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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1897)
" , JI'XE 1 K 1S07. of state Itmr * 'W es TI ITa Onuut * . arm * * a kwp Joe > u- ! > i- > C JaU. If tan Inatlee Si * not -ml * Barrier but art Ms S B < Tin soon stripe * - l TiniFF 8T COTTON. T1mw-H n-sld ftp > Tn Jnfr on eottnn 'n ant er r prapo * 1 to * ! i hi - tnry of tariff Intftflat km. la * eld to ? > in trlct conformity wits tl > ( iemocraiic 'fcor i that ( tatte-i ! * W V < w lnpm 4 as to 4la- crimlnate against ao section. Tie statistics of 1SW show that SS.OM iM ) ponnda of cotton - I ton , valued at { .1W ) OWI wi r lmpor' l into the Tilt9tatei. . The sn-tnta of ft i > g.i I eouon ir on the l crew" . i PhllftdetpMa Times fdna.Mrw than t-v < i-thlrf j ( rf the cotton producwl to this' ' emintrr Is portrt. and in. import duty of ! LQHfl j > , .r epnt wntiM ant nff t Hie aMrtot' ' prire in 'tin smallest ilwjree. Th little i for ! n eotton that la twrt by our Tnnnu- , factirrs to .rapwte-1 because Jta peculiar I * b r bi Ielre l for spe fci | purposes anil aot j beeaaae It Is eheap. tt will be needed pat > the ime. in spite of any Inty Tb actlmi I of tb * senate thereforhi Imposing an import - I port lurym ratton , for the Srst time In our I history Is titt rly futile and foellcti. Bnsrton H nM fdem. ) The senate took a = PW tffpartnng on tariff tn rfrn > y voting i to ptit a 4nty at 29 per rent on ealton. I Newr S-fi n las American protection stooped * i loir. Ifon-toftira erea the mnut i nbid jd wat of that pnnnnle aa-M ail- i mit e < i 'ant < a tton was an trrl ! on whlrh | the tni Hi States emild bolitlr fare thf 1 inir ritlnn ° < * ovorli ! arithont looking ! t/i the anrernnwnt far alii. But T live in i an igerf pr > wrMfl. a rl Oai dcr-Jopiarnt of U i > proti-ctlvc < iiictrlne In this rtrantry step vtth It. It anr American pro-taw strf toafce shelter behtml the Diatom I nonw the present senat hi too jenenms an > l i. ) 1ca | to Iraro him out In th roW. Ui'itavtHt ? Conr ! r-Jounial (3em ) A tar'tf of . ' ) per < -ent upon cotton n-iU havp no ef fect n-haterer upon thf built nt the cotam pnlureil in tin country Aa to IL egert apun 'tt Importation of Eirrptianot'on. . It Is HtHrult to speak with any courtrtetjre Tim cotton ( a Imported bt.-ca-.j it i Seeded for th manitfacutre of pertain Jabrlrs to tiicl aur ordinary cotton Is not ailanu d. Tip -as a-ll ! add 30 per cent to too cost uf this raw ciat rnl. ) and mav poxslbl/ hare th effect of ; lrtni ? fareli vho ha fr < " material , aueh in tliat thf dni he-i product will b instead of 'ha raw ration. In that event fie Unp ref the lauervotiW fall off iursHy whihthi mporu of tin- fabrics made from It would increase This , of mrse. may aot be powibli > but unexpecte-1 canot nences of Kiia sort ir constantly arrumnt ; as tne re- rut it eiperlmnntal tarffhan es. If. how ever there be no Increase in the impnrt of KDoiIs manufaeture-I from Eirvotian cotton , the Importa > f this article tre likely to aon- t.nur antll thc < juaeatic supply b cotne e iual o the lemand. In 'hat event , a small number of Cotton gnwers mar set a some what hiirfier price for their jjroducta than they would have received and the duty not been Imposed. IOVPIIES. . - * COH3IE.TT. Slous City Tribune Ex-Governor Holes does not favor a ratio of IS to L and those who favored hia nomination a few dayi 350 are now aghast at the otil gentleman's tem erity Waterloo Courier Prof. Unrrell of Jesup. t ho recently punished a H-year-old i rl pupil so severely a to dislocate ! and frac ture her shoulder , has evidently missed his caihng. H shuuhl be put in the s me catetiry aith Prof. Flt = simnions former Pr jf Brute Sullix-an and Prof. Jra Cnrbttt. Slojix City JournalHxSenatsr Black- bum was the leadtnt ; spirit In the law pop- ocrartc state convention in Kentucky , anil in hl speech he embodied ita purpose with respiH-t to the ; jnld democrata in these words "The guillotlni * and the gallons H.T fhe proper retribution for the traitors to th > - party ' Tils is arecisely thn spirit of th - Iowa pwpocrata. Davraport Democrat : The ne-v chancellor of Draie university at D a Moines comes from Texas , but notwithatandini ; that his head is clear and his coune stran ? . Hf 3rat utierance was -his baccalaureite ser mon and ha took for hia subject , "The Road to iht > Frunt. That Is precisely the direc tion thu college boys of Iowa ar headed. and the man who can help them set there is just the ana wanted. Dea Ifomes Leader- Colonel J. T. Rednuin of Mahaaha county is dlscausaed. The colonel baa considered himself the silver republican party of Mabaska county and last Sarurtay ax Oskaloosa hp was shown scant eaurtesv b the other members of the Mahaska branch of the "triple alliance. " Hence the colonel baa asuml a call for a grand mam convention of the * ilv r republicans of Mabsaka. tn es- pr sd thuJestaaon and horror of the treatment accorded them. S oux City Times : In many Iowa cities vry considerable baildin ? improvements. public and private. ar bsini ; planned and carried on this year. In Cedar Rapids alone it j ) Claimed tliat a million dollars will be expended m this way. Thia may be an over estimate. and still thers will be very large and important building operations. A number of other Io vj citr . hirse and small , are engaged In a similar movement. It is not a boom and it is fortunate that it la so. Out it is a better condition than there has been In tlvo years. It U likely to grow stead ily betrer. 3IIHTII RHYMED T1 ! ! " man who wnnt3 tomati s should Let caution have due ijnwth : Ofttlmes his neighbor kiml and jo < wl. WH1 plane enousn f r both. Star. Tm ffiad when ho ida : " come 'raund , And sUnl when they are rione ; Enjoyment makes a man so tired That working- seems like fun , PucSc. She shar thlnirs with her husband , though He seems to take it ill , She has a bird' * wtntr on her hat , And leta him have the bill. There is no m " without a thorn , X < joy witbuut 3 sorrow ; The p nta that eraawea now adorn , Will b txujjry-kneeU tomorrow. Detr-Ht JoumaL Star. ' Hal ! to the eradtiauns ; girl. Sh'i'i we ter. far. thuntome - Far wnile aher spnaka she talks no And chows nu chowin ; ; He who hi awn sucerw * woulit sea 5tn work ami makn- ; L t tho-'H who crav < prosperity G < t up and taHa it. ImiianapalU Tounial. There < wa3 a yountr iri nome-l TVho was classltied mostly as Tet. h n this younir mlai Was sk < l fur a kiss. fiho slehbd , "Do you UunJt we'd be Detrnlt Journal. Now bluebtnl pties hi * music mild ; \V. love him to be frank B < i ausrt Qa notta are never tilwi us In n bank. THE DWTttlCT aCUOUL. Bmtnn Journal. Hera when * the bluom-fnntfed winding hinh- waya mmt Thn out wblttt school bous stands , With KT * niiward worn And pathmt by rest- hvut fent. That thnonarfclch. . as Ume's waves roll ud r treat. treat.but but ne'er disbands. Throuifh open windows osmei the old re * fnun , Of Mhuolttenu'a rautina rule. H-an toaas s.waka that lanf have dormant U.n And fur 3. moment Tm a child a aln , And mly lau > tor acauol. T irt leafy boturas ona tor bnyend my reach , Uov trendy 'usuml my l row , Tha equal distanced t ees of old games . Cailinir my playmutea In their w spenah , WDO are so scattered now ! JL. rudr thran ? . flcxiklngaVr the wern door 51 1U Then * rornrt , BOW a kl w > dear. \ Uatlr , lnnk tewn Itttrainir's iry nl till .Lnd th tint ohurra of undenituniiiBB' * thnti O -itlle school , thou mother of ua all ! To ttMw thu awtrt pwturan X Mtry teet whwn v ajair shadows fall. vtnif iiay' oa u that ihrHatdB and ap pall.when when biun * a hearth Ore burut lalsMJMMMiMlMMjMMJI Pulse of Western Progress. Much afen'ion Ji b m ir-ra'-uj-l 'h ' recent m-.neral i.itf rer4- * along " ! aorU- wnrait at the ( Jraod Canron jf 'Jie Colorado - rado in Uiat nrp ! of ' " o Man s t nd" 'hat Ctao % u IH-WO tryl s ? ta wrast from An- - Tuiny years , says * . Flat taft. Aria. , ta tile Otmvvr RvptfMtean. Wail * dlnnrvr'es Bare indnded gypmttn. as- M. lr r , ! nJ aad eopttr. t * * striken made tn * lost narad raetol wttaiB th last ftew weeks BBTbea aa eitemrtv * an-t remarkable ta rldi&ewi as ta sirered sapper ' first ptaee In public Interest anil at tract the attention of mintn * experts tn all parM at the omntry A lane ausafcer of claims hav < > beeg < | tttetly located , aad ill of tfcwn ar said tn s * w ttBunmily wMe and extetralw copper deposits in oarbasacwms lime , the orw beta * chiefly carbonates oxMes and the assays running uatHHtally from 40 to SS per ernt. Tie deposits 3rtt encountered on the rr 9t of the. eanym. Sfty miles north of FTaesta . when * 'he \nlt.i Copper Coniolldated company aas made the moat extensive < levelopmeats in the 'IburlcL ' From this point the copper can be raewl in 'he < leveupni | * nt work as well IB by the otitcropplnjei for fifteen aill- to the anyon. and from the brink to a iep'h of nearlv 'XW feet nta the oanvon Uje'.t.vhera ih ore deposits an * permcaoat n all the itntitieil formations of limestnie samlvtone and slate clear Into the snailjranite. . Many uronoeeton are going Into tae new dis trict , tnd from the discover1) * * thus * ar njadi' tn * indications ira that s m of the mn remarkable mineral lodes e r known will be ton nil in this gigantic chasm. IMPORTANT IRRIGATION PHOJ3CT. Teleip-jphia orders have Juet come from PhilaiMnhia to commeace work on one of : hi greatest irrigation prajsts ever started in the coast , says a Tacataa special to the San F-incteco Chronicle. Wiile east this pring Joshua P'.en-e rorganle-i thi Psiouse Irrigation company , which built ten miles of irrigation canal in Whitman county four years ago. but lef tit uncompleted wheat the financial depression came an. The rear- | ganised company = hleh will vigorously push i the work to completion , includes Joshua > Harris , president of the Philadelphia. Jud Reading railnad : Presidrat * amuel Shipley ' of the Provident Lite and Trast company and ' George Buraham. of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Sixteen miles of . .iltchvlll he com pleted this summer This will water 5.090 acres In the Washtucaa valley , which is tapped by the Oreirnn Railway and Naviga- ' : ion branch line to ConnelL Nest year the system will be extended farther The mot 11 Important feature of the jinject is tfc. " fact J that in the narrow Watshcucna valley , surrounded - , rounded by high hills , lies the greatest I natural reservoir available for Urination purposes - ! poses in this state. This reservoir Is fourteen - I teen m.Ies lone by half a. aiil wide , and has j a noiurai data which w ill give ' . -veaty-five feet of water for its eatlre length , aad. bv j artificially racing the dam. twenty feet , higher , the quantity of water available can j bu doubled. Enmneers aave recently ascer tained that this reservoir will supply plenty I of water for the Irritation of iOO.OOO acrs of land situated aixmt PO ± JOC. which is for"y miles from , the reservoir anl' ; M feet lower The old adage of boota ames. 'Ke-p voar ey on Poacoe. " J being revived , for it ! s aow cenaia that the great Jeaejof Frank lin and Adama counties can be made as pro ductive as the Irricated Yokltaa aad Walla Walla valleyT. Water will be distributed over this vast area aa fast aa the demand will warraat. The water is to be taken from the Palouse nver. and every spring the big reservoir will be filled from the Wnhnu-na river insuring aa ample supply CANNED HORSE AND EORSB PORK. Deputy State Mining laspectar Frank Hunter returned frjm a tour of inspection among the aiines of Mad.soa and 3eiver- hcad couatlfd , aad among other thin"a. ; says the .Vaaconda Standard , ie briaga back setae interesting Information canceraiag Uadiioa Bounty's new ladusfy There are several horae canaiag factories ia the count'he product of which is largely exported to Eu rope , hut MadUoa county > a prabAoly the only place in the world where horses are killed for the purpose of feeding their car- cos s to hogs. Such a state af a3atrg elo quently illustrates the rapid revolutions lhit have beea accomplished by the bicycle and there are few wheelmen who will aoer perience a feeling of regret it stelag the j noble horse ted to the filthy and iiraobie hoi : . What Is of probably more iiaportaace. how ever. 'M the fact that whea the piaas tliat are sow under way ars consummated Butte people who eat pork will not be sure whetaer they are eating plain pork or a coaibinatiaa of hog and home meat. The horse butchenag aad hog feeding establishment ts located in the McCarthy mountains , about sevea aides tram Melroae. and the buildings that are r jured m the novel industry have Jusi been completed. A. J. Decelles. woo has run butcher shops at ptendale aad Melrose for several years , la th proprietor of the concern , and Mr Hunter says that he preparing for aa active season s work. It ia his intention to buy honves of all ages and stzsa aad allow them to ran on thu raage until they acquire the requisite de gree of plumpne s. Thev will thea be killed and their fat will be converted Jnto lard. The hides will be salted away and the hoofti and banes preserved and the re mainder of their carcasses w ll be fed ta hogs. The porkers. It 's said , will after wards be shipped to Ctoh aad fed oa cora for a couple of moatho aad they will thea be shipped to Butte aad converted into pork. The reason for this id sa.d to be the fear that the butchers at Eutte would kick If the hogs were shipped direct from their supply af horae meat. It is aot cocaidered Ukaly ban ever that ail af the hogs will he seat to 0tah to eat cora before beiag sent to Butte Mr. D elles recently bought a large baad of horses for J3 a head aad they are now beiag fatteaed preparatory to twlag fed to the hogs. AMERICAN ROCKDALE SOCIETT. Taa Mutual Cumulative society us the lat est development of the co-operative principle in thia city , says the Denver News Rer Myron W Reed is a member of the * ociety and TUite a number of members of the legal fraternity Including officers of th federal government , have joined In the movement Tha society IB founded upon the same plan as that of the successful Rockdale so ciety of England , which , ban spread into all par.a of Great Britain. The English dodety aow hva a capital of JTO.O'JO.CKXJ ind last yur carried on a business of CSd.UOQ.OOO , main taining warrhtmaes aad doing away with the middle man. In the Denver experiment tt ia proposed to utilize the store now In existence until the society Is strong enough to main tain a warehoiuu of itd own. Contracts wilt be made with storekeepera to furnish t p- plie at different kinds at a. reduced price to members of tie society Payments are to b made in cash. The aorlety 'Mil begin operation da soon as 5iX ) members ara secured lad th desired nurober of namta haa altntxt been nralle < l "I was a member of a similar tacitly In Washington city " remarkifcl an ameer of the federal government"There ira 10.008 to 15.000 members in the Washing. n irxaaa1 n , anj t has Ve T tnaa- ears -mstar.- < --iw . , a in 1'ipnc and strenir'a. inc invar-m pnn- -ipl is to pa atth for everything and the llacmuits enabled many to < 1o o who Sad be-a nnnloj ; blmi an toe credit plan. We VwiKht books for n ) for whtefe uttrr penple ! id 12. and < r l bills w r rwJnctd oae tslrl on lenmnt < rf tit * lar e contracts th < retary of tils sortety was abl to makr W aalBtateeii so warthrraee. . it was found a r safirfa ory to Iroy thirm h U regular -bannels. all pni haves of < wrtain hiratrfehoid articles tMiaic made by eeatract. The mem bers of the Wish melon society are aMetly clerks of rile irpurtmenta and tao habit at pnytne ceh enables many i family to lay by a comfortable snm for -ainy .lay " A pecu liar teatar * of the Denver Idaa IB that the accumulations f the society nwy be M oian- aged s to serve as a pension in old \f. C1UN3SE INSCRIPTIONS IN MBX3CO. A raek reeaotly discovered in thinioim - talM of MojedaiMa itetrUrt , State of 3onora. which is coverertvtth Chteese lapcripUuoa. ha J t bn vteitvl fty * n TJP av 4i " < luca"t l Chinese of Qnayaiat ) . a f * t Her- . nrwHJo iMex. ) dispatch to the San. Francisco Chnnirle. He aaya the inscriptions ars Hilnrae but ar somewhat indistinct. K iniilf a copy of them and has translated enoue.n of the Hnes to show that the w-itini ? vt probably inscribed on th * ? ro ic at le t iOM veara aga. Thrrs an tea ttnes o f cnar- icten on the part of the rock In new , and some of the lines may bt still buried ander the earth. There are ancient Cameae i lombs and monumenta tn the north of Ms - lalena , near the mining camp of Jacoba. The have never been oxpkuned. Sen Tup aaserts that in the h tury of Ctma taws is a tradition that an explor'ns expedition. < ii- i ' vided Into eighteen parties , landed on the western co * t of what ia now Muxlco. over twenty centuries azo. XEAV .VNTHR.VCITS COAL FIELDS. What are aaid to be the most estcnalro i 1 anthracite coal fields in Ameriro , are about to Se rendered available for development by i I the Southern Pacific company which has juit ' assumed control and ownership of the Jfew Mexico & Arizona and Sonora railways frani i Benson to Guarmas. The new management , says a Hennoslllo ( Mex. ) .lispatch to the San Francisco Call , contemplates a series of Important and extensive improvements , among which ia the laying of the entire ( roadbed with heavier stel rails. The mo- i | l iiva power will be immensely increased. A new line will be built from Ortis to tae . , Tuqul river. Thus w.ll tap lie La Dura and , BonaaciKi ? old mining region , which is said o contain the richest minea in Sonora. even ] exceeding in value the famed Las Prletas j mmea. Thia ex nsion w'll ran through the i San Marcial district coal fields also. Clurj j ence King , coal expert for the Plerpont Mor- aan syndicate , pronounces the product of thu region tts be the be t anthracite cool ev r pnnluced. The ledge is thirty miles in length and averages autteen feet m width , showing a quantity sufficient to supply the entire Pa- , cirtc coast with anthracite aoal of tha first quality for years to come. XEVER RAINS BCT IT POCHS. Living iu the aeighixirhood of. Loggiag cr ek , ahotit torty-Sva miles from Great Falls. Mcnt. . for a number of years. In a Jugnue ahaaty. has been aa old man named John Vance , who seeded to be in such ab- jen poverty that the other residents In the locality wondered how he managed to exist , and probably he could not hav done so had it not been for the charity that was * own him by neighbors. The ahaaty he lived in , which" was located on Virgin , creek , about two miles from Locgins creek station , oc- carding to a Great Falls dispatch ta the San Francisco Examiner , he had constructed himself by dlzsng into the side of a hill and then building -he front and sides by placing ; legs one above another aad sticking the emia into the hill a the rear. The hous was Just about big enouch , for aim to He down in. The ioor rocei ed of a hole in tha wall , which he ? auld crawl through , ayd the window was a mer ? peep-hole. Tie man wa.t too old aad ueak to cat the logn and make a place of residence at all shapely and ta putacg oa the roof he simply cat the pine Iocs and pat earth over them , ad ding ; snow in the winter At times ae chopped wood aboui Tyler's canip , aad with the aid of thu charitable people in the lo cality maaazed to eke out a aiiseraole ex istence , r JHT winter Vance fell side and thereby becan tt& romance that bida fair to end In bringing another family from just above the poverty line into amueace. ThH > is the Crossmaa family , the head of which has been section boss for the Montana Cen tral. Wnea old Vance .vas taken sick the family was very peed to him , and the eldest dauiinter. Miss Alice Crossmoa. who ts a bright and vivacious sir ! of sixteen , nursed tha old man , despite his porerry Tid rags , back into life. The other day the wonder ful news reached Ljcging creek thai a run af thirty-three year's standing hod just bce-i decided in Nora Carolina in Javor of Vance's mother The latter hai died only 3 short time ago without reaping her reward from the property of which rile courts have said she waa the rightful owner , and conse-juenUv her son and heir the old man of Ljg ng creek comes in for all. The papers have been received by Vance end snown by him to intimate friends as evidence that he is not deceiving them. The Jocumrats show that ho is the owner af a one piamauon in Norut Carolina and apprax.mateiy J2.tJOo OQ in rail way stocks. United states bonds anil various other securities. On the top of this It has beca learned that veara ago old man Vanca was tn better circumstances , aad then he was prudent enough to jke out and pay ter an insurance policy , which next month will pay him ? 20 0 0. Ke bja already Itft his hovel and J now preparing to takii himself to his new poweasions In taa sunny south , aad with him he will take a brain. Mrs * Alice Crossmaa. the marriage to uk < * place before leaving. OPENING UTAH RESERVATIONS. Dispatches from Washimrum announcing the selection of Captain William H. Beck. Tenth cavalry , as acting Indian agent of the Cmtah and Cncampahgre Uta Indians has created more thaa ordinary interest here , saw a Fort Duchesae ( Utah 'iupateh to thu San Francisco Chronicle for the reason , tha : othar army atSceiu A'ere available caadl- ir.ccrt for tha poiition to succeed Colonel llandlet , recently retired , and who has b - enacting acting Indian agent smre Major Ilaly com- maadaat of Fort Emchesae declined thu ap pointment. The- disposition of the opening it th Uncompahgre reservation lands , ex cept the gilsonit osphaitum lands , by con- Bre i , has si'en renew < i inteirgt to mund- Ing settlers , a. largo number of whom are camped upon tc rwervation dga awaiting an opportunity to acquire laniiji ander the Catted taU land la AS. The near future promues ta witness a large mrtux of people , including capitalists intent upon remu nerative investments. Allotraent of land in severally to the Indians , in iccoriance wlta -.ha recant action af consrsM , will undoubt edly begn at aa early day after President McKlnley signs the bill an passed by eongrftu. Expressions of hope that the next congress will throw the mineral taads open to early settlement are made. Within the pat month many < iuenea hav * been made by eauwra capitalists for reliable infarmat.on concern- A real jood piano for $137 id no ituabt n surprise to everybody but It In a fact this la haw -are do it lwuht ; a jreat number Cwalvo Jlffarent makes at about half manufacturer's coat we are not ! > lnu to make a bis profit out sire It to you that1 * biulnuss a hfsh cUum ynaranr ! tl nnvr piano for $1157 $ liES an L $108 wo won't * iy bow kin tiiia Mill last but when they anoatt we won't be able to set any more. A. HOSPE. Jr. , and Art. 1513 Douglas. 'ot Mffney. a ian > ls at Prlr- City - > a t : Rro i railway of p ring Ttdently beu i.t nquiring iaada p n the rwwr-aiion ire jmoMwrnts. aad ttte * sr future wHl na- ioobtndly see i lra * 'iffluk of peopt * it Fort D K-he ne BLtSAflSTH LAKB mm s from ElUmbeth Lake of rich placer an'llnm hi that r elira. ayr a Los An eiM liipa.rh to the 3 n rrsncJpco Call. I It has lon ! > w so ; oilacd that sold ! riB t there , tha remains of ancient worktaes lending - ' ing enter to tie Ujeorr Wthtn the pa t i y r investigations hav ? b s ajade. - nd i 4eld haa b n found sixteen atlas MnithMBt | f Elisabeth Lake , aaid to b richer Utac , anything aow known in Callforaia. The m- va tft tlons w ra aiade bv "Dwi ' Ooper < rf . tfals olty and Jiunea PwHl af L - > d llle. Colovho Jeclar" they Savs rirh placer I I irminda. Ta ir aien ire aow encaged in the | esastrictimi of a ditEh tihiii will brine * ) i j I j Inches if water from the Sn PVintae ulto cre-k to th placer elite Tht Iltch will b carried l.OfHl f ( t abovs 'hp bottom of the 3an FnnctenniM canon. . ilonir he courw > at ' aa ancient river iK-d. nher several le-l es ' that are 'he feeders of the placer 3e4d * below - ' low ar now riaibJe. A crew of men Is en- ' ? aced in th construction of 'he ttttch. under j i Contractor W G. Huex' of. this cltv. who , it i is said , baa experienced much difficulty in t keeplnc them it work , for tfce reason that , the men will desert and start wishing out aold on their own account. This lltch will shortly reach the olacer uroumta and then the work of deveioplng both , the former and , the qu r3 veins will b beiptm. At present thera are ov r T" < men eneaged In mining operatloaa throughout the > isrict. ! ACROSS AL.VSK.VN WtLDS. DavUl Joltason. a Swedish aiimionary who has bea Isolated far six yirs In western Alaska , arrived in Juneau recently trani a trip of 2.0ol * miles of mountain riding be hind a pair of reindeer says a Seattle li - j pitch to the 3aa Francisco Call. He braucht the mails from Paint Hope on the Arctic ocean and the Port Clarancu reindeer sta- Uons. as well as the news from ( he mis sion of the far north. In narrating his ad ventures Johnaon said"On New Year's day I left -vith the first reindeer mall for Coa- lakilk and Bethel , a Moravian mission station on the Kuskowim. We hail two t ami of | reindeers each. One of these teams waa j owoed by the native bay accompanying me , i Most of the time we drove the reindeer double and they did good work. We reached I Cnalakllk on January * Then we pushed j on toward the Kuskowim and joined Mr I KJullman. supericti ndeat of the Teller rein [ deer station , who with two Laplanders and ! a small serf of reindeer was on a re- [ ccnnoitenng trip looking for good fe d'ag 1 grounds tor the deer We made SL Michaels j ! in one day. There we were snow-bound for I eight days. Having no guide we took our I I course bv the caapass. with the aid of surh i maps as we had. aad eieht Jays later reached the Russian mission at Eelkolsky Our route lay over maintains oa3 acr > is several -rivers. but everywhere thera waa an abundance of i 'he best kind of rno s for feeding the rein deer. Our eiaerlenrp In crossing the moun- I tains was a bitter one. When on top a storai cams } shri kiag down upon us from the north east. To retrsat was as impossible as to go forward. Tie only thfcg we could do was to ! dig a hole in * he snow aad put ap our teat ! as beat we could aad ccouuh. down in. it waiting for the storm to pass. Neglecting i to take the dogs in. they ere found next moraing very suft , while ann was frozen to death. We then took the dogs Inside the tent and sat on them to tha-v them out. The siily- even hours that seven af us and ten ] does were huddled in. there , shtverinc and I huncry was an erpensnce not soon to be forsot.en. When the weather cleared we hurried down to Katrnai. where we arrived oti ' Marco. 30. This fininshud my overiaad , j m-aey During the , a Jiitr I had traveled j ibwit 2.00 * miles , hair with Jeers and half with dogs. " TEE DAKOTAS. Grasshoppers ore thick sa the vicinity of j Aberdeea. Arraage-aenta have he n completed far the ertahliahmcat of a llase-d oil taill at Fargo. Icwa parties have driven aearly 2.000 head of heifers into the Jatnes Rjver valley to be fe i unnl fall. The contract has beea let aad active work begun for 3. new depot tor the Fraaiont & Elkaora at Deadwocd. The ploaa call for tht > finest depot building along : the Elkhora line. It will be built of repress brick aad Hot Springs pink sandstone , aad ia to be completed in ninety days. A aew aad valuable strike has been made j la the Four Mile district aear Custer City I I j on i claim being worked by F W ahaw of 1 ; Omaha. A carload of ore was recently shipped and word received from the ship- meat that it contained a certain per cent ct vanadium , whlca a a very rare aad costly metal. Aa est.mate giv a by the authorities at tha mill places th - imuunt of vanadium to the ton at from five to tea ounces. The aiarket value is ISO p r ounce. A party of D adwoodiUa Is off on a treca- ura hunt far iau > the baj lands , whera aa yet few white meat have trod. The mis sion a to Ircate the grave of Winding Hawk , once tie head rhlei of the Slous aation. a-herem. according ta Indian tradition , a buried J50.fiOt > la gold. The party a com posed of M ter3. Starr Wltttabach , W. H. Bonham , editor of the Pioneer : State's At- toraey Wllron. J. P Dor-ker. W F Robert- aon and old Chief Whtta Eorae , the famoua scout , who is to ia as guide aad lead the party to where tie treasure la buried aad guarded. COLORADO. Reports from the range north of the Platte say the cattle have wintered well aad are in prime condition. Victor i to have a aew electric power plant to cost. ilD.wK ) . Grand Junction' . * P ch festival has been set for September 7. S and 3. It ia ! > ectd Uiat 150 men. will be at work in SutamltTtUe by fall. Tha Flortace & Cripple Creek railmad will build i new prcjied brick Jtadon at Victor. A large vela of pnra sulphnr in the Vulcan hod beoome urnitd and compelled the clos ing of ih mine , which , M 3. large producer Spoltag of th - new Gold City camp Park county , thu Colorado Spnnga Telegraph aiya Judge Fortes , the owner of the Wild Cat niuie , haa t > oa to Denver with oni 4.000 pouruta of th ore ftrna that mine. He has had arrays from. ? S ) to J150 p r ton. Ho ! down uoma thirty felt ; ahd has a wejl-de- i fined vein. A splendid strike han been made on the i Wa hbura mm at 3ucshlae. operatM by Sheriff W C Dyer. A * ( r ak of aolld syl- I vanit * ore. havtag be-Ti encountered at a I depta of fifty fetTie vMn i from one to I I j five inches wide and will ran nearly JS prr : I I pound. Tha haf which la now being sunk. I haa proven a good prTpoiitlon from the ' start , over J3 0 cavtng been nette-1 while I sinking. i Wor-i comes from Norti Pirk that the I works of the IndeprntfVoca Mountam Placer , Mining company ara naannff completloo. T B 1'fcfi ' iwirlT Snf n * t tnd h irto 'nr I he pipe lltm IUM a < rtr ill n in park. "Hi norapiMiT Tssn'ns ; ant nH "iy * 5 1st if Very neb llrt ia ( Mag fnnad upon > ht oom- 9 < uir s jamla , iunf mnatnn aj auh ia SI n toid IB ; ar p m of dirt. 1 OH 'imrrn la Catkin. Hw ! di. - aar this ta J e fcitMt spfnq err known n U hlwory at tlM amp. Tl m rh 'ha w-atJier ji wtnn aad favorable ; for the awttiBs ; of ttoc now. tt * epa ry s + owly. and it win be w eha 6"for wagons can be fotien over thn rnnne unlrw a 4r-mt anxntnt of Mxmr IB ahowlwl out. Motwlthntaedlnit drawback ta the star-in * of work. ' * * ipotta on band and on ttee ground j sr loin * good wort. I Reports name from Fort Collins of a itvrty zjlnlnc eTritement In Aunt Or k JWBS. which ihbetwen 3t- Cloud and th Btg L&ramip ri r The first Jinown of he ex citement Tna ibmtt fea Japs aio. led now oil 'he miners and prwpectom * r locking to "he r rltm. Ta mineral conateta of ? oid and s lv r and Mes -veJl-teilned reins and eitend-j ov r i wide bof eountrr * * ie * xpert miner , wbo h s * xanilneil fh * § camp , states that If tt turns out an it now r niB 5 tt will b one af tlie llvellt < t in tie otnte befor * the summer ' . ov r. WTO&UNG Samples of ore taken from tha Smuggler nine it Cooler hill ass < uiy J2 4 to tfee ten Ing otd. The work -epalrlai ? and Diving the Flalte river bridge at Casper Is completed. Freight- in Is renewed and business la iialn being pushed , wool and oil beiasj hauled to and aierc&andim o t of Casiser. Enconraeing repona an r r lved tram. Horse Shoe park prsspeeta aear Wheatland where Mesars. Johnson aad Hammond ha * been developing claims shoulng aflver- bearing galena. V vein two feat thick ! bcins wirke-1 aad or taken out for a trial shipment to Denver The inhabitants of the Big Horn 't sln are anxious to hold a westera fair "Builalo Bill" Cody , who .s Interested ! n some larse Irri gation enterprises la the aew country , .a enthusiastic over the scheme and boa writ- tea , from Corneetieut a Iet : sr in whirh he wsraily mdnrses the piaa. | Captain F. E. Maltby. United States * a- j siatant eagiae-r who has be-n surveying J the big basin for .1 resenniir aear Lanmie. , will compieti * his task then > on the MtX I and proceed by way of Rawllags to Devil's Gate , an the Sweetwater , for the purpose oi locating by survey i nwervolr there. A spirited contest Is goiaz on befora the receiver and register of the Called States land ai3ce in Cheynne aver the protests af various miners against the issue of patents ta thn Tnlon Pacific railway for lands north of Laramie City an the Laramie river , claimed to be placer and aiiaeral lands. Aa Omaha company at the head of which hs Hon. John V McShaae. will at once begia the construction of an immesae irrigation plaai between Fort. Brldger aad Hampton. 10 he knowa as Cinta canal No. 2 , aad 'he coaal will be thirty feet wide at the bottom , isirrr thr e feet it water and will be twenty miles long , tt will place SO.iMM icres of 3a laad under irrigation aad render it at for cultivation. The canal aad laterals will cost upwards of $3) 000. and will be the tanst extensive in this part of the w sl excepting the Biar River canal in Utah. Samuel Morgan , who came down tram the encampment , a Cheyane special sayg. is ex hibiting apecimeas of wire zold. takea tnai a claim called the Golden Center , near the Goldea Eagle that create great exci'emuat wherever snowa. Thera are -several pieces of spar as large as a man's thumb that are studded with gold , aad oce augget of pure wire gold an Inch Ions and a half inch ia thick = eas. Besldtts these specimens he has a three ouace bottle nearly full of aasgeta that had be-n picked out of the spar Uiat were ail the way ia sire from a g-aia of i wheat to a pea. These speameas are the finest and richmt yet je a In this couatry and demonstrate beyond the quewuoa of doubt 'hat the precious metala are there in abundance. ; Colonel E. P Snow returned from a ajine iaspecting trip through the Saadstone and tie Sa-nry districts , lytaz weat of Laramie and Joraiinc part of the Grand Encanipmeat district. Colonel Saow states that the En campment id evidently fitted to be the zrsat est sold camp in the world. The success of the recent prospecting , proves that thee - porta scat out some time aso ia reference to the mineral wealth af the district has aot be a exaggerated. Colonel Saow repots that Mr Douclass. uho is workiag a mine in the Sandstone district , has gone down. 380 feet , and has struck a ane vein of ore. tea ton mill tests tram which show a value of 421j per ton. The vein Is neither twisted aar broken aad the property is in fine shape to commence development work on an ex- teaaive scale. OREGON. Wool ! s coming Into the warehouses In The Dallivs at the rate of about 250.000 pounds a day. aad tie warehouse ore rapidly being filled. The Pioneer Mill company of Island City In Union county , has received orders for j 3.000 sacks , or ten carloads of flour , tor direct shipment to China. I Charies JC. Spanlding. who has a force of twenty-Qve men making a leg drive down the | Sanaom , expects to arrive at Newbcrr with i OO.JO'J feet of logs about July L t eor'cad ' of paper in wnlca to wrap ' peaches is expected in Ashland before long It is estimated that this quantity of paper ! will be sufficient to wrap peaches" 100.000 boxes. i i A shearing crew of twenty-two men flnlchetl , shearing : a 000 head of sheep at Alex Duthie's , corral , aear Arlington , in GHllam county ! aa : week , after treaty-eight days of hard work. There were SOO aacka af ool. the t fleeces ranging from eight to sixteen pounds , per head. j The Roseburs Review says that tae order j has oeen issued for the round house of the I Southern Piclfic at Grant's Pass to be moves to Rofieuurg. All , the machinery was t taken from the building same time ajo aad now the building * xll be torn down' and I moved to Rosebur . j Tie track at the coal aiine aear Comilllu , connecting the aew opening with the mam j track , abcut 1.100 feet , la nearly completed j Tie work has been done rapidly , many citi- : eas lending a helping hand and putting In several .lays of work. There * ere two or three pretty heavy cuta. but they were bravely tackled and aalnaed. ' The Light and Water company of Hilla- i bora has commenced building a new tank , that will have i capacity of 100.000 gallon * 2Uaak on ClB towr m HilUboro holds i ' .O'JOO gallons , and , .run the new tank th reserve supply will be 170.a > 0 gallons enough to ke-p four streams flowing for thre anil one-bair or four hours. The new- tank will be sec In tiiu rear of the station and on ton of the ground. In order to get water Into town citizens or Emerpr-.ua huvH decided to build a ditch 3'OVra ' "Ver ajD tno e ; and then by a sume over SM feet ion * The water will b carried across Praine creek anil to a point hish enough ap on the Hen- derson point co be corned on by 3. ditch that will rin above all the houses In the upper part of town. The 3am * will be seventeen feet high ta the highest place. It might interest some people to know what the result of forty-four years would be on a carp * . . A Monroe correspondent of the Corvallis Tlmta aays "Tie Nofalu grave We wish to call your aaentlon .i to our new thin moilrt wntch tar % vn- tiumim dne 14 kt. JdId iillLtl cas1 war- ranrwlJO yeira wnth Elidn or Woltliam movamrtit J13.DO W * eleunt appear- anctt is eiinal to any soliil sold watch nuuk we want Just a chance tn show It ta you you nt-nii not buy unlu-ss you want to but If you want an elegant af > Cair toe almost nothing thla Is certainly your chunot ! < li .i . 50 vbaunj ; cards with plat > JLOQ. C. S. . . Raymond , JEWELER , Moll Orders solicited from evarywhera. 15th and Douglas. ANHEUSER-BOSGH BREWING Ass % THE LEADING BREWERY IN THE WORLD , Brewsrs of the Mosi Wholesome and Popular Beers , Original Budweiser The Michelob The Muenchener The Pale Samd on all Pullman Dining and Buffat Cars. Sarvad an ail Wagner Dining and Buffat Cars. Sar/ad on all Ocean and Laka Steamers. Sarvad in all First Class Hotels. Served in the Best Families. Sarvad in all Fins Clubs. Carried an nearly avery Man-ct-Wiir and Cruiser. Served at moil of the United Slates Amy Posts and Soldiers' Homes The Greatest Tonic , "Malt-Nutrins" the Food-drink , is prepared this Association. when opened for reinterment if ' .he bod' | the other day disclosed the skull and hip bones , together with the larger bnnes of 'he j limbs the ver * brae and a tew rotfln nails. All the wood work was completely eone aa | were alee the smaller bones of the body " I About 56 . < WO feet of balm and white fir logs are being put in the SanUaci it diT : n nt points up the river as far as Marion Crab- tree , says tiii Albany Democrat. In fact. the river In places is literally Jamaiixl full. Charles K. Spauldlng of Ne-vburg has the general contract , whwa he has sublet to different men along the river furnishing em ployment to a large number , and putting In circulation a good deal of money. About the j 1st of July the logs will be driven from the Santiora into thu Willamette , aad thence down the stream to Oregon City where the paper and pulp mills will take charge of theai. WASHINGTON. All owners ot good hors s in Washington ara expecting aa era af better price * J P. Sharp is manufacturing 380 pounds of cheese daily at his Elleaaburg crestnery The Watervllle creamer ! H beiag ran loily. 1.000 pouada of tnilk beiag received every day The Pacific Empire Lumber company , in. South Bend , will at once start , ap its saw mill for a ran of at leant sis weeks. North Yakima. will tha year clip nearly 2.500.000 pouadj of wool , every pound of sraich will b baled aad shipped tram North Yakima. She prthejring la well under way la Klt- titaa cocaty. The Washington ahetpmen nearly ail talk of holdinc their wool until after the tariff bill has putwed. There ar about 1.001 ohmglo bolts In the Toutlo river , between th mouth aad Tower , in Cowlitz county. The riv r ia low. and the drivers are having a hard time gef.nghe bolts out. Owing to the failure of the Washington ! eg--3laturg of loot winter u > njake the aeceH- sary appropriation for "he maintenance , the aew atate 2ah hatchery on Baker nver has Iwa obliged to close down Just at the be ginning of .he run. of the tyee salmon. A rich bed of anthracite coa ! haa lately bf-n discovered at the headwaters af the Cowlit = river aarUi of ML St. Helens. Tie ledga Is said to be four feet wide and id about sixty miles from tie Northern Pacific track. At the sazae plaes is found quite i bed of bituminous pitch. Til * j known aa ezokertte , aad looks like colored bets- wax. wax.The rsport of the Spokane laad oiSce for May shows tiat during that ame thirty- seven applications were made for original hameotead entries. Involviag 3.130 < W acras. Fiaal homestead entries wera issued to thir- ty-alx applicants far 5.4S3.43 acres , aad a'eo seven final timber culture certificates were jTOed for 915.i > 5 acr a. Laad containing 6.5T acres was sold to five applicants. Stockrnea , that have been making a roundup of their horaes on the raaga in Asotin county ootapliin that many of their finest aad most valuable geldings are missing and cannot ba found , although every aook and corner of the raago baa been , hunted over , says the S-eatineL Ul the old mores and one tad rwo-year-olda were found on their usual feeding grounds. A new Uidustry has been started in Ilwaco under iho ttlo of "folutabla River Club Pack.ng Co. . " says tie Ilwaco Journal. The abject , is the canning of spiced * almnn , a sample of which was s nt east a few weeks ago. and. from the dauenng reports returai-1 concerning the delicacy arrangements bave besn completed for putting up a rftuall pack. Tha buildings aad furnaces ara ail com pleted , the machinery position anil every thing ready to commence work aa soon ad the glass jars arrive , which hav been , or dered. MISCELLANEOUS. Thomas Maguire found a J230 nngset in Helbrook stilca , Slskiyou county California. A prospector in Poor Mans sulci . CaU- veras county , Callforala. found a :3.00.1 pocket. It in reported that 1.000 men will fce em ployed on , thu Slocan railroad ia another two Aeek3. The proposed bull fight it Fresno will be bitterly opposed by the Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals uf that ton a Durlag February aad Marca nearly 300 mining companies , capitalized at. over JSOO- 'WO.Jm ) , were incorporated aad registered in British Columbia. The Gilrny rCol.j Advocate says Uiat a Chinaman boa leased LiiuO acres aear that uiua for the cultivation of sugir le ts. The rental value of the land is tt.Cn- > . Last year over 1.000.000 pounds tf wool .were snipped from the wrarenou at Big Timber , Mont , and it to estimated that there will be S.OflU.Oi)1) pounas or more of wool shipped from that point this year Army worms In countless numbers have entered the lower Utah valley In southern California. Indians , who regard them as a luxury superior to the grasshopper or sanmp. are ailing their basketa and drying them tor future use. It .a aid that a company has beea or- gaaiied tn England which purposes doing on i the Yukon what the Chartsrtd South Af'tcaa company baa done n Africa. Tbo nev com pany haa asked a charter from the sovera meat which ill -jiva it ihu nsht to buiJd and jovera cities , maiataln oilUtla. build rail- n d and. ta fact , to Jo about as he ? please V presri dispatrh announces that -he en - slve San Marital real nt'lds. inhu irae jf Hennoslllu Mexico bnve been puriustHi ay the Southern Paritic railway The na > ate to be USMM ! on their western lines aati a Pacific Mail steamships. V report has beeu rereived tram -h" .a k- fwt nsenation to the effect that -he aan ial sun dance of the Blackfeet In'ltans ' * il occur upon the reservation the lar.e' id- t this month , reaching a climax ibotr j ji 4. Thi' nat orittes will , it la uadfrs-uml a- Jeavor to prevent the iSalr The Aaacondn Copper Mining 'in - > iy mode a report tD the county asae * . < ir.ia ta net proceeds of mlnc0 in 1380 wrc $4 " > - 000 , and the gross J17 3T3 000. TV iru.ng expenses nere JK.fWO > NM. It Is sanl unini' - put Is the tersest of any mine . .nhe ir' U Its net praceeds the year before were SI asj- J90. J90.Tho The FIh Cominifission steamer \ bT ss lowered the deep-water ash net iff * n Flattery , and when the net waa i-a vo ip vith great difficulty aa enormous shaft iv j found , weighing t 30 pounds and bei $ -n feet long. It had devoured all the sraa. Sab in the aut. The shark was cut up n r- ward and throtvn overboard. A report received from Mansion Montana , skys that several large aieat conaing establishments are now in operation in that part ofhe tate and -hat the product is shipped east and to Europe. Horses can be purchased at S3 a head , jarf stockmen aad ranchers are killing them aad feeding the carcases to hogs in place of cam. cam.On On the Bahaanaa bar on the Salmon "ivrr. aear Salman. Idaho , eighty men are at worlc with six streams i-onniag. and the big clean up in the fall will show a great deal of gold and a successful season's run. Th.a bos been an unusual season along tha Saimon river , and but little fall of anew haa had to insure a long ranning season aad the snow went off so gradually lad steadily that there A 111 be ao high ater which gen erally makes its appearance about the Oih of June , aad unlcrs the storage system 13 resorted to results in a short season Messrs. F E. P'.ace and S. Ei Gould made an importaat discovery of water 'hree "idea south of the St. Elnao mine , says -he R-inils- burg ( Cai. ) Miner It us within fifr feet at the surrey of the Kramer railroad , and a- . / about 500 yards from the old Searlea l-/ wells on the Coleman borax nid. The. ] ld wells werfr sunk years ago ia the bnpn of striking water , but they never f ju" J it aad they are dry today. It remained for a coyote to lead the way to the life giv ng 3uid. The wild dog of the desert. viuea .y becoming tttrsty aad stealing water had 'lug a hole about four feet deep anil t'oked his thirst with the pure cool , grauit < - * a er : hat fiowed Into his little well. Mes a. Place and Gould , happening along later , looked into the matter and begaj deveiLj- meats. Within twenty minutes ttey bad plenty of water for tneir thiraty horse ho had the honor of being 'tie first whi e Tian ' to drink front the new well. WOM.Uf AS A MINE BOSS. npt-rlntejulent of a- Claim anil.la n Cuttle ilneen. One of the busiest rwnientri .n all tha broad terrltor ? of Montan.i U Mrs. Nat Co - Hns. known 03 a caulu ( jueea in that stjiw , in addition to which nut ; manages a mine. She is snperinteadent of the Montana Queea Mining company of Columbia Fallu aai haa beea giving her personal attention to the workings of thu mine , as well aa to iha further development of the Montezuma and Rumdeer leads in that .section. Mra. Col- Una has been among minus aad aiiaers all her life , her father having been killed by tt * Indians when see was ID years at age. Consequently her education .raa aegiected in , many naya. and today she says ana a noth ing but i giddy schoolgirl , for she has n her more aiatura years started : n to set-ura learnim ; from books. Regartiag hurscf : , Mm. ColliiM says "I know i great ileal about mining , miners and mines. . 3 to my knowledge af aiming anil miners. I can account far it by long and uiiimaui acquainiance wth mm era and their methocla of worlc. but as to my knowl edge oc mines , though conscious of it I am unablu 10 account for it dicufactonly I never read a work on mineralogy or geology in my life , aor heard a lectur upon either of these subjects , except such as any person mignc occanionally bimr tn a mining naini ) . Yet many a hardy miner haa atilceil me to axaauau his 'prospect' ami ull him what t thought of it- f often < ild is rwiutsK- ! , and if my imprs-sslnu ( for I esnnol say 'ha : C bad opinions , not having anything tangiMn to hisu them on was favorablw I took sr-it pleasure in telling them ao. and my juran ohtained tn thu ray merely for the aik a ? tvera so often praven to be cofr rt an de velopment that many of my frtendi im ! a1- 'luamtancea eonuluded .nat I must ua"t something like intuu.ve kn. , .Imlge of mines. ' No houeat jfJler A ill try to icil * ant ha kaowk the customer did not ur ler ind Jc-t ant want. SuiM'iiui.on 'hnres for a * .ut In the long run it go i to 'he wail. Dr r L. Sbooman baa ju-st CT and h brou bt with hhn a nuw lot of dhoia lti a new ezblotxl sbof for tin * boys and z.rb > tor J1-.V ) ibi Utindhoniiwt b iys * and ml&ns' shoe in Ooiuha < me we can tiaranuw will wear y iur boy or ( prl as Ions an any < hot > ou trtvr bou bt tor Ji 0 or $ * J" on osWixwlibiw for th boy or mi.-w for a dollar and a half tliatfa somethlm ; yon , don't always jet Ui opp jrainUy of baying. Drexel Shoe Co. , U19 FARN.Ul STREET. E nd far Hluatratad