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WYOMING'S ' MINERAL WEALTH
Bicli Beds of Ooppor , Gold , Oeraont , Goal , Mar-
bio , Aluminium ami Silicate
FAMOUS EXPERT GIVES HIS OPINION
Trip Through Hip Horn Cnnun Cnptnln
JtutclilniMiii'ft l.urlc An Orugnii Mine
-ftrmkn Klvrr I'lnoern Oon-
crul Writern No ITS.
Dr , Llndeman , the expert geologist and
/nine prospector , arrived at Cheyenne last
week , and In an Interview with a Sun re-
IKjrler remarked :
"I have Just concluded a week's work of
riding and walking over the mining country
north of this city ns far as Hartvlllo. It
cannot bo expected that I can give any very
clear Idea of'what 1 have seen until my ex
amination of the samples 1 have secured Is
thoroughly tested and until I can render to
the men who have employed mo a detailed
report , which they will , no doubt , give for
publication. Hut I can say that the min
erals to bo found In largo quantities within
100 miles of Cheyenne comprise some of the
most valuable In existence and will lead In
n nhori time to the establishment of fac
tories toe tht'lr development and application
to business uses.
"I-Xjng ago this region would have
astounded the world If attention had not
been attracted by the aid of iiionoy else
where. Why , along the Platte rlvor I saw
the finest quart/ sand Imaginable , which is
thu washings of thousands of years , that can
bo utilized to make tlio finest plate glass In
the world. There Is nn almost endless
ninount of it besides. The Iron ere at Hart
vlllo Is the finest , or I should say. as fine as
I iiavo ever seen , and It Is In endless
ninount , too. There Is , in short , mountains
of It that extend over a wide scope ot torn-
tory.
"I tell you that there is at least 51,000,000
worth of copper In sight north of hero , You ,
may ask how I know. 1 put it on the very
lowest possible estimate that the Indicai
tlons on the surface show and can easily
compute the amount that cau bo secured ou
this basis , while the probability is that it
will far exceed tills amount. Then the i
famous marble quarries that are located I
r along the Platte rlvor. They are simply
immense and extend to a depth of not less
than I1T.O fcot.
> "I found cement rock , vast piles of It , from i
which the finest Kosedalo cement may bo
produced. Near Iron mountain there Is a
p large deposit of aluminium clay that will 1
L make millions of dollars some day. There
nro fields of the finest silicate clay , which
can bo used In glass making and for the prot
ductlon of the finest brick. In the few mln-
utes I have to talk to you I cannot begin to
tell you the possibilities ot this region , aim I
Jtnow that these mines will not much longer
remain untouched. Development work
will proceed and from the bosom of the
earth in this vicinity will come riches that
will make thu most sangumo Cheyenne citi-
zcn awake with wonder and amazement. "
K- Dr. I-ilndeman is n Frenchman and Is a
graduate of ono of the best colleges In that
country. All his lifo ho has been in the
business which brought him to Cheyenne i.
lie has examined the formation of the moun i-
tains of portions of Africa and South Amer
ica , and thu mountains of the southern part '
of this countiy and also portions of Mexico.
Ho has made Denver his homo since IS5S ) j'
and has looked over the geological formation
of that entire stato. Ueloro this ho has
been In .this state , and is , without n doubt t ,
the best posted man on mineral formation In
the west.
The nig Horn Citnon.
P Wyoming is filled with wonders. A party
I recently completed a trip through the Ilig
Horn canon in a flatboat. The canon ,
forty-eight miles in length , has heretofore
been regarded as impassible. The editor of
the Sheridan Post was ono of the party and
the following extracts from his letter will bo
read with interest :
Headline tlio Dig Horn river on the morn
ing of the 17th , our speed was sommvhat
accelerated by the force of the current , and
wo floated down to the Shoot ) mountain cut
before nightfall.
The Sheep mountains are a narrow , lo-v.
barren range of rocks , running parallel with
the liig Horn , and through which the river
runs In a box canon not over 100 feet wide ,
nnd whoso walls rise perpendicularly on
botli sides to the height of several hundred
fcot. In passing through this we discovered
warm springs of mineral water flowing in
from thu eastern bank.
In passing through a cut between McDon
ald's Ferry and Lovoll's ranch wo found cold
springs coining In from the west side whose
waters are so strongly Impregnated with
sulphur that they have the color of lubricat
ing oil , and do not mingle readily with the
waters in the river. Upon Investigating the
source of these waters wo discovered that
they flowed from thu mouth of a great cave ,
opening out partly below nnd partly above
the surface ef the water in the rivor. Into
this sulphurous cavnrn wo penetrated a dis
tance of ! ! . " > yards , part of the time wading
in the water and part of the tlmo climbing
over mud banks , fallen rocks and decom
posed mutter. Several very ntco specimens
of crystalizatlon , and some samples of almost
pure native sulphur wore brought away as
trophies , and are now on exhibition at thU
olllco.
Leaving this camp wo dropped down to
the mouth of Ulacic canon , within about six
miles of thu Iig ! Horn canon , during which
the experiences of the previous run wcro re
peated with but sllphi variations.
What a heaven this canon would have
boon for the cliff-dwellers of former
ages I Caves of every imaginable sl/.o and
description abound , where a large number of
this comparatively modern race of people
might have been born , lived and died In per
fect security ; but very few of them wore
accessible to us with the means nt hand.
Ono yory largo cave was explored to a dis
tance of 'MO or 400 yards , and some
fine specimens , rivaling those taken
from the famous Wind cave of South Dakota ,
rewarded our trouble. Another of smaller
iiiuiuiiaiuua jiua til * BUUIU muu auuiiiTUU nu-
inim beings when pursued by enemies or
wild anlmiils. Across the mouth there yet
remains a barricade built of logs and atones ,
Vehlnd which somebody has taken refuge.
Another Clolil Cnmp ,
Captain D. J. Hutch Inson took the train
recently for Hutchmson , the now
placer cnmp in Douglas county , says the
Denver Times. The now discovery Is located
about three mlles east of Castlu lioek ou a
portion of the dlviuo devoted to potato grow
ing and slock raising. For many years It
I has been known that gold existed In the
gulches of that section of the divide , but ,
like every other gold district It has been
r greatly i.eglectod owing to tlio boom in silver
mining.
Captain Ilutchlnson owns a ranch of 100
acres on which a Portion of the new finds Is
located , and Mr. Junes , who is In charge of
the ranch , has sent him an ounce or two of
coarse gold taken from the ground , and from
all appearances It abounds In specimens as
largo as peas or grains of corn.
Preparations are being made to start a
town there , nnd a line of stages will DO put
ou from the Kio Oirautlo station at Castle
Itock.
Thcro are a number of miners in the vicin
ity who have been prospecting for a month
or more , and soaio of them have been making
big monuy Just with a pun. As it happens ,
tlioso who are operating on Captain llutchln-
Bon'e laud are Infringing , for It la patented
land , and haa been out of the possession of
the government for twelve or fourteen years.
There is n small stream of water there ,
which llnun ita source from springs , which
permits of mining to a limited degree , but
the nature of the gold Is such that It can bo
"
secured with "uut llttlo water.
Out this does not matter so much , for It is
so near to a railroad that the dirt can bo
h.iulcd to Denver for about $1 a wagon load ,
where it can bo treated at the works. For
that matter concentrating works can be put
up at Castlu Hock fora small sum of mouoy
to handle all thu dirt taken out of the dis
trict.
Captain Hutchlnsou will return to Denver
soon , when something moro cau be learned
about the new camp.
rrrcloim Aunlo .Mine.
"Tho Annie mlno was never In better con-
dltlou than It U today , " &aid J , 41. McGee ,
president of the Annie Mining company , aa
lie sat iu the olllco of the Ksmond at 1'ort-
land , " 13y sending our concentrate * to Ta-
coma for reduction , " ho continued , "wo hare
Just doubled our product In pure gold , and
the total monthly average output at Iho
present tlmo Is about $0,000. Wo have re
cently put In two small concentrators , capa
ble of turning out a ton of concentrates per
day. The first ton of this material was
fihlppod to Tarorna on .luly 15 , and netted us
about 1100 , Klnco that tlmo wo have been
shipping regularly , and now the average re
turn Is alwut ? iX ( ) per ton. This , taken to
gether with another 1100 worth of metal
crushed out by a live-stamp mill , makes up
the neat llttlo sum I have spoken nf.
"It was our intention lo enlarge the mMl
during the past summer , but wo found that
It would be useless to go to that expense so
long us wo could not handle the concen
trate * . The dinicuUy lies In the fact that
wo hnvo to carry the ere ten miles over
rough roads and on pack horses In order to
reach the railroad. I3vcn to make that
possible It was necessary to expend many
thousands of dollars' In building a passable
mountain road. Hut every cent ot expense
has come out of the pro Ills of the mlno , and
there Imvo been dividends for the stock
holders Into the bargain. You see , the
Annlo Is the phenomenal mlno of southern
Oregon , Paying ere cropped out on the
surface and It took hut a small outlay of
capital to bring big returns. It was
always a paying mine. It Is now our
Intention to improve the property by
removing the mill from Its present
site , which is about half a mlle
from the mouth of the mine , to within about
GOO feet of the main shaft , and to operate it
by water power during the winter months ,
thus saving great expense. To enable ns to
do this it will bo necessary to pipe water a
distance of 'J.fiOO feet. Another improve
ment will bo an elevated tramway , to carry
ore from tlio dump to the mill , All this
means n considerable outlay , but the mlno
will pay all expenses.
" \Vo are now working n force of twenty-
five men. The main shaft of the mine has a
depth of 175 fcot. Two levels have been
opened on the vein and 1,000 feet of tunnelIng -
Ing done. All that Is necessary at thu present
time to make the Annlo the greatest pro
ducer In the state Is moro adequate moans
of transportation. Wo have plenty of ere
aim can take it out rapidly. Wo could easily
put in a larger mill and more concentrators ,
but so long as wo cannot handle our concen
trates to advantage , it will not pay us to
work the mlno on a larger scale. "
Simku Itlvor Utmt.
The Merrltt-Thaycr-KIchmond pool , which
Is i : placer mining the Snake rlvor for gold I ,
expects soon to produce the yellow dust in
largo I , quantities. ,
J , U. Thayer of this city , Franklin Mor-
rltt and F. I * . Hlchtnond of Duluth nro the
real promoters of the enterprise , and the
remainder of the company , ivhlch is a very
strong one , is composed of capitalists from
Chicago , St. Paul , Duluth and Superior ,
They have ordered thrco machines , ono r.if
which will bo placed about half way between
Lewiston and Starbuek , the second will bo
put ] in operation near itolso City , and the
location of the third has not yet been
iteeided. Mr. Anderson , who placed ono of
the t machines for the Columbia Passe com
pany i , was in the city yesterday and has
secured the contract for thrco machines ISM
bo 1 used by the syndicate. He said :
"Tho machines can handle 5,000 * yards of
sand a day at a cost of less than 7 cents per
yard , and the sand curries at the lowest jrs
tlmnto i about 75 cents per yard. The machines -
chines < , whicn arc made at Milwaukee , cost
$23,000 S each. The sand , after being dredged
from J bars in the river , is placed upon a scow ,
from which it enters a metal flume. The
water in the flume is kept in motion by 1Cy
draullo pressure and rafics the sand , nllow- ,
ing the gold to drop on the amalgamated
plates at the bottom. "
Nebraska nnd Xcbrnnkum.
Tlio Lincoln News Is twelve years old. It
grows bettor with age.
A volunteer lire company has been formed
at Gordon with thirty members ,
The now water works at Gordon have
been accented by the city council after voa
satisfactory test.
The Custor County Press association will
meet soon to devise plans to mitigate tbo
evils of the hard times.
The residence of Ellis Shane nt Denton
was entirely destroyed by lire , but tlio
household goods were saved.
The Arnold Nowsaftor six years of event
ful life , will close its career October IB. Ed
itor Carlylu can't live on an income of ? 10 Ida
month.
While J. H , George of Shelton was cutting
wood in his back yard the ax struck the
clothes line and rebounded against his : lioc ,
cutting a gash that required several stitches.
The fall ineoting ot the superintendents
and principals of Nebraska schools will belie
held October , ! ! ) and 11 in the oftlco of tlio
state superintendent at Lincoln. A pro '
gram of interest to educators has been prepared -
pared lor the occasion.
Three Cass county thieves went to n
farmer's hog lot in daylight and butchered lane
fat sboat. The owner appeared on the sccuo
and the marauders fled , but when ho re
turned to the house for ills gun they reno
back and stole the pig. They had a team ,
Hen Harding , tough character , who has
made his headquarters at Superior , is in
Jail at Red Cloud and has confessed the
stealing of a horse belonging to Mr. Jones of
Guide Itock. As other horses are missing in
the neighborhood ho Is thought to bo one of
a gang and the authorities are after the
other fellows.
II. Hartley , a farmer living seven miles
southwest of Pawnee City , has just received
notice of his mother's death in Bolton , Eng
land , and that n legacy , of which tlio llrst
payment Is JC500 sterling , has been loft to
him. Ho loft for England to see to the set
tlement of the estate. Thcro are eight ;
children iu the family.
Lust winter the members of the Metho
dist church at Pawnee City wcro each given
a dime savings bank , this means being
taken to raise the debt on thu church. The
other night n social was hold at the church
and thu banks were opened nnd found to
contain over $500 , all in dimes. This enables
the now pastor , J. H. Preston , to stop into
the church free of debt.
The Methodist Episcopal seminary at Or
leans was dedicated lust week with appro
priate ceremonies. The full board of conference -
once trustees was present to receive the
trust reposed ' In them. A very elaborate
program was'llstenod to by a very largo and
MnillHtlt'tv Thii Rpinlnnrir
opened for work with an enrollment of
about l'J5 , with very bright prospects for the
future. A course of lectures have been ar
ranged for by tlio board of directors during
the winter , which is looked forward to with
a great deal of pleasure.
John McDonald , who roturno ; ! from Mul :
len this morning. Informs us that thu gray
wolves in the vicinity of Mullen are giving
the farmers and rancnmcn considerable
trouble , by killing their cattle , says the
Urolcen Howltopublican , Ono ranchman by
the name of Smith , within a few miles of
Mullen , had sovcn cows killed slnco Sunday
by the wolves , and a number of others had
lost cattle In the same way. The wolves
have become very numerous nnd bold , and
Instances nro related of them attacking
horses. The stockmen are olTcrliw $10 re
ward for a gray wollc scalp ,
Leonard Fur orson , aced about H years ,
Frank Sparhawk , James Iflloy and another
boy , aged from i'J to II years , all of Scotia ,
went uut hunting , having one gnu botwuun
the four. On returning ttioy wore over
taken by a team , and bewail to climb Into the
wagon. Furgerson , who hail the gun , put It
over the wagon-box , holding the barrel tin
Ida hand , when by some means it was dis
charged , the contents of one barrel entorluu
Furgersou'd aide under his right arm mil
coming out just behind the shoulder. The
boy was put into the wagon and carried Ito
his homo in Scotia as rapidly n& possible. ItoA
surgeon was called , who dressed the wound ,
which is large enough to allow nearly the
whole of a man's hand to be inserted , The
doctor renorU thu wound very serious ,
though not necessarily dangerous.
Color.iilo.
The Anaconda , Cripple Crook , Is shipping '
ere to the amoltcrs which yields (300 per ton.
Leasers are Rotting out ere running three i
to live ounces in gold to the core ; from the
Baltimore , Utlpln county.
A run of three days at the ton-stamp mill
of the Gold * . .
King mine
, Ward district ,
yielded sixteen ounces of gold.
A wldo vein of H2A gold ere has been
struck at tbo head of Huckskln gulch , near
Alma. Ono carload has already been shipped.
Duranpo papers report the unlo of the
Hooslor group of mines , near Silverton , to
Colorado Springs parties for a consideration
of f75,000 , ,
The Hosebud placers near Pltkln , Gunnl-
sou county , are again being worked , and at a
proilt. lit two duy inro men saved 1-5
from the sedimentary formation of brown
sand scraped off of bedrock.
A 1,000,000-ijnIlon pump Is being placed nt
the 800-foot level of the Molllo Gibson.
Owing to the drouth n number of rattle
snakes have madn their appearance In
Golden , Colo.
The old plan -building a fruit growers' '
railroad between Denver and Golden is
again being agitated.
With the industry yet in Its Infancy , the
value of Colorado's fruit crop this year Is
estimated at $2,000,000.
A party of German professors and stu
dents are In Fort Collins studying the Irriga
tion system of Larimer county.
The Colorado Cattle and Lnnd company
has purchased 13,000 acres of pasture under
the Laguna ditch , making it possible to hold
and ship as the market justifies.
Considerable placer work Is being done In
the McDonald district on Tepuo creek ,
twenty-two miles from Meeker. About 150
men are making $5 and $ t ) a day.
A strike of ere showing free gold and
worth $100 a ton , has been made on the
Janadun , adjoining the Carbonate Queen on
thosoulh , on Flattie mountain , Cripple Creek.
Two furniture stores , n jeweler , a clothier ,
a furnishing goods acaler , a hardware store ,
a saloon and several small concerns nro
accessions to Cripple Crook within the fort
night.
The pay roll at the Jackson placers iiPfir
Mancos now averages $3,000 , and the clean
ups nro yielding n profit. The gravel Is Im
proving with depth and many pans run $1.60
apiece.
The mliio managers at Aspen are at work
upon a wage scale , which will bo submitted
to the men in a few days. It Is understood
to bo W.f > 0 for a ten hour day until the prlco
of silver Justlllcsfc ) .
A good strike of quartz running high In
nuggets , cubes and wires in a pay streak a
foot wldo has been made In the Chief ou
Haven hill , Cripple Creek , between the
Hhlnoccros and Ingham claims.
The returns have Just been made from the
last car of ere shipped to the Omaha &
Grant smelter at Denver. The amount Is a
trillo over $10,000. The product of the Pike's
Peak for September will be not less than
* H,000. )
The first shipment of anthracite coal from
Ruby-Anthracite , the Colorado Fuel com
pany's now coal mine , was made last week.
This Is the second anthracite mine opened In
Colorado. It will ship 1,000 tons a day after
October 15.
Five and ono-half tons of ere from the
Katie Emmet mine , Cascade creek , run
through the stamps nt the Mtxsell mill ,
turned out six ounces of gold. This mine Is
worked by the Vltitow Bros , and has just
begun to produce good ore nnd has every In
dication of becoming a line producer.
Between the Zenobla and the Pike's Peak
lodes nt Cripple Creole is the Mineral Hock
lode. On this property one of the latest dis [
coveries has just been made. Next to the
surface largo pieces of ere have been found
which show thick layers of gold. The yel I-
low mutal is iu the form of heavy leaves ,
which are dispersed all through the oro.
Tills Is said to bo the richest strike yet made
in the Cripple Creek district , *
Tlio IliUcotii * .
Two hundred and thirty cars of cattle were
shipped from BolleFourcho during one week.
This represents a total of nearly 0,000 head.
The early fall shipment of cattle from tlio
vicinity of Huron is now In progress. Over
100 carloads wont to Sioux City , Minneapolis
and Chicago yards.
A number of government surveyors have
completed tliolr surveying contracts on thu
ceded lands in the western part of North
Dakota , and the surveyor general has sent
out an Inspector to inspect the work dono.
Ranchmen nnd farmers report cattle in
excellent condition and although prices are
"down" for cattle raised in other localities
these from this state brinir good prices.
The South Dakota steer is klmi irr the beef
cattle market.
Lieutenant Charles S. Farnsworth of Fort
Bulord , a graduate of West Point class of
1SSU , has been detailed as military Instructor
in the North Dakota university , with orders
to report on Tuesday next , the opening day
of the fall term.
Thncorn palace at Mitchell has attractions
far In advance of last year's show , and the
competition between counties for ttio $1,000
prize has served to bring together the finest
exhibition of agricultural products over
shown at any fair in the northwest.
Sargent county farmers are becoming
thoroughly alarmed over the ravages of
Russian cactus In the grain fields. A mass
meeting of Vivian
township citizens was :
hold hiss Saturday , at which stops wcro
taken for an organized fight against the
weed.
Big Antelope , with 800 braves , are camped
between Pine Hidgo agency and Wounded
Knee , ana the braves are beginuinp to in
dulge in the ghost dance. The friendly 11n
dians at Pine Ridge are a good deal worried
over the outlook , fearing serious trouble ,
but the agency people say there is no danger
of an outbreak.
There are a largo number of gold mines in
Ouster county which for uniformity In size
and general assays are not equaled else
where in the world. 10n
Tlio veins have a gen
eral average of ono and a half feet. The
average of seventy-six assays from twenty-
three different veins gives S27.i)3 ) per ton yin
gold. These ores are free milling on the sur
face , but become refractory with depth.
A. M. Wight , secretary of the Young
Men's Christian association , is homo from
Pine Hidgo agency , where ho took a prom
inent part in the annual conference of inho
Dakota mission and of the Young Men's
Christian association. Over 1,000 Indians
were present. There are now seven socie
ties of Christian Endeavor among the reds ,
and a young people's ! society was formed.
Mrs. Louisa Hurt of Sioux Falls , who
claims to have found some time ago a packet
of diamonds worth several thousand dollars ,
left for Chicago to meet a man from Boston
whoso name she did not disclose , who has
wired her that the diamonds belonged to
him. The Boston party has agreeu. she
says , to pay all her expenses and to give her
a big reward In case the property she has
found proves to bo his missing diamonds ,
The case has oxcitcd niuen speculatiou ,
Hay Is offered nt 1 in Morrow county.
Lookout mountain. Crook county , is al
ready covered with snow.
The Presbyterian church at Corvallls cole-
brated its fortieth anniversary ,
The Athena Press offers to take wheat on
subscription nt 50 cents a bushel.
Several waterspouts occurred last week
between Prluevillo and upper Crooked river.
Salmon are plenty In the Columbia at The
Dalles , but the water Is so low that few are
caught.
The Eugene prune evaporator has com-
incnccd work. Several carloads of fruit are
in sightfor eastern shipment.
A sidetrack is to bo built to the old depot
bulldinir at Grant's Pass. Tlio building will
then be lifted on Hat cars and moved to Mer
lin.
lin.John
John Harrington has n hop vine on his farm ,
soutli of Lakovlow , which last year pro-
ducoj ISO pounds of hops and lie estimates
that it will produce HO pounds this year.
About 400 men are employed at the Gas-
cade locks and work is bolng pushed very
rapidly , Thcro are soventv-llvo men now nt
work In the pit of the canal and I'.yr in the
quarry.
It is reported that n Portland stock buyer ,
Mr. Lacy , recently bought 4,000 sheep from
Butter creek , Morrow county , parties nt tl
pur head. About 1,500 were good mutton
wethers.
Mr.'Stowart of Medford will realize $4,000
from sixty acres of Hurtlott pours. The
crop made about liftcou carloads and was
gathered , packed and shipped without ex
pense to the grower.
Two brothers named Bailey rescued a
horse from a well Into which It had fallen ,
in Polk county , in a new and novel way the
other day. They piled straw Into the well
and the horse tramped it and rose until ho
could climb out.
A surveying party has just arrived In the
Dalles after a sovcn weeks trip through
eastern Oregon. It is supposed to bo in
the employ of the Chicago it Northwestern ,
or of certain stockholders of that road , who
nro also Interested In the Oregon Pacific.
The party is reticent as to who its employers
ar0l but not ns to its object of work.
Tbo sale of the Oregon Pacific railroad is
being delayed by Judge Fullcrton to determine -
mine thu relative rights of the different
creditors , material men and laborers , who
will share the fund created by the salo.
Those matters will bo determined at the
earliest possible moment and the sale will
i
then bo ordered. It will bo sometime before
December 1 , '
\Va < iilnuton.
Black bears Are raiding South Bend
orchards. , . , , ,
Tacoma has been offered par for $00,000
CO-year 0 per cent school bonds.
Henry Miller , the TUbchomln logger , " re
ports his cut ns abbut 1.50J.OOO feet this
season ,
The Wllmans Mining company will
begin moving ere by tramways Into the con
centrators at Monte ChTlsto.
A young man worlring ( n a Pnyallup hop
yard has unsuccessfully proposed to seven
young women co-laborers during the BCASOII.
Pomeroy people siltnmcrlng nt Teal's
camp woke up one inornlng to find two
Inches of snow on the ground and pulled out
for home.
Forest fires In the Sound country have
driven the cougars and bears out of their
dens and into the valley settlements , whore
they are seen In great numbers ,
A laborer on the Uuby crook trail whoso
leg was fractured , had to bo carried eleven
miles on a stretcher and
thlrty-ono by con
veyance before the fracture could bo sot.
The statement Is made that the Port
Blakoley Mill company logs over U. .OOO acres
of timber laud ahnu.illy to secure material
to operate its saw mill at Port Hlakcloy.
Bill Melntlro has put In about i,000,000 !
fcot of logs at Cathlatnot this season , and is
now at work repairing Saldren's dam , which
was washed out by the big freshet last
winter.
Henry Roberts , owning a ten-acre hop
yard at Tampico. went to North Yaklma to
swear out warrants for twenty or thirty
men who , with Winchesters , clubs and force ,
drove a crow of sixteen Chinese pickers out
of his yard. Ho Is unable to secure other
pickers and fears lie will lose his crop.
A largo area of government land upon the
plateaus and terraces of tlio roeion lying be
tween Lake Cholan nnd the Mothow rh'er Is
still vacant. This land Is well adapted to
the culture of fruit nnd diversified farming.
There is room for a largo colony of people ,
who could secure homes under the home
stead Ir.ws.
P. Flnnegan and Paul Paulson , two minors ,
have just arrived at Marcus from the mouth
of Kock creek. They report that tlio recording -
ing olllco at Rock Creek , B. C. , has taken in
8H5 In half a day on records In the now gold
district. Over SJ.OOOof nuggets wore brought
Into Hook crook and exchanged there by
Chinamen.
The scheme to drain the Colvillo valley by
forming a drainage district and issuing
bonds in the manner prescribed by law , Is
meeting with public favor , and the move
ment will begin with a petition to the Board
of County Commissioners at Its October
session. There will bo over 20,090 acres In
cluded in the drainage district when organ-
izcd.
Wyomlnp.
A wolf hunt is advertised to taito ulaco at
Myra.
IThe now placer fields are about thirty
miles : southward from Baggs and report
says they are very rich.
The manganese Iron ere found at Warren's
peak , near Sundance
, is now attracting a
good deal of attention.
The lakes Just north of Laramie are said
to bo fairly allvo with ducks and hunters
are securing any amount of them.
It Is reported that , a party of Arapahoe
Indians are in tlio Big Horns setting fire to
the timber and driving the came out of this
section of country.
The Utah & Wyoming railroad. Is pushing
the survey of a route through \Vyoming to
Ogden , U. T. Two rorps of surveyors are
now at work in Uint.-V county , ono near Wil
low Creek gap and the other between Fossil
and Nugget.
It is learned that many ranchmen in the
vicinity | of Laramio'Penk ' contemplate mov
ing their cattle in the vicinity of LUSK soon
for the purpose of wintering them. The
range in the former Section 1ms been burned
up | by urairio fires. ' '
The Northwestern Gold company , with a
capital of if 1,000,000. has filed articles of in
corporation in the ofllco of the secretary of
stato. | The principal'plhco of business will
bo , Cheyenne , though ofliccs may , 'in ' addi
tion , bo opened In Jfow York City and
Spokane. The mirposo of the company is to
carry : on a general mining business.
Mr. Frank Pfeiffer returned from Fremont
county , "Wednesday , where ho had been in
specting his sheep. Ho reports feed poor
ib i I the range badly crowded. Scab has
been prevalent among sheep this season to a
much greater extent than usual nnd the
sheep inspector of Fremont county has com
pelled all lloclc owners who have driven their
flocks into that country to dip their sheep.
Major Scbniteer has made probably the
last consignment of fish which will bo
shipped this season. The present shipment
numbers 40,000 mountain trout , 20,000 of
which will be planted at Sundance and the
remainder near Newcastlo. This about com
pletes the output of the state hatchery and
makes the total number of fish planted roach
the handsome figure of 600,000 for tbo season.
SlUoolluiioou * ,
A herd of 1,200 1 and 2-year-old wethers ,
cnroute from Albuquerque to Shelton , Nob. ,
passed through Brush , Colo. The herders
report the losses very small.
A syndicate of Durango men have bonded
a group of gold properties in Colfnx county ,
Now Mexico , for ? 150,000. The property in
cludes a stamp mill , saw mill , tramway and
assay oflico.
A strike reported from the New Era mlno
in the Dolores district , fifty miles from Al
buquerque , promises great results. A thlrty-
llvc-foot vein running 10 per cent copper and
high In gold lias been uncovered.
The hop growers around Uklah , Gal. , or-
irnnl/.Rl ( for the nurnose of chartering n VD. > -
sel to load hops for England. The prices
which have thus far been offered to Momlo-
clue hop growers have not been satisfactory.
A rumor , founded upon private advices , is
that the governments of the United States
and Great Britain arc negotiating to close
Bering sea and the Pacific for two years.
Among the recommendations of the arbitra
tors is ono that the killing of seals be stopped
for two years both at the rook erics and on
the high seas.
A minor has returned from a prospecting
tour in the Pinacato mining district In
southern California and brings back with
him line samples of gold tukou from the
placer claims oy dry washers there. The
claims wcro wonted years ago by Mexicans
and had been for many ycnrs abandoned till
the recent discoveries , Some of the claims
no from 10 to 20 cents per pan , and the miners
are doiug well. ,
Several attachments wore put on the prop
erly locations , franchises , water rights , etc. ,
of the Salt Kivcr Irrigation company for la
bor and othordomands. Wells Ilondorshott ,
formerly a Now Yorlc lawyer , was at the
head of the unterprLso , > and tiad it not been
for the late financial flurry the reservoir
would doubtless have been completed. It
was the greatest syatow , In Arizona ,
Do you read the testimonials published In
behalf of Hood's Sarsaparillat They are
thoroughly reliable and worth your con
fidence.
"
Vuciil Kntnrtiiliiinent.
Holla Singing society pave a very enjoya
ble entertainment at 3uongorbund hall , on
Dodge street Saturday evening. Recitations
and vocal and Instrumental music served to
pass away thu evening hours , much too
quickly for those who attended ,
j -
One worddescribes"lUt'porfoctlon. " Wo re-
forte DoU'iU's WitcliiHnzolSalvo.curcs piles
Krurcliini ; fi r u Duuehtor.
Mrs. James Smith of Waterloo , la. , re
quested the assistance of the police yester
day In locating her 23-year-old daughter I
\nnlo O. . whom the family last heard from
two years ago when she Indited a letter to
them from this city. The girl was working
In a restaurant at the tlmo , nnd the mother
fears that a mishap has befallen her.
oitKtsoy itK.ittn MUM.
I.I o Iimirnnco Versus Itnnd liiventineiils So
fnllml.
An old adage runs , "When thieves fall
out , " etc. Though perhaps not strictly
applicable to the case , the controversy be
tween Mr. Drlges and the life Insurance com
panies calls It up nnd discloses ono fact that
should receive careful consideration by nil
who save money and strive to make provision
with it for their own old ago , and for those
dear to them after they have lost through
death the pleasure and privilege of providing
for their necessities and luxuries.
That fact Is that an enormous amount of
money Is annually by forfeitures lost to those
who seek , spasmodically perhaps , to make
these provisions through life insurance , be
nevolent societies and kindred Institutions.
Mr. Driggs proves conclusively from the
published statements of a well accredited
life assurance society of the United States
that subsetibsrs to that association lost
through lapsus and forfeitures in ono year
( ISW ) the enormous sum of ? 117a'J.1,717 ot
canceled Insurance without ono cent of cost
to the comnany , whereby thatcompany must
have reaped a direct profit of the vast
amount of fl,70,74S : ) , ho says.
Mr. Driggs basnet a word to say about the
rlirht or wrong of a business that tlooas the
country with advertisements and covers it
with solicitors to draw people who habitu I-
ally reach beyond their means or ono only
spasmodically provident Into the plans of the
corporations which reap such vast profits
irom the natural weakness of the human
race. Ho approves It and grandly states
that the company ho represents derives Its
chief revenue from the same source , that
it bus got this human weakness down tea
a science and can accurately guasro the
average amount of money which can bo
drawn froai the earnings of thu incompe
tent to swell thu profits of those who "stay
in" to shnro It.
Life Insurance Is a good thing (1 ( carry
myself a largo amount ) nnd the bond invest
ment scheme , which Mr. D. upholds , may lif l0
so for tlio "ins , " but that a largo share of
the past profits ot both have arisen from ifa
wrong Is a long recognized fact.
Its acknowledgement Is clear m the laws
that have In recent years appeared upon the
statute books of all the states cur
tailing thu power of life Insurance :
companies to declare forfeitures after
a certain number of payments
have been mado. All such forfeitures are ,
in fact , as great a wrong as any , anil the
time Is sure to come soon , when the natural \
right of the weak to bo protected from the
strong comes moro clearly into the economy
of modern society , when nil forfeitures as iya
source of revenue will uo prohibited to In
vestment corporations whoso business ills
pushed by personal solicitation.
The controversy herein alluded to is In
spired by the business n3S
fact that the parties
to it arc engaged In thu business of soliciting
investments.
This communication Is also inspired by n
business fact. I am engaged in soliciting
investment for a Pacific coast corporation
and , as an illustration of Pacific coast
methods , bespace to contrast thu methods of
my company In regard to investment , in
comes and forfeitures with those of the
above corporations. Our cardinal principles
are in line with and abreast of the best
thought and effort of the best age of the
world. History is the improvement of the
country and the betterment of the condition
of the tiller of the soil. The chief source of
our revenue Is the product of nature directed
by intclllgcnconndnidcd by capital. Instead
of insuring our customer a certain amount
of money at a certain time or after ho dies ,
we Insure him a home that will bo self-sup
porting and a support to the man and his
family for all time. The longest limit of
time to which the full realization of tbo
principal reward on the investment is but
live years. Based upon the resources
of nature , wo not only stake our capital on
a guaranty that an investment which re
quires the saving and investment of but
S150 shall at the maturity of the contract be
worth iu the open market S.100 , but wo climt
nato by positive contract all features of for
feiture by which the parties to the above
controversy thrive. Wo are engaged in the
development of ono of the younger Industrie !
of the United States , which has a future o ;
undoubted greatness. From time immem
orial the most prosperous peasants and
farmers of the old world wcro those who
lived along the northern shores ol
the Mediterranean sea , in the
Grecian archipelago and thrives within the
climatic influence of ono or the other shores
of the Red , the Caspian and the Black seas
who followed the cultivation of the prune ,
It is a tree that will not thrive and bear
fruit in a country of cold winters or hotsum
mers , and till some twenty years ago its cul
tivation had been confined to various smal1
districts scattered over the region above
mentioned. The output of these districts
had become enormous and they had the
whole world for a market. Twenty years
ago it was discovered that scattered dls
tricts of the Pacific coast would not only
produce prunes but would produce al
the old \vorld varieties of a quality far hot
tor than the countries of their habltatu. A
that time the United States was nn im
porter of this fruit to the amount of (10,000 ( ,
000 pounds annually. Since then the Pacific
coast has raised its production to nearly
: )0,000,000 ) pounds a year. In the meantim
consumption in the United States has in
creased till we now Import nearly well to
ward 100,000,000 pounds a year , on which ar
import duty of 2 cents a pound is levlei
by the government in rccognitlm
industry and much of this Increase Is duo to
the cleaner habits of the Paciliu coast pro
ducer , but more to the superior quality of his
fruit. This increase must go ou with the In
crease of population , and the market for the
fruit must grow bettor and bettor for the
next two or three generations at least , for
after the American producer bus supplied
Ills homo market the whole world will bo
open to him.
The extreme limit of time necessary to bring
a prune farm to production is five years. The
proilt to tlio prune farmer everywhere on
tlio Pacific coast exceeds $300 per acre per
annum.
Our company owns tried and proven
prune lands In all three of the Pacific states.
These It guarantees to plant In prunes , culti
vate and bring the orchard to a perfect pro
ducing state for the sum nnd price of 100
per acre , Insuring the life of each
trco to that time. It solicits investments on
the principle of annual premiums , us the life
Insurance companies. These premiums
amount to one-half of the cost of the farm
during thu life of the contract , ( five years )
tlio other half being payable afterward ,
when the farm Is an Income producer , Such
fully developed farms are now worth from
$1,000 an acre upward iu all that country.
Wo guarantee to deliver them perfect for
$300 pin- acre , and more than that , we pledge
ourselves to return every dollar uald by
any investor who has undertaken
more than ho can carry out with
interest on It at the rate of 7 per cent per
annum and cancel'his contract without
question upon notice with the only provision
that no money will bo paid on a canceled
contract till two years and throe months
from its date. But then we return all
money paid with Interest for all the time ,
Willie other Investments are a good thing
wo regard our form of homo investment a
winning , better for the average man in
moderate circumstances and infinitely bettor
for ono who owns no homo.
/ D. H , STKAHNS ,
President Stearns Fruit Lund Company of
Portland , Ore.
DoWltt's Witch Hazel Salvo cures sores ,
DoWltt's Witch Hazel Halve cures ulcers
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
You'll '
Miss It ,
if you try to get along without P , it'-
inc. The work of washing will be harder ,
there'll be more of it , and it won't ; be . . *
' = = well done. You'll ' lose money in the time
that's wasted , and the things that arc war i
out in the wretched rub , rub , rub , over the
washboard. Easy washing with Pea rime
doesn' t cost any more than hard and ruinous washing wiih-
out it. 13ut it saves a good deal , all the way through.
J Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell you " this is as good us * *
or " the same as 1'carlinc. " IT'S KALSK rcarline is never peddled
and if semis in iilace of I'earline
your nroccr you something , bo
Loneiti-wJV/A * . W JAilES PYLR , New Yc *
ATS-LO-PHO-ROS
- - -
Relied Upon as a
Rheumatic Remedy
J in the Hospital of the
fl Chicago forking
Woman's ' Home.
What tbo Physician Sayst
CHICAGO , IM. , Nov. 10,1S3X
TUB ATHLonionos -
COMI-ANT , yew llacen , Conn. :
Genllrmcn I Imvo used your Alh-lo-pho-ros In tlio Hospital Department of the
Woman 3 Homo of our city for the past two years In several cnocs of llueiim.it l m wltli tlieTcry
beat icsulta.
I have ulso uteil It In my general practice , anil consider It nn excellent remedy for Hhciimnttan
IJu. LUELIA UAY-UNUKKUILL , 1'hyslclim to the Home.
\ What the Mrxu.igor Says :
THE WoRRi.sn WOMAN'S Hour AMOBIATIOH , \
21 SOUTH rcuitiA , ST. , CIIIOAUII , Nov. 10,1S92.J
TUB ATiitoraonos CostrAur , Jfeig lltivcn , Conn. :
Gcutlcmcn During tlioinrl \ thrco yc.nrs Ath-lo-pho-ros lias been neeil by n largo number of
girls In our Home , especially In C.ISPS of rheumatism , with the moxt piulafnctory results.
Among ; all the different remedies tried I know of none that have always done \ihnt they promtia
tc do except Ath-lo-pho-ros.
Ir. writing you tills I not only voice the sentiment of the girls here , but of many friends outsldo
the Home who liavu found blessed relief In using it , uud desiring tolro | pralso to whom pralso la
due I write yon this to show wo appreciate nn article which haa BO often afforded relief. I cipcct
we shall keep Atli-Io-pho-ros In the medical department of our Homo always.
Very respectfully yours , LAUHA O. 1'IXItN , Manager.
Ath-lo.pbo.roB , $1 per bottlo. At nil Druggists. Treatise ou lUiouuiatisin ,
Neuralgia , etc. , to nuy address for Cc. in stamps.
THE ATHLOPHOROS CO. . Now Haven Conn.
IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED , "
TRY
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The
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affords an excellent opportunity for the
pick-pocket to get your watch. If you
would be proof against his skill , be sure
that the bow ( or ring ) is a
This wonderful bow Is now fitted to the
Jas. Boss
Filled Watch Cases ,
which are made of two plates of gold
soldered to a plate of composition metal.
Look equally as well as solid gold cases ,
and cost about half as much.
Guaranteed to wear 20 years ,
Always look for this trade mark. ,
None genuine without It.
Sold only through watch dealers.
Ask any jeweler for pamphlet or send
to ( lie manufacturers.
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By Spocitil Request will apaiti visit
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upon continuous uso'r1 If they do they
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Arc You Subject to Chronic Headache ?
The Icind that begins in the region
hack of and around the eyes , milking- the
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and a pair of glasses n.n > needed.
"WHEN YOU CAN
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