onr optician will make an ex
amination and tell you all about it.
Aloe & Penfold Co
1408 Farnam
Pulse of Western Progress. |
It Is announced from the headquarters
of the Ynnkton & Norfolk Railway com
pany that acttvo work on the road and
bridge across the Missouri river at Yank-
ton will bo commenced within thirty days ,
says the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader. Nearly
the entire summer has been taken up by
the company In reorganizing , rcsurvcylns
and voting bonds along the route between
Yankton and Norfolk. Neb. The elections
wore carried In fierce , Madison and Holi
counties. Two ot the townships through
which the road passes refused to vote bond > ,
and In retaliation the road refuses to furnish
depot accommodations between Crofton and
Wasau. A mortgage wns filed nt Nlobrnrn
August 7 , by the railway and land syndi
cate , limited. In which tbo syndicate bonds
Itself In the sum ot $1,500,000 to assure
the Norfolk & Yankton Railway company
$100,000 nnd the Ynnkton Bildgo company
$500,000. The bonds will number 300 oi
$5,00V ( ench , nnd the mortgage or trust deed
bears the names ot James P. English , pres
ident ; Benjamin J. Scannel , secretary for
the rnllwny company , nnd Arthur H. Tulloh
and Chnrles P. D. Madlgnn , directors , nnd
Hornco Simpson , sccrctnry of the rnllwny
Innd syndicate.
RICHER THAN SOLID SILVER.
A fabulously rich strike of gold ore has
been made In the Quail mlno , In Whltehead
gulch , about flvo miles from town , says a
Sllvcrton , Colo. , dispatch to the Denver Re
publican. The strike has net the town wild
with excitement and hundreds of men nre
rushing to the scene of the strike.
Not a horse can bo obtdlned here ,
and everything that can carry a
man has been engaged for days
ahead. The locator of the claim Is John
Kllmartln , a prospector , who has spent
twelve years In his search of wealth In
that vicinity. Ho stumbled on an old aban
doned claim that had not been worked for
eight years. Ho offered U to eight dlfTei--
cut men It they would work the assess
ment , nnd not ono would take the chance ? .
Ho finally did the work himself. The llrst
shot began to show blotches of free gold ,
and bis ten-foot face now reveals n four-
foot vein ot quartz , blotched all through
with pockets of free gold , whllo on the
foot wall is a two-Inch streak of the rich
est gold over seen In this country. Kllmar
tln says ho could not believe the shining
particles were gold thought they must
bo pyrites of Iron and he began shoveling
the precious stuff over the dump. Finally
ho filled his pockets with chunks and brought
them to town. An nssaycr offered to test
It for the gold he got out of the rock. When
Kllmartln went for the returns ho could
not believe It. The ere ran $84,376 to the
ton. Ho had given away fully $500 worth
of ere to people about town. The nowa
spread quickly nnd Kllmartln returned to
the mine. Since then ho has returned , hav
ing put an armed guard on the dump and
located two moro claims on the vein. Ho
says ho has thrown some of the ere over
the dump , and from the way ho Is giving
the ore awny nbout town there Is no doubt
of the truth of the story. This Is claimed
to bo the richest strike ever made In the
state , and as soon as people can get on
the ground It Is predicted there will b >
the wildest excitement ever known In the
San Juan.
ANOTHER OIL DISCOVERY.
There is n flutter of excitement In Llver-
moro over the finding ot what Is supposed
to be the best of petroleum oil , says the Snn
Francisco Chronicle. The discovery was
made on the farm ot Mrs. Louise Davledes ,
living four miles from Llvermore , and the
oil was found by August Brecht and a man
ndmcd Brown , who persuaded the woman
owning the property to permit the sinking
of a well. When a depth of nine feet had
been reached a scam of sandstone was
struck , from which came a stream of dark
brown fluid , later found to bo petroleum.
About ten years ago a Mr. Guttman formed
a company and entered Into arrangements
with Brown to bore his lands for oil. In
the project Mark Livingston , Jerry Sullivan
and other San Francisco capitalists were as
sociated. They provided themselves with an
old-fashioned boring apparatus which was
constantly getting out of order. It was
operated by a man who was Inexperienced.
A San Francisco politician , slnco dead , put
up the money. A twelve-inch well was com
menced and sunk to n depth of 200 feet , at
which level It was narrowed to eight Inches.
At that point the well borer got his casing
stuck. It wouldn't drive down and it
wouldn't como up. The San Francisco poli
tician was apprised of the fact that the
scheme was not being worked for oil In the
hills so rapidly as It was for the gold In his
pocket. Up to that point hp had backed the
Guttman management for about $4.000 , and
had nothing to show for It but an old rattle
trap of a boring outfit and a disabled hole
200 feet deep. The capitalist refused to
honor any moro of Guttman's drafts and the
enterprise was abandoned before It was fairly
begun. That was ten or eleven years ago.
Practically nothing had been done since to
probe the secret that was half told by the
disclosures on the surface so long In evi
dence. Brown has been the ono man of the
neighborhood who has clung to the faith that
was In him. Without capital he could debut
but little , and that little he has done with
his own hands. Ho has drilled n second
well four Inches In diameter and fifty feet
deep In sandstone formation , In the gully
below the big well , and has opened up more
evidences ot both gas and oil. The pe
troleum from these wells has been used for
years by the farmers for nxlo grease. The
district Is In n direct nlr line between the
coal fields of Mount Diablo and Corral Hol
low , The geological formation Is everything
that oil experts seek when prospecting ,
EXTENSIVE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
The ditch and water of the Brown's
Valley irrigation system has been leased
to F. W. Page , says a Brown's Valley dis
patch to the San Francisco Examiner. This
Is ono of the most Important transfers that
baa been made In Yuba county for a num
ber of years past. Although the considera
tion Is nominal , still the benefits that will
arlso therefrom will bo of immense value ,
not only to this section , but to Marysvlllc ,
If she chooses to take advantage of It. The
lease of this ditch means the running of
the mines of this valley by electricity and
cheaper power for Marysvillo , The people
along the line of the ditch do not lose their
right to the water for Irrigation purposes ,
As a matter ot fact , this transfer will bo of
great vnlue to them , as the real considera
tion Is that Mr , Page will bo In duty bound
to keep the ditch In good running order for
the time for which the ditch has been leased ,
which Is fifty years. This will lessen the ex.
penae , so that It will be only nominal to
YOU AHI- :
If you jjct a pair of those new narrow
Columbia too yoniiK nien'u shoes In
genuine cfilftkln that we've Bold as
lilKh as $5.00 lint now HID price lias
been put down to f'5.00 U' the same
shoe nothing chani'od but the price
wo have them In extra razor too also
It's a youiiK innnti' shoe at a price that
will surprise you you're Koltlng a full
$5.00 value In every pair for only $3.00.
Drexel Shoe Co.
Farnnm
them , and at the same tlmo give them n
continual water right. The ditch at present ,
with Its laterals , Is 100 miles In length , and
. waters about 44.000 acres of land. U wns
completed In 1SOO and has been of Incalculable
value to this county. The main ditch Is nineteen -
teen miles long and has Its source from the
north fork of the Yuba river , four miles be
low Dullard's Bar. There are nine miles of
flume , all In good condition. If the decision
of Judge Ross holds good the people will
lose this work , which has cost them In the
neighborhood of $270,000. The people , with
the exception of a few , have paid no taxes'
for three years , awaiting a final decision
from the supreme court. If tbo decision Is
reversed the people will have to pay up their
back taxes , which , notwithstanding that It
will bo n great hardship , they nre willing to
do. Mr. Page states that , there Is plenty of
water for their Immediate use , and that as
soon as a decision Is reached work will bo
resumed on the system. There Is a fall of
410 feet perpendicularly along the line of
the ditch. This will give nbout 3.000 horse
power , which cnn bo Increased to 10.000 horse
power If necessary. It Is the Intention of
Mr. I'ago to so Increase the power that
enough may be generated for the use not
only of the quartz mines and mills tn this
valley , but for the furnishing of power for
all purposes for Mnrysvlllo and surround
ings.
NRW MINING TOWN.
Bnrnato Is the name of a new town which
Is being laid out In tbo Cedar Canyon min
ing country , nt the junction of the Daven
port , Frultlnnd , Hunter creek nnd Springdale -
dale roads , and near the mouth of Cedar
canyon. It Is named after Barney Barnnto ,
the celebrated mining king , sajs the Ta-
conia Ledger , The location Is a beautiful
level plateau , about half way up the moun-
tnln side , with a magnificent view of the
valleys of Alder an 1 Hunter creek nnd the
Spokane and Columbus rivers. The proprie
tors of the town nro Levl D. Kenn nnd J. V.
Yobs , who represent the Legitimate Mining
and Smelting company ot Houston , Tex.
These gentlemen , together with their mining
expert , spent two or thrco weeks exami
ning tbo Cedar canyon country , with the
result that they have purchased n number
of mining claims , orgaulzod n townslto and
nro going to put In a smelter In the Imme
diate future. The smelter will bo built on
one side ot the town property. Surveyors
are now at work platting the land adjoining
tbo smelter site. Mr. Kean reports that cop
per. Iron , lime nnd everything necessary to
successfully operate a smelter are to bo
had In the vicinity of the camp. Ho also
believes that the Cedar canyon country has
the brightest future of any camp he has ever
visited , nnd bo has been n mining man all
his life. He has shown his faith in the
country , after careful Investigation , by buyIng -
Ing up mining property and Inaugurating
the projects already named. Ho gives the
assurance that a smelter will bo running
Inside of four months.
LOVED PORK TOO WELL.
The Snobomlsb Tribune has the following
tale of frontier life : The other morning , at
about 10 o'clock , Mr. J , A. Baker heard one cf
his hogs squealing. Ho armed himself with
an axe and went to Investigate the cause of
the disturbance. Not'far ' from tbo house be
discovered a largo she bear , Just beginning
to break her fast on his porkor. When the
bear noticed Mr. Baker , she raised her head ,
but havliTg tasted hog's blorel she would not
leave , and resumed her meal. Mr. Baker
walked up and dealt her a blow behind the
ear. The blade of the axe went Into the
brain. The bear concluded that it was tlmo
to move nnd started away through the under
brush. She went about 100 feet and lay
down and bled awhilct Site then decided to
go back and try somoi more pork. Mr.
Baker In the meantime had gone to the
house and got his shotgun , which was loaded
with situll shot for blue ! Jays. He soon
found the bear , and got so. close to her that ,
when he discharged the gun Into her ear ,
the load went In without tearing the bido.
FORTUNES LfeB-r'tN" DUMPS ; '
A comparatively now feature In mining
pretty much all over the country Is tbo
working over of old dumps which new pro
cesses , better concentrators nnd reduced
cost now render possible. In nil the mining
states moro or less of this work Is In prog
ress , says the San Francisco Examiner. In
some cases there are tens of thousands of
tons of ore which would not pay to mill at
the time It was mined , being of too low a
grade ! , but which under the improved con
ditions will now pay very well. Sometimes
the company works over Its own oil dumpn ,
but In many instances the mass Is sold at
so much n ton to men who make M business
of this kind of work. A conccntrulng mill
In Colorado recently bought alump of
about 30.000 tons , the owner receiving fl
a ton. The ore runs a little over $7 per
ton. To the owner this was Just like finding
$30,000 , whllo the concentrating null men
are also satisfied with their purch.ite. This
Is only one instance of many of like kind.
A loose body of $7 rock on the surface ,
with no expense of mining to get it , ought
to bo a pretty good buy. There are doubt
less hundreds of thousands of tons which
wore mined years ago , when facilities for
shipping or working were poor , which will
now bo utilized. Railroads have bci : ex
tended , wagon roads built , custom nillln
constructed and cyanide plants established ,
which were not In exlatenco at the time
these ores were mined. A largo proportion
of this ore was of too low a grade to work
at the tlmo , but now It can be mode to
pay very well indeed. Such ores ar-i now
being reduced In all the inlnlii ; : sU'.ca , and
with a satisfactory profit. In many In
stances It has been thought worth while to
put up special works ro treat extensive
dumps. There are many mines , abandoned
years ago , where the dumps are lir c and
well worth looking after. Time , exposure
nnd moisture have oxidized the sulphurets
to n Inrso extent , making the ro cantor
for reduction In simple plants than when
mined. It has been estimated that there
are In Colorado alone not loss I'w.i thirty
millions of tons of ore In old dumpn , which
may bo concentrated and aver.igo nbout
$8 per ton ,
ALASKA CANNERIES.
Among the recent arrivals from Alaska
wns Captain H. Mclntyro. Ho Is in the
employ of tbo Pacific Steam Whaling com
pany nt Prince William sound. This com
pany owns four canneries In Alaska , be
sides eight or nine whaling vessels In the
Arctic ocean. Captain Mclntyro , In an in
terview published In the Seattle Post-In
telligencer , said :
"Tbo catch of salmon In Prlnco William
sound this season will bo up to the aver
age. The run begins there about May 1C
and continues until the middle of Septem
ber. Our company baa four canneries.
Ono is In Hunter's bay , one at Khlkuak
i ifii.i
LIST US IU3PI3AT IT _
That wlmtuver wu 'offor you you can
( lepuiul upon It Unit It's just \vlmt wo
bay sainu all over the store wo'vo Just
ruuulvi'd our now fall tapestry curtalim
some ot Urn most bountiful designs
you liavo over luiil tlio opportunity to
look over almost any price down to
yii.no-tlmt's the cheapest wo hnvo a
largo line of Ingrain carpets some an
low priced as KS eenls butter see them.
Omaha Carpet Co , ,
1515 DocKe !
and two in Prince William sound. The
total pack ut these four canneries will be
about 100.000 cases ot salmon. All the can
neries In our section of Alaska are- doing
well and the catch will be fully up to the
average , although I have uo advices from
Cook Inlet and other remote points.
"The Pacific Steam AVhallng company
has eight or nine whalers In the Arctic
ocean. The whalers tem.ila In the Arctic
for two seasons catching blowhend whales.
They do not pay milch attention to the
oil , but are after the whalebone , which Is
worth from $3 to $3.60 per pound. The
steamer Jennie , which Is owned by our
company , goes up ns far ns Ilcrscbcl
Island with supplies for the whalers , and
we will not get nny news from there until
she returns to Prlnco William sound ,
which will bo along In September. The
season before last the catch of tbo whalers
was large , but last season It was small. "
THE DAKOTAS.
A joint meeting of tbo Dairymen's nssocln.
lions of North nnd South Dnkotn Is to be
bold nt Aberdeen the llrst week In October.
A new elevator company has been organ
ized at Fargo to operate fourteen houses In
the Red River vnlley on tbo line of the
Qrt-nt Northern road.
The country west of nnd adjacent to the See
terminus nt Kulm. N. D. , Is being examined
ns to its resources with n view to extension
of the See line to the Missouri nnd Ironing
the grade from a junction at Ashley to
Aberdeen.
It Is reliably stated that the Oxnard Sugar
Beet company of Now York City , which
owns and operates two largo sugar factories
In Nebraska , contemplates putting In a fac
tory , perhaps two , In South Dakota , located
nt or near Aberdeen.
The attention ot the commissioner of the
general land ofllco having been called to the
wholesale violations of the land laws In the
western portion ot tbo Chamberlain land dis
trict , which have been flagrant ever slnco
the opening to settlement of n portion of the
Sioux reservation In the spring ot 1S90 , and
consist of the Illegal fencing nnd occupancy
of government lands. The violators are prin
cipally stock men , who have gone to the
Interior of the ceded lands , coolly taken pos
session of vast tracts of land , which they
have In many Instances fenced , the squat
ters making no attempt to make entry of
the land so held at the proper land ofllco , ns
required by law.
Charles Bates , deputy United States sur
veyor , baa left Ynnkton with/ / party of ns-
slstnnts for the Rosebud rcscrvntlon , where
ho has a surveying contrnct that will keep
himself and men busy until late In the fall.
Many of the Indians on the reservation have
expressed a desire to receive allotments of
land in severally ; and largo tracts of the
reservation are being surveyed with this ob
ject in view. The Indians on the Pine Ridge
reservation have not yet Indicated a willing
ness ! to receive their allotments , principally
for the reason that Red Cloud , their aged
and respected chief. Is opposed to it , and in
deference to his wishes but few allotments
will be made to the Indians there during his
lifetime.
COLORADO.
The Silver Pick , on Mount Wilson , has
added twenty-flvo men to Its working force ,
and now employs about 100. A good grade
of ere Is being shipped.
Judge Holbrook has very flattering reports
from bis mlno near Cochetopla. At a depth
of seventy-five feet they are now shipping
ere which runs from two to seven ounces
in gold and from 400 to 1,100 ounces iu sil
ver.
ver.The
The output for the Victor mlno for Au
gust will In all probability be In excess of
any month so far this year. The mine Is
employing 130 men , and the production Is
reaching seventy toni : per day ot all grades
of ore.
Gold ere has been opened In the Lcsslcr
lease on the Kittle M. Gold bill. At a
depth of sixty fcot the shaft is filled with
oro'that ' averages $32 a ton and gives assays
up to $100. Preparations for mining arc
under way.
The government has recently established
a monument on Ruth mountain. This moun
tain Is 9,000 feet high , and a government
corner was necessitated by the great num
ber of applications for patents. This Is now
the Freshwater mining district.
The Halm's Penk country has been greatly
strengthened by the rich find of land In the
Tom Thumb. The shaft has been sunk
twenty-seven feet , and In the lower half
the walls widened out until everything was
In ere , which runs from 200 to 700 ounces
silver nnd CO per cent lead.
It Is evident that the richest ore Is not
on the surface In the Fulford district , from
the fact that the Johnson assayed from $1
to $5 when the work was begun , and nt the
present tlmo they nro Inking out ere worth
$ SO per ton. The same holds true In regard
to the Polar Star and other properties that
have been developed.
News has reached Denver of a great
strike In tbo Yankee Girl , one of the old-
tlmo properties near Ouray. The mine has
yielded over $4,000,000 In dividends and at
a depth of 700 feet a great strike has been
made which will again bring the mlno to
the front as one of the largo producers of
Colorado. The ere Is In a vein ilvo feet
wldo and runs $2,000 to the ton.
The prospectors of NIghthawk camp , on
the Cripple Creek belt , are excited over the
reported discovery of wonderfully rich ore
In this vicinity , an assay on one specimen
showing a value of $80,000 In gold to the ton ,
or $40 per pound. This would bo equivalent
to 12'/4 per cent , pure gold. The exact
whereabouts of this remarkable mineral has
not yet been made public , tbo man who
made the discovery refusing to reveal the
secret until bo has made title to the claim
secure.
Messrs. Cameron and Miller left Crlpplo
Crcok some weeks ago to prospect In Gunnl-
son county. As a result a new gold camp
called Cameron has been started. It Is be
tween Selgcl and Cross mountains , In the
Tin Cup district. They located five claims
and found a distinct vein running through
all five. Assays show over $100 In gold , the
best being $181 , checked by smelter assayers
In Denver. These prospectors are building
a road and will begin shipments. A town-
site has been laid out and prospectors are
going In rapidly ,
WYOMING.
From ninety to 100 cars of gravel are
loaded dally at Sherman.
The Green river county bridge Is ncarlng
completion and will bear trafllc in a short
whllo.
Work has been commenced on a reservoir
Wl.l , OK MUSIC
We've purchased the slock of Weber
& Son 14H Dodge street and wo'vo
put the price at half or less Just to
sell It quick theru are violins horns
llntes gultniii hanjos-fltringii etc the
entire stock everything they had now
In your life opportunity to get what
you want In an Instrument at less
than half price everybody knows Ihey
carried a line line and you're getting
double value at the price.
A. Hospe , jr. ,
.ic.HaArt. 1513 Douglas
at the soda springs. The water will bo evap
orated and the product sold ,
Two towns , about onu inllo apart , have
been atiutcd In the Cooper 11111 district ami
a Rood number of people arc settling there.
A great dwil of work Is living dotio In the
GrHiilto mineral Hold nd Hie proipects nrc
giving evidence of value. Assays of from
JG.fiO to $10 In gold have boon rcecli-cd.
The lie contraotors for the t'nlon IVirlflc
Are nrranglng to bring the * largest drive of
tlos down Medicine How and Hock rivers
ever attempted. The number tn be run
down Medicine llow Is 200,000. nnd down
Hock river 150,000.
On the top of Cooper hill there Is .1 blan
ket formation some ! l\o feet thick , owned
by the some company , which has been un
covered for a distance of 100 by 200 feet.
Assays from this formation nro said to give
from $12 to J35 per ton gold.
Reports from Hock CYi'fk say that the en
gineer * have not rociploto.il their \\ork on
the dlteli Intcndrd to carry water to the
placer fields. It wn ? expected to finish the
ditch In time tu work thn ground to some
extent Ilila year , but present Indications are
that the construction work will not bo com
pleted before winter. The ditch will be
eight miles long and will cost 55,000.
There are over 2,000,000 feet of logs now
In the boom near Nowberg.
A largo whnln Is reported ashore on the
beach a short illntancu below Hlk creek.
The project of a motor line between Inde
pendence and Kails City Is now being agi
tated , with 8omo prospects of success.
Salmon trout In great numbers me now
being taken from the Siuslaw , where they
hnvo followed the salmon to feed on spawn.
Estimates are being made preparatory to
building a good road Into the Cnllpoola and
llluo Hlver mines via the old Callpoola trail.
At Midas bar ot the big bend of Snake
river an eighteen days' run of a pumping
plant cleaned up $1 per hour for each man
employed.
The Harrlsburg lie-view says that at least
two-thirds of the hops In that vicinity will
remain unpicked , owing to the low price of
fered for them.
A tramway three miles long has been built
by Contractor Hlchardson of ha Orandc , to
carry logs from the Hock creek district to
the river for the Grand Honile Lumber com
pany.
The mining boat which has been working
on the bars of Snake and Clearwater rivers
Is proving a success. Some of the poorest
bars worked by the boat have paid as high
as 27 cents to the yard.
The California Construction and Equip
ment company has commenced operations on
the now creamery , which It will build ut
Ashland. The lumber has been engaged
and carpenters secured.
During the past two years Douglas county
has paid as bounty on wild animals killed
the sum of $8,857 , as follows : Hear , 262 ,
bounty $ r > 1" ; coyote , 312 , $0,300 ; panther ,
670 , ? 2,010 ; total scalps , 1,814 ; bounty , $ S.S67.
It Is reported that the Hose Hill can
nery on the Sluslaw will not bo operated
this season. The proprietors have formed
a combination with the Florence cannery
men nnd tbo Florence cannery will bo oper
ated alone.
Young Chief , a prominent member of
Malhcur valley this year than ever before
known and the ranchers have killed great
numbers of them. All of the snakes pro
0 to 10 years old , and their prcscnic is
accounted for by reason ot a scaril'y of
food in the hills , as they have Increased so
fast that they have killed of ! all the rats ,
squirrels , etc. . In the Immediate vicinity.
Young Chief , a prominent member of
the Umatilla tribe , Is away on his ar.nual
vacation , and Indian Agent Harper grants
him the freedom of the state.in the fol
lowing notice to whom It may rnnrern :
"Young Chief has permission to visit Wai-
Iowa and surrounding country , with vari
ous other Indians , to be away sixty Oays.
He Is a good , law-abiding man , and very
friendly toward whites. If nny of hli crowd
are boisterous or violate any law , If re
ported to me , I will have the matter recti
fied. Any favor shown him will bo appreci
ated. He respects the whites and ask 3 that
they respect him. "
WASHINGTON.
J. H , Walker while engaged In digging
a. well on the property of J. F. Warner ,
near Sultan , found a well-preserved hem
lock log twelve feet below the surface.
It Is said that three mills will be required
to work up the cane that has been grown
In the Kcnncwlck valley this season. It
will bi nearly all converted Into molasses.
J. E. Leonard's cheese factory , near C'he-
halls , has commenced operations and Is
turning out a very line article of cheese.
It has a capacity to handle the milk from
250 cows.
The Centennial flour mill , at Spokane.
has been closed down for repairs , and
when It resumes operations It will have
a capacity of SOO barrels per day , inn'-lng
It by far the largest mill in the stato.
The Chinook trapmen are reported to
have subscribed $10,000 for the purpose of
building a' cannery , which they expect to
operate themselves next season , thus se
curing all the profit thcro is In tbo busi
ness.
The latest discovery of quartz mines In
the state of Washington Is along the Gulf
of Georgia. There are said to be a largo
number of low grade prospects thcro which
could bo profitably worked If transportation
facilities were a little belter.
An Immense cougar , eleven feet long , was
killed by an engine on the Great Northern
road a couple of miles south of Lowell. Ho
ran along ahead of the train for two or thrco
hundred feet and finally , becoming enraged ,
turned and sprang at the locomotive.
August Smytho and EOHS of Kllckltat
county shipped 3,100 head of sheep to Chi
cago. They have a band of 7,500 head of
sheep and shipped DO.OOO pounds of wool to
Boston early In the season. They report
the grans around Mount Adams as being
mostly eaten out and say thcro are as many
Oregon as Washington sheep In that vi
cinity.
The professor of chemistry at Pullman
State Agricultural college has been experi
menting with sugar beets , nnd finds that
they begin a second growth If allowed to
stay In the ground too long , nnd the sugar
turns to starch , destroying their usefulness
for sugar , Experiments are In progress lor
the purpose of determining the best time
to pull the beets.
The Seattle canal Is still In an embryo
licato , owing to the fact that the secretary
of war has not yet directed -vhother the
earth excavated shall bo piled along the
canal or spread over the submerged lends.
The secretary has also failed to state
whether the canal shall pass through Sal
mon bay or through Smith's cove , and baa
made no definite location for the lock.
Ulchard Dutto , a Colvlllo miner. Is saliMo
have Invented a. duvlco by the aid of which
JtOSRS AUI3 KH1SI2
To nil our liuly patrons nt our cele
brated Boila fountain on Saturday wo
especially Invite strangers tn try our
"Frozen Kosfaten" that 1mvo such n
with all Oimilii--wu
high reputation : - -
liavi ; thn original formula and you
can't get lliciii nearly no nice anywhere
else we've got a fouimmi on Hit1 fair
grounds right ovK'Ilo f'je p'lH.iv ? '
11 no arts.
Kuhn'sDrug Store ,
iSth&Douglas
ho Is enabled to locale living water at
\arylti depths under ground. Ho refines
to dlvuUo his method for determining the
\\licii\ibauts of the. water , but the method
Apparently differ * from the Kentucky geese
bono or the ordinary stick of the watrrwlteli ,
InaAmuch AS be finds the depth by nld ot
mathematics.
Whflitom county carries the banner for
( he l.-irgcat number of shlnglo mills In the
state , s.iya the Pacific Lumber Trade Jour
nal , There arc sixty. one saw and shlngl *
mills , of which forty-four are shlnglo inllll
pure ami simple , six nrr s.iwmllls and seven
teen ro Raw-shingle mills. These have
dally rapacity of 3.fi05,000 shingles nnd
S12.000 feet of lumber. The estimated out
put In 1S95 WAS 4IS.OOO.OOO shingles nnd 100-
000,000 fret of lumber.
Vnlted States Fish Commissioner J. J.
Hrlco nnd Washington State Finn Com
missioner Crawford will plant a largo num
ber of eastern oysters In the Waters of tin
state this fall. Mr. Crawford Is now ox
anilnltiRarlmu localities with n view to
selecting those best adapted for the experi
ment. Those planted In Wlllnpa harbor a
few yenrs ago were so much disturbed that
Is was not considered a fair test of the
possibilities of making the experiment a suc
cess.
MISCKLLANKOl'S.
Ventura county. California , raises yearly
$1,000,000 worth of beans.
The body ot n 400 pound man-rating shark
has Honied nshoro at Del Mar , Col.
Chlno Is shipping her new sugar to Kan
sas , Nebraska. Colorado nnd Utah. Six or
seven carloads a day nre sent out ,
Indians ifemand 5000 of Dan Simpson , the
well knuwn Nevada cattleman , who acci
dentally Khot nnd killed n 1'luto squaw re
cently In Smith valley.
At the placers the Snake river Is too low
to allow the boat to approach the bank.
necessitating the blowing up of the river
bed with glnnt powder to mnko room for the
boat ,
If the oil borers strlKo a good flow ot oil
In San Tlmetco canyon , near Snn Ilernnr-
dine , big developments will follow , as all
the available government land has been
taken up.
Oil wells nro being sunk near Lafayette ,
Cal. , In the Contrn Costa bills , on the
Joslah Allen ranch. If the llow Is largo the
oil will bo piped to Oakland , where n re-
llnery Is to bo erected.
The Sacramento Hecord-Unlon suggests
If congress pays California the $4,000.000
duo her for thirty years on war claims , that
It be used to build four main highways-
two through the state from north to south ,
and two from cast to west.
An old gold miner who will try bis for
tunes In the Hnndsburg legion says thcro
Is abundance of low-grade ore , with a great
deal of high grade , and tin- desert camps
will certainly become largo gold producers.
The great need now Is fuel and water.
A railway to the top of Mount Tamalpals
will soon be In operation. It will extend to
the summit of the most consnlcuoiis eleva
tion In the vicinity of San Kranclaco , nnd
will afford a magnificent view , but Its flnnn-
clal success Is at least problematical.
The I'lutes , Chinesennd .laps In the Sa
cramento valley arc underbidding each other
for the privilege of picking hops. The Fl
utes from Nevada want $1 a hundred pounds.
the Japanese 75 cents and the Chinese will
take 65 cents. White men nre not asked to
bid and are not considered.
Rxperts who have gone Into the subject
think that the Indians formerly smelted gold
ere on the Slsqtioc river In Santa Hnrbara
county California. This fact seems to clearly
establish that many have searched the moun
tains for the source of the Indian's supply
ot ore , but have thus far failed.
Uutto Is reported to bo full of life. Minors
receive $3.50 n day and carpenters from $5
to $0. The lowest wages paid for any kind
of work is $3. The population of Uutto
Is 40,000. The pay roll of the mlnca
Is $1,000,000 n month. The biggest hoist In
the world Is now going up on the Never
Sweat , owned by the Anaconda company ,
The professors of the University of Cal
ifornia are making an effort to Induce grnpc-
growcrs to graft their stock on strong , resist
ant vines. "Tho roslstnnta now most popular
In this state. " says I'rof. Hayne , "aro vast y
Inferior to those used at the present tlmo la
Europe. We have had great dlillculty In
convincing vlneyardlsts of this .although In
the last year $500,000 has been lost to them
from this reason. "
_
1M2NSIONS I'0ll AVKSTHHN 3IH.V.
Vi'lfrniiH of HIP I.tilf "War Ilc-im-iii-
lirrtMl by tlio Oovoriimoiit.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 30. ( Speclal.-Pcn-
Blons granted , Issue of August 12 , were :
Nebraska : Original Joseph \f. Strlc'.tler ,
Waco. York. Restoration nnd Increase
( special , August 17) ) Jacob Hillings ( de
ceased ) , Omaha. Douglas. Restoration , ro-
IH.XUC and Increase Qustnvus S. Jo" " ! ; .
Genoa , Nance. Inert-use Sylvester Stroud.
Omaha , Douglas. Original widow ( special ,
August 17) ) Maria U. Hillings , Omaha ,
own'OriginalWilliam II. WaHson. Pn-
nora. Gutbrie : Albert II. Cronk , Marshall-
town , Marshall. Increase Orlando Cmf-
flth. Clearlli-ld. Taylor ; Reuben Van "V\ art ,
Yllllsca , Montgomery. Original wldowii ,
etc -Caroline potts. HothlcliomVnyiic ;
Louisa J. Williams , Marslmlltown , Mar-
Hhnll : Emma Scott Lnurcns , I'ocahontns ;
Sarah A. Payne. Liberty Center. Warren ;
minors of Marcus It. Cooper , DCS Monies ,
I'olk. nnd LaureiiH , Pocahontasf , nnd Van-
Colorado : Original Kdinond J. Price ,
Giceli-y. Weld ,
Issue of August 13 wcro :
Nebraska : Original Georcn S. Kennedy ,
Omaha. Douglas ; Gi-orge W. 8. Hobbllt ,
Geneva , Klllmoro ; James U. Miller , Ans-
luy. Cutter ; William P. Elinor , Indlanola.
Red Willow ; 1'i'ter S < : hwenk , Omaha , Doug
las. Reissue-John S Duke. PlattHinoutli ,
Cnss. Helssuo and Increase John McKeun ,
aitt J&ttl-John W. HlKBlnH .Car-
narvon. Sao ; Henry C , White , Malvcrn ,
Colorado : Original-Robert Donton. Don-
vor. Arapnhoc ; John K. Kbcrt , Monte Vista ,
South' Dakota : Original Joslah C. Stout.
Deadwood , Lawrence.
Issue of August. 14 :
Nebraska : OrlBlnnl-'Mntlilas Edwards ,
Omaha. Douglas Incrt-ane \ \ Illlain Mur
phy , Holdrego. Phelpfl. Orlulnal widow
Elizabeth Flennllo-n , Wlsnor. Cumlng.
Iowa : Original-Daniel Hagerty , Temple-
ton. Carroll : Sylvester A. Stalllngs , Xwir.
Ing. Story ; Nicholas Klernh , Mlnnola , Mills.
Ri-storiutfon nnd Increaso-Josi-pli Ilardacre ,
Klngsley. Plymouth. Original widow ( hjin-
clal. August 20) ) Saruh Carlskaddon , Lake
SouthnDako\'n \ : Original-Andrew I. Clrln-
ager. Estclllno. Hiunlln. Incroasn Kdwnra
Alwiter. Hot Springs. Fall Rly.-r. Original
widows , etc , Jacob H. l-Voy ( father ) , Mil-
' Original-Daniel O'Sulllvan ,
Columbus. Yellowstone.
Issue of August IS :
Iowa : Original-Thomas II. Hagby. Kdse-
wood , Clayton. Original widow Reissue
Mary Tucker. Docorah , Wlniumhli-k.
Montana : Original-David D. PuUorson ,
KulUpolli Jllssoula.
ciiYi.vr ; rou .MOHI :
That's Hie way with everybody who
have ever tried tlio delicious confections
that "HalduJT" alone cnn iiialw alwayn
Kottliif ; out some new Hwi'ut-Jnat u >
keep the people KIICSSIIK | our 'Choco
late Don DOIIH" are the latesttli y are
Without doubt tin ) linest confection wo
have ever made It IIUK taken us ywirit
to brliiK them to perfection but Hie/
are perfection now. I
Balduff , Caterer ,
1520 Fartiam
