The Sioux County Journal.
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W. E. Pattersoa - Editor and Prop,
Enters lit the Dostoffice at Harrison
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Fruit for Sioux.
Reidy and Tubbs have started a young
nursery on Mr. Tubbs' place at the
mouth of Monroe canyon. The first in
stallment of 10,000 trees were set out a
couple of weeks ago and give promise of
doing finely. That the climate here is
well adapted to the raising of fruit has
been successfully demonstrated for the
past two or three years. All varieties
of fruit grown in the same latitude else
where have been successfully started
here. A few dollars invested in a gener
al assortment of fruit bearing trees,
shrubs and vines will give greater re
turns, both in cash and general satisfact-
ion, to the farmer than in any other way.
Only a few years ago it was said of both
Nebraska and Iowa that no fruit could
be raised with any degree of certainty,
and now the homestead, in all settled
portions of Nebraska and in Iowa, tliat
does not return a eood supply of several
kinds of fruit each summer and fall
the exception and not the rule, bo we
sav to the settler in Sioux county, be
sure to set out fruit. If you are dubi
ous as to the result try a few trees at
first and if it proves a success, by the
next season you will be willing and sat
isfied to invest further; being careful to
do the work of planting rightly and
Wyoming Petroleum.
There is in the city to-day and will be
for some days to come, a gentleman well
known in the scientific world for many
years. He is Herbert Bartlett, now of
Ottumwa, Iowa, and a member of the
firm of Fair, Williams &Co., bridge con
tractors. Mr. Bartlett was for seven
teen years in government employ, being
engaged in the work tlT geological sur
vey, and in the pursuit of his duties and
the study of science has visited nearly
every country in the world; has experi-
. enced the intense cold of Siberia and the
burning heat of the equatorial regions;
lias clinied mountains whose summits
seemed to reach the stars, and has gone
down and down into the bowels of the
earth in search of things new and
strange in science.
For years this man has devoted his
time to the study of nature to bringing
these things to light which are hidden
from the mind of man, and in his work
has put an amount of enthusiasm and
knowledge which has produced results,
probably not satisfactory to himself, for
the true scientist is rarely satisfied with
his achievements, but which have been
of great value to mankind at large. The
experience of this gentleman in the dif
ferent countries he has visited are truly
wonderful, and years ago when the
writer was a neighbor of his, we used to
listen with eagerness to his stories of ad
venture and research.
Mr. Bartlett has just returned from a
visit to the Wyoming coal fields, bring
ing with him specimens of the product
of wells in that new oil region. The
Journal now has a bottle of oil from a
160 barrel well on R. J. Coles' oil claim,
the flow of which was analyzed by Mr.
Bartlett, and which he pronounces sim
ilar to the flow from the Pennsylvania
Wells, he having analyzed the Pennsyl
vania oil for the government just prior
to the great oil excitement of a score of
years ago. The Coles wells are located
near Silver Reef, a mining camp about
thirty-five miles north of Fort Casper, I
and the flow from them is regarded as
something wonderful. The analysis
shows 90 per cent of oil, of which 42 per
cent is carbon (a large per cent by the
way), 48 per cent naptha, vasaline, gas
oline and various analines.
The oil shown is the genuine petrole
um, of a dark green color and having a
very strongsmell of gasoline. It is pro
nounced by experts to be equal to the
best Pennsylvania oils. The oil, coal
and iron fields of Wyoming are full of
promise to the west, in which Nebraska
will have her full share. Nebraska
State Journal.
Th gamoa Disaster.-
The particulars of the terrible storm
in the harbor of Apia, on the island of
Samoa, as reported in the telegraphic
columns of the Journal yesterday morn
ing, relieves the officers of any of the
American ships of all blame. They had
full steam up, but their engines were not
powerful, enough to make headway
against the hurricane which was blow
ing straight from sea. The Vandalia
wag disabled by a collision with the
British man of war Calliope, and her
men stuck in the rigging for twelve
hours after she had turned on her beam's
end on the sand. The Calliope escaned
comparatively uninjured, and her power
ful engines took her inch by inch against
y head wind clear of the harbor.
The Nipsic had a collision with the
toan war vessel Olga, in which the
y fared the worst, and her crew
"led to land through the turf. The
1 t made out to keep off the reef
t- S but her steam finally gave out
b. uddr was carried away. Then
Meet with much difficulty, to
Nriod which waa somewhat in
-Weep her off the breakers,
and the commander ordered all the men
into her HKgiug to act as sails. Tins
stratum had the effect of keeping her
afloat many hours alUiough she was los
ing ground" gradually and approaching
the Olga. Finally the collision came but
she managed to still keep afloat and now
drifted down upon the Vandalia.
Prior to striking the Olga the stars
on.l utrirc iver run Ut). the onlv colors
shown during the fearful storm. Finally
...i.or, ,t oot.ii thmt a collision with
the Vandulia was inevitable, the crowds
unon the shore who could not assist the
ricViino- mpn were electrified by the
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strains of the "Star Singled Banner,
mingling with the terrible roar of the
breakers. Those Americans about to
die were going down to the music of
their national authem. But through
the almost superhuman efforts of the of
ficers and crew of the Trenton the head
way of the vessel was so much impeded
by the living sails, that when it struck
the side of the Vandalia that vessel did
not immediately go to pieces and a large
portion of the men who had been cling
ing to her rigging for twelve hours with
the waves rushing over her hull, were
able to drop on the deck of the Trenton.
That vessel settled down into the sand
escaping the reef and those w ho had not
been washed overboard were safe from
the storm and were rescued in the morn
ing. The fate of the German war ship
Eber was the most tragical. After col
liding with the Olga and the Nipsic she
drifted broadside on to the reef. When
she struck she rolled over and instantly
disappeared from view. All hands went
down with her.
The Sanioans showed great persistence
and bravery in trying to come to the res
cue of the drowning sailors. Tliey re
peatedly sent out squads of expert
swimmers with ropes to establish con
nection with those nearest the shore, but
were beaten back by the breakers and
were unable to reach any of the vessels
before the morning that succeeded the
second night of the storm.
The engines of the German vessels, like
those of the American shi, were not
powerful enough to make headway and
they steamed in vain toward the open
sea. It is evident tliat there was no lack
of manhood and skill on the part ot our
naval officers, and the survivors will
long be remembered and honored for
their heroism and pluck in the fitce of
almost certain death through the long
hours of the disaster. Nebraska State
Journal.
There is trouble in the republican
choir at Crawford, and all because the
man who plays the organ has been fa
vored above the rest. The organist in
this case is Col. W. H. Ketchum. who
during tlie war poured out his blood in
defence of his country and since the war
has nut in a large share of his time pour
ing down liquor in self defence. Last
week the colonel was appointed post
master at Crawford, and the trouble be
gan. A batch of affidavits were forward
ed to Washington from Crawford, alleg
ing that Ketchum was a drunkard, a
frequenter of saloons, and unlit to dis
charge the duties of the office. To
counteract this the colonel has prepared
a list or ainuavits declaring that he is a
daisy, an editor and a republican. The
Advocate is for Ketchum in this fight
It is no doubt true tliat he lingers
around the bowl sometimes, but what of
that? Is a town like Crawford, which is
a maelstrom of whiskey and dance
houses seven days in the week, going
back on a man for that? If the kickers
up there want a total abstainer to han
dle the mail they would better start the
reform themselves. Ketchum is good
enough for Crawford and we hope he
will win. Advocate.
A story regarding the exploits of
Tommy Bell come3 to us, as related by
himself, which entirely eclipses the
mountain lion episode given last week.
Near the ranch where Tommy held forth
was a muddy pond, the filth of which
had been greatly increased by having
about 4,000 head of cattle standing in it.
One day Tommy and some companions
saw a beaver in the murky waters, and
some one suggested that Tommy swim
in and capture the animal alive. He
boldly plunged in, but every time he
would reach for Mr. Beaver, the latter
would dive, until finally Tommy dove
too and when his head emerged from the
slime, his right hand was fastened to the
beaver's neck. He swam out with his
prize, and took it to the ranch, where
he placed it in a bucket of water.covered
it carefully and went out to help brand
some calves. When the bovs went to
the house for dinner tliey found to their
surprise that the beaver had upset the
bucket and had gnawed the legs off from
all the chairs to build a dam to keep the
water in one corner of the room! Next
Lusk Herald.
Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins are breaking
600 acres of land in the vicinity of their
camp on the B. & M.: which they intend
sowing with oats. There are abont
twenty-five men and teams at this work.
Another force of men are employed mak
ing wagon roads and the remainder are
engaged in developing coal locations. A
new town christened "Tubs vi lie," lias
been laid out, two miles from the LAK
cattle taffh; several buildings have been
erected, three saloons running, and a
free and easy time being enjoyed by the
reeidenta. The tow boys took possess
ion of the place the other higHt and filled
the saloon with bullet- holes.-WI.ite.
wood Sentinel.'
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