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    10 THE OMAHAQ DAILY BEE , SUNDAffi SEPTEMBER 0 , 1891-SIXTEEN PAGES.
THEYARETRUEBENEFACTORS.
For By Their Works Grass Blades By the Mil
lion Will Grow Where None Grew Before.
TURN ON TIIH WATER NATURE DOES THE REST.
Scppo of the Irrigation Congress at Sa It Lake The Story of Western
Development The Famous Emma Mine Recalled Wyom
ing Oil Fields Transcript of the Week's
Prog ross.
The Arid He-It
The convention of representatives of the
nrld states mid territories , xvhtch meets In
HaltLnKo City September 15 , promises to be
the lar est and most Important yet hold In
the went. Evorp stnto west of the Missouri
rlvor has been invited to participate , and
cordially responded. The arrnuKonmnu for
the convention la In charge of Utah's thirty
delegates. The profjrammo has not been
fully mappodont , uutltls ccrUui the work
of the convention will cover n wide rango.
Conditions differ In the several statei , hut
11 load to the snmo end tlio irrigation of
arid lands. The Dakota * Imvo their urtosmn
well problem , Kansas und Nebraska are
largely interested In the development of the
underground waters of the rivers of the
plains , California will bo full of her great ex
periment , the district irrigation law. Iho
mountain states want to Unow Iho possibili
ties of storage rusorvolrs.
The great problem of the convention , how
ever , will bo the union of weuorn sentiment
on the disposition of public land. If the con
vention Dad no other purpose than to duviso
means by which thu vast empire composed of
the 750,000,000 remaining acres of public
lands could bo inudo useful to manlclnd , nLd
if It should meet that duty In a comprehen-
ulvo spirit ; it would bo n wonderful success.
This is out ono of tne wnys in which it can
bo supremely useful to the west. Various
plans are urged for the development of this
vnst empire. It is useless to look for relief
from tbo iiatlon.il government In the
mutter of irrigation. Kvon If
a concerted offoit was mndo
to secure federal assistance in developing
irrigation , the opposition of the east would
bo ( ulllclcnl to Insure defeat. No dependence
can be placed on congress in tins matter as
In all other intnrosts the west must work out
its own salvutlon , and the marvels nccom-
pllsnod in other lines of Industry Is a guar-
anleo that it will solve the Irrigation problem
satisfactorily. Sentiment Is rapidly crystal-
Iringln fiivorof turning the remaining arid
public lands over to the respective states and
territories , nnd from present indications the
Suit Lake congress will favor that as the ono
host calculated to make the now barren re
gion contribute to the wealth of the nation.
The Value nnd importance of Irrigation is
Well known. The marvelous productiveness
of the valleys of Utah forcibly demonstrates
what energy and perseverance may accom
plish In the arid legion. There nro 10,757
farms In the territory , of which O.TUt nro ir
rigated. The uvorugo size of the Irrigated
forms , or , strictly speaking , too portions irri
gated , is twenty-seven ncrus. Tbo average
first cost of the water right is SIO.G. > per aero ,
and the average cost of preparing the soil for
cultivation , Including the purchase price ot
lana is $10.10 per acre. The nvorago present
price of Irrigated land In the territory In
cluding buildings , etc. , Is reported as $84.5 ,
Knowing nn apparent profitless cost of build
ings , of J."i7.iO ( per acre.
In Utah crops were raised oy irrigation In
the census year ended Juno IiO , 1800 , on 26'J-
47.1 acres , or HI.(18 ( square miles , a trillo over
5-10 of 1 pur cent of the ontlro area of the
territory. Thb ngirregato number of furnis
was 10,757 , nnd of these 9,724. or about nlne-
tenths , depended upon irrigationtho remain
ing tenth being either stock ranches or farms
In the northern end of the territory , whore
the cllmnto Is lass and , or situated so high
In Iho mountains that crops can bo raised by
what Is known as "dry farming. "
"
. TUB NATION'S STOREHOUSE.
Svomlorful Development of the Moun
tain Jlejjioii.
The bureau of statistics has rooontly
Issued n volume which will to read with
gratified amazement , says the Now York
Tribune , it deals with the development of
tbo Pacflo slope , Including the states of Cali
fornia , Nevada , Idaho , Oregon and Washing
ton , and the territories of Utah , Arizona and
Alaska. It Is possible to give hero only a
vacua Impression of the wealth ot facts and
statistics supplied In this book , and of tbo
Hiaguillcont tribute they boar to American
energy. The story is almost Incrodlble. Tbo
lauds comprising these states and territories ,
exclusive of Alaska , constitute quite a fourth
of tbo tot.il area of the United States.
Alaska , acquired by purchase from Russia in
IBUTatocost of $7,20JOOJ , has already re
turned in revenue to the treasury moro than
Its purchase price , and has produced In
values to our citizens not less than $35,000-
000. Of this sum 180,000,000 is the products
of the fisheries , for the protection of which
from Canadian poaclion wo are now contending -
ing with ( Jreat Britain. If the people of tbo
United States appreciated the value of the
rights so gravely menaced thnro would bo a
public sentiment in support of the govern
ment so profound as to compel the prompt
uud suniclont assertion of our rightful
authority.
The lack of appreciation with regard to the
possibilities of our western empires has
marked every controversy attending thnir
acquisition , and the wonder is that wo over
succeeded in obtaining so grout a dominion.
Jefferson was cruoally assailed for the Louis
iana purchase. Tho'Mexican cession was
bitterly opposed oven after the decision of a
great war bud made It ours of right. Two
years were spent In a bitter fight over the
Alaskan treaty , the opposition In all those
cases balding that the land would never bo
needed and tunt It was utterly worthless
anyhow. British Columbia was sacrificed to
this foolish outcry , to the great and norma-
nout Injury of our interests. The Mexican
cession cost us 30,000,000 or about 11 } cents
an aero. Wo have curved from it California ,
Arizona , Nevada and Utah ami parts of Now
Mexico and Colorado , and from about one-
twelfth of the lands denounced as sterile and
valueless wu hnvo produced $ lbOO,000 of gold
and silver , und twenty times as much in
cereals , lumber und fruit. In the live states
nnd tbrco territories which are the subject of
this recent volume the production of precious
motuls to IbM ) is shown in the table following ,
The figures are almost bovond " belief ;
Hold Silver Total
Dollar : * . iJollurs. Dollars.
Alaska. . . . as.iilUOO 17,01.1 UH.VIOI8 ,
Arizona. 10,8'KU.uu .i 'Jwj ' : MHVib'jj '
California. l.KU.&r..WO lVW > .3ll I.JVJ.HUI.IM I
iduho. . . i8iuonuo ? < uuitt'j ' 4.vi : > .uvi
Noviuiu 7ilMI.WH , 77.4UO.OIW UV.US.ttN
UroKun 2MVCVMO LMS.7S7 ' . ' 11 , 11,787
TItuh S.TMWOO r..BIl',5 ! 711.1X111.51
Washington. l.Itttl.UOJ 47I.U3 ! ! ! ,101U.a
Tout. i.873,47S.4 < B sii.u nu 1,011.015,00. !
Those states and tboso of the Kocny Moun
tain country generally have been conspicuous
In the public mind chloliy for their vast mill-
oral wealth , of which this output of silver
mid gold is more than an Illustration. Out the
tact n , enormous as are tbo sums derived
from ttioir mines , their agricultural products
hnvo bean fur moro valuable. Of the 023 ,
000,000 acres contained in the Pacific slope ,
8llU,000,000 constitute Almku. Of the remain-
'der much less than ouhalf has boon as jet
urvoyod. und not moro than 40,000,000 acres
can bo culled Improved lands , from thesu
tbo agricultural results 1mvo boon obtained ,
and it will certainly surprise the publiu to
know that in the lust five years the total
wheat crop ntono has been equal to the total
product in silver and gold , whllo in Orogqn ,
which has produced In twonty-ono years * 17-
513,787 ot precious metals , thu wheat product
IIM amounted In value to $14:2,050,027 : , Audit
must bo remembered that these states , ex
cluding Alaska , contain only 3,2rt8,053 people ,
moro than one-half ot whom have como In
within the last ten .rears. With an annual
liroduot of wheat now exceeding ftto.000,000 ;
of salmon , Jl.800,000 ; of lumber. 13,000,000 ;
of other uorvnis than wheat , * , ' 0,000,000 ; with
nu annual wool clip of moro than 50,000,000
younds ; with farm animals valued at over
iltS4.000.000 ; with saving * bank dopoiits
amounting to 1107,3110,167 ; with 11,474. mile's
of railroad , roproaouting an Investment of
i4'J.7Wi3l ; , and annual earnings of nearly
1 15,000,000 : with a foreign commerce of moro
than 1100,000,000 , and a permanent tonnage of
3.)7.000 tons registered ; with taxpoylntrnro-
| > orty assessed nt 11,052,076,859 , and worth In
fart , fully three thousand millions , It U cer
tainly fair to claim that the Pacific slope Is a
country of superb achievement and Inex
pressible resources.
31 UNIONS IN IT.
A Suit Involving Mio Famous Kinina
Mine mill Senator Siotvnrt.
.fames E. Lyon has entered suit in the Now
Yorit supreme court against Senator William
M. Stownrt of Nevada , claiming $1OJOOOJ
damages.
The action involves the famous Emma
mine , located in Llttlo Cotton wood canyon ,
Utah , tno sulo of which nearly twenty years
ago , created an International scandal and
caused thu recall of Minister Schonoli from
London. In B70 Lyon wiw owner of the
Monitor and St. Louis mines adjoining the
Emma in I no , controlled by Trsnor C. Park of
Vermont. . Disputes nrosa as to the boun
daries of the roipoctivo properties and litiga
tion followed. Senator Stewart was then
practicing law In S.m I'Vixuolsco and wai ro-
talnod by Lyou. After the Emmi Mining
company was incorporated Stow.irt repre
sented that it would pay Lyon f."iDOOOJ In
settlement of his claims. Lyon agreed to the
proposition August 14 , 1871 , but telegraphed
to Stewart not to proceed in the mutter until
ho board again from him. Notwithstanding
this , L.yon savs , Stownrt made the contract
in his behalf for the flOO.OOO. The payment
of the money was put off repeatedly , and at
last Lyon bccnmo a party to a scheme by
which , with Stownrt and Park , they were to
form a company in London and put the mines
on the market. It was represented to Lyou
that his interest would DO materially In
creased if ho would wait for the money until
the stock was put on the London market.
Lyon declares that ho tbcreupon sent Stow
nrt to London to enter into negotiations with
English capitalists to put the scheme on the
market. The Emma Silver Mining company
was organi/ed with a capital of 1,000,000.
Upon receipt of n cable from Stewart , Lyon
wont to London and was Informed that the
negotiations were in a bnd way nnd that the
expenses in unloading the stock on the mar
ket were enormous namely , about SJHiOO. !
The expenses included $100,000 to bo paid to
Brokers. Grant & Co. , of Broad street , for
negotiating the snlo of the stock , nnd also
110.000 to Prof. B. Sltllman of Ynlo college.
Upon Stewart's representations that the
exnonses were so largo and the condition of
affairs very gloomy Lyon sold out his inter
est to Park for f 100,000 , of which snm Stew
art and Hillyer got$50.000. . Subsequently
the Emma mine was sold on the London mar
ket by Park for $ li,500,000 , and Stewart pro
cured $1.000,000 of It , and also realized an
other million out of the Monitor and St.
Louis lodo.
Lyon says thatwhen the agreement August
IS , 1871 , was made Stewart had a private
contract with Park by which the latter gave
Mr. Stewart fl.r > 0,000 out of the Emma mine
schema. Ho alleges that Park , Baxter , and
Stewart consnlred together to delay the pay
ment of the ? 500,000 nnd to deprive him of
his rights in the Monitor and St. Louis lodo.
Lyon nsks for $1,000,000 damages , with Inter
est from April 2',1 , 1872 , and ho seeks an ac
counting of the sale of the Emma minein
London. Ho wants the contract of April 17 ,
1871 , declared void and a release of all claims
against Stewart and Park upon which ho ro-
colvcd $50,000 sot aside and an accounting of
the sales of nil stock. .
Senator Stewart In his answer denies all
charges of fraud and insinuates that black
mail is tbo foundation of the suit. Ho assorts
that thu transactions by which Lyon disuosod
of his claims were regular and that the orig
inal claim to the property was considered
pure blackmail by the Utah courts.
FOKEST MR KS.
IIUUICIIBC Quantities or Fine Timber
Destroyed.
The forest fires now destroying mimenso
quantities of valuable timber In northwest
ern Washington are a inalancholy slcht.
In the last days of July the atmosphere
was beautifully clear , and for many miles
the grand pyramids of Mount Baker and
Mount Tacoma could bo soon , roaring their
splendid cones high above all their surround
ings , and showing their great aides covered
with the snow that never seems to molt.
Three days later a traveler was within ton
miles of Mount Baker , and ho could not dis
tinguish the grand mountain , for the air was
oppressively heavy with smoko. It did not
take long to llnd out who started those llres.
Hero and there in the timber through which
tiio train sped across Washington were nttla
clearings , nnd farmers and their men could
bo seen felling trees and sottin p tire to tne
branches. It Is the only way they have of
removing timber , so that they may plough
the land. They have no means of getting
tba wood to market , and tbo only thing they
can do Is to reduce the enormous irrowth to
ashes and then pull out iho stumps , nnd thus
add a little to their tillable aroa. They are
fortunate men if they nro nblo to clear moro
than an acre or two a year , for the work Is
enormous ; but when an acre Is finally freed
from its heavy burden of timber , it is found
to bo magnificent farming land , and is a fac
tor added to the wealth of the young state
which Is not to bo despised.
But It seems a terrible waste to see these
mighty forests reduced to nothing but smolto
nnd ashes. Now and then ono sees a moro
cheerful picture in these woods. Atusldo-
track ho will find a largo number of Oat
cars , loaded with Die logs , all ready to betaken
taken to a sawmill. This Is u lumber camp ,
und through the timber may bo seen the lit
tle plno or canvass huts of the lumbermen ,
who nro felling the trees and trimminir the
logs ready for shipment. Then again the
traveler sees a sawmill , where hi moor Is
being turned out In great quantities ; but
probably fifty time ) as much timber Is do-
strovcd without profit to a living soil. It is a
terrible waste , out them Is no present pros
pect that it will bo stopped.
KOMANOB OI < ' A IMlOSPKCrOK.
How the Owner of Caribou DlHCOvorocl
Its Value.
Tbo recent strike of a tliroo-inch vein of
natlvo sllvor in the mlnos at Caribou , says
the Denver News , recalls the old story of iho
dUcovory of the mlnos , us told by Sam Gush-
man , nn old-tlmo resident of ( Jilpln county
and at ono tirao superintendent of the Cari
bou properly. Some twenty-Hvo years ago
there llvod at Black Hawk a prospector whenever
never seemed capable of getting ahead In the
world , tlo prospected ou "grub stakes" In
the summer , sawixl wood and did chords In
the winter , but was at all ( lines a happy-go-
lucky sort of a follow , wall liked by all who
Unow him. When the Union Pacific was com
pleted to Choyomio tie was seized with a de
sire to go east and see the old folks , IJv ono
moans or another ho managed to scrapa
money enough together and started forUuoy-
ouno. Arriving there ho wandered down to
the depot , and not having soon un engine or a
railroad for many years , ho was greatly In
terested In thu movonrenlsi Hhe trains In
the yards. At last something particular at
tracted his attention. Ho cllmbod on the car ,
and critically examined its contents , putting
a specimen or two In uK pocket.
"Stop that , " yelled a brakoiaan.
"Why , It's not good for much , Is It ! " re
plied the astonished prospector.
'That's Novudu ore , and lu worth f 1,000 a
ton. "
" \ \ oil , I know where thora are tons of It. "
replied the Coloradoan , as ho Junipoa from
the train , and started for the leading co rul
to engage passage with the uoxt ox trolr lou
the mountains. Outfitting himself ho started
for the Honldcr mountains nnd located the
Caribou lodo. The truth was ho nad often
walked over the float that Indicated thn mine ,
but never supposed that It was good far any
thing until ho learned its vnluo in the man
ner related. The prospector dlsoosod of his
claim for a song , but the Into ox-Sonator
Chaffoo sold It to a Holland Syndicate for n
round million of dollar * .
THE OGJIKN MINKS.
Condition nnd ProioutH > F tl10
Camp.
The ere find ndj.icont to Ogden counties
to grow , and in richness is unparalleled alnco
the Loadvlllo find of 18711. That hitherto
quiet city displays scenes that old miners say
bring to mind the days ot IS I' ) In California.
The now ( lolcondn is located twonty-flvo
miles directly northeast of Ogdcn nnd is
reached through Ogden canyon , The roads
are fairly good and the county has a lurifo
force of men already at Work Improving them.
That the find is ono with a great future
and permanent , beyond a doubt Is bcllovud In
by all who have visited the location Nicholas
las Trawcok , an authority on mines and mln-
Inir , says : "Tnu prospects are fair nnd the
ledges nro tolerably well defined. The ere is
mostly low grudo and rich in load. The Li
Plata country Is u very difficult ono in which
to project , as It is hoavlly Umbered and
brush covers the face of the earth. "
Ex-Senator Tabor of Ogdcn has several ex
perts on the ground , nnd they pronounce tha
outlook us most promising. Wonderfully ex
travagant assertions nro made , but undoubt
edly luls thu greatest mineral find that the
west has known for years. The product Is
gold , silver and lead principally , wltb indica
tions of antimony.
The ussuys have shown In every case over
'
80 per cent of lo.id , und from' twelve to
twenty-four ounces of silver per ton. The
lodge" from which those assays are made are
laiiroundlii many cases surrounded by a
rich carbonate of limitless extent , and all on
tbo very surface ot the ground ready to bo
broken with a sledge , scooped into n wagon
and shipped. A Colorado minor remarked to
your correspondent that It was the greatest
mining discovery of the ago.
Hoar Gulch , which was the original name
of the location , Is about threo-fourths of a
mile wldo and thirteen miles in oxtout. Min
eral has , however , been discovered In nil the
section around , and In every instnnca in payIng -
Ing quantities. The whole country for mlles
shows vast quantities of low grade galena
ore , not merely In float but In enormous
ledges. The veins of ere seem to run tram u
northxvestorly to n southeasterly direction
almost in n line with Park City , nnd minors
who are acquainted with the country bellovo
It is the same belt of ore that crops out
there.
Thus far mineral hu-s boon discovered In a
scope of country that covers an area of about
two to three miles in width. The ilchest of
the mines yet discovered are the Sundown
nnd Sunrise. The lode is puto gulenii and
runs through a hill for a distance of over six
thousanu feet , und aloni ; its entire iength
blossoms of the great vein can bo seen. A
two-thirds Interest In tbo Sundown mlnowns
bonded for $15,000 by Charles S. Warner of
Butte , Munt. The mine was first discovered
by a sheep herder nnd was opened by Pete
VVilson and Abe Bolton of Brtgham City.
The famous Bullion Block Mining'com
pany has about fifty men t work on the La
Plata mine , from which it is taking out largo
quantities. The ore Is giilonn , embedded in
n largo quantity of carbonate that assays a
largo percentage of gold. This company"has
also laid out live acres for the location of
mills.
The La Plata Mining company has boon
organized with a capital stock of $1,000,000.
Logan parties compose the companv. About
forty locations hnvo now been recordoJ.
Other huvo not been recorded u-s yet. An
other town has been laid out in Copper
gulch. This will make three town sites in
the mining regions. The La Plata mine has
twnlvo men ut work. People uro golnir and
"
coming every day. Minor. * from tho" cast ,
west , north am ) south have visited tbo camp.
Some give good reports , others desire to wait
uwnilo to s-o what will develop.
The Wardligh claim Is showing some ex
cellent mineral. At the place where they
first commenced working the claim tbo ere
appeared to bo a llttlo pocKOtv ; so a new
drift was started below the old otio where
they will tunnel for a bettor strike. They
are confident that a good vein will bo found
after going In about twenty foot.
The La Plata is.dowu twenty foot where
they have a woll-dollned vein of pure galena
eighteen Inches wide , growing richer in silver -
vor as the work proceeds.
The Sunrise is being worked and also
sbows up well.
The best looking strike made in the district
so far is u claim owned by a young man from
Ogden named Wardoll. This Is two and one-
half miles from La Plata. The ere Is a
solid , heavy galena , mining over 70 per cent
lead , but scarcely any silver. The vein Is
solid formation and is at least four foot wide.
At present laborers are not wanted. It is
a good place for prospectors or export minors
who wish to investigate and prospect or
secure claims for development in the future.
The rush of many "people to the camp Is un
called for. La Plata is all right. Tbo min
eral is there and some of It will soon bo
shipped , but it is not a working camp where
men can find jobs.
Tno future of the now camp Is very bright
just at present ; now mining strikes uro being
rando every day , which hold great promise of
being producing mines ; out development is
what is needed. Of course it U too early
yet to expect much davolopmont. There has
not time enough elapsed slnco the discovery
ol minerals to have deep shafts and long
tunnels driven. But , as said Doforo , old
mining men and mining exports consider the
prospects here most flattering and predict a
great producing camp us soon as the natural
time comes for mines to bo developed.
'
OIL.
But Ijlttlo Development Going on In
tbo KU > ldH.
Development of the vast oil fields of Wy
oming Is upp iruntly at a standstill. But lit
tle worn is baing done evidently , as it is a
rare thing to find mention of work In tbo
state piDirj. Ou rjnoi fur this silence Is
the overshadowing Importance of the gold
and silver developments. Events strongly
confirm the prediction of T.in Bs ; that a
great freeze out guno U bain ? played. That
Wyoming has petroleum , lmmnsa u/nlns'of /
it. Is of COUHO now bovond question. Flow
ing wells at several points , hold In chock until
tbo time of commercial demand , are matters
of fact , as the activity of plpa line companies
abundantly proves. Thu most Important of
the basins so far as Is now known and be
lieved , Ho north of the Riittloinaho moun
tains north of the I'I at to and Swaetwutcr
valleys , in general terms and east of the
Wind rlvor range. They occupy u broad
extent of country , oven from the Lander val
ley on the west to Newcastle on thn east.
Moreover , discoveries , early and late , in tbo
valley of Boar river , near Evanston , at Cas
per and other points , Indicate that oil may bo
found at almost any point where the coal
measures manifest themselves. But the
men who have demonstrated the extent and
value of the field are without sufficient
means to develop their properties nnd are
forced to bldo their tlmo. If capital can not
be had soon , it'is almost certain that great
interests will fall Into the hands of the Stan
dard OU monopoly for a song.
AVYOMING BUNES.
Development nt Gold Hill niui Ii\
Pintle.
Development work Is being prosecuted
vigorously at Gold Hill. Work on the
Downey stamp has commenced and sites
have boon selected for two moro.
Komurkab'y rich strikes are reported ton
miles from field Hill , One prospector
brought specimens of rock to Saratoga whlcu
no experienced miner would suspect of car
rying any gold but on pounding und panning
it out it was found to contain an ustotilsiung
amount of gold , The ere was taken from a
depth of eighteen foot. It shows no free
gold.There
There Is every Indication that a rich
thing has boon struck In the new Lit Pla'.ta
mining camp. The various samples of ere
brought to Larauile within the past fiiw days
verify the statement , without having to. tnko
the word of seme Intel-rated enthusiast for
It. The ere found there bos shown a good
prospect from the very start and as the
work of development progresses to outlootc
grows brighter ,
A Jliiinot : Tor the Dead.
The celestial colony In Salt Laka Is
making zealous preparations to banquet their
dead who are uluoplug u In the cemetery'
and on Soploinuor tl , will servo an elaborate
lunch out undM- the shadows of the peaks.
On this date thalr decoration day is ob
served , on which occasion cholco winos and
natlvo flro water will flow m a free nnd un
limited volume , , -for the unique carnival the
pullet and the rtostor will bo put upon the
chopping block , flour will bo moulded into
the most grotesque doslgns , nnd fruits that
are now pouring In from the empire will bo
served until thusulrits of the disembodied
bAiiquutcrs nro gorged , Chinese decoration
day comes HUe the Inebriate's birthday , in
Job lots. Each calendar signals three fastlv-
tics of this klml.v.tho first coming whllo the
winds nro whistling through the frost-frlnircd
whiskers of rloLotls old March , the second in
Juicy July , and Ullo last on the eve of grim-
board oil whiten The ilay promises to bo
observed this time with great pomp nnd
eclat , and while the spirit of tha dead may
not reel nt nightfall , the police have given
order to lot the proxy spirit enjoy hlmsolf to
the extent of the limit.
The Unfit .Makers.
The successful tests in Texas in producing
rain by means of explosions has excited wide
spread Interest and discussion whether like
success can be achieved in the north in high
latitudes will bo determined piosently. A
dozen citizens of Cheyenne , who own In the
aggregate 1,000,000 ncrcsof land In Wyoming ,
huvo clubbed together nnd closed with the
rain king , Melbourne of Canton , O. , for expe
riments to bo made near this rlty with the
doctor's chemical process for the Inducement
of moisture. Melbourne's expenses have been
pledged wltb the understanding that ho pays
the freight hlmsolf if the work Is unsatisfac
tory. Ho will undertake to sprinkle ' . ' 50,000
acros.
Irrigation In
The census reports show that Wyoming Is
making excellent progi ess In farming by ir
rigation. There uro 1,1117 irrlagntod farms
out of total of il.'JIO. Whllo there are niaiiv
thousands of acres under ditch the amount
of land to which water was actually applied
for the raising of crop * was ! ! 'Jr ' , > 7tJ , and
210,000 irrigated for'tho pirposo of hay rais
ing nnd tfru/ini ! . Those figures will bo
largely inerousoil another season , as there
have noon a great many miles of dltchos con
structed In the now state this year , through
which wntdr will bo running on growing
grain next spring.
U yomlii'i.
A commodious high school DUlldlug has
been completed in Cheyenne.
There nro positive natural gas indications
on Spring crook , noarSaralogu. Borings ate
to bo made.
Tbo output of ttio Newcastle coal mines Is
not equal to the demand. The company Is
unable to secure enough wortcmen.
The Kawlings Electric Light company has
ordered un Edison plant. It is expected that
thu system will bo in oocration within ninety
days.
Lots nro selling fast In tbo now town of
Gillette In Curbon county ; several sub
stantial business blocks uro .soon to bo
erected.
Frank Parkison , who was tried and con
victed of manslaughter In ttio Killing ot Key
Baker , a comrade In the 17tn infantry , was
sentenced to twelve years In the peulto'ntiarv
ut hard labor.
The Elkhorn Irrigation company of Sheri
dan county has ( Hod nu application with the
state engineer to build and appropriate
water for a largo. , ditch. The ditch wilt be
built nt an estimated cost of $100,000 and will
irrigate i0OOU ! iicres of land.
The surveys for the Irragatinp canal , which
A. J. Brothwoll is engineering in the south
ern part of Carbon county , nro completed.
This ditch will cost about $400,000 completed ,
nnd will water in the neighbourhood of 150.-
000 acres of tho-tjnost agricultural land in the
arid regions.
Joe Hartley , a locom&tivo fireman was
killed by the cars last Sundoy near Uod
Buttes. Ho was in the net of shoveling coal
into the fire box when thodrawboad between
the engine nnd tender broke , and the onirine
shot forward. Hartley fell to the track and
was ground to death.
The Wyoming Development company has
finally secured . .title to a track of 50,000
acres , eighty mileqs north of Cheyenno.
A vast amount of work in reclaiming
the land has already boon done.
ono irrigating oiiial cost $100.000. The com
pany proposes to colonize the land with 500
families.
Within fifteen miles of Saratoga , on Laico
Took , says the Sun , active development is
progressing on a monster copper load that is
not less than seventy foot wldo. All along
the Medicine Bow ranee are indications of
other big veins. Over on the western ran go
are many moro , nnd in the grand encamp
ment country are lulls full of copper ore.
Secretary IJams of the stock commission
takes a most hopeful view of the outlook for
the demand of range cattle this fall. Ho
thinks that the demand will be heavy and
the price good. He bases his opinion upon
the pjod crops in the East. The farmers will
got a good price for their crops and will want
feeders nnd the onlysupply there Is of feeders
is to bo found on the range.
On II Co nil n.
There are 5,871 } acres planted to grapes in
Fresno county.
Ono hundred and ten degrees in tbo shade
was the weather record at Modesto on bun-
day.
day.Frank
Frank Hobson , who broke his neck whllo
diving in the San Lorenzo river at Santa
Cru Frldav of last week. Is still living , and ,
to all appearance , slightly improves each day.
During last week's spoil of hot weather nn
Alameda man wor.t aoout with a big sign on
his breast on which was palntod In letters
largo enough to bo seen before ono got within
speaking distunce , "Yes , this is hot enough
for me. "
What is believed to bo the largest muskmelon -
melon over raised In the world is on exhibi
tion at Fresno. Its circumference the small
wav is thirty-nine inches und by tbo large
way slxty-ono inches. Its weight is seventy-
two pounds.
Tbroo gold bricks from Codros Island inluo
were received at a San Dloxo bank a few
days ago. Thov welch 8 , 173 ounces nnd are
valued at $35,000. This Is snid to have been
n ten days' clean-up at the National City re
duction works.
The Chtno'O nro potting hold of largo
quantities of fruit In Tultiro oountv , and uro
becoming qulto a factor In thu shipping trado.
Quo great objection to this Is that the Chinese ,
not realizing that they are cutting their own
throats thereby , persist In scndlug inferior
fruit to market.
Colonel John P. Irish is traveling through
out the state addro-slng the people on various
topics connected with the industrial develop
ment of the stale. Ho recently snid that 150
persons own and control n majority of the
acreage between Sacramento and Shasta.
Dr. Williams of Travor , Tularo county ,
drew his revolver on a witness who was tes
tifying to cortniuruuts of the physician's wife.
Tno justice of the paaco jumped out of the
court loom xvlndOAt , After iho doctor was
disarmed the judgd ) returned und fined him
t0 ! nnd ono day ih prison for contempt of
court. te
Thomas A. Sutherland , a Portland ( Oro. )
editor , who was'Vlrownod recently while run
ning to catch a foVcr t > oat. was the first en I hi
of white parents. , to , bo born in California.
This distinction .wiis contested by Thnimu
Lnrkln of Sun Frmtclsco , but.tho dead editor
had a clear title id , the honor. He was 41
I1" '
years old.
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tt'illllllttoil. .
A floating dry do'ck Is to bo built at Ta-
coma.
According to report the amount of smug
gling In the neighborhood of Sunms , on the
Danndlan boundary line , Is stupendous nnd
smuggling is a leading Industry thoro.
Klttltas county hus sola 25,000 head of
sheep for $ $7,5000 this year. There nro 10,000
loud still In the county , and the wool clhi ,
yj.SO,000 pounds , at 15 cents per pound , would
bring 'JU,400.
The run of salmon has begun In dead ear-
test nnd largo catches uro reported all over
.ho iound. The Mynrs cannery ut Muklltco
s rocelvliii ; between five and six thousand
Ish per duy , and U now canning them us fust
us received.
Port Townaond , according to official ro-
.urns , cleared 117 moro voisols during the
h-dt turoo months of this year thun Now
York did , Tbo tonniigo of the ships cleared
was a third moro than that of these from
Now York.
ThoMenatash mineral district , near Ellens-
burg , is uncommonly rich. Ore taken ut
random from thu Mogul , without getting t > lx
nches below the surface , from $ : i per ton up
. $ , < i < xi , the average of twenty-four assays
being WO per ton.
Tacoma may fairly consider itself a well
established city It has hud u bank defalca
tion , not for u larjju amount , but enough to
make n now.s item. Tha teller who lifted
ti,000 ! from the bank vault was reputed tha
quietest man In Tacoma , was a devoted bus-
band and father , and his motlvo Is qulto In-
explicable. These details also suggest con
formity to the requirements of civilization
and progress.
John flofl. an eastern rustic , struck up an
acquaintance with a Tacoma grass widow and
boor rustler In a variety theater. She was
weary of work nnd singleness. I loft pitied
and proposed. She refused , and would not
listen to the proposition until she had paid an
alleged balance of $ . " > ,0 < X ) on a piece of prop
erty. She showed Hoff a bank boon with
$ iO,000 to her credit. Ho laid the neccossary
$5,000 at her feet aim she promised to marry
him next day. She fled ,
Oregon.
People who live nlong the Nlsqually nvor
nro compelled to pay f > 0 cents ferriage lor
crossing n stream no wider than a street.
The Portland Speed association has ofTcrod
a purse of $10,000 to bo trotted Tor by Nancy
Hanks , Allerton , Stamboul and Nelson at
the race mooting to bo hold there Septem
ber 12.
A. 1C. Cutting , the "rat" printer who earno
very near Involving the United States and
Mexico In a war a few years ago. Is In As-
torln. Ho bus boon working at South Bond
un-'ir ttio name of Hydo.
The sheep Industry In Oregon is n growing
one. Oregon is now furnishing sheep for
the Black Hills countrv. Thu other day 145
carloads left Pomlloton for Mundan , Dak. ,
where they will bo put on tbo range.
OWork at the quicksilver mines on Beaver
crook Is being rushed , over thirty men being
employed there. A largo amount of money
Is being expended in thu purchase of ma
chinery nnd in opening the cinnabar deposit.
"
The MKI.OOO acres of land granted to"tho
Oiogon Cpntinl Military Wagon Uonil com-
p.iny has been sold to a company of eastern
capitalists. It < sold that they will start
mills along the Middle Fork not year , and
put thu luirbcr on the markia. |
Miss Minnie Wilson of Koek Point , dis
tinguished herself by nn net that denarius to
bo classed ns heroic , having jumped into
Hoguo rlvor to rescue her companion , Miss
Llllio Hay , who had fallen in while fishing ,
nnd who was sinking for the last tl no when
Miss Wilson discovered the mishap.
Near Portland lives a man who Is such n
confirmed woman-hater that ho has built
himself a honso near town , the threshold of
which , It is said , no woman nas over boon
allowed to cross , and ho has willed his prop
erty to a man who will hold It only on condi
tion that ho never nliows a woman to como
ou thu promises.
Sontb Dakota.
Black Hills pipers have concluded not to
move the Omaha smelter to the hills.
The wife of an Italian at Lead City skipped
with nn Austrian , taking with her $ . . ' 50 in
cash nnd thu family jewels.
The Elkhorn lias completed a .spur to the
Poitland mine and Is loading the output for
the Omaha smelter. There are about forty
carloads ready for shipment.
.lames Calluban , owner of a largo portion ol
the NiifRor Hill Tin mines , oxpoots to reali/o
$3,000.0(10 ( from the sulo of his iron mines in
Mexico , and devote the proceeds to developing
the tin mines.
The Doudivood Board of Trade has issued
a call for n delegate convention to bo held In
that city Soptomonr Oth for ttio purpose ol
adopting plans nnd raising funds to secure nn
independent exhibit for the Black Hills at
the world's ' fair.
The Phantom , located nourGalena , consist
ing of a group of twelve locations , has hud a
largo amount of prospectiui ; work done upon
it. The present owners have sunk a shaft UOfl
feet In depth , the lust foi'ty-live feotof which
was through a stratum of porphyry. It Is
expected that a doptli of forty or fifty feet
moro will huvo to bo obtained before the
contact , is reached.
Idaho.
A cheese factory has been started at Sand
Creek , about forty miles north Koxlord.
The building of an electric road on the old
grade between Boise und Culdwoll , Idnuo , is
being agitated.
Assessed valuation of Idaho for IS'Jl will bent
nt least $ ; )5,000,000 , un increase of $10.000,000
over last year.
Local capitalists at Idaho Fails have organ
ized u company to build a railroad from the
town to the Yellowstone Park.
I3olso City recently disposed of bonds to the
amount of $1K,000 , being 0 per cent. , nt a
Eretnium , for the purpose of "erecting a city
all and constructing a soxvornifo system.
State bonds to .ho amount off50COO , bear
ing U nor cent. , and known as tons and
twenties , providing for the rofundinent ot'
the territorial Indebtedness , were recently
issued.
Boise City celebrated the opening of her
now electric rapid transit roud in grand style
last Sunday. The road extends from the.
center of the city out to Kelloy's Hot
Springs.
The Murray Sun reports that the Ward
Brother * , who have leased tlio Golden King
mill , crushed twenty tons of ere from the
Small Hopes inino , n pioporty of the Golden
King , nnd cleaned up over forty-live ounces
of gold as tbo result. This dee > not look very
much as though the mines didn't pay.
l ) < all.
The Equltablo Llfo Insurance company
propose to erect a $500,000 oftlco building In
Salt Lake City.
James C. Metcalf , son of n Utah bunker ,
was buncoed out of $250 ivlillo viewing the
elephant In San Frnnrisco.
Seventy acres of land have been secured
near the mouth of Provo canyon on which it
is proposed to locate the le.iclilng mills.
Suit has been commenced in Ogdcn to fore
close the mortgage of $ I1OJO on the ground
on which the foundation of the Methodist
university stands.
Footings of the vote cast at thn late terri
torial election shows US , 170 votes cast , divided
us follows : Democrats I-tIVJ. ! republtcuns
0J'I7 ! , liberals 7,411. scattering .
A rich discovery of chloride ere is reported
from the Provo river. A claim was located
ou the ground formerly worked as the Call
a tunnel started home fifty 1'eot ftom ttio old
shaft. After runnlngsomo thirty feet , so the
report is , a four-foot vein of chloride ere was
encountered.
Another nnd a richer ere body has been
opened in the Petro mine nt Binghum. The
ere Is much like u decomposed quart/ und it
assays IK ) to 70 ounces in silver , $5 In gold
und MO per cent in load , There is three ( cot
of this kind of ere laying alongside the main
body of galena.
Montana.
A valuable deposit of mineral Is reported
near Great Fulls.
The Helena and Frisco has paid another
dividend for August of $10,00.1 , making $ . ' 0- ,
M)0 ) for the month. In July $ . ' ! : i,000 was paid
n dividends.
Tlio Great Northern will build extensive
shops nt Great Falls.
State authorities nro chasing publiu timber
thio\os with u stout club.
The Helena Club home will cost $ (50,000. (
The material will bj gray cut stone.
Helena adds another convention- Sons
of Veterans to the year's conquests.
Two hundred nnd forty dollar silver ere
was struck In the Gait mine at Nulburt.
Uuln In August and lots of It wiis a now
experience In thu vicinity of Miles City.
A car loud of ere , recently tukon from tha
Benton group , ou Snow Creek , aim shipped
to the Helena smelter for treatment , netted
the company over fiOJ ( ) , after paying all cost
of mlulnc , wagon and railroad transportation
nnd smelting.
.Nevada.
Thirty tons of ere taken from the Great
Republic inlno nt Sllvor City , near Virginia ,
netted the owners ftl.ooo
A movement has boon Inaugurated in Itcno
to orgunUo an Irrigation dUtrlct on the
Truckco , In conformity with the provisions
of an net of the loirUlaturo approved March
STJ , IS'Jl.
An Indian writes to iho Carson Appeal that
when ho went to the Stownrt Institute ho
was told that ho was to learn all about God.
Ho sr.vs that Uiov told him where Christo
pher Columbus was born , General Grunt ami
George Washington , but up to thn tlmo ho
loft ho was never told when ) dod was born.
The po.ver to assess railroads In this state
wus vested by tbo lust legislature in a Stnto
Hoard of Assossois and Eouulizution , which
boaul consUU of thu governor , state comp
troller , secretary of state , attorney general
and Mtato treasurer This I'oard will meet at
Caraon City ou the second Monday In Sep
tember to assess the different railroads with-
u the Hums of ibo sluto.
V-
DO
YOU
LIVE
If so , you know what it means
To come to Dinner Early ,
Or get left.
The clothing campaign for the fall has opened
and we have been in training for it all sum
mer. We need not ask pardon of any
one , \vhen we say we intend to beat all
comers.
Our tables are groaning under the -weight of
an enormous fall stock ( possibly the larg
est west of the windy city by the lakes ) ,
to start the ball rolling wewill jump in
with a matchless
$10 $10 $10 $10
ALE
$10 $10 $1O $10
IN FOUR PATTERNS ,
FROCKS AS WELL AS SACKS , The
MOST DURABLE and DESIRABLE SUITS ,
EVER OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC.
To those who last year bought
our celebrated natural wool shirts and drawers
at $1.00 a garment.
Be it known that we have secured the sale
of the same garment this year ,
and expect to sell thousands of suits.
There may be garments with a veneered
face , made to look well , that can be sold for
less , but there is no garment in the country
sold for $1 that has more wool in it , or will
stand the desired wear and tear.better than
this one.
This is our opening speech ; our intentions are
to shove prices in so thick and fast as
the season progresses , that if by the end
the laurels don't fall to us , it will be through
no fault of ours.
AS JJVJ1R ,
HELLMAN'S
,
Corner 13th and Farnam St , Omaha , Neb ,