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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1897)
Tins fWATFA DATLV BEE : MO&iAY $ , SEPTEMBER 27. 1897. Pulse of Western Progress. Mvn'ana has sent A number of men to the Klund l > o thU > car and will probably send ft few more next jear but ot tboae TV ho have Eono but conimratlvoly few were men who have boon encaged In mining In the state , nays HIP Helena Independent They arc IH ! ) O who li.no lived In o mining country nnd know ibore Is big money to bo made In a new country , but they are not the sort who have themselves found mines and worked them The latter class know there are In M-intiina gold mlnca lli.it ulll ninko them fortunes , and they are sta > ing b > the country which has produced millions of Oollarfl In tlie iisl nml will produce millions more In the future While thcro are no figures > ot available ns to the total gold output ot Mon tana for 1S97 , there are sufficient data for the statement that It will be not far from $0.000.000 Kar IS'JG It wan JI.3S0.671 No other Btotc In thu union showed HO great .in addition to the wealth of the world In any one Industry 1ti proportion , to Its totil population as did Montana In Its mineral output last jcar. the total being o\o $60,000 000 While placer mines have been vvoiked every jcar In Montana since the first discovery of thi > jcl- lovv mctnl In the state , the great Impetus to iold ; quartz mining Mas given In 1S93 when silver took the big drop 1'revloiig to that tlmo the enl } gold quart ? mining done \\.is where the gold was extracted In the silver- beorlnK ores or whore the gold in.art ? mines weru execcdlngly rich In fJft , theio are many gold mine * worked In Muntam today nt n big < > rollt which could not be worked nave at i loss five jcais ago This IB due to the fact thit ulicu silver declined In price nitertlon wan directed to the largo deposl's of low-grade gold ores In the state , which liad been locited anil then alnndoncd bcciuxo the } onlj roiurned n few dollars a ton. Ilio great mining machinery lioiues which had grown rich off the sliver mlnurs In furnishing them planti to work silver ort-a realized that they would hive to turn their attention to the manufacture of such machinery us would enable the owners of gold prop erties to work low-gadc ores nt n profit Thous-uids of dollars were expended In ex- penments by these manufacturers , with the rcwnlt tlmt tcdij there are In Montanu two Immense gild plants that are ginranteed to work at < i pioflt gold ore that will assi > not to cxreed $1 a ton WILL , HI2L1' D12VI2LOI' \MFOUNIA. . The Klondike excitement has been a good thing fcr California In un unexpected waj , says the Chronicle It has stirred a com paratively small percentage of her population to any drolie to abandon their homes and the comforts of tun beat rllmato on earth for the rigors of the fio/en north , but It has renewed 'hu Interest In mining , and cs- ] ieclall > in gold mining , In all pirts of the state Californiana are a conservative class , In spite ot all that has been sJld and written - ton about them , and there Is no man on earth more difficult to delude In respect to mining evltemonts than a well-seasoned Cal- ifornlan , who has watched a thousand such excitements of moru or less magnitude , rise end full und surge and wane In his lime. Thu ovcrugu Californlan Is convinced that a rich gold field exlsta In the Klondike , but tin stories brought down from there about big nuggets and the fortunes taken In a day or week from rkh placers have only served to revive his memory of the fortunes taken In the-1- day from the bars of Feather river , from the waters of the Yubi and fiom the vast underground treasure-house of the Cuiu- Btoclc. lie has been awakened to a realizu tlon of the fact that In his real for agri culture and fruit-raising he has been neglect ing a meat Important source ot wealth and revenue , und staid , middle-aged men who have been living for the last score of jears uy the meat prosaic of pursuits as farm- cis. stock raisers , merchants , lawyers , doc tors , commission men , feel stirring within their breasts the old ? est for gathering riches from the shining sands or unlocking the hid den Hosieries of mother earth. All of them who cm bo spared from their several voca tions are going , a might } host , into the mountains , to woik with pick and shovel nc\l spring , and It is fair to siy tint few will come out again until the vvIntel rains scat ter them to their homes Although the gen erality of these are animated by a hope which is almost faith that they will make a rich strike , they sensibly argue that whatever the result , they will luvo a jolly season outing and u bit ot enlivening adventure at a very Miiall cost , and will return rehabilitated In health and spirit. There is nothing that so rejuvenates a man agiln as phjlng at being a boy , and there Is no boyish sport halt us , enchanting as , a search for treisuro. TO CUL.TIVAT12 PLAX. The effort made In this state to pro mote the cultivation ot lli\ and the produc tion of flax fiber lias not escaped attention abroad , says the Oregonlan. Manufacturers of linens and twines In Great Britain have maintained that , owing to climatic condi tions , flno ll-ix fiber could not be produced In " o United States ; but they have been Infoimed that the climatic conditions In western Oregon were different from those prevailing In other parts ot the United States , and particular ! } adapted to the cultl- Vltlon of flax and the production of line flax fiber Mr W. J Honoyman. dealer In linens nil linen twines. Is In receipt of letter from n member of the firm of Crawford Hrcs. the oldest established firm of linen tin cad manufacturers In the world , founded near Glasgow , Scotland , In 1775 , who Is now en joying the eport of salmon fishing In Drlt- Ish Columbia , stating that he Is coming ovei to Oregon to luvestlgite the flax bnslnchs licre. .Mr Hone } man has kept the Messrs Crawford Informed of whit Is being done in the matter of flax production , and ho Is interested enough In the matter to come licre ami see for himself As the Cruw- fords , for several generations have been In the business of spinning flax fiber , and buyIng - Ing It all In the countries where it is produced ducod , them Is nothing about flax or flax liber which the } do not Know , and perhaps Jtr , Crawford's visit may be the means of Bomo valuable Information being acquired by thoHo Interested In flax culture. TIlOUIILiS OP KUUIT HAISRHS. The orchardlsts of the southern counties rc much concerned with thu subject of the dropping of orapg ° s , which scemn to In- cieasu from jeur to } ear and thu cuuSe of which appears to bo cntlrcl } unknown it scums to be in at noticeable In the navel orange Wo suspect It Is In the nature of oil fruit trees and to be without remedy. As fruit trees grow older they tend to bear less abundantly , nnd If the fruit sets , to drop It. The trouble Is by no means con fined to citrus fi tilts The Santa Clara jiruno orchards do not } lo'd as they did Eome yenrs since , and wo do not bellove that the Tulaiy orchards will continue to do so Natnro has Its limitations and wull In formed orchardlsts have never expected the enormous outputs of fiult which used to 1)0 picdli'led from those who merely htudleJ the statistics of tree planting The bear ing prune trees of the state will n t probably overage over fifteen pounds of dried fruit to the tree thin > eur. Should they avemgu twenty pounds the jleld would bo about 100,000,000 pounds Nature does not } lcld enormously and continually The tendciic } to shy bearing Increases with the delicacy of the fruit Upon the wbolo our best Hell ng plum 1s perhaps Kelse's Japan , but we doubt whether It pas any one to ralsa It. Certainly It does not pa } In moat locations AVe pn siime that thu navel orange tree has a certain functional weakness proportioned tioned to the delicacy of the fruit. We must not expect too much of our orchards Thoiu Is less labor and wo think usually more nut profit In moderate crops than In thu prodigious jlelds which wo sometimes obtain , Tlin DAKOTAS. The recent strike mudo four miles north west of itochford has attracted quite a num ber of people thither and work done so far has resulted In uncovering some very good ore bo Jit a. "Now Camp , " ea the latest strike has been named , now hag forty men at work wllhln Its limits , while the pros- pectti for additions to thU prove very flat tering , Wednesday morning 00 men began work on the extension of the lllack Hills & Fort I'lcrre railroad and they will have the line graded and rails laid before enow IIIra Tbo exten sion started out ) mile and a half below the 6am mine , on I2lk creek , * nd will continue until the country around Jim creek lia been penetrated by the line , where there U very heavy gruutti of thick timber. Ilia eUen- slon Is for the ( > urpjge of suppljlng the mines of the Homes ake company with timber The work will employ the present force for at lam three months , but It Is thought that before that tlmo the read will bo in shape to operate Not in ten years has Aberdeen experi enced the building boom that U has en- jocd this } car. Improvements tothe amount of $75,000 or JSO.OOO have been mndo this } ear and still more are contemplated. There Is not an empty business block on Main street and desirable houses to rent nre hard to find. The Klldonan chlorlnatlon plant started up last , week at Us full capacity and Is operat ing vcr } satisfactorily There are several hundred tons of ore In the bins , but regu lar shipments will be resumed on Tuesday. About invcnty-flve miners will be put to work In the Welcome and Hordtcrabble mines soon and the force In the Mark Twain will be Increased The Highland Chief company has decided to resume operations at Its Spruce Gulch mill , which has been entirely refitted The company Is now following a stringer of ore from the old $10000 Champion pocket , on which It hopes to nnd another pokct It Is also opening a Icdgo of ore thirty feet wide , which averages $3.50 to the ton , free milling , and which can bo worked at a profit. Acting Surgeon General P U Smytho of the Marine hospital service has written to the surgeon general Informing him ot ttio existence of two cases of lepros } In Walsh count } . North Dakota The victims are Scandinavians and the dlseise Is said to bo well developed. One of the patients Is said to be anxious to return to Sweden lr Smjtlio RIS he Is uninformed as to what precautions the local authorities have taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Good progress Is being made on the gov ernment Indian school now In ( iroccss of construction ut Chambcilaln , and it Is ex pected that It will bo completed In tlmo to open about November 1. The Indian schools at Lower llrulo and Crow Creek agencies are overcrowded and the surplus of children of school age , aggregating 200 or more on the two reservations , will attend the Cham berlain school It Is thought that within a few } cirs the school will have to bo en larged. The nikhorn has been experimenting of late with Its motive power on the passen ger run of the Hlack Hills branch Tor } ears the 'big six-wheel locomotives have been used between Chadron and Deadwood , which have given most excellent satisfac tion In point of power and speed , but the } are quite expensive to operate , and a few daB slnco Engineer Stanton made his run with a four-wheeler from the Sioux City and Pacific line , which is found to answer every purpose of the largo machine and handled at less expense of fuel. Ono of the largest and most valuable ere shoots } et opened In the siliceous ore belt In the northern Black Hills Is In the Hint ground , on Squaw creek. Mr. Hallam and his associates certainly struck a great bar- giln when they bought the Ilua group for 550,000. When the deal was closed there \as no grc < at amount of ore In sight , but the southwest drift has been continued and wo are reliably Informed that a shoot ot ere has been opened that shows a breast thlrt } feet wide and twent-four feet high. The ore runs from $20 to ? 50 per ton and will prolnbly average $30 per ton. The blind pig question Is assuming an acute form In Grand Forks county , and rodent occurrences In Larlmoro are likely to result seriously for some ot the people Implicated. Over a week ago the blind pig operated by Julius Cresoln In L-jrlmore was closed by an Injunction signed by Judge risk of the district court and a number of paekages of beer whisky and chimpagne were seized by the officers. The building was subsequently broken Into by unknown parties , some of the liquor stolen and the remainder destroed. The building was again broken Into on Tuesday and Crcscln begin selling goods A second time he was ousted , but returned and forcibly ejected Doput } Sheriff Spauldlng , who was in charge and continued doing business. WYOMING. Sevent-slx thousand two hundred sheep have trailed through Natrona county and have been reported to the county officials since April , and It is estimated that this Is not half the number that will trail through on their way east for feeding pur- pcses this } eir. Ono of the finest lubricants ever tested In Cheyenne Is a mixture of pure graphite from Thomson . He-Hani's mine and Wy oming oil The Mibslanco Is pronounced Ideal for lubricating purposes , having been given a thorough test by the Wyoming Cycle company and at the Union Pacific shops. The Sheridan Enterprise 83s : "It Is cur rently reported that assaS of the Lost Cabin ere have been made at the Grant smoltcr In Omaha which run over $800 to the ton. The members of the Eureka Min ing company state that the assay Is genu ine and have placed ten men at work In the mines " id Zimmerman Is at Port Collins from Homo In the Poudro Canyon and reports a big strlko made by himself In the canyon flvo miles above his place. Ho discovered the lead more than a } eir ago , but did not open U until recently. Ho has had eight assays made from the ore , and they range from $3ICO to $3,850 In gold per ton. This has created a bensatlon In the canon and the ground Is being staked rapidly. The lead Is j ten-Inch vein of yellow decomposed quart/ Mr Zimmerman brings down one of tne gold retorts and has It on exhibition at Port Col lins It has been discovered by the county at torney of Lanxmlo count } that the law passed by the last legislature \Vomlng provid ing for a Joint tax sile by counties and cities for delinquent taxes is a nullity. An examination of the journals of both houses of the legislature discloses the fact that amendments made to the original bill b } both houses and agreed to In couferenco commlt- tee and ratified by thu several houses were not Incorporated lu the bill b } the engross ing clerks and that the law as signed by the governor was radically different from that pisjeil by the legislature. COLORADO. Mesa county will have quite a large corn crop this year the largest over mlaed lu the county. Monte Vista will hold a grand harvest festival for the San Luis valley on September 29 and 30 and October 1. The Phillips mill on the Carrie property In North Swan Is practically ready to start as soon iw the expert Canldo process mill man arrives. Application has been made for an Injunc tion restraining Maor Pord of Victor from contracting for certain water pipes and dis posing of $50.000 worth of city bonds , The new elevator at Hooper la attaining mammoth proportions and the force of men engaged In Its construction lend an alp of unusual. While liveliness to the town qulto bo new Btructuro 1s capable ot containing a Our watch offering today Is u niKlu movement In n wnirantetl lllle-il C.IM' for $10 Wo luvi * watches at $5 but they aio not any good others inij ; ! ) ' nsk $7 for them , however but Whim jon et ono of thesu unlimited sold illli'd cat-e watches with the gunulno KlKln movement .voti're KettliiK a value that Ima ne\or been olTeied .von befoie Our wediliiiK stationery enslaving plant Is the most complete In the city \Ve do all our own flteel plate printing and stamping and ha\e an expeit In charge of the wotlt Ihigraved wedding Million- cry $10 for the first 100. C ; S. RARMOND CO. , Jeyveler , 15th and Douglas Si a. vast ( ( iiantlty of grain the Indications are th'tt Its rapacity will be taxed during the present season ! Iho commlMloucrs of Las Anlmas county an ttited the ballots turned In b } the news- ) ipcr and Miss Katie Bancroft , daughter ot 'a ' pioneer , received 336,476 vote * for maid of ILonor ' The Now Year mine at Granite has about COO tons of null dirt and forty tons of first- class ere on the dump. The mill ore will beheld held until the new mill is completed. The lim-class will bo shipped shortly The Olscn property , near Anlmas Perks , \IM \ been sold to a company of eastern men for $50,000. Six ( ? ars of ore that yielded $60 per ton In gold were shipped out by the owner this sea on The company will operate the mine all winter. Ouray shipped 100 cars of ere last month. Thu Camp Ulrd mine Is now omplOlng 100 men , and the output IK gold In high values , The Vl'glnlus mine emplo } 600 men. Ilel Mountain properties thow considerable prog ress and moru miners will bo working there dm Ing the coming winter than for several } cata previous. The new gold camp northwest of Sallda Is being prospected A carload of ere from the Golden Mind claim In the Cameron district returned the owners $200 This was from a shaft only sixty-five feet deep. A group ot claims In the district lus been bonded for $10,000 , surface assis from which run fifteen ounces In gold The Kranklo group of three claims has been bonded for $ SO 000 , w Ith a 20 per cent roy alty. A fourteen-lnch pay streak has been found on the property , which runs as high as $200 per ton , a recent small shipment net ting $43 per ton. The most Interesting development of the yeni In Tcllurido has been the astonishing results obtained by A. Q Klrby , formerly of California , lu saving gold from the tall- Ings coming from the Pandora mill , Uy tables covered with canvas tipped at a slight angle , and by an Ingenious arrange ment for distributing tbo tailings equally over the surface , the fine pirtlcles ot min eral are caught. It Is said that ho Is net ting $200 a da } by his device. As a result the demand for tailings Is great. Down the creek between Pandora and Tcllurido are numerous bars where the tailings of past } eirs have lodged. Thu ground Is old placer ground and the owners are now negotiating with speculators for the privilege ot workIng - Ing over these tailings. UTAH. The second crop ot Utah watermelons appeared In the markets last v\ek. The melons aru ot largo size and flue flavor. 'Die strike at the Dlamondvllle coal mines ls still on , and no progress has been made in the matter ot settlement , according to tha latest reports ecclved. The West Mountain Mining company Is having Us group of mines surveed for patent , and as soon is this Is completed It will begin the extensive developments of the property. Work has commenced upon the grastone quarries neir Thistle Junction to procure rock for the railroad company. Several men arc being emploed , but the length of time It will be operated Is not at present Known. Work has been resumed In the develop ment of the Annie mine , between Mercur and Sunshine , and It Is learned that the company Is now erecting a steam hoist on the ground for the purpose of facilitating operations. Six steel tanks arrived at nureka by Tues- du's train. They are to bs used In the cya- nldlng process at Lane. Two of the tanks are ten feet deep and ten feet In diameter and weigh 0,500 pounds each The remaining four nre square , or oblong , and weigh 2,500 pounds each. It is understood that the Oregon Short Line Is planning an excursion to Beaver Lake mining district In Beaver county. Thla would make a plcasint outlug and would Just tult mining men and Investors who desire to make an Investigation Into the merits of this camp , which , without doubt , has made a splendid showing of late. The L hl Sugar Beet company now has on hand about 1,000 tons In the sheds and the farmers of Lehl , with the sugar comraii } , are delivering about 17. tons a da } . Some 3,000 tons have been received. Some twelve cirs of sugar have now been shipped from the factory and orders are coming In as fast a they cin bo filled , the Z C. M. I. taking a large amount. At the close of the first day of registration at the State unlverslt } Uegistrar Cora's books showed that cards of admission In courses had been Issued to over 300 ntudents lAs these were ino'tly now students , It is believed that within the next two or three das , when the old students will have had a chance to register , the enrollment will reach and probably pafo the GOO mark. The Dexter canlde plant Is being removed from across the valle } and a force of men is now engaged In grading and arranging for the erection ot the plant below town. The location la a considerable distance from the works ( about a quarter ot a mile ) , but was the best that could bo selected , as parties owning the available ground nearer tbo mine held It at a figure so absurdly high that any thought of acquiring It by the company was totally out of the question. The state engineer has stopped work on the Silver lake reservoir under the plans and specifications provided for In the contract signed some tlmo ago. The engineer's ob jection to the work going on was on the ground that a rock and dirt embankment would not bo strong enough to withstand the pressure of a largo body of water , and In the event of a breakage in the walls a large amount of property would In all probablllt } bo destrOed , If no lives were lost. The en gineer's stipulation that the wall must be built of rock and cement will no doubt bo compiled with but In any event work Is sus pended , for this season at least. MONTANA. Monlana has cloven regularly organl/ed posts of the Grand Army of the Uepubllc , with a total membership of 40R. Whlto Sulphur Springs Mont , has suc ceeded In disposing of $10,000 In bonds , the proceeds of which will bo used to construct water works. The annual report of the Sun Hlver Stock and Land company , ot which T. C. Power Is president shows that the authorised and paid-in capital Is $60,000 und that there Is no Indebtedness. The Thomas Cruse wool , consisting of three seasons' clips and amounting to nearly 500,000 pounds was sold Thursday to a San Pranclsco buer. It Is said that the price paid was 15 cents. There Is more freight now 'being ' hauled from Dillon to suirounding towns than In jcars past Much of this freight consists of the machinery for the lion Accord's new dredge boat being built at Hannack. Arrangements have been made to preserve - servo a lot of Montana fruits for the Omaha Exposition A large shipment of JTH Is en route and pure alcohol Is the principal Ingredient to be used It Is piopibed tn-ai there shall be three stations In western Montana for the putting up of the fruit Mlssoulu , Hamilton and Stcvensvllle. The samples of apples , Bears , plums , peaches , grapes , etc. , arc to be1 brought Into those ! points and put up In it1 manner that will Insure success. This season has bcp.n a rennrkably good one for fruit growers all over the state The } leld of all kinds of frtrtt'lioth standard and small fruit , has bt > en largo and this class of farmers feel very much encouraged A few da } s ago the building board of the State Normal school at Dillon adopted definite plans for the Improvement of the normal grounds The Improvements de- elded upon Involve nn oJspondtturo ot over $1 500 The largest enterprise- under way In Mad ison county just now Is Hie1 Oalord smoltcr , on which more than $6T > 0-.000 has been ex pended since the work was first commenced. When completed It will represent an Invest ment of about $1,000,000 The Livingston land office last week hid on inquiry from a New York party" desiring Information about the adaptability of this section for growing grapes , saying that about 200 Hungarians were sooa coming to America and desired a location for grape culture A prcllmlnar ) survey has just been com pleted toward building a concentrator at Alhambra. It power can be transmitted from the Missouri river dam It will bo built This would be a great thing for Alhambra Springs County Survcor McNelll did the survcing for this project. The Montana Itallroad company Is putting In a small acreage of winter wheat In the vicinity of Dorsey to test the practicability of growing this grain In that section without Irrigation. Should this provo a success there are thousands of acres In that locality that could bo made productive. IDAHO. To encourage homcscckers the Pacific Kx- press compaii } has reduced rates en ft till shipments to the east one-halt. A seven-car bridge repairing outfit was hauled up to Hiillcy lu the train Monday morning. The Short Line Is being looked after much moro closely than over before The wlfo of Leo Southwell , In driving from Hockland to American Palls , by a quick turn In the rc-ad was thrown from thu ve hicle to the ground , thereby breaking u bono lu ono of her lower limbs She was taken to Ogden for treatment. The largo animals In the Yellowstone park , such as elk , uioosc , buffalo and some deer , have been put on the Island In the Yellowstone park. The only access to them Is by boat. There are already a bundled tons ot hay on the Island for them this winter. Notice has been given by the Custor com pany , operating several mines and a twenty- stamp mill at Ouster , that wages will bo reduced from $3 to $2 7G per day , w Ith board at the old price of $1 per day. The miners have decided to go on a strike If the ordci * is enforced. The Old Olory compan's lllnlno mine , flvo miles northeast of Idaho City , Is now turn ing out rich ore from a vein that Is the full width of the tunnel A tunnel was started on the vein about 1,000 feet from the ore chute. A chutu not showing at the sur face was discovered. The five-stamp mill Is reducing the ere Dr Bartlett Is at Boise from his opal mine on the Snake. Ho has some ver } fine speci mens , of fire opals , one of which weighs thir teen carats and for which' ho sa8 ho has been offered $300. The shaft has been t = unk to , a depth of thlrty-flvo feet and great care Is being exeiciscd lu mining In order to save the opals from being marred. A gentlemin just in from a visit to Wclser states the place show's man } signs ot re newed prosperity , nvco thing is going ahead , ho sas , and the people manifest a feeling of confidence Hie country tributary to the towns has been very prosperous this } ear , and the prospect for the development of the great mining districts of the country constitutes another factor In' the development of the county scat. A party of Culdwellltss attempted to cor ral the burros that roam In the Snake val ley below Grand View fcrr } , with the view of shipping them to Klondike. The attempt was a failure. The bjirrcs , when cornered , would turn und break for the noises , brayIng - Ing as enl } u frlghteuedi beast ot that char acter can , and the horses , becoming unman ageable at such an onslaught , became un controllable. There are reported to bo some 1 500 of these animals in that locality and the only way In which to secure them seems to bo by using the lariat. CALIFORNIA. Hastern capitalists ore figuring on a ferry service from Oakland to San Pranclsco A Napa canner } has had to refuse $23,000 worth of orders because of the unusual de mands upon It A sndlcate composed of leading citizens ot San Pranclsco has taken the entire issue ot 50,000000 of bonds of the San Prancibco i. San Joaquln Valley road. In attempting to stop a runaway team by grabbing the lines Old Luke , a Chinaman emploed on the Locke estate , ncau Locke- ford , was dragged to death , San Francisco has had the greatest sensa tion In her municipal history. The courts have ousted her Board ot Supervisors , which was elected , and the mayor of the city and the governor of the state have appointed a new sot of ofllclals. A fire broke out In the snow sheds be tween the Summit and Truckee at noon Sun day and before the railroad company's fire trains could reach the scene and do effective work 2,700 feet of sheds was burned. The railroad tics were also destroyed and the rails warped and listed out of shape. William Conant , who last week bought the Hlnes property , on Coffee creek , Trinity county , has found on It a five-foot ledge of ore , parallel to the ono which had been worked , which will run $100 to the ton. A twenty days' run on the liloss & McCleary property has } ielded over $3,800. This gold Is worth $1925 per ounce. Beckworth nnd Colby , who , a month ago , took $10,000 In a day out of the Gamy mint ! In Sonor.i , Tuoluinne county , have found the so-culled pocket a largo one , for they have not yet reached the end of It. They ba } they are still uncovering large quantities of flno ore , and expect to take out $1,000,000 before they are through with the mine. A mstery of twenty-two years' standing has been clutrcd up by the Ulscoveiy made by a v , rocker , Whltolaw , near Barclay Sound. It was In 1875 that some vessel came Into collision with the steamer Pacific and sunk her. causing a loss of 185 lives. It was the greatest disaster In the history of thu near Pacific waters Jt Is now set tled that the Orpheus was the bark that struck the 1'aclflc. This 1md always been the surmtso , and Whltclaw last week found the boneti of the Orpheus Irt Barclay Sound , where she had drifted ashore. The total shipments of fresh deciduous fruit from this state up to the 1st of Sep tember reached the qpormou3 , quantity of 3,556 carloads , as ag-alnst 2.GOJ carloads during the same period In 18'JG , The ship ments made prior to August 1 are said to have paid wull , but thosu made slnco that date have been subjected to severe compe tition from the fruit grown In the eastern states , the production of wJilch seems to have been on a largoiscalo In splto of the early reports which Indicate shortages , especially of the peach cinp on the Atlantic seaboard The expansion "of the eastern market Is icmarkable and Indicates that with the return of Kc-nnral prosperity In manufacturing and cognalo Industries It After you have BCPJI the Jewell Steel Unngos you will agr with us In tlmt they have no equal < lu > 'jowell ' has many advantages over MHIIU 'ho-callcd ' Kteul langes made of the highest grade cold rolled hteel not sheet lion with steel hake ovens tlmt bake .with a minimum amount of fuel duph-v grate for either hard or soft coalspeulal giate llnlngH for wood and wood feed door extension llio box -mid many other features that you won't llnd with other ranges pi ices aio from $1M,00 nnd up the same high class woik on all the Jewell Itanges wo guarantee them to bu just nt > we repiv- them. , A. C. RAYMER , nUII.DP.KS' JIAIIDWAKE HERE. 1514 Farimm St. will be able to aborb All of our surplus fruit for some years to come. Commander Booth-Tucker of the Salvation Army is in Pan Kranclnoo In connection with l 's ' heel-sugar land coIonUttlon scheme for I ( the unemployed A few ot the most export- i enced of the colonists will bo placed on the 10,000 acres Immediate ! } There are now i over 300 colonists enrolled , and those not | lirimcdlately prepared to go on the land will ! be Kent to a training school on n farm In ' Contra Costa count } , v.hrro the } will re main two weeks or longer , according to their progress , In order to ascertain their capabilities. They will bo1 under the tuition of a scientific agriculturist , who will bo dpiblo of judging their merits and Impirt- Ing instruction Over SO per cent ot those whose names arc enrolled have had more or less experience In farming. oiuaoN. : Junction City has a new lire engine , for which It recently paid $1.100. Hood river Is linking elaborate prepara tions for the fruit fair to bo held there in October. Mnlhcur river farmers are putting up their third crop of alfalfa , and have It mostly In the stack. Quail have never been known to be so thick In the vicinity ot Ashland for many } ears and offer some good sport for local gunners. Plttcen cents was offered by a Salem bop- man Siturday for n few biles of choice ' 97 hops , and several offers ot 13',4 cents were reported. A good run of salmon Is reported In the Coqullle The canneries will not bo operated this > onr and fishermen will have to salt their catches. Fishermen at The Dalles say the most of the llsh are being caught by seines , nnd that the water Is too low for many of the wheels to bo operated. The survey of the Tlllamook bar has been completed by nnglucer Holcombo who found the bar In much better sbapo than ho ex pected to find It. The I'endleton roller mills , with a capacity of 500 barrels , owned b } W. S lcrs , was dcstroed b } fire Sunday morning. The loss will teach $200,000 I'veiy day the wheat receipts at the ware houses In The Dalles show an Increase , and within a week the rush of wheat teams will falrl } blockade the streets In the Kist Hud , ! > is The Dalles Chronicle During the first tin Co das of this week no fewer than eighteen mortgages. Including one for $11,000 on the Natlnn Pierce farm at Milton , have been satisfied and their cancellation - collation recorded , In Umatllla county. The pros ] ccts of extensive cattle ship ments Horn Ashland , at an early date , brought a swarm of lallroad men down upon th city Tucsda } and ono might have sup posed that n railroad convention was in pi ogress , saS the Ashland Tidings The news comes from the old camp of Glmletvllle that very rich drifting dirt has been found In the Gordon d Allen gravel claims , and that recently a nugget weighing $300 was uncovered lu other claims also good prospects ale obtained , sas tbo Grant Count } News. WASHINGTON. Montesano Is working to secure the es tablishment there of a shingle mill. The Tacoma schools have adopted the ver tical system of wilting. W J White has commenced to stretch the tele-phono wire from The Dalies to Gold- cndnlc. The scarcity of Jars In which to put up fruit is felt by housewives in eastern Wash ington. The city council of Montesano , at Its meeting last week , decided not to purchase the water plant offeied It b } the Individual owners In that city. In King count } , thirty miles cast of Seat tle , a large bed } of low-grade gold ore has been discovered and assas give returns of $2 gold and 50 cents sliver. In the L-angham group , O'Kanngan dis trict , an ere bed } seven feet wide has been uncovered , the assas of which glvo an av erage ot $35 , prlnclpall } gold. Portland cap ital is interested and enough money Is al ready seemed to build a suitable plant. As an evidence of better times In Cowlltz county man } mortgages are being paid off , the Interest on which has not even been paid foi the last two or three years , sas the Cowlltr Advocate Business In all lines lias revived material ! ) within the last few weeks , and a better feeling generally pre vails In that county. The I'alouso Creamery company has been In 'business ' two } cars The average price paid for butter fat during that time has been 17 8 cents per pound , or a little moro than 33 cents per roll foi butter. The lowest price paid was 11 > 4 cents In Juno , and thti highest , 21 cents In Decembei last. The present price paid is 19 cents Mnshel district , Pearce county , is attract ing capital to its copper properties The Mashel coinpaii's properties , a group lo cated on a COO-foot level going 2 % per cent copper , have attracted the attention of Colonel Turner , ono ot the principal owners of the Le Hoi , and monej Is being expended I in proving its value and extent. It Is said j that the ore can bo i educed at an expense not exceeding 75 cents per ton. Whitman county , Washington , last week harvested 1,500,000 bushels ot grain , worth $1,050,000. Ibis record will bo broken this j week , as nearly all the machines are run ning. Some farmers are just beginning to harvest , while others have their entire crops cut The scarcity ot horses Is apparent. Teams cannot be hired at any price Mort gage companies holding extensive Interests fear they cannot get their sacked wheat to market before the rains fall. In Cascade district , Skaglt county , Omaha men are pushing development work on the Lucky Boy group. This property Is com posed of the Lucky Boy , Fourth of July and j Seymour , and all are opened by tunnel In from twelve to twenty-live feet , The Lucky I Boy shows twelve Inches clear galena , giv ing 100 ounces silver , CO per cent load and 1 $10 gold. The Fouith of July shows three | feet nolld of ere similar to it , while the Sc- I mour has sixteen Inches first-class shipping' silver-lead ere , Hop picking is nearly finished In the Che- hallg valley. It Is Impossible as jot to determine what the crop is likely to be. Sufllco It to say that growers whoso ) ards were well sprayed and properly cared for .are all feeling very well satisfied with the way their yards are turning out , sas the Chchalls Bee. Picking will last another week In some of the } .inls. and by that tlmo It will be possible to si/.o up the crop pretty closely. The splendid weather for the last ten das has been most favorable for har vesting the crop , and loss from mould will not bo nearly as bad as was feared In a few small jards where spraying was neglected there has been much heavier losses Grow ers are putting up a fine sample as a rule , The busiest weeks of the Wulla Walla fruit season have begun Pour or live car loads of plums , pears and prunes are being shipped dally to thu eastern markets Fully 100 young women find lucrative employment In packing the fruit at the various packing houses h'eventy-flvo mm also work In and around t ho packing house , sorting , distrib uting and packing the fruit , carrying and draylng Per a month It Is estimated the net returns to the Wnlla Walla shippers will average $2,000 a day In most years a lull Is experienced between the arrival ot the different fruits , but this } ear everything has ripened In inch rapid succr Mon that there Is no break In thn work. The quality ot thu fruit Is excellent and the quantity abundant. The water melons this ) cr nre excnptlonally line , the body being close gra'ned ' , g\\eel and juicy. TO CU1U ? A COLD IN ONH DAY Tnko Laxatlvo Brome ( Julnlno Tablets All druggists refund the money If It ( alls to cure 25c \ns or ii.tr : : fio.N NX MHO. Council Coiniilflr * the 1 > lxt In .Sex-n or tltc Mm'nr < U. The following Is .a complete list ot the registrars of election appointed by the city council at the regular meeting Tuesday night. The Plrst and Seventh ward regis trars were not appointed , for the reason that the councllmen from those wards had not completed their lists : Second Ward Plrst district , August Srhroeder W. J Stacv , James McMonlfs ; Second district , David 11 Lorlng , i : J Pot ter 1M 0 Kratz ; Third district. Orant Wil liams , Samuel A Cornecr , Julius Hudowsky ; Fourth district. Prank 12 Dworak , James Kionpa John MnttiiitMir , Fifth district , T S Uroderick , Prank Chleborad , Anton Hudecck , Sixth district , P II Johnson. C Uoss , Wil liam A Oriel ) . Seventh district , 11 Walker , J i : Shavllk. Michael Schmidt , F.lghth dis trict , Charles IMen. John Kcmmcrllng , John Fuchs , Ninth district , J W Hall. 1M lllcko , F P Augustat ; Tenth district. O. C Bartlett , John Keeps , N It WIlcov ; IJlcventh district , Joseph P Drown , Oeorgo Morrison , Paul Waack. Third Ward-First district , II II Durbln , I H Hallett , Charles Farmer , Second dis trict , W It O'Shaughnessy , T L McDonnell , Halpli Hkhardsoii , Third district , Lwter Bowers James Case ) . P S Horton , Fourth district , W J Houtledgc. Nelson Allen , Wil liam Norton ; Fifth district. S P Peterson , W H Womack A. W Wallace , Sixth dis trict , Alfred Arneman , Thomas Harrington , 1M O Neal , Seventh district Clus Ulehtcr , J B Carr. Prank Clabb , nighth district , Hugh Ilughbanks , Charles Mentor James Smith ; Ninth district Earnest Worm , Isaac lames , Thomas Hirrls ; Tenth district , S H Hugglus , Joseph Hale , Frank Curtis Fourth Ward First district , W S Lane , lullus Jankowjky , J J Cober ; Second dis trict , C. J 1'niery , James A Woodman. W W Copeland , Third dlsliict. Augustus Lockner , M H. Hcebo , William S Weber. Fourth district , John M Bamford , O 0 Pope , F H. Goddard , Fifth district , W 0 Anderson , J W Coopei , W T Hoed , Sixth district Daniel Colles. John T Hast , P M. Tobln ; Seventh district , A Ktufmnn , A J Hobertson , F McUeaney , Highlit district U A. Boucher , Fjrnest Gibson , W P Wll- cox. Ninth district , George D Pcrrlnc , D 13. Chapln. Arthur lAnderson Fifth Ward First district , Thomas S Bed , Charles L McCov J Milton Ilclb } , Second district , W 12 Flndley , C A llob- orts , W J Henshaw , Third district , H T. Albcnnls , 12 C Periling , C Dei trick. Fourth district , D T Kclliher , J W Bruner , I 11 Hlllngwood ; Fifth district , 12 K Lower , A. C Larson. F 12. McGtlckln , Sixth dis trict , J , 12 I2mblcn , Joel Johnson , M P. Mcllrldo , Seventh district Tom Pelrronctt , P. J. Carroll , Charles Newstrom. Sixth Ward First district , Pieston Hcovcs , 12 L I'otter , L L Uttlo'lp'd ' . ernml dl - trlct Halph O VanNess , William R. Corn- well , Fred Wolff ; Third district , J. A. Wlchterman T C Goodson , Thomas John son ; Fourth district , II. 12 Jones , Walter M. Carter , W. G. Cunningham , Fifth district , II Bush , H O. Dillon Ulwaid Fluiv , Sixth district , B. S. Anderson , J M Chambers , William McVlttle ; Seventh district , Flank lackson. J H Talbot , S 0 Bennett ; I2lghth district , W. B Fuller , J. J II Ilecdy , P. 0. Hanson ; Ninth district , George W. Wlnshlp. W T Johubon A V Pliimmer , Tenth district , 12. L Bradley , A. Gus P. Rente , M. P. Morton ; Eleventh district Kdward G. Humphre ) , Andruw HHJ , Joseph Sherry. I2lghth Ward First district , P. H. Ilogue , A. J. Hcrold , H A Wcgener ; Second dis trict John A White. Fred Henner , George C. Turklngton ; Third district , I2mll SchultClaik Ilulton , lames P Connolly ; Fourth district. John Kelley , Prank Mc- Ardlc , James Stockdalo ; Fifth district , John Hart , Iia Stevens C L Harris , Sixth dis trict , M. P. Butler , George Hde , C. 12. Morgan ; Seventh district , Charles W. White , C J Westerdahl lohn McGnrr ) , 12lghth district , nmmott McCreary , II. U. Munchoff , Sol Prince. Ninth Ward First district W. J. C. P. Cramer , James Mcatgomer ) John P Qulnn , Second district , C. F Hobertson. Nelson S. Mercer , A. Landergren ; Third district , Hobeit Stein , Arthur A Lawrle J P 0 llan- lon ; Fourth district , Hobcrt Llnsey , Edgar M Morscman , jr , J. L Hopper , Fifth dis trict. P B Johnson , W. II Cow In , H B Guild ; Sixth illstilct , Andrew Schons , Sam T. Wiggins , Join KcS No man or womum can enjo ) Ilfo or ac compllsh much In this world vhl ! < ? suffering from a torpid liver. DeWltt'e Little Early HIsers , the pills that cleanse that or.o tulckly- BOUND FOR THE COLD FIELD Omaha Man in Alaska llcadcd for ths Klondlko Mining Region , FRED HOEL WRITES OF IIS EXPERIENCE Mnti > llnrilsliltt * fur Mio SopUera After \Veul Mi , Iml Not .so lluil it * HUN llrcii I'rltitril lu The Dec has been turntahod a loiter from the Klondike couutr ) written by an Omaha ) oung man , and which Is published here with. There have 'been columns published about thin much advcittaed round ) , but tha local diameter of this letter will give It a special Interest It Is written by Ftc'd llocl , son of Mr and Mrs A U llocl , who left Omaha on his trip to the far north About August 1. The letter was written at SXng- way , Alaska , September 11 , and was addressed - dressed to his mother. It Is as follows : "I think It was just a mouth ago that I landed In Seattle , and at rived here on August 20 We have had a hard time get ting our goods over the \\hl-c pas from hero to Lake llennett One unn's outfit Is at the lake anl he U building a boat In which we will go down the \uknii river , per haps as far as Mewait ihci The tulanca of our stuff Is half wav over , a part herewith with which wo will st.m tonunrow morning , and In seven or eight dits wo will have overthing on the lake "We. have ten horsts , but one In lame mid will nut do us an ) mute good I'lio trail U a terror. It Is tdmpl ) awful , up and down among locks , mud and trees We pack about 150 poundson u horse and we luuo to walk all the \\.iv Have1 made uno round tilp and a half making about \2o miles. Both of ni ) heelo a IT MUO and ) ou hot ( hero is no fun In the job , lint wo are golci ; to get thcro all the sumI wao iifrahl my party would not get ovei , us It is Itiblo to snow nt an ) time , but now wo are safe , I think There are enl ) three In our pally I2d S Brooks , J 0 Itolen and mself "There aio all kinds of repoits being sent out about the hardship' for men and lioiscs on this tiall , but vou can't belie\u thorn. Wo have read letters siit fiom he-io In the papers that come biek from Seattle , and the peopln hero would not Know nilthing about th'ngs that were wrllttn nbout , so } ou must not worr ) , ns wo are taking no chiuccei nnd will coiiio out next summer safel ) Wo will build a cabin down the river at the mouth of ono ot the streims that empty Into the Yukon , and above the Stew ait liver , or rather this side , to tint we will not bo auy- wheio near Dawbon Clt ) , or the country that Is liable to be short ot provisions this win ter , and there 1 no danger foi us , as w have fully a ) ears mippl ) GIMV5 AN A1'1'I2TITI2 "I have developed a tremendous appotlto and can't eat enough to atlsf ) It t bad a little touch ot rheumatism but It Is all gene now Wo had a line oicanoogo on the British ship 'Brl'tol. but ) ou bet the Ameri can flag is goo 1 enoug i foi me next time. "After we got all the goods and horses which we bought in Victoria off from the 'Bristol' wo had to Walt nearly a week before wo could get on to thu trail , as they were working along it and would not let anyone pass. But you should have seen the string of loaded pack holies that started on the flrnt day. There must have been 2000 Lots ot them are dejd from st irvutlon and exhaus tion and from huits from falling off the trail. Wo have had plcnt ) of feed for ouis , and they were out of a pack train In the Yaklma valley In Washington , and wo had no trouble , ns the ) all know their business. "Lots of people1 have turned bick , because they did not have slock enough to carry their outfits and not momn enough to buy moro horses. "Two or three weeks more will end the horse business as the summit cf the tmll will bo blocked wlt.i fnows and then there will bo a thousand or inoac horscx I hat will have to bo shot , ai there Is no feed In the country to keep them till spring I don't know whether or not we will be able to sell ours when we get through , as the ) are getting cheaper every da ) They cost us ? 50 each and when wo landed heie the ) would have brought us $150 each , but otbci outfits are getting thuugh with their hortes and the price Is droj ping "bKagway was a llvel ) town up to a week ago , but all of tbo&e- who nie going aa wo are , are getting out nnd othc s arc going hack on thu steamerin two weeks mora there will bo enl ) tnu-o left who arc waiting for thu snow and will take their stuff In on sleds next spring We will bo a whole season ahead of thono und ma ) have enough ot It before winter ceth 1n next year" Theie are others- but uono "Just ni good" as Dr. l > ivls' Antl Headache. TUB ONLY GENUINK HUNYAD1 WAThR BEST AND SAFEST NATURAL APERIENT WATER Preset Hcd ) anil npptovo * ! for : ; i ji > ai.s by nil the iniullenl aullioiltlos I'oi CON STIPATION , DYSPIP.SIA : , TOKPIOITY OK TIIH MVIU : , IIIJMOKUIIOIDS an well as for all kindled ailments toMiltlii } , ' fiom Indlhuii'tion lu diet. "It in reniiirKiil ) ! ) ami c\c < 'i > ll niill > uniform In KM rnnipn < lll n. " British Medical Journal. "Tinp.iiinlpj < of all imter Wnlfin. " _ " In . " lancet. "AliHiiluti'l ) iMiiiNliiul uiniiiioHlliiiii. oitniNvitv nosi : , OMviM2ci , VSSI.MII , iir.rom : CAUTION See that the label bears the signature of the firm Andreas Saxlehner. i ; TO UOVrilACTOIIS. Our ! > : ! hhoi * men's shoos 1mvo noth ing to do with Iicvi. \ . .Shnonmn be- IIIK played out they won't Ki't tlmt way lor they ate tin' bfst .Vt Mioo on < > ; trthVvo Mmpl.v hpnad our- helves this year on our .yt hhoe and aio KiviiiK you inoio v.iluo lor jour innnoy than ever bi'foie they toino in box calf and calf Kln with sin- Klo or double wole.s In the now coiner or bull dotf toes Just as fjood a loolc- liij ? shoo IIH the higher pi Iced ones and as for wear why , you've never heon anything HUe It for ij.i . ; wo never have and we've been In the hhoe business for yoais. Drexel Shoe Co 1110 FAUNAM STKF.IT. : ! Thoio'n n lot In the moulding you j ot for your picture fiaiues Is H up to date ? Is the ptlee a leasonable oneV We aru Kottlnf , ' In new moulding all the tlni" keep munple.s at our Douglas street store make the fiaine'H at our factory on Iznnl stieet inalto M > many of them we Lnow how nnd Jt enable.s us to make a pi lea that'll about half tmual framing lulcos H'H so cheap you couldn't buy the moulding and make them yourself for less a now fiamo on an old pletuio adds to It like a coat of paint to an old house. A. HOSPE. Music and Art. 1513 Douglas.