THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SATURDAY , JUNE 27 , 1891-TWELVE PAGES. It
A PANORAMA OF BUSY LIFE.
'Pen Sketches of the Industrial Activities in the
Great North-west.
PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
Montana's Relations to Nebraska.nnd the Necessity of Railroad
j.-5 Connections Wyoming's Mineral Convention The Great
* * Anaconda Property , Its Extent , Value and Purchase
Price Other- Western Nows.
Montnnn'H Appeal to NohraHlca.
IInUiMA , MOST. , Juno 2 . jCorrcspon-
flenco of TUB BISK. ] It having boon my good
fortune during iho past ihreo weeks to travel
ever much that constitutes the state of Mon
tana I foul a desire to communicate to my
friends In Nebraska the Impressions Rained ,
jo far as ihoy may relate to the interests of
Iny own slate , and In the hope that tbo ad
vantages of closer communication being
made clear , measures will bo tnkou to In-
euro the mutually boncuYI-il results.
Montana Is essentially a stock country. It
Is the homo of the grasses , nnd the conditions
of dry atmosphere , good water and healthy
climate combine to make It without doubt the
* bcst section for cattle , horse and sheep rais-
i.lng In the world. These facts nro best
proved by tbo existence at present on the
ranges of the state ol the largo number of
2,000,000 cattle , U50.000 horses and nearly two
and a half million sheep , with the business
confossdly In lls infancy. The state con
tains 110,000 square miles or nearly twice as
much land ns Nobraska. Thn eastern half Is
A rolling plain broken In places by the curl-
pus so called "bad lands" which while 111
looking nlford much good rnngo for stock.
About Livingston on thu Northern Pacific
ftallroad wo approach tbo mountains and bore
s the panullno of the stock man. Tlio
tnountaln ranges of Montana nro not as In
Colorado , of high , precipltlon rocky for
mation , but could moro properly bo called
foot bills , their elevation being on an average
Bovcrai thousand feet lower than further
Bouth , while the shape Is that of a gradual
tiscent with the entire surface thickly cov
ered with luxuriant natural grasses. Con
trary to general impressions , a wagon can
pafoly bo driven over almost any mountain in
Montana. With the very bust quality of
prnss food iti nmplo supply , whether green in
Iho spring or summer or naturally cured on
Iho ground for winter use , if will readily bo
peon that the ranchman bus seemingly at his
command
Bvnnv r.vvoiiin.r CONDITION
that nature can supply , There Is ono element
nbsont from his business , the lack of which
Is severely felt , namely corn. The thorough
bred ( which in effect they all are ) shorthorn
Btccr can bo brought to a gooa weight on the
nutritious grass , but his beef when ready for
tbo market lacks that tenderness and flavor
which characterises tbo corn fed product of
the Nebraska prairies. If the Montana stock
before consumption , could have thn bonollt of
a course of feeding on corn which is cheap
thu added value of tno carcass would bo con
siderable.
. ' And right hero cornea the interest of No
braska.
It is said that this year there will bo
Bhlppod to market from Montana .200,000 fat
cattle , which are handled by tbo Northern
Pacific nnd Great Northern railroads. These
two systems run parallel at some distance
apart with their natural shipping point at
Chicago , hciico that city without competition
secures the trade of this entire country.
1 have been much impressed with tbo fact
that if rail connection could bo had direct
\vltb the Interior of Nebraska an enormous
trade would spring up with great reciprocal
advantages , The Montana cattle would go
to Nubraska to bo topped off with corn , and
then reach a market nt Omalia , while for re
turn loads the cars could carry the hoit pro
duct , corn , poultry , eggs and dairy goods so
largely consumed In the rapidly growing
cities nnd mining camps of Montana. At
present the only railroad from the south
reaching Montana Is the Utah Northern
branch of the Union Pacific which termi
nates at Butte City , with track rights ever
the Montana Central to Helena. This line
but deficiently answers the purpose of agri
cultural exchanges as Its traffic Is largely
tnado up of coal nnd ores used In the smel
ters of the mining regions which it traverses.
Communication is demanded In a line further
.cast , and in respect to location thu service
win best bu mot by thu 11. & M. railroad newT
T- .1'lls * Black Hills extension nt Merino ,
in eastern Wyoming. From this point , to
Ilelnnn about four hundred miles ut construc
tion Is only needed to open up.
A a it MM ; ijsoiivot'si.v I'HOKIT.UII.B
to the road as well as Us patrons. The line
pf this extension , as rumor locates it , strikes
the Northern Pacllloat Billings and crossing
follows the Mussolshell river In a westerly
roiirso to the pnpjsod terminus nt Helena ,
tl'lils would put It in the heart of the best
cattle region and at Helena ns a distributing
) ) oint bu able to supply all thu urban commit-
kilties of the state. It scums scarcely possi
ble that a system with such abundance of
resources would long real idle in the face of
Hob possibilities in thu way of traffic , and to
overcome any disposition this way should bu
tlio effort oi every trade organization In Ne
braska.
Omaha particularly has a great stake , nnd
It Is sufu to say that no extension that could
bu made would so lariroly .stimulate Us live
Block Interest , jobbing trade and manufac
tures.
THE WI5S1/TII OC MONTANA.
To afford a clearer Idea of the money value
of the pioducts of Montana 1 am assured on
Vollablo authority that thu exportation * this
year In the shape of gold , silver , conpar.lond ,
cattle , wool , sheep , horses and hides will
I'oneh the enormous sum of $117,000,000 , which
will bu divided amongst less than ' , ' 00,1)00 )
population. To this should be added the
iigrlculturnl crops locally raised and coti-
Bumcd , as well as several millions worth of
lumber.
Helena Is the natural distributing point of
thu state aud Its tradu Is rapidly increasing.
Iriio wealth of this charming capital Is some
thing unprecedented , the possessions of its
clti/.ens ( numbering at present not moro than
tOOH ) ) is estimated at $1:10.000,000. : It has
BUVUII banks with combined capital and sur
plus uf 1,500,000 and deposits approximating
$3,000,000 , The evident fact that Helena Is
.jjhortiy to become n great city Is argument
to inspire the greatest exertions on
ho part uf thu citizens of Omaha to secure
he enormous prize of thU trado.
TllAVELini.
AVyominjj'H Mineral Convention.
Preliminary arrangements have been made
tor the mineral convention , to be hold at
Cheyenne , September 7 to 12 , Inclusive. Con
siderable Interest haj boon awakened by the
Jnovement , oven at this early day , and It is
yafu to predict that thu gathering will bo n
Veprosontatlvo ono. The railroads have
crnntud reduced rates to all who desire to at
tend ,
At a recent meeting of the state board of
mines an executive committee , consisting of
J. F. Jenkins , Hon. F. W. Mondoll. W. C.
Knight , Captain Nlckuwon , William Sturgls ,
Jr. , Charles K. Blydenburg and C.O. Commit ,
was appointed to arrimgu all details. Thu
plan of toprosoatatlon Is to appoint a trustee
for each county ot the state. The trustees
will orgauh'o branches of the mining board in
the ovcral camps , and each oiganuatlon will
choose thrco delegates to represent each min
ing camp In thu convention. There will also
bo duleiMtc-s-al-lnrgo from each county , and
doubtless representatives of all commercial
organizations. From present Indications the
convention will open with from olghl hun
dred to a thousand delegates ,
Thu enthusiasm which the movement has
voucd 1s gratifying evidence of iho
boundless confidence of ibo people in iho
Jnlneral resource * of iho young stixto. Nor is
this co i ) II den co based oa the speculative-or
boom spirit. It is founded on facts as firm as
ber countless hills. The natural wealth of
thu state Is unlimited. In variety and extent
'cf reioiircud , Wyoming I * the peer of any
tate In the union. Within it's 100,000 square
oilio * of territory may bo found the precious
morals M well as iho baser ores. Coal Is
found in every county. The extent of the
fuel area h estimated at 19,000,000 acres.
Gold , allver and copper abouno. Immense
deposit * of Iron are known to oilst Marble
irruulto and sanditouo exist la Inexhaustible
Salt , soda , tuluurul paint , kui-
ptiur , gypsum , bismuth , graphlto , asbestos
and flrc'Clay abound , while the petroleum
basins surpass In extent and quality the fam
ed Holds of Pennsylvania.
A moro inviting field for capital and energy
does not exist In the west. To make known
these cold facts and form a permanent orgrn-
Izatlon for thu public good , Is the chief dutv
of the coming mining convention. Thorough
development of the state's resources depend
on outsldo capital and adequate
transportation facilities. If the con
vention proves the Way toward securing -
curing these essentials , It will have
performed n grand work for Wyoming mid
for tlio Industrial development of the west.
Tin ; Oroat AnaeoiKlii Property.
There appears to bo a substantial basis for
the reported sale of the creat Anaconda prop
erty mines and mills In Uutto and Anacon
da , Montana. The Rothschilds are said to be
the purchasers and S-"i,000,00 ( ) tbo price. To
most people the lliruros may seem enormous ,
but the property la well worth that sum. The
Anaconda company has $7,000,000 invested In
the smelters at Anaconda the largest plant
of the kind in the world. It is situated near
the town of that name , founded by the com
pany , twenty-live miles Irom Butte , and the
equipment Is n marvel of mechanical com
pleteness. There are two smelters , ono built
of iron , the other of wood , about n quarter of
u mile apart , and built on thosido of a hill. A
railroad runs on the crest of the hill , from
which the ere is dumped among the crushers
on the top lloor. A largo stream of water is
carried along the cicsttothu mills , and it
passes with the ere through successive lloors ,
washing and separating thu mineral. The
mills employ over two thousand men and
have a capacity of 5,000 tons n day.
The minus of the company comprise the
Anaconda , the St. Lawrence , the Mountain
Con. , Modoc , High Ore , Wako-Up-.Ilm , and
some of less productive qualities. The Ana
conda and St. Lavvronco overlook the city of
Hut to. Both mines are opened to a depth of
1,500 and 1,000 feet , respoctively. At inter
vals of 100 foot cross-cuts and levels have
been run , exposing bodies of ore varying In
width from forty to ono hundred feet , and
cairylngfrom 10 to 40 per cent copper and
much native silver. Tno copper occurs as a
sulphide. In places it Is rich enough to oav
for reduction in n crude state , much of it
being copper "glanz , " assaying from 50 to 75
per cent of the pure motal. The concentrat
ing grades of ere , however , which constitute
the great bulk of the Anaconda reserves ,
assay from 10 to 20 per cent. Erich level of
the Anaconda mine has the appearance of a
vast covered forest with the tops of the trees
cut off. Each day from twenty to thirty
thousand feet of timber is .sent down thu
shafts to support the vast spaces from which
the ere is extracted. The.Anaconda , is illu
minated by electricity and n largo foreo of
men is employed in Its vast caverns , the
number reaching sometimes live hundred m
each mino. It i estimated that above the
1,000-foot , IQ.VC ! enough ere is in sight and
av.-Ul.iblo for extraction to insure a product
of 1,000 tons a day for ten years.
The wages paid by the company in both
mills and mines aggregated $ .250,000 a month.
In the process of smelting when the Anaconda
was running It used -100 tons of coal dally ,
and 700 tons of salt were consumed every
thirty days by all the mills. The works
worn snlu to bo paying millions a year. The
mines ani Inexhaustible , and there is oru
enough in site to keep the mines running for
forty years. The main vein is 100 foot Illicit ,
and its uxtcnt cannot bo estimated.
Tlio Wool Industry In Montana.
Though attracting less popular attention ,
the growth of the wool aud sheep industry
in Montana has been no less remarkable than
the development ot Its mines. Though the
settler has been coming In and appropriating
hiiadrods of acres to settlement and agricul
ture , the number of sheep upon our ranges
has constantly Increased , until the resulting
Income has become ono of the most marked
sources of wealth In thoH now stato. The
Helena Independent a fnw days ago gave
some very Interesting llguros upon thu sub
ject gathered from the territorial and state
archives. It appear. * that certain old-timers
are authority for the statement that the llrst
sheep were brought into Montana during thu
fall of IStiT and placed upon a ranch iu the
Prickly Pear valley. The territorial audit
or's report for IMiS gives the number of sheep
in thu then nlno counties as 1,753 , with an
assessed valuation of $ ( JW5.50 ( , The next
ton years were required for the sheep men to
gain from experience the methods insuring
success , and then the figures toll a story of
growth which needs no embellishment of
words :
NUMUKIl Of BIIKKl * IN MONTANA.
1877 70,783
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it is worthy of note , too , that the flocks
have not onlv multiplied In number , but
with railroad communication wo have bocn
sending laivor invoices of mutton to eastern
markets , and the quality of wool grown Is
constantly being glvon moro and moro atten
tion. Hero Is a creat industry which Is sure
to mark oven moro wonderfully the destiny
of Montana. Go into tbo business and bank-
lug houses of our cities , and you will lind not
a few men whoao llrst thousands came from
the prollts ofwool growing. The people of
this state will do well in rondonng all on-
coiiragumunt to an industry which has been
so consplclous a factor in the making of its
present prosperity.
An Iron 3lomitaln ,
Extonslvo deposits ef magnolia iron and
hematite have boon discovered in Chotoau
county , Montana. The magnetic ere Is about
ton miles northwest of Chotcau , near the
ranches of William lialston , and Is from ten
to fifteen feet thick and covers an area of toner
or twelve square miles. It fornn the cap
rock of the point of the high plateau botveon
Toton river and Muddy creok. Underneath
the black Iron are layers of varied sandstone
about six feet thick , below which iron again
appears. Just how thick tbo second layar of
oru Is and what Is beneath U is unknown. A
very scanty soil Is the only covering of the
upper strata. This will Tender the mining
inexpensive and greatly enhance the value
and Importance * of the llnd ,
Knvorat assays have boon made and the result -
sult ranges from HI.'Jo to 7U.ll per cent Iron.
Those assays make 111 * : average per cunt'O.I ,
and within 1.0 per cent of pure magnetic oro.
The case with which this body of ere can
bo mmodlt.s proximity to ample water power ,
and being within eighteen miles of a railro.nl
which mns directly to the greatest ooal Holds
In the northwest , renders it moro valuable
than anything in the Iron linn yet found in
the west. The recent rains bavn loosened a
great body of earth on the stdq of a mountain
about twenty miles away exposing on oigh-
tconifoat vein Bet red honmtlto. which is
especially necessary hi smelting the tuagotlo
oro.
oro.Tho great iron workers ol Pittiburg , Car
negie , 1'hlppi fi Co. , have make several as
says and will soon have a maa on the ground
who wilt fully Invostlgatn the ludgo , and his
report Is expected to ho followed by speedy
action oa iho part of the company ho repre
sents.
Uutto'u Ml n ITU I Wealth.
Tboro are over thirty thousand patented
claims within nine square relies In the
vicinity of Huttu City , On most of these
claims are mills , aud each claim Is morn or
loss productive. But the bulk of the busi
ness U done by the Anaconda syndicate and
the Boston and Montana Company , Butte and
Boston Company , Parrott company , Butte
Itoductton company , Alice compar.y , Lex
ington company , Moulton company. Blue
Henni company and Colorado and Montana
company. These concerns operate forty
miles , and the output of them for ton years
previous to IbOO was t07iJiW.W" . i-'rom esti
mates on the business sincoand up to date It
Is cnlculatod that the grand total of the out
put is over (1311,000,000 , of which more than
one-third U profit.
Slaughter of Itnlillltfl.
The wholesale slaughter of rabbits ( hares )
in California during the east few years has
become quite a business , especially iu Kern
county. The remarkable fecundity of the
genus Lopus makes it necessary , oven Imper
ative , to rid the country of them , and to this
various moans are employed , the most suc
cessful of which , is to form n largo company
and round them up and corral thommuch the
same as cowboys and stockmen gather In
cuttle during the snrlng of each year.
The slaughter of the rabbits after they are
corralod is brutal in the extreme. The round-
urs climb Into the corral and with clubs boat
the terrlllod animals to death. The rabbits
do not undertake to run away from their pur
suers here , but simply nwalt the blow they
seemed U ) Instinctively understand was re
served for them. Hundreds of them skulk
on the uround under the very feet of their de
stroyers , drawing their ears close to their
bodies ana crouching as close to the earth as
they possibly could. In the confusion Inci
dent to thu wholesale slaughter many of thorn
are wounded , and the piteous cries of these
Injured , hclnlcss and dying creatures is
touching. Some of them are helpless with
broken spine or shattered legsand there they
lay , moaning and writhing until dispatched
by the executioners.
After a recent slaughter all the rabbits
wore counted and stacked. An actual count
ruvcalcd 1,500 dead rabbits , besides these that
were killed In the Held , which must have
been between 00 and UOO.
Drives are now being given weekly , end
from 1,000 to 2,000 rabbits are slaughtered
every week by the same process in that
neighborhood. After each drive the ranch
men who are most bunulltcd by the destruct
ion of the posts spread a free collation , of
which the company partake , after which
dates are llxed for another drive.
There have boon killed in ICorn county
during the past two months moro than 10,000
Jack rabbits , nnd they are so troublesome
still In some localities that the ranchmen
employ men by the month to hunt nnd exter
minate them with guns and dogs.
A Maslior Mashed.
Mrs. Hose Perkins runs a notion store in
Butte , Mont. She Is bravo aud buxom , and
employs several good looking girl clerks , n
fact which Is not overlooked by floating
mashers. Recently a drummer for a Now
York button house dropped Into Mrs. Per
kins' place for the purpose of disposing of a
few wagon loads of buttons. While strolling
about the store ho approached one of the ,
pretty clerks , witn whom ho began to make
himself exceedingly numerous on short ac
quaintance. Tbo lady paid no particular at
tention to him , and finally thu follow became
more bold and made a remark that grated
rather harshly on her delicate ears.
The lady said nothing at the time and the
traveling "man soon loft the store , but after
his departure she Informed Mrs. Perkins of
what had transpired. Mrs. Perkins was In
dignant and made up her mind that if the
fellow returned to the house she would
thrash him. Mrs. Perlcins is quite a large
woman and will light at the drop of the hat
If she lias occasion to do so , nationality , sue ,
strength or religion cutting no llguro with
nur If the cnuso bo Just. So , when Mr.
Masher returned to the store an hour or two
later , with his mustache waxed and his hair
curled , n surprise in the shape of a thumping
awaited him. Uoso was behind the counter
when ho entered , but she dropped every thing
and came forth with an umbrella In ono hand
and a rawhide in the other nnd began to bom
bard the man in a mannur that mndo his Ualr
curl. After receiving a few cuts with the
whip and several smashes with the umbrella ,
the fellow ran out at the door and at last ac
counts had not again shown up.
CoiiHolitlatoil Port land.
A brief dispatch recently announced that
at a special election the people of Portland ,
and Alblna , Oregon , had decided to unite tbo
vhreo municipalities under n single city
government. Tnis is an event , of moro im
portance than this treatment would indicate ,
for it advances Portland from the sixty-first
to the forty-first city in the United States , to
say nothing of the probable ofToct upon its
future development.
The election was hold in pursuance of nn
act passed at the last session of the Oregon
legislature , tiuthorUIng the voters of the
thrco towns to decide the question of consoli
dation , and embodying n new charter for the
united city if that should bo determined upon ,
and provisions for the subsequent election of
an entirely now sot of officers to succeed to
the functions of those who had heretofore
administered the affairs of tbo thrco separate
municipalities. This election took place
Monday , .luno 15.
According to tbo census of 1S90 the popu
lation of Portland , Kast Portland and Album
was 00,41'J within corporate limits , and of
their immediate suburbs 0,815 , so that the
consolidated city numbers nearly an oven
70,000 inhabitants. Portland is on the west
side of the Willlamotto river , and East Port
land and Albina on the oast. They are con
nected by several ferry lines , toll bridges
and railway bridges , and under the now
charter the city will build a wagon and foot
bridge which Is to bo free , and this will huvo
the effect of suppressing the tolls
on the existing bridges. The separate school ,
police , water and lire systems will bo consol
idated under single administrations , and the
political existence of tlio two minor towns
will bo merged with that of the city of
Portland.
Death Valley K.loratloii. | .
Dr. C. Hart Morrlam , ornithologist of the
department of agriculture , la charge of the
Death Valley expedition , reached Ivollor ,
Nov. , from Utah , whore ho had gone to do-
tormtno the range of certain mammals aud
birds. His trip was n great success , more
being accomplished than was anticipated. Ho
secured some rare specimens of mammals ,
some of which are almost unknown. At
Pigeon soring some flfty specimens of n very
rare mouse were taken. This peculiar
species was almost unknown , but ono Impor-
fcct specimen taken about forty years ago
being known to exist.
Dr. Merriam and party will soon start for
thu Sierra Nevada mountains. Ono party
will make the ascent through Walker passoh
the eastern slope , while thu doctor and
another party will pass around to Visiilio and
go up from thoro. Tlio heavy snow will pre
vent active work in the high altitude * for
somu time. There will bo temporary signal
service stations established on the mountains
In ono or two places to determine the tem
perature and assist la socurln ; altitudes by
barometric observations. The parties ex
pect to be In the Sierras until October ,
The Irrigation Con ross.
The governor of Utah has Issued the fol
lowing call for an Irrigation convention , to
bo held In Salt Lake in September , and to bo
participated in by iho atatoi In the arid bolt :
To Ills Excellency , etc Sin I have the
honor to enclose a copy of n resolution adop
ted at a mooting of the members of the cham
ber of commerce of Salt I.ako City , hold ou
Juno 4 , IS'I ) , aud in accordance therewith re
spectfully request that you appoint thirty
delegates at largo to represent your state at
a convention to bo hold in Salt Lake City ,
Utah , September 10 , 17 , and 13 , Ib'Jl ' , This"
convention i.s called to consider matters por-
tulnlug to the reclamation of the arid public
lands of the west , and to petition congress to
code to each state and territory the land *
within IU borders for purposes of reclamation
for the support of its public schools , and for
such othof public purposes as the legislature
of each state or territory may respectively
determine. The various commercial , agri
cultural and mechanical associations , to
gether with each municipal corporation in
the several states and territories west of tbo
Missouri river , are also requested to send
delegates to the convention.
I have the honor to remain respectfully ,
AiiTUUit L. THOMAS ,
Governor of Utah.
Montana Mineral Imntl.
The question whether the Northern Paclflo
had a right to uuuorot laud within iu lund
grant was decided In the federal district
aourt In Helena recently. The case in point
Involves ground near the city of Helena ,
The decision of Judge Sawyer was to the
effect that to exempt the land from tha rail
road grant , Its mineral quality must hnvo
been established at the time when the line of
the road was fixed. "Under iho decisions of
the supreme court , " says Judge Sawyer , "I
am satisfied that , to exclude the laud from
the operation of the grant , IU mineral quality
must have been known at the time when the
line of the road been mo definitely settled and
the plat thereof filed In the general land
oulco. "
This sort of talk , says the Anaconda Stand
ard , bears hard on the < o who want to save
the mineral lands to the people of Montana ;
It is not at nil in harmony with the letter nnd
the spirit of the grunt to the Northern Paclllo
as the Intelligent layman construes the lan
guage of the grant , but 'no ' good can come
from quarreling with thoeourt , and there Is
nothing loft to do excopttoMvuIt for the Judg
ment which tbo suprcuioVourt of the United
States will render. ' '
"Jloiinn/aH In the Black Hills. "
That was tno conclusion arrived at by h
reporter yesterday after 'a bout with Major
Jack Simmons of Uapld CJity at the Paxtou.
Tin ; BIH expert explored the oldtimer's
ininoraleglcal laboratory of knowledge from
the "grass roots to badroek , " from which ho
panned out , concentrated and reduced many
nuggoU of bullion.
"It is an acknowledged fact , " said the
major , "that a hundred square mllus of tlio
Black Hills contains a greater variety and
quantity of paying mineral deposits than any
other equal area on the face of the globo. "
hOMIJ nOMX/VS.
The Homostako mine , ho continued , has
beaten the record of all gold mines
In the United States as a
continuous producer. It disbursed
on May 25 last Its 151th consecutive monthly
dividend , covoru.g a period of nearly thir
teen years without askip , aggregating
) ,705.750 to IU sh aroboldors , which repre
sented the not protlt. It had in tbo mean
time yielded more than double Hint sum ,
which wont for expenses , principally laho r
aud machinery , and its present showing In
dicates a period of still greater prosperity
for the futuro.
THE TIK.
The tin mines of the Hills would take rank
as ono of tbo most valuable mineral discov
eries of modern times. After live years of
exploration , development ami acquisition of
property , in which hundreds of thousands of
tons of ere Had been placed ou the dumps ,
and moro than $ .1,000,000 expended , the Har-
noy Peak company has lot contracts for the
erection of largo reduction works , which
meanfthat Black Hills tin was finally to be
placed on the market. The deliberate , con
servative mid .substantial operations of
the Harnoy Peak company in the
past bo regarded as a certain guarantee that
when the point of production Had been
reached there would bo a continuous output
of the motal. These mines would give em
ployment to 10,000 miners , aud Hill City , in
Pennington county , the center of the tin dis
turbance , was destined to become the largest
mining camp In the western country.
IIITI MISOUS COAI , .
"Another wonderful discovery , " laid Mr.
Simmons , "and of scarcely less importance
to the whole northwest , was the Newcastle
coal mines on the woitorn border of the
hills in Wyoming. Tboao were the llrjt
great bituminous coal ilokl found in the
northwest which would produce coke equal
to the Pennsylvania article. This character
of fuel was indispensable in the reduction of
ores. Connollsvillo coke bad been trans
ported to tbo Hills at $ JJ per ton laid down
at the miuu. Newcastle cokchc was informed ,
would bo supplied at a cost of 5S.OO ,
whlcn would admit of the reduction of vast
quantities of the low grade refractory ores of
tno Hills heretofore unprolitablo. There was
now being mined and shipped from tbo New
castle minus 1,100 tons ot coal per day and
ovens were being erected for tlio extensive
production of coke. The mines were oxtons-
ivu and practically inexhaustible and would
cut n most important tlguro In tbo develop
ment of the northwest for generations to
come. This creat fuel 'supply would bo n
prime factor in the reduction of tiii and the
great silver deposits of th'e Hills aud in con
nection with tno vast deposits of iron one's
mind 'vas staggered in , contemplating the
manufacturing and inuustnial possibilities of
the future for that region.
OTiir.u iiKsouncns. ,
These , said the speaker , were soroo of tbo
phcnomlnallv great productions of that won
derful region. There wore hundreds of lessor
mining operations being presecuted , many of
them successfully , and tbulato discoveries of
galena ores in connection with the coal sup
ply gave a great impetus to mining and met
allurgical operations. Oustldo or the metals
the Hills contained a sufficiency of structural
material such as building and paving stone ,
marble , llmo , gypsum , lire-clay , potters' ' clay.
otc. , to supply the surrounding states for all
time. Hailroads , now mineral discoveries
and devclopmunU , increased production , the
prosperity and enterprise of the people nil
had combined to inaugurate in the Black
Hills the greatest substantial prosperity and
business activity that ever surrounded any
region In the northwest. All the elements ,
nature and man. said the major , seemed to
conspire at tills time to develop tins tuvorod
section. There was an opening for capital
and labor , for enterprising men and women ,
for Investment in manufactories and iu'du.-
trios of all kinds.
The Iltlli , continued Mr. Simmons , was
not exclusively a mining country , but that
that thu plains and valleys to the east , north
and south contained us line farming and
grazing lands as any In the west. Much
attention was bolni ; paid to the breeding of
liorsoj , sheep ana cattle. In that alti
tude tno nutritious native grasses
cured on the stem and furnUhcd excellent
gnuing for stock the year around. The Rap
id City land district , embracing the six coun
ties constituting the Black Hills proper and
several unorganized counties , contained sev
eral million acres of unappropriated lands.
well watered by innumcrablo perennial
streams Mowing from thu mountains. Tins
land had no eiiual for grazing. It was a rich
alluvial soil and produced lirst-class wheat
and nil vugutablo pro J nets and nil cereals
equal to Nebraska except corn thu country
was not favored with the sultry weather now
prevailing in the great corn belt , hence it was
short on corn. Mr. Simmons recommends
this country la thu highest terms to those in
search of farms not only becun.se of the
excellent quality of thu land , but for the
further reason that tlio farmer Is Insured a
tlrst-cluss homo markotfor his products In the
minus.
TIIR MKTHOl'OI.IS.
A country of the magnitude and pos essing
thu wealth of resources hero outlined , said
the gentleman , must of necessity have n me
tropolis , and ho declared the Hills were not
lacking in this respect , and that Hapld City
was thu favored snot. This embryo capital
was described as ti substantial town of brick ,
stone and mortar , with excellent waterworks ,
gas and electric light systems , horse cars ,
motor line , and possessing all of the qualities ,
capital , enterprise and push to itoep it to thu
front and up to the growing demands of the
country. Ifcould bo reached by thuKlkhoru
road over n llrst-class route and accommoda
tions in twonty-tsvo hours from Omaha. It
is situated on the cast side of the mountains
midway of thn range north nnd south in the
valley of the largest stream llowliig out of
the iilack Hills , Knpld river , which would
furnish extensive power for manufacturing ,
and was already bolng put to use for this
purpose. This place was uolttior a mining
camp nor n 'arm nor cow town , but was so
situated ni to bo accessible to and com
manded the tradu of all. 1 Two railroad com
panies had been organised this year to build
from It , ono west into the mountain } and the
other eastward. A contract had been lot on
ono nnd grading would begin on both Inside
of thirty days.
Such , In brief , said thu major , was Itnpid
City , called the Djnvor of. the Black Hills ,
and it was rapidly Justifying the appellation.
Saratoga and Cold Hill.
Colonel S , W. Downey , who returned to
Laramlo last Sunday from ( Saratoga , roporU
tlio city booming in earnest , says the Laramlo
Republican of the 22d Inst. Hvoryono Is full
of confidence in a prosperous SOOHOU on ac
count of the mining outlook at ( Jold Hill ,
tbo merchants are already as busy as boos ,
the town is full of strangers and there Is a
lot of building going on , so that the contrac
tors are as happy as anyone olso.
J. A. Johnson , state water commissioner ,
was In Saratoga lost week , receiving proof of
the appropriation of water from the Plntto
nnd lu tributaries , A larga number of cot
tiers came in to makn proof and vary Ditto
trouble bos been experienced ao far In the
matter , as all acorn disposed to adjust things
harmoniously. The Platte U still very high
owing to the Immense quantity of snow
that fell In the mountains during the winter
and spring.
The news from Gold Hill continues favor
able , there being no doubt as to the ledge In
dications all promising a good and permanent
camp. The shafts nro full of water now and
as the owners hnvo uo pumps they ore uimblo
to work In them.
A report came down Friday evening by
stage that n big discovery had Just been made
by F. O. Sawln , formerly of Laramlo , Some
samples of the ere were sent down to Colonel
Downey , who oxamlnod them , saying they
differ In appearance from any other oru yet
discovered in the camp nnd look lino. The
exact location of the ledge was not stated ,
but It is believed to bo closer to the range
than any other claim. The ledge Is said to bo
a big ono nnd has boon traced far enough for
two or three claims. Everything points to a
largo deposit of mineral.
Colonel Downey saw James Storrlll , the
surveyor , who said that ho and his two sons
have a saw mill that they nro going to move
into tbo camp at onco. Tom Ryan , who al
ready has n saw mill sorno eight or ton miles
nwuy from the camp , will leave his mill on
Its present location , but will build n cowl
roau from It to Gold Hill nnd haul and deliver
lumber to parties iu the camp as fast as they
got ready to use it
A Kluh Story.
Ex-Fish Commissioner Miller Is known to
bo one of the most skillful anglers In the
country , says the Laramle Boomerang. Sun
day ho secured 20,000 lake trout trom the
hatchery nnd took them out to restock Hut-
ton's round lako. While out thcro ho cast
his line into the lake and succeeded in book
ing a four-pound trout. It measured twenty-
one inches in length , Besides this , Mr ,
Miller booked two splendid carp , weighing
four and two pounds. Ho kept these alive ,
nnd they are now in the aquarium at Wil
son's drug storo. Mr. Miller says that the
round pond was stocked by Commissioner
( Jratnm'llvo years ago. Ho also states that
the Hutton long pond Is apparently alive
with bass , as ho saw them Jumping two feet
above the water there Sunday. J. B. Reed ,
however , hooked the largest fish of the
season. It was a trout weighing four uounds
and twelve ounces and was taken from thu
Larnmio river.
A Well Posted Novice.
A minor named Wolf who lives a sort of n
hermit life nt tbo mines near Atlantic In
Wyoming , and who for years had been , spend
ing his leisure moments in devouring Blackstone -
stone , took it into his head n few years ago
to apply for admission to the bar. Judge
Corn , who was then upon the bench , ap
pointed tbo committee and the prospective
attorney was invited to appear before them
to bo examined ns to his qualtllcnton.s. ! Ono
of the llrst questions asked the Innocent
looking Wolf was : "What would bo the
lirst thing you would do , Mr. Wolf , If a client
sought your ndvicei" "Well , " replied tbo
future lord chief Justice after a moment's
hesitation , "if I was governed entirely by
tbo actions of other attorneys as oxeraplllicd
by tbo members of this committee , about the
first thine I would do would bo to hold ray
client up. " He was admitted.
Kcdurnl Kodilcr.
The last congress appropriated $37 ,000 for
landsurvoys for tbo fiscal year beginning
July 1 noxt. The apportionments have been
mndo by the Interior department today as
follows : California , SlO.OuO ; Oregon , $30,000 ;
Washington , SB.OOO . ; Montana , WO,000 , nnd
Nevada nothing.
The secretary of war has made allotments
of money to the various states and territories
for arming and equipping militia on a basis
of representation in congress. California
gets $7,301 ; Idaho , Sr ,7 < H ; Montana , M,7H ( ;
Nevada , 52,7(14 ( ; Washington , $ J,7liI ; Arizona ,
S'J.OOO. The funds -A-ill bo available July 1.
The Great Temple.
The capstones nro in place ou the two east
ern pinnacles of- the great Salt Lake temple ,
flags are flying from thorn , and wo presume ,
says the Salt Lake Tribune , the work on
that portion of the structure is about com
pleted. For eight and thirty years that
work has been going on , and when the
staging shall bo taken down nnd the windows
put in , thu temple will stand a beautiful
symbol of the patience , persistence and
discipline of the Mormon people.
Wyoming-
Frequent copious rains Insure a splendid
crop.
Tbo rush to tbo Hold Hill camp Is growing
daily.
Bob Taylor is shearing 0,030 head of sheoo
near Rawllns.
The Hob Nail base ball club of Laramie
has been spiked.
A half interest in two ranches on the Big
Laramie sold for ? 11.OOJ.
A party of Sheridan minors are out search
ing for the lost Colin mine.
In Cheyenne but four watches were turned
in for county and state taxation.
Union Pacillo officials concede that Lara-
mlo needs a union depot , but
Thirty thousand pounds of farm machinery
were unloaded nt Sundance recently.
A washout on the Cheyenne & Northern
ditched four cars of stock , killing twenty
animals.
A Converse county Hock owner has Just
marketed MOO pells taken from sheep lost
last winter.
The Stinkingwater region in the northern
part of Fremont country is attracting the
attention of miners.
A massive stool bridge is taking the place
of the wooden trestle spanning the famous
chasm of Dale creek.
The Consolidated coal company has secured
n loan of $ * ! 00,0)0 ( ) to prosecute development
of the Hams' Fork mines.
Ono Dr. Peck , n tenderfoot minister from
Now York , lectured the people of Douglas on
several touchy topics , and was hunted out of
town.
Tom \Vnggonor \ , n rancher located forty
miles southwest of Newcastle , and a notor
ious rounder of other people's horses , was
strung up by lynchors recently.
The Wyoming oil and gas company has
boon organized nt Green River. John W.
Hay , Lawrence Malloy , Joseph Payne , T. J.
Wycho and C. 1C. Dodge nro the trustees ,
Dr. J. V , Cowhide , who recently died nt
Cheyenne , loft nn estate valued at SlOO.Ol'O. '
Tno Pennsylvania syndicate have struck
another well of crudu petroleum on Salt
crcoir , near Casper.
Bartlett Richards of Chadron , 1ms pur
chased the Anglo-Amorlcnn cattle herds nnd
property. There are about " 5,000 head of
cattle In the deal , n lot of grazing lands ami
the sheds at Oolrluhs.
Charles Smith , n ranchman on Horse
creek , was knocked out in ono round with a
thunderbolt , but ho still lives. His clothing
was torn to tatters , nls light aric scorched ,
the right side of his head slmvod of hair , and
the boot on his right foot torn to shreds.
The Newcastle News intimates that the
Sheridan nnd Buffalo branch of the Burling
ton Is to bo extended twentylivemiles be-
vend Moorocroft. The grading outfits at
Merino have gone to the front , and It is said
that the Collins out lit , will bt > ordered from
thu Hot Springs branch to that point.
Evnnstou and Almy are rejoicing over the
fact that an order has gene forth from the
headquarters of thu coil department Instruct
ing superintendent Ramsey to stop all min
ors from leaving Almy and put on a sufllciont
force to turn out forty-gvo cars of cuui n
day. This will cause an Increase of about
two hundred men in the working foreo at
Almy and an additional disbursement of
some'hlng llkufjO.OOO monthly.
Ranchmen say that notwithstanding the
abundant rains of this spring grass on thn
ranges is not nearly so high ns it usually Is at
this season of thu year. They attribute this
to the fact that wo have had so many cold
nluhts , generally accompanied by frost. They
say that the grass grows at night ami not In
the dyatlmo , and that It has had no show.
They think , however , wo shall still b.ivo a
good crop before the year Is over ,
Eight carloads of horsns from Oregon
bound for thu eiut were unloaded at Cuey-
onno for rout nnd water on Friday. On Sat
urday , snys the Loader , they rommmicod to
sicken , nnd before night twelve line animals
had died , Dr. Holcombo was Informed of
their bolnif at the stock yurd , nnd fearing
that tnoy might bo dying from some con
taglous disease , made nn examination of the
horses. He found that they wore dying
from congestion of the lungs brought oa
probably by the high altitude aud the change
of fooj. The owner of the horses intend * to
cut out the well ones nnd rush thorn to a
lower altitude M quick as possible.
Utah.
An oloctrlo railway Is being built at OgJon.
Logan Is shipping inrga quantities of hay
to Montana.
The Sampson mlno at Blngham was sold
for foo.iXX ) .
The Rio Orando Wos'torn li building n rend
to Tintlc , the great mineral region of west-
em Utah.
A brass ring peddler has been lined 50
and sentenced to thirty days' Imprisonment
at Locnn ,
Notwithstanding the grasshopper plngua ,
roporU from all over San Pete give promise
of u good crop this fall.
The next annual meeting of the Methodist
Episcopal church of Utah will bo held at
Prove. So It has been voted nt Ogden ,
Six Mormons hnvo taken the ulaco of n
like number of gentiles In the Salt Lake city
council. Ono 01 the retiring members was
Wordcn P. Noble , a prominent stocfcman
and capitalist.
Park City is going to have a baby show ,
and will give to the handsomest baby a
baby carriage , to the largest ono a silver sot ,
and to tbo smallest n silver cup. None over
two years old will bo allowed to compote.
Tbu grasshoppers nro very thick In the
western part of Benjamin and Lane Shore.
The farmers have destroyed n great many of
them by taking a harrow and harrowing
them to n center. They would then scatter -
tor hay or straw over them mid sot the whole
on lire.
The coming of the Rio Grande Western
from the cast will increase the Interest in and
value of the Immense Iron deposits cist of
Eureka and Tlntlo district. There is no such
tiling as a successful contradiction of the as
sertion that within the limits of Tintlo are to
bo found the most extensive Iron deposits In
Utah , If not in the cntiru west.
Farmers iu Utah valley who have planted
a portion of their land to sugar beets are con
gratulating themselves with the line appear
ance of tbu cnm and tbo almost certain ro-
suit of being ono of the best paying products
they can raise. Samples of the beets , which
have been sent to Salt Lake City from the
l-obi bench , show that the yield will bo as
heavy as In any place whore they have been
grown for this purpose.
Montana.
A § 35,000 bridge is being built at Great
Fails.
Helena's 400 Iwo decided to build a ? < 30,000
club houso.
Horsollftor Wyman is resting from his
labors in Helena's Jail.
Placer mining Is taking renewed activity
In the Flint Creek valley this season.
Twelve hundred men were in the four
teenth anniversary procession of thu Minors'
union at Butto.
W. A. Clarke , one of Butto's millionaires ,
offered a reward of ? l,000 for the capture of
the murderer of Editor Penroso. No clue
has yet been found.
The assessed valuation of Silver Bow
county , including Butte , Is $13,000,000. nn In
crease of Jl.Ul ( ) > , Ol)0 ) over last year.
A car load of ere shipped from the Benton
group of mines in the Noihart district the
other day netted the owners $9,000.
There is a section of country down In Mls-
soula county which is going to add , in the
next few years , hundreds of thousands of
dollars to Montana's mineral output.
There will bo a larger output from tbo
placers in Montana this year than llicro has
been the past Ihreo combined. Already the
returns at the Helena assay ofllco are away
ahead ot last year. '
At the request of Governor Thomas of
Utah Governor Toolo of Montana has ap
pointed n delegation of thirty Muntaninns to
attend the arid land convention which is to
meet In Salt f uko September 15.
There will probably bo quite n stampede
from some sections of Montana to thu Sovcn
Devils , Copper count ) , Idaho , this year. A
Helena syndicate has invested about Sl.OOO-
uOO over thcro and from reports have n big
thing.
There is n greatdeal of excitement Just now
in northern Montana over the discovery of
Immense depoiiu of iron ere near thu little
town of Coutcau. Assays show the ere runs
Irom (11 ( per cent to 70 per cent in Iron , and
the discoveries so far cover about twelve
square miles.
Idaho.
A fifteen-foot vein of coal has been struclc
near Montpellor.
The Noz Porco Indian boys defeated the
Lewiston select nluo In a game of base ball
by a score of Hi to IU.
A syndicate of Boston capitalists offered
S125.000 for the hot springs property at
Ilailey. The owner wanted J150.0UO.
It la stated that the recent cold rains hnvo
killed great numbers of the young grasshop
pers recently hatched on Cam as prairlo.
A largo number of the mines of Owyhco
county are working , nnd the output for'this
year will bo much. larger than for many years
past.
past.William
William Sweet has the shaft on his Muddy
mlno down ever two hundred feet , nnd is In
a seven-foot vein all the way of good frco
milling cold oro.
Pack trains have started for Sheep Moun
tain and Soafoam districts , to bo used for
convoying the rich ores of these camps to the
railroad depot at Ketcluim.
Thu opal mines of Latah county are turn
ing out some wonders in precious stones this
spring. E. C. Hall has taken out several
thousand dollars worth nf tlio most Coautiful
stones yet discovered. In ono day nlnoty-ono
carats were taken out , valued ntSl.OsO.
The Poorman mine , Burk , Is soon to have
the largest electric plant used for mining In
the world. Two ! &Vhorso power generators
( Edison's patonU ) , which will bo nin by
water wheels , will send the current ono mile
to the mine , where an olghty-liorso power
motor will drive the machinery.
The Seven Devils district is full of pros
pectors. They are the most ambitious stnko
drivers that have ever undertaken to pro
spect any part of the I'acillc coast. Viewed
from any point , a line of slakes may bo ob
served In all directions. The country is very
rugged and difficult to prospect. There Is no
possibility of procuring a claim at any acces
sible point without Interfering with some ono
who has made n prior location.
California.
A thirteen-pound trout was caught In Boar
Valley lake , San Bernardino county.
Railroad officials now estimate the potato
crop of southern California nt the large total
of lJ,500 ! carloads.
It is proposed to build an oloctrlo railway
from Santa Barbara through Monticollo to
the Hot Springs.
It is said that the abundance of monster
turtles at Magdalena bay. lower California ,
has induced a company to go Into the busi
ness of canning the extracts for Importation.
B. F. ' 1'Jor and
Captain Myor , a a veteran
of ttiu Mexican war , was found dead in his
cabin at Mariposa thu other day. Ho was
eiu'hty years of ago and leaves' son and
daughter la the east.
In round numbers it is ( utlmatud that the
expense of carrying on the miiiiimp.il govern
ment of Han Francisco during the llscnl year
lislil-UJ will bo 51,000,000. In iho last fiscal
year the expense was SI.W.UOU.
The Sunset Irrigation district of Fruino
has voted . $ i,0)0,000 ( ) of bondi for the con
struction of canals by which tu lend wntur to
the lands on the west sldu. This is thu
largest irrigation scheme ever begun In thu
world under ono single managem"nt. It will
open to cultivation 100,0i > aoros of land now
prnuticiilly valueless.
A rancher named Hector luiiin his orchard
In Placer county n cherry tree that was
shipped to California around ( 'ape Horn , in
1 5' . ' , and by him planted whuro It now
stands. It Is : i feet ' } tnrhns In diameter , and
from It , lait year , wa sold : i,0X ( ) pounds of
cherries , an almost Increiliblo statement ,
though It Is vouched for
In regard to tbo way Chinamen make mon
ey at market arduniiig In this state , thu Po
mona Progreis * av : Hung Leu came to this
valley two venrs ago this mould , and routed
nn ncro of land for embarking as a gardener.
1 to had about $75 at the time , Ho worked
Hue a slave and saved lllio a mUer. Last
week he bought tun acres of Spadra land for
$1,300 , and has ever f'UO moro on deposit in a
1.01 Angeles bank.
Kourti Dakota.
Thu Amborg group of mines near Custcr
City wwre .sold for $100,000 ,
A carload of Chicago architects ore In
spooling oicux Falls stone ,
Deadwood has raised $ -0,000 as a bunns to
clinch an offer of a nnw hotel costing $100,000 ,
U li reported the Doudwood Central road
will soon pass Into the hnudt of the Hurllap.
ton.
ton.Tho
The Black Hlllhas added $ .11,000,000 In gold
to the world's wealth. The annual output is
13,000,000.
Track laynrs on the Hot Springs branch of
the B. & M. are laying track at the rate of
ouo and n half miles per day ,
Sioux Falls denies the allegation thai
saloons are running wide open there. It u
the drug stores thatsupply Internal IrrlganU.
Coal has been discovered on the Tlinmr
farm , six mlle.s north of Rapid City. The
vein I.s four feet Ihlok and eighteen feet
under ground.
The directors of the Hartley Peak tin com
pany have decided to erect a concentrating
plant at Hill City , with a daily capacity of
' . ' 50 tons. Work will bo commenced Iminudl-
ntoly.
The total product of the precious metals of
the Black Hills for the year ISM , according
to the lately published report of the director
of the mint , Edward C. Leech , was approxl-
MVllv ! , SV-WW-gold , Sl.ll aH ) ; silver ,
5ti > l > ,000.
A Dakota rorrospondont , writing about
Senator Fat-well's rain theory , says : "Wo
exploded about ono hundred pounds of ilvna-
mlto n week or ten dnvs ago , and It has l"eim
raining ever since. Now the question with
us I.s how to stop it. If the senator has any
patent stopper wo should lllco to know It , " '
Hrrgoii.
A distilling plant costing $100.000 Is under
contract In Portland.
Surveys have been completed for the rail
road from ( Soblo to Astoila , a distance of
fifty-six miles.
Extonslvo building operations have been
stimulated by the consolidation of Portland
and Its suburbs.
Chief 1'eo of the Umatlllas Is not in favor
of allotting lands to thu Indians under the
February act. for the reason that it given to
women as well as their lords olghtvacTOs
each , while thu Slater bill , which he favors ,
gives the head of the families KM ) acres ami
the women none. "Women's rights no
good , " Is the torsolv oppressed opinion of
thu chief.
Regarding thn Salmon crop the Astorlan
says : The slack catch continues. Not alona
on the Lower Columbia Is there a scarcity of
llsh reported , but , also in the Middle Colum
bia. The llsb wheels of thu Cascade * have
had no bettor luck than the soins farther
down or the mill noU and traps In Ibis vicin
ity. A conservative ostimnto of the salmon
pack of thu Columbia river up to Juno 15 is
1 1,0-JTi , cases.
Nevada.
The weekly output of the Cornstoclc miner
avflrages 51-10,000.
Fifty thousand young trout have boon ft
posited in the Carson river.
From ' , ' 00 to : iOO po.inds of fish nro bolng
caught daily In Independence lake , near
Tnickco.
The regents of the state university have
let the contract for coiiHlructliig the labora
tory building to I. J. Walker for Wi\ : \ .
Samples of mnrWo from lodges near 7Arn
show colors of pure white , gray , blue and
mottled. 'I here are solid blocks of the mar
ble from ten to fifteen foot square lying on
the surface.
The world's fair commissioners of Nevada
would like to make a creditable representa
tion of Nevada's resources at Chicago , but as
the legislature made no appropriation for this
work they are unable to do anything toward
gathering and making an exhibit.
The old mining camp n round Austin Is en
Joying n revival. All of the Auitln mines
nro trim fissure veins , very small In sUe. In
many instances not more than a foot thick ,
but the ere thov produce Is rich and ship
ments that will run from COO to 1,000 ounces
are not at all uncommon.
\ \
Tacoma's now directory contains 1S.OM
names.
Sunday closing is rigidly enforced In
Seattle.
Seattle's delinquent taxes amount to
$ ,000.
The Canadian Pacillc has secured terminal
facilities In Seattle.
General Russell A. Algor of Michigan Is
rusticating on the sound.
The now Northern Paclflo hospital at Tacoma -
coma will accommodate 100 patients.
The Northern Pacillc has decided to erect
at Tncomn coal bunkers costing $50,000.
Pierce county's funding bonds , amounting
to &ajO,000 , , brought a premium of $0,000.
Eight hundred acres of fine farmlni ! laud
was sold near Pullman last week for $ ! l,000.
The courts have decided against the re
moval of the agricultural college from Yakima -
kima to Pullman.
1II3AUXII2S OF AVASHAItlli : .
How They Appear When Itcheld for
the FJrwt Time.
Four WASH IKII : , Wyo. , Juno 10. [ Special
Corrospoiuionco of Tun BKB. | This post is
most beautifully located 0,000 feet nbovo sea
level , Just nt the base of the Wood lilvcr
mountains nnd on a great broad plain , 6vur
which nro spread the lodges of the
Shoshone and Arnpahoo tribes of In ,
Oluns. Tlio whole place now presents
a Brand scene. Thu great snow-clad
Rockies In the background , the broad , sau'o-
brush plain , In the center of which is the
Indlaii uyonoy and tlio post not far dlstnnt.
Between thu latter nnd thu bnto of tbo
mountains is the big encampment of Indians
gathered together to indulgu In the annual
Sun dancu of thu Slioshonos. Both Shoshones -
shonos and Araphoes Join hands In the daiicu
which last-s thrco or four days. Everybody
Is decked out In his finest war paint and
feathers. There Is n sham battle , grand
rushes are mndo with cavalry charges and
dancing in winch the women participate.
After all thu fuss is over , then comes a big
foast. I can look Irom my open window ,
now , and see , two miles distant , this whole
camp of Indians. 1 should say there must bu
at least u thousand of the people. Judging
from the number of the lodges. Hero there
are troops of Indians uallontnc about with
their pretty bright-colored ftnvajo blankets
thrown about Ilium ; thuru n cruwd
of women and children , then a group of cow
boys In broad-brimmed nombroros , mounted
on bronchos. And thus thu show goes on It
Is picturesque from beginning to end. It Is
thn county fair and thu state fair , all com
bined for the Shoshonus hero.
Below us , two miles , Is the great , hot
springs , 'tOO feet In diameter and UO feet doup
in certain places. A great column of tea in
may bo scon rising 100 foot lu the air early in
the morning , and It Is worth coming all tlio
way from Omaha to gut a bath in the clear ,
beautiful hot wator. In the centurof thu
immense cauldron you see the water bubMlng
up at a ( iruat rato. This would bu a if mat
plaeo to come to if theru were a railroad from
the Union I'neillu to Lander , the pretty Ilittu
mountain town sixteen miles south uf us.
Thu journey by stage from Uawlum to
Lander is something frightful. When y . i
reach Lander you nro In Uod's country , onu
of the most beautiful mountain districts m
thu world. Thu lofty mountain * tire rovunul
with timber and frequented with uvory KI.K !
of game , from tnu great gri//ly iiu rte
to the pretty black fox. Streams tltnv in
every canon nnd beautiful gamuy ln.ni nru
most plentiful. Frequently trout are taltun
weighing two pounds and thu fellow witn a
light trout rod and reel can have the pruul
est xport in the world In any of the it maun
all the way from here north to the Yuilvvv-
stone park. Fish can bo caught In every
stream. The clunutoof the country can not
bu boatful. The air Is KO dry that you don t
feel thu cold In winter nor the heat of .sum
inur. In tbo latter season you have wui-it
after \\L-olc of thosu balmy days whnn tuii
want tu mount a horse ami rldo twenty in s
in sight of the great Rucklou for trio > v i , j
river mountains are a spur uf the U < " - i"i
You feel like mailing a loot race or > 1 noi {
something where great activity \ ruiinr | d
If you nio In/.y , why , tnko an easy uhair and
sit out In the sun with your hat , ottifm
choose and Just fnel happy and outitunte > i > u > d
glad you nru alive. You hnvn but Hum vvu > d
here and now ns I write it Is as quiet at. I iho
air ns soft at spring In sunny Italv. ' ! ' ! > > air
Is ao clear ami transparent the Illue moun
tains In the UisUncit so magnificent in rotor ,
tjio still atmosphere so tranquilUIng to OIIU'D
feeling ! ) , the great rush of clear water ever
the brmldcrs In the strains so musical to the
oar , that onn fuels OH though ho had not
scms'M onouuh to lake It all lu Its most ex-
hlliratlnu and no plnnsuntur or Intereiiintf
trip could bo found ibau tha onu from ihh
outpost of Uncle Sum i along thu biuu < if ihu
KoclUos to Yellowstone park and rot ini
llor < ; , wagon * , guldux and pruvi io'n can
c-islly ho procured at Lander aud lh t trip
mndu at comparatively sn < cil erst. And juun
an ouliuc us it would be !