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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1896)
TJ1E OMATTA DArLY 1VB13 : MONDAY 10 , 180(5 ( , Pulse of Western Progress. 1 John T lleaKlo and \V 0 Pormy cur down from Uio country between f < i < 4i and thn north fork of Grand ttncatninne n najB Iho Saratoga ( \V > o ) Sun , and brought Information of the discovery of n wonderful lead In thnt region , very close to the road which leads to Ilattlo lake. A prospector named G. W. StcUon , who was out hunting uYor , made tlio lucky nnd. Tlio load Is forty fcot wide and projects out of the ground for several hundred yardi Spool- mons taken from tlio li > ad at random save wonderful nnd startling evidence of Its rich ness when pondered up and panned out by giving a MtrltiK of colors half around the pan. The lead has been carefully sampled In mioh a manner for Its ontlro width and every ploco of ore reveals a startling amount of gold. Compared with what has been found In that region of rich mines , the present discovery Is remarkable. Wo are Informed by Mr Hoagle that Slot- Bon nnd his partner have sent to Denver for Ground's and will begin the shipment of the ere which Is now on the surface , of which there la a largo amount. The men havi > already been offered $10,000 for their claim but ns there Is undoubtedly from $25,000 to $10,000 worth of ere In sight It IB useless to say that they did not acrept the offer. Mr. Uoaglo sa > s ho never saw nor hearl of sncli u claim as the one above mentioned IIH rlrhniiu Is bovond belief It looks like n big blowout of while iiuarlz , the greater part of which standn up from eight to ton Inches above the ground , but a portion of the ledijo has been shoved up some four or nvo feet out of the ground Mr Heaglr siys you cannot break olt n ploco of surface that docs not show an atnarlng iuantlty | of gold. The appearance of this lead Is much thti same a > that In all the Grand Cncamp jnetit legion pure white on tlio surface which upon close examination , shows honoj- cornb nlreaks which show free gold Ninv unsnuvom KOII WIIHATI.AXD. The old ictervolr of the Wheallind col ony Ims never been Biicces fiilly utlllrcd for Irrigation purpose * ) , the surface of the water being ton low to be drav.ii off , sijs the Chcjenno Tribune 'Iho Rock reservoir , Ij- Ing off southwest of town , has been tappol by a ditch , ami the water vised for Irrigation purposes for' two or three jears past About n quarter of a rnllo west of thin reservoir Is a great natural depiesalon about a milo and a half In length by one half to Ihrco-quartorH of a mlle In width and covering something over COO acres This reservoir has never been completely filled Tlio supply canal for this reservoir was rotiKtriiLtuil last joar by a development company at ft cost of about $25,000 , n num ber of culn through solid rock being made Water from thin mipply ditch nnd also cllli-h No 1 hns bt.cn llov.lug Into this reservoir for somo. weeks past , and the water It rising nio . ? ' . but It will take some weeks > ot to nil It. 'Ihc lake will be fortv feet deep when full. U Is undcrstool that arrangements have alrcndj been made tin tlio construction of n tunnel outlet to the lllg reservoir so that this Impounded water can bo used for Irrigation purposes Definite * arrangements have been made for Iho construction of n brick flouring mill , which have been under consideration for some- weeks A man of umiucstloned experience will have chirgo of the mill and the sumo will have n capacity of 100 barrels per day. The situation at Whentlnnd from a miller's ntandpoliit Is highly encouraging. Theie are- over 30,000 bushels of wheat aliealj stored In the now elevator , and about 10,009 biiBliclH moreto be- stored soon Hdltor Mlddnugh Is authority for the state ment lint a parjy of farmers now living near Moulder. Cole , had given assurances that they would settle on theWheatlaml Ilau Just an noon ns this reservoir supply Is ns- euretl for the Irrigation of fnrmcre. CAUI10X UlViil : COAL. Arrangements have been made quietly to nreatly Increase the coil output of this ulalo , finj n Taciturn dispatch to the San rranclsco Call. McKlnlej'H election will. It Is believed , linsten the consummation of a great coal mining project that has been under way for tb.vo jears. This la the opening of what promises tn no the largest coal mines In the Mate on Carbon river six miles south east of Iho Carbon Hill mines , owned by the Southern Pacific rallroid 'Iho property Is owned by a rich svndleato , at the head of vvhlch Is 11. W. McNclll. formcrlj general inanagof of the Oregon Improvement com pany , and Thomas I leu lit , a prominent coal expert , who cauio to Tacoma last joar from the east. The Hjndlcnto has driven a largo tunnel Into the mountain sldo for COO feet , nnd two other tunnels nro being oxcnvnted Klght coal veins have thus fai been opened , ranging from four to llfte-cn feet In depth Ono vein contains fine blacksmith coal nnd another nn excellent grnde of seml-bltuml- nous. As the mines nro onlj six miles distant from the Northern Pacific brunch to Carbon Hill , little dlfllculty will be experienced In placing the coal on the market. The sjHellenic has kept Its work and In tentions as secret ns pot > i > lblc , but It Is undeistood that It Intends shipping to San Pr.inclseo when development work has pro ceeded n little further. It is nlso stated thPl the company hopes to be nblo to elrlve Hrlt- Ish Columbia mid Australian coals out of the Callfeunla market as soon ns Us output becomes huge enough C H Tnlbot , n prominent coal expert , sajs the McN'olll coal contains 70 per cent carbon llo believes It Iho besl coal jot discovered on the const south of the Ilrlllsh Columbia line , and thnt Its ciunlity will justify active competition with Wellington nnd AusttalHn coals 'Ihn Northein Pacific has Just com pleted coal bunkois of 20.000 tons capacity In Tncoma , which will facilitate ptoposod catgo jdilpmcnts. It Is believed that part of the output will bo taken by the Canadian 1'aclllc lallwaj- . GOI > D riiospixrrs IN Tim CASCADP.S. Senator W. P. Sargent of Huckley has Just liecn In the city on business connected with his gold mines In Hrltlah Columbia , sajs the Tarnnm News "I believe wo fellows here have been chas ing way oft In distant lands foi gold , sild ho , "when the richest gold mining district In the United States. If not In the vvoihl. lies right at our doors , and wo never knew It ; but It 13 a fact. " "Whero Is this now mining district ? " "Hlght hero In the Cascades , and while people will not believe It vet. I am satisfied that It Is a richer district nnd greater In ex tent than any thai baa been discovered Yea , It Is richer and there Is more of It than cither Cripple Creek or llc 3lanil nnd If mln- > ra had tin nod their atlPiitlon thl ? way In- Blead of going away off lo Hrltlsh Columbia and Alaska they would bo far better off It was the same way with Clippie Creek Might In the center of a mining country il was twenty jcaia before anjono happened to discover that It was worth anjthlng U Is only latolv that anjthliii ; has been fcund there. On Silver creek , for a distance of about twenty miles , on the Green Wntcr river mil on many of Iho small creeks gold can bo found , and the le-dges arc rich. Old Man Kiinpp his a pro-spoct that U turning out ere that runs $200 to the ton , tn gold and la 40 per cent copper. S T Armstrong , of jour own town hero , hns n tMrtcon-feot vein of free milling gold ere that i uiu ov cr J200 to the ton and verj high In cupper In the chalk beds on Iho north slope of Mount Tacuma nro some very rich prospects , rich In copper and gold , the gold running from $20 to J.0i ! ) or $300 a ton "Tho district la rich the veins are large nnd Iho section extends fiom the Natchez pass to the south for pornups 100 mllco. 1 don't know ho\r It U to the north of the Natche/ . but hear some leports of the work over near the railroad nl ut the Htampeile tunnel , but the dUlrk't tributary to Huckley , I am natkilled from the reports of those who have been over the fluid , U the richest and most expensive ) gold mining dis trict In the world Toward the close of thla Boatoii there were times when an average of moro than twcntj-flvo men a day went In from Huckley. NOVKL. UIUCK PLANT. A great brick plant U la be establliheel in proximity to San PrnnclBco , unja a KrUco "Special to tl'o Denver News , which will add materially to this city's iiia'iur.icturliiK ' In lorents , mid through now methods may leJt to a revolution In that Important Industiy An organization 1ms bei-n Incorporated under the mi mo of the California Stone ) Hrlck company , which proposes to enpe'tid lu tlio purchuao uf a vlto and the erection of bull lings for the mairifa 'u ' froi i nan I no other limnliri' iteiiiiR Into their eompoieltlon thin lliosi < oit > lnod In sand or earth Plans foi th. i Hln have been drawn nnd n search la now being made for a proper site The prociss lo bo employed Is that of Prof. 12. C. Hi Ice of Washington. The stone brick , which It ti proposed to make here. Is mitnufactured from powdered stnno or the elements contained In stone , such as sand , clay , etc These substincos are mixed with a prepared flux which acts as a bond , holding together the particles of sand or other material used as n filler , the whole being thoroughly annealed by heating Among the advantages clnlmeel for the Hrlco brick Is the saving of time , only tci. hours being needed for their manu facture. Instead of eight to thirty clnjs ; F. much less consumption of fuel , scarcely any loss fiom burning , n crushing strength of from 10,000 to 15 000 pounds to the square Inch Instead of from 100 to 4 000 pounds , nnd n reduction of cost to throe-fifths of thnt of the old stjle bricks. Prof. Hrlco hns visited this coast several times within a few months nnd Is ex pected soon to return , after which final stops will bo taken for the building of the plant. WANT H1G11TS OP WAY PIIHG Robert Watt nnd Cnplaln A H Payson. ri'spcotlvolj first and second vice presidents of the Valley railroad , hive returned from Prcsno where they wont several dajs ago on a tour of Inspection , snv.8 the San Pran- clxco Examiner They will mnke a report at a meeting of Iho directors concerning the progress made In securing rights of nay south of Presno to Hakerafleld. H appears that committees of cIMrons In Pres no , Tulare , Kern and Kings counties have llmt matter In charge The Tulnro counly committee , with headquarters at VI- salH , has made very favorable progress In obtaining rights of wnj In that county. So hns Iho Kern counly commlllco , whoso headquarters nre In Hnkorsfleld The com mittee In Kings county has nlso done good work. The Presno coinmltlec fa meellng with some opposition from the owners of mil ill tracts of land In Iho southern pirt of thai county. They dcslro compensation for what ever part of Ihelr property l.s taken for a right of way. The committee has not at tempted to raise any money for thai purpose. The Valley road directors do not want tn piy for the right of way south of Fresno They waul the committees to turn over to them a free route before Ihey will build south of Prrsno. Jiifit how Iho mailer will bo KOltled cannot ho mated at present , although Chief I'nnlnecr Storey of the Valley noael sild thai the prospects were bright for securing the right of way nt nn enrly elate Ho was not pre pared to say whether the line by wny of Viealia to llakersflold would be constructed ( list or the- one by way of ll.inford The 1 tiler branch will leave1 Iho main line thrco mllon Koiith of Prcsno nnd join It ngaln "omeaKly miles furlhcr south pmtPirruAh POWIH HNOIXR. Paul Hcllhrun , an ciuplojc of the Southern Pacific company , clnlnin ho has solved the problem of perpetual motion , saja a Portland ( Ore ) dispatch to the San Francisco Call. This creator for he cannot bo classed ns an Inventor hajs that in 1831 ho peifected an engine that ran .163 consecutive days by air eonorntod through Its own motion. At the expiration of thai time It ceased operation because of a scarcely perceptible leakage In one of the alr-gencratlvo tubes It was three months cro ho dldcovcroel this trouble. Now , ho sajs , the engine has been running four jears without cessation by the self-generating air process alone "None but my wife and mjselt have set ejca upon my great work , " said Mr. Hell- bum , "and none shall till I return from Washington city with my patent I shall endeavor to patent every minute detail of my work so as to escape future litigation with Imitators. Hegardlng m > work I'll say this without bishfulness , that It will supersede eletrlcltj and steam Flio generation of air , according to mj process , costs nothing , and my engine will ccasolcshly operate till It Is phjslcally worn out. TJmt's practlcalljperpelual motion Isn't It ? " Mr. Hellbum predicts that In the course of a few jears engines after his own model but with Improvements biiggcMted by brll llnnt creative minds , will supplant all other motlvo power. His enthusiasm leads him to prophesy that before the close of the current century ocean steamships and transcontinental railway trains will Do operated by Ihls power , and with much more safety than by fltcam or clcctilclty , Mr. Hellbum la now past CO jears of ige. nnd when the Idea first struck him tl-iit the constiucllon of a perpelual mellon engine wati a possibility he had a fortune of $10.000 All Ihls , besides his spare oarn- IIIKS , he exhausted In experimenting , and in visiting others riding the same hobby In other parts of the world , wherever he be5- Moved ho could learn something. Tlin DAKOTAS. Wheat brought 04 cents on the Sioux Falls market Inst week the highest price It hns eommnndod hero In over three jears. Rvcn at this very comfortable figure not a wat amount of wheat Is being delivered , as the farmers are fullj convinced that Decem ber will sec a much better price than this .Many of them are holding for 70 cents , and some for 75. The big mtcslnn well at Springfield has been tlnowlng up considerable coal of late. Winter weather seems to have come to stny in the Jim vnlley. In this vicinity there Is about lUtcon inches of btiow on the level. Dr. J. W. Klllott , state veterinarian , re ports several cases of anthrax nmong the cattle of n fnimer named Davis near rrank- forl , S I ) 'I his disease is giving consider able tumble to the stockmen of the eenlial counties of the state During the coming winter Partners * Insti tutes will bo held throughout South Dakota wherever communities may request them. The agricultural college authorities are making extensive preparations for Ihls work. A strong corps of lecturers is ready to take thei field. Not only will agriculture nnd nil Its nlllod branches be thoroughly dlscuosed , but arrangements nro making to have Hclen- tllle ami Illustrated lectures on topics oi general Intel cat. As the result of the overwhelming vote in South Dakota to repeal the prohibitory amendment , tlio Sioux Kails Hrewlng com pany will In a few months expend more th in $150,000 In enlarging Its plant. As soon ns the legislature r'nealH the present pro hibition Invv nnd enacts n high license measure - uro , the Sioux Palls Hrewlng company vlll let contracts for two buildings nnd the doubling of Its plant The capicltj will bo Increased from 25,000 ban els a jear to 75- 000 ban els , and the number of men em- plojed will bo increased from thirty to sKtj- . The I'lilarged concern will buy annu ally about 100,000 bushels of barlej- . COLORADO. Rich euri rises appear to bo the order or things In Iho Mayflower mlno al Aspen. A four-foot body of ere has been uncovered that averages 160 ounce's to the ton. Workmen In the Southron Crws tunnel at Halm's peak have encountered n large body of galena ore. No nssajs have been made jet. Iho 010 la believed lo be very rich. rich.Tho The Archorla-Leland , Cripple Creek , for the month of September produced be tween 400 and 500 tons of ore , the value of which lunges from three ounces to flvo ounces The month's output will aggre gate ) fullj $15,000. The Rnpp leusu on the Mountain Hcatity , near Victor , has made a rich atrlko al a depth of flftv feet In the shaft. A iitrcak of high grade ere Ihrco Inches wide has been opened which tuna from elghteecn to 103 ounces in gold. Indications are excel lent for tapping a rich ere chute with a little more ) depth The George Washington group of mines al Victor , cnmdtitliig of the George Wash ington , May Hello and Lincoln lodes , on the south elope of Htr.uib mountain , aio thu latest proportion In that vicinity to come to the front with n remarkably rich snowing l'ro8iecttn | < T on the vein wan started am. at a sli-Ht depth a alt-Inch streak of talc came in which runa foitj- two ounces hi gold , A uhaft sunk llfty foot on Iho vein shows the rich talc to hold Its own In sl/o and value nn 1 win" , ten feet more of depth has been attained a drift will bo run west that Is txpectod to encounter ere in p.ijlng quantities. The Gnd ! King. Sllvertcn district , Is send ing ten tons of concentrating ore to the mill dftllj- , which U concetnralcd three Into one The concentrate * yield $70 to HIP Ion , while $25 per Ion Is saved on the plates from the crude ore. The Colorado Springs , Vlclor & Cripple Crock ralltosd. Incorporated several weeks ago , has succeeded In plncltig Its bonds , and waik on Iho road will bo pushed ns rapidly us possible. The new roael will be an elec- tilc line ttlrtj-one miles In length , nnd will cost $300 000. The bonds are G per cent semi-annual gold bonds , and the ) were floated In Boston. The directors expect to hiivo tr.ilr.H running by the IIrat of July , 1S97. 1S97.C. C. C. It graham. George H. McKnehlcn ami Judge Pratt have discovered and located 320 acres of valuable coal land nboul six miles west of Halm's peak and flvu miles from Columbine on a fork of Willow creek. The vein cropped out on the surface , nnd the wonder la thai U wns not discovered long ago Hut little development work has bcea done so far , consequently the extent mid quality of the deposit Is not jet known , but the ownora are perfectly confident ihat thej have unlimited quantities of coal. The Covvcnhovcn Railway Tunr.el nnd Dralnngo company , capital $1.000.000 , has been Incorporated nt Aspen. This co11- pany has n tunnel two mllca long mul will nt once begin work upon the second Iwo miles , which will take It through Smuggler mountain from Aspen to Lenardo , from which point It will build two lines of mil- way , connccllng with both the Denver & Rio Grande and the Colorado .Midland , nnd on Into rich mineral districts In n.igle and Pltkln counties The Incorporators mo men of great wealth and will push the en terprise to completion al n rapid rate. The recent rich strike on the North Fork In Iho Huston district has given a new Im petus to prospecting. The jellow stuff mid the ground wherein It lies seems to have full swaj In the minds of prospectors from the head of Jordan cicck on the east to the Sand Stone on the west. Mr Stclson , the lucky finder of the North Fork bor.anri. cannot claim all the credit , ns n badger did the digging and Stetson profited , hav ing found a piece of gold-bearing rock In thi > debris around the badger's hole. Three feet only fiom Iho fciirfaco wns found n Iclgo of quartz very rich In gold. 11 has been claimed that il cents have been panned from an ounce of rock. The town of IMisoii , formerly known as Hiverlcj1 , is located on Pour-Mile creek , about seven tulles from the postoillcc In Cripple Creek The name was changed to ndlson because It Is to have the first elec tric plant for ti eating Cripple Creek ores erected In Iho district Per live miles in every direction fiom this cenler prospect ors nnd miners nre busy , nnd from the work done there seems to be no end to bodies of low grade gold ore. The deepest shaft Is on the Rlggs tnnch. This shaft Is nbout 160 feet deep , nnd It has cut two veins , emu drifting to the southwest , Iho other to the northeast. The last vein Is flvo feet wide , between granite walls , and ussajed from $10 to $40 per ton In gold. WYOMING. A signal service station has been estab lished al Whcalland The Kmbar Cattle company has put up about 10,000 tons of alfalfa hay. Work will bo continued on Hald mountain through the winter on almost all of the claims. Stockmen In the vicinity of Pine moun tain , Natrona comity , are ai ranging for a wolf hunt. Pine mountain is Infested by a great many grny wolves , mountain linns and bears , nnd large numbers of cnlvcs are killed by them every jcar. S W. Mnxoy dug CS7 bushels of potatoes from a patch of ground in Menashtash can- jon 30x100 feet Those who oavv the ground say the tubers had acltiallj raised the ground up and broken it , cinil when dug they were found In Immense nests. An Immense ore chute , which runs high In copper and silver , has been discovered on upper Geese creek. In Sheridan countj. Capital has been secured to keep working the place all winter. The locality U thlrlj- flvo miles southwest of Sheridan. The Deer Creek coal mines nl Glenrock are unable to supply the demand for coal. Manager Torpln reports thai the compiny Is 150 cars behind orders , i\tcnslvc : addi tions In the way of machinery have been added lately , nnd the compnuj expects to gel even with all orders soon. The United States geological survey , which has been working In the lllg Horn country the past summer and fall , has completed this season's work. The triangular party under the direction of W. S Post of Washington , placed thlrlj--elght signals In the basin for next j car's topography work , covering nil the principal points In the Dig Horn moun tains. Plans have been submitted for the mill lo bo erected nl Cooper hill by Iho Carbon counly company The machinery will bo In- clooed In a building C0\01 feel. The build ing will bo erected by Prarer & Talbot with lumber which will be sawed bj Victor Heiim- mer at his mill near the site of the plant Ihero will bo n stamp mill and concentrator The site .selected is on the east sldo of Cooper hill near the nmma G. propel tj and the mill is expected to bo lu operation b > Januarj. Indians from Port Hall are actively en gaged In killing oik against the law on Snake , Grej's and Hoback livers , hi Ulnta county. A party of IZvanston men who have Jiibt returned from Jackson s Hole , saw a largo number of bucks on the river trail Into the Hole , with their ponies laden with elk hides the meal having been stripped out a .id left to lie on the hills Hen Welch , the famous Irappcr of Star vallej , Is au thority for the statement that 1,000 elk car casses are now l > Ing between Giej's anl Hoback rivoiu , slaughtered by thcho lawless redskins. The Wjomlng Press has the following good story : "Ono day this week as George W. Cooper and a joung man named Nleberger were on the road with lliclr team from Coe & Coe's camp to Piedmont , a big mountain lion Jumped at the team nnd lit on the double trei-s Neither of the men had a weapon save a jtocket knife , but Cooper sprang upon the beast and seized it by the back of the neck , while Nelbcrgor. ccjuallj plucky , caiiRht the animal by the tall After a lively tusblo they got the brute clown and Over $411,000,000 Paid to Policy Holders in Fifty-three Years ! nn nFnTTrVmr ? , | Jll RICHARD A. McCURDY , President , \\ltli tlio poilcct Unlfo managed to cut the linn about the neck so badly that It bled to death Thcro ere three others lions been at tlio same tlmu , but they ran away. " OKCGOX. The output of tlio Dandon cannery Is being chipped to Astoria. Tlio sturgen catch tills season at The Dallc'3 has been remarkably Road. A tannery Is being built about t\\o and nnc-linlf miles above nncliantcd prairie. In Coos county , and will soon bo operated. The Indians nrc killing the deer on the mountains" around Kruita , In Walloon county one party alone liaUng Killed tlilr- t > -sK lately. It Is estimated by those In a position to bo fairly accuiatc. that 40,000 head of cattle - tlo from the Ilarney country hao been shipped from Ontario this season. Wallace's creamery. In Junction City , started up with between tncnty-flvo and thlity nitronshlcli Is About ciiual to the patrouaqe of the Cuqcne creamery. In OrcKon last > car 3CDCfi9 acres of ROV- oinment land \\ero sunejed nnd accepted. There are at present o\cr 35,000.000 acres of vacant public land In the state and 21,000- 000 of It survejed. C. H. Mills of Jasper Is an old pioneer of Oregon. 79 > eirs of age , and had never In his life taken a rldo on a railway train until the other tlay.hcii ho wont tolslt his son near Astoria The ease OGalust the thirteen prominent citizens of Astoria , who were arrested for abetting the Illegal landing of Chinese , ha\o been dismissed by Judro llelllnger on ac count of lack of evidence. Pc\en thousand cords of wood have been cut for the Virtue Mining company In HaKcr county in the course of the last three mor.ths One hundred men wore cm- plojed getting out the wood. The presence of the peach borer Is re ported In Douglas county. The grub not only attacks pcacli trees , but prune also , \\lietlier giafted on pinch or plum stock. As high as ten grubs arc sometimes found In a single prune The remedy at this sea son of the jeai is to hunt for the enemy and llg him out of the trunk. J C. White , a Ilakcr City contractor , has been awarded the contract by the Kllelc Har Placer Mining company of building the ton-mile ditch iccently stalled by Paul Ilerthnin for his company , and Mr. Whlto will take charge of operation at mire Ho expects that it w III tal\o four months to complete the uork , and ho will employ about fifty men. The run of salmon on the Coqulllo river was never so small as this season and there have been several conjectures as to the cause Lately , the run has increased Im mensely. In view of the lateness of the run , the governor was petitioned to extend the open season , and the request was granted for a term of two weeks from Oc tober 30 The fishermen had been much put out , and discussed the causwfrom mnnj standpoints If the lateness was caused by the dvc washings from the woolen mill , It Is explained that the late rains have cleared the water of the offensive matter , and the llsh come In The canneries are In good tunning order nnd fish are plentiful. Outside sheep lm\o nil left the Green- born mountains , nnd most of them nro safely on thcln. winter rniige , sa > s the Long Creek Eagle. Many bands respected the rights of usIdentB of this county anil kept n reasonable distance awny. whllo some followed an established precedent of herdIng - Ing up to the rancher's fences , and If the rancher happened to bo absent would al low their band to go on the Inside and de stroy Jiia croi. A resident of Coos river , who \s \ Inteleatcd In the llshlng Industiy. Informs the Coos Day Mail that great numbers of salmon nio wantonly Killed evcu fall In Daniels creek , and. In , fact. In ncarl > nil the creeks which empty Into the main liver. The salmon go up these crocks to spawn , where they prove nn cab ) prey for boys , who kill them with clubs or throw them on the banks with pitchforks , just out of pure "cusscdness , " as the llsh nro unfit for food. WASHINGTON' . Steclhead salmon have been caught In groiter numbers with tioiling spoons this fall than ever before In the Columbia near Wallula The work of Improving Olympla harbor as far as the $32,000 government appropria tion will permit will soon bo begun. The drcdgo Oakland haF arrived and the crow- is making icady to begin operations. Hill creek , a tributary of Coal creek. In Cowlltz county , was Hooded the other day and several hundred thousand feet of loss were splashed Into the main stream. It Is n great sight to witness tlio Hooding of logs out of a mountain stream * and the neighbors nlwa > s turn out to see It. The Powell brothers of Vaklina are now active In buying horses for shipment to the Sound , where the > will bo loaded on ships going to Japan , the Sandwich Islands and other pirts of the world. Prices are ruling qulto luw and It must bo finite n horse that will bring $25. although they have paid ns high as ? M or ? CO for draft horses. The Aberdeen Co-Opcratlvo company , one of Iho manufactuilng enterprises of Aber deen , Oray's harbor , has invented $7,0i)0 In ' Its plant , which Is a comparatively now departure - parturo In the woodworking Industries of the state. Packages for packing beef , pork , crackers , flour , apples , lerd nnd other arti cles are to bo manufactured on an extensive scale fiom native woods , and the prospects for success are blight. The Llllls lumber mill at Old Tacoma will have all of Its machlncrj in place and will ho ready t' ' begin v.ork in a few dajs. The capacity of the mill will be fiu.000 feet pej- day , and the company will employ twcnty- flvo men The company will supply the cargo nnd rail trnde the Northern 1'arlflr tracks passing directly In the roar of the plant The wharf Is now being extended to drep water , and the alto is regarded as one of the best on the s uml. H Orchard has received another shipment of C.OOO feet of water pipe , and will extend n water plpo line to South Cantle Itock. In Cowlltz county ThM extension will he nbout n mile In length The residents in that part of town will "havo no kick coming" nou on account of not having the same wntcr eon- \enkncp.s as the north rnd. V. lion thU line Is finished Castle Uork will have n man complete water Kjstem In over ) particular. Ily actual count only 307 bales of 1S9G hops remain In the hand.s of the Yaklma grow cis P. A Hounds started Into hop- gtowing In Yaklma county thrco jears ngo , when the season of disaster for the pro ducer began , and notwithstanding that the prices for thrco jcnrn have been the lowest known In history and lower than the coat of growing , according to general calculations , ho claims to have cleared $800 In this time from his fiftecn-acro jard. MISCHLiLANHOUS. Ono hundred tons of grnpes nro used dally nt the Sc-hastopol , CaK , wlnory. It Is expected that nn electric rallroid will soon bo built fiom I.o'i Angeles to ln Canada. Thcro Is talk that the Santa To may build from Santa Ana to Long Heath by way of Garden Glove. There arc In the Unite. Mont. , mining district 1.000 patented claims. 3,000 of which ate silver nnd 1,000 copper. Samples of n new vein of con ! were ex hibited In Riverside that has been dlscov- eied near Daggett , Cal. The vein promls.es well. The government Is surveying the moun tains from Pasadena to San llcinaidluo , and will hold the tract as n government re serve. To do even n day's work In mining for gold or iillvrr In Ilrilish Columbia n man must pay a tax of $5 , but there Is no mith charge for coal mining. An analysis of the California ollvo oil made nt the experiment station nt llerkelej pioves It to contain as muc-li nutriment UK roast beef , pound for pound. The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Is now rejoicing In the acquisition of n pumpkin thnta \ eight feet and hit Indus In circumference nnd weighs " 50 pounds. The new Chlno Land company has offered to the cjtlrcns of Chlno bituminous rock from their oxtcnslvo ( juarrlcs free foi the purpose of putting down sldev.alks of that material Preparations for the citrus fair , to ho held at Ki ratio , early In Deumber , nro going for- ' wnrl In good shape. Arrangements have ! been mtilo for the erection of n pavilion 10xr,0 , In sio which will bo lighted by electricity. Most of the nelghboiing coun ties hive signified their Intention to mal < < exhibits , nnd It IH conlldenlly ovpictiM tint the display will be the finest ever seen ID the stati1 The 'Fifth ' National Irrigation congn "a Is to convene at Phoenix , Arii , next inmiln beginning on the lull ) mid latitlng time dajH. 'Iho Pomona Vrult exchange lias shipped this season 3J.87" boxes of oranges and 1 J'ir ' , boxes of lemons. 'Iho highest pilco u-cdvid for oranges vuis $1.7t > per box nnd lemons $1 f 5 per box. The News , the only Important silver mine In Nevada , after being closed for some tin i will open In full blast. Two hundred i > n i 1mo been engaged to commcnco worK al once nnd othcis will ho put on later. A great exodus of Chinese Is icportci ) mound Riverside The celestials nro havlno n Idg pow-wow In Los Angeles over a new dragon , and natives of Cathay fiom all ovit the stnto nro gathcilng to pay the mons.u homage . A strong movement Is on foot nt Santa Hosa for tlio establishment of a beet Mifui manufactory Heels grown near Santa Hosa have been tested at the Alvarado factory nnd show that they possess the nevcssary properties In an unusual decree. Hill Hall has been elected captain of the Shoshoiio Indians for Austin and vlclnlt ) tn prevent the Indians fiom di Inking too mm It whisky. It is a now departure in tempi i- nnce , sa > s the Reveille , to have n diunkaid selected as an exponent of IntcmptMitnrc An Inventory of clock In ovciy drpirtnif nt of tlic Atlantic A Paelllc rnllioad Is Inln- taken with n view of hubmlttlng the uanm to Intending puichaHei.s of the line. 'Ihn snlo of the road was ordered bv n decree of the court to tjkc plnco In September , but ro further net ion was tnkcn The flint nmrtcago bondholders' claim Is ? ti,500,00ii. will , intc'rcat. The Joaiiuln Valley road directors nn > preparing bonds with a view of promptly resuming construction nouth of Tri-sim , and in other directions. The work will emp ov iiovoial hundrid workmen. The Southern Pacific company's managcis anticipate n boom in freight business , and looks to giv ing Increased employment In the car tihopi ind along the road In consequence of thU Improvement. 1'ioin all dliectlons aio heai 1 iiunars of an encouraging natuio. Some ere brought down fiom the coist north of Vancouver and nsa > cd foi gold or silver has been pionounccri by the asBa > ir tn bo cnssitcilto , or tin ere Ilium If a t'nrnUmman the nssijcr compared the ere with KamplcB ho had from the Dolcoath mlno in Cornwall , and found them to bet ldiiitic.il in charcator and ho Is satisfied that a depcxilt of tin ore ha been dlaeov- cud Him largo the deposit H will not bo known until tlio ground has been inorci fully pioBjcctcd , as the dlicovenr , being Ignorant of the value of the mineral found , did not li'vcHtlgato closely until ho had the sample nisajcd. PE1N PIGTURRS , PLEASANTLY A.ND POINTRDLxY PUT. Thrrc Nu't any hotter but tlu > ri V > lots not .so pioil mill tlio pilco Is Jiiht the Hiiiup Wo nro spttik'ltiK nhotit our Acorn Sti'eli * ItaiiKv It Is the hoarlubt us well ns the hnmlMMiu'-it steel ranti ! intulo uolliliiK but the best and ho.ivlest cold lolled steele and the totiKlie.st new lion used Asbestos Illled tbioti bout and .MIII vs.Ill liud our pilco on this inu e UK I ! ov\ and i-omctliiic * : vor than the John Hussie " ; . Co l onOderonr 2407 llttluprlcui. Cumiug : E Who will pay that mortgage on your home if you die before it's lifted ? A life insurance policy will do it , and the cost to you is only the annuaj premium paid to the company. It is like pay ing a little extra interest on your mortgage to insure its re lease if you die. The resources of the' Mutual Life of New York exceed the combined capital of all the na tional banks of New York City , Chicago , Boston , Philadelphia , St. Louis , Cincinnati and Balti more. A duty delayed is a duty shirked. Let a man convinced of responsibility secure adequate protection and at once. INSURE NOW & & IN THE MUTUAL LIFE. A Policy of Insurance in the Mutual Life is the quickest asset you can leave. Now tlmt the society season Is on In full hwliiK mull bcKln to think how nice It would he If a man could dances In u jmlr of ordinary Milld comfort hoos-tliat Kind for Instance that v.vo'ro belling so many of to tlio young nii-n a regular ? . ' Mvlo for ? : i They look asvell wear as v.\oil last IIHell and are I\H \ good an most anybody's i ? , bhues .should bo $ , " 1 but the } "re Jfll. Drexei Shoe Co. l,11419 , ! ? Fariinm IS THE COMPANY Most Good , IN TWO GENEPiATIONS 1843-1896 The Mutual Life Insurance Co. , of New York , has paid $246,000,000 to its living members. Has been the benefactor of women and children to the extent of $165,000,000. Has paid s5s members In aS3 era1 $43 Ifflil B lil3118fpfSrj [ FOR IOWA iiicl NE1BRASKA , FIRSF NATIONAL BASK BUILD1IIG , SIX III AND LOCUST STREETS , OMAHA. DES KOINES. .A fife Jits Wanted in 73very County. H. 5. WINSTON , Special Representative , Omaha. When < u 'vo nothing else to do wo niaku up shades don't llgmo that It costs us intieh to make nt ] window ttluiles Just putting In time that's why we make them up fioin your selections at about half tlio tegular shade juices wo have an unusunlly huge iihsoii- inout of window Hhades to c-hoohe fioiu } We'll go to your hmi e and get th" meahiire and you can come ln > ie and delect fiom thu gieate.st vailety of In Uniaha. Omaha Carpet Co. 1515 When thu t-yo gets flcepy-that'H a sign Its days \\nili Is done-how caieful natuio Is of one > ejcs-they must have their lest if they don't they gut wiong hut we can IIx thein-a pair of I'eMIng glasses olten save the necessity of teallyeailngglasses for ycaib-Onr ( > \peit ojitlelan most thoioiighly understands - stands liln hnslne s and them mo thotisands-l.uhlde.s u.s wholll tell JOll KU. Aloe & Penfold Co hlKH of HI. 1408 Farmim Lion In flout : E IfHP i'oy u o How much will yoitr admin istrator have to sacrifice your estate to force quick assets ? An Installment Policy for $100,000 will leave your family $5,000 yearly income for 20 years , in any event , and if your stated beneficiary is then living he or she will be paid $5,000 yearly during life. A 5 per cent Debenture for $100,000 will leave your wife $5,000 yearly income cither for 20 years or until her death if prior thereto ; then $100,000 will be paid in one sum , A possible return of $200,000. iU rlo lo IN lor iiii The true business man ncti promplly. Get our rates at once. All niflRlcal InstinmentK are not nllko theie'H only one "ICIniliaU" piano IhatV the kind \\o'\e always wild never falls to give enthe Kntlsfiicllon lii'cause they me the llneht made- Hwei'test toned- lowest pi Iced high guide piano sold anj uheie weaie not p.iillcnlar-yoii can buy on easy p.iy- uienth-or pay all cash -you get the Hiune "Klmball" piano -and Hie samu gnat anteu yon \\lll o\ur letuin It. A. Hospe. Jr. Miihlc unit Art 1513