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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1897)
THE OMAHA DAILY UEE : , SEPTEMBER 6 , 1897. Pulse of Western Progress. From ono end to the other Colorado seems to be nerving Itself to take advantage of the wonderful prosperity which la In store for her says the Denver Times , and every day now evidence of the bettered conditions Is be ing submltlcJ. The causes which are leading her tip out of the slough of despond are not hard to find. This year It Is estimated that $20,000,000 In gold will be the product of her gold mines and that the other minerals will exceed In value the product ot gold. Hut above this vast production from her mines , the agricultural wealth of the state rises a gigantic monument to the genius and Industry "of her thrifty farmers. They have reduced Irrigation to a science , nnd there Is no such thing with them ns a crop failure. With un erring regularity the farmers of Grceley send their potatoes to thn four quarters cf tbo nation , nnd at the same time the wheat ot Nebraska and Kansas Is not Imparted by Colorado rado consumers. Fruit for all and some to spare Is being raised , and beef , mutton and wool am raised for export. The Increase In the value ot her agricultural products has al ready moru than offset the ilcollne In the price of silver , With this showing , Is It any wonder that tbo people of _ the state are feeling inoru confident ? Onn of the best ( barometers of a country's prosperity Is the book agent. If the book agent Is prosperous , the nation Is prosperous , because the book OK oil I handles something that ran bo fore gone by tlui people. Ono week In August , a Colorado book agent cleared upwards of $2,000 on sales made by him within the limits of his state , and therefore prosperity may bo said to exist right now In Colorado. The name conditions which exist In the Centennial slate exist In Wyoming , leaving out the production of the precious metals , and wo are getting in shape to take ad vantage of our wealth In the mines , There has been a marked advance In the price of every product from which wo derive our support , and our labor Is now well employed nt remunerative wages. Never In tbo his tory of the state have the railroad men- done better at this season of the year than now , with ov < a brighter outlook for the future. The settlement ot the Union Pacific case will place that great corporation upon a perma nent footing and Insure to the towns through flouthcrn Wyoming rapid and lasting growth. It Is entirely probable that the company will then give more attention to the building up of that trade which Is the cream of the business of all railway corporations , the local trade. Where manufactories can be planted , they will doubtless bo nncouraged and developed. An era of general prosper ity such as thn people of the west have never witnessed Is In store. I1LACK HILLS URANIUM. The iccent tests ot uranium from the croimd ot Louis Van Davlur. situated In the Pald Mountain district , moan more to the Illack Htlls than the more suggestion ot Its discovery can convey. The demand for uranium Is constantly growing , nnd In the United Slates , whore a few years ago $200.- 000 would cover the cost of all that was used , last year It approximated something like $760.000. nesldes being used In dyes , and points , a new use for the metallic urani um and HH oxides has been found , largo quantities being employed In generating the now cold electric light and Crookcs tubes. So great bus been the demand that thn metallic uranium Is at present quoted In the market at $15 an ounce , while the oxides , the green and yellow , maintain prices which have for years rendered them expensive. Ucsldes the use mentioned above , uranium is used In manufacture of shades for lamps and gas flames , and by.Its adoption the brilliancy and light giving power ot gas and other lights Is Increased nt least 100 per cent The now globe' In which It Is used In manufacturing ! is known as the Welsbach globo. and their use Is Increasing every day. Already inquiries from Germany concerning the Illack Hills deposits have been received , and a great deal ot Interest In their develop ment has been aroused across the water At present the only paying mlno In the world Is being operated by the Austrian government , and Is situated In Uohemla , and there tbo per cunt of uranium carried by the quartz In which It Is enclosed Is far from being an high as that carried by the Black Hills rock. Uranium In color greatly resem bles nickel ore , and that metal has often been mistaken for It , but when appearing In quartz the color lacks the luster of uranium. It is In its metallic state very hard , but not so hard as steel ; does not tarnish In cither air or water ; it is inalkiblo and solua- blo in acids ; when heated to a red neat It readily burns and forms the oxide of uranium. Its solutions are green. Its latest market prices are as follows : Metallic uranium , $45 an ounce ; red oxide , $1.50 per ounce ; yellow oxide , CO cents per ounce. Ol'H NBAHKR KLONDIKE. The annual product of precious metals In the Pacific states since 1890 has averaged flfty-Ilvo tons of gold and 1,800 of silver , worth $100,000,000 , which exceeds tbo value of precious metals that any country has yet produced , In the history ot mankind , says M. G. 'Mulhall ' , in the North American Re- vlow. If the agriculture of the whole union were on the same footing as fan the Pacific states the Improved area under farms ( at seventy-four acres per hand ) would reach 615,000,000 acres , or 70 per cent more than at presout. This shows how efficient and economical Is the labor applied In these states , where a machine with a couple ot men cuts , thrashes , winnows , and bags sixty acres of wheat In a day. The largest farms on the Pacific slope are In Nevada , averaging 1,300 acres , the smallest In Utah , average 1211 acrus. In the latter state the number of Improved acres gives only thlrty- ulno acres to each farm hand , which shows that the labor of two 'Mormon ' farmers Is required to produce as much as ono ordinary hand , not for wont of Industry on the part of the Mormons , but because small farms are ill-suited to labor-saving machinery of tbo newest liliil. There Is an Immense field for agriculture , as yet undeveloped , the Pacific states having only G per cent of their area unimproved ) , whereas the farming area of the union Is 20 per cent of the superficial extent. In whatever aspect wo may view the 1'aclflc states , their progress must appear marvelous. Although of such recent forma tion that most of them have sprung Into existence ! since 18GO , they possess moro miles of railway than any European state except France or Germany , and their wealth exceeds that of Sweden , Norway and Denmark la the aggregate. IDAHO'S INTBRMOUNTAIN FAIR. Idaho will bold an Intcrmountaln fair at Uolso City from October 12 to 1C Inclusive. The management proposes to make It a state fair In the fullest sense , An interestIng - Ing program Is being prepared for the en tertainment of visitors and It Is Intended that the vcut shall reflect credit upon the state and bo a source of satisfaction to all participating. The fair Is the outgrowth ot a fool In c that It Is necessary for tbo state to have such a fair established so that pcu- ! > lo from distant points may have an op portunity of learning , In the best way pos sible , of the resources and possibilities ot the section represented , The projcctnrn hope to make It the foundation of an annual fair that will grow In Importance- and influence - fluonco for good from year to year. U Is proposed to secure good exhibits from every section of Idaho and the people of the neigh boring states art ) asked to participate and to bo represented by their products. The proposition Is a commendable ono and the progressive people of Idaho who have charge of It will have the host wishes of tholr jiclghbors for Its complete success , MONTANA nBTTBIl THAN KLONDIKE. That there ara klondlkes yet hidden from the knowledge of men In thn wilds of the Idaho mountains was demonstrated recently when the discoveries of A. 1) . and L. G. Cmwcll In the Salmon river country became known , says the Statesman of Holsc , Idaho. These- men came Into town with a largo cliun-up of gold. When askoj about their discovery they stated they mined the gold on what they called Mule creek , which heads in a mountain which they have named Thun der mountain. Mule creek flown Into Monumental mental creek , this Into Dig creek and nig creclc Into the middle fork of the Salmon. The brothers discovered iho claims some four yearn ago , The first three icanoni they made expenses , and this year they have secured flue clean-up. They oxpreta the belief that the district will make a good camp , and from tholr report of the character of the discovery that belief would oem to b wll founded. They have been placer mining the surface lode claims , working the debris on the moun tain fide. The entire mountain , they say , Is gold bearing , and the gold they have been getting has been released by the decomponl- tlon ot the formation over which It Is found. This remarkable mountain Is porphyry. The prospectors describe It a * being a great vol canic crater which has been filled with the gold-bearing rock. The gold Is found every where on tbo mountain. The brothers have prospected the ground very thoroughly and say they have poundcil up fully a ton of the porphyry. H all pans well. In Addition , they have had a number ot assiy tests. The result of their Investigations Is such as to convince them that the mountain Is an enormously - mously valuable deposit of gold. They do not claim the rock Is high grade , but they are well satisfied with Its value. They did not care to state what the average value of the rock Is as determined by their Investigations. From the description of the find given by the men the possibilities of the mountain would seem almost limitless. The gold Is found free , though there are places where great musses ot pyrites nro met with. The pyrites , however , are low grade. TUB DAKOTAS. Lain vegetables have done well and are yielding abundantly. Cabbages are generally a good crop. The Little Illuo. In Yellow Creek. Is ship ping ten tons a day of $ CO ore. The com pany will run a tunnel Into the Wasp No. 2 ground. The Elkhorn shipped cloven trains of cattle from Hello Fourcho to the eastern markets Sunday , aggregating 100 cars and nearly 2,500 head. head.Within Within a month South Dakota has mar keted 2,000,000 pounds of wool at an advance of 4 cents per pound over the price which prevailed last year. The town of Wyndmoro , North Dakota , sixteen miles east of Mllnor , will bo inuvca to the Son main line crossing and. bids fair to have quite a boom. The elevator business In North Dakota can hardly bo as poor as some people would try to make out , for the Great Northern has had at least twenty applications for sites on the abort Cavalier extension to Walhalla. Fifteen tons ot ere shipped to smelter from thu Harrison brought returns of $500. Ono ore chute Is twelve feet wide and five feet thick , while another , running $40 to the ton , is of the samu thickness ami eight feet wide. Cattle shipments from the west and north over lines centering at Aberdeen are un usually large for this time of the year , mak ing spoclal stock trains already necessary. The stock Is In flue condition and the prices are as satisfactory as that of wheat. Ily request of J. L. Lockhart , state com missioner of school and public lands , steps are being taken by the secretary of the In terior for the survey of the abandoned Fort Sully military reservation In this state by United States Surveyor General n. 1) . Hughes. Over 500 horses have crossed the river at Pierru the past week , bound for the eastern market. The class of horses which conio In now are quite different from those which were brought several years ago. The thin , wiry , bucking broncho Is a rarity , most be ing well bred up and weighing from 1,100 to 1,200 pounds. Potatoes are ripening and are a very good crop and good quality. Millet Is yielding heavily and prairie grass continues green enough for late haying. A heavy tonnage of hay has been secured and It Is generally of good quality , especially on the low or bottom tom lands. There Is report of high winds shelling grain In some northern localities. By the last verification of figures In the matter of railroad assessments It has been discovered that on account of an error In former calculations there Is still a further raise of $ S,205 , carrying the total Increase within a few dollars of $50,000. The differ ence Is duo to an error in. former reports In regard to the Wilmar and Sioux Falls branch of the Great Northern. The Golden Howard company is shipping ICO tons of rich ere dally to the chlorlnatlon works at Dcadwood , and Is also sending Tor- ward to the Omaha and Grant smelter eighty tons dally of silver ere that comes from Its Stewart mlno. There are thousands of tons of this ere on the dumps , mined several years ago. It runs all the way from $10 to $25 In gold and as high as 120 ounces in sil ver to the ton. An astonishingly largo amount of stolen personal property Is being unearthed almost dally from secret hiding places In and around Yankton. Dur ing the past few days three dif ferent secret depositories of the stolen goods were discovered. It Is evident that a regularly organized band of thieves Is working Yankton and adjacent counties , and the pilfered articles sent to agents In that city and secreted there until n good oppor tunity presents itself to make safe disposi tion of the samo. Smutty Dear Bottom , south of the city. Is catacombed with cel lars , caves and holes containing stolen prop erty. The sheriff of Yankton county stated re cently that ho was on tbo trail ot a band of thieves operating In three different coun ties , with headquarters In that city. He hopes to succeed In running them down at an early day. WYOMING. An outfit of a dozen wagons passed through Otto last week en route from Arizona to a cooler northern climate. Thirty thousand trout were last week planted In the streams of Natrona county In the vicinity of Casper. Trout In the streams in that section thrive and grow rapidly. A cattle rustler captured near the Powder river In Johnson county turned out to bo a woman In man's attire. . She Is Mrs , Kid Don. nelly and her husband Is In the penitentiary. The Burlington road has let a contract for 500,000 ties to' bo delivered at Sheridan , Wyo. The same parties who furnished the ties for tbo extension to Ullllugs have this contract. Miss Ilntrlo Argcshelmer , a well known Cheyenne woman , has recently been left un conditionally an estate valued at $10,000 by an old frloml of bor father's , who recently died In California. It will be unwelcome news to many In Kvasston who have staked claims of gllsontto in the Fort Duchesno country to learn that George T. KIdredgo of the geological survey has"cstabllshed beyond a doubt that all the valuable gllsonlto beds are on the reservation , The state land board hold a special meat- Ing Saturday In the office of the register at Cheyenne and acted upcci a largo num ber of applications to lease school and state lands , Over 10,000 acres of school land and 33,000 acres of state lands were leased , valu ations ranging from CO cents to $1. A conservative estimate ot the wheat crop of Sheridan county , the principal wheat- growing district In the state , places the amount at 200,000 bushels , on which the Sheridan county farmers will reallzu nearly $100,000 more than they expected at the commencement of the season. At the Wheat- land colony In Lararnlo county , a largo acreage of wheat was planted and an un usually largo crop Is assured. A first class flour mill Is being pushed to completion as rapidly as possible at Wheatland , that the product may be utilized at home. A little child wandered away from Gasper - per , and as mountain lion tracks were seen In the vicinity It was feared the llttlo one had been devoured by the savage beasts , ami the whole country turned out to search for Its bones. It was found the next day four miles from town toddling about and enjoy ing the scenery. The medals presented to the Jndlan chiefs who participated In the Fourth of July celebration at Sheridan were sent to Cap tain Watso'n , agent at the Crow reservation , laat week. In acknowledging receipt Cap tain Watson stated that he "distributed the i medals to the different Indians , who appro- ' I elated them very much. " W. C. Lcdbctter. who has been pros pecting for some tlmo In the Battle creek country , has discovered a vein of rich gold and copper. The vein Is eighteen Inches wide at a depth ot four feet from thu eiirfaco and is apparently as rich as the Doane vein , which Is now being worked at an Immense profit. Thn cnglnccis who are running the geological logical survey are now on a fork ot Bear river and expect to form n conjunction with another party that ore operating from Utah. The survey will end on Porcupine moun tain. Iron posts are being put down every three miles , on the top of which it gives the elevation and other necessary data for future - turo use. Some unknown prominent ranchman on Lightning creek came Into Lusk last week and swore out a warrant for twenty Indians , charging them with killing a yearling black- tall ducr without a license. Two deputies started out to servo the warrant , but nt last reports the Indians headed by thu notorious Sioux chief , Work the Country , were still after the only poor lone deer left in the country. Complaints nro numerous along the line of the B. & M. this year because there Is not a sufficient supply of 'water ncan the shipping points for .the stock brought in for shipment , says the Newcastle Democrat , and It Is feared the shipments will bo light over this line this year. They will undoubt edly follow the example of the Elkhorn by another year , and provide sulllclcut waterIng - Ing places to overcome the difficulty. COLORADO. Free gold has been fouird not many miles from Florence. Governor Adams has set apart September 5 as Labor day. Frosts are making tholr appearance In the San Luis valley. A heavy flood at Boulder last Saturday seriously damaged the grading camps ot the new railroad. The contract for a hospital at the Printers' Homo nt Colorado Springs has been let. It Is to cost $20,000. The Glkhorn mine at Cripple Creek for July made n record of $37,100 with an ex pense account of $14,000. A cloudburst In Chalk creek Sunday burled 100 yards of the Denver & Hlo Grande track under four feet ot debris. The wild currant bushes along the San Antonio , near Antonlto , wore never so laden with fruit as at the present time. The work of harvesting timothy hay on Bear river Is completed and the second" cut ting of alfalfa Is now In progress. This season's prospecting along the Sangrc do Chrlstowrange Is more encouraging than over before. Good ere Is being uncovered at several places. Some of Washington's young- buck Indians took a trip to the headwaters of the Pledra last week and brought back five deer , two elk and one sheep. An "alfalfa palace" will bo one of the at tractions of the fair at Rocky Ford. Twelve thousand watermelons will bo provided for the annual melon ; feast. Parachute has a genuine gold excitement. Several parties have been prospecting at the head of iBattlement creek , nnd claim to nave made some rich discoveries. Two men as a result of four days' slulclnc on Dlfllcult creek In , Pitkin county obtained a seven-pound gold retort last week. The ( Hit was taken from an , open cutting In. the Owners of valuable mining property at Summltvlllo have ptiUn the entire summer In cleaning up and putting several of their old abandoned mines In shape to begin takinc out ore in shipping quantities. Ono of the latest ventures at Summitvllle Is a cyanide mill , for which $40,000 has al ready been raised. The mill will enable miners of that camp to realize something out of their low grade ores , which have been practically worthless heretofore. Two daily runs are being made on the Baldwin branch of the South Park road' bringing down large quantities of coal Thu output of tho. Kublen mine alone Is twenty- five cars dally and tbo Citizens mine Is get ting Into shape to send a large amount east. After several ycars of effort a syndicate has finally gained control of placer claims clong the bed of Clear creek for a distance of twenty miles In the vicinity of Idaho Springs. This carries with it all water rights and gives the syndicate a moat valuable hold- Ing. Ing.A A now syndicate Is opening up the Hidden Treasure mlno at Lake City , which made n great record In 1S77 , but which swamped Its owners by reason of the excessive de velopment cost. The now crowd wont only twenty feet deeper on the shaft when they struck Into c rich body of ere from which they are now shipping. There are lie mountains In Colorado whoso peaks are over 12,000 feet above the ocean level. Forty of these are higher than 14,000 feet , and more than half of that num ber are so remote and rugged that no onu has dared to attempt to climb them , Some of them are massed with snow , others have glaciers over tholr approaches , and otherw are simply masses of Jagged rocks. Interest Increases In the gold placers of the state as It decreases In silver-bearing lode mines. An old placer near Granite , which has been worked for many ycars , was cleaned up last week nnd a gold brick valued at $5,000 was the result. While two messengers were conveying the retort to the city on horseback two highway robbers held up the men and made away with the Bold. In the Halm's Peak country the pros pectors are more encouraged than over over the results of their explorations. R. T. Darnell took out of a claim on the south sldo of the peak recently chunks of quartz as big as a man's head , showing a great tangle of wlro gold. The Elkhorn mlno has bean working ten men , and twelve tons of ere have been sacked In the development work that are estimated to bo worth $ G,000. All plans for the revival of mining In tbo downtown district In Leadvlllo liavo been Inld aside , owing to the continued decline m the price of silver , The pumping combination which was to unwater the district exista only on paper , and D. H. Moffat of this city de clares that ho will do nothing until Pllver advances. As he Is the mainspring of tbo pumpfng combination the outlook for better times In Leadvllle is exceedingly cloomy. A Drox I > . Shooinan 1 Kolng to start the street navlnj ; nt once that'll nlvc work- to lots of Otiuiliii men work means money to them money means shoes this Is the place where the name money -will buy moro shoes men's working shoes solid as a rock but nt the same tlmo n comfortable shoo to wear not only wears well but loolw well shoes nt all the prices you ever heard of hut only one quality and that's thu best we can get we guarantee every slwo wo sell to bo us wo represent It and we'll tell you all about It before you buy. Drexel Shoe Co. , 1410 FARNAM STREET. Send for Illustrated catalogue , free. I I I fen * of the mines alcuRhc ( gold belt and'i ' ' Isolated properties still continue to work , tut. Lcadvllle Is by no mentis' & 'lively camp. As pen lessees are fast batoning discouraged , ! and the mining on ( look. lot , th.it stiver camp ' Is likewise bad. AH over the . < ute silver * mines are closing don'ri. ' | The receipts of gold * ' the United States branch mint In Denver/or the fiscal month of August , which closed on Saturday , amounted to $1.215,237,53 ; the rcc61ptWfor August , 1896. were $329,459.84 , an InbrfcAhe for this year of $585,771.74. or 300 per cqnt.nThe , total receipts , this year slnco January 1 amounted to $7,233- | I 722.97. It Is estimate. ! UilU the amount ot gold received at the mtnt-tlnrlng 1S97 will bo n the neighborhood ot$11,000,000 , , and with hat shipped east from smelters and chlorlna- lion works It Is believed Colorado's oillput for 1S97 will bo In tbo neighborhood of $20- 000,000. UTAH. The celebration expenses of the Utah jubilee foot up $34.000. The new leaching tanks nt tbo Northern Light mill are nearly completed and In a short tlmo the dally output ot the mill will bo greatly Increased. The parties to whom the contract was lot for sinking the Cumberland shaft at Park City 300 feet further expect to start work about the first of September. Four thousand head ot beet cattle are to bo shipped from Wlnnemucca east between the 1st and 15th of September , and 900 will come through from the southern part of the state for the Nebraska markets about the 20th. 20th.Tho The Godlva , nt Eureka , ono of the big producers of silver-load ores , has ceased operations on account of the downward course ot the silver market. A hoisting and compressor plant had just bctia completed on the properties at a cost ot about $35.000. Captain J. R. Do Lamar , owner of the Golden Gate mines at Mercur nnd the Do Lamar producers of Nevada , has purchased the remaining Interests In the Brickyard group , which adjoins the Golden Oato on the west. The purchase was on the basis of $1 per share for the capital shock , or $250,000 for the whole. It Is learned that there Is considerable excitement at the present tlmo over the discovery of gold-bearing ledges at the head of Pine canyon. In Tooelo county , just over the divide from Kcsslar's canyon , and It Is stated that the veins there nro largo and that the ere carries average values of $22 a ton. A t the present time a number of properties In that locality are being worked , either by Individual claim holders or cu the contract system. Campers coming In from the canyons say that the wnters of the Hlg Cottonwood and Parley's arc befouled greatly by sheep all the lime. They say that the rains lately filled the streams with filth. Up the Hlg Cottonwood so great has this nuisance be come that people there have to pipe the water they use from above the sheep line , In order to avoid the germs of disease. Ono flock of 2,000 sheep crossed the stream nt mill D three times In ono week. Advices from the Willow Springs district report that a fine body nf high grade ere has been struck In the Pride of Utah , being developed by the Pride of Utah Mining com pany. Assays have been taken from the ore showing values ranging from 750 to 800 ounces silver , $57 In gold and 23 per cent lead to the ton. The owners of the mluo believe they have a klondlko good enough for them at Home , It Is reported that some picked samples have shown values of over 2,800 ounces &llve ( to the ton. The new Oregon Snort , Line station at Farmlngton Is completed and will be turned over to the agent tom.or.rojv. The building Is the first modern suburban station built In Utah , and although , small , Is very com plete In all Its details. It is the prettiest building on the Short LMne jCxcupt the handsome - some structure at Boise , and Mrs. Nichols , the agent. Is very happy In having such a Hue ofllclal home. It .js the purpose of the company to build several such buildings on Us line. , That which affords promise of a most Im portant and valuable , disclosure has just been made In the Alaska , at Tintlc , the dis covery having been made In a drift to the- south off th.e station .which , was cut at a depth of 15S .feet from the surface. In run ning the drift a seam measuring eighteen Inches was exposed In the breast. Fromi 1 this was derived ore that shows native cop per , samples ot which wore exhibited recently and which demonstrate that at Tintlc Is to be found a copper ore as flue as that which has enabled the mines of the Superior country to distribute their millions among a most fortunate lot of stockholders. IDAHO. The Chinese of Placerville are running fan games and faro banks in violation of the law. The Doiso paving contractors have been notified that no moro rock canbe quarried on the military reservation. Four miners working In Gambrlnus dis trict have discovered nnd located a gold mlno from which quartz shows plentifully of free gold. They will run a tunnel to cut it at a depth of 100 feet. The Statesman says Governor Stcunenberg Is something of a cripple these days. When his horse fell with him while on- the Deadwood - wood trip his rl&ht leg.was caught under the animal and badly bruised. This brulso Is now giving him trouble , The farmers on Silver creek and Little Wood river are thinking strongly of club bing together and making a shipment of wheat to San Francisco. They have learned that they can get $1.10 a bushel there for it , but they must pay the freight. A boxcar got loose at Wallace Wednesday and headed for Wardner at a lively clip , reaching there In ten minutes , but not be fore the agent had been wired to open a switch. The car plowed up fifty feet ot ground when It reached Wardner. A Salt Lake man has determined to put In a fruit evaporator at Uolso and the plant' ' has been shipped from Portland. It Is a Fletklnstlno evaporator. The plant Is to be ; 1 erected on Dr. Colllster'n place temporarily , but the Intention Is to establish it In Bolso next season and Increase the capacity. The placcrd mines of the Pierce district have suffered a serious loss this season ow ' ing to the scarcity of water , which has hindered operations to a great extent. The | snow came late In the season and departed I with a rush , which makes the water supply short , at least six weeks earlier than usual. Notwithstanding this , there are a number making preparations for the fall rains. The movement of green fruit from Oregon and Idaho Is now on and the Short Line Is delivering twenty cars per day to the West [ ern and the Union Pacific. This Is the | biggest year ID the fruit line that Idaho , has over had and the shippers were at a loss ' to know how to pack'fruit and were com . pelled to got experienced men to do the work for them. The Increase in packing boxes , shipped Into the state 1s moro than five times the usual number. ' > 1 " The quartz mining Interests of southern 1 Idaho are looking up. "The'rOld , Glory com pany of Boston owns sert'ri\l \ hood mines upon I which It is doing work i\i \ 'earnest. ' During the past year the company IMS been operating ; 1 the Hlg I at De Lam'ir "H'ery successfully. The company has now begun more extensive ( work on other properties/ among thorn tbo Liberty , on Squaw creek , wlilch. besides beIng - Ing good in both gold'nnd silver , carries a very high percentago"rir copper. > I The annual coal producj. pf Montana baa shown an uninterrupted. Increase each year slnco 1S77. The productl l C was 1,513,445 I short tons of * spot value of $2,279,672. The Increase ! over 1S95 In " 9,252 short tons. A novel case has come to light at Dutto , In which one woman Is holding another's baby as security for a board bill. Though It was ofllclally announced on July 1 that King Faro was dead , there seems to bo some successful resurrectionists In Dutto and Anaconda. The Hlg Timber Pioneer Is advacaMng the establishment of n woolen mill rn the banks of the Yellowstone In that town. The Idea Is that by scouring the wool before It Is mar keted the growers will receive n much higher price for the article. The total receipts ot wool In the Great Falls market for the ncason of 1897 was G.025.000 pounds. This amount , figured at an average price ot 12 4 cents , which Is gener ally considered n fair figure , places the amount of revenue distributed from that point nt $ S03.281.25. The depot at Grey Cliff Is soon to bo moved to a point near Reynolds and the Bide track at the latter place will soon be enlarged as a re sult. At the present site ot Grey Cliff there la such A steep grade that It Is almost Impos sible to start heavy westbound freight trains that arc stopped there. Harvesting nnd thrashing arc now under full headway In Gallatln valley. The weather Is very favorable too dry , If anything and the crops generally are said to bo excellent In quality nnd unusually heavy. With fair prices for grain , most of the farmers In this country should bo nblo to pay up all old debts , * Flro Marshal Recce of Helena , while huntIng - Ing Thursday , was bitten by a rattler. Ho had no time to reach a physician , says the Herald , and deliberately placed the wounded finger over the muzzle ot his shotgun and pulled the trigger the powder and shot did the rest. The end of the flnger was anni hilated. The work ot Inclosing the main building of the college Is progressing favorably , so the walls nnd interior wood work will soon bo protected against the fall storms. The college - lego buildings will probably bo provided with an Independent electric lighting plant when all the machinery and other appliances are put In place. The placer season In Lewis and Clarke county Is drawing to a close. The Nelson gulch placers have thus ifnr washed 1.210 yards of bed rock , which beats the record of the gulch. Nelson gulch produced In 1885 the biggest nugget ever found In Montana. It brought $2 250. The plnccr showing this year will bo large. Wednesday evening the longest fre'eht train that has over passed over this division made Its appearance , says the Miles City Stock Growers' Journal. The train consisted of seventy-six cars , part of which v-'cro loaded , and was hauled by one of the mammoth six- wheel locomotives which the ' -lorthern Pa cific Is placing on its main u" visions. While , crossing tbo street in Bulto on Fri day an unknown man by an Inadvertent step tore the half sole from his left shoe. He drew his knlfo and standing upon his right leg prepared to cut It loose. Just as he was about to cut the leather ho lost his balance and the knlfo slashed him across the left wrist , severing the artery. Ho made quick tlmo for n drug store and a fatality was averted. Two largo reservations and part ot a third are located In Montana. The Flathead reser vation contains 1,382,400 acres and the Lewis & CInrko reservation 2,920.000 ncrcs. A com paratively small part of the ( Hitter Root , tbo whole of which comprises 4,000,000 acres , Is In Montana. The work of locating the boundaries of the Lewis & Clarke and Flathead reservations Is well under way , but qannot bo completed within two yeara , That part of the Bitter Root reservation In Montana and the whole of the Black Hills reservation will probably bo surveyed this year. 'Another evidence that eastern Montana Is possessed of a wonderful soli is furnished In the fact that on Judge J. W. Strevell's land south ot Miles City , an old tobacco raiser , Ralelf Jloldt , made an experiment with three rows of Connecticut seeding. The experiment proved a grand success , the plants have grown to a height of five feet eight inches , with wonderfully largo leaves , one leaf measuring forty-four inches In length nnd Is proportionally wide. Mr. . Holdt , who has raised tobacco In Wisconsin i and other states , says that ho has never seen , better tobacco than what ho has now , and that Wisconsin tobacco Is no compar ison to the Montana product ; bo is also Impressed with the fact that this tobacco has that quality of sweetness which Is so desired In a good tobacco. The tobacco raised will cure to about 250 pounds , nnd when ready for sale will bo sent to the Helena market. WASHINGTON. The Union cannery at Aberdeen began operations - orations Tuesday. The run of flsh has be gun , and promises to bo very largo. The greatest trouble confronting the farm ers around Starbuck Is the scarcity of thrash ing machines , there being only two In that vicinity. The hobo nuisance has become so great In Palouse and Garfleld that those cities have employed additional police force. The harvest fields In that locality are badly In need of men at good wages. On the Corona group In Troublesome dis trict , Snohomlsh county , the main working tuunel has been driven ahead on tbo ledge for thirty feet , exposing largo bodies of gooO grade ore on either sldo of the tunnel am } also In the face ot It. The board ot regents of the State Agri cultural college , at Pullman , being unable to conio to terms with the -Pullman city council for furnishing water for the college has voted to have a system of water works put in at the college. The Cleopatra 'Mining company of Miller ! river has been negotiating for a thirty-ton concentrator 1o bo built by the RIsdon Iron works of San Francisco. The machinery Is to be driven by water power , of which there Is an abundance on the property , j I The Washington fruit growers find tholr orchards Just coming Into bearing nnd no market in sight for the crop , The Tacoma Ledger estimates that 100 carloads of fresl prunes and plums can be shipped from 'the Sound country If growers will prepare them . for market. 1 The Ilallor shingle mill , recently burned n > Arlington Ini Snotionilsh county , Is being re placqd by a now ono. Now machinery , with the exception of the holler , will bo purchased and the new plant will be an Improvemcni on the old one. It will bo a double blockcr with a capacity of about 120,000 per day. Superintendent Hubbard reports that few moro than5,000,000 salmon eggs have Leeii taken at the Upper Clackamas hatch ery , being about twice as many as worA taken last year there , and thu work is practically ended , The roe has already be gun hatching nt that station , but the last of the young flsh will not be turned out be- fore January. A year ago shlnglo mlllmen were trying to devise a plan to keep mills from cutting choice cedar and Railing It without profit Many mills were Idle then. Now all the mills In thu state are running full blast and selling tholr outputs at n respectable profit For the first seven months of 1897 Rhliiglca were worth about $1 per 1,000 , now they bring from $1.30 to $1.35 , It \a \ estimated by a leading lumber journalist ot the state that Washington's Rhlnglo output this year will amount to 2,500,000,000 shingles , valued at $3,500,000. Average dally shipments ot red cedar now you're puylnt ? Ice bills tills winter it will bo rnoMfllfe you should two nti much care In selecting your Htovo us you did the rofrlgerlvtor u stove that will burn either hard or soft coal or or wood la the stove you will want hnrcl coal Is liable to be hlyli so Is soft coal- then If you can burn wood you're flxcd the Jewell Steel Ituuge made by the De troit Stove Works will burn anything and are regular fuel savers some as low ns $21.00 soiiie more the Jewell Cook Stove is $18,00 and up. A. C. RAYMER , nUILURKS' HARDWARE HERE 1514 Farimm St. hinglcs from this atato notr nggrcgato rom sixty to cvi > nty-nvo carloads. They 11 to from western Washington. The Conger Alining company , In Swank Utrlct , KlttHnfi county , has xold all Its > roporty to T coma men for (40,000. The lurchABcrs expect to build a mill and hoist- ng works. on EGOS' . Forty carloads of green fruit have already been shipped out of Salem to the east thin Mson. This breaks the record , being right more than over was shipped during one sea- on before. The fruit crop of the HORUC Hirer valley n southern Oregon Is the largest In Us his- ory and for the first time , wo believe , It a rcmihrly shipping fresh fruit to the e.ist- rn markets. S. A. Miller of Astoria found In his gar- en a slx-lc.ivcd clover rare In Oregon which ho takes as an omen that In the near uturo ho will bo In tbo midst of the Klon- Ike sold diggings , says the Aatorlau. A plan Is on foot In Pcndteton to raise ItJ.OOO to bo Invested In building n first- Isss race track. Nearly enough subscrlp- lonn have ( been promised to make up a joint lock company with the required capital. The Indians on the Slletz are objecting bc- auso. when they get drunk , under the law passed by congress , they get at least thirty days In Jail , while a whlto man can get drunk without being sent up for more than llvo days. days.Tho The grain crop nf Orant county Is some thing enormous this year , especially wheat , > nd , with the good round price It Is bring- ng In the market , will put the farmers In a line financial condition for the coming year. Ida mo th county orchards are coming Into taring , and soon that county will not bo lepomlonl upon Jackson county for fruit , except for early varieties , as the fruit of Jackson county Is about a month earlier than hat ot Klnmnth. The vicinity of Uly , on Sprnguo river. In Klamath county , was the scene of a cyelouo on Thursday of last week. Extensive dam age was done to fencing , outbuildings and myrlcks at an estimated loss ot several hoimnd dollais. The Umatllla reservation has been nearly deserted by the Indians , who enjoy sum mering as well as the palefaces. Many liavo gone to the John Day mountains and the Wallowa lake to hunt and llsh. Over 200 arc picking hops In the Yaklma country. On the 1S97 assessment roll , In Lane county , all church parsonages are assessed. This Is the first time they have been In cluded In the assessable property of Lane county. All lots owned by churches , but not occupied by churches , are also assessed. A slnglo tree ! ni the dooryard of Mrs. Dalaba , on Third street , Corvallls , this sea son yielded 000 pounds of Bartlett pears. The fruit 'Was ' picked 'Monday , and Is to bo shipped east. If I cent per pound. Is realized the net profit from the tree will bo $9 , which will bo a very good showing for the fruit business In Oregon. Harvey Shepherd , who has 'been ' prospectIng - Ing on Camas Klat , on Soda creek , has made a wonderfully rich fcid on some land of George Barren's. The assays of the rock have been going ? . , SOO to the ton. Tbo IIml Is causing great excitement In the Imme diate neighborhood. The parties have JCO acres of land In the vicinity. The work of deepening the channel at the mouth of the Yamhlll river Is progressing rapidly , says the Dayton Herald. The water , being at unusually low stage , Is most favorable - able for accomplishing tbo work , and It Is being pushed to completion as rapidly as possible. Nothing hindering , the work will bo completed In about two weeks. CALIFOUNIA. The Santa Rosa canneries are making n lieavy run. The prospects for the citrus fruit crop In the southern counties are thus far reported excellent. The Standard Consolidated Mining com pany , Mono county , made a net profit of | 10- 000 In July. The San Diego Sun says that the apple crop of the Julian country this yenr will bo 100,000 boxes. The shipments of fresh fruits east from the upper San Joaquln valley have this year been larger than ever before. The Sonoma County Farmer says that one lot of 19,000 pounds of wool In that county has been sold for 15 cents. The creamery business Is gradually ex tending in the San Joaqulu valley. Traver now has ono just ready for business. Ten miles of Valley road track will bo laid Immediately beyond Hanford In the direction of IJakerstlold , to reach a grain-shipping point. The fruit crop ot Inyo county Is said to bo phenomenal , but ot little value slnco it cannot be eaten there and cannot bo got to market. The Cullers mine , near Cherokee , just cleaned up $1,800 from twenty-four tons of rock put through the mill. This Is an average - ago per ton of ? 75. A hermit In the Arrowhead canyon , Ban Bernardino county. Is terrifying campers nrad residents. Some say he Is a Highland es cape , others that he Is Dunham. The Los Angeles Express says samples of ere taken from the 280 level of the Llttlo Dutto mlno at Uandsburg show $471.90 fa gold and something over $5 In silver. A Gold valley correspondent of itho Plumas Independent says a two-foot ledge has been struck In the ground of the Four Hills mine and some of the quartz In It will go about $10,000 per ton. The old Basin mine. In Tuolumno county , Is being operated by seven young college men , and the five-stamp mill undergoing needed repairs preparatory for a run. The mlno was rated a good one years ago. The Winchester Recorder says that there nro 150 carloads of wheat awaiting ship ment from San Diego , for which there Is no transportation. H also states that many farmers sold tholr wheat too soon. Prospecting In Trinity county has not been so liberally rewarded as was expected , and though many small nuggets have been found there has been no repetition of the luck of the Graves brothers , who discovered $21,000 In gold in one "pocket. " Gold seekers are still flocking Into Trinity county from all parts of California. The csmp of Colteo Creek hm reached the town lot stigo ot development ! and It promises soon to bo clamoring for In corporation. The miners who took out 117 ounces from pockft at Alb Creek , Klanmth river , about nlno miles north of Yreka , a short tlmo &RQ , are still nt work realizing good prospects , with expectation of Gliding a permanent ledge. The Old Shore lodge In Quartz valley hs been producing some very rich ore lately , several hundred dollars having been taken out during the last week. This Is the mln owned by Major A. 0. Myers , and Is one ot the best properties In Quartz valley. Mining In San > Diego county Is receiving- more attention nt this time than ever be fore In the history of that count ) ' . At Oak Grove , Julian and Banner , on the desert line , many prospectors are busy , and the work on properties already opened up It going forward steadily. A tunnel has been run In on the Blue J r mlno 100 feet which taps the lodge , owing to the almost perpendicular nature of the moun tain , 100 feet below the surface. At thin point the ledge Is said to virtually pinch out , thus making It about the only claim In that rntlro region ot many mines that Is not coming tip to expectations. The Alamed.1 Water company has struck n flow ot S5.000 gallons per day from a new artesian well which It Is boring near Wild cat Canytn. The company bored two wells In thu vicinity before striking a flow. This Increase will be n material assistance In tiding * over the water famine which hm threatened the collcgn town. The resump tion ot street sprinkling throughout the town will probably result. The big star heel-sugar mill which will start up next Junuary near JUrt'iicz ' will not only make sugar from beets , but will refine cane sugar from Hawaiian plantations that are not controlled by Clans Spreckels. It Is estimated tnat this year's crop , which Is outsldo the Influence of the trust , amounts to 200.000 tons , of which a largo fraction will come to this factory. Stockton Is also to have a beet sugar * factory , the plntit of which will cos' over $300,000. Its capacity will bo BOO tons. The soil of thu rich San JoAquln valley Is specially adapted to sugar beets , and tests have shown 'that ' the saccharinepercentagq Is very largo. The old Pennsylvania mine. Brown's val ley , Yiiba county , was recently taken la hand by a company of San Franciscans , headed by Charles iWebb Howmd. and baa been pumped out and rehabilitated. U has- not been worked for thirty years sluco It was Hooded at the SOO-foot lovcl. Previous to tlm * tlmo It had yielded $3.000,000. Ore Is now being taken from the 350-foot lovot which assays from $ S to $21 per ton. The shaft on the Webb mine In the neighborhood , and held by the same owners. Is down 945 feet In ere running from $1.50 to $ S per ton. Experts who have examined the country nay Hint fully J1SO.OOO.OOO In gold remains In the unworkcd gravel Ibeds ithat lie In tbo eighty miles between Smartsvllte , Yuba. county , and Granltevlllo , Placer county. More prospectors nro at work this summer In Yuba county than nt any time during the last twenty years. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxatlvo Brome Qulnlno Tablets. All druggists refund the money It It falls to cure. 2Gc. HAH THU AIIVAVl'AOK. Tliln firiM'iiluirn 5el HitH < -N < of < Iie llar nin After All. "I was sitting on a keg of nails in a West Virginia mountain store , " says a writer In the Boston Herald , "watching a native dick ering with a merchant over a trade ot a bas ket of eggs for a calico dress. After some time a bargain was closed , the natlvo walked out with the drrss in a bundle under his arm rr.ul I followed him. "It Isn't any buslucas of mine , " I said , "but I was watching that trade , and wea surprised to see you let tbo eggs go for tbo dress. " "What fcr ? " He asked In astonishment , aa ho mounted his horse. "How many eggs did you have ? " "Basketful. " I "How many dozen ? " "Ounno. Can't count. " "That's where you mlfs the advantage of education. With knowledge you might have got two iressco for those cggfl. " "But I dlda't want two drceses , mister , " he argued. "Perhaps not , but that was no reason why you should have paid two prices for one. The merchant got the advantage of you because of his education. He knew what ho was about. " He looked at me for a moment , an if ho felt real sorry for me. Then he grinned and pulled his horse over to me. "I reckon , ho half whispered , casting furtive glaacea toward the store , "his cddl- catlon ain't so much morc'n mine ez you think It Is. Ho don't know how many ur. them nigs Is spiled , an' I do , " and he rode away before I could argue further. The "Bicyclist's licM Friend" Is n familiar name for DcWItt'a Witch Hazel Salvo , ali ways ready for emergencies. While a epo- clllc for pllra , It also Instantly relieves and curofl cuts , bruizes , salt rheum , eczema and all affections of the skin. It never falls. Our Own Sn-vo Crime. Chicago News : A man ran toward A great crowd. Madness woa In his eye , his face writhed In frenzies of rage and wild yells .tore shriek- luff from hit ) lips. "Ah ! " ho cried. "I am the Fool-Killer ! " And all fled. i Ono came back , however , and Blood bravely. And the Fool-Killer laughed. "You , " ho said , "aro Just the one. " And ho didn't do n thing to him. A man Htood afar off and gazed upon tt vision. " 'TlB beautiful1 ho said. And just then another came and walked away with .the . vision. The man was wroth. "Ah ! " ho cried , "I was a fool. " And ho went and bought a license to chase himself around the block. 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Is the price a reasonable onoV Wo nro getting iu new mouldings all the time keep samples at our Douglas street store make the frames nt our factory on Iznrd street make so many of them we know how and It enables us to mnko a price that's about half usual framing prices it's .so cheap you couldn't buy the moulding nnd make them yourself for less u new frame on an old picture adds to It like a coat of paint to an old house. A. HOSPE. Music and Art. 1513 Douglas.