" * > ' * lKft f Pli ijf fTWJfTW T > , - _ , _ , , . p , , . , , , . _ - _ , . , , - , , . ' ' _ . , , . . , _ , WTW - - - " ! - - ---c E - * * - f- * - < - " * ' " ' r - - - - - ' - - - - - - . - " ' ri" y- ) jff fK ? Tfi-iru v - ty ai jpv ' ' - jjnf"ff T1 "jBJt ? * > yffi 1 THE ( XNrAlTA DAILY 1JEJ3 : MONDAY , AUGUST 24 , 189G. Pulse of Western Progress. frW fa A miner named Patton has just arrived from Cooper Hill , says a Lnramlo special to the Denver Ncwa , and brings news of a great strike In the Croesus mine , the prop erty of the Carbon County company. The lead has been struck In the tunnel bcl.ig driven at a distance of 575 feet from the tunnel mojth and at a depth of 300 feet ( rum the surface. This Is the most Impor tant strike ever made In this state , nnd has caused the most Intense excitement In Lar- amle , and Cooper Hill claims ccnnot be pur chased today at any price. The ore body has been penetrated six feet and no wall , and It Is confidently believed that a body of from twenty to thirty feet Is encountered Mr Patton the man bringing the news U a mlntr of twelve years' Leadvlllo expeil- cncc and says the oie Is the richest he has ever seen The company has expended $1,000 on the tunnel , and Is very jubilant over the find. The Cooper 1III1 leads nil dip toward the center of the mountain , which fact caused the company to drive the tuniiel In which this strike was made , and It U thought that the converging veins all meet nnd the now strike Is at the point of Inter section No assays have been made oa yrt , but the opinion of all experts is the same , that a bonan/a mine has been openc.l. The strike will necessitate a change In the loca tion of the reduction works about to be erected by the company , and the plant will be probably located at Morganvllle. FOUND COAHSB GOLD. A party of six who have been making an examination of the placer ground on Doug las , Like nnd Muddy creeks , owned by the Douglas Consolidated Placer Mining com pany for the purpose of leasing. It found sat isfactory , have Just made a paitlal rlean-up of a space o' ground 48x15x0 feet , says the Laramlo Ucpubllcan. In this space the ground (2x3' ( feet ) on which the braces nnd supports for the sluice boxes rested was not moved. Only the head rllllo waa cleaned , the other rllllcs had not been cleaned for n week. The amount of the clcin up was H3 pennyweights and six grains Of this amount 00 pennyweights and six grains were taken from the head lifllo and the remainder from the lower rlfilcs In a previous clean-up On estimates based on the former clean-up there are still fifty pennyweights In the lower rlfllcs , making a total of 195 penny weights or $1 22 per cubic yard Seveial of the nuggets were weighed with the following results Eight and one-fourth , fl\e three , two nnd one and one-half penny weights each , a group of Mvo nuggets weigh ing flvo pennyweights , and .1 group of ten weighing nine penny weights , while there wore over flfty that weighed a half penny weight each. This shows that the gold Is very coarse , and yet there Is considerable flour gold associated with It. This exam ination was made on the Muddy , nnd a drain ditch was run up for the purpose of prospecting It. Dcforo making the above results known the party secured a five years' leas > o on the property ( subject to any sale that might be made In the meantime ) No member of the Douglas Consolidated Is Interested In the lease. The lessees will at once put In a bedrock flume , build the necessary ditches and hydraulic plant , In order that every thing may be In readiness to commence operations on a large scale when the spring opens. At a depth of three and one-half feet a false bedrock was encountered about eight Inches thick , and It was below this that the nuggets and coarse gold was found. ACTIVITY IN THE HILL3. Commenting upon the glowing future of the Hlack Hills , the Deadwood Mining Review viewsiys : "From our special correspond ent we learn that great activity Is mani fest throughout the southern hills , nnd the same reports come to us from our corre spondents In Galena , Hear Gulch , Squaw creek and Caibonate districts Miners are generally at work , and men of means and experience are dally seen riding over our various districts examining ores and ore bodies , making purchases and arrangements for larger development of properties , erec tion of suitable machinery , building of road ways , etc. Tlipse reports come to us from all sections of the Hills and from the re ports of now nnd valuable discoveries being almost dally found , we must once more affirm our statement that the Hills can hardly be classed In Its Infancy. We be lieve that from Prlnglo on the south to Cen tennial Pralrlo on the north ; from Cambria and Sundance along the west to the valleys on the east , a vast body of mineral exists nnd enough gold will bo extracted therefrom to pay the debls of the world , and this great field affords place for profitable employment of many millions of capital and hundreds of thousands of men. No section of country known to chllbntlon offers as much for capital and labor , and no spot on earth can boast of greater happiness and pros perity than can bo found In the Black Hlllb of South Dakota. " JUICE OF THR DOG FISH. A now Industry has been started on Fox Island , Bays the Taconrn Ledger The In dustry Is that of manufacturing dog fish oil and fertilizer. Buildings for the plant have boon leased from the Fox Island clay works nnd work has already been com menced manufacturing the product A con siderable addition to the plant In the shape of trying-out kettles and boilers has been eent over to the Island. Dog fish oil Is n standard article of mer chandise as a lubricator , and the fortlll/er manufactured from the bodies has n ready sale. This class of fertilizer contains large quantities of ammonia and phosphoric acid chemicals which are especially useful In fertilizing California grape-growing lands Among the vineyards of California there Is a largo demand for the article. Its manu facture was formerly engaged In by a com pany on the sound , but Is plant waa too extensive at the start and expenses ate up the profits. ( Mr. Dorr staits In on a more modest scale and Is confident of success. The fish are caught by hooks and lines A long row of trees , each line carrying COO liooke , are set In deep water olt tl o Hand and hauled up nt regular Intervals. The llrst catch wa 900 dog fish in twenty-four hours off one line. From the livers the oil la tried out and the bodies are then cooked by steam until they are reduced to a pulp From this pulp the moisture is extracted and the fertilizer la the result. FAI1ULOUS GOLD STIUKK. A wonderful gold strike has been made at Cedar Hollow , In the vicinity of Gaylord - lord , on the western slope of the Tobacco no you KJVOW A pair of boys' tan shops will out wear two pair of black ones ours will and we're cutting the price boys' $8 tan bhoefl $2.25 ? 2.r > 0 tan shops $1.00 $2.00 tan shoes $ l.t > 5-youth's tan lace bhot's $1.00 boys and youths' tan low shoes $1.00 They are in alt bl/.es round or rarer toes New catalogue ready Hetter send for It. Drexel Shoe Co. 1419 Fariiam anil beak arc each.two Inches lortg. In ll such a pirate of the jdlr would carry oft a lamb with case. J.UI Prof. Kancmntz's colony at Coqulllo over SO.OOO silk worms lias concluded Its cocoon spinning. The professor says the work has been done much quicker and better this sea son than before , and , If anj thing , the cocoons arc better also. A peculiar phenomenon was witnessed on tbo Columbia river , near I.yle , by the pas sengers on the llrfitllntor. The- river was covered with rnjrlajlsjf ) butterflies , so nu merous ns to almost obscure the vision Where they came from or where they were going seemed uncxplatnablo A few loads of l&G Mheat have been re ceived at the warehouses In The Dalles , but as jet no sales have bftn made from pres ent Indications there Will be as many bush els stored there this j > ar ns last , but the quality will be somewhat lower , there being but little No 1 wheat fin the south side of the river , though across the Kllckltat coun try most of the wheat Is No 1. Considerable gold dust Is being shipped fiom Grant's pass , even In these dry times Ncarlj c\cry store ! n town handles It , and It Is legal lender without the government stamp for nil merchandise There Is con siderable difference In Its \aluo , however , owing to the presence of more or less sll vcr. One shipment was made that only brought $9 an ounce at the mint Some of the dust has brought as high as $19 10 The silver-producing localities are known and dust from there Is scaled down ac cordingly. V. S Illchardson , who has n largo log- King contract with the Grand Hondo Lum ber company , Is fixing up a logging camp on Heaver creek , two or three miles above Its junction with the Grand Hondo river Prom this point the logs can bo driven down the Grand Hondo with the spring flood Mr. Hlchardson has a contract to supply the lumber company with about 100,000,000 feet of logs at the rate of 10,000- 000 or 15,000,000 feet per jear. There Is a flno body of timber extending for miles up Heaver creek A great many beautiful salmon have been coming up Iloguo river. They come In schools of from live to 100 and can ho seen from the bridge at Grant's Pass , at almost any time In the day The shadows from the bridge In the water stop the flsh , and they make a circle and go back , only to try It again , and they soon get up courage to make the run through. People with speats stand on the bridge and catch one oc casionally , but wound more than 'they ' take out Some paitlcs go out at night with a gill net and make good hauls , bringing In from 100 to 200 pounds a night. WASHINGTON. A. M. Herrlck. the canncryman , has ar rived at Aberdeen , and Is putting the can nery there In shape for work as soon as fall fishing begins. The new box factory started at South Dend by John L Harris will bo In operation In a few days and will employ about fifteen men In the mill and as many more In the woods. A large number of eiders for the product have already been received A crow of men are now at vvoik on a 1000-acre farm on the Snohomlsh river , pre paring It for a colony of Hollanders , who are expected to arrive In a short time A big farm house has been finished and a quantity ol stock has already been secured A now snagboat Is to bo built shortly to replace the old Skaglt on the Snohomlsh and Skaglt rhcrs. The old boat has been In use for about fourteen jears and Is now practically worthless Captain Taylor says the craft will be built on the sound and will cost about $10,000. Nearly all the gold that Is taken out of the Sunult mines is now being shipped to the United States assay office at Helena , In stead of to the San I'ranclsco mint , as form erly. The miners claim that they realize more from their nuggets and get the re turns much quicker , tbn days being about the average time. The round-up of cattle In that piece of country bounded by the Yakima and Co lumbia rivers and the south line of the Klt- tltas county Is finished , Eighteen men were out twenty-four days. The number of cat tle was only half' as many as were cor ralled yast jear , but the shortage Is mostj ! attiibutable to the smoky weather , which prevented the vaguorps from seeing the bunches of animals' hidden In the ravines The salmon run on'the Snohomlsh river has begun and thereIs every prospect that It will bo a largo one. This Is the yeai for the extra big run of silver salmon , as they are supposed to run In greater num bers every fourth year , and it has been four years since there was a big run. The flsh bujcrs are pajlng 2 cents per pound , undressed. The several new canneries on the Sound rnaUo the demand for fish very great. noes , for some reason , seem 4o be grow ing more plentiful In Whitman county , says the Garfield Enterprise. Seveial swarms are captured each season , when a few years ago such an occurrence was a rarity. The other day Marion Scott captured a flno large swarm that lit on a barbed wire fence near his bouse , six miles northwest of Gar- field. Ho proposes to put them to work Experiments demonstrate the fact that bees do well In the Palouse country. On Index mountain , on the south fork of Skykomlsh river , flvo miles from Index station on the Great Northern railroad , Evans and Vancchtan have driven a tun nel on a copper lodge about forty feet , and are rewarded by an excellent strike The ledge Is eight feet wldo and the pay streak Is about a foot In width , that will run high In copper , gold and silver. It Is an ore that will bear expensive transporta tion and shipments will bo made this season. The tug nnjden recently brought an un usual tow Into Neah bay. She had Just nkon the Norwegian bark EIra outsldo of ho Cape , where It was quite foggy , when she came across the caicass of a whale In charge of a lot of Makah Indians. They wanted the mammal towed to Neah bay , and In a short time a bargain was agreed upon. The Do > den took the leviathan In ow , and a few hours later beached It at Meah bay. All of the tribe had congre gated at the water's edge , and to say that hey were overjoyed at their luck would be mild eprcsslon of happiness Everything was quickly gotten In readiness and a big 'cast on blubber followed that night , In true fashion of their savage ancestors. MISCELLANEOUS. Over 1.300 tons of melons have been shipped from Fresno this season , The Pomona cannery employs 175 hands This season's output will Include 75,000 cans of tomatoes , A party Is being organized at Fresno for the purpose of going to Venezuela In October and engaging In the cattle busi : ness , A San Francisco physlclan.ls preparing tQ construct an airship , which no declares will carry passengers to New York In forty DO.VT scnn A ciun _ Or any poisonous compound to rid your house of roaches and water bugs The Decoy joaeh and water bug tiaps we'io belling nt 23 cents does It- cheaper quicker and better they'iu harmless to everything but leaches and bugs cause you jio anxiety and make your home ono blissful content ment See the traps In our window. Kuhn's Drug Store , Douglas hours. He has organized a company and says lie will bo toady to commence traffic In about three months. Sugar making Is In full blast nt Chlno over 2,000 tons of beets being delivered to the factory every week. The supreme court of Arizona has up held the constitutionality of the law In flicting the death penalty for train rob bery. Santa Hosa's big well sunk to tap the un derground flow of water Is yielding 2,000 OuO gallons a day. and It Is bcllovod comes from the Sierras , The Albion ( Idaho ) Ileo sa > s that a rich strike has been made on the Cassia creek side of the summit between Little baslt : and Cassia creek The ledge Is over 100 feet vv Idc Prof C r Holder of Pasadeni has started to explore the channel Islands cspe clalb that of San Nicholas. The caithquakcs of list > ear are said to have tossed out antiquities and closed the harbor At Austin , Nev the Austin ( Milling com- piny's tunnel Is now In 2,000 feet There are 1 000 feet more to be pierced ; 100 men are nt work , and It Is expected the tunnel will be completed by January 1 , 1897. Tucson will soon have another Important Industry In operation. A company was recently formed to work the Santa Hltii marble qinrrlcs Excellent marble abounds In Cochlso county , and similar Industiles await capital. A deserter from the whaling fleet that wintered at Hurschell Island reached Circle City Ho says that five or sl\ out of fifty deserters were shot down by the ofllceis of the lleot , and that the others were driven back a'joard. An Oakland ojster dealer filled some of his cans with water In arranging for an exhibit at the exposition Hut some one stole a doztn of the labeled cans and sold them , and the unhappy dealer Is now ac cused of putting fake goods on the maikct Two Frenchmen have discovered a rich copper le < lge about fourteen miles west of Tilnlty Center , Cal , on what Is known as Union gulch. The ledge Is fifteen fctt wide , rich In mineral , and natlvo copper Is found lying near the springs and In the creek The ledge has been traced for 3,000 feet. The Ulossom ranch at Hattlo Mountain embraces 60,000 acres of land and Is one of the best cattle ranches In Nevada It has a complete system of Irrigation Parties In San Francisco are Investigating the merits of the ranch , with alew of starting up a beet sugar factory next beason , to cost not less than $250,000 , with 10,000 acres de voted to beet culture. Lieutenant Moss , Twentjfifth United States Infautiy , and eight soldiers , heavily- accoutred and carrying four days' rations , covered the distance between Foils Mlssoula and Harrison , 135 miles. Including the passage of the Hocky range. In twenty-two hours on bicycles The heaviest wheel with pack and rider weighed 276 pounds , lightest 202 pounds , average weight 210. This Is the fli-st detachment put on the road by the United States army to test the practicability of the bicycle as a machine for military purposes In a mountain country. A lady and gentleman were on a camping trip and stopped near the road this side of Silver Lake , not far from Woodfords , Nov. , to take lunch. The lady throw chicken bone Into the brush and the gentleman's eye was caught by the glitter of some bright object Ho picked It up and found It to be a ten- dollar gold piece of the coinage of Ib52. They hitched up and left the spot , but after going a mile or more turned back to look for more. The loose dirt was brushed aside and ten more found , all of the same coinage , making $110 In all. There were also pieces of bone supposed to bo human. It Is sup posed that some wanderer with the gold In his pocket died at that place and the coin Is all that has withstood the lavages of lime The mystery of the theft of the twelvc- thousand-dollar gold bar at Ensenada , Lower California , last year was cleared up the other day when James Garrett , the sus pected thief , was surprised while digging up the buried treasure Garrett had served fifteen months In a Mexican prison for the offense , so that he could not be tiled and punished again. He revealed all details of the robbery , which was accomplished through his great skill In working the combination of the safe in which the gold was deposited The siddcst feature of the crime Is that Hlveroll , the merchant who was held respon sible for the loss of the treasure , was ruined , and his vvifo died from worry over the trouble It was Hlveroll , however , who put the detectives on Ganett's track , and thus recovered the gold. 1ft Cl I'll II Mr tillSjNlflU Effectually , yet gently , when costive or bilious , or when the blood Is impureor sluggish , to permanently overcome habitual constipation , to awaken the kidneys and liver to a healthy activity without irrita ting or weakening them , to dispel head aches , colds or fevers , use Syiup of Figs. tiK iusiiivoms. Got cmmriit AK < 'II ( I.ouKlim for Site's In Wjomlim : mill Coloriulo. CHEYENNE , Wyo , Aug. 2J ( Special ) Captain Hlrum M. Chlttcndon , who has been selected by the government to report suit able sites for storage reservolis in Colorado and Wyoming , has requested state engineer Mead to assist him in selecting such sites and suggests that owing to the limited ap- piopriation available , one .site near the boundary line of the two states might answer all practical purposes for both. Mr Mead has In view two slteH , one In Colorado rado and ouo In Wyoming , which if used would provide water at once for use and would end all conflict between Wyoming and Colorado In regard to interstate watei rights. The Wyoming site Is about seventy - five miles north of Laramlo City , on the Laramlo river. The Colorado site Is Cham ber's lake at the headwaters of the Poudio river. Chamber's lake covers an area of about 180 acres , but has not sufficient capacity to hold oil of the surplus water of the Poudro. If enlarged and extended It would retain all of these waters and rcndei It unnecessary to divert any of the waters of the Laramlei river , which naturally flows into Wyoming , but which by artificial methods ods may be diverted Into Colorado water systems. A natural basin , revering G 000 or 7.000 acres , forms the site selected for Wyoming , and In this , If properly retained by a rcscivolr , all the surplus water of the Liramio river could bo stored Mead will recommend the selection of the two sites named to Captain Chlttcmlcn , Theories of cure may be duscussed at ength by physicians , but the sufferers want quick relief ; and One Minute Cough Cure will give It to them. A safe cine for chll dren. It Is "tho only harmless remedy that produces Immediate resultn " ' " ! ' - i i , 1 " - - _ . . . . . _ _ _ . _ . _ . _ _ _ _ r - i " ' . _ _ - _ - . . . - . . - . - - - - - - _ _ ! ! . ! , i.- u - - - 1 _ . _ . . _ . _ . . . . . _ _ _ . . . . _ . _ _ _ _ . . PELN PICTURES PLBIA.SAN'TLYAND POINTEDLY PARAQRAPHED 1 | ( i H * , IT us itKi'UA'i' IT. While we don't make much nolj.p wo nevci thelebs go light ahead belling carpets don't have to "holloi" our quality along with thu new and elegant fall debigns we aio fallowing nttiact the people and sell thu goods Flist we get the quality and design then-mako the puce that'a as low us the quality will allow. Omaha Carpet Co. 1515 Dodge . I.- , „ Hoot range , In Madison county , says a ISutto dispatch to the St Louts UIobc-Democrat , and hundreds of prospectors are rushing to the new district. The strike Is the rich est over made In 'ho ' state The surface ore , of which several carloads has been shipped , has yielded from $400 to $500 per ton , and the returns from twelve carloads closely approach $100,000 Another carload of select rock , which Is about ready for shipment. Is expected to net the owners not less than $20,000 This has all been taken from a surface cut , and as the locators hive only been at work alneo about the 1st of July , It re- milns yet to be seen whether It comes fiom a true \eln or Is only a deposit In the lime formation In which It Is found. The properties upon which the work hag been done are the Mayflower group , located and owned by Charles Preultt of Whitehall and P. M. Pair and K M Clark of Unite They .ire coin Inced that the rich ore comes from a true vein The ore Is guarded by men with Win chesters , and no such excitement In mining has been known In the state since early- placer days COOK'S INLET A TAKE. Two hundred 01 more cxcuislonlflts who returned from Alaska on the Queen arc de lighted with the northern scenery and the glorious wcathe-r which prevailed during the trip , says a Victoria special to the San Pran- clsco Chronicle Hut the Queen had pas sengers other than happy pleasure seekers , and they are not so pleased with their trip to Alaska , They are miners returning from Cook's Inlet. They expressed themselves very strongly regarding the Inlet district , which they dcscilbo os being simply a fake. The party Includes almost every ono from the inlet who had money enough to get out. They went to Sitka on the bark Merry , and from there came down on the Queen. Ono of thcso stated that last spring ho heard so much about Cook's Inlet that he foolishly left a good prospect at Cripple Creek for what he considered a sure thing In the far north. When ho arrived nt the Inlet he found the country fairly overrun with prospnctois. Some of these were miners of experience others had never seen a mlno and knew nothing about prospecting. While a num ber of miners who went In there a number of years ago are doing very well , -very few of those who arrived there this year found anything The waters are exceedingly rough and the cuncnts treacherous , and many lost everything they possessed by their boats upsetting and , to make matters worse , great forest flrcs broke out and burned a number of cabins , also provisions and tools "I never saw a better country to keep away from , " said the disgusted prospector. "Everything seems to go wrong and there nro men there who are actually suffering from want. I do not know what the poor fellows are going to do , for they have no money , and without money they can't get out of the country. My experience * .t Cook's Inlet coat me over $300 It was re ported at Sltka that the United States rev enue cutter Plnta was going to the Inlet to take away all those who desire to leave. I think the government should do something In the matter , for there Is no way by which those poor fellows can escape without as sistance. " GOLD IN THE CASCADES. A correspondent of the Hallcr Times , writIng - Ing from Darrlngton In regard to new discov eries made on Clear creek says : "The Myrtle C , which was located Juno C , 189(5 ( , Is a largo and flne looking prospect , and the farthest south on the mountain of our locations It Is capped over with lava , oniy outcropping in two places on the west slope of the mountain , the predominant metal being gold , assaying $1840 per ton Three claims are located on this lode. The North Pole was discovered and located In June last. This lode I was sure would run heavy In silver , and was surprised at the assay , which gave $20 In gold , with only a trace of silver. Three claims were located on this lode The Mollne , showing flne mineral at the surface , Is a small lode from nine to fourteen Inches , but has a very heavy capping , which Is an Indication of a largo vein beneath. This vein can be read ily traced across the summit of the moun tain by its outcrop , and Is a good showing for a valuable mine. Three claims have been located on this lode. The Burns , dis covered and located about Juno 15 , 1S96 , Is quite a large one , showing four feet solid mineral at the surface This lode shows signs of copper , but I did not have assays for that metal , and can only give the as- sayer's certificate for gold , ? 28 65 per ton , silver only a trace. The surface ground on this lode shows two other veins on the north side of the center line. One outcrop shows a six-Inch streak of ore 100 feet from the main -vein. About seventy-five feet from this Is another vein showing n'ino Inches at the outcrop. All appear to be separate veins and the mineral they carry Is the same In appear ance as that assayed. From the assays I received of this now locality , the size of the lodes , and the amount of ore In sight , I am convinced this Is one of the richest strikes yet made In the Cascades As the property Is exclusively gold property , the formation Is different from the other local ities , bfllng a mctamorphlc slate , carrying a rose-colored quartz. * A good wagon road extends from Sauk City , where boats land , to these mines , a distance of twenty miles. IMMENSE LOO HAFT. The biggest raft of logs ever floalcd Inlo San Francisco bay , containing nearly 600,000 Hner feet of piling , will be towed down from the Columbia river by the Southern Pacific collier AHnoola on her return to this port , says the San Francisco Chronicle. The piling will be used largely for the con struction of the ferry landings of tbo now union depot and for sea wall extensions , The great raft has already been built at Stella , on the Columbia river , and will bo launched In a day or two. It Is constructed on the cigar-shaped plan and forma a struc ture 500 feet In length , with about fifty feet beam and thirty feet depth. It will draw twenty-five feet of water and contain 560,000 linear feet of logs , and It the latter were laid out In a straight line , ends together , they would form a rail 217 miles in length and be sufficient to build a pontoon bridge seven piles broad to the Fqrallones , If such an undertaking were possible. Dctwccn flfty and sixty tons of chain have been used In the construction of the Intense raft , and It Is stronger and better built than any log raft over launched In the world. Iho piles am principally of fir and spruce and have been carefully selected The raft was built and Is being sent down the coast by Halns & Robertson. They sent down the last big raft towed by the Mineola , < > OT A iin.UAoun _ Probably caiused by eye overwork nine-tenths of the Ticaaauies are caused by the eyes something wrong We're here to repair that wrong Our oxpeit optician can lit you with glasses that will give your eyes a rest that's what they need Ilttlo eye defects glow to bo big ones If not piopeily and promptly attended to. Co. 1408 Faruam J-TT § _ ra = a breunnow- * = - * wu L = re but the Southern Pacific company backed them ID the enterprise Now they are spec' ulatlng on their own account. THE DAKOTAS. Extensive preparations are being made al Hrooklngs for the Christian Endeavor con vcntlon to be held there this week. The contract has been let at Aberdeen for the erection there of a now Masonic temple , the contract price of which Is $9,700. Lead Is to have a system of sewers , the plans for which are being designed by Andrew Itosewater of Omaha The Immense flow of water at the Hudon nrteslan well has been checked by putting a new valve upon the standplpe , now a two Inch stream , Instead of a six-Inch stream shoot a hundred feet or more Into the air Two sites for Indian schools are being located , ono at Chamberlain and the other nt Rapid City. Two thousand , five hundred dollars has been appropriated for each of the schools , both of which are lo bo bulk this fall. A good slory comes from near Wood- brldgo In Ihe northwestern part of Cavalier county. A farmer a few days ago drove across the boundary line Into Manitoba with a load of oats , which ho sold to n dealer In Crystal City for 9 cents per bushel The custom house officer learned of It and arrested him for not paying any duty The farmer , who Is said lo bo thoroughly honest said that ho thought that since Lnlirlor's election there was free trade between this country and Canada Hut ho had to put up 10 cents per bushel for his oats all the same. Prof. Todd , the state geologist of South Dakota , has sent to Hermosa the strangest collection of bones nnd petrifactions that ono could wish to sec. These are from the Had Lands , vvIiTe the professor has been exploring for several weeks past Heccntb the party found quantities of the fossilized remains of turtles , with shells from two to three feet In diameter , and of the bronto thorium , a hog-llko animal from twelve to fourteen feet In length , ns well as the oredon , a pro-historic animal whoso appear ance was that of a sheep 'COLORADO. ' A contract has been let for a now reser voir at Tellurlde , the old ono being no longer adequate to supply the demands of its growing population. A new town has been platted one mile west of Glllet. It Is to be called Alrhardt and Is Intended for a residence place foi mineis working In that vicinity. At Eldorado , In Houldcr county , much ox cltoment continues over the recent discov ery of gold on Hryan mountain. Samples shown are rich In tellurium and carry a value of forty and fifty ounces per ton. Harry W Richards and George D. Steven son , owners of the Summit Creek coal mines , at Saw Pit , have made the richest mining strike of the year. In digging a ditch to the coal mine they struck a min eral vein , which , upon following to the llmo contact , proved a bonanza. The entire body Is about four feet thick , of n porphyry formation , and a Denver assay returns 41 50 ounces gold and 21.20 ounces silver a value of $81512 per ton. A report has been received of an Impor tant strlko In the Uachelor mine , at Ouray A cross-cut at a point 270 feet below the present workings has opened up a largo body of ore , which , though not running very high , Is so heavy In lead that It will prove a very valuable addition to the ore reserve of the mine. No shipments ha\e yet been made from the now strike , and mining operations have been temporarily suspended to enable the company to put up new ore bins and make other necessary arrangements for handling the ore. WYOMING. Thieves are actively engaged In cattle rustling In Natrono county and within three weeks rustlers have been detected making drives of unbranded calves , and in both In stances the calves were taken from the thieves The State Land board has leased 10,000 acres of land on Clear creek , In Albany county , to local ranchmen at an average rental of 2 % cents per acre per annum The lands leased are suitable only for grazing purposes. Pour surveying parties are now at work In the country south and west of the Sho- slione Indian reservation and the latest re ports are to the effect that good work Is being done. The region Is very mountain ous and progress is not easily made It will probably bo November before the work in that section is completed. The claim owners at Bald mountain , In Big Horn county , are nt last proceeding in a business-like manner to demonstrate the value of the prospects on the mountain Sev eral companies have prospect holes down to depths ranging from forty to sixty feet and the work will continue until bedrock Is reached. The Indications ore most en couraging , assays showing fair values , and It Is altogether likely some paying mines will bo formed before snow flies. The owners of the Richmond mine at Cooper Hill have let a contract to run an Incline on the ore body for a distance of 100 feet , and the contractors are already at work and the necessary machinery to raise ore will soon bo on the ground. All the capital needed for the erection of reduction works has been pledged , should the Incline prove ns good as the surface Indications. The ere body Is eight feet wide and assays from $20 to $50 per ton In gold. The hanging wall : Is a schist formation and for a distance of ; flvo feet from the ere body or vein proper It assays $17 per ton In gold. OREGON. There will bo tons of wild plums and huckleberries In the Coquillc mountains : this season. Ono firm at St. Helens shipped this season 140 tons of salmon , for which the fishermen ; received , at 4 cents a pound , the prevailing a price , $11,200. ' A great many mutton sheep are now going east from Heppner. Emll Scharff of Grant county will deliver over 3,000 to bo shipped from that point. Walter Shoemaker has shipped from Curry county this season 2,000 head of sheep and oxpccts to ship 3,000 more before the season Is over. Joseph Wright of Union shot an American black eagle In the Eagle mountains Ho forwarded the body of the bird to Fireman Fred Ballcn of La Grande. Mr. Dallen , who Is a taxidermist , will mount It , The eagle measures seven feet two Inches across the wings , weighs forty pounds and the claws AVE'1115 AI/VVAl'S JU.OWIN'fi About those Klniball pianos We've been selling for twenty-lhe years got u right to blow tliej'ro the most satis factory Instiument ever wild It's a pleabiue for us to sell them then the price Is right that makes them easy to bell Sometimes wo get all cash but wo will sell them on cany teims too No use to bo without a piano. A. Hospe. Jr. .Music and Art 1513 YACHT WILL RACE OS LAKE Intornntiorml Regntta of High Dogrco Scheduled for Toledo. CANADA WILL' SEND HER FASTEST BOAT Venrcilor Will Vpliolil lic Ittuinr of Ainorlon. nidi the fepnteli Unlit Cauml.'i llt-ciu il of the TOLEDO , 0 , AtiR 23 The se-.les of Inter- mtlniiAl races which will be sailed over the Tuitlo Light course off Toledo beginning on Monday next Is doubtless the most preten tious regatta over sihedulcd for the Inland lakes. It marks the beginning of au era In yachting which promises to put the spoil on the lakes on A footing with sailing on ( ho coast. Until Venccdor and Canada were built to sail an hilcuiatlon.il race yachtsmen around the lakes have been content , for the most part , to race In club regattas w Ith good ciulsers. Now , however , all of the great yachting associations promise to have some racers In their fleet. It needed such a contest betwctn two modern built yachts to bring about this feeling. No yacht races In this counliy li.ivo at tracted the attention given the coming one except the International salt water contests for the America's cup. Now that nn Inter national race on the lakes has become a ( Kturc , Its Importance will bo felt In every poll that boasts a yacht club. Already crowds are beginning to arrive to attend the race. Asldo fiom Its Interest as a spoiling event , yachtsmen see In It n 10- newal of the old contest between keel and centerbo.ird Canada being a cutter of the latest type and Venccdor a "skimming dish' with a fin Hundreds visited both yachts when docked and the wise ones believe thu weather will decide the contest. A strong wind will favor Canada , light wind Venco dor. IJcsldcs this , the belief Is curicnt that Canada's crew Is composed of butter sailors than that of her ilval The owners of the icspectlve boats have agreed to divide the $1,500 In gold offoied bj the loleda Intermtlonal Yachting asso ciation , Like true sportsmen they do not llko to lace foi gain Each will do his best to win the silver cup , but the cash will be divided CO per cent to the winner , 40 per cent to the loser. The cup Is on exhibition In a store window nnd attincts crowds of admirers. The follow lug y ichts arrived this evening 01 will arrive early tomorrow morn ing Sail MIstial , Crusadei , Vamlna , all of Chicago , Merlin of Racine ; Steam Path finder , Buena ; Sentinel , Wilber ; Hluda and Toxeta of Chicago. UOA'CS OF HIGH DEORED. People have been Blow to recognize the quality of the two boats that arc to con test for the tiophles off Toledo They have generally been regarded as good boats , but the fact that they are probibly the best of their class ever built has not been ac cepted without allowance It Is the fact however , that these boats will represent in a largo degico the yachting brains of America and Scotland , backed by a plentiful supply of money. Vcncedor was designed by Theodore Pooltel nnd built last winter by the Racine company to the oidrr of IJeirimeu brotheis of Chicago , especially for a race with the best boat Canada could produce Pookel , the designer , Just from the llerrcsholt yards , had every reason to cteate a yacht of the first class. He had some icputatlon .n.s chief draughtsman for the Heneshoffs , and designer of a number of the fast yachts they had tinned out But this icputatlon was shared with his employeis. In his new position he could create a laccr which should bo all his own Idea He drew much of his Inspliatlon from the lines of the Defender and Niagara. Adding some In vention of his own , he had the theory of a craft which ho fondly hoped would sail away from anything of Its class yet built The construction of the boats was proceeded with under the direction of the designer with the greatest care. Every piece of wooil put in passed first under his sciutlny , and many of the most impnitant pieces wcie selected after a great expenditure of time by the deslgnei himself. The woik on the boit progressed slowlj , simply because of the pi cat pains liken In getting out the parts and putting them together. When Vencedor was launched and given a trill the creator was satisfied ho had turned out the best boat of the class afloat , MODERN FIN-.KEEL SLOOP. The Vencedor is a modern fin-keel sloop with a racing measurement of foity-five feet. The original design was for a boat a trifle larger , but the plan was changed to meet the desires of the CanadHns , who pie ferred to build one n Ilttlo less than foit > - flvo feet. The bulb approximates eight toiib The first trial given the Vcncedor In a race was at Milwaukee , where It mot Vancnna and Siren , two Chicago boats of the modern racing type. In this regatta Vancnna was awarded the prize But it was no race. The buoys had drifted and both Vencedor and Slien mlbsed them in the fog The Vencedor was then brought to Chicago and took pint in the Lincoln Park Yacht club regatta. In this race the Vcncedor was un fortunately becalmed and Siren won thu pen nant by n small maigin of time allowance In this race the boat twice showed excellent sailing qualities On the first leg , in u beat to windward , the yacht outsailed the fast Siren. On the tocond leg , Vencedor was be calmed , and , wbiln Its bulls were banging limp , Slron , which had a little M nt of Ijrceze , sailed pabt nnd turned for the homr line. When the Venccdor got the breeze the Siren WOR ne.iily a mile nhc.ul , but Vencedor made up this distance on the home leg and rinsscd the line first , losing the race by the time allowance , which had not been made up Although technically beaten twice , once by Vancnna and once by Siren , Vencodoi sailed away for the Cleveland regatta with the confidence of her filnnds At Cleveland was the first real race the Vcncedor had , nnd the way the yacht walked awnv from the cracks In that u-gatta gave Its frli nds re newed confidence in Its ability to hi ing luck to Chicago the International trophies 'Jhe proper place for Vcncedor In that regatta was In the forty-six foot clans , but It was not a part of wisdom for the two Interim- ilonal contestant ! ) to sail a preliminary race Canada being also in that claus So Vonccdor went up into n higher class and eft Canada to compete with boats of Its own sailing length 'I ho result of Vcnccdoi'B , race was a surprise to Its most sanguine friends. Vancnna , the local rival , was JJOVT JIAVI : TO IMI.U : _ 1'eoplo to our elegant candy pailor the svm'tness we sell the toiiitcoiis cleikh .itti.tet everybody It's a plea- MHO to puicluibo candleb wlu'ii JOM know they uiu always fio-h pme-iind delleldUh MaUIng candy Is our buM- nebs We'ie al\\UJH making up soiiui novelty. Wo send eandy by o.\pie.i.v- Sec how we do It In thu window. Bal duff , Catere r , 1520 Faruam litten. nnd the crick Canndlan bo.-U , Vred was left far behind. Win VKNCKDOU IS I'AVOIUTB. It is through the latter boat A line la fur * nMicd on the Canadian defender , Vred * nnd Canada met cnily In the season , when Can-lit out-filled the Vreda ono mlmtto and el lit ficonil Vcncedor beat Vrcda twenty- ! , evcn minutes , \\hethcr this Is a true Una or not It Is difficult to say. In that raca the Cam linns wlt'i ' a view of getting a lone on Venccdor , manned the VreiU with the Canada's sailors , and so far as any one was nblo to discern the bolt was sailed on Us merits Tlie rare was sailed In * good bieesto and lumpv sci The Canadian * console themselves with the fact that the conditions were most favoutbid to Venccdor and decldedlj unfavorable to Vrcdn Under other conditions the Canadians contend the \cncedor cannot niako smh R showing of Vrcda. However , the rare gave the friends of Canida a fright , nnd the best they can now hope for is favotablc sailing conditions and a close rare Commodore llnrlman has another line on the miallts of Canada Prlsellla had n trial with Canada nud had Ilttlo difficulty In "illing awty fiom It. Vcnecdor afterward had a tilnl with Prlsellla and beat It. So that as fir as may bo determined from the meager facts nt hand the Yankee boat Is lll.rlv to KO Inlo the nre n prime favor- tie Commodoio Dcrtlman has yet another line which Is direct During the Cleveland logatta , when Canada and Hclmn started In the r.ict1. Commodore Herrlimn had Vcn cedor stationil nc.u the second buoy , Cap tain 111)boui ) being Instilifted to follow the two Cmiadhns over the second leg of the course. Vonccdor's tlmo was taken from buoy to buoy , as was the time of Canadu and Zplma. It , vns found Vencwlor had beaten the crack Canadians several min utes. As all tineo boils sailed under the same conditions of breeze nnd sea. thla tiial must be taken us evldene'o of Von- cedor's supcrloilty under the conditions of wind and sea In which ( bo three boat * sailed. CANADA NO SLOW CRAPT. Canada Is a Scotch boat , btillt expressly for this race by rife The yacht was got out on thu uthcr side and shipped In parts to Oukville , Canada , where * It was put to gether. Its racing length Is about forty-two feet Until the Canadians saw Vencedor sail they felt their boat was well nigh In vincible * It his been tried thoroughly against the1 SCelma and Vrcda , the two best boats In Canada It mot Xclma a number of times undei a vailety of conditions , and won In the majority of their races Zclmx his long been the ciack Canadian boat , hav ing been built by Plfo to beat anything of the same class on the lakes When the Canidians accepted the challenge for an In ternational yacht ince they oidered a boat to beat Helnn but so highly was this boat thought of they reserved the right to race It In case they wishcil to do so. The condi tions of the race gave them until a week before the race to name their boat. When their new boat , Canada , met Zclma they were thoroughly satisfied and felt the "Yan kees" would not bo able to send a better boat against them When Canada and Vcn cedor reached Cleveland for the regatta , Canada was the favorite. After yachtsmen had seen both race the sentiment changed and Venccdor became favorllc at once , nnd It is expected to increase in favor and go into the contest a two to ono favorite. The race which these two bnats are to sail Monday Is the icsult of n gicit deal of hard work on the part of both the Chicago and Toronto yachtsmen. The proposition for an International contest came from Chicago cage last fall. After the milter had been pretty well canvassed locally expressions were had fiom all thogre.it lake ports where there were yacht clubs Canada was not much In favor of such a contest at llrst , but in the course of time the yachtsmen took more kindly to the Idea They were content to sail their best boats In the open regatta against the best that could bo sent against them from the states , but no ono seemed willing to take the Initiative in preparing Top an International contest. BEUUIMANS WORKED IT. Commodoie E. C Itcrrlman of the Lincoln Paik Yacht club b.iw its importance and ho and his brother decided at once to build a boat and Ibsuo a challenge It was proposed to sail for a perpetual Intel national trophy and the challenge was directed to the Royal Canadian Yacht club of Toronto Negotia tions progressed very slowly and , In fact , they were almost broken off at ono tlmo. I3ut Commodoio Herrlman determined to have a race nnd sent the racing committee of his club to meet the Canadians and make ill reasonable concessions There was finally ono thing In the way of a lace Ven- ciJor'a plans called for a larger boit than thev wished to ball ngalnst. To meet this objection the racing length of Vcncedor was alti'red nnd It was further agreed that Ven cedor vould give the Canadian defender double time allowance on its length over forty-flvo feet The length Is a few Inches over the limit and on this Canada will re ceive double time allowance. The races aio to bo best two In three , under the Now York Yacht club rules , with a few essential amendments. The trophy to bo sailed for Is a cup valued at $500. In addition to this the City of the Stialts Yacht club offers a prize valued at ? 500 , which late to go to the club from which the winner shall sail Tills latter , according to the conditions Imposed by the donois , becomes a perpetual Interlake trophy Ilcsides thcso prizes there Is $1,500 cash donated by citi zens of Toledo through the International yacht race committee The course over which the race will bo silled Is known as the "Turtle Light course. " The starting point is a few miles from Tuitlo light , where the boats can have twenty-four feet of water On the firut lay a triangular course of twelve knots will 10 sailed twice around Ono of the logs will be duo to the wlndwaul The course for : ho hpcond day will bo the same length , Mil It will bu straightaway to leeward ere o vlndwaid and ictuin , the choice being nlven to the winner of the first day's con test Should It bo ncceBsary to sail a third ace ono of these two courses will bo so- octed the choice to depend upon the tos * if a coin The opinion seems to prevail In the east that the new Chicago yacht Is simply a good lake boat nothing more1. Hut In Chicago llieru Is a well-doHncd belief that Venccdor Is as good u racing yacht as any on the At lantic i oast. Those most Interested In Vencedor have Intimated that they are prepared - pared to K.ill it ngaliiBt thu best boat In Us linns afloat In salt water. And , more-over , they declare they might bo Induced to go to the coast and nail the race. If Vcncedor wins the coining Intel national race , her owners nay they will bo rendy to race any boat In ltn cliiHH fiom Maine to Florida. A race between Vuicedor and Niagara has > ccn discussed , and It Is not unlikely that these two crack ynchts will meet on the Atlantic coast early In the spring Chicago yachtsmen have still higher ambitions , They ,110 nursing the hopn that a defender for thn America's cup may be built on Laka Michigan voi ; iuTTiit Mnvn Now while jou Know our adiliess w.e've got a lot of "vans" but we can't move cveiylody ) at Hie b.une time Can move a whole house full of fuinltuiu at onee tlut'H what wo got those big " ; i-lioi- > ans > " for don't m.ilco any dilfeience 11 It does lain they'ie watertight tight- When jou nunu niovu right. It'M HO much cahler , Omaha Van anil Company Our tclophoi.i , 1659 1/tc : in watasn onicu.iio