THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt MONDAY , .rULY 30 , 1804 , Prospectors Flecking to the Gold Fields in the Uintali Mountains , RICH VEINS OF EXTRAORDINARY WIDTH A 90,000 Mold llrlck nt the .Mint Turn * Out Only Copper unillnc An Albuquerque llnnltlll 1'rolmUy llo tlio I.user Thli li the outfitting point for the new Cold discoveries In the Ulntah mountains , forty miles north of hero , says a Vernal , Utah , correspondent of the Denver Times. This point Is 120 miles out from Price , on the Hlo Grande Weatcrn , and 1G5 north west of New Castle In the Grand Valley. There Is a ihlly mall from here to Price ; also a telephone line to Fort Duchcsno , which gives practical telegraphic communica tion with the outer world. There are from 300 to COO prospectors nl the new camps and In the hills surrounding. Two town sites arc being surveyed , nnd people are romlng In rapidly , especially from the west. The writer has examined many lamplea of ore from the new diggings , but It Is of a character , generally , that cannot be estimated as to value without assay. The writer haa been bhown two samples of cin nabar that , under a powerful glass , shows much fine gold. It Is said to run $1,010 In cold , and there Is no reason to doubt It , though from the small quantities shown It Is suspected that this class of ere la not plenti ful. ful.Tho The othtT specimens of ore showed small quantities of galena and gray copper , but the glass docs not rf-vcJl any such thing as gold. Assay certificates are plentiful , show Ing gold values from $2 to $1.200 per ton , nnd the veins are said to be from seventeen to seventy feet In width. The excitement hero Is genuine. One man hero refused $30,000 for a quarter Interest In five claims , and the Hutch. Warner , Whit- more company are offering $150,000 for nlno- Etxtcenths of their block of claims. They are apparently posted as to what they have ; but some friends ought to remind them that $150,000 Is an awful lot of money. The lust named company Is building roads to their mines and shipping in forge , tools , tents , wheelbarrows , etc , as If to make use of the remainder of the summer. SHAM GOLU IIHICK. Gold brick swindles have been frer/uont , but never until the present time has the swindle been undetected until the mint oin- clals had the worthies" compound In the melting pot. Last week the Colorado National bank received from the First National bank of Albuquerque an express package presumably containing a gold retort valued at $15,000. It was tuincd over to the mint , and al though there were suspicions circumstances noted , says the Denver Times-Sun , It was not until the metal was melted and ready to bo poured Into the molds that the truth dawned on the clllclals. U was found that the only metals in the retort were zinc and copper , and that Its value was about 9 cents per pound. The Colorado National bank was notified , and In Ha turn notified Its correspondents , but no explanations have been received from them. Some doubt as to a swindle having been perpetrated la expressed , and It Is as sorted that the parties who turned the "gold" over to the Albuquerque bank were themselves of the opinion that they had made a find. Many stories have been cir culated of fabulous finds In the neighbor hood of old Pueblo churche- , and It Is sup posed that some > one exploring the ruins of ono of these churches discovered n mass of bell metal ) ! which he took to the Albu querque bank as gold and had it forwarded to the mint In Denver. Said J. C. Heinz , assistant cashier of the bank : "There has been ample time for us to have heard from the bank at Albu querque , null , as wo do not hear , we think that It has suffered no loss. We know nothing of whcro the stuff came from to the bank. Wo have It , and aio leady to return It If the Albuquerque parties so desire. It resembles gold In appearance , but the mint officials could find nothing In It. The ex press charges were prepaid , so wo are out nothing. " nAirriiQUAKE AND VOLCANO. Word has been received here that a vol cano In a northern spur of the Harqua Hala range of mountains Is slowly awakening from Its slumbers , says a Prescott ( Ariz. ) special to the Denver News. Three distinct shocks of earthquake have been felt in that vicinity and great clouds of smoke are ris ing from the mountain. The first news of the eruption was brought by Captain Jones , an old prospector , who arrived In Wlckenburg a few clays since bringing a report of the disturbance. On the day before , while coming In from the west , ho noticed the apex of one of the moun tain peaks crowned with smoke : It was whlto and dcnsa and seemed to him to cover nn area of more than 250 feet square. The smoke rose steadily and straight. He ob served It for three hours , until It was hid den by mountains. Ills attention was at tracted to the Immense volume of It , and his wonder was Increased by his ItnowleJge that these mountains are perfectly baic of lim ber. IIo also heard deep rumbling sounds , but did not notice any trembling of the earth. The theory of the -volcano did not occur to him , though there was no other reasonable way of accounting for the smoke , until ho reached Wlckonbuig. Ills nearest point to the mountains was about twenty-five miles. On tolling his story several men remembered that there was an extinct volcano In that vicinity , which showed evidence of compart- tlvo recent action. This theory of the- smoke nnd rumbling waa confirmed the next day by a party of travelers who had just come In by the Ehrenburg road , which lies much nearer the mountain. In speaking of It they said they had heard low , heavy rumbling pro ceeding from the direction of the mouUIn , and had distinctly heard several shocks of earthquake. At night a rosy light was dif fused from the mountain and by day a col umn of dense smoke ascended. There are no BOttlements In the near vicinity , but many cattle range thereabouts. In the Immediate locality of the supposed volcano there Is said to be numerous evi dences of volcanic action In fact , every thing may bo said to owe Its appearance to this force. Miles and miles of country are covered with lava , and three distinct craters liavo been discovered. Eminent geologists claim that some of these have been extinct less than 300 years. It Is a tradition among tlio Indians who have lived In the vicinity for centuries : that five volcanoes were ouco active In the range of mountains. A party will soon start to make further observations. MAY UEVOLUTIONIZB MINING. The Durnngo Herald gives n lengthy do- Ecrlptlon of a gold-saving process evolved by Mr. Henry Trachsler , chemist and geologist logist , which threatens to revolutionize the ore-treatment business. After experimentIng - Ing for a > ear on La I'latlo ores ho an nounces that he has found n process which auporcedes every one that has been In the market up to now. It Is entirely new and much cheaper than cyanide. In fact , ho places his highest figure at $ t per ton. about the cost of stamping , nnd says the gold ex traction occurs In ono hour. The process IB purely chemical nnd acts on pulverUed ores. Tellurium ores can be treated by this new Invention without roasting. The yield Is staled at 95 to 100 per cent of the assay value. The- Inventor , who made his experiments In New York , will soon visit the La Platte district and give his new dis covery a practical test. LA PLATA MOUNTAIN MINES. The present nnd future outlook for all clauses of mining Is equal. If not , superior , to that of any other portion of the state. The mines of gold , silver and copper , prin cipally gold , on the Manco/ side of the Ui Pluto inountnlna In Montpzunia county , nro being rapidly developed and are Increasing In quantity and quality as progress Is mule , A thorough Investigation of the La Plata mountain iiilnrs. mde a short tlmo slnco by Major H. 0 , Cooper , says the Denver Times-Bun , give the following result : 1'roiu twenty-two mining properties examined from twenty-tvvo different localities , on average of $26.90 perlon was obtained , the greatest value being lu cold. Tbe4u were obtained by actual mill run tests of not loss than a hun dred pounds from each mine. The highest values were from the Durnngo Girl , $181 98 per ton ; Iliilldozcr , $4789 per ton , the Comstock - stock , $4672 , the r--st of the mines examined ran nil the way from fO 75 to $36 29 per ton , mostly gold In value. None of these samples were picked except one , and there are now thousands of tons of thin class of ores lying on the dumps of these mines , waiting for the Introduction of come system by which theao area can be treated nt or In near proximity to the mines , whereby a high per cent of their value mny be recovered at n low cost of reduction. Hud It not been for the past and present unsettled condition of the financial affairs of the United States , there would now be several reduction works In full blast , and the output of precious metals from Montczumti nnd Li Plata counties this year would have been as a thousand Is to one. AMONG PHEHISTOIUC UUINS. L. J. Court , an old-time prospector , 1ms just arrived In Prescott from u three months sojourn In one of the most Interesting and least knuvn portions of the territory , savs a special to the Denver News. The wonder land from which he has returned h the coun try lying between the Maratlln and Verde ranges of mountains. Ho reports good In dications of mineral all over that section and an abundance of onyx and marble , also com bination blanket strata of turquoise , n very nlcn looking specimen of which ho brought with him. Mr. Court thinks that section contains more Aztec ruins than any other portion of America , evidences of human habitation be ing found fiom the highest peaks to the low est valleys. In ono place ho found a reader or street three miles In length , perfectly smooth and straight nnd sixty fed In width On cither side of the street the cntlro dis tance nre ruins. The nnd was evidently built prior to some mighty earthquake , us It ends abruptly at the brink of a > aw mug cha > m He- dug up and found lying about a great number of skeletons , which were In a fair .stale of preservation , the heads of all being alike very large over the cyos and receding , and almost flat towards the back of the head , jaws well developed , but front upper and lower teeth small and sharp. The ruins show the people to have been workers in stone , lotne fragments of work In turquoise being found here and there. Every available fcot of land had once been cultivated , as many of the gardens laid out do not exceed thirty feet square In di mensions. Unmistakable ruins of stock cor rah are found at Intervals. The region , although llttlo has heretofore been known about It except by cattlemen , la acry ac cess Ilile one and will no doubt become nn interesting resort for travelers. Water for Irrigation had once been stored In reser voirs , evidences of which are still easily dis cernible. DAD LANDS FOSSILS. Prof. J. U. Hatcher and his party of students frem Princeton college , who have just completed n tour through the bad lands of this state In search of fossils and petri factions , have met with very good success , sajs a Chamberlain special to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The party has been In the bad lands between the Cheyenne and White rivers since March 1. Since completing their task In the bad lands the students have started on an overland trip to Yellow stone park. The collection of fossils gathered by Prof. Hatcher has been shipped from Hermosa to Princeton. It weighs 9 000 pounds , a lid consists of rare specimens of extinct animals. The choicest and most valuable specimen Is the Elotherlum , or extinct pig. The specimen was found pro truding from a bank of one of the deep hollows in the bad lands. This la the only skeleton ever found of this character In that district , and was perfect , no bones be ing missing. The carcass Is larger than the living rhinoceros. Another sueclmen was the Tltanothcrlum , or extinct rhinoceros , which was twice as largo as the living rhinoceros. The professor also found several specimens of the rhinoceros family , and the Metamynodor , n relative of the rhinoceros. A flue specimen of the Poebrotherlum , n species of the camel , Is among the collection. This animal was very much smaller than the modern camel. Then there are skele tons of numerous small animals. He found a few fish skeletons , the only ones over found In those beds. Last year's expedition from Princeton succeeded In obtaining the only crocodile ever found In the bad lands. On the trip this year n good specimen of the Amphlsbacnold lizard was unearthed , the only specimen of this reptile , so far as known , ever found In the world. This has no llmbs'at nil and was a very low order of lizard. Prof. Hatcher believes that Prince ton college has the most representative1 col lection of fossils In America. NEBRASKA. A prairie fire has been raging near Meadow Grove. A largo acreage of tomatoes Is being raised near Tecumseh for the use of the canning factory at that place. Pine Uldge Indians are visiting nearby Nebraska towns nnd buying everything from Ice cream to wearing apparel. A new house belonging to a German named Mr. Welch was burned down at Meadow Grove. It was worth about $900. D. P. Wllcox has retired from the manage ment of the Aurora Republican and has been succeeded by L. W. Hastings , the owner. A conference for bible and missionary study , conducted by Augustus Nash of Omaha , has been In session nt Ashland. A fire , which came near to binning down the residence of George Keeler at Cedar Bluffs , was started by mice gnawing matches Alexander Dates , arrested at Valparaiso for burglary and an attempt to commit criminal assault , was bound over to the district court , nnd , falling to give bond , was sent to jail. At Ponca n boy dropped n cow bell from the roof of the house of Dr Devore. The bell struck the head of the doctor's 2-year-old boy , cutting a deep gash four Inches long. 1J N. Adams , a Norfolk btreet car driver , was stricken with sunstioKo while at hh work , from the effects of which he could not see , and all he know was that ho was In tensely cold. Paul Jensen of McPhcrson county found a coyote , and n large one , too , making a meal off one of his finest caives , and ho "roped" and diaggcd the brute to the nearest pond nnd drowned him there. Hearing the firing of guns , the 10-year-old son of Editor Itackus of the Dubols Item ran about half n mile out of town and be coming overheated soon after died The guns were being fired to bring rain. Editor Hoozo of the Gretna Reporter has disposed of his paper to W. S. Hakor. Booze and newspapers never ought to go together. Mr. I ) . Is olt to California , to Invest his money In some rich mining property. Ed llley , assistant cashier of the First National bank of Madison , was running to catch a ball In the nlr when ho ran Into the slcklo bar of a mower that was standing nn the ground Ono of the slcklo guards pierced his arm and another his leg. J W. LaRuu , living three miles west of Stcelo City , lost two valuable mnres , and on account of the fact that ho Killed nine rattlesnakes , ono water snake and one garter smilio near to where the mares died ho thinks the mares died fiom snake bites. Scene , Roca , Neb ; date , July , 1894 Tragedy In three acts Jones had a dog The dog contracted n habit of biting neigh bors Ono of bald neighbors shot the dog with n gun nnd Jones was mad. Act 2 Jones devised a bchcme of vengeance. To Inconvenience the family of the boy who had thus taken the life of his beloved canlno ho put Into the well from which they ob tained their water , first , pieces of the curb nnd secondly , the dead dog .which had caused all the trouble. Neighboring property owners protested. The town council ordered the dog removed , and a few days later Jones took oath that the dog was no longer contaminat ing the water of Ilia well. Act 3 : A few days later the same carcase of the same dog was found In another well. Jones was fined. It cost Jones $26 85 to bury his dpg , Waco has a miserly mortal , says the World of that place , who , besides Grousing his bees with lightning bugs so they can neo to work nights , denies himself the privilege of know ing the exact time through the accurate mechanism of a clock or watch. Instead of these ho has a device patterned after the telephone. It consists of two tin cans con nected by a string and Is at least novel. The can on ono end of the string Is placed close to his pillow , and the one on the other end located right close the hen roost. This lat ter can Is partly filled with corn , and when the chickens wake up In the morning they begin picking at the corn In the can and the rattle of their bills against the tin Is thus conveyed to tho-miser , and he crawls out of bed. Ills neighbors have requested him to die , both orally nnd In writing , but he re- fii'Cfl to until the days grow shorter so he won't lose so much daylight THE DAKOTA9. Considerable dnmnRo has been done the wheat crop In all parts of North Dakota. The Sioux Tails Driving Park nMoclntion finds Itself In debt $2,931 ! ns a result of be ing unable to get a good attendance at the race meetings. The pontoon bridge across the Missouri nt Chamberlain has been placed In position and Is now ready for traffic. It was washed out by high vva'cr early In the spring. In many parts of Dakota the Revere drouth has been broken by heavy rains , two Inches of rainfall being reported around Vermllllon , S. D. , and other sections having a thorough drenching. The most successful teachers' Institute ever held In that part of the state Is nowIn progress at Armour. Ninety-four teachers are In attendance and It Is the Intention to have a four weeks' session. The rain makers employed by Ynnkton county began work the other day and a steady shower afterwards prevailed , notwith standing the government predicted dry weather for this locality. The Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad company has begun work pre liminary to an extension of Its line from Ilelle Tourcho to the Hay Creek coal fields , about twenty miles distant. Chief Engineer Ilerry Is In the field with n large corps of as sistants. The work of grading the new line will begin In about a week. The new monument at the Soldiers' home at Hot Springs was erected In honor of Gen eral Logan. The monument Is cut from the sandstone quarry there , and represents the general In full uniform. This monument Is erected by the Monumental association of the Soldiers' home of South Dakota , and It Is Its intention to erect other monuments to heroes. The water works compiny permanently shut down its plant at Vcrmilllon owing to the Inability of the city council and com pany to agree us to the proper compensation This will cause much Inconvenience to con sumers , who depend entirely upon the sup ply derlv-d from the plant. The few wells and cisterns In town are mostly dry owing to a lack of rain and actual hardship will result from the shutting down of the works. Points of law Involved In the case of the North Ameilcan Loan and Trust company against the Colonial and United States Mort gage company of Hull , England , ara being argued In Redfield before Hon. Thomas Ster ling , referee. The suit was brought by the North American company to recover $10,000 claimed to be due for fees and commissions earned while managing for several jears the business of the Colonial In this and other states. The case has been pending for nearly two jeais. The rich strike of refractory ore In Yellow Creek gulch , one und a half miles from Lead , created excitement similar to that of the early days. All the ground In the neighbor hood has been setaked off and the owners consider they have a fortune In sight. The ere assays all the way from $100 to $140 a ton In gold , with about twelve ounces In sil ver. Development work has already com menced on several of the claims with good results , and should the ore prove lasting It will create considerable of a boom for the Hills , especially Lead. The ground Is all owned by Lead people. South Dakota crops In general are not over half as good as they should bo. One Is led to believe that the farmer Is more or less to blame for bad crops. An interview with several farmers who claim their crops are all right while others' fields are rttdly dam aged reveals the fact that the manner of sowing grain Is of Importance. The former sow their grain deep and change the land from wheat to corn ground from year to year , while the latter simply harrow their grain la and the winds dry the ground up and spoil the crop. Reports from over the state Indicate that fully halt a crop will be har vested and In' some localities a full crop. COLORADO. The Holden chlorlnatlon plant at Cripple Creek Is. now handling thirty tons per day. The C. O. D. , one of Cripple Creek's pro ducers , Is shipping ore north from ? 130 to $175 per ton. Fish Commissioner Calllcolte recently placed 10,000 fish In Castle creek and RoarIng - Ing Fork river. Eagle county Is threatened with a war be tween cattlemen and sheepmen. The cattle men will not allow the sheep to remain on the range. It Is said that Cripple Creek dividends , to bo paid this month , will aggregate $117,500. Mines owned by individuals are not Included In this total. In Navajo basin , near Tellurlde , a group of new gold claims have recently been dis covered. The tests show from $19 to $100 per ton gold. The Florence and Cripple Creek railroad Is now handling merchandise Into Cripple Creek at the rate of sixteen to twenty car loads per day. The Thundershott company has made n rich strike In the Mnuch Chunk mine , near Georgetown. A test was made with retuins of 750 ounces sliver and 25 per cent lead. A cyanide mill Is in operation on Junction creek , In the La Plata gold district. It Is credited with successfully handling the low- grade gold ores , even those of the rebellious class. Durlnc the month of June the Maid of Erin , Leadvllle , shipped 1,875 tons of lead caibonates , 520 tons of sulphides and 218 tons of Iron ore. The output will be restricted until prices advance , The free milling gold ores of the Frisco district , on Ten Mlle creek , are receiving attention. Tunnels are being driven on several of the veins , and all disclose good gold ores. The mines are within easy reach of the South Park railroads. The Nortli Star mine , in the Sllverton mining district , has not shut-down for a day In eleven years , during which tlmo It has shipped 25,000 tons of ore and 5,000 tons of concentrates , which produced 2,000.000 ounces of silver , 10,000 ounces of gold and 8,000 tons of lead , The average value of the ore Is $ C5 per ton. George Comstock of La Jara , who left on June 25 to go to Cochlt , on his trip became cra < sy and got out of the conveyance nnd started home on foot. Ho became worse and lost his way and on July 4 found hlmselt In Prescott , Ariz , When he left homo ho had $200 In money nnd a gold watch , all of which Is missing. Comstock Is now on his way home. Work on the Dear Creek road Is being pushed more rapidly than was expected. From Morrison the road Is completed above the old toll gate. There Is also a large force working from the Luther ranch down ; they expect to meet at the Phelps place and the road will probably bo ready for travel borne time next week. The Evergreen sum mer resoits depend upon this road and Its completion will make a great difference In their business. The coal drilling outfit drilling west of Loulbvlllo stiuck a second vein of nice coal sixty feet below the first one , making two workable veins of coal on their property. The first one , at u depth of ICO feet , Is six feet , and thu second , six and a half feet In thickness. This prospecting , with the find nt the Acme anil Caledonia mines , thoroughly demonstrates the fact that the vein of coal now being worked In this vicinity Is only the top vein , the lower being of or harder and clearer quality. WYOMING.- A prospector has found a fine gold mine In the Medicine How range of mountains , Three thousand Texas cattle were branded at Uvu and will be trailed to the north and to North Dakota. IIrook trout bring 30 cents a pound In Raw lings. A fish pond at these prices ought to be a paying Investment. A new horticultural hall will bo built at Fort Collins In connection with the agricul tural college there , The cost will be $11- 502.90. The placers In and around Laramlo are said to be turning out finely this year. The men working them nro receiving good re turns lor their labor. An emigrant wagon , while trying to ford the lllc Horn river , was turned over undone ono horse drowned and part of the vvagdu lost. The man , by a great effort , saved his wife and child. ( Farmers at Wlieatland will raise great crops this year. U Is said that nowhere In the west will such a crop of potatoes bo reported as will result from their cul tivation In Laramlo county. The Yellowstone Park Land and Improve ment association will at once begin work on the Omaha canal , which will take water from the Die Horn river. It will be thirty feet vvldo nt the bottom , four feet deep nnd fifty-five miles long , and cost $200,000. It will start ten miles north of Tcrrcy. Ranchmen In thd tll | ? Hum bisln stnto that several distincterthqutl < o shocks wore felt In that section n. few days ago. GIiiss In the windows WOK broken nnd other slight damage done. The iriorles were accompanied by low rumbling Hollmlx. The Silver Crown miners nt work on the Palrvlew property jprpdlct that they will be down 200 feet more In seven weeks , says the Cheyenne Sun. ' The shaft la already ISO feet deep , making the depth nt that time 350 feet. It Is expected that the ore nt that depth will bo of sufficient value to pay expenses for the remainder of the work. There Is one thing nbout Silver Crown , nnd that Is that work tan bo continued all win ter. ter.Tho The track of the II. & M. Is now forty-four miles west of Sheridan , a little beyond Pass creek , which Is on the Indian reservation Rauchcstcr , close to Tongue river , Is now the nearest point nnd will be the distributing point for the present town of Dayton. Catlle In the vicinity of the work are looking fine and beef round-ups are starting out to be ready to ship as soon as the track will bo ready , fly the 1st of September or there abouts the road Is expected to be open to Hillings , Mont. OREGON. Roseburg his been shipping In aucar by express. A wagon road from Salem to Sclo , to bo built by subscription , Is being talked of. Orvllle Hall , a Joseph boy , has n couple of pet fawns ho captured the other day while hunting. A Medford man has started to San Fran cisco with a band of horses he proposes to drive the entire distance. A duck was hatched out at Junction last week , having two bills where Its eyes should be and one eye between them. The How of water nt the Hartley county artesian well Is nbout n barrel per minute , and the projectors nre still sinking. Salem society Is somewhat pained to note that Judge Hewitt , the new Incumbent of the circuit bench , wears no tie with his stand ing collar. Mrs. Sarah Dctomis , the old lady who died In her 100th year In Astoria , was the mother of twenty-six children , only two of whom are now living. The Wasco warehouse , at The Dalles , though filled to overflowing expects to re ceive from 500,000 to 1,000,000 pounds of wool yet this season. The Hcppner Gazette says that Morrow county enjoys the distinction of having a lady stage driver , perhaps the only one In the United States. At Gervals Sunday the wife of Jim Hong gave birth to a son. Mrs. Hong Is a white woman and Is married to a Chinaman. This Is the fourth child. Men are at work on the Union Pacific road west of IJonnevllle as thick ns files. The- company wil undoubtedly build the road as boon as money and men can do It. Several carloads of California fruit and vegetables which were caught in the block ade at Ashland , while In transit , were sold by the railroad company at any price they could got. Agent Matthews of the Klatnath reserva tion Is sending men and material to Ynlnax to begin construction upon n substantial bridge the department lias authorized across Sprague river nt the subagency. ' The latest nnd best find In the mining dis trict e-ist Is said to be that of Thomas Heady and Ed Hanahan. It Is situated near the Mabel mine. Prospects of $7 to the pan have been obtained and the richest of the ere shows much free gojd. The county court of Linn county Is taking effective steps toward the extermination of the Canada thlstlo. A commissioner has been appointed for icach district with power to employ whatever means are necessary for the destruction of this annoying weed. The total acreage of full-bearing hops In the Independence vicinity Is 784 ncres , und the amount of spring planting Is 240 ncres. making a grand totnl of 1.124 acres. Last year there were marketed from this acreage over 560,000 pounds' of hops , which brought a revenue of more than lOO.OOO. Mart 'Williams of Monroe precinct , Denton county , ' Is gathering up 1,000 head of sheep to be driven overland to Portland for J. L. Castle. It has been demonstrated to be much cheaper to drive mutton sheep to the Portland market than to ship them by rail. The average price paid for mutton sheep Is $1.25 per head. In view of the fact that there will be a largo yield of hops throughout the state , and a prospect for very low prices , there Is n movement among the growers to re duce the price o picking to 23 cents for the nine-bushel boxes , the Eugene Guard says. Unless the cost to the grower Is reduced , many yards will not bo picked. An Interesting study is tint In connection with the wheat aphis nnd Its enemy , n long , slim , small worm that reaches out and sweeps the neighboring fields. A gentleman tells the Albany Democrat of n peculiar experi ence. He placed one of the worms on a stalk of wheat with eight nphlses. In ten minutes the worm had destroyed all of them , gradually wending Its way among the ker nels of the wheat nnd taking nothing but the cultus aphis. WASHINGTON. Prospectors are pouring Into the mining districts of Clarke nnd SKamanla counties. Walla Walla Is figuring on saving about $3,000 n year by salary reductions recently voted. The Edmonds Lyre announces that ma chinery has been purchased and preliminaries adjusted for estnbllshlng the Johnson Iron works at that place. Something over 200 shingle mills and fifty small sawmills In the state are Idle on ac count of the railroad strike. The loss In orders , vvageb , etc. , to the state Is estimated at $3j > 0.000. The purchasers of the Abercorn rails offer to donate enough to finish the spur of the Northern Pacific into Aberdeen , and one of them , W. P. Book , offers to board 100 men for n month while the work is in progress. Dr. Pearsons , a Chicago philanthropist , Im pressed with the Idea that Whitman college should be Dr. Whitman's monument , has offered a donation of $50,000 , provided $150- 000 additional be raised by December , 1895. Horse Heaven this year promises the big gest yield of grain In her history. Kelso IJros. are now negotiating for 30,000 grain sacks for their own private use , anticipating 00,000 bushels of wheat , barley and oats. The haying season has commenced In the Colvlllo valley , nnd the yield of timothy promises to bo the largest for years. The wheat crop looks good and a big yield is promised. The fruit crop Is also excellent. Two of John Suiter's cattle sampled a quantity of dynamite that the river drivers hid left In Albert Pressontln's yard , opposite the mouth of the Sauk , and In consequence tvvo carcasses are now for sa' ' ° for fertilizing purposes , 1 f | , A long train of wagons , containing camping material nnd supplies , 'and accompanied by nbout fifty men , lias paused through Union- town en route to Elk City , where the men will assist In the coiisliuctlon of u new wagon road. , Gold dust Is beliif ? brought from the Hoodoo dee , Gold Hill and' ' other mining claims up the Palouse river Into Pnlouse , $3,000 worth of the yellow melnln having been shipped by one Institution in Palouso dm Ing the month of Juno. A gentleman who too1 ] ' the trouble to measure the actual number of'iiilles ' , by cars , stranded at Pasco , says thattlhdro are fifteen miles of cars on the sidetracks at that station , In cluding engines , freight cars , cabooses and passenger cars , ' The Monte Crlslo filcctrlo Light and Power company artf nt 'work ' on their water power at the head of Sauk river In Monte Crlato. It Is estimated that Inside of 1,000 fcot they can obtain over 100-horse power throughout the year. The tramway of the Pride of the Mountain mine at Monte Crtsto Is completed. Its largest tower \a \ a single timber four feet In diameter and 102 feet high , weighing about twenty tons. This tramway will furnish means of transportation for the large output of the mine. Mr. K , A. Houchen of Ilwaco , deputy fish commissioner. Is making arrangements to hatch out a lot of young salmon the coming year. He has made an offer to P. J. Mc- Gowan , the well known cannery man , to hatch out 2,000,000 young fish for $1,000 , Mr McGowan to furnish the eggs. The young fish are to bo hatched and put Into North river , a stream running Into Shoal- water bay. Mr , Houchen backs his offer with a valuable guarantee. Mr Houchwi hatched out a lot of sllversldo salmon last year with very primitive appliances nnd was quite successful , securing 0,000 young fish from 7,000 young C RS. Upward of $18,000 worth ot the stock of the Cotton Mercantile company at Pullman was sold last week by Kerch or Hen lltir- Btinder to Spokino parties. The transfer Is to tnko pt.tcc nt once. The figure was 40 per cent on the dollar , A dividend will bo declared shortly , An attempt Is being made by the commis sioners of I'lcrco county to have a wagon reid built Into the 1'aclflc forestry reserve. Con gressman Doollttlo has been telegraphed ( o assist In securing n $10,000 federal nppro- prlntlon for the purpose. The government money Is to be used only upon the work In- slJo the government reserve. MISCELLANEOUS. Owing to the railroad troubles the price of oati nnd wheat In Ilolonn has gone up to $1.30 n hundred , wholesale. The Albcmnrlo mine , Cochltl district , re ports n thirty-five foot vein of ore , some of which assays $100 to the ton. Notwithstanding n delay of twenty-three da > a on the road , four cars of California fruit sold In Chicago for $2,880. The nrmy. worm , which was reported In the ca tern part of Montana recently , Is said to have moved as far west as Helena. Citizens of Glla llend , Arl , nro jubilant over the finding of plenty of water In n well being bored by the Southern Pacific company. About 100 men nro employed at Fort Harrison risen excavating In the rock quarry. Tents hnvo been put up and the men llvo on the ground. The Sanln Po line Intends putting on n line of refrigerator cars between Las Cruces nnd Chicago for the benefit of the fruit growers of New .Mexico. To reach the San Juan placer gold field * , and the Johnson creek and IJlue mountain mining regions , Dolores station on the Ilio Grande Southern Is the nearest On the San Juan river , In the southeastern part ot Utah , placer mining Is being op erated extensively , nnd much gold Is being extracted and shipped to various points for sale and refinement. Fruit growers In the vicinity of Haley , Idaho , have the market to themselves this year , as no fruit can como from the outside by rail Just now. Good prices ought , there fore , to bo had for all homo-grown fruit. Contracts for the gradlnH of the road bed for the extension of the San Pete Valley railroad of Utah from Mantl to the coal beds southeast of the city will bo let at once nnd the work of construction Is to commence. The railway extension from Eddy to Roswell - well Is moving along satl factorlly. The rails ere In place to tlio second crossing of the Pecos , a short distance below Lake McMillan. The bridge will be finished In nbout tvvo weeks. The recent discoveries of rich pUcer mines on Johnson and Recapture creeks , In eastern Utah , prove rich deposits of coarse shot gold , but these discoveries were made too Into for much work this season , as there Is n lack of water except for three or four months In the spring of the jcar. News Is received that Engineer Mix and his corps of surveyors have located the Payette k Seven Devils railroad from Welser City to a point fifty miles distant nnd moved on toward the Seven Devils. The promoters of this road seem to be confident ot Its opcritlon in the mar future ami the people ot Idaho are building up great hopes on Its final mom- pletlon. A car load of gold quartz has been shipped to Kansas City from the banks of the Min nesota river near Delhi , Minn. , to bo crushed and converted Into bullion. Geologist Ed- lund of Minneapolis has a force of men at work getting out gold quart/ . He Is highly pleased with the outlook , as there are any quantity ot quartz along the river. More men will bo put to work nt once. The summer Institute and conference In the interest of Indian education which was authorized to be held nt Helena , Mont. , from July 31 to August 1 , will bo held Instead at the Indian school at Fort Shaw , Mont. , at the same time. The change Is duo to tie superior accommodations for visitors at the Fort Shaw school. The succeeding and last conference will be held at St. Paul , August 13-10. Reliable Information reached here , says the Eureka , Nov. , Sentinel , during the week that Charley Bourn had made a valuable strike nt South Bald mountain In a claim he- longing to Tom Rockhlll ofVhlto Pine. The ledge Is three feet thick nnd jlelds ore that runs from $700 to $1.700 per ton In sl'ver. ' The find Is about eight miles from the Bald Mountain gold belt. The ledge has bren Known for tvvo or three years , and rim I'Ulton und Clay Slmms have valuable locations on It. The hop Industry Is a new ono In Idaho , but that It has already attained respectable proportions Is nttestcd by the fact that growers cannot secure sufficient pickers to haivest their crop. There Is no longer nny doubt that the western valleys of this Htato ure especially adapted to the production of this most important crop. The future ot the business would hnvo been nssured had not congress determined to cut down the hop duty. Owing to the cost of labor , particu larly for picking , this reduction may prove n very serious drawback , but Its effect can bo determined only after a practical trial. There \a \ much curlo'lty prevalent In Ari zona , says the Phoenix Gazette , as to the result of the Southern Pacific company bor ing for water at Glla Bend. The company bcgnn boring early In May and Is still ham mering away night and day on the scheme The company Is desirous of securing n sutn- clent flow of water to supply the railroad and also the town. Quicksand vv.-u encoun tered to n depth of 470 feet ; ot this depth the friction becimo so gieat that the 10-Inch casing had to be abandoned and 8-Inch sub stituted. Red clay was encountered , then clover seed sand. At a depth of 808 feet a terrific rush of water came Into the well and attained a depth of 088 feet , or within 140 feet of the surface. The well Is now down about 1.000 feet and bonus In red city. When hard pan Is reached work will bo stopped nnd the wnter utilized for town nnd railroad purpose' . \Vlicii 1 raveling. Whether on pleasure bent , or business , take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs , ns It acts most pleasantly nnd effectually on the kidneys , liver and bowels , preventing fevers , headaches nnd other forms of sick ness. For sale In BOo and $1 bottles by all leading druggists. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. - 4 Fine sandy bottom at Courtland. HIK In st C'lmnor. Indianapolis Journal1 "Did that fellow who was hanged dlo In the hope of a better life , like the most of them ? " "I am not right sure nbout that , " re turned the minister. "Ho made his break fast entirely off Ice cream. Ho seemed to have some doubt that there would bo any of It where he was going. " Refreshing , exhlllraUng , a bath at Court- land beach. I.lto In "Well , what are you thinking about now ? " Inquired Xantlppo sharply. Socrates looked up. It was evident that ho had been kicking himself , mentally. "I was wishing , " ho said , with reckless disregard of the consequences , "that I had caught on to that Platonic-affection Idea bcforo I married you. " ENRICHED BY A STOLEN IDEA Pullman's Wealth the Fruit of Unscrupulous Sharp Practice. REAL ORIGIN OF THE SLEEPING CAR Tim ( Mil story of liivriitlnn by tlio 1'oorniHl . Monopoly lj- ( lie Ulrli ItplulU of the Skin Ouino I'luyril Upon tlio OrlRltml The I'ullmnn 1'ntaco Crtr company , with nssots amounting to $10,000,000 , 1ms mnilo tluit Immense sum out of an Invention tlio first patunt to which \MIS obtained by un lititntilo carpenter of Chicago , who now sleeps In a lonely Rravo nt O.ik Woods , nml \\lioso widow Is living In respectable po\erty In nn humble cottage on tlio Weil side. It Is the old , old story of imontlon by the poor and monopoly by tlio rich , says tlto Chicago Times. There Is nothing In It that sa\ors of dovvnrlght fraud or wrongful dis possession , but all through the history of the genesis of the sleeping cir there runs n thread of Injustice , selllshncss and connlv- ancvs which even today marks the Pullman company with the brand of nodal and Indus trial outlawry. In 1S53 a poor but Ingenious carpenter , Plymou II. Greene , came to Chicago. lie was skillful In his trade mid added to tils Income by doing stencil work , and being of nn Inventive turn of mind m.\ny useful de vices grew from his hand and brain. In 1S57 he completed n design for nn adjustable berth to railway pisscnger cars , his Inven tion being today the vital principle of the modern sleeping car. Ho showed his plans to a number of railway olllclnls , but received no encouragement. At that timeGeoigt M Pullman was n cabinetmaker and house- raiser. Doing nn acquaintance and friend of Oiecno ho was shown the plans. After studying thorn closely he pronounced them worthless Orocne , however , did not give up. Ho snveil up a llttlo money , and In the winter of 1857 went to Washington ami se cured a patent on the first adjustable sleep ing-car berth Ileturnlng to Chlcngo In tlio spring of 1S5S , Mr. Greene emle.i\ored to place his Invention with the railroad man- ngo.-s. having no money to construct cars hlmfcelf. One load , the Chicago , Ilurllngton & Qulucy , did finally lit up a few cars with the Grecno berths , and they were pro nounced a success. PULLMAN FOLLOWS OUKUNK'S IDEA In the- meantime some time In 1858 George M. Pullman , who had previously pro nounced Greene' ln\cntion worthlesss , se cured patents on n sU-ppltig berth device almost exactly similar to that of Mr. Greene , and In 1859 made a contract with the Chicago & Alton Itallioad company to fit up two old passenger cars on that roul as sleeping coaches. In 1SC3 Pullman secured an old shed from the same railroad company and , built the first sleeping coach. Greene hid no money to fight Pullman's alleged Infringe ment and was helpless. At this juncture a Cincinnati man named Woodruff appioachod Grceno with an niter to purchase his patent Greene was Informed that us ho had no money to push his device or protect It from Invasion ho had better part with It. Grecno had already spent all his money and was penniless. Woodruff got the patent for $500 Then Pullman appeared- upon the scene. Whether by agreement and connivance or not a suit was begun by Woodruff against Pullman for Infringement of patents , and Gieeno was made a party to the suit. Ho was compelled to niako two trips to Clncln. natl to attend court. It has been claimed that the legal contest between Woodruff and Pullman was of the most friendly nature. At any rate Pullman won the suit and ac quired the earlier Grecno pitcnt. It covered the device which Is In use today in every Pullman car , and which has brought untold millions Into the coffers of that great cor poration. It has made George M. Pullman one of the great capitalists of America. Notwithstanding the purchase of Greenes patent by Woodruff and Pullman's subse quent legal acquisition of the same by a peculiar court proceeding , tlio palace car magnate was evidently not yet sitlsfied with the validity of his title , for upon th ? expira tion of the Greene patent In 1871 Mr. Pull man felt the necessity of securing some further evidence tof rclinqulshmcnt fiom Greene. Mr. Pullman undertook the task himself. Ho went to Greene and asked him to sign certain documents pertaining to the application for a renewal of the patent. Mr. Greene's signature was not necessary , ho claimed , but ho would like to have It as a matter of courtcsj , and ho was willing to pay $125 to Mr. Greene for his trouble and tlmo taken In signing the paper. GHUENE SIGNS THE PAPEU. Mr. Greene attached his signature as a matter of friendship without Inquiring Into the specific details of the Instrument. He never heard from Mr. Pullman again. 0111- clals of the Pullman company hero , It Is said , repeatedly declared that the Greene patent has been worth hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to the company during the last twenty years. Mr. Greene became an Invalid and went Into the photographing business In 1863. For several years lie was an Invalid. Two years ago he died , leaving n widow , who resides in an unpretentious cottage at 312 West Adams street. Her husband died leaving her not only pennlles > s but heavily Indebted for expenses incuired during his laht Illness She talked freely of the sleeping car Inven tion the other uiy. though without a trace-of bitterness against those whom others allege deceived her husband and deprived him of the fruits of one of the most valuable of modern Inventions. Her husband was poor and without friends. Ho was forced to part with his patent , and others gained wealth by Its use. She bellovcd that she was happier than George M. Pullman and did not wish to malca any harsh statements. "A short time before my husband died , " Mrs. Grceno said , "ho dictated n complete statement ct the sleeping car patents and his transactions with Pullman and Wood ruff. He was urged to do so by friends who claimed that ho had been deceived Into parting with his Invention for a song. The statement was a complete history of the case , of which I have only been able to give you an outline Among those who urged my husband to leave this statement was his cousin , Mrs. J C. Strong of Decornh. la. , who was visiting us. She wrote several let ters to George. M. Pullman concerning the matter and urging him to assist Mr. Grecno. I believe some of these letters were replied to. In one of these replies Mr. Pullman asked for the statement left by Mr. Grceno. Tills was after his drain Mrs Strong en closed the djlng statement of my poor hus band In n letter to Mr. Pullman. That was tvvo years ago and wo have never heard from Mr. Pullman. He has my husband's statement , and I have forbidden my friends from making any further appeal In my be half. " Mrs Grceno Is In reduced circumstances. She iccclvcs assistance from the Photog- raphcis union , of which her husband was u member. Several members of the union , who have known the family for many years , corroboratu the story In every detail. Fine sandy bottom at Courtland. Dollars or Kicks for women , according to whether they do , or don't do , their washing in a sensible way. If they use Pearline , it means good , hard dollars saved , Pearline is economy. All that ruinous rubbing that makes you buy linens and flannels twice as often as you need to , is spared , to say nothing of your time and labor. See the troubles that women have to endure with other ways of washing. There's that hard , wearing- r.'Sa out rub , rub , rub , or the danger of ruining things with acids if you try to make it easy. Washing with Pearline is absolutely safe. % P t1 rl FedJlers and some unscrupulous crocen will tell you " this Is as rood as " vJCiiU or "tho tame as readme. " IT'S rALSK Pcaillno U never peddled , Jt tf "D _ _ 1 _ a"J if your Rroccr sends you something m place of I'carlmc , bo honest send it test , 4U JAMES PYU8 , New York. nn.l 1'owor Omul nlll help. , S. t ) . fijlrlf brljtlM with apporlnnltlm for pTOflln- 'llj ' lJ1nT * | mnnl , And onmlamn t harttolxa mllllondlro In HiVit iulrnntiiii nf thoui , olllior , V > to $ ! n mnnth In nil ynu nno I. IJ ' u iw"l inn nur l' mplil t , Prl U < t , nncll'lnt. Tlnvnlllviplftlii'ihlni , , . The Udgemont Company , Omnhn , Neb. SEARLES &SEARLES SPEC3AUSTS Chronic WE Nervous Private AVD CURE Spscidl Diseases , TREATMENT BY MAIL. CONSULTATION FR : : , Cntnrrh. All DIsonsoH of the Nos ? , Throat. Ghost. Stomach , Liver , Blood Skin nnd Klclnoy Dlnonaos , Lost Mnnhood and ALL PRIVATE DI3- BASES OF MEN. 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H. llualui. u Ul < unt ca hler. j THE IRON BANK Or dm ll < | ii r IlutilC r'unllltrly Cured It } liUiiilnldrrliiu Dr. llnliiiV UulJcn , II oin be given la a aup otuotlto ur tea , or In foo1. without ing kiiowledgn of the patient ItUabiolutol ? /inrmlefln. and will ttfeat a ponniinflitt and wpovd/ euro , whither Ilio patlinl < u a nodorato drinker or an alooholla vrroo4 It liar b en ulvun In t1ou amt of o e * . and In every luitanoa A perfool euro huful * wed ll Never Pull * . 'IhetyitainouoaluiprOKnatixi Ufa Ilia Hpealflo , It b oome an utlor liniioviiblllcr .nno liijuorappsilto toeiltt { .III.DKV MI'tUIKIO . ITop-M , OUcliiHutl , 4D-Biue t ok of parllii'Un Ire * , To In h 'l " ' Tor Bale by Kuhn & Co , DniKK'sta , Cornoi ICtli and Doutflaa strcuta , Omutio ,