Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY HKE : MONDAY , JULY 2 , 1 M. o
PULSE OF WESTERN PROGRESS
The Big Horn Country a Vast nod In
cxiaustlblo Gold Field.
RICH PLACERS ALONG THE SAN JUAI
Then niriml UUcinorj- Utl | > lu Conntj
'iolurado J'rotiounrril Dip < } rr tr l Il -
emcry JitrrMitflr Orrat Clipper Lode
In Wj oiulnc Northwestern > 'cw .
SHERIDAN. Wyo. . June 24. ( Specie
Correspondence of The lice ) Much has bee ;
written and published In The Bpe ooncernin
Sheridan , Its enterprising people and brlgh
prospects , of Its beautiful situation at th
junction of the Big and Little Goose creeki
which como tumbling and rnMiing dow :
from the rastern Mope of the Illg Her
mountains , clear and sparkling , and full t
the brim with the fisherman's dcllghl
mountain trout.
The valuable ranches In these valleyi
which by n fine system of Irrigation ar
made to blossom like the ros
nnd produro crops of grain an
vegetables In abundance , the Immcnii
ranges of table lands covered with nutrl
tlous grasses that furnish the best of feci
for thousands tiiKm thousands of cattle am
cheep , the inexhaustible coal mines of gooi
quality , which upon order will be dellvcrei
st your door for $2 per ton , all these hav
been written about and publlnhed In Th
Bee , but notwithstanding all thcfce resource
and advantages northern Wyoming's great
cat source" of wealth seems to have beei
overlooked. The reason for this is that up ti
the date of the advent of the H.&M.thls regloi
was comparatively unknown to any one ex
ccpt Indians , ranchmen and hunters. Tha
mighty clvlllzer , the railroad , has r.-orkei
wonderful changes In this country already
and the work Is only fairly commenced. Th' '
reward for such energy and perseverance ii
near at hand.
The great source of wealth referred t
Is in the mines of the precious metals li
the Big Horn mountnlns. They are not'al
unknown now , but practically undeveloped
This season , however , will work a revelatloi
and a.tonlsh the people by the amount cf tin
yellow metal mother earth will give up
TJio Fortunatus Mining company at work 01
Bald Mountain placers are doing" work mos
satisfactory. A new company has latel :
boon organized here and Incorporated undei
the laws of Wyoming , known as the Hear
Mountain Mining company , with a capita
stock of $2.000,000 , A portion of this stocl
will be sold to furnish means to commenci
work on an Immense tract of placer groundi
of over 4,000 acres near Heart mountain
These grounds have lately been thoroughly
examined and tested by Prof. L. J. Boyd
an expert mineralogist , and theli
value established beyond doubt. Tlu
gold Is found almost from the grass root !
down , and Is equally distributed throughout
the whole Immense tract. Shafts were sunl
to a depth of thirty feet with no Indlcatior
of bed rock. When that point Is reachec
the richest of deposits will surely be found
The gold Is fine and cannot all be saved bj
usual methods , hence this company will pro
cure and put to work one or more of the
Bucyrus amalgamators ( tuch ns Is now It
successful use on Bald mountain ) . Eacl
machine is capable of handling
2,000 cubic yards per day , provided , how
ever , some better and less expensive
method of saving fine gold cannot be found
In closing his report to the company
which Is quite voluminous , Prof. Boyd says
"In conclusion , I desire to congratulate
you on the quantity and quality of youi
property. In all my experience ai a min
ing engineer It has never been my good for
tune to make an examination of a tract ol
land BO large In extent , so uniform In the
richness of Us gold deposit , so free from
any refractory matter that would hinder
the extraction of the gold at a minimum
cost and BO situated as to be easily accessi
ble and susceptible of being worked during
at least ten months of the year. "
The reliability , energy and push of the
gentlemen behind this organization means
success. They are- Captain J. B. Menardl ,
E. E. Louabaugh , W. D , Wrighter. E. Gil
lette and others of Sheridan and W. J
Thorn of Buffalo. There are many other
valuable mines in sight , the lack of means
in most cases delaying the development of
them. Keep your eye on the Big Horn
country.
SAN JUAN PLACERS.
J. 11. Cunningham , a mining operator and
stock raiser of Montrose , Colo. , arrived in
the city with news of fabulous gold finds along
the San Juan river , says the Salt Lake
Tribune. Mr. Cunningham was seen at the
Walker house and gave the result of his ob
servations and investigations at Bluff City ,
which be had just visited. He exhibited a
gold button , worth $5.15 , which he said was
panned from one yard of dirt.
The scene of the present operations Is
thirty-five miles below Bluff City , and from
that point the placers extend thirty miles
down the river. This rich ground
seems to have been passed over by
the prospectors who went In during
the excitement of last year , and the
whole stretch of thirty miles has been cor
ralled by twenty-five or thirty men. On one
day , while Mr. Cunningham was at Bluff
City , one miner brought in $240 , another
$135 and another $70. The dirt Is said to run
from $4 to $1C per yard , a statement which
Mr. Cunningham said he would not have
lielleved had he not seen It demonstrated.
A man named Mendenhall has rigged up a
rude sort of amalgamator , which lie uses in
on ordinary sluice box. He Is working six
men and claims to average $11 a day per
man. There Is no excitement and no one
going into the country , as the ground is all
taken up by those who are working It.
ANOTHER CRIPPLE CREEK.
Prof. E. C. Llndemann , after two thor
ough examinations of the Pine Creek mining
district in Gllpin county , makes the fol-
Icv.'ng report , says the Denver Times :
" 1 can state positively that Pine Creek Is
the greatest discovery ever made , not only
in Colorado , but in the world. There is an
inexhaustible amount of gold-bearing , free
milling quartz , the apex of the vein appear
ing from three to twenty-eight feet from
the surface and is easily uncovered. The
width of the veins is from ten inches to
five feet. All open veins are in proper
places and well traced. Some prospecting
holes show crevices of five feet in gold-bear
ing quartz.
"Samples which 1 took from veins and
crevices assay from $46 to $90 to the ton
in gold. Every piece of ore taken from
float , as well as from a depth of seventy
leet. pans well in gold. In the. development
of these properties there will be no trouble
with water , as , if water appears , It can be
cully drained into the deep gulches.
"The elevation Is from 9,840 feet to 10,000
feet. There are excellent mill sites And
sufficient water and pclnty of timber for
mvny years to come.
"Pine Creek will become the pride of
Colorado , and when developed we will have
in Colorado a second , if not a greater than.
Cripple Creek. "
RIVALS ANACONDA ,
I liver since the old camps were first dis
covered It has been known that the "Iron
belt" contained a copper lode , but no one
jmld the MlclUeit attention to it. writes a
V correspondent to the Salt Lake Tribune. A
few sunk pot holes cf two or three feet In
depth , prospected the rock , and because the
"panning" didn't Khow a string of gold half
way rouud the pan It was considered of no
> value and left to lay , and thus year after
k year lias drifted by and cne of the most val
uable lodes in the country has been neg
lected , and no cue thought anything of It. If
any new prospector brought It in the "old
timer * " would curl up their nose , and in a
scornful way Inform the new man that It
was ot no value , as they had tried It , and
then eo into a long tirade against the belt
until the new prospector would slink away
and take a vow In nblKude never to tamper
with "that blamed copper any mure. "
Last full William Rlntker and Jchn God-
ward cot into a conversation about the Gold
creek country and the big lead cutting its
way through everything and wondered it it
wasn't a big thing. And as they came to
the conclusion that "top proof of the pudding
is chewing the bag. " they packed up their
camp outfit &nd wont out to examine It
Striking an Jnunenscr outcrop of ore , they
commenced to dig , the mcr they delved the
worn they wanted to. Two leet below the
turface they uncovered fine specimens ot
copper , which they sent away for n test
Ilia returiu cave them | 2i.3 $ culd , diver
I and rrcppc * . thj value per toll In Bold bfln
$ C 20. A few f-ct d cpcr the return * wen
$37 and the next $38 , the gold Increas'ns ' a
they w < rt rtf-p-r
Mr Sp.inglT , rhnlnnan of the cuu't > row
ml-iilom-rn at Alanttr , oocompnnled th
corrcBpoiident over the copper field nn
pointed out many lt n of Inteicut an
having spent more than twenty jear
of hit life In mining regions nf the weM
he proved a valuable RMintant , and as th
writer has known lilm for many years to b
a truthful man , he gives hU opinion of th
lode : "The outcrop la fac simile with tha
of the Anaconda of Montana. You can'
tell the two rlawes of ure apart , the enl
difference being that this vein is three time
as wide and the assay value In about doubl
that of the Anaconda taken from the sain
depth. And If moneyed men knew tha
thu lode was a reality you would sop om
of them coming In to buy this property. "
SOUTH DAKOTA'S PIE ,
ConslderlRg that this Is a reform conpresi
It has dealt very liberally with South Dakott
It is reported from Washington that the fol
lowing amendments to the Indian approprla
tlons bill will be agreed to before Its pae
saso. To croct an In-llan school building a
Chamberlain and Rapid City , $25.000 ; to In
crease the salary of Peter Couchman. agcn
at Forest City , from $1,500 to $1,700 ; addl
tlonal blacksmith at Frrest City agency , $800
to pay John Palmer for buildings and Im
provements taken at Pine Ridge by India ;
bureau , $1,600 ; to pay teacher for persona
loss by burning of Ogalalla boarding schoc
at Pine Ridge , $1.500 ; for support of Ridlai
orphans and rout Is of Just'cc ' of the Yank
ton tribe of Sioux Indians , $ C,000 ; to pa
damagei- Crow creek settlers , $110,000 ; t
ratify the Yankton treaty , opening up 1CS.OO
acres of land for settlement , a total appro
prlatlon of $ C50.000 is made ; to pay th
claims of fifty-one scouts employed by Gen
eral Sully In 1S61. $11,475.
GOLD IN THE JUDITH MOUNTAINS.
One of the richest strikes of late In th
Judith mountains was made In the Northrei
Pacific mine , pear "Maiden , bays the Helen ;
Independent. A vein was ttruck runnlni
fifty-four ounces In silver. $11 in gold am
37 per cent copper. For the past few year
this mine has been shipping ore , and at i
considerable profit. This rich vein just dls
covered places beyond all doubt the futur
value of the property , which \s \ owned b'
Charles Roads and Otto Anderson. Theri
are several more rich mines in the neigh
borhood of the Northern Pacific. A plan
for the reduction of the ores from thi ;
mine is one of the probabilities of the nea
future.
George Mason , who has n number o
mining claims In the North Moccasin moun
tains , has struck a rich vein In one of them
known as the Columbia. The ore is rich ii
gold and Is of the decomposed Iron class
Mr. Mason Is now using an ordinary re
volvlng dairy churn to separate the'gold
and In this tedious way is cleaning up fron
S to $12 a day. There Is a large body o
ore , and Mr. Mason hopes to soon clean ui
enough gold to pay for the building of i
mill for the working of the ores. All tha
is needed to make the North Moccasli
camp a great one Is capital for the buildlni
of mills and smelters.
There can be no doubt as to the futun
of the mining districts of the Judith am
Moccasin mountains. There Is not In Mon
tana or the west such another promlslnf
gold field. Not alone are there mountain !
of gold bearing ore , but of silver , lead ant
copper. The Spotted Horse needs no notice
nor do the mines of the old Maginnis group
only as they give proof of the richness o
the mineral-bearing veins of the Judltl
mountains. Men who have devoted theli
lives to mining know of the wealth con
cealed in these mountains. There are dozens
of partially developed mines whose rich on
now exposed would make their ownen
independently rich If they only had
the means for Its reduction. But the camps
have beTen having "an up hill time" of It , and
while capital has been seeking investment
In less rich regions of Montana , the Judith
mountains have been to a great extent over
looked. Yet the ore is there. Its value Is
known , and sooner or later the fame of the
mountains as producers of gold will be world
wide , and compared to their wealth and
greatness the Black Hills will be Insignia-
cant. Capital is needed to start the neces
sary work , but this will come , and once the
right kind of a start is had there will be such
advancement as the most hopeful miners in
the Judith little dream of
REMAINS FOUND.
A letter received at Spearfish from John
McVey , who lives near the Cave hills in the
extreme northwestern part of the state , says
a Chamberlain special to the St. Paul Pioneer
Press , gives the particulars of the finding of
the body of a man who evidently perished
In the big blizzard of March , 19-22. On
March 19 two men , one a Texan , left Dlxou's.
ranch , 125 miles north or the Cave hills ,
bound for the Turkey Track ranch near the
hills. The parties at Dlxon thought no more
of them , thinking , of course , they had gotten
through to their destination all right. More
than a month later the horse of one of the
men , vltli bridle and saddle still on and
dragging a piece of rope , returned to his
home range. It was then supposed that
some sort of an accident had happened to
the two travelers , and a searching party was
Immediately organized and took up the trail
followed by the two men. No trace of them
was or could be found after they left
Dlxon's. Recently a cattle round-up party
found the body of one of the unfortunates
the rider of the returned horse lying In
a washout near the Cave hills. No trace has
ever bsen found of the other man and horse.
It has been definitely determined that the
name of the dead man was Ed Canfleld , and
that the man still missing w'as named Ran ,
and has a brother , H. Fred Ran , who lives
at or near Mandan , N. D.
NEBRASKA.
The Columbus band is In need of a com
petent leader.
A new firm has purchased the planing
mill at Columbus and will carry on the
business of manufacturing building material
on an extensive scale. -
The Columbus Board of Education has or
dered the payment and retirement of $10,000
bonded Indebtedness. There is yet an in
debtedness of $2,000 to be liquidated.
The speed contests at the Colfax county
fair bid fair to be among the most attractive
features of the exhibition , which will be
held at Schuyler September 19 to 22.
P. M. Pyle , connected with the Wahoo
Wasp since its Inception , announces his with
drawal from the paper , which will hereafter
be conducted by John Schram and J. W.
Ball.
Ball.One
One wouldn't think oats -were a short crop
this year on seeing the stand on the farm
Df Barton & Phclps at Gllmore. The plant
Is ever four feet high and the heads are
large.
Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham , for twenty-five
rears residents in the vicinity of Mllford ,
: elebrated their golden wedding anniversary
last week , receiving many presents from
ibrcad.
Nine people were initiated into the mys
teries of the Knights of Pythias at O'Neill
the other night , and many knights from
ither town ! were on hand to assist In the
: ereraony.
Lightning struck the barn of John Gus-
; av on of Wayne , killed one horse , para-
yzed another and bored a lot of boles In
.he aide of a sow. Strange to relate , the
log was apparently not much injured by
: he electricity.
The "probable program" of the State
Teachers association , which meets at Lln-
: oln December 20 , 27 and 2B , has already
jeen Issued. Already a large number of
> romlnent educators have agreed to be pres-
: nt and deliver addresses on the occasion
> f the meeting.
meeting.THE
THE DAKOTAS.
Fully f.,000 . visitors joined in celebrating
ild settlers' d y at Canton ,
In many sections of South Dakota com-
nunltles have been lesortlng to prayer for
aln.
aln.The
The state grand lodge. Knights of Pythias ,
lonvened at Aberdeen last week with an at-
endance of 100.
Ther were nicety entries at the Chatn-
> erlaln land clBce last month , and at the
iresent rate of filing there will likely be a >
oany this month.
About seventy-five tennis have com-
neuced grading the streets of Edgeraont
Tcparatory to macadamizing. A Elxteen-
oot kldewalk Is bring built the full length
if two tniln streets , giving them a very
iietropolltan look.
A party of farmers in Ola township went
a an artesian well which had been com-
iletod In the vicinity and remoted the cap
rum the pipe , which had been placed there
y the contractors to stop the flow until the
uthorltle had taken the well off their
ands. Delay on the part of the uuthorl-
lea it responsible for th cap being
Coupons Given
With Every Purchase Mtide in
They Cost You Nothing
and Save You ftaey ,
Bareains in
House
Furnishing Goods
Mason fruit jar rubber * , 3c per dozen ,
get them while they last.
Jelly glasses , 24c per dozen.
Rocklngham cream pitcher. 5c each.
24 sheets , all colors , shelve paper , fancy
border , He.
Silver metal tea spoons , 13c per set , worth
75c.
75c.Sliver
Sliver metal table spoons , 2Gc per set ,
worth ll.CO.
Feather dusters Sc each.
Terra cotta cuspidors , 13c each , worth
40c.
40c.Ice
Ice cream freezers , 9Sc each.
No. 7 copper bottom wash boiler , worth
75c , 40C.
No. 8 copper bottom wash boiler , worth
$1.25 , GOc ,
No. 7 copper bottom tea kettle , worth $1.00 ,
35c.
35c.No. . 8 copper bottom tea kettle , worth $1.25 ,
DOc.
DOc.A good tin tea kettle , worth EOc , 15c.
An extra heavy dish pan , worth 25c , 9e.
Wash basins , 3c , worth lOc each.
Milk pans , 2c , worth 8c each.
Pie tins. Ic , worth 5c each.
Stew kettles , Sc , wortu JSc.
Preserve ketties , lie , worth 25c.
Bread pans , lOc , worth 20c.
Extra heavy Japaned dust pan , EC , worth
JEc.
JEc.The Western washer , $2.25 each. Don't
pay other dealers from $2.00 to $3.00 more
for the same machine.
Coupons free with all purchases.
See our line of fireworks.
Get a Free Coupon With Your Purchase.
Bargains in
Fruit and Fish
We have fancy lemons 12 > Ac and 15c per
dozen ; nice sweet oranges , IDc 20c , 23c and
30c ; codfish , 2Hc per pound ; nice herring , 15c
per dozen ; California salmon , lOc per
pound ; white fish , 3Vjc , Cc , 7c and lOc ,
Everything in fish here at lowest prices.
and Busiest Store.
Offers for next wsek During Its
Pro-Inventory Sale.
Bargains of the
Choicest and
Richest Kind.
on the well , and now that the farmers have
removed it the matter will undoubtedly be
taken Into the courts for adjustment.
The practice of allowing the Crow Creek
Indians to butcher their cattle ration days
li soon to be done away with. A large
slaughter hcuse is now being erected al
Fort Thompson , and the beeves will be cut
up on the block and divided. This is an
other step to hasten the civilization of the
red man.
Governor Shortrldge suspended from fur
ther duties , pending a court martial. Colonel
Fuller of Lisbon , chief of supplies of the
state militia. Fuller notified the Northern
Pacific jallroad that payment of transporta
tion bills of the state militia to the en
campment would be enjoined by him. This
is considered to be from personal spite on
account of on old row with the governor.
Fuller was removed Irom his position when
Governor Shortrldge appointed his new staff.
Fuller being a "holdover , he resisted removal
and was sustained by a decision , and has
since kept at war with the executive and has
not acted In harmony with the militia offi
cials.
COLORADO.
Five hundred more miners are employed
In Ouray county now than six months ago.
The fruit growers about Grand Junction
are busy preparing for the marketing of
their crops.
A strike has been made In the Puritan
at Yankee Hill of quartz said to run $500 In
gold to the ton.
The Catalpa mine at Leadvllle Is In the
hands of lessees and Is yielding forty tons
of Iron ore a day.
Hog cholera has appeared near Rocky Ford ,
Emery Robb , residing on the Steele and
Malone ranch , one mile west of this city ,
has lost twenty-five head.
Aspen paid out something over $1,000 to
entertain the late Grand Army ot the Re
public encampment and considers it a good
investment , which It was.
President Parker of the First National
bank of Cripple Creek Is in Denver and says
the camp Is resuming Its old time energy
and the Immediate future Is bright.
Eighty men are now employed at the
Mahala mine at Leadvllle , which Is shipping
200 tons a month of rich sulphide ores taken
from the new shaft In the carbonate con
tact.
Grasshoppers are hatching out In some
of the gardens in Fort Collins and also on
the farms along the Poudre and in the foot
hills. Great numbers are aluo reported from
the vicinity of Greeley. ,
Another rich strike was made In the Sun
set mine at Duncan. An ore chute about
twelve inches In width was opened and It
all Bparkles with free gold. A car load of
ore Is being taken trom this mine for ship
ment anil big returns are anticipated.
Thirty-five men working on the Ingram
mine at Sallna , not willing to wait for the
slow proceis of road building by the
county , got to work soon after the flood
and in a day and a half hid a rood built
which gives them an outlet via Sunshine.
There is little said these days of the Four-
Mile gold fields , which were creating so
much excitement about a year ago , But re
cent advlres from that section indicate that
those fields are developing even more profit
ably than was expected when the excitement
was on last yeir. A company from Rock
Springs , Wyo. . Is operating there now- and
Is taking out , It is estimated , about $ SOO
per week.
A profitable Industry Is pursued by a man
living in the Sangre de Crtsto range , which
he Is working for all there is in it. He has
several .small lakes on his ranch , which he
has stocked with mountain trout , and once
In two Weeks he brings a lot ot the shining
beauties to Trinidad. One day not long ago
lie came in with 135 pounds of the trout and
ne found ready sale for them at the rate of
three pounds tar $1.
$1.WYOMING.
WYOMING.
Over $70,000 was paid to the Union Pa
cific coal miners at Rock Springs this month.
The Union Pacific coal department is erect
ing a telephone line between Carbon and
Hanna , Wyo. , b distance ot fourteen miles.
The shearing season U o\er in this vi
cinity , says the Rawllni Republican , and the
tboep hare all left for the mountains for
the bummer. About 75,000 were clipped at
tha Milan pen6 , and about 10,000 at the
Muhoney pens , at Osbarne'i pens 25,000 , and
Bargains in
Boj'-s' Gloiiting
A boys' fine knee pants suit 93c , worth
$2.00.
Strictly all wool double or single-breasted
knee pants suit , on Bale at $1.50 : they are
worth $3.00.
Remember your choice ot all our flno
grade cummer suits In knee pants , 3 to 15
years , your choice nt $3.23 ; they have been
sold for $5.00 and $ C.OO.
Call for coupons.
Bargains in
Ladies 'Ties.
100 dozen elegant all silk Windsor ties at
12c each.
Bargains in
Dolls :
1,000 dolls to clear up Block at lOc , worth
25c and 35c.
Bargains in
Silks
White wash silk , actual value 50c , for 29e.
Striped wash silks , actual value 50c , for 29e
Printed China silks , actual value 50c , for
29c.
29c.Black China silk , fine quality , for 39c ,
Black Bengallne silk , worth 76c , for 49c yfl.
$1.25 nnd $1.00 qualities of best printea
India Bilks for this day 59c.
Yard wide black India silk only G9c yd.
Get your fireworks from us.
Bargains in
Silk Belts.
At 15c. ISc , 25c , 50c , up. Silk belting , the
best , 48c per yard.
Bargains in --j '
Mirrors.f7J ;
1,000 elegant stand mirrors at 5c each.
Bargains in
Ladies' and Gent's
Furnishing Goods
We have about 100 dozen corsets
principally In fine goods , broken sizes ,
they have sold for $1.00 to $300 ; If
you can find your Mze In this lot we
will sell them for 35c , oOc and 75c.
CLEARING OUT CHILDREN'S HOSE.
1 case of boys" bicycle hose , fast
black , never sold for less than 2Cc ,
clearing price 15c.
Ladles' two-thread fast black cotton
hose , extra quality. 17c. 3 for DOc ,
good value at 25c per pair.
COO 26-inch silk umbrellas , $2.50
quality , reduced to $1.50.
Ladles' heavy pure silk mitts , extra
quality , worth 40c , reduced to 25c.
Children's muslin pants , DC , worth
20c.
Ladles' muslin drawers , 25c , worth
40c.
40c.Ladles'
Ladles' jersey ribbed vests , 6c worth
12c.
Gents' suspenders , 12 jc , worth 25c.
Gents' superfine brown cotton H
hose , only 12 > c , xvorth 25c , tpeclal
> alue.
Gents' balbriggan shirts and drawers ,
25c. good Talue at 40c.
100 dozen gents' negligee shirts ,
only 35c , worth f.0c.
60 dozen gents' teck scarfs and 4-ln-
hands , only 25c , worth 50c.
Bargains in
Straw Hats
Prom 2:30 : to 9 o'clock we will sell 2 paper
novels , worth from 25c to GOc each , for DC.
about the same number at Massay's pens ,
making 130,000 in all.
The Union Pacific Is flolng a very credita
ble work at Green River. At that point the
river has been so high that the ferry boat
could not te used , and emigrants traveling
overland were -obliged to camp on the banks
and , at considerable expense , wait for the
river to fall. The company built platforms
on both sides of the river and has been
transferring all emigrants and their wagons
across the railroad bridge on flat cars ,
On Savery creek , about eight miles from
Dlxon , Mr. LIttlefleld has about fifty head of
elk in a large enclosure , aboi t a dozen of
them being bulls and the remainder cowi.
The enclosure in which the elk are kept Is
a 500-acre tract of land fenced with a six
wire ( barb ) fence. Occasionally some of the
animals get out , but they stay around close
and oftimes find their .way back in them
selves. The entire herd has beocme thor
oughly domesticated.
Report comes from the "Wind River moun
tain country , Wyoming , to the effect that
the toys have struck it rich In that section.
A party have just returned with GOO pounds
ofore , which they claim will yield $1.50
worth of free gold to the pound. The own
ers are most enthusiastic over their pros
pects , and expect to place enough stock on
the market with which to put In a stamp
mill at the mines. A neighboring mine has
already yielded largely for its owners , and a
number of million dollars have been taken
out of placers below the mine.
OREGON.
Ten acres of fruit land near Milton
brought ? 2,500 cash.
It will take ten bands to satisfy Eugene's
musical ear on the Fourth.
Sixteen dollars is about all a farm team
will bring at a Corvallis auction.
The suspension of railroad traffic , due to
the flood , has caused a sugar famine at
Milton.
The Baker City Democrat nays that the
clean-ups from the placers this fall will be
enormous.
Independence Is about to build a wigwam ,
accommodating 2,000 persons , for public
meetings ,
Edgar Ball of Tule lake sold to Frank
Brandon 1.000 bushels of wheat at 75 cents
per bushel.
The Brunswick shaft , near Grass Valley.
Is to be sunk another 100 feet , which will
make the mine BOO feet In depth.
A good deal of stock was "killed in the
McEweu cyclone. Everything in its path
was swept clean.
A Mr. Walden of Jacksonville is raising
large quantities of broom corn this year
along Rouge river. He will make It up into
brooms. "
Willamette university "will send a party of
some thirty-five professors and students to
make the ascent of Mqutit Hood come time
In August. - :
The flood caused many of the newspaper
men In eastern Oregojn to print their papers
on manllla paper , because of a scarcity of
news paper.
The Baker City Dtnnocrat states that the
ore on the dump at the Emma mine , as ex-
perted by reliable TOlnliie men , will go from
$100 to $300 to the to.u.n
The sixty-foot spam over Desolation creek ,
at the north fork of Ute JeJlin Day river ,
went down recently wjth a big load of cattle
on ii. Several of the cattle were drowned.
County Treasurer Wallace of Linn has re
ceived a check for $20x ; 8.33 , being the pro
ceeds of the sale ot pe < $20,000 bands voted
jy the Albany schooldistrict to build a new
bchool hoube.
Work is progressing steadily at the Ham-
mersly mine , in Jump-off-Joe district , with
joud results. An extra quality of ore is
jeltig milled , and tliorq seems to be plenty
of It In tight. The proprietors are hopeful
of having a second bonanza.
As one among the Incidents of the flood ,
: he La Grande Gazette mentions that a car-
oad of strawberries shipped from Milton to
Salt Lake was distributed among the towns
along the road , it being Impossible to tor-
ward them to tbblr destination.
Strewn along the beach from Smith's point
to Tongue point are hundreds ot logs and
Irift that can be cut up into wood and solder
or a good figure. Some Industrious men art )
aklng advantage of It and making good
wages by cutting and cording it up. Any
nan who hai > the disposition to work can
take an axe and A few < u edges and eo &t it
I As the Budget remarks , If a man starves
or lets his family starve under such circum
stances , it Is his own fault.
"After thirty years of uninterrupted Jeffersonian -
sonian simplicity and Jacksonian honesty. '
says the" Pendleton Tribune. "Umatilla
county finds herself In debt to the amount of
nearly $200.000 , of which amount over $18-
000 has accrued on outstanding warrants. "
Richard Thornton has presented a couple
of very old books to the State university.
One was printed In 1C04 and the other In
1564. Tre latter is printed on handmade
paper. Both are clearly printed and well
boun'd and covered with a material which
will last for ages.
The Corvallis Times' Waldport correspond
ent says that there is quite an excitement
o\er oh the Five Rivers on account of the
gold discovery on Klickitat mountain. A
party of six Portlanders have been in there
during the past two weeks prospecting. It
Is quartz and it is said to be quite rich , but
it will be almost impossible to get a rock-
crusher into the place.
The great slide on Pine creek below Cornu
copia , was about 700 feet long by 400 wide.
It changed the channel of the stream and
necessitates the building of two miles of
new road. Another fcllde of about ICO acres
has started out , but may not come down
until the snow melts next spring. A crack
about three or four feet wlclo along the side
of the mountain indicates where it has
started.
Albert Wendall shows the Brownsville
Times a book which was printed at London
in 1C7C and is therefore 218 jears of age.
The title , "The History of the Lives , Acts
and Martyrdom of the Holy Scriptures of
Our Savior and Two Evangelists , Mark and
Luke , " IB printed on the title page In large
characters that today would seem very rude.
The book has been In the Wendall family for
the past 100 years.
A tract of G40 acres at Crone fiat , half
way between the Granite and La Bellevue
camps , has been sold by J. W. Larkln and
H. Robblns to John Rlgby of Seattle , repre
senting a syndicate ot capitalists , whose in
tention it is to put on the property ma
chinery similar to that employed on the
gravel bars cf Snake river near PBBCO. It
is estimated that the machinery will cost
from $25.000 to $30,000.
WASHINGTON.
A company Is ready to put In a $20,000 gas
plant at Snohomlsh if the franchise can be
had. An Ice plant and a brewer } ' are also
In prospect.
One hundred and nine cars of slilnglcb
were billed out of Wlckersham station in
May. The total business of tbo station
amounted to $13SCO.
"Wall Walla county farmers are building
granaries to store their wheat in , having no
intention , It is said , of belling it at harvest ,
unless prices mend greatly.
Albert John Rath , the boy who lost a leg
last year in the Union Depot company's
freight yards at Spokane , base secured a
verdict for $15,000 damages.
The population of the town of Monte Crlsto
is increasing rapidly , by train , wagon and on
foot. The Mountaineer Bays that precinct
will poll twice as many as any other In Sno-
bomlsh county this fall.
Four Indians were drowned near Mount
Vernon by the upsetting of a canoe. They
had been drinking heavily and considerable )
indignation it > expressed ugaintt the man who
furnished them with liquor.
The Indians are destroying a large number
of elk In Jefferson county , and the settlers
are loud in their complaints. Rev. Myron
Eellt , the Indian agent , will bo asked to co
operate with the county game warden.
Considerable disappointment Is reported In
local circles because Judge Hanford Inter
fered with the project of a man who was
going to send himself over Snoqualrale falls
in a barrel. His death was considered a
foregone conclusion.
Property holders on Eby Island , Snoho-
mislt county , are resisting the payment of the
balance due on en assessment of $29,000 for
a dike , which was \jullt \ around the Isund a
year ago. They have already paid $10,000 ,
and now claim the dike Is ueolecs.
One of the largest glass manufacturing
concerns In Pennnylvnula han addressed a
communication to S. C. Woodruff in refer
ence to locating a plant In Olyrnpla. The
firm makes a specialty of fruit jars , and
feels that the fruit industry in thla country
would warrant the erection of a Pacific const
Birgains in
Men's Summer
Clothing
Otltl sumniRr pants nt Imlt regular elotli-
Ing hot : ? ? prices. An all wool cnthmcrc nr
rhevlut , jiHtits on Kale $17f > . worth $8.00.
A flue grade of all wuol , made HKe tailor
nutil" panti , $2.75 , worth $4.f > 0.
To clo n out the entire lot of white and
fancy piquet xf-sta. They ore sample * linen ,
none worth less than $1.50 , your choice r.t
t > 5c.
Men's light weight suits In dark or light
thade- . cut to hnlf regular prices.
Sot- the suit we now roll for $8.75.
All our fine all wool suits that we sold for
$12.00 to $15.00 , your choice for $7.50.
Bargains in
Wash Goods
Dimities , 32 Inches wide , l c.
PRINTED DIMITIES.
Beautiful designs , 32 Inches wide , lOc ; re
duced from 30c ,
Beiigiillncs 12c , reduced from 25c.
Flying Jib not In It with our prices on
dress goods.
Bargains in
Dress Goods.
All our 50c , our G5c , our COc , our C5c , go U
one lot for
25C.
All our 76c , S5c , OOc , $1.00 novelties
GO FOR H9C.
All our 85c , 95c. $1.25 , $1.50 and $2.00
GO FOR C9C.
25 pieces all wool serge , all colors ana
black ,
33C.
These prices are simply
WORLD BEATERS.
Bargains in.
Buttons.
GOO gross of fine pearl buttons at 2 dozen
for 5c , worth from Be to 20c per dozen.
I branch. The firm says It is now shipping
immense quantities of fruit jars to the
west , and the Item of freight is one of the
greatest expenses they Incur. They say the
proposed plant will employ about 200 hands.
Walla Walla , with an average lodge mem
bership of 136. and one Odd Fellow in every
twenty Inhabitants , is the banner Odd Fel
low town of the state , the active member
ship In Walla Walla numbering 40S , against
45S in Spokane , 593 in Tacoma and 739 1
Seattle.
The mouth of the Nooks > ack Is jammed for
half a mile with Immense cedar roots and
other logs , damming up the water six or
eight feet. It is hoped that ttcps will be
taken at once- towards the removal of the
dam , as much of the low land will be flooded
until It Is opened.
E. Ford , the Spangle suicide , used a pretty
safe method. He placed a table under a
stovepipe hole in thecelling , tied a stick of
wood on one end of the rope , passed It
through the hole , tied the rope around his
neck and kicked the table from under him.
He was dead when found.
Councilman Drake of Whntcom says that
the owner of his former ranch on the Touchet
river , near Dayton , Wash. , writes that when
the water subsided a fish hung on every barb
of a three-strand wire fence about the place ,
excepting three barbs. The fish were trout
and salmon trout , with which the river
abounds.
F. I. Mead of Tacoma has been down In
Chehalls county nnd reports measuring an
acre in which were fourteen fir trees , the
smallest one of which was six feet in diam
eter , and the largest ten feet. The average
distance to the first limbs Is 150 feet. One
tree , which was lying down , Is 300 feet long
and 175 feet to the first limb.
Two cows were starved to death on the
Big Klickitat. By some means or othci
they got Into a vacant house belonging to
Miss Maxwell on her claim a mile below
Soda Springs. A Mr. Hunter , who happened
to ride by , was attracted to the house by
the Ftench. When he opened the door ho
found one animal was alive. It rushed out ,
but died a few hours later.
Emma Alfsfadt. the SpoUnne dressmaker
whose establishment was burned some time
ago and was subsequently arrested for hav
ing set it on fire herself , was convicted of
arson and recommended to the mercy of the
court. The Review says the belief is now
growing that bhe had nothing to do with the
firing , but is the victim of circumstances ,
which furnished the only evidence against
her.
her.There
There is an Interesting case in the courts
In Steilocoom , In which $300 is involved.
In 1S91 one ) Gctcbell paid that amount for
a liquor licence. The city council failed to
act on his application , but kept the money.
Getchcll ran his saloon right along without
a license. Now that times are hard be
demands that his $300 be returned , but the
council refuses , claiming he has had value
regelved.
Shingles have been steadily accumulating
at the mills with scarcely any outlet. It Is
reported that all the shingle mills along the
Great Northern have be n already shut
down. That road has furnished very few-
cars since the ttrlke and none since the
flood. At present none of the roads the
Northern Pacific , Canadian Pacific , Great
Northern and Union Pacific are giving any
cars for shingles.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A big farmers' Institute Is to be held
at Phoenix , Ariz. , beginning September 19.
Hall stones as big BE t'ggi fell In t0
Pecos valley and did some damage.
From all sections of Colorado , New Mexico
ice and Wyoming come reports that the
crops are looking well.
The university lands cf Utah In Salt Lake ,
Joab and Plute counties , comprising over
28,000 acres , hsve been surveyed and will
b put on the market for ale. Settlers
are to be given the preference.
Water lias recently been discovered In the
Grand Qulvora , one of the famous ruined
cltle * of New Mexico , and concerning which
the mystery bus always been as to where
the inhabitants got their water supply.
A well known cattle dealer , speaking of the
advance In the pries of cattle sine * the be
ginning of the year , says to the Cheyenne
Bun that in January he could buy 1 and i-
year-old Oregon steers for from $9 to $13.50 ;
now they are held at $10 and $10 The name
advance has been made in the Panhandle of
pTr-irni-ir mi i - . miin i . i M . vnmi
A Great Rush
r AVI MS
JkSurc to 1'olUnv fin in a is irpnin
List ns This.
Spend Your L oney Where
it Will Do the ftlost Good ,
- ? In
utter
Here are m > mt > of our pric * . CVurtry bff
tor , 10o , 12W.C , nnd best omintr ) butter . 1C4 ,
npnln our separator Is up for I8e and 204
There Is no butter made to equal our cream
ery , buy nemo and be convinced.
Bargains in
Meats
Tor fine quality and low price * In meat ,
and Inrd we arc without doubt the lenders ,
California Migar cured hams , ! 'c ' ; corned beef ,
6c ; pickle pork , "He ; dried beef , lOc , 12V4o
and 15c ; boneless ham , lOc ; bologna bead
cheese and liver sausage , Gc per pound.
Firjxvorlts in grjat varieties.
Bargains in
Clieese
Again we quote you fcom" prices :
Full cream brick chccbc , Sc per pnunti.
Llmburger cliocnc , Sc , lie ana 12Vic.
Swiss cheese , 12Vic , 14c and 16c.
Wisconsin full cream. 7Vtc , lOc and 12V5c.
All other cheese away down In prlco.
Bai gains in
Crackers
Crackers , 3MC : per pound ; fancy XXX
crackers , 5c ; ginger snaps , | 0c ; sugar
cookies , grandma's cookies , frosted creams ,
molasses cuke , oatmeal and city sodas all at
lOc ; siiowflake crackers , 7&c We have
about 50 boxes of lemon cream crackers that
were formerly sold for 12Vfcc , now go at Gc ,
Also we have bouicthlng new ; nice pound
package of oatmeal crackers , very best made ,
for 12 % . Be sure end call at our grand
cracker sale.
Witli tlie Best.
| ( In every case-wo give a dollurs worth
We Sometimes Offer
Startling Bargains.
Today Finds an instance
Texas. Owing to the demand for cattle in
British Columbia , It Is difficult for Montana
parties to buy In Oregon , Idaho or Utah.
Reports from southwestern New Mexico
and western Texas give additional Informa
tion of the destructive flood which re
cently occurred In the.-e sections The Pe
cos Valley Irrigation "company's flume was
carried away and other damage was caused.
E. C. Vincent , superintendent of irrigation
on the Navajo reservation , appointed under
the bill which General McCook liad passed ,
appropriating $60,000 for an irrigation sys
tem for the Navajos , Is doing good work. He
will use Navajo labor in building the pro
posed ditches.
Colfax county. New Mexico , takes the
proud position of second place In the amount
expended for education In 1893 In thst ter
ritory , the sum being $37,752.50 and but
$2,500 less than the big county of Ber-
nallllo. Including Albuquerque , the terri
torial metropolis.
M. Sullivan has returned to Boise from
his placer mines on Bolso river , about fifty
miles above the city. He brought with
him $150 worth of gold dust , the result of
about fifteen days work. Mr. Sullivan now
has a complete system of sluices on lila
claims. He has one man assisting him.
The Roswell Register says that never in
the experience of the oldest Inhabitant has
there been such a spring In the Pecos valley
as thlB bus been. Rains have fallen just
when needed , and the Hondo has been bank-
full , above the ditches , fully half the time.
Farmers southwest of that town , who usu
ally cut two crops of alfalfa , say that they
are now certain of three good , full cropi
and a chance for a fourth.
The recent discoveries of paying gold mine *
In Lincoln county have brightened up the
prospects In that section. Reeves , the new.
and It is to be hoped permanent , town of the
Ferguson district , is growing rapidly. OwIng -
Ing to the scarcity of lumber there at pres
ent , tents are used for all iorts of business ,
and the town reflects to Borne degree tha
stir and bustle of a new mining camp. Sev
eral tunnels are being run and pay ere la
already being taken out In considerable quan
tities.
Utah's wool production for the year 1B91
IB now estimated by experts at 14,843,820
pounds , or a little over 2,000,000 heavier
than for 1893. It Is probably a little early
yet to strike the amount within 100,000
pounds , but the figures just quoted will not
be tar out. They are based upon the private
tab kept by W. L. Pickard & Sons , who are
taken as authority by all nheepmen. AccordIng -
Ing to the figures of these gentlemen , there
are In the territory 750 flocks , which aggre
gate 2,473,970 head of sheep.
About BO per cent of the Californlannlna
growers have approved the syndicate or co
operative plan. Contracts have been drawn
up giving the syndicate option on all wine
crops till 1S9B. The conditions In the con
tracts will insure the making ot good wine ,
for anything inferior to the standard wlU
not be accepted. It looks now as though
the plan would be a success and would end
the ruinous competition that has resulted in
flooding the market with cheap wine of in
ferior quality and which has alto made wlue
growing unprofitable.
The Hllslde ditch on the La Plata , just
south ot Durango , In New Mexico , Is one ot
the most desirable pieces of property of the
kind in the county. It Is a farmers' ditch ,
leaves the La Plata river just below the state
line and carries 4,000 cubic Inches of water.
It is five miles long and covurtt nearly 1,000
acres of land upon the first mesa ot the La
Plata , C50 of which Is in a tilth fctate ot
cultivation , being covert with orchards , al-
[ ulfa and grain. It Is now proposed to ex
tend the ditch , build a roKcrvoir and bring
several thousand more acres of land under
cultivation.
Cool zephyrs , always Courtloiid beach/
When Baby was tick , irr pave her Custorta.
When ithe va * & Child , t-uo cried for 2uctorU
When Bhe became Mln , bhe dang to distorts.
\71ieo the Iia4 Clilldrea , kho eavothcin Ciatarifl