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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1895)
T1IE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , JUTAr 15 , 1805. I Pulse Western Progress. 1 _ _ _ _ . _ ja ! MlEUMlMfllfSJfStil If fMMMPliM MMMMlMMlM ® The Went Side Placer Mining company's canal at the Four Mile placers will be con structed before the snow flle < i , nayi the Cheyenne Tribune. The Providence people Interested in this great mining work are puthltig matters and canal construction will lis under way In a few days. This canal lies Just acrcHii the Wyoming line In Carbon county , and will be thirty-eight miles long , 1'rovidence , R. I. , capitalists have purchased end paid for l.COO acres of the richest placer nrotind In this section , and their canal , which taps Snake river , will also carry suffi cient water to Irrigate 10,000 acres of Wyom ing lands and a considerable area In Cole rado. T ) ' re are a number of different engineer f ing features which will require special handling In the construction of this great work. Among them are a 1,000 feet flume i and n strip of two miles of wooden pipe lay iI ing. Tlrse pipes will cross a large valley , < following the contour of the surface , and will /I- / lie three feet In dlameler. IM A. Green , a member of the American Society of Hnglneers , has taken the contract for the construction of the entire canal , and the sub-contracts for earth and flume con struction will ho let In a few days. The contract calls for the completion of the canal in seventy-five days , but those familiar with ths country to be traversed do not think It possible to complete the work In that time. The large sums of mon ° y already spent for placer ground and provided for In con- ntructlon contracts will be considerably aug mented by the purchase of an extensive hy draulic plant for washing and saving the placer gold. I3XCITKMGNT AT IIAHN'S PEAK. If the Judgment of 150 mners and an equal number of tendcrfcet Is to be considered as a criterion , the success of Columbine , the r new camp which has recently been dated In the dispatches to this paper as Halm-Peak , Is an assured thing , sayH a Columbine spe cial to the Denver Times. Your correspondent has been upon the field and In a trip of Inspection , covering a week , nothing about the former assertions ot the camp has been found to border on the fake , although a number of prospectors , who are self-assorted experts , claim that the country In entirely broken up and that nothing of Bolld formation Is visible. The camp continues to Increase In popula tion , and assessment work , as well as stak ing , continues at a lively rate. Already two townslte locations are undergoing preliminary survey , and by the date of this publication the flrst townslte , to be known as Columbine , will be located from the summit of the Brake and Hear river divide west. The ore that has been found runs as high as 1,729' ounces of silver , from samples that are not consid ered to be the best specimens obtainable. It la the prevailing opinion In camp that the ore will run , on a shipping basis , as high at leant as an average of 900 ounces per ton silver The feeling of the camp Is that the mineral lies In blanket formation , and the staking has been done accordingly. In all probability about fifty claims have been located , and though the extent ot the mineral belt has not yet been determined. It Is believed there are yet 1,000 unlocatod claims. The mineral is capped by a strata of slate it , * - finely ground , and this covered In turn by an upper strata ot quartzlte , varying In thick f ness according to the ridges and gulches in which the prospects are sunk. A PUEHISTOHIC COPPER MINE. Clark and Howard , two nutte miners , tell a remarkable story about the discovery of a developed mlno with a fltty-foot tunnel that was evidently driven by a prehistoric race of miners. In prospecting along the side of Fleecer mountain , according to their story as given In a Huttc special to the San Francisco Chronicle the men found several pieces of good looking copper ere in n hollow , which they at flrst supposed was a buffalo wallow In the days when these animals roamed the Big Hole country. The prospectors , believing that there was a lead somewhere In the vicinity , began to dig Into the mountain side , and after an hour's hard labor they were considerably surprised to flnd the earth suddenly yield to the blows of the pick and a big hole opened before them. They cleared away the earth and entered a tunnel about six feet high and four feet wide , walled In with blocks of stone. The top of the tunnel was protected by large , flat stones , and for about twenty-five feet there was not a break In the primitive timbering. About twenty-five feet from the mouth ol this tunnel the prospectors came to a spot where the earth had apparently broken down the stonework , and after clearing away the debris the men were able to go in about twenty-five or thirty feet further. Here they came to a ledge , which was carefully examined , but as to what was discovered there the men will say nothing , except that they found some Implements made of stone , which had apparently been used In digging the tunnel. The men are positive that the work was not done In this ago for the reason that at the mouth of the tunnel there was an Immense lilno tree growing. The Implements showed plainly that the tunnel was the work of an earlier race. The prospectors are very re ticent as to the discovery , and all efforts to ascertain the extent and richness of the ledge have been unavailing. They will return to the place as soon as they secure a quantity of supplies. Clark and Howard are both men of unim peachable veracity and their story Is gener ally credited. The men , how over , seem to Klvo the historical nature of their discovery very llttlo consideration , and think only of Its mineral richness. THE YUMA CANAL. The most Important Irrigation ever under taken In this section , , sajs a Yuma special to the Denver News , Is tlio building of the now Yuma canal from Hlnton's Island , In the Colorado river near Pichacho , along that stream for ten miles , thence across the valley of the lower Glla , crossing that stream six teen miles cast of Yuma , thcnco on across : - * the great mesa to the Mexican boundary line , the surveys of which under that eminent civil engineer , George W. Norton , are Just finished. The canal , which will bo seventy feet wide at the bottom , twelve feet deep and ninety miles In length , will Irrigate 100,000 acres , also the rich valley lands lying along the east bank of the Colorado which hereto fore have been classed with those of the deso late portions ot the great southern desert. The water will be taken across and under the Qlla river In immense steel pipes. The project Is the same as that contemplated by the International company of London , and also by Captain Ileattlc's Colorado Canal company. This new project Is In the hands of western capitalists , headed by C. I ) . Uaker. tlio well known California hotel man. The canal will cost J 1.500,000. GRASSHOPPER CHOLERA. The San Francisco Chronicle is responsible for the following story , which It publishes as a dispatch from Denver : Colorado farmers have struck a new Industry that Is akin to the great works of Pasteur. They are en gaged In the propagation of grasshoppers to meet a demand from the northwest. Re cently ranchmen around Hrlghton and Greeley discovered that vast fields of "hoppers" had perished from some cause unknown. Some of the wiseacres were not satisfied with the cold fact and eought to have their curiosity gratified by an opinion from the professors ot the State Agricultural college. Prof. O. P. Gillette , state entomologist , reported : "I have Just concluded a microscopical ex amination of the body ot the fluids of the grasshoppers sent and flnd them literally covered with countless millions of a minute bacillus. In other words the 'hoppers are dying , not from the attacks of a parasitic in sect , but from a contagious disease caused by minute germs similar , but not exactly like , the germs that cause such disease as cholera and anthrax and tuberculosis In the higher animals. It Is possible the disease will de stroy the greater number of the 'hoppers in the country west of the Missouri river. " Since the foregoing discovery the farmers of the northwest have been Informed of the natural eradlcator of Colorado for supplies of infected 'hoppers. Tha stock has been re duced BO there Is not a 'hopper left , and the farmers are now cultivating the pest , which they recently dreaded. As the young 'hop pers hatch out they are placed in a barrel I lined with "dead ancestors , ' 'and the Infec tion Is communicated to the young brood , which are then shipped North In a lively con dition. HIGH ORE DODY. R. Q , Burton , an experienced quartz miner , liai made the valuable discovery of a vein Of gold-bearing quartz located on the- land of W. A. Board , adjoining that of Horace Board , In the Dry Creek valley. t"n miles northwest of this city , anil much excite ment" prevails In that section- , says a Health- l ) rg dispatch to the San Francisco Chron icle. Burton states that the ore assays $3,000 tier ton. The gentleman also exhibited some placer gold taken from the sands and gravel adJoining - Joining the led ° . which led to the discovery of the ledge. Flakes of platinum were mixed with placer gold. It Is a well known fact that gold exists In the gravel deposits of Dry creek. In the DOs there was a great deal of excitement In regard to the gold fnund In these deposits of v.oil-washed gravel. Th'y never proved to bo profitable , however and were abandoned. All the gold found m the gravel had Its origin In quartz , and It Is possible that Ilurton may have dis covered the lode and the source of It all. GRKKNHORN GOLD. Considerable excitement prevails hero over the discovery of a now gold field In the Greenhorn range , nine miles south of this place , directly on the line of survey of the Florence Southern railway , says a Florence special to the Denver Times. The field has been quietly worked for some tlmo by par ties from Coal creek , but there were no prac tical prospectors among them for the past few days. The find Is what 14 known as the IJlowout , and seems to bo a continuation of the mineral belt running from Roslta through the Basslck mine. One vein of ore Is In porphyry phyry between walls of granite and gneiss. It Is forty feet wide , and has had a mill test running about $10 for the full width of the vein , and Is free milling. Another tunnel Is In thirty feet and struck a vein of quartz between walls of granlto and gneiss that seems to bo high grade ore , and prospectors claim an assay of $55 for the wlioto vein , and some parts of It $500. Some lead float 1ms been found , but not In veins as yet. A prac tical mining man who visited the camp says It Is the best ho has seen In any mlno he has visited In fifteen years. ANOTHCn COLONEL SELLERS. William G. Nebeker , one of the assistants In the ofllco of county recorder , thinks he has solved the problem of extracting the gold from the waters of the Great Salt Lake , says the Salt Lake Herald. Mr. Nebeker Is an assayer by profession , and when he learned , several years ago , that the waters of this great dead sea contained gold In considerable quantities , he began work on a plan to save It. The metal , as Is well known , Is held In solution and elforts to precipitate It have proved successful In this way only that while gold resulted from experiments made , the cost of getting 't was too great to make It a money making propo sition. The salt water of the ocean contains one- thirtieth of a grain of gold to every ton of sea water , which , while It may seem small , Is sufficient to amount to about 10,000,000,000 of tons of gold In all the oceans of the world combined. The water of the lake contains more In proportion than does the ocean. It Is estimated that 10,000 tons of gold Is In Salt lake alone. Now , the question is , how Is It to be obtained. Nebeker began some years ago. He has experimented considerably with various methods , but only recently has he employed electricity. What the details of the scheme are he refuses to make public , as a matter of course. Hut he admits that his general plan of work Is to precipitate all gold by electric currents and concentrate It. He Is working a plan by which there Is to be no pumping of water ; rather , ho expects to be able to go out In a boat all alone by himself and gather the mineral as he goes along. Nebeker believes there are millions In It. Ho Is confident ho has a good tSiing and says he Is going to keep It to himself , although ho could got any price he wanted If ho would sell the secret. Ho showed a reporter a small nugget which ho obtained from three barrels of the water and will make some moro experiments. NDBIIASKA. The school trustees of Grant , In Perkins county , are all women. The Archer creamery Is churning a ton of butter a day thcso times. Wayne dealers have so far this season sold 114,000 pounds of binding twine. The North Bend fire department will In corporate under the laws of the state. Ponca Implement dealers have sold thirty self-binders within the past ten days. Cozad has a now weekly newspaper called the Journal and edited by S. I. Stevens. Oakland Implement dealers have orders for as many self-binders as they can supply The Sons of Veterans at North Bend will organize a cornet band from among their own members. The Blair fire department took second prize at the Fremont tournament and narrowly missed the first. The summer mooting of the Nebraska State Horticultural society will be held at Wymore July 23 , 24 and 25. E. W. Curtis , manager of the Papalllon creamery. Is talking of putting in a butter plant at Springfield. Citizens of North Bend are working -with enthusiasm over their prospect to erect a large beet sugar factory. Two years ago Dtindy county boasted of five newspapers. Four of them have suc cumbed to the hard times. Harlan county boasts of box elder trees which have attained a growth of four feet this season and are still growing. Harlan county has entered in the compe tition for the $ COO offered by the state fair for the best county collective exhibit. A combination of small boys and matches resulted In the destruction of Isaac Butter- field's barns and granary in Webster county. Kx-Senator J. W. Dolan's handsome res idence near Indlanola has been totally de stroyed by flre. The loss was only partially covered by Insurance. A Nelson chump exploded a firecracker under a wagon loaded with people. The team ran away and several of the occupants of the wagon were badly Injured. Simeon Patton of Otoo county has threshed twenty acres of wheat and It averaged thirty- two and five-eighths bushels per acre. He sold It for 53 cents per bushel. Mrs. William Heln and William Nelman of West Point had a flght and now the woman has sued her antagonist for $5,000 damages for bruises received In the encounter. Ed Hlller , at Seward , looked down the muz zle of n loaded Roman candle. The candle went off and a bright rel ball struck Hlller In the eye , nearly destroying Its sight. A gang of tramps struck West Point on the Fourth of July and the people felt so patriotic that they gave the hoboes a basket ful of provisions and two kegs of beer. Tekamah is talking of voting bonds for a new school house to cost $20,000. At present the schools are so crowded that two depart ments are occupying the I'roibyterlan church. A Stanton firm proposes to erect and op erate a seventy-five-barrel flouring mill at Ponca If paid a cash bonus of $2,000. The Ponca business men are figuring over the proposition. Philip Gascolgn , aged 77 years , was so badly gored by a vicious bull In Gage county that he died within a few hours. He was ono of the old settlers of the county and was highly respected , T. J. Ryan , an Ionia man with an Inventive turn of mind , has applied for a patent on a corn shocker which can be placed on the market for less than $30 and do the Inork of a number of men. An Italian working for Peter Merchant one mllp west of Brock was playing wmi a large , vicious dog with which he supposed he was on good terms. The dog tore away the dago's nose and upper lip. James Whltehead , republican candidate for congress In the big Sixth district three years ago. Is Just recovering from a long Illness which for a time seriously threatened to end his po'ttlcal career forever. On June 25 Max Bangs of Wymore caused the arrest of Pearl Wilson , charging him with having set fire to a building In that town. In the district court Wilson was ac quitted. Now he has sued Bangs for $3,000. West Point la temporarily without a school board. The old board adjourned sine die. and when the new board met It was unable to effect an organization. After taking sixteen fruitless ballots for president the board ad journed. Town Marshal Carver of Raymond attempt- e < l to arrest a young man , Jesse Fitzgerald , who was under the Influence of liquor and Inclined to be quarrelsome. In the flght which followed Carver waa badly cut with a knife. Fitzgerald was taken to Lincoln for safe keeping , William Weston wandered away from his home at Wakefield two months ago and was not heard from until last week. He has been located al Onawa , la. , where IIP has been working on a farm , with a good record for Industry. Ills mind Is unbalanced. IOWA Cedar Rapids Is waging a vigorous warfare on the social evil. The Portland creamery at Mason City has been destroyed by flre. The annual camp meeting at Clear Lake will be held August 13 to 2G. A now tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men has been Instituted at Eldora. Wa\erly Is getting ready to entertain the encampment of the Iowa National Guard. The'grand lodge of colored Masons has Just held a very successful meeting at Keokuk. The union veterans of Hardln county are planning for a two days' reunion August 8 and 9. Kasner's store at Avoca was burglarized the other night and $200 worth of goods carried nway. Burglars have been prowling around Pella and many residences have been robbed the past two weeks. Martin Harrington , ono of the first resi dents of Cherokee county , died very suddenly of heart disease. At a recent flro In Dubuque a number of women formed a bucket brigade and saved a burning building. The twelfth annual convention of the Iowa Women's Christian Temperance union has Just closed at Iowa Falls. The republicans of the Third congressional district gave General Drake an enthusiastic reception at Iowa Falls. The new woman Is doing business at Ores- ton. Her name Is Miss Carrie Roscberry and she deals In brick and sand. Willie Wachter , an 18-year-old Pella boy , while out hunting , accidentally shot himself In the leg. The doctors will save It. Roy Johnson , the Iowa Falls boy , whoso head was shattered by a kick from a horse , Is still alive to the Intense surprise of the doctor men. The Anchor Mutual Flre Insurance com pany , which has been operating at Crcston for six years , will remove Its geueral offices to Des Molnes. J. P. Jones has leased the Doud packing house plant , which has been Idle at Boone for several years. He will start It up with a full force of hands. Tramps have become such a nuisance at Missouri Valley that the mayor has been compelled to Issue a proclamation warning citizens not to feed them. The thirty-second annual conclave of the Iowa Knights Templar has Just closed at Spirit Lake. T. B. Dacey of Council Bluffs was elected grand commander. The Eldora Clay works Is In financial dif ficulties. The City State bank holds a chat- tlo moitgage for $8,000 , and foreclosure pro ceedings have been commenced. Senator Cassett , president of the defunct Pella National bank , has been Indicted by a United States grand Jury at Keokuk. Ho Is now In the custody of the United States mar shal. It Is dry In some parts of Iowa. A spark from a passing locomotive set flro to twenty- five acres of meadow grass In Archbishop Hennessey's farm , near Dubuque , one day last week. At Irwln R. J. Cemphrey was mixed up In a runaway accident. Ills left leg was broken twice , and ho was so severely Injured Inter nally that he died within a few hours. His son was nearly kilted In the same accident. Stella Chllda , a IG-jear-old girl at Cedar Rapids , was frightfully burned by gasoline. Her clothing caught fire , and she tried to extinguish the flames by rolling In the grass. She Is still alive , but small hopes are en tertained for her reco\ery. Joseph Winter , a Dubuque wood turner , has been missing for more than two weeks , and It Is feared that he has either been accidentally drowned or has committed sui cide. When last seen 1m was lu a boat rowIng - Ing up the Mississippi river. THE DAKOTAS. Lead City is to have a $ SO,000 school house before Christmas. The Stutsman County Wool Growers' asso ciation now has about 100,000 pounds of woolen on hand awaiting favorable markets. The owners of a quarter of a million pounds of wool raised around Mandan are considering a bid of 11 cents offered for their clip. Twelve cents has been paid for Individual lots of extra quality. Land sales In the James River valley , In North Dakota , are steadily Increasing. Sales are not made to speculators , but to actual settlers and residents who will cultivate and Improve their purchases and pay for them out of the products of the soil. A bar of bullion worth $45,000 was un earthed In the Society cemetery near Lead by Superintendent Grler of the Homcstake company , who had Just returned from Sioux Falls. This bullion constituted part of the steal of Alex G. Street , who U now serving time In the penitentiary. The supposition Is that he hoped by giving this up to help keep his wife out of prison. She Is under ball. The much advertised fodder plant , saccallne was sown this spring by William Wuterbury of Melette as an experiment. Although he exercised all possible care , the plants died on his hands. Jack rabbits , gohpers , mosqultos and all other Insects seemed to have a par ticular fondness for saccallne , and fences , screens and other methods of protection proved unavailable In keeping them away. Prof. J. E. Todd , state geologist , has been In the northwestern part of the Hills exam ining the lignite formations and found two and In some places three beds of lignite coal averaging four feet In thickness and of a very good quality. He left for the southern Hills to continue his Investigation In the In terest of the State university. He lays the South Dakota lignite fields are a continuation of those of North Dakota , which are worked advantageously at Dlckson and other places. At a meeting of the representatives of the creditors of J. T. tierce , of forged bond no toriety. It was decided to complete the Yank- ton & Norfolk railway , which was commenced by Pierce , and In which enterprise he has In vested $150,000 In grading the right of way These creditors are all wealthy Englishmen who have the necessary capital to complete the road. It Is understood that the Great Northern will take this road when completed , although It Is known the Missouri Pacific has made overtures for Us purchase. Parties returning from Crow Creek and Lower Brule Indian agencies report that while the Sioux at the latter agency were going through a sham battle during a grand celebration there one Indian In the excite ment used ball cartridges , shooting away the ear of one of his brethren. At Crow Creek the Indians refused to participate In a sham battle because the photographers who were on the ground could not be persuaded to pay them for the privilege of taking views of the scene. ' It will be remembered that the North Da kota state press reported that the early frosts had killed the cactus. It Is quite noticeable now that the cactus will not down , and come : up as smiling a ; ever to bother the farmers , The grain In the cactus regions , however , had such a start that the cactus will not bother until after harvest , and then. It heroic measures are not taken , the pest will mature and scatter Its seeds everywhere. In the cactus regions of Logan , Mclntosh and La Moure counties the cactus plants were seen In many localities so thick that they cover the ground almost to the exclusion of all grain. COLORADO , A late strike In the Mountain Lily at Durango assayed $ S86gold. % Grand Junction will assume bonds to the amount of $200,000 for the construction of water works. Recent reports from Hahn'a Peak more than verify the reports that the ore found at that placj is heavily mixed with gold. In Granite district the Magenta thaft 1s now ready for work. The vein on this claim is about three- feet wide and carlres a pay streak a foot In width , averaging over two ounces of gold to tha ton. Two years ago ore that would return less than $20 per ton was not considered worth shipping to smelters. It had to be run through the stamp mills , where but 40 to CO per cent of the told and silver was saved , and then sent to smelters Now the smeltera have reduced their schedule of rales to tinge from $3 to $7 CO per ton , making this the era of low grade priced ! > > -1 No doubt now exist * that the moit enor mous crop of fruU. jqyer harvested In the Arkansas valley wll ) jnature Many growers are thinning out frum one-halt upward of the apples now growing1 on > the trees. Arrangements havtoboen made for several parties to go to the , upper Chicago lake , at Idaho Springs , which Is now frozen over , and to reach which 'they must go through from ten to twenty feet 06 snow. A big strike Is repaired to have been made on the west slope of Deacon hill , close to the Little May tunnel. i A big dyke of ore has been uncovered on ( lie surface and with very little sorting Is f9tmd to pay big when treated by chlorlnatloni Interest Increases in the new gold belt , sixteen miles southeast of Silver Cliff. About ICO claims have olrdady been staked and work Is pushing on most uf them. Thers are Immense bodies of ore , great fissure veins running from a trace to six ounces of gold , Arrangements are being perfected for a bull fight at Glllett and neighboring towns early In the fall. No date has been set for the occasion , but the details of a carnival of sports are going ahead on a glganltc scale. The plans are In all respects similar to those adopted In the City of Mexico at the national flght , and pupils of Senor Diaz have already been engaged by the management , and they are said to know all about bull fighting bovlnes. WYOMING. Sheridan will soon have a $10,000 opera house. A Quaker colony Is considering the ad- Usablllty of locating at Wheatland. The Carbon County Teachers' Institute will bo held In Carbon , beginning Monday , August 2G. 2G.A A rough clean-up made on the placer dig gings on the Big Laramlc river at Dcdgo City panned out $1.75 per yard. There are still about 750,000 pounds of wool on the Evanston circuit. The wool growers are holding their clip for a better market. Another coal discovery has been made near Laramle. The new find Is In the hills east of the city. The quality Is said to bo ex cellent. During the month of June State Engineer Mead approved of forty-one applications for new and also for the enlargement of old ditches In different parts of the state. A reservoir capable of holding water suf ficient to reclaim and Irrigate about 15,000 acres In the Geese creek and Tongue river regions Is more than half completed , and It makes a fine addition to the beauty of the lake scenery. Fourteen thousand acres of land under the Globe canal , which Is now balng completed by the Yellowstone Park Land and Irriga tion association , have been filed on by people from Nebraska and Iowa , the settlement being known as the Greeley farm colony. Shell creek ranchman have been success fully using kerosene oil for killing grasshop pers and crickets , says the Courier. Some of them , where they can get the pests in no other way , drive the hoppers into the ditches that are oiled , and In this way kill large numbers of them. The Pennsylvania Oil and Gas company filed articles of Incorporation with the secre tary ofstate. . The capital stock Is $600,000 The incorporators are New York , Pennsyl vania and Wyoming capitalists. The princi pal business of the , company will be mining and refining oil , and , * will be carried on at Casper , Wyo. , W. F. Barrow , who has been prospecting In various portions ot.thti west for thirty years , came In from Tounge river. In the Big Horn mountains , with some -rich specimens of gold quartz , which he b'ays'e'xists In large quanti ties. A local cortrparr1 at Sheridan will at once be organized < to fillly Investigate the ex tent and value of the find. The poison weefl" ntsr Heart mountain in the northwestern rp art'of ! the basin Is more numerous tills season than usual. John Chap man found flfty-Urt > head of cattle bearing hlsf brand dead on the prairie , having died from eating the stuff. There are other heavy losses. Chapman has driven his herds to the Sunlight country to avoid further losses. A new oyster bp'd has been found In Ya- qulna bay , nearly opposite J. J. Boon's place , four or five miles below Toledo. The Coos bay raft that was distributed along the coast last year Is the source from which piles are taken to build the wharf at Port Orford. From a recent census of the fruit growers In Hood River valley , it Is found that there are 118,000 fruit trees , of which 90,000 trees now growing are apple. Water for mining at Gold Gulch Is scarce , yet some of the miners are making large wages. Several large nuggets were recently taken from the Foster claim. W. W. Brown of Fife , who only had 500 head of sheep left after the hard winter ol 1889-90 , now has from and out of that small band 11,000 sheep. Evidently Mr. Brown Is a good rustler. The Eugene sawmill Is again running regu larly , and Is expected to continue work for the next five months. Eleven thousand logs are In the boom , and 5,000 moro have been contracted for. Some of the Antelope farmers say thai there Is a band of mules killing calves anil young colts on the Antelope range. A mule will , it Is said , take a calf between his teeth and shake It to death. The report has gone abroad that grass hoppers have taken northern Grant. This report is erroneous. It's a hard matter to get grasshoppers for fish bait in this locality , says the Long Creek Eagle A canvass among the business men of Pendleton to see whether the necessary funds could be raised to establish a woolen mill In conjunction with the scouring mill met with much encouragement , and the project Is be Moved to be feasible. A large number of farmers In Wasco county are cutting hay this season , instead of letting the grain ripen for wheat. A gen tleman living near The Dalles sold twenty- five tons for $10 a ton , when last fall the price paid was between $7 and $ S. Two parties of prospectors , | n one of which Is a woman , are In the mountains near Har- ney , endeavoring to locate the Bluebucket mines. The woman was with the emigrants who first discovered the mine , and feels con fident of being able to locate it. A petition to the county court of Gllllam has been signed by many farmers , sheepmen and merchants asking for $1 bounty on every coyote killed. The coyotes are becoming more troublesome every jear , and , besides killing sheep , calves and chickens , have be gun to kill young pigs by the wholesale. C. 1C. Spauldlng has returned to New berg from lils logging camp. He reports this year's drive well on the way , being at last accounts near Independence. The drive Is about 4,000,000 feet , 1,000,000 feet larger than last yejr. A force of thirty men and two four-horse teams are kept busy on the drive. Benjamin Agee Is the owner , In southern Oregon , of 3,000 acres of land , and is largely Interested In fruit' , " having 22,000 trees planted , 2,500 prune trees being In bearing. Last year he dried his prunes and sold them for $4,500 , recelvlrig BV4 cents per pound. He cleared $3,300 , it cdstfng him lo for picking drying and delivering' aboard cars. In two years Mr. Agee will have 19,000 prune trees In bearing , and says "that $2 of dried fruit to each tree Is a safe'cstlmate at present prices Captain 'liroun qf tljie army has in his col lection at Grant' ) P4ss a live oak stump brought from the bqad of Jones' creek , In which Is the left hal of the antlers of a C year-old elk that was left there- over seventy years ago. The growth of the tree shows by rings that it is > , nlnety-seven years old there being about1 twenty-five rings bstween the point of deposltuof the horns and the heart of the tree.l The two lower spikes o the antlers protrude obbut two Inches througl the opposite side ofHhe stump. The stump Is perfectly sound , without knots , and Is about twenty-two Inches high. WASHINGTON. It is now estimated that the Yaklma hop crop will not exceed 12,000 bales , The Ellensburg cheese factory Is to be en Urged to double Its present capacity. The spring roundup of horses centering a Kennowick resulto ] In about 20,000 head. A number of farmers In the vicinity of SI John and along Pleasant valley are expert mentlng this year raising sugar cane. More than sixty acres of sand beach lial way between Capo Flattery and the Ozett river have been filed for placer mining cliams A black bear was shot four or five time by Charles Mouncer and Ethan Weathen near tlie SaUop river. Mouncer thought th bear was done for and started atur him , bu iruln rose and caught him and was tearing ils flesh frightfully when a shot fired by Voathcrs killed the animal , The nail works at Everett has orders on iand for 25,000 kegs of nails , which Is suf- Iclent to keep the plant operating stcndlly or over two months at full capacity of 200 kegs dally. f The always veracious Walla Walla States man has heard of a trout taken out ofjvnilow creek which contained n rattlesnake , not quite dead , about 10 Inches long , with one rattle and a button. The miners In the Swauk district are pre- larlng to fight the claim of the Northern Pa- ilflc railroad to the odd sections of land In hat district. The railroad claims that the and Is agricultural. Jack the Hair Stcaler has been operating n Walla Walla. Ida , the 12-year-old daughter of Thomas Doncott , was shorn of ibout a foot of her long and flowing auburn lair , she knows not how , on the fourth. A single log , thirty-two feet long , six and one-half feet In diameter , and containing 0,158 fret of lumber , was cut from a tree elled In Mason counly recently. This log was cut oft twenty-five feet from the butt of the ree. Several short logs , measuring eleven feet In diameter , were cut from the lower part. part.Tho The postmaster of the llttlo village of Usk writes to the Walla Walla Union that John J. Bettnncourt , an old settler of Walla Walh , who has been working this spring on his mine , "The May Thomas , " has found a twelve-foot ledge of ore that carries 3,000 ounces of silver and flvo ounces of gold. Ho las five carloads on his dump , and ns many uoro In sight , which has caused a big oxclte- nent , and hundreds of prospectors are now n the hills , and some have already madelo cations. A new town has been started named Silver City. Jehu Swltzler of the Columbia river , who > robably has moro horses than any other nan In tlie northwest , has entered Into a con- tiact with the Portland Canning company to lcll\er 3,000 head of horses on tho'north sank of the river at $2.90 per head. If he takes them across the railroad he Is to re ceive $3 per head. It Is understood the lorses are to be slaughtered and packed for the Chinese trade , but they may find t'nelr way Into the homo market under the gulso of choice corned beef , says the Yaklma Herald The greatest gathering of Pacific north western Indians In latter days has Just taken place on the Nlsqually Indian reservation , .wcnty miles from Tncoma. The race ! * dy ng out , but 1,000 aborigines , representing the Muckleshcot. White River , Black River and Puyallup tribes and all of the Nlsquallles , were In the gathering. The occasion was the dlslnterment of the remains of Chief Leschl , who was hanged at Stellacoom In 185C , and Chief Qulemuth , his brother , who was killed n Governor Steven's office at Olympla while n custody , In 1857. Both wore famous war chiefs In the wars of 1854 , 1855 and 1S3C. MISCELLANEOUS. Ths extensive coal mines In the town of Belt , Mont , owned by the Anaconda Mining company , have been shut down and nearly . ,000 men thrown out of employment. The Lexington Mining company of Butte las been sued by the Butte and Boston com pany for $400,000 damages , the value of ores alleged to have been taken from the \Vah- lello mlno by underground workings from ho Lexington. Grasshoppers still continue to do much damage to the vineyards and corn fields ot lorthern Sonoma , In California. In some places next to the foothills the crop has been entirely destroyed. They are more numerous on the hillsides than ever. There Is In process of formation In Stock ton another tannery company , the Intention of which is to build a large sized tannery on the north bank of Stockton channel , nearly opposite the tract of land which Is to tie used for wharves and water front of the Valley road. Surveys for the new Yuma canal are com pleted. The ditch Is seventy feet wide at the bottom , twelve feet deep and ninety miles In length. It starts from Hlnton's Island , In the Colorado river , crosses the Lower Glla , and thence to the Mexican boundary. One hundred thousand acres will b2 irrigated. The Southern Pacific Railroad company owes the city of Oakland over $17.000 In back taxes and has refused to pay. The city has begun suit against the company for re covery of the amount due. In making a defense the railroad , It Is said , intends to set up the technical claim that the new char ter is Invalid. It Is now generally believed that the gold mlno found near India on the desert by the McIIaney brothers Is the old Peg Leg mint , found by Peg Leg Smith and party slxt ) years ago. The quality of quartz , old workIngs - Ings , human bones , kind of gold , richness of ore and location Indicate that it Is really the old mine. It Is pi educing from $300 to $1,000 per day In a two-stamp mill. The oldest olive tree In the United States Is at the mission of San Juan Caplstrano. In San Diego county , Cal. The seed ot this tree was brought from Barcelona , Spain , 12i ( years ago. This veteran olive tree Is fifty feet high , with a trunk five feet In diameter Since the flrst planting of olive trees In Cali fornia the Industry has extended so that It today embraces 700,000 trees , of which 400- 000 were planted in 1893. SAVED HIS BOOTS. About tlio Only Sntlnfnctlon tlio Old Mini Hud on n niotlorn Train , The old man had Just arrived at his son's house from the country , relates a Boston exchange. "Well , father , " said the boy , "I hope you came through In the sleeping car , as I told jou to , and had a good night's sleep. " The old man smiled a sickly , sarcastic- smile. "Oh ! yes , " he said , "I had a good sleep , flrst rate sleep ; went to bed early. " "Did you wake ui > during the night ? " "Only twlcet ; only went to bleep twlcet. " "Say , father , " said the young man , "you've got two great bumps on the top of your fore head. What havs you been doing ? " "Them's the two times I woke up. Passed another train both times , an' when I heerd the big engine whlzzln' by , an' the bell rlngln' , I thought 'twas a fire , an' Jumped up slam agin tlu celllu' . It's lucky I was awake one time , though. " "Why , how so ? " "The high an' mighty Importer that laughed when I ast to go to my room eaily In the evenln' was sneekln * off with my boots. " "Why , he was only going to shine them for you. " "Oh , go "way , " said the old man. "I never ast him to shine "em. Anyway , I took 'em to bed with me after that , an' never slep' another wink. Say , Henry , you ain't got an old pair of suspenders , have you' ' " "I guess I can flnd a pair tor you yes. " "Busted mine tryln' to put my pantaloons on lyln1 down. Dons It , though. Got all dressed laying flat boots , pantaloons , coat , collar , necktie hull business. " "Why didn't you get out of your berth to put on your collar and coat ? " "Wlmmln in the car. Got a handy place where I kin wash up , Henry ? Thera was a well o' water In the car an' I pumped mime , but the train was goln * so fast I couldn't stand up to the sink. Say , Henry , what time's dinner ready ? I'm so hungry I bin eatln' my whiskers. " "Didn't you get breakfast In the dining car , as I told you to ? " ( "Oh , yes , " said the old man. "Oh , yes ; but I didn't want to go it too expensive , to I told the feller I'd Just take a cup ot coffee an' some buckwheat cakes. " "Pretty light breakfast , that's so , " said Henry. "Yes , " said the old man , " 1'ght ' breakfast two pancakes. " "Well , come downstairs and we'll fix up Beecham's pills are for bilious ness , bilious headache , dyspep sia heartburn liverdiz- , , torpid , - ziness , sick headachebad taste in the mouth , coated tongue , loss of appetitesallow skinetc. , when caused by constipation ; and constipation is the most frequent cause of all of them. Go by the book. Pills loc and 250 a box. Book free at your druggist's or write B. F. Allen Co. , 365 Canal St. , New York. Annual tales more than 6.000,000 boxes. something to cat right away. You mustn't wait for dinner. " "Charged mo n dollar , " continued he old man , "Feller gat next to me citln' { ( rapes , an' cggi , an * I don't know what nil When no got back In the bedroom car I told him : calculated that breakfast he > < t cist $13 , \n' then he told me breakfast WAS $1 anyway , w'ether you ct much or little. You'd ougtter wrote me about that , Henry. " "Well , father , a man can ride pretty com fortable nowadays , after he gets uteri to It , " said Henry , as he started to Icul the old gentleman to the bathroom for a wish "Oycs , eyes , n man can ride all right when 10 knows how , " replied the old nun , ami ho smile lasted until he stalled to wash ili face from the faucets over the bathtub. T 13 NEW AUMY RIFLE. Mil ill or.4 Sny It In Not hntlifnotory nt I.IIIIR KAIIRP. i If the target it-cords for the season of 1S03 j ot companies E nnd G , Nineteenth Infantry , < says the Detroit 1'rco Press , may be taken j is n criterion for the entlrv army , company commanders who data on high records for the season's practlco will assuredly c\p"rl- ( once a mingled feeling of delight and dis gust. Delight , because In all short range ' shooting phenomenal results were attained , ' nd disgust because long ranges produced nothing. Yet It must be said that the fault lid not lie with the shooters , but must bo attributed to the gun. Up to 500 yards the army hai never seen i better shooting gun than the Krag-.Iorgen- , son , but go back 100 yards farther and It is icyond doubt the worst shooting rifle manu- 'actured. The entire fault appears to bo In the sight , and unless this Is corrected the ; un Is practically useless beyond a point- ilank range. The velocity of the gun Is 1,07(1 ( 'ect per second , hcnco it Is easily accounted for why the gun shoots so well nt the short ranges , but as soon atf It becomes necessary .o clcvato the sights It Is apparent that the fractional parts of the sight are very do- 'ectlve. At 500 yards Corporal 1'rost , com pany G , equaled the army record 47 ; yet nt : he 000-yard range his scores were \ery low. 3ut of the flfty-flvo men firing In company j , only three men made a marksman's score. 1'rlvate Alwo made two flue scores at the eng range 22-24 but the balance of the scores were poor. At the 800-yard range company G fired se\cn men , who made an aggregate score ot fl. The possible of the aggregate scores was 1.400. Company E fired fifty-nine men at j this range and very little better results were I attained. Lleuteant Foster made a 24 In one score , jut the remainder ot the men filing could do nothing. At the 600-yard range It was neces sary to hold the rifle about two feet to the right of the target and three feet at 800 yards. The highest Individual score at ono range was that of Private Kuhlman , company G 173 at 300 yards. The lowest score nt ono range Is 2 at COO yards. Kmliipnt ciiilorsovH nil ever tlio world artists , singers your neighbors reeoimniMtil the Kliulmll nbovo nil others. Wo sell It , rout It ntul once In n while trade It for mi orpiui. l'a\v terms If we soil llj rent nnpllod If we lent It. A. IIOSPH , Jr. Art niul Mimic 151.1 Doitulnn. There is not one Tobacco Chcwcr in n who does not enjoy LORILLARD'S CLBftftAX PLUG. ZOO SOAP JAS. S. KIRK & COU. . S. A for infants and Children. You Know that Batcman's Drops , Godfrey's Cordial , many so-called Soothing Byrups , anil most remedies for children nro composed of opium or morphine f Po You Know that opium end morphine are stupefying narcotic poisons J Do Yon Know that in most countries druggists are not permitted to Bell narcotics without labeling them poisons f Po Yon Know that you should not i rmlt nny modiclno to bo given your child unless you or your physician know of what it is composed T Po Yon Know that Castoria is a purely vegetable preparation , , and that n list of Us ingredients Is published with every bottle 1 Po Yon Know Uiat Castoria Is the prescription of the famous Dr. Samuel Pitcher. That it has been in use for nearly thirty years , nnd that more Castorla is iiow sold than of all other remedies for children combined 1 Po Yon Know that the Patent Ofllco Department of the United States , and of other countries , have Issued exclusive right to Dr. Pitcher and his assigns to use the word " Castorla " and Its formula , nnd that to imltato them Is a state prison offense 1 Do You Know that one of the reasons for granting this government protection was because Castorla had been proven to be absolutely harmless ? Po Yon Know that 35 average doses of Castorla flro furnished for 35 cents , or ono cent a dose J Po Yon Know that when possessed of this perfect preparation , your children maybe bo kept ell , and that you may have unbroken rest t Well , taoBQ tilings are worth knowing. They are facts. The fno-similo nignratnro of Children © ry for Pitcher's Castorla. I 3 Million , 134 Thousand , 9 Hun- | drcd and Thirty-four Packages , sold in 1894 , which made 15 Million , 674 Thousand , 7 Hun dred and Thirty-five Gallons of or 313 Million , 494 Thousand , 7 Hundred glasses , sufficient to give every man , \\oinan nnd child in the United States , five glasses each Did you get yours ? lie sure and get sonic this , j cur ? The whole family will enjoy it. A 25 cent package makes 5 gal lons. Sold everywhere. Made only by The Chas. E. Hires Co. , Phllada. 3 MVJWWMArfUWb'UttAxV&AAAAAAAS D Are You Car-Sick G When Traveling ? I Car-sickness is as trying to many people as sea-sickness , It a comes from a derangement of the stomach. A Ripans Tabule is an insurance against it , and a box of C them should be in every traveler's outfit. nipan'i Tatmleal Bold by dmggliti , or by mall If the price (50 ( cents a boxt ) \ tent to Th * Itt- pan * Chemical Company , No. 10 Hpruc < St. , N , Y.