THE OMAIIA DAILY HEE : AE4&EDAY , ITEWTUTA'RY 15 , 1807.
lilgher rnto of Interest from every man
wlihcs to Invent borrowed cnpltal on nc-
count of the fovr who allow the security to
be taken for the debt. Not nlono Is this
the case , hut the direct result of placing
any of the nbovo mcntlontil risk with thn
money lender causes him to require large
accurltlcs for a small loan. Ono thing Is
criUIn , If ho law docs not protect the
money loarrr ho will protect himself anil
when compelled to protect himself a greater
hardship Is worked on the borrower than
otherwise.
Geneva Signal : Wo look for the paitaqn
by the legUlalure of bills cutting $ JyO from
the i-alarloa paid the head * of state Institu
tions , It la the easiest possible way oC
keeping ttie reform promises that populist
candidates uera so lavish with last fall.
AVe hoped to sea come of thesn cuts made
two yetrs ago and still think they are ad
visable. but they will make n xlcmler thread
for a legislator to hang a reform record on.
It Is not probable that any other cuts In
the state expenses will bt > seriously at
tempted. Some of thn bills reducing the
! , nlfiil [ > 3 of heads of Institutions have nl-
Jeady pa > cd the house , the Geneva school
bill being In this list.
Norfolk Journal ! The mo > t outrageous
piece of political work that has been dona
by the members of nny political party was
the unseating of the republican representa
tives from Doupln * county by the "reform"
majority of the legislature. There was no
proof that warranted the notion token nnd It
the exciitu made by some who voted to un
seat wore honest , then the seats of alt the
member * from Douglas county should have
lipcn dcclare-d vnrnnt. The whole thing was
simply an abuse of power by n brutal ma-
Joilty whoso nvowctl object Is to get enough
"reform" majority In the house to ovcrrlilo
the cons ! iMHIon. It ought to bo a Ihng time
before Nebraska Indulges In another "re
form" legislature.
Orci'ley Leader-Independent : In addition
to the $17.000 asked for the Mlltord Soldiers'
Koine there will bo a deficit of $12,000 to $15-
000 to be mndo up for past expenses beside.
Fifteen thousand dollar * at the Grand Island
boinc would give better accommodation to the
wards of the stnto and more of It than the
cntlro amount dropped at Mtlford. If this
legislature Is wise , It will make suitable pro
vision for the homo the tate owns , but It
will not sanction the purchase of another ono
at two prices and maintain two sets of of
ficers , steam plants nnd the llko. when one
Is abundantly able to do all the work re
quired. Let the state pay the deficit nnd
closn the thing up without further loss , but
guard against any other .similar jobs.
Grand Island Independent : The lawyers
dn the sonata are favoring a bill reducing
the prices of publishing legal notices , but
wo have failed to notice nny bill from the
name source for a reduction In the prlco
of attorneys' fees. Hut the populist news
papers will bo affected equally with the re
publican by the change In rates proposed ,
and there Is not much danger of the present
rates 'being reduced. 'However , It will be
well enough for all newspaper men to care
fully note the names of the senators nnd
representatives who vote for a reduction of
the Bchedule , which Is none too high at pres
ent. Without the favorable support of their
local papers but very few of the members
of the legislature would bo holding down
c. scat beneath the capital dome.
\ TitnvitKcicicn rooi * .
Philadelphia Times : Not only will Amer
ican steel rails hereafter bo cheaper than
they have , over been before , but our American
manufacturers will be prepared to supply
the American market and also undersell
England In her own markets. American
stool thus scores a substantial and endur
ing triumph , and It Is nn Impressive fingerboard -
board for our other great manufacturers.
Buffalo Express : The steel billet pool
went to pieces a few weeks ngo and now the
beam pool Is the only combination of steel
manufacturers left. Industry will bo "Im
proved when that , too , collapses. The break
ing up of these- combinations Is an effect of
the dull times , but the opening of trade to
free competition presages the early appoir-
nnce of better conditions all along the line.
Chicago Post : The community at large Is
distinctly the gainer from a change involv
ing n general revival of activity In M > Im
portant nn Industry as that of steel rails. Its
effects are wide and far-reaching , as It itimu-
lates the railroad industry nnd many ether
branches of business In close connection
therewith. If the present prices ; ire lee
low n' ' reaction Is Boon bound to develop , but
no restoration of the conditions prevailing
under the pcol Is probable or desirable.
Philadelphia Press : No worse obstacle to
n return of prosperity could exist. The rail
roads , In prosperous years , new work nnd
malntenanco taken together , consume neaily
bait the Iron manufactured in the country.
With prices sustained at an artlflcl.U level ,
certain eventually to bo abandoned , no rail
road would buy more steel rails than were
Imperatively necessary. The purchase of
steel rails Is a practical measure of the rail
road demand for Iron In all Its forms. With
thiso purchases curtailed the general market
for Iron suffered.
Chicago Tribune : The steel rail pool ,
which has existed under one form or another
for the last tMrty years and has extorted
millions of dollars from the American rall-
roadw , seems to have gone to pieces for
good. Its downfall Js due to the determina
tion of the roads , which are not making
much money at present , not to buy rails at
n prlco which they know as groruly exorbi
tant and also to the fact that .Messrs. Car-
neglo nnd Rockefeller have- decided that
tlioro Is more money In cheap rails than In
dear ralla.
IOWA isss cojmnvr.
Carroll Herald : The dry goods box orator
whoso wlfo hnu supported him > by taking In
washing since the crime of 1873 , who lias
never done nn honest day's work In Jils
life , has icsumod his place at the street
corner to talk about the hard times and the
"return of prosperity under the fcohl stand
ard. " What difference docs It make to
these loafers and deadbeats what kind of
times wo have' . '
Ottumwa Courier : Women of Nebraska
must wait four more years at least before
exercising the right of BUffrage. That Is the
verdict of the lower house of the legisla
ture , which , by n vote of DO to 38. decided to
Indefinitely table the bill providing for the
submission of a constitutional amendment
looking to this end. It was not made a
party question , but It met with solid oppo-
Eltlon of thu republican minority ,
Davenport Itcpubllcan : A banquet given
to 200 prominent citizens of Oes Molnes for
the express purpose of discussing the beet
eugar industry , was n novelty , lion. "Tama
Jim" Wilson was the principal speaker , and
was g ret ted with a storm of applause. Ills
statement that from experiments made at
the Agricultural college he was satisfied
that our toll waas the boat of any In the
world for the growing of sugar beets , and
that the great state of Iowa could procure
$100,000,000 more from thu products of her
soli , was rather startling. The Iowa Agri
cultural college la ready to domonstrata
that those beets can bo grown at homo , and
hundreds ot inlllloim spent every year
brought to the coffers ot the Iowa farmer.
S NitcAit-co.vrnn COMUIM : .
Now York World ; According to the show
ing of the Sugar trust magnates themselves
they have mado.over a quarter ot a billion
dollars In ten years. The country's total
stock of gold In circulation Is lesi than half
a billion. Hut no matter how much lawlcjs-
imsa pays , the la\\n should be enforced ,
Chicago Chronicle : It has often been a
matter of wonder why so many trust. * wont
to Now Jersey to Incorporate. Mr. Have-
mayor explained this In his testimony before
the Laxow committee when hs said : "Tho
laws are more favorable. There are fewer
chancre of legislative smelling committees
ami there Is lets legislative Interference with
builuctd. It Is for the purpose of heading off
congressional i" mielllng rmninltteM" mil
legislative Interference with business that
the Sugar tniat Is trying to have Its candi
date appointed as attorney general of the
-United States.
St. Lou la Ilcpubllc : Trusts never hesi
tate to sell as far below cost as may bo
necessary to bring an enemy to terms. When
the Independent Interest has been forced
to surrender the losses are quickly repaired
from the pockota of the people. IIo\v long
utter Arbuckle has been whipped Into line
will coffru bo cold at an unprofitable price ?
After all , therefore , the plea ttiat the com
bines benefit the public is falae. The tem
porary advantage of low prices while the
combine U fighting for the control of the
market la moro than offset by the squeeze
wh m the object of the combine U accom
plished. In the reslrkUon ofho output
I and the tyrannical conditions Imposed on
tr do merchants and producers , ns well as
consumers , suffer from the combine. It Is
the enemy of nil classes of society
New York world. There arc other gigantic
trusts whose existence Is o matter of com
mon notoriety. They should be probed to
the bottom anil their true character laid
bare. If their purpose or effect be the de
struction of competition and monopoly of
trade It Is high time to determine whether
thsy are not unlawful combinations , and
whether thera Is nny power In the state
to protect the people against their growing
exaction * and autocratic sway.
Boston Transcript : The Sugar trust's ar
rogance has swollen to a point where It
considers Itself superior to the laws of the
state , and they have given It so little trouble
that thcro 1s some reason In Its position.
There are two sources of profit , first from
the sale of sugar , and , secondly , from the
manipulation of the stock market , and It
Is Into thesa latter mysteries that the pub
lic nnd most of the stockholders are not
admitted. Suits for this same purpose have
been brought before , but ways have been
found to keep the matter from trial or the
courts of last resort. One of the Have-
meyers admitted before the Lcxow commit-
IPO that the trust did 75 per cent of the
sugar business ot the country nnd controlled
the prices of the whole of It.
SHAM POI.1CI ? Hni'OHM.
Hastings Tribune : The Dee Is making a
vigorous and Just fight on the Omaha police.
There's tie doubt but what The Ileo will
cotno out ahead , as ttntal.
Tccumseh Chieftain : The Omaha Hee Is
making a powerful crusade ngalnst the dens
of Infamy that Infest certain districts ot
Omaha. If the authorities do not abate the
nuisances It will not be because The Dee
has failed to do Its duty In the premises.
Wallace Tug : Omaha Is tough again-
thai Is , In her normal condition Judging from
the light thrown on the situation by The
Hee , which Is making a strong effort to have
the city renovated before the opening of the
Transmlsslsslppl Exposition. Hero's to
Colonel Ilosowator , the Parkhurst of Ne
braska's metropolis.
Herman Herald : The nee Is getting
after the Omaha police force In a way that
makes things hum , and there Is no doubt
but what the police nec-d every line of It.
It Is a well known fact that the poor and In
nocent stnnds about as much chance of jus
tice as a snowball has of existence In a , fur
nace. Hut how can things be made better
by turning one sot of grnftors out and plac
ing another set In power ?
Ponder Times : The preachers of Omaha
that signed that memorial to the legislature
asking that the present police board bo re
tained on account of the excellent manner
In which they have transacted the business
of that town morally and otherwise have
found out several things that they didn't
know cf , or at least didn't want to know of.
The Bee Is keeping them posted.
North Platt Tribune : According to the
stories told by the UPO , the policemen and
detectives of Omaha are without parallel
for stupidity. Thieves have grown so bold
that they even make way with teams left
temporarily standing on the principal thor
oughfares of the city nnd the hawk-shows
nro unable to get any clue to the thieves.
If such Inefficiency was displayed by n con
stable of some sand-hill precinct In Lincoln
county , the Inhabitants would promptly have
him removed from ofllce.
1'HH.SOXAI , AMI OTHHKWISE.
Strange , Isn't It , that there should bo fric
tion In Crete with so much dreeco avail
able.
It costs $400 a ton to make armor plate
and $200 a shot that will reduce it to the
condition of scrap Iron.
William Waldorf Astor has 4,000 houses
In Now York City and nn Income of $0,000-
000 a year to blow In London.
Secretary OIney Is the only member of the
cabinet who takes his constitutional ovcry
day. He sprints a mile straight away nnir
repeat.
A personal friend vouches for the state
ment that Senator Quay was afflicted with
bashfulness. That was before he took to
politics for a living.
The party who showed the most nerve In
that Santa Fa hold-up was the robber who
got away with a batch of reglstere'd letters
whllo the mall clerk was busy shooting his
pal.
William E. Coako of Portsmouth , It. I. ,
who recently celebrated his 100th birthday ,
claims to bo a distinct triumph of the
weed. Ho has chewed tobacco for eighty-
two years.
Ex-Governor Long of Massachusetts , who
Is slated for n cabinet position , Is said to
bo nlfllcted with the poetry habit. As sec
retary of the navy he can test his sonnets
ot armor plate.
Editor Porter , the new president's new
secretary. Is described ns a tall and grace
ful man with n winning smile and a hearty
laugh. Ho Is witty , friendly and generous ,
never offending people on personal grounds.
General Jo Shelby ranked with Ouster nnd
Mosby among the most picturesque figures
of the war , and his ride to Mexico to under
go a second detent with Maximilian was
perhaps the uost romantic and dramatic
Incident of the cntlro struggle.
WIUTTIiISIl TO A 1'OIXT.
Yonkera Statesman : "What Is a crank ,
pnpaV"
' 'A crank , my son. Is a fellow who goes
around with his wheels. "
Detroit Free Press : "Julln , nro you going
to mid any valentines this year ? "
"Well. I think I will Bend you that spite
ful comic ono you sent me Inst year. "
Philadelphia North American : "What
po.islblo fascination can there bo about
Arctic exploration ? "
"Well , for ona thing , they have such n
long night there that no onn can object tea
a man staying out occasionally. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Whew ! " said the
drummer. "This place smells like a drug
store. "
"Klxeil It that away on iMirposo. " said
the barkeeper. "Lot of Kansas fellers In
town , and wo want to make It seem home-
Ilko tu 'em. "
Ynlo Record : Physician You have only a
few minutes to live. Have you any lust
Patient I wish I had engaged another
doctor.
Washington Star : "I stood there In the
silent night , " B.ild Wllllo WIshlngton ,
" .wrapped . In thought. "
"Dear me ! " murmured Miss Cayenne.
"How chilly you must have been ! "
Chicago Itecord : "Things are looking
up. "
"How so ? "
"Some fellow has Invented a cash regis
ter for married men's trousers pockets. "
Now York Herald : Bllklns Say , old man
I hear Unit Smith Is engaged In a business
that won't bear 150 light of day.
WllkliiH You don't mean It ! Counter-
felting , eh ?
Wllklns Oh , no , he's only developing
photographs.
Chicago Tilbuno : "Have you read the
Story of the Baptist Youth and the Pres
byterian Maldon' that 1ms Just como out ? "
"No , It emit ) unhappily , and I make It a
point not to rcnil tragedies , "
"Ends unhappily ? Why It ends with the
marriage of the youth and the maiden. "
"I know It does. "
Yfi LADYI2 AND YR DOOICE AGENTE.
Puck ,
Ho clombo yo stcppc-i and rang ye bollc ,
PuttQ omit ) ys bl. indent t-inyle.
And \vhcnne ye ladyn illdde appe-aro
Lit'gnnnu lime ya best style :
"Fnyro Indyo. I have hcere a workA
IffH you wlllo btitte give rare "
"Notto onno youre lyfel" upspako ye dame
"Can't getto youro worku lime heerel"
WHAT sin : nois.
What do you do when you go to sleep
What does little Gladys do ?
Don't do nothln' but dream ov you ,
An * hugmy ma nn' love her , too.
An' ilronm SA-eot ilr < > ; uns for me an' you
'At'a what I do when I'm uslccpl
And what do you do when you awake
What does little Gladys do ?
Don't do nothln' but Ulan , my pa
An1 love nn' kiss and hup my ma ,
An' love Vm mostest you ever s.uv
'At'a what 1 do when I 'wake !
And what do you do nil through the day
What dors llttlo Ol.idys do ?
Don't do nothln' but MIIK all day.
An' dls lotnp round with dolly nn' play
We la In fairyland , far away
At'g what I ilo u'.l d.ivl
CLARENCES P. M'DONAI-D.
Omaha , Neb.
Pulse of Western Progress.
frllliSfiafiafMIiJMrhlfSfr
Much Interest attaches to the vlelt hereof
of Joseph ) Johnson , superintendent of the
New York Construction and Equipment com
pany , says n Boise , Idaho , dispatch to the
Denver Itcpubllcan , Mr. Johnson states hid
company has taken a contract to build 102
miles of railroad from Wclscr , on the Oregon
gen Short Line , Into the Seven Devils dis
trict. The contract Is conditional upon the
result ot an examination he Is making Into
the character of the work to be done. The
line was surveyed some years ngo , but cap
ital has not been forthcoming to construct
the road. Special Importance Is given to the
present movement by a statement coming
from another quarter that the great copper
properties In the Seven Devils district have
been sold to Standard Oil magnates. It Is
believed , If the road Is about to bo built ,
that tiey nro nt the back of It and that
copper mining on a huge scale Is to bo In
augurated. The copper deposits there nre be.
lloved to bo among the most extensive In
the world. Heretofore the properties have
been owned by Montana men , nnd they have
been held Idle In the Interest of the Mon
tana producers. It Is understood that the
Standard people have been connected with
the owners In some manner for some years ,
over since the panic of 1893 , nnd the the
ory la that the properties have been se
cured as a result of these relations. The
Seven Devils copper ore carries largo values
In gold , nnd the men who fhall work the
mines will have nn advantage In that re
spect. The fact that thcro is great activity
In copper mining lends color to the state
ment that the deposits are to bo worked
by some combination otrong enough to pro- *
vldo nil the necessary plant nnd facilities
nud to hold Its own ngalnst the other cop-
I > er producers.
SULPHUR IN THE CASCADES.
J. A. Kenneth of Ortlng recently discovered
a vast deposit of exceedingly pure sulphur
In the Cascade mountains not far from , the
Northern Pacific railroad , says a Tacoma cpe-
clal to the San Francisco Chronicle. The
exact location of the deposit Is not generally
known. The lucky flndc.- says ho succeeded
In calling the attention of John D. Hocko-
fcller and his friends to the property. Their
representative arrived In Tacoma and was
met here by Mr. Kenneth. The two men have
gene to the place of the ilcpcslts , and'It Is
understood that Rockefeller or eomo one
closely connected with him will open the
claims nnd probably purchase them outright.
It Is claimed the sulphur can bo placed
aboard the cars on the Northern Pacific
tracks at a cost of $ C a ton , and that sul
phur of the same grade can be sold In the
San Francisco market for $28 a ton. It Is
claimed there Is $80,000 worth of sulphur
In sight , and that San Francisco Imports
$78,000 worth each year. A sample ot the
product was shown In Tacoma. It was of
pure yellow color nnd burns freely when
lighted. Kenneth believes the deposit to bo
Inexhaustible , as It crops out on the hills
on nil sides. lie feels sure he has made Ms
fortune and expects to sell the store ho has
kept nt Ortlng for years. One result of the
discovery will bo to stop Importations of
sulphur Into the northwest for use In curing
hops.
COOS DAY RAILWAY.
Mr. Robert A. Graham , general superin
tendent of the Coca Day , Roseburg & East
ern railroad , and manager of the Heaver
Hill Coal company , In Coos county , says the
Portland Oregonlan , Is ono of the busy men
ot the state at the present time. Since his
advent Into Oregon , several years ago , hly
career as a railroad builder and developer of
the resources of that part of the elate In
which he la operating has been an active
one. Regarding the building of the rail
road under his management , that now has
a terminus at Myrtle Point , Mr. Graham
says : "Wo expect to take up the work
of extension of the road to Hoscburg early
In Mareb , and anticipate that the line will
bo completed to that city In ono year. AVe
have all the nccewary rails for the road
on hand , nnd plenty of funds to carry on
the work. " Regnrdlng the operations of the
Doaver Hill Coal company , ot which he Is
general manager , Mr. Graham said : "Wo
are now down 2,00p feet , and have 530 men
emplc-yed. Most ot theao nre engaged on de
velopment work , and every day adds to
the value and permanency of the mine. Wo
are now taking out nn average of 1,000 tons
of fine , merchantable coal each week , but
thla U only a beginning. Until now wo
have not had time to arrange for the ship
ment of our coal product to this market ,
owing to the Increased demands made upon
us. One lot was sent here pome time ago
by the steamer Arcata , and Inter the Alice
nianchard arrived with a full cargo. The
coal U finding n ready sale thuo early , nnd
thcro Is no reason that Portland s-ould not
profit by the coming and gclng ot regular
steamers between this city nnd Coos bay.
There U a chance to open new avenues of
trade that will prove profitable both ways. "
It la well known that Mr. Graham Is backed
by J. M. Sprocket , the well known Califor
nia capitalist , In his various enterprises ,
and this fact of Itself brings assurance of
success to his undertakings.
VALLEY ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
All Is bustle and activity at the offices
of the San Francisco and San Jonquln Val
ley railroad preparing for rTew construc
tion work south of Fresno , says the San
Francisco Examiner. Orders have been
given to Division Engineer E. A. McFar-
iand to change his headquarters from
Stockton to Fresno. Ho will be Ch , En
gineer Storey's active representative nt the
rront as was the case when the road was
liolng constructed to Fresno. At Stockton
tor some time past he has been acting as
superintendent of the road now In opera
tion. Mr. McFarland will bo located nt
Fresno on nnd after February 15 and Chief
Engineer Storey will select for him a corps
of assistants. Their first duty will bo to
quickly go over the final surveys made
last year between Fresno and Itakersficld
and replace such of the survey stakes as
have been lost or changed from their po
sitions. Contracts for grading south of
Fresno for a considerable distance have
been practically decided upon , but the di
rectors are keeping the facts quiet until
after their meeting , when It Is expected
that they will bo formally ratified , It Is
generally believed that Grant Bros. , the
wealthy railroad contractors of Albu
querque , N. M. , have secured the work.
Work on the extension by way of Hanford
Is to be commenced first because the rlghts-
of-way on that route are all settled except
three. The extension by the way of Reed-
ley and Vlsalla will bo commenced just as
soon as rlghts-of-way are adjusted. Alto
gether about 177 miles of road will bo con
structed and Vlco President Watt and his
associates say they will bo able to complete
this now mileage this year If not hampered
and delayed by right-of-way disputes.
Sixty-three miles of the new track will bo
used by both extensions , which separate'
three miles south of Fresno nnd como to
gether again sixty miles north of Dakrrs-
leld. The company's officials estimate that
the cost of this now mileage will not ex
ceed $3,540,000 , or not over $20,000 a mile.
This expense will Include the cost of two
largo bridges over the Kings river.
RAILROAD IN ALASKA.
The cause o ! the rejuvenation at Wrangnl
Is duo to the well founded hope that the city
will become a terminal point for travel to the
Yukon via the Stlckcen river nrnl a railroad
that U to run to Lake Tcslln , says the
Alaska News , published tit Juneau City. The
Stlckecn Is the only great river reaching
the Interior from the Pacific coast and Is
really the only natural highway to paints
bD/ond the coast range of mountains. From
a point up the river , approximately 150 miles ,
to Lake Teslln Is about 17f > or 200 mllej , thn
proposed rente of the railroad being over
a stretch of country fald to posses few or no
obstacles necessary to overcome , Mr. Wll-
loughby Clark , a prominent resident of
\V ran gel , wru In the city the other day and
In conversation with him relative to the
bulle > ' , ng of the road he became very enthusi
astic over the prospective benefits which
naturally would accrue * to Wrangcl.
"The first Intimation we hat of the build
ing cf the read was received last October , "
tald he , "when wo noticed an Hera of
J6.000 for defraying the oxpensw of the pre
liminary survey was Included In the budget
presented to the Canadian parliament. The
bill was I'u&ioJ at the winter sexton anil
ibat amount ia uow available for tbo pur
poses Intended. The jsurtcyor has been ap
pointed , ho has made. Up Ills staff and Is ex
pected In Wrangel by.lttt > end cf April , "
"Will thcuroad bo bullt y private capital
subsidized by the gofcrnment ' , or will the
latter build -It Itself ? " ,
"That I do not knq\vr \ although I Judge It
will bo by the former. picthod. Two applica
tions have already been , made for a chatter
nnd I nm reliably lntormci ) three-fourths ot
the capital necessaryto build and equip the
road has been subscribed , principally In Mon
treal , with some few subscriptions In Vic
toria nnd Seattle. "
SHORT MOUNTAIN ItAILROAD.
A move of the greatest Importance to the
people of Marln county , and especially Inter
esting to railroad men nnd civil onglncer.3.
may shortly bo made by tile Mill Valley and
Mount TamalpalsScenlo Railroad company
In the extending ot Its road to Uollnas , on the
Marln coast , says a. Mill Valley ( Cal. ) dis
patch to ths S.in Francisco Examiner. The
country that must bo traversed by the new
line Is mountainous nnd the construction
of the road will require engineering skill of
no mean quality. Whllo the distance from
the summit of Mount Tamalpals to the town
of Dollnas , on the Pacific ocean , in an nlr
line Is only three miles , the route ot the
road will bo about seven miles In length , on
account ot the numerous loops that must
bo constructed in order to obtain easy and
gradual grades for the mountain engines.
Engineers have already looked over the route
nnil nsscrt. that the most feasible plan Is to
run the line commencing from the extrcmo
nyuhwesterni point now reached by the
Talmap.ils Scenic road nnd running in a
northerly direction , crossing to the north
western slope of Uio mountain nnd descending
Talmapais by a 7 per cent grade , which
the engineers claim It I possible to obtain ,
to Willow Beach , on. the Pacific ocean , and
from there skirt the beach and proceed
to Uollnas. This route will open the vast
estates which Ho between Mill Valley and
Uollna.s and wJilch are now almost Idle and
without means of communication , or trans
portation , except by stage to San Rafael.
Ueyond this primitive methcd and a tedious
trip by schooner , Hollnas has no way of
transporting Us products to the metropolis ,
and In consequence the progress exhibited
by the towns In California Is sadly lacking
In the little city on the Marln coast.
GOLD IN SEASHORE SANDS.
John Palmetta of Valley Ford has just
arrived with a bottle of very fine specimens
of flake gold , says a Santa Rosa special to
the San Francisco Chronicle. Palmetta left
the gold with a local jeweler , who will
send It to San Francisco to bo assayed.
Palmetta had heard for some time that gold
could bo found along the coast ot Ilodega
bay , and ho resolved to do a little Investi
gating. Ho took his tools and commenced
operations In the sands only n few feet
from the line swept by the sea at low tide.
The gold hunter had not worked many hours
before his keen eyes saw gleaming In the
black sand , which covers the bedrock , a
golden particle that caused him to throw
his hat up In the air. He examined It
closely and became convinced that It was
the precious metal. Ho Ucfit on digging and
was rewarded by finding a'number of other
flakes , some larger train the first. Ho was
so well pleased with his first day's panning
that ho constructed a rocker and prepared
to do business on quite an extensive plan
when ho was stopped by the owner of the
land. Palmetta says hp could easily make
from $3 to $4 per day ; even with his crude
methods , and ho thinks that the find , If.fol
lowed up , will lead to something very val
uable. As Palmetta secured his first spec
imens In the black sands In territory swept
by the sea , ho will continue his prospecting
there , where he thinks he will be safe from
Interference. The _ flncl has excited consid
erable Interest In 'that part of the county ,
and a number of prospectors will be at
work with pick and vpan _ In _ the gulches
thcro within the next fewdays. . Gold has
been found In a numbe'r of Waces In Sonoma
county within the pasf ( * ? vf years , and It la
believed the latest discovery will're'aillt in
a lively rovlval in mining here. ; "
COPPER IN' ' THE WATER.
W. F. Carson oE Tacoma , traveling passen
ger agent of t > .e Canadian , Pacific , and G.
McL. Drown , the company's district passen
ger agent at Vancouver , have Just returned
from extended trljo through the fame-d min
ing districts of tbo Kootonal country , and
report the greatest activity , notwithstand
ing the advent of wlntpr , says the Port
land Oregonlan.
"Tho prospectors are sticking a llltle- closer
to the camps on account of the snow , " aald
Mr. Carson , "but otherwloa there Is as much
work going on as If there were not from
two to three feet of snow on the ground.
TOo Kooteuai is such a wonderful country
that If half the truth wore told of Its min
eral wealth It would not bo credited. A
recent find that has excited a gre.it deal of
attention Is the discovery ot an actual cop
per spring , known as the 'Rod Hlanket , ' In
the LIHoeet district , just north of Spencer's
bridge , on the Canadian Pacific. The water
in solution runs 3D.7 pounds of copper to
200 gallons , and 10,000 gallons a day come
tumbling down the mountain fide. This Is
the only real copper spring that Is known
of , with the exception of one In Idaho , and
that only flows two pounds ot the metal
to the 100 gallons of water. William Prltch-
nrd Morgan , a Welab member of Parliament ,
prominently known In Wales , Australia and
South Africa through Ms extensive mining
Interests , heard of the Red Hlanket copper
spring prior to his culling from Vancouver
with a party of mining experts for Japan
and China December S. Ho was very much
Interested In the reports ho received of the
spring , and not only left one of his experts
behind to make Investigation , but Is said
to have offered $100,000 for 51 per cent of
It. "
COPPER AT CLE-ELLUM.
Recent discoveries on the Cle-Ellum will
put thnt district In the sime rank ns the
Sllvcrton and Mount Index districts as a
great prospective producer of copper , says
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Paul Gaston ,
an experienced mining man , baa become
the owner of the Grnndvlcw group of three
claims , on Ingalls creek , regarding which he
said :
"Tho claims are all on one ledge ten to
twelve feet wide , between walls of granite
and porphyry and granite and serpentine.
The pay streak Is eighteen Inches to four
feet wldo and carries red and black oxide of
copper , with masses ot natlvo copper weigh
ing 400 to1,000 / pounds , and has black oxide
on each aide , I have run a tunnel sixty
foot , giving a depth of eighty feet , and In-
Lend to put men to work right ! away to con
tinue another tunnel to cross-cut the ledge
at a depth of 140 feet to 150 feet. The low
est assays have shown , jp rper cent copper
and $0 gold , and the value , has ranged as
ilgh aa 60 per cent copper and $15 gold , The
property Is distant fourteen'miles by wagon
road from Clo-Ellum or Ryii | , being within
half a mile of the roa'd. " l
NARROW ESCAPIjRpM HEARS.
Elmen Thornburg , a > Aiming man of Gran
ite , Ore. , arrived at hUJiomc , says the Port
land Telegram , after having a most exciting
trip across the mountaij-.on ) | snowshoes and
narrowly escaping 'being ljod ( for a couple
of flerco and hungry tV ftr . Thornburg Is
Interested In mining gr uud away down In a
region known as "Desolation , " In the lower
North Fork country , a J lone day recently
lie concluded It would Ije-'Wlndom on his part
to take a trip down to aoo how the camp
waa prospering and take the. United States
mall and extras In to tjm boys. The Journey
to within about four injlta of the camp was
made without dllllcilUy x-by Thornburg ,
mounted upon a palrt > l dnowshoes , 'but ' at
that distance the snow1 was all gone and ho
had to abandon his snuwuhoes nnd take to
walking. This , with his pack on Ma back ,
was no picnic. When within about two
miles of camp ho sat down on the sunny
side of a log to rc t. No sooner had ho set
tled hlmuelt comfortably than he was dis
turbed by several grunts and a lot of claw
ing and scratching beneath the log. He
was unarmed. In a nvlnuto there appeared
from beneath the log two black muzzles , fol
lowed by the bodlea of two full-grown , fero
cious , red-Jawed , black btiars , with brUtle-i
erect as they came from ( heir comfortable
burrow , Thornburg jumped to lita feet and
started down the trail on a run. The heavy
pack on Ills back Impeded his progreis , how-
ovor. The hungry beats quickly took up the
scent and wore after him. When he taw
that the race would bo an uneven one , be
dropped his burden at the foot of a young
back ! plno tree and cllr.lbcil up among the
branches ni nimble aa a chipmunk , The
bcara broke open bis discarded bundle and
ate all the bacon nnd other good things.
Then they turncxV the-lr Attention to Thorn-
burg. Flerco wllh hunger , their savage np-
petltes Just whetted sufficiently to make n
fat man taste good , the bears put their huge
paws around the slsndct tree trunk and en
deavored to reach him. Breaking off n branch
of the tree , Thornburg rapped smartly each
black nose that came within reach , and bruin
would go away growling , only to return when
the pain had censed. This was the best and
only defense the pursued man could avail
himself of. In the meantime he began to
yell nt the top of his volco In the hopes that
his cries might reach camp. They finally did
and Mr. DlckUon and Ed Flaherty came out
wllh their trusty rifles and made It possible
for the unarmed and unharmed man to de
scend from his perch.
, THE DAKOTAS.
The creamery nt Ashton , S , I ) . , has n good
business management , for It has paid for Its
plant with $300 surplus during Its six months
run.
run.It Is said that the water wheels In tho'JIm
river are killing an Innumerable lot of flsh
this year. Sometimes the water Is covered
with oil from the crushed bodies.
The Great Northern railroad has prac
tically abandoned its line between Water-
town nnd Huron , slxty-nlno miles , until
spring , and has made contracts for teams to
carry malls along the line.
Orders have been placed with the Edge-
mont Stone company for seventy carloads
of building stone to bo uswl In the construc
tion ot the smelter. The Edgcmont quarry
Is one of the most wonderful In the country.
It Is about eighty feet thick and Is almost
nil what Is known ns grindstone , with n
three-foot layer of glass beveling stone ,
which Is still finer and harder than the
grindstone.
Prominent ) Woman's ClirlstUn Temperance
union women , nt Vormllllon nre circulating
n petition to the legislature , praying that
body to bring the woman's suffrage question
before the people In 1S9S. The paper hna
the names of nearly every business man In
the city. This movement Is general through
out the state , each local Woman's Christian
Temperance union In the different cities
having been supplied with the printed peti
tion.
tion.A
A rich strike has been made In the lime
stone , ten miles west of Custer. Assays
show the ore to run from $16 to $175 per
ton. The ore Is similar to that of Rugged
Top almost pure ealclto. During the last
six weeks about 200 assays have been made
from ores of the limestone. In every In
stance gold was found , from n trace up to
? 9 per ton. The find here proves that the
occurrence of gold In limestone Is not
confined to ' a single locality , but ex
tends over n vast extent of country. There
Is at least 2,000 square miles of limestone ex
posed In the Illack Hills.
The city auditor of Sioux Falls , S. D. , has
paid over to the Mlnnehaha Natonal bank
$ . )00 , which finishes the payment of $29-
7G7.27 which the city guaranteed to pay for
the right of way on the Sioux Falls & Yank-
ton. The original obligation was1 $22,000 , and
the balance was paid as Interest. The $20,000
bonds Issued by the city to pay for the right
of way of the Omaha , sold nineteen yearn
ago , will be paid next year. The money Is
already In hand. These bonds have drawn
10 per cent Interest , and when they mature
the city will have paid $40,000 In Interest , or
twice the face of the -bonds , and will still
ewe the original claim.
Paul Narcellc , the old settler who died re
cently at his ranch on the Cheyenne river ,
near Pierre , Is thought to have left burled
behind a large sum of money. From ali
accounts ho was worth $30,000. Ills custom
of concealing his money where no ono but
himself could find It was known for years
and caused his cons , Narclsso nnd Ed , the
keenest annoyance. The old man refused to
bank It. however , and Invariably succeeded
In eluding his pursuers whenever nn attempt
was made to follow him to any of his var
ious places for concealment. His farm will
be thoroughly dug over , but with small hope
that moro than a fraction of his largo for
tune will ever bo located.
G. W. Arnell , nn old-timer who resides
on an extensive stretch of bottom land a
short distance north of Chamberlain on the
Missouri river , fully believes that the "Dig
Muddy" will bo on the rampage In the
spring , and that the floiM at that tlmo will
rival the memorable one In the spring of
1SS1. In accordance with this belief , which
Is occasioned by the vast amount of snow
which has fallen througnout the cntlro re
gion drained by the Missouri , ho Is pre
paring to remove his stock and other propsrty
to higher ground betoro the breaking up of
the river. He fears that Ice gorges will form
at points where the stream Is broad and
shallow , and that the backwater will flood
the bottom lauds along the river.
A most unique method of thieving has just
been discovered In Devil's Lake , N. D. A
largo barrel of genuine old "forty rod" had
lain In the depot for jouio time awaiting
a claimant. Such , articles are usually con
signed C. Ot D. The consignee was a blind
plgger , who conceived the Idea of not only
boating the consignor out of his 'bill , but the
railroad company of Its freight. At the proper
tlmo of the moDiv he csconced 'himself ' under
the vlcpot and directly under the barrel.
With an auger he bored through the floor
and the bottom of the barrel and down came
the liquor In casks previously arranged to
receive It. If all had gene according to cal
culation a net profit ot something llko $300
would have followed. The actual result was
that the unique thief Is now In Jail awaiting
trial at the next term of court.
COLORADO.
Work on the new railroad to Twin Lakes
will bo begun at Leadvllle within thirty
days.
The elghteen-lnch body of ore recently un
covered In the Copperopolls mine , on West
Aspen mountain , and from which assays
were obtained running as high as 1,000 ounces
In silver , Is reported to bo holding well , and
shipments of ore averaging 200 and 150
ounces are being made.
In Fall River district moro prospecting
anil development Is being done than for pome
time past , and several good strikes are re
ported , among them being ono In the old
Specie Payment , which runs away up. At
present the mlno Is worked by seven sets of
leasers , all doing well.
There have recently been some very rich
veins uncovered about six miles from La
Veta , on Indian crock , and are between
three and four feet wldo at a depth of ten
feet , The ore Is what Is known as copper
glaccr , and assays from 15 to CO per cent
copper , with some sliver.
Jcoo Love has just made a new Rtrlko In
the Iron mlno at Rico. After this property
had lain Idle for several months , pending a
sale , Mr. Love resumed work , and the fifth
shot broke Into a new ere body , which car
ried from 500 to COO ounces In silver. The
Iron mlno has In the past proved a most val
uable property.
Advlcra from Lcadvlllo are to the effect
that many of the strikers are going out into
the hills with pick and shovel and tire doing
eomo very effective prospecting , while others
are leasing old claims , many of which have
not been worked since the slump In silver ,
and are employing union men , paying ' $3
per day tat work.
A poptofflce has been established In the
Coehetopa Hills to bo called Perry , to ac
commodate the prospectors of that field.
The Silver Plume prospect at n depth of
ninety-six feet has opened an ere body that
assays an ounce In gold and 1,000 In Oliver.
Another claim produced aamplcu that ran
two ounces In gold.
Cattle on the range arc reported to be
faring rather badly these days , and It will not
be tmrprlalng to hear of heavy losses be
fore spring , pays the Alamosa Courier. The
dry summer of last year left the feed rather
short in the fall , and the snows , which tie
weather has been too cold to melt , have
covered the ranges go far as to make It a
hard matter for atoek to pick up a living.
Some conelilerablo loose * ) have already been
reported.
The biggest strllto made in Boulder county
mines during the past yar wao encountered
In the Emancipation mlno 100-foot luvel ,
near the breast of the drift , about 200 fc t
from the shaft cast. Tbo ere la six Inches
thick , almost solid , that will run over $30 , .
000 per tortHeautlful chunks of the mineral
were brought down from the mlno by Man
ager Bert Ixingrldgo almost covered with
crystallzeil nnd wire gold , which were per-
fet-t cabinet gems , and If the preuont vein
continue * aa the atopo la put forth it will
bo the richest discovery ever made In Houl
der county. The property la owned by an
English syndicate , recently purchased and
put In order for mining operations.
. WYOMING.
U Is reported that there arc A large num
ber of deer anil elk In the nig Horn moun
tain this winter. The Buffalo Voice says
thcro Is a bunch near Buffalo and thnt deer
can bo seen roaming around In bunches
ot from ten to forty.
Considerable excitement prevails nt
Sundance over the discovery nt Bear Ijtiko ,
fifteen miles east of this place , of a gold
ere lead , which assays high In gold. People
are flocking to the scene of the discovery
nnd over 10 claims have been taken up. The
formation Is stild to bo the same ns that
at the now celebrated Rnggcd , Top mine ! ) .
The Douglas Mining and Milling company
of Douglas expects to shortly begin perma
nent shipments to Denver from Its AVar
Bonnet Peak mlnr > , The ere runs all the
way from $60 to $122 In copper with about
$2.50 In gold. The lead Is 100 feet In width
with twenty-three Inches ot ore. The prop
erty has a 125-foot shaft nnd a 400-foot
tunnel.
Notwithstanding heavy snows the work
of prospecting nnd developing the Grand
Encampment mining district Is be
ing pushed vigorously. A contract has
Just been let by the owners of the Golden
Eagle , ono of the richest prospects In Uio
district , for a 300-foot tunnel for n water
level Inlet to the lead. A cnrload of ere
from tho.Tom Thumb' mine was shipped to
Denver , The ere runs nbout $2$5 to the
ton. At n meeting of the Hoard of County
Commissioners It was decided to bridge
the Encampment creek In the vicinity of
the Porrynm ranch ami establish n county
road south from Swan to the state lino. Anew
now county road to the district will also bo
established along Snnko river.
William Johnston went to Fort Stcelo re-
rrnlly and returning to his home near Rankln
found that a mountain lion had killed nine
of his Micep out of n flock In a sheep corral
near his residence. Taking a gun , ho
tracked the animal from the corral , two or
three hundred yards to where It had burled
the carcasses of the sheep In the s.igo brush
and snow. The body ot a coyote , still warm ,
was lying near by , piosumably killed by the
lion when It attempted to help Itself to the
mutton collected there. Looking up at a
ledgu of locks near by , llr. Johnston saw
the lion climbing up along the ledge. He
IIred and the lion sprang down the side of
the rocks almost upon 1,1m , made another
bound and started oft , but fell de.ul within
a few steps. The lion measured eight feet
In length.
Application has been made by the Cin
cinnati Cnn.il company for 17,750 ncres of
land In the Ulg Horn basin to bo watered from
the Shoshoiio river. This application Is now
pending before * the Interior department , and
will probably bo allow nil In a very abort
space of time. The company , which Is com
posed of Cincinnati capitalists. Is ready to
commence work as soon ns Its application Is
allowed by the department. It proposes to
construct a canal twenty-five miles long
which will Irrigate IS.OOi ) ncros of land , and
will expend upward ot $100,000 In the work.
The company will send colonists from Ohio ,
Indiana and Illinois to settle upon the Inml
ns soon as It Is prepared for cultivation.
The survey of the D. & M. railway extension
Into the basin crosses tin ; tract of land se
lected by this company.
William Marr of Walden , Colo. , has Just
received the contract to freight out from
this point thirteen carloads of steel pipe , to
the Independence mountain placers. The
aggregate weight of the piping Is 200 toni.
It was purchased In San Francisco and Is
being shipped ovel the Union Pacific to this
place. When In position tno pipe will cover
a distance of over two miles. It tapes from
twenty-four Inches down to ten , and as It
will bo put In at n point where the full Is
300 feet , It will bo called upon to resist a
pressure of 170 pounds to the square Inch.
The men Interested In thr enterprise expect
to have tha ditch from Hlg Creek lake com
pleted by Juno 1 , and will commence active
operations by the 1st of July. This ditch
will ba fourteen miles long nnd will carry
3,000 miners' inches of water. At the bottom
tom It will bo ten feet wide and the total
coat , when everything Is in working order.
Is placed , at $75,000.
$75,000.OREGON.
OREGON.
From $ ' , to $ C Is being offered In the Coquille -
quillo vnllcy for next season's calves.
An effort Is being made to again start the
Brownsville tannery. It Is well equipped
for work.
Edward E. Wist of Nehnlem has packed
moro than 1,000 cases of rish since ho began
opeiatlng Ms cannery last fall.
There is not much spring wheat suitable
for spring sowing In Yamhlll county and It
will bo necessary to ship In considerable before -
fore planting.
An effort Is being made by some of the cit
izens ot Nehalem to build a cheese factory.
It has been decided to organize a stock com
pany , with $800 capital stock.
Baker City business men are subscribing
liberally to a fund foi ] the construction of a
wagon road between Baker City and Harney
county around the Doolcy mountain , and for
Improving other roada.
The Burns Herald says that a discovery of
borax on tno M. R. Doau land In Wild Horao
valley has been the cause of 1,000 acres of
land In that vicinity being sold , nnd that the
outlook Is promising for a nowlndustry to bo
opened up In Harney county.
The warm rains have started the placer
men In Josephine county to work again. The
winter thcro has thus far been of the "open"
order , stock of all kinds running at largo on
the natural grasses , and this condition makes
dull 'business ' for hay and grain men.
Prof. Kauematz's silkworm colony , com
prising moro than 800,000 worms , at CoqulIIe ,
nas concluded Its cocoon spinning. The pro
fessor says the work has been done much
quicker and better this season than before ,
and If anything the cocoons are better also.
Chief of Police Wells of Corvnllls has ac
quaintance cards. They are ornamented with
pictures of skull and crcssbones , and have
this laconic legend : "Tramps , bummers , ho
bos and beggars are not wanted In Cor-
vallls. So git. C. B. Wells , chief of po
lice. "
One school district In Lane county , lo
cated In the mountains at Jones' saw mill ,
has levied a UO-mlll tax. Tbo district has
just been organized , and It Is desired to
raise $500 for the purpose of building a
school house. The small amount of taxable
property makes the high tax necessary.
The wood Industry at Reedvlllo , In Wash
ington county , Is ono of considerable Im
portance. Last summer about 4,000 cords
of first-class fir 'were cut and piled by the
sidetrack at that station. The price of thlft
wood , loaded on flat cars , Is $1.40 per cord.
This stock of fuel la now shipped to Port
land.
Tommy Conger , killed on Pine rcek. In
Grant county , recently a monster gray eagle ,
positively one of the largest over captured
In that county. Its wings measured eight
feet two inches from tip to tip. The bird
was largo enough to carry a child. Its claws
measuring eight Inches from tip to tip , ono
of Us spurs being three and one-fourth
Inches In length.
Bowman & Warner , the loggers who are
at work about four miles below Corvnllls ,
have accumulated between 300,000 and 400-
000 feet of balm nnd white fir logs. They
have been anxiously awaiting a sufficient
rise In the Willamette in order that they
may raft thorn to Oregon Oily. A ths
river has been there wcr some riffles that
a boat could not nufoly take the raft over.
WASHING TON.
Patrick Ljons sold 30,000 bushels ot client
In Walla Walla recently , receiving 75 cents
n bushel ,
Though not n natlvo product , walnuts
nnd butternuts nre being successfully grown
In Whntcom county.
Douglas county , In central Washington ,
has nn nrcn of 5,200 square mlloi , greater
than that of the state of Connecticut
The farmers ot Klttltas county will put
In more grain this ycnr than they luvo
planted since 1SS9 , because of their suc
cess last year.
The saw mill nt Port Ludlow will bo
started up soon. The mill has been Idle
five years , nnd the chance thnt It will soon
begin to cut Is cheering news tor Port
Townsend.
J. It. Klneth , the Ortlng gencr.il mer
chant. Is reported to hnvo discovered n de
posit of pure sulphur In the C'ascndes , Im
mediately adjacent to the Northern Pa
cific railroad.
Old settlers me responsible for tin1 sol
emn warning that the Olympla ojstcr beds
will be exhausted In a short term ot ycnls ,
unless the oysters nro given more tlmo to
reproduce themselves.
A Michigan lumber firm has n repicscnU-
tlvo nnmcd Cox nt White Salmon who Is
getting out black plno timber for shipment
to Scotland. Mr. Cox will raft the timbers
as tnr ns Knlama , where the logs will be
sawed for shipment to Scotland ,
Notwithstanding the fact that several log
ging cnmp * arc In operation ! wlth'ln a radius
ot ten miles of Hucoda , timber Is not plenti
ful , sas the Olympian. Several claims h.-uo
been logged the M-coml time , and now Mars-
bach Bros , nro building a rnmp on the Shields
donation claim , nbout n tnllo from town , nnd
wilt log a portion of It again ,
Clrlct Enoch ot the Spokane Indians has
filed suit against the Northern Pacific tor
title to 120 acres ot land In the heart of the
city ot Spokane , valued nt $2.000,000. Ho
ceded this land to the company twelve years
ago for $2,000 and a now lumic.stead , but this
last promise was never carried out , Enoch
being evicted by the company and the laud
sold.
sold.An
An epidemic of the grip , so called , has
raged over central Wasnlngton for tovcral
weclM and n well person has boon nn excep
tion. The dense fogs that have hung over
the valleys have made the present winter
the most disagreeable on record , nnd the
bad health ot the people 'Is no doubt at
tributable to their prevalence , says the Hl-
lensburg Capital.
News of what may bt ! the richest dis
covery ot copper ever made was brought to
Spoknne by Paul Gaston , u'wcll knowu min
ing man. Samples of the ore taken from the
ledge assayed ns high as 90 per cent cop
per and $1G In gold. Some of the samples
nro pure natlvo copper. Every piece of rook
wns fairly seamed with the natlvo metal.
Gaston says the ledge from which the
samples were taken uins from twelve to
forty feet In width and ts well dolluod tor
so\ernl miles. It lies -in an entirely nt > w
mineral district and Is located on the Cana
dian boundary line north of Okunogau
county , Washington. The ledge extends ou
both eldcs of the boundary line.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A few rich specimens of quarlz have re
cently been picked up between Hyduvlllo
nnd Brldgevlllo , In Humboldt county , Call'
fornla.
The Hydrovllle. creamery In Humboldt
county , California , received nbout 1,500,000
pounds ot milk during the year 1831) ) . This
was nn Increnso over the previous year of
over 300,000 pounds.
It Is estimated that 20,000 ncres of Innd ,
which Includes the tulo. basin and about
8,500 acres of land sowed to grain , are com
pletely Aubme.rtT.ci1 in the vicinity ot Duu-
nlgan , Yolo county , Cal.
At Comox , B. C. , the coal companies are
adding to their coking ovens , and Increas
ing their capacity to supply the demands
ot the Trail Creek and Nelson emeltern ,
Brlt'ah ' Columbia coke- will in time take the
place of foreign material.
The itrlke on the Anaconda railroad lies
been declared off. The men say that they
were misinformed ns to the facts or they
would not have voted to strike. About
forty men lost their positions , which wcro
quickly filled.
Many people are leaving Randsburg for
thn Panamlnt country , about flfty miles
northeast. Ono day recently two twclve-
anlmal teams left Randsburg with supplies
for Pnnamlnt. It Is claimed that the P.ina-
mint ledges are more permanent and of
better grndo than at Randsburg.
Sonoma county cellars are almost emptied
of last year's vintage. What remains la
nearly all sold for deferred shipments. F.
Guldottl sent two carloads to Michigan the
other day over the Southern Pacific and the
Fountain Grove Vineyard company shipped
three carloads to Now York the same day.
Leo Kaufman iccently returned to
Olympla from Alaska. Ho will make a
tour of Washington , Idaho , Oregon nnd Cal
ifornia to interest politicians , business men
and commerlcal bodies In the proposition of
aiding Alaska In securing the recognition of
congress to the extent of according her a
delegate In congress.
The overland shipments from San Jose
for the week ending January 30 were un
expectedly large , and were over 500,000
pounds above that of last y or. The prin
cipal Items were : Wine , 380,570 pounds ;
dried prunes , 209,8.10 pounds ; canned goods ,
S2)00 ! ) pounds ; nsphaltum , 100 CGO pounds ;
making a total of 937,500 pounds.
Surveyors will bo in the field within ten
days , says the Tonipe , Ariz , , News , to es
tablish a complete and final survey of the
extension to Glebe of the Salt River Val
ley railroad. The completion of this road
Is an assured fnct within the present year ,
and commercially means a great deal to
the farming community of the south .side.
Contact Is a now copper camp , situated
fifty miles northeast of Humboldt Wclln , In
Elko county , Nov. There nro nearly 200 lo
cations In the camp , nil bearing copper ,
silver and gold , tbo veins varying In sl/o
from six Inches up to fifteen feet In width.
Some locations have h'hafts as deep as 120
feet showing that the ores go down , A
thirty-ton smelter recently mndo a trial run
nnd the/ bullion went 91 per cent.
The Golden AJax mine Is one of the won
ders to bo seen on Old Daldy , at Elizabeth-
town , N. M , Technically speaking , It Is not
a mlno at all , but a gold rock quarry. The
ere Is free milling black schist , and runs $22
to the ton. Dug man , with necessary ap
pliances , can quarry out ten tons a day of
this ere sufficient to run the xtnmp mill
plant on the property. The owners exhib
ited some nice gold bricks in Elizabeth-
town a few days ngo , the product of a
two weeks' run at a clear not pro lit of $200
a day ,
AVIIIIiiK < < > U" fti-ni-miiM ,
Chicago Post : The brunette felt that
somehow the proprieties bail been violated ,
"Do you think It was exactly good of
you , " shu asked , "to klaa your brother before -
fore mo ? "
The blonde looked surprised ,
"If you vantoil to kluH him llrst , " she
said , 'toliy didn't you say no ? U would not
Imve made nny difference to me , und I
know ho never would have objected , "
It's been n hard woojt on
Drex I * . Hhoornan Bocma
aa though everybody
wanted ono or more pairs
of those bargain broken
lota wo'vo been Belling at
a sure enough clcarliiK
sale price tlieVo are a t
few moro left and If you
can find your size you'll
bo saving more than half
the prlco they're our
regular Block Just odds
nnd ends at cut prlcea \
wo've got lota of pthcr
ebsca ,
m
DrexeJ
Shoe Co. ,
FAHNAM ST ,