12 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , DECEMBER 1 , 1894.
0&n Luis Park the Most Tortile Section in
the Eocky Mountain Territory ,
COM , TIMBER AND GOLD IN ABUNDANCE
Ophlr'l Troaiuro Again Attrneti Attention
Hoant llalilf Sliowi Vp Well Oregon
Ilus Copper nnU Gray Wolves-
Other Northwestern Notes.
Located In southern Colorado li the great
San Luis park , the largest , the most famous
nnd the most fertile In all the Ilocky moun
tain region. It embraces portions of Cone-
Jos , Costllla , Saguache and Hlo Grande coun'
ties. It Is 100 miles long , on an average
forty miles wide , nearly as largo as the stat *
of Connecticut , writes a Denver Times-Sun
correspondent. It Is a level plain , and was
orglnnlly the bottom of a great Inland lake
fed by the Hlo Grande , the most Important
river In the state , which flows diagonally
across the valley to the southeast.
Its elevation Is about 7,000 feet. In winter
Its climate Is ono of cold nights and
vrarm days , and almost entirely free from
vrlnds. The mercury at night ranges from
XO flhoya to 10 below zero ; during the day
time from 25 to 40 above. As compared with
the temperature of damp climates , these de
crees seem warm. The summers commence
about the 1st of June.
The Boll In the valley rises from a light ,
sandy loam to a deep , heavy clay , and
there are largo sections In the valley of a
Mack vegetable mould.
There Is practically no timber In the valley ,
but the mountains on all sides are covered
with spruce , pine , quaking ash , dwarf oak ,
etc. The settler Is free to take for the cut
ting all ho needs for fuel , fencing , buildings
etc. , without any charge or cost whatever.
There are abundant coal beds In the moun
tains near by. Gold and sliver mines an
being operated In the mountains on all sldet
of the valley , and the world-famous Creeds
camp was only discovered a couple of yean
ago , so casually have they been prospected
The Iron mines , which principally supply tin
great Bessemer works at Pueblo , are located
In the valley.
The vast open ranges In the foothills and
higher mountain valleys , parks and ranges
will graze during the summer months hun
dreds of thousands of stock , which arc
owned and cared for by the farmers of tht
Valley. ,
Comparatively warm winters and cool sum'
mers and the dry. exhilarating climate makt
the valley a natural sanitarium for thosi
troubled with asthma , pulmonary affection !
and many other aliments. There are no bllZ'
cards , no cyclones , wet seasons nor dry sea
sons to spoil crops for farmers supplied will
Irrigation. Good water Is found ; at t
depth of 100 to 200 feet. There are mor <
than 3,000 such wells already In the val
ley , and such Is the flow that they an
being generally utilized to Irrigate gar
dens and yards and to supply dwellings
Some farms have several of these wells
the water from which Is stored , and consld
erable areas of grain are thus Irrigated. Thi
city of Alamosa Is wholly Irrigated from on
of these flowing wells , which differs from al
others In the valley only In the matter o
depth.
The great nio Grande river supplies th
larger Irrigating canals , though there , ar
ncores of smaller canals and tens of thou
Bands of acres supplied with water from th
many smaller streams which drain Into th
valley.
Agriculture has long since passed th
experimental stage. Hundreds of thrift ;
{ arms evidence the great agricultural possi
bllltles and resources of this valley. Nowher
canthere be gr&wn larger crops of'all ima
Krnlns , small fruits and garden vegetablei
Failure of crops Is unknown. The growth c
straw Is something phenomenal , and caster
people cannot credit the facts. Entlr
Holds of wheat frequently grow to
height of six feet and upwards ; oats fror
six to eight feet ; barley from flvo to slj
nnd the yield proportionately large. There
fore , any farmer of requisite skill and energ
Mill produce every year an average of thlrt
bushels of wheat , forty bushels of barlej
fifty bushels of peas , sixty bushels of oat
and 200 bushels of potatoes , and frequent !
obtain nearly twice that yield of each. Fror
the yield and quality It might be suppose
that the San Luis valley Is the natural horn
of the potato. The quality Is positively ur
surpassed. The conditions of climate , so
and rainfall are destined to make the valle
an Ideal potato section.
Grasses cover the valley , are developed b
Irrigation , and large yields make the ha
crop an Important Interest. Alfalfa , the mo ;
valuable of all forage plants , has proved
great success. Its Importance to this vallc
for hog raising , cattle feeding and sheep an
dairying cannot be overestimated.
* OPHIU'S ROCKBOUND TREASURES.
A fine and rich body of ore has been foun
In the Ophlr mine , near where silver was fin
discovered In Nevada. Ever since they n
sumed work at this point I have been coi
fldent that a good find would bo made , saj
a correspondent In the Salt Lake Trlbum
The strike was made a little below the 2
level. They have drifted diagonally aero :
the ore body for a distance of twenty ftw
and at the present writing the whole face (
the drift Is In ore which averages $75 a ton.
The ore runs southeast and northwest , whl
the drift by which It was cut Is being ru
to Uie southwest. It Is judged by Superli
tendent Lyman , from appearances where * tl
ore first cut , that the best and largest part i
It lies to the northwest. In drifting alor
the now vein sixty tons of ore were take
out which will average $90 a ton.
Other bodies of good ere will b found I
this part of the Ophlr ground. Some yeai
ago two Mexicans came to me and wanti
mo to "try lo get for them n lease of tl
upper levels at the old shaft. They said thi
would give the Ophtr company half of wh
* they took out , and I should have half of the
half for securing the lease. They wou
tf themselves furnish everything and lea'
evpry openlpg , made by them securely Ur
tiered. I went to Mackay about the matte
but when I mentioned the ground I wanti
lie would listen to no proposition I cou
make. I was first to offer to give the cor
pany one-fourth of the yield , and If that d
n&t do an even halt was to be oftere'd. B
Mackay "wouldn't have It. "
According to what they told me , tl
two Mexicans had a sure thing. Tin
\vcro employed In the mine when t !
'first bonanza ( which extended dev
about 500 fet ) was worked out. In folloi
Ins down the rich mass of silver very lltt
attention was given to the rich feeders
gold that came In. They gouged out wh
could bo handily got at , then timbered ai
logged up the ground and went on dev
after the silver , The Mexicans Informed r
that they passed several rich gold streal
The one they were after was ono near t
200-foot level and was about three feet
width. After It was logged up they mark
the spot on the Umbers , and also made ser
measurements from the shaft. According
their story this vein was ECU rich th
epangles of gold could bo seen glittering i
through a handful fo the decompos
material.
For many years the two Mexicans wait
for a chance to get at this little gold
bonanza , and when the Ophlr folks sunk
new shaft amV erected big works far aw
to the cast , seemingly deserting the c
ground , the pair thought the time had cor
when they might secure the prize they we
BO anxious to obtain. I had several tal
with the two men , both before and after
tppko lo Mackay , and I am confident th
they knew the whereabouts of a nice lit
streak. They said fhey could find the ve
In twenty minutes after they got Into t
mine ,
There were also rich feeJars In the old u
per levels of the Mexican mine Immediate
ndJoln.HK the Ophlr. In the early days
was In that mine almost every week , pt
tlcularly when Harvey Deckwlth was auperl
tendent. I had the run of the mine and us
to gouge out many specimens oflrc nth
from clay seams ( n the walls. In follow I
down the rich black sulphurct of silver th
did not Mop to bother with the little cl
Beams.
Beams.MOUNT
MOUNT DALDY'S TREASURES.
8. F. Mount , manager of the Monarch M
Ing company property at Marysvalo , Uti
Deports a splendid itriko In the ground tl
wat formerly known as the old Copper Dell ,
In the very heart of Mount Ualdy's gold
bearing region. The property Is being devel
oped by means of a tunnel run alongside the
ledge. The tunnel Is In over GOO feet and
lately cross-suiting , was commenced. So
far neither the foot nor the- hanging wall
has been reached , says the Bait Lake Trib
une , but the ore body Is fully sixty feet wide ,
and carries gold running from | 4 lo $18 per
ton , wllh $15 as the average value through
out the entire width of the vein. It Is the
Intention of the company to continue dcvel-
opmentiTaYnr fraalr turf-tunnel some 600 feet
furihcrjo a njlnt seventy-five feet under the
bottom "of The SJs Toot shaft , co as lo better
open up. tho. vein , at depth and effect good
air circulation.
* - COPPER IN OREGON.
Some mining menIn - this city have on
exhibition a little piece of ore , says the Salt
Ldko TrlbTitfe , that fiaTl "Veils of copper pro
jecting from It like the gold was said to
stand out In the famous Enoch Davis mine ;
that li , so that you could pick It off with a
knife. About a dozen miners looked at It at
orteT'tlrtie Mil' tiwafttrnootv nnd each one
handed It back to Its owner with the re
mark : "That Is too good. "
The bit of , ore .was represented to have
come from a newly acquired mine In Oregon ,
called ' the Sllrcr Coppolls. According to re
ports' the specimen was only an average
sampld" * o'f an almbs't Unlimited vein of cop
per ore contained In the mine. The location
of the latter Is about fifteen miles from
Baker CUy , Ore. , where -Messrs. Taylor atul
Clark have been Interested In copper proper-
tics for some time.
. /Dip / qre Is free-moling In character , but
the company has no mill. However , the
Intention * Is to erect unlll In the spring ,
but a series of experiments will be made
first , In order to determine the best method ol
treatment to adopt , pnly a small force ol
miners Is employed , but the number will be
Increased as soon as sufficient funds come In
from assessments levied on the stock.
Speaking " 01' the -Mount 13aldy districts
generally , a vast amount of gold bullion
will soon be coming from the mines and mills
In thatregloiu AU Jh&K9ld properties are Ir
fine shape , the experimental station Is
passed and the Ualtoiv Sevlcr , Annie Laurie ,
Duller , Monarch and olhers will bo sur
prising the mosfBtrngUtfto' wllh their outputs
before another year has _ ) . elapsed.
The ledge from which" the specimen above
aluded to was taken -lias shown widths vary
ing from six to twenty-five feet , and Mr ,
Olarlffeels assured thatIt will nol run thin
ner lhan six feet at any point. Assays ol
life" > b'ck' "yield" about 20 per cent copper ,
Somewhat over 3,00 tons of ore have been pul
on the dump and the ! assay has been quite
uniform on all parts of It.
The mine Is In close proxlmlly lo anolhci
copper properly which Messrs. Clark and
Taylor have owned and operalcd for some
Iwo years pasl , known as the Phlladelphlc
gold and copper claim. In the laller the velr.
has been found to be not only rich , but sin
gularly strong and. wcUdefined. . It runs
about $10 to $12 gold and 12 to 20 per cent
copper. * Th6"WvtiOrs have already expended
sqme $4.QO.O or. $5,000 In developments , havlnj
run from 1,200 lol.BOO feel of shafl. Thej
calculatcHt-nothlng-oUc can be done , to mil :
the free gold this winter , In order to acquire
funds to erectrrrtuetton works In the spring
The distance of the mine from the markel
makes" If neceTsary UfariheT reduction work b (
done jjn , lhe g puadv. A.t present a hlgl
freight rate of $10 hinders progress , bui
the Southerly- Pacific -has promised to en
deavor to give the company the Tacom :
rale of $6 $ to the seaboard.
" 4HIAYWOLVES ON THC RAMPAGE.
TJio. Kruty wQtyes are.on the rampage Ir
the northern part of Gallatln counly , Mon
lana , says Ihe Portland ! Oregonlan. Alreadj
they have killed hundreds of calves , and ) It
some Instances have been known to attacl
steers and cows lhal became separated fron
the herd. They do far more damage thai
the sneaking coyote , for the largo wolves an
much stronger , are moro fleet , and , whei
hungry , they are courageous and take des
perate chances. The gray wolf Is the flerces
of his species and many a man In Ihei grea
woods of the east and north has been klllec
by them ,
A few days ago a farmer In the nortlien
part of the counly shut two large-sized colt
In a corral while ho look his team to a field
When he came back after the rolls a fev
hours later he found both had been killed b ;
tho-wolres. * > .
Another stockman , while riding over Ih
hills , came across Iwo large steers that hai
been carrying on an unequal fight wit !
wolves. The two steers were surrounds
by a number of the big gray creatures am
several coyotes , which had been running th
cattle nbout. The steers were badly bllle :
and Ihey were nearly exhausled wllh Ih
unequal struggle. At the appearance of th
stockman the wolvesandeoyotes slunk awa >
When the winter finally sels In and It be
comes a difficult matter for Ihem lo get a cal
ur a sheep the stockmen fear lhat thes
wolves will become desperate. They will the
ECU In .bauds. . . end. . will undoubtedly attac
almost anything that might furnish them
meal.- < i * - ' ' " "
, .IE\V aOLIFIELD. ,
new gold field In Maggie Gulch , si
miles up the AAlmaSrXlvar above Sllvertor
Is attracting great attention at this tlmi
Locations are being made-all about the gulcl
says a correspondent In the Durango Ilerak
The "Gold Nugget Is Ihe only mine lhat ha
shipped over a Ion of ere as yet , and thl
mine , on Us first car of ore , len Ions , yielded
Gold , E2.GO ounces per ton , and silver , 1,604.4
ounces per ton , amounting to $18,000 , an
many other SilnJs'fn the gulch are ylcldln
ov.er$5QO. per Jqn on. small lots. This cam
will bo a great shipper In the spring. Th
ownersofthe Gold NngRct took over $20,00
out of their prospect hole and have gen
olT liT'sprnd Iho "Winter" * of "ihelr conlent
In otherrparlsVJl , , , ,
THD DAKOTAS.
South Dakota Modern Woodmen will mec
In convention December 27 , to elect dele
gates to Iho sixteenth annual convention c
Head camp , which will bo held In Madlsor
Wls. , next June.
A special term In instructions In grammai
bookkeeping , arithmetic , general agrlcullun
gardening , veterinary , medicine , surger ;
etc. , wtlU hereafter * bo vlield at the gtat
Agricultural college at Drooklngs.
Armour Is now the county seat of Dougla
county , South pakota , lhat lown having wo
the prize from Grand View. The counly off
ccrs have removed Ihe records from the latle
place and established offices In Armour , whet
a court house will soon bo completed.
Charles Schofield , residing with his parent
near Rapid City , last August was bitten b
. a rattlesnake , and the case Is remarkable fc
Iho reason lhat It was presumed that tti
doctors bad-effected a permanent cure , but
reaction set In and death resulted.
nev. W. II. Jordan , presiding elder of th
Sioux Falls district of Methodist churche :
who was. sent to New York by the Sout
Dakota conference-na- delegate to tli
general missionary committee of Iho churcl
wrtles homo- that South-Dakota's appllo
tlon for $12,000 has been granted In full.
Iron Nation , head chief of Ihe bower Brul
Sioux , , has Just died at his homo In the Slot
reservation ot pneumonia. Iron Nation WE
onB'ot the mosfpromlnent Indian chiefs i
recent years and was about 00 years old. F <
more than TUty years he has been prom
| n nqnly | Identified wllh every event of Impo
tanco connected with the history of Ute
to The George A. Bennett personal Injury su
against the Northern Pdclfio railroad , whlc
has been In the district court at Jameslow :
N. D. , three times and In the state supren
court three times also , has been sent bae
to the district court for a fourth trial , fi
the reason that the jury failed lo determli
the fact of negligence , a material error. Tl
judgment obtained by the plalnllff again
Iho road was for over $7,0,0,0 ,
A case of Astatic leprosy has boon dl
covered In the western part of Grand Forl
county , and Is creating quite a commotion
the neighborhood. Th unfortunate vlctl
Is Jens Olson , a Swedish boy 17 years ol
an orphan , who TfSs "been cared for by i
uncle. When Ihe doctor , discovered Ihe dl
case Ihe counly commissioners had a smr
cabin built for him on a farm , and he w
bo kept there alone , food being sent to hi
dally. .The- young man Is a horrible stgl
The flesh Is rolling away , but the vlctl
ilooa not apparently suffer much pain.
Sioux City , la. , and eastern capital ) !
have secured options on a right of way f
a canal al Elk Point , S. D. The schema
to make a canal from Ihe Missouri rlvi
lapping , therv | r flvo miles above low
straight across Iho country , eight and a hi
miles , * mnl emptying--hito the Sioux rlv <
The object of this canal Is to furnish pow
to run an electrlcr light and power plant
In- light Sioux City and Akron , la. . Elk Poll
ih , YanUton and other towns , to charge stora
tat batteries and furnishpOHer "for small ma
ufaclorlo * as well as to the Sioux City street
car lines.
COLORADO ,
The Yankee Illade at Granite will bo
worked all wlnler.
In the Alma district the Ling properties
are shipping gold ere worth $240 por-ton.
The Centennial mine Is steadily shipping
ere to the Yankee Hill stamp , which" Is re
turning $70 to the cord ,
The deepest shaft In Cripple Creek Is on
the Moose mine. It Is 400 feet In depth and
ahows no sign of playing out ,
The Summit Mining company , opcrat'lng at
Cripple Creek , wilt build n tramway from the
mine to the company's mill before It de
clares a dividend ,
During the month of October the Florence
& Cripple Creek railroad hauled 0,787,770
pounds of ore , equal to 4,893 tons , or 82G car
load : . At $50 per ton these shipments fool
up $241,030.
The cost of operating the CrippleQrcek
placer with the Snodgrnss machine nvcragfn
about $30 per day , while Ihe result of the
last cleanup was $80 per day. The capacity
of the machine Is from ten to twelve Ions per
hour , wllh six Inches of waler.
HI oh 0.1 wllh depth Is the rule at Cripple
Creek. The Portland company shipped a ten-
Ion lot of ore from their mine , which gave
returns averaging slxly-seven ounces gold to
the ton. At $19.50 per ounce the value would
be over $1,306 per ton. This was taken out
of the bottom of Ihe deepest shaft of the
workings.
In sinking the shaft on the Sliver Queen
mine to make connection between tho. upper
and lower levels coed ore has been encoun
tered as far as the shaft has been sunk
H Is now down twonly-five feel , s ys Iho
Sllvcrlon Standard , and assays gave returns
of 1,456 C-10 ounces silver and Ihlrly-nlnc
ounces gold , and 2,494 2-10 ounces silver and
20 9-10 ounces cold.
Work on Ihe rew placer mines on Ihe
Dolores river , below Rico , has been sus
pended for the winter. Several nuggets
ranging from $1 to nearly $7 each were
token out. It has been proven beyond all
question , says Ihe Rico Sun , that there Is
a sufficient quantlly of gold In Ihe gravel
along Ihe river for a distance of several
miles to remunerate several hundred min
ers for taking It oul , and also pay a veiy
handsome profit on the necessary expense
to be Incurred In opening up the ground.
WYOMING.
Governmenl Fish Commissioner Johnson
dlslrlbuted 4,000 trout In the rivers of Sher
idan county.
The employes of Iho Union Pacific rolling
mill al Laramlc are expecting a rush of
work all winter.
It Is staled lhat there U o\er $1,000,000
worth of ore In sight at the Helen G. mine
In the Atlantic district. The ore averages
$15 per ton.
Pallerson's saw mill In Iho Big Horn
mountains turned out over 80,000 feet of lum
ber during the summer. Next season a shln-
glo mill will be added to the plant.
Ranchmen In the remote sections of Fre
mont county fear that the bears will be
troublesome the coming winter. They are
already coming down among Ihe foot hills.
This has been a splendid fall for cattle.
There have been no storms ns yet. Stock of
all kinds will go Into the winter In fine con
dition. There Is an ample supply of feed on
the range.
A ranchman near Lander secured a stand
of bees two years back , and from thai slart
now has eleven. Ho says bee culture pays
betler lhan anything In this country for the
amount Invested In It.
Ore from the Miners' Delight mine re
turns from $50 lo $60 per ton over the 'plates ' ,
and from a shaft 225 feet deep , with levels at
sixty , ninety , 150 and 200 feet from the sur
face , over $500,000 has been produced.
Wolves are said to bo ravenous In the sec
tion of country between Cheyenne nnd Fort
Collins , Colo. There Is a band ) of a dozen or
more which has been preying upon , young
calves and yearlings , and even 2-year-olds , If
In a weak condition , are killed and eaten.
Colorado parties have become Interested In
the Sunshine coal mine , twenty miles west of
Laram'e ' , nndwill develop the property ns
rapidly as possible. Considerable new ma
chinery will be put In this season. The conl-
pany will sell coal on the dump for $2 a
tonTho
The Rock Springs Independent says lhal
during Iho pasl Iwo months more capital
has been Invesled In Ihe Sweelwaler mines
lhan for many years. More good mines have
been developed , more buildings have been
bulll , more men employed , lhan In any
year since 1870
The valuation of cattle In Wyoming for
1894 was $3,460,964 , , out of a total state valua
tion of $29,198,041.20. In 18SG the valuation
of callle was $14.651,125 , out of a valuation
of $331,020,764. As compared with 1893 every
counly In the stale shows a decreased valua
tion except Natrona.
A party of eastern hunters Just returned
from Jaikson's Hole report that on Ihe
morning of Ihelr deparlure , just after o
snow storm In Iho mounlalns , Ihey saw al
least 1,500 bull elk In one herd about half c
mile from their camp. The party killed nil
the game It wanted.
Gold ) mining Wyoming / Is booming.
There has just been shipped through the
First National bank of Rock Springs $10,000
In gold bullion from Iho Mary Ellen mine
at Atlantic Clly , Fremont county , the pro
duct of last fall's work. The mine Is 185
feet deep and employs a night nnd day shift
of sixteen men.
U Is estlmaled lhat over half a mHllon
of sheep have been driven Inlo Sweelwalei
county from outside points , principally fron :
Ulah , to graze during thewinter. . Sweet-
water county derives no revenue from Ihesi
herds , and the ranchmen In the counly seri
ously object to having their ranges deslrgyei !
by Ihe foreign sheep.
The Union Pacific Railway company hai
Just obtained United States patenls for 176 ,
000 acres of land on the Laramle plains
saya the Laramlo Boomerang. This Is par
of Ihe land covered by Iho deeds of Ihi
Wyoming Central Land and Improvemen
company. In accordance with thedeclslo :
of the supreme court of the United Statci
the patenls having Issued the tlllo Is foreve :
settled.
OREGON.
A stage Is to bo run from Fort Klamath t <
Craler lake next summer ,
The first pile has been driven for a nev
$25,000 cannery at Astoria.
A Seaton firm has 400 tons of chltlcn
bark In Ihelr warehouse for shipment lo Sai
Francisco.
Representative Belts Is shipping 200 Ox
ford grade bucks from Pendleton to . Mon
tana purchaser.
A rich copper find has been made ififteei
miles from Baker City , Oro. Salt Laki
mon own the new bonanza.
A familiar sight on the streets of Josepl
are Orvlllo Hall's Iwo pet deer , which wan
der about town unmolested and unafraid.
Junction City wants the blue ribbon fo
two big things ; an eighty-six-pound pumpkli
and Its city recorder , who stands six fee
six In hla stockings.
James Orr , a Weslern Union lineman a
Portland , Ore. , claims to have papers am
documents proving lhat he Is a great grand
son of Gcorgo IV , king of England.
William Davis of Royston , Klamath county
says ho has made 3,400 pounds of butter thl
season , which netted him 22V6 cents a poum
afler deducting the cost of freighting t
Ashland. "My cows , " said he , "have pali
me $22.50 each this year , after taking ou
every possible expense attached In keeplni
them. "
Marshflcld Is likely to have a woolen mil
something the same In plant capacity as Ih
ono at Bandon , which has done so well. Th
plant would cost $15,000 and the pay ro ]
would bo $1,500 monthly. The concession
asked Include a 'factory ' silo , waler privilege !
factory building as largo as Ihe one a
Bandon , ono aero of land on water front anIs
$5,000 In coin.
James Watklns of Philomath has 1.00
bushels of Durbank potatoes , raised on sum
mer fallow , that yielded fifty bushels pe
acre. It cost 2'-4 cents per bushel to dl
Ihem , and 30 cents per bushel has been ol
fered for spuds In his neighborhood. At thl
figure the crop will net him (275 , man
times aa much as he could have netted fret
the same acreage of wheat.
WASHINGTON1.
Is The question of Issuing1 $20,000 water bond
Is being agitated at Ilwaco.
In Skamanla county the question of movln
11 the county seat from Stevenson was vote
upon , and by a vote of 136 lo 104 Slevenso
retains It.
From Yaklma the shipments of hops t
dala for the season aggregate 1,178,01
pounds , while sine * October 1 the uhlpmenl
of last year's hope have been 197,66 i pounds ,
yielding a total ravenuo approximating $117-
r < f
The Ellcntburg Irrigation ditch laborers ,
52 of them , bave > sett a petition to Governor
McGraw rccltlne tfcclr destitute condition
and Imploring aid.
The ware houses of Tekoa contain more
train ihan ever btfcre , and U stilt continues
0 como In. Ttiel Indian product hat been
istlmated as double that of any former year ,
mt they do not < enjoy the low prices any
more than their pale-faced brethren.
A new1 product of Okanogan county Is on
'Xhlbltlon at Spokane. It Is a box of borax
rom Llttlo Chapa mountain , tnelve miles
rein Loomlston. There Is said to be any
unount of the stuff { n that neighborhood In
ho beds of old lakes , which now contain
water only part of the year.
A logging railroad Is bringing Into Sno-
lomlsh about 100,000 feet of logs a week
rom the Cyphers & Slliuon camp , above
larlford. The firm has 1,290 acres of fir and
cedar to clear , and cxpecls to keep steadily
at It , turning out 60,000,000 feet In three
year * . It Is all contracled lo a Scalllfr firm.
The oyster-planting experiment In Wlllapa
jay was successfully commenced the other
day when eighty barrels of Iho following
brands were planted : Natural growlh Chesa
peake , Newark bay seed , Prince's bay , Key-
port nnd East rivers. They were sent by
United Slalea Commissioner McDonald. The
planting was done at Bay Center , where
a protccllon reserve of ten acres has been
set aside.
David Fitch of Wilbur ono of the leading
merchants of the Big Bend country , says
that Iho farmers of his section are turning
their attention to flax , and a large acreage
will probably be grown next spring. "They
will realize , " said he , "that they cannot
liopo for a largo price for their wheat next
year. Diversified farming Is the only way
1 can see for our farmers to- get out of the
liole quickly. "
The prune crop In Clarke county was a
light one. The total acreage was about
200 acres. The shipments so far made , which
Includes almost the entire crop , amount to
about twenty-four car loads , or nbout 680,000
pounds of dried fruit. The average price
received was 6 cents per pound , thus making
In round numbers $35,000 , which the prune
growers of this county have derived from
a comparatively small crop. There Is a total
of about 4,000 acres at present planted to
prune orchards In the county , and the num
ber of acres devoted to this Important In
dustry Is conslanlly Increasing. There are
Iw only-five frull-dryers In the county , and
many more will be built as the young or
chards come Into bearing.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Recent reports place Alaska's population
at 32,000.
Reno Is to have a maccaronl factory In the
near future.
The Helena Street Car company wants the
council to allow It to ralso fares to 10 cents.
It will only be a short time until through
trains from Sierra valley will arlvo In Reno.
The large cement works erected at Van
couver , B. C. , have -started up. They have a
capacity of COO barrels a week.
Utah has a law making It a misdemeanor
to shoot ducks after sundown. A hunter re
cently found guilty of the offense was heavily
fined.
fined.Wa'nuts
Wa'nuts at Rivera , Cal. , are still on deck
and going off at the rale of six or eight car
loads a day. The total shipment to date is
120 carloads.
New finds of igold'bearlng rock have been
made In the mountains northeast of Beaver ,
Utah , an/1 the specimens brought tn present
a fine appearance.
The Pennsylvania smelter at Salt Lake
City has constructed a new furnace equal to
100 tons per day. The old furnaces will be
blown out at once.
A pair of shoes -were finished In a Salt Lake
shoo factory jest forty-four minutes a'Her
the pelt was taken In hand , beating Ihe best
eastern record by six minutes.
Mlko Jordan of Owyhee has located , sur
veyed and commenced work on a piece of
rtiad which will sltorlen the distance be
tween Sliver and'Caldwell , Idaho , nbout six
and a half mllcc. '
The Union Pacific la shipping large quan
tities of potatoes-from Idaho for the eastern
markel. The ralo Is 60 cents to Omaha and
72 cents to Chicago. Idaho produced a large
surplus of potatoes this year.
A ten-mile railroad spur will bo built
from Melrose , Mont. , to the copper proper-
tics of the Anaconda company on Camp
creek. These Immense deposlls are lo be
worked and probably upon a largo scale.
The lotal shipments of stock over the Mon
tana Central this season amounted to sixty-
nine trains , consisting of 1,077 cars , against
ninety-four trains , consisting of 1,736 cars ,
last season , most of the falling off being In
sheep.
Englishmen have purchased a big mining
property near Dillon , Mont. , paying $425,000
for It. A London expert estimated 600,000
cubic feet of ere In sight. The ore runs from
$40 to $120 per ton. Ttoo new owners will
erect a largo mill at once.
A representative of the Colorado Irriga
tion company filed In the recorder's ofilco of
San Diego a claim for 500,000 Inches of
water to be diverted from the Colorado river
for Irrigation of the desert south of and along
the Una of Ihe Southern Pacific In San Diego
county.
Another rich ere body has Just been dls-
covord In the Little Alma mine. In Lump
Gulch , Montana. It was found on the 106-
foot level , about ninety feet west of the
shaft. It Is fifteen Inches wide , solid ore ,
and has an assay value o'f ' over COO ounces
of silver to the ton.
Arrangements have been perfected for the
consolidation of the Mexican Southern and
Intercolonial railroads , and the former line
Is to be Immediately extended to Sallna Cruz ,
where It will connect with the Tehuantepec
road , thus forming a direct route from the
United Stales lo llio Isthmus of Tehuan
tepec.
From Blngham , Ulah , came some remark
able reporls of Ihe Ualton-Lark mine lhal
there was a vein 1,500 feet long In slglil
which yields lead and silver ore that Is
bringing1 as high aa $25 per ton In the pres
ent depressed condition of Ihe market am' '
prevailing low prices. Some 1,800 tons wlli
be shipped this monlh and next.
The Great FalU ( Mont. ) Water company
will make an Important change In Its plant
by Hi s addition of two large reservoirs. The
work will bo complcled next summer , and the
cost will be about $35,000. As a 'result ' the
Insurance companies have agreed to make a
reduction of 10 per cent on the rate.
At a depth of 4F > 0 feet a vein of from thir
teen to fourteen Inches In thickness has been
lapped in Ihe CoromarTdel , al Blngham ,
Idaho , which Is so rich as lo yield Its owners
at the present time as much as $2,000 to
$5,000 per month. Besides , there Is an un-
llmlled amount of'fore unlouohed , but still
In sight , which Is equally rich.
Mining Is Increasing In Alaska and prom
ises to bo a permanent Industry. Some veins
of rich gold-bearing quartz have been dis
covered during the tuo years past , but most
of the mines which were first worked to a
successful development In Alask'i were
mainly of the low grade ores , which are
found In lodes of extensive dimensions.
The results ot Iho clean-up on Ihe HorseFly -
Fly hydraulic claim. In Ihe Cariboo district
B. C. , have been received. The cuts have
been frozen In so that the richest portion o
the claim Is unapproachable , but the sluice
boxes yielded $13,000 In gold as a result o
half a month's work , and It Is claimed tha
Iho mine will yield $40,000 In gold per monlh
The Helen G. company of Lewlalon has
Just creeled a largo building for Iho new
slxly stamp mill , which has just arrlvcc
at Rawllns. The. machine weighs 230,00
pounds and the freight from Chicago U
Rawllns was $5,500. The company will have
the mill In operation by January 1. The
lode of free milling gold ore , which runs $ '
lo $8 $ per ton , can be reduced at a cost o
$2 per ton , and like the Homestake mln
of Deadwood , will be ot national repute In
a very few v > eeks.
Ono ot the most phenomenal strikes eve
made In Montana Is the one Jutt made by
Sohaeflor & Tietjen , In the Frleberg. They
have been working on a tunnel for some
months , and when the rich ere was reaches
they were 700 feet from Its mouth. The
strike la a body ot ore qbout eight Inche
wide , and averages $7,000 per ton. U Is fret
milling ore , and , , as they have already drlfl.ec
on the lead some eighteen feet , they think I
muit be r. true fissure -yelp , They are em
ploying a large force of men and ore work
Ing two shlfls.
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Throat diseases commence with a cough
cold or sore throat. "Brown's Bronchia
Troches" give Immediate relief. Sold onlj
la boxes. Price 25 cts ,
BANKRUPT SHOES-
-THE COOK ITOCK
They've been marked ctowOi way down. a
Every scray and thread must go by Jan-
u'ary 1 ,
$2.8O Shoes for $1.OO.
Ladies' fine kid Shoes $4 sort , for $2.25.
Everything cut to less than factory cost ,
A PIECES
360 pairs ladies' fine kid Dress Shoes , Cincinnati made ,
always sell at $4.00 , our price tomorrow is $2.75. This is
bankrupt price.
450 pairs ladies' fine kid button , regular price $2,50 , our
price tomorrow $1.25. .
600 pairs ladies' $3.00 kid- and goat button shoes we will
close out at $1.50 ,
50 pairs boys' $2.50 shoes go at $1.00.
72 pairs men's d/ess shoes , good value at $2.50 , our clos
ing out price tomorrow is $1.50. .
Our Bargain Counter shows you $3.00 shoes and $2.00
shoes for gi. oo. All must got
It's impossible to quote' more than a few
sample prices. The sale increases daily as the
great values become known. Early comers
get the best.
fij f Fixtures for sale.
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Open evenings till sold.
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Wh en buying a carpet to have one that is satisfactory bothin
style and quality. The best makes cost but little more , they
are worth the difference better wool , better dyes , better
work , gives better satisfaction ; - '
We are offering in' " our 'Drop' 'Pattern Sale some of the " '
very best makes of goods at about % price :
Drop Patterns Best.Ingrains , > f- - 450 yard 1j .
" " ' Tapestry Brussels 700 " ' / .
" " " Brussels "
Body - 850
Why "drop patterns , " because manufacturers 'have ;
dropped them from their line and we cannot duplicate them
you may find some better patterns in our stock , but no 'better
. . . . . t ,
goods.
See these as early as you can it may save you something.
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