Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, September 17, 1894, Page 12, Image 12
"J 12 THE OMAHA 0A1LY , BE15 : MONDA.Y , SEPTEMBER 17 , 1894 , Phenomenal Showing of an Ore treat in the Pikoto Peak Mine , ONE SAMPLE RUNS NEARLY HALF GOLD \TliHt irrigation In lining for Notr Mexico Unit-mi In Wu liliifjl < Mi New Ooltl I'lcliN lu itlnho Unit-nil West ern Nona , I-- . ! Manager P. L. McCrosky of tlie Pike's Teak mine at Cripple Creep has hail four as- foys made by J , I' . Btnats from a narrow etreak of ore In the second level. The re turns Were wonderful. No. 1 gave 20.10 ounces of gold to the ton ; No. 2 Rave SGI. 45 ounces ) No. 3 , 14 1. 40 ounces , and No. 4. 12,302 Buncos to tha ton. The values of t lie EC assays arc $403 , $7,2S3 , $2,288 and | 2IGOIO respect ively. The Pike's Peak has more ore In sight now than ever before In the history of the mine , Says a special to the Denver Republican. .The Portland people have opened up a vela pa their White' Hawk property , the ore from Avhlch exceeds In value anything heretofore found In this consolidation. Six feet from ibo surface they now have out eighteen sacks pf quartz , a twonty-flvo pound sample frpm .Tvhlch returned a value of { 17,203 to the ton. In the Globe claim , one of the properties Of the Summit Mining company , an enormous body of ore has been opened In the last fcur bays. Nothing In camp equals It In size ; In fact , Us width and length are not yet kn-wn , but along Iho vein , If there Is a rein. It has been opened for a distance of about 100 feet hnd a , crosscut twenty-five feet long Is still In ore. The top deposit Is covered with a black loam , not to exceed twelve Inches In flepth. The quartz pans freely nnd assays from $1G to $ i0 ! a ( on , the last figure being bn what appears to bo yellow sand , but which Is In reality decomposed quartz. It Is the Intention of the manager to at ones fiot plows and scrapers and remove the dirt Irom. the vein and then quarry out the ore. ] A man by the name of Campbell has a fraction about half way up the south side jt Mineral hill , which he Is developing by bn open cut. So far. he lias not cut tha vein , or It so , It Is badly broken up , but for all that , about every other piece of rock lie throws out contains free gold that Is ( Visible to the naked eye. In the Lucky Queen the other day , located tnly a few hundred feet north of the post- cfDcc. the vein widened out to four feet In a drift that Is being run from the bottom of the shaft eighty-five feet from the surface. Wn assay had on a large-sized sample re turned a value of $25 In gold to the ton. The fluartz pans beautifully and the rock would appear t $ be free milling. A shaft on this property was put down seventy feet before the vein was found , but since that time the ffi has constantly Improved In grade. IimiQATlON IN NEW MEXICO. "The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company has over 132 miles of main ditches Rnd 1,200 miles of laterals , " said a delegate Bt the recent Irrigation convention at Den- yer , "It Is the largest modern system of ' .Irrigation In existence. Wo liavo 1n addition the most ancient system , that used by the 'natives long before modern civilization pos sessed the country. The Pecos system cost 33,000,000 , and It lias created of what was Jlvo years ago a wjlderness n veritable gar den , and been the menus of the building of two cities , of from 7,000 to 8,000 Inhabitants , nnd 182 miles' of railroad and telegraph. Thousands of acres of land In Now Mexico ore under cultivation , and over one-halt a million acres under ditch. i "Of our ancient sjstem of Irrigation , the tntlro Illo Orando valley , 400 miles long , and the Clmma river valley , 100 miles long , Which were settled by the Pueblos for many hundred years , and by the Spaniards for the past 200 or 300 years , are samples , and from these rivers many miles of laterals ex- "With the exception of small portions cf land In the mountainous regions , called by itho natives temporales , everything Is raised through Irrigation. The storage system Is the one In use generally , and storngo roser- .volrs dot the country. The rainfall In tli ; mountains of New Mexico Is sufficient , It Raved , to Irrigate 1,000,000 acres more than the estimates show need It. < ' 0ur people are not In favor of the out tind out cession of the. arid lands to the states nnd territories. We want the tltlo to these lands to remain In thc , general government until the actual boiller acquires title , but , at the same time , we" want the aid cf the gen eral government to construct reservoirs and tnako a general tbpographlcal survey of New tloxlco , with : a special view to locating1 res ervoirs In the mountains and on the plains. i\Vo \ want the forests protected and such safe guards placed about the acquisition of these | pnds as will guard against fraud , "Wo also want the next Irrigation congress In Albuquerque. If It Is held there we will as tonish the people who attend it with the slza nnd quality of the fruits and other products of the country. We will also show them the Did and the new civilization and how they liavo dovetailed lu to make a prosperous coun- & " TO RECLAIM THE DESERT. , /An Irrigation project of the greatest Im- | 5ortano3 to that part of Utah sometimes called "Tho Desert" Is on the eve of being launched. In brief , the waters of Green river ore to be taken out of their natural bed nnd made to bring the lands of Ounnlson /valley / under the dominion of the hortlcultur- Jst.Tho The head of the Qunnlson valley Is twelve pillea north of Green Hlvcr station ( lllakc postofTlce ) , on the line of the Rio Grande [ Western railway , says the Salt Lake Tribune , nnd lying cast of the river and still north of Itho railway are about 10,000 acres of land that have been pronounced by the best horti cultural authorities as being better adaptcll to the requirements of the fruit grower than any other portion of the undeveloped west. frho winters on this part of "Ths Desert" are tgneclally mild , regardless of the fact that the altitude Is in the nclghborhod of E.,000 feet above the sea level , and the limited area of land that lias bo n brought under cultivation by primitive Irri gating means under the high bench lands { ringing the Green river , has demonstrated that the region la not Inferior lo the famous Grande valley , where the Inhabitants give en annual peach festival in order to get rid pf their surplus. The canal will be twelve miles In length,1 And near Its head will pierce Qunnlson buttc . With two short tunnels , The first proposl * tlon la to bring Gunnlson valley proper un der water , but near the line of the railway another ridge will have to bo tunneled , and After that Is accomplished , 50,000 acres of the land lying cast of tlio Green river and south of the railway will be brought under cultl- yatlon. I11Q VEIN OP GALENA. The recent discovery of a rich vein of min eral near the town of Frultland , in this countyf says a C Ivllle , Wash. , special to the QTacoma Ledger , has caused some stir In min ing circles for the past few weeks , but there fa now great excitement over the development. cf a twenty-foot vein of galena In the Cleve land claim , which was located about two HvoeUs ngo. The ere Is In a well-defined vein , nnd can be traced across the country fcr nearly five miles. At the point of develop ment there Is four feet cf lead ore , sprinkled With sulphurets of lead , that will assay nn avtrago ot over 100 ounces of silver to tha ton. Ilesldes the value of the ore In the lead Had silver there Is a gocd showing ot gold. 3'artles living at tha town of Davenport , In Lincoln county , made the first discov eries in tha camp , and now own the controlling Interest In the Cleveland mine. The report ot the discovery was BO nattering that Humbert Lang , agent for the Kolby Smelting and Lead company ot San Francisco , C l.t who W&B ) n RnjVsne W1- | eluded to Inspect the few district , and \Tis po well pleased with Ihe "pftipt cts tor a large lutput that he Is negotiating for the ere to > shipped to his tmclltTg. The ores wilt iavo to bo hauled over a wagon road for n Ilstance ot about twenty-five miles to Spring- lalo , on th * Spokane ft Northern railway. ha nearest railroad print , aud thence Ma Spokane to ( ho coast , The Frultland dis trict baa long been .known to abound In mln- irala , and clalrni have been worked steadily } n that camp fqr , the. ijast ten years , but witb ho ertat prospect for a rich ttrlko until ver > Recently. " Waller W Jolii nVMI Known prospector Who has beVu in the Mrtnllnv country for the purpose of Inspecting the placer mines oC th ? cntnp during the pant two months , en mo In over the new wagon road this week. Mr. Jones lays that the pincers on the east side of the I'tnd d'Orelllc river nre very rich In gold , Especially Is this Into of Sullivan creek , which runs In from the Idaho line on the weat tide of the state. On this cr ek the bars ore high and about eighty feet deep. lie exhibited n small plilal containing about H In coarse , flaky gold , which ho took from the sand ami gravel of the Hulllran creek oars with a pan. The gold was. the result of less than half a day's work. Most nf the bars on the west cldo of the rlvr have been claimed anil worked with rockers , because they werp liandy to water , but the bar's on the cast side have been neglected on account of the dlfllculty of getting water to a conven ient height to work the placers without great cxpenss. IlICH STRIKE IN MONTANA. Parties from Hock creek report' that there Is considerable excitement over seine recent discoveries made In that section , Heck creek comes into the Hellgatc about twenty miles past of this city , says a Mlisoula. special to the Helena Independent. Horilta Is the near est station on the Northern Pacific and the mines nro located twenty miles from the mouth of the river , The c-untry has bscn known to ccntaln gold for many years. Wel come gulcli , one of the trlbUUrlcB ol Hock creek , was worked extensively during the early days of placer mining In Montana , but was never classed as one of the rich gulches , It has also been worked for a number of years by Chinamen and more or less continuously during recent years by white men , with only moderatesuccess. . The mew quartz finds arc near Welcome .gulch. The discov ery that has attracted attention to the dis trict was made by two Swedes who were not familiar with mining. The ore assayed from $800 to $1,000 in gold , nnd some very hand some specimens of gold quarlE have been ob tained. Phllllpsburg parties liavo secured a bond on the property for J30.000 , paying 11,000 of the purchase money down. They are working about twenty-five men. A num ber of prospectors from Phllllpsburg and other points have rushed In and there are now about 200 men In the- camp A large number of locations have been made , some of which are said to bo good prospects. The present Indications nre that there will bo a rush into the camp this fall. GOLD FOUK OF THE PAYETTE , A Boise mining man , who spent the sum mer In the upper Payette country and vlcln- Hy , has Just returned and gives an InterestIng - Ing account of his trip In the Boise States man , He says parties representing cast > rn capital are making an examination ol placer ground on what Is known as the Gold fork of the Payette. The old C.Poland diggings , which produced over $100,000 , are located In" that section. The- eastern men had located 2,500 acres of ground , and were looking for more when the Boise man loft. They told him they were more than pleased with the ground , and , If sufficient grade could be se cured , a bedrock flume would b9 constructed. This section received n black eye several years ago by the operations of a rascally so- called expert , who spent all the money ho could obtain from the men ho represented and then deserted them. Tlio richness of the placers again attracted attention nt long ago , and it Is expected a large amount of gold will be taken out , Tlirco parties pMcer mining on FlouMcr creek , near tlio. Payetle- lakes , cleaned up ICO ounces of gold as the result of the season's work. The graVel there was low grada , but there was plenty of It , and m abundance of uater. Two men worklnc on lower Diiuldcr , near the old China diggings , were taking out some nlcq gold. They expected to clean up at least eighty ounces for their six weeks' labor. A number- , prospectors were operating ul the head of the middle fork of .he Wclser. A mica lode ot great promise ! ias been dis covered there by Welser parties. It was , he said , free from Iron at the surface , and , if no Iron put In an appearance further down , the discoverers had a smn114 fortune. The premium recently placed onSjjmlca by the government greatly Increa-scds the value of the find. The sheets were from fjur to ten Inches square. An examination of the Horse Shoe Bend coal discoveries satisfied the Boise men that that proposition was worth looking Into. The Union Pacific had been Investigating the matter and the company's ' experts expressed themselves as being more than pleased with the result of their researches. An analysis of the coal showpii It contained 1,22 per cent inoro combustible matter than the Union Pacific < ral standard requires. The analysis made was as followB : Moisture , 6.82 Volatile combustible 41 2 Fixed carbon 40.02 Ash 11.96 Coal had also been discovered on Big creek , In Lsng valley. The pick and shovel tourist brought eome nice specimens In. with him. THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY. The International .boundary expedition which for two seasons has been , locating the boundary line between Alaska and the Canadian dian- territory has completed its field work and returned home to disband. The Ameri can part of the expedition returned to Puget sound on the United States steamers Patter son and Hasslcr , and Is now practically dis banded , most of the officers having left for Washington and the main body of men hav ing received their pay and gone their several ways. The season's work has been most suc cessful , says the Portland Oregonlan , and the expedition Is home a full month ahead of time , having been gone almost four months to n day. There were flvo distinct working parties that formed the American portion of the expedition. Among other things the ex pedition determined the altitude of Mount Logan , which was discovered on a-trip made In 1892. This year the altitude was checked and found to be ID.BOO feet , which places Mount Logan at the bead of the list of high mountains In North America. St. Ellas , which stands In front of Mount Logan , \\as considered ! the highest , save Mount Orajaba , which Is checked at 18,314 feet. Mount St. Kllas ut 18,090 feel. Mount Logan Is on Canadian soil , and Is a. triple cone , the three averaging over 19,000 feet. The work was trigonometrical , as the mountain Is probably Insurmountable and always will be. The work of the Canadian expedition this year has been exploratory , and was .cm- ducted by six parties. All the scientific vvurk , exact measurements , astronomical , etc. , has been done by the American party. Beginning at the south boundary between British Columbia and Alaska , the fixed boundary line between the Alaskan peninsula and the Canadian territory to the- east ot It is to follow the summit of the mountain range , or to be ten marine leagues from the coast for a long distance , until when In the vicinity of Mount St. nilai the I'ne ' runs north along an esta llshod and fixed meridian of longitude. Mount St. Ullas Is the turning point of this boundary line , tli.tt Is , will form the angle. The mountain villl probably fall In Canadian terrl'ory. A NARCOTIC GRASS. Over In Lincoln county , New Mexico , there Is a peculiar kind of grass , known as sleepy grass. It has the property of putting to sleep any animal that cats It. Sleepy glass Is gro\\n among other grass and Is eaten by all kinds ot stock readily. Its existence was unknown for years after settlements had been made In Lincoln county. Stockmen and others noticed that animals would sometimes stand motionless for an hour or two at a time , but It never occurred to them that the cause of this apparent resting was a distinct grass. The discovery was finally made , says a Silver City special to the Minneapolis Trib une , by one of a party of travelers going from San Antonio , a email station on the Atchlson , Topelai Santa Vo railroad , near Socorro , to the Pecos valley , In Lincoln county. The trip Is a long one , ind a portion tion of It Is over some of the roughest coun try In New Mexico. Water IB not plentiful along the route , and for miles there Is hardly grass enough to feed n jack rabbit , while on other portions o ( the route there Is a rank growth of grass. It was In oneof these fertile places , a veritable oasis in the desert , that the dis covery of sleepy grass was made. The party halted about noon for luncheon and thj team was unhitched and picketed out io graze for 61 J"HC Of so , Th.ehorjcs commenced eating with a will , for they \\5 \ huhM , and there Is no more tempting grass to a horse's np- petlte than the black grammawhich Is to be found In nearly nil parts of New Mexico. They led for a few moments and then sud denly stopped , and , holding their heads about on a level with I heir shoulders , stood as motionless as. If they were carved of stone. This behavior was not In accordance with the Ideas of ono of tha parly as to what hungry horses ought to ilo. llo went to where the dorses were standing nnd found them fast asleep. On speaking Ihem In a loud tone , both awoke and commenced eating as If nothing 'ia.l happened. They had eat n only a few mouthfuls when both were son ul asleep ngatn. They were aroused , but fell nrlup ns. before. By this time the- remainder C ( thepartr had become Interested , llio horses were awakened several times , only to fall asleep after each successive Arousing. None of the party had cvar seen lioreea net so , nnd all agreed that something they had eaten had caused them to Bleep. Each of the party began n search , and the- plant which la known In Lincoln county as cleepy grass was discovered. The story .was re lated by the travelers to an official of Lin coln county , and since that ( line/ the effect ot this grass on animals has bceit observed nuny persons , lesr > 7 B rss Is found In several localities In Lincoln county , but has never been re ported In any other part ot New Mexico. Whether , like the poppy , It contains nplum , or whether Its ileep-produclng property Is duo to some other substance , Mas not ll m determined. UNWELCOME GOLD. A queer state of affairs Is puzzling Lincoln county farmers , says the Spokane Chronicle. The plats of four townships on the banks of the Columbia are about ready lor settlers to file their claims. But from present Indica tions some of the farmers will need n special dispensation from Hoko Smith before they can get any title to their land. All along the rivet bank are gravel bars where placer mining has been going en for many years. At present n few white men nnd many Chi namen are employed In this way. A little higher up on the banki nre the farmers' homes. Some of the settlers have lived there for many years , and have -valuable Improved farms and extensive orchards , valued at $160 $ to $300 per acre. The orchards , as a rule , are close lo the river bank , and In some cases the placer miners are reported to be washing gold under the very shadow of the apple trees. The trouble Is that when a farmer locates a homestead ho must swear that no part of any of Its "legal sub divisions" Is valuable for mining1 purposes. Just how the Lincoln county men will man age when Chinamen are washing gold on their land Is a puzzle. If they could compel the miners to prove up and patent their land , that would set oft the gold ground In separ ate "legal subdivisions. " But this would require $500 worth ot development work on each mining claim , and the miners say they would gain no real advantage by It. It is probable lha Interior department -will bo peti tioned to tend an agent to make a special examination , determine which Is mineral and which Is agricultural land , and run a special survey , thus forming new legal subdivisions. Then the farmers can flle their clalrts. IDAHO BONANZAS. Perhaps one of the richest gold ledges ever opened up In Idaho Is located In the Willow creek district , says the Boise Statesman. It Is at present held by D. B. Levan of Caldwell - well , but In view of the fact that 3ie relo cated It and that the development he has done lias shown It to be of such great value , there will likely be a bitter legal fight be fore the ownership question is settled. The ledge , which Is a decomposed formation , has been uncovered for a distance of 300 feet and its average width has been found to be two and one-bait feet. A shaft sunk ten or twelve feet falls to show any falling off in tbe value of the ore. Mr. Cox states that chunks of the ore were taken indiscriminately from the ledge and pounded up In a small hand mortar. In seven hours | 7 in gold was cleaned up by this method. Mr. Cox says the ore will assay between $1,500 and $2,000 a ton. Experts have pronounced the ledge one of the most remarkable they ever encountered. Mr. Cox and his brother have been workIng - Ing an arastra nearly all summer. They cleaned up $23 to the ton , but are satisfied they only saved about one-quarter of the gold. , ' Harry Cox and R. Rlgdon have the tun nel on the Owl run 200 ifeet and expect to strike tbe ledge In a few days. , Some of the ore picked from the surface was es sayed , returning $2,600 a ton gold nnd $5CO sliver. Mr. Cox states the Willow creek district will shortly have a five-stamp mill In opera tlon. The mill has been ordered by Mr. Carter and will soon arrive. A move Is on foot to consolidate all the principal claims In the district and sell them to San Francisco capitalists. About thirty claims are in tbe proposed deal. SOURCE OF THE MISSOURI. Since the time when Lewis and Clarke ascended the Missouri rjver In a rowboat , oc cupying the better part ot the years 1801-2-3 , equipped by the United States government for the purpose of exploring the country along and at the' source ot the Missouri river , the stream has become familiar asfar as the head of navigation , Fort Benton , Mont. Be yond that point it Is comparatively unknown , writes a correspondent of the New York Post. The actual headwater of the .Missouri , or what should be known as such had it beeri intelligently named. Is Do Lacy's or Shoshone shone lake In the National park. This lake , a considerable body of water , Is the source ot the Madison river and forms with the river the drainage outlet for most of the waters of that portion of tbe National park. The Gallatln. or left source of the Missouri , Is formed by two streams , the Cast and West Gallatln , which unite about a mile above Its junction with the Missouri. The Madison and the Gallatln are both somewhat smaller than the Jefferson. Had Lewis and Clarke as cended the Madison Instead of the Jefferson , which , being the larger stream , they naturally mistook for the continuation of the Missouri , they would have dis covered the famous geysers In the Flrehole basin , Shoshone lake , and all the country which Is now Incorporated within the limits of the National park. The Big Hole and the Beaverhead rivers flow Into the Jefferson at Twin Bridges , a few miles from the con- fluenc ? ol the Jefferson with the Missouri , so that in reality there are six considerable rivers , all joining one another within a radius of a few miles , which unite to form the longest rlvsr in the world , measured from tbe Gulf to the heart of the Rocky mountains. NEBRASKA. Pawnco county wants a new jail. William Barker's house and barn at Craw ford have been destroyed by fire. Emerson has formed a new camp of the Modern. Woodmen .with a membership ot twenty. Osceola Presbyterians gave Hev. Van GeJEon n "farewell reception" on. his leaving for his new field of labor. Bishop Scannell oC Omalm will assist In the dedication of the new Roman Catholic church at Humphrey next Thursday. Rev. C. Sandqulst ot Oakland was made the victim of sneak thieves to the extent of $55 In cash and a draft for (200 ( , Ponca'a new steam flpurlng mill will be completed by November 1. It will have a capacity of seventy-five barrels a day. A farmer In Colfax county reports two and a half tona of hay fromabout' fifteen acres. The crop Is very short throughout the county. John Houghnon , a fanner living near Cambridge , was killed by lightning while driving his cattle home in the evening. He was a native of Germany , Garfleld county commissioners have Issued a call lor a special election to vote bonds for the Burwcll Irrigation company , the elec tion to ba held October 11. Annie Murray , a colored girl at Crawford , took a dose of laudanum for the purpose of working on the sympathies of her lover. She was none the wors ? , nor Is he. In Buffalo county $3,000 had been paid for gopher scalps this year up to September 1. They are being brought In fast every day and It looks as If every man and boy In the county had gone In to ths business. A cook at the Hotel Smith In Ponca broke an egg and seeing that It looked dark threw It Into a pall of slops , The next morning he found B young chicken alive and well In the pall where he had thrown the egg the evening before. Neal Nye of Wayne county la suffering from severe Injuries caused by being burled undsr a mass of lumber that fell from a wagon he waa driving when the wagon upset by th.f falling o [ a bridge. One arm and one Teg were broken , Rev. A. D. Hooplngarner has been con ducting revival meetings at Plalnvlow. Owing to tha rush of candidates for con version the meetings were moved from the Methodist church to the opera house and were continued longer than wag originally Intended. THH DAKOTAS. The new Hour mill at Hurl y Is almost completed , It will have a capacity for fifty barrels a day. A remarkable freak ot nature la presented In a Siberian crabapple tree growing In Or , Hardlng'a orchard on Inglcslde , seldom. If ever , known to occur , say * the lilaclt Illlla T mi's , Tha trea baa been a prolific bearer for Leveral } ; ara cant tint this * > * > fi ,1 s trying to surpass all previous record * by bringing forth two crops. Fully developed rull and blossoms are now to be seen on the same tree. Preliminary work has been started con the rlv'c'r ' Improvements of the Upper Missouri nt 1'lerre , for which an appropriationof , | 40- 000 has been secured. The proceedings Instituted by Smith town ship at Klmball to etop the putting dwvn of .he artesian well are only to test the legal ly of the petition which was presented to thf county board asking for tlio well , .tjwlng . to llip many cells fo/ Increased rain service which have been made to { he Northern J'aclflc railroad nnd the urgent lem'and for the same , the company has de cided to put a new train schedule Into ef fect In North Dakota and materially In crease the service. Practically nil crops ore a failure this year In the section'ot ' the state cast of the Mlftourl river , with but few exceptions. In many localities wheat Is being shipped in [ or fted nnd In the southwestern counties ordering on the Missouri river It Is used to fatten hogs for spring market. The Union county fair , which Is to be leld at Elk Point September IS , 1'J , 0 hnd 21 , promises to be ono of the greatest affairs ot the kind ever Held la South Dakota. Two ; housand dollars In premiums la offered 'or ' ag'lculturnl and stock displays alone , besides heavy piirses lor liorso racs , In which the entries nre open to the world. A novel feature will bo the hound nnd Jack rabbit races on the first day. S. "G. Sheffield , range manager ot the FlyIng - Ing V Cattle company , was In Sttirgls re cently and reported- that the grass on the innge was curing In very fine- shape , and that cattle were doing remarkably well. He also reports that , the Texas fly , or , as the Tcxans call It , the Russian fly , Is bothering cattle ecmewhat en the range , He says they irocst nt night on the horns of the cattle , massing together like bees , ready at sunrise to feed upon blood ot the animals , A syndicate Is being farmed at Grand Forks to dispose of the thousands cf tons of straw In the valley to farmers of South Dakota , Iowa and Nebraska , whose stock Is liable to suffer for want of food during the coming winter. It Is estimated that through out the Hed river valley 600,000 tons of straw will bo burned during the next sixty days unless soma other disposition can be made ot It. The scheme Is to get this vast quantity under control of one body sf men as near as possible and allow the * farmers Irom the drouth stricken states to ship It to their homes or drive their stock hereto to feed. Sixty thousand shoats are expected hero from. Sioux Falls , S. D. , as the first In stallment of live stock from that state. The display of garden vegetables nnd field products from T. A. White's Irrigated farm at Huron attracted crowds of people .from neighboring towns , The exhibit reminded one of an agricultural fair , and Indeed would outrival many displays orti.n seen on such 'occasions , Mr. White's BUCJ-JSS has convinced a multitude ot people who heretofore hnd little faith in artesian wulcr for Irrigation fe > urposvs , , that It contains properties highly essential tothe rapid growth and early maturing of crops on soil In this part of the state. Mr. White showed Held and garden products of marvelous growth not confined too , few varieties , but of almost every class of vegetables for market purposes and for winter storage , and all the staple field products. The display was nearly all disposed of nt good prices ; a few melons weighing from forty to fifty pounds each , and cabbages from fifteen to twenty pounds each , brought extra prices. COLORADO. The demand for miners In the Tellurlde district exceeds the supply. The Caledonia mine. Cripple Creek , Is turnIng - Ing out very rich samples , some of..wlilch assay $34,220 per ton. The Lone Star No. 2 , Crpple ( Creek , has developed rich ore. It Is one ol the Anaconda properties on Gold hill. The cyanide plant at Cripple Creek-Is handling thirty tons per day. Plans for en largement are prepared. I . " Every operated gold mine In San Miguel county is on a , paying basis. The list Is being constantly Increased. Now that the. La Plata district has a'mlll In operation , the possibilities of the district will be gradually developed. The Summit mine , Cripple Creek , Is now lifting sixty .tons ot milling ore per day. It Is handled ai. theicompany's mill. ' At Brcckenrldge Jumbo mill Is to ba changed Irom a slow to a quick drop process. The mine is being developed. Work Is progressing on the Nelson tun nel at Crcede. It Is In 1,500 , feet and a contract has been let for another 100 feet. Kokomo district , where there Is a large supply of Iron ore , wants a hearing atj the hands of the Denver & Gulf management. The new strike in the Anaconda , at Crip ple Creek , Is eald to be the * best thus far made"in the mine. In a t\vo-fet vein It averages $190 per ton. In the Alma district , Park county , a single ten-stamp mill has produced $20,000 In gold during the past year. The supply of ere has not been regular , owing to want of system in working the mines , There are ninety- stamps dropping in Ophlr camp , San' Miguel county , nnd Its weekly contribution to the Denver branch mint exceeds C00'ouncs in gold. There Is are enough In sight for 200 m ro stamps. Goose Creek district Is now getting to the front with good properties and pros pectors can be assured of good finds yet waiting for them In this section. There will be- several constant shippers from this time on and the output of gold from this camp will , we predict , bo large for the rest of the year. A rich strike was made in the Plttahurg claim in Poverty gulch , near Dubols , which being assayed showed 1C 2-3 ounces in gold , 135 ounces In silver and B per cent copper to the ton. This Is a claim just north ot the now famous Crown Point lode and is being developed by a Montrose company. Upon the heels of this rich strike comes a still richer one near the Plttsburg of 100 ounces In gold. Among the projected Improvements In the way ot ore treatment Is a concentration plant for Nevada district , Gilpln county. It Is proposed to pipe water from Fall river , by way of Chase gulch , and to extend the tram way track about two miles so that coal can bo hauled to tbo pumping station , thus re ducing expenses. Under this plan the rail road haul would bo saved on the concentra tion material , and only the concentrates would need to be shipped. Fall river affords an abundant supply of water , which could be conveyed to the mill In an eight-Inch pipe , OREGON. There are two or three flg trees In the yl- clnlty of Newbcrg , one of which has borna fruit the past two years. Isaac Banta has returned to-Albany from a trip to the Big Bend country , Wash. , where ho put to work seven of his gld-savlng ma chines. There are fifty-one Inmates of the Sol dlsrs' home in Hoseburg , The oldest IB 8C years , the youngest GO years ; the average C2 years. About half the men receive pen sions , but no one Is admitted who receives over $12 a month. The Baker City Democrat learns that wcrk on the Clear lake canal Is being pushed rap idly. About ICO men and forty teams arc at work steadily. The canal will be eighteen feet wide on top , twelve feet on the bottom and four leet deep. Down on Red Prairie a horse stepped on the toe of a little son of Jtobert Bell , com pletely severing the toe from the foot. The llttlo fellow picked the too up. carried it to his mother and coolly told her he would not wear a shoe on that toe any more. Captain Whltcomb will commence carry- Ins rock lo Fort Stevens and work will start up on tlie/ Columbia river jetty. About 100 men will be employed all winter. The Men dal has been overhauled and repaired and Captain Brown will'commence ' making dally trips between Astoria and the Jetty , Robert Steel , tnear Alrlle , Tollc county , raited this season 4,000 bushel : of barley on thirty acres ot ground , or 133 bushels per acre. The gratninos so heavy that but half a awath could bsi cut at a round , and two weeks were spent' In cutting the tfclrty-acre ffcUU The crop was grown on bedvcrdam land. land.At At Mtddleton , R'Airihlll county , there Is a pickle and sauerkraut factory. The stockhold ers are the neighboring farmeri , who raise cucumbers and ittb ago for tbe business. The cteclc subscribed was tS.OOO , and halt of this went for engine and fixtures. The main bulldluc U COxtJO , biUcs the engine room' ' and cooper ith6)i. ) There are forty-six acres .n c r inJ rs P' ' k us has just comi liter , . . . . HI , cirx'IVa employment to the There are those who think clothing any cheaper than another that if he produces a suit identical ly the same , apparently , for less money than another , there'must be something wrong with it it's not'as good cloth or it's not made as well or that it's a bait. But , ; cv There are those who know H that there are shrewd buyers of clothing who do not rush into the clothing markets when the clothing makers have just "produced their new things and ask fancy prices for the first choice , but wait a month or so until the "bloods" arc supplied , when they drop in to find the manufacturer willing to make oreat inducements to take his stock ofl o o his hands. Then it is " " That those who buy last same linings the very same buttons colors just the same cloth just the same not a particle of differenc except The price and that's so low to sell his suits ior what his "blooded neighbor" paid for his and he makes nearly as much profit , too. This applies to Our Five Dollar Sack Suit jh h talk lately. The "blood" has to sell his for fifteen dollars because he got the first pick but we waited a little , and we are paralyzing the natives with' it at five dollars six different shades single or double breasted a most elegant suit so say the five or six hundred who are wearing them now. It's no bait , but we have them as long as you come and will sell you one or a hundred at five dollars. Our Eighf Dollar Clay Worsted " * ; regent cut was bought after the "first choicers" had been supplied , and the maker was desirous of turning his stock into money. Selling it at eight dollars as we do , we don't lose anything on it but at the same time we give it to you for ten dollars less than you pay the "blooded dealer" who pays more for the same identical suit than you do. successors to Columbia Clothing Co. , 13th and Farnam Sts. , Omaha. young people , of the neighborhood. The bar rels and kegs are made In. the cooper shop and the timber cut In the Immediate neigh borhood , An employe of Bennett's mill , at the head of Washington gulch , Baker county , had a narrow escape ! rom death In a tussle with a black bear. The man hnd emptied his Winchester three times Into the body of his bearshlp , when bruin turned on his assail ant , and would have killed him bad not a trusty knlto come into hasty relief. As It was. however , the man was severely bitten In the groin. A United States prisoner , Parker , now In carcerated In the state penitentiary , lias lately completed a beautiful center table for Mr. Dickey , the top of which 1& made of Oregon woods. The diameter ot the top Is twenty Inches , and It Is formed of 1,000 pieces. Parker Is a fine cabinet worker , and was on employe of the Pullman car shops for about ten years. He Is aged GS years , and was sentenced to a two-year term , WYOMING. A nn ? vein ot coal has been discovered on the Shoshone reservation. A new vein of coal has been discovered near Lander and there is great rejoicing there. It Is reported that Ora Haley Is driving 1.000 head of cattle In from North park for shipment to the Omaha market. State Fish Commissioner Schnltger will send 50,000 trout to Sheridan , nnd they will be put In the lakes of the Big Horn moun tains. Jeff Dunbar , a tough citizen , has the town of Dixon In a state of terror. He claims to own the town and the citizens seem Inclined to allow the claim , The stage line between flock Springs and Lander has been abandoned. The owners claim it has been operated at a loss from the start. As they gave bonds to run the line for at least six months a lawsuit will probably follow. The Union Pacific passenger department reports that the head of Green river , Wyo ming , about 110 mlUs north of Opal , U be coming1 quite a popular resort for sports men. The fishing and hunting Is first-class all the way from Opal to National Park. In 1S92 Wyoming had 1,111.472 head of sheep , which were valued at $2,808,070. Not withstanding that the number reported at the present time Is over 350,000 head more tlian two years ago , the -valuo Is given at J078,735 less than the smaller number were estimated to be worth. WASHINGTON. The Northern Paclflo car shops nt Edison , Just reopened , have 1,000 applications for work. The project to build a fine club house for the Tacoma Athletic club has been aban doned for this year. The Seattle contributions to the fund for the relief ot the widows and orphans of those killed In the Franklin coal mine already ex ceeds ? 1COO. There are about fifty miners at the Slate Creek mines at the head of the Huby ; one. party of flvo ore washing decomposed quartz and are said to be getting over a pound of gold per day. Over 100 men and sixty teams are at work on the new Irrigating ditch In Klttltas county. There Is buttle In the streets of Ullensburg. During the past forty days the postoOlco business of the town lias doubled. Lincoln county commissioners will be pe titioned for a bridge to be built In connection with Stevens county , over the Spokane river , several miles above Fort Spokane , for the benefit ot a large body of settlers In tbe Prlca valley country. The hay crop of the Colvllle valley , now safely stacked , Is pronounced the finest ever ctt | In that section. Including 6,000 iona left over from last year , the tiay Is a fins quality of timothy , and was uaved without a drop ot rain falling upon It from the begin ning ot harvest until It was ail In the stack , The first ore , outside of samples , shipped , from Monte Crlsto , has been received at Everett. The shipment was to the Puget Sound Reduction company , and amounted to 120,000 poundi. The ore on the way bill is valued at 1100 per ton. The ore Is ponccn- tratlng , being of pure metal. It U from the Golden Cord mine. There Is a big mining region which la coining Into prominence this year. This la the Chlppewa district , lying between Elk City anil Salmon river , and Is now brought lu. touch with the \\i.r'l by the ncv ; utato wagon rsad , H Is a nlver-lead | country , xvlth huge ledges , giving bettor surface showings than the Cocur d'A limes did , but entirely un developed. If It fulfills Its premises It will yet become one of Spokane's grandest tribu taries. W. II. Kearney , who was the original-dis coverer of the Old Dominion mine , near Col- vllle. ten years ago , and from which be derived rived/ ! neat little fortune , has purchased and Is now developing the Sugar Loaf mine , near the Mission , In Stevens county. The Sugar Loaf Is "a free milling gold proposition and will run $70 to the tin In gold on a four- tcen-lnch vein. MISCELLANEOUS. Chinese are Invading California fruit farm- Ing. Coal has been recently' discovered on Elk creek near Crelghton , Idaho. It Is estimated that the cattle shipments from eastern Montana will aggregate 110,000 bead during September. The forty-seven and one half-pound melon raised In the penitentiary garden is on ex hibition at Boise , Idaho The Indians of I-'ort Hall reservation In Idaho are becoming hostile to white settlers In their vlclnty and trouble Is feared. Colonel Bryan offered In IJolse the other day to chip In $10,000 toward raising $100,000 to start on Otvyhee railroad enterprise. The 'Sheep mountain excitement Is causing considerable talk In Nevada. The assays are reported to run from $180 lo $1,000 per ton , and the llnd Is directing much attention. Los Angeles is to have an "International Midwinter exposition , " after the manner of the ouc held In San Francisco , which will begin the latter part of October and last three months , The new railroad , to go throuch Nevada is an extension of the Santa I < > . U goes through Lincoln county. The state of Nevada owns the public lands In Lincoln county and has recently developed a large trade in them. The Union Pacific'is building a. warehouse at Sonna and one at Beatty. These arc the stations recently located on the branch be tween Boise and Nnpa , One was named in honor .of United Stages Judge Beatty , while the other was christened after Dolae's mayor. The DeLanmr Nugget Bays a contract has been let for the completion of the Idaho tunnel In tlio Black Jack mine. This tunnel Is now In 900 feet. It Is proposed to run It 1,000 feet further tor the purpose of tapping the Black Jack down deep In the bowels of the earth. The fourth year of the Leland Stanford , jr. , university has opened. Eight bund rod and twenty-flvo students have already regis tered , exclusive of about 100 post-graduates , an Increase of ICO over the number of stu dents present last year. The total registra tion for the year will exceed 1,200. Two miners have discovered and located a vein of coal up on the Weber river , about thirty-five miles from Wattatch , Utah. As yet they have only sunk a thort distance on It , but far enough to show a seven-foot vein. The coal Is of course soft at the pres ent depth , but all the old miners think It will develop Into a fine quality of hard coal. Fanner George has found a ship's anchor measuring six feet long and somewhat differ ent fJoin the anchors , used during the nine teenth cmtury , on ono-ot the Islands of the Plalto ilver , two miles southwest of Brady Island. It is suggested that It may have been left behind by some of Brlgham Young's expedition when crossing the desert. The first clearance of cotton this season haa been made to a foreign port at Galveslon. The Sierra line steamer Merrla cleared for Liverpool with 0,100 bales of cotton , valued at $227,243. The entire cargo came from one compress In Houston , and was brought down from Houston In barges and loaded Irom them Into the steamer In Bolivar Roads , with the exception of 1,200 bales , which were taken outside tha bar. The date of the opening of the Nez Pcrces reservation will be a great day for Idaho. It will witness the planting of some 3,000 families In the date , eay the. Idaho World , and , In addition , thousands of others , con stituting the overflow from tha gathered crowd , will settle on other lands In thli and adjoining counties. Many people are already In the reservation looking over the lands eoon to be opened ( or settlement. The old Pierce City wagon road , which up to this year lias been slnco the 'COi ' little better that a series ot Indian trails , U now B well- traveled county road. It traverses the flneit lands on the reservation. Down toward I,6wlstoi [ considerable land has-been leased from the Indians and Is now in grain and ono can now see fields of ( Train that cannot be excelled even lu the. Pnlous country. Charles P. IVttlngill , one ot the gold prospectors at Brown's Creek , Minn. , bos unearthed , as ha claims , n largo lead of gold ore. The prospectors knew from drtft gold caught In \\\a \ \ \ flume that there must bo a lead some bcrc , and have diligently searched for It until underneath a layer of black rock the ore was found. Mr. Pet- tlnglll says It will 'be taken to Minneapolis to be assayed , and ( hat ho Is positive It la the richest ere ever struck In Minnesota. There Is no telling how largo the lead Is , but it has already been traced 300 feetj. The Seth Cook group of gold mines at Coultervllle. Marlpoba county , Cal , , lias been sold to a company ot Boston and Montana capitalists , for $100,000. Tlio mines have been Idle for twenty years. Kor seyeral years before his death Cook liad not worked them , owing to a bcK'of good transporta tion facilities. The puichnaers Include Thomas Cook , a millionaire of Bufte. Mont. , nnd J. A. Co rain of Boston , who , with his as sociates , owns forty-three mining properties at Butte and enormous reduction -works on the Missouri river. Tbo purchasers of the Seth Cook mines Intend to expend $ COO- 000 In their development , erecting a stamp mill and building a railroad. "Wo do thniRS somewhat differently In Mexico from the way they arc clone in your country , " said a Mexican engineer whs attended the irrigation congress at Denver , "lit Mexico all Irrigation ditches' are built by private expense , but under federal super vision. All the plans and specifications are drawn by the governmsnt and all questions ot water rights ore settled by the govern ment , the people to bo benefited defraying tha expense attached thereto. If there Is any change to bo made In the ditches. If new laterals are to lie put In , all U done by the government engineers , and a strict regard to the rights of the Interested parties Is observed by the authorities The people know this and readily agieo to this method of adjust ment , confident that their rights will bs pro tected. " Shlloh's Cure , the great cough and croup cure. Is In great demand , Pocket olzo con tains twenty-flic doses , only 25 cent * . Children love It. Sold by druggists. iJust I.Ike ftrorgr. The tramp knocked ccftly ai the kitchen door and tha nicest , sweetest old lady In the world met him , Bays the Detroit Tree Press. He chuckled quietly , for ho thought he had struck u snap that was going to bo a regular bonanza find. "Dcggln' your pardon , l dy , but can I get a blto to eat here ? " ho asked , humbly. "Are you very hungry ? " she responded Illco a mclhcr. "Y s , lady. " "Y'ou are out cf work , I suppose ? " "Yes , lady ; I have not done a lick of work since the first day of June. " Something In thia statement made him chuckle again , but she did not hear him as Bhe stepped to the cupboard to get a piece ot pic. She came back and stood with It In her hand llko a Lady Bountiful , and hl mouth began to water. "And how long before that ? " she asked , with something In her tone that crushed him. him."Lady , " bo gasped , "I cannot tell a lie. Good morning , " and he walked out of tha yard , and eho cet the pie back for the next one. ITIiere Llelitnlnsr M Mont Hebtructlto. n Tha continued and careful observations which the meteorologists of Iho world have made during the past twenty years only serve to strengthen the remark made by Iho author of "AbdJU'e Thsary of FIcctrlo Storms , " vlr. , "that the majority of fatal and destructive MghtnUig strokes occur in level , open c6untry. " Trees , villages anS thickly built up towns and cities , by their numerous projections and their netwom ot rails , wlrei , etc. , ceem lo neutralize or scat ter the electric fdrccs , thereby protecting both the animate and Inanimate from direct strokes of tbe eath-dcalinu fluid. Oregon Kidney T a qur backache. TrUl tlze , 25 cents. All