Pulse of Western Progress. |
TJ.p famed city of Cheyenne ,
ray taillTl , Is thirty years of age , anil
lotsn't euro who knows it. Nor docs
ChcjciJ-io look It. There may bo . wrinkle
licre antl there , a touch of meningitis In the
fip'iic ' , or a rheumatic tv/lt-so vvhon least ex
pected } ct hon the town puts on Its good
clothes anil lalllca forth "for a good time"
It , a the hottest'tnmalo In the kettle. That's
Just what Chcenno did a few days back.
The town turned loose in honor of I'rontler
da--tlio thirtieth antrlversary ot the liicor-
purcitlon of the city thru1 r.vUalnU to the
vtlnilv and cnjojcd for a day and a night a
mimic panoulna of the town's history. It
was a success In many rcspu Is a Jojoiia
holiday In which for the moment the future
Max forgo-ton and the past trooped In re-
VlO'V.
Of course , all tbo striking features of the
past ucro not trotted out. Some ol them
would not bear stirring even with a long
pole , and their rcpwu was undlstuibcd. Hut
( hero was much instructive history llluml-
iwitcd In the celebration , which was biought
In review , rcinlnlaceiilly , b > the Tribune ,
from this It appears that tbo uat'provoca
tion for the birth of Chcjcmio was thu fact
-tlial the Union Pacific railroad construction
force reached that point In the fatly full
and nmdo It tliq bcadqujitors for thu win I ? :
of 1SG7-GS. J. It. WhltehcHd , still living In
Cheyenne , was the IIrat actual settler In the
Mnglu City , illo was followed the tiaiuo day
b } Thomas 12. McClclatuI , Hobirt M. llccrs
and three others , with their fninlKi * . Judge
AVhltihead w a appointed lot o tnt by the
rallri > : < l company and the railroad sold lots
for $150. one-third cash. The same lots eold
ono month later for $1.000 , Increasing In pi Ice
at the rate of $1,000 n month during the
unnimcr. One of the Ilrst peim.uicnt settlers
In Cliujir.no w'ns Moiton 12. Test , who pur
chased i\io lots , au.1 , In August , 1SG7 , creeled
a. stnro at the corner of Seventeenth and
Ferguson streets , selling th < ) fractional part
of the two lots , v\htcli cost him JftiOO , for
$5.Goo.
OUDHIt OUT OP CHAOS.
The city government was organized Sep
tember 21 , add on September 27 , 1867 , a mass
meeilng was h"ld for the purpose of organ
ising a county to l called Laramlo , as pro-
vldod for bj Uio legislative aapombly of Da
kota , of which the cntlro area of what in now
Wyoming was then a part It was rom > lved
that the county seal should be Hblectcd at
an flection to bo held October 8 , when a del-
cijato to congress should bo chosen and
count } otllceis elected All citl/ons of the
United States who had been In the tcriltory
for ten days vvcro declared eligible \nteu
Cheyenne was made the coucit } seat , the toUl
number of votea cast belnf , 1,900 Asa Ilart-
1ett wan assigned to the county as district
Judge und 12 I1 Johnson wes appointed dis
trict attornc } W W Corlett was made city
attorney. The statutes of Colorado were used
and all raises ti led by th m as fai as appl1-
cablo. There wore no prisons hut fines were
rvidlly Impose 1 Shootings became frcciuent
and Svory innrner ot vlco abounded rinding
that Cheyenne was to bo the terminus of the
railroad tor that winter , all the scum of so
ciety had drilled along with the pay car as
far as Julesburg and took , up a temporary
aesldenco In the new city. Blv thousand people
ple wintered In Chejenne the accommoda-
7jn W for thi > shelter ot a largo portion of
belnp Umts and hou es In dug-outs
I Uy nuthorltlcB were powerless to cope
jfthe laigcr cltus of the residents Hob-
beiTes and atmults with deadly weipons wore
of dally and nightly occurrence.
HANGINGS WCUn NECESSARY.
Then the patience of the people failed and
the vigilance committee came to the front.
Its Ilrst act was on the llth of January , 18CS
vhen It selred thrco men who had been ar
rested for robbery and placed under bcnids to
appear before the court on the 14th. The
men wore bound together and a largo can
vas attached to them boiling this legcnJ.
" $000 stolen ; $500 returned ; thieves. F. St.
! Clalr. W Grler. G D Urouiulllc. City au
thorities nlejse not Interfere until 10 o'clock
a m. Next ca&o goes up a tree. Beware
of vigilance committee. "
During the next six : months a do/en men
worn shot und hanged by the vigilantes , nfler
which law became operative In Chejcnno
and the plague passed on westward to Lnra-
inle City , and other towns , which defended
themselves In a similar manner.
The first hanging occurred In Chejenne
on the night of March 20 , 1SCS. when Charles
Jill tin and Charles Morgan were executed
by thu vigilance committee Martin had
Killed Andrew Harris In a qnairel. He was
from Lexington , Mo , and lespectably con
nected. Kor some time he had been wagon-
master for Husscll Majors & \Vaddell , bill
finally became reckless nml consorled with
gamble , becoming a dosperad > In his habits
lie had , without provocation , shot at Captain
Nick O'llrien at Julesburg , and was regarded
as a dangerous person. Morgan was hanged
for horeedtoallng. Not long after a party of
despotute men went carousing down Kddv
Btrcet , and coming opposite a saloon kept
by Tim ljer. ( lied several fir Is in'o U ,
fortunate ! } killing no one They left town
Immediately , fearing the vigilantes , but wcro
followed and overtaken nt Dale creek and
Jianged , thrco of them , Keefe , IMyes and a
very tall mun , nicknamed "Shorty. " After
the community was rid of Its worst element
iiy the committee. Ijncli law was con
demned and superseded by legalized Justice ,
to bo revived In later Hints , when a new
I net of desperate men thronged the west , as
highwaymen , making oven railroad travel
dangerous.
I
ORGANIZATION OP TUB TERUITOIIY.
Womlng was organized as a territory
July 25 , 1S8S The name \Voming was given
to the now turrlturj by Senator Simon Cam
eron of the somto committee on territories ,
i naming It after the famous historic Womlng
I \alley of 1'ennsylv.wla. The co.nnierce of
. Checnne wan hnincnse for a frontier town
during 1SGS-C9 , It being the entrepot of the
> ast region lying north and touth until the
rallioad was completed wan und to Denver ,
when , of course , the trade was divided with
many points ulonc the line. Hut In the brief
period many fortunes were wo.i and lost In
the Magic City , 1'rlcea wore fabulous and
business partook of the iccklcssncss of gam
bling. In 1SC9 the town had a population of
G.OOO , In the autumn of 1STO there were only
1,000 pioplo In the city and hundreds of
etoros and residences were vacant. It was
predicted that Chuyenno watt a city of the
just , but In 1S7G the discovery of gold In
the Ulick Hills cicated a stampede to ll'ut
region , tnnat of the travel going by way of
ClieeniH' , uljlch was also the outfitting
point for the mlnra. Thousands flocked to
the city , and within two month ! ) after the
discovery of the precious metal Chc ) < > 'mu
was again the liveliest anu'wickedest town
in the world
Mlneru speculators , gamblers , merchants ,
highwaymen , soldiers and the general riff
of the country thronged the streets and made
it a plcturcuqiio city. All of the treasure
mined In the hills was shipped by guarded
treasure coaches to Chovcnno and tint com
ing In of a coach was an ( Vfcnt equal to the
arrival at the present time of a treasure ship
from AlanKa. These tieasuro coaches became
thu objects of the gangs of hlghwainun who
had gntbcicMl In Cheyenne and several of
them were held up and robbed between
Dcidwood and their destination ,
When the opening up of a railroad to the
Dltck Hills diverted thu overland tralllc from
Choyennu the city again became almost de-
eerteil , although not to mien a degree aa
vbi-n It became depressed In 1S70. This de
pression continued until SsO , when the cut-
tit ) Indnstr ) . of which Cheyenne became the
i center , uiado It once more n famous city ,
\ talked ot In nil parts of the world.
, ! ANOTIlUn I1IHTH.
' . It vvaa suddenly discovered that the bus-
V IneBs of ranging cattle on the open plains
V vaa extremely profllablo. Millions of dollars
f of eastern and foreign capital was Immedl-
tcly Invested In thu her-la and lands of
! AVyomlng. Nearly all of the old-tlmo cattle
ratter * who had been ranging cattle from
the limes of the Indian company , sold out at
top prices to new Investors. Syndicated of
ust in capitalists made theli headquarters
t Cheyenne and U soon became the stop-
plus place of numerous srlons of tbo IlrlHsh
aristocracy , who were attracted by the plc-
turetiijuo character of the business , as well
ii by Us great profits , During tbo period
from IhSO until 1895 Cheyenne wag cele-
i brttod as the homo ot the cattle kings and
' barons of the v.ost. It was the richest city
, , ID the world ami In style of living acd In
. , reckless expenditure Ha people rivaled thoae
1
sf New York and rrU. Ourlug tali period
scores of tundeome rceldenc t and buslncsi
blocks nere built aud the city took on an
air of solidity which U ! IM never lost In
the depressed periods which have sluro In
tervened.
In 1SS5 tlicic was a slump In the cattle
business and hundreds , who were living at
Cheyenne In a style worth ) of Monte Crlsto ,
found suddenly that they were doing It on
borrowed capital or expectations. The set
tling day catno quickly for many , and almost
as rapidly as It came the prosperity of the
. city seemed to dwindle. Failure of big cattle
| firms and of stockmen's hands followed , and
as the succccs of nparly every business enter
prise In the city was dependent moro or lss
upon the cattle Industry , Cheyenne received
with each falluro a disastrous blow , from
which It look years to recover. The failure
of the cattle Industry was not , however , an
uninlxei evil The city noon ceased to place
Its dependence upon one Industry , and has
become one of the most substantial cities In
the west , with diversified Interests and con
servative business methods
UTAH'S 1'UMJCK STONH.
While Utah Is Justly noted for Us wonder
ful mineral resourceIt can boast of the
distinction of having the only deposit of
pure pumice stone to be found In the United
States , and the 110330831011 of this commodity
nlone Is more than likely to make the state
famous the world over , as It Is unexcelled
In point of flnotess and cutting qualltlca.
Thin deposit of pumlco stone is located In
Mlllard county , not far from rillmore , and
It b stated tlut there Is a mountain of It.
When first dlscoveicd It was brought to the
uttcntlon of .Messrs. Druehl and Tranckcn ,
druggists , of Salt Lake City , -who , realising
Its value. Immediately piocurcd title to the
same , and these gentlemen In turn Interested
Chicago parties , who formed a compiny for
the development of the stone and also estab
lished works In Chicago for Its treatment.
Tor a year past regular shipments of the
crude material have been imulo to Chicago ,
uliero it Is manufactured into a commercial
commodity l > y a eceret process , the dis
covery ot which entailed a large expenditure
ot time and money on the part ot the com
pany , but now they arc putting out an ar
ticle that Is superior to anything else on
the market In this line , as It Is offered for
sale Hn the s'lapeot pumice bricks , powdered
pumice a-i'l In dainty cakes for toilet uses
1' . A. Druehl , who Is Interested In the enter
prise and who has Just returned from Chicago
cage , Informed the Salt Lake Herald that
Messn. Qulgley cud Rcss , who are at the
head of the company , will come out some
time this month for the purpose of esUb-
llBhlng crushing works at or near the mine ,
as It , Is the Intention to ship the stone In a
pan dared form hereafter on the. score of
economy , as by the new process originated
by the company the pumice will not he
utilized In the crude In the future , UK It Is
much nicer to handle as now manufactured
and sold by the company . The only ethel
deposit ot puic pumlco In the known world
of any extent Is found In Sicily , and the
Utah product will in time drlvo the foreign
article out of the American market and
probably will enter Into competition with the
foreign production In the other markets of
the world.
sunnp IN
Eastern buyers of sheep are not mooting
with much encouragement lu Montana , so
ilrm aio the owners holding on for higher
prices The Helena Independent -nys that
In previous } ears "Montana ottered a good
Held to the buyer soon after the she-Bring
season closed , for then the giowe-s were al
ways willing to part with a i ortlon of their
Hocks. It Is different this year , for the Mock
owners all over the country are showing a
disposition to keep their sheep. It Is a well
known fact that there aio fewer sheep in
tbls country by several millions than there
wcro two or three years ago tind the decrease
Is noticeable In other parts of the world as
well. In consequence , wool went up and Is
still going , and now hujers are having
trouble in securing mutton for the market
Western breeders , as far as possible , arc
holding on to their best stock foi propagat
ing purposes , while eastern buyers no Kcour-
Ing the vvcctcrn ranges In the effort to se
cure the cholccat ewes and ramh for their
folds. This fact , together wltn the Increased
doniJfnd foi export , has caused a decided rise
In UK prlco of Eheep " There Is a story going
the lounils of the stock papers whlcn may
possibly explain In part the reason western
growers arc holding back their flocks from
the mtrket. It Is said that agents of the
largo establishments In Chicago have foi
some tlmo been quietly purchiislng herds
at excellent prices , their principals foresee
ing , evidently , the extiaordlnary demand
that Is forthcoming. Thus it has come to
piss thit .vhlle a year or two or three years
ago sheep -vere hurried to market because
they were not worth wvlrg , they aio this
year being held hack , not nlono for the pur
pose of securing the highest prices available
In the present season for meat product , but
because of the requirements by farmers of
acceptable propagating material-with a view
to the increase of eastern Hocks In the fu
ture. It Is recognized , too , that tbo popu
larity of mutton as an animal food has
greatly Increased within the past quarter
of a century. . In the United States. This has
resulted. It is said , from improved methods
of dressing the carcass , so that it Is made
moro palatable. Meanwhile , too , there have
ccini great advances made In the preparation
of the animal for slaughter. Experiments
have been successfully made at state agri
cultural Institutions to demonstrate that the
animal In Its development for the food mar
ket may bo so treated that It will produce
an agreeable and proportionate amount of
molt In the lean and fat state , so that it
shall pass profitably from the grower to the
moat dnaler and thence , acceptably , for table
uses , to the eonaumei.
The .umual ic-port ot Governor Olero of
Now Mexico recently forwarded to Wash
ington IB ono of the most ! complete that haw
been received from any territorial governor
in recent years. In this report the governor
makes a strong nrpj'ment for statehood , and
picsents somu significant statistics. Ho callb
attention to the fact that the territory la
thrco times as largo as nil New England and
equal In area to Now YOIK , Pennsylvania and
Ohio combined Pully 14,000,000 acres are in
mountains and 1,000,000 are desert , leaving
JDWi,000 ) of domain
Now Mexico Is a vast domain In herself ,
ho continues , capable of supporting 5.000,000
population , and Is moving In the line of
clvlll/atlon very rapidly. When the terri
tory becomes a state she will bo fourth In
area. She already ranks eleventh In the
list of union commonwoalthfl producing gold
and silver. The territory of Now Mexico Is
rich In everything that constitutes the
wealth of nations Iron , coal , lead , silver ,
gold , mica , limestone , sandstone , marble ,
gypsum , soda , etc. . In cndlcas variety and
Inexhaustible quantities. The governor says
the territory has Increased In population
100,000 in ec'ven years , am1 he now cbtlmites
that It contains considerably more than 250-
000 people. Governor Otero IB pirtlcularly
cnthudabtlo upon the subject ofaugarbecto
Ho declares that the greatest factor which
has contributed to the present prosperity of
this fertile valley ia thu mammoth and complete -
ploto Irrigation system , and the extreme
adaptability of the highly generative soil to
the culture of sugar bceta containing a high
percentage of saccharine matter , the highest ,
In fact , nf any beets produced In the world
"Under the fructifying Intluenccs of Irri
gation , " enthuses Governor Otero , "this val
ley has risen from comparative nothingness
10 a high state of development Darren
wastes , freshened by the touch of water
huvo metamorphosed Into waving fields of
succulent grain and alfalfa. Young orchaid
trees rear their heads to the god of day. en
couraged by the water drops at their feet.
Productive farms are on every' band Homes
are established and are yet being bulldcd
by an enterprising and frugal people Towns ,
with established traded , dot the line of the
railway A modern factory , whoso product
in beet sugar , ono of seven In operation In
the United States , stands Just outside the
bounds of Hddy , receives the beets , rich
with their content of sugar , distributes their
equivalent In cash to the farmers , converts
the tubed into white crystals and bends the
cackod sweetness abroad over the laud ,
"As U now stands , the future of the beet
sugar Industry In the Pecos valley ia , In
deed , a bright one , and It it difficult to speak
of It without danger of being thought ex
travagant. That there Is ; a magnificent field
for the development of the Industry In the
United States Is coming to bo generally
recognized. The country Is waking up to
the folly of sending abroad eo vast a sum of
money J125.000.000 yearly for an article
that can Just aswell be produced at home ,
and to the Incalculable advantage of the- ag
ricultural classes"
DISCOVKIIY OF A UAUB MHTAU
H. K Drown , a prominent mine owner In
the St. Helena district , Washington returned
to Scattls recently and reported that ho and
his partner had made a valuable find of sur
face uranium The location ot the find Is In
Klttltas county.
Uranium Ia one of the most valuable
metals known to mankind , being worth $90
an ounce , or $1.080 * pound , nearly five times
as precious as gold. It has heretofore been
found only at depths of from COO to 1.000
feet. Mr. Urown says thut he has a five-
foot Icdgo of U only twelve miles from
Pe hastln station , on the Great Northern ,
and sixteen miles from Leivcnworth Sam
ples have been sent cast to bo assayed. This
product Is a light , foliated metal llko mica ,
with a specific gravity of from 6.4 to 68.
The ore Is termed uranlto and comes In the
form of brown oxide. It was Ilrst discovered
In 1789 by Klaprolh and Is mined principally
In ( Bohemia and some parts ot Ungland ,
SOUTH DAKOTA.
The city of Sioux Palls consumes 9,000,000
gallons of water per week.
The School of Mines at llapld City opened
last Monday with a large attendance and
greatly Increased facilities for practical work.
There are moro eastern men In the country
seeking mining Investments at present than
at any other time In the history ot the
Illack Hills.
Pat Smith's claim In Two Bit gulch was
sold for 725,000 Smith has lived In that sec
tion for twenty years , enduring all the hard ,
ships of a prospector , and bis final cleanup
nets him $1,250 a year.
The supreme court haa affirmed the Judg
ment of the lower court which held that
the bondsmen wcro liable for the full amount
of State Treasurer Taylor's shortage , $344-
277 , oven If the legal bond called for only
$230,000.
Eotimatrs ot the total value of gold to bo
produced by Illack Hills mines for the pres
ent year are now being made. They vary
from $8,000.000 to $8,500,000. All the big
mines arc Increasing their output and the
mills and reduction works are turning out
moro bullion than In any preceding year.
At Ragged Top thirty tons of ore from the
Klora D yielded $7,000. There Is a lodge of
this ore thrco feet wide. At the Dacy an
! > 00-pound boulder 1ms been unearthed that
Is worth $100 , and four tons of rock have
been shipped the past week that have netted
$ . ' ,000 a ton. The Ulster has produced from
ono pocket since July $22,000 , and the lessees
are looking now for another pocket.
State Commissioner lx > ckhart reports that
up to the orescnt tlmo the state has received
$2,140,000 from the small portion of the
school land which has been sold , and that
the average price per acre for all school
land sold up to date has been a little over
$14. Should the land yet unsold bring only
thu minimum price as provided bjj the state
constitution , $10 per acre , It would swell the
fund to $30,000,000 , while If the present average -
ago price Is obtained for the balance unsold
It would make a fund of nearly ? U,000,000.
WYOMING.
Several paying strikes are reported in the
Deep Creek diggings.
The receipts of the state land ofllco for
-September were $3,185.
Laramlo reports sufficient business to ac
commodate a new hotel.
Cheyenne Is seriously considering the pav
ing of Its streets with gravel from the Sher
man Hill.
The North Park Cattle company Is erectIng -
Ing extensive sheds for the care ot Its cattle
In the park.
Tour miners from Independence mountain
arrived at Liramle one day last week with
a cleanup of $14,000 , the result ot three
weeks' work.
Dlamondvlllc now has a population of 800 ,
Including children. Klght now company
houses and an elaborate office are lu the
course of construction.
An unusually largo proportion of the city
taxes ot Laramlo has already been paid. Tlu
total levy amounts to $12,448 , ofwhich
$10,484 his already been paid.
Ono of the results of Frontier day cele-
biatton is the organization of the Frontier
association at Cheyenne The association
as defined by the constitution , Is designed
to be a moral , benevolent and literary or
ganization calculated to cultivate social inter ,
course , form a more perfect union among
Its members and to collect and preserve
Information connected with the early history
of Wyoming , and to perpetuate the memory
of thoic whose ene'gy and enterprise Induced
them to settle In the wilderness and become
the founders of a new state.
COLORADO.
The Increase of the fruit growing Industry
In Colorado has reduced the Importation of
canned fruit during the last five years from
$7,000.000 to $2,000,000 annually.
In the lied Mountain district the Enter
prise has recently developed three solid feet
of copper ore carrying gold and silver. This
mine is bonded with ) Denver men.
Colorado canal companies are appropriat
ing the head waters of the I5lg Laramlo river
to such an extent that ranchmen In Wy
oming have become alarmed * nd threaten to
curry the matter Into the courts.
Cripple Creek threatens to .astonish the
country with an advertising scheme- , consist
ing of ono month's output of the mines , esti
mated at $1,000,000 In gold Th's ' Is to be
placed on a special train and shipped to the
Philadelphia mint.
Nearly a year ago T. D. Miller of this city
i > o3uied control of 1,460 acres of ground
along the valley of the nluo river below Dil
lon. Mr. Miller Is on experienced California
placer miner and ho has irade a most careful
survey of his fact , which carries handsome
gold values.
The Denver mint receives about one-half
the gold mined In Colorado. During the Ilrst
nlno months of the present year It has re
ceived gold to the value of $8,388,000 , whlio
for the coriospondlng period last year tne
receipts wore $3,112,000. At the present rate
the mint -will handle about $12,000,000 before
the end of the year. According to the usual
division this will indicate a gold production
of about $24,000,000 for the state.
Tests have been made upon the tailings of
the Tellurldo mills , which have spiead out
along the bed of the creek between Pandora
and Tellurlde. The results have been so en-
couaglng that a local company , having se
cured a lease of the ground. Is now pic ( > ar-
Ing to set up a plant to cost $10,000 to mike
concentrates of these old tailing beds that
qulto fill the bed of the stream tn a depth
of from six to twenty feet. The lessees say
they can save from $2 to $5 u ton and they
have an estimate of 300,000 tons of dirt to
work upon.
In the great Poudro valley , where perhaps
the best sstem of Irrigation Is In vogue ,
farming most certain ! } pays , Mr. W N
Ames , who resides six miles northeast of
Fort Collins , cultivated this year 320 acres of
land watered by the Laramle coucty ditch
His expense , Including seed for land , help ,
harvesting and thrashing and living , did not
exceed $1,600. There wore proJuced on this
farm thLj year 1,290 bushels of wheat , 1.009
bushels of oats and 3J4 tons of hay The
130 acres of wheat grown on the place
averaged thlrty-thrco bushels to the aero ,
and forty acres of It yielded forty-two Liuhels
tn the acre The oats grown weighed fiom
the machlno forty-six pounds to the bushel ,
13ml the grand total value ot the product
from this farm exceeds $4,500. ,
UTAH.
The Utah and Galena Mining companls of
rish Springs have decided to put In joint
power plants and hoists In order to econo '
mize and enable them to operate their prop-
Dr ,
PERFECT
AN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY.
Used by people of refit emonfc
for over n quarter of a oantury.
crtles at ft profit , dcspltp t,0 low prlco of
silver. ' '
Th copper smeltlnc h'nnl ' Ins started up
nt Yerlngton and la a co < nploto success , turn.
1 Ing out eight tons of p > er dally
The Lo Ilol at Hosslanil has declared n
dividend of $ , .0,000 , This Jls the twentieth
dividend paid by the Ub Uol company and
swells the total paid to stockholders to $ G25-
000.
000.The state supreme cWt holds that the
State Hoard ot Uquillthtlon IIM power to
r.Uso or lower valuation , ; but that the method
pursued In raising the lesciamcnt ot Salt
Lake county nullifies the Action of the board.
A deal was consummate , ! In Silt Lake the
other day whereby prominent Chicago capital
ists acquire three-fourths-of what Is com
monly known aa the Slarlus group ot mines ,
Dlngham parties retaining the other frac
tion. Consideration $1S,000
Ores show , lag as much as $22 gold per tel
are reported to have been encountered re
cently tn the Union at Ulngham , It Is esti
mated by one ot the owners that there are
now 3,000 tons of ore on the dump , and some
method for the profitable handling ot It Is
to be undcr'aken In a short time.
The posslblllt'cs ' of Dlngham achieving ns
much prominence as a producer of copper
ns It has attained as a producer of lead ,
silver and gold are very promising and well
posted authorities , Including smelter men ,
make the prediction that within a twelve
month the percentage of that metal from
the Old Reliable will be doubled.
With wheat at $1 and over a bushel the
people of San Luis valley should feel greatly
elated The Monte VUla Milling and Ele
vator company Is erecting a second elevator
In thati city to hold ! > 0,000 bushels ot grain *
this being necessary for the Immense whoit
crop which Is now practically harvested.
Similar conditions exist throughout other
agricultural portions of the state.
Philip Mlxs-ell of Idaho Springs. Cole , who
returned from a trip to Mercur , Utah , where
ho went to examine a mining property for
eastern parties , said to a Denver reporter :
"It that camp was In Colorado It would
have from 20,000 to 25.000 people In no time.
It Is a wonderfully great camp < ind Is now
producing largely , while the big mill nt the
Do La Mar , wltht a capacity ot EOO tons per
day , has not yet been completed. The Mcr-
cur Is the other great mill of the camp , with
300 tons per day capacity. Ilesldes thto
there are half a doren others , some of them
built right at the mouth ot the shafts. "
The farm of N. M. Hodges on the shored
of Bear lake Is one of the crack farms of
Utah. There Is 1,400 acres of land on the
farm under fciica ; a fine orchard ; farm ma-
chtnory valued at $3.000 ; sheds costing $1,000 ;
125 head of stock , 100 horaes , crie an English
Shire , which cost $900 ; 200 chickens , a largo
dwelling house under construction , a black
smith shop , stables , etc. Five hundred tons
of luco'-n were cut this year. Five hundred
acres of land have been cultivated thla sea
son and two bovs , each with a Mlnnlo binder ,
did all the harvesting. The thrashing Is now
goImB on and Mr. Hodges expects a yield of
t,200 tmshols of wheat and 1,000 bushels of
oats.
MONTANA.
_
Ilutto worklngmen have started a co-opor-j j
atlvo laundry. '
The annual coal product of Montana has
shown an uninterrupted Increase each jear
since 1877.
Montana's gold yield tills > ear Is estimated
at $6,000,000 , an Increase of $2,000,000 over
180,13 The stream of new- gold Is broadening
In every state that produces the metal.
Madison county has become famous as a
gold producer and if it keeps up Its mineral
production It will be second only to that of
Silver How county. It Is estimated that the
county will produce $1,000,000 In gold this
year.
David Illlger of Lewlstown says that up
ward of 100,000 head of Porgus county sheep
have been sold for October delivery , on which
the average prlco will not fall below $2 , mak
ing a net Income to the v\ool growers ot
$2CO,000.
An unusually largo band of wethers Is be
ing driven from Montana to Nebraska. The
total number Is estimated 47,000 head ,
each band continuing about GTOOO head They
are being t tailed overland and the owners
Intend feeding them this winter In Ne-
l < raska.
There are now between fort > and fifty
steam thrashcirs steadily t work In nozo-
mtn valley , aix ! for the last month they have
scarcely had to suspend operation a single
day onaccount of unfavorable weather. It
Is safe to say that the aggregnto work nf
the machines will be 100,000 bushels of grain
per daj.
Sliver Bow county has a little gold excite
ment of its own. In American Gulch some
li'oh placers have been discovered that give
22 cents to the pan A large number of loca
tions have been made , but the localltj Is evi
dently rich only In spots and the yield re-
. 'errcd to cannot be expected as a general
preposition.
A decision rendered by tbo circuit court of
appeals leads the authorities to believe that
they will eventually suct-ced In collecting
county taxes assessed against unpatented
lands of the Northern Pacific. The decision
of the lower court favoraulc to the lallroad
was levcrsed and the test case remanded for
a now trial.
D. N. Dlcklcnra , the chief crook of the
Vcno outfit of fakirs , who operated so suc
cessfully In nuttc from a financial point of
view , but without effecting a single cure of
any kind so far as has been reported. Is
under arrest at Pocatello and will be brought
Ijack to the clt > of his victims to answer let
the charge of grand larceny
IDAHO.
The IntioJuclion of the cycanlde process
of ere reduction at the Camas No. 2 mine
at Hailcy , Idaho , has been attended with un
qualified success
Owing to doubt at the state house of the
legality of an appioprlattnn of $ ' ,000 for
an Investigation of the various departments
of Iho state gov e-nniont , It 1s said the in
vestigation will not be made.
The receipts at the Ilakcr City assay of
fice for this year already exceed those of last
year by $200,000. A shipment of ahcut $2 000
has been received from Acaconda , which Is
the first largo ehlpmont that has ever coma
from that plco to this office. It assayed 9SO
fine.
fine.Heport
Heport roaches Dolsc that a great gold
ledge haa becy- discovered on Loon creek , a
tributary ot tno south fork ot the Salmon ,
U Is supposed to ho the source of the tioon !
creek placers , which crofted groit exclte-
mont In the mining world n few jous ago.
The ledge Is said to be fort-five feet wldo
and the ere ot comparatively high grado.
Tor the first tlmo tn the history oC Idaho ,
four won'on * at on a jury to determine a
claim against the county nt Dolso City. The
case occupied the court for nn afternoon and
Involved $125 , The Jury retired at 4 p. m ,
and returned at 10 p. m. Without any for-
millty the forewoman , Mrs. Green. Informed
the court that the Jury could not agree
"There arc three , " she said , "In favor of a
verdict for $125 and three for $100. " "You
must rot disclose the nature of your de
liberations " exclaimed the court. "Well , 1
don't care , " replied the forewounn , "that Is
the way wo stand. " The Jury was Induced
to dellbcmtc for another quarter hour and
returned a verdict for the full amount.
NKVADA.
Detwcon 70,000 nnd 80,000 head of cattle
have been shipped out of Nevada , this year.
1 hough the beef n-arket has not bcon so
good In many VIXUB as It Is today , cattle
seem to be selling for less money at Ilcno
than almost any other section , ot the coun
try.
try.On
On the Comstock , Consolidated Virginia ,
re-ports a streak of fair grade ere on the
1,750-foot level , but none Is being extracted.
The central tunnel level of Ophlr Is lu a
quartz formation that assays $3 per ton. In
Sierra Nevada bunches of high grade ore
are found on the Laytou tunnel level.
Saturday , October 2 , was the twenty-
fifth anniversary ot the first mall train from
Hcno to Vlrglna City over the Virginia &
Truckeo railroad. II. M. Ycrrlngton has been
superintendent of the road during the entire
time. The line is fiftj-tvvo miles long and
twenty jc'ita ago It was operating twenty-
six rpgulnr trains dally.
TohnV. . Mickay and several associates
will soon bo the owners ot the famous Silver
Peak mine In Nevada. It Is ono ot the best
known gold mines In the west and Mr.
Mackay has gone to Nevada to give the prop
erty a final Inspection before the deal Is con
summated. The purchase price Is said to be
$1,000,000 and the gentlemen Interested with
Mr. Macaky are J. 11. Ilagqln , Marcus Daly ,
Qoorgo Hoberts and J. H. Cnmla , John I.
Hlair. a wealthy Now Yorker , now about
91 ! vears of age , Is the owner of the
property and has held It for over thlrtj
> cais.
CAL1FOHNIA.
C. D Lane has bought for $150.000 the
Iron Chief mine , In the Haglo Mountain dis
trict , San Dcrnardino county. The mine Is
In granite and the vein Is large and strong
The ere assajs from $75 to $100 pep ton and
Is treated by the cvnnldo process
The Meteor mine , at Handsburg. Kern
county , has been bonded to San Francisco
men for $50.000. Some ver > rich ere was
recent ! ) struck In this mine and the new
owners are to put In < i force of men large
enough to fully develop the property.
About 100 Chinese laborers have bcon
landed In San I'ranclsco , and have been
given free entrj In the gulbo of "merchants"
and "students. " They are now working In
the orchards In vailous parts of the state , In
the sUnion canneries of the Columbia river
and la. dozens of small Chinese factories of
various Idnds ,
The Valley Railway company has com
menced to lay ita track from Vlsalla to Dak-
crsfleld. On the Stockton and Point Fich-
mend divisions arrangements are being made
for rights of way , borings are being made
for the tunnel and survcvs are being run
across the marsh between Stockton und the
vicinity of Urentwood. It has net > et been
decided whether the railroad shall cross the
swamp lands or circle around them.
The bed ot the Lea Angeles river , In the
heart of the city , Is the scene of the
latest mining excitement In southern Cali
fornia Two miles of the river bed , between
tha linena Vista stiect bridge and Seventh
strest , comprising over 100 acres , have been
staked off in placer claims. Some of the
surface gravel which has been worked In
the last few weaks has yielded 16 to the
cubic v rd , oud It Is thought the bedrock
stuff , down 100 to 150 feet , will pay much
better.
SU Oakland and San Francisco women
have' for two or three wcooks beeen tramp
Ing the mountains of Shasta county with
1 icspecton > ' outfits hunting for gold mines
The } were Mrs May Mauveus , Mrs. M I )
Hume. Mrs Alma Huden M s J Hughes
Mis Ktta Dcmoy and .Mrs Llla Hoiron
Tney have just leturned home after having
located seven placer and quartz mines , and
they have brought with them soveial hundred
pounds of ere samples and gold which the >
panned from tla'lr placer claims.
Extensive deposits of copper have b3cn
found in Marln count } , which has heretofore
been devoted to dair } enterprises. About a
yeai anJ a half ago several of tho'e dairy
lanches were bonded ard have since been
dovelcpeJ for copper. About twenty mllcii
irom San Ilafael thc > have opened In ono
place five parallel ve'ns , from fifty to 100
feet In width and carrying from 2 to 20 per
cent of copp , with small quantities of sliver
tail gold The company is sinking one one
vein , expecting to reach the others by cress
cuts It has In bight 2CO.OOO tons of ilch
copper ore.
OIIRGON.
\ tralnloid of cattle has Just been shipped
from Garfield to Nebraska.
The cannoiy In Marshflcld is receiving on
an average ot 500 talmon a day.
The Gra's Harbor Commercial conpanv
Is running Its cxtc.islve mill plant nt Cox-
monolis night and day to fill orders.
A tmlnload of cattle , twenty-two zars , was
forwarded eastward from Maker City Sfji-
tcmlei . ! 0 Most of tlicso cattle weie bought
In the Powder rive * nnd the Burnt river BBC-
tlonb A great many are of the Hereford and
Gallowaj breed and the prices for them
ranged from $ JS for . car-olds to $10 for 3-
vear-olds , which is the bst figures selln'a
1m o obtained for the last decade. Tho. ship
ment went mainly to Omaha and comprised
Diex TJ. Shoomnn has a platform of his
own Us a lilt ; value platform a Mnt
of a sixteen value to one dollar spent
a new value Is our men s never niip sole
shoes a piece of rubber inserted In the
bottom of the .sole you don't have to
wear Jiibbeis with this shoe Itrt a. wet
weather .shoe fiom sole to uppeis nnd
you can't Mlp we've them lu the I OK
calf at $ . .r > 0 the vie ! Md calf lined at
5 you don't have to buy ntbbeiM either
and for those that don't ' caie to wear
uibbuis theie Is nothlju ; that will equal
this shoe for wet w anther and winter
we.u while the pi Ice'we make on them
make Is n verj deniable t-hue.
i
j Drexel Shoe i Co
t
1410 Farnain Strict
Wo havent any over'l'its but we've
any amount of little thju r < vr rail and
winter that .vou would uxpect to Und In
a first-class hardwaie Htfore Klovvei pots
'
aio tlfjht In season now' we've thorn at
lc , { if , dc , 7c , Su and lOc quantities
enough to supply all Omaha coal hods
for ir > c and up-fiie nhuv U for a nickel-
pokers He stove pipe ( ) c lid llfleis tie
u damper for your Move pipe for Kic
and jnanlto vvaie say we've inou' KUHI-
Uo vv.uo than jou've over seen In ono
ctoio befoie thu prices are as low as thu
Htuclc la MK our Jewell cook stoves and
steel ranges aio absolutely the highest
Kiade stoves sold today cooks nt $10
ami up uingei4 and up.
A. C. RAYMER
UUILDEKS' HARDWARE
1514 Famam St.
'COO ' hctd of KB flno boot cattle as can bo
erod from ny range.
Chinook salmon In Tlllsmook bay arc get
ting scarcer nd sllvorsldcs are coming In
considerable numbers. The nnery Is try
ing 23 cents apleco tor chlnooks nnd 12V4
cents tor sllvcrsldra , but still limits the num
ber of beats to twenty.
Tanners have commenced hnullng whfat
to the mills , and rather a contented lot ot
farmers they nro , too. Heretofore they have
returned to their homes with flour 'worth ' only
$13 per 1,000 and a poor sale for It nt tht
price. This tlmo they will return with flour
worth $22.50 per 1,000 , sajs the Klamath Ho-
publican.
The Qrando Hondo Sugar Ucct company
has filed articles ot Incorporation In the ot-
flco of secrotaiy of state. The enterprise ,
business pursuits and occupation In which
the company proposes to engage are Hint ot
growing sugar beets for the purpose of sup-
pi } Ing the same to a factory or factories lo
cated at La Grande , Union county. The cap
ital stock Is $50.000.
Vv'ASIIINOTON.
The assrsscd valuation of nil property as
fixed b } the Stale Hoard ot Equalization to
tals $1G7RS7,243.
The total shipments of now , crop ten to
the United States ports from Juno 1C to
August 25 of this year were 35.S2S.237
pounds. Of this entire emount over one-
third has been entered at Tacomn.
The Improvements In the way of public
and private buildings erected In Spokane
since January 1 , 1S9C , Including those now
miL . construction , amount tn the aggregate
to moro thnn $1,280,000
In Lake Chclan district , O'Kanogan county ,
the Irene group has been developed HO far
as to place It among the most Important
mines in the state. There has been exposed
mi ere body twenty-five feet In width , the
average value ot which Is $25 In copper and
gold.
gold.Tho
The excitement over the gold discoveries
In the fooothllls of Mount Ilaker still con
tinues , and the whole populace has turned
out from farms , villages and cities. The
lead , ns far as prospected , extends about
3,000 feet , and Is from two to five feet wide ,
specimen assas going over $10,000 In gold ,
but other assays nro anywhere from $20
upward. The mines nrc about tort } miles
east of Sunns on the International rail
road.
road.Horses
Horses cannot bo hired at any prlco In
Whitman county , where 1.500,000 bushels of
grain wcro harvested In ono week rccentl ) .
The grain was valued at $1 050,000 , and the
Indications were thzt with good weather the
next week's record would \cccd that , but
It was almost imprsslblo to got horses
enough to cart the grain. About Taltoa , In
the same state , thrashers have been bo scarce
that largo cash bonures have been offered
for them.
The Spokane land office has completed Its
first quiiterly report for the } ear. A sum
mary of the report shows Ten cash entries
of land , a total of 30704 acres , fifty-nine
orlgln.il homestead entries , total 8.516 21
acres ; nlnct-nlno final homestead entries ,
total 14U C5 acres ; thirteen final timber
cultiuo entries , total 2,080 acres ; one applica
tion for mineral pHent , sixty-eight acres
ono timber laud entry , forty acres , slen
tiles canceled and ono Northern IMclllc rall-
vvn } selection 7,751 58 acres The total acre
age entered was 33,544 57 , and the total
amount of cash received In fees and com
missions $1,0840. .
'I'InIMllfM. .
Thlfl la n snonvm for that gloomy , bar-
lasscd condition ot the mind which has Its
origin In dspepsla All the ugl } hplrlls
tint , under the name ot the "blues , " "blue
devils , " "megilms" and "mulligrubs" tor
ments the dspeptlo almost ceaselessly , van
ish when attacked with Hosteller's Stomach
Hitters , that , moreover , annihilates bilious
ness , constlpitlon , chills und fever , kidney
complaints nnd nervousness.
uvsrniiN rvnMiu ciMmn WKST.
IiiillontloiiN < > f llcuty Immigration
'IIIIN Vcnr.
A. M. T Miller of Plckrell , Neb , has
Just been In the city with a party of home-
seekers from Illluols. Tor some time past
ho has been In charge of a movement of
the Durrrigton rallroid to Induce eastern
settlements of Dunkards to icmove to this
state In the course of an Interview he
said "I have just been through the farm
ing sections of Illinois and Indian * , and find
prott } much everything there dried up Tile
faiii'o'-'s 310 feeding their htock on account
of the lack of water at places where the }
have cily shrllow wet's I am very glad ti
get hack to the bettor fields of Nebraska
The best th'ng ' for a dls'itisfied Nebraskan
to do Is to take .1 trip through ponio other
ofte i ml t'C will ccme back better satis
fied than over
"Many fai Tiers of Ohio , Illinois and Indi
ana cro arranging to come out to Nebraska
this fall ar.i IK'U spilng , and I believe a
great many of them will buy homes bore
They are satisfied that land here at from
$2'i to $10 will bring In better returns tl'ai
higher pi Iced land en the old farms of the
east The homcseckers' excursions to Ne
braska nrc Increasing In the number ot wist.
ern formers attracted hero by the m < tgnin
cent crop reports th t are being sent out.
nnd I believewe Mnll sco n grrot wave of
Immigration within the next } ear. "
DUflRuremrnt for life by burin or smld *
may bo avoided by ulng Do Witt's Witch
lintel Salve , the grcU remedy for piles nnd
for all kinds of sores nnd sKIn troubles.
IMIOIH'CIMI MflAH IIKP.TS.
OMAHA , Oct. ! > . To the Editor of Th
Hee ; A few days ago I inttced In one of th
papers of this city the account of nn Inter
view with our secretary of agrlcmilturo
recording his views on the beet sugnr In
dustry. Ho was sild to have expressed him
self M confident that every stnto In th
union Avlll eventually grow the sugar tool
nnd own Its own beet sugnr factories. Tha
secretary pledged furthermore his depart
ment to use nil possible effort * In bringing
nbjut such results.
My nttentlon was nlso called to nn arttcU
In the World-Herald of October a headed
"
"licet Sugnr Indtistilcs. " nnd principally
containing an InU-rvloW with Dr. Wller ,
chief of the chcmlc.il division of the Depart ,
mcnt of Agiculture. ( Ur. Wiley claims that
fair refining beet sugar , polarising 96 , can
not ho made nt less than 4 cents a pound
In this country.
If Secretary Wilson , ns well ns Dr. Wllojr ,
nre quoted correctly In the nbovo cited Inter
views which J have no reason to doubt ,
stnco I absolutely believe In the truthfulness
ot eveiy reporter I fear very much that
they will harm the beet sugar Industry ,
while they ! nre pretending to further Its In
terests. The effect will remain the snjna
If such harm Is done Intentionally or unwit
tingly.
If the Department of Agriculture w 111 lisa
the public money for linking experiments
In beet growing- every state of thu union
It will surely have the same experience as
It did In Ctlifornla with the sugar cnno ex
periment , or In qulto A number of states with
the experiments of growing sorghum. In
California the sugir cane grew moit luxuri
antly , ns nny one experienced In the subject
could have predicted , but after thrt expendi
ture of some $15,000 the departmcntjlnalljr
abandoned the expel Iment , since the cnno
after It had grown wad useless for the manu
facture ot sugar. Again , anono well ac
quainted with the mttire of the sugar csno
and Itt hahltH and also with climatic condi
tions of California could have predicted , and
some actually did predict , such negative re
sults , lint the mono } was spent and fern
n tow years qulto nn txcltement was kept
up In the Sacramento liver \nlloy.
I do not know how much the Department
ot Agriculture hns spent In the sorghum
experiments , but It must amount to very
considerable sums. .Tho success In growing ;
the sorghum cane Is unquestioned. H Ii
only a pit } that It has taken so long rt time
and such an outliy of nunc } to llnd out that
after the sorghum cane is grown It cannot
compel o with the sugar cauo nnd the sugar
beet as a sugar producer. The department
ought to have consldeied this before It
started In with long nnd coatb experiments.
If the Ideas of Secretai } Wilson arc car
ried out as the } me laid down In the In
terview , the assured result will bo that the
sugar beet will glow In every state of the
union , but in man } states the boots will
not bo worth the gathc-lng People ex
perienced In the gunving ot the sugar beet
and tha climatic conditions neccs r } for Its
1101 mil development , will agree with mo on
this point.
Kvor } failure will niateitally hurt the de
velopment of tbls infant industry , and should
be avoided , If possible. As far as the state
ments of Ir Wiley uro concerned I fcol
highly elated over the way In which ho deals
with the prospectus of the beet sugar com
pany In quistlon. Such statements of pro
fessional promoters who as a rule , even do
not know the A D C of the boot sugar In
dustry , only deserve to bo branded. Their
only cxcuss , however. Is that they recelvo
ve'y often moro favorable consideration from
capitalists than a straightforw > ml < and legiti
mate statement of facts Dr. Wiley , how
ever , goes too far In his statement of the
cost of production ot sugar In this country.
If he has studied the records nnd reports
of sevcial of our American factories ho must
Know tlut 3 cents Is much nearer to the
cost than 4 cents Ho must fuithcr know
tl-U In some instiiiccs 2'i cents per pound
Is rather overstating the ro-.t estimate There
exist ethel factories , of course , where Dr.
\Vlle's statement lepresents the facts , but
they are cither mlslocatcd or mismanaged , or
work with Inefilclout machinery. I have no
doubt that Dr. Wiley knows these facts as
well as I do
I nm a firm bellcvci In the future at the
beet sugir Industr } In this country , but I
do not believe tint eveiy stnto In the union
will eventual ! } have Its beet sugar factories ,
and I do" know that wo cannot enl } produce
fair refining but also white granulated sugar
as n considerably lower price than 4 cents a
pound in every factor } which Is correctly
loc-itcd , bis good and sufficient machinery
and is managed b } a csmnctent man.
DH. JULIUS KOBIlia.
TII1 ONLY GENUINE 1IUNYAD1 WVTliR
BEST AND SAFEST NATURAL APERIENT WATER
I'lcscillic'd and appiovcd for HI yc.ns by all the medical niilhoiltluH for CON
STIPATION , DYSI'Dl'SIA , TOHI'IDITY OF T1IK LIVIOK , IIKMOItltllOIDS
: is well as for all Kiudied ailuiunts lohultlug fiom Indlsuiotlou lu diet.
"I ( IH ic-iniii Kiill > nml > xi > fiiliiii | II } uniform In UN foiniioNllloii. "
British Medical Journal.
"TiniiwitotiMi - of HH Iim MVV'ntriN. . " ,
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CAUTION See that ihe label btars the signature of tha
firm Andreas Saxlehner.
' 10 COVl'HACTOKS.
iK of pic'tincsAO illicit call
your iittiMitlon to the line ; ul dUjilay we
mo Kl\'l K t'vciy iltiy lice of chaise
our ( lK ] > lny cominlHi'S almost uvciy
pilntliiK pioiluced i-ltlier In the original
or pcifeet copies we've fi.nne.s for them
too fr.tini's that ate put together by
Klcllled liameiH our pilc-cs on these
frames me so low that you'll jiKiee vvllh
us that you can't buy common lumber
Mi < l moulding ami make them yourM > lf
for much less hundieils of dllleient
htylei to select from maybe yon have
an old plctuie that's dear to you lot us
brlKhten It up with one of our now
fiame.s.
A. HOSPE ,
WJUJflfl. 1513 Douglas
In leather goods \ve me. shovvJug the
latest novelties A new Hue of pocket
books and catd case combined Just ie-
ceived In all the popular leatheis seal
tiklit English moiioto pg ! skin snake
Hktn allocator skin monkey skin ele
phant bklii lu black mid all the prevail
ing shades with steillng silver mount
ings pi Ices range fiom $1.50 to $ . 1.00
We ate now fmulshing aillstlcly en-
glared wedding and society stationery
eiiuul to any pioduced anywhere In the
east W ) cngiavcd rlsltlng cauls with
copper engiared plato for $1.00 mall
01 dors lu this depaitment iccelvu our
caiiiful and prompt attention.
C. S , Raymond Co , ,
Jewelers ,
15th and Douglas Streets.