Nebraska Newspapers

    THE CttrATTA DAII/T BEE : MOTTO AY , OYEMUEH 2n. IS'M' ' . 5
Pulse of Western Progress.
rar5iT5T ! f ? = ; H f finn f
New strikes At Grand Encampment min
ing district occur weekly and the rush to the
camp null continues drsplto the fact that
mow covers the ground at a depth of from
' eighteen Inched to four feet nenr the top of
the range. This mining district , from every
Indication , Rays the Hawl ns Journal , will
prove ono of the richest discoveries for a
number of yean. Some eight or ten clalron
with quartz veins varying from lx Inches
to as many feet In width , between good wall
rocks , show free gold. Some of the upocl-
mens of honey-comb quartz , filled with
Iron rust , eeemed literally alive with gold.
. Some fifteen or twenty other claims with
good quartz leads do not show free gold , hut
by pounding up the quartz and panning It n
trail of gold follows the , black sand In the
pan. In claims lying north and south of the
gold belt proper gold .mil copper are carried
by the quartz. In panning this It li neces
sary to cover the quartz with salt , then
roast It and repound the panning , nnd In
nearly every Instance gold \a \ seen as tlu %
result of the operation. Claims have been
located covering an extent of country about
two and one-half miles wide by some twelve
or flftwn miles lone.
Mr. Doan'a copper mlnn nt liattlo lakn Is
In the Grand Kiicampmoiit mineral belt. As
says from various claims In the Houston
district run from $30 per ton gold to $3.000.
"VV'hllo prospecting has ceased for the winter
a number of shafts arc bulng sunk and tunnel
nol work Is being done and by spring the
camp will be In flhapo to prove Itsrlf. Watc
Is plentiful and timber abundant , nnd tlu
fact that the mining district ! ) not over
nix miles from the stage read , makes It ac
cesslble to every one. A stamp mill wll
ho put In next spring , nnd things will hum
From loiters received by owners of the
claims , a rush will ensue which will cove
that mineral range with men , and the pros
poets for next scanon to the residents o
Carbon county are unusually bright.
SHKKP HUSUANDHY IN COLOUADO.
The cattle business has always been i
great source of revenue to Colorado , am
up to within the past flvo years horses wefo
bred and dealt In qulto extensively , but the
sheep business has been , as It were , nn
obsolete Industry , nays the len\er Times
To thoBU who have lived In the southern hiu
southwestern part of the state , the sight o
a cloud of dust rising In the distance .IH <
heralding the approach of a Hock o ( the
small quadrupeds Is a familiar sight. The
Mexican population , of that part of Coloiado
Is largely made up of sheep raisers aud their
herders.
The flcld for woolen mills In this part o
the country Is good , but so far no ono has
cared < to enter Into the project , although I
has often been discussed. Removing the
tariff from wool cast a damper upon Anier
lean sheep raising , and slnco that time , In
stead of Increasing , It has sought a mean
level , perhaps decreasing year by year , bu
already the prospect of a high protective
tariff under the now administration has been
felt , and as a consequence , sheep and woo
have recorded a slight advance.
It Is safe to presume that the Industrj
will revive slowly from now on , and. In fact
will take the place of the revival of alive
mining for which Colorado prayed , am
which might have been accomplished.
Mutton Is consumed to a largo extent
and , of course , Us price has not been sub
jcct to political conditions and has no
varied greatly , although It has fallen It
proportion to all prices during the pas
tow years. Fnt sheep sold on foot for fooc
purposes always bring" a good price , am
just now the local stockyards report an
advance of CO cents a hundred ou the choic
est meat.
Uvcry fall hundreds of thousands of lambs
nnd choice mutton sheep are boughi
from iNow Mexico , Utah , Wyoming am
Oregon Into the feeding , districts of Colorado
rado , Kansas , Nebraska and Missouri , am
there sold In the spring. It will surprise
many people to learn that Fort Collins am
Larimer county In general , particularly the
country along the Poudre river , is ono of tht
largest sheep-raising districts In the west.
It Is estimated that this winter fully 10.000
more sheep will be fed In the I'oudro vallej
than la t year , when the total reached
about 00,000.
Larimer county will feed over 150,000
sheep this winter. Lambs especially are
handled to a great extent about Fort Col
lins.
SIERIIA PACIFIC IIOUTE.
Superintendent of Construction Potts of
the Sierra Pacific road , the ono which Is pro
jected Into the southern mines section , with
a strong possibility that It will be completed
before the close of another year , lias Just
returned from a trip over what may and
possibly will bo the route of the road out of
Stockton and through the garden country
along the banks of the Calaveras river as far
as Itellota.
Ho went by ono proposed route and re
turned by another , and stilt has a third to
examine , says a Stockton dispatch to the
San Francisco Examiner. The route which
lie favors Is along the upper Sacramento road
to the section line on which Is located the
little hamlet of Waterloo. lieyond that
point the rails would be laid along the side
of the county road for several miles and then
extending eastward along section lines Into
the llttlo hamlet ct Dcllota. >
The reason given by Mr. Potts for favoring
the route described Is that It can bo followed
with advantage ttl a greater number of people -
plo and to tlio disadvantage of less than any
other route that could be selected. The
country through which the road will run be
tween Stcckton and llcllota Is very much of
a garden spot , and hundreds of acres are
devoted to gardening and other hundreds of
acres could profitably bo used for the t > ume
purpose.
The mountain mining section Into which
It Is proposed to build the line Is a great
user of the product of the valley gardMis.
During the fruit and vegetable season the
road to Sonera Is lined with vegetable wag
ons carrying produce Into the mining coun
try to dlspctjo of. It gets thcro In pretty
poor condition , but It Is all that the people
of that section can got , and therefore It finds
a market.
HAILS TO UOSSLAND.
The Columbia & Ited Mountain railroad ,
the new line which Is pushing Us way into
the new mining regions around Hossland ,
11. C. , has progresed rapidly In building
The last advices from Uossland say that
the tracklayers are within a couple of
tulles of that town. The completion of the
line will bo hailed as qulto an event In the
north and as Spokane Is to be greatly bcne-
lltcd. the Falls City people are very Jubi
lant.
lant.Tho
The tracklayers , the Itosaland Mllicr says ,
linvo arrived at the O. K. trestle and the
\vhtstlo of the locomotive now echoes
through Hossland.
"Ono or two passengers came up over
the line- recently , among them being M.
II. Galuslm , manager of the Jumbo mine.
This was through the courtesy of Mr. Ilob-
crts , chief engineer of the road , Mr. Hob-
crts sa > s It will take ten or twelve days to
build the 0. K. trestle and tha ono on the
loop above It. It will take two or three days
to complete the laying of the track Into
town. We may reasonably expect that trains
-will be running to Itoseland by the 20th.
"In the meantime arrangements may
bo made to deliver freight at the present
O. K. terminus and use wagons for the
remainder of the distance to town. Some
thing of the kind may also bo done for
passengers ,
"A representative of the Miner has been
over a portion of the Ited Mountain road
between Nortbport and the 0. K. trestle ,
and ho can say without hesitation It Is one
pf the brat pieces of rallioad work on the
I'aclflo coast , If , Indeed , It does not stand
without parallel. Kootcnay and all llrl--
Uh Columbia ought to bo proud of this
road. There Is no better evidence of the
esteem In which capital holds this country
that the fact that ouch a road should ha\o
been built. "
SQUATTUftB SiCUHR : THEIR niflHTS.
The United States land olllco In this city
as at last iccelvcd the plats of Gregory
county from Washington , says a Chamber
lain , 8. I ) . , special to the .Minneapolis Tri
bune , and the settlers In thut county will
now receive the Justice which baa boon dented -
ntod thorn for nearly suveu years. Klght
fractional townships of land In Urogoiy
county which wore formerly a part of thu
I great Sioux reservation were -ipencd to
{ whlto settlement on February 10 , 18PO , lit
' the tlrno of the opening of tlio Sioux reser
vation , The ceded land In Gregory county
was not surveyed , but hundreds of Battlers
entered that region Immediately nftcr the
opening and took land AS squalten. Tbo
expected survey of the county was delayed
from year to year until the spring of 1895 ,
when surveying parties were phced In the
field , In the meantime- hundreds of squnt-
tcrs have remained patiently on the land
without being able to procure Mllon to their
farms , nnd have made Improvements
amounting , in Individual saaet , to as high
ns several thousand dollar.1) ) . It la pre
sumed that whi > n entries nro tendered at
thn local land olllco many of the claims
will conflict and that much litigation may
result before the ownership of some of the
land Is clearly determined.
UOMANTIC DISCOVERY OP COPPER.
Wlion n cow kicked over n lantern and
precipitated upon the city of Chicago n
flro which will long bo remembered on this
continent the bovine rpcclcs tame In for n
largo share of execration. Two members of
the fiamo species have reccii'ly , In nn
equally accidental manner , brought about
a dlscovnry , says a Vancouver dispatch to
the Snn Francisco Call , which will do Bomo-
thing to remove the stigma under which
Mm fnmllItna rnalml en InMT A fnrmnr
driving along tlio road near Kamloopi , a
station on the main line of the Canadian
Pacific railroad , within a day's Journey
from Vancouver , came across two bull , ' en
gaged In what appeared to bo a deadly
struggle , and , as one of the beasts was his
own property , ho made a stics .ssful at
tempt to separate tlu > m , Tn Hie course of
their struggle the bulls had dlilo-lgcd fccv-
ernl large chunks of rock , which , being of
A peculiar appearance spotted blue and
black aroused the curiosity of the farmer ,
who took some of It with him and after
ward submitted It to an nssay.jr. with thu
result that he found It contalnod copper to
the value of J15 per ton. Subsequently
staking a claim and proceeding with the
dovHlopment , the lucky finder exposed a
largo and well defined vein of oto , and now
the entire locality has been staked out.
DRON'OHO IinKP FOH A CHANGE.
SomethliiE of a sensation Ins been caused
In the rcblde-nco uarls of town remote from
.the markets and v.'hrro traveling venders
of toothsome steaks nnd roasts are regularly
patronl/pd , says n Los Angeles dispatch to
the San Francisco Chronicle , by thi > dl&cov-
or.v of the Hoard of Health that much of the
alleged beef which has been sold for an
Indefinite period is nothing clso than the
remainders of southern .California bronchos
after the period of usefulness of those cqulno
friends of man Is past Health Ofllcer Sled-
dom today laid the matter before the Board
of Health nnd a long and earnest discussion
followed the recital of the sensation by the
health officers.
Dr. Steddom told how his Inspectors had
first discovered that horses wore being
butchered and sold as beef In the city. Ho
said that enough evidence had been accu
mulated to convince the health otflco that
horao llcsh was really being peddled about
as beef , and the industry is believed to be
a largo and growing one , as bronchos are
considerably cheaper than bovlncs In this
part of the rountry. The evidence , however ,
was not of such nature an to admit of Us
use In convicting the guilty persona of the
offense.
ALASKA MINING OUTFIT.
G. n. Swlnehart of the Alaska Mining Rec
ord , In reviewing to a Seattle Poat-Intolll-
gcncer reporter the work of the past season
among the gold mines of Alaska , reports
that excellent progress has been made , and
that the output Is larger than that of last
year by nearly $1,500,000. His estimate of
the output of each district , beginning with
the quartz mines , Is ns follows :
Nowpll Gold Mining- Company , 33
Htamps * 1GO.COO
Uerner's Hay Mining and Milling-
Company , 40 stamps lli.r.CO
Alaskn-Treadwell Gold Mining
Company , 240 stnnni * tOO.OCO
Alaska-Mexican Clold Mining
Company , 120 stamp * 450,000
Alaska Commercial Company , 40
Htnmps GCO,000
Ilnlil Kaglo Mining Company , 4
stumps MO.GOO
Ebner Gold Mining Company , 10
stamps 33,0-00
Jutipait Mining Company , no
stamp1 ; uj.OCO
Jimlln Gold Mining Company , 10
stamps .0,000
Alaska WIlloUKhby Gold Mining
Company , 10 stamps lj.000
Green mine , Norton sound , 10
stumps 1-.000
Total output of quartz mines.$2.VM.OOO ;
Lltuya bay placer mines : r > .00 > )
Cook Inlet placer mines. . . . liri.OK )
Illrch crook district. Yukon mines. . 1,300,000
Other Yukon districts 800,000
From several small creeks In vari
ous parts of the territory , worked
by urrastres .3.000
Total output $1,070,000
Last year's estimated output was $3,000-
000 , so that this year has exceeded last year
jy $1.670,000. The number of miners baa
been largely Increased. Over 11.000 people
went to Alaska this season , of whom 00 per
cent were cither directly or Indirectly Inter
ested In mining. Of these about 8.000 went
: > y way of Juncau to the Yukon , and about
1.000 from Junemt to Cook Inlet. Juncau
las grown considerably , at least 1,000 being
added to the number of Us residents , also
Douglas City , on tbo Island of that name
right opposite Juuoau , has had a large In
crease of population , owing to iho Increased
activity at the Ticadwcll mines there.
THE DAKOTAS.
Gold m In err ; of the Illack Hills expect to
nako a total product of $12,000,000 this
year.
Ice In the river at Sioux Falls Is over six
nchcs thick and perfectly safe- for skating ,
n fact , they have already begun to cut the
S9G crop.
A crazy Sioux Indian , belonging nt Lower
Hrulo agency , escaped from the reservation
ind terrorized thu white settlement along
theWhlto river. IIo was pursued and over-
> owcred by the Indian police before any
atalltles reunited.
Grand Army men have presented the name
of Dr. C. II. Clark of Huron for department
commander , to (111 ( the vacancy caused by the
death of General Acklcy of Aberdeen. The
council of administration roeota In Sioux
'alls to choose a commander.
In spite of the drawbacks caused by early
BIIOW South Dakota Is coming rapidly to the
rout aa a stock producing portion of the
northwcnt. Not only cattle , but sheep are
attracting the attention of those wishing
o engage In.a . safe , "lucrative business.
On the farm of James Every. Just east of
Ysscndiii , N. D. , a meteor imbedded Itself
over eight feet In thi earth. Those who
voro awake , say tht > y felt a tremor of the
earth. Mr. Every was badly frightened , and
Imost overcome by the ohock nnd sulphurous
smoke. The deep snow of the succeeding
evening almost covered the depression made
by the great meteor , but It Is yet plainly
llscoralhle. It will bo dug out as soon as
ho weather will permit.
Probably the most leisurely worked mine
n the United States , ns well us ono nf the
> fut paying , Is the Durnnso mluo in the
Hack Hills. The last shipment of ore
rom this mluo netted the owners ,
Sullivan , Foley and Cruslck , thou
u in of $0,919. As n cash proposition
t doubtless surpasses anything of Us
ize In the country. The owners do not work
ho mine steadily , but draw upon It as they
vould upon a fat bank account. The ore ,
onio of It going 119 ounces of gold to the
on , ls equivalent to su much money .to the
owners , and they do not worry over the pos-
Iblllty of the mine ever playing out. The
men who own this spring of wealth were
omuaratlvoly poor men and laborers prior
o the discovery of this bonanza.
Hon. W. D , McOnniia of Condo Is at the
lead of a movement to get the Northern Pa-
lllo Railway company to extend the line to
ameutown and the northern branch from
xreds to Dunaolth , at the foot of the Turtle
mountains , a distance of 100 miles. Numer
ous pctlllcns are being circulated In the
ouritlc * of Pierce , llcnson , Towncr and Ro-
ettu asking for the construction. The pro-
losed Hue , a preliminary survey for which
vas made In 1SS9 , runs through a fertile re-
; lon In which are located many lakes. The
ind has been settled for ton years or more ,
The farmers and merchants within ten miles
n each eldo of the line are pledging their
rclght , In and cut , for a period of five years ,
The proposed Iluo la acrewg ficntly undulat
ing prairies , and It has been estimated can
bo built nnd equipped for not to exceed $ S,000
n mile. Dcsldra this extension , nnd a spur
from Dunsclth to Cando , strenuous efforts
will be made to construct the farmers' rail
road through the north end of Towncr
county.
COLORADO.
Rouldcr did herself proud last week with
n crysanthemum show.
Silver Cllft has a man who claims to have
overtaken and caught a healthy deer.
A , large matte smelter Is to bo erected
Just north of Ouray and Is expected to be In
operation early In the spring.
Leadvlltc Is now shlpplt.g by rail about
sixty tons of ore per day. The total output
of the camp Is about 1,000 to 1,200 as against
l.COO before the strike.
Orman & Crook , the contractors on the
Golden Clrclo railroad , at Victor , deny the
story that they have reduced the pay of
workmen. They are paying $1.75 n day.
An assay obtained last week from the
Llttlo Emmu mine at Dumont ran thirteen
and one-half ounces In gold nnd eighty
ounces silver , the total vnluo being $322.
A reported strike on the Corbett lode of
the Gold Pick company , at Lake City , has
been verified by several of the officers of
the company. A four-foot streak of ere
averages over $200 per ton.
A big strike was reported from the Llllio
mine , located between the Vindicator and
the Christmas , on the south slope of Dull
hill nt Victor. The ore gave assay returns
of $30,000 to the ton. The width of the
pay streak could not bo learned.
The total output of the Cripple Creek
district from 1S32 to 1S03 , Inclusive , was
$13,700.000. It Is expected that this year's
output will reach $10.000,000 , making n. total
of $23,700,000. It Is claimed that of this
year's output $3COO,000 will be net profit to
the owners.
The Gulf officials have decided to con
struct n trail up Ohio creek , In Gunnlson
county , to facilitate the transportation of
ere to the railway line. The country Is
such that It would be impossible to build
n spur , and there are several mines which
have reached n good shipping stage. The
railway company will build the troll for
the sake of the business.
There have been over a hundred wagons
with pothuntlng outfits operating In the
region contiguous to the head of Plceance
creek during the last weeks of October , and
some of the game destroyers killed every
thing that got within range of their rifles.
Ono Grand river party took out seventeen
docs and fawns , and others did nearly as
much In the line of wanton destruction.
The "Squire" is dead , and the George
town Courier tells about It In the following
manner : ITc was otherwise known as Mc-
Arthur's yellow dog. Although but sixteen
years of age , he has had a mining experi
ence that will bo long remembered. A few
years ago ho had the misfortune to fall
Into a shaft. The fall , however , didn't hurt
him much , or If It did ho never complained ,
nut It was missing his meals that went to
his heart. He had been accustomed to
three lunches n day. Ills stay In the shaft
lasted twenty-one days and seven hours ,
and during that time ho had neither food
nor water. When rescued ho wns some
what the worse for the fast but still in the
ring. Previous to this experience ho was
peaceably Inclined , but afterward was fre
quently on the warpath and grow ambi
tious. He flaxed everything In sight. Includ
ing Welch's fighting dog , Tom Sawyer. But
Xerxes found his Thermopylae , Napoleon
his Waterloo , George III his Yorktowu. Lee
his Appomattox and "Squlro" his Joe
Dread's Black Sampson.
WYOMING.
There are four feet of snow at Dald moun
tain.
tain.Lander
Lander Is making preparations for a mer
chants' carnival , which will bo given Decem
ber 21 to 23.
The new flouring mill In the nig Horn
basin will bo completed nnd In operation
within the next month.
Nine carloads of brick have been received
nt Cheyenne and taken out to Fort Russell ,
where improvements arc to made.
The noston and Wyoming Mining and Mill.
Ing company will do development "work on
Us claims at Gold hill this winter.
Excavation for the new mill at Morgan-
vlllo has commenced nnd It is expected to
have the plant In operation by January 1.
Union Pacific mine No. 7 , at Rock
Springs , which has been Idle for some time ,
has resumed operations nnd will give em
ployment to a largo number of coal miners.
The shaft on the Fortuna mine , In the
Silver Crown district , Is now down fifty
feet. At this depth the ere body Is nvo
feet wldo and assays on the same give $9
In gold nnd silver and 25 per cent copper.
Tno abstract for tlio silo of tlio now gov
ernment building at Cheyenne is now com
plete and covers 200 pages. The people of
the capital city nro anxious to have the
work of construction go ahead , as the appro
priation Is said to be available.
The onyx mine or quarry near Cokovllle ,
In Ulnta county , says the Casper Derrick ,
has really proved to bo a success and Is be
ing actively worked by a company of Chicago
cage capitalists who have secured an option
on the quarry from the original locators.
The West Side Mining company , operating
at Four Mile , has closed down for the win
ter. The company Is well pleased with the
results of the season's work , though ham
pered by the defective working of some of
the machinery. Work will be resumed In
March next.
The work of constructing the largo ditch
In North park for placer operations has
been discontinued for the season. The work
of getting out the necessary lumber for re
newed early work In the spring will bo con
tinued all winter. Thcro were ICO men and
fifty teams engaged there.
Much Indignation Is expressed at Lander
over the fact that a large party of Indians
from the Fort Hall reservation have for the
past six weeks been slaughtering elk , deer
and antclcpo In the vicinity of Hoback can
yon without molestation on the part of the
Ulnta county authorities. The only excuse
given Is that there are no funds In the county
ticasury available for the arrest and prose
cution of the outlaws.
Uawllns , the seat of Carbon county and
cue of the chief business stations In Wyo
ming of the Union Pacific rntlroad , now adda
another leaf to Its crown of commercial lau
rels , being the principal supply , outfitting
and passenger point of the new and already
famous gold fields of 'the Grand Encamp
ment In the Saratoga , or Upper Platte val
ley of Wyoming. From Rawllns to these
auriferous regions thcro la now running a
dally stage and mall route , while the wagon
road U whlto with canvas of freight outfits
the distance being slxty-fivo miles.
OREGON.
No. 1 wheat sold for 70 cents In The
Dalles.
Having secured the Coos county court
housD , the Cof.iillle people are now talking
of a $40,000 building.
Ulacklog , a fatal disease among cartlo ,
Is reported as being thu cause of the death
of stock In many localities In Grant county.
It Is lutrdly possible for horses to go much
lower than thu old plug that was sold at
public auction in Corvnllls the other day
for C cents.
The Sllctz Ii.dlans , who have been working
all summer and fall at the cannery In
Wi'ddoburn , Curry county , have gene back
to the reservation.
The Heaver Hill Coal company has a
force of men at work at 'Heaver Hill , Coos
coun'y , laying the mains for a complete
system of water works.
The proprietors of the Ashland woolen
mills are seHously considering moving their
plant from Atihlaud to some point In Cali
fornia , wlu-ro a subsidy has been offered
them.
The Indian school at Fort nidwcll now
seems an assured fact. Tlio special agent
who has been looking after the matter will
proceed to open the school In a short time.
It will require a corps of seventeen teachers
In all.
Thirty men have been engaged for the
past few weeks rcsurveylng the boundary
line of the Klamath Indian reservation. It
Is feared by the Silver Lake cattlemen that
the Slcan country will bo placed Inaldo the
reservation. This In ono of the best grazing
rQver ; $411,000,000 Paid to Policy Holders
in Fifty-three Years !
51m
m \
t > ilt
n I l 'I ! RICHARD A. McCURDY , President ,
diM '
.
it. <
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 annual 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.
Security- "
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 3is the quickest
asset you can Jeaye.
flections In the upper country. The boundary
line commission Is ndiv stationed at Sprague
river. ' '
Farms for1 renting' in 'Coos county arc
hard to get hold of this fall , and many
men who desire to rent have been unable
to got places. Usually there are moro farms
than renters.
On the bank of the Willamette slough , near
Scappoo&o landing , there are porhapa moro
than 5,000 cords of wood , which have been
placed thcro by people living In the vicinity
of Scappoosc. This la the result of one
year's work.
Grant's Pass Is to have a custom quartz
mill scon. Dr. "W. II. Flaunagan of that
city bus a ten-to.n mill with all the neces
sary appurtenances , and ho also has a boiler
and engine at Talent , which ho will remove
to Grant's Pass end place in position for
use.
use.Klnncy's cannery suspended packing for
-the fall season with the close of last week.
The boats are now being -hauled out of the
water and stored away for the winter. The
Hailing on the Columbia this fall has been
a signal failure , neither the fishermen nor
canners deriving much benefit from the
operations.
WASHINGTON.
Many of the loggers In Cowlltz county
took advantage of the freshet and millions
of feet of logs are now In tidewater , ready
to bo rafted.
The Kalania river boom has caught nearly
GOO.000 feet of logs during the recent freshet.
It Is very strong and will stand the great
strain for years. j
The city n.amhal of Walla Walla has
been authorized to collect poll tax from
Chinamen , and 10 per cent was allowed
htm for an Interpreter.
Fewer than 100.000 bushels of wheat ro-
m.Un In the warehouses In Garfleld , and
what there la Is the property of largo
wheatralscra , who can afford to hold.
The other night a largo rock , weighing
about 10 tens , came rolling down the hill
and landed In Herring's warehouse in Stella ,
Wahklakum county. The fall of the rock
shook up the whole town.
Slnco the recent fall of snow upon the
Huckleberry and Callspel ranges , many deer
have been seen along the foothills over
looking the Colvlllo valley. The snowstorm
hus also caused other animals to approach
tlu < settlements.
There Is talk of organizing a coyote drive
on a largo scale in Garfleld. It Is proposed
to make a clrclo of six or eight miles In
diameter , embracing 'U largo part of the
country between Garfleld ind the mountains
to the cast , and surround the "varmints. "
The fishing season Is drawing to a close
on Hood canal , and It baa been rather a
poor year for the fishermen. The * run has
been small. There have been about forty-
flvo camps on the canal , with four or flvo
non at each camp , but many of them have
not averaged much moro than a half dollar/ /
a day , boarding themselves. Right years
FEIN JPTGTURRS PLH1ASA.NTIAY AND POINTEXDLiY PUT
Promises those dnyH HCCIU to Imvo
boon turned raced to tlio wall made to
liu broken--HH It worn tlio HtroiitoMl
part of our ndvortlHliiK In that wu fjlvo
what wo proinlHi ; hotiPHt vtilui'H
liiu'kod by oxt'luulvo Htylus In carjietri
and curtains.
Omaha Carpet Co.
1515 Dodge
IS THE COMPANY
IN TWO GENERATIONS 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.
5
FOH
IOWA KRBRASKA ,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING , SIXTH AND LOCUST STREETS ,
OMAHA. DES MOI3JES.
Wanted in J3vezy County.
H. S. WINSTON , Special Representative. Omaha.
ago the run was as poor , or poorer. The
fishermen nro talking very earnestly about
trying to have n salmon hatchery estab
lished on the Skokomlsh river.
The farmers of the Colvlllo valley are
shipping largo quantities of hay , potatoes ,
cabbages and eggs to Drltlsh Columbia.
Shipments of farm products from Valley
this year will show up as largely as from
any othc'r town on the Spokane Falls &
Northern railway.
Several cars of lumber passed through
Kclso the other day for Kalama , where It
will be transferred to ships and taken to
Africa. The lumber Is shipped from Alns-
HP , and consists of long , heavy timbers.
Ono million , three hundred thousand feet
will be shipped via Kalama from this mill ,
all of which Is consigned to South Africa
ports.
A wood famine Is still threatened la Gar
fleld , says the Knterprlse , Hut very llttlo
can bo bought In Garfleld , and the supply
of dry wood In the mountains Is said to be
practically exhausted. Even the never-fall
ing resort of sending to the Ilockford coun
try for a carload Is said to bo very uncer
tain , So far the price has not raised above
$3 per cord , but It is likely to.
Owing to the rapid rise In the Cowlltz
river recently the Toutlo boom went out ,
letting -i.GOO cords of shingle bolts belong
ing to II. II. Duff of the Duniway mill at
Castle Rock , go down the Cowlltz. Most
all of the day the river was lined for miles
with bolts , the total value of which will
amount to something like $8,000. About
100 cords ware caught In the boom at the
mill In Castle Rock , this being nil the boom
would hold , together with what was al
ready In it. There were 1,000 cords caught
at Ostrandcr and Kclso , the remainder going
Into the big boom at the mouth of the.Cow
lltz. The bolts In the Toutlo boom are said
to have piled up forty or fifty feet deep ,
this , together with the rapid rise of the
river , forcing the pier of the boom out , and
carried boom and bolts down the river.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cocur d'Aleno City is going to have an
opera house.
A young man , died recently In Sacramento
from the effects of a spider bite In ono of
his nostrils.
The Nez Perco Indians predict a grand
winter this year , a deep fall of snow and
lots of big game.
Ono of the busiest pliccs In EVko , Nov. ,
Is the Elko roller mills. They are grinding
out over 100 sacks of Hour dally.
Natural gas has been found at Summerland -
land sea shore , Santa Barbara county , Cal. ,
and oven oil wells are now being sunk below
tide water.
An enthusiastic mass meeting was held
In the court house at Napa , Cal. , and ad
dressed by these prominent In projecting an
electric road through Lake county. It Is
proposed not only to build the road , but
supply power to manufacturers from Lake-
port to Vollejo. Capital has been procured
Wo couldn't keep the trade of tlilH
neighborhood if wo didn't keep up to
dnto with ni'W find fresh devices now
thlnpt In uhect iiuiHle In hrlc-a-lirac
In holiday novc-.t-.cK In musical Instru-
ineiitH while our pinnoH nro of the
latest and most approved pattern ,
A , Hospe , Jr ,
Music anil Art. 1513 Douglas
to undertake the enterprise , the only guar
antee to bo given by the pcoplo residing
along the road bcliiB that they will give a
stated amount of patronage.
Territorial Secretary Hruco of Arizona es
timates the expenses of the coming legis
lature to bo $21,230. The legislative cham
bers ore being refurnished handsomely.
The Horticultural commission of San
Diego county , California , reports-that the
season's production of lemons has brought
Into the county $100,000 more than any pre
vious year.
If [ arrangements now In progress turn out
all right Montana Is to have two sheep
shearing stations , with a capacity of 2,000
sheep per day each , before the season , of
1S97 sets In.
The claim Is made that seventy-three
squaw men were registered In Tcton
county. Squaw men , husbands of Indians
on a reservation , according to n decision of
the Montana courts , have CD right of suf
frage.
The deciduous fruit growers of Pasadena ,
Cal. , are proceeding slowly In their organi
zation of a co-oporntlve marketing society.
They propose building a line warehouse ,
with all the mout approved appliances for
grading and packl.ig.
The Chlno sugar factory used 1,431 car
loads of freight for tjupidlci during the
sugar campaign just dosed. The tonnage of
beets worked up was ns follows : C'hlno , 47-
000 tons ; Anaheim 0,590 ; Dnen.i Pailc , 0,500 ;
other points , 1.90P ; totil , 03'J09 tons.
Two men at San Luis Oblspo , who had
been at sea flshl.ig , found near land a large
mass of substance unknown to them. Tno
lump wns ambergris , worth $15 an ounce ,
and weighed ISO pounds a fortune to them
of $30,000.
Parties who have returned recently from
Santlaga canyos , In California , Plate that
the gold mlnos located there yomo time
ago are Improving with development , tmd
that oven now the ere extracted Is fciifll-
clcntly rich to yield a profit above the co.U
of milling.
.The Mill Valley , Cal. , association for the
Prorogation and Acclimation of Singing
Hlrds , offers a bounty of 10 cents for every
three scalps of the hluejay killed In Mill
valley. This Is to protect the Imported
song birds thrushes , blackbirds , finches and
larks that arc being colonized.
They had a miners' meeting recently at
the diggings near Six-Mile crook , Cook's
Inlet , Alaska , to decide on claim-Jumping
cases. Each litigant and their witnesses
had to mount a largo boulder and tell
their atorles to the assemblage. A decid
ing line was drawn from a boulder to a
tree , and those voting for theplalntlfl were
to stand In line on the right and those
for the defendant on the left. The men
decided the case as quickly as possible , by
thus voting , and no lawyers were wanted , i
Ono "quack" lawyer came forward with
a copy of "Copp's Hand Hook" In his hand l
A man who holds his paper more than
15 Inches from his IIOHU has Homu-
tlihiK the matter with his eyes thu
HlKlit needs llxliiK If you'll drop In for
u inluuto or two wo will lye you a
lesson In slxht seelni ; worth knowing
our optician knows hta business.
Aloe & Penfold Co.
1408 Farnam
How much will your 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 either 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.
15 $1.500 $ , lim
Pf Id fO'J ' ( Of
The true business man acts
oromptly. Get our rates at once *
and annoucccd himself as nn attorney for
the defendant , but ho was hooted olT the
rock nnd his client lost his case by nn
empty space on his side of the decision
line. If there were other lawyers present
they did not show up after this proceed
ing. The cases on the calendar were all
"original locators vs. Jumpers. "
The decision of the United Stairs supreme
premo court affirming the validity of the
Wright Irrigation law in California Is re
ceived at Salt Lake City with much satis
faction. Utah Is divided Into Irrigation dis
tricts ( substantially on the same plan as
California by the Wright law , the districts
being granted like power. It la expected
that now life will bo given by this decision
to the work of Irrigation by public means
In the districts throughout the state.
The excitement was Intense t Vancouver
recently among mining men , owing to the
fact that fabulously rich quartz had been
found en Texada Island , on'the abandoned
Lormlalo claim. Texada Island Is some forty
miles from Vancouver , and It is but recently
that gold was known to exist thcro In payIng -
Ing quantities. The quartz In question was
free milling , nnd thcro were chuncks of gold
sticking out all over that could be cut away
with a penknife. The specimens ran about
$40,000 to the ten. _
Some very fine specimens of turquolRo have
been found near Hatchlta , in the southern
part of this county. Development has been
going on thcro for about three years In a
small way , but the stones were not equal
In quality to those mined lu the llurro moun
tains , near this city , and development waa
not pushed until recently. The stones
which were taken out of the Hatchlta mlno
are said to be fully equal to the finest speci
mens from the Uurro mountain mines.
The wagon road from Clrclo City to Illrch
creek has been completed and Is the IIrat
work of a public nature over attempted In
the Yukon region. While the course fol
lowed by the road In order to avoid awampn
Increases the distance to fifteen miles from
point to point , the superiority of the route
moro than compensates the extra travel and
no ono now thinks of taking the trail. The.
summer freight rates , however , remain at
the old figure 10 cents per pound to Dead-
wocd and CO cents to Mastodon creek from
Clrclo City.
The arrival of a largo quantity of lira and
rails at the Valley road depot at Fresno lu
hell to mean that the road Is to bo Imme
diately extended southward. It Is believed
that tli'J ' read will go to llakcrsflcld * by way
of Hanfoi'd and not by way of Heed Icy and
VUalla. Doth routes have been surveyed ,
but so much opposition has been developed
In the country between Frcuno nnd Recdley
that It Is thought almost certain that the
road will go to Hanford , Kings county ban
offered rights of way , and good work has
been done by thu local commlttco in securing
rights of way In this county.
Tlio king of pllla is Hcccham's Dcecham'o
A ninn JO\VH ) Krnccfiilly to n womnn
whoso foot IB oncnm-il In 11 r. < tly
HllOO HllU 1I1I1.V Hpcilll llOllTH Oil Illlt lit
of JUT drees n ltd spoil llio wliolo effect
liy nn Improper Hlioe wo fall your nt-
tonllou to our new "Oth century box
calf at ? 'I.OO.
* ,
Drexel Shoe Co.
Farnam.