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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1894)
, * < a * t- TTTTi ! T4ATT.V Boporta of Fabulous Wealth , in Distant Al&skaa Regions. BEDS Of IVORY AND MINES OF GOLD A Secluded Mine jllclier Than thoTreadnoll .Strnneo Bight In an Ice C T Olcantlo J'dlr of Tunki Uoutdcr'i Chunk ol Gold Nowi of the Northwest. Among the passengers ot the Ill-fated a. tamer llcrtha , Just arrived at tills port from Alaska , -vvai a party ot California ! ! ! who left hero three months ago on a pros pecting luur through that fabled land ot gold , eays the Ban. Franclico Examiner. After ci during Incredible hardships In a Journey ot many hundreds ot miles over bleak lands , snows and Ice the travelers have relurncd to their native shores rich In experience and hope. U. P. Oberlandcr of Pasadena , ono of the party , an energetic young man , who despite his experience In Alaska holds thai country in high regard , says he Is convinced that Its future Is full of promise , and that eventually Alaska will be known as one ot the greatest gold-producing countries In the wurld. "On our way up the Yukon , " says he. In the course of conversation , "wo met two In diana In a boat with three or four Ivory tusks and several molars. Two ol these tusks were eleven ( cot six Inches In length and six Inches In diameter , and another was nlno feet In length and ( our Inches In diame ter. The Indians stated that they had dis covered these tusks protruding from the river bank near by , and that they had been exposed by a landslide.Vc attempted to iwrchaso the Ivory , but ; the Indians refused to part with the tusks , claiming thai they vero relics ot the gods. "We located some claims at Forty Mile arid a tew days later took the steamer Arctic fir St. Michaels and the Koukuk river , a tributary of the Yukon. The Koukuk Is navigable- fully 700 miles lor steamers. At Koukuk wo- met Frank Haley of Washing ton , wlio was also In possession ol a large quantity of Ivory , which had been found . . noino GOO miles ul > the river. It Is thought It-J l > y the miners that Immense deposits of Ivory I and bones are to bo found along the Koukuk river. " Mr. Oberlandcr states that on the way dawn to Jhe Yukon river he saw a burning coal mine , which had been In a state of lunltlon for more than three years. The sccno was a beautiful ono at night , the effect being to llghtrn the. sky \\ltli a ruddy Blare , while during the day the light of the run was obscured by dense clouds ot smoke. I 'car the burning mine Is located' an Im- nenso deposit ot tusks and bones , the re- ninlna ot mnmmoths which had probably made this their feeding ground In ages gone by. Hidden away among the hills ol Unga Island , visited by Mr. Oberlander , Is a gold rnlno which he declares Is the richest ever discovered. Ha earn It Is rlslier than the TroaUwell mlno on Douglas Island. The mine Is owned and operated by the Apollo Consolidated Mining company , which was Incorporated with n capital ot V-0.000,000 , , with Captain Nlebnum aa president. A tunnel COO feet In length has been run Into the sldo ot Iho hill , meeting here and there lieavy veins of gold-bearing rock. Another tunnel 2.300 ( eet In length has been com pleted , ami Irom this other tunnels run , lioneycomblnc Ihe mountain. Enough ore lias already been exposed to keep a 100- Htamp' mill -In dally operation for years to come. Assays show thai Ihe ore contains much free gold. "While nt Dlrch creek , " said Mr. Ober- * Under , "I was Informed ol the discovery of n wonderful cave by a miner named Schu mann. I was unable to visit the cave , which Is located forty miles above Mastcrdan creek. Schumann states thai his cave Is eighty feet In length and varies trom four to seventy reel In width , After entering through n sntall aperture , the sides of which are com posed of granite , one emerges Into a solid Ice chamber , from which hang numerous stalactites glistening like silver. Schumann was surprised to ( Intl that there were n num- lier of air currents In the cave , Ihe source of which he could not determine. At one side he found a black bear sitting partly upright. Tha sight ot the animal alarmed him greatly nt nrsl , but falling to detect any signs ot lllo he approached It and found that the bear was frozen stiff In a block ot Ice , He took Ills ax and chopped a piece off Ihe animal. Picking up portions ho found that It crum bled at his touch. Similar caves , some large , others small , have been discovered about Dlrch creek. " The condition of affairs In the miningre - Klona ol Alaska Is , according to Mr. Ober lander , encouraging. Al Forly Mile , Iho principal station on the Yukon river , he found a cosmopolitan society. The town con- < alns thirty-five buildings , Including one jtore. Ave saloons , an.Episcopal church and log dwellings. Provisions are very high , ow ing lo the difficulties of hauling- . Indians arc employed In the work of sledding goods from Dayya across Chllcoot pass to the head of Lake Ltnderman , a distance of nine miles , for which service they charge $14 for 100 pounds. Flour coats JS for 100 pounds , beans IS cents a pound , rice 20 cents , rolled oats 15 cents , bacon 35 cents , coffee CO cents to 75 cents , sugar 20 cents to 25 cents. STIUKIXO IT nidi. . Will Altgcyer , part owner of the Valley Forge mine at Sallna , came Into town with an almost solid chunk , ot tellurlclo which weighed 103 pound3 , says a Douldcr special to Iho Denver News. This caps the climax of ore discovery In Boulder county , and the people are wild over the magnitude and greal value of the strike. Out at Ihe mine a huge boulder of solid tellurlde , weighing COO pounds , has been blasted from tha tunnel. The value of the ore has been est mated al ? 30 to 550 a pound. This makes It itie must wonderful strike ever made In this district. Almost simultaneously with the report of this discovery cornea thai of olhers. In Ihe Ilelle mine. 200 yards away from Ihe Valley Forge , owned by Hcrrlval and Flanders of Uenver , some exceedingly rlcli ore has been laken oul. It contains much gold that Is tre ana pure. This strike was made only a few days ngo , but Ihe matter was kept quiet by the owners of the property until the aample shipment occasioned some talk. Just below Sallna , In Sweet Homo gulch. Vine and Clark have opened up in their ulttle Johnnie' a magnificent body of very rich oro. U Is high grade , and there Is a jreat quantity in sight. The output ot this trio of mines nnd the reports of other wonderful d.scoverles is the sola toplo or conversation around hero , AN OHE VEIN DUPLICATED. The great Victor gold mlno at Cripple Creak Is no longer one rein ot high grade gold ore. It has developed Into two. Re cent development In that property , says the Denver Nowa , has proved the value ot the neeond ore vein , which Is In all respecls similar to the first. Two carloads ot ore trom the second vein , sold at a Denver smelter , returned an average of $750 per tot In gold. This Is also Ihe record for Ihe first vein , These depositories of wealth an about forty feet apart , ami each Is now wo ! defined. When approached by the agent for n Lon don syndicate. Mr. D. H. Jlotfat. preslden of the Victor Gold Mining company , dc- u. cleared that the property was not for sale ' and that the option given In New York las winter , at $3 per share on the capital stock had been deltnltely and conclusively can celoj and would not be renewed , Slnca the resumption of work In the Crlp- pl Creek district the Victor has paid a dividend of $10,000 per month. It is now In condition to pay twice that sum. as the treasury contains J60.000 In cash from the earnings of the pa t three months. The output of the mine can be easily Increasec to $100,000 p r month. It U not often that ono first-class mine develops Into two. but this has tuppence la the case of th Victor , a fact which give * Increased value to Ihe nelghborlnc prospects. prospects.SALT SALT CIlteEK OIL WELLS , Joseph Somervllle arrived In this city from Pennsylvania. iay the Casper Tribune * mcl In company -with J. w. Van Gordon was driven to the Salt Creek oil wells , -wbera they will arrange the preliminary -work for tht drilling of four new wells , -work 01 which will b commenced nert week , a which lime an experienced driller , also from Pennsylvania , wilt be on hand , and itbe work will b pushed as rapidly as skilled mechanics can do It. A few -weeks ago we Informed our readers hat Judge McCalmont had closed some very mportnnt contracts , and that more active work In the oil Industry would , coon be In augurated , and wearc now able lo say that It has fairly commenced. The contract closed at that time was with the Oulf railroad for a carload each month , and since then Juilgs McCalmont has received an order for a. carload from the Atchlson , Topeka & Santa Fe people. This order comes from a new source and will bo the noans ot adding a permanent customer , for hat company surely knows a good thing when they see It , and there Is no doubt but that the article they " 111 receive Is of the very best. The olt business ot Natrona county Is just commencing , and from this time on will prove the greatest Industry In our county , If not In the state. OKCAS ISLAND FIIU1T. On Orcaa Island ( hero Is n steady Increase n Interest In fruit growing , eays the Tacoma - coma West Coast Trade , and next year will sec one large and several small dryers erected lo can the product of the 100,000 prune trees , vhlch come Into bearing on the Island -within the next two years. Of prune , cherry nnd apple trees I hero are 175,000 trees now out , tnd an estimate on the annual value ot the crop places- at 5500,000 within three years. This Is an estimate covering but one small sland , but the same condition.ot Increased production Is to bo generally found through out the state , nnd the magnitude which our 'rult growing Interests are reaching can scarcely be realized. The fruit fair nt Spo- < ane this month will demonstrate something of the- progress In this direction cast of the nountalns , and will servo a good purpose In calling attention to the necessity of better lacllltlcj for reaching larger consuming mar cels. FllUIT SUPPLANTING WHEAT. The California newspapers have a great deal to say about the substitution ot fruit 'or wheat as the crop of the state. This change- has been going on steadily tor a nutn- HT of years , until now , In that state , al though splendidly adapted to the production ot wheat , both in soil and climate , the wheat crop has gradually diminished , and Callfor- ila Is no longer one ot the great wheat states. The change has been attended by many good results , says the St. Helen's Mist. The pro duction ot wheat , while It was unprofitable .0 tlio farmer , gave employment to but little labor. Machinery does all the work. The great fields of wheat , therefore , excluded rural population , and while the cities were growing there was no Increase In the popu- iatlon of the country. Fruit growing has worked a revolution. It gives profitable employment to great num bers of people. The land has grown more fertile and more valuable , and a new nnd most profitable- Industry has been started. The beautiful fruit of the Pacific coast has not a rival and needa no tariff wall to pro tect It from foreign competition. It not only finds a market In all the great cities of the United States , but a profitable trade has been opened In London. The canning Industry Is also growing , and fruit which cannot be marketed In Us natural state Is canned or dried. The mistake that Is usually made In fruit raising , as In farming. Is too little diversity. If various kinds of fruit were raised , when one falls the other would produce. Fruit which can be sold In the winter or In the spring nearly always brings good prices. This fact has suggested tha establishment of cold storage warehouses In rural districts , In which all kinds of fruit can bo ke.pl for win ter. GrapeB , which are very cheap In the market In summer , would command fancy prices at Christmas , and apples' kept until March can nearly always be sold to an ad vantage. These considerations will , doubt less , before'miny years , make the cold stor age warehouse an adjunct to farming. FIHST SIGHT OF A HAILIIOAD. Koswell Is a quaint town with a Mexican aroma , ID abounds In shade , something unusual for southeastern New Mexico , says a local correspondent of the Denver Times- Sun. Straight , wlda streets and large trees , that glvo a degree of long-time , substantial settlement , unusual In the Pecos land , are features that first Impress the new arrival. Hero Is a solid business center that has thrived , /or yearq many miles from a rail road as the headquarters nnd supply point for cattle and sheepmen and a sort of a haven for hard characters. Here the plains rider , md the miner and prospector along the eastern slope of the Jlcarlllas , eighty and ICO miles away , were wont to meet and own the town for n day orweek , according as their roll of wealth or their Inclination for a howl he-Id out. lleforo the Pecos. Valley road was built to Kddv It was claimed that noswell .was farther from a railroad than any city ot over 1.000 Inhabitants In the United States. At the railroad celebration on Monday , October G , there -were many old men nnd women who came from the distant foothills to see the Iron horao and cars for the first time. One woman was no bewitched by this comfortable means of locomotion that she rode back nnd forth for hours , on the free train that piled between , noswell and the Chlsum ranch , where the festivities , of the day took place. Such Joy she never expected to realize In her lifetime , and so long as a rldo could be had for nothing she cared not for speech-making , and even the gorgeous barbecue feast had no attractions. The opcn-eypd wonder and original com ments of these frontier folk , as they gathered around the Iron horse and watched Us breath- Incr steam , was a unique Bight. At first they were frlglitcncd when the. whistle sounded , but soon nil Idea ot fright disap peared and this noise afforded them huge amusement , and the engineer and flrem.in tooted the whistle and rang the bell far more than there was any occasion , simply for the fun the unsophisticated crowd got out ot It of which the trainmen had their full share. DIED IN THE DESERT. The bones of another prospector have been round out on the desert sands , says a San Bernardino. Cal , , special to the Denver He- publican. It Is not Improbable that the re mains are those of a man who lost his IIfu while searching for that long lost bonanza , the Pcglcg mine. M. J. nnd T. T. Htalr of this city have Just returned from a summer's prospecting trip on the desert , und they re port the discovery. While out on the desert , about sixteen miles east of Canon. Springs , they came upon the scattered bones of n man , bleached white and scattered over a space ot 100 yards square. Lying here and there on theaand were pieces ol tha dead man's wearing apparel. To one of the lapels ot the coat was pinned a curiously wrought Knights Templar badge. H Is thought the hones are those of a man named Straubenmlller , who disappeared about three years ago , and ot whom nothing has since been heard. In May , 1891 , Strauben- mlller started from Coltonwood Spring * to Walters , a station twenty-five 'miles distant. At the mouth ot Cottonwood canon , Instead of going southwest , Straubenmlller turned east , and a few days later he was- tracked about twelve miles out on the desert , where the trail was lost , and he was never seen again. IMMENSE CHICKEN RANCH. Hudolph Spreckles and F. F , Fotlls have Just dosts ! a deal for a large tract ot land , something1 over 200 acres , near Santa Hosi , Sonoma county , upon which they will estab lish a big poulary farm. Suitable houses will be built upon 100 acres set apart for that purpose , says the San Francisco Chronicle , and all the most approved modern methods for successfully conducting the business will bo employed. Dy the use ot Incubators or brooders the extensive raising of poultry , as a business , has been wonderfully facilitated. The enter prise ot Meisrs. Spr cklcs & Foil Is marks a new departure In this state , where poultry raising has , heretofore , been carried on upon a small scale. Ten acres , In fact , has been considered a good sized poultry farm , and the wildest dreamer has not even contemplated a 200-acre poultry farm. Heretofore no particular methods have b employed In grading the products far the common market , and no special effort has been made to build up the Industry In Call fornla. Not more than two-fifths ot the poul try and eggs used In thta state are produced here , as California ttlll depends on large Im portations to supply the home demand. Call- fornlans are often spoken ot an a people who will not watt long for returns. But there Is no other legitimate business which yields to quick a return as the raising ol fowls and eggs , So Important Is this * Industry and so great Is the need of awakening Interest In It that Governor Markbam devoted a paragraph to It In his last biennial meuuge. in 1K93 there were over 750.000 poundi ot poultry and more than 10,000,000 egg * brought Into Cali fornia. These should have been raised hero , and they could have been produced at a sav ing ot over $500.000 to this state. U is true that there are many small poul try raisers In California , but the fact remains that fowls arc brought hero In carload lott In one shipment , and thai even the Interior cities < Jo not get ill their supplies ( rom the surrounding country. In climate California Is the Ideal place for poultry raising , aa there ara no Ri-eal extremes ot cold , while feed Is as cheap as It Is In any part of the east. THB.DAKOTAS. Charles Mix county proposes lo sink eleven artesian wells , Alpena experienced a sand storm with a flfty-mllc gale one day last week. Lyman county expects to have ome ar tesian wells sunk on the Sioux reservation for Irrigation purposes. The Valley Land and Irrigation company of Huron recently closed a deal for fifty quarter sections In Edmunds county. The South Dakota Mining company , In the- mack Hills district , Is making experiments with an electrolytic process for working IU refractory gold ores. A number of farmers living In the Cheyenne - enno vnlley In Fall Hlver county have de cided to put In nn Irrigating wheel to take waler from the Cheyenne river. A meeting of the South Dakota Irrigation association was held at Huron recently , nt which the proposal to borrow the school fund of the state for Irrigating purposes was con sidered , t Major Clements of the Santcc agency , who- was recently suspended na the result of charges made against him , Is again In change- of the agency , the Investigation fully exon erating him. Henry Willrodt , ono of our prosperous , farmer ? , living near Pukwana , has purchased an artesian well outfit and Is putting down a six-Inch well for Irrigation purposes. Ho will surely never regret It , as Irrigation Is a good thing. Ho is going to Irrigate 320 acres next year. The richest discovery ot gold In the Hills was made a few days ago. Two penniless and unknown young tncn began prospecting near the Hald Mountain property , and after digging three feet they ran Into quartz carrying rich gold. The rock averages (250 per ton , It Is claimed. About fifty Indians attending United States court at Sioux Falls secured firewater enough to make them feel like- having n ghost dance. Twice during tha night the police had to bo called Into th'e boarding house where the reds were staying to quell their bolstcrousness. The second tlma It waa necessary to knock down a , big buck and take him to the cooler. The abstract of the condition fit the na tional banks of North Dakota at the close of business on October 2 shows the average reserve to have been 35.23 per cent , against 20.37 per cent on July IS. Loans and dis counts decreased from J5,299,9SO to $3,191- 335. Stocks and securities Increased from $311,045 to $319,811 ; gold coin from $187,904 to $243,307 ; Individual deposits from $3,874- 782 to ? 4,849C50. It theHomcstako Mining company of the Black Hilla loses all of the lawsuits now pending against It , It Is fortunate In being the richest gold mining company In the world. The two most Important suits are the ones In which Samuel W. Allcrton of Chicago and the United States are plaintiffs. The former asks for a portion of a mine and $2,393,750 , and the latter Involves $700,000 worth of timber land. Dr. J. II. Smith , county superintendent of the Hoard of Health , has discovered ad vanced stages of tuberculosis In a herd of shorthorn Durham cattle , belonging to Messrs. Daly and Ilenlmn , ranchmen , near Columbia. Under orders from State Veter inarian Palmer of Lennox the animals have been quarantined , and It Is hoped the Infec tion will not extend. Examination of the lungs ot animals slaughtered for beef shows them to be thoroughly Infiltrated with bacilli tubercle. The herd was bought In Iowa some years .ago , COLORADO. The survey of the new line of the Fort Morgan canal has been completed. It Is stated that the selling price of the Plymouth Hock group ot mines , Cripple- Creek , was $100,000. Obscrvatlona are being taken on a 'quan tity of seepage water that Is finding Its way back from the canon to the Platte In Wells county. r , The Crazy Girl lode at Frceland , near Idaho Springs , Is developing Into a good property. The ore Is galena , carrying both gold and silver. Granite district , where considerable de velopment work has been accomplished this year , will be a heavy producer In 1895. Modern stamp mills and concentration plants are needed. The Montrose Enterprise Is trying to pusi ) the matter of taking the Gunnlson river Into the Uncompahgro valley. It this ob ject Is accomplished nearly all the land in the valley can be Irrigated. The extension of the Dolly Varden vein has been opened up In the Christy at Cripple Creek. The pay streak Is eighteen Inches In width , and two sample assays made on the ore run $307 and $350 respectively. The Pharmacist Is liable to bloom forth again as ono of the big mines of Cripple Creek. A vein measuring- fully eighteen Inches In width was discovered within twenty feet of th6 bottom of the shaft. It consists of tellurium ore. which essays bet tor than fifty ounces In gold. In the Florence ojl field there Is consider able activity. New wells are being drilled and the refineries are running- full blast. A few days ago the United Oil company struck the largest gas well yet discovered In the field. In fact , It Is stated that this new well will produce as much gas any half dozen heretofore opened , The new llxlvlatlonworks at Duncan are now ready to begin work. If the treat ment proves to be a success there will be a big rush to this camp , and properties which are now doing but very little will be worked to their full capacity , while a vast amount of virgin ground will soon be staked off by new prospectors. A proposition has been mada to the Dsnver & Hlo Grande railroad to change the present line from Colorado Springs to Manltou Into an electric line. It is proposed to use the over head or trolley system , The electric plant would be located at Colorado City , and In ad dition to supplying sufficient power for run ning the cars , It would supply light for the depots at Colorado City , Munitou and also the union depot In Colorado Springs. It Is esti mated that the company could by this method double the present service. WYOMING. A new postofDce has been established at Olmstead , Crook county. The work of killing wolves In the northern part ot the < state Is progressing rapidly. A petition xvlll Boon l > e In circulation pray ing for a dally mall service from Casper to the Dig Horn basin country. , The state miners' hospital at Rock Springs * has made contracts for the purpose of tak ing care of the Union Pacific patients. Horses belonging to theBig - Creek LiveStock " Stock "company are being gathered , prepara tory to making a shipment to Louisiana. A number ot homestead claimants In the Big IJorn baalii have lived on their land the required length of time and are proving up. Work Is now In progress on the Sheridan water works. The contractors are in hopes of having the Job completed by the IIrat of next year. Something- over 40,000 sheep have been 'pur chased aa feeders by Wyoming shippers and are now being held In the vicinity ot Fort Stcele. They will be shipped into Colorado and Nebraska and fed for market. Considerable Iron ere Is being received at the smelters from Wyoming deposits. It averaces over 62 per cent of pure Iron and gives good satisfaction. The cost of mining It U low , owing to the generous size ot the vein * . Sheep herds In Stlllwater county are re ported free from scab , with the exception ot two herds belonging to Dr. Murray. Feed on the Sandy range It exceptionally good. The clip of this year lias been disposed of , and of courseat a very low price. The number of sheep in tlie county Is estimated ot between 33,000 and 31.000. The Four M le placer camp south of Itaw- llns Is attracting a great deal ol attention at present , A syndicate of Chicago and Oniiha capitalists who are operating there ara now having the survey made for a large ditch , and U Is expected that work will be commenced on the , cameat once , A number of prospectors have been recently visiting the district with a view ol locating claims. The new Burlington folder show * that at the qpenlng- the Hillings line the road will have In active use 1.2SO engines , 1,500 passenger coaches and 35,000 freight cam. This amount of rolling stock U something enormous and can hardly be fully understood at a glance. The- new extension of Uie Bur lington la the only big piece of railroad bulldlnK that lias , bypn done In this country this year. ' The Wyoming 'QeVelopment company has a large number dti men and team * at work on ditch No. 3 , ntpWheatUml , The company will have Its ditch , ij-stem completed In time to furnish in-ltbundance of water to tha settlers on Itqdands. State I-nKlneer..Mrad csllmatcs that the waters of tha North Platte river are sum- dent. -properly'usM , to Irrigate and re claim over 800.00& ' acres of land , and there arc about 600,000 .acres along the river capa ble ot reclamation , it will require an im mense expenditure at money , however , to construct Ihe necessary canals and walcr- waya lo bring about , the reclamation. A Florence man -who haa packed carelully and established a Rood name for his brand has Just received an order for 200 cases of salmon to be tent to Doston. ' A scottpd seal Is eald to have been seen In the Willamette , near Iluttcvllle , by Ihe captain nnd male of the Modoc. It Is" sup posed to have ascended the Oregon city fish ladder. Oscar Peterson has raised some very good hops this year on Iho John Day bottoms. It has been supposed thin crop would not grow there , but Pelenon Is golnff Into the business. Mitchell , a California buyer , gathered In a bunch of 300 head bf beef cattle from the ranches at the head of Ihe valley above Ash land , paying an average of about $18.50 per head for them , considerably less than last year. The Sloan and Haskell Elk creek placer mines In Grant county have been sold. In cluded In the transfer are the Stocking Illrd , Cabell , Illue Bell , Steamboat and other prop erties. The price Is $58,000 , and operations will be conducted on a largescale. . Two hundred men are working al the upper part of the Cascade locks and are making good headway. The gjtes have all arrived and will bo put In as soon as the masonry is completed. Arrangements have been made for keeping the masons at work until high water drives them out. ts'orris Humphrey Informs the Eugene Guard that at present prices ho can realize $3,500 from his dried prunes , raised on his twonty-flve-acre orchard , a few miles north of Eugene. The trees are six years old and have been thoroughly and Intelligently culti vated. His entire'cost for drying , picking and cultivatingwill.probably amount to be tween $1,000 and $1,250 , leaving the balance as profit. The Prlnevlllo Review vouches for the fact that the- following Is an exact copy ot an ad vertisement posted on the bulletin board In trent of one of the leading- mercantile estab lishments ot that city : "Fur Sail. Shugger , koffy , flower , mllasses , chawln on stnokln terbacker. Ingllsh and Gunpowder T T T T , becns , drldo propna , peechea and plumbs , sope , ryce , hamlets , cole olel , keen axel greece , glass and krokcry walr , cat scttery and so fourth ; go fur kash. " J. D. Casey ot Illlgarde expects to leave In a few days for Malheur to look after de velopments al the rich quartz flnd in which himself and W. H , Banks are Interested. The ledge was discovered by Mr. Hanks and Mr , Casey bought a half Interest for $2,600. The owners received a proposition from Ogden - den for the purchase of the properly for $ $ .000. This offer , was refused , as the ore is free-milling , and there Is no doubt that a small mill will' sdon yield many times $3,000. I i WASmNGTON. It keeps the Paso < ? people busy killing the rattlesnakes in their back yards. A number of jWdlhg land owners about Garfield will go Into flax raising another year , - n i . A new. cable ferry'Is to be put In across the Columbia atthemouth ot .tho Yaklma ' ' ' ' river1 , Th'e-Goldendale'mllli ore working day ami night bu. an ordeVifot < 1,000'barrels ' of flour ( or China , .jjfUu : Work on the . miildlo Klttltas Irrigation canal Is humming. . About 400 men and 200 ( cams are ot-work.- Yaklma farmerV 'arc ' shipping potatoes to SU I'aul. They receive ? 11 a ton tor luem , delivered-on thoca.r , | j , , / , ,1IIO ( , . Several Kllckftat farmers will not harvest- ' their Wheat crops , cla'lmfng the price will not Justify the expense of cutting and thresh ing. Columbia county , ( havingexcseded the con stitutional limit ot Indebtedness , has con tinued all civil Jury cases till the March term. TheSkaglt county delegation to the legis lature next winter will Insist upon an appro priation for a wagon road over the Cascades , the Wha't'com route having failed. The red huckleberry wine season Is on In the valleys of Wnhklakum county , and some put up from this plentiful summer fruit Is found to'be a prime article now It Is brought out tor use. It is estimated that of wheat , barley and oats the amount- received at Garfield this year will reach 70P.OOO or 800,000 bushels. About 175.000 bushels have already been warehoused. ' A bearskin and a five-gallon can of "bar's grease" Is what Mr. Joseph reliant of Shamokawa points proudly to now as a revenge for the loss bf thirty pigs the poach ing bruin had destroyed for him. A number of farmers south of Spangle have left fields ot wheat 100 to 200 acres which they nlll nol cut. as It will not pay the expenses -harvesting , though It would yield from eighteen to twenty bushels per acre. acre.The The progress of the middle Klttltas irri gation ditch Is making commendable head way. There In some five miles completed and seven or eight under rapid construc tion. It will be- ready for next season's Irrigation. The Wlllapa Pilot prints some Interest ing ; statistics of Pacific county's logging Industry , footingup for the season 10- 760,000 feet. Itis Incomplete , and the Pilot thinks In all the output would reach 15.000.000 ( eet. Tha bonrd of counts' commissioners of Whitman county have decided to audit no more bills , except such ns are already con tracted for. This action U because the commissioners believe the county Is up to the constitutional limit ot Indebtedness. A good many members of Spokane's Coxey army never came back. Some of them were heads of families , and the women and chil dren arc besieging tha county commissioners for aid In the form , of fuel and groceries. Some even ask tor transportation to go east lo flnd their husbands. * The Whldby Island wharf , the construction of which was undertaken by the business men of Port Townsend , has been completed and is now ready for use. The wharf Is not at Kbey'a landing , where , the boat has here tofore made Its landings , but Is at Admiralty Inlet , a short distance below. J. J. DuranU of Pasco has parl of a looth of a mastodon -which was found at the depth ot forty feet by men jdlgglng a well on the land of W. B. < lr ? > 'n The piece of white Ivory was about \wp \ and a half Indie * long- . The tooth musl haVe' Keen about eight Inches long when U was In * he creature's Jaw. Work on the Port/iOrchard dry dock U progressing gressing- very rapidly. The 100-foot caltson Is almoit completnfT will be about a year and a half befcre.thcjwork will be In readi ness to be turned , aver to the Navy depart ment. The contract price Is $000,000. and $100,000 additional'WAI ' be required lo complete plete- the work. [ > -t Emery Gantenllin.of ) Pasco saw three or four coyotes In Iho field near his home , He got his gun and went out to get a shot at them. His first bhotuwounded ono of the- animals , which at , .once matlo for him and attacked him before be knew It. Tlie rough and tumbfe fcffglit which followed ended by Emery ni.UlnP on the coyote nnd cutting Its throat with , hla pocket knife. The Indians a boot Wenatchec have been expressing their disapproval of what they consider B great act of sacrilege , on the part of the Great Northern Itallroad company. The cause of the complaint Is that the Great Northern railroad has occasion to blast out some large rocks which Mere covered with hieroglyphics. These rocks Ihe Indians re gard aa sacred , the ' hieroglyphic * being a record ot the Wenatcht-e Indian tribe , their battles , deaths , etc. For some months , past there have been repeated Illlnga on the water rights ot Green river , Laku Tapps , "Stuck river and other streams In the valleys east of Tacoma. An effort , Ii being made to secure a right-of- way across the- reservation for wcter pipes and other conduit * , anil it Is said thai a number of Northern Pacific officials are planning to utilize these water rlghls In operating a great power generating plant. The electric power so generated will ba brought to Tacoma and used ( or operating various planta nnd faclorte * and probably the Northern I'aclQc shops at Rillson. Vaklnu lias 14,000 bales of ' 94 hops , of which 11,000 bales have been gold , contracted or conilgncxl , leaving 3,000 bales awaiting & rlsltiR market. Many hops worm left un picked , but they were of n character that would not bring .the grade up to the highest standard , and the main cttorts of the growers wcro directed to this end. The Yakltm hops are generally of an attractive character nnd three lots have been sold lately at " cents. The largest cedar tree ever felled In northwestern i Washington was felled by 1I Ilobert 1 Ic Lancy last week , near J. I1. Chll- berg's I place , a half mile east of Darlington. The trca Is perfectly sound with the excep tion of a heart rot of about three feet circumference. The tree measures , where cut from tlio stump ten feet above the sur face I of the ground , fourteen feet and two Inched. ' It was felled to saw Into shingle bolts , and will make 300.000 shingle bolls , worth when manufactured Into shingles about $500. MISCELLANEOUS. A whale about thirty feet long was no ticed I sporting .around San Francisco bay. A. plant for the treatment of gold ores la to be erected at Eddy , N. M. , at a. cost of , $50,000. Montana Insists that her gold product tlila | year will show a gain of 75 per cent over 1SD3. 1SD3.Tho The Centcnnlal-Eurekn , a sliver-lead pro ducer ] of Utah , has paid a dividend of $25,000 on September earnings. Ulds have been Invited for the construc tion of the necessary buildings for the gov ernment hatchery at Uozcman. A survey Is being made on the projected canal of the farmers' union ditch , which Is to be taken out of the Dolse river above Star , Idaho. An attempt Is bring made to develop arte sian water In the Snake river valley. Work on the Orchard farm dam has been com menced. A late estimate of the raisin crop In the San Joatiuln valley places the shortage or this season's crop at 25 per cent. The second end crop was practically cut off by the early rains. A schema Is on foot to cut olt a part of Shoshone county , Idaho , together with a per tion of Nez 1'erce nnd a slice from LiUnli , making Kendrlck the county seat of the pro posed new county. The Jesus Marie mines , COO miles west of Chihuahua , Mcx. , of which cv-Senator Tabor Is the principal owner , are reported as looking well. The bullion oulput of the district Is from $150,000 to $17G,000 per month. An English syndicate agrees to pay $450,000 tor-a group o gold claims situated on Big Hole river , Montana. The first payment of $20.000 has been paid. A forty-stamp mill will be built and $100,000 expended In devel opment. The first pure copper ever sent from Utah was recently shipped to Chicago and Pitts- burg. The amount was 01,832 pounds , and Is the first product of the new copper plant. O vcopper matte the shipments were 130,950 pounds. At Mlssoula'6 new oatmeal plant things are humming. The mill Is now running night nnd day at Its full capacity , with more orders coming In than can be filled. The capacity Is 200 barrels a day. Twenty men are employed about the plant. Mose Manuel of Helena encountered a mountain lion on Lyons creek. The beast was only a few yards from him and crouched ready to spring , but Mr. Manuel was for tunate enough to break the lion's neck with his first shot , It was onoof the largest ever seen In Montana. Another large and rich body of ore has been encountered In the Itcd Elephant mine near Halley , Idaho. A cross cut tunnel. In 145 feet , cut the vein' at a depth ot about 300 feet. The tunnel has been pushed through the vein twenty feet with no slgn > of the foot wall , The ore Is fully as rich as any of the Red Elephant product. This means a great deal , as a large portion of the Hed Ele phant rock averages $125 to $150 a ton. Montana will furnish about 200,000 head of beef cattle to the' eastern markets this year , which means from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000 for Montana. Last year about 170,000 head of beef cattle were shipped. Sheep raising Is generally a profitable business , and as the number of sheep Increases , the demand for mutton seems to Increase with It. There are moro sheep used for food In this country now- than ever before , and the demand con tinues actlvo. The new steel bridge across the Flathead river at Kallspel , Mont. , Is now complete The bridge Is a beautiful structure , built entirely of steel. The piers are tubular huge steal cylinders resting on bedrock and filled with concrete. The bridge stands high above the hlgli water mark o 1891 , the highest ever known. The opening of thle bridge unites the east and the west sides of the valley nnd will prove of untold bene fit to the grain growers across the river , who will no longer have to wait for the fer ryman. A mysterious plague has suddenly broken out at and about Wardner , Idaho , In the Coeur d'Alene country , and several hundred people have been stricken , most of whom are miners. The local physicians arc la Died as to the origin or nature of the epidemic , and physlcjans have been called to go to Wardner for consultation. The people are greatly alarmed and surrounding towns are afraid that the plague will spread. No deaths are an yet reported. Dr. Ulbson of Wardner says he Is of the opinion that the disease Is not dangerous While Jose/ Marie Herraro was herding a flock of sheep on the ranch of Julio Flore. forty miles west of Durango , Mex. , he dis covered a cave , which he partly explored. Ho found stored In the cavern a. box filled with gold coins and ornaments valued at JiorOOO. It Is supposed the treasure Is a part of the Ill-gotten gains of the brigand , nenlto Marez , who operated In that sec tion about thirty years ago , and was killed on one 'of his expeditions. Ten per cent of the amount discovered must be turned over to the state government. * At thin season of the year It Is an Inter esting sight to visit the Salmon falls and watch the salmon trying to climb over the fills , /ays . the Shoshone Journal. These falls vary from twenty to sixty feet In height , and at some places there Is a per pendicular fall , ' and at others the waters slide over the rocks at an angle of about 45 degrees. The salmon take n " run and jump" and try to leap over the falls and get up the river. It Is a common thing for. these big fish to jump twenty lepl In the- air In their franlla efforts to climb over the falls. llmt Joyful Feeling With the exhilarating sensa of renewed health and strength and Internal cleanliness which follows the us of Syrup of Figs li unknown to the few who have not progressed beyond the old time medicines and the cheap substitutes sometimes offered , but never ao- cept d by the well Informed. COSTLIEST BIBLES EXTANT. Tlirro luvnlutih'o ' Hooks Uunrttoi ! In Foreign Aclilvcx. The three most valuable bibles are to bo found in the British Museum , the Blbtlotheqtio Nationals In 1'arls , and the Convent of Ilelom , near Lisbon. The first Is a manuscript writ ten by Alculn and his pupils. ThU bible was presented to Charlemagne In 800 A. D. , on the day of hla coronation. In the MO'a ot this century It belonged to a citizen of Uaslc. who offered It to the French government at the price of 42.000 francs. It was eventually bought by the British Museum for 750. The leaves of this fine book are rich In magiilfl cent vignettes and arabesques. The heading of the chapters and the name "Jesus" are executed In gold letters all through , The figures of Moses and Aaron occur In the cut tum of the eighth century , and It Is tup posed that they represent Charlemagne and Alcuin. The Paris bible was printed In 1527 at the order ot Cardinal Xlmenez , and was dedicated to Pope Leo X. One of the three printed copies was sold In 17S9 to an English man for 12.000 francs. The copy was pre sented In 1840 to Louis Philippe , who gave It to the Blbllotheque Katlonale. The Bible of Bolem consists ot nine folio volumes and is written on parchment. Junot brought It In 1807 to Parln , When Portugal wished to buy tea bible back It was held by Mmo. Junot at 150,000 franca. But Louis XVIII. ordered Its free return to the Portuguese government. Captain Sweeney , V. 9 , A. , San Diego , Cal. , Bays "Shlloh's Catarrh Remedy Is Ibo first medicine I have ev r found that would lo mo any good. " Trice GOc. KEPTTBLIOAN STATE PLATFORM The republicans of Nebraska In conven tion represented deplore the disastrous re sults of the "change" In the policies of the national government , decreed by the people at a time when the mental balance of the country wast temporarily dlsturotnl by the exhilaration of n long course of peace , t"OR- rcss nnd material prosperity , and tlie viumor of demagogues uml political qunctcs , and confidently appeal to the people * "t the plate tor A return to- the conditions that ex isted prior to the elections ot ISJJ. Dismayed by the financial dcvulslon that paralyzed the business centers of IIe coun try , when the results of ths national and state elections made It certain tliat the policy of protection of borne industries nnd the guarantee of public cn-dlt anl p round currency were about to be otertnmvn by n democratic president aiu n. cnngreis iVmo- era tic In both brunches , the IO.K'U ' * of the party , wholly In | > o\vor tor the first lln > In thirty years , have had neither ll.c CUUIOKO to embody the principles set f' rlli In their national convention at Oliloijo In Irnirln- tlon , or the wisdom to nnanJon their thicnt- ened raid on the Industries of llii ourtry. But they buvc kept the tmslnj-sn iiitci-tst of the people In suspense -inj unccrttltity dur ing twelve months of unprKlMblo Oc-buto over the work of frninliiu it \tnue bill , founded on no definite or recognizable eco nomical system , corrupt on Its fncc , dis criminating against northern Industries for the benefit of the south , openly denounced by n majority of those whose votes curried It to Its passage , and not only fraught w'th ' disaster to the people , but confessedly stamped with "party perfidy nnd pany din- honor , " ns nn abandonment of the c.iuse of a "tariff for revenue only , " and the prin ciples nnd pledges upon which they were placed In power. "How can they face the lieoplc after Indulging In MICH outrageous discrimination nnd violation ol prlni'lples" as are found In almost rverr paragraph of the Sugar trust tariff bill ? In view of the practical rciults of n year and a. half of democratic rule , we iciilllrm with renewed faith nnd fervor the platform ot the national republican convention nt Minneapolis. We demand the icstoratlonof the American policy of protection und com mercial reciprocity with our sister republics of Mexico , Central nnd South America and the governments of the Wf t India Islands. The republican paity of Nebraska hns al ways been the consistent friend und ng- gresslvc champion of honest n-oiipy und It now takes no step backward. While we favor bimetallism and demand the use or both cold nnd silver standard money , \ve In sist that the parity of the value of the two metals bo maintained , so that every dollar , paper or coin , Issued by the government shall bo na good as any other. ON RAILWAY UKGULATION. Wo adhere to the doctrine that all rail way lines lire subject to regulation nnd control by the state , and we demand the regulation of railway nnd transportation lines to such extent and In such manner us will Insure fair and reasonable rates to the producers' nnd consumers of the country. To that end WP Insist that laws shall be enforced forbidding the fictitious capitali zation of such corporations and that the constitution of the stale shall be rigidly en forced wherein It Is provided : "No railroad corporation shall Issue any stock or bonds except for money , labor or property actu ally received nnd applied to the purpose for which such corporation was created , and all stock dividends and other fictitious increase of the capital stock or Indebted ness of any such corporation shall bo void. " Wo are In favor of the enforcement of all laws , whcthsr they affect the Individual or the corporation , and we therefore demand the enforcement of the maximum rate bill passed by the lost legislature until the name Is declared void by the courts or Is icpcaled. We are In favor of the enactment of law by congress that will provide for the supe. vision , regulation turn control of corpor.i tlons engaged In Interstate commerce , with a view to preventing the fictitious capitali zation nnd excessive bonding of such cor porations. We denounce nil combinations of capital , organized In trusts or otherwise , to control arbitrarily the * conditions of trade , am ] ar raign ns criminal legislation the manifest concessions of the tariff bill now in the hands of the president M the Sugar ana Whisky trusts. We recognize the rights of laborers to organize , using all honorable measures for the purpose of dlsnlf : Ing their condition anil placing them or. .in equal footing with capital , to the end that they may both fully understand that they are necessary to the prosperity of the country. Arbltiatlon should take the place of strikes and lock outs for nettling labor disputes. The extirpation of anaicliy Is essential to the self-preservation of thu nation , and we therefore favor the pending bill In congress' ' for the exclusion of anarchists. We recommend that the - ensuing- legisla ture submit an amendment to the constitu tion , to be votiil on by the people nt the next general election , providing for the In vestment of the permanent school fund In state , county nnd reboot district bonds. We believe that the Industries of our state should he diversified , to relieve the mass of the people from dependence upon one class of agricultural products subject to crop failures , and It being demonstrated that the soil of this state Is adapted to the produc tion of sugar beets , even In dry seasons , n source of Incalculable wealth , we favor leg islation that Hhall bring to our people Its full realization. fiver mindful of the services nnd sacrifices of the men who saved the life of the nation , we protest against the Illiberal and unjust policy of the Pension department under the present administration , and pledge anew to the veteran soldiers of the republic n recog nition of their just claims upon a grateful people. Oregon Kidney Tea cures all kidney trou bles Trial size , 25 cents. All druggists. Han n Vrrdlcl Itoaily. In the suit of Campbell 'against Johnson , which has been on trial for a couple of weeks In Judge Ambrose's court , the Jury agreed at an early hour Sunday morning. The ver dict , -whatever It may be , was sealed and will be returned In court this morning. Campbell sued for $50.000 , charging that Johnson had stolen the affections of his wife , Hattle Campbell. _ ( iraiul Musical Concert. The street parade will conclude with a band concert and blowout at tlio court housa square by the seven bands participating. Hon. John M. Thurston will speak from the court house square steps tonight. Locomotor Ataxla , Epilepsy. . . AND ALL DISEASES OFTHB 5PINAL CORD FIND READY .AMTLIGRUION FROM THE USE OP MEDULLINE , TWEtXTJWCTOrtMeiPINU.CORDO PREPARED UNDER tHB TORMULA OP Dr. WM. A. HAMMOND , IN HIS UBOWORVAT WASHING 'OH 0 0. Dote , 3 drops. Price , ( wo drachm * . Sj 59. Columbia Chemical Co.r' WASHINGTON , D. C. END ron dpon. ll KUIIN & CO. . AGENTS FOR OMAUA. FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL USE. 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There ID not n remedial nK < * nt In all the vorU that will cure fever ndn nuuo unit all other Mn. Iniloua , Illllous and other fevera aided liy IIAD- WAV'S PII.I.S , ao quickly as HAUWAVS HEA DY UILIICF. Fifty couts par bottle. Sold by Druggists. TOR SEARLES& SEARLES SPECIALISTS , Clironb WE iXervouj Private AND CURE Special Trcalmcntby Mail. Consultation Fro Catarrh , nil tlssussQr ! the nose , Throat. ChestStomachLivur.Blooil Skin anJ Kidney diseases , Lost Manhood and all PrlvatO DIS" eases of IVIen. Call on or lulUi-oH * , Dr. Searlcs & Ssarles , NEBRASKA V. S. llcjtosltury , Umalut , ticbrailia. CAPITAL , - - $400,000 SURPLUS , - - $55,500 Ofncers and Directors Henry W. Yates , pro * Ident : John S. Collins , vlco prealdent : i-awU B. Itced. Cashier ; William It. a Ilughej , aultl- ant caviller. THE IRON BANK. htockliohlrrt' Mooting. Notice la hereby given that a special meeting of the stockbolders of the Qoutb Platte Land company will bo held at till office of said company. In Lincoln , Neb. , on the 15th day of November , 1831. for thl purpose of considering and acting upon , tha matter of extending or renewing the arti cles of Incorporation of said company. By order of tlio board of directors. n. O. I'HILLIPS. Secretary. Lincoln , Neb. , Oct. 1C , IBM. O18 O30t What is Castorlais Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants , and Children. It contains neither Opium , Morphlno nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless siibstltuta for Paregoric , Drops , Soothing Syrups , and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use hy millions of Mothers. Castorla destroys Worms and allays fovcrlshncss. Custoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd , cures Diarrhoea and TVlnd Colic. Castorla relieves , teething troubles , cures constipation nnd flatulency. Castorla assimilates the food , regulates the Htornach anil bowels , , giving healthy nnd natural sleep. Cas toria la the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend. Castorla. Castorio. ' " Castor ! * Ii an excellent medicine for chil " Cattorla Is BO vr ll adapted to children Oi l dren. Sfothers IIITO repeatedly told , mo of Its I rrcoraineud It 03 superior to any prescription good ofloct upon their children. " known to ma. " On. 0. 0. OSOOOP , II. A. Anciica , U. D. , Lowell , Has * . Ill So. Oxford St. , BrooklynH. 7 , ' Castorla U tlio be.t remedy for children of "Our pbyilcl/m * In lh children' * depart , which I nut acquainted. I hope the day U cot rncnt hare spoken highly of their experi far distant when mothers "IllcotulJer the real ence in lh lr ouUUe practice with Caxtorla , Interest ot their children , cnj use Castorla In. and although we only h TO among : our tttotl of tlievoriouiquock uojtrumnwhlch nro medical supplies what U known t * regular destroying tbelr lorfxl ones , by forclagoplum , producti , jet wa are froa to confeaa the } UM morpblDe , * oothing syrup and other hurtful merlu of Castorla ha * woe " * to look wlti tgonta down their throats , thereby fending furor upon It. " them to prcmalura era res. " UXITID IIOMTMJi 1KB DUPEHMKTV Do , J. F. KixcnxLOC , Boston. MAW. Ooowoy , Ark. Aiux a Buna , Prtt. , The Contour Company , TI Murray Street , New York City.