THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SATURDAY , JUNE 18. 1891 TWELVE PAGES.
PEWS .OF TBENORTHWEST.
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, A. Panoramic "View of Progress and Prosperity
in the Coming Empire.
SENATOR DOLPII'S ' REVIEW OF THREESTATES. .
Fancy Can Hardly Paint an Adequate Picture of this Favored
Region California Fruit and Montana Poker-
Important Irrigation Projects-
Events In Detail.
"Tio New Northwest. "
Senator Dolpb. of Oregon writes In the
fluno forum n very notable nrtlclo on "Tho
Now Northwest , " a designation under which
lie localizes the three states of Washington
Oregon and Idaho. Llko any other thought-
kul writer who has treated this subject , ho
dwells with admiration upon the clrcum-
'fctanccs ' of the original Oregon settlement ,
Whoso motives were found not In the usual
eplrlt of mercenary ontcrjnlso but in n
tnmantlc combination of patriotic enthusiasm
mid taste lor courageous adventure. "Tho
patriotism and courage of the people , " ho
poncluilos , "ana tholr capacity for solf-gov-
trnmcnt wcro never bettor Illustrated than
by the pioneers who settled the Oregon terri
tory , maintained tholr allegiance to the gen
eral government during the period of Joint
occupation , and hold the country lor the
iJnltcd States. "
Senator Dolph points out very significantly
, 'that the time of Immigration to the teultory
jto the west of the mountains Is not.llkcly to
' \ > o checked by the ocean and turned b.ick to
the slates lying immediately to the cast , bc-
tauio the resources of these common-
1voaltlis nro not adapted for the sup
port of largo populations , while the
lands unon the Pacific- watershed nro
, , from the varied nature of their resources.
The aerator discusses at length the natural
qualifications of the teirltory in question to
bupport n varied and nourishing population.
"Nutuio , " ho says , "everywhere In this
i-osion lias been lavish In her gifts * * * "
U'ho climate of both Oregon ami Washington
Is most equable. In western Oregon and
( "Washington It is difficult- draw tht linei
ttbat divide the seasons. Winter is usually n
Svet season , but there are often long periods
'of perferct , weather in February and March.
_ flowers frequently bloom in the open nir In
unnunry and green fields of growing grass
and main may bo seen all winter.
"The volcanic sell of this region , much of
Ivhicii was supposed a few years ago to bd
nvorthlessjis peculiarly adapted to the growth
of eert-als. The uvcraco yield per aero in
Washington H ofllcinly stated to bo 2J."i bus-
fihclb exceeding tnnt of any other state In the
Union. In 1800 the wheat producd of Oregon
Nvns r.,8ifOlX ( ) busheli , and that of Washing
ton was 8OT1,000 bushels.
"Wool-growing is another great Industry
of this recion. The cllmato is well adapted
to i hoop raising. Owing to the mild winter
the llbur of the wool is unilorm , and by pro
per selection of breeds nnd the core of flocks ,
the finest grades , equal to the best Australian
liool. can lie produced. "
"Apples , peaches , prunes , plums nnd all
small fruits' in fact , almost all the fruits
giowu anywhere in the temperate ? ones
roach perfection in Oregon and Washington ,
find the yloid is abundant.
"Experiments in the culture of sugar beets
liavo demonstrated that they can bo pro
duced there as successfully us in any country
on the globe.
Manufacturing is well advanced. Water
lower and fuel nro abundant , nnd the supply
of timber , coal , Iron auu other material for
piantifnctiiring purposes is inoxiiaustiblo.
' The 1'orcsts of western Oregon nnd Wash
ington are the most valuable and extensive in
the union a mine ofwealth awaiting onlv
the touch of human Industry to bo trims-
knitted into gold.
"Ship building has been carried on to n
considerable extent upon Puget Sound , the
Columbia river nnd Coos bay , nnd willboouo
pf the groat-industries of the future.
"Tho fisheries nro Important nud valuable.
KDccp-soa llshiug has boon successfully ear-
tried on , and this Industry only requires n
Buftldont market for the pioduct to rival that
of nny part of the world.
"The deposits of tbo precious motnls In
Oregon , Washington nnd Idaho nro a contin-
'uation of the rich deposits in California nnd
ONovndu. They nro found mainly in south
ern and onstorn Oregon , In the nortuoastorn
part ofWashington nnd In northern Idaho ,
l argo quantities of plucor gold , when gold
was first discovered In these localities , were
mined h ; southern nnd eastern Oregon and
1 "Washington , nnd In Idaho ; but until very
recently , owing principally to the tasli of
transportation facilities , quartz mining has
not been creatly developed.
, ' The resources of this region in copper ,
Iron , coal , marble and building stone nro
abundant. There are eleven coal mines
i vorUIng in Washington , and the output In
- rirtS&i u ill l.lSy.bOl tons. Iron ere exists In
abundance In both Dragon nnd Washington
mid consists of bog ore , or llmonito , hcnmtito
inul nmgnollo ore. "
As to the future of this favored corner of
( the American Union Senator Dolph points
out the following facts as tending to mane it
n bileht one : "Tho construction of tbo
Ulcuragua euual , the completion of which ,
within the next decade , appears to bo as
sured , will have n inaricod effect upon the
commerce of the coast and the development
of Its resources. It will shorten the distance
_ , - between I'ugot Sound and New Orleans
> 11,001 miloi , nnd between Liverpool nnd the
month of the Columbia river 0,1'JO ' inllob. "
Senator Dolph brings his article to nn end
with , his paragraph : "Fancy can hardly
pnlnt the future of this I'avorod regie'It is
wow nearly thirty years since 1 sought n
, homo here. I was then enthusiastic as to
the future of the section , and observant of
the conditions which promised Its develop
ment j nnd Qvcry year has Increased my con-
JUletn'o In its great dastiny. Events which
then upponrcd to Ho In tto distant future
bavo octmrrod In rapid succession , and cir
cumstances now foretell a grander develop-
mi-lit than waa dreamed of , and promise that
civilization will roach , at the point whore It
completes its circuit of the globe , n state of
unsurpassed nnd Incomparable splendor. "
Ciilllbriiia'N 1'i'iilt Crop.
Something appears t bo wrong with the
nit-growers of California , From the stand
point of tholr eastern brethren they don't
know the first rudiments of the business. In
stead of proclaiming Unit the poach crop has
boon ruined by frosts , they nro actually send
ing out reports to the effect that there haven't '
boon any frosts worth mentioning and that
there Is every indication of an enormous and
unprecedented yield. They scorn to tnko n
chihlUh delight in making such announce
ments , although they must know that It Is
xnnnofessloiial. Not only the poach trees ,
but the cherry , apricot , pear , plum , npple.
oranifo , almond , ilg and loinon trees nro bald
to be so loaded down with fruit in to reiiuiro
thinning in order to prevent breaking of the
IhnlH. Ono of the Sun Francisco pnpors is
authority for the sintomont that not a single
unfavorable report has come In from any sec
tion of the stale. All of which Is good news
to tills nnd other states which have learned to
depend upon California for tholr main fruit
supplies.
Thu table prepared by General Freight
Agent Smtirr of the Southern i'nelllo compa
ny shows sumo very interesting facts regard ,
ing the growth of too fruit Industries of Cal
ifornia Of pruuos.for oxample.wo produced
,000,000 pounds In hSO and 15,000,11)0 ) pounds
In 1JW1 > . The product of raisins amounted to
7,500,000 pounds iu It > s5 nnd to over JIS.OOO.OOO
pounds in IbOO. The shipments from this
atato to the east of nil kinds of dried frulti
exeunt raising were , in 18 5. 5,701 , UK ) pounds ,
mid in 18'JO ' had risen to : ur.y.hTf ) . ) > pounds.
The question of cheap and rapid transpor
tation of fruit , especially of green fruit , ns It
Is callal to distinguish it from dried fruit , Is
ono of the greatest Interest nud importance to
. California fruit growers. They have shown
sr their ability to supply the eastern markets in
u year when the eastern fruit crop Is small ,
but it will bo ft bard matter for thorn to com.
pete In a good year union * tbo transportation
comiiunlva uu ) them by cheap rates and rapid
trmuit. U U obvious tlmt it U to the inter
est of tbo railroad companies ; o to do , and it
is to bo toped tbat thny may -sen tbo unwls-
gf n pvl cf which uwko * t. ukkel near ibo
eye look larger than a double eagle held at
nrm's length. _
I/CM ; I'uints ills Ilciuso.
Song Leo keeps n wnsh-houso on Larkln
strcot , San Francisco , says the Cbroniclo.
It Is qulto n pretentious two-story frnmo
structure , with a peaked shingle roof. Its
owner conceived the Idea recently of adding
to Its attractiveness by sundry exterior coats
of hlgh-hucd paints.
So now the thing h a perpetual nightmare
to all the neighbors nnd passers-by who sco
It for the flrst time. They nro startled nl-
inost into brcathlcssncss and sj'.zod ' with
queer optical Illusions nurt visions of awful
phantasies that haunt , ttie brain until the
dust of .Larkln street i shaken from their
lect.
lect.Tho
The painter tried to make the roof whlto ,
but the dirty shingles have dolled tils skill.
With u persistency born of dust and soot they
still show through the whlto paint in occa
sional dark patches.
Only a man with tbo nightmare could bavo
painted the front. The background is a dark ,
rlcu green. The door and window-frames are
yellow , trimmed with red. The blinds are
blue , the cornlco pink , the wlndow.sills black ,
nnd the door steps cream colored. Other pig
ments abound ! ii7 > tofuslon , but oven the art
ist who compoundoJ them is unable to call
the wondrous colors by name.
The rainoow is simply not in It when com
pared to the front of Song Lee'B wash bouso.
But that is not nil. There Is a sldo view
yet to bo described. Every Imaginable shade
nnd tint that rn brain suffering from tbo effects - .
fects of a plum pudding or inifico plo supper
might produce has here boeu laid on the
weather boards In stripes. The effect is sim
ply maddening.
Scon for the ilwt time n shock like n thou
sand volts of electricity comes over ono , and
color blindness ensues at once. Some of the
neighbors complain that the colors are so loud
us to disturb their slumbers at night.
Song L.eo is not unconscious of the ntte'n-
tlon his wash house has excited in the neigh
borhood. Ho comes out , takes a glance at
the awful thlny , nnd then goes back smiling.
"Mo likco , nllco sameo. "
I'okcr a Giiino of Skill.
The verdict rendered by n Hutto Jury on
Monday that poker Is a game of skill , not of
chance , may not bo strictly according to
Hoylo , says the Anaconda Standard , but If
the spirit of that eminent authority is cog
nizant of the event and could communicate
with modern card players , it would undoubt
edly atllrm the dochlon with the greatest
cordiality. Since the death of Hoylo , moro
than one hundred years ago , the progress
mudo m all the arts and sciences has been
amazing , and poker at all times has kept well
up in the conornl advance , until today it has
rcorhed what Is apparently Its highest pos
sible state of perfection. _ Of oouwo this de
cision that it is a contest of skill , applies to
poker only in its noblest , purest form. As
executed by eastern tenderfoot , Helena tyros
and hobos , and amateurs , tin-horns , and
suckers iu general , It must still bo regarded
as possessing many elements of chance ; but
so , for instance , must bo regarded a game
of billiards when the players are of tno batno
low grade. Even the art of pugilism Is re
duced to a moro lottery in the hands of the
ignorant and inexperienced. What
the Butte Jury means to say is
that , in poker skill predominates over
cbonco In a ratio depending upon the culture ,
the practical prolioloncy , the technical erudi
tion , In short the professional attainments of
the participants ; so that to n pokerlst who
has acquired a thorough mastery of his chos
en profession , every element of rhanco is
eliminated and ho has nothing to do but to
stack the cards and ralo In Jack-pots and
everything else in sight with certainty and
ease. A really accomplished nnd capable
poker shark should do up everybody at the
table , providing the sitting is long enough
and there nio no guns In the room.
Irrigation Bonds Above Pnr.
A few days ago there was effected In Europe -
rope a largo sale of irrigation bonds , says the
Snn Francisco Chronicle. The bonds Drought
103 cents on the dollar , the bigjrest price yet
obtained in investments , of this kind. The
bonds sold were issued by the Alfssandro
district , near Itivorsldo. A year ago the land
In ttiat district could not bo sold at § 10 an
acre. It was a moro desert. Water .vas ob
tained from the Boar Vullov Irrigation com
pany , nnd the cost of placing the water on
the Alcssandro desert was mot by bonding
the land for $30 nn aero. Some capitalists
were found who had nerve enough , coupled
with nn understanding of what irrigation
will accomplish , to buy enough of the bonds
to furnish the corporation , or district , the
moans to build tbo necessary canals , flumes ,
tunnels , etc. , and now what was a year ago n
desert of over -5,000 acres baa nearly all boon
sold at an average price of $100 nn aero. The
land has boon sold In ten or twenty aero lots
to actual settlers , and Is being planted out In
various varieties of citrus fruits. The dis
trict has grown so wealthy that It Is now ne
gotiating for the purchase of u largo tract of
land adjoining the district , and its owner , a
San Francisco business man , Is ready to soil ,
nnd Instead of money , will take tits pay In
the bonds of the district , which , starting
nwny below par , nro now selling at 10J , ns
mentioned.Those facts nro very good evi
dences that irrigations bonds ns nn invest
ment are rapidly growing Into popular favor.
Consolidated Portland.
An election was hold Juno 1 , in Portland ,
Ejjst Portland nnd Alblna. The question ut
Issue was whether or not the three inunlet-
ralltles should consolidate. Into ono. An un
usually heavy vote was polled , both the con-
solidntionlsts nnd nntl-consolldatlonlsts mak-
a strong light. The total number of votes
cast in Portland , East Portland nnd Alblna
wa ; > 11,840. Of those Portland cast 7.1G3 for
consolidation and Oil aguinst ; East Port
land , 1.&J3 lor and iiUS against ; Alblnn , 1.1H8
for and -JIU against The total majority iu
In the three cities for consolidation is 10.12 ! ) .
The election under the now charter will beheld
held on Juno lit. The nntl-consolidationlsts
guvo up the light. An Interesting feature of
the election was the employment of photog
raphy to detect illegal voting. At each
polling place there was a meniDur of the con
solidation leuguo provided with a kodak
camera to photograph every voter nnd num
ber him so tbat If he was caught repeating
the stuto would have a clear case ugalnst
him. This has been done in eastern elec
tions and has resulted in the conviction of n
number of Illegal voters who are now serv
ing sentences in the penitentiaries.
A Uloh Gold Ml no.
Top pound * of cold from forty .pounds of
rock. Such is the report roc'lvod hcra from
the now Nevada mining district. Mont
gomery , the discoverer of the district , and ro-
locator of what is generally supposed to bo
the fabulously rich Broyfoglo mlno , which
was found many years npo , only to bo lost
acalu by the unfortunate prospector , Is now
on his way to the camp with n largo outfit
Montgomery has with him a number of
workmen , and twenty men ore already employed -
ployod getting ready for the shaft house ,
blacksmith shop anil mill. Ills nituo bus
been named "Tho Chlspa. " A rich strike
was tnado on it iu bloating out on the crop-
pint for the shall house. From about forty
pounds of rook they obtained ton to twelve
pounds of gold. At the VouuU mlno a shaft
has boon sunk fifty foot on ono of tbo lodges
and a crosscut at that depth shows three
feet of ere which will average fJO.OUO to tbo
ton.
Prao llcnl Tests of Artesiim Wolls.
Colonel n. S. Nettleton of Washington , D.
C , chief engineer of the department of agri
culture , n , B. LftGr ncoof Grooloy. Col. ,
practical IrrigatlonlU ; W.V. . Follott of Salt
Lake City , Utah ; government Irrigation en
gineer , nnd Major F. F. n. Coflln , artesian
well Inspector and oxamlnor.aro doing special
work iu this Immediate vicinity and nro mak
ing tholr headquarters In Huron , S. U. , says
the Huronlo. } They are nil members of the
United States artesian well and Irrigation
Inquiry commission ,
"Our mission , " said Colonel Nisttloton ,
"at this tlmo Is to continue the work ,
begun several months since , of ox *
atmiilng artciiim wells and obtaining
such Information ns will aid In estab
lishing a thorough system of irrigation. A
number of experiment Irrigation stations
have been established for the benefit of the
general public. There Is a station on the
Uny-Uarrison farm , west of Huron , nnd also
ono on the Consolidated Land & Irrigation
company's ranch , about right miles north of
Huron. Those , with the ono at Aberdeen ,
will probably bo all tbat will bo located the
present season in South Dakota.
"When my work hci < o is in shape to lenvo ,
I expect to go to the Ulack Hills. Prof. Ilay
of Kansas City chief geologist , and Prof.
Culver of the slate University at Vormllllon
will be with mo. Wo have much work to do
there , but qulto different from what wo nro
doing hero.
"I had n plan outlined for ascertaining the
quantity of water In what is known as the
artesian basin , but tbo appropriation is too
small to nttmnpt to carry out the plan this
season. What I proposed doing was to go to
the northern part of the Black Hill whcro
the sandtttoiio outcrop pings nro so general
nnd follow them to the Canadian lino. I bo-
llovo the water In the various streams In that
section which are tributary to the Missouri
river , ns they cross the sandstone outcropp-
Ingi Minks In the pores of the stone nnd Hews
down through the Daitotns and into the ar
tesian basin , i would measure the xvutor in
thinettiunins at different points above and
below whcro they How over the Dakota sand
stone nnd thus ascertain the quantity of
water that h taken into the stone during the
passage over it. This would give the quan
tity of water In the basin ,
"I nm now ascot talnlng the altitude of the
nrtostlnn wells in the state and connecting
them with sea levels , in order to ascertain
what relation they bear to the sea nnd to
each othor. This will provide data from
which to ascertain the direction in which the
water boailnc rock tips.
"As to the size of the basin I can only say
that It so far appeals to me that the cat > tcrn
line U In the vicinity of Vcrmllllon , Scot
land , Mitchell , Iroquols , Clark , etc. , and on
almost duo north to the .state Hue. It may
timj' bo a little east of the points named , but
I doubt it. On my return from the Black
Hills I will continue ttio work of ascertaining
the western edge of the basin , until then I
am not prepared to say whore It Is locatod. "
Itnin liy
On or about Juno 13 the agricultural de
partment will test the edlcacy of ox-Senator
Furwoll's schema to produce rainfalls by
means of dynamite carried into midair by
balloons. A preliminary test was recently
made In Now Yortt of the problem as to
whether dynnmlto could be effectively ex
ploded by the billoon method , nnd proved a
success. Dr. Dyrcnforth of Washington , u
distinguished patent attorney and former as
sistant commissioner of patents , has thus far
superintended the tests , and will attempt to
demonstrate in u few days as to whether the
Fanvell scheme is n success or not in its en-
thety. Dr. Dy run forth will proceed wc t In
about one week and quietly select the point
at which the experiment will bo tried.
While its exact locality is the secret of the
department , enough is known to warrant the
statement that some portion of the and re-
cioii will be tno spot selected to demonstrate
the truth or falsitv of the scheme. Since
Senator Farwoll Hashed bis theory on the
public last winter , the agricultural depart
ment has been flooded with pionositions to
produce llho effocts. Ono distinguished
scientist of the Pacllio slope has addressed a
letter to Secretary Husk , in which ho offers
to produce rnln by use of u mortar for $1,000 ,
tbo latter being a contingent upon its suc
cess. This gentleman's theory Is that rain
falls , If produced by explosives at all , can
only bo procured by upward Instead of down
ward or stutiouarv action. In this theory the
scientists of the department pretty irenorally
ngroe , but the Farwell theory will bo fairly
tested before nny of the numerous other prop
ositions are carefully considered and exam
ined in nil their several details. The Flfty-
flrst con gross appropriated several thousand
dollars to test the Farwcll plan , which sum
cannot , of COUIMO. bo diverted in favor of any
other scheme.
ArU > < ilniiVoll Irrigation.
The reclamation of arid land through the
use of water obtained from artesian wells Is
one of tho'most interesting phases o/ the irri
gation problem , says the Denver News. Ills
of Interest not only to tne general public and
to farmers , but also to machinists nnd in
ventors. In the eastern part of this state the
water In such wells does notriso near enough
to the surface to bo lifted by ordinary pumps ,
and therefore the utilization of this water by
the owners of small tracts of land will depend -
pond upon whether a powerful pump can bo
constructed at a cost low enough to admit ot
its purchase by a farmer of small means. It
Is for this reason that the subject of irriga
tion from artesian wells is an interesting oiso
to machinists and inventors. Having u
strong fulth In the ability of the inventive
genius of Americans to solve this problem
satisfactorily , wo have no doubt that In the
course of n few years thousands of acies of
arid laud will DO reclaimed In this way. It
is a tendency of agriculture by irrigation to
restrict the area cultivated by each person
to a few acres. There is compoasatlon for
this reduction in the area cultivated by caub
individual in the fact that the method of cul
tivation is moro careful and the product per
acre greater than in the humid legions of the
eastern part of this country. It is also in
keeping with the use of artesian wells as the
source of the water supply. Twenty acres' ,
carefully cultivated , are enough under a sys
tem of irrigation to supoort a family , and the
day will como in the arid region when this
will bo the size of the average fuim.
Crops on the rmrumle Plains.
Lionel Sartons nnd Wilbur C. Knight returned -
turned recently from the MIHbrook ranch ,
from them it Is learned that the crop pros
pects out on the Llttlo Laramie were never
liner , says the Boomorang.
Tno Douglas-Wlllan-Sartorls company has
550 acres of oats , now three or four inches
high , nnd fifty acres of wheat equally ad.
vancod. Forty acres have boonplanted in
potatoes , for violding big crops of which the
valley of the Little Laramlo is particularly
noted. No finer potatoes can bo raised nny-
where In the world , while the crops are
abundant beyond anything over hoard of in
tbo prairie states or the rich valloys.of. Indi
an ti and Illinois.
The same company has 3,000 nqres of tlmo-
thv that Is now from four to six inches high.
Alfalfa , which has thus fur proved n success
on the MIHbrook ranch , is doing linely this
spring , Mr. Surtoris saw some yesterday
that was olght inches high.
The fact is that ngricultuio is no longer an
experiment on the Itaramlo plains. .Tho POSs -
s Ibilltles In that line have bcou-demanstnitcd
until they uio now known ns positively as
down In tbo older stated. All that i * needed
is to make the facts known to thu world and
Induce the small farmers to como In here ,
niu' after about ono or two years trial they
could not bo porauadrd to farm in-uny ether
part of the country.
Honoring tlio Mission Plonror.
California has n high appreciation of Mrs.
Stanford's gpnorosity , says the Sun Fran ,
clsoo Call , In erecting a statue to the memory
of Pudro Junlporo Sutra , the Franciscan
priest who founded the various missions In
this state. The history of the mission period
is interwoven with the history Ot Californ in
In a manner which furnishes romanclsU
with unlimited material for creating most
charming suotchos from early civilized llfo
In this state. The publication of those tales
has made- California celebrated as the coun
tries in Europe which are prominent In the
varso and prose of the nuthon who bavo
bunded down their manor-work to the pait
two or three generations. The raising of a
monument to commemorate the llfo of the
Intronld priest who originated the now rapIdly -
Idly decaying homes of his faithful colleagues
Is a noble and graceful tribute to that hero.
The monument stands near the spot where
Serra landed In Monterey , Juno it , 1770. It
cost $10,000 and was unveiled , with appropri
ate ceremonies , tbo ad lust.
A Great Holier Any way.
The Bolso Statesman is ( JUplnascd nt thr
imumor Iu which wo express'our
opinion of the majority of the supreme court ,
says tbo Sboihono Journal. Wo want the
Statesman and everybody else to understand
that wo have gene through a long and bitter
personal , political and legal light , and that
wo were beaten all around. Wo confess that
wo nro fooling pretty sore , especially toward
this court , which put the Unit nlng touches on
Us. What hurts us molt is that wo cannot
appeal from that decision. Wo there fore ox *
orclso the hiallonablo right of every Ameri
can citizen either to appeal or curse the
court. As wo cannot appeal there is only ono
alternative loft us , ana that Is to eternally
d n the court , nnd this wo propose to do. re-
gardloAs of the consequences. It may not
hurt the court , but it Is a great relief to us.
Irrigation In ) \ \ yoinlng.
Preparations are being made , says the
Laramie Republican , 'for ' n third survey of
the big dlteh on the east sldo of the Platte ,
which will bo 100 foot yldo at the bottom , 13
foot deep nnd 1)0 ! ) miles , long , and which will
irrigate nonrlv two million acres of desert
land. While the cost ot this enormous canal
will bo about $ J,000OOdfy { Is bollovod It will
bo n paying Invedtmon , $ j the land that will
bo brought under it is some two thousand
foot lower than the bnrntmo plains In this
vicinity , the altitude botng about the same as
that of Ureoloy , Colo.- The soil Is very rich
and it will undoubtedly prove n line grain
country. Banker KIclmrds bays there Is no
trouble nt all about petting the capital for
this tremendous undertaking , but ho will not
ask any ono to Invest inonoy in It until ho Is
positive that ho can represent things exactly
as they nro. The flrat 'two ' surveys proved
favorable In every respect nnd ho has no
doutit the result of the thlid siirvoy will bo
equally satisfactory.
Another Immense ditch on the west sldo of
the Pintle , opposite Douglas , Is also said to
bu a sure thing.
Thrust Upon Her.
If an earthquake should blot San Francisco
out of existence at this moment , says the Ex
aminer , our fate would be doploroJ by mil
lions who u year ago would never have given
us a thought. To say that the eyes of the
world are upon us Is a trite nnd Inadequate
way of expressing our present distinction.
This not very largo and somewhat shabby
town , which , according to Mr. Porter , ranks
only eighth .among the cities of the United
States , has the rare felicity to contain at the
same time no lesa n trinity of celebrities than
John L. Sullivan , Peter Jackson und James
Corbott. Suppose this load of cieatness
abould bo inadvertently concentrated upon a
sinirlo cable car on n stcop hill tno Imagina
tion refuses to picture the catastrophe that
might result.
yonilnit lllvor < i.
State Engineer Mead , says the Cheyenne
Loader , Is from the north. Ho was up
gauging the Platte river , nnd was much sur
prised at the volume of water. Ho estimates
tbat fiom 10OCO to 11,000 cubic feet of water
passes down the river per second of time , nnd
thinks It Is' the lar e-st river in Wyoming.
The Platte is still using and will furnish
plenty of water this summer for all the
ditches tailing out \\ator. Ho stopped at Iron
Mountain to examine the big Davidson dam ,
and thinks it is very well built The dam Is
for btorago only , and the people below on the
Chugwatcr would do welt to lollow the
Davidson example nnd save the water going
down in the spung for irrigation.
Til \ \ yomitiR
Reports from the ranges continue most
promising , says the Kawllus Journal. For
j cars the grass has not been ns good as at
present. Cattle aio looking well , horses are
In excellent condition , and sheep have never
been better tban now. Unless something un
foreseen happens this will undoubtedly bo the
best year tho-e Industries have experienced
for some tlmo. _
VV > OII1 ll .
Tbo spring round-up Is under way.
Oats brings S cents a pound iu Lander Val
ley.
ley.A
A substantial public school is going up at
Sheridan.
Coal shipments from Rawlins average 200
cars a day <
Thenrtesinn well nt the -state university , i.s ,
down asOjfeet. . '
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The turners of Choypuno propose to invest
f 10,000 in n haiL
Laramie is energetically pushing work on a
road to Gold Hill. jkll
The Saratoga road is open to within four
milna of Gold Hill.
Reports fiom all stook'rangOT are of a most
favorable character. | !
Cboyeuno promises'Jjo hatch an electric
street railway this yeajr
The numbcr-of Insane persons in the state
asylum is twonty-iilno ,
The grautlo quuriiet In the vicinity of
Sherman are being developed ,
Dr. A. A. Johnson ins been installed as
president of the state university.
Gcorpo Burns , n voluminous horse tbiof ,
Is rusticating in the Weston county ) i\\ \ \ .
Sundance banks on Wing the junction of
the Nortn western and Burlington roads.
Extensive ledges of 'bluestouo have been
discovered near Koeteetsc , in the Big Horn
basin.
A branch of the people's party , the first in
the state , has boon oigunued in Albany
county ,
Tbo asbestos discovery , nine miles trofa
Casper , is said to bo the i idlest yet found in
the state.
The annual conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church will bo held nt Douglas ,
Juno 10-31.
Recent snow storms In the Fontanollo and
Ham's Fork country were disastrous to the
lamb crop.
A Ponnsylranla company Is developing
the coal mines at Cokurvillo on the Oregon
Short Lino.
Romnn Knnpp , n well known young man ,
dropped dead of heart disease in Choyeuno
on the Oth Inst
A convention of flromon will bo bold In
Rawllni , July 11 , for the purpose of forming
n state association ,
rive enterprising cattle thloves have torn-
pornrlly retired from business nnd taken
quaitors In the Lander Jail.
The purchasers of the Iron clalras'at Hart *
vlllc propose to build a narrow guago rail
road from Wondovor to the mines.
Reports are current that nn Encllsh syndi
cate has boon formed , with $ 'J,000,000 capital ,
to develop the soda deposits in the state.
An association of business men hni been
formed at Buffalo , with F , O. S. Hcsso at
the head , to push the interests of the city.
The public timber - forests are gradually
dtsappcatfng , Ono llrm cut 200,000 tlos Iu
the mountains near Evanston , this season.
The railroads hnvo decided to grant re
duced rates to delegates to tbo state mining
convention to bo bold in Cucvcnno next
fall.
fall.J.
J. S. Frotwoll , from Ogden , was murdered
at Evunstor. by n tough. Fretwoll was mis
taken for gang boss with whom the mur
derer was nt outs.
Ono nn nil roU thousand young trout from
the state hatchery , "just off the grass , and
fat and frisky , " nro'to bo turned loose iu the
streams mound Buffalo.
According to the report of the signal oftlco
nt Choyeiino the rainfall for May was , with
ono cxroptlon. the heaviest in twenty years ,
amounting tol.S.'i Inches.
The people of Wyoming nro moving to
erect a suitable monument to the memory of
Gcnornl Crook. Meetings nro to bo hold In
various towns In furtherance of the pro
ject.
Tramp tourists nro welcomed In Cheyenne
in n novel manner. That they maj bo pro
perly Impressed with the Aluglc City , twenty-
live pound onmtnonts are attached to their
lower extremities.
The third stuco line between Buffalo nnd
the northwestern terminus of the Burlington
load is about to bo established. The railroad
is being pushed at the rate of three-quarters
of n mile n day.
On Thursday evening while the eastbound -
bound passenger. No. 8 , was running nt full
sped between Carter station nnd Granger ,
nn Insane Frenchman jumped fiom tho'tralu ,
sustaining a few bruisos.
Thousands of acres of placer grounds bavo
been located at Gold Hill. The country is a
network of creeks and Inkcj , and placers
hnvo been located on both sldas of tno creeks
uud on all sides of the lakes.
The owners of the sandstone quarries at
Rawlins huvo arranged to place tbo product
on the market Orders have been received
for 700 carloads. J. W. Holmes of Kearney ,
Nob. , has charge of the quarries ,
Buffalo is the outlining point for miners
nnd prospectors , being midway between the
White Pine district of the Ppwdor liver nnd
the Bald Mountain diggings , nud directly
e.ist of the placer diggings at the beadwaters
of Canon crook.
The Ferris district Is one of the best known
in Wyoming , though it has never exper
ienced nny marvelous boom. It is about one
hundred and llfty miles Crom Laramie , being
forty-seven miles north of Rawlius , twelve
miles from the Sw eetwater and eight miles
from the famous Seminoo mines.
The Port Sanders ditch company , recently
organized , has completed the preliminary
work of taking Out a ditch tbat is to convey
water from the Bi-r Laramie to the old res
ervation south of Luratnie. The dlteh Is to
bo thirteen miles long and Is taken from the
liver near the mouth of Sand creek.
Stockmen in Converse county nro kicking
vigorously ngainst the unloading of Texas
cattle at Orrln Junction. Five and six thou
sand a day are unloaded tlicroand they spread
nil over the country for miles in nvory direc
tion , totallv destroying the range vt blch would
but for this affliction bavo boon the finest
ever known.
Superintendent Calvcrt nnd N. W. Ensign
secured teams bore fora two months' trip to
Yellowstone park. Incidcntly the trip will
result in business , Inasmuch as the Burling
ton company Is of course desirous of moro in
formation iu regard to the country along the
line of the proposed extension to the North
ern Pacific.
Tbo Governor Boyd case in Nebraska has
brought several Cboyenno citi/ens to a reali
zation of the fact that there is something
lacking in their naturalization pnpors. Some
of tboso concerned were soldiers in the late
war , and until tnis cose nroso never con
ceived tbat they were not full-flodgcd Amer
ican citizens.
A report originating in Denver intimates
that an English syndicate has boon formed
to work the oil fields and build a nipo line
southward. The syndicate Is said to control
auout twenty thousnnd acres of oil lands
west of Caspar and iu that vicinity. The
proposition is to pipe oil from those lauds to
Denver via Eort Collins and Laramie City ,
running a branch connection to Cheyenne
from Tie Siding , a point this sideol Larnmlo.
Prof. Nichols has been malting some ex
periments at the Nebraska state university
with the Newcastle coal nnd coke for Kllpa-
trick Brothers & Collins. Hoiecontly ro-
4 ported that a method of separating the lire
clay from the coal for the manufacture of
coke cheaper than the washing process had
boon found. This being true , it is
probable that tbo coke ovens will soon bo run
ning again.
The Saratoga correspondent of the Chov-
cnno Tribune \\rltosf "Tho mines of Gold
HSU , Bullalo Gulch , French Creelt , Brush
Cicek , Pass Creek and tbo Grand Encamp
ment are all of added richness since the
opening of spring and the beginning of pros-
pooling for thti year , while the lands of the
Taller nro taking on the appaaranco of verit
able farms ; ana Saratoga Itsolt biu largnly
added to Its building , Iti population and Us
importance In the ayes of the outside pub
lic. "
Along tlio Coast.
Dnnlol Gllmoro , rashlor In Wolls. Fnrgo A
Co.'s onico at Eurokn , Cnl. , whllo llshlng , foil
Into shallow water , striking hi * head on a
rock. Ho was made unconscious nnd was
dro wiled.
A stock company has boon formed for the
manufacture nt Clovcrdnlo , Cnl. , of chain-
pagno and brtlnily. The concern has a cnt > -
ital stock of 1500,000 and Is composed of solid
business men ,
Morris Hoofltck , formnrly ono of th o best
known stock operators In ban Francisco
committed suicide by shooting. Ho was
suffering from melancholia , Induced by losses
n t ho stock board ,
Mr. Donby , United States minister to
China , has provided for tbo sending of the
scodAo the Los Angeles chamber of commerce -
morco , the culture of tea near that city bclug
determined upon.
Theodore 7. . Hardoc , the leader of the Los
.Angclos Four Hundred , bun suddenly
"Jumped the town , " leaving ninny creditors ,
among whom were a number of ladles from
whom.hu borrowed mouoy.
The railroad oftlcials report In the vicinity
of Los A ngoles 12,000 aOies in potatoes , tlio
lowest estimated yield of which is ' 1,000 cm-
loads. Shipments to the cast nro now com
mencing at the rate of six to sixteen cars
dally.W .
W , A. Hubert of Sacramento rode n blcyrlo
to Stockton , lifty-ono miles , without dis
mounting , and made it In four hours nnd
twenty-live minutes. The round trip was
mudo hi nine hours and fifteen minutes , run
ning time.
The management of the thirty-eighth nn-
uual California state fair for Ib'.ll ' has de
cided upon n now feature , und that Is to In
crease tbo racing meeting from ono of nlno
days to ono of cloven days six trotting und
live running.
The supreme court has decided in n San
Francisco case that insuram-e money cannot
bo secured from a company in case of dnmngn
by lire , when the party insuied has ngicod
to ki'cp a watchman on tbo premises , niul the
utter npglo cts his duty.
Mrs. E. Hnssouick , who resided In tlio
foot-hills about thirty miles north of Fresno ,
Cal. , was burned to death by the explosion
of a coal oil lamp. She was tbo widow of
Fred Hassourok , n distinguished German
writer nnd politician of Cincinnati.
The state board of Viticulture has rocnived
word from various parts of tlio stnto that
there has so far boon no visitation of frost
and that the vines are healthy , except In
some parts \vhoro the "vino hopper" Infests.
The Indications for a good crop nro promis
ing.
ing.About
About five hundred Indians of the Mojave ,
Maricopa , Cocopub , Yunin and Hualapal
tribes are now assembled on the California
banks of Uio Colorado river , indulging in
their annual cry for the dead , and up to date
more than a dozen horses have boon killed
nnd eaten by those savage brutes , who ore
keeping up their howling exercises day and
night. _
Specimens of copper ore have been found In
Colfax whllo digging a woll.
Washington's big tree for exhibition nt the
world's fair is 4 feet squara and 120 feet
long.
Spokane's now high school building ,
erected at a cost of $102,000 , has ] ust been
completed. '
There are now over seven bundrod post-
oftlces In the state of Washington , and yet
the people are still' clamoring for moro.
Thojwpers in Chohalls county almost -with-
'out dissent supported the proposition to bond
the county for $ .i20,000 for the purpose of
building a system of wagon roads and In
fundinc the county debts.
The Farmers' Alliance wnrnhouso nnd ele
vator company has begun the foundation of
its mammoth warehouse at Pairfield. Manv
of the leading farmers are now agitating the
location of a large flouring mill.
It Is said that the Sunday schools at Port
Towusend , state of Washington , occasionally
close a half on hour or PO ahead of the regu
lar time to give the scholars a chance to at
tend baseball gamos. When the scholas
call the game the superintendent hoods and
dismisses.
Reports from Conewok , the banner fruit
district , of Yakima county , nro most encour
aging. No trace of blight or injury from
frost is discernible , and the indications are
that a larger crop of fruit will bo obtained
than over before. Apricots nro now ns large
as walnuts and the trees are 'just loaded
down with the weight of the fruit.
Colonel W. A. George , the veteran lawyer.
died in Walla Walla recently. lit the age of
eighty-one years , five and n-half months. Ho
was a self-educated man , having boon born
in North Carolina and raised , as they termed
it , among the "poor white trash. " JHe was
the lieutenant of u company of volunteers
during the Mexican war and went to the
California gold mines In 1810.
The United States troops from the govern
ment barracks at Vancouver on the Columbia
rlvor nro protecting the rights of the Puyal-
lup Indians to the lands of their reservation.
The land is directly opposite to Tncotna and
ranges in value 'from $ .1.000 to $12,000 an
aero. Tbero are n score of Indians residing
in huts in plain sight from parts of Tacoma
-who own tracts of land in their own right
worth immense sums of money , and there is
ono Indian who is worth $500,000. During
the last two months squatters settled on portions
tions of this land and erected shanties , hop
ing to gain tltlo to it by some loophole In the
I land acts. These sauattors have increased
steadily lately , de plto the warning * of Agent
Kols of the Puynllup reservation ,
Montana.
Livingstone has raised $20,000 for school
buildings.
Work 1ms commenced on a non-foctnrltin
hospital at Butto.
Over f.W.000 worth of ere Is In sight on
the Snow creek side of Old Baldy In Mcnghor
county.
Moro placer ground will bo worked this
year than ever before , nnd tbo yield Is esti
mated at not less than 1,000,000.
A rich strike of gray copper nnd lead ores ,
plentifully Hocked with nntlvo silver , has
been made in the Blue Bird , four miles from
WIckcs.
The Montana summer school of normal
method * for teachers nnd studon's will convene -
vono nt Helena , Mont , beginning Juno 19 ,
1SOI , and continue three weeks.
The Butte waterworks company has filed
articles of Incorporation and also nn accept
ance of the franchise granted by the city.
Work on the plant will begin nt once.
Built on nnd Rurroundod by vail quantities
of stone , It U surprising that Butte propel tr
owners should seriously entertain a proposi
tion to pnvo the streets with wooden block
Sheepmen are jubilant , cattlemen art
buoyant nnd farmers nro hopeful over tha
outlook. The spring rains have put tha
grass crop beyond the possibility of failure ,
tbo lamb and calf crop is far beyond the
average.
The xvojl clip this year promises to bo of
exceptional quality and condition , the heavy
growth of grass on the range preventing the
accumulation of dirt and dust In the Heoco ,
\\lileh has been a doproclntlng inlluenco dur
ing Uio past U\o seasons.
Everything Is going ahead with a rush In
the I" Inthe.ul country. Demorsvlllo Is a town
of at least l.fiOO people. Some of those of
course , nro only temporary residents of the
placo. In the town of Knlispull there iwo
moro than one hundred buildings already and
now ones uro being put up every day.
-Utah.
Ono of the most popular mon In Plovo Is a
chiropodist.
ThoSovlur mine In Beaver county was io <
contly sold for $ -100,000.
Work In American Fork canon Is starting
up nicely for the seanon.
Shipments of ore from the Ontario last
week amounted to 277 tons.
Arrangements uro being made In Salt Lulta
for an arid land irrigation congrc.ss.
Fiyo Points , nn adjunct to Oudon , has n fo-
nwlo orchestra , which plays divinely.
When the Rio Grnndo Western builds to
Tlutic , that district will huvo an iiuprecc-
dcntod boom.
Architects R. O. Wheeler nnd C. E. Bran-
son of Ogdcu hnvo been arrested on tlio
charge of enibo/rlliiR $10,000.
The wonderful rojults shown In the Dalton
walkings bnvp turned the attention of pros ,
peelers and capitalists towards Marysvalo.
Last week Captain W. II. Smith returned
from n visit to Marysvalo and the Dalton
mine , bringing along some ere to lost , and It
showed n value of $ , ' ,070.25 per ton iu coin.a
There was never a moio brilliant outlook
for a heavy fruit crop than theie is this year
In both Salt Lnko and Utah valleys all lauds
of fruit trcos are huugiug heavy with thuir
burden.
The St George mining and milling com
pany ot Washington county filed aitlclos of
incorporation with Sociotnry Sells. The com
pany is organized under the laws of Nc >
braska , the principal place of business to ba
at Omaha. The capitalization is (100,000 , ot
the value of $10 each. Tbo lueorporators nre
D. Gurnsoy , D. Bnutn and G. W. Holdrcgo.
.Dakota.
The owners of the Spokane silver mine op
Squaw creek have received returns from the
first shipment of eighty tons , which netted
over fttlO over and above their expenses.
The school of mines at Rapid City closed
its fourth year last week ana delivered its
llrst diploma to Miss Ottilia iJehrens , who
completed the full course of three years.
Every mlno in the Black Hills ought to
have a concentrator close at hand , or some
cheap process of reducing oro. There Is a
fine opportunitj' right now for parties with
moans to bring such works.
According to the lines run by the surveyor ,
general on the coded Sioux reservation , the
geographical location of the course of the
Whlto river is found to bojrom ten to twelve
miles south of whcro it has always been
marked on tbo maps.
The failure of the legislature to make pro.
vision for an exhibit at tbo world's ' fair , pro
voked general regret which culminated In
a state convention hold at Yankton recently.
The meeting was a representative one and
much enthusiasm was oviuccd. An organi
zation was formed to arrange for a stuto ox-
bibit , and plai-o South Dakota conspicuously
before the world at tbo great exposition.
Now York Herald : She > You say 4
woman cannot Keep a secret I
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She I buvo known of u woman keeping a
soctot for an ago.
Ho Yes , but it was her own ago.
VThpu Baby wan slot , we care ier C&Btorla ,
When Elia wna a Child , aha cried for Castoria ,
When ilio become Miss , she clung to Ciutorla ,
Kfcen Bli tuul Children , she cove them Culortet
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