THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MQSSDAY , FEBRUARY 22 , 1807.
publlohcrfl of the atatc , and they could hardly
eucce'd In remembering n single publisher
who had become a millionaire and capitalist
br making newspaper charges , legal rate *
and all.
Pierce Call : The legislature Is talking of
passing a law compelling every school teacher
to loach music In the school rooms. What
Is the matter of making the county super
r intendent eligible on the condition that lie
pasrts a rigid examination In music. What
the legislature should do Is to raise to a
eUndard of learning the nfllcc of county
superintendent , Make It no high that polit
ical blood suckers , who haven't the brains
to run any other county ofllce , can't step Into
tills Important one.
Tcctimseh Chieftain : A bill Is before the
legislature which , If It becomes a law , will
require nil district school teachers to teach
vocal music. Music Is all right In the
schools , but were all teachers compelled to
teach It much of the best talent In the state
would be driven from the profession. Many
teachers can't sing and could not learn the
art worn thsy to study ever so long. The
bill ought to bo defeated , and probably will
be. A measure Just about as sensible would
be a law compelling all teachers to look
handsome.
Randolph Times : A bill Is now before
the legislature which purports cutting down
the salaries of county officers about CO per
cent. A light salary would probably dls-
pcnso with the usual unhealthy scramble for
county olTlccs , and might ease the con
sciences ! of the popocrats who do not under
stand politics , and that Is evidently the aim
nnd object of the bill. It might bo a good
plan to Include the salaries of the legisla
tors In this thunderstroke of economy. Ar
amendment to that effect , however , would
kill the bill deader than the ' 00 boom of
William dc Jay.
Papllllon Times ! Senator Schaal Is the
father of a bill to authorize county boards
to appropriate money to make county dls-
playrt at the Transmtfals.ilppl Exposition.
It 1s a teed ; scheme. The only benefit Ne
braska ran derive from the exposition Is
advertising. Wo need more people In Ne
braska , and doubtless the exposition will
bring us many now settlers. Those counties
attracting the most favorable notice by their
displays of products may leasonahly antici
pate the most profit by way of eastern pur
chasers for tholr lands. In case Senator
Schaal's bill shall become a law 'Sarpy
county will mnko a display at the exposition
In kosplrig with hur reputation In that line ,
which iwans that wo will capture all the
premiums In Eight.
Hastings Tribune : If the legislators at
Lincoln make a cut In the printers' fees
without reducing their own salaries accordIngly -
Ingly they ought to receive the everlasting
damnation of nvory editor and printer In the
Htato. AH a rule the nowopapcr men are the
moot generous class of fcllo-.va to be found
They work night and day for the clars oi
men who knlfo them Just aa soon as thej
nro .In a position to do thu newspaper man a
B--Od or evil turn a they see fit. If there legls.
lators will cut their own aatarlcs and every
thing else In accordance with the pron.sui ]
cut on the printing fees , wo will say "amen. '
Hut If they fall to do this then every editor
In the stati > should Join hands regardless ol
politics and bring these legislators to time.
Grand Island Independent : There Is no
question at all but every county In the state
can got an ofllcor cheaper than the ones
occupying the present positions Just as
nandcd tugar or watered milk Is cheapei
from the grocer and farmer If you are un
willing to pay a living price for the genuine
article. Every responsible position , If the
law which the present legislature proposes
enacting goes on the statute , will be flllci
by a nondescript , who- has no nualllicatlons
whatever for such olllcces of trust , and the
peopln will be the losers thereby. There
arc very few county officer * getting too
much salary for the duties and1 responsibili
ties Involved. The beat .men . are always the
cheapest when It comes to public service nnd
Hall county has had sufficient experience 'n
this line that Its representatives at Llncnlt
will not bo Justified In supporting the 'bll '
to reduce the salaries of good county offi
clals.
Schuylor Sun : Among other notable bills
Introduced In the house Is ono providing for
pure beer. Now , this is a good thing , and
wo are glad to see this move made In the
right direction. If there IH anything the pool
suffering humanity of this state needs It is
pure liner. If this bill passes those who rusl
the "growler" will know that they are bring
ing back with them the genuine article , and
If not they will have a list of the adultcra-
( Ions h mt tied them. "It might be a good thing
If the saloon keepers would have these adul
terations printed on a little slip , then as the
old soak blows the foam he can caauallj
Blanco down the list and tell whether or not
ho wants to drink it. Or as he swlpos his
face on the towel and abscnt-mlmledly takes
. a pretzel ho can scan the list and it there is
anything there which has been proscribed
ho can have the saloon keeper pulled. Yes ,
give us the pure beer bill , and all your other
sins are forgiven you.
Sownrd Hcportcr : The legislature seems
to have a special grudge against newspaper
men , and numerous bills have been Intro
duced to cut the rates of legal advertising ,
whether any of these measures will pass or
not la yet to bo seen. As the proposed
reductions would affect populist publishers
as well as others , a strong protest may be
expected to como from the newspapers of that
faith. They have done tholr full share In
working up their party to Its present posi
tion , and are not likely to view with un-
mlxod pleasure the attempt to cut down rates
of printing , especially when their papers are
now getting the 'bulk of the public printing
of the entire state. Another proposed meas
ure , and one that eeems moro likely to suc
ceed , Is to repeal that part of the legal
newspaper law which provides that a legal
paper must have been published for fifty-two
consecutive weeks. Some newspaper men ,
who arc continually on the move , want the
law so adjusted as to enable them to Issue
a legal paper on a day's inotlco , and enter
Into competition with those that have been
long ostabKshod. The established papers
do not care enough about the matter to fight
the bill , but KG manifest Injustice ought to
"bo " apparent to all.
STAT12 "S AMI I3X-OI < T1CMI.S.
. Fremont Tribune : Jf ex-Treasurer Hartley
can furnlth as much money as ho can per
sonal nsauranco lie- will have no trouble In
turning over to the state all the moneys
duo it. Wo trust that. In the Interest of
the public and the republican party , ho will
quit his bluff and produce the stuff.
dram ! Island Independent : If ex-Treasurer
Dartloy and ex-Stalo Auditor Eugene- Moore
are found to bo guilty of iho grave charges
presented In recent dispatches no lion-
est republican will regret that the gang that
Infested the auditor's and state treasurer's
offices at the stain capital before- election
lias been kicked out.
Kearney Hub : No republican newspaper
should palliate or excuse any official mis
doing of the lat ? state auditor. Eugene
Moore. Ho stands before the law Just aa any
official , past or preoont , should aland. If
ho Is short In hla accounts with the state
ho should ho compelled to malio ovcry cent
good or stand thu consequences. The strict
est accountability should bo required of uvery
official ,
Wlsner Chronicle : Ex-Auditor Eugene
Moore \\M \ been the subject of much pralso
for the model manner In which ho dis
charged the dutlca of his office , but It now
transpires that ho has nnt turned over to
thy state it largo sum of money received as
fees from Insurance companies and docs not
seem to bo prepared to make prompt set
tlement. It 'is discouraging to witness the
breaking of ono's nicwt cherished Idols.
Schuylcr Quill : Eugene Moore , ox-nudltor
of Nebraska , was supprweil to ho the whitest
and stralghteat republican in the utato house
and oven ho hau turned out bad and has
stolen $23,000 of the stale's money. The
Quill always looked upon Eugene Moore as
a Ilttlo above the average state house re
publican , but It seems that h Is right In
Hue. Last fall at the close of hla four years
In the auditor's olflco ho wanted to bo gov
ernor , but failed to bo nominated. It was
well ho failed , Ho should now bo placed be-
.hind the bars for his rascalUy In ofllco.
Dodge Criterion ; For some tlmo the re
* * port nun been.current that 'dono Moore ox-
auditor of state , had not completed final
settlement with tha stale by turning over
certain and sundry fees collected through
the uiodlum of hU olllce. The newspapers
cay that ( hero Is still due the state about
$25,000 and that Mr , Moare Is not able to
produce It. The latter eays that ho has a
third Interest In a gold mine out In Colorado
rado , which , yields a profit of $1,500 per
monHi. and uo offers to turn over his oharo
of $500 $ a month until the debt It liquidated.
The stale demands Immediate paymtnt and
there Is probability of trouble. The Criterion.
i well aa republicans generally , had pinned
Us faith on 'Gone Moore as tbe one retiring
onv-lal at least who would go out of office
wiih clean fklrts and we are loth to bcllevo
that theic was any Intent at wrong on his
part ami wo sincerely hopn for a speedy and
satisfactory adjustment of the affair ,
Stromsburg News : Kx-Audltor Moore still
owed the slate something llko $25.000. A
man who has Indulged In tx > much red tapa
and was always hirplng about economy ,
etc. , should be able to settle with the state
at the very moment his tsrni expires. A re
tiring ofllcer who can not show up the true
condition of his a flairs In behalf of the state ,
l.i not the kind of a man that the people
want.
Norfolk News : A bolt of lightning from
a clear sky. which had struck and killed one
of our most prominent citizens , would nol
have caused moro of a fooling of regret In
Norfolk than has the distressing news from
Lincoln this week. As yet , and In the face
of published reports , ' many of his staunch
Norfolk friends refuse to believe that Kugene
Moore , In whom the utmost trust and con
fidence have always been placed , hag Involved
hlniH'lf In such a manner that ho cannot bo
extricated and his fair name left untarnished
before the world. There must be some mis
take , these re-ports must bo a horrible night
mare and the awakening will set everything
right. For the sake of his family and per
sonal friends , for the sake of the republican
party , let us not pass judgment hastily upon
Kugene Moore , but await full developments
In the hcpo that hu may bo able to clear his
reputation of the blot which Is now charged
against It ,
Norfolk Journal : It Is llko referring to
wrongdoing In ono's own family for the
Journal to say anything about Eugene
Moore's defalcation as etato auditor. If this
paper had been asked to point out ono man
who would go out of n state olfico with clean
hands and a clean record Eugene Moore
would have been the man pointed out ever )
time. Hut little of the Inside history of
the matter-has been learned but It la evi
dent that Jlr. Moore l < t short about $ " 5,00 (
of Insurance fees collected nnd not accounted
for. Just what settlement will bo made can
not at this writing bs predicted , but It Is
likely that criminal proceedings will be in
stituted unless the money Is secured niii
turned over to the Dtato In a very shorl
lime. Mr. Moore's friends here , and thai
moans the whole community , hope that ho
will make good the loss without evasion or
sacking to hldo behind any technicality In
the law. That Is the least IIP can do to
undo the wrong he has done not only to the
state , hut to the friends who have trusted
In him as well.
Grand Island Independent : Should ex-
Auditor Moora and ex-Treasurer 'Hartley ,
who are now under charges of the most
reckless management of public funds and
oven of the appropriation of portions to prl-
vale use , not be able to fully vindicate them-
uMves , they well deserve the most rigid
prosecution. They will have committed a
most serious crlmo not only against all of
the people whom they were elected to servo
and not to llecce but also against their party ,
which they should have honored and not
bptrayed. For the latter they cannot b ?
punished. For the former there are laws
and there should bo no monkey business In
applying them , when It has once been as
certained that these men are In default. The
suggestion urged by some of the moro con
servative populists to give the ex-ofllclnls
time , tliey promising that If tlmo were given
they could meet all righteous demands , maybe
bo the wiser course. Should they then not
be able to turn over the funds through
willful neglect or fraudulent misappropria
tion let them meet the punishment which
the law provides and they deserve.
Fremont Tribune : The Tribune's Lincoln
correspondence a few days ago gave the de
tails of ex-Auditor Moore's financial and of
ficial embarrassment. This Information was
a surprise to the cx-audltor's many friends
In tlvls section of the state , who were loth
to bcllevo he could ba In default. * *
lie Is now reported as confirming the sus
picion that ho wrongfully used the state's
money by Investing It in a Colorado mine ,
whence he has diverted $23,000 of the money
belonging to the people of Nebraska.
Moore Is reported to bo able to pay the state
$500 a month out of the earnings of the mine
In which ho has invested the people's money.
At this rate it would taku nearly four years
for him to make a settlement. It his mine
Is paying mich a profit he will find no trouble
In borrowing funds on It sufficient to square
himself with the state. And If it bo that
remunerative his bondsmen can pay what ho
OWOH mid tuko tbo Income or the mine. Hut
In all probability the mine Is paying no such
profit , The bondsmen will be invited to
pay anyhow , tha mine cutting no figure In
the case. The Tribuim confesses to a griev
ous disappointment in Moore's official con
duct. It gave him hearty and cheerful sup
port through all his term of office. Ho was
a faithful and upright officer until ho was
tempted with speculation in Colorado mines.
Then ho fell. The disgrace Is keenly felt by
his friends.
IO.MiSTIO IDYM3S.
Chicago Record : "Why doesn't Julia care
to waltz ? "
"She says she can make a man's head go
round without so much tiresome exertion. "
Indianapolis Journal : "I hear that you
are a widow , " said the one who had been
abroad.
"Yes. Just at present , " said the ono In
black.
Judge : Sir. Gotroks What ! you tell me
you nro going to marry Alpy Van Chum-
plolgh ? Uo hasn't .said a word to-Jiie about
It.
Ethel Gotroks Of course not ; ho doesn't
know It himself , yet !
ruck : First Georgia Cracker Hello , Kphl
IH youah dnglitcr married t' Si Slopoke ylt ?
Second Gi-orgla Cracker Naw ; but she
will be jes' soon 'a I kin raise money
'nougli tf buy a gun.
Philadelphia Record : "When do wife hoi's
do reins , " Kays Itrother Watklrts , "sho often
drives her husban' to drink. "
Detroit Free Press : She Do you think
1 would marry a man who has no money ?
Ho Well , I didn't know but you -wanted
to gut married.
Philadelphia North American : Mr. Du-
Uane That man yonder Booms very pensive.
Do you suppose he is In love ? Mr. Gaswull
O. no ; Umt'n Impossible. I know him very
well. He's married.
Indianapolis Journal : "George describes
the girl ho Irt engaged to as a perfect
vision , "
"yes. And his sister ays she Is a sight. "
Cleveland header : "Yes , nlr , I know ono
woman who can keep a secrot. "
"I'lease explain. "
"My wife and I have been married for ten
year.s now , nnd she has never yet consented
to tell me how It in that Hho la always In
need of money. "
llrooklyn Llfo : Trlvvet Did you henr of
tbo dreadful revenge Frothlnghnm look on
MHS | Dlmllng when she refused his pro
posal ? Dloor Wlmt was It ? Trlvvet He
proposed to her mother , an Mrs. Dlmllng
' , MI a widow , nnd now ho won't lot a man
como to HCO Ma Hlepdtiushter. .
UNFORESEEN.
Inillanapolla Journul.
I wrote to her , to tell her of the Miss
That would bo mine , could I once Man
Her rctl-rlpo lips again , and nil Unit sort of
gush ,
That loven * write when to 11 state of mush
Their hearts have been reduced by Cupid's
power.
Oh , little dreamed I of the distant day
When all those words of love's impassioned
fury
Would bo In court nnd marked "exhibit A , "
And read- before n breaeh-of-promlse jury.
A \i\V VKIIHIO.V OK AX OII ) STOUY.
. I
Written for Tlie Omaha Bee.
George JViiHhliiRtoii was n model bo ;
If what they say Is true
Ho never lied or wworo or tnnokcd ,
And never look u chew.
But history sometimes falls to give
Our hero's brightest nets ,
Tlioucn wo cannot but frankly say
That history gives us facts.
So Oeorgo'w father n hatchet bought.
To rut the winter's fuel
And showul "Our George" cue day , 'Us snU.
Just how to use the tool-
So Geonra was sent Into Iho wood ,
Hut straight to the orchard llul ,
Not to nut the winter's fuel
Hut his futhur'a "cherry" Instead
And his father catching him In the act.
No other courn would do
Rut tell the truth , 'twas the easier done.
Than lylnu , hu too wt.ll Knew ,
And Gcorgo'a father took hlu hutchet away
With a true parental sigh
To cut the winter's wood mat year ,
And George winked the other eyu.
J. CL.13VB SCOTT ,
Central City , Nob. .
Pulse of Western Progress.
"I would advlso all stockmen at present
engaged In the business In Colorado to etay
In that business , for It Is going to bo a
money maker , " said J. U Harris of the
Union Stock Yards and Transfer company ,
Chicago , the other day , according to the
Denver News. "Today Colorado-fed year
lings and 2-year-olds and her sheep and
lambs are bringing the best prices. Espe
cially U this so of aheep ; they arc being solil
at the top notch. You have hero a most
excellent breeding country. Let your cattle
men raise 1 and 2-year-olds and they can
get today $13 to $16 a bead. This Is a bet
ter price than they will get , proportionately ,
If they keep them till 3 or 4 years old , be
cause your state U not the best for matur
ing. It were better for the stockmen to sell
the young cattle to the -Montana man. Ho
will make much better beef. Your sheep ,
however , could not bo Improved on.ou
have 200.000 lambs on feed In the slate now.
"The cattle and sheep Industry rouml
about La Jara Is In splendid condition nnd
u profitable business this year. " said W. A.
Ilraldcn. a sheep raiser of La Jara , Just back
from Chicago. "Although the range was
short last year , yet I shipped 30,000 head to
Larimer county and there they were fat
tened to a condition HIM brought an excel
lent price. This winter we nro feeding a
great deal , because of the heavy snow , which
In some places 1s four to five feet deep. This
betokens a fine range In the spring and sum
mer and we are consequently happy. The cat
tle Industry Is not as extensive as the sheep
down our way , although we shipped north
some 2,000 head this season , llecause of the
old grudge between cattle and sheep men
while on the range Iould not bo sur
prised to hear of a rupture when both get
out. In a few months. "
LUCKY "HAPPY JACK. "
The citizens of Pearl. Idaho , are greatly excited -
cited over the richest free gold discover )
over inido In the district , says the Iloiso
Statesman. J. Coster , Charles Lockerman
William Conner ? and Jeff Shelton are the
lucky owners of the big find , which Is on
the Pearl quartz claim , one of the oldest
locations In the camp , situated above the
' in the lowe-
Richmond brothers' mill , right
end of the town of Pearl , which was named
after this claim. J. S. KeUay and George
Wills have a'lease upon the claim and nro
sinking a shaft In the ledge In fair ore. J.
Coster , one of the ownera , better known
as Happy Jack , refused to lease the claim un
less Kelsay and Wills would permit him
and his son to take out a grub stake some-
w.iero on the claim. This they agreed to.
Happy Jack and his son K ° t ready to work
out the grub stake and started to work about
150 feet west of whore Kelsay and Wills
are -sinking , nnd In from two to six Inches
under the surface struek ore In which the
gold could bo seen in large quantities pasted
all over It. Some of the ore was panned in
the presence of a number of people and the
lowest test made was placed at $2.50 per pun ,
some pannlngs going as high as from | 3 to
$7. The strike is considered by all to be
ahead of the Checkmate's big strike. Thu
owners began stripping the ledge , and as
imny men as could work on the cut were
thrtwlng dirt. The gold Is very coarse , the
greater portion looking like halt of a wheat
l)3rry. The Intention of Happy Jack Is to
mill the ore at once. The size of the pay
streak Is from two to twelve Inches at tue
depth so far uncovered.
GOLD HILL REGION.
The Gold Hill mining district , In the Cas
cade range , only a few miles east and south
of Huckley , has been attracting a good deal
of attention In Tacoma recently , nnd the ef
fort that is being made to complete a wagon
road from Ducklcy to the district has en
listed the support of almost the entire city ,
says the Tacoma Ledger.
Speaking of this district George M. Drown ,
who has been prospecting and mining in the
district for the last ten years , said : "Dob
Fife and I flrst went Into the district In
1SS7 and worked Glbb's placer ground at
the foot of Gold Hill on Morse creek ; we
worked only two days and then split up.
but in these two days wo cleaned up $125.
In ) 1S87 wo made the first location of quartz
and organized the district. Our first dls-
covery was made on Gold Hill , and is now-
known as the Comstock mine , and has a
seventy-foot tunnel displaying a free milling
ledge eight feet wldo that assays $33MO to
the ton. The Donanza on the south was
next located and development work has been
commenced , a tunnel has been started and
is in about twenty feet. The ore runs from
$ C5 to $75 a ton. The next location was
made on the north and was called the
Emma. Ore from this mine , on which de
velopment work has only Just been started ,
runs $1-10 to the ton , and Is easily mined.
To the east ofthe Comstock Is the Loratta ,
with a twelve-foot tunnel , a'nd several cross
cuts , and an assay of $ CO. The Doston
mine , owned by the Summit company. Is
still further cast , and lias an open cut of
twelve feet , the ere from which assays $2C5
and is growing richer as the cut progresses.
Then there is the Dluc Dell , with an open
cut started and an assay of $150 , and the
Crown Point , which runs $6C. These mines
are nil located In Yaklma county on the cast
side of the mountain , but not far from the
summit. On the Plerco county side are the
IIoaf and Eva , on Which some development
work has been done. The ore runs $110 a
ton , and Is mostly free milling , but would
pay better smcllcd. The Dlue Grouse and
Shurethlng leads have a fifteen-foot shaft
and two open cuts , and an assay of $8.1.40.
Last year the Summit company spent over
$2,000 In developing 'their properties ami
this year the people of Yaklma are building
a road to the mines , despite the fact that
the largest and best of the mines belong to
Pierce county people , and the camp lira
evenly midway between Yaklma and Ta
coma. Taroma has the advantage of a rail
route to Duckloy , making It the most prom
ising point for commercial relations with
the district. Wo are now trying to get
the Tacpina people to support us In the
building of our road from Duckley to the
mines , twenty-one miles of which has al
ready been completed. All wo want U help
to get the road through , and If that Is done
wo will open up to Tacoma the best mining
district In western Washington. "
CROW'S NEST PASS RAILWAY.
The Information comes from Vancouver
that the Crow's Nest P ss railway Is to bo
built , and at once , by capitalists not connected -
noctod with Iho Canadian Pacific , says a
Seattle dispatch to the Minneapolis Journal.
McLean brothers of Vancouver , promoters of
the Victoria , Vancouver & Eastern , are now
In Victoria and are to apply to the provin
cial parliament for a charter for a mail
from Victoria cast that -I'lll enter the min
ing districts , The Canadian government U
not disposed at present to grant the Cana
dian Pacific a charter for ruch a line. The
scheme Is for a ferry from Nanalmo to Van
couver , and from that city through the Hope
mountains to Rossland and Nelson , and then
cast through the much-discussed Crow's Nest
pass to Lethbrldgo , The part of the information
mation that refers to the route through the
Hope mountains stales that the line chosen
Is onu that was condemned , by the Canadian
Pacific engineers as Imprncllcablo. It Is the
Intention to run a line north from Nelson to
Kaslo , on Kootenay laKu , and take care of
that section. The McLean Dros , say they
have no end of English capital waiting to
find investment , and the charter Is all that
Is necessary to bring about the work. Such
a line Is likely to cost not far from $50,000
n in He1. No matter who builds the road thu
purpose of building It will bring about what
Iho people of eastern Canada want and which
Minister lllalr referred to when hero as the
restoration of the Kootenay country to Can
ada. Nelson , which Is one of the objective
points of iho Victoria , Vancouver & Eastern.
Is anibltloui to become a railroad center up
lu the mining region , and besides the appll-
cation to Parliament by the McLeans , an
other will also be Introduced for the con
struction of a railroad from He'lllngton , near
the International boundary line , to Nelson ,
with powers to coiibtiuct and maintain
branch lines. Hcdllngton U In the Kootenay
valley , about ten miles from the mouth of
the river , seventy mile * from Nelson and
thlr.ty-threa miles from Ilouner's Ferry ,
Idaho , on the main line of the Great Nortru-
urn. U has been stated before that the Great
Northern had In contemplation a branch
line from gome point In the Kootenay coun
try. Should the road from Hedllngton to
Nelson b constructed Ua \ improbable that
iho missing llijk of thirty-three miles from
Ilonuer'g Ferry to DedJIngton will long re-1
main without railroad 'facilities , These who
are In a position to talk with certainty say
that the Kaslo & Slocan was built with tbe
assistance- the Great Northern , Engineers
of that company hnvo been engaged for sev
eral months past surveying along the upper
Kootenay river , and'tire now In the vicinity
of Hedllngton. <
UANDSDURQ'S' . htCllESf STRIKE.
The most Intense excitement yet created
by a discovery In that camp of marvels
Randsburg has followed a little desultory
Investigation by one of the owners of the
Monkey Wrench mines , which developed
ere capable of producing $8.000 of gold to
the ton. On the day of the strike the mine
was vls'tcd ' by over BOO people , says a Los
Angeles dispatch to the San Francisco Call ,
all anxious to get a specimen of the rock ,
which the generous owner permitted each
ono to take away with him. The discov
ery was made on a location filed upon a
year ago by Orcn Osborno , J , L , Osborno
and Louis Maynard. They believed It a
good claim , but had not done much work
on It , nor had they ever found much float
on Us surface. The Osborno boys were In
the office of James P. McCarthy nt Rands-
burg and were about negotiating a bond
on the J. I. C. . Ills Wedge and Monkey
Wrench properties. The principal value
was believed to attach to the former two ,
nnd the Monkey Wrench was simply thrown
In to complole Iho group. While waiting
for the papers to bo made out , J. L. Osbornc
took a stroll across to the mines , which are
on the hill north of the town. In going up
the hill he found a piece of rock weighing
perhaps two pounds , with gold visible all
over It. Ho then traced up the hill some
300 feet and found the ledge almost on
top of the ridge and facing Oarlock and the
valley below. The vein shows only about
four Inches on the surface , but widens to
double- that width at a depth of three feet ,
which Is the greatest depth attained. The
ere Is fabulously rich and shows very coarse
gold the coarsest , In fact , of any yet found
In the camp. A bond for fifteen days was
given on these properties some tlmo ago ,
and they were reported sold by Attorney
Shlnn. but the sale was never consummated.
At the time of this atrlko John Crawford
hold a written agreement to soil them at a
stipulated price , but ho generously released
the owners from the agreement. Crawford
did , however , buy Louis Mnyn.ird's one-
fourth Interest in the Monkey Wrench and
lg Wedge for $1.000 on the evening of the
day on which the strik ? was made. These
mines and their contlpuity to the rich Good
Hope , Wedge and Diitto mines , now being
worked , constitute them ono of the most
valuable groups on t'li ; Rand.
IMUTISH COLUMHIA MINES.
Maps of the Kootenal district , recently
Issued by the chamber of mines for Hrit-
Ish Columbia , nro spread out In a number of
mining offices and quite a number of experts
nnd miners will soon go north and spy out
the land , says the llutto Minor. Montana
Is also showing considerable Interest In the
new territory , where' the Center Star mine
Is owned by Hutto capitalists. An exten
sion of the Start , called' the Lo Rol , Is re
ported sold lo a Hrltish syndicate for ? 4-
000,000. Nearly every man Interested In
Trail Creek mining1 property has talked of
that country as tlie greatest mining dis
trict In the world , but there ore others who
talk differently. F. August Helnze. one of
the leading spirits' In the development of
the Kootenal district , and best known
through his connection with the Trail smel
ter , Is In eastern Canada hobnobbing with
high government ollici.ils. He does not
speak of British Columbia In the glowing
terms that most visitors from that section
IIPB when In eastern Canada , and his re
luctance to boom .things has caused the
Toronto World to groiv suspicious and won
der "what Is Helnzb'a game ? " Contrary to
most mining" men , Mr. Heinzo' says that
Rossland"wlll do well Iff In two years time ,
It can boast of asu'many as ton' ' dividend-
paying mines. " Asked if-he''did 'not think
such a vle.w was-'rather perslmlstic , Mr.
Helnze roplTod ? "No. I think I am speak
ing optimistically. ' I speak from experience
gained In buildingup great enterprises ,
employing thousands of men In Idaho , Mon
tana. Washington and 'British ' Columbia *
and I think that ten dividend-paying mlnea
In Rossland In two years U a fair estimate. "
Mr. Helnze also stated that he saw no
prospect of any now smelters being put up.
The Nelson smelter had to shut down from
time to time for lack of work , and his own
nmelter at Trail was not handling ore up to
Its full capacity. He added that much , of the
Slocan ere was going to the American smel
ters becausa the United States Import duty
on lead bullion 'was heavier than that on
the ore , a premium being thus put upon the
treatment of ores on the American side of
the line. Ho advocates as a remedy the Im
position by the Dominion government of a
heavy export duty on galena oroj.
MEXICAN COPPER FIELDS.
The completion of-two new railroads In
Mexico , which began construction recently ,
will undoubtedly affect the copper market of
the world. The Mexican National has fin
ished Its preliminary surveys , and bc-gun the
location of a branch from P.itzcuar to Orua-
can , on the Pfclfic-alopo , says a Guadalajara
( Mexico ) special to the San Francisco Chron
icle. ThU road will bo completed by Jan
uary of next year , and will afford an outlet
for what Is probably the most wonderful cop
per region of the world. The mountains of
the Patzcuar district are seemingly Impreg
nated with copper tl it forms a low-grade ore
in enormous quantities. .It is easily reduced ,
and with railroad facilities It can bo thrown
on the market In Immense tonnage. In
addition to opening these copper fields , the
now road will also .afford a partial outlet for
some of the richest gold mines In the repub
lic. These mines nro so rich that notwith
standing the fact that the ore is carried
200 .miles . on the backs of men , they p.iy
largo dividends. The second road , con
struction of which has already bosun. Is a
Ilu3 from Saltlllo , on the Mexican National ,
to Mazapll. The copper mines of Ihe Maza-
pll district are no rich that their owners , with
William Purcell. the wealthy banker , at their
lioad , have decided to build a railroad seventy
miles to give free access to Iho market. The
road will probably eventually become a
branch of the National. Small Investors In
tlio United States should be warned against
Mexican silver mining ventures which promise
large returns from small Investments. Sil
ver mining properties In Jalisco , Collma and
Topic are being abandoned and thrown on the
market at very low figures because nearly all
foreign capital Invented In silver mines In
Mexico Is being transferred to gold properties.
A. number of American speculators have
bonded these , iulneji.aidi'wil | stock them for
many millions of Italian , b.-iblng the value
an what the mines have produced In the
[ last. Circulars will , ho'Issued ' showing the
idvantago of owninfr'sharcs ' In a silver mlna
In a country that Isioii'a ' silver basis , and the
shares will bo sold ahi fluuro that will make
Ihom very attractive ' The properties have
had a good output , hut1 depression of gll-
rnr , together with tho. difficulties which hedge
about mining In McxJcd , make them very 1111-
Icslrablo In vestments-anil the shares will bo
ralueleea.
R.ICH CLONDVKE MINES.
"The news of the prospects on tbo Clon-
lyko began to comorln' from the diggings In
L > ctober , " writes a niiiidn from DawEon City ,
U the mouth of the Clopilyko river , Alaska , to
Ihe Tanoma Ledgers I'Hirst ono 'man ' 'got It
; ood. ' then another . -Then No. 21. above
the discovery , found'Sdpiln ' a pan , and later
Clarence Hcrry , om 'lEUlorado , got $ C3.f > 0.
Twenty and thirty -pansihave been tried In
3110 shaft , ard the average has been as high
13 $3 to the pan. Claims In the locality of
these which have shown a rich prospect can
not he bought for any-small amount of each.
An offer of $8.000 was refused for an unpros-
; > ccted claim located among the 'good ones. '
There will be plenty of work for everybody
For a couple of years , both winter and sumner -
ner , at least this la my opinion. The wagei
uo now nominally $1 an hour , but men are
offering $1.25 an hour , and even moro , and
: annot hire help at that. The wages next
summer will be $10 a day and a good many
Tien will pay $10 for eight houiu' work. A
nan without money cannot think of going
> rospectlng for the companies rcqulro cadi.
This fact I want to emphasize , because I want
.o tee no one come- here under a inlsappro-
lenslon. Another thing Is that every now-
; omer must bring a full year's outfit , about
i.OOO pounds of grub , for grub Is scarce.
Everybody here Is short now. and some of
ho Indians are on the verge of starvation ,
t'ho new-comer must also bring tools , picks ,
ihovoU , planes , saws , augers , etc. , for tbo
stores are out of everything. The Indians
prophesied the present diggings and others
farther up. as follows : One creek , gold ; two
creek , little gold ; three ereek , no gold ; four
creek , eight sleeps , all gold , too much gold
Too much gold Is what the boys are uo\\
looking for. The Indians have picked up
nuggets thero. I3ut , take warning , let no
man come Into the Yukon who cannot cmluro
hardship , who cannot work with pick ant !
ehovel tor ten hour. ? , who cannot cairy a pnk ,
and who cannot 'bring a full outfit with him.
The men who come light and try to got bare
first Just after the Ice will be a hundred
times worse off than these who como a month
later with a full outfit. This Is absolulo
truth and tlmo will prove It to the discom
fiture of some , I am afraid. "
TUB DAKOTAS.
A creamery Is to bo built at Alexan
dria.
dria.A
A 100-barrcl flour mill Is to be creeled at
Devil's Lake , N. 1) .
Elk Point reports plenty of hay In the
market Just at present. It commands $2.50
and $3 a ton with every prospect of being
Icsj.
Icsj.The
The Ashton creamery hag resumed busi
ness and starts out with a bright prospect
for a successful season. Thl § plant has
besn closed since November 15.
From the amount of snow on the ground
at Pcmhlna. N , 1) . , the Indications are that
there will be a big flood this spring , par
ticularly If there Is much rain In the early
spring.
Scotland had a mass meeting to Round
the question of a co-oporatlvo creamery.
A commit lee reported about 2,000 milch
cows within seven miles of town , of which
about tu ; to SOO could b secured to start
on. Considerable stock was subscribed for
the projict
At the annual meeting of the Olsen Cream-
cry company , which Is one of the most
prosperous , the secretary reported that 37-
000 pounds of milk are being received per
week and that during the year past 2,083,317
pounds had been received , for which $18,374
had been paid.
Captain Gould , U. S. A. , engineer , Is busy
arinnglnii p-olimlnarles for the large amount
of work that Is to be done on the Missouri
river at Mandan. N. I ) . , during the coming
section. Additional dikes are to be put In
above and below the Northern Pacific bridge
on both the west and east sides of the river ,
and the work means the employment of a
good many men and teams on the Mandan
side of the river. Two large bridges , which
will be necessary In the operations , will
bo built nt once.
MlM Alice Hyde of Vormllllon , who won
flrst prize last May In the South Dakota or
atorical contest , which was held at Ynnlt-
ton , has given up the medal and the $40
In money which nhe received , and they have
been returned to the president of the In
tercollegiate association. Miss Hyde has
been charged with plagiarism by certain
mombeis of the association , nnd It is for
this reason that she has returned the.
prizes. ItIs / not thought at Vermllllon. that
any part of the- oration was taken from
any other production , although In ono or
two Instanced there Is a similarity In the
line of thought as expressed by another
author. This gives the flrst place to Ynnk-
ton college , providing no charges can be
sustained against that Institution's orator.
It wa § from members of the Students' asso
ciation of Yankton college that the charges
against Miss Hyde wore originally started.
COLORADO.
The Delaware Mining company at El
Dorado made a strike which assayed above
$1,500 a ton.
An order has been placed In Chicago for n
5,300 foot tramway for the Gold King and
Harrison mines In the San Juan.
W. Shafer opened up n quartz lead on
Cow mountain at n depth of thirteen feet
between solid walls that promises well.
A recent strike In the Aztec property at
Suinmitvllle has caused a little flurry at Del
Norte. Some very rich ere Is being taken
out and shipped. Ten men are being worked
on the mine.
Float from a claim near Seven Lakes , east
of Glllctt , assayed thirty-two and one-half
ounces In silver and $6.30 in gold. The own
ers started out to commence active work
on the claim.
Among the latest strikes on Columbian
mountain nt Lawi on is that of the Dictator ,
which has uncovered ore In paying quanti
ties , running In fancy sack's from 8,000 to
20,000 ounces In sliver.
The Klown , located on the northern slope
of Coyote ridge at Dare Hills , 1ms a shaft
down 180 feet , the last ton feet being a
large body of free milling ore , which will
average $14 per ton In gold.
A rich strike has bean made In the tunnel
level in the lien Franklin mine at Pitkln , at
about sixty feet from the surface. The ore
runs 500 ounces lu silver per ton. The ere
Is being sacked for s'lipmcnt.
Quito a little excitement has been caused
by tlie discovery of some gold-bearing rock
within three miles ot Trinidad. A. S.
Hughes , a mining expert , went out to ex
amine the property and reports that they
have a good contact between blialo and lime
spar. Assays have been obtained running
from $8 to $27.05.
The once noted Robinson mine , sixteen
miles from Loadvllle , has pasoed into the
hands of the Robinson-Victor company ,
backed by Cripple Creek men. The mine has
produced in its time over $0,000.000 , and a
recent report of experts shows 1,500.000 ounces
of silver in one chute available through pres
ent developments. The property comprises
seventy-six acres of ground and there are
36,000 feet of workings.
The Dromldo , a copper mine , located In
the northwest part of Iloutt county , Colorado ,
on the north slope of Douglas mountain , has
Just loaded Its third car of ore- . The flrst
two cars ran 30 per cent copper , and It Is
expected that this car will run at least 40
per cent copper , which will net a larger
profit to He owners than they anticipated.
They have taken In new machinery anil a
large force ot men and Intend working the
property from now on on an Increased scale.
This camp Is located about 115 miles from
Rock Springs , Wyo. ACout 100 miners and
prospectors are wintering In the camp.
WYOMING.
The now town of Woollon will tyo the larg
est wool ramp In Wyoming. A steam shearIng -
Ing plant of forty shears has been put In ,
ami 105,000 sheep have been registered for
shearing during the coming season.
Two old companies will rcmimo drilling
for oil In the Casper fields In April and
throe new companies will commence drill-
Ing. In addition a flfty-mllo line of three-
Inch pipe will be laid- from the wells on
Salt creek to the refinery In Casper.
The famous old chief Waehaklo of the
Shoshone tribe , thinking that his days are
nearly numbered , 1ms decided to be baptized
as n member of the Episcopal church , and
has fclgniflod hid willingness to have Rev.
John RobertH of Ilio reservation mission
perform thi ) rite of bqptlsm for him.
The Sheridan Enterprise la reliably In
formed that 1,000 pounds of Ilald Mountain
cement shipped to New Jersey last summer
for analysis and assay runs from $15 to $25
per ton. An exhaustive teat was made as
to the value of ore , cost of mining , etc. , the
result being much moro favorable Hum wan
antltilpalud by the most sanguine. Parties
posted on the subject are positive of the ul
timate successful status of the camp.
Wolves are doing great-damage to the
ranchmen's hcrdu In Natrona county. On
the Muddy creek from ono to four calves are
killed every nlghl , Including yearlings ,
Every method of extermination has been
practiced , but with poor success , Hon. I ) .
I ) . Hrooks has bought and used and dis
tributed for use among thq ranchmen of his
neighborhood upwards of $ CO worth of
poison , yet the wolves , more numerous than
formerly , make the nights hideous with
their howls , Harry lianner has lost 10 per
cent , of his cattle the past full and winter.
In Dates park the depredations are quite
as bad , and on Ihe range there arc butt ftiw
calves left.
After the samples of rock from Ragged
Top were exhibited and compared with vari
ous samples of rock that have boeii brought
In from the Dig Horn mountains , say the
lludalo Voice , Charley Pettlt produced some
rock that he had discovered a month ago ,
a piece of which was given to Assayer
Young to bo aeeayod. A careful assay of the
cine gava a result , of $152 to the ton , And as
soon as It became known them was qulto A
rush from DulTalo to the ground , which
Is about six or seven miles from IlufTalo ,
at what Is known as the Needles , In Clear
creek canyon. Th < j reek Is a limestone
quartz , free willing. Petllt has located six
claims on the lead. A largo number ot
claims have bc n staked.
Preparations to utilize the enormous vol
ume of water Impounded In reservoir No.
1 , generally called 'The lllg New reservoir , "
at Whcrttlnnd , are about to be commenced.
The construction of a stone and cement
dam near the northwes.t . end of the lake
extending underground far enough to put
In drainage pipes thirty feet below the
present surface of the water , when the lake
to lull , Is contemplated by the aereptcd
plana. The masonry contemplates a founda
tion of concrete twelve feet thick , and upon
that a wall of stone eighteen feet high.
Through the concrete will be run two Iron
pipes two feet In diameter. The capacity
of these discharge pipes will vary from 82
lu 115 cubic tcct per second , depending upon
the head of water In Iho reactvolr.
Albert Severscn has returned from a tilp
to Saratoga nnd the surrounding country ,
says the Liramle UoomeranR. Ho brought
back with him some ore from the Grand
Encampment , taken from Houston's Ooldcn
Kaglo claim. It Is some of the richest
ere ever "seen In this city. A largo piece
when broken sparkled with gold. It U es
timated that such ere would run $10000
to the ton. Mr. Seversen nays 'tint the
Salt Lake company Is working on Us exten
sion of the Golden Eagle , trying to cut the
lead by cross-cutting the formation. The
weather , however , has had the effect of
stopping a great deal of work In the camp.
There will be n great deal of travel from
Laramlo to tbe mines In the spring , after
the bridge Is built over the Platte , nnd the
dolly stage line Is In operation.
OREGON.
There Is talk ot a flouring mill at Ontario ,
Alread $4,000 has been assured.
A largo number of stock sheep have been
bought In Clook county , to bo driven to
Nevada during the coming season.
Brownsville Is to have a co-operative cheese
factory , unless all efforts In that direction
fall. Enough money. It Is said , has been sub
scribed to Insure Its completion.
L. M. Noble has put In at his logging
camp , nt Ferndalo. Coos county. 300 piles ,
that will be used In repairing the Southern
Oregon company's wharf at Empire City.
The Kupi'iie soap factory Is now making
on an average 0.000 twelve-ounce cakes of
laundry soap each week. The soap is of good
quality and findj ready sale on the markets.
II. F. L. Logan , It In said , has decided
to close his mill at Seaside. This stop will
throw twenty-eight men out of work , whoso
aggregate salaries amount to over $1,000 per
month.
The Daker City Democrat Is Informed
that a rich strike has been made In the
Don Juan mine , owned by Kelly & Allen ,
lu the Roblnsonvllle district. It Is said that
the ore from thu mine will go at least $50
to the sack.
Mr. A. Glenn , one of the contractors for
thu Astoria & Goble railroad grading work ,
while In Astoria , said there wore about 500
men ut work now on the rockwork. etc. ,
and added that when the contractors are noti
fied they can put on 2,000 men and llnijh
the work In short order ,
J. I. Jones , the manager of the Jones saw
mill , near Eugene , has arrived In Eugene
to start up the mill , says the Guard. An
order for 3,000,000 feet of lumber Is now in.
One planer Is running at the mouth of the
flume , another ono has arrived and still an
other Is expected in a few days. As soon
as they can bo placed In position three
planers will bo kept busy. The lumber Is
sawed by the machinery on the mountain
and floated down the flume to the railroad
at Cottage Grove.
About seventy-five Jackson county farmers
have agreed to- put out a quarter of an ncro
each for the purpose of ascertaining the
amount of bests the soil In that vicin
ity will produce , and also the amount of
sugar the beets contain. Merchants of Medford -
ford have subscribed a sufficient amount
to procure the necessary seed for making
the test , so that the farmers will only be
out the use of the land. If the test la
favorable it Is said there are those that
stand ready to put in a factory of sufficient
capacity to use all tbo beets produced In
that valley.
Perhaps the first black walnut lumber ever
manufactured on the Pacific coast from Pa
cific coast timber was sawed a few days agent
nt the mill of S. H. Ilorton , west of Mon
roe , -says the Corvallls Times. The logs
cume from old Lancaster , two or three
miles from Junction , and the trorn were
planted while the commonwealth was still
In swaddling clothes. The logs were in
dimensions from twelve to fifteen Inches
and only a few hundred foot of the lum
ber was made. The fiber Is tough and the
grain smooth and susceptible ot the high
polish usually seen In walnut furniture.
The Port -Jrford Tribune man has the
spirit of the true fisherman. He says deep-
waler fishing has been excellent this win
ter , among the rocks In the various coves
near Port Orfcrd , and some heavy strings
hava foecn taken. It Is rare sport , standing
out on a barren rock , In a driving cold
wind , with half-frozen fingers , and an oc
casional breaker covering you over from
head to heels , -while you are kept busy
either hauling out big fish or trying to
unhook your hook from among the kelp or
rocks , and occasionally struggling to put
on a new hook lu a hurry with numb fin
gers. Hut It Is exciting sport , especially
when the fish are biting lively , and a fellow
will remain In spite of everything , and al
ways leaves with regret.
WASHINGTON.
Preparations are being made In Tacoma
for a rose carnival early In Juno.
A boat to draw only twenty Inches of water
Is being built at Aberdeen , to navigate the
streams flowing Into Gray's harbor.
There seems to bo a probability that the
south half of the Colvlllo.Indian reservation
will bo thrown open to mineral settlement
soon.
Preparations are being made to start the
Cowqeman mill , in Cowlltz county , to cut
shingles. This mill will probably run all
summer.
The settlers on North river , In Pacific
county , are still at work clearing out the
Jam , nnd expect a boom In logging when the
river Is opened.
H seems probable that North Yaklma Is
soon to have a $5,000 cannery , which will
employ fifty people steadily , says the Yaklma
Herald. The plant will bo operated by a
stock company. ,
The E , K. Wood Lumber company of
Hoiitilam shipped to California ports , by four
vessels , cargoes amounting to 1.130,817 feet
of lumber , 400,700 lath nnd 100,000 shingles
In the month of January.
Mrs. Gcorgo A. Clark of Pasco roasted
her house cat In the oven of her , cook
stove while preparing dinner , says the
News. Klttlo had a habit of sleeping In
the oven between meal hours , and was
quietly snoozing there when Mrs. Clark
lighted the lire preparatory to cooking din
ner. After the dinner had been all ar
ranged she sat down , awaiting the ar
rival of her husband , when she missed
pussy , and it occurred to her thai per
haps she had closed the oven door on
Klttlo after lighting the fire. On opening
the oven door she was horrified to find she
had roasted her poor cat alive.
H Is suggested that the Army post nt Spo-
kann bo named Fort Wright. In honor of
Colonel George Wright ot the Ninth United
Stales Infantry , who commanded the expedi
tion against the Northern Indians lu the
fall ot 1S5S.
The first anil only stcum locglng outfit on
Skookutnchuck river U to be put In opera-
lion by ex-County Commissioner Whalen ot
Thurston , who hns Just purchased a largo
logging engine and 1,000 feet of wire cable
for that' purpose.
A Kllckltal heVpman. wrlllng from Pros-
scr to Goldendalo , says. "Times are lively 4n
Ibis town , stock looking well and mutton In
exoellent demand. Ia\is & Klalr sold a
hunch for $1 per head ; also Dougald McAl
lister 1.000 head for $3.50 per head. "
The Duff shingle mill , In Cowlltz county ,
has run steadily since It started this month.
The men work nine hour * , with an average
daily cut of 130,000. Dolls arc brought up
from the boom , the jcow carrying 200 cords
a ti-lp. The new dryhouso Is rapidly near Ing
completion and will have a drying capacity
of 300.000 dally.
Darncs' cannery at Soulh Dcnd Is to bo en
larged If the anti-trap men fall In their ef
forts at Olympla. A four-rar retort Is now
being inndn to supplant the ono now In use.
The building will bo extended back from
the river tul twiceUs present slzo. The ca
pacity will then bo 1,600 cases per day. The
present capacity Is 350 cases per day.
J. II. Van Horn , who already owns ono
Ehlnglo mill at Hartford , In Snohomlsh
county. Is building another , which Is to bo
a double-block mill. Mr. Van Horn has
Just returned from Portland , where ho pur
chased machinery for the now mill. Hart
ford Is becoming qulto n center for Ihe shingle -
glo business , live mills now being In oper
ation within two miles of town.
Charles Lee 'says that ho harvested $1,000
worth ot honey from hla bees In Yaklma
county last year. As It required but two
and one-halt months' attention of himself
nnd son to look after his apiaries , which
nro scattered throughout the various val
leys of Yaklma county , aggregating between
200 nnd 300 colonies , and as the increase
of new Hwarms moro than paid for the
work and material expended , It will bo seen
that there Is good money to bo made In the
Industry.
M1SCELLANUOUS.
The American Turquol/se company has
been Incorporated at Santa Fo.
Albuquerque capitalists nro considering a
plan lo buy the Arniljo estate nnd erect
thereon n $75.000 hotel nnd sanitarium.
A Mexican Indian of Lompoc , Cal. . has
made a bust of Foster Pomroy , lining only
a common stick. It Is a perfect likeness.
George -Durson of Ibrsdale , Cal. , bored
a well en the sldo of the mountain above
his place , put up a windmill and laid plpra
for Irrigating , when he discovered that the
water was B.ilt.
The Strosnlner brothers are reported to
bo taking out come % ery rlcl < gold ere from
their claims In Pumpkin hollow , about
six miles southeast of Yerlngton , lu Mason
valley , Nevada.
Jooi Hlgencr of Nelhart , Idaho , has struck
n body of ore on Carpenter creek which
assays from $1,000 to $2,000 per ton In gold
nnd silver. He- has been offered $10,000 for
the mine , which was refused.
A bill will bo Introduced In the Nevada
legislature to aid the establishment of woolen
mills at Reno. It provides for a bonus of
$10.000 to , be paid by the slate for the flrst
1,000 pairs of blankets manufactured.
Thousands of head of antelope are to bo
soon along the Short Line track around
Heckwlth , Idaho. They have boon In that
section all winter and are Ilttlo hunted.
Ono baud Is believed to contain fully 5,000
bead.
The Genesee ( Idaho ) Noivs reports two
prospectors , McFadden and Cooper , have dis
covered what they think Is the mother lode ,
which feeds the Snake and Salmon river
bars. It Is a forty-foot ledge of free mill
ing gold ore , at the mouth of White Dlrd
canyon , and Is cut by the Salmon river canyon
and cxpoaed for muro two miles , every sam
ple of which shows free gold.
A sale has been made of a one-sixth Inter
est In the celebrated Mnrlposa grant. Thlj
Is the flrst transaction of this kind since 1SS7 ,
when the present owner came Into possession
by purchase. The price paid for the Intercut
to the owner , Alvln Sea Haywnrd , waa $ li'i- !
CCfi , at the rate of $1,000,000 for the entire
tract. The purchaser Is the California Ex
ploration company , a London syndicate. The
.Marlposa grant Consists of 45,000 acres ot
land , on which Is located about eight miles
of the mother lode.
A deal hns boon made. whereby the North
ern Paellic railroad and James A. Murray , a
Dutte capitalist , have secured- control of the
Hunters' Hot Springs re-sort. During tha
summer Mr. Murray and the railroad company
will erect a $100,000 hotel nt Sprlngdale , n
point on the railroad , nnd two miles from
the springs. The water will bo piped down
from Hunters , and large baths will bo con
structed. It Is proposed that the railroad
company Include In Its national park trip
to tourists a few days' stop at thu hotel ,
making It the flrst point of Interest to bo
visited in Montana.
Two young natives of Zanzibar , now
stranded In Oakland , Cal. , are trying to re
cover enough from their employers to take
them back to their homes. Three years ugo
they were engaged as body servants by two
Oakland physicians then making u tour ot
the world. For their services they were to
bo clothed and educated. They came here ,
but civilization corrupted them nnd before
long ono declared ho waa held as a Hlavo.
Later they both asserted that they were
princes In their own land nnd begged for
funds to carry them home. This week tholr
suit as servants under contract was dis
missed , and now their only remedy Is to
sue for reasonable value for thulr services.
A bitter war Is on between the California
Wlnoniakors' Corporation and the California
Wlno association , the two companies , the
union of which has done much to help the
vineyard men to Improve the quality of
California wine. The Wlnomahers claim that
the other association , which markets the
product , owes them $30,000 and refuses to
settle the debt. The association officera
charge that they can got no Itemized ac
count of this liability. The trouble linn
been aggravated by personal feeling between
the lit-adit of the two companies and It line
resulted In a milt for payment of the debt.
The quarrel will not affect the vineyard men
this year , as the Wlnoniakers * 'association
hns already secured contract ! ) for over
G , 000 , 000 gallons , but It Is sure to Injuru
the trade ,
Every penny tells You can get Salvation ,
Oil for 25 cents. Host liniment In the market.
Chicago Tribune : "Mr. Gibbons. " said Urn
teacher of the * class in rhetoric , "point out
tha absurdity In thin flguru of speech : 'At
this time the ICmpuror Frederick hatched
out a BC'heme. ' etc. "
"It Hccnitt to iio all right , " replied the
young man , after Homo reflection.
"It docH ? Explain , If you iilouHo. how ho
could have 'hutched out' n scheme. "
"Well , lie mlfrht have liud hlu mind seton
on It , "
Drox L. Sliooinnn nnd Ills
nro innkliiK u Hhww of
themselves all on nceount of
the Hxposlllon Hill ami next
rruo.s < liy ! nftor It's passed
lio'll' burn rod Jlro 1 > ut Jtmt
nosv wo'ro niaUInt , ' a run on
our Indies box calf BIOCH !
at ? 2.ii.ri mni'ked down from
? l and $5 they arc popular
for gprlng wear nnd ( also a
polish ifko a patent leather
wo'vo sold KO many that the
Kl/.cH are broken baily heuco
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1110 FAKNAM STJIEUT.