THE OMAHA DAILY BEEF"51OXDAY. .TUNE 7 , 1807. 5
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Pulse of Western Progress.
The Indications are plain that immigration
! coming to South DikoU , and that the
summer and fall will fee a great gain In
population , tayi a Sioux Fall * epe lal to the
IMlnncapolla Journal. Immigration wagons
from ai far south ac Oklahoma are arriving
every day. H li through the nllroids , however -
ever , that Sooth Dakota receives her chief
advertising thl year. There te no state Im
migration bureau , and all the advertising
tbat l done In thU direction la done by the
roidc operating In this state. The Chicago
offices of thene roadt report from seventy-
five to 100 letter * a day inquiring for lands
along their respective line. Local real estate
gentu eay that not In years has there been
uoh an Inquiry for South Dakota landf. The
Inquiry comes largely from farmer * in east
ern Iowa , Wisconsin , lIHndi , Indiana and
Ohio , and from ft class of men who want
to buy for actual settlement. They bave
learned tbat It does not pay to farm land
worth 100 to J125 an acre when larger crops
can be raised with Ices effort on land wortH
from HO to ISO an acre. ThU tite depends
tor lu reputation as an agricultural state
upon what good farmers have done. Dotted
all over the Sioux valley are handsome
housed , capacious barn * and well tilled and
well stocked farms , property of men who
came here fifteen- years ago without capital
and practically without knowledge of farm
ing. They have become wealthy and many
are rated at from J13.000 to J100.000. The
game condition prevails along the Jim river
ralley. and , in tact. In all the southern coun
ties of the fitate , and as the settlement of
the ttate advances northward and westward
a like condition of prosperity will follow.
The state Is blessed with rich and varied re-
Bources. For dl\eslfled farming , for stock
raising and dairy intertets , there Is no
country on earth that excels South Dakota
cast of the Missouri river. For mining ana
stock raiting , that part of the state west
of the river haa no equal. Improvements
ore being made all over the etate. The old
farmers are buying more land , the rentera
arc getting land of their own , business men
are expanding ttelr various lints , and a
General fee-ling of hope and confidence pre
vails throughout the state.
MOUNTAIN OF PUMICE STONE.
William Quigley , president of the Chicago
Pumice company , while on his way to Utah
to begin operations on a large ncale upon a
mountain of pumice stone owned by the com
pany , said to a Denver News reporter that
the company of which he Is the head owns
tiio only first-class deposit of pumice stone to
bo found on the continent , and if the tariff
tinkers will do the patriotic thing this sum
mer the Italian , imported article will disap
pear from the market. "I told the commit
tee at Washington , " he said , "that I would
jmt up a bond never to charge a higher price
for pumice stone than the Italians if a tariff
Is put on high enough to give us a show for
the American product. The Italians bring
their product from the Liparl islands In the
Mediterranean sea to this country in foreign
vessels and we derive no benefit from the
imported article until it is landed on the
shores of America. The conditions in respect
\ to the Utah deposit are entirely different.
There we will use American labor , and the
freight to Chicago , where our plant Is lo
cated for the treatment of the pumice , will
be quite a figure In the course of a year. The
Importers are against us , however , and it is
doubtful whether any relief will be cranted
through action of congress. " Mr. Quigley
says the mountain of pumice is 250 miles
eouth of Salt Lake City , and Is the purest
deposit of the kind on the globe. He once
heard of a similar find In Gunnlson county ,
this state , and went to the spot to make an
examination. The result was-that the Chicago
cage company bought eighty acres In Gun-
nlson county and may go to work in that re
gion when business improves. He estimates
that the Utah mountain will yield an output
of 200 tons a. week for an indefinite period.
The stone Is mined by means of dynamite
and taken out In blocks of any size , as a
large part of the material ts ground into a
powder before It is placed upon the market.
Prof. Merrill
The mountain was discovered by
rill of the Smithsonian Institution twelve
years ago while the professor was exploring
the district. According to the visitor , pumice
is the froth arising from a volcanic erup
tion under certain circumstances.
AFTER CALIFORNIA'S OIL.
It Is reported that a deal has been con-
mmmaUd by the Standard OH company ,
eiys a Los Angeles dlspttch to the San
Francisco Examiner , by which this powerful
monopoly -will at last gain control of the
V Illuminating oil produced In this vicinity.
The big corporation has for a long time been
trying to secure prssersion of the oil wells
In southern Cillfornia , but thus far has en
countered steady opposition. If the present
deal has been carried into effect , not only
will the Standard Oil monopoly have secured
B strong hold on the oil produced here , but
. Those using
prlcea will go up Immediately.
Illuminating oil will be affected most ma
terially. According to the report the Stand
ard Oil company his made a deal with tbp
Union OH company by which the former will
handle all the gasoline , benzine dlstlllants
and burning oil produced by the Union com
pany for a term of five years. The Union
company has long been a thorn In the flesh
or the Standard compiny. preventing the bi ;
monopoly from elevating prices In California
TUB Union bap oil wells In Santa Paula , with
offices in this city. la ! annual product is
estimated at from COO.OOO to BOO.OOO-barrels.
It has a refinery at Oleras. which has been
In operation eighteen months. During this
time th'a oppcsltlon to the Standard haa
forced down the price of petroleum a cents
per gallon , which convinced the Standard Oil
company that its interests lay in makln ?
the proper sort of a deal with its competitor
MORE BONANZAS AT UANDSBURG.
Colonel Edmund Webster came here from
rtandsburg , fays a Pomona special to the
San Francisco Chronicle , and has set an
army of men In Pomona wild by his report
of Increasing richness of the mines at Ranis-
burs. He Is an experienced gold miner ,
and has been at the mines for several weeks.
"Ilandsburg. " said Colonel Webster , "has
had In the past two days the biggest boom
It taa had since January , and when I came
away the whole town was wildly excited
because of strikes of rich ore there during
the past two days. The Alameda mine
where ore that ran tl,7 < 0 a ton was found
at the 2SO-foot level on the 22d insU , has
since developed ore for several days that
ran over Jl.JOO to the ton. I saw seventy-
five sacks of ore from the Alameda mine on
the way to the Garlock stamp mills tbat
were worth over J7 a sack. The Valle
Verde , that adjoins the Alameda mine , has
developed three rich strike * In four dayc ,
but the owners kept them secret. The
richest strike was tbat at the Kenyan mine
At the 31S-foot level ore was taken out that
ran IIS.OOO to the ton. Four tons were
taken out that ran 19,300 a ton. It is be
lieved tbat the ledge In which this very
rich ore has been found rum eome 400 feet
to the northwest , with diagonal dips. At
the Wedge mine , which adjoins , and where
work on the same ledge li progressing , ore
tbat ran $11,400 a ton was found. I per
sonally looked over eleven sacks of ore
from the Wedge mine tbat was worth } K 3
a tack. All Randsburg went to see the rock.
There was one sack of ore that sold for
Jl.OOO. It was from the Wedge and Ken-
yon mlnec. The Nicholas mine li one of
the newest mines In the Randsburg district.
The shaft li down but thirty-four feet , and
ore that assayed about $43 a ton was taken
out for five consecutive days. Oh , Hands-
burg U surely going to b the richest gold
mining town In California. The whole
population there is feverish at recent rtrikct
of rich ore. and there la a feeling that any
day some of the richest pockets of gold ever
known In thU state will be found , now
that the 'shafu are down to the 3:0 and S75
foot levels , where the richest ore ii up-
poseJ to be. "
COLONY OF METHODISTS.
Nearly every state In the union , hii ite
peculiar relieloui community , set by itself
away from the rest of the world , but It was
left to Montana to produce such a community
having Metbndlim aa Its creed , lays B Great
FalU special to the Minneapolis Journal. And
with thli community U connected the ques
tion of succeacful fanning on bench linCe
by xneani of Irritation. The place is known
* Burton and It Is situated about a mile
uortheut of Choteau , In Tcton county , and
about three miles west of the line of the
Great FalU t Canada railway. U takes Its
name froia IU founder , T. F. Barton , who In
urly time * settled here and by settler's
title to thousands of acres of what at that
time was barren prairie , fit only for the
grazing of scattered herds of long-horned
rangecattle. . At the ame time he acquired
Bufacitnt water rights on tributaries of the
Teton to Irrigate the land in good shape. His
plans took form as the years went by until
two year * ago he began to get settlers , and
now the wilderness is covered with neat
farms , each of which Is Insured against
drouth , the curse of the Montana farmer.
There are at the present time sixty families
living on as many farms and comprising In
all about 200 souls. Each owns Its farm ,
each has its email herd of milch cows , whose
milk la sold for cash to the creamery lo
cated there and with that cash It buys every
thing needed and not to be raised on the
farm. The cream and the butter from the
creamery U sold In the Immediate neigh
borhood or in this city at a price which Is
away above tbat of ranch or foreign butter
In the tame market. All kinds of cereals and
vegetables are raised. Including the prized
Montana barley. The question of a market
IE hardly considered , as at the present time
the bulk of all farm produce Is imported Into
the state from the east. This is not for the
lack of proper soil and climatic conditions ,
but because mining , cattle and sheep raising
have hitherto proved more profitable. Each
year Mr. Burton goes east and gathers , prin
cipally from the farming sections of the
stilts In the upper Mississippi valley , a num
ber of eettlers. Thcoe he brings out by spe
cial trains to view the land. The majority
remain. The bulk of the colonist ? are of the
Methodist faith. The first condition Imposed
is that the prospective settler possess the
sum of $1,500 in ready cash which he tan In
vest in his farm. All who don't come up to
that test are not considered.
STRUCK AN ANCIENT TUNNEL.
Walls Inspecting timber on the Loshr
place , about sixteen miles from this city
on Mill creek , George Williams and John
Loehr made a curious dlpcovery , which , it
their expectations are realized , may mean
their fortune , saya the Walla Walla ( Wash. )
Union. The two mea were walking down a
ridge , searching for suitable timber for the
manufacture of ties , when chancing to look
icrosj the canyon they saw a large square
bole In the face of the sllff opposite. They
first supposed it to bo a ooyote hole and
crossed over to it with the intention of get
ting a scalp , but when the brush had been
cleared away from the opening , it proved to
be a tunnel abut four feet wide by flx-a
and cne-half feet high , which had been
braced and timbered at one time , but the
timbers were In such a rotten conditions as
to appear unsafe. The men returned to their
camp for lanterns and after working their
courage up to the proper pitch explored their
find. The tunnel ran straight back Into the
mountain for a distance of eighty feet , for
all of which distance it w swell braced , but
here a cavein had occurred and further pro
gress was barred by the debris which had )
fallen from above. A hole nearly large
enough for a man to crawl through had been
left near the top of the drift and through
this It could be seen that the tunnel ex
tended at least fifty feet further. On their
way out they found a miner's pick and an
old-fashioned shovel , both of which were
covered with nearly three inches of rust-
There was no appearance of any one hav
ing been In the tunnel before for a great
number of years , and the mysteries which
may lie beyond the cavein can as yet only
be conjectured. It is the opinion of the par
ties -who made the discovery that It id a
mine which has not been used for at least
half a century. There Is a legend which has
been handed down from the earliest eetUers
of this country , that at one time there were
a partr of Mexicans who used to bring large
quantities of gold dust to old Fort Wallace ,
and that the source of their xiealth could
never be found , although several at
tempts -were made to follow them to dis
cover their secret. Mr. Loehr and Mr. Wil
liams think they have discovered this le
gendary El "Dorado and in a few days a .
force of men -will be put to work cleaning
and rebracing the tunnel.
CALIFORNIA SPARKLERS.
The soil of California will soon yield up to
the delver in its depths something more than
the "corn , wine and oil" that annually recur
and increase. At least that is what Colonel
A. Andrews sajs , according to the San
Francisco Chronicle , and he claims be knows
what he is talking about. Somewhere In the
atate. the exact locality being known only
to the colonel and one or two others , he
says , diamonds are lying around promiscu
ously , not Iusterlcs3 yellow stones of doubt
ful value , but sparklers glistening in a beau
tiful coruscation of blue and white gems
that open up visions of El Dorado , leisure
hours and a reasonable assurance of all the
meals in a day that a man wants to eat. .
Colonel Andrews states his announcement
heralds no new discovery. The existence of
diamonds in California has beeen known to
b-im for the past forty-five years. He says
that at the time gold \vas found here the
precious stones were also unearthed in a
certain locality that , for obvious reasons , he
does not care to divulge. Colonel Andrews ,
instead of investigating the matter at the
time , has waited for nearly half a century
before deciding to take the all-important
step of visiting the place himself. Business
rea&cns bave beecn principally responsible
for this delay , but now he haa made up hU
mind to leave here for the place in com
pany with a party of prospectors to leam
whether his hopes , made rcseate by the re
ceipt of occasional specimens from the local
ity , are to bd borne out by rich dl&coveries.
INDIANS ON A WHALE HUNT.
'Makah Indians , living ct Nfah bay , have
just had a whale hunt , which they will long
remember , says a Tacoma special to the Saa
Francisco Chronicle. Encouraged by their
success early In the week when a sixty-foot
leviathan was killed , they started out forty-
eight strong to secure a seaton's. supply of
meat and oil. The party was rigged out in
warlike fashion , filling six big canoes , each
of which had tli oarsmen , besides a steers
man and harpooners. They camped that
night on the beach near Cape Flattery. Be
fore daylight on the nut morning they
started for the hunting grounds. Intending
to go twenty mike from land. At daylight ,
when tweleve miles out on the ocean , they
clghted a tchool of between fifty and sixty
whales traveling southward. Three parties
of two crewr each were made up and Cipuin
Charley White gave orders to surround a
tquad of whales which were separated from
the others. Rapid paddling soon brought
the Indians within spearing distance and the
fight commenced. After an hour's maneu
vering White put a epear into one ol the
largest of the school. The mammoth whale
went under and was respeared the moment
ho rose again. The Indian canoes by this
time were in the mldit of the monsters and
there was a general mixing up of Indiana and
whales. One canoe Icad was upset , but as
the tMakahs are almost as much at home in
the water as on land none of them were
drowned. They clamored back into their
canoa and continued rpearing with even
greater activity. Another canoe -was towed
a considerable distance before the -whale
finally succumbed , tlx hours after hewas
first struck. In the meantime another crew.
commanded by John Tlasum , was having an
encounter with another bis whale. After a
f ur bourn turtle this one made a desperate
effort to sound again , but was prevented by
numerous bladders which bis captors had
fattened to the tpear lines. Repeated lanc
ing finished him. The school of wbalM by
this tlmo was several miles further seaward.
Th Indians were satisfied with their way's
work and again succeeded In hiring a tug to
tow their whales and canoes to Neah bay.
They arrived home and found all their tribe ,
numbering 400 , on ibore to meet them A
great blubber social was then Indulged In.
Bonfires were lighted and all hands "fell to. "
With axte and hatchets they removed the
black outside skin and proceeded to try out
the blubber. They calculate they will have
enough oil to last them a > ear.
RICH STRIKE IN A WELL.
Mining excitement has been aroused to
white heat by the recent discoveries around
Cheney , Wash. One of the most notable wat
made by Fred Poulln , in an old well 809 feet
from the normal school. He recently took
sixty pounds of thU ore to Spokane and
in an Interview in the Spokesman Review ,
said : "We are having assays made. Three
years ago this well was dug , and some min
eralized rock was taken out at the time.
It was shown around Cheney , but created
no excittmenL When the recent strikes were
made at Flab lake , two and a halt miles from
Cheney , these facts were recollected , and I
located the ground around the well as e
mineral claim , called the Ruth. We set to
work pumping out the water , and at a depth
of twenty-two feet I discovered the ledge. It
Is two feet wide , of solid mineral , and has
a well defined wall of porphyry. The othe :
formation there la gray granite. We have
had three men at work , but the water came
In faster than we could pump it out with
our hand pump , and we had to quit and wait
for better machinery. At Fish lake , two and
a half miles nortbeast of Cheney , fifty claims
have been located , and work is being done
on ten or twelve , chiefly on Engel's claim ,
which , at a depth of twenty-two feet , has
slven an assay of $10. They struck the ledge-
there again last night , and it is said to bo
richer than ever. People are at a high pitch
of excitement , and claims are located al'
clong the road from Cheney to Marshall. I
have located two claims near the latter place
the Lucy and the Nellie Bly. and shall start
work Thursday morning. The surface rock
looks fine. The prospectors are working this
way , and I should not be surprised to set
them making locations in the city limits
of Spokane before long. "
GHOST IN A MINE.
A weird ghost story comes from the old
Bronco mine , three miles southeast of 1-ere.
says a Tombstone , Ariz. , dispatch to the San
Francisco Call. Many citizens , supposedly
truthful and reliable , relate wonderful tales
of the strange sights and sound. } nightly in
the old mine , and these have been repeated
> vith such Insistence and with such circum
spection , of detail that at last people have
ceased to scon and sneer , and an investigat
ing party is being made up of volunteers to
gn down 'nto the mine and pass a night at
the bottom of the shaft. According to the
stories told by eye-witnesses , two hours after
sunset , with clock-like regularity , a tall ,
vvhito or luminous , wraith-like form stalks
about among the diggings and passes
through the old adobe shanty near the mouth
of the main phaft. Many of the mountaineers
and plainsmen of the neighborhood are - without
out superstition , and these have tried to
catch the specter. They have shot at him
time and again , and often from very close
range. They have tried to corner him and
sense his substance by material touch , but
always he has vanished at the critical mo
ment , only to reappear at a little distance.
At midnight he ceases his wanderings on
the upper levels and goes below and to work.
For hours he has been heard at work in the
deserted drifts , now pounding drills , now-
sawing timbers , now blasting. He works
along as industriously as though silver had
never depreciated , and his labors are so un
ceasing that half the population have heard
them and really btlleve that the weird
sounds and sights are genuine. The Bronco
mine has a bloody history , that well entitles
It to Its ghostly tenant. In the early days
it was one of the richest mines of the Tomb
stone district. Dissensions- the division
of the profits arose among its owners , and
occasionally , as these quarrels ripened , a
man or two disappeared. Shooting affairs
were numerous at the mine. At one time in
the early 'SO's five men were found at the
Bronco with their toes pointing skyward.
Later on the mine became an ideal rendez
vous for the freebooters and stage robbers ,
and once a gtng of these who had robbed a
Wells-Fargo bullion wagon fought over a
division of the spoils and killed each other
to the last man. One reasonable explana
tion IB offered to account for the appearance
of the supposed wraith in the mine. It Is
that eome one who Is acquainted with the
Bronco has found a pocket of rich ore , which
he is working at night , while , in order that
he may remain unmolested , he dons ghostly
raiment , calculated to keep the Inquisitive
at their distance
THE DAKOTAS.
The town of Jasper , sis miles north of
Sioux Falls , wta utruck by a watenpout last
week , washing awav nearly all the culverts
and bridges in the viclrj'lty.
There has Just been opened for public use
at Lead City one of the finest postofflce
buildings In the state. The first siory. of the
building is used for the postoftice and the
second for a public reading room and library.
The steel hoist building at the Homestake.
under way for the past two jears. Is com
pleted and crusher ground is being arranged.
Four of the largest tize crushers will be
put in a : this shaft , ind.catlng the Immense
quantity of rock to be bandied , and all rock
will be put through those crushers before
, going to the mill.
At the Pine Ridge agency a number of
s quivf men recently bad a round-up of cat
tle , about 1,000 In number , which bad
strayed from their own ranges during the
storms Icet winter. Thise men demand from
the owners of the cattle $1 per head for their
release , as they claim that there is a law
to the effect that any atray cittle found on
the reservation may be held until & fine of
$1 a head shall be paid by the owners. The
owners of thsae stray cattle In question are
indignant and refuse to pay the fine until
the law Is thoroughly investigated. Senator
Kyle has received a telesiam from Secretary
Stewart of the Western South Dakota Stock
Growers' association , asking that this matter
be placed in proper hand * . It is probable
tbat the cittle will be returned to their
ownera without the demanded fine.
Travelers throughout South Dakota com
plain of the unprecedented supply of moa-
qultoas thli season. In tome sections the
peats are fie overwhelming that horses have
to be blanketed-against them , and this af
fords only a very limits protection. People
ple driving on the prairies have their fict * ,
necks and hands bitten until they swell , al-
raopt to disfigurement. The spring floods
left large areas of stagnant water all over
the state , and these are the breeding places.
Tha pests are of the latest improved pittern ,
and bave made their appearance here for the
first time. If New Jeney haa lost any mos-
I quitoes these are probably the ones , for
they are of a variety unknown to the oldest
I Inhabitant of South Dakota. They are of
' Immense size , one being equal to three of the
I smaller breed. They are euld to excel the
Here are three great bargains In or
gans every one slightly used but per
fect In ever- respect we took them in
on piano trades and make the selling
price Just what they cost us I'rince In
Co. organ for cliapel use walnut cat e ( J
stops $1 new price ? 00 Shoninger
organ walnut case low top curving
lamp brackets 10 s > toi > s $23 new price
SKX Wllcor & . White organ-oU. feet
high walnut case 11 stop * $3T new
price f 110 an Instruction book and htool
with each organ terms easy thU Is a
chance to get a high grade Instrument
for nearly nothing.
A. HOSPE , Jr. ,
Music and Art 1513 Douglas.
Jerser mosquito IB sb end to go blm one
belter In every cthfr tfftxfi. Traveling
men declire that the Jave found them
lares as graiwhoppft. * . rod fame think tier
have not yet attained" tn < > lr full growth.
COLORADO.
The stage line from Quray to Red moun
tain hat been openeiT tor the summer.
Peter Wefaut. a ColoVado Springs cook ,
has opened a mine travel In his back
rard that pays J300 person In gold.
The grade of the Crlwls Creek District
Electric line Is completw. the machlniry Is
In Colorado Springs and- track laying will
soon begin.
The Badper Slate Elaoer managers hove
contracted for 40.000 feet of lumber for flum-
Ing , and are making aMive operations toward
trashing the golden Bands of Placrr crt-vk.
Corlett brothers have started uhlpplnc ; from
the Dig Giant mine on Klug Solomon morn-
tain , near Sllverton , Six cars of $40 ore are
now en route to the Omaha and Grant
smelter at Durango.
The bl ? ore body of the ArRcntum-
Junlata continues to be the wonder of the
day at Aspen , and Its real extent Is BR
much a matter of conjecture as ever. On
the sixth level the ore has been ptnutratcd
forty-eight feet , and-there Is just as much
and just as good ore In sight as tvcr before.
In Gllpin county the revival of the Greg-
ory-Bobtatl properties at Black Hawk Is
noted. In early days the Bobtail employed
500 men. end It has a record of $10.000.000
production. The new company has Ret out
to put the miles of Underground workings
In shape , and that means an outlay of fully
$100.000.
The Monteiuma Gold Mining anl Placer
company has about fifty m a at work on
its lead and placer properties In the Rod
niver district It has one tunnel in
169 feet and another 110 feet. On its
placer property there Is a steim pump end
whim at work sinking a hole SxlG to btd-
rock , which Is thought to be about Itfty
feetThe
The Victor Record says a novel scheme has
been devised by one company for raising
funds to do development work on Gold hill.
Just north of Freshwater. Chicago haa about
1.2W letter carriers , and 100 or more of these
salaried men have agreed to pool $5 apiece
each month and send It to Freshwater to
work this property. In which they are to
be liberal stockholders.
The George Heed , on Boulder mountain.
John Butler lessee , is a wonderful property.
Since Isst November 1.000 sacks of ore. a
part of which is now sicked and awaiting
shipment , has been broken from the tnitie.
The ore averages 150 ounces of silver. J4
gold and 20 per cent lead per ton. The force
of men employed on the mine during the
winter months consisted of five. When Mr.
Butler took charge of the property the out
look was not flattering , *
Thomas McCraney of Querida has succeeded
In locating what he believes to be an ex
tension of the famous Pocahontas and
Lcavenworth veins , wlicse product was the
backbone of Roslta's prosperity in the palmy
days of that camp. The values where Mc
Craney has opened the vein run from 400 to
GOO ounces in silver and a Email per cent of
gold at eigl'teen feet in depth , with a pay
streak two and a half feet thick.
Judge Bailey of the district court granted
an Injunction restraining the town of Flor
ence from issuing bonds for water works
to the amount of $75,000. One-half the town
at the recent election Toted against the pres
ent adminlbtratlon , tip largest majority being
only thirty. Fully three-fourths of the tax
able property of the "town Is represented by
applicants for the injunction. The adminis
tration proposed to Issue bonds , but has so
far given no indication 'of how it intends to
spend the money.
money.WYOMING. .
A new copper camp near the head of Lake
creek is attracting jnucli , attention.
A duplicate survey.of the land lying be
tween Laramie and -the proposed reservoir
site la belns made by the city engineer and
will be submitted to the government with
the contour survey of the baaln now being
made by the government corps.
New copper discoveries have recently been
made upon the head of Ctdar creek , eays a
Rawllns dispatch. One .lead is from four
to forty fee ? .wide ami can be traced ) , forever
over a , mile. . The , ore , assays -$206 to the
ton. A number of men are sinking upon
the newly discovered claims , which show
the richest copper ore yet discovered In the
country.
Prof. Nelson , the University of Wyoming
botanist , has gone to Evanston , -where l.e
will make a botanical survey. On the return
trip Prof. NeJeon will make an excursion
Into the Red desert This tract of land
has never received a botanical investigation
and the professor has planned to make three
other trips into the desert during thp sum
mer. He expects to obtain many rare bo
tanical specimens.
J. L. Stone and George S. Knapp of Chicago
cage , who are the promoters of the Amer
ican Gold Mining company , returned to
Laramie from a trip to Jebin mountain. They
decided to put In a fn-tnn smelter and the
machinery will be sent to the grounds next
week. One thousand dollars will be expended
in preparations for working the plant and
ore will be taken from the Copper Crown ,
the Copper Queen , the Jessie and the Helen
claims.
Hartvillt. the new Iron camp. Is developing
much activity. It Is announced that ex-Su
perintendent Fitzpatrick of the Cheyenne &
Northern haa been placed in charge of the
construction of the new spur to be run from
Hartville to Badger. Men -will be placed at
work immediately and it is expected that the
new spur will be completed in ten months.
Arrangements have been completed for haulIng -
Ing the ore and It is proposed to commence
shipments in about a week , as there Is al
ready a large demand for the Hartville ore In
Denver.
Despite the threatened hostilities-between
cattle and sheep men , the wool growers of
Wyoming are prepaiing to do a thriving
business. Two new eheei companies have
just filed arliclcs of incorporation with the
secretary of state. Tbj first was the Key
stone Sheep company , incorporated by John
Mahoney , Patrick Sulilvn and Eugene Mc
Carthy. This concern has a capital stock
of $12.000 and will do business in Natrona
county , with headquarters at Casper. The
other concern incorporating was the Figure
Eight Sheep company , organising wilh a
capital of $15,000. The corporators of thia
company are John Mahoner , Patrick Sulli
van and Patrick McDeraott Messrs , Mahoney -
honey and Sullivan are already two of the
largest sheep men In the etate.
OREGON .
The Wasco warehouse has recslved to dat
4.000 rncks of wool , averaging pounds to
the sack , or 1.400,000 Bounds.
Fully " ,000 head of cattle have been driven
out of Coos county this , spring , and another
laro drove will be brought out in a few
days.
There Is already stored in the Dallea about
3,000,000 pounds of v\pol , jjut no sales have
been made. Both buyers L end tellers are
holding off to cee whatcongress , will do with
the tariff bill. „
The band of gyps Ira , or rather Mexicans ,
that are tramping dojvn/tbe valley , were In
Drain at lest accoupU. There are about
sixty of them , and _ tbpse/ who bare seen
them say flat they are as tough a looking
lot as ever struck Oregon.
The Bandon RecorareriJEay that complaint
is being made that 'persons are catching
large numbers of youflE salmon which are
about large enough to RO to lea , and that
becau of this destruction to the until Cab.
the salmon canning Industry will be greatly
reduced In the future.
Work on the BlR Xestucca bridge , near
Woodt , In Tlllamook county , will be com
menced about July IS. and It will require
about a month to complete It
TheKr * . * hoppers on Rosk creek , In Gil-
llara county , tro still hatching out. and their
numbers alarm the rancher * . They hare be-
un to eat the tender ( boots In the gardens.
The residents of the Sparta section , in
VnJon county , eay that there are more rat-
tlesBakei there than have been known for
years. The greater number seem to be In the
lower Powder locality , where a lava-capped
rock formation exist * . Many years ago the
Sparta section was noted for Its many snakes ,
but as the country became more thickly set
tled they were nearly all exterminated. ThU
was during the placer mining days of tbo
camp. Notv that mining Is not carried oa so
extensively the reptiles seem to be gaining
lost ground.
At the Ust meet lap of stockholders of the
Hood River Improvement company , a reso
lution authorizing the directors to bond the
ditch for $ ,000 was unanimously adopted by
a vote of those present Four hundred and
eighty-three shares were voted out of a total
of 710. _ The $6,000 will enable the company
to ply" Us debts add make all nectusary
preparations to supply water to customers.
The ditch will be completed In two or three
weeks. It will be owned by the people of
the Hood river valley , and will be worth $10- i
000 the day the work Is completed.
James Taylor of Echo lost a bunch of
twonty-two cattle , which -were drowned In.
the Columbia river opposite Umatllla. Four
men In his employ started on the ferry
boat at Umatllla to cross the Columbia
to the Washington sldp. The outfit com
plete consisted of four men , two horses and
twenty-two cattle. When In midstream , the
boat turned over , throwing all Into the water.
The men climbed back on the boat , and were
rescued by men from the shore who went
out In skiffs. The cattle and horses disap
peared , and were probably all drowned. The
loss will be between $500 and $1.000.
Ed Tatro. who lives about eight mllrs west
of Lakcview. in Lake county , made a whole-
site capture of wildcats the other day. He
had gone to the Stephens farm to do some
chores , and on starting to climb up In the
haymow he was met by a fierce mother wild
cat which remonstrated against any further
advance upon her household in the mow , the
place she had selected to rear her family.
Mr. Tatro beat a hasty retreat and got *
gun. and , returning with a few well-aimed
I shots , laid low the mother cat He then
made an investigation , and found four young
cats , which he captured alive.
WASHINGTON.
All of the creameries and cheese factories
in Ellensburg are in operation.
The town of Kamilche Is dead. Matlock
is the name of the new logging town that
fills Its place.
It is stated that fully $50,000 has been
expended in the vicllty of Sprague ro far
this year by cattle buyers.
W. W. Carrel intends to put up a plant in
New Whatcom to make fertilizer from the
fish offal of the canneries in that town.
Seventy-five men are at work at the rock
quarry at Mount Coffln. Quantities of the
rock are crt'shed and used for the 'ortllca-
tlon construction at Scarboro head. Some
rock for rip-rap work on the Astoria icad
Is also being gotten out.
Charles E. Cl'de ' , with a party of Olym
pians , will soon start from Olympla for the
Olympic mountains , on a prospecting trip.
These mountains have never been fully ex
plored , and it is said to be the only region
in the United States of which the govern
ment has no topographical map.
The demand for cedar shingles is just ww
exceeding the supply , and as a consequence
prices are stiff. The demand coms chiefly
from the middle and southern states Just
at present the supply does not admit of
filling orders with promptness , as the mills
are running to their full capacity.
Purdy J. Flint , who raised 40.000 bcxes
of peaches in his Parker orchard , near
Yakima. last jear , expects to get only 2,000
boxes this year. The outlook , however , for
a Jargc crop of peaches Is good in the lower
Yakltna country. More peaches than were
grown even in 1S9C will be marketed from
the neighborhood if Rich's ranch.
Peter Hauscr drove into Yfikima the other
day , tied his hcrse and went into a house.
When be came out the wagon was gone.
The animal was found the next day twenty-
two miles up the Natchez , having followed
one of the most dangerous roads in the
valley , and having drawn the buggy through
a narrow gate into a private yard on a
dark night. Not a particle of damage
was done to the animal , vehicle or harness.
The Friday Harbor Islander says that the
tideland contest , involving all the water
front there , has been amicably and satisfac
torily Eettl"d. E. G. Earle of Coupeville.
who made the first application to purchase
without knowing that the county owns the
greater part of the abutting upland , has re
leased his rights for a small consideration ,
so that the county , the Island Packing com
pany and Judge Warbass will now be able
to acquire title to the tideland direct from
the state.
If the surmis.es of W. H. Holllday and C.
F. Miller be correct , gold In paying quanti
ties exists in the citv limits of Spokane ,
within a mile and a half of the Spok sraan-
Revlew office , says that paper. Mr. Hol
llday and Mr. Miller have located the Queen
Ann mineral claim in Queen Ann addition ,
partly on the property of Joseph H. Boyd ,
president and manaeer of the National Iron
works. They claim to have dlscovjred a
ledge of quartz containing Bold and copper
in paying quantities.
NEBRASKA.
The teachers of Sarpy county had a picnic
Saturdsy.
The Nlobrara Tribune started In on volume
thirteen last week.
The Stanton creamery manufactured C.OOO
pounds of butter during May.
A carload of corn was shipped from Eustis
to be pent to the starving in India ,
It Is expected the Dixon creamery will
manufacture 20.000 pounds of butter during
June.
The foremost topic in Nebraska towns
just now Js whether they will celebrate the
Fourth.
Grand Army reunion of Northeast Ne-
brwka will be held at Nellgb July IS , it ,
15 and 1C.
Boone county's new court house has been
accepted by the county board and the officer , ?
have moved in.
Fire originating from a defective flue con
sumed the residence of Dr. Ocborne of Os-
borne. Frontier county.
The Cherry county races will be held at
Valentine June 1C to 19 , inclusive. About
$500 in pursed have been put up.
The Red Cloud Arguj will give a year's
subscription to the parents of every pair of
twins born In the county during the year.
Gallagher & Co. have opened a bank at
Atkinson , the failure of the Hartley bank
leaving that town without such an institu
tion.
tion.The
The boird of commicaionerv of Stanton
county baa engaged Peter Fowley. an ex
pert accountant , to go through the books of
the treasurer and sherlffa offices from 3S8S
down to the present time , and Mr.
Fodrea to go over those of the clerk's office ,
Mr. Fowley began work at once and is a -
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by H. F. Stephens. Mr , Fodrea will
begin work the 10th of thli month.
William Rotramel , a 14-ywr-old boy liv
ing near Holdrege. was thrown from fl cul
tivator by a runaway team and dangerously
Injured.
C. D. Casper , irbo for many years haa been
editor of the Press at David City , mill on
July 1 move to Sewird and take charge of
the Independent.
Water from the South 1'latte river was
turned Into the South Side ditch near North
Platta and farmers alcng the line will at
once begin to Irrigate. . i
Last Thursday nteht burglars broke Into
the store of Hall & Winchester at Danne-
brog and carried away somewhere between
$15 and ? :5 worth of goods.
Will Davidson of Springfield has had his
cottonwood grove that was planted years
ago slued up Into lumber. It made 1G.OOO
feet of lumber besides lots of wood.
Lieutenant A. C. Dalton of Fort Crook la
making a trip on a bicycle , mapping out a
route for a practice march for a battalion
of the Twenty-second infantry during the
summer.
The alfalfa Irrigation ditch In Keith
county was completed last week , and Con
tractor Ellsworth ha ? moved his grading
outfit north of Sutherland , where he will
finls-h up a contract on the South Side ditch.
Word from the Omaha reservation In
Thurston county states that cattle are dying
in several of the pastures. Blackleg seems
to be the principal cause. In one pasture
twelve head were found dead one day last
week.
Fourteen held of calve. ; are missing from
the pasture of Ed McManlgal , north of Wls-
ner , and it Is supposed that they were stolen.
Although strict and diligent search has been
made no trace of the stock has been dis
covered.
A genuine southern mocking bird has put
In an appearance at Sidney , greatly to the
delight of the people of that town. Just
how it happened to wander this far north
is a mystery , as the birds are not of a mi
gratory nature.
Twelve carloads of cattle , consisting of
300 head of cows and calves , went over the
road to Verdigre last week , bound for the
Santee agency , where they are to be dis
tributed among the Indians. They were
tagged as rejected beef cattle.
'Miss ' Maude Dlevendorf of Mead v as found
lying unconscious by the roadside and taken
to a neighboring house and medical assist
ance summoned. She is. now entirelj"
covered. How she came there or what caused
her condition neither the young woman nor
any one else seems able to tell.
It was thought through the early spring
in Nemaha county that there -would be an
extra large crop of fruit the coming season ,
but peaches , plums and cherries have from
some cause been blighted and are fast dis
appearing from the trees. Apples and ber
ries , however , promise a fine yield.
A measurement taken Saturday of the
water in the North Platte river at North
Platte showed a discharge of 16,000 cubic
feet per second. This volume o water
through the season would irrlgits 1,280,000
acres of land. The discharge as shown by
Saturday's measurement is 3,000 cubic feet
greater than two weeks ago.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Lcng Beach , Cal. , has a eeventy-foot whale
staked out in the ocean near the town.
Mining operations near the rich May
flower gold mine , near Whitehall , Mont. , are
being renewed this spring. A great many
locations have been made.
A large staff of surveyors has begun the
work of fixing the line of the proposed
Randsburg and Kramer railroad. The dis
tance is twenty-six mile ? .
Modesto , Cal. , has a street sprinkler with
eight-Inch wheels BO built that the wheels
do not track. Thus at each trip thirty-two
inches of the street get a packing as if from
a heavy roller.
The cent a pound duty fixed by the sen
ate finance committee upon oranges is esti
mated by local experts to mean a clean
profit of over Jl.300,000 to the producers of
southern California upon this year's crop
alone.
The prospective increase in the duty on
silver lead ore by the Dingley bill has caused
an American company to decide to establish
a large smelting plant at Monclova , Mex.
Instead of shipping silver lead ore into the
United States to be smelted , it will be turned
Into bullion.
Hailstones as big as walnuts fell at N'oce's
ranch , near the Cbalk bills , seven miles north
of Virginia City , Nev. , and they killed young
turkeys , frightened horses and destroyed
young crops. The horses on the ranch were
driven wild by the stones hitting them on the
noses and ears.
C. J McNamara , the northern Montana
cattle king , has purchased the N. N. stock
brsnd of the Home Land and Cattle com
pany of St. Louts. It is the largest Mock
It Includes from I..000 to SOjtM head of
cattle and the price paid , while not definitely
Known , Is said to run far Into the hundredi
of thousands.
A strike haa been made In the Dakota
mine of the Saginaw group , nine miles south
of Tucson. Good ore was found at fifty fett ,
and a level was started at that point. The
ledge I * ten feet wide and between got * !
walls , revcn to eight feel of which simple
fully (40 gold and silver.
The big dance at Pyramid Lake reserva
tion In Nevada is overt Captain Dave tells
the Wadsworth Dispatch they had a great
time. There were Indians from many sec
tions of the country In attendance. The tribes
represented were the Plute * . Flatheads ,
Washo < vs. Bannocks , Diggers , Pitt lliver and
Shoshones.
The average ccst of an oil well at Sum-
raurland. Cal. . all complete , to about WOO.
The tunning expenses are J1S per month for
each well. An ordinary well will yield four
barrels per day. or 120 barren per month.
One hundred and twenty barrels are worth
$ i:5. leaving a. balance of J110 each month
on a J300 investment. There Is more oil In
California than in Pennsylvania.
| A group of nineteen claims near Nlcomen.
I a station of the Canadian Pacific railway.
| fifty-three miles eaM of Vancouver , has been
bended to a Seattle syndicate for $30.000.
The property is within a quarter of a mils
of the railroad and about half a mile from
the Frarer river The ore ansays well In
gold , silver and copper , and the ledges are
from five to seventy-five feet in width , ono
outcrop being fully 100 feet wide.
AT TIII : X.VSJVIMI : KXPOSITIO.V.
ISrrlit of Thin Wi-rlc In tlio VUll of
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NASHVILLE. Tenn. . June C. The week
of the exposition Just ended has been most
satisfactory from every point of view and
very satisfactory la attendance. Largo
numbers of people from distant states were
here every week , and the coming week will
undoubtedly show a great increase , not la
local attendance and from all parts of tbo
state , but from other states. This week
will end with the visit of President McKln-
ley , upon Ohio and Cincinnati day , and will
have numerous special features prior to the.
grand finale. The visit of the president
has caused already the greatest interest.
Preparations are being made to give him a
hearty and enthusiastic welcome , and all
parts of the state will be represented.
The program for Friday , Ohio day. the day
President McKinley arrives , has been ar
ranged. In brief it Is as follows : The
president , Governor Busbncll of Ohio and
party will be escorted to the Maxwell house
for breakfast , after which Governor Taylor
will be received. At 10:30 the president
and party will be escorted to the centennial
grounds. Accompanying them will be Gov
ernor Bushnell and staff , and Governor Tay
lor and staff. The escort will Ipclude United
States troops and Tennessee state troops.
At 11 o'clock , in the auditorium , addresses
of welcome -will be delivered by President
Thomas. Mayor McCarthy and Governor Tay
lor. Responses will be made by Senator
"
Clark of Ohio , Governor Bushnell" and the
president Luncheon will follow , and then
the Inspection of buildings and grounds. At
6 o'clock the president , Mrs. McKinley and
the women of the party will hold a reception
for women in the Woman's building Sat
urday morning at 11 o'clock President Mc
Kinley will hold a public reception in < he
auditorium and will also participate In the
exercises of Cincinnati day. Saturday night
the president and party leave for Chatta
nooga.
Don't neglect a cough because the weather
is pleasant ; before the next storm rolls
around it may develop into a serious diffi
culty beyond repair. One Minute Cough
Cure Is easy to take and will do what Its
name implies.
SC1ILATTKII , TUG HEALKIl , DEAD.
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DENVER , Colo. , June C. A special to the
News from El Paso , Tex. , says that Francis
Schlattcr. who claimed to perform mirac
ulous cures by divine power , was recently
found dead in the foot bills of Sierra Madre ,
thirty-five miles southwest of Casa Grande ,
in the state of Chihuahua , aicx. He had
been fasting and apparently starved to death.
While in Denver , from August 22 to Novem
ber 13 , 1895 , about 200,000 people visited
Schlatter to receive treatment.
Not only piles of the very worst kind can
bo cured by Do Witt's Witch HEZC ! Salve ,
but eczema , scalds , burns , bruises , boile , ul
cers and all ouer skin troubles can be in
stantly relieved by the same remedy.
Eay "No , " and stick to it. wncn ycu firs
urged to buy something "just as good" zu > the
arlcle you asked for.
O-tXS > OOSEO - - -O f > o-c-oo
Drex L. Shooman Fays "What's the
odds ? " We don't know only this
there nrc no odds and ends of old styles
in the new ladies' tan shoes that we've
priced at $2.50 you can't possibly match
them under $4.00 Uiey are the best
tans made we have ail sizes and widths
enabling us to fit any size or shaped
foot new coin or razor toes oxbloods or
seal browns We've got tin ; town talking
about our children's and misses' tan
shocs the ? 2.50 kind for ? 1.50 new
shoes not old nor broken lots but fine
S2.50 shoes cut to § 1.50 just to show you
what we mean by a bargain.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
1419 FARNAM STREET.
Send for Illustrated Catalogue.
You'l want a watch so you'll know
when to go home we've n sold tilled
case watch genuine American move
ment for $7.00 a warauted roll plule
chain to match for $1.50 the best bar
gain in the store , however , in the new
thin model watch for $15.00 it's In a
gold filled case warranted 20 jvars
has the antique pendant very latest
thing out We've watches for more than
that as much as you want to pay-
always at a price that allows a living
profit no more we will not recommend
a watch unless it's good.
C. S.
. . Raymond ,
JEWELER ,
; 15th and Douglas.
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