THE OMAHA DAILY BETC : aL ATTO-TrST 1R. 1SJ17.
country Hut wo were confronted bv one
very Rirnplo fact. We might dts .u i all the
qucfltlbni of the hour , but wo could progress
n ,1 one step. Legislation wns Impossible.
The two houses were radically opposed. Nobody -
body tan name a single public question on
which they were or are In accord. Business
therefore would bo Impossible , and nothing
could r.me of It except a stirring up of the
country with crude propositions which , as
they could not become law , would be under
taken with no proper sense of reiponslblllly ,
nnd dlscjsscd fololy on academic and polls
1al txiscfl. What the country wanted won
tariff and a rest. Hence nny mere dlscuv
nlons would have but contused tbts simple
ln.vio nnd prevented the operation of public
fotitlment on the senate. We , therefore , re
flated all attempts to confuse the people aud
held the Issue up before the whole com
munity , with the result that the popular
vrlll ban not been thwarted. There never
lias been a time In my experience when
the dominant party of the house of repre-
n n ( < itl\cs has been so united and so nearly
unanimous. In point of fact It Is only Juit
to rny that the bolter nnd more responsible
t > ari of the minority were In open accord
nnd that there were others who Mlently
ngrced It la , true that pome gentlemen In
the Rcnato took this action of the linuce
in high dudKCon and held It be unconstitu
tional , but nil the fonatc had for yitirn In
dorsed every principle Involved them was
not much llfo in this contention.
I. \ IIOIlXI IMM'STIIY. '
Oarim-nt workers of St. I.otils arn prepar
ing to Mart a co-opernttvo shop.
I vnn Maw. , makes shoes for Dra7.ll.
Tlio with has 00,000 cotton mill wotkcr * .
Tlio inntPli factory .it Spokane. Wash. , hns
dlfir'h.irgfd Its female hrlp and hired Chinese.
The rolling mill and cotton tie factory at
ROMP , Oa , will reiume operations Septem
ber 1
All the furnlturn factories at Oshko'h ,
" \Vlfi . n e running up to their r.i/iolty. | The
tirlrcs are not high , but the demand Is goo.1.
It IH stated that In six months of the year
Anvrlran manufacturers ran make enough
nhoea to supply the 70,000,000 people of the
UnHod Statis.
The Iron and steel business at lllrmlngham ,
Ala. , has started off with a rush. There
will litno furtlipr complaints of lack of
orders from that center.
State Labor Commissioner Cox Muds that
Michigan factory employes ave at present
belnfe ixiid $12WO ( n month mole than at the
same tltnp ono year ago.
A ina-hlno for blowing glass Jars has been
Invented and ono la already In successful
operation. When In geneiul use It will dis
place about four-fifths of the employes and
will make glass jars cheaper than tin.
Ueturmng prosperity has revived the tunnel
nrolct't between New York anil Jersey City ,
on whlrh work wae suspended for lack of
money in 181)2 ) , after $1.000.000 had been spent
upon 11 , and three-fourths of thu tunnel com
pleted.
The real Industries of Now Mexico are
cattle and wool. It takes a wc.uk to ride
around thu Maxwell lanch and a I every htc (
of the way the eye encounters fat cattle
heavy sheep and beautiful meadow laud. It
Is sixty-two inlle-H bquare.
A writer In the last Issue of the Typo
graphical Journal urges all unloim to aciiulrc
land particularly Typographical unions to
which members may retire when any condi
tion arises to deprive them of work. An
Iron molders' union In Sweden ban such a
tract , and by the refuge It affords Is nblo to
secure as high wagea on the employers can
afford to pay.
The rush of laboring men to the harvest
"fields " of the Dakotaa la unprecedented. It ! s
claimed that there Is danger of a serious
shortage of labor lu Duluth and vicinity.
Ono of the noticeable facts about the men
that are going to the harvest fields is that
most of them hav anywhere from $30 to
$100. As a rule the men spend about al
their money to get out to the Dakotas at
this time of the year.
The American Wire Nail company at An
derson , I ml. , has purchased additional groum'
In order to enlarge its plant. The working
force will bo Increased from 700 to abou !
1,000. The Victor Window Glas company of
Jho same city has begun work trebling the
capacity and working force of Its ten-pol
plant , and the American Tin Plate company
has begun enlarging Its plant , so as to In
crease its working force from 1,000 to 2,000
making the plant the largest tin plate con
cern In the world.
V. W. Arnold , grand secretary treasurer
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
In his annual report says nearly all its mem
bers nro now employed and many of then
are receiving Increased wages. Ho eays
prosperity is .evident at the headquarters of
the order every hour of Ihe day. The re
ceipts of the brotherhood during the year
were $120.133 , while the disbursements were
$398,399 , leaving a handsome surplus. The
membership Is at the high water mark
24,500 , or an Increase of about 3,000 during
the year.
IIHICUT AMI IIUI2137.Y.
Cleveland Plain Denier : "There's my
tailor coming. Do you want to do mo a
Bood turn ? "
"Yes. "
"Then turn the corner with me. "
Cleveland Leader : Mm. Younglovc Oh , I
nm mire Hint my husband never told me
n. lie In Ills life.
Her Mother My poor child , you are mar
ried lo u hypnotist ]
Detroit Journal : "On the whole , " said the
need weather prophet , "I Imvo found that
"the " safest i-'ourso in to predict bad weather , "
"Ilow so : " nskeJ the neophyte.
"Hecnuso people are much more ready to
forglvo you If the prediction does not come
true. "
Chicago 1'opl : "Why do you think him a
fool ? "
"Ho asked me to marry him , nnd of course
I refused the llrst time , and he didn't have
Bcnso enough to ask me again. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Prosperity (9 ( n
Rood deal lllce falling In love. "
"Whnl is the resemblance ? "
" .Many men won't bi'llrvn In It until they
liave had peisonnl experience. "
Waehltiglon Star : "I can't he'p won-
dorln' , " said line-In Ulipn , " 'of n lot o' clem
folkn dat's n-gwino to Klondike wouldn't
Bit rich anyhow cf dey was wlllln' to work
as hard at homo as dey'll hatter up dnr. "
OddH and Ends : Mr. Latestaycr I'm goIng -
Ing to kins you when I go.
Ml I'M Weary Do It now while I'm still
young.
Puck : Polison Say , old man , you nro HO
nhHcnt-mlndpd I bellovo you are in love !
Hobson-.Me ? Oh ! ho ! ho ! ho ! Why , don't
you know I'm married ?
Philadelphia North American : Felix Do
you menu that you can never be mine , An-
Kellno ?
Antfi-llno Well , I won't go n far as that ,
Mr , Turndown , I am going to marry an
other ; bu > one never knows , you know ,
Urooklyn Life : Safe. "May I kiwi you ,
WISH TeiiKpotV" nelced youngMr. . lluggins.
"Have you over klstwl a girl before ? " asked
the young lady. "Never ! " asseverated tin-
young man , "Then yon may kiss me. I
draw the line at men who kiss and tell. "
HKVWKD MAXIM.
t'lmcluiul Ix'iiilcr.
Karly to bed and early lo rise
May once luivo mud * people rich , henlthv
and wlwi ;
Hut at prcst-nt the man who would fain
niaku lil mark
llus got to keep hustling1 till long after dark.
TO OXH XUW IX THU WOULD.
Frank I'ulnam In National Mngnxlni * .
I'Vw words , my lad , but welcome warms
them all !
jou raniB not like wayside waif unsought :
Wo watched the path and barkened for
your CHll ,
And now we ask , What mefoage have you
brought ?
For you what plans has Mls-tress Fortune
Your huiuU do time and clri-mnstuivo jirc-
To ' hold the plow , the pn. the ready blade ?
'lo ttinlta the uavugu or caress the fair ?
A pretty theme for speculative scheme * ,
A tlower-llko face within the iteecy fold :
Dark eyes that hlda dim. embryonic dreams :
A none unsung , a manuscript unrolled.
I hear men my It Is a scurvy act
To call Into an overcrowded race
A conporlpt soul by fume nor fortune
backed :
My answer Is the smile upon your face.
Your trust , ut least. Is mine without a
*
The love I give , that love do you repay.
Bo , hand In band , obedient to the I aw ,
I > el you ana I proceed along the way.
Pulse of Western Progress. ,
.1
Thf- resident representative of the En
gineering and 'Mining ' Journal , In an article
on the gold production ot Utah for the prcs.
cnt year , makes a prediction that It will fall
below that of 1S96 , when It amounted to 91-
90S ounces , or an Increase of nearly 40 per
cent over the previous year. In support of
his prediction the correspondent says : "Last
year Tlntlc district , or Juab counly , le'd all
tbo counties , both In gold and silver , Us gold
yield being 40,170 ounces , whllo Tooelc
county , or Camp Floyd district the Mercur
area cnmo second , with 36,604 ouncefl. Tln
tlc Is mainly a lead-silver district , though
lomn of the mineralized zones carry paying
gold nnd copper ore * . During the past spring
nnd summer Tlntle shipments wpre light
compared to picvlous months , owing lo an
advance In Irclghl and treatment , and to
tbo ruling low prices of silver and lend.
Whllo there Is no Indication of ore exhaus
tion , there Is a notlcrnblo falling off In gold
contents of AOIIIO products , to such an extent
that the yield of Juab county for 1897 will
undoubtedly fall below Toocle's yield In 1S9G.
Speaking generally. GO prr cenl of Utah's
ISlH't gold output was obtained from smelting
products ami base bullion and -10 per cent
from cyanldlng mills. Of this latter amount
all but S27 ounces came frotn Camp Floyd ,
which hod an average lolal cyanldlng mill
capacity of 3UO tons per day
avetngo value of ere being $5.GO
per ton and produced 25.73S ounces. The
Murcur mine supplied 25,28:5 : ounces , or
nearly 70 per cent of Camp Floyd's entire
yield. That Is , Camp Floyd produced al
most -10 per rent nnd the Mercur mine nearly
27 per cent of all the gold mined In the
Etatp during ISIiC. At Camp Floyd one forty-
ton mill , the Sunshine has been Idle since
December , though It Is noon to resume ; the
Mercur plant has been augmented from 200
to 300 Ions ; the Gc > Hcr-Marlon has some
what Increased Us L-yatildlng capacity , but
the Marlon mill was closed for several
weeks ; Ihe Sacramento averaged about ns
last year , while the Northern Light mill
Is beginning to make contributions to the
gold output , so that It can bo said that up
to October nearly Ihe lotal tonnage will
practically equal that of the corresponding
months of IS'JO. The new La Clgalc mill ,
to treat 150 tons a day at the outstart , will
begin its llrst campaign in September , and
lhi > Golden Gulo 500-ton plant SOO or more
tons when fully complete will not be In
operation before the closing days ot the year.
From Ibis summary of the work In old and
new mills It Is evident there can bo no very
largo increase in the output of Tooele county
for the current year. On the other hand ,
beginning with January , 1SUS , there will
probably bo treated 1,150 tons a day * In
stead of 3CO tons , the average for 180B ,
besides ono additional mill nnd perhaps
thrco In process of erection. As there is
an ample supply of ore , averaging fully
as well ns tlio mineral treated last year. It
would stem a conservative prediction thai
month by month Camp Floyd's gold out
pouring will bo thrco times as great In 1S03
as lu 1SIG. ! Salt Lake county stands third In
gold yield for ISflG , with 8,808 ounces , a total
which will be somewhat augmented for the
current year. Primarily this U duo to the
Highli.id Hey 125-ton mill at ningham ,
which will make It first trial run in August.
Whllo Htnghams' smelting producty , carry
ing name gold , are considerably smaller In
lonnago than In 1S9G , It would not bo sur
prising to flnd Salt Lake recording a larger
porce.nlr.go of gold Increase than any other
county. Park City , In Summit county , Is
known altogether as a silver-lead district ,
but gold lu paying quantities Is showing
there in unexpected place./ . Several of the
more dlsilant districts. Gold Mountain , Ohio ,
Newton Stateltnu , Heaver Lake , Hlue Jloun-
taln and others are reporting new gold fields.
Many , perhaps mcst of them , will not add
materially to the production this year or
nexJMioverthelcss there Is reason to believe
that the dawn of a remarkable gold era fop
Utah Is not far distant. "
JUTTBIl HOOT PLACERS.
It Is a relief to turn from the annual at
tempt to find the Lost Cabin mime , says the
Hutte Mining World , and discover a new at
tempt to locate the rich placer mines in the
Hitter lloot mountains of which the Nez
Porco Indians liavo told so many talca. The
Spokane Spokesman-Review , In annorncihg
the proposed trip Into that wild and almost
Impassable country , which has furnished a
grave for more than one white prospeclor ,
says : The proposed trip of A. McLeod , his
Nez Perec wife , and an old Indian , Norman
of Kamlah , Into the Bitter Roots to find the
wcoderful plricer mines from which It Is said
certain members of the Nez Perec tribe an
nually take gold nuggels of marvelous size
recalld the former unsuccessful ventures of
white men Into the wilds of these mountains
In search of the gold fields. That a placer
district marvclously rich arid probably sim
ilar to old Florence and Pierce exists some
where not far from the Lo Lo trail Is be
lieved by those who have kivcstlgaled the
matter. It cannot be altogether a wild tale.
It Is said , since old Norman has In his pos-
oic.sylnn large nuggets which came from the
mlno , while other Nez Perco Indians of the
older generation are known to annually
make pilgrimages Into the Hitter Roots ,
ostensibly to hunt the big game abound
ing In the wilds , but In reality to brlnj-j
gold from the mlnn. Ono old Indian at
Kamlah has $30.000 In the banks less what
ho lo.-t In the Moscow failure which ho has
accumulated by a series of visits to the Hitter
Roots. As above stated , many unsuccessful
trips have been made by white men to locate
this mineral wonderland. Several years ago
the Gcorgo Anderson party attempted to
penctralo to that district , through the St.
Marias country , from Rosalia , Whitman
county , Wash , Later a parly under
the leadership of Frederick Saunders loft
Farmlngton , Wat'h. ' , to enter the Hitter Roots
by way of St. Marias , but the country was
too rugged. Another party , from Colfax.
Wash. , attempted to go southeast from Flor
ence. Idaho , but the undertaking was finally
abandoned. Again , nt a later date "Old
Duck kin , " an old squawman of Spokane ,
wns v'losely followed by a white party , but
thp laUer wa.-i given the slip In the mountains
and lost the trail. Old Ilnckskin I. ? a well-
known character , nnd It Is llrmly believed
that the rich placnr which ho yearly vlslln
Is the same that Norman has agreed to pilot
McLcod and his Indian wife to , It has
leaked out hero that a party has been organ
ized to secretly follow the McLeod party.
Mr. McLeod says that In cnuo his party wan
followed , old Norman , who Is very
suspicious , will lead them a merry cbaso
through the mountains , and at the proper
tlmo and place elude Ihciii. Mrs. McLeod
Is n relative of old Norman , nnd In return
for care which she Is to give to his children
ho pilots the 'McLoods to the mine ,
WYOMING'S PHOSI'KRITV.
The people of Wyoming are experiencing
.1 generous share of the generally prosperous
IniJlm s conditions of the country. The
two leading IndnsflM of the state nre
sheep and rattle raising , and In these two
Industries thnro Is an Increase m values
this year over laat of over $5.000.000. The
r.Mu\isincnt rollU of the state for 1890 chow
Hint there were a seiied for taxation 2i7- !
2-tO head of rattle , at an average \uliittion
of $12.56 , Tlio actual number of ruttlo In
the atate , according to the most COUHCI vitlve
ciUlniatPa of ctockmcn , was DOO.DOO. and the
average market valtio of tlitvse cattle on the
runga wns $17 a head. This year there arp
alfo 500,000 wttle. and the average price per
head on the range Ix $25. Suvcral bit ; lierJs
have been cold at this price , an IncrMso of
5S a head for one year. These ' .lieu arc
noteworthy , too , for the reason that not for
aiany yours previous have there been any
big rattle filler In the lange country. The
! mTcau > d price means a direct gain to the
cattle growfru of Wyoming of $1,000,000 for
one year , The advance In the sheep- railing
industry has been moro striking , although
not representing eo largo an Investment
In 1S9G the total number of cdu > ep assessed
In the ut > Uo was 1,06SOG3 , valued at $1.77 a
head , Thla represented perhaps ono-Jialf cf
the actual number of sheep In Iho stale ,
which La 2,000,000 held. Wyoming wool Is
now sflllns for 3 cents a pound more than
U did in 1S9C , and , on thu basis ot eight
pounds of wool to the fleece , sheep for their
wool alone are worth 25 cents a head more
than In 1806 : for mutton , sheep are worth DO
cents a head moro than in 1S9G. making a
total Increase of 75 cents a head In 1897 aver
1896. The average vuluu per head of the
2,000,000 eheep In the state was $3 , an ag
gregate of $6.000,000. The average valuethla
year Jj | 3.75 per bead , an. aggregate of
$7,000.000. The Increased value to those en
gaged In the two InduMMcs Is $5.500.000 ,
which Is perhaps as great a sum as last
year's production of the Klondike mines.
A LA KB OF INK.
Without doubt the most remarkable body
of water In the world lies In the vlclnUy of
.j Colorado river. In Southern California.
In this region of ugly volcanoes , desolate
alcs and slimy swamps , the strangest phe
nomenon of all Is what the naturalists cull
a " lake of Ink. " No other dcccrlptlon flts
so well. The strange black fluid that forms
the lakp bears no resemblance to waler. It
must some day have been a "lake of fire , "
and even now It tallies excellently with thp
familiar description of the Infernal rpglons.
Thick and viscous and foul smelling , It
seems altogether unfit that It should deface
the surface of the earth. The pool of Ink la
situate , ! about a halt mile from a volcano.
It Is about an. . acre In area. The surface la
coated with gray ashes from the volcanoes
to the thickness ot about six Inches , thu
concealing It real nature. A traveler not
prepared to avoid Its treacherous depths
might easily walk Into It. Experiment has
proved that the black fluid lake Is not pois
onous. It acts as a dye , and cotton goods
soaked In It keep their color for
months , evea when exposed to the
sun. They also acquire a stiff
ness similar to that produced by weal ;
starch. The fluid has been analyzed , but Us
component parto have not brcn made known.
As to the source of Iho supply of Iho lake
nothing definite has been ascertained. It
Is undoubtedly of volcanic origin , but
nothing more definite Is known. Naturally
this remarkable phenomenon has afforded
the Indians abundant material for legend.
Scores of bad red men. Ihcy claim , have
gene to death beneath the ashes in the lake ,
which Is oflO yards drop. The lake llself ,
any Iho Indians , Is composed of Ihc blood
of Ihclr bad brothers , who are puttering In
their hell nmld the volcanoes. And a more
Impressive hell It would he Impossible to
conceive. In this rock-hemmed basin arc
actlve and dead volcanoes , spouting geysers ,
boiling springs , a lake of some black , stick )
substance resembling Ink , craters that blow
out only dry ashcw , others that send forth
stones nnd grnvcl , nnd still others Ihat belch
liquid and blazing streams of mud. Then
are other holes which emit only indifferent
puffs of smoke or steam , while from all
Issues a burning odor of brimstone. This Is
a land that has never been traversctl.
Human beings have tried It , but they never
return to lell of their experience or of their
dlscpverlco. Little heaps ot bleaching bone--
can ba seen scattered about hero and there
over the lava-strewn surface of the ground.
Hones of animals also He about , telling the
story of the fatal wanderings of beasts.
i USES FOR GILSON1TB.
The discovery that gllsonlte , the new
asphallum which has been found o i Indian
lands In Utah , will protect a ship's bottom
from seaweed and corrosion , Is likely to
end the attempts of speculators to Induce
the government to open these lands to entry.
If the government owns the only gllsonlte
deposit known It will hardly consent to
make 'It an article of commerce available
for UEO to foreign navies. A monopoly
would enable our war vessels to keep the
sea Indefinitely , while foreign ships are
obliged to seek port at short Intervals to
bo scrapc.l and cleaned. It would be worth
million : ) of dollars to this countryIn a war
to always have the best speed of Its cruisers ,
available. 'At present a cruiser IOIIR In serv
ice , that made twenty knots on her trial
trip , only makes fourteen or fifteen , because
of foul bottom ; but with the hull painted
with gllsonlto twenty knots could be run
If the stories about the new asphaltum are
true , by a vessl which had not been docked
In years , always providing that no accident
should intervene' . The probability that piles
could bo protected from the teredo by th'a
new substance Is not great , but it would
bear looking Into. At present , however , the
chief advantage of Its use is naval , and
this Is enough to warrant the government
In guarding It with Jealous care. Inven
tions may be copied , naval plans stolen acid
engines and ships duplicated , but If wo have
all the gilsonlte there Is , and that on gov
ernment land , wo can keep It for our own
use , no matter what the anxiety of foreign
naval ofllce.s may bo lo get some of It for
theirs.
SUGAIl FOR PIUTES.
It may not be generally known that In
Inyo county , around Independence , Cal. , the
Pliitcs gather a kind of sugar from the
leaves of a species of bamboo reed which
grows alongside Owens river. It Is a singu
lar fact that Hils "sugar" Is the product of
minute green Insects which may be seen
upon the leaves. A representative of this
paper recently witnessed the .Indians cleanIng -
Ing thla product , which they did by drying
the leaves In the sun , then breaking them
up and winnowing through fine sieves. It
was n strange nnd Interesting sight , and
probably they used this sugar ages before
the white man settled here. The substance
is of a light brown color , nnd In taste
resembles honey to a degree. It fnlght be
an Interesting exhibit for the museums of
the great cities.
THE DAKOTAS.
Gold discoveries of unparalleled rlchneeo
nro not alone confined to the Klondike re
gion , as was shown by the uncovering
on the A. J. Smith group of claims In Ragged
Top , near Deadwood , of a body of ere , aaiayij
from wfilch will run $1OIS per ton in gold.
All the right-of-way for the long-distance
telephone lines out of Vankton is now ready
for construction. K. K. Llmlloy of the North
western Telephone company Is at Yankton
and an cltort Is being made to Induce the
company to construct a line from Yankton
to Utlca , twelve mlleo northwest. This they
will not do unUds a guarantee be given , am )
It Is probable the line will be laid.
No work will be commenced on the pro
posed military post at. H'smarck ' this sum
mer. There Is a hitch In the selection of a
site , for which an appropriation was secured ,
and Secretary Algcr baa not selected nnj
location that linn been offered. Senator
llan&brough , who Is t-tlll In Washington ,
has been laboring with the department , nnd
If no definite action Is taken before Ihe con
vening of congrtss next December , there will
probably be a resolution of Inquiry relative
to this matter , which Is of great Importance
to the capital city of North Dakota.
Sheriff Dahl has closed the last blind pig
at Lakuta , and an Injunction has been placed
on the building. The Joint waa run by W.
P. Montelth nnd hU son Wllla'rd. The ofll-
ccrri fcocurcd only a small quantity of liquor ,
as Montelth didn't Imvo It there. Some siy
ho kept the main portion of lib goods at hi !
residence , In view of emergencies. Ho gets
off light this time , as no criminal com
plaint was made against him , aud all he
lias lost Is a small amount of goods , the
IUQ of the building for a year , and the re
aped of his fellow cltlzena. The citizens
of Lakota are law-abiding , and do not pro
pose to countenance Illicit selling of liquor.
People or this town have IH.VII too lenient
with blind plggers In the past moro so than
they are likely to be In the future.
The stole board haa settled the matter of
railroad taxation by adding a total of $600-
000 to the valuation of roads In the state
for the purpose of taxalloti. The Increase
Is nt the rate of a straight aeacmmcnt of
$250 a mlle on the franchises , something
that has not been considered before In the
valuation of the personal property of the
loads. Tliero ore 2,507 miles of road In the
state and the Increase In valuation Is $626-
000. The railroads fought hard for the
, mo valuation as last year , which was
higher by $100,000 than the previous year ,
but the board decided that a tax on the
franchisee was Just and should bo made.
This raises the total valuation of all the
railroad property In the state for the pur
pose ot taxation $ $ ,000,000. The Great North
ern road gets the greatest Increase , as their
mileage. In the state U greater than that of
any other road. The Northern Pacific and
Northwciitern roads bavo protested against
the ralso on the franchises.
The South Dakota veterans will cut the
lame. Interesting llguro at Duffalo thla year
that they did at Minneapolis and St. Paul
a year ago.'ao they will march In the lluffalo
encampment with the tame standard as
tholr official emblem that created such
Interest In the Twin cities. These to-called
epeara are simply smooth rounded sticks ,
surmounted by a bouncing ear of com and
a miniature sheaf ot wheat. One year ago
the corn was generally obtained In Lincoln
counly , while Ibe heads of grain came from
near Aberdeen. Tbo spears were carried
In an upright pooltloti nnd the effect wns
brilliant nnd significant and made a decided
lilt. This year a small yellow streampr ,
bearing thp words , "South lakola. " will
float from the head of cn h.pole. Aberdeen
citizens will contribute Ibe' funds necessary
to prepare GOO of thorna.'number . sufficient
not only to equip department repre
sentatives , but to pass out to those who
may desire them for souvenirs.
The experience of last winter when the
stock lasses around Mcdorn were large , has
i.td Its effect , and the olockmen In the west
ern ranges of North Dakota nre realizing
Ihat It takes something else besides free
range to make the cattle business a success.
Continued cold weather nnd heavy snons
mvo n bad effect upon the herds. West of
: ho Mlwourl river lo promised one of the
argest hay crops In the history of that re
gion and stockmen are making arrangements
0 put up larger supplies than before. It
was thought the cold winter of 18SC de
stroyed the growing of catllo on the ranges
of the western part of this state and Mon
tana nnd proved that no ono could make
money by keeping breeding stock on the
ranges. This Is not the opinion of cattle
men who have by experience learned how
to raise cahes profitably nnd with little erne
no loss. The old plan of turning eows nnd
bulls locco on the range and then working
the round-up In the spring , after the cola
weather , the wolves and the rustlers had
ilono tht'lr work. Is no longer In vogue.
Although little has been ald of the matter
since the round-tit's of the big cattle outfits
in tlio wintein part of the state began , It
Is stated by experienced cattle hands at Hla-
marck who have ridden over the big ranges
ilutlng the round-up season that some ot
the outfit * who were largely Interested In
rows nnd helfem lost hcn-lly In trie hard
winter , nnd their rounrt-p4 nre showing an
alarming scarcity of stock cm the ranges.
One cowboy atatcd Ibat In a long ride over
1 region well watered by springs , nnd which
Is ordinarily the feeding place tor thousands
of cattle belonging to IMerro WIebaux , one
of the heaviest holders of stock on the east
ern Montana ranges , be saw but a few lun- :
Ircd head. He otatud further that the grata
was hardly touched In many p'.nrcs , aluwlng
that tlie range lies not been run over by the
t'siul number of cattle. It is known that
the WIebaux round-up ha.i been disappoint
ing to the owner ot the big outtlt. He put
'n ' 10,000 head of cows last year , and the
lame number the preceding year , and fully
expected this year to brand 15.000 calves.
It Is estimated by those who have ridden
Hie ranges and are In a position to know
that If he brands 2,000 he will do well. Un-
Jor Ihe circumstances thb would Indicate
a heavy less. Another report that comes
from the stock rrrigcs and is vouched for
hy the cowboys , who are the best Judges of
the situation. Is that there will be a scarcity
of beef cattle thla year. Ordinarily stcert
3 to 4 years old may be picked up off the
range at about this time of the year and
shipped to the market to be fiohl as beeves.
Hut there has been a period of exceptional
drouth this year , and there 'Is not graes
enough on the ranges to fatten cattle. Thl3
being the case , there la likely to be a scarcity
of beeves from the Montana ranges , as the
owners .will . allow them'to I'iin ' en the range
another yenr rather than send cattle to mar
ket that are In poor Ellapc. '
COLORADO.
Rio Grande county his | $43,078.44 In cash
In the county treasury.
Slight shocks of earthquake were felt at
Dasalt and Glcnwood Friday.
Fruit day and the Colorado State Horti
cultural fair are both Jo bq held this year
at Canyon City September'.15 and 16.
The squirrels have packedoft , a good share
of the apricot crop of , { ho W. N. Kennlcott
orchard , on Surface creek , Delta county.
The terrific rain storms of the past few
days In the Roaring Fork valley have
caused much loss of crops nnd hay , and by
washing out the roads. , (
The berry yield In this sectlon--thls yriar
lo the largest ever known In this part of
the state , says the Del Norte Prospector.
Raspberries are especially fine.
The El Paso Chlorlnatlon company at
Florence Is closing up work on Its power
plant , sampler and crushing departments.
It will probably be ready to run the sam
pler by September 1.
Last week the Gotthelf & Mayer company
shipped seven cars of wool from Chamber
lain hot springs about 00.000 pounds lo
Uoston. This shipment Included the Lawrence -
renco and Garcia wool.
All financial arrangements have been com
pleted for the building of the Canyon City
Crlpplo Creek Gold Belt railway , and the
line will bo completed and In operation
before the end of the year.
Rllle creek was on a tear last Tuesday ,
caused by excessively heavy rains on the
dlvldo around Its headwaters , a great
many ditches being filled up with debris
and some pretty badly damaged.
The state game warden has begun suit
against the Brown Palxce Hotel company ,
the Tortonl restaurant , the Pacific Express
company and several other parties at Den
ver for having In their possession fish and
game caught In the close season.
Two distinct shocks of earthquake were
felt at Glenwood Saturday morning. At
Uasalt and Carbondale dishes and loose
stuff were badly shaken , and some build
ings show plain elgns ot having been badly
shaken. The movements were two minutes
apart.
The Rio Grande wool crop Is being stored
at Del Norte this week. Several offers have
been made for the crop. 12V4 cents being the
highest. Growers Inform the San Juan
Prospeclor Ihat they will hold the crop for
13 cents , which will bo about 4V4 cents bet
ter than last year.
The builders have practically completed
their contract on the new school building at
Castle Rock , nnd next week It ivlll bo
turned over to the district. The new buildIng -
Ing will bo dedicated on the afternoon of
Monday , September 7 , which IB also a state
holiday Lal-or day. The new school house
has been erected at a cost of $8,000.
The contracts let early this year on the
Great Plains Storage company's extension
at the Fort Lyon canal are now about all
completed , forty miles of now ditch being
finished , nnd the contractors arc busy put
ting In bridges across It now , The material
for the necessary gales will ellher be un
loaded h"ro or at La Junta and floated down
the canal to the place It Is to be used.
WYOMING ,
A party of capitalists Is to build a railroad
Into the Grand Encampment mining district
this fall.
The Wyoming state t" " ( Uhe'ry , located at
Laramle , will distribute this year through
out Wyoming streams In rxCPEs of 1,000,000
young trout , the varieties 'comprising ' the
California rainbow , th6 eastern brook and
the brown German. (
Wyoming Press : It'niny" ' be Interesting
to some people to read ah'd 'know ' Just bow
big Ulnta county Is , It has a lotal area of
land mirfaco of 4.006,000'Acre's. ' ' Of this vast
amount only 307,728 acn'A hare been disposed
of to ettlPr * . 0.59S Acres are reserved , leav
ing & grand total In acres yet to bo taken
up of 4.38S.574 , of which 3,031,873 Is surveyed ,
and 1.5G6.S01 Is unsurvcycd.
Ch"yeano Sun-Leader : U is not generally
known that In Cheyenne at the present
tlmo there exists a scientific society , some
of the members of which have been pursuing
the study of mind phenomena and hypnotism
for tlip last few years , Perti.ps the most
progresi of the society has hyn along the
line of hypnotism , nnd whllo tit ? experiments
are Intended as scientific experiments , some
are very amusing.
John FInoln , the well known general cattle
dealer nnd large herd owner of Cheyenne ,
will market this fall 5.000 head of steers ,
running from 2 to 1-year-olds. 4.000 feeders
and 1.000 fat beeves. These cattle uro nil
from the Flnnln home rangesf In Nevada ,
nnd nro finely graded stock the beevps lip
ping the Chicago scales this fall at a mini-
mumi of 1.300 pounds , while many ot tht > : .
year-olds will go Into the winter feeding
pens with n pasture weight of 1,000 pounds.
The town , of Thermopolls will more than
likely bo moved to the Hlg Horn hot springs
before another sca.-xjn goes by. The people
are trylnif to get Innd from the stnte suf
ficient for n townsltD , and It this cnn be
donp , and It la very probable that It can ,
the stores and residence buildings will be
moved up as soon as possible , the distance
being only ftvo miles. At the springs the
people llvo In tents , and as there nre between
400 and BOO people there now. It Is thought
that the town of Thermopolls will bavo n
better chance to make a good town nt the
springs than nt Its present location.
A Hawllns special to the Denver Nown
says Ihe Union Pacific will begin work nt
once for the reinforcement of Its present
Rawllns water supply. Hull canyon , eight
miles snuthwest of town , will bo turned into
what ! o known eo Dry lake , n vast baslh
In the hills , three- miles out of town. The
banln Is two mllta wide by four miles long
nnd the water will have an average depth ot
forty feet. From the lake the water will bu
piped to the company'n yards and shops , ;
il)0-foot ! ) tunnel being an accessory. This
lake will also afford a much-needed watering
plnco for any stock held for railroad ship
ment ; will annually furnish vast quantities
of commercial Ice ; will develop n great fishj
planting and shipping Induslry , nnd will be
a boating and garden resort replete with j
summer pleasures for Rawllns citizen : ) . The
Union Pacific will begin work on this now
enterprise very soon , the aggregate estimate
cost being $12,000.
UTAH.
Tbo new school building In Tooole City Is
now being completed , so that when school
begins in September all the children will
be In one building.
The capacity ot the storerooms of the
California Wine company Is being taxed with
thp heaviest shipments of whiskies over
chipped Into the slate of Utah.
The country at 'Milford Is full of mining
men and prospectors. The past few days
have starlcd outfits out In all directions , and
something Is going to be turned over before
long.
The railroad tracks at Milford are filling
up with cattle aud sheep cars. After the
Immense shipments of the season , the tall
end of the business turns up to be big wltblu
itself.
The Grand Central of Mammoth was In the
market yesterday with Its Initial shipment
of two carloads of high grade ore , nnd It Is
believed that the mine will from now on
rank ; us one ot Utah's regular producers. /
The Buckeye company of Mercur hns Just
lot a new ccntrnct for the performance of
100 feet of tunnel work In the development
of Its valuable property. It Is reported that
the mine Is looking In a most encouraging
condition.
Soda Springs , besides being a favorite
summer resort. Is becoming an Important
freight station and the railroad company Is
steadily Improving Its yard facilities and
stock-loading pens to encourage the growing
cattle business ot that section.
At 4 o'clock the other day the Union Pa
cific roundhouse at Ogden wao filled with
engines and two were outside. At 8 o'clock
nenrly all were gone , so heavy are the fruit
shipments from California east. All the ex
tra engines of the Union Pacific are work-
lug , and the Southern Pacific has some Idle.
Everything moves smoothly at the Star
nnd Gray E.iglo mines at Cherry Creek.
At the Gray Eagle shaft the tlmberman ,
whllo culling a niche in the side of the
shaft , discovered good ore , which on being
I developed proved to bo a ledge ot very
good quartz five feet thick , assaying high
In gold.
William M. Roylance , the commission
merchant , has shipped this season 6,000
crates , or 72,000 quarts , of strawberries and
raspberries. There Is an outside demand
for Utah potatoes , something that has not
occurred betore for years. The Utah potato
Is becoming famous and the very best va
rieties are raised around here.
H. L. Baldwin ot the United States geological
logical survey Is engaged In the work of
establishing a meridian In Salt Lake county
for the government's convenience In reck
oning certain Important points from a com
mon meridian. County Surveyor C. S.WIlkcs
and Mr. Baldwin will also establish a mer
idian near the city and county building for
local uoes.
A patent has been entered at Washington
In favor of Joachim H. Burfelnd of Salt
Lake City end covering a process for the
treatment of gold and silver ores. It Is
described as "an Improvement in the ex
traction of precious metals from their ore ,
which corslets in the treatment ot the
cyanide product or precipitate containing
the metals preparatory to melting the prod
uct with sulphurous ncid. "
IDAHO.
The Paris Pest eays 300,000 feet of lumber
per month will bo sawed by tbo Hoge &
Plgott sawmill.
The assessment rolls of Owyheo county
show the total property valuation to be
$ S94.7SG , a gain of $100.000.
There ! s to he a change of postmasters In
Boise. The department has notified Senatov
Shoup that a change Is necessary , and the
senator , after conferring with citizens , has
named Warren C. Fenton for the place.
A remarkable feature of the abstract of
the assessment roll of Lincoln county Is that
It shows only six sheep assessed In thu
county. It is ono of the heavy sheep coun
ties of thu state nnd the assessor U a very
largo owner.
Now the rumor Is going that a deal for
the properties together with the holdings of
the Florida 'Mountain ' company , the Owoyheo
railroad and all of Dewoy'a property at
Dewey Is about being closed. The total of
the entire purchases is placed at $4,000,000 ,
A. I ) , and L. G. Caswell have brought
In to HoUo $1,000 in gold taken out in a
short time on a tributary of the Mid
dle. Solomon , hitherto an unexplored region.
Tlio gold was obtained by washing the de
composed surface of a porphyry mountain ,
which they say all carries gold In paying
quantities.
Two prospectors have como In to Holse
from the mlddlo fork of the Salmon river ,
a section that has never been explored , brlcg-
Ing a quantity of gold taken out there ki
a few weeks' work. The amount of their
clean-up was close to $1,000. An Interesting
feature of the matter Is that this gold Is'
washed from the decomposed surface of a
mountain which they declare to be all ore.
You know those ? l.f > 0 shoos the boys'
shoes blacks tiiul ' ftirjw tlio Drexel
Kimrantetxl slioo w j prox U Shoo-
man's out thu prluQ-xtftt'm't necessary
tiL'Citusu you can't ( Indicate tlii'in ulso-
whuru for lean than $2,00 but Its cut-
cut to $1.00 that's n clear BiivIiiK to you
of $1,00 over other stdres two pair for
one or a half dollar waved over our
usual low price this Is nil because
w 'ro having a tan shoe clearing aiila
uvery tan shou In the house cut to a
prlco that will pay you to wear tan
shoes thu whou | year round most all
sizes now.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
14:19 : Farmui ) Stro
The mountain Is porphyry The RO'd l
found il through It They do not claim the
rock Is hlRh grade , but they asrrt that U
ID all good pay.
Al Grimes' Paea , above Plonccrvlllp , n
flvo-ntamp mill Is going up at n very rich
mine dlscovcretl n few weeka ago by Mr.
Wells and two son ? . The ore yields big
prosprcM , and many nuggets worth novcr.il
dollars have been taken out. It Is oxpectiM
that the mill will be ready to begin crush
ing within the next two weeks.
Word comrs from the north that a cjse
Is bclns started there to leal the anti-gam-
bllng law by ihc rule laid down by the su
preme court In the fee law case. It Is lei
the h.tnde of J. W. Kohl of Lewlston. A'fund
has been raised from different points to de
fray the expense. When the e.tee comes
to Ihe supreme court * ome ot the best law
yers of Holsc will bo associated with Mr.
Held.
It has been known for months past that
Ihe Standard Oil company , or parties Inter
ested In that corporation , were attempting
to miiku a deal for the Trade Dollar and
Black Jack properties at Silver City. It Is an
open secret that when them1 great properties
were examined by Fred Corning and sev
eral months later by F. W. IJrsdley of Ihc
Hunker Hill nnd Sulllvrei , that thu work ws
douo for Standard Oil men.
MONTANA.
At Great Falls It took but throe hours to
ralso a fund of $700 for the entertainment
of Uryau.
Onn houndred men are now working on Iho
ICast Pacific mine at Winston and there Is
probably $300,001) ) In sight.
j .Tho llutlo schools will nol derive nd-
'
vanlage from the new free text book law
this year , because some of Its provisions
have- not been compiled with by Iho Hoard
of Kducallon.
j I Thp owners of Hie Paradise ditch have
formed a corporal Ion to be known as the
. Paradise Valley Ditch and Irrigation com-
j pany. to manage the nn'alrs of that Impor-
| ; tnnt Irrigating plant.
;
' The station building * ! on the Montana rail
road are to be crertcd by contract. Uach
slallon will contain 19,000 feet of lumber
and will IIP ample for the business. The
station at Castle Junction will be built llrst.
The shi'ep market Is better now than for
the pact four years and the buyers now In
Montana constitute quite a large army. AH
ono man remarked the other day , the buyers
are almost ay numerous as thu sheep.
The mutter ot protection to game and llsli
Is being vigorously taken up In the vicinity
of Great Falls , and while as yet no club has
boon formed the local sportsmen and Iho
ranchers are looking out very sharply for
all Infringements of the laws.
It Is reported that i-prailalors have alreadv
bought up nearly all the mature million In
norllicrii Montana. With but few insig
nificant exceptions , every bunch ot 3-ycar-old
wethers aud up bus been secured by eastern
and local buyers , who have been scouting ,
the ranges durlng"lho past three monlhn.
It is hard to estimate Ihc amount of good
that the road from the llittur Hoot to Gib-
bon.svlllo will do Ibis vicinity and surround
ing country- The dVn.uiee from ( Slbbons-
vlllo to Granlsdale , Iho terminus of the Hitter -
tor Hoot branch of the Northern Pacillo rail
road , le cstinmlcd at from sixty-one to sixty ,
five miles.
During the month of July there were
shipped from Townsend by the Northern
Pacific con.pany "L'3,000 pounds of wool ,
82,500 pounds of ore , 130,000 pounds of oats ,
and 35,000 pounds of hay. There were re
ceived during the came month 31,000 pounds
of llour and 300,000 feet of lumber , 300 pas
senger tickets having been sold.
Whip sawa are In great demand for the
Alaska trade and the supply on the coasi
has been exhausted. The Mlssoula .Mcrcan- .
tllo company has received telegraphic orders
this week for all that they could spare and
the information that Is received here Is that
the men who are leaving for the north will ,
many of them , have to wait for lumber for
tbclr boats.
Ore was struck In the Alhambra mine re
cently. The pronerty Is on Strawberry
Butte , ftvo miles northeast of Clancy , nt on
elevation of 6.000 feet. A contract shaft of
fifty feet has been In course of sinking , fol
lowing the broad and nearly perpendicular
lead , and at a deplh of forty feet a vein of
mineral twelve Inches In width was encoun
tered. It Is a silver property.
As compared with the output of the new
fields In Alaska the output of Montana was
wonderfully large during the first years of
the gold era. For the first five years , from
18C2 until 18G7. the yield of Montana gold
was $86,000,000 , and then In the succeeding
years until 1SSO It was : ISG8 , $15,000,000 ;
1809 , $9,000,000 ; 1870 , $9,100,000 ; 1S71 , $9OM-
000 ; 1872 , $ O.OGS,000 : 1S73 , $5,187,000 ; 1871 ,
S3 S44.000 ; 1875 , $3,573,000 ; 1876 , $3,078,000 ;
1877 $3,200,000 ; 1S7S , $2.200,000 ; 1879. $2,500-
000 ; 18SO , $2,400,000. Tlio total output of
the placer mines for the time from 1SC > 2
until today amounts to in the neighborhood
of $225,000,000.
It la reported that during the recent visit
of J. J. Hill , president of the Great North
ern railroad , to Great Falls ho aunouncc.l
the Intention of opening up a new coal field
at Black Butte. Residents from the Hound
Creek district report that a few days ago
a party of Great Northern engineers ar
rived at Cascade and made preparations to
survey a line from that point to the Black
Butte coal properties. A vein of coal
twelve feet wldo and nlno feet deep has
been discovered near the surface , but the
quality Is said to bo Inferior. It la believed
that the quality will Impiovo as the work
la pushed.
NEVADA.
The Comstock pay roll for the month of
July amounted to $ C9USa.C6 , being $5,000
more than for June.
Thcro are at least 30,000 head of mutton
sheep on their way to Reno for shipment
cast , all from-Cook county , Oregon.
The bills lu the vicinity of Top Notch are
allvo with prospectors. In ono of the mines
a four-foot ledge of $20 rock has been struck.
Nevada , Iho so-called rotlcn borough and
about the poorest state In the union , pays
her teachers bigger salaries than any oilier
state.
The Dexter Mining company at Tuscarora
has produced , slnco February 22 , gold bul
lion ot the value of $35,896 , cyanides amountIng -
Ing to $13,112 and tailings that netted $3,096.
At the Logan and Hully mine , Lyon
county , the new lower tunnel has reached
the ledge , which Is twenty feet wldo. The
development work shows 100,000 tons of ore
In eight.
The cement gravel deposit discovered In
the Humboldt river , near Carson , Is about
llvo feet thick , but will have to be blasted
to bo worked.
The Scotch eyndlcato which has recently
had an expert at work on the Kly mine , InCome
Como , has decided to take the mines and
will put up at once $40,000 with which to
further develop them.
A mammoth concentrator Is being put up ,
near Golconda which Is to treat 150 tons of
ere daily. Two large furnaces are to bo
erected soon. Prosptctlns Is going on ex
tensively In the copper mines south of Gel
conda ,
CALIFORNIA.
A crushing of ore from the Klla mine , near
Julian , San Diego county , netled $47 per ion.
A rich ledge has been discovered by K.
L. Weaks ou his ranch near Hen Lomcud ,
Sant.i I'nir. county , which aways from $7 ( o
$11 ; ier ton. A stamp mill U to be erected.
Supervisor Ornanty rsUm.Mrs thp escpensr *
of Sen FMtirtovo' * government for Iho cur
rent year nt $ fi.000.ooo.
The bullion shipments of Marlposa county
for the last three months hate exceeded thos
of the entire > ( nr of l$9t > .
The reported injury lo the wine grapw
has not Increased , but eomo of the bunches
thai were txpojcd to the sun were burned
on one side and will be a lps lo lhe vlno-
yardlsts.
The Tiio'.umnp ' , between thp David ranch
and La ClmiRp , l to bp dredged for the gold
believed to bp lo.lgpd on the hard pan that
forms the river bed. About twelve miles ot
the stream has been bonded.
Pelaluma can probably boast of an Insti
tution which Is thi > only one. of Its kind In
existence , as far as Is knonn. It Is a grccn-
bono mill nnd horse abattoir , the product of
which 1s Intended only lor chicken feed.
The almond crop will bo a larger
ono than last year , and the nuts will bri
very large nnd fine. Thp warm weather
has cured them nicely and the harvest thla
sraBOii will begin fully a wcpk or tm tlayd
earlier than heretofore.
Ono of thp largect bay crops In tlio hl ( ory
of Lincoln county has lust been harvested ,
The quantity Is largo and the quality !
first claai. The excellent haying wpiithcr
that has pievalledfs \ \ rnatilcd the tnrmev.i
nnd ranchers lo care for the crop In good
uhnpe.
All previous records In the matter of i-a.U-
ern fruit shipments were eclipsed oiii < day-
last week when kpvcnty-otii > carloniU of Cali
fornia's product were consigned from Fncr.i-
mrulo to various points in tlu > past. Thpro
hi nothing' lo Indicate that this showing \vi :
ever approachivl , as far as the record ol
fruit shipments discloses.
Apricot drying U finished In the vicinity of
Stockton and the nrchardl ts report tlu crop
unusually largo this season. Thp fruit Is
particularly flue aivl large , bplni ; free from
all ppsts , which ofen ! Infest It. A fruit
dealer who has bcwi In the bu.MtiMs tor
yeaia estimates tin- dried apricot crop thl.i
yo.ir for the Mate at 1,000 earloads. and rays
It Is much larger than last reason.
The district attorney \ prerarlng to file
suits against twenty-nine formers In the
j vicinity of Los Angeles to ICCOVIT payment
I for work on orchards dene by order of Iho
horticultural commf ! loncr at tlu > expense of
thp county. In ISU.vni ! Iho county expended
J6.fi32.22 In the treatment of dlsrascd orch
ards , and It Is to foreclo.so thp. liens for this
amount that the suit * arc to bo brought.
Ctramhupi'i'is ' arc fast disappearing frotn
Uma'llla county. It has ben discovered
that the ilo-aurtiun of HIOJC pests Is duo to
the large blowflies or blni ? bottles , as they
are mora commonly culled. An exprrl-
iiiwUer found upon examining a number of
grasshoppers that there wes nothing under
the outer fliell but a mass of maggots ,
which had sprung Into life from the deposit *
of the blpwlly.
The Khinath Flume nnd Mining company ,
Llsklyou county , has started Us Miwnilll on
lumber for eighteen miles of Hume , with
which It propcsis to cover nil the ground It
owns. It expects to bo washing dirt In about
eight months. All of the river claims along
the Klamnth arp busy hoisting gravel.Muny
are owned by Chinese , who .ilmcut Invaria
bly make them pay , even when thpy cannot
be worked protltnbly by white men.
The success of the Christian Endeavor con
vention has led to a movement to sccuro
other annual gatherings for San Francisco ,
The coolness of summer weather , the ample
nnd cheap hotel accommodations , the sccnlo
beauties of the overland Journey , Iho many
points of Interest near San Franclwo , all
combine to give this place many advantages
as a convention city. 'Many prominent men ,
met this week and formed a committee for
active work.
Intense heat In the Interior last week In
jured many wlno and table grapes. In tlio
Sacramento vallpy the loss on Tokay grapes ,
which are largely supplied to the east because -
cause they stand transportation well , Is es
timated at 75 per cent. The beet growern
of the Chlno valley bavo profited by the
new tariff. President Oxnard of the beet
sugar factory has voluntarily advanced the
prlco paid for beets this season 25 cents a
ton , which will give growers $65,000 moro
than they would have received under their
contract.
All the rights of way for the coast rail
road lo be built from San Francisco to
Santa Cruz have been acquired. Work will
bo commenced next January , and the pro
jectors , who are eastern capitalists , guaran
tee the completion of the line In two years.
The distance Is eighty miles , nnd the run
ning time will be considerably shortened ,
the trip being covered within three hou'n.
The line will adhere toflip coast as closely
as possible and will tap a very fertile coun
try. In which nro large dairying , bitumen
and llmo Interests.
The mayor and city council of Ashland
have arranged to pay an 8 per cent $1,000
band of thu original $6,000 bonds hsced.
about ten years ago for the construction o
Ashland'a first water system. This $1,009
Indebtedness was not due until September ,
hut the money being on band fn Ihe water
fund , and the parties owning the bond con
senting to receive payment , the debt was
canceled Thursday by the city treasurer.
Thli Is the flrp.t payment made on the clout
conlractej to construct the first or the present - .
ent water system. The city hns also ar-
tangcd to pay $300 outstanding warrants
bearing 8 per cent Interest.
The Stockton waterfront Is blockaded with
new wheat from the San Joaquln valley. The
acreage sown this year was greater Una
ever before , amd the cost of production le.is
because of Improved methods of sowing and
harvesting. Grain Is being rushed Into Stock
ton at such n rate that the bargco cannot
remove It. The crop on the Islands In the
San Joaquln river , which Is frequently Io. t
because of the overflow , Is very large , nnd
the quality of the wheat Is fine. The oxten-
slve foreign demand for California wheat ,
which Is unprecedented , assures all growers
good prices , and also make certain tbo
clearing out of all wheat grown thla year.
In fact , the outlook for the California wheat
growera la the be/jt for many years.
C. I ) . Davis , civil engineer. Is the promoter
meter of a big scheme to USB the water
of Tularo lake for Irrigating about 1.000,000
acrea In Kings , Fresno and Merced counties.
He proposes to pump tbo walcr to Ihe top
of a till ! ' Immediately at the western po'nt '
of the lake. Thence It can bo run over the
vast area of land It Is drslred to transform
from a desert Into productive fields. The
power for the pumping , according to Davla1
plans. In to bo supplied by an electric plant ,
deriving water power from Klnga river at
a point above Ccntervlllo. From this plaro
the current Is to be transmuted to the lake
by mcacis of wires.
Articles of Incorporation for Iho Rprecklcs
Sugar company have been filed. The capital
Is $5,000,000. Of this amount the organ
izers of the company , J. D. Spreckles , A. II.
Sprcckks , A. F. Morrison , M. II. Weed. W.
1) . K. Gibson , each have subscribed $1,000-
000. Producing beets and manufacturing
sugar therefrom Is to bn the primary object
of the company , and Incidentally Iho com
pany will engage In agriculture , will build ,
pqulp and manage factories and refineries ,
deal In real estate , construct railways , build
ships and do all other things necessary tq
the successful development of the sugar-
making business.
Until the Trnnsnilsslsslpi ) ! Exposition
Is oponcd to the public this lovers of the
liimittirul nnd runs nrt trensuros can
avull tlicniRolrcH of the opportunity we
nro now offerliiK thuin In our art < le-
ptirtinent nowhere else In this suction
cnn you fliul mich n crnnd display
twine splendid copies of the moro fa
mous iwlntliiKS nt very reasonable
prices wo cordially Invite the public lo
make our Douglas street store a call nnd
thoroughly Inspect display you don't
have to buy yet If you BOO sotnothlnjj
you want we'll make the price right.
SATUHDAY
A. HOSPE.
Music and Art. 1513 Douglas.