THE OMAITA DAILY MAY 3 , 1807.
Pulse of Western Progress.
Coal which aesays $6 per ton In gold and
$1.50 In silver , ha just been discovered at
Hoswoll , about thrco miles from Colorado
Sprlngi , nays & recent special to the Denver
Nown. Thin discovery of such an unusual
and Interesting nature was made In a most
occidental manner by L. C. Danna , one of
the beat known assaycrs In Colorado Spring * .
Mr. Dana was making some assays and one
piece of rock which bo had made an nniay
from once before , without finding any values ,
surprises him by showing $3 or $4 per ton.
Unable to account for the sudden rise In
values he began to Investigate and found
that a muffle In hit furnace was cracked ,
but this did not seem to glvo any legitimate
explanation of the matter. The values
eccmed to have floated In from wine place
and KO Mr. Dana put In a new mnflle and
decided to try It again , Koine of the coal
which ho was using In the furnace had a
peculiar looking streak of wlato about an
Inch and n half wide running through It ,
and alongside the slate was n narrow scam
ot shiny blcck material which was at hard
an quurtz. Mr. lJiia was no struck by Its
peculiar appearance that he decided to assay
the coal and the rock together. This tlmo
the result was oven more surprising than before -
fore , for the coal assavrd $ C In gold and
$1.50 In silver per ton and the lock showed
no values at all , Just as had been found
by the first obiay.
SCHEME FOR WOOLGROWHRS.
One of thu most unsatisfactory conditions
that tbo v.oolgrower of South Dakota has
to face It thu method of disposing of his
wool clip. Whllo there have been some buy
ers In tbo market heretofore , B.IJS the Pierre
( S. D. ) Journal , most of them nave repres
ented commission houses nnd have always
held out the glittering prospect of a. proba
ble rise In the market , ami have advised
nhlpplng to thii communion house and hold
ing In storage for better prices. The ma
jority of wool commission men may bo hon
est men and glvo their customers equal and
exact Justice. It would be more satisfactory
all lound , however , If the sheepmen were
able to dispose of their wool and get the
: ash for It. If some hcheme could be de
vised by which a number of uujera could
bo attracted here so as to produce HUlllclcnt
competition our Hockm < iBtcrs would be placed
upon u more Independent footing. It seems
a llttlo management and co-operation might
bring ( his about. Let them form n little
organization and get a place to store their
wool when It Is brought In from the ranch.
Then let them send out circular letters to
commission houses and mill owners Inform
ing them that on a certain date they would
have about no many pounds of wool at their
warehouse In Pierre on sale and Inviting
them to send representatives here for the
purpose ot buying. Tlio cost to the tmccp-
mcn would bo trifling , being confined lo n
llttlo rent. Insurance and expense of haul
ing. It would be a great saving for firms
which wish to buy , for In u few days tbo
on tire clip of the section would be placed
upon the maiket and disposed of. Under
tbo old system of buying an agent would
come hero , stay perhaps two or three months
and travel over the whole country. This In
volves considerable expcnso that would be
saved 'under the scheme suggested. The
present custom of depending entirely upon
the honesty of commission men , accepting
a small advance and walling for the balance
until the htnrt grows sick , Is intolerable
if It can bo done away with. Let the sheep
men co-operate a little and we bellevo they
will he able to build up a market at homo
which will enable them to sell their wool
at once and at cv fair price.
FRB3NO VINEYARDS THREATENED.
Tbo raisin growers of this county no
longer disguise the fact that their vines
* ra threatened with total destruction by the
" " which have seltlel
"thrlis , or boppeis ,
down lu swarms over this part ot the valley ,
nays a Fresno special to the San Francisco
Chronicle. For several days the Inaacts have
appeared In such numbers us to cicato a
perceptible cloud over certain sections. In
ordinary years the Insects nro few In number
and are easily dealt whh , but the caao Is
very different now. Prof. Woodvvotth , ono
of the entomologists of the State university ,
was sent down In response to a dispatch
from the Farmers' club , and visited Inn v Ino-
yard of Alex Gordon and the Barton estate.
John S. Doro went with him Prof. Wood-
ivorth Is stated to have ndvlaod that wire
ecrcens bo spread over the vines , covered
with a sticky material , no uii to catcli the In-
fcects which alight a well as those springIng - .
Ing up from the vines. The Insects ics mblo
a tiny giasshoppu'r In gcnuial appearance
and appear In countless numbevs. llicy suck
the sap from the growing vines , robbing the
plant of saccharine maticr and vitality. In
a former > car , vvluu they were mutually
numerous , the raisins woie notably poor In
sugar , ono of the chief elements In Ihelr
commercial value. ] Dxpcrlmont will be tried
in the direction of spraying , but It Is dif
ficult lo deal with the evil In this way. The
problem U to llnd a liquid that will kill the
Insects without Injuring tbo plant. Even If
tbo Insects 011 the villas r.ro Killed , the
"clouda" of survivors remain and settle down
on the vines , which BOOH Icse their healthy
appealanco. The foliage shrivels up and the
buds wither.
wither.FCNCING
FCNCING IN RANGES.
II. F. Benson of Tacoma , agent /or the
Northern Pacific railway , was hero renting
largo tracts of the company's land to cattle )
and sheep raisers for pasturing purposes ,
says a UltzvllKl ( Wasbi ) special tu the Seat
tle. Pout-Intelligencer. It Is the purpose of
the company and the cattle and sheep rals-
crrt of this section to fence this land and
thereby keep It away from the largo num
ber of horses that feed upon It annually.
Horses have become so cheap that It no
longer pays to raise them , and they are
not looked after , consequently the range
is overrun with a vvorthlew class of
borsca that take the feed awiiy from the
cattle and sheep. These horses can be bought
for from CO cents to $2 per head , and there
Is no market for them nt that. H baa been
seriously contemplated by quite a number
of the cattle raisers of having them shot to
get rid ot them , but It Is hoped now that
by fencing them away from the watering
places und fencing In the pasture , they will
bo forced to leave for some other range
or have to he taken care of , it this plan
\sorks It will glvo a now Impetus to cattle
raising , which used to bo the chief Industry
of eastern Washington , but which , owing to
the scarcity ot range , has greatly decreased
in the last few years ,
RIC'I VRIN AT SOUTH PASS.
A wonderfully rich strike has been made
on the Curlsa mine , which Is located ono
inllo from old South Puss City , says the
l > aramlo Republican. Some local miners
took a bond und lease upon the property last
fall nii.l have spent the winter looking for
a rich vein which they believed existed.
Early In the fall a largo body of high-grade
ore was uncovered and going down tbo vein
widened out to twenty feet. The first assay
allowed $123 per ton and numerous testa
made during the winter showed not less
tliau $100 per ton in any Instance. There
la now on the dump somewhere near 350
tons ot this rich ore , and It Is expected by
the flint of the month to have 400 tons ,
\vlion It will bo milled , the lessees only waitIng -
Ing for the snow and Ice to disappear , which
surrounds the mill. This Is the largest
atrlko of rich ore that baa been made In
tl at country for moro Uian twenty years ,
Experienced miners nay that the ere on the
dump at the present tlmo will net over
$50,000 lu gold. Ono of the best things
about It la that the vein appears to bo con
tinuous and the lessees have no fear ot Us
giving out. The strike has caused no little
excitement at South Pass , Atlantic , LowUton
and Miners' Delight.
MOTHER LODH IN OREGON.
If the. report * that reach me of this St.
Helen's district In Vancouver are In any way
true the wealth lying burled there Id fab
ulous beyond computation , said Mr. 19 , San
derson Smith , an experienced minor , to a
representative ot the Portland Oregontan.
Tbo samples thovvii me are extremely rich
and If only one-tenth part ot the reports can
bo proven true , why , Koailaml will not be
In It , and you will have a new Eldorado right
t Portland' * doom. I am going * there to
investigate tor myself , and with the practical
experience I have acquired after nearly a
lifetime at mining I ( ball aoon bo able to
deteruilno how much ! to depend on what b&a
t > * on told me. <
_ 1 will give you * piece ol new * that noue
of the San Francisco papers have yet se
cured , and which but few people know , con
tinued Mr. Smith. That Is the tact that the
old mother Idle , supposed to bo confined to
California , has been discovered to extend up
Into Oregon. The first was discovered by
Captain Roberts of San Francisco In' a large
quartz mine , which ho n now opening on
the Klamath , soutli of the Oregon line In
Slsklyou county. Thii Is undoubtedly the
true mother lode , and past experiences have
proven that nearly all mines on tbo mother
lode are paying ours. This lode has been
traced north Into Oregon , and two places
have been located where the black nlate. the
true Indication of the mother lode , have been
found. Ono of these Is between Jacksonville
and Gold Hill and the other la twelve miles
north of Grant's Pass , both In southern Ore
gon. A party of experts was sent to both lo
calities and they reported unequivocally that
the mother lode had again been discovered.
Of course , It takes a good-sized fortune to
reach paying results In such a mine , for the
reason that you have to get down between
COO and 700 feet before you strike the rich
est deposits. Of course , where once struck ,
the wealth to bo taken out Is almost Inex
haustible. It may be that this mother lode
extends still further north , and may yet
lead to many rich finds In Oregon.
ALLIGATORS IN THE SAN JOAQU1N.
The Inhabitants ot Roberts Island are be
coming greatly alarmed over the report that
two young alligators belonging to Jules
Dlxon have escaped from the Inclosuro In
which ho kept them , says a Stockton dis
patch to the San Francisco Call. The
'galtors were but a few Inches In length
when they worn received from the south by
Air. Dlxon. but they have giown considerably
since , and the last tlmo he saw them they
were nearly six feet long A pond , around
which was a suitable fence , was constructed
to hold the amphibians , but about a week ago
they managed to iticape by knocking out a
couple of pickets with their powerful tails.
A clceo search was Instituted at once , and It
has been la progress for several days. They
have been seen several times by different
persona , but all attempts to capture them
have failed thus far U Is tald that a few
evening ago a negro who was working on
ono of the latuihes , while allowing the cattle
to drink In the river , saw a black object
rlso suddenly from thi > water close to the
shore , where a calf was drinking. There
wa * a sudden swish of an enormous tall nnd
thu calf fell over dead. Immediately another
dark object arose to the surface beside the
flrut onu anil together they dragged the dead
calf Into the water , leaving a wakeof blood
U Is an 111 wind that blows nobody some
good , however , nnd If reports are true It Is
likely that the country adjacent to the
Islands will again bu a breeding ground for
ducks and geese. The trouble for years has
been tint carp have eaten all the food which
Is sought by feathered game , thereby dtiv-
Ing winged creatures to other parts of the
country. There Is nothing that suits an alli
gator so much as carp , and it Is expected
that before a great while there will be no
carp In that part of the liver , nt least. The
ridding of the river of carp would be qulto
a task for two of the huge water llznrdd , but
they multiply very rapidly and In a year
from iio-v there may bo scores of them cleav
ing the waters of the San Joaquln , unless the
two now at large are speedily captured or
killed. If this Is to bo done at all It must
bp dune Immediately , as the female hao
already begun to lay her egga In the warm
sand and a nest of them was found by an
Italian gardener.
RICH MINERAL REGION.
A new coal mine has been discovered In
section 2b , nine miles from Wllkeson , sava
the llucklcv ( Wash. ) Banner. Seven veins
are being prospected there. They expect to
strike pay coal In about two months. < A tun
nel of 1.400 feet has been cut and Is still
| being extended. The capitalists who are
doing the work are connected with the Oregon
gen Short Line railway. A number of
miners now at Wllkeson expect to work in
the mines of this new camp when they take
out coal. William Lemmon of WIlkcsoH has
the contract to pack for the new coal com
pany. There will probably bo a tafjroad
I built from this cnmp to form a junction with
the Ortlng logging branch and thus ship
ments can bo made to the main line , thence
to tldo woter. The miners only work three
dajs each week , and find It very hard to
maku both ends meet under such regula- I
tions. The new gold discoveries BO much I
talked of are situated about seven Ml ICE I
southeast of WIlKeson , and at the heart of
South Pralrio creek. A number of Sumner
peoplebellevo they have struck some rich
mines there and have returned to their farnw
to put in their crops preparatory to putting
In tbo Glimmer nt fuither prospecting. Some
of the ere Is claimed to assay $125 In gold
to the ton. About fifteen men came down
from thu region of the discoveries last week.
Prospectors are parsing to and fro through
Wllkeson every day.
TKOUBLH AHEAD ON THE CLONDYKE.
Serious trouble is believed to be brewing
on the Clondylto river , Alaska , according tea
a Victoria , B. C. , dispatch to the San Fran
cisco Call. A private letter has Just been
received from a former Victoria merchant ,
now owner of ono of the richest Clondyke
claims , who writes that Canadian clalm-
owncra will probably bo compelled to use
guns to defend their property against un
scrupulous Americans , who believe that In
that far-off country British law can bo set
at defiance. The writer continues that Cir
cle City has long been Infested by tough
characters , some of whom arc fugitives from
Justice. When the only discovered placer
grounds were In the vicinity of Circle City ,
thcso men wcio very Jealous about their
rights , and protested against Canadians tak
ing claims In American territory , where
twenty aines are allowed for a placer claim.
When the discoveries were made on thu
Clondyko Inspector Constantine ot the
< mounted police , who acts for the Domln-
' Ion government , allowed each claim owner
to stake off only six acres , for registering
which he charged $15 , three times the or
dinary fee. Rich strikes were soon made ,
and when the news reached Circle City many
of the rough element crossed over Into Ca
nadian territory. A few began prospecting
for themselves , but most of the rough , char
acters claimed that the rich ground had all
been staked off. They began clamoring that
too much land had been allowed for each
claim , and boldly Intimated that unlew the
resident authorities decreased the size of
the claims they would use force. Both roughs
and miners are well armed and when the
letter was written a clash In which guns
were certain to bo used was expected dally.
Without regard to the fabulous richness ot
their claims , the miners believe they are
justified In holding six acres apiece. They
are fully prepared to resist any encroach
ments and will bo backed by the police. It
Is claimed there arc plenty ot other streams
yet unprospectcd , It the roughs are willing
to work. Hope is general on the Clondyke
that the American government will soon send
police officers to the Yukon to restrain the
lawless characters.
THE DAKOTAS.
Splnk county has lost $50,000 worth ot
bridges this spring.
Six hundred carloads of granite have been
ordered from the Dell Rapids quarries for
building purposes nt Vermilion the coming
summer.
Lorenzo Lawrence , Iho noted Indian scout
who was instrumental In saving a number of
whlto people from tbo scalping knife In the
outbreak In 1S62 , died near Slssoton agency
last week at an advanced age.
The petition for a now Iron bridge across
the James river at Olivet is being qutta gen
erally signed. The old wooden structure , al
though jet In position , Is so much racked
that It would cost more than It Is worth to
repair It.
Chamberlain people are asking what has
become ot the contractor who was to build
the Indian school there. Several weeks
have passed since the bids were opened and
spring has opened up and yet things are at
a standstill.
In the new town of Preston , In the Ragged
Top district In the Black Hills , the streets
\111 soon bo paved with $20 ore. Ore , unless
worth moro than tnat , cannot be shipped
with profit , and such material Is to bo put
In the streets.
The creamery for the co-operative com
pany at Parkston is being rushed toward
completion. The first pay day for the cream
ery has arrived and a good showing has been
made. H has paid an average for the first
month of 15 % cents per pound to the farm
ers for the butter produced from the milk
furnished.
The largest cottonwood trco In South Da
kota perhaps the laigcst In the world Is on
Its way to old in snogging the lower Missis
sippi. For years the tree has been a land
mark in the vicinity ot Elk Point. Half a
dozen picnic parties at a tlmo could find
shelter under Its spreading branches. But
it stood dangerously near the Missouri river
Lank , and an acre or so of the ground on
which It grew has slumped Into the current.
The attention of the people at Redfleld Is
just now centered on tl < * big artesian well
north of town. The flow struck the other
day has steadily Increased until It now meas
ures 3,500 gallons per minute and rises In
a solid column fourteen feet above the top
of the eight-Inch pipe. This well means
much to Redfleld , as Its energy , estimated at
fcovcnty-horse power , will bo used In running
the dynamos of the electric light plant. The
water afterwards will bo run Into a large
reservoir and used to Irrigate hundreds of
acres ot land.
One of the most prominent stock raisers
on the range at Pierre estimates that cattle
shipments for this year will not bo more
than 75 per cent of last year , which shows
a decided falling off from 1S95 , The esti
mate of shipments for the year from this
city ore put at not to exceed 10,000 head.
The severe winter will cauno delay , and
there will bo but few early shipments. The
number ot southern cattle placed on this
range this year will not reach anywhere
near that usually brought in , as the south
erners are holding tficlr cattle at from $5 to
? | J per head higher than in past years. This
will keep the southern cattle at home , as
stockmen say there Is not enough In them
at the prices at which they arc held.
The Sioux braves of Pine Ridge agency
held a council the other day at Wounded
Knee , near the battlefield of 1890 , when they
were so severely chastized that they were
glad to live In peace and Idleness and be
fed by the government. The object of the
council was to send a delegation of "wise
men" to Washington to settle some financial
claims duo. The Indians desire to utilize
their money in the education or their chll-
dien at the Catholic Mission school here ,
and will send a delegation to Washington.
Thuy claim the right to say how their money
shall bo expended. They say this Is not
using public money for sectarian purposed ,
but using the Indian money , not government
money , for the care and education of their
children In a school of their choice ,
COLORADO.
Deer , elk and antelope are again being
wantonly slaughtered chiefly for their heads
In the North Park country.
The Ills Thompson ! flour mill at Loveland ,
which has been running on half time since
last November , has now started on full time
William Parker , who has done thousands
of feet of sinking and drifting In the last
few years , has at last struck It rich. He
has opened up a large body of peacock
copper-Iron sulphide In the Ponsardln shaft
of the Seneca property , situated on Yankee
hill , at Leadvllle. The ore carries 500
AVe have one of the Inrgcst assortments
of sheet inu-slc anil folios In the west
we're ndilltiK to It continually nothing
now but wlint you cnn flntl It here
we've a few of those , Ford & Ohnrlton
folios yet thut wo are almost giving
away some sheet music at only 1 cent
per cony all the copyright vocal and In
strumental music nt prices lower than
Is usually asked for It wo cut on every
plcco of music and give you a multitude
of titles to Hulect from , ,
A. HOSPE-
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Music and Art. 1513 Douglas.
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Very appropriate Indeed IB the portrait
wo oiler today of olninbus discovering
America ho "ulRhted" land sonic yearn
his " " nil Is ?
ago "sight" vyas right yours
Your uiliul'a eye has perpetual vision
bntyonr every tlay eye cannot always l > o
depended upon do not neglect them wo
make glasses to order such as the most
exacting occnllst will approve of and oc
ulists are the most exacting pcoplo lu
the world. ,
Columbian Optical Go
Manufacturing Opticians ,
Wholesale nnd Retail.
211 South 16th St.
ounces silver , 15 per ocnl copper , two-tenths
ot an ounce gold. , ; ,
Three men In a cabin on Deacon hill , Vic
tor , awoke to find ft > box containing fifty
pounds of giant powder on flre. They getaway
away hurriedly. Thf , .powder did not ex
plode , but the cabin , HB burned down.
It l reportetl that sjveln of ore from eight
to fourteen Inches In lilcknros has been
opened up In the Mammoth mine , situated
on Albro mountain near Dumont , that re
turns at the mill $200 tptho ton , principally
In gold. ,
A remarkable strlkft has been made at
Sllvorton , In the Victoria/ Maggie gulch.
Tlie ere streak Is over tbreo feet wldo and
the shoeing \ simply magnificent. A block
of It one foot squaie U on exhibition In
tonn , and a sample of the streak assays
fifty-three ounces gold and 235 ounces sil
ver. |
A rich strike noa made In tbo Black Diamond
mend , In Deb Cat canyon , near Trinidad. The
ere l free milling of a lime and black granIte -
Ito formation , and Is valuable In slher , gold
and lead. The strike was made at ten feet
and an assay show a a value of ISO to the
ton. It la owned by Raton parties.
Thcro Is much talk now ot the now Uraccn
and Donlta districts , about ten miles from
Clmarron , and on the line of the Springer
stage to Cllzabcthtown. A man well posted
sajs : "Work has been pushed there all
winter and has developed large veins of min
eral. Assnjs running ail high as $300 to the
ton have been secured. "
Word has Just been received In Trinidad
that Gustavo Wolff , an old prospector from
Cripple Creek , now nt lied Illver , while
looking around on Hitter creek a couple of
dajs ago , noticed quantities ot ere which
appeared to have been roasted. Ho con
cluded to Investigate nnd soon discovered
what Is undoubtedly the remains of an old
Spanish smelter , which Is probably hun
dreds ot years old , ns most ot the old plant
Is covered with earth nnd trees have grown
up on the ground over It. The site ot the
plant Is on the west side of Hitter creek ,
about ono and a halt miles from Hed river ,
and can plainly bo seen , although thou
sands of pcoplo may have gona over the
site without suspecting Its existence.
An Important strike was made a few
dajs ago In the Nottowny mlno In Hus-
sell gulch , The property was taken on n
lease and bond by the Nottoway Alining
company , composed of Chicago men , last
October. The shaft was then down 185 feet.
The now company erected a shaft house
and put on a steam plant , and after
straightening nnd repairing the shaft , con
tinued sinking until now a depth ot 230
feet has been reached. At 220 feet n three-
Inch streak of ere was found on the foot
wall , which nssajed ? 100 to the ton , and
nt 230 feet a seven-Inch streak was encoun
tered on the hanging wall which assays
? 150. The vein Is four ffct vide , the two
streaks being separated by fine porphyry.
H Is expected that the 'wo streaks will
unite as greater depth Is gained.
WYOMING.
Tlio Cull brothers of the Laramlo plains
lost 1,500 sheep , one-half of their flock , In
the snow storm two weeks ago.
Wolf hunting with dogs has become an
organized range Industry , fifteen , or twenty
dogs being sometimes Included In ono pack.
There Is great excitement at Grand 12n-
campment over the rich strike on the Kings-
ford. In a forty-foot tunnel I'cto McQofl
struck a two-foot vein of very rich ore.
An evident mistake has been made In that
porttoiu of the state bounty law which puts
but 75 certs on the scalp of a gray wolf
pup , as the hunters nass them by until full
growth or full bounty Ig attainable.
Cattlemen In the yvlclnlty ot Cheyenne
state that the prlco of stock Is steadily ris
ing. Cows with calves were sold near Horse
Creek a few days ago for $30 a head. I'roml-
mcnt cattlemen are buying all the stock
within their reach.
Bob Hall Is said to have struck an apparently -
parontly valuable lead on , Coraer mountain
In the Centennial district , nearly a mile
north of Centennial mountain. Ho Is down
forty-flvo ftet and recent assays show a
value of $52 In gold. Ore from the claim Is
now being tested.
Just twenty-one days after the beginning
of the great storm , llr. John Wright was
otlll digging sheep out or the snow drifts In
Bates park In the \lolnlty of Casper , and
sheep that had been Imprisoned under the
show all thli time , when liberated , stagger
oft and go to grazing on grassy spots.
Being thj first observance of Arbor day In
Casper , the piomoters are very much pleased
with the \\ork. Whole streets are adorned
with rows of three-Inch forest trece , making
a beautiful appearance. Many ot tbo trees
are four Inches In diameter at the base of
the stem , and most of the others two and
three Inches.
The greatest number of sheep over shorn at
Casper will bo shorn hero this year. Some
may have to seek other points even yel ,
owlnc to the rush of those registered to
shear. The town Is literally alive with wool
commission men , freight solicitors and live
stock buyers , buying wethers for feeding.
Ten cents Is the highest price paid so far
for wool.
Mlasoo Hlnes was in Douglass recently for
the purpose of concluding a contract be
tween the Fremont , Elkhorn railroad and
Phillips & Co. , whereby tbo railroad com
pany agrees to build a ferryboat to bo
operated on the steel cable which Is
stretched across the Platte river at Phillips
& Co.'s ranch. Tlio ferry -Is to bo In running
order by May 20 and will bo used for trans
porting wool across the river.
The Samlstono mining district , which lies
about fifteen or twenty miles west of the
Grand Encampment district , Is attracting at
tention of the mining men and prospectois.
A number of claims have been located In the
district , but upon ono of them only his much
development work been done. On this claim ,
the North Belle , owned by Douglas & Adams ,
a tunnel has been driven 300 feet and a shaft
seventy feet sunk from tbo surface. A test
from an average ten tons of the ere from
the shaft gave gold values of $200 a ton.
The prcacnco of a half-grown elk Insldo
the city limits of Saratoga created consid
erable excitement for a time the other day
and every man and boy w n at once con
verted Into an amateur sportsman. A 2-
year-old bull elk crossing over from the
main range to the Medicine Bow mountains
wandered Into town on the east side , and ,
being seen by several parties , they at once
got some kind of a shooting Iron and gave
chase. There was a regular fusillade In th l
vicinity for a few minutes until thn animal
was brought to earth stout a quarter ot a
mile- from the school houee.
OHKGOX.
The L.I Grniulo Chronicle says that every
available aero In Union county wilt bo
seeded to wheat this spring.
Hood Hlver strawberries will bo In the
market within a week , and from present In
dications tbo crop will bo ft phenomenal ono.
W. S , Byars of the Pendleton flouring mill
has orders on hand for 10,000 barrels ol
flour to be shipped to China and South
America.
U. n. Klddcr of Baker City Is In the Long
Creek valley , Grant county , making up a
band ot 5,000 yearling wethers , paying for
them $1.50 a head.
It Is reported that the Haselmrg & Coos
Bay Itallroad company , Graham. Sprcckles
and others , have bought the 'big ' Porter saw
mill on Coos bay.
Samples of kaolin found on the \V. 0
Palmer place , nine mlles west ot McMltm-
vlllc , are on exhibition In McMlnnvllle , and
the specimens nro thought to bo of unusuallj
good quality.
Mrs. Hattlo Stowcrs of Bandon has or
dered 250 skeins of the silk made by Prof
Knncnmtz's silkworm colony In Coqullle
City. With this silk she will do fine ueedle-
work that will be exhibited.
IK. . Dunn of Kugene sold bis hops , con
stating ot 32,000 pounds of the ISOfi crop , for
9 cents nnd 3,000 pounds of the 1895 crop for
3 cents per pound. The hops will be shlppci' '
to New York City. This Is the last lot of
hops In nugeno.
The Tlllamook Lumbering company Is op
erating Its water pipe factory night as well
as day , for the purpose of filling an order
for about two and a half miles of pipe ,
which IB icqutreil to extend the water sjs-
tcm at Kalama In Washington. It will re
quire about 60,000 feet of lumber.
The Oregon City Pulp company of Oregon
City hai adopted nn original and wlso muluod
of forest preservation. Much of the pulp
used Is manufactured from bilm trcca , which
grow In profusion 'lu llio vicinity of the
plant. Tbo trees are said to have n rapid
growth and tbo company ouiplojs a mau to
plant a tree whenever Iho soil Is good. In
this way the company hopes to have a per
petual supply of balm.
The Aurora of Enterprise says : "SbouUI
the proposed Seven Devils railroad bo built
and extend down Snalto Tlver to Lowlston It
will mean a great deal to Wnllowa county A
good wagon road can be opened up to tap
the railroad on Snake river , near the Seven
Devils , a distance of less than sixty miles
from Enterptlse , and only about twenty
miles from the Imnaha , the famous fruit
and stock raising bectloa. thereby bringing
us In touch with a good market for our
products. "
At Sclo recently Douglas Hamilton , who Is
a familiar figure In most Llun county towns ,
where ho lias been In the habit of preach
ing on the streets In his own peculiar back-
weeks style , was roughly handled by a crowd
that bo was attempting to harangue In front
of the livery stable. They first turned oft the
electric lights , and , seizing the preacher ,
Immersed him In a trough of water. This
treatment did not daunt him , and be re
sumed bis preaching , whereupon ho was again
soused Into the trough of water. When ho
emerged the sccona time ho did not attempt
to talk any further. A kind-hearted citizen
gave ilm dry clothing and now the per
petrators , It Is said , arc ashamed of their
actions.
WASHINGTON.
Very few squirrels are bothering the far
mers around Hltzvlllo 'this spring.
Hay sold In Kllensburg the other day for
$15 a ton , baled , on board the cars.
Sheep shearers Jiavo arrived In Prosscr ,
and It Is expected that 20,000 sheep .will bo
sheared there this season.
The rush of prospectors to the Okanogan ,
Methow and Reservation mining dlstilcts
through Wilbur has commenced.
Tlio corporations throughout Washington
are generally complying with the new law-
requiring the payment of an annual fee of
$10.
$10.Tho
The annual rose carnival In Tacoma will
bo held July 1 , 2 and 3 , and in connection
with the celebration there will bo a water
pageant.
The owners of dairy cows In Kittltas
county had to food the cows 140 days during
the winter Just passed , Instead of tbo usual
ninety ilajs.
Specimens of flre clay taken from Silver
lake , near Castle Hock , have been tested
and pronounced of good quality for brick-
making and pottery purposes.
There are 800 cords of flue shingle bolts
at John Uobln & Sons' shlnglo inlll , In Cus-
tle Hock. The bolts came down the Tllton
river , and then tie Cowlltz , a distance of
seventy miles.
Of the three new shlnglo mills now bolng
built In Snohomisb , Captain O'Connor's Is
expected to begin cutting this week. Itwill
have a capacity of 40,000 shingles every ten
hours , and the dry kiln will hold 420,000
shingles ,
Newton & Banes have their now salmon
cannery at Chuckanut practically completed.
It Is 100x300 foot. It Is expected the pack
will roach 50,000 cases during the season ,
giving employment to 120 whites and forty-
two Chinese.
There are SOO Indians In the west end of
Clallam county , the various tribes living at
the Hob , Ozotto , Qulllayuto and Neah bay.
Chief Peter of Neah bay Is at the head of
the Indian government and Is recognized by
the United States government as pollco of
ficer. Chief Peter conducts his council with
all of the dignity of a nttwly elected Justice
of the peace. Ho lives In what was for-
This Is the season of the year when
you set out your , lawn hose you'll llnd
perhaps that It la worn out and you'll
have to get a new one we've got hose
at tfe and 8c they'ro good hose our lOc
hose we will warrant we've sold lots ot
our 15c rakes , but have plenty for all-
garden hoea for ISo-rspades all our
Htock Is new and we've been In the busi
ness so long wo know how to price our
goods so you wjjj flud thorn money ,
savers hi every cane d'rlpoll water fil
ters $2.05. i - \ "
A. C. RAYMER ,
UUILDERS' HARDWARE HERE ,
1514 Faruam St.
'T2W ' < vSW < Ei2PiirW1i
There may bo some people In Omaha
who do not know that we are the only
exclusive carpet store here and to these
we want to nay selling cari > ets only
aa wo do you can readily see wo nuiflt
glvo you tlio best nt the lowest possible
price that la the secret of our growing
btiblncss once a customer alwys one
our whole tlmo and attention Is given
to Hecurlng for you. . the carpet of a qual
ity wo can u-ecominond and nt the same
tlmo sell you nt about the prlco of the
Inferior grades we've an Ingrain at 40c.
Omaha Carpet Co
1515 Dodge St ,
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rncrly the school bouse , using Iho largo room
for his council chamber. Before him are de
termined the controversies which ( rise In
the trlb , but his declsmu ! are ( subject to
review by the Indian Ment.
The dry kiln belonging to the W. H. Ford
chlnglo mill In Arlington , Snohomlsh county ,
wai burned recently and with It the 1,000 , *
000 shingles It contained , The residence or
bunk house and the cook house were also
burned , and the mill Itself , with \aluab1o
machinery , was only saved by heroic work.
The shingles were a total loss , with but $225
Insurance.
Hog buyers In eastern Washington are
buying hOR.i to whip to Missouri river polntu ;
at the Mine tlmo Seattle packing houses are
shipping pork products Into eastern Wash
ington , and pork Is being shipped from Ne
braska to Seattle , says the Spokane Chron
icle. This , It Is saitl. 1 $ ruining the hog
raising Industry In eastern Washington. Two
years ago the Palouso country had 75,000
hogs , the Potlatch country 40,000 , the Big
Bend country 30,000. Now they have not
more than one-third that many at most. The
catiso of all this Is attributed to 10-cent corn
In Nebraska and 70-cent wheat In eastern
Washington ,
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Atlantic & Pacific railway will estab
lish a creosote plant at riagataff , Ariz.
Exceedingly rich strikes of gold are re
ported from the Golden Dreams nnd Noon
day mines In Arizona.
A sawmill has been completed at Sat mo.
B. C. , capable of turning out 30 000 feet of
lumber und 30,000 shingles dally.
The Fruit Exchange Hollow says that
there arc 1,000 acres of bearing lemon trees
within five miles of Pasadena , Cal ,
Nearly 3,000 acres have already been
planted to beets nt Chlno this season , and
this acreage will be moro than doubled.
The wool season Is In full blast In the
vicinity of Billings , Mont. As many as
70,000 head of sheep have been sold within
two weeks.
Gold placer beds have been discovered
thrco miles east of Carlln , Nov. It It n
placp.r and quurtz proposition In high bars
nnd reefs running back 'from the river.
The Indications nro that the Santa Fe
railway will seek n connection between
Phoenix , Ariz. , and Dcmlng , N. M. , taking
In the Plnal county coal fields cnroutc ,
with a branch to Globe.
The Santa Ana valley Is being looked
over for canalgro for the factory at Htalto.
The plant grows wild throughout Orange
county , und a goodly supply of the loot
Is guaranteed for the beginning of the new
Industry in southern California.
The Callfoinla Northern Hnllway com
pany , Incorporated under the laws of
Arizona , will Immediately commence the
construction of n railroad from Kramer , on
the line ot the Atlantic & Pacific mil load ,
to llandsburg mining camp , a distance of
twenty-six miles.
The San Diego county spring woo ! clip will ,
It li estimated , exceed In weight that of anj
spring clip during the past ten jcars Many
fleeces will yield five pounds each. Growers
are holding their wool , awaiting congres
sional action on the tariff bill. Between 40-
000 and 50,000 sheep are lo bo clipped.
A rich strike was mode In the Midnight
mine , near La Belle , N. M. , at a depth of
ICO feet from the surface In the laige two
rompaitment shaft , which Is being sunk 011
that ) property. The strike consists of a now
streak fifteen ) Inches wide , which a mill run
of 230 pounds shows to bo of \aluo of $7SC
per ton , and the balance of the vein , which Is
five feet In width , has Incieased In average
value from $35 to $ CO per ton.
Advices from the piinclpal mining districts
of Arizona show moro activity than at any
time for seven years. During the last ninety
days three fabulously rich and a large num
ber of high grade gold discoveries have been
made nnd a number of now copper discov
eries. Some very largo veins of ere In new
districts. The now finds are located In Plma ,
Yuma and Cochlsc counties , southern Ari
zona. The monthly output of copper from
the territory now exceeds 11,000,000 pounds ,
The gold production Is a fraction over $1,000-
000 monthly.
Present conditions In the Kootcnal district
as to transportation and smelter charges are
not so backward as many suppose. There are
three lakes In the district which are reached
by roll , and between the two agencies the
freight charge on ores to the Pacific coast
and to Montana smelter points docs not ex
ceed $6 per ton. To Colorado points the
charge Is $17 to Denver and $18.25 to Pu
eblo. A charge of $19 per ton will land the
ere at the Missouri river. These nro compar
atively cheap rates to those which prevailed
In the San Juan country ten years ago , when
ores from Ouray and Tellurlile paid $12 to
$14 per ton for rail transportation alone.
Beecham's pills for stomach and liver Ills.
IOM'O.S1TU S AS 'rilAIMi
Sonip riutircn on tlir Vlnnnolnl
MttltR of ( iron ! Show * .
"Have expositions outlived themselves } "
asks the Chicago Times-Herald. "Is It , In
fact , true that It does not pay to nrrangs
expositions , as Is frequently cUlmeill" thli
question has been answered by the Au trUa
commissioner generaV at a meeting of repre
sentatives of the Vienna newspapers called
for this purpose. The commissioner general
gives the following flRurra.
Of the expositions of last je.ir that ot
Berlin had 6,750,000 admissions ; the millen
nium exposition In Hilda I'oeth , 3.DOOOOO :
Nuremberg , 2,000,000 ; Dr * Jen. 1,000.000. and
the expositions In Stuttgart , Geneva and
elsewhere were also vcll attended. The total
admissions to nil the expositions of 1S98
footed up 16.000,000 people. Arc there any
other arrangements by which such glgantlo
crowds of people can bo collected upon A
limited territory T The commercial suc
cesses of expositions are also frequently
underestimated , but only becsus * they have
heretofore not b sn Invttitlpatcd. The di
rectorate ot last > ear's exposition In Nurem
berg was the flttt to make an Attempt In
this regard. The exhibitors consented to have
their books examined , nnd U was found that
In the expedition buildings during the fair
9,000 anlcs. with a total of l.SOO.OOO marks ,
were made , and 8,700 orders , with a total of
1.500,000 mark ? Thwc nro BUI prising UK-
tires If It In considered that thh Nurombcrs
exposition , was limited to Bavarian exhibit
ors only.
Figures which are Just ns Instructive sr
ohown by the stntlstlra of American Im
ports before and after the World's fair In
Chicago. In tills Import In 1SSO Kngland par.
tlclp.Uud with 31 per cent , Franco with 10
and Germany with 7 per cent ; In 1S96 Kng
land with 21 , Franco with S and Germany
with 12 per cent. German Industry WAS
represented at the Chicago exposition In an
Imposing manner , nnd the figures given show
thu results.
But expositions should not bo treated
lightly from other points at vlow. Since w lion
does Japanese and Chlnero art exercise so
great an Inlluenco upon lndtifitrl.il art ? Since
the Vienna exposition , the Hist which Intro
duced eastern Asia to the public. To what
fact docs the South Kensington museum In
London , this mother Institution ot all Indus
trial museums In the world , ewe Its orlglnT
To the London exposition or 1S51. And thus
It can bo shown by nearly every great ex
position ( hat It marked progress upon tha
field of culture and Industry.
What the next International exposition lu
Paris , In which nil llfty-four nations of the
earth will paitlelpatc , will achieve In this
dlicetlou of course nobody can even 'ImoRlno
at this time. But one thing Is Bcttled :
Owing lo Us admirable nriangement It will
bo moro comprehensive , and therefore moro
Instinctive , than all prior world's fairs , The
1'orU s > .stcm. ns Is known , ai ranges for
groups and not for .states In the exhibits.
The whole field ot work of mankind , so far
as It can physically bo brought to expres
sion , U divided Into eighteen groups , each
ono of these group ? will nave a building by
Itself , and In this building all nations ex
hibit the woik of that pat tlculnr group , so
that In reality there will be eighteen In
ternational expositions. A very welcome In
novation to Paris exhibitors will bo that they
not only will not have to pay any space rent ,
but they will also be fuinlthed motive power
free of charge. The French are able to do
this , for they are not only rich , but also very
wlso.
Chicago Tribune : "Hi. Maria , you ought
to do something for that cold of yours. It
makes your noae so red. "
She Don't let the color ot my noao did-
tttrb you , John. I can take that nose out
on the street without causing people to wink
at each other nnd shake their heads and make
remarks about swearing off and all that kind
of thing , and If all the solicitude you've got
about my cold la on account ot the way It
makes mo look , I'll keep It to splto you and
I hope It will turn my iioso so red It will
make jou stay awake at night and I can't
hear you snore ; turn about Is fair jilay , and
see how you'll like It nwhllc , and maybe you
will keep your advco | to yourself next tlmo
and don't you worry any moro about my
cold !
Ho ( utterly crushed ) All right , Maria.
( neil DfffllHe.
Chicago Post : "Havo you any defense ? "
asked the Judge.
"Certainly , " replied the bicyclist. "Tho
man very foolishly tiled to crossitho street
and I naturally ran him down. "
"It's a dllllcult case to pass upon , " said
the judge , thoughtfully. "Of course , jou
are blameless , but I don't know whether
to call It a case of Justifiable homicide or
suicide. "
This is what llrex Sliooinnn did
to his dog when he caught him but that
has nothing to do with the way we are
selling those Indies' .f.'l.OO tan cloth and
kid top ra/or or newest coin too .shoes
In the dark seal brown or oxblood
this Is a shoe we can gnarntcc from top
to bottom never In your life have you
been able to duplicate It for less than
$5.00 but we gnarntee it and only nttlc
you ? : i.00-lt IH decidedly the nobbiest
! ? : t.OO ladles' shoe we have over been abq !
to offer you.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
I'll ! ) FAKNAAI.
Send for our Illustrated Catalogue Frc
Here's a list of llttlo necessities In
silver that most every one wants the
prices hero mentioned are our regular
quotations not cut at all but upon com
parison they will be found much the
lowest In the city-
Silver buttonhooks 25c to $1.50
Silver nail flies U.'m to $1.50
Silver cull do knives 7f > c
Silver embroidery scissors 7.1c
Silver 12-blatlo knife $1.00
Silver handle tooth brush ? 1 . ' - ! . " >
Sllvot' bicycle or bag tag. $1.00 to 1.50
CO visiting cards , engraved plate$1,00
C. S. Raymond ,
JEWELER ,
15th and Douglas.
The success of the National Is well
*
summed up In the 1800 catch phrnxo
"A National rider never changes bin
mount" In this phrase Is crystall/.ed the
verdict of the rlilum who have found In
each successive model of the National
these Improvements which were of prac
tical benellt Our 1807 light roadster-
model II has no superior In u $100
wheel Wo niako a 10 per cent discount
on this wheel for npot cash Our model I
Is distinctively different from every
other Indies' wheel giving the rider an
easy nnd graceful pobltlou this wLeel
la only $75 ,
Kearney Cycle Co. ,
Bicycles and Bicycle Sundries
422 8. 15th St. , Omahn