Nebraska Newspapers

    THE GRATIA DAILY B3S3&aioyiAY , MAY 17 , 1S 7. 5
Pulse of Western Progress.
Lieutenant Chlltondon , the- government en
Blnccr detailed to Inspect possible Piles for
the great government wntcr Htorago reser-
volr to bo constructed In Wvomlng , has been
here , nayo a Laramlc special to tlio Denver
News , and h - Inspected the great twain
lying five mllcg west of the town Llcuten-
nnt Chlttcndon ntalca that thla Is the groat-
wit natural rtservolr that lie ever * avv ami
that It/i Immcnso slzo la n complclo puzzle
to him. The basin. la ten miles Ions by two
miles wide , with a maximum depth of 160
feet. Lieutenant Chlttendon estimates that
the basin would hold 20.000,000.000 cubic
feet of water. Uy constructing ditches to i
the Ills and Uttle I aramto rlvcro. the en
tire area rould ho flooded. 11 would take be
tween flvo and six years for the dltchcn to
flll the btsln. The rrecrvolr la a perfect
ftasln , thcro Is no break whatever In the
boundary ridge and the bottom Ifl thought
to bo of crctncooua rock , covered with a de
V posit of cliy , which rondera It Impervious to
water The only coat to the government In
utilizing th to hailn would bu the building
of n fifteen-mile ditch to the Big Laramlo |
ami a nuvon-mllo one to the Little Laramle.
Water could be stored hero during the win
ter an 1 let out Into the Laramlo during the
dry summer months ? . This would supply the
greater portion , of Wyoming and ot Nc-
lnvuXa 11 rough the 1'lattovlth n copious
amount o [ water. Lieutenant Chlttondon '
lias called the government's conn of our- I
> oyois to make a survey of the basin , and
they will arrl\c In about two weeKs It will
tal < o the corps about three weeks to niako
the necc ury fiiirvcjfl. It In estimated that
the evaporation from such a largo area of
water would amount to about 1,000.000000
cublu feet per jear. The heavy enow etorma
would partly overcome this ovll and would
probably Itspon the evaporation by about one-
lialf Lieutenant Chlttendon also Inspected
tlin Ilattlo Inkcfl , and decided that they Old
not podscfli the advantages of the big baoln.
The canyon above Woods' Landing wa alno
gene over , the lieutenant rejecting It be
cause the rock wan not strong enough to
bear the Immense pressure
HITS CATTLnMCN JIAUD.
It seems that considerable secrecy has been
maintained about the new law In North Da
kota requiring a clean bill of health with all
live stock pissing through that state , or the
Inspection there by local authorities , says
the Miles City Stock Growers' Journal. North
Dakota stockmen whom this paper has In
terviewed , professed Ignorance of the law up
to the tlmo that a train of Montana cattle
was held up at Ma ml in and mulcted In a
largo mini for Inspection fees and the ex
penses of Inspectors It hai been said that
the law was aimed directly at the .Montana
cattlemen , but a North Dakota stockman Is
authority for the statement that the law la
aimed directly at the Montana sheepmen , who
by arrangement with the Northern 1'aclflc
road pay a local freight rate Into Dakota to
feed on the grasses that grow on the vast
amount of railroad lands held In that state
liy the company , to bo shipped on to market
nt the balance of a through rate , when the
came sheep are rested and In condition to go
seek the market centers. The Dakota reform
legislature was Impressed with the Idea
that they got no taxes from these sheep and
that the best means of getting something out
of them was to pounce down suddenly on all
classes of stock with a local Inspection regu
lation , but Ilko most radicals , they looked
only on ono side of the question ; they omitted
to take account of the fact that the North
Dakota people availed themselves of the fat
tening grasses on tbo land of the Northern
1'aclllo road without making any payment
therefor , notwithstanding the fact that the
Northern 1'aclflc paid taxes on those lands.
The Northern 1'aciflc road has lands and grass
enough In that state to feed sheep In transit
end jet have plenty for the fattening of North
Dakota stork "n Ithout price or question to
tlicoo who hold live stock contiguous to the
lands of the company. If the law remains
iti force , as no doubt It will , It will not be
the means of Increasing the treasury of North
Dakota to any extent , for as soon as the re
quirement Is known , the Montana shlppcis
will procure the health certificate of the
Montana veterinarian , whose sen ices can be
obtained for $ S a day and actual traveling
expenses.
There Is no doubt In the minds of Montana
shippers that the law was Intended , by Its
framers , to bo an Imposition for , as far as
healthful conditions are cancel ned , the two
ranges are one.
ALMOST SELF-SUPPOnTING.
The Indians on the Shoshone reservation
ha\e thus far this season eown 125,000 pounds
ot grain , and It Is expected they will sow
na much moro before the cloao of the plant
ing season , says the Cheyenne Tribune. The
department Is not giving the seed to the a
Indians this year as heretofore , but Is loan
ing It , and expects the Indians to repay
It when they harvest their crops. The pu
pils of the Indian school are farming ex
tensively under the direction of the Indian
agent , Captain Wilson , and the Uachcm of
the ( school. They have put out 12,000 cab
bago plantti and liavo a model garden. A
test will bo made on the farm with sugar
beet seed , the department having furnished
a largo quantity for experiment. Under the
present management of Indian affairs on the
Shoshone reservation they are Improving rap.
Idly In condition , and the majority oJ trie
trlbo will EOOII become self-supporting. Great
Interest Is being taken by the Indians In
school work , and the agency school Is hav
ing a very successful term.
I1IO VI3AH KOFI SUGAR HERTS.
"This Is going to bo the greatest year over
known la the beet sugar Industry In isoulh-
crn Callfornli , " said Colonel D. IJ. Teller to
a I'omona representative of the San Francisco
Chronicle. ' There could scarcely bo a bet
tor ccason for sugar beets thin this has been
and promises to bo tight through to the ma
turity of the beets. The big Chlno factory
and refinery will do a larger business than
any Mmllur liutltutlon In the world th'ii
year. It will no doubt handle over 10,000
acres of beets from the middle of July to
the middle of November. That means some
thing Illto JOaO.OOO worth of beets right thero.
Chlno alone will grow 7,000 acres of beets
this jear. The factory there will bo pre
pared to use 2,090 tons of beets every
twenty-four hours ,
"At Anaheim there are several thousand
Bcros of fiiigar beets planted wheio nothing
but sagebrush and wild birloy flourished un
til the l > cet sugar Industry was made a suc
cess at Chlno. The new pugur factory at
Alamltos will bo ready for operations by tbo
middle of July , and that will furnish a per
petual market for thousands more acres of
"Do I think there will be more sugar fac-
torlci In southern California ? Ot course.
Thin season will demonstrate moro than ever
befori how California Is the natural habitat
of the sugar beet , and you will toe several
now factories started as EOOII na congress
nottU'u the sugar schedule In the now tariff
1)111. "
I3L DOIIADO FOR NEVADA.
A rch ( tit-ilko has Just been discovered
In the Iluckojo mines la the Pine Nut
group. says a Carson , Nov. , special to the
San Francisco Call. It means money for
the owners and the whole community. The
courier says the channel has been found ,
If this Id correct , It means the opening of
an Immcnso mining region , In which such
men as Lane and Mackay and others are In-
t ores ted. The discovery of the channel
mean a the uncovering of untold wealth. The
otrlko was tested and found to bo very rich lllf
and bomo large nuggeta were taken out. I
Tbo worth of the strike has not beou as IIH s
certained aa > et , but already 100 feet ot 1s- i
auriferous rock has been exported and neither 1)11 )
cdgo has been reached. Tte | dUcovcry was tilt
juado by hydraullcli-g In the face ot a IS
mall hill , which recedes from the canyon ,
where operation * bavo been going on for
Dome time , and the work had gene but twelve >
feet when the Immense * b d of gravel which 18
comprised the old river channel was uu- foi
oovoreil. Prospecting was done down to 181
twonty-slx feet and tb ii the miners struck * 7i
a harder stratum than the rather low hyd 1)0
raulic pressure of water would penetrate.
A shaft and drift was then put In. and It
wa found that the gravel continued on
down under this
stratum and was oven
richer than the top , whllo the gold woa
coarser. No attempt , bow over , will bo made
to penetrate the lower bed this season In
ell probability beyond merely prospecting It ,
and a further exploration of Its riches -will
be postponed until better facllUie * are ob-
talncd for bandlln , ? It. Besides there Is
! plenty of pay gravel on top. That the chan
nel has been uncovered Is without n doubt ,
and It appears that by following It gold
could bo taken out for > cars to come. The
only drawback Is the fact that no water can
be obtained near by. It will have to bo
carried from Alplnp county at an enormous
cent , but company will goon commence
the work. The dltcovcry , It Is thought , means
an lil Dorado for Nevada.
CALIFORNIA ASPHALT.
A contract has ben obtained from the
city of Glasgow , Scotland , by which several
blocks of streets ot that pltce ate to be
paved with California asphalt. A Glasgow
Isre. one of the model cities of tin world , with
reaped to In municipal affairs , according to
tbp San Francisco Examiner , the- success of
this paving will mean a ( treat deal to tha
taphalt Industry of this state. It Is a high
compliment that even the experiment should
be made with asphalt brought from such a
distance ! , ns the material haa all been tested
In a preliminary way , and unlesi It had been
consldueil a superior mibstanco It would not
have been chosen for the purpose. In this
stito : la.it year upwarda of 20,000 tons of nn-
phalt vveru produced , come of It from Kern
county ; the largir proportion from Santa
Barbara In the latter county six mines are
bilng operated , two of them on a large scale
What are supposed to bo among the largest
asphalt dcposltn In this country arc these on
the Llsgrovo grant , ncai Los Alamos , In
that county This deposit Is a mixture of
asphalt with pure quaitz earn ! , containing
na dirt or organic matter , iionhltumlnous so
that the proccbs of purification Is simple and
pe feet The known deposit Is said to bo
10,500 feet In length , 7,500 feet average width
and 300 feed average depth. There are sup
posed to be about 80,000,000 tons In the
deposit. This Is to bo opened and refining
operations cart led on upon a large scale ,
there being abundant capital with the en
terprise Already several eaotcin clttca are
utlng asphalt produced In this state , and
with the Increased product from ths mines
to bo opened more extended markets must bo
sought. Local u > e Is restricted , the cheaper
bituminous rock bclni ; more freely used for
strtet paving. Wherever the California
asphalt has been put down properly It has
served Its purprse well and been well liked
The success of the contract with the city
of Glasgow seems n&surcd and will doubtle ss
ofpr
prove of great future bencllt .o the California
asphalt producers.
VICTIM OP MORPHINE.
The tragic death of Robert Ray Hamilton
of New York City , who lost hia life In Snake
river In this region a few years ngo , sava
a recent Jackson Hole ( Wyo. ) dispatch , Is
iccallcd by recent expeilences of the people
o' this section with one John D. Sargeant ,
known for his connection with joung Ham
ilton before the latter lost his life. During
Hamilton's stay In this region ho lived with
Sargeant and family on the shores of Jack
son lake , near the line of the Yellowstone
National park. Sargcant's wife was a cul
tured , well educated jouug woman , formerly
a Miss Crovvo ot Machlas , Me. , vvhcro hoi
family was prominent and wealthy. After
Hamilton's death the Sargeant family con
tinued to reside at Jackson's lake , the ranch ,
which had belonged to Hamilton , and a con
siderable sum ot money having been left to
Sargeant by the young clubman. Sargcunt
hss been a morphine fiend for a number of
years , and for BOIUO tlmo has abused his wife
anil family shamefully. This Information
reached the neighbors last month , and they
organized a party to go to his ranch and In
vestigate the condition of things. All the
reports wore verified , the party having to
force their way Into his house at the point
Of their guns. Mrs. Sargeant was found sick
and bruised and denied the attention of her
children. She was found to have two broken
rlba and a shattered hip , the result of Sar-
geant'e morphine savagry. She was removed
to a neighbor's and soon afterward died.
VALUABLE GUANO CONCESSION.
Low B. Harris , late chief engineer of the
Southern California Mountain Water com
pany , has resigned , sajs a San Diego spe
cial to the San Francisco Chronicle , to begin -
gin the development of a guano concession
recently obtained from the Mexican govern
ment by Jesoe R. Grant. Besides Mr. Grant
and Mr. Harris , Colonel Phllpot and other
capitalists of Riverside are Interested In the
concession. When Mr. Grant was In the
City of Mexico some days ago the conces
sion was finally ratified , granting to him and
his associates an. exclusive right to gather
guano on the coasts and Islands of the Gulf
of California from the twenty-ninth parallel
northward. Mr. Harris left for Sau Fran
cisco to charter a schooner for the first ex
pedition to the gulf. Harris will act as
captain of the schooner , which will make
crulso of several months In the gulf , lo
cating the best guano deposits. The first
cargo will be brought to San. Diego , though
It la expected that another schooner or two
will bo put on and that part ot the product
will bo taken to Honolulu for sale. The
price of guano has been constantly Increas
ing with the greater demand for orange and
lemon orchardtsts until It Is now $20 a ton.
The schooner McPhcrson , the pioneer In this
buslncra , has established a regular business
with Honolulu , finding a ready market for
all the guano that can bo delivered. The
Rlvcrsldo orchardlsts purchase all that can
bo laid down In San Diego. At the present
tlmo a tleet of ten or fifteen , small schoon
ers carry on an Illegal business , runr tfig
down and getting cargoes off the Islands on
the west coast within the limits of the
Lower California Development company's
concession , but the guano there l.s becoming
scarce , and the chances of capture and a
long tlmo In the Enscnada prison have a
discouraging effect on the business.
EXTENT OF KLONDYKE REGION.
The future of the Klondike gold fields Is
i something the most reckless would scarcely
daf ° prognosticate , sajg the Juncau City
( Alaska ) News. No othtr country on earth
s as great In extent In gold bearing gravel
In paying quantities as the Yukon \alley ,
and It hos often been said that 100.000 men
could scatter over that portion of the terri
tory known to bo rich In the precious metal
and they would bo all but lost to each other.
. . Klondyko river but little Is known
other than a few miles above Us confluence
" ' " > "eYukon. . The Indians say It la over
100 milts long. Judging by thp number of
days' travel It takes from the Yukon to Its
source , with tributaries of more , or less con
sequence every few miles. Thtsp tributaries
in turn have-many branches. Just as Eldorado
Is a feeder to Bonanza , and each one of them
may have spurs and gulches putting Into
them , BO It can readily bo seen that there
Is prospecting room In that ono district alone
for a vest army ot men. Bonanza creek Is
hut three miles bock from the Yukon , nnd
had It been llfly miles removed and a creek
of somewhat Ituser value found In Its. stead ,
It wouitt bo Ijlng to this day waiting for the
prospectors who would push further back
Into the mountains , Stewart river , a few
mllea above the Klondike and heading In the
same range of mountains , offers extraordi
nary Inducements to those seeking new dis
tricts Ten jears ago the bars along the
Stewart paid from ono to three and four
ounces a day but no prospecting whatever
hag linen done along Its Innumerable tribu
taries , which there Is every reason In the
world to bcllevo are rich In gold The Stew
art river Is a stream considerably larger
than the Klondyko and Is thought to bo at
least 160 miles long. The members of the
Macaulay party are particularly emphatic In
their advice for ever } ono to take In as large
an outfit as they possibly can. A two jears'
supply la not too much , us there need ho no
fear of an overstock. Eatables ot all kinds
find a ready sale at the mines and mi j ono
who may have a surplus in any particular
line would not experience the slightest diffi
culty In finding a bujer at a good profit.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Bishop O'Goimnn will transform the girl's
seminary at Yankton Into a state hospital.
The annual convention of Congregational
churches In this r > tate will be held In Ver
milion May IS to 0.
Staccy Cochrane , state commissioner of
Irrigation , Is ai ranging for nn Irilgatlon con
vention to be held In Ilcdflcld Juno 15 to IS
A creamery li going 111 nt Emciy and a
tiklmmlnu station loui miles south ot there
Pream from the latter will bo taken to
Alexandria.
The Parker creamery Is receiving about
2,500 pounds of milk per day , and Ifl selling
Its butter for 10 cents , while other butter
brings from 7 to 9 cents.
The steamer Last Chance has been en
gaged by the government to a.'slnt In the
work of Improving the Mlssouil river at Fort
Pierre. The Improvement will probably not
be completed before next season.
The government officials have decided to
sink another artesian well on the Crow
Creek Indian reservation , at a point about
fifteen miles perth of the agency. A great
many Indians live along Elm cicek , and
It Is the Intention to turn the water from
the now well Into this creek so that a per
manent stream can be maintained.
A carload of Russian Slavs passed through
Aberdeen , bound for the Bad Lands , west
ot Bismarck , where they will locate. They
are unable to speak English. There were
twenty-one men In the party , besides women
and children. They came from eastern Rus
sia , and were adverse to talking about their
native country and sc-eraed to think they were
still under the power ot the czar.
A sturgeon , six feet long nnd weighing
eighty-eight pounds was caught In the Cheyenne -
enno rhcr near Lisbon by two Norwegians
the other day. They were fishing ; with a
dip net , when , the monster"foecamo entangled
therein. Ono man Jumped Into the water
and astride of the fish , safely piloted It to
shoic , where It was dispatched , after a hard
tussle. It was the first sturgeon ever caught
there.
P. E. .Manchester , manager of the Cham
berlain Pontoon Bridge company , has had a
portion of tbo bridge put In between Cham
berlain and the west bank of the Missouri
river. The bridge over the main channel
of the river will not be placed In position
until after the so-called June rlao of the
Missouri , as Is customaiy. In the mean
time a gasoline boat belonging to the com
pany carrlea passengers and freight over the
main channel.
County Surveyor Meyer has located a
ditch from the artesian well on thu poor
farm at Chamberlain to Red lake , and the
surplus water from the well will bo run
Into the lake to equalize the evaporation ,
It possible. Red lake , which covers an area
of moro than 1,000 acres , was dry for sev
eral years prior to this spring , and If dry
seasons are again experienced It Is expected
that the surplus flows from artesian wcllfl
will keep It full of water.
The state mllltla Is crippled for want of
funds , and a number of companies nrc
threatening to disband. The legislature
appropriated only ? COO , all of which will
bo used In defraying the expenses of
transporting equipment and Inspecting the
different companies. The government has
called In all the 50-callber rides and sub
stituted the 45-callber army rifle recently
discarded by the regular army for the
now 30-callber gun.
The citizens of Plerro have Just organ
ized , the Plerro Natural Gas company and
have raised sulficlent funds to sink a deep
well In ( search of gas. They will go 3,000
feet If necessary , hut do not expect to bore
beyond 2,000 feet. Pierre hus two How Ing
natural gas wells at the precont time , ono
The latest novelty lu n gultnr Is our
now aluminum styles tliey are lighter
than \ \ oed stionjrer anil better In every
way do not wiup or sliiink with the
eliaiiKe.s lu the weather We've the same
thing' In the mandolin If you haven't
Been these novelties you should conic lu
ami look at them the prices on those
are extremely low Our stock of all
kluilH of small musical Instruments is
nioio complete than over and wo luvlto
you to call and inspect them.
A. HOSPE , Jr. ,
Music and Art 1513 Douglas.
There 1ms never been a thnb In wJiool-
IK history that you could buy a strictly
p-to-dato hlKli-grado bicycle as cheap
now You Know what a Fowler wheel
- thu highest standard lu bicycle
iilldhiB Wo are cutting the prices on
KMU an 1SW Kowler notice wo say
! > 7 regular frame , ladles' or gouts' ,
liolco of saddle handle barb or tire
r ( un.OO t > pot cash think of It an
S)7 ! ! ) model up-to-dato high-griulo wheel
$ l5.00 ! on easy payments S75.00
fl)7 ) Kowler truss frame spot cash price
rs.00-tlmo price J1KX > This Is the op
oituulty you may never gut again ,
Kearney Cycle Co. ,
licycles and Bicycle Sundries
422 S. 16th St. , Oinuho.
of which Is used to Ijflif , and furnish heat
for the Locke hotel and fhs ether Is useJ
for-the * amo purpose nt Uio government In
dian school. Doth these wells rive a strong
flow of water also. Th"7tTRe t artcijlan well
hero U 1,900 feet dwf 'and glwa forth 12-
000 feet of gas per dayr It Is bolleved Hist
there li an abundant stlnplv balow the water
bearing rock , nnd thf present undertaking
U In the belief that i la'rso supply ot gaa
will bp found at a greater depth than the
present wells Should the people of Plerro
be < successful In their sldrih for gas the
future of the town will , be jjsurcd. Capi
tal Is fwaltlng the dexclaflment of 'his en
terprise and the people arfvcrv hopeful.
COLOllATJO.
Glanders prevails nm"oilg thui horses In the
northern part ot Laratner county.
Laborers on the Welch ditch , near Golden ,
hive struck for an advance In wages from
$1.50 to $2.25 nor day.
W II. Ias ) ett and J C. McCulIom have
opened tip some ere asvjylng from $40 to
$2.10 on the Duckeyo Uoy at Trinidad.
Claimants of thu Concjoa laud grant have
rollnquUhod all clalmu for the part of the
lands not now In actual possession of the
United States.
Twenty-two men are now emplojed on the
Illack Crook mine , Lake City , and more are
being added to the force as fast as room can
be made for them.
There Is forty to sixty feet of snow In the
mountains of southern Colorado and northern
New Mexico , ensuring plenty of water for
mining and irrigation ,
dow Ilrothcrs have mitlo an Important
strlko In the Puritan at Yankee. The rich
streak of honcj-combed quajtz hau widened
out to ten Inches. AEO.IJS show aaluc ot
$100 to the tou.
The greatest stilkc ever made In the camp
at Kl Dura has been encountered In the En
terprise , which gave a return above $10S lu
a two-foot width , and subsequent returns
gave a running ot $500 , In which the vein
Is growing stronger anil richer with develop
ment.
A vein of alum a little over six Inches
wldo was discovered at Trinidad by Charllo
Hampton a few days ago. He was Investi
gating the ruins of the cliff dwellers , about
live miles southwest of Red Illvor , and ac
cidentally made thu discovery In a hole about
three feetdeep. .
S. P. Kennedy of Crlpplo Creek has for
warded to the miners' national bureau of In
formation a specimen of live asbestos , taken
from a vein southwest of Clippie Cicck ,
known as King Solomon. A manufacttner
In Uouen , Trance M. Lucleu Choulllou Is
In the field for au asbestos claim , provided
the fiber mcusilies not less tlinit four Inches.
Most of the asbestos thus far presented In
Colouulo Is too short , and also lacks life.
Asbestos pells by the ton , and will bo paid
for at the late of ? 250 per ton on the cars
In Dcnvei.
Travel to Klux , the now camp sK miles
west of lluena Vista , continues to Incicase.
It Is now ceitalu that the big Morcur vein
extends northv\est and southeast for a dis
tance of several miles. It has been uncov
ered In various Int'tancc'j nnd the values
continue high , a tvvo-ounco assay being be
low the average. Three feet of $100 ore was
encountered In the V-'JiiUorse mine in Snlft-
water district , at a depth of 250 fiet. U.
P. Motley of the Mary Murphy Mining com
pany has completed all.arrangements for the
erection of a smelter at ,1111s point.
Mr. D. II. McLellaml of Denver has teturncd
from a month's aojouriKln Hadger gold camp ,
about flftten miles noith of Sellda. The new
townslto Is knottn as AVhltehorti. It Is In
the center of the mli\eul belt , and within
four miles of Calumet , on , a spur of the Den
ver & Ulo Grande. Prospecting Is described
as active , there being''from 400 to 500 men
engaged In staking out 'claims. The/ country
Is hilly , but the loads are g6od. The forma
tion closely resembles that , of Crlpplo Creek ,
the ores carrylug lion and gold , with values
developed near the grass roots. Seventy
assays made at Victor shorted gold values
of from $1.20 to $72 per ton. The known
mineral district Is about eight miles by four.
Ono ot the richest strikes ever known In
the history of the state has been made in the
North Cottonwood dlstiict , about six mllea
west of Uuena Vista. Up to the IGlh'of last
month there had been but'little ' prospecting
done In the Immediate vlchilty of the present
excitement. The name of the new claim
Is the Mercur 'Mercury , which was located on
April 21. The pay streak Is over a foot wide
and pieces cf ere have been taken out that
will weigh over 100 pounds. The vein Is a
strong one , over forty feet wldo and has been
opened up for over 400 feet. The first assay
made by Claience Jlcrsy of Lcadvllle and gave
5 40-100 ounces of gold and 17 5-10 ounces of
sliver per ton. Ten assays made In this
city gave an average of 0 % ounces gold per ;
tou. Charles Taylor , of the Ibex assay
office , iLeadvIlle , visited the claim Wednesday
and took two samples which gave ictuins
of 2 12-100 and seventy ounces gold per ton.
WYOMING.
Englne'er Clarence Johnson of State En
gineer Mead's staff left Choyeniio for the '
western part of the state. Ho will gauge 5'
the water In Black's Fork and In the Green
rlv or.
The Croesus tunnel at Casper Hill , which
was run COO feet last season , will be extended 1 ,
still further. At 300 feet from the opening a
vein running ? 40 to the ton has been found. I
A drift will bo made from thla point and rich
ere Is expected.
Building stone for the refinery Is being' '
hauled by the company teams from the
quarry with which to erect the foundation
for the new ISO-barrel Btlll to bo added to
the oil refinery plant In Casper. The new still I I
Is to arrive this week.
Shearing sheep by hand io faat becoming
a thing of the past at Casper , and If any
ono doubts tub all they will have to do to 1 1
become convinced la to > take a drive to the I
pens about seven mllta west , where thirty-
six men are shearing sheep by the aid of
a gasollno engine , and each man Is making
better tlmo and getting more wool than by
the old method. It is estimated by the most
conservative and best Judges that at least < i j
pound moro of wool is taken from each sheep I <
by the machine method than by hand , and
the cut Is much smoother , while at thp tame
time two men can turn out na much work
with steam as three could by hand.
The Indians on the Crow reservation will
sow 1,500 acres of grain during the coming
season and are prepares to plant several
hundred acres of potatoes. Agent Campbell
Is buying seed for them In Sheridan. The
farm lands will be allotted to them In severally -
orally lu order to encourage Individual effort ,
Parties just In from thu Centennial valley
report that an unusual number ot deer have
been seen In tint vlclnltty recently. Less
than a week ago a drove of nt least thirty
wo.1 seen lu the valley near Sheep mountain.
They have probably been driven from Ilio
mountain ] by the deep snow and are seeking
the gicon gro a of the valleys.
McShano A Co. , rallroaa tie contractors of
Sheridan , report that they will bi > obliged
to abandon their big tlo camp In tbo IHg
Horn mountains If the recent forest reserve
proclamation U not withdrawn. They have
$120.000 Invested In flumcu and machinery of
the camp and this wilt bo almost a total
losi.
Several sheep camps on Powder tlver have
been completely robbed ot Hock maitoru'
clothlnK , bedding , provisions and guns , lu
fact , nothing was lett In the camps robbed.
In aoino Instances the ruobers have stopped
In camp ami eaten a meit. and the plates
lett dirty numbered six. It Ij unquestionably
the Hole-ln-tho-Wall gang.
The ranchmen of Jackson's Hole region
have appointed a committee of safety , which
has published it notice to the effect that
"N'o ehcep will lie ailoucd to para through
Jackson's Hole , over an > route , under any
circumstances Wo re prepared for emer
gencies , and parties who attempt In drlvo
sheep through this country must take the
consequences "
List winter considerable excitement was
moused In the cimp adjoining the Hurk-
horn , on the road to llattle Lake , by the
finding cf rich gold float about a mile Nouth
of that claim John lleogle vvae the finder
and has been searching ever elnce far the
leid from which It came. It nss3 > ed $192 lu
gold and piomhed untold wealth to the
tinder of thu lead. A iiumbrt ot Uvtntv-foot
hoks have been sunk the pat whiter , mound
the spat where the bouldci from which
the specimen was tiksu was found ,
but BUCCCKS did not cronn their efforts un
til vcij leccutlv , when , nt a depth of ulno
feet , a lead tout feet wldo was struck , the
ore from which Is believed to bo the eamo
as ) the float FUange. to say , the lead was
found about fifty feet below vvhero the
boil Id et lay , iMtcid of above , vvheie all of
the prospecting had been dono. The claim Is
OIL the north fork ot the Encampment river
and south of the Duckhorn claim ono mile.
OREGON.
The woolen mill , broom-handle factory and
sawmill lu Hnmlon arc all running full time.
The Coqullli ! City creamery Is lecclvlng
0,000 pounds of milk dally and the supply Is
expected to Increase.
The country ntound rivp-Mllo In Wasco
county Is said to be literally covered with
little grasshoppers.
J. M. Yeatis Is starting cjrft with an Im
mense number of sheep from eastern Oregon ,
between ( i5,000 and 85 000 head , quite a num
ber having been bought In Morrow county.
Stockmen In Harney rounty have been
busy moving their cattle to the open langcs
to get them oft of the Hat , lands subject to
overflow , and to save the expense of longer
feeding hay.
Ueports from Rogue river are that there
Is a very good run of fish , the season so far
averaging up very well. The new company
han not made a stait yet , on account of the
gasoline boat Moro falllug to leave salt at
t'rankort , as agreed.
Cd Cates of Union has in his possession
the lower jawbone of a human being which
Is quite n curiosity , owing to Its Immense
sUe. It is so large that it will go over the
Jaw of the average human of the present
day , llesh and all. Mr. Gates found It In
Idaho , and It was no doubt at one tlmo the
principal working tool of some Indian chief.
A llttlo brown-colored bird , about the slzo
of the Oregou euovvblrd , Is creating havoc
among cherry blossoms In Polk county. The
bird cuts the stem oft very close to the bud
and simply drops the bud to the ground. It
is supposed that the birds have a liking for
the sap of the Bte-ru. Some trees urc reported
to have been stripped of a greater part of
the buds.
J. W. Dykes plowed up a relic ot bygone
days In Mrs. Alary Williams' orchard , near
Milton , in the shape of a rifle of a decidedly
ancient manufacture. The weapon la of the
pattern that has the hammer under the
breech , Instead of on top , and It must have
been lost during a battle that took place bo-
tween a band of hostile Indians and a party
of white men In that locality about forty-
five years ago , and all this tlmo It has been
burled In the ground until plowed up by Mr.
Dykes.
WASHINGTON.
The Northern Pacific has let a contract for
new stock jards at Oarficld.
The Star Shingle company has gotten Its
now mill In operation at Elma.
The Dayton Manufacturing company , Dlalne ,
will shortly put In a box factory ,
The Carlisle Canning company of Vlclorla
will operate the Village Point salmon can-
nery , Whatcom county , this season.
George Duller has leased the Griffin sliln-
glo mill at Holllngsnorth , and will Increase
Us capacity from 50,000 shingles to 120,000
dally.
The Pancoast shlnglo mill Is being removed
from Ten MIlo to the Slag ranch , In Whatcom
county , in order to secure moro timber. U
cuts no,000 shingles dally.
There are five saw mills In the nelghbor-
hood of Napavlno , Lewis county , and all of
them are running full tlmo Common labor
ers there are paid $1.30 a day.
Bands of horses are constantly being driven
through Myers falls to Kosslaud , Northport
and other mining points , vvhcro they are
soon bought by prospecting parties.
There are five logging camps In operation
ou Ostrauder creek , In Cowlltz county. The
It doesn't push hard It doesn't sound
like a flaw mill and it cuts the grass
that's the Sterling lawn mower we me
helling selling , mind you for ? 2.75
Wo do not hellevo theie la an equal to
it for the price lots of other peole who
have bought oue think just aH wo do-
Lawn mowers and ho.sc go hand In hand
We've got the hose , too thtee grades
that wo are making friends with at
Oc , 8e and lOc the ( Jc and 8c lioso aren't '
ns good ns the lOc kind you don't ex
pect them to bo Wb warrant nil the
lOc hose you get frpjn us We'vo a com
plete line of liulldprfl' hardware.
A. C. RHYMER ,
BUILDERS' HAftft.VVAHE HERE ,
1514 Fnrnam St.
V.I
The lace curtaljj { we nre now
Rhowlu are tlioj latest produc
tions to bo sccurudttitliQ Immensity
of this display canot be appreciated
until you have seen It Wo have
spared no tlmo labor or expense
In getting together for j'our Inspec
tion this grand lot of lace curtains
comprising all that'Js new and de
sirable Wo have thorn at all prices
but no matter vyliut you pay you
will bo getting more for your money
than you can elsewhere Strictly
first-class goods at the popular
prices that have built up our busi
ness. i
DmahaCarpetCo
1515 Dodge St.
creek WAS cleared of "bank" logi , the first
lime In four ye\n. The work wns done with
11 A locomotive and a steel cable.
The Ostrauder shingle mill on OMrandcr
creek , Cowlltz rounty , Is reported , with one
1'erMna michlnp. to bo cutting an nverago ot
I' 62,000 ' shlnglrs per day. Till * Is believed to
I' be ' the biggest cut on record for one marhlnc.
1 The Oray Harbor Packing company finds
; its 1 canned clems In great demand Inquiries'
j for i agenelcw are cimlng from various por-
I tlons of the countr ) A California dealer
, states ' that ho could hflndlo 8,000 ci cu the
i pro nt season
I Three square miles of cultivated lands In
the vicinity of I.aKc Clielan. now occupied
by white fatnlllr * , will icvcrt back to the
1 Indian * , according to a decision handed
I down ] In .Spokane by Judge Il.inford of the
' United Stntw circuit court.
j
The first carload of llmerock from the |
quarry on the Kvero.tt & Moute Crl. to rail
| ' road , owned by Kveictt parties , has been
hauled to the Uvcrett paper mill. The
smelter ' and paper mill , which UHI > largo
( ' inantltlffl of this rock. Imvo made satisfac
tory t ts of the product
John W. Green , horticultural commis
sioner for Asotln enmity , says that the fruit
crop lu the AflOtln Cieek valley will bo
something enormous. In fact , this Is the re
port that comes from uvcr > fiult we I Ion In
thu county. In some orchards , It Is said , the
winter apple crop will bo short , but this
complaint Is not general. Gardens are thriv
'
ing nicely.
Milton Kvat's. the Walla Walla member
of the state grain commission , Is causing a
copy of a petition to be circulated by a
prominent farmer In each dltilct calling
Upon the Washington congressional delega
tion to use their votra and Influence In the
fuitheranco of u bill now pending before
congicro to pay to producers of ceicata 10
cents for each bushel exporttd
Spruce logs on Gray's harbor are scarce ,
and the demand for them Is greater than
the output. The logs arc worth about $3
per 1,000. The supply ot cedar logs on the
harbor Is also much lcs than will bo con
sumed In filling piesent orders on hand
The price of cedar logs Is firm at f 4 50 The
flr logger has very llttlo to brighten his out.
look. Mo t of the
loggers say they \ \ 111 cut
no more 11 ro than noctusiry at $3.50 ,
MISCELLANEOUS.
A beet sugar factory on the co-operative
plan , to bo established .it Santa Ana , Cal. ,
Is being dUcusscd by local capitalists.
The discovery of placer gold on the town
slto of Nelson , 1) ) . C. , Ins mused consider
able excitement , and brought In a number
of gravel mlnuis. i
In Ilrltlsh Columbia any miner , before I
working in minus even for wages , must get
a government license costing $5 It Is proposed -
posed to abolish this taaa to the worklug I
miner , but not as to the prospector. |
In the Seven Devils district. In Idaho , to
which several railroads are contemplating
the building of brandies for the business
of hauling the copper ores , It Is claimed
that there are lu. sight 75,000 tons of ere
lu one mine.
The new law of Idaho as to placer locations
provides that the locator must place a pester
or monument at each corner , and within ,
fifteen days after making the location inaKo
an excavation of not loss than 100 cubic feet
for the purpose of prospecting.
The Valley railroad will soon begin work
upon the third longest tunnel In Califor
nia. This will be a mile long nnd will pass
under high hills In Contra Costa county.
It will be excelled In length only by the
Santa Cruz mountain and Tehachapt tunnels.
The Creo has returned to his old stamp
ing grounds on the banks ot the Missouri
and a camp , composed of about thirty of the
thieving redskins , Is located on the west
side on precisely the same spot where a
year ago ( Undo Sam' soldiers took them
captive for deportation.
Prom the various rldgw surrounding Kendrick -
drick , Idaho , comes the encouraging report
that the fruit crop will be very largo this
year. The amount of berries and cherries
will bo largely in excess of last season. With
50-cont wheat , a large fruit crop , for which
a market Is guaranteed , prosperous times
are In sight. It
A rich strike has been made In the mines
above I3carmouth , Mont. , near the properties
owned by Samuel J. Rltchey and J. Auchen-
ole. The body of ere that has been uncov
ered Is flvo feet wldo and the assay reports
run from ? 100 to $150 In gold per ton , Num
bers of miners have already been attracted
by the reports of the discovery and are com
ing In dally to try their fortunes at the new
flold. It Is reported here that the owners
of the mine , Rltchey and Auchenole , have
refused an offer of $15,000 for the mine. The
claim where the discovery was made Is one
HOW TO FIND OUT.
Kill a bottle or common gUfi * with urln
and let It Bland twenty-four hours ; n cdl
nient or Bottling Indicate * an unhealthy
condition of the kidney * . When urln *
ttnlns linen It Is positive evidence of kid *
noy Houblc. Too frequent desire to uri
nate or pain In the back Is nlso convin
cing proof that the kldnejs ami bladder
ure out of order.
WHAT TO 1)O.
Thorn Is comfort In the Knowledge so
often expressed , tliAt Dr. Kilmer's Swamp.
Hoot , the great Kidney remedy fulfills
every wish In relieving pilu In the back ,
kldncvs j ( , liver , bladder and every part of
the uriniry passage * . It corrects Inability
to hold urine and acaldliiK pain In passing
It , or bad effccla follow Ing UHO ot liquor ,
vvlno or beer , an 1 overcomes that unplcas *
ant necessity of I ling compelled to got up
many times dm In ; thu night to iirhmtn.
The mild and the extraordinary effect ot
Swamp-Hoot Is PIOII realized. U stands thu
highest for Us wonderful euros ot the moot
distressing < xases. If you need n mcdlcluo
you should have tha best. Sold by druggists -
gists , prlco fifty cents and one dollar Yuti
may have a cample bottle and pamphlet both
scut free by mall. Mention Tim Omaha Dally
lleo and send jour nddrcrs to Dr. Kilmer &
Co. , lllngliamton , N , Y , The proprietors ot
this paper guarantee the genuineness ot thii
offer.
Hint was flmt located nearly twciity-llvo
joars ngo by Itltchey , who has been worklug
on It at tlmos ever since. The ere that l
bolng taken out Is being sacked and hauled
to Uiumnumd. where It will bo shipped na
tiel as
A new liw of Idaho prov Idrn that none but
citizens or those who have declared their
Intention to become citizens may bo rm-
plojod In the mlncB Manager lluutley noti
fied all the aliens at the Do Lamar mine To
qula or take out their first papers Most of
them declared their Intention to become clt-
Irins. The constitutionality of the law will
bo tested.
The Kootonal liver semis to bo a , hoodoo.
No sooner had the Until sunk llft.iiillru
north of Jcmilngd Mont , than n similar fa to
befell the stonmvr Gwendoline. Doth \\eio
loaded ] with gold and silver ere from the
North Star mliio at Poi I Stcole for Oteat
Ruin l smelters. The two boils were worth
J",0,000 and the value of the ere Is unknown ,
but probably about $100 a ton.
California will noon fuinlsh Hawaii n cir-
rler pigeon sorvlco. which will bo used for
opecdy comiiiutilinllou between the various
Islands Au Interlsland cable would bo ex
pensive ami subject to fioimcnt breaks , so
fifty planters have united and will ulillru
the carrier pigeons ns bearers of messages.
A similar service IH also to bo established
he tween I'uget Sound potts and AlasKo.
California farmcra , through their various
granga organisations , art ) working hard tu
secure a free marlfet and a transportation
center. The Importance of this movement
cannot bo ovcicstlmntcd , as its Miccer.s will
free the producer from the control of com
mission merchants , \\lionou obtain the lion's
share of the consignments and whose charges
for drajage , damaged goods and coniniUuloii
are a constant souico ot dispute.
The Tiger I'oormau nt llurlto , Idaho , has
struUc eight feel of shipping and six feet ot
concentrating ere on the 1,200-foot level. This
Is the finest body of or ? over found In iio
mine , and is particularly .significant as show
ing greater richness with greater depth. On
the 700 and 800-foot levelii the ledge pinched
down until lu places It was only six Inches
wideband the owners were almost dis
couraged , but from thcro down It has gradu
ally widened. Iho proportion ot shipping ere
has also continually increased.
A Santa Clara county fruit company lade
do ing potatoes thU season , and by May 20
will have , SO.OOO pounds dried , which rep
resents five tlmra that weight of green po
tatoes. The diylng process removes four-
flfthfl of the weight and leaves all the nu
tritive part In compact form. Ono great
merit of the product Is that It can bo kept
on shipboard for an Indefinite time. The
dried potatoes many be cither boiled or fried.
An experiment will also be made this sea
son in drying carrot. ? and turnips.
Catarrh Is a constitutional disease and re
quires a constitutional remedy like Hood'd
Sarsaparllla , which prlflrn the blood.
If there Is one thing Drex L. Shooman
thinks more of than his dog it's our
quilted bottom shoes for boys they've
always been a good seller with us but
now that we've cut the pi Ice thoio's
sure to be n rush for them Wo put
the boys' sizes , 2'X. to 0 , down to ! < > : > .ur >
youths' sizes , 11 to 2 , down to $ U.OO
this quilted bottom shoe Is a vfomlcr
for wear the boles will outwear two
pair of uppers it's usually the other
way in lact , they aie an everlasting
shoe a shoo that we can nnd do guar
antee every pair to be the bust wearing
shoo made i educed now to § 2.25 and
$2.00.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
1419 FAKNAM STREET.
Bend for Illustrated Catalogue.
We sell clocks clocks of all kinds and
descriptions except cheap clocks and
yet people hay our clocks are the low
est pi Iced when clocks are compared
with clocks like ours We lay no gloat
stress on being low pi Iced on clocks
because wo know that cheap clocks are
the highest pi Iced clocks one Is eternal
ly getting them flxi-d or missing tialns
-Our clocks are good and lellablt
clocks that wo can warrant fiom a
nickel alarm clock to the llncst porcclalu
The works in a good clock cost moro
than In the cheap clocks A beautiful
case at a cheap prlco often hides n mul
titude of sins Ours ute icll.iblu woiks
100 Giitfiuveil visiting cards for $1.50.
C. S. Raymond ,
JEWELER ,
15th and Douglas.
Take care of your eyes have them
tested leaiu whether those headaches
co in u from that source or some other A
slight dllllculty with the eyes properly
treated at Its very Inception may ho
conquered left to Itself the evil Is bound
to grow nnd strengthen Goino and have
your eyes tested free If the trouble is
there wo can remedy It Costs nothing
for the test. I
Columbian Optical Co
4KTISTIO , bOIKVl'IFIO AMJ
1'IIACTIOAI , OPTICIAN'S ,
OM.YIIA.
Denver. til a. Kill St. Kama * city.