mvfATTA JXAILY BEE : . NOVTCTSI K13R K ISftT.
Pulse of Western Progress.
In consequence of the general asltatloi
for tlic beet sugar Industry , the production
of an arti'lo not exactly kindred to KUga *
beets , yet commonly found In soils favor
able to thi growth of the latter , has been
brought to the public attention This article
Is chicory says the. Orogonlan. "If Oregon
I'HM gro * sugar beets , It can produce chic
ory alto , " ! n the venllct of experienced men.
and only last week a representative of the
largest chicory manufacturing concern In the
world uns making Inquiries of the prospects
lor establishing a factory In. the northwest.
The unsavory reputation of chicory among
consumers of coffee has probably obscured
the real worth of the plant. The fact that
the United States Imported 14,050,000 pounds
of chicory during the nrnt seven months of
the prcMint fiscal year will give some Idea
of the local market for this article nnd
oriablo farmcis to draw a concluilqn as to
the Inducements chicory production offers.
1 rom three-fourths to
seven-eighths of this
importation comes from Germany and Bel-
Slum , being raised In thn beet sugar dis
tricts. Occasionally uamplia of Oregon
chicory have been noticed , but no particular
attention has been given the subject. Last
week Mr. Mlchaells. rcprenentlw ; the llrm
or Hclnnlch , Krantk & Sochno of Germany ,
while In Portland , was shown by Mr. Dovers
nemo chicory grown near Alpha , Wash. The
( | Ua Ity of the chicory Impressed Mr.
.Mlchaells as being good , and he made many
Inquiries conccrnliiB ito growth In the state.
Later ho told .Mr Dover * that ho had In-
Btructlonn from hh firm to look for a good
location for a chicory factory , ami ho was
making teats to ascertain what districts of
the west were moat suitable. His concern
h.m ten different chicory factories In Oer-
many and factories also In. France. Belgium ! i
Rounmnla , Italy , England , ami In recent I
juaivi creeled a factory at Flushing. N. V I
.Mr .Michaels mid the factory his company I
proposed building In the wrsi would mean
the employment of COO men In the manufac-
turliMj and drying processes , betides the'sum I
that would bo
expended
cmnng farmers for
I
the raw loot Mr. Devcrs feels much Inter- '
< .sted In .this . new Industry. "Under the Wll- i
f. ° " . " "I. "I'1 h ° . "a duty was put on the '
llnlslicd piodtict to cncouragu the manufacj j i
tiiro of chicory , nnd the dried root was I
allowed to conic In free. The Olnglcy bill ,
1
however , to help the
farmer , putt * a duty on
the root which has given a great Impetus i
to the production of chicory In the United
States It la now being successfully grown ! i
lu Nebraska , and I feel that we ceilainlyl j
ought to produce It hero If It Is a succtss i '
there. 1 have collected several samples of
domestic chicory root , which I sent to the
management of the factory at Flushing. It
t > ei > ni9 to me that theio ' the pOHslbltlty of
Inaugurating a now Industry here which Is
of sutllclcnt Importance to enlist the careful
Jittei.tlon of the- people of our community "
Tl'o Industry In Nebraska Is assuming goodly
proportions slnco the enactment of thci
Dliiglty tariff Growth of the plant was
ro'iimcncrd there over five years ngo , and
with the llrst crop a small factory was estab
lished at 0 Nelll Molt county In 1S95 the
American Chicory companj wnn organized
to succeed the German Clilcory company
The manufacturing and drying planta were
enlarged anJ Increased , and last year the
company contracted for 1200 acres , that
being the dial > car of general operations In
thi < Htatn The farmers were paid $7 CO a ton
for the roots , arvl tlie estimate Is made that
n average yield per acre la six tons. Great
Interest Is shown by Nebraska farmers In the
ii ° w Industry , as It seems to bo even moro
certain of returns than beet sugar.
PACIl-IC COAST POTATOES.
This year , loughly speaking , 19,000 acres
In Oicgon weie planted to potatoes. The
yield Is given as 1S)0,000 ! ) bushels , an In-
crcaso of 590,000 bushels over last year and
80,000 bushels more than In 1893. In Wash
ington the acreage in 1896 wan 18.000 , and
this year 19000 , 2,280,000 bushels were
raised this year , which Is 380,000 moro bush
els than In 18 % , and a few bushels less
than In 1893. The potato crop In the United
IStates this year Is about 171.11C,000 bushels ,
as compaicd with 245,480,000 In 1S9C and
2Sfi.3fiO.000 In 1S33 Canada has fallen from
CS.012.000 bushels In 18 j and Gfi,2SO,000 bush
els In 1896 to C0.27G.OOO bushels this year
These are figures of the Orange Judd
Farmer newspaper syndicate , whoso crop
statistics are as trustworthy as any. The
showing Is far from gratifying Not slnco
1SU2 has the potato crop of the United
States proved bo nearly a failure the ag
gregate yield being the- smallest In the
Hat five years. Compared with the liberal
crop of ! S9i ( there Is an apparent falling
ofT of nearly 30 per cent In tonnage , and
the quality , as a whole Is greatly deficient
The lowpi Ices of last fall and winter which
attcndod the full crop or 189G did not tend
to stimulate needing. Yet potatoes form
such a staple In almost every state that ,
after all , a fairly full acicago was put In
the gioum ! last spring. The principal food
product of modern nations Is the potato
a fact that the average person Is singularly
Ignorant of A full world's production of
potatoes Is about 1,000,000.000 bushels , of
whPat 2.COO.OOO.OOO , of corn 2COOOOU,000 , of
rye about 1,300 000,000 and of barley not qulto
7CO.OOO OPO bushels Huropo produces
nearly two und one-half times as many
bushels of potatoes In a full year as she
docs wheat Of late years about 30.000.000
acres on the averag" hnvo been officially
reported as being dovotcd to potatoes yearly
throughout the world , of which Europe. In
cluding the United Kingdom has about 2fi-
000,000 acies and the Unltoil States about
3.000.000 The full crops In Oregon and
"Washington this yar and the shortage clse-
where emphabl/e the need of the Nicaragua
canal , which would enable the farmers to
put their potatoes on the market at such
a proHt as Is Impossible under present trans
portatlon conditions This Is only a sp ° ciul
Instance A similar need Is felt In almost
every other department of Pacific coast In-
QILSON1TK FOR SHIP PROTECTION.
The discovery that gllsonltc. which has
lucn found on the Indian lands In Utah , will
protect a ship's bottc.ni from soiwoed aim
corrosion , cuy the Mining and Scientific
Press , Is likely to end the attempts of specu
Inters to Indueo the government to open
thcao hndfto entry. If Iho government owns
the only gllsonlto deposit known It will
h > udly consent to inalto It an aitlcle of commerce -
morco available for uee to fore.gn navies.
A monopoly will onahlo our war vessels to
keep the sea 'indefinitely ' while foreign ships
are obliged to seek port at short Intervals
to bo Bcrnpd and cleaned It would bo worth
millions of dollars to this country In a wap
to always have the best sper-d of Its crulsera
available. At present n cruiser long In serv
ice that made twenty knots on her trial
trip only makes fourteen or fifteen , because
of her foul bottom , but , with Iho hull
painted with RlUonlte.-twent ) knots could bo
run , If thi ) storlca about the now lU'.ihaltum
are true , by a vcEOdl which has not been
docked In years , always providing thai no
accident should Intervene. The probablllly
that piles could bo protected from the teredo
by this nen subBt > inco Is not great , but It
would bear looking Into At present , how
ever , the chief advantage ot Its use Is naval ,
jind this U enough to warrant the govern
inent In guarding it with jealous care In
dentions may bo copied , naval plans Htolen
nnd engines and ships duplicated , but , it wo
luvo all Iho Kllaonlto there Is , and that o |
govcuiment Und , wo ran keep It for our
own use , no matter what the anxiety of for
eign naval officers may bo to get some of it
for theirs ,
WYOMING NICKEL MJNES ,
Great Interest la being taken throughout
northern Wyoming In the operations on
I'lney creek , near Sheridan , of the Nickel
Itonnlng company On Monday last the cam.
] i.any received a carload of fine mining ma
chinery which U being freighted to the
mines and will be put In operation at once.
The machinery consists of drills , air com-
pre.isor , dynamos , etc. Mr. Q. Frank Me-
Laughlln , manager of the company , elates
'hat ' a contract has been let for 100,000 feel
of lumber , with -vlilch flumes will bo built
to carry water to run the dynamos , which
will generate electricity to operate the min
ing machinery. The Nickel Refining com
pany is composed of wealthy eastern men.
who have had experts examine the ore which
Is being mined and have had mill tests made
which have demonstrated Its \alue beyond
doubt. Nickel to found In the ore , but noi
In .sufficient quantity to Justify the erection
of a large plant. It Is believed , however ,
that as the vein U gene down on this ore
will Increase In value and If this theory-
proves to bo correct a large establishment
will bo put up at the mlnea. The product
of the mine la used In nickel-plating estab
lishments In the east and thcro Is an 1m-
mcnno demand for It.
MICA AT CRIPPLE CREEK.
For the second tlmo what seems to bo n
mica mlno has been opened up In the Crlp-
plo Creek district , says the Crlpplo Creek
llcrnld. October 1 Whalen & Ash opened a
vein of mica at only a foot below the sur
face. At this point It Measured a foot In
thickness. Its permanence , of course , can
not yet b determined. The vrln was found
on the placer In West Crlpplo Creek at the
fcot of Signal hill. A few years ago n. mica
mine was opened up on Mt. Plsgah and paid
well for o nhort time. After n few months ,
however , the mica In
i was encountered quan-
I ' tlltles too small to bo used for commercial
[ i purposes and work was discontinued on the
property. Mica has been found In abun
dance on almost every claim between Crlpplo
Creek and the Ilaro hills , but with the ex
ception of the one at Mt. Pisgah ml no and
possibly the discovery msdo by Whalen &
Ash , It has always been too badly broken
up to have value. Mica schist has been
found In connection with utmost every for
matlon encountered In the district , but , of
coursi > . Is without value.
ARIZONA'S Hid COPPER PLANT.
The cily of Cllflon , hidden away as It Is
among Iho mountains of Arizona , Is little
known to the outer world , and yet there Is
In running operation the largest as well as
most successful copper plant In the world.
Tlia company lj u Scotch concern , all of the
directors living In that country. Sixteen years
ago copper ore was found there and developed
by the Mexicans and brought by them Into
El Paso , Tex. , on burros. The tailings are
used up now by the magnificent new smelter
aivl pan out wonderfully well Whole
mountains of ere arc found To the Jletcalf
and Longfellow mines the Arizona Copper
company operates u twenty-inch narrow
gauge railway to carry ere to Clifton , where
the main plant Is in blast. The company also
owns the line of railway running from Cllf
lon to Lordsburg , N M , a dlatauco of seven
ty-one miles , where connection Is made wltn
tlie Southern Pacific. Nearly Ihe enlire innlo
population ot Clifton arc employes of Ihe
Arl/oiiii Copper company. The company htore
h a iiKininiolh establishment. What sur
prises most copper knowing people when they
como here Is the acid rooms of the chemical
laboratory The building is entirely lined
wlih sheet lead and cost a small fortune
Great care must be used to prevent a total
collapse of this necessary sliucturc. The
chemist makca nearly all of the chcmioils
from material found adjacent to Clifton , thus
suing the outlay for those necessities There
U a complete gas woikH > ind an electric light
plant on the ground , all built by the company.
Soon a new library building will be built for
thu employes.
WYOMING GRAND ENCAMPMENT.
Gradually Interest Is being awakened In
the mines of the Grand Encampment dls
trlct , which Is Just over the line In Wyo
ming close to the main range. Grand En
campment Ls associated with the compara
tively new districts in Routt county. There
are several camps in that section which deserve -
servo attention and that promise to develop
Into good producers. Although to the gen-
eta ! public little known the country lying
near and on either side of the Wyoming-
Colorado line from Noith Park westward Is
one of great natural resources. It Is doubt
ful If there Is any other part of the United
Stales which Is both so little known and sj
full of promise. Its mineral resources are
extensive and varied , consisting not alone ol
Hllver and gold , but also of copper , Iron and
coal. It Is probable that development will
some day show that oil t > hould be Included In
n list of the resources of lhat section. It Is ,
found farther north In Wyoming and Ihero
are strong Indications of its presence Imme
diately south In Colorado. There has not
been much of a test of the agricultural possi
bilities of the counlry under consideration
but the Yampa valley In Routt county con
tains a largo area of land that could be
easily Irrigated and for most farm products
the climate is favorable. What thai section
greatly needs Is better rail connection The
nearest road Is the Union Pacific , but It Is
something like fifty miles from Grand En
campment and , ot courjcj It is much farther
from Halm's Peak and the Yampa valley.
With all the talk about 'building a reid It
would seem that something must come out
of It Such a road would certainly get a
large Irafllc Health and pleasure seekers
would go lo Sleamboat Springs , and that
trafllc alone would be considerable. In the
e\tremo ' western jurt of Routt county Hay-
den's map shows a geological formation of
Silurian lltno which may be found to contain -
tain mineral. The locality has been but
lllllo prospected. If at all. It Is referred to
hero simply as suggestive of what might be
developed In connection with the other resources -
sources of that .part of the country.
SUPERIORITY OP SPEARKISH CREEK
Without a question the finest stream of
water In the lllack Hills Is Spearflsh creek
The people of the largo raining camps , such
as Deadwood and Lead , have been covetous
Of thO beniltlflll Ktrnnm fnr vnire firl , irt. .
n step Is about to bo taken by the citizens
of those- towns to bring a portion of the
water to the towns. At a Joint meeting of
the water committees of the two cities ,
which have been appointed to look up the
matter of new water systems. It was pro
posed to condemn 200 Inches of the wntcr
from thu creek and bring it In pipes to the
cities. They have measured the volume of
water In thu creek and find It Is 2,300 Inches ,
which , they say. Is moro than can be used
by the Spearflsh people. The Spearflsh people
ple claim that there are water rights held
by the people In the city and by ihose living
along the crook for Irrigating purposes
amounting to 5,000 Inches , and ) that there Is
not nearly enough water even for the pres
ent needs. Ucadvvood and Lead are much In
need of a now supply ot water. There Is not
enough even for lire protection , and the
quality Is questionable There will bo trou
ble If nn attempt is made to carry out the
prcbont plans of the water committees. If
water cannot bo gotten from this Fourto it
Is a i > erlous question where a suitable mip-
ply can bo obtained.
THE DAKOTAS. '
The govornmeiil Is again advertising for
bliia for carrying the mall between Spear-
llsh and Dead wood.
Thu several cases of typhoid fever In
Fpearflsh aio all Improving very fast , and
the doctors bay they are all past the
ditiger point.
The rich tiyrltlc ere of the Hardln etrlko
has now been sunk Into nearly twenty-five
feet without touching the boltom , and It Is
keeping up Its enormous richness A largj
cimouit of nwclilnory for the mine has Just
arrived.
A dividend of { 31,000 was paid by the
HomeaUke last week The company Is ex
tending Its railroad to the Jim Creek coun
try to a largo belt of timber , and has 200
men at work , The nail Is for the purpose
of supplying timber for tbo Homedtske mints
Gloomy reports are coming from Eurcki
respect ; thu proportions Kad spread of
diphtheria In and about that place. Klvo
mothers and a whole colony of children
came down from the stricken town las'
night , four fa in 11 leu going on to points cast
and ono to Faulkton , all to escape the Im
pending danger ,
A iliie deposit of onyx Is being devek'pel
on ground near Prlngle. Tests made In
Philadelphia have shown the stone far HU
perior tothat usually : secured , and ship
ments will b made to that city for further
examination. If aatlsfactory a Urge quan
tity will bo taken out this winter , and the
eround thoroughly developed ,
D. W. Hlnes. well known as the origi
nator of the plan for a farmer's railroad ,
baa been recaptured at llajinab. ud taken
back to the state Insane asylum , from which
ho escaped two weeks ago Ilo had printed
and posted In Langdon some bills announc
ing that a lecture would bo given by
Farmer Illnes on the "Dark and Bright
Sides of an Insane Asylum. "
Farmers at Hudson are beginning to husk
ind crlli their torn The oldest farmers
say they do not remember a year when corn
was so nearly matured and dry this early
In the season. Whllo most of the crop Is
light , H Is very sound , and of belter quality
than last season. What Is most peculiar
about the early llpenlng ot the gralu Is the
fact ot the extreme backwardness and cold
ness of the spring and summer season ,
Presho county and the ttato have locked
horns over a claim of the former for About
$1,500 for costs of cases arising in Prwho
county , which Is unorganized. The circuit
court allowed the claim , but the state
auditor refused to pay It. The county com
missioners have therefore authorized the
commencement of proccdlngs to recover the
amount from the state , It Is doubtful , how
ever , If the state auditor haa power to pay
the amount ot the claim until the legislature
appropriates the sum necessary to do so.
Thcro Is all kinds ot trouble between Man
ager Garrctt of the Northwestern Telephone
exchange and Proprietor Cole of the Metro-
polo hotel , at Fargo. Saturday , It Is alleged ,
Cole swore at the girls In the central ofllco
and thn 'phono waa taken out ot the hotel ,
but afterward replaced on request of Man
ager Mathows. Later Cole went to the cen
tral ofllco and Is alleged to have struck
Oarrctt twice with a cane , after which h ?
drew a pistol on the manager. Ho will bfi
arrested on a charge of assault with a deadly
weapon ,
The city council of Grand Forks will prob
ably have considerable controversy over a
public electric light plant before the citi
zens enjoy that luxury , although there Is
not a citizen but Is In favor of the city using
electrlclly for lighting purposes. The pres
ent company has made a proposition to
light the city for $125 per light. An expert
claims that the city can maintain the lights
at $79.20 each , Mayor Ulnnle Is enthusi
astic over the prospects ot a municipal plant.
Thcro is some opposition to the plan , how
ever , and It would not be surprising should
an injunction form a part of the proceed
ings.
WYOMING.
Old Ch'lef Washakle , nearly 100 years of
age. was photographed at Evanston on a bl-
cycle the other day. The photo could very
truthfully bo exhibited as an original picture
of an aboriginal century rider.
Ono of the big steam shovels which has
been at work in the now famous Sherman
gravel pits has quit work. The operations ot
the shjvel were stopped Sunday night and
the machine will be taken to Chpycnne and
stored In the shops.
The fact speaks well for Wyoming that , so
Colonel S. W. Downey says , there are on flic
with the State Land board appllcallons for
Iho lease ot more than 200,000 acres of stale
laud , but lhat the atalo has only about 40-
000 acres -it Us disposal.
The work on Ihe four-pocket coal chute
at Red Iluttes Is progressing rapidly. The
trench for the plpo bringing water from the
springs two miles east ot the station Is half
completed. It Is understood that the company
will build a new lank at Red Dulles In the
spring.
Theru Is a rumor In clrctilallon at Sheridan
lhat the government Inspector has made some
startling discoveries regarding a disciepancy
In the amount of cattle pastured and ( he
amount laid to the Indians on the Crow res
ervation. It Is slaled that 12 close Investiga
tion of the matter will be made at once.
Quite a number of Natrona county hunters
are contemplating a wolf round-up In Ihe
near future. They propose to have Converoe
county enter into an agreement to appoint
a day for the hunt and each county furnish
a given number of hunters and the county
getting the most wolves shall have a dance
and supper from the proceeds ot the bounty
on the wolves which will be killed In bath
counties.
Crook county Is particularly prospeious
this year. The farmers have raUed large
ciops and the live stock Interests arc In n
very prosperous condition. Crook county Is
largely bottled with small etockralers who
have from iwenty-flve lo 200 head of sluck
apiece. They are building up pleasant homes
through all sections of the county. The
population has nearly doubled during the
past three years.
Colonel E P. Snow , the mining engineer ,
has relumed to Laramlo from Cooper hill ,
where ho was sent by a Paris syndicate to
procure samples of ores in that vicinity re
ported to carry platinum and its associate
metals , and also to obtain bond and lease
upon the properties. He obtained samples
of ore from Ihe different claims , but found
It Impossible to negotiate for bond anl lease ,
the owners stilting that they would not sell
Stockmen around Lander are selling their
catlle and buying sheep. There are two rea
sons for this. First , cattle are bringing high
figures , and , secondly , stockmen have lost
so much by thieves that the business Is con
sidered uideslralile. During the last five
years moro than J50.000 worth of catllo have
been sloleu fiom slockmen of Fremont
counly. It is estimated lhat Tremont county
will have 300,000 sheep on the ranges next
season.
A. E. Minium Is said to have discovered
on Casper mountain , a well-denned fissure ot
white and blue gold-bcaiing quartz , between
granite walls , sixty feet wide and traced
over D.OOO feet. At places It shows an Iron-
stain auriferous quartz and is bltuated thir
teen miles east of Caspnr. near Hot Six
canyon. It is free milling and a pan test
from a surface .sample gave lu thu neighbor
hood of $4 The claim Is made ot a million
tons In Right.
COLORADO.
Trick laying Is In progress on the Colorado
rado Noithwestern railway.
The Tlrst National bank of Grand Junction
will soon become a btate bank.
The Colorado Federation of Woman'
held Its annual toiivenllon lu Pueblo last
week
Apple growers about Roulder and Cancn
Clly fear damage lo the crop from the big
Htorm.
11 Clark Wheeler of Aspen announces that
ho will lead an exploring party Into Alabka
In the spring.
The Colorado Presbylerlan synod has PS-
labllshcd a chair of eihlcs at thu Colorado
university , Boulder.
The Bank of Montrose will resume. Tim
stockholders have waived all right to re-
Icabo from responsibility ,
It Is rcporled lhat the Co'iquetor aioup
of ten claims In the Empire district has
been told for $100,000 to St Louis men.
W. E. Renshaw , operating the Newton
under lease In the Idaho Springs district ,
struck some $ SOO ere In a level 400 fost from
the shaft.
Damage to hundreds of acres of polatces
yet In the giound about Eatoa is feared
from the big storm.
A tralnload of 7iOO ! .sheep was stopped by
the shcilff at Grand Junction Saturday because -
cause their owner could net show an Inspec
tion certificate.
Colorado Springs will Issue $100.000 of fif
teen-year 4 % per cen't ' bonds to refund lends
now outstanding and to Improve and extend
her waler works.
Clerk TaughcnbauEh of Garfield county
hay been arrested on the clmrgo ot disciIm-
Inating against the silver republican ticket
In preparing the official ballot.
The Poudre Power company has been in
corporated with a capital of { 50,000 , to con
struct ditches , reservoirs and power plants
on the Cache la Poudre river
Claes Arnell , southwest of Alamaso , will
have about 5,000 bushels of grain this year
ThU will kinount In cash to over three
times the price he paid for hU land ,
There seems to be a tacit agreement be
tween the burglars and footpads now op
erating In Denver to do their work In al
ternate weeks. Last wc-elc was the bur-
TRY GRfllW ! TRY
Ask your grocer loday to show you a
package of GItAIN-O , the new food drink
that takes -ho place of coffee. Thu child
ren mr.y drink It without lijury an well us
the adult All who try it , Ilk.It. . QRAIN-O
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Juva ,
but It la made from pute grains , and the
most delicate stomach receives It without
dUtress U thu price of coffee. ISc and 25s
per package. Sold by all erocert.
Rlars' week and five people were robbed by
them Friday night , JbtlufllnR a Mormon
elder. But little monqy yna secured from
any ot the victims.
J. U. Livingstone , 'fine ' foreman ot thef
Colorado Telephone cmtusuny nt Colorado
Springs , has mysterious , disappeared , tak
ing hh money and IsgylnR his family.
Ore'do camp has continued a regular dally
shipment of from twclHy lo thirty cars ot
ore slnco early In the Spring The principal
shipper has been the Commodore , which Is
paying big dividends.
Asldo from the tremendous Inconvenience
caused to the public find to private Inter *
cst9 , Iho storm of last , Tuesday wrought an
Intrinsic damage to the city o { Denver and
Its suburbs that is conservatively estimated
to bo In excess of J100.000vi
The Moon Anchor line at Crlpplo Creek
has 140 tons of ere for shipment from the
sampling works , representing two week's
output. The Anchorla-Ldand sent out 175
tons last week which averaged over $40
per ton. A strike of $90 ere has been made
In a now drift In the Orphan Dclle at a
depth ot 2CS feet la the shaft , the vein being
four feet wide.
The Golden Fleece at Lake City haa n new
strike of very rich oro. The company Is
now cxplorltiB the strlko by the aid of diamond
mend drills. At the last annual meeting
held In July the receipts from the mlno
wcro $98,000. The disbursements were $52-
000 for operating expenses and $6,000 In divi
dends , leaving about $69,000 $ , In the treasury
with which to pay tfio purchase prlco ot
thn Governor Pltkln mine adjoining , which
was bought for ? G5,000.
All of the coal miners of Doulder county
are out on a strike. U Is said that at ono
ot the mines In Lafayette the managers re
duced the wages ot the machine men 10
cents a ton. Word was sent to all the mines
In the district to close down and the order
was Implicitly obeyed. The strlko Is said
to affect about 1,000 miners A number of
the gold and silver mines In the mountains
will have to close down on account of the
slrlke. An effort will bo made to have the
matter compromised as soon aa possible.
UTAH.
The farmers who have wheat are holding
the grain In expectation of a rise an ex
ample set them by the people ot Cache and
HOK Elder counties.
Rich strikes are reported from the AJax
and Grand Central In the Tlntlc district , lu
the former the ere Is high grade copper and
In the latter gold quarlz.
The opposition to H N. McOrcw's induction
Into the ofllco of register of the land ofllco
has not diminished the appointee s confi
dence In his winning qualities.
The Bear River canal people have now at
work , directly and Indirectly , about 100 men ,
and much ot the earnings of these reach
this little burg , materially adduc'ng ' to Iho
prospcrlly ot the place.
Superintendent Chambers of the Ontario
tind Daly announces that operations will not
bo resumed on an extensive scale at the prop
erties of Iho companies named iinlll silver Is
bick to at least 70 cents per ounce.
The decline In the price of lead , which oc
curred on Saturday last , was a new blow to
the mining Industry. The maintenance of
the prlco of that metal has been ot the stal
est benefit since ellver went under the Co-
cent mark.
The final clean-up for the season has bean
made aJ the Nlaganr cyanide plant in Ding-
ham. Superintendent Heffron brought in
sixty pounds of gold-silv'er bullion as a re
sult. The mill cannot opcra'e in cold weather
on account of the nature of the ores.
The Marsae mill on Tailings was so satis
factory that it is reported to be the Inten
tion of the company to get the mill In shapp
during the winter to put throught the tailings
dumps as soon In the 'spring Ob the weather
will allow. This work will , however , depend
groitly on the price of silver.
Without being at all on Uie boom , Corlnno
enjoys a steady business. The Malad pepplo
seem to have a great niaay friends among.
the merchants here , > infl the farmers ar&
pretly sure to get full market prlco for
everything they bring In. and are not
charged exorbitant figures for any goodi
that they dcslro to take T > ack homo with
them.
MONTANA ,
The Stray Horse mine shipped forty cars
of gold ore last month. . , , ,
The Volunteers or A'merlca piopose to es
tablish a aescue homo for fallen women ut
nutle.
S Andrlrtel look 110 ounces of gold from
California gulch , at Virginia City , this
season.
The most important Masonic gathering that
has ever convened in Butte was In session
last week.
An Important strike has been made In the
Gold Cup at Red Bluff. Some ot the ore
George B McLaughlln , who was appointed
Blackfoot Iml'an agent last June , 1ms re
signed his position.
The United Slales mineral land commls-
sloneis ate at work examining and classify
ing landa on the upper Yellowstone.
I ) . F. Forbes of Helena has secured a
year's bund on the property of the Montana
Gold Bar Mining company at Diamond.
The Kallspell Industrial company , with a
capital of $50,000 , will build a flour mill
end engage In other enterprises at Kallspell.
Thcro Is a scarcity of building material of
all kinds , and as a result work on the nu
merous buildings now in touiso of construc
tion in Dillon la greatly delayed.
Consignments of mining machine : y arrive
at the Dillon stallon nearly every day Thl l
shows a renewed activityIn the different
mining camps adjacent to Dillon.
The machinery of the Polaris company's
ten-stamp mill arrived at Dillon lant week
Manager Townsend is superintending Its
bhlpment to the company's grounds.
As Ihero are no known heirs of Orln G
Robio the mountain liormlt the public ad
ministrator at Great Falls vrill sell Ills ranch
of 100 acres The estate Is valued at $2,000
A mining section which has spiung Into
prominence within the last few months la
Red Top , about six miles north ot Sylvanlto ,
In Flathead county. Some remarkable strikes
have been made of largo ledges highly mln-
Dri'x4. \ . Shfiouiiin s.iys wo linvo one
iop In the house tlwt provi-h salNfau-
toiy lo everybody no inutU'r wlwt your
business may 1 ' It's a slioc tliut fnr
solid cninfoit can't l > i > Itwtt that's the
llnniin & C'o. MIOL > this filioc 1ms the
reputation oftenx \ \ the only nhoe on the
maiki't that yon 'o ' not have to Im-aJ ;
In just tlr ? shoe for -tcndw ft-ut a reg
ular foot-form hoe that llts fiom the
start a shoe that looks well ami wears
well-ami Is always satisfactory they
come lu all Mws ami Mjjos-lf yon want
a. perfect hhoe yon , j > huuhl look at the
Hunan hoe. 1i i '
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
1/111) ) Farmihi1 Street
New fall catalogue. ' Xv icmly ; mailed
for the abUIn .
} 0 < f >
Neltlwr yon nor any one else can K t
n perfect heat out of'-.i ' MA ltU ; Move we
are now allowing an wH'nto\e ' that iww
no wIck-piodiUTH il iljte llamt and
Inmu , any grade of 'kerosene-many
dealers , will claim they have thu bent
oil Movo. on the market we not only
claim this , but we piovo that the Primus
Is the best we don't ask yon to belwve
till you've het'ii mul wo want yon to
come In and see thin little wonder in
opeiatlou price range IH ? 0 ? 8 and $10
three Mx.e.s this price * on onr Jewel
liUM ) bnrneirt are ? -J > -iO : $ : i.r and $40
-mail ; what we tell yon yon will not
lie 11 bio to llml Its equal anywhere In
Omaha for economy and duiablllty.
A. C. RAYMER ,
BUH.nivKS' HARDWARE HERE.
1514 Partial ! ! St.
SHORT COATS
FOB.
FOB.HALFAMAN. .
boy needs an overcoat he won't wear a long , burdensome
ulster he doesn't want a small velvet collar coat , but he does
want something to keep his body warm , and at the same time
wouldn't be in his way when he goes out skating , sleigh riding , etc. ,
this winter. Our reefers answer the purpose exactl } ' . They are cut
short , made of woolly Chinchilla , ear-protecting collar , double-breasted
front , edges bound with horse hair braiding , three outside pockets- , one
inside breast pocket , and lined with a woolen lining that is as warm
and as solid in wear as the goods itself. The prices do not begin at
$3.00 or $3.50 as you would imagine , but this description is our SI.25
Reefer , and in addition they have brass anchor figured buttons , and
all this is for wear , as well as appearance. We think we will sell all
the Reefers sold in Omaha this fall. You'll' think we ought to if you
will see-them , Bring the boy in.
Prices are $125 $ J75 $300 $ 25 , $350 up to $4 ° ° no higher.
Men's and Boys' Clothing , Furnishings , Hats.
Corner Fourteenth and Douglas Streets.
. .
MVIIounr.il nijpiiTMr.vr TOIL 01 T
eralized. Gold Is the main metal , but there
Is some silver and copper
John W. Coushlln , cashier of the Anaconda
Mining companj In Butte , has boon arrested
on a charge of cmbezrloment , the .amount
of his peculations being sever.il thousand
dollars
IDAHO.
The Glbbonsvllle Miner bays there aru
about seventy-live cases of typhoid fever In
town.
M. ( McKllm of Dig Lost river sold SOO
cows last week to Mr. Wood of Idaho Kails ,
who will ship them east Prices from $22
to $22.50.
George Degit ? I t pushing an electric light
enterprise for Welscr. Nearly all the busi
ness men Imvo signed an agreement to
patronize him.
Charles Pattler has closed a deal by which
he receives land upon which to erect .a tan-
neiy at Kcndrick. There are plenty of hides
In that vicinity.
In the face of the Hecli tunnel at Burke
there Is quite a sprinkling of galena , and
the owners are quite hopeful of a good chute
of ore a few feet further In.
George Speed , on old-tlmo vaquero and
known to Idaho cattlemen as a famous roper ,
w < is killed near Do La Mar in a runaway.
He was thrown and his skull was crushed.
There are rumors of a large sawmill to be
put up on the banks of the Welscr near
town , It Is said tha inrtles are contracting
for 1,500,000 of saw- logs to bo brought down
the river In the spring.
A bold holdup occurred Priday night about
dark at the old dam , just above the reser
vation Arthur Thompson and a man
named Hedges were the victims. The high
waymen secure ! about $70.
The promoters of the Fort Stcele road have
raised sufllc'pnt ' funds to put the road
through and a force of men Is being gath-
ersd up to commence the work The Koolc-
nai Herald sayk It means much for Honner's
Terry.
The Argus , near Murray , has taken outi
100 tons or rock and will have It milled at
the Yosemlte mill Should It yield as ex-
peeled a mill will be put upcn the property ,
as there Is develcnment work done until
thousands o' tons of nro arc In sight.
Ranchers living on Willow and Elk creeks
cut down the timber In the adjacent moun
tains into cordwood , for which they got
$4.50 delivered on the Gold belt. Although
th'y huul the wood fifteen or twenty miles ,
they say they make a living at the busi
ness. I
The ttoublcs of the American Palls and
People's Canal companies are not > et ended ,
Of the 9000 acres that the state has been i
asked to release under the terms of the recent - 1
cent compromise , it Is discovered that 7,600
acres have never been withdrawn by the
government.
CALIFORNIA.
A prisoner rimed Varasca , under reprieve
at San Quentln , has struck He says ho
was sent there to bo hanged and not to
work.
The worhlngnicij of San Francisco are
strongly opposed to the annexation of Ha
waii and the resultant Inllux of a large num
ber of coolies.
Someone left fully 100 dynamite cartridges
scattered along the railroad track near
Fresno. Alfred Carr , Eon of L L. Cair , a
promlircnt citizen , found the cartridges and
struck one with a hnnimei The cartridge
exploded , blowing away onu of Young Oarr'B
fingers and u thumb , besides otherwise
seriously Injmlng him.
It is reported by whalcis arriving In San
Francisco that eight men from the crews of
the vilous ships of the winter Ileot have
been fro/en to death In the Arctic.
The Oxnards have made a proposition to
erect a sugar factory at Hueneine and the
peopto of that place are lustllng to comply
with the conditions by November 1.
Jasper Galpln and Lee Uutcher , settlers
suspected of starling a forest lire , were tiled
In San Fi.anclsco and acquitted because of
an en or in the survey. They were rearrcsted
on a new complaint.
A baby was left In a Los Angeles court as
security for n debt by a frightened couple ,
who couldn't speak llngllsh and who im
agined that unless some sort of a bond was
given they would bo sent to jail. Ilo was re
deemed next day.
In San Francibco another woman has come
forward to claim a portion of the $ J3,000,000
estate left by Imblay Clarke , who died In
Australia In 1875. She Is Klleu Clarke Lln-
forth , widow of the late Edward II. Llnforth
of San Francisco and she resides at 1317
Leavenworth stiect.
WASHINGTON.
Coyotes are becoming so plentiful In the
country between Gariield and the moun
tains as to be a menace to the poultry busi
ness and a general nuisance.
f
The treasurer of Adams county reports
that farmers are paying delinquent taxes
as far back as 1S'J2. It Is expected lhat
the county will bo able lo pay off Us en-
lire debt.
Export C. P. Dam has completed Ihe work
of expelling the books of the Pacific county
treasurer's olllce , and the commissioners
will probably meet ue\t Wednesday to re
ceive his report.
The Northern Pacific Railway company
has had shipped to Aberdeen two carloads
of wheelbairovvs and other material for the
i grading of the road to Hoqulum. It seems
! ! to bo little doubted that the road will bo
I built this winter.
i The farmers north of Stan wood have
started to build a dlko to protect thcm-
s-lves from the winter flood. It starts at
the railroad and runs west to the Skaglt
slough. Each farmer Is assessed a certain
amount by the committee.
The recent stale apportionment of school
funds gives Pierce county $28.702 78 , which
has been apportioned among the olgbty-four
districts of the county. There are forty-
three small districts , which each receive
$47.20. Tacoma had 801,909 days' atlend-
anco and receives $18,095.81 from the stale
fund.
The little son of Mr. Hodges , who lives
near Keese , In Whatcom county , was
chased by a cougar the other day. The
boy was returning from a neighbor's with
a piece of fresh pork , which the animal
scented. The llmely arrival of a party ot
prospectors saved the boy and a rllle bullet
put an end to the cougar.
The Fouith cavalry breastwork drill , on
Thlul and Poplar streets , In Walla Walla ,
twice a week attracla a largo crowd and Is a
remarkable exhibition of horsemanship. At
the word of command all the horsts , except
two or three refractory ones not yitt thor
oughly trained , lie djwn and at the sound of
the bugle they spring to their feet. The
purpose of this drill is to enable cavalrymen
to use their horses for brcastwoiks In case
of an engagement.
A number of fatmcis and business men In
the Wnlla Walla valley have conceived the
generous Idea of loading several cars with
potatoes and other products of the rich soil
of that valley for transmission to Ireland ,
where the potato crop lb a failure , and fears
are cntciuincd of a famine among thu poorer
people.
F. W. Galnes on Thursday brought Into
Colfax from between Union and Alkali llala
a stalk of the genuine cuc-klu burr , which
It has hlthcitn been supposed had never
gained a fooling In that suction. Mr. Galnes
says that on a quarter of an acie Iho plants
are growing thickly , while further down a
ravine many of the plains can be seen.
The Lincoln County Times claims that that
county's wheat land produced this season an
average ot forly bushels per acre and Iho
yield of the county will be nearly twice as
great as any former year. Almost as many
bushels of grain have been marketed al
ready In Davenport this season as was
marketed In all of last year and the crop
has scarcely begun to move.
OREGON.
The largcsl cargo of lumber yet to cross
the Nehalem bar was taken out hy the three-
masted schooner Prosper. She can led about
275,000 feet and made the round trip frcni
San Franclbco to Nchalom and return In
about twenty days.
Contractor Jerry While , with a. force of
skilful woikmcn , Is coiibtructlug along th
banks of Powder rlvur. In East IJakcr
county , about 500 feet of powerful Icvca ,
which Is aU Iho expense of a number of en
terprising properly owners the Improvement
to cost In the neighborhood of $2,000.
Gcorgo Mayger of Maygor's landing says
that the new flume Into St. Helena will bo
completed about November 5 next. The
flume will bo extended a mile and a quarter
up Milton creek , where a line belt of timber
will be tapped. The company that Mr. May-
ger represents expects to handle 30,000 cords
of wood yearly.
Agent Casson has completed the work ot
locating Iho Indhns In Harniiy county. Ono
hundred' and fifteen red men have laken ad
vantage of the government's generous dcna-
lion. Mr. Ciis.son says lhat the InJIans are
not allowed to rent or lease their claims ,
except old , blind and Infirm Indians , and Iho
renting or leasing Is done by the depart
ment.
So many horses have been affected by
what Is commonly termed pink-eye In Sher
man county that 0. P. Hulse , who Is au
thority in such cases , has given the matter
some attention. He thinks the disease Is
not pink-eye but Is caused from over-feed
ing. The hay this fall contains nearly twlco
as much wheat as formerly , hence over
feeding Is easily done. Hot and dusty drlvro
with Irregular watering has ninth to da
with bringing on the disease.
A Lincoln paper says It doubts whether In
any former year there h s 'ieen such Im
mense quantities of line n.iiketablo : fruit ,
ospeclally apples , as Lincoln county orchards
have produced this season "In quantity , sl/o
anil flavor all fanner records are probably
beaten. And the name may bo said of the
potato crop , the yield being heavy and of Iho
very besl quality. The llsh supply has been
and continues aboundant and Is absolutely
free to all who will take the trouble tcl cast
a hook or net and pull them In.
"We're now showing nil ( lint's now In
Cllt fjlllfcs f > OMU' of tll ( > Illdht I'Xqltlhlto
lik-ees over shown In Oiniilm wo now
hiive this entire stock opi-ntMl nnd ic.uly
for your inspection yon can well alTonl
tlu > time for Inspecting this beautiful
nnd spiukllng cut glass dlsplny and we
coullally invite yon to do so some ele
gant pieces suitable for wedding pies-
cuts Wo engrave nnd print all our own
plate and embossed work 100 cards
with copper plale for Sl.r 0 100 cauls
printed fiom your own plate for $1.00
wedding stationery engiaved In the lat
est aitlstlc effects-410.00 for the llrst
IOO-.r.O : . per KM ) nftcr that-Your mall
older will receive our most careful and
pionipt attention.
C ; S. RAYMOND CO. ,
Jewelers ,
15th mul Dmilus Sts.
If It wasn't because you might not
know Itve wouldn't say a word about
picture frames-ami the way we make
them for there's no profit In It at our
prices but there's this In It for us tin1
Hatlsfactlon of having you pleased and
being able to fnrni.sh you a frame that
anjwheio else would cost yon twice
what we ask we've always linil a big
lint' of mouldings bate added to It
lately until we don't bulleve theie's
such another aMortinent west of Chicago
cage all thu frames are made at our
Izanl stieet factory by competent
workmen and we only keep samples of
the moulding at the Noughts street
store but that's wheio you want to
leave your order.
A. HOSPE ,
KUSlGandJUL I5I3 Douglas