TUB OMAHA DAILY BEE : SEPTEMBER 13 , 1807.
Pulse of Western Progress. SB i
Charlej Poiilot , a prominent chemist snd
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metallurgist ot Lyons , France. Is a guest ot
the American , ys the Denver Mows. Mr.
Poiilot Is In Colorado upon a peculiar mission.
He I * one of the > largest smelters and dealers
In rare metals of the world and the object
of his trip to the Ilocky mountains Is to arrange -
range with mining men of the state for the
ihlpmcnt ot rare metals to Lyons , Although
he has been In the state only a few days he
has met with remarkable success and hit trip
to Colorado will be the means of bringing
many thousand * of dollars to this part of the
Rloho which otherwise might have remained
on the other sldo ot the Atlantic. Mr. 1'oulot
Is greatly surprised , ns ho bad very little Mm
of the wealth of Colorado In metals whoso
Value far exceeds In the market the value of
Bold. The yellow metal which IM attracting
the attention ot hundreds of thousands ot
eager pursuers sells at J24S a pound. The
metals which the French visitor U Becking
bring all the way from $400 to $10,000 a pound.
The rarer Ihe metal nnd the moro difficult
Its separation from grosser bodies with which
U Is united the more costly Is the final out
put. Mr. Poiilot has found that Colorado pro
duces a greater variety ot rare metals tl.an
any other urea of equal size In the world. Out
of twenty rare metals Colorado ijroducca ten
or cloven , and the Held Is as yet only partly
explored Mr. Poulot has entered Into con-
tractn with Denver parties for largo quanti
ties nf uranium , which Is proluced In a mine
of Gllpln county , wlicro It Is found In a vtry
rich 010 ruiiiiieiK from 30 to GO per cent metal.
Vanadium he will get from thu Mammoth
mine , near TIICBOII , Ariz. The ere runs II per
cent , and thu metal Is worth SiOO a pound.
Vanadium Is also found nt Lcadvllle In mull
quantities , but cannot he mlnil at a profit.
Yttrium the Frenchman will get fiom it row
lnliu In Park county , where it Isfound us
a silicate , There Is a largo deposit ot this
metal In the mine and It Is verv valuable
when prepared for use. Thu yellow glaBs
nnd po eel u In of commerce receives Its color
from uranium. This Is the principal com
mercial use of thu metal. Vanadium Is u&ud
In setting the black in line fabrics
nnd It also gives the gloss to. satin.
Irldlnm , rhodium and palladium are found
in email quantities In n phyrrutltu ore re
cently found In Larimer county. Irldium Is
used for tipping gold pens , and Is then called
n diamond point. It Is the hardest known
inotal and has never been smelted pure. It
occurs In platinum nnd occasionally.In Colorado
rado gold In minute specks. This metal has
never been smelted and to get pieces largo
enough for pen points the ore Is first dis
solved in acids and then precipitated In the
form of line dust , from which the larger par
ticles are picked for use. The pieces are
embedded by pressure Into the points of the
pen without boiling the gold. The common
use of palladium Is In amalgam fillings for
teeth. Rhodium Is one of the most ductile
nnd the toughest of inetala. It la claimed
that u wire of rhodium drawn to the thick
ness of a hair will sustain a weight of 100
pounds. Lauthnnum. cerium nnd dldyuilum
occur In ores called tysonlte and bastnaclto
found in Cheyenne canyon , aouth of Colorado
Springs. Thn former ore Is named after
Prof. Tyson of New York City who discov
ered the deposit about ten years ago. The
ere Is found nowhere else In the world.
Uranium , yttrium and tungsten are found In
nn ere enled ! samnrsklto in Moulder COUP- , * . .
The snmnrsklte is a mixture of three metals
with other material. Yttrium was sought
for by Edison throughout the whole world
n few years ago , as ho desired to make use
of the material In incandescent lamps. Being
n n B bl c. to find It in any quantity , he
substituted carbon * for filaments. Colorado
rado can now supply yttrium for the
world. Tungsten Is used In considerable
quantity In the manufacture of Wollsbach
mantels or hoods for gas burners. This will
now bo Hupplled In quantity from Colorado.
Glucennm or boryllum Is one of the most
Interesting ot the rare metals. It Is found
only In- crystals of beryl or aquamarine.
These occur In moderate quantity on Hear
< ieok , In Jefferson county , nnd contain about
30 per cent of the metal. The metal Is silver
white , much stronger , and of only h.ilf the
weight of aluminum. William 13 Astor ot
New York has turned the top story ot hla
line residence Into n woik hop , In which
Prof. Keclcy of water motor fame has been
for over a year p'ist busily uiigirfe.l In con
structing nn aeroplane of this precious metal.
Titanium is found as titanic arid in many
of the Iron ores of this Ktato. Its high
price Is duo to the cost of extraction.
The market price of most of the metals
named above Is due not only to the scarce
ness of the ores from which they arc ob
tained , but also to the fact that there are
only six or eight laboratories In thu world
which make a business of extracting them.
There is no plant In' America which can
treat over three or four of them , and the
Europeans who nro engaged. In the business
keep their processes a profound secret.
PROSPERITY OP THE DAKOTAS.
Thu puoplo of this state , says the Sioux
Falls Argiu-Lcader , themselves on joy Ing
gnofl tlniiis , will rcjolco In the unexampled
prosperity which Is coming this year to Its
nlster Dakota. North Dakoti's atate com
missioner of ag'lculturo lias put the value
of North Dakota's farm pioducts for 1897 at
the wonderful sum ot $06,0-10,000 , or $2SO for
every man , wnman and child In the state.
The figures given are ns folows : Forty mil
lion bushels of wheat. $35,000,000 ; 4,500,000
bushels of n > x. $1,500,000 ; 0,000,000 bushels of
barley , $3.000,000 ; 38,000,000 bushel ? of oats ,
J7fiOO.OOO ; 3.000,000 bushels ofpotatoes / ,
51,500.000 ; 2,000,000 pounds of wool. $210,000 ;
poultry ami eggs , $1,800,000 ; milk and milk
oroducts. $2.500.000 ; live stock , $10.000,000.
Someone has estimated the products of South
IXikota this year at $100,000,000. The figure
Is only an estimate. We are behind our sis
ter Dakota this year on wheat , but ahead
on corn , barley , llax , rye , potatoes , wool ,
milk and milk products and live ftock. If
North Dakota's farm products are worth
$ CC,000,001) ours are not far from $75,000,000 ,
which would bo $210 for every man , woman
and child In the ntlite. It Is surely a great
year for the nakotas. What an empire It
would uavo been had the territory not been
divided at statehood !
UNOLE SAM'S FORESTS.
The members of the Uciltcd States Geological
logical survey , who are now In the north
west , are gathering Information as to the
effect of the forestry reserve orders of
ex-Prealdent Cleveland , which orders were
suspended till next March , says thu Port
land Tulegram. The geological survey ,
headed by Charles D. Walcott , director , has
been directed to make a survey of the differ
ent forest reserves , gathering data for a
topographical map showing the distribution
and extent ot the forests. Improvements
such as townsltes , farina , mines , roads and
the like will bo shown on the maps. In the
furtherance of this task the Department nf
the Interior has.a force of thirty men at
work InY shlngton. In the forestry rc-
ecrvo two parties are now engaged In Uie
"Washington reserve , one near Lake Uhelan
and the other near Monte Crlsto , The In
formation now being gathered by Director
Wai rot t find his assistants will be laid before -
fore the president and the secretary ot the
Interior , On this Information will bo based
President McKluley's policy concerning the
reserves. Under tbo law the secretary may ,
wltli the approval of the president , after sixty
days' notice published In a newspaper of the
Btate or territory Inwhich the reserve Is
situated , restore to thu public domain any
land that has been .found to bo better adapted
to agricultural or mining purpose ? than for
forest UH4K . The united States Is tbo only
civilized nation that las not inaugurated a
system of forest patrol for the protection
of Us forests , " wya Mr. Walcott. "In setting
apart largo areas of timber land as for
est reserves the government has Uken
mere ] ; a preliminary BI looking to the
conservation of Its timer rean and natural
forests , The act of Juno -4 last authorizes
the secretary ofthe interior to establish
such a syst'-m of forftit patrol as Is found In
other countries. This is tbo only feasible
way that has been promulgated thus far by
which there Is uny hope of saving the for
ests from destruction by flro and timber
vandals. The forest reservations In the
United States cover an area of CO,000 square
miles In extent. Among the largest are the
Washington , Mount Hauler and Olympic.
In the state ot Washington. There oxlsti
n great deal of misapprehension concerning
the effect of the aot of congress And the
setting apart by tbo government of tb ie
reserves. Under the law , no ob Ucl
Is raised to prevent the development of the
mineral resources of thu country within the
reservations or In the vicinity. Water
courses may bo used for mining , Irrigating
and other purposes. The settler Is protected
In alt hla rights , ns Is also the prospector
tor mineral and the miner The prospector
Is allowed to cut such timber as U required
for his use. All matured and dead tlmbe *
may be u cd , a * heretofore. The only object
n ( the reservation order Is to prevent the
destruction of the forests by fire or the wan
ton acts ot men. No agricultural land Is In
cluded In the reservation , It being within
the power ot tbo president to change the
bound-trie * ot the reserves and to take out
Hiicli It ml ai Is miKcptlble ot cultivation
from the area within the reserves. "
IN TUB YOSBMITB PARK.
The annual report of Captain Alex Rogers
of the Fourth cavalry , who IB acting as su
perintendent of the Yosemlte National park ,
has Just been pirbllsbnd. He reports that the
regular patrols have found that there Is less
trcHp.iRsliiK In the park than In past yeirg.
and says the depredations by sheep and their
herders arc the worst they have to contend
with. Cattle are now restricted to the land
belonging to their owners , who are held to
B strict compliance to the rules of the In
terior department. Ono herd of sheep was
theru during the summer-and signs were en
countered of other herds Inside the park
limits. The game , says Captain Rogers ,
seem ? to be Increasing In numbers , and the
deer end other animals show less fear of
human bclncs than In past years , "an Indi
cation. " ho savs , "that they are not hunted
tn much n thov formerly were. " This con
dition of ofTalrn leads him to remark that
the rigid enforcement of the rule against car
rying firearms in the park ban produced good
results. One hundred nnd thirty-two fire
arms have been taken from persons enter
ing the park during the yar. The captain
S < IVH ho known of only ono person having
been In the nark with firearms In his pos
session. Ho cfllls attention to the fact that
the Nevada Indians are In the habit of en
tering the park to kill garno late In the fall
after the troops leave It , and he suggests
that stens be taken to stop It. Forest fires
were numerous. The big-tree grove nt Mer
ced had a narrow escape from-one of them.
Capt. Roqers thinks ono of the fires was d-
llbemtoly started. Ho recommends that the
F.overnment purchase all the roads In the
park and also the lands owned by Indi
viduals within the park boundaries.
THE DAKOTAS.
Valley Springs Is to have a new bank.
The Fargo National bank has been author
ized to begin business. Capital , $30.000.
The Dcadwood & Delaware company has
paid out about $7C,000 during the last thirty
days for mining property.
The Northern Pacific road will build n
now steel bridge across the Red river at
Fargo , nnd work will bo begun at once.
It will be four feet higher than the present
bridge.
A special train of nine cars , containing
294 head ot cattle , was shipped from Clnrk
Monday night to Cherokee , la. It was the
largest nnd best single consignment ever
shipped from that station.
Work on the now flouring mil ] at Havana
is well under way and It will be ready In
time for this season's crop. It has a ca
pacity of seventy-five barrels , which will be
Increased ns the business warrants.
On Monday an aerolite fell from the sky
In the shape of a ball of fire on Railroad
avenue in Candor. The ball penetrated the
earth for a depth of six feet or more and
Bteum poured from the hole In volumes.
Now that water Is scarce- the amalgamators
at the Horn eg take and Star mills have de
vised signals , so that they can tell how
many stamps to hang up at certain times
without walking to and from the mills. They
desire to keep the same number of stamps
dropping In each mill.
County Treasurer Potterson and a number
of other Yankton business men have de
cided upon a unique plan for advertising
the South Dakota State fair In Cedar county ,
Nebraska. They propose to send the Knights
of Pythias band of Yankton to Hartlngton
next week , at their own expense , to furnlah
music for the Cedar county fair , which be
gin * on Wednesday.
Scotland Is making quite a record for bur
glaries. In the last three months the jew
elry store of DIehl & Koobs has been bur
glarized twice , the hardware store of Englo
& Hlrsch once and the cold storage house ot
Frank Zalnowsky , saloon keeper , once. In
the last case tbo burglars broke three locks
nnd stole two kegs of beer. The burglaries
have been generally credited to tramps.
Attorney General Grlgsby has rendered a
decision In which ho holds that a half breed
born of a whlto man and Indian woman Is
not an Indian in the sense of the law ; that
ho is not a wnrd of the government. Tue
decision arose over the question of Juris
diction In the case of a halt breed held at
Pine Ridge agency for murder. The govern
ment refused to prosecute , holding that It
was not within the Jurisdiction of the United
States court. The state's attorney of Fall
River county will now prosecute the casa.
Tramps began to rob and pillage stores
3.1 Conway , a small town In western Walsh
county , North Dakota , a few days ago. The
city marshal and a posse captured three of
the ringleaders after a hard fight and placed
thorn In the city Jail. At 1 o'clock Sunday
morning the Jail was discovered on fire , and
before the flames could bo extinguished one
of the vagrants was cremated and the other
two have since died of .frightful burns. It Is
supposed the men tried to burn a bole
through which they could escape , and the
blaze got beyond their control.
WYOMING.
The Waln-WHllams property nt Bull Camp
will bo opened tip again in a few days. The
mlno Is now 100 feet deep.
The finest quality of hay raised anywhere
Is dally brought to Chcyenno by ranchmen
in the immediate vicinity. ,
A postofilco has been established at Elk ,
Uinta county , Wyo. , and Maggie Cunning
ham commissioned postmaster.
Some very rich copper float was found
in the vicinity of Dull Camp during the
last week , which will average 70 per cent.
The preparations for Frontier day at Chey
enne have so far progressed as to nssuro
Its complete success , An attractive and
novel program will be given.
The Union Pacific shops In Cheyenne have
not seen so prosperous times In years M
at the present time. Commencing last week
all shopmen are working six days every
week , only laying off on Sunday.
Last Saturday thcro were taken over the
Sheridan hill 2GO cars of cattle , requiring
twonty-threo engines to do the hauling.
This , with the regular trains , keeps the
train crows very busy and adds much to
their salaries.
Many Douglas ranchmen are experiment
ing this year with the variety of wheat
known ns "Seven Head. " The seed , which
came originally from India , was brought to
this section by Mr , Andrew Christian of
Pleasant Ridge. It Is a wonderful producer ,
Samples of this wheat may be seen at this
olllce , raised this year on thu La I'reblo by
Mr. 1) ) . C. Vi'heolock , which show no lees
than twelve distinct heads on one stalk. The
kernels are large and ought to make first-
class flour. Mr. Wheelock started with n
single quart of seed , tiom which he has
raised over 100 pounds the first year.
Wyoming now has a fully equipped bicycle
factory from wr.lcli the first finished machine
was turned out last wck. It Is said to be
"light , easy running nnd handsome , " The
factory la located In Cheyenne and Is owned
and operated by the Wyoming Cycle com
pany ,
Thomas tlrundagc of Sheridan has town
twenty acrcn of nlslkc for bee pasturage.
Alslke Is a hybrid clover. * cross between
the small white clover and the common red
variety. Mr. Urundago. after having tried
various plants , has concluded that'the above
named Is the proper one to cultivate for bees.
The Dig Ooose valley Is now ono large field
of grain in the shock , and the farmers are
still busy stacking and preparing to thrash.
Qno machine Is now at work pounding out
the grain , which will furnish the means of
lifting mortgages , paying small debts and
providing the comforts and luxuries of life.
The Pennsylvania Oil company has now
In actual Wyoming Investment $200,000 , of
which Its Casper refinery represents $33,000.
The refinery Itself Is soon to be enlarged by
the addition ot six new ICO-barrel stills , giv
ing It a capacity ot 1.100 barrels per day.
making It the largest lubricating oil refinery
on the continent. If not on the gtoba.
COLORADO.
Lnngmont business men have ( agreed to
.boycott Denver banks.
The grain of the Montczama valley Is the
heaviest over bcforo raised.
The La Junta" cannery Is now running on
Full time , canning tomatoes.
The Lead King Is keeping the road hot
with ere shipments. Nearly one hundred
jacks so out laden with ere every day.
Forest fires are numerous around Aspen ,
believed to bo caused by campers neglect
ing to put out their' tires when leaving a
camp.
Tin Cup. Gunnlson county , Colo. , report ?
a strike of tellurium ore , carrying ninety
ounces ot gold and 7,502 ounces ot silver
oer ton.
Aspen miners arc turning their attention
to the gold leads and placers on Dl III cult
creek and already some good finds are re-
nortod from thcro.
The contest for maid of honor at Aspen
Is very heated , and It Is believed that be
tween 100.000 and 200,000 votes -will bo cast
before September 16.
Gnmo Warden Wllcox gives notice that a
hunting party will be considered as one fam
ily , nnd will , therefore , only bo allowed one
deer In camp at a time.
Denver Is to have a bicycle path by pri
vate subscription. Over $1,200 has been sub
scribed to the fund. It is announced that
work will begin shortly on the construction
of the path.
Senator Pcole of Denver has purchasi-d
2.000 acres of ground three miles below
Leadvllle and will build an Immense dam
and reservoir nnd furnish power for Lead-
vlllo smelters and mines.
The silver miners In most places are tryIng -
Ing to do business , but It Is dltllcult. Nearly
everywhere where silver mines can bo closed
without great damage they are idle , and in
other places work -Is goingon with little
spirit.
Klondike stocks will not be allowed to be
bought or sold on the Mining Stock associa
tion In this city. Such is the final decision
of the governing board of the Colorado
Springs Mining- Stock association of this city ,
the largest exchange In the country.
Engineers are In the field locating depot
nnd sidetrack sites for the Canon City and
Cripple Creek Electric railway. Contribu
tions to the citizens' fund for the. purchase
ot terminal facilities and right of way
through Canon City are coming In rapidly ,
so that no delay In this quarter Is probable.
A gruesome spectacle was the procession
from the morgue to the Catholic church at
Qleitwood Springs Sunday. The cortege was
headed by the hearse bearing the remains
of .Andrew McCloud ; following this were the
eleven coffins containing the Sunshine vic
tims , each liornc by six pall-bearers , all
miners.
Over 400 ounces of gold were shipped from
Breckenridgrc to the mint during the last
week in August. Of this amount the Wapiti
supplied the greater part. The usual grip
and seamless sack shipments of gold and
dry amalgam were made during the month
from the placers and helped to 'swell the
"Colorado unknown" output.
UTAH.
The sugar company nt Lehl commenced
digging boots on the company's farm in the
north part of the district last week.
The Andrews Drldgo company has been
awarded the contract for building the bridge
across the Provo river at the mouth ot Provo
canyon.
Quartz from the Gold King group on Gold
mountain Is reported by the Salt Lake
Tribune to have returned an assay value of
$6.000 pop ton.
Eastern people are reported to have bonded
the Crown Point group In the Mereur dis
trict. The properties are prospects that
glvo fair promise.
Samples of gold quartz received from the
Gold King mines nt Maryvale yielded as
much as $0,000 per ton. The vein Is five feet
wide , with the hlgh-graao streak running
through It.
Golconda mountain , nt the head of Kess-
lor's canyon , In West Mountain mining dis
trict , promises to furnish the scene of a
gold mining excitement at an early day , and
already the tide is setting that way.
There will bo the usual dividend of $37,500
from the Silver King this month , this amount
Increasing the total to $1,165,000 , and with
ore enough In sight to Increase the dividends
for an Indefinite ! period.
Shipments of quicksilver are again being
made by the Mereur Mining company. The
metal Is naved In retorting the cyanide prod
uct turned out by the mill on the company's
property , the ere treated at the plant carryIng -
Ing considerable of It In various forms.
The Red Wing Mining company of Ulng-
ham Is working three shifts In the develop
ment of Its Markham gulch mine , and In this
work a lower tunnel Is being run for the
purpose ot cutting the ere body at a depth
of 150 feet below the upper workings. The
upper tunnel IB also being extended.
Water for sluicing purposes is not so
plenty In the Oscrola district as was at first
believed It would be. In fact it Is scarcer
now than It has been for several years. Tha
raacon given Is that while there was an
abundance of snow fall , a largo part of It
was below the point where thu ditch could
catch the water as the snow was melted.
In 1892 the Bullion-Deck Mining company
at Eureka marketed 200 or SOO tons of ere
that was sold on controls showing gold
values of $400 to the ton. This ere was
taken .from a deposit of mineral six feet
wlda In the shaft In sinking from the 650
to tie | 800-foot level , and now that silver has
dropped out of sight , it Is the Intention of
the company to look for this ledge. A diltt
will bo run on a small vein ot quartz that
L. Shoomnn has on n pair Hun
an Slices from that Llg shipment , wo
Imvo just rccoivuil the now fall styles
In all the latest lees shnpca anil col
ors with'duublo or single solo full calf
or cloth lined just as you llko the
bounty about the Ilanan ahoo is that It
U a regular foot form shoo fits from the
start nnd will outwear any ether shoo
'iiuicJo of course It's not awfully cheap
priced but you got moro than your
money's worth when you buy shoes here
and thcro Isn't n shoo at thu prlco that
will compare with the Uanaii.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
1419 Fiirnum Street
from $2 ( o $ t | u Rold , and Mr. Deck
li confident that In'umc a continuation ot
the gold ledge will \\b \ \ 'Vhcounteted ' ,
.1 M , Westwood ol 'fpringvlllo received a
letter last week wli | hn In effect , covers a
1 proposition recently submitted to the Na
tional Heet Su ar cMfetMictlon company , and
affecting the construction of a factory there
. which , upon the next .meeting of the loc.il
organization ot the National Hcet Growers'
Association , will bo Ta drable received and
which approved ovoryi 'proposition ' made up
to the present time. nTUls will probably re
sult In the building ot a. factory In that
place. ' '
City Engineer Kelsiy' of Silt Lake bas
completed the drawings .and plans fer the
proposed Improvement ot the I'ott Douglas
waterworks system. Which Improvements ,
when completed , will make the system con il
to the best to be found anywhere. The en
gineering and olilce work on the plans w i >
done on request ot tha military authorities
and by authority of the city council , the fee
for the se'vlce to be paid Into the city
treasury. The sum of $5.000 xvlll be expended
on the Improvements , and tlnce the. soldier
boys will do the heavy work , the entire gov
ernment appropriation will go for materials
and ixij- for what skilled labor may bo rc-
( liilrcd.
JDAHO.
A kindergarten to bo supported by public
subscription Is the latest proposition bcforo
the people of Wallace.
The strike of Japanese track laborers on
the Oregon Short Line nt Pocntello has ended
and all the strikers have returned to work.
Thu annual exhibit of fruits , grains nnd
vegetables raised In the vicinity ot Nnmpa
la being put In the building erected for that
purpose at the depot.
Ore has been struck again In the Custor ,
near Wallace , which probably means more
for the Coeur d'Alenes than any strike that
has been made there for ten years.
There are two bands of Indians on Lost
river. One band Is In the bisln nnd the
other on the north fork of Hlg Lost river.
They are killing nil the game that they can
scare up.
The gypsies who Infested the vicinity ot
South Holse have moved on to other fields
that they can work to better effect. The
sheriff's instructions to clear out seems to
have had the desired effect.
General Merrlam has Informed a delega
tion headed by Mayor Alexander ot Hoist-
that no moro rock can bo taken from the
reservation for street paving. The matter
has been referred to Washington.
Only a few days more and the town ot
Guffy will be moved across the river Into
Owyhee county. The railroad bridge was
completed several days ago , and the depot
will soon bo removed to this side of the-rlver.
Prof. J. D. Gibbons of San Francisco Is
hi Idaho on the Snake river , w tit-re ne Has
a now machine for saving fine gold. If the
machine is as successful as Prof. Gibbons
says It Is , placer mining will bo revolution
ized and another Klondike excitement is
likely to occur at home.
The quarries from which noise has been
obtaining rock for street paving are located
In thu military reservation. After a suin-
clenL amount to complete the paving had
been quarried , orders were issued prohibit
ing Its removal from the reservation. The
mayor has appealed to. the secretary of war.
The brake on the , Tiger hoist at Wallace
gave way Sunday , says a Denver News spe
cial , letting the cage fall. It struck on a
bulkhead at the 1,200-foet level wedging It
so that It stopped , saving the four men workIng -
Ing In the bottom ot the shaft. Thu hoist
was torn all to pieces arid the mine will bo
closed a month , laying off 150 men.
The Anaconda Gold Reduction nnd fievlvl-
ficatlon company at" Murray has completed
Its odlco building anVl Is now grading for the
main building. All ores will be crushed by
rolls , as It cannot bo done by stamps with
out using water and wasting moro or less
of rock. The rolls will be driven by steam
nnd no other machlnerji-of consequence will
bo needed , , as after. tUorock Is crushed it
is treated chemically.
A band of 120 cattle belonging to P. Mc-
Monlgle , a Deer cfeek tanchcr , that were
feeding on the mountains In the vicinity of
Ketchum , were recently , stolen , the owner
not dlscfivcrlns hiS4 loss 'until ' 'last'week. .
Ho Immediately offered a reward of one-third
of the stock to the parties returning part
or all of his cattle. Besides , the deputy
sheriff and a number of armed men , both
from Halley and Ketchum , started out to
try and recover thu stolen cattle. Word
reached Ilalley Wednesday night that Dep
uty Sheriff Liggett was on the trail of the
missing cattle.
The citizens of Kendrick , In Lita county ,
have turned out en mass to wage war against
bears , which threaten an invasion of the
towns and orchards. A band of bears Thins-
day night entered several orchards less than
a mlle from the town and almost ruined
them in their efforts to secure the fruit. As I
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many as fifty returned last evening !
before dark nnd were killed. Ono man left
his ranch and came post haste to town , sayIng -
Ing his place was full of bears of a ferocious
type. Failure of the wild berry crop In the
mountains Is responsible for the Invasion.
At Canyon Ferry the great dani Is being
rapidly pushed to completion , about 125 men
being employed upon It and the excavations
for power houses. The dam will be about
1.000 feet long and will raise the water In
the river about forty feet. The ends are ot
earth faced with abutnu..ts of granite blocks
taken from the adjoining cliffs. The mlddlo
portion , a space of about GOO feet. Is a net
work of huge timbers , fastened together
with spikes as largo as drill steel and about
three feet long. The spices between the
timbers are being filled with rock taken from
the cliffs nearby. The power houses are to
bo on. the Lewis and Clarke side of the
river.
Superintendent E. II. Dewey of the Florida
Mountain Mining company bas received In
struction from the eastern offices of the com
pany to discontinue all work upon the prop
erty nt IJoonvlllo , near Silver City. This ac
tion Is due to the outlook for the white
metal. It Is understood that the order In
cluded the operation ot the Dewcy company
at Willow Creek. A largo force of men have
boon employed In that district by the com
pany , but developments have not been suffi
ciently encouraging to warrant a further ex
penditure ot money In the face of the depressed -
pressed silver market. So far no other of
the Owyhee county mines have shown any
tendency to close and from the best Informa
tion obtainable there Is no irmffedlatc dan
ger of It.
MONTANA.
Joseph P. Wenrlch , proprietor of the Dutto
Sunday Mercury , a vile publication , has been
arrested on a charge of criminal libel.
The commlsslouera of Mlssoula county are
constructing a much-needed road from
Thompson Falls across the hills to the mines
of Murrav , Idaho.
Considerablecomfjiejjt was aroused nt
Anaconda and Butteby.-iho refusal of the
Anaconda company tooVisjo down and permit
Its employes to celebrat < Labor day.
The Northern Pacific survey from Lak > .
creek north shows Sjrlxaplte to be situated
on section 30. The qepViop being oven-num
bered , It falls upon government land.
Owing to a Bhortage , ! * 'ork on the Mon
tana school of mlaesihasiceased. Dutto will
probably contributeunaugh to flniflh It.
Then the football teamvwlll bo revived.
Under the now stato'law ' $50 In work must
bo done on a claim"ttTtfiln sixty daya after
posting the preliminary'fork. . Ordinarily It
will bo found cheaper and easier to do the.
work thnn to start making < i "test case" of
Its constitutionality.
The Delcher , with tn eight-foot teiliso giv
ing assays all the nay from $1 to $74 In gold ,
will soon resume active operations , work
to be continued throughout the winter.
The llutte Mining and tlallwny Ilevlow
says H'bout ' $42.000 has pa-wed through Hit
pool boxes at the racetrack every day thl *
season. This makes $1,344,000. 5 per cent
of which Is $67,200.
The farmers of Nevada valley. Dorr Lodge ,
.110 Just about through harvesting the best
hay crop ever known In that section , nnd the
stock Industry will In consequence thrive
for the next year.
President Mellon nnd Colonel Lament of
the Northern Pacific are expected to visit
Hutto soon. This road now bns 1,500 box cars
slde-trnrkcil In Washington , for moving the
30,000,000-bushel wheat crop.
While the people ot Chicago nnd the cast
were sweltering In the heat last Wednesday ,
Unite was shivering with cold. Snow fell
for several hours In the forenoon and heavy
clothing nnd overcoats were. In demand.
In Milking on the War Hor. o claim , on
Mineral hill , to catch the lead. A two-foot
stringer of copper ore was cut , which Is
pronounced to be In n malachite form. The
Ireton , an adjoining clnhu. has produced
come fine-looking quartz , showing native
copper.
One Important Droadwnter Industry Is the
coal mine now under course of development
on Six Mile , about three miles from Toston.
Superintendent Anderson hns n force of eight
men at work and Is down 200 feet. The
quality of the coal Is extra good and the
future development of this mlno means much
to the county.
CALIFORNIA.
Stockton's forthcoming pavilion display
will Include n woolen mill end 'a pottery
factory In full operation.
A new "League of Good Itoads" was re
cently organized by the State Hoard of
Trade , fifteen counties being represented nt
the meeting.
Miss Margaret Craven of San Francisco ,
who married a St. Louis millionaire , has
had property valued at $100,000 placed In her
name by her husband.
Freight rates on wheat nnd other prod
ucts shipped cast by the Southern Pacific
will bo Increiscd to GO cents a hundred
pounds on and after September SO.
The Christian Kndeavorers of Alameda
county Ii3\-t > started a crusade against the
riding of bicycles on Sunday and nro circu
lating pledges throughout the country.
In 1S80 the wheat acreage of San Bernardino
dine county was 300 acres. It Is now 2,000
acres. lll\crslde county's wheat acreage Is
now 75,000 acres , against 30,000 , acres a year
ago.
ago.Tho
The Los Angeles Mining and Stock ex
change wilt seek larger quarters. It has
100 members , and over 500,000 shares of
stock changed hands on the floor last
month. '
Chinese testifying to the respectability of
a house occupied by a man and woman ac
cused of keeping a minor Chinese girl In
an immoral place was a diversion In San
Francisco recently.
Oil In Los Angeles sails for GO cents a
barrel. KfTorts are afoot to form a pro
ducers' pool to sell the large surplus In San
Francisco. Storage tanks of 150,000 barrels
capacity are contemplated.
On Sunday Pasadena had tha first electric
car funeral In her history. The casket
was placed In one end of the open car , sur
rounded by green boughs , the mourners oc
cupying the scats. Il Is proposed to fit up
a car for funeral purposes.
A petition Is being circulated In the town
of WashliiKton. Yolo county , asking the
Hoard ot Supervisors to order a survey of
the streets of that place. It Is asserted that
some property owners have encroached upon
the streets with their fences.
United States Treasurer Berry has sent
S100.000 worth of halt dollars of the old Is
sue to the San Francisco mint to bo re-
colned Into shining new half dollars of the
new Issue. Ho sent away $50,000 to the
mint for the same purpose on the day be
fore.
It is reported on good authority that the
Indians have been slaughtering fish In Pros-
scr creek lately most outrageously. The
water In the creek Is low and they put In
traps nnd then go up the stream and drive
down every fish along the way and catch
them In their traps.
Los Angeles , Cat. , men are about to buy
300.000 tons of Comstock tailings lu Six Mlle
canyon , which went through the Gould &
Curry mill in the ' 60s. Including quicksilver.
It Is figured that the deposit Is worth
$2,000,000. The buyers propose building a
plant that will treat 400 tons dally.
Colonel Lyman Bridges , engineer of the Oak
land Board of Trade , declares that San Lcan-
dro harbor Is to be Improved by an Incor-
porated company. Ho says It does not ask
for a government appropriation , but will
build a canal for the development of manu
factories and the promotion of shipments.
OREGON.
The revenue of the city of Astoria will
fall short this year on fines and forfeitures
at least $7,000 , and probably more.
Ontario will have six days racing this fall ,
beginning September 27. Purses to the
amount of of $1,180 will bo offered.
The woolen mill In Salem , says a local
paper. Is running on full time , making goods
to fill the orders continually crowding In
upon the management.
Sheepmen of Gllllam county say that the
graSrf is drying up pretty fast in the moun
tains and that the sheep will bo taken to
their homo range earlier than usual this
season.
The first train load of fine beef cattle ever
shipped from Myrtle Point was made up by
Russell Dement last week. The train con
sisted of seven cars and carried 127 head ot
flue largo beef cattle.
A placer mining company operating on the
Baker county side of Powder river , one and
one-half miles from Us mouth , has a floating
Hume a quarter of a mlle long , three feet
wldo nnd a foot deep , ana a few men thcro
are getting big paying results.
The cunnury at Mnrshfleld ran short on
cans last week and linn to stop the receipt
of fish for ono day. but. is now In operation
ami Is cannlnsr all the fish received. Suoor-
liitpndpiit Five savs that Uipy ara now able
to take care of 2,000 chlnooks a. day.
The Brownsvlllo Woolen mllla are so
crowded with orders for goods thut the ma
chinery is kept humming from daylight until
dark , and some of U day and night , aaya the
Brownsville Times. On Wednesday last the
wages of employes were advanced 5 per cent.
U bas been decided to bavo a training de
partment In connection with the Normal
school at West on , thu pupils to be taken
from , tbo seventh and eighth grades of last
year. Primary grades will bo added to the
school only lu the event ot a. demand for
them.
The Vale Advocate says that In the canyon
of thu Malheur there Is a small active animal
unllku anything described In the natural his
tories. By people living on the Malheur It
Is called a "rocket cat , " although It la very
unlike the common stubtall wild cat , ot
which there are many In the county.
Four thousand five hundred sacks of wheat
were received at the Pacific Coast Klevalor
company's warehouse In Mission , Umatllla
county , last Wednesday. During the last
week thu receipts averaged 2COO sacks a
day. Nlco men are employed at the waro-
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"VVo probably frartio moro pictures
tlmji all the othQivscjlf-styled picture
framora In Omaha 'thero nro several
reasons why we do Our prices are
about half what youJinyo , [ paid for work
and mouldings not so good wo have experts -
ports at our Jzard street factory who
frame HO much that they do it wall
then wo have such a stock of mouldings
from the quarter Inch to the 12-inch
widths that you can bo sure of finding
what you want Sam'plos and prices at
the Douglas street store Pictures and
frames go together wo have both ,
A. HOSPE.
Music and Art. 1513 Douglas.
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house receiving the Rrnln , and Wednesday
1 availing It was found necessary to put on
nlslil crew.
tt may not bo Eencrally known , tint It Is
ft misdemeanor to kill or trap beaver In
Malhcur county , ami the disability will not
bo removed tintll .ifler February 25 , tSOO.
However , If the beaver Is about to Injure
you or your property In Mnlheur county , you
can kill It and there will be no questions
nskcd.
A savage boar attacked two horses pas
tured on the rtcltfountaln fruit farm , In
Icnlon ! county , last week , killing ona mid
maiming the other. The horses belonged to
men -working for the Oreon Penk Krult company -
pany Later , the owner of the hog removed
Its tusks nnd penned It up. When next he
visited It ho found the animal dead.
WASHINGTON.
The citizens of Ellpnsburg arc Jut now
much Interested In having Installed there a
plant for evaporating vegetables.
Kalamn Is showing the effects of pros-
perlty. A largo amount of street work Is
being done and other Improvement * arc In
progress.
A telephone line Is to toe erected at once
from Oakesdalo to Thornton , Sutuet nnd SU
John.Vork will begin ns soon as the ma
terial fin be had.
The I.atahWh. . . quadruplets , three little
girls and a boy , all born at the same time ,
will probably bo ono ol the attractions at the
Spokane fruit fair.
The Duff shingle mill In Kclso closed Tues
day for want of bolts. A Wg drlvu from
Green river Is expected down In about three
weeks , when work will bo resumed.
Diphtheria has made Its appearaneo In
Tckoa , three cases having boon reported.
The cases are being closely watched , nnd
thcro Is not much danger of the disease
spreading ,
The masts are all set In the new vessel
being built at Hoqulam. These four musts
are each 11SV6 feet long and four more beau
tiful slicks were noer put Into a vessel.
They were cut on Orny's harbor.
The Indians on the Yaklma reservation
complain that some of the squaw men who
used to bo employed In doing the thrashing
ON the reservation have revenged themselves ,
because of the employment of a steam
thrasher , by putting barb wire Into the
bundles of grain , thereby wrecking the
cylinder of the thrasher.
The sinking fund commission of Spoknno
has accepted the bid of the Spokane & Kast-
ern Trust company of pnr for SfiO.OOO salary
warrants , to be Issued $10.000 per month ,
beginning this month. The National bank
made a similar offer. This will Insure the
employes being paid In cash , without dis
count. The waranls draw S per cent Interest.
The Klondike crnzo has proved to bo the
salvation of Seattle , which was rather dull
before the golden boom began. Ono hard
ware firm there- takes In over ? 1.000 cash
every day and a leading grocer hns emplojcd
forty extra clerks. All of the hotels and
lodging houses are crowded. The business
at the telegraph ofllceIs six times greater
than It was.
Eureka district continues to maintain Its
exalted position 1n the Colvlllo Reserve , and
over 100 men are employed In developing the
mines , while the camp Is sustaining from -00
to 300 business men. teamsters and camp
followers. The place has sprung up like a
mushroom In the night , and Is composed
principally of tents and log cabins of very
hasty construction.
The main tunnel being driven on the
Washington-Anaconda group of copper mines
on Heckler river for the purpose of cutting
the Immense ledge. Is now In fifty feet , hav
ing succeeded In Its purpose. The on ; Is
found distributed all through the ledge and Is
from a fo\v Inches to two feet In width. Al
though assaying high , on the surface , It hns
Improved very materially with -depth , and
Is a first-class shipping proposition.
NEVADA.
Eastern buyers have bought upward of
3.000 head of cattle In the vicinity of Reno
the past few days.
A farmers' Institute will be held at Reno
during fair week under the auspices and
In conjunction with the State university.
The farmer * of Carson valley are talking
of establishing a co-oporatlvo hay and grain
yard at Carson , under tholr own manage
ment.
The Western Union company has n force
of linemen at work In EIlio wiring for u
now onlce that will be established there In
the near future.
Golconda is having < i small Klondike boom
sf Its own. A large smelter has been erected
nc r the river and a spur track has been
built from the main line down to the mines.
Tuscarora Times-Review : Krom all ap-
pcaranccs < the cattle shipments from this
section will not bo heavy this season. Many
cattle owntTs , In view of the large supply of
hay , prefer to hold over until next season
and allow their herds to Increase.
C. D. Wolcott of Helena , Mont. , will ar
rive in N ada on the 22d with a corps of
government surveyors , to make a geograph
ical and topographical survey of the entire
Silver Peak district. It will require several
months and be of great advantage to this
district. It will cost $23,000.
News comes from El Dorado canyon , Lin
coln county. ' that the largest bodies of ore
over found In southern Nevada luvo been
opened up in the Techatlcup and Wall Street
mines , owned by the Southwestern .Mining .
company. One of the ledges shows a fifty-
foot breast of ore that mills ? 20 per ton
In gold. In another lodge an eight-foot body
of ere runs over five ounces In gold to the
ton. Thcro Is enough ore In sight to keep
the fifteen-stamp mill busy for flvo years.
News has reached Carson City of a big
strike In the Dig Injun mine near Coryvllle ,
twelve miles from Hawthorne and on the line
of .tho Carson and Colorado railroad. The mine
Isf owned l > y W. D. Toby of Carson , Senator
Forbes of Hawthorne and Colonel Hoyle of
Gold Hill. It has not been worked In a
number of years , except for a little assess
ment work each fall. Last fall the mine
was leased to a few Mexicans , with the object
of getting annual assessment work clone .
The Mexicans struck a good body of ore
but preferred to spend what money they
earned In having a good time at Hawthorne
to taking full advantage of their luck. Their
lease expired a short tlmo ago , when It was
taken up by William WatHon , a well known
mining man In southwestern Nevada. In ad
dition to following up the rich strike unT
covered by the Mexicans he ran . 400-foot
tunnel In another part of the mini
And struck a four-toot ledge of gold *
bearing rock. The best experts of Ksmorald *
eounty have examined the ledge and say 11
Is ( ho biggest thing In tho. country.
Tests of low-grade ore In Consolidated
Virginia , on the Comstock , give nn assay
value of $ U per Ion. Standard had n sur *
plus fund In the treasury , with July cx
pensc.i paid , of $27,000. nndwill h&vo nsl
protlls tor the current month of about | 1S ,
000. Sierra Nevada , since Its Incorporation ,
has collected a total of Jfi.fiCfi.SlO In assess-
incntn and has disbursed dividends amount *
Ing In } 102r 00. The work In the inlne la
confined to the Layton tunnel and 900-foot
levels. In 1'otonl A smill streak of $30 ore
has been struck on the 100-foot level.
Starrett Hros. of llnttlc Mountain are con
ducting an agricultural experiment itixtloa
for the government at their farm threa
miles north of illnttte Mountain , In ( ha
Humboldt valley , nnd the result Is wonder
ful. They haxe now growing , sn wo art
Informed by Sheriff ICnston , the fliifst speeU
inens of corn , potatoes , onions , beans , rtl-
chokes , peas , strawberries , varieties of
squash and pumpkin , barley , oils , alfalfa ,
carrots , beets and cticiunbcis. The exhibit
la truly wonderful and demonstrates that tl > 6
Humboldt river that traverses the valley for
hundreds of miles coiild bg turned Into. A
paradise for raising the nbovu named articles ,
This experiment la worth , If profitably usefl ,
millions nf dollars to residents along- the
Humboldt river.
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MACON , 0.1. , Sept. 12. A murder wna
committed In this city this morning and
this afternoon the slayer was lynched , not
for murder , however , but for the crime ot
criminal assault.
This morning about 8 o'clock Charlie Gib
son and Jim Smith , both colored , engaged
In a quarrel about the latter accusing the
former with stealing 3 cents. Smith , not
Inclined to fight , turned to go away , where
upon Gibson drew a pistol and shot him
In the back of the head , killing him In
stantly. Gibson then lied. The sheriff and
pos.su nore soon In pursuit and kept up the
chase until 4 p. in. , occasli ually exchang
ing shots with the fugitive. At 5 p , m. the
murderer \\ns run to cover And surrounded
by the deputies. The negro , being well
armed. KU\O shot for shot until brought
down by three bullets from rifles. The negro
had been suspected nf having outraged u
Miss Chapman a few nights ago and thla
suspicion was confirmed by his c 'iifeps'on.
A largo crowd soon gHhcred nt the ncena
ot the shooting , but there were no threats
of violence or Intimidation. Thu sheriff and
deputies retmned to the city to get a vo-
hlclu to coiney the wounded man to tha
city , and while they were absent the negro
eonfessnd to having assaulted Miss Chap
man nnd committing the burglaries. Ilia
crowd secured a rope nnd swung the negro
from a limb. Gibson Is nn ox-convict , hav
ing seived several yeirs In the chain gang ,
In his house were found Innumerable artl *
cles stolen tram residences In this city ,
many of which have been Identified by own
ers. In the room were clothes nnd shoos
stolen from the house wheio ho outrage
Miss Chapman. There have becti two cases
of criminal nssault In this city within twp
weeks and three attempts. People are ter
rlbly excited over the horrible crimes and
this summary punishment is what the pub
lic reasonably expected.
GISTS HKVI\I : iTIIIUU : Yin § .
Sin-lion Dumpier Kill * Samite )
I'nrkcr. Who lliul Him Sent to .1 nil.
MACON , Ga. , Sept. 12. A special to t&5
Telegraph from Valdosta , Ga. , says : Th
atory of the kilting of Samuel Parker , n well
known citizen ot Cecil , at Hahlra this morn *
Ing by Shclton Damplcr Is to the effect thai
Parker was on his way to church nnd had
stopped on the street to talk to some gen
tlemen. Damplcr being In the crowd. After A
few minute ; ' conversation the crowd began
to break up and Parker , Damplcr and th ?
town marshal were left alono. Damplor
drew his pistol at this Juncture and putting
It against the bosom of Parker , Hied ono
shot. The ball passed through Parker's
heart and he sank to the ground without a
word , dying Instantly. Turning to the mar
shal , Dampler waved his pistol In his face
and defied him , threatening to kill him It
ho moved. The desperado then turned and
made his escape. Every effort will be mada
to capture Dampler.
The cause of the .tragedy . Is told to data
back three yeirs , when Dampler was prose
cuted for stalling some meat from Parker.
Dampler was convicted and sent to tlio
chain gang Ho sworn vengeance at tha
tlmo , declaring that ho would kill Parkop
on sight If he was released or when till
term expired. His sentence expired six or
seven months ago. Today was the first tlino
that ho and Parker have met since. ParkeB
was known as a peaceable citizen nnd leaves
a. wlfo and seven or eight children. Da nip lee
was a young man ot rather unsavory repu *
tatlon.
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SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 12. Japanese ad >
vices were received by stcannhlp Gaelic *
The Japanese government has given an onlo
to Messrs. Thompson & Co. , thu Clyde shlpf
builders , for another first-class battleship of
17,000 tons , a sister ship to the Sklkoslilma ,
It Is alno contemplating thu building of at
first-class cruiser of 'J.OOO tons at Yokosntai
Thu Mulucht states that the Chinese gov *
ernmont Is negotiating with a foreign syndl *
cato for a loan ot 100,000,000 tnclu for tha
purpose of paying off the balance of In-r
demnlty to Japan and It Is believed that tha
matter will soon bo brought tu ,1 successful
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A'OTIUU 'I'd CO.VrilACTOHH.
There nro thirteen sizes nnd styles
of the Jo well Steel Hango for you
to select from not un unlucky num
ber in this case lor the thirteen give
you a range of prices from $24 up till
you reach the No , 00-20 six O-lnch
holes with un even 20 by 221 by 14 inches
thata a pretty good si/.cd stool range
The No. 74-1(1 ( at 124 has four 7-inch
holes and an oven 10 by 22 } by 14 the
Jewell patented oven that never warps
it's built so it can't in four sections
with riveted edges in. fact the whole
range is built to last.
A. C. RAYMER
KUILDKRS' HARDWARE HERE
1514 Farnam St.