THE OMAHA DAILY 13E& MONDAY. MAY 7 , 180J.
PULSE OF WESTERN PROCRiSS
New Era in California's Wonderful Gold-
Producing Eecord. .
EXPECTS TO DIG OUT 31,000,000 , , A MONTH
Nerutlu rortmio Hunters on tlioVny If
Alnalm to I'nilrrtiild ' ) J'oi Itnlftlng ( or
tin" Si l < n of Tlinlr I'nr * < lcn-
oiul Wt'llofn Noun.
Is California to liavo another rovlv.it ol
the golden days of ' 19 and tlio early 'COsl
Forhnpu tlio valleys and foothills ot the
northern halt ot the state never again will
present the scenes ot activity and life thai
they did In these days , but It Is certain n
veritable gold mining boom has sot In within
three months throughout the Sierra counties
of the upper end of the commonwpaltli.
The stagnation of silver mining existing
throughout the western states and terri
tories has caused the attention ot capital
to bo directed to this ttndovolopcd gold In
tha mountains of northern California , pays
the Denver Times. Hundreds of miners ,
who already have made fortunes In delving
for the hidden treasure , have como to the
state and opened or reopened u new or an old
mine. Many a camp that has been aban
doned for a licoro of years has been awak
ened within tlio last ninety days by the shrill
steam whistle ami the thundering stamp ol
the battery.
The mother lode In California commences
below Angel's camp , Calavuras county , nnd
extends northwest almost to tlio Oregon
boundary lino. It frequently Is traceable
for miles. Then It disappears only to re
appear farther on in the same general direc
tion , richer than over. It Is on this lode that
development Is now being mado.
Tlio wealth that this wonderful ledge has
already yielded Is beyond comprehension.
Within the counties ot ono county alone ,
Amador , $200,000.000 has been secured and
added to the gold supply ot the world. In
Amadur county at Sutler's creek was lo
cated the famous liny ward mine. It made
Alon/.o Ilnyward many times a millionaire.
Some years ago , though , a flro broke out In
the mine , destroying the Umbers in the
lower level , and since then It has not been
worked. This prob.ibly Is one of Uie richest
properties that will bo reopened as a result
of Iho revival uow being experienced. Old-
time miners who have worked In the Hayward -
ward claim ony there In ten times us much
wealth yet untouched as has already been
broughl lo the surface.
The Improved methods that nro now In
vogue for the extraction of gold from the
quartz and sand have rendered mining a
much easier and moro profitable vocation
than It was In the days when "Me an' pard
worked the rocker" or the "ground sluices. "
In these days there was no chloronation or
Kincltlng works , and only a small percent
age of the gold could be saved. Year by
year Improvement after Improvement of the
process has been made until now the amount
secured from the quartz Is limited only by
the gold It contains.
Apropos of all the vast wealth California
lias added to the world In the last thirty
years , the question arises , where has the
gold gone ? A California statistician figures
In a novel way that It has been consumed
by China. This course of reasoning Is one
of the features of 1'aclflc coast life. ' If any
thing goes wrong or anything Is'missing It
Is laid to the Chinese or to China. The
system by which this compuler figures that
the Mongolian empire has consumed Cali
fornia's gold supply Is this : On a basis
that since 18CO 100,000 Chlneso have been
employed In the mines and otherwise engaged -
gaged In the state , ho estlmales they have
saved on an average 75 cents a. day each
or , 12,200,000 n month , $27,000,000 a year ,
$810,000,000 In thirty years. As every China
man sends his savings to China In the shape
of gold coin , there Is where this computer
thinks nearly $1,000,000,000 has disappeared.
FOHTUNE IN FOX FURS.
Three adventurous men of Nevada are
bound for Alaska to engage In a novel en
terprise. They will ralso black foxes and
ether fur-bearing animals , and at tha sumo
tlmo keep an eye out for opportunities to
locate good mineral claims. While engaging
In the business of raising foxes they will
also trap and capture us many ether wild
animals. Including the marten , the mink and
the bear , as possible.
They will begin by trapping what black
foxes nro necessary to start this ranch. The
skins of the black or silver gray fox nro
worth from $100 to $500 each. The consequence
quence Is that all the foxes hitherto taken ,
except for zoological gardens , have been
killed and their polls marketed. Therefore
the only way to start and get enough to
stock the ranch Is to trap what may bo re
quired , i
The men arc all experienced Nevada hunt
ers , says tha San Francisco Examiner. They
have killed boars , gray timber wolves , moun
tain lions and all other kinds of gama that
infest the mountains of the west regions.
On tha northern steppes they expect to don
the rude clothing of the natives.
For months past they have been making a
special study of Iho proflls of the fur busi
ness. They have also been reading the
latest works and consulting with naturalists
as to the habits of the silver gray fox. They
are c&nvlnced from all they have learned
that the foxes will thrlvo and Increase
rapidly In captivity If properly handled.
"Wo arc going to make a regular business
of raising the black or silver gray foxes , "
said Mr. Verger , ono Of. the party * "I don't
know just what place wo shall hit upon for
our ranch. Wo may got an island In ono of
the rivers , or near the coast. You know
there are thousands ot these islands and they
are of nil sizes. Whatever we do wo shall
flrst go to Juncau.
"Wo shall have to fenoa the ranch In to
hold the foxes , nnd wo shall have to keep
a sharp eye out to see that they do not burrow -
* row and work their way outsldo of our cor
ral. As to thei feed necessary for the ani
mals , wo shall see that they have the same
that they have been accuslomed to , Too
fish , 111110chlpmonks , birds and other fox
provender \\111 bo easily furnished.
"When wo reach Juncau wo will Incorpor
ate a company. The name Is to bo 'The
Nevada Alining , Fur Hunting and Improve
ment company/
"If we can got enough martens , minks
arid other fur-bearing animals also , wo may
pay some attention to them. However , there
Is vastly moro money In fox skins than In
the others. "
The Alaska fox ranch projectors are going
to bo very careful not to lot the red foxes
get mixed with their gray ones. On the
Aleutian Islands the red foxes , which are
moro or less migrating , have mixed with
the gray foxes , and the result Is that tlio
lur has greatly deteriorated In value.
RICH I'LACEUS ON TUB COLUMBIA.
Three million dollars In gold was taken
out by Chinamen from the bar at Sam
L Stevenson's ranch on the Colubmla river *
'according to the traditions of old settlers In
the Big Bend. They operated there In a
crude way moro than a quarter of a century
ago and every season slnco unlll American
Bottlers made their situation uncomfortable ,
ays the Spokane Tribune. Favored with a
stream from the hills , they thoroughly mined
100 acres to the depth of twonty-flvo feol.
In the best seasons they averaged $25 a day
to the man. About two and one-half miles
below nnd twelve miles from tha mouth of
the Grand Coulee they rocked about fifteen
acres , with corresponding good results , but
abandoned that locality on account of lack of
mining knowledge and appliances for raising
water from the river. There Henry Mankln ,
for himself nnd Spokane associates , has just
located two claims ot 130 acres each , the
Golden Shoot No. 1 and Golden Sheet No 3
He also located the Tribune claim , thirty
miles above Bridgeport , all taking lu 160
acres each.
"I prospected the $3,000,000 bar. " said Mr.
Mankln , who returned the other day , "com
paring the results with these obtained from
the Golden Sheet , and flnd that the latler
ground In oven richer than the other was.
I am satisfied that there Is not less than
$1,000,000 In that group , aud the others
prospect equally as well. "
Mr , Mankln prepared the necessary loca-
lion papers and will forward them to the
united States land olllco at Wato'rvllle for
filing. U ls his company's Intention to put
In a pump and ralso water from the river ,
twelve feet , which will afford fall aura-
clout lor ululclng. They Intend to operate
by methods somewhat different from these
ordinarily employed , using teams ani
scrapers nnd dumping the dirt on the grU
zllos. They expect to begin preparations 01
the ground In about two weeks , and hav
everything tn readiness to commence opera
liana as soon as the water Is low enough ,
HUni.I.'S GOLD SAVER.
General Don Carlos Duel ! , prominent litho
the late rebellion , was Interviewed by a Sai
I'ranclsco Examiner reporter on his way ti
Westport , where ho Is erecting a plant ti
recover gold from black sand along the coas
of Oregon and Washington ,
The plant Is located at Wcsport and con
slats of a number ot tanks and a powerfu
electric balloty. The gold Is dissolved fron
the sand by a solution discovered by Duel
as a result of thlrty-flvo years of study as i
chemist. The solution Is drawn from tin
tanks and by the application of clcc'rlclt !
Iho gold Is separated the same as In electro
pUllng. The electrical melhods of Ihe r.ev
discovery are said to bo similar to Cdlson'i
Idea.
General Buell says the sand will yield $1' '
of flour gold to the ton of sand , and tha
enough exists on the surface of the Oregoi
and Washlngtcn beach to pay the-nntlrr.a
debt. Ho also has tests of platinum whlcl
he claims yield even better than joM.
HOCK ISLAND'S FAITH.
In splto of all the cold water poured on ttii
sclenco of ralnmaklng the spring has n
sooner arrived than there nro Indication
that the experiments of last year arc con
sldcred a scientific success and wilt bo re
sumcd this year with renewed vigor. Tin
first notes of preparation , says the Denve
Times , arc heard from Chicago and fron
the officials ot the Hock Island Uailroai
company.
This company traverses western Kansai
In two directions , branching out from To
pcka , ono line skirting the northern part o
the stale and the other running directly ti
Montezuma In the southwest corner
These two lines of railroad rui
through a section of the semi-arid re
glen , part of which Is In eastern Colorado
The farmers In this country have always
suffered for the want of rain. The Hoc !
Island railroad last summer set one of It :
employes to ralnmaklng. This was C. B
Jewell , the company's train dispatcher nl
Goodland , not far from the Colorado line
His efforts were astonishingly successful
both In Kansas and In Colorado.
Mr. Jewell's method Is the one Invented
by Louis Golhman of Chicago , whose theorj
Is that rain Is never produced naturally ex
cept by the vapors of the atmosphere b comIng -
Ing agitated and mixed with the colder uppei
strata of air. He therefore fires up Intc
the air metallic bombs filled with liquefied
carbonic acid gas. When these bombs ex
plode tha liquid expands Instantly Into gas ,
producing intense cold and Immediate pre
cipitation. Mr. Jewell will glvo the people
of the west an ample opportunlly this sum
mer to enjoy the benefits of this discovery.
LUCKY STRIKE.
The richest strike of ere over reported In
this district slnco the discovery of the fa
mous Aztec occurred this past week , re
ports the Springer Stockman , on the Grand
View claim , situated on the Elizabethlown
side of Old Baldy , at the head of Mosquito
gulch. The property Is controlled by Trini
dad parties , and they are keeping this late
rich discovery very quiet , but from reliable
sources It Is learned that at a depth of 125
feet a three-feet six-Inch vein of very rich
ere has been opened , samples of the ore
shown running Into the hundreds. This
discovery means a great deal more to this
camp than the mere finding of ore. Up to
the present the mining operations have been
confined to the surface deposits , but this
clearly demonstrates that the deeper the
ore Is found hero the bolter It Is , and will
glvo encouragement to owners to sink on
their properties and not gopher along the
surface. There Is plenty of territory here
to bo explored , but prospectors needn't ex
pect to como hero and find $20 gold pieces
sticking out at the surface.
A WHITE AMAZON.
In 18GI Dr. Alsap and Lord Duppa , well
known pioneers , were prospecting with a
party In the Brudslmw mountains on tha
Hassayampa creek. One morning the party
separated for the purpose of huniing , says
an old pioneer , writing In the Yuma Times.
In going up a canon In which there were
separated from their companions by high
mounlains , Duppa's delachmentwas at
tacked by a large band of Tonto Apaches.
The whites gradually fought their way across
the ridge , with the hope of rejoining their
companions. During the advance Duppa ,
who was stationed behind a rock , noticed
that ho was the particular mark of an In
dian with a bow. Several arrows had fallen
at his feet and ono struck him In the arm.
Raising his rifle ho took aim , and Just as
ho was touching the trigger the supposed
Indian cried , ' "Don't shoot ! " In good English ,
but It was too late , and the .body fell over
with llfo extinct. Soon after the two parties
succeeded In forming a Junction and the In
dians retreated , leaving their dead.
Out of curiosity the party returned to the
placet where Duppa had killed the supposed
Indian and found that It was a white woman ,
evidently about 30 years of ago , and dressed
In all the paraphrenalla of the Apaches. In
vestigation was made , but no , trace of her
former whereabouts could over bo obtained.
FRUIT OUTLOOK IN OREGON.
A prominent fruit grower of Grant's Pass
writes to the secretary of the State Horti
cultural society In regard to the reported
damage to the peach crop of that section ,
says the Portland Oregonlan. Ho says there
was a heavy frost In that part of the stale
on the IGth and 17th , which badly damaged
peaches In some locations , but did little hurt
In ether places. His own orchard being on n
hill was not hurt. About Medford and Ash-
laml the damage was very slight.
Several fruit growers at the rooms of the
Horticulture society say that fruit prospects
generally are very bright. Peaches were so
badly Injured by the winter of ' 92-3 that they
will not be qullo up to average this year , as
It Is Impossible for them to make the wood
necessary and bear a full crop tha same
year. Prunes are setting well and promise
a good crop. The cherry bloom was the
finest seen for years , and the fruit Is setting
well. If the present very favorable weather
continues , there will be a fine crop of fruit.
Speaking ot the San Jose scale , Mr.
Chauncey Ball said ho had not had any of It
In his orchard. Ho had found several times
a lot ot orange and lemon peels scattered
about among the trees , which ho Imagined
some person had scattered there for the purpose -
pose ot Introducing some- Insect pest , and
ho had gathered them up and burned them.
So far he has managed to keep the scale
out of his orchard. Mr. W. S. Falling said
ho had found no San Jose scale In his
orchard , except on a block of young pear
trees. He had poured coal oil over them
and burned the scale , and then dug up the
trees , piled them on the ground where they
had been growing , poured coal oil over them
and burned thorn up. He has seen no signs
of the scale on his grounds since. Such
heroic treatment Is the only way to get rid
of this post.
Mr. J. M. Wallace , who has charge of the
celebrated Wallace orchards near Salem ,
called at the rooms of the State Horticul
tural society to Inquire about the black-spot
disease , which Is damaging his pear trees.
This disease Is becoming widespread and
doing a great deal of damage , and so far
no ono has been able to discover the cause
of It. It la a veritable "plague spot , " which
appears on thrifty young trees. The bark
turns black and the wood becomes dead
under the spot clear to the center ot the
limb. There U no sign ot any Insect In
connection with the black spots , and even
In the horticultural department at Washing
ton nothing can bo learned about the cause
of the trouble. Mr. Wallace was Informed
of the action the society had taken In re
questing a government expert to bo sent
out here to Investigate and every effort will
be mada to find out the cause of the disease
and a remedy ,
INDIAN SUN WORSHIPPERS.
Judge S. P. Irwln , agent ot the Yaklma
Indian reservation , who was In the city re
cently , says the Tacoma Ledger , understands
the Indians of the reservation as well , prob
ably , as ho does law. Speaking of the res
ervation ho said : "It Is Just south of North
Yaklma , reaching within five miles of the
city. It originally contained 800.000 acres ,
but about three years ago the line was re-
surveyed and a strip containing 200,000 acres
chopped off. There are 2,000 Indians on the
reservation , but In 1855. when the reserva
tion was assigned them , there were 3.600.
Yes , they are dwindling away. These 3,000
Indians represent fourteen different tribes.
The Yaklmas form one of the principle
tribes. These Indians have never acknowl
edged the authority of an Indian agent and
they treat mo with the most profound con *
tempt. They do recognize the military power
it Vancouver , though , and in this connection
there la a strange little story told by them
to account for their behavior. About thirty
r ar ago , they ay , drunkeu
officer , wearing brass buttons , rod <
through the reservation. Ho talkct
with the Indians and told them thai
they should pay no attention to the Indlai
agpnts , but when they had any complaint tt
rrmko or wanted any difference adjusted be
tween themselves they should apply to tin
military headquarters at Vancouver. Whethei
the drunken army officer Is a myth or rein
Ity , It Is true that they strictly obej
his command. These Yaklma Indians llvi
In tepees , dross In blankets , the same a :
their ancestors , and are more unclvlllzei' '
than their red brethren. There has beet
$300,000 In annuities distributed among th (
Indians ot the reservation since 1S55 , hut It
all that time not ono 'dollar would the Ynkl
mas accept. Their religion Is called th <
'Drummers. ' They meet every other Sun
day In a largo tepee. It Is a peculiar fern
of religion , n kind of sun worship. The ]
hold up their hands toward heaven , beat ot
a kind of drum and have various other rites
This worship Is used as a means of maklm
matrimonial matches. A young man wll
pick up. a. stick and touch a girl on the shoul
der. The literal meaning of this Is : 'Wll
you be my wife ? ' If the stick Is puihci
violently away It means 'no , ' and If she nl
lows It to remain a short time she accept :
him. In case -he accepts him they ore sooi
married. "
A GREAT COPPER PLANT.
The people of Salt Lake City are verj
enthusiastic over the new copper plant belnf
erected thcro and speak In very compll
mntary terms of Messrs. Poscy , Green &
Co. for the Interest they are manifesting It
the Welfare of that city. The Tribune says
"Within n tow days the great smoke stacl
will bo smoking and everything Is on t
basis so colossal that the ordinary mar
stands dumfoundcd before the display , ani
though they have not begun the reduc
ing and refining of ores they are steadll )
employing 100 men now. To give an Idea
of the works It Is only necessary to say thai
the magnificent engine which was selected
from all the world to turn the machinery
In Machinery hall at the World's fair , is
being set up now to run the electric works
at the copper plant. A few months hence
there will be turned out every day at those
works forty-four tons of pure copper , besides
all the gold and silver contained In the ores
to tnako those forty-four tons. "
NEBRASKA.
Ono firm alone shipped from Steclo City
during April 2,160 dozen eggs.
Bohemian Turners at Crete have cele
brated their tenth anniversary.
Hamilton county has voted to Issue bonds
to build a $60,000 court house.
A thief raided a hotel at Oakland and secured -
cured about $400 worth of jewelry.
The millinery store of Mrs. Fulmer of
Schuyler has been closed by creditors.
The Farmers' bank Is a now financial In-
stltullon Just Incorporated at Odell with n
capital stoclc of $25,000. '
Atkinson sportsmen have placed some
pelicans on the clly mill pond with the ob
ject of domestlcallng them.
Hastings sinners will be stirred up for
a period by Evangelist McKalg. The trou-
bio will begin next Monday. ,
A Buffalo counly ranchman found Tils
runaway wife at Norfolk and took her back
homo , leaving her paramour In Jail.
As the result of kicking the sharp cdgo
of an axe , Colonel II. C. Russell of Schuyler
will walk lame for some time to come.
Chancellor Canfleld delighted the citizens
of Stromsburg with his lecture on "The
Missing Link in Our State Educational
System. "
Falls City German Lutherans are about to
build a new church on Stone street. In
one day's canvassing for subscriptions $500
was subscribed.
Rev. Herbert Sharpley. who has been con
ducting services at St. Margaret's Episcopal
church at Papllllon for several months , has
left for Orange , N. J. , where he has been
called as assistant rector In Christ church.
The board of supervisors of Antelope
counly has decided to call a special election
for June 5 for the purpose of voting on the
proposition of levying a tax of ten mills for
ono year for the purpose of building and
completing a court house at Nellgh.
Prof. W. A. Ogden organized a class In
vocal music at Cedar Bluffs and then
skipped. Some fifty Bluffites were bluffed
out of 50 cents apiece and the landlord Is
short $ l.bO. Ogden left the city on the
pretext of going to Wahoo to organize an
other class and promised to return In a few
days.
The Superior Journal "A
says : gentle
man who has planted 120 acres of alfalfa
this spring says the cost of seed and plantIng -
Ing was $500. The plants are coming up
very thick and even , and ho thinks ho will
have made a great hit If they get through
the next three weeks without any mishaps.
He thinks great alfalfa fields as a basis
for cattle and hogs Is going to make this
part of Kansas and Nebraska ono of the
richest counlrlea on earth. "
J. M. Glltner of Falrvlew Is a lover of
Galloway catlle and has a fine herd ot
thoroughbreds , says the Madison Reporter.
Ho has bred these cattle for years and the
strain Is pure. He was in town the other
day and told a strange story of ono of his
thoroughbred Galloway cows having dropped
a perfectly while calf. This calf was sired
by a Ihoroughbred as black as night , and
the calf even proved a curiosity to the rest
of the herd , for It surrounded It and bel
lowed , evidently realizing that the calf was
a freak.
THE DAKOTAS.
A number of towns on the Great Northern
were two weeks without receiving any mall.
A number of men of national fame are
expected to parllclpate In the Irrigallon con
vention at Huron next month.
Between twenty and thirty pralrlo schoon
ers passed over the pontoon bridge at
Chamberlain the other day on their way
westward to the ceded Sioux lands.
A small band of Sioux Indians that has
camped outsldo the town of Moose Jaw N
W. T slnco 1883 , will shortly be removed to
the United States. They are a remnant of
old Sitting Bull's tribe , and with others
took refuge In Canada after the famous
Custor massacre.
Parties who have the contract to supply
mares for the Indians are shipping the
horses to Klmball preparatory to delivery
to the agency west of the rlvor. There are
now collected about 300 head and moro are
coming every day. The horses are bought
In various parts of Iowa.
A case involving the validity of $70000
worth of bonds Issued by the city of Huron ,
set for trial In the United States court In
Sioux Falls , has been continued , pending a
decision by the court of appeals on what Is
Known as the Huron school bond case in
Involved1 "Umberf - slmllar questions are
Judge Campbell has granted a temporary
njunction at the request of citizens of
Hrltton and Marshall counties , enjolnlnc the
supervisors of Miller township from turntnc
nr % tllQ.ratn appropriation fund the sum
of $300. which It
was voted by a small ma-
lorlty. So far as known , no steps have been
taken looking to the dissolution of the order.
The amount of milk delivered at the Dell
Rapids creamery for the month of April ,
the latler part of the mouth being estimated
Is 230.000 pounds. In the month of March
the company paid out for milk a trifle over
$1,600. The amount of money paid out for
milk will average not far from $1,400 each
month for the entire year , or $10,800 for the
year.
The decision of the Northern Pacific cross-
earnings tax cose by the United States supreme
premo court has a very Important bearing In
North Dakota and means that about $33,000
will ba divided among the four counties of
Stutsman , Klddcr , Rlchland and McLean.
The two counties of Stutsman and Kldder
will each get over $12,000 and the other two
counties each over $4.000.
The contract has been lot to sink the Star
shaft of the Homestako mln6 at Deadwood
100 feet deeper. The shaft Is now down 800
teet. The contract was awarded to the con-
iractor who put the shaft down 200 feet
below the COO-foot level. In reality the shaft
will be , when this last shaft shall have been
sunk , 930 feet deep , as there will bo a thirty-
foot pump driven below the last station.
Two families who recently moved to Klm
ball from Iowa had a rather amusing ex-
> erlence while unloading their goods. They
tad been Intimate neighbors and put all
their belongings tn one car. While the car
stood on the track It was locked and one of
the men carried away the key , The other
man wanted to got Into the car and was
old that the key was In An overcoat pocket ,
n getting It ho also found some letters from
Us wife to the other man which were of a
compromising character. A warrant was 1s-
tued and talk of a divorce suit and of shooi
ng was rife. When the angry man got
cooled off the two men and their two wive *
sot together and the letters were explained
to the satisfaction of all , anil nil agreed that
while there had been Intlldcrotlon there had
been nothing worse. .
Near Ynnktoti Is tha , most remarkable
family on this conllnput , perhaps In tlio
world. U consists of fac/i'cr / , mother nnd
twenty-four children , aitll the mother of the
brood U hot yet thirty ' > bnrs old. She Is
a Norwegian woman and.-her husband Is n
Hoosler. The children were born , In trip
lets and the oldest of the' ' lot Is under 12
years of age. All Of them arc boys but
three , ono set ot triplets being girls. They
nre a sturdy lot of youngsters. The man
Is a well-to-do farmer , and Is remarkably
proud of lib progeny. '
COLORADO.
The cyanide mill at Orlpple Creek Is said
to bo proving a great success.
The Pharmacist will , be started up with
the Idea of earning dividends.
Twenty-five carloads of fat lambs were
shipped from Fort Collins1 to Chicago.
The Rico-Aspen company pays Its regular
monthly dividend of $25,000 on May 10.
Twin calves on the range about Las Animas -
mas are said to bo quite common this sea
son.
son.A
A good strike has been made In the Cham
pion lode near Spencer In the Goose Creek
district.
Never In the history of the Grand valley
have fruit trees been so heavily laden with
blossoms.
The Seigniorage , a recent big strike on
South Fork , Is claiming the attention of
Tellurtdo mining men ,
A big body of four-ounce mineral Is re
ported to have been found In the hills Im
mediately west of Alpine.
Work has been begun on the new stock
yards at Grand Junction , and about $15,000
will bo expended by the Rio Grande Western.
The agrlcullural acreage ot the Plateau
valley In Mesa counly will be Increased
by over 1,000 acres of producllve land this
year.
The general opinion Is that the Cripple
Creek mines will all bo running by Juno
1 , and that the labor troubles will bo over
by that time.
The town of Junction City has been or
ganized and located at the Junction of Bear
creek nnd the Grande river. About forty
cabins arc going up.
Grasshoppers nro hatching out near
Greeley and are qulto lively for the season.
The Weld county farmers are preparing the
bran nnd arsenic dope which was used so
effectively last year.
The Lamar Milling and Elevator company
commenced work on an artesian well to
supply the boilers nt the mill. The well will
be sunk to the first vein of good water en
countered In drilling the town well.
The Greeley Times slates that under the
capable direction of Iho county road over
seer some most magnificent drives have been
constructed In the neighborhood of the Slalo
Normal school on Arlington Heights.
A new company In Ihe Goose creek dis
trict will develop the consolidation of the
Mogul group , Phoenix , Overland , Dolores ,
Inal and the D. B. lodes. The company
has decided to sink 100 feet or more on
the Mogul lode.
Last year Delta county produced 8,101
bushels of apples , 4,309 bushels of peaches ,
217 bushels of pears , which was equivalent
to over one-half of the peach crop of the
state , over one-third of the pear crop and
one-fifth of the apple crop.
A car load of ere from the newly discov
ered vein In the Pike's Peak No. 2 was
shipped to Denver. It Is expected that it
will run 51,800 per ton. The lessees of the
mtno expect to ship $100,000 worth of ore
before their lease expires qn Juno 1.
The Canon City stage narrowly escaped
going over a high ejiibaukment near the
toll gate. The six horses , went clown the
side of the hill , but the coach remained on
the road , and after th'e , horses were pulled
back the coach proceeded on Its way.
A Colorado Springs dispatch says : An Im
portant strike has been made In the Lincoln
lode on Globe hill , a 'patented ' property be
longing to the Virginia M. company. The
vein that has been cut snbws every Indica
tion of that known as the Anaconda.
The Indications onj the Arkansas valley
range this.spring are that the increase In
calves \vlll be larger than the stockmen have
experienced for several years. The winter
has been a fnvorablo-onbTor stock , and the
spring opened up earlj 'wlth new gras's'grow-
Ing everywhere. _ _ _ '
A strike Is reported on the Lesher lease
on the Mount Rosa property , near Colorado
Springs. The vein from which the recent
shipment was made Is now eighteen Inches
wide. The cash receipts of the company
from the sale of lots for the last mouth were
$15,000 , nnd the total sales for the same
period about $30,000.
A dispatch from Antelope Springs tells of
a vein of bromide of copper In the Royal
Arch dlstrlcl. II Is as near as can be csll-
mated-Jorty feet In width and runs from
14 to G5 per cent. It also carries a large
percentage of sulphur and Iron. Thei new
discovery lies about twenty miles south of
Creede , on what is known locally as Trout
creek , but on the. map as Rio Coma , a trlbu-
lary of the Rio Grande ,
George Williams has a bottle of gold from
the Rocky Bar placers that backs up any
stalomont ever made about the rich placer
ground on the La Plata. It Is the finest
placer gold ever exhibited In this section.
Ho Is now preparing to comemnco opera
tions on a very largo scale. Seventy-five
thousand feet of lumber will be used In the
construcllon of the flumes necessary to carry
on the work. Durango Southwest.
With the acquisition ot Evergreen lakes ,
comprising three- large bodies of water , be
sides several small ponds , ono obstacle to
the success of the United Slates hatchery nt
Leadvlllei Is dene away with. They never
had enough room. The lakes will provide a
storehouse for a stock of flsh sufficient to
produce 5,000,000 eggs annually , all that the
hatchery needs. - The government reserva
tion now consists of 1,935 acres and with the
new purchase It will be Increased to 2,135
acres. Dr. Law does not sell land on which
his private hatchery Is located , he retaining
a triangle south of the government hatchery
of 100 acres.
WYOMING.
Counterfeit quarters and $10 and $20 gold
pieces are reported In circulation at Chey
enne.
enne.What Is purported will bo the finest hotel
In the state will bo formally opened In the
near future at Casper.
A lotler from the Teton basin says that
hundreds of elk have died during the win
ter from a scarcity of food.
Some very fine ere Is being taken out
ot the mines at the head of Copper creek ,
near Bald mountain , In Albany county.
Some rich placer ground Is reported to
liavo been discovered on the Big Laramlo
river , where It enters tha Black Hills In
the western part of Albany county , Wyo
ming. Numerous prospect holes have been
sunk to bedrock , showing gold from the
grass roots down.
A machine for elevating waler from the
North Platte to the high lands has been In
vented by F. H. Harvey and A. A. Clough of
Douglass. An undershot wheel placed In
the bed ot the river turhlshes power to op
erate a centrifugal pump/'wlth a capacity ot
1,000 gallons per minute. ' A wheel Is now
In operation near tpoT'IJarvey & Clough
rnnch which develops forty horse-power ,
enough t3 operate seven pumps.
Messrs. N. Ilccmnn , J. E. Cnshln , John
Stone nnd A. V. Qtilnn , Evanston capitalists ,
have sold to the Union Pacific Coal com
pany 1,000 ncrcs of coal lands near Hock
Springs.
A number of ranchmen have stnrtcd the
Industry of domesticating elk. J. I ) . Oaklo
of Lost Cabin , Fremont county , has n largo
herd , and the animals have become ns gen
tle ns cou3.
The city authorities of Lnrnmle linvo
taken steps to quarantine nil these who
have been exposed to the smallpox In that
clly , In the hope that hero will be no further
spread of the disease.
The coal miners at Almy arc now turn
ing out nbout 500 tons of coal per day ,
which Is fully up to the nverago of past
ycais. About 225 men nre employed and
the town Is already commencing to feel the
good effects of Increased business.
The ranchmen Inthe vicinity of Pralrlo
Dog , Shcrldnn county , hnve subscribed to a
fund to pay bounties on wolves killed on
their innges. Including the $3 paid by the
counly , Iho amount now allowed for each
bcalp Is $15. A number of hunters are mak
ing good wages killing the pestiferous ani
mals.
Five hundred men nro said to bo at work
on the extension of the Burlington from
Sheridan to Billings. The contractors will
have 110 miles to grade and 135 miles to
Iron before Iho line Is fully completed.
Much of the grading Is tlyough the Crow
reservation , which begins with the south
line of Montana.
Governor Osborne has been Invited to de
liver an address before the studenls of the
Stale university on June 28. The assaying
department opened last year has been a
great success. This dcparlment Is authorized
to do assaying for Wyoming citizens free of
charge. This scheme has saved the citizens
$3,000 during the past year.
Tlir North Platte river , says a Wyoming
exchange , seems to bo catching Its share of
Ihe flsh Iravel. The pike and slurgcon have
gel su numerous In Ihe river that the suck
ers had to get out and walk. They have
worn n nice path along the edge. The pike
and slurgcon evidently know they were
suckers and played them accordingly.
Gas appeared simultaneously In the pro
ducing oil wells Nos. 1 and 4 of the Pennsyl
vania syndicate near Casper last week. They
have been pumping the wells for a month ,
which has liberated Iho gas. The company
Is jubilant over the How , as It settles the
heretofore Important question of fuel. They
nre already burning the gas In their boiler
at the wells.
The Provo Woolen Mill company has de
cided lo enlarge the plant In order to meel
the demand for a greater variety ot goods.
The order consists of several Ihousand del
lars' worlh of machinery for Ihe finishing
department of the mills , wool scourers , etc. ,
which will be placed In operation as soon as
It can be set up. The mills are now working
to their full capacity.
The Laramle , Wyo , , Boomerang reports
that David HIckey. William Nalsmlth. J. E.
Burke and Jack Richards have had some
rock assayed from thulr mines on the Bald
mountain near the head of Cooper creek.
From one of the claims the rock showed a
value of $112 to the ton in gold and from
another $36 , with silver In both. The rock
Is pronounced as fine as has been seen In
the city. One of their claims Is on the east
side of the hill and the other on the west
bide. They are In the bide of the hill drift
ing with Uie vein only sixteen feet on the
$112 rock.
OREGON.
Astoria young ladles are gelling up a
minstrel show.
William Perclval of Independence turns
off a carload of mutton sheep every week.
One can go out on Peterson's butte near
Albany and kill half a dozen rattlesnakes
almost any time.
The bridge across the Umatllla at Echo
Is almost a total wreck. Several bents have
been washed out.
The Umatllla Is on another tear. Part of
Pendleton Is under water and moro dikes
will have to be built.
Swlnden & Hayes cleaned up $1,200 from
an eight days' run lately at their Oscar
creek placer mine In Josephine county.
Twenty-five thousand head of sheep are
said to have been Bold within the past two
weeks' In Morrow county to eastern buyers
at nbout $1.50 per head , after shearing.
Woodburn continues to bo scaudillzed at
Its drunken men , though there Is no taloon
In the town. Efforts are Lo'ng made to
prosecule Ihose who boll liquor surrep
titiously.
The Budget says there is a young we man
In Astoria who drove an o\ team in Kansas ,
cleared land in Nehalem , hunted lisnr all last
winter , and Is now looking for a Job of pull
ing a boat for a fisherman.
The Homestako mine near Woodvllle Is
developing In n promising manner. A tun
nel has been run to a depth of 270 feet ,
tapping the ledge about 200 feet from Ihe
surface * . The lode Is two feet wide in the
face of the tunnel and shows high grade ore.
The water has been pumped out ot the
canal at the Cascade locks , and 100 moro
men were put at work. Slnco the construc
llon of Ihe dam no fears are enlerlalned of
any moro overflows from high waler , and Iho
conlractors will push the Improvement for
ward as rapidly as men and means can pos
sibly do It.
WASHINGTON.
Can making has begun at the Blnlno can
neries.
Cosmopolls shingle mills are running to
their full capacity.
Some 200 men ore working In the mines
near Leavcnworth.
Calhollc churches will bo built this year
at South Bend , Long Beach and Montesano.
An armory association has been Incor
porated at North Yaklma , with a capital
stock of $15,000.
There Is a collie al Puynllup that takes n
herd of cows out two miles lo range every
day and brings them safely back at night
unaided.
The latesl development In the mixed up
affairs of the Snohomish counfy officials Is
the announcement of a $7,000 discrepancy
In the auditor's accounts.
Sam Hutchlnson , the tallest man on the
Pacific coast ( seven feet two and " half
Inches ) , has starlcd from Prescolt with a
carload of horses for Nebraska.
A band of 10,000 sheep are now being
sheared at Prosser. Several oilier bands of
5,000 lo 6,000 each will also bo sheared In Iho
valley this spring , being driven In from long
distances for this purpose.
E. F. Benson of North Yaklma has bought
In Walla Walla 10,000 fruit trees , which will
bo taken up Immediately for transplanting
on lands recently reclaimed from the desert
by Irrigation ( n the Yakimd valley.
Walla Walla has been shipping early vege
tables to Montana and Intermediate points
for the past three weeks at an average of a
ton and a half a day , and the tonnage Is
dally Increasing. The shipments thus far
have consisted or rhubarb , spinach , aspar
agus and onions , but this week radishes and
lettuce are being added to the list.
DeWltt's Lttlllo Early Risers. Small pills ,
safe pills , best pills.
" Peddling
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\Ir2 from house to house , with "prizes" thrown in ,
r\i v lYXseNs a good many pretty poor washing-pow
ders. Don't let these worthless "prizes
deceive you.
They don't amount to anything. Con-
their value if you bought them in the
regular way , and compare this
with the value of ruined linens ,
paints , etc. , that you risk with .these
washing-powders. There's nothing
cheaper to wash with than Pearline. That
gives you easy washing that is absolutely
safe. You would better use Pearline , and
buy your own prizes. You'd save money.
Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocer * will tell you " this is as good as"
or "the same as Pearline. " IT'S FALSE Pearline is never peddled ,
and If your grocer sends you something in place of Pearline , ho
honesjT ? < * VAw * . < 20 MMES PYLE , NewYork.
Cn.storla Is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescript ion 1'or Infants
nnd Children. It contains neither Opium , Morpliino nor
other [ Narcotic substance. It Is n harmless MibstUnto
for Paregoric , Drops , Soothing Syrups , and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee Is thirty years' use by
millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys AVorms and allays
fovcrishnoss. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd ,
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teething troubles , cures constipation and flatulency.
Castoria assimilates the food , regulates the stomach
niul howols , giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas
toria Is the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend.
Castoria.
"CnstorU la an excellent mcillclno for chil
dren. Motlicra 1m o rctwntcilly told mo ot Its
food cfCuct upon their children. "
D.i. 0. C. Osooon ,
Lowell , Mass.
" Cftstorla Is the bos.1 remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. I liopo the ilajr Is rot
far distant when mothers will consl Jor the real
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stead of the variousquack nostrums which nro
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thorn to premature graves. "
DR. J. F. KixcncLoa ,
Conwuy , Arlc.
Castoria.
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II. A. AnctiKti , M. D. ,
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