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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1897)
1 calf case should occupy the attention of tlio court * for years without reaching a oltlomcnt , when promptness could BO oas- lly bo provided for. The collection of taxes , too , co that nil would fairly bear the burden of Btato and municipal expense , is a fair subject for reform , easy of ac complishment. Hrcwstor Kerne : There nro a few amend ments necessary tn make the lain Irrigation law a nuccess , chief among which Is a limit to the amount of bond allowed districts to vote In constructing dltchefl. At prcecnl only a technicality prc\cnts the dtntrlct trustees from being the contracting compan ) and It la possible for members of one to be members of the other , thus the Inturcst the former hns In thu latter may have a grcal deal of bearing on the r.mount of bond ; necessary to cover the "actual" cost ol construction. No doubt 'this stands In the Tvny of sales of bonds already Iraurd and the legislature should lo.ro no time In actIng - Ing on this , attaching nn emergency clause. Crete Vldette : Our legislators will doubtless - loss in a liton effort this \N Inter to amcm ! the state banking'law. If they can make any chaitgowhereby deposits will bo saftr their work will receive favorablB comment. The great trouble with many banks la that nn soon a/i they open tholr doors they be come borrowing Instead of loaning Insti tutions No money should bo received bj a bank on time ccitlficates for Icfl-i than nix months , and no bunk should bo al lowed to pav more than 4 1 or ct'lit on yearly doposlto and none at all on demand cer tificates or open accounts The minimum cash reserve should be lalnert from 15 per cent on aggregate deposits to CO per cent on all moncjs subject to check. Orand Island Independent : l/ron pos' ' should load In the movement at the state encampment to undo the work of having a second and ab olutt\ly useless Soldiers' home at Mlltnrd. There arcampin and better ac commodations at the state 'Institution here for thu old veterans , and the condition of the Btato Is not such as to warrant a needless expenditure of money to make a fat plac * for Commander Culver. Tlio establishment of the Mlllord home was ono of the grave mistakes of the last legislature and which militated against the republican party at the fall elccllon. It should bo done away with , and the ( Irani ! Army bo > s who by resolu tion worked through the 1S93 encampment by Culver and others , Influenced the leglala- turn In seMnn at that time should now neo that the mistake Is corrected and the Mllford annex bo wiped off the books. IOWA i-iiiss cojmu\ . Doi Moires Capital Iowa Is Justly proud of Its representatives at Washington , .and , 1m thn snnin measure she Is gravely anxious over the scr.ntorlal election about to bo made In other stales. The election of men whoso McilUl horbon does not extend beyond the narrow limit of ward politics , or of three known to 1 > In league with tiusta would bo c inally deplorable and discreditable. We hope that neither Illinois nor California will commit their btato and1 the nation to politi cal regret nurllngton Havvkcjo : A number of other Btates arc far In advance of Iowa In the mat ter of Improved roads. They have not only the ncctbsary laws , but the lmpio\ed roadn and higher values of land to show for tholi enlightened enterprise. With Importance which the subject has for our hundicds of thousands of prosperous farmers , Iowa ought tn have a system oB reads unrivaled by any other state In the union. The Intelligence of our people la a guaranty that we will liave It In time , but why wait until the ne\t century with It ; why not begin at once ? Vlnton nnRle : The populists of this state have dlsrovcicd thi-y put themselves In bad nhapo when they fused last > ear with the dcmociiiMc pirty. As far a vUlblo knowl edge In conccine-d there Is no populist paity The canv.lining boards In tallIng the vote threw It all Into the democratic column so that In order to get on the olllcinl ballot next yeir It will bo nccessirj for tlio popu lists to clrculcto a petition , they not having the necessary 2 per cent of the popular vote They undoubtedly did not think of this when they fused. They now discover that they Hurrcndoi-od all their rights In the matter without any gain. Sioux City Trlbuno ( dcm ) It Is one of the anomalies of the present political situa tion that Charllo Walsh , secretary of the democratic national committee , Is In Idaho , using the prestige of his olllclal position to elect a republican to the United States ocn- nte. In this he Is .misusing the democratic Iiarty as badly as ho misused It In Inn a when lie usurped the duties of chairman and sent out the pernicious literature which broke up the organisation and resulted In burjlng the party under thu largest advoiso majority ever given The fact la that the democrats and populists of Idaho have an overwhelming majority of the legislature and ought to elect n man to the senate who i.'presents their v lews. Hut Walsh conceives It his business to have n republican elected there , and thla Is his second trip to compaw that end If lie shall succeed ho will break up the demo cratic pirty of that state and nothing more And jet , though he Is laboring for the elec tion of a republican senator , ho Is Issuing nominations against other democrats who do not follow him In the chase for cheap dollars lars He to supporting icpubllran silver men ngalnat democrats , but ho cannot abide these < lcmnci ats who refused to support populists He la responsible for Curry and all the Ills of the party In Iowa during two years , and lid ought to bo still further retired. minr.y.v cu vr. Detroit Tree Press : Hlply I do hope that I can Hiuoku In the ne\t world. DlpljI've no doubt Unit jou will bo accommodated. Now York JournalHe Do you think Hint early piety causes luldnesg ? She- Well , It may , In bibles Plttsbmg .Press : Urown Do you Intend to keep liouso when jou arc married ? JotiL's Tlmt depends on circumstances. Urown On what circumstances ? JOIIPH On the circumstances of the girl I marry Cincinnati Knqulrer ; "How Is your brother getting ulon-j In the west ? " "Splendidly. Ho writes inn thnt ho Is already moro than JJ.OOO In debt. " Washington Star : "Do man dat ncbber Bits 'scouiaged , " said Uncle Khon. "am Bho' ter bo cither er gro't benefactor nw cr tor'ble nuisance. " IJrookljn T.lfe : Sam Singleton Do you honestly moan to say that \ou spend less money plnc-o jou married ? Benny Dlctus Jly dear fellow , I have to. Cincinnati Tribune : Reporter Three men fell on live trolley wires tod.iy. City 1' < 1- llor llun 'em In the current events col umn. Chorus of groans from the force. THIS INAUGURATION UALL. Wiinhliigton Star. Mend yer black silk , Mandy , An' trim jer bonnet line ; Take u fashion maga/lne An * study ouch design. Prens my doeskin tiousers : They're hangln' 'Kitlnst the wall. Mnkn icady for the ilnneln , An' thu 'imugurntlon ball. "Whut'H that 'bout how \otcd ? Now , Jes' let hjsones bo ; Tlio fuel that he's tlio vitsldcnt Is quite enough fur mo. We'll leave our care's behind us Plgtt , cuttle , tramiH , an' nil An' jou nn' me'll be partners At thu 'nuugurutlon bull. AVA1T .NO IIounolioMVonl , Oh , for such nn education Knovvlrdgu prospering In thu land- As Hlmll nml.e the busy nation Great In heart anil Htiong In hand. Knowledge frco nnd iinlncumbcred , Wearing no dognmtlu fetters ; Quickening minds that long luivo slum bered : Doubling life by living1 letters. Knowledge that shall lift opinion High above life's sordid bustle ; Thought claims llmltli ss dominion lien 1mvo mm Is us well an muscle. Knowledge that shall rouse the cltj' . Stir the v Hinge , tthnko the nlon ; Teach the tmiltvr In thu Kmlthj' , And thu plow man , they uru men. All who will may Knther knowledge , Prompt to every carnem wooer ; Indifferent to Hdiool or college , Shu aids the pqraevorliur doer , Blnill wo wait ind wnlt forever , Still procrastination ruing ; Bulf-cxertlon trusting never Always ilriamliiK , never doing ? Wnlt no lowjor Hope , Faith , I < abor , Make man what ho ought to bo ; Never jet hath gun or saber Conquered such a victory ! Pulse of Western Progress. Six mouths ago the Denver News , In a special from Lake George , made brief men tion of Puma City , nnd advanced the propo sition that the showing then warranted fur ther developments. At that time but little moro than assessment work had been com pleted. Puma Itself consisted of ono or two frame or log shacks , and but a few enthus iastic prospectors were camped In the sur rounding hills. Today the hills arc alive with men and new arrivals arc added dally to the number prospecting nnd de\eloping the country. The town now consists ol about twenty-five buildings and a number ol tents. Stores , restaurants , saloons , lodging houses and other business buildings arc be ing constructed as rapidly as the local saw mill can fuinlsh lumber , and teams can haul building material from the mills to the 1101 th Tlio one livery stable Is kept busy furnishing accommodation for the teams of tianslcnts who are pouring Into the camp At the postofllco jour correspondent was In formed that tlui mall received and distrib uted has Increased 00 per cent In the last month. About elghtj--flvc letters arc now sent awaj every mall. The town Itself Is located In a rolling park about one-half mile from Tarrjall creek and surrounded on all sides by prospects and mines. The nearest railroad point Is Lake Ucorgo on Iho Midland , thirteen and a half miles distant , from which a four-horse stage maUcs dally trips , meeting the morning tialn out of Denver. An additional stage will be run from Cripple Cicck. Water Is abundant , the present Immediate demand Is supplied by wells In which water Is obtained by sinking about eleven feet. Water can also be piped from Marchmnn gulch , three miles west , or the Tarryall , to the north. A pumping plant would supply the town from the creek cast , a short distance away , at but lltlc cost. A miners' association was formed to bo Known as the Mountain Dale District organ- l/atlon of Park county. The object of the association Is that of mutual protection and the avoiding of unnecessary litigation be tween claim owners The association will conform In every way w lib the state mining laws , but hopes to settle disputes as to loca tions , etc. , by arbitration. The association started out with a strong membership. MHTAL OUTPUT FOR 1SDG. The total production of metals In the year 189(5 ( , most of which Is the output of western mines , says the New York Engineering and Mining Journal , was valued at $242,311,481 , an Increase of $1,604,111 over the previous jcar ; while the value of non-metallic sub stances was $110,099,987 , a decrease of $2G- 383,377 from 1S93. A large part of this was duo to the lower value The Increase In cop per baa been extraordinary , the total gain amounting to 07,370.150 pounds The pro duction of gold reached the great total of $57,000,000 , a gain of $10.109,800. This Is an extraordinary advance , which far surpasses the gain reported from any other countrj tn the world and puta the United States far In the lead of the producing countries Our output In gold was no less than 26 per cent of the total reported for the entire -world The production of lead from domestic ores amounted to 175,777 short tons , show-Ing an Increase of 20,863 tons over the preceding jcar. In addition to this there were 79,000 tons produced from Imported ores or refined from Imported bullion. The output of quick silver was 33,012 flasks of seventy-six and one-half pounda each , showing a decrease of 9GC flasks from the previous > ear. The pro duction continues to come wholly from the California mines. The production of silver from domestic ores reached a total of 45- 164,173 flno ounces , showing a decrease of 3C5.062 ounces. There were produced or refined from foreign ores and bullion by our smelters and other works no less than 10,000,000 flno ounces of silver , making the total quantity refined or put Into final mar ketable form In this country 85,465,173 line ounces. INDIANS TO DC EJnCTKD. Judge Pierce has rendered a decision quieting title to the Hanclio San Jose del Valle , embracing 27,000 acres and being part of the great Warner's ranch In this county , says a San Diego dispatch to the San Francisco Call A writ of ejectment as prajcd for was granted against the de fendants the Agua Callcnto Indians The case was brought originally by ex-Governor John G Downey several jcars ago and con tinued by J. Downey Harvey , his admin istrator. Iho Indians claimed the land as their ancestral home , which they had oc cupied from time Immemorial as a head quarters. The Indian village Is situated at the Agua Callcntu Hot Springs , which are locally famous for their curative properties The man who fought the case for the In dians was their chief , Alejandro Barker , a very Intelligent Indian , who cmplojed the best legal talent and succeeded vvhllo ho was alive In preventing the ejectment of his people. Ho died six months ago and there was no ono of sulllclcnt ability to taku his place. The coso Is In some respects a sad one , revealing again the Inevitable passing away of the Indians and the loss of their homes The Haiicho San Jose del Valle , teeming with herds , was until recently the unquestioned range of the Indians , but the settlers moving In confined the natives to smaller nnd smaller territory until Iho rem nant of the trlbo was confined to a llttlo piece surrounding the springs , and by the decision rendered by the Judge Is not even to retain that as a home. WASHINGTON'S COAL PRODUCT. Coil mining Is ono of the great Industries of Washington During 1896 this state pro duced over 1,150,000 tons of coal , of which about 750,000 tons were mined In the first district ami 413,000 tons In the- second dh- trlct. Tlio elite Is districted , saj-s the Tacoma Ledger , to facilitate the work of Inspect'ou All the largo mines In the second district and several mines in the first dis trict. Including the Roslyn , the largest mlno In the slitc. ship thplr product through Ta coma. Liat jear 111 cargoes , or partial car goes of coil were shipped from Tacoma , ag gregating 305,305 tons This was an In- crcuso over the previous year of sl\ cargoes , amounting to 3,493 tons. These shipments Included seventy-five full cargoes. During 1896 2.56S men were emplojcd In the coal mines of the etato , and the value of the coal mined was about $4,000,000. The figures given , except aa to uhlpments from Tacoma , are approximate , as the etato coal mlno Inspectors specters do not complete and fllo their 10- poils until some time In January. Theao figures are based on the ofllclal returns so far as received up to December 20 , and fall- matra. About 50,000 tons of coal were used locally and shipped out of Tacoma by rail , making about 355,000 tons , which were tnndled In Tacoma during the year. About the same amount wrs hurdled at Seattle and part of the Illue Canyon mine's product was shipped by water fiom Whatcom The bal ance of the coat mined was shipped from the mlneu , by rail , being distributed through the state and used by the ullroad companies llwljn and the Wllkcnon coil is UBCJ on the Northern Pacific locomotives between Port land and Hope , Idaho. Washington coal Is u.ied on the Washington and Columbia River railroad. In thu southeastern part of the state , by the Oregon Railway and Navigation companj and Union Pacific In Washington and Oregon , an well as by the Great North ern , Scittlo and International , and other road. ] In this ft a to. ALASKA FOR LOW GRADK ORES. In looking over the list of dividend-pay ing mines throughout the world there are few of them that can be classed as high Krado mines , that In , the average vnliio will not exceed $20 a ton , tiays thu Alaska Min ing Record , It also aceni ! ) almoat a paradox to assume that low grade iiiluca are better Invftftmenta than high grade mines , yet the fact will bear out ( ho assumption. As a ruin mines carrjlng high grade ores are specimen mlnea , generally narrower and pockety and no estimate of the general aver age value can bo placed upon them In fadt , now jou h&vo U and again you haven't. The low grade mlr.es generally hold about on oven average. At least , to euch an extent that thu yield can bo relied upon , and. there- tore , conclusions can bo drawn an to the beat and cheapest methods to employ In thu re duction of the orea , and through auch clr- cumstancea thu low grade mliioa are the ones gi-norallj that pay the dividends. Alaska rankd prominently for low grade Kold mines that yield largo and steady divi dends , aluo her natural facilities for cheap reduction have no parallel. Oreu tn Alaska are worked at the phouuiuuually low rate of $1.07 a ton , which Includes all costs of min ing , milling , chlorlnatlon and all expenses ol freights and home and foreign offices. Alaska works ore that yields J3.C3 a ton at a net profit of $2 Cl a ton Her natural facilities which reduce the cost of reduction to such n minimum arc the salt water channels 01 watcrwajs over which vessels may latul their cargoes at thu very doors of the mine workings during all seasons. Mining ircn are now learning the trutli about Alaska ; they know that the country contains Just what they arc looking for , which Is low grade gold mines with nat ural facilities at hand for cheap reduction of the ores , which with good and economical manafjcuipnt will yield good and lasting dividends. In fact Alaska Is the ultima thulc of Amerl. can mlrwjrs both prospectors and capitalists , Alaska U not burdened with the silver ques tion or the drop In the price of the white metal. U In true that she has sliver mlnca , hut such properties only to a small extent have jet been opened up and those yield sufficient gold to warrant tholr working. Alaska relies upon her low grade gold mlnc.i for her future , and none can galruay that It Is a bright one. STRANG1J HSU AT TILLAMOOK. Of all the strange fishes or animals or snakes of the s a , the strangest drifted ashore at Tllllmook a few dajs ago. aajs an Astoria dispatch to the San Francisco K\- amlncr. The fish , If It can bo termed a fish , Is the only ono of Its kind over seen In the northwest , and probably on the coast. It was found djlng on the beach , having been washed up by the recent heavy storm. The cause of Its death was not apparent from any wounds on the body. Its death struggles attracted the attention of a man walking along the beach , and he was thunderstruck to discover the cause of the commotion. The fish is not unlike the octopus in general ap pearance , although It differs materially In the long arms The body Is the exact coun terpart of an Intercollegiate foot ball , though much larger. The strangest part of this btrango fish Is the mouth. Unlike anything In the fish line ever heard of , the mouth , which takes up nearly one-half of the body , Is provided with a beak , like that of an eagle or hawk. This beak Is of bone and very hard When extended the Jiws reach about si\- tecn Inches , and are provided with donblo rows of teeth. The body , which Is about eighteen Inches In length , exclusive of the beak , which Is live Inches long , Is covered with a tough skin , studded with short , heavy horns Near the center of the body are the eyes , two green , blazing specks The fish also has a tall , something like that of the beaver. The tall Is provided with a kcol The fish has eight arms , each about five feet In length Kach arm Is fitted with tiny teeth , set In many cup shaped cavities. Un like the octopus , or devilfish , the Tlllamook monstct's arms are not provided with suck ers The teeth doubtless answer the same purpose The arms project , four on each side of the body. At the end of each arm Is a toothed mouth. The arms can bo drawn nearly the whole length Into the body They arc , perhaps , one and one-half Inches 'n diameter. When discovered the fish was stranded on acme locks near the water's edge. When approached It sent forth a red fluid from a pouch Inside Us body. The water became colored , and It nas Impossible to discern the monster. As the tide ran out the fish seemed to realize the hopelessness of Its position and drew Its arms nearly out of sight. It died after being out of the watci for two hours , and the arms came out of the body. The fish was dragged up on the beach , but no ono seemed to care to take possession nf It , and It doited out to sea the next day RICIinST MINK IN URITISH COLUMBIA J. n. Hastings , a well known practical miner , resident In Spokane , who recently paid a professional \Islt to the Golden Cache mine , has given the following particulars concerning that now famous cold quart/ yielding property , says the Tacoma Ledger The property was only discovered and lo cated last spring , and U situated about thirteen miles up Cajrao creek from tl o town of Ltllooct on the Prascr river , which In Its turn U aixtj miles fiom Ashcrnft ou the main line of the Central Pacific railroad The holdings of the Golden Cache companj. which la a Vancouver concern consist cf five claims. The Golden Cache Itself Is thu most valuable as well as the most Interest ing of these properties. The outcrop of the vein Is horizontally along the middle of a perpendicular cliff about SOO feet In height nnd about 1,300 feet above the creek bed This creek has been worked for placer for many years and hundreds of thousand ? of dollars In gold dust and nuggeta have been rccoverel from It Float from the Golden Cache vein has been found for jears and the ledge Has been prospected for many times until laat spring alwajs without suc cess Having prospected every other spot In the neighborhood attention was flr.allj turned to the perpendicular bluff above al luded to , and after exciting climbing along Its face supported by ropes the vein was at last located. Where the ledge outcrops it shows an average width of twelve feet. Atone ono point It la twenty-two feet wide. The pay chute so far as disclosed la known to bo 400 feet long , while the ledge itself has been traced for over 3,000 feet The vein lies very fiat , dipping Into the hill at an angle of only 20 degrees The ledge la situated 3,000 feet above the level of the sea and about 1,500 feet above Cayoosh creek. The ore shows gold all over the ledge , and assajs running all the way from $300 to $35,000 to the ton have been made The propel ty was purchased last spring for $25,000 cash. As to the grade of the ore. It Isery high All that we ever saw of It was full of masses and strings of free gold , but what It will average can only be accurately determined after the mill baa been In operation for some time The dis covery of the Golden Cache Is perhaps the richest yet made In Hrltlsh Columbia. SOUTH DAKOTA. Three hundred sheep and several horses and cattle were lost at Miller In the recent blizzard Rev. William Mahcr , priest of the Holy Family Catholic church , died -very sud denly at Mitchell of heart disease. Drulo has sunk moro artesian wells than any other county In the state. Up to the present date that county nlono has Issued $78,565.73 tn artesian well bonds. The B. & M. road Is extending its Ragged Top facilities. Six or seven hundred feet of new sldo track will be laid to accommo date the Increasing ore business. Surface ledges of gold assaying $200 have been found cropping out about alx miles from Deadwood The ore is apparently an enormous deposit , exteudlng over a great deal of surface. O. 13. Franklin found a streak of $210 per ton ore near Spearflsh peak and there has been quite a rush of prospectors since. . It had never been thought that the mineral belt extended down so far. The Llttlo Illue Lode mlno of Yellow creek Is proving to bo a bonanza. The ore bed Is t n feet wide and from three to six feet in thickness and averages $55 85 per ton. Some of the vein matter assajs $220 per ton. A tunnel Is being started and general activity Is the program. August F. Duclos , government teacher at the Lower Hrulo Indian agency , lias mys- torloiMly disappeared. Ho left Aberdeen for Mitchell on December 29 , but no trace of him can bo found. Foul play Is suspected , as the tuUalng man took several hundred dollars lars with him for the purposeof paying off a mortgage. Wonderful discoveries of gold are being made west and north of Ilald mountain In the Illock Hills There l hardly a day but what mines are opened , carrying gold away up In the hundreds of dollars to the ton. The only trouble Is that tljoro are not half enough reduction works to handle the ore , and thousands of tons will have to remain upon the dump awaiting tbo erection of mills sufficient to handle It. A Mr. Wattorron of Dakota City lost two gceso on Thanksgiving day In the blizzard and thought they had been taken by the coy. otus , but as he was watering Ills horeo on December 21 , tvvcntj'-slx daja after , ho hoard gecso anoworlug KOIUO otlien In the yard and found the Bound came from a snowbank near by. After digging flvo feet In the snow bank ho came upon the lost gccso alive and comiwratlvdy hearty , considering their long diet of snow. COLORADO. The coal mines of Tort Collins are being rapidly developed , until at Uiu present time thpy are supplying tile ! l-IHlre vk-inlty , be- stdcn contributing largely to the supply of Cheyenne , , , The people of Victor arc not satisfied with the name of Sylvanltr , which has been de cided upon for the proposed new county. They want It called A lany county. Another rich strike has IUH.MI made In the upraise In the O. & 'N. ' "tunnel at Ouray , showing free gold In oi largo body that runs fifty ounccu and Is Improving tn quality. A wonderfully rich stt'lko has been made In the Jennings lease on the west halt o thu Gold Klmg , located on Gold Hill , In the Crlpplo Creek district. At a depth of clgh feet the vein Is four feet wide and two am a half feet of It Is pay ore Six Inches o the pay streak Is fairly Alive with free colt and assays were obt&lncd on various samples of this six-Inch streak running all Iho waj from $40,000 to $62,400. It Is claimed the total value of the output In the Leadvlllo camp for 1S90 Is no less than $7,000,000. In the table of smelter pro duction the Pueblo smelter was not crcdltet' with any Leads 111 ? iiro uct , although the value of I ako county ores treated there In 1S95 was $180,000 This jear thdre was nat urally some falling off. no that It is safe to estimate the value of the produce at $100- 000 Thla would rtm the grand total for Lake county up to $7 000,000 , or leas than $3,000,000 of the normal output. The losa to the camp by the shut down , therefore , Is 30 per cent of the whole , a remarkable allowing , Indeed , considering that for three months nearly all of Iho largo mines In the camp were closed down. down.WYOMING. WYOMING. Cattle are djlng rapidly In Natrona county from blackleg. The eawmlll at Lusk has added a shingle machine to Its establishment. A mile a mlnuto has been made by an Ice boat on Lake Mlnuehaha , near Chejenne. Almost all the farmers' at Wbeatland have the ground prepared for spring seeding Nationa cornty estimates that Us 250,000 sheep have lecently advanced $250,000 in A 200-foot tunnel has just been completed on the McDonnell asbcstcs mine at Casper mountain. In Wjomlng at the recent election , 7,122 female votca were cast , being 32.62 per cent of the entire vote. The Otto people will contest the selection of IlasH City for the county seat of Ulg Horn county In the courts. A twontj'-mllo pipe line Is to bo constructed In the Swcetwater valley to convey water to the great Lone Sun placer fields. Coyotes In the Big Horn country are in flicted with some disease that U causing a large dccicaso In their numbers. At Diair.ondvllle , Uinta county , a compara tively new coal camp , there are 138 men cmplojed and they earn on an average $100 per month each. Claim jumping has begun In Big Horn couuly and two men have been shot and kllleij as the- result of quarrels over land , during the present month. ! The Clouds Peak Advouturo company of Sheridan Is going to drive a tunnel on the Clouds Peak mine , which Is situated on the , mountain bearing'that name So in Smith of Cummins , Albany county , has struck a lead orQifrom which assajs of $136.20 per ton In gold ha e been obtained The ore la quartz and oxide of Iron. A Discovery has been made at Spearflsh mountain of ere that 'assajs $210 per ton Spcarllsh mountain Is'TiIJrHiC four miles south of Sundance , Crook couutjiland Is alive with proapeetorn. i i Wyoming's assessment 'Is $30,028,000 , of which railroads furnish . $7,533.000 ; lands , $6,858,000 , town real estate. $5.439,000 ; live stock , $7,250,000 , and othen property $2,947- 000 Recent years all'show ' small gains. The assc- > ser of 131 Paso county has figured the exact valuation of'the luunty. The total value Is $14,210,250. The'total value In Colo- lade Springs Is $6,513,790 ; Colorado City , $236,600 ; Manltcu , $139,270 ; Crlpplo Creek , $918,425 ; Victor. $399,315. A gap from Mllford , Utah , to Los Angeles of 400 miles would give the southern branch of the Oregon Short Line a louto from Salt Lake. It Is said the Northwestern may buy the Short Line and , building to Granger from Casper , reach the Pacific at both Los Anqclra and Portland. The long Ic.st Saylc bonanza In the Durant - rant mine , Atpen , uncovered Christmas day by C. K Buttolph , who Is operating a lerne on the propcrtj' , continues to hold out and Is jleldlng cightj-ounce ere In undlmln- Ishcd quantities. The extent of the ere body , It is stated , Is not jet known. The Wj-omlng general hospital , a state Institution and a magnificent stone struc ture , located at Rock Springs , was totallj dostrojed by fire , entailing a loss to the .stato of about $510,000 , with about $20,000 Insurance The origin of the fire Is sup posed to have been In the basement , caused by a defective Hue. On December 31 a meeting was called among the miners In the Puma district and a set of rules and regulations adopted for the benefit and safety of those holding property In the camp , also In making lo cations They must not bo made to con flict with older locations. A stage line nov runs between Puma nnd Cripple Creek. The result of the survey of tbo big basin near Laramlc has been reported. The basin Is live miles cast of Laramlo and (3 ( eight miles long by two miles wide It has the appearance of an artificial reservoir , and would hold billions of gallons of water. U would take probably two j'ears , utilizing the waters from the Hlg Laramle river , to fill it. C. K Whiting , a government Inspector , will be In Laramlc soon to Inspect the basin , which , by the way , Is ono of the sltca pro posed for a government reservoir. Laramlc City will endeavor to use the basin as a city reservoir If the government does not Once filled with water Jt would be a nover- cndlng supply , and would bo Invaluable for manufacturing purposes. After a threc-j cars' struggle $150,000 , the sum contingent upon the $50,000 subscrip tion of Dr. I ) K. Pearsons of Chicago , to Colorado college , has been secured. Sus- ce.is In the enterprise baa como largely through the effort of Dr. William ISIo - cum , president of the college. Thrco jcars ago Dr Pcatwons was conducted through the Institution , and , becoming much Im pressed with Its character , ho made n prop osition to glvo $50,000 toward a fund If $150- 000 bo secured otherwlsq. The endowment , $200,000 , now obtained , In to bo invested In Income-bearing securities. , and only the In- tcrect to bo used In ( jofraying the current expenses of the college , tt the subscriptions making up the fund.many were received from remote parts of tjo , cfiuntry. Word has been reeolv d. rein the Cresco mlno In Carson camp.a Hlnsdalo county , that the great St. Jacobs > vein has been tapped at a depth of QOOi feet. William G. Smith , ono of the principal owners of the property , confirms the i report , and states that the ground lu now being put In shape for the commencement pfT'Hhlpments. The Cresco Is developed by a tunnel about 1,000 feet long , and where flic eln has been cut It lu four feet In widthiar.rylng , , about two ounces In gold < .nd o\er$100 , , ( In silver , the gross value of the ere ] Jpug ) about $150 to the ton. The St. JacoMVein [ Is ono of the phenomenally rich flEsWj of the San Juan district. When dlscovetrqilJIOO.OOO was taken out of the flret 100 fco oT ie shaft and was hoisted 'With a wlndla4 yr ( , OREGON. A move la on foot to establish a woolen and scouring mllla at The Dalles. The John Day flouring mill , having ground up all the wheat In night , Is now Idle. Idle.Tho The Tlgardvllle flouring mill , In Washing to'i county , Is running full time , and Is not able to fill all orders , The North Bend sawmill , In Cooa county hati on hand orders for 3,000,000 feet of lum ber , to be shipped abroad. The electric lights on the capltol building In Salem are plainly visible , atmospheric conditions being favorable , from the Lawler gold mlnca , up tbo Eantlom river , fifty miles or moro distant. Krnest M. Drown returned to Lakevlow recently from Louisiana , where howent with W. Z. Moss , to help drive hit ) hort < es They had a long , tedious drive , aa they were on the road constantly from thu time Ihuy loft lu Juua till November 30 , Their route was direct to Colorado thence to Oklahoma , and on Into Texas. They pttvscd through one ranch In Texas that was 200 miles long and 'vvonty-flvo nillcn wide In Its narrowest place. It took twenty dajs to pass through the ranch. rive atrangc Lcvvlston , Idaho , Indians were caught by Fred Nolf of tlio Boston store In 1'endlcton , .stealing several pilrs of socks and some skirts. The Indiana were made to give up the goods. Three of the Indians were arrested , and , upon being searched , a coat and vest were found upon one of them. The Corvallls creamery project Is no longer a visionary scheme' , but has now taken definite shape , and work on the plant promises to begin at an early date Over $3,500 of stock has boon subscribed , and this sum Is considered sufficient to build and equip a first-class creamery plant and leave a small unpins with which to operate It Max Rlchter of Mount Vernon , Grant county , tried the experiment this jcar of shipping his wool clip to London on his own account The wool brought 12 % cents and the exu/nses of rhlpping were .T > i cents , leaving Mr. Rlehtcr 9 cents net for his wool. His wool was not of an extra quality , the best offer he could gel at homo being G cents , no he clcircd 3 cents per pound. The Indians had a big time at Thorn Hol low , In Umatllla county , on Chrlstnns daj\ There took part In the festivities 160 Uma tllla Indians , five Pocatullos nnd four Ncz Perces One of the Nez Perec Indians was found with a bottle of whisky In his pos session. This wap promptly taken from him by the Indian police , who poured out the contents Two ntlirr ImUniiH cot somewhat hilarious and were put In Irons. WASHINGTON The citizens of the town of Snohomlsh bavo not jet given up thu county scat fight and hope to find In thu supreme court's recwit decision something to hang objections on. The North Yaklma land ofilce yielded the government $2,622.50 during 1S 6 and re quired $3,288.20 to maintain It during the same time , a net loss to the department of $600. Blackleg Is making Its appearance among the cattle 'In KUtlt.is county Mr. Otis Hjer , stockman and faimcr , says that three of his neighbors have lost from six to ten hsad of cattle , each death caused by this i'.seaso. ' Plans fortho _ armj' post to bo built at Spokane hav o been appiovcd by the sccrc- tnry of war and forwarded to Spokane. The sum of $100,000 of the appioprlatlon is now available and work will begin as soon as contracts can bo let. In cutting open a deer the other day D. V. Tlnosh of I'e-nil , In I/owls county , discov ered a small stone Imbedded In the outside of < ho deer's stomach. It was covered with n growth of skin and 'It Is a purzlu how It over got there Mr. Thrash thinks he has found a genuine madstone and Is looking for somebody with a dog bite , so as to test Its curative piopcrtlcs. Robert Wlngatc , with a force of men , Is engaged In removing the track of the Lake City road , which was built during the boom times of 1889 , to connect a suburb on Ameri can lake with Tacoma. The road -was opened to the public July 4 with a grand picnic , from 10,000 to 15,000 persons participating , and people tumbled over each other In bujlng lots at the terminus on ( ho lake. The ro.id wad twelve miles In length , cost $160,000 and passed Into Mr Wlngatc's possession for a comparativetrifle. . The flouring mills of Spokane during the jear have run steadily for twelve months , with scarcely a stop. In that time they have manufactured 510,000 barrels of wheat flour. Besides this , about 40,000 barrels of graham flour , rolled cats , wheat manim , rjc flour , mlllfecd and barley chops have been made , and a largo amount of bran , etc This Is an Increase over last jcar of probably 100,000 barrels The average price of the flour has been $3 25 per barrel. The value of the Hour made In Spokane In 1896 , therefore , has been $1,657,500. Mlllfecd has averaged $10 per ton , barley chops , $15 , and rye flour , $1 per barrel. Iho floods have had a somewhat bad effect on Skaglt county lands. Near La Connor the dykes broke , and now thu salt water from the Sound ebbs and flows over fully 1,000 acres of choice flats. It will take a good deal of money to rebuild the djkes there , nnd even after this Is done It will be at least three years before the land thus reclaimed can produce any crop The salt water ruins' the soil. Citizens are preparing to construct an Immense djko on the Skaglt side of the river , to the Sno homlsh county Hue , a distance of about ten mile The work , which will cost at least $10,000 , will be paid by assessments levied on the dyking districts , embracing all the lands benefited by the djke. What pin ports to be a great gold discov ery has been made on Mount Sic , two miles from North Bend , by ex-County Commis sioner W. II. Taylor of Fall Cllj- . The find consists of a three-foot mineral vein com posed In part of a fourtccn-inch ledge of white galena ore , assajlng $05 to the ton. Nothing approaching this discovery has ever been found during all the prospecting done In King countj- . While an effort Is being made to keep the find quiet , much excite ment has been aroused by the report. Fifty or moro have filed locations. The discover ies appear much moro valuable from the fact that the Seattle and International railroad runs within less than two miles of the mines , which are within forty miles of Seat tle. MISCELLANCOUS. Arl/ona sent 135,000 cattle to Colorado during the year. Utah miners returned from Alaska say It Is a pool place for a poor man. A ledge assaying $3,500 In gold has been opened at Line Cltj , Utah , and eveiybody Is buoyant. The Tucson Star claims that the gold output of Arizona for the present jcar will reach $10,000,000. A fad In Beikcley. Gal. , Is to have telephone - phone wires run to the church and hear the sermon at homo An antiquarian estimates that the ruin of the Gran Qulvora In New Mexico must bavo contained 1,000 rooms. Tucson Is building a $60,008 cathedral. A Ihrc3 dajs' fair netted $1,307 , which will bo used to push the work. Over 200 stands of nrma have been taken from perhons entering Yosemlto park by the two main thoroughfares. The date , which has been successfully cultivated In Arizona , needs llttlo water , nnd will thrive where the cacti grow. Bicycles have reached the Arizona Indians and people of Phoenix recently noted a Pima riding his wheel along the Tempo road. The opening of the coal fields and mineral district cut from the San Carlos reservation in Arizona will bo delayed thrco months. The recent discovery of coal south of Columbus , In Hameralda county , Nevada , s considered a great blezslug In that sec- Jon , A thrifty farmer who lives 150 mllca from the nearest railroad brought a wagonload of eggs , chickens and cabbage Into Uddy , N. M. At Mountain Spring , Arir. , nn abandoned shaft and tunrcl have been found of which the earliest settler hoti no knowledge. It has pajlug gold , too. Gcorgo Q. Cannon says the new Utah & California will build 400 > miles from Mllford ; o Lcs Angclca as BOOH as the Oregon Short line U foredr-icd , The Santa Fo trains are BO run that It takes two dajs to get from Las Cruces to Doming. N. M. , only fifty miles apart. A stage line Is eerloiiHly urged. The South California Mountain Water company - pany recently fired the largest blast at Mo- rena dam In the history of the state. Thu amount of rock dislodged wea 150,000 tons. Abe Shollei berger , a pioneer of Osccola , Nov. . took to Salt Lake a nugget of gold weighing sixty-one ounces and worth $1,064 , making $3COO they have picked up thla aeason. Heavy ralnn have Induced largo numbers of placer irlners to go out to the gulches n the hill covntry of Arizona , and ono man n eight days near Prescott gut $89 worth of placer sold. Gusta , the "big Injun" of the Coe-ur d1 \lenea , Is dead. Ho had the finest horsea and cqulpagu In the Palouso region and a oplcn- lld 400 acre firm In cultivation. "Fire water" killed him. Ranchmen through Chllcotln , Cariboo and .ho vicinity of Ashcroft , B. C. , unite In say ing that the lotia of cattle this neason will bo very large. Cold weather came on unox- lectcdly and found even those lucky ones who have feed sulllclcnt under ordinary cir cumstances unprepared for It aud their with n big it. Ulackwell'fl dcmilne Hull BKST is liiuchKit by Huelftm < vlll find ono coupon Insldo cnch two ounce bag , and two coupons pens Inside cji.li four ounce bag of lackweSl's Smoking Tobacco Huj'nlmRof thlflcclebr-\t d tobacco nn.l rend thn coupon which clcs a lUlofMxlu.iblo prevents nml bow tOKct them herds In the hills scattcied and hard to get together. A sample of sugar cane from Yuma re cently sent to San Francisco yielded 13 7 per cent sugar. Louisiana cane J ields 1J 32 per cent ; Hawaiian cane. 1579 per cent , Java cane , 1393 per cent Ciihtcr , Mont. , once the largest county In tbo United States , will soon bo ono of the smallest. It Is pioposed to caive three moro counties from Us tcrrltorj and name them Rosebud , Otter and Kkaluka The mines of upper St Joe in Idaho are prospering. This river flows out of the donae , wooded wllderurea of the Bitter Root mountains and for thlity mllca from Its en trance Into LakeCocur d' Alcne Is navigable. While a Now Mexican delegate to the Irri gation congress was being driven around Phoenix behind a line team of horses ho dis covered that they were his and had been stolen from him two jcars ago There are 8,000 Indians In Arizona who occupy five reservations , aggregating G1S- 937 acres. The governor In his report rec ommends this land should bo allotted In severally and the Indians bo encouraged to cultivate the soli so as to enable them to become self-supporting. The Mexican International boundary line of 700 miles from the Rio Grande to the Pacific has been marked by Iron monuments six and stone monuments eleven feet high , averaging two and a half miles apart and alwajs In sight of each other. They arc In scribed In English on the north aud Span ish on the southern side. At the Market Lake ( Idaho ) rabbit hunt about 1,000 people took part , and 2.000 bun nies were killed , n large part of thorn being shipped to Salt Lake City and distributed among needy people. Men. women nnd bojs participated In the slaughter , and the var mints were clubbed to death. Dogs and guns were not allowed on the field. . IIACIIIMS. 1" l' ' ImiMlH'llt'lililo Wlirli Gordon McKay , with whom shoo manu facturers were ouco better acquainted th.ui now , was recently honored with the dcgicu of Master of Arts by Harvard college When Mr. ' .McKay sought to bring his sowing maeblne Into use , relates the Shoo ami Leather Ilcpoiter ho was told by nil , practical shoemakers that the "thread must 1111 the hole. " This was at once seen to bo Impossible , for in this machine the needle must draw the thread through the hole. and when the needle was no longer In the hole of course the thre.id could not fill It. sild. "If It It was then tint Mr McKay Is true the Hire id must 1111 then the inn- chliie. ( wlilcli was then n llnlsbcd Invention ) " ) ItU > U II Matbles arMn showed that -wonderful culclcness of pcr- Mptlon which- has plijeu ho | mi.ortu.t ; a part In the Impiovemt HIM that tln.illy nimlo the machine n practical success Heed ug not the fact that experts were nKaliisl him. lie said "One experiment is b < ' ; ; . * nan thousand expert opinions Try It So inlr of shoes iwero made , , t > 7th , ! e vv oil with with the smallest the sumo thread , ono needle possible and the other with a IICIM le ridiculously large and being worn by Mr Matlles. fn two vve.-ks the shoes sewed while tlio with the small needle ripped , other .stood well till the hole w.m worn through nml then served as a welt to sew which was worn out ana renewed. on a tap The sew'lng never failed It was on this discovery that thu whole business of Mc- IC.iy machine-sowed shoes rests today , and there are probably 1CO.OCO.OOO pairs off them lnAn ° nm\Hriy ? anecdote relating to this fea ture In the shoo m ly not be out of place When tbe e shoes bad been allowed to be tViken ns equal to hand-sew ed shoes In the , by order of Qoneral Melgs. some army eiiHcs were sent to tbo arsenal at Phlla- Colonel Cro'srnan Ulphla on a contract. Inspector who mil been them to nn Kiivo tern : hi the shoo dep irtim nt m tklnir army shoes Ho examinee ! 'hem nml soon dis covered iSe thre.ul did not nil the holes ami ? epoted that they were worthless Nevertheless , under orders from Ocncra "VIelcs they were accepted nn 1 given out to the. nrrny In a few months Colonel informed Mr MeK.iy that be fulling In the nrmy heard the shoes were loofc ml that ho had cent an Inspector to Into It. The inspector returned mlth the tint shoes that failed were report tintitho " 'coTonTcroVsman ' then , to make nn end of the doubt cast on machine shoes pent the. tnmo Inspector-who , by the. way , vvas who first reported "gainst ho o simo shoes because the thread did not till the. hole-to go throuph all the -ho pltals and see every man. and get a report from nil who had worn the. machine shoes The report was made , cove-ling one ream of foolscap. 12 ch man's name , regiment , etc , was given , nml the words he used , ns fur ' ns possible. There were over 2 000 tellers' Statements In the report , and the Inspector concluded his report by sayjng "t have executed the work given me , uml I must of n machine shoo Hi > I have not heard that has rlppod Nevertheless , I knoA a machine shoo can not be good IK-MIW . the thread does not fill the hole. " It Is probable that nine In ten of the shoe man ufacturers who will read this article are of the same opinion as the inspector The filil 'HKi Variety. The prominent citizen was surprlped nnd disgusted and he didn't care who know It. "Think of III" he exclaimed. "Aldermin Blank on thu finance committee of the council " "What of It ? " , , , "Whit of It ! Why , he doesn't know enough to mibtract live from ten "Oh. well , jou'll find that ho can ndd a few thousands to nothing ; nnd , after all , addition la all that's necessaiy In tin uldcr- mali. " The French eimniL'l f.00 ! hhoo Hint Mr. Dre. . u Slioomun woait * IK ono of the bust valtii'K wo or any ono else over olTurctl they an1 not made out of IniKM tojis but are real Kruncli uimmul a Hlioe that imiially xellH at $1.00 and $5.00 anywhi'ii ) but at our Kioto you Intvo never .seen HO much uhou buforo for $ : t.oo. DKEXEL SHOE CO. , FAItNAM. ABOU FA HUNDRED THOUSAND Amount of Olnims Following tlio "Poor PnTtn Onse. " PROBLEM FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS homo niniTcuci- Opinion * Among- Memlierx of tlio Hoard UN to the llcst Mt'tliml of Ciu-liiK for the Claims. The adjustment of the claims against Douglas county on account of the decision qf the supreme court In "the poor farm cases , " bids fair to engage the attention of the Hoard of Countj Commissioners for some tlmo. Under the law the board Is required to make an estimate , at Its first meeting In January , of the amount of funds which will probably be required to meet the ex penses of the county during the ensuing fiscal jear , commencing July 1 , following. Tbo total amount of this estimate maj not bo exceeded by the board when the annual levy Is made In June There Is a diversity of opinion among the members of the boird regarding the manner In which tlie claims against the county hhould bo adjusted , and as this matter enters very largely Into the question of the levy and estimate , It will form a very lively Itauo from the very Jlrat meeting of tbo new board. Commissioner Stcnbcrg favors making a levy to partially pay thu judgments entered by the court , aud resisting the payment of the claims against the county which have not been adjudicated In the com Is. The maximum levj allowed by law for county purposes Is 15 mills , and this will not admit of a levy large enough to pay all the judg ments In addition to meeting the ordinary expenses of the countj' . Mr. Stenbcrg will urge as largo a levy for the judgment fund e may be sifely made , and will reslat any attempt to settle the other claims outside of court. Commissioner Klcrstead , on the other hand , favors paying the claims which have not been adjudicated on the same basis as tbo judgments are paid Ho takes the posi tion that the county can never give the purchasers of lots in Douglas addition a clear title and i > ajs that the action of tbo "ommLr.iloncra In lefuslng to act on the claims when they were presented prevented the claimants from bringing suit. Mr. Klcr stead saj-a the present board Is morally bound to carry out the agreement of the former board and ho strongly favors pajlng off the claims at the same time and In the eame way as the judgments are paid. Ho favors submitting to the people at Iho next election a proposition to vote bonds for the payment of these judgments and claims Other members of the board have not expressed any opinion as to how this matter should bo adjusted , the now members hayIng - Ing that they are not sufficiently familiar with the subject at this time. ALMOST A IIUNDItni ) THOUSAND. The claim * } filed against the county which have not been taken Into court , aggregate $99,801 51. Some of the claimants make a claim for Interest from the date of the paj- ments , while others make no such claim , but all would undoubtedly claim Intel est from the date of the demand made upon the board. These claims are as follows : Mis Clowily Wclnebcrgcr $1,50111 Henry Hitter l.fiTi 29 Sarah J. Devvey 11,27947 Mario. Krebs 3,015 S9 Alllu II WaltciH 2,121 16 George W Scott 1,77 ! ) 27 David A. Hall and Cortes M. Fry. . 3,51'i 03 Mary nilen Contello D11 C' ' ! Charles F. Drlscoll 220139 Henry C. Hammond lSOr > 71 H. J. Leo 'M ( > 3 Charlis Corbrtt KM 21 Sirah J. Dewey I2.S16 47 William I Klcrstead 371130 Cjrus W litst 1,211 09 John P. living Mr < 00 D. O. Patterson 1.93S 32 J P Ilrcsslcr and D. C. Patterson 1,141 ir Thomas P llrennan 1,112 M G. r. IJerKiicr 70000 Christ Specht l.'l ; 00 Mrs Anna C IVIt 2,40000 John Alfred Gustafsoii lr > 0 00 John J. O'Connor MJ w Andrew Johnson 1,171 00 John A Grandon l.os.1 33 1) C. Patterson 1,413 SS n.mk W. lloukal 1,22 50 George Worthlngton jv 13 Alice Copson 2,238 01 John Simmons 6,2lfi 17 Frederick W Melchor 003 31 Johanna K Pelaker 1,629 30 James .Montgomery 4rfl 30 H. H. Wood , trustee 10.SSG 01 A C. Larson fir.1 " 9 Walter G Clark , administrator. . . . 3.VJ 43 National Hank of Commeicc. . . 1,098 CJ Thomas P. Mahonuy DJ1 CO James P.'lla u > i so John Gulnan -l.XOG 20 Total .fOJ.SOl 61 Dr. null's Cough Sjruii Is the best In the market. A single bottle will convince you of Its excellence. Try It. Wo'ro not K' liiK lo liypnotl/o you 1C you come lo M > O the lu'imtll'iil Klialmll piano Unit wo liitvu been .soiling and Ktiaranteclii } , ' for a ( | tiartor ol1 a con- tiny no you can MIO for yotuxulf anil USD your own JiiilKiiiciit It inimns a sale for us anyway for you can't cl a piano that IK an lilttli wrath' line ilnliili anil decant toned with any other iiainu on U at IIH low u urleo antl ns uusy toniiH. A. HOSPE , JR. , 1513 DOUGLAS.
