THE O3tATTA DAILY BEE ; SUNDAY , OCTOI3ETI 4 , 1807.
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Pulse of Western Progress. 1
Not ft - > m the Klondike alone cunts the.
fluw of gul'l to California this year , aay the
San Kranrisco Call. The farmer and the
fruit-grower have struck It richer than the' '
miner , anil In payment for the groin and the
ffilt sent In England there comes to us from
the sunny lands of Australia a stream of gold
more profuse than that which pours down
from the wonderful placers of the frozen
north.
The steamer Moana brought to IM from Aus
tralia a treasure of Htltlsli sovereigns valued
at $3,750.000 , and not long ate ; another
steamer from the name country hrought gold
to the value of J2.500.000. These targe Im
parts of gold within a single month aia par
tial paymcnta for the products of our farina.
They are the first Installments of debt due
to Callfonla for the wheat nud the fruit
whloh Great Urltaln has bought from m this
year.
It will not be long before the money coined
from this Australian gold will lie put Into cir
culation. It will bo ready at the call of en
terprise to aid Industry In the task of devel
oping the resources of the state and providing
work and wages for the people. It will
spread over the whole commonwealth , affect
ing every Industrial center and giving a now
stimulus to irado and commerce. It will re
lieve to a largo extent the financial stringency
which has tampered our energies In the past ,
and by enabling debtors to pay off at least a
portion of the mortgages on their property
will add to the Independence as well as the
piOEvnrlty of Industry.
FORESTS AND SHEEP.
The committee of thu National Academy
of Scloaces which recently reported on the
Inauguration of a rational policy for the
forested lands of the United States , has In
curred the Ire of the sheepmen. The academy
was asked by Secretary of the Interior Hoko
Smith to make such a report , nnd It ap
pointed a committee composed of eminent
rr.cn to make It. The committee has done
Its work , nnd now that It Is completed the
Bhoopmcn find they nn > placed under the ban
with the big Umber cutters. The organ of
the sheepmen , published at Washington , has
taken up that part of the report winch refers
to thy sheep Industry , and calls on the wool-
growers to come out and protect their Inter
ests. This is what the National academy
has to say about sheep and forest reserves :
"Nomadic sheep husbandry has already
seriously damaged the mountain forests In
those states and territories where It has been
largely practised. In California and western
Oregon great hands of sheep , often , owned by
foreigners , who are temporary residents of
tbls country , are driven in spring Into the
high Slorras and Cascade ranges. Kecdlng as
they travel from the valleys at the foot of
the mountains to the upper ulplne meadows
they carry desolation with them. Kvcry blade
of grass , the tender , growing shoots of
fchrubfl. and seedling trees are oaten to the
grouml. The feet of these 'hoofed locusts , '
crossing and recrosslng the faces of steep
slopes , tread out the plants sheep do not
relish and , loosening the forest door , produce
conditions favorable to Hoods. Their destruc
tion of thu undergrowth of the forest and of
the sod of alpine meadows hastens the melt-
lug of snow In spring and quickens evapora
tion.
tion."The pasturage of sheep In mountain for
ests thus increases the Hoods of early sum
mer which carry away rapidly the water
that under natural conditions would not
reach the rivers until late in the season ,
"hi-n It Is most needed for Irrigation , and
> y destroying the seedling trees , on which
the permanency of forests depends , prevents
natural forest reproduction , and therefore
ultimately destroys the forests themselves.
In California and Oregon the Injury to the
public domain by Illegal pasturage Is usually
Increased by the methods of the shepherds
who now penetrate the highest and most
Inaccessible slopes and alpine meadows
wherever a blade of grass can grow , and
before returning to the vallcja In the
autumn start fires to cover the surface of
the ground and stimulate the growth of
herbage. Unrestricted pasturage of sheep
In the Sierras anil southern Cascade forests
by preventing their reproduction and In
creasing the number of ( Ires must Inevitably
so change the How of streams heading In
these mountains that they will become
worthless for Irrigation.
"Other parts of the country have suffered
almost us seriously from thu nomadic sheep
Industry. Great Hocks are wintered in the
sheltered canyons of Snake river , nnd then
spreading through eastern Oregon have do-
ctroyed the herbage of the valleys and threat
ened the forests on Its mountain ranges ,
and sheep raised In eastern Oregon and
" \Vaahington arc driven every summer across
Idaho and Wyoming to markets in Nebraska
nnd Dakota , eating bare as they go the
pastures of ranchmen and carrying ruin In
their path. In every western state and ter
ritory the nomadic sheep men uro dreaded
and despised. Year after year , however ,
they continue their depredations. The actual
Iocs this industry indicts on the country
annually In thousands of acres of burnt
timber and in ruined pasture lands is un
doubtedly large , although Insignificant In
comparison with its effects on the future
of mountain forests , the flow of streams
wul the agricultural possibilities of their
valleys.
From a recent statistical abstract of the
treasury department it appears that there
Are f , QjS,3IS sheep In the three states of
"Washington , Oregon and California , produc
ing annually about 16,000,000 pounds of
wool , net weight , worth now in eastern mar
kets about $5,000,000. The net profit from
this Industry In these states must therefore
bo small , and Its commercial Importance
is certainly Insignificant relatively to the
injury It Inflicts on the country. TJie gov
ernment in permitting free pjsturago on the
public domain to sheep owners in the public
land states and territories , clearly commits
, ai Injustice to persons engaged in this in
dustry In other parts of the country , who
uro obliged to own or hire their pastures ,
The pasturage of sheep on the national do-
i " 'n has been HO Ions allowed , however ,
t the men who benefit by It have conui
to uolleve that they have acquired vested
rights In thu public forests , and their tres
pass can only bo checked by the employ
ment of vigorous measures. That the pub
lic domain can be freed from the encroach
ments'of B'rieep herders has been demon
strated In the Sierra , General Grant and
Yosemlto national parks In California , front
which small detachments of troops have
oislly removed them. "
HBU'S THE SMALL HERDEi.S.
The cattle business of western South Da
kota and of Wyoming and Montana Is diminishing
'
minishing : The 3V Cattle company and
practically the Vermont Live Slock com-
piny (11X13) ( ) , among the largtbt cattle own
ers ind raisers In the west , are going out of
thu business , and nuny other large , cattle
concerns are preparing to do the same next
year. The closing out of thess herd own-
era is not done because of any fault of thu
country , but because the uonicsoeker has
followed the star of empire In Its wending
westward course and they have found homrn
on the fertile prairies once and so recently ,
too roamed over by countless herds of cat-
tie. The state will become richer by this
change , ami consequently It Is heraldrd with
delight among tli-isu who Have spent the
flower of thdr ago ID opening up to the
work' ono of the most magnificent ccctlons
that the sun over Eliowa on , Many will
wonder why. Because , where there are at
present 100 cattle companies , with an aver
age number in their herd of 0,000 cattle ,
who do not contribute ono dollar to the
etato'u good , but on the contrary the money
lor their marketiblo cattle Is sent to eastern
men and there banked or expended , there
will be 100,000 farm owners and homo own
ers , who will haVe from fifty to 300 head of
cattle to ship to market , ( ho money for
which will bo expended at home and many
.v tlioiuai 'la of dollars paid Into the public
treasury of the state , and the tax bmdens
wide light for all.
THE PAKOTAS.
The Klldonan clorlnallon mill , which baa
been sh'it down for repairs for some months ,
has r-'aumed.
The Keystonti district mine. Holy Terror ,
has paid Us firs , dividend of (9,000. It was
discovered three years ego ,
The D. & D. company has In the past few
b > vs paid out (75,000 for new mining claims ,
and now has over 2,000 acre * of mining
ground , making It the largest landholder
In the hills.
Tha D. & D. Fmelter la now melting 660
toils of ere dally , about half of which Is
. . . ores and Homcstako concentrates.
| The plant Is employing 200 men and Is turnIng -
Ing out $170,000 per month.
The state fair opened up at Yjnkton with
every plan fully completed , every feature
definitely arranged , every detail entirely at
tended to and with bright prospects for a
successful fair In nil particulars.
The decision of the National bank of Ware.
Mass. , to put (15.000 Into making over the
over the old posloflice block In 'Sioux ' Kails
Into a , flrrt class opera house with a seating
capacity of 1,1M ) Is pleasant news.
At about 200 feet under ground the Hnr-
dln company ha made the richest strike
of the year In the hills. A large vein of
ore so soft ( hit It can be spaded out has
been found , running as high as (120 to the
ton ,
Thrashing Is about finished In tha vicinity
of Lennox. Wheat will average about eight
bushels per acre. Ilarley about tweney-five ,
oats about the same as barley. Corn Is a
few points below list year's crop but Is
generally of good quality.
The gorernmcnt has Issued Its advertise
ment of thn letting of the star route mall
contracts ? for North and South Dakota. Ulds
will be received at Washington up to De
cember 1 , 1S97 , at 4 p. m. and the decision
will bo announced ou or before February 1 ,
1S9S.
December 11 the officers of the Grand
Forks land ofllco will soil at auction the en
tire equipment of building at Fort I'emblna.
These buildings number forty-four In all ,
some of them large and substantial. The
Rales arc all to be for cash and none can
be sold at less than the appraised value.
All the buildings purchased must be re
moved In thirty days.
The main street of Lennox has undergone
some great Improvements. A three-foot gutter -
| ter with n twelve-Inch curbstone has been
put down all along both sides , and the street
has been given a coat of gravel averaging
three to six Inches In depth. This makes
a fine appearance and will add greaUy to
ward making It a good passable thoroughfare
In even the wettest times.
The Fargo linseed oil mill , with a capacity
of 330,000 bushels of flax per year , started up
Thursday morning. It will have adally out
put of sixty barrels and will furnish work
for twenty-five men. All needed llax can
bo bought at Fargo , and nearly all the- out
put sold from that point. North Dakota
lignite coal will be used In the furnaces anil
the whole thing Is a North Dakota Institu
tion.
tion.The
The quantity and \arlety of the fish taken
from the James river this fall Is phenomenal.
For several years the homely and despised
bullhead was. with the exception of an occa
sional pickerel , the only fish caught. Hut
within the last mrnth or two large numbers
of perch havd been caught , and pickerel are
much more numerous than formerly. The
perch are of the lake variety and are ex
cellent eating. As an Instance of the plentl-
fulness , two men at La Mouro recently
caught 102 In two hours.
The educational system of the Black Hllla
Is fully up to date and Is equal in every way
to that of the eastern part of the state. The
public schools of the various cities are. as a
rule , graded high , whose graduates arc rec
ognized in the colleges and universities of
the state. The State normal at Spearflsh
has opened with a faculty of ten and an en
rollment of nearly 300 In the various depart
ments. The reading room and library has
received new additions of books and period
icals , and now apparatus and needed im
provements have been added. The attend
ance ! Is unusually large for this tlmo of th- ;
school year.
The B. & M. Railroad company , which owns
a large tract of ground at the mouth of
Spruce gulch , near Deadwood , recently built
a substantial fence around the ground and
notified those persons occupying houses on
the tract without permission to move. Some
of them did so at once , others acting Indiffer
ent about it. A few days ago another notice
was served on them ordering them to movil
or suffer the consequences. This has had
the desired effect , for during the last two
or three days a number of houses have been
moved off and in a short time all Improve
ments will have been removed. It Is evi
dent that the B. & M. company Is clearing
the tract for a reduction plant of sorao kind.
WYOMING.
Not one arrest was made at Cheyenne on
Frontier day.
The project for a telephone .Ine froai
Sheridan to Basin City is now contem
plated.
The Sheridan Milling and Elevator com
pany Is shipping a car load of Hour every
other day to outside points , besides supplying
the local trade.
Kansas City capitalists have organized and
Incorporated the Wyoming Land and Live
Stock company , capital stock (100,000 , for
the purpose of erecting and operating a packIng -
Ing house at Green Itlver , Wyo.
The elevation of Cloud's peak In the Big
Horn range of mountains , which Is a familiar
landmark to people over the greater portion
of the basin , has been determined by a mem
ber of the United States geological survey to
bo U195 feet.
A determined effort Is being made by
Ilasln wool growers to keep sheep Infected
with thu scab disorder from Us ranges. Those
found to be effected will be quarantined.
Scabby sheep up to the present time have
been unknown to Wyoming ranges ,
Milliard Is becoming quite a stock ship
ping point. On Thursday Mr. Hatcher
loaded thirty-one cars with sheep , some
S.OOO head. On Thursday twenty-one cars
were loaded by 'Mr. Kerns , , and Mr. Dens-
ley expects to ship eleven , cars of sheep to
day.
day.Tho
The Carrlso mine Is still showing up rich
ore. The east drift Is producing ere worth
(300 per ton. There are Chicago men mak
ing arrangements to purchase the mine.
They are In Salt Lake , Utah , at present ,
negotiating with the original shareholders
in order to liavo a clear title to the prop
erty.
erty.Tho
The Albany Mutual Building association of
Laramlo has Just wound up Its affairs and
gone out of existence , after a successful
career of nlno years two and one-half
months. About (250.000 In money was
handled by the association during Its life
time , and at the close of business thirty-one
mortgages aggregating (200,000 wore can
celled.
The 1'lney Iload and Development company
of Sheridan has filed articles of Incorpora
tion. The capital stock is (10,000 and thu
trustees are Hon. H. A. Coffeen , llort Cot-
fe-en and W. H. Boblone. The primary ob
ject of the company Is to build a toll road
from nig Horn to the Plney "tin camp , " so
that heavy wagons can haul the ore out of
the mountains.
Itock Springs Justly claims the title to the
most extensive and valuable coal mine in
the western country. No. 1 mine la one-
and one-quarter miles long , from mouth to
bottom and has double track the entire
length. Three hundred and fifty men arc
employed Inside of this mine , twenty mules
haul the coal to the slope and the average
dally capacity is nearly 2,000 tons.
The strike at DUmondvllle has as yet
not been settled. The otllcers of the com
pany have given the striking employes no
tice to move their tents off thu company
lands i.nd the men's tools are being taken
from the mine. It is believed the company
will bring new men In to take the striking
miners' places. Sheriff Ward of Unlta
county is on the ground to prevent trouble.
Dr. J. It. Woflman of the American Muse
um of Natural History la about completing
hU work of exhuming a mammoth bron-
tosorus excelsus , or llzzard , from the Como
rldgo near Medicine Bow. Dr. Wortman
hea spent the entire summer In the work
and has taken out two monster vertebrae
remains. The bones are very large and have
to be handled with great care. As soon as
they are taken out a coating of plaster
of par Is is given them to prevent crack *
Ing.
Ing.Tho
The Douglas News calls attention to the
fact that the email ranchmen of Central
Wyoming are selling out their entire herds
of cattle , the temptation of the present high
prices being too much for them. It warns ,
the ranchmen against disposing of their
herds as the probabilities are that the prices
of cattle next year will be much higher than
this year. The southern cattle fields have
been depleted and Montana and Wyoming
will be the great sources from which the
oattlB supply of u t year will he expected.
With their herds gone th iniall ranchmen
will be In no position to share In the Im
provement of the stock Industry.
COLORADO.
An epidemic of typhoid fever Is prevailing
on the Morgan bottom near Hayden.
A Granite miner has named his burro
"Maxwclton , " because his "braes are bon-
nle , "
Graphite has been discovered at Wheat-
land , Colo. , said to be the largest deposit
In the world.
.All Denver saloons tint fall to abolish
their wlno rooms will be closed up by the
police commissioners.
The grain crop of Routt county this year
will be Immense. The potato crop In the
upper Hear river country is almost a failure ,
owing to the heavy July frosts.
There arc fifty shipping mines In Cripple
Creek , producing over (1,000,000 a month ,
and a local mining man has figured that
40.000 horse jxiwer Is the capacity of the
engines used.
The mining news from over the state Indi
cates rich results from the summer's pros
pecting. In almost every field new discov
eries have been made of valuable ore bodies
that mean Increased wealth and prosperity.
Monlrose fruit growers have a great grin
on their faces , owing to the fact that returns
are In from two cars shipped September 12
and 1.1 , or Just six days' wait. The returns
on each car were (303.50 net , or ( Gil net
for two cars.
The La Junta canning factory Is averaging
an output of 10.000 cans of tomatoes per day.
The output last Friday , however , reached
the top notch , being 11,061 cans. The out
put so far Is about one-third larger than for
any previous season.
A number of skilled men are arriving at
Bessemer from Illinois and Pennsylvania to
assist In taking down the old machinery at
tno steel works preparatory to replacing It
with new. Evidences of the great improve
ments to come are everywhere to be seen
and the signs of the times arc most cheer
ing.
State Labor Commissioner Jennings haa
Instituted a war upon the managers of saw
mills In various parts of the state who have
defrauded employes out of about $7,000 in
wages by the old trick of employing Inrgo
numbers of men and keeping them only a
few days , when they would discharge them
without pay.
Nathaniel Wctzel of Sllverton president of
the Western Poultry and Game company ,
has cornered the Rocky Ford cantaloupe
crop and is making a big thing out of his
product In the St. Louis markets. The Rocky
Ford melon and cintaloupes are superior to
any other. Climate , water and eoll give
thorn a sweeter flavor than those from other
sections of the country.
A conservative estimate of the apple crop
in Delta county places the fall shipment of
that product at 103.000 boxes , or G 720,000
pounds. Of this yield the North Fork coun
try will produce 70,000 boxes , of which
Paonla should bo credited with 50,000 boxes.
The vicinity of Hotchklss , including Smith's
Fork , will produce easily 20,000 boxes. In
order to get this to the railroad for shlp-
| ment It will require 1,091 wagonloads avsr-
j aging sixty-four boxec , which will be 2,300
pounds to the load.
The annual report of the county superin
tendent of schools shows that Arapahcr
county has a school population of 31,950.
There are 1.S39 pupils enrolled in the high
schools , 23,043 In the graded schools , and
1,952 in the rural schools. The number of
teachers in the graded schools Is 51C. Thu
aggregate salaries of teachers for the year
was (351,590.18. The number of school dis
tricts In the counties Is ninety-five. The
total assessed valuation of school property
In thu county is ( S1.937.0SO. There are 175
school buildings In the county.
UTAH.
The Ontario mill on Saturday shipped 33,0(0
ounces of silver bullion.
The Idea of having the next mayor of Ogden
serve without pay is meeting with consider
able adverse comment.
John Beck of Lehl has had chipped from
his orchard 1,000 boxes of prunes , weighing
thirty pounds each and still has plenty left.
Pneumonia prevails in Eureka at the pres
ent time and ths Increase Is so rapid that thr
doctors ar ? taking all the precautions that
they possibly can to- check the disease.
Gold discoveries have recently been made
in the Brccklnrldge-Mamntoth ground nt
Marysvale , Pluto county. While the gold
seams are small , values as high as $20,000
per ton have been found.
The Hyrum and Wellsvlllo Electric Llg'.it
and Power company , whlic principal place of
business Is Hyrum City , has organized wllh
a capital slock of (50,000 In (1 shares. The
life of the company is fifty years.
C. Christenscn , who is one of the larg
est fruit growers In Lehl , shipped this ecason
Rome -1,000 cases of strawberries , 500 cases
of cherries and two tons of honey , and hc
still some strawberries ripening.on his vines.
Ex-United States Marshal Nat M. Brlgham
will not be a candidate for tbu office of mayor
at the convention tomorrow. His name has
been mentioned In connection with the place
several times , but he does not desire the posi
tion.
tion.West
West Jordan enjoys the distinction of rais
ing the best beets In the state. Beet raising
bHS been very profitable to the farmers and.
although this year's crop fills below that
of previous years and the price per ton is
less , it is still a paying business.
All along the line of Utah railroads the
passenger passes a Inrgo number of Immense
stock trains. In a few days the wheat will
commence to move. The harvest in the val
leys has been excellent and a brisk trad ?
Is looked for , owing to the high price of
wheat.
The recent and continued advance In the
price of silver has had a beneficial effect upon
the silver lead producers , and renewed activ
ity throughout the state has resulted. Ship
ments of ere to smelters and other reduction
works are being Increased and larger forces
of men are being employed in the mines.
Experiments are being made at the Ma-sac
mill. Park City , to determine whether tie :
mill tailings at the Ontario ran be treated
with profit. There are several hundred
thousand tons of the tailings which carry
smull values , but which will ( jrnbably tic-
treated by means of chlorlnatloii at a good
profit.
The Groit Northern Is 2,335 miles In Its
route from Portland to Chicago and Is now
said to bo the shortest line between the two
cities. The distance via Granger and the
Northwestern route was 2,315 miles. The
Salt Lake route varies from 2,078 miles up
ward , according to the route taken east of
Grand Junction and Denver.
The parties who own the Gold Dollar group
In Dry canon , on the east side of Skull val
ley , have leased and banded their group of
claims to a prominent Salt-Lake man , who
will at once develop tbu property. Tbls Is
the property on which a rich vein of copper ,
running well in silver and gold , was dis
covered early last spring.
The electric brake patented by the Ogden
men. E. B. Skinner and U. II. Dorland has
been demonstrated beyond all question to bo
a practical and serviceable device and will
soon be manufactured by a company formed
for the purpose. The device has been dls-
posoJi of by the Ogden men , but whether It
will still bear the name of the Skinner-Dor-
land brake Is a matter that rests with thosu
who are to manufacture it and put it on the
market.
The walls of the Webster school
building In Salt Lake are com
pleted and workmen last week were
engaged in putting up the brackets
for the cornice. When the building Is
finished U will be the largest and best ar
ranged In the state. It will contain eighteen
class rooms and will have an annex , the
lower story of which will contain the steam-
heating apparatus and the upper thu toilet
rooms.
A contract haa been let for excavating a
ditch from the Dexter works at Tuscarora to
the cyanide plant below the town to convey
the water pumped from the shaft , A tank
with a capacity of 25.000 gallons will bo
built at .bo works to bold the water , and
lumber Is now on the way for Its construc
tion. The water will be convoyed through a
three-Inch pipe with suitable reducers to
develop power sufficient to pump the solu
tion from the cump tank into the storage
tank , besides furnishing the plant with the
necetsary water supply.
W. Alvoril In the proceedings of the Amer
ican Forestry association , reports that from
1870 to 1891 there wWe used In the mines
and mills of the Coraslock lode 674.763,000
feet of timber and M J.070,500 cubic feet of
cord wood , rcpresontmf a total cost of nbout
(15.000,000. About 200.1500 acres of forest
have been destroyed to work these mines
nntl at present the supply has to bo brought
forty-fivo miles. TIM area on which the
forest has bceni destroyed Is now being covered -
ered wllh pine , but It will require nearly n
century for the trees to attain the size of
those which have befcn heretofore used In
the mines. . ,
Wednesday for the , first time the line of
the Union Light ami Tower company be-
twecn Salt Like and ORflon WRS tested. A
current of 2.000 volts Mas first turned an
and later In the afternoon the full capacity
of 15,000 volts , generated In Ogdcn canyon ,
was turned on. The line worked perfectly.
The stockholders of the Weber & Davis
Counties Canal cotnpiny have voted to bond
their properly for (50,000 , to be expended In
building a reservoir up East canyon off
Weber canyon. The bonds will bear 8 per
cent. Interest and will be of the denomlna-
lion of (300 each. They are to run for twenty
jeats , but are redeemable at the option of the
company any time after ten years.
The Grass Creek Coal company at Coal-
vlllc Is extending the railroad from the Cullen -
len mine , now the terminus of the road , a
distance up the canyon of nearly three-
quarters of a mile , to the new tunnel of the
old Church mine , now beln.g opened up by
the company. The grading Is being done ,
under the company's direction , by Mr. West
of Salt Lake , as contractor. Coalvlllc parties
have the contract for supplying the tics and
bridge timbers , and a number of men and
teams nre employed on the work.
This extension , when completed , will
greatly facilitate the shipping of coal from
the famous old Church mine , which has here
tofore been transferred by wagon from the
mines to the cars and at great expenseand -
Inconvenience during bad weather. Now the
cars will be loaded at the mines and the
company will bo Independent of the weather
or bad roads , besides placing the- coal In the
market In much better shape.
MONTANA.
The city council of Bozcman has accepted
the proposition of the waterworks company
for the sale of Us plant.
The work of constructing the Crow's
Neat Pass road l.i being pushed aa fast as
possible and Lethbrldge is now a scene of
activity and energy.
The first carload of sheep ever loaded at
this point went out last week. There were
about 100 head of bucks and were driven
over from Sheep creek. They were bUoded
stock and were destined for Chinook.
The Iron for the 'Northern ' Pacific bridge
at Miles City Is about one-half delivered.
The three new plura have been completed ,
the next step being to raise the false work
and grade the approaches , wh"ii the iron
work will be pushed to completion.
The Montana Ore Purchasing company Is
working the Nipper mine under bond and
lease and a few days ago commenced the
work of crosscutIng ! from the 400 foot level.
The same company has abandoned the Henry
George and the Wcstlako clalir-M on which
they had a bend.-
The latest move In railway building circles
In northern Montana was begun at Great
Falls laat Monday morning when two gangs
of Great Northern eijgiiie rs began work at
'
Sand Coulee In running' extension of the
Sand Coulee branch Into the Cottonwood
Coulee coal and limei fields. The extension
will be five miles long and will be com
pleted next spring.
A curious accident Is'reported by sub-i
Agent Steele , from Hryor creek subagency.
on the Crow reservation. Mr. Steels ha 1
a ntffnbcr of Indian's busily engaged In
thrashing wheat , when" suddenly there was
an explosion in the thrasher , and a fire
broke out in the interior of the machln ? .
There was no water' " handy , so Mr. Steele ,
set the Indians at work .throwing dust on
the fire , whlh thuyi extinguished , but not !
before the woodwork was ruined. j
The Anaconda company'has ' a force of men
employed In the Wild" Bill' doing some development - i
opment wcrk which'may"throw some lighten
on the controversy iietwpen the Anaconda
and the Boston and Montana company , which
is nowIn the'HJnttetl Sta'tea1 court ; 'bUCjWhlch '
may be called up at any time. There has
been some talk of a settlement of this d-s-
puto outside of the court and It is thought
In come quarters that there will bo no more '
litigation over this mine , which is said to
be a very valuable one.
Armed guards prevented the holdup of a
Northern Pacific express train between Bil
lings and Columbus Wednesday night of
last week. Several shots were exchanged
between the guards and the would-be rob
bers , one of which wounded a tramp who
was steallns a ride. Suspicious looking
characters seen In the vicinity of an old
shetl east of Columbus led the railroad com
pany to believe that a holdup was being
planned , and the prompt action of placing a
guard on the train prevented a considerable
loss of money and possibly of life.
IDAHO.
The name of the town of Vollmcr In Latah
county has been changed by vote of the
citizens to Troy. The residents of that place
are nearly nil foreigners. They caunot ar
ticulate the sound of V.
Several rabbit drives were made In the
vicinity of Shcsuone last week end large
numbers slaughtered. Steps will have to be
taken soon to rid the country of this pest ,
as great dimage has already been done to
the crops , and "tho end Is not yet. "
James Lackey of Ontario , Malheur county ,
has Just sold to P. C. Cooper and partner
of Nebraska 1.025 mares , weighing from 1
1.100 pounds up. These marc-s go to fill a
government contract and will be delivered
to the Sioux Indians in South Dakota next
June. I j
To guard against the escape of any con- j i
vlcts who may hereafter get out , Warden ,
Van Dorn of the state penitentiary has 1m- { j
ported two bloodhound pupa ftom Kentucky. '
These are being trained and will soon be
able to trail any strlpeJ gentleman who at
tempts to levant.
Shipments are being nude Cn\\y \ \ fr in Ken.
drlek of prunes and apples to eastern points.
About eight carloads have already been
shipped and It Is thought that six more
! , will bo loaded. The dryers arc being oper
ated and a large quantity of fruit will bo
, dried. With wheat nt 71 cents nd fruit be-
brlnglng a good price the I'otlatch farmers
are being put In a prosperous condition ,
I | Advices received at Boise lend to confirm
the reported deal for the ssle to an English
, syndicate of the famous mine , the Lc Rol.
' The officers of the company at first pro-
. ' noitnced the story false , but It Is now learned
that a deal Is really on and that the amount
, Involved Is (5.000.000.
j Two companion of United States cavalry
I ' from the Boise barracks passed through
; : Pocatcllo last Tuesday enrouto to the Fort
' Hall reservation to assist .Agent Irwln In
placing InJUn girls In school. About 100
i of the young bucks , encouraged by the old
squaus , have formed a conspiracy to keep
i , the girls out of school and have defied Iho
! I authority of the agent ,
! The Trade Dollar mine Is preparing an
1 exhibit of its product for the Intermountaln
1 fair , to consist of ere , concentrates and
I bullion. The mine Is one of the richest In
! I Iho west and Its specimens , carefully prepared -
{ I pared , are bound to attract the attention
I of all visitors. Work at the property Is
progressing \\1th monotonous regularity , and
a largo supply of fuel , timbers , etc. , Is being
laid In for winter.
The wondcrfdl discoveries on Thunder
mountain , on the Middle Salmon , Idaho ,
have attracted widespread attention. C. W.
Richie , a Walla Walla mining operator , Is
the latest to bu drawn to this Idaho Klon
dike. He Is here now on his way to the
scene of the rich strikes. Thunder moun
tain Is almost a solid body of ore. tests
showing the entire formation to average (10
! a ton gold , while the two Caswcll brothers ,
j the discoverers , took out (760 In eight days
by merely panning the surface , which
yielded 23 cents to the pan. It Is declared
to be one of the most remarkable strikes
over made In this state.
CALIFORNIA.
Pomona has turned uy a now species of poi
sonous spiders.
The British sh0 ! Metropole Is loading 2.GOO
tons of wheat at San Dlcgo for Liverpool.
Between 5,000 and 6,000 trees are being
nightly fumigated In the vicinity of Mon
rovia.
The Kings county court house has been
compltteJ anJ accepted by tbc Bo rd of Sup.r-
vlsors.
San Dlcgo Is to have the names of Its streets
stamped on the sidewalks at all Intersec
tions.
Ono hundred and fifty carloads of wheat
aiv at San Diego awaiting shipment to Great
j Britain.
Pomona hi * over 1,100 public school pupil. ' .
I I San Diego reports a (230,000 real estate
I I transfer.
Two hundred and fifty men are at work
upon tin San Gabriel Power company's plant ,
1 near Azusa.
I The hop picking season In Sonoma county
i will soon be over. The hops ore of a very
I | good quality and prices seem to be advancIng -
] ! Ing , as high as 12 cents having been offered
i In some case ? .
I A San Francisco woman has sued a dentist
for damages because he would not pull her
aching tooth when she wore bloomers. He
had refused on the pica , that bloomers would
Injure his business.
i All the grain harvested In St. Helena and
the adjoining valley has been stored in the
warehouses at St. Helena , Napa and Port
Ccsta. where It will be held In anticipation
1 i ot ' \ further rise in the price of grain.
'
Agricultural lines are more lively now than
] 'they ' have been for many je rs past In Sonoma
i county. Heavy shipments of dried and canned
I fruits are being made dally , and in most in
I stances good prices are being paid.
I
Owing to the unprecedcntedly high prices
received for prunes this > ear many Napa
farmers will ba enabled to pay oft their
mortgages. Although the crop Is more
abundant than ever before the growers are
reaping the benefit of the high prices caused
by the sortage In other sections.
Santa Rosa was recently visited by nearly
a hundred Indians from Point Arena reser
vation. They had been picking hops near
Mark West. They rode on the street car
lines , visited all the mills and factories and
astonished business men by the heavy pur
chases they made. These .Indians arc con
sidered the upper ten among thu Coast
tribes.
In digging the foundation for the new
building opposite the Journal office at Yreka
many relics of the ancient days of the be
ginning of the ' 50 puric-d were brought to
light , such as old campbenc cans and vari
ous other things then used. There was no
coal oil here then , the high price of cam-
phene Inducing the construction of gas
works.
The fall session of the San Jose Normal
sclul opened September 15 with an enroll
ment of COO pupils , 200 of whom were new.
There will be semi-annual
no - commence
ment this year , owing to the change from
a three to a four-year course , but In Novem
ber six of the students who have taken
much of the work In the regular course In
high schools will be graduated.
In parts of Shasta and Slsklyou counties
millions of small black flics have appeared
called by somu deer fllfs. by others the
Texas fly. They 'are smaller than the com
mon house fly , but bite with such fury that
an animal is soon covered with blcod. They
swarm so thickly at Stout Meadows that
stockralsers have been compelled to wlth-
dra.w their herds from that region.
A stage robbery , the seiond In the same
place within the last six months , occurred
nine miles form Yreka last week. A lone
and masked highwayman stepped from be
hind a rock and demanded the express box ,
which was handed out. It Is not known
how much the robbers secured. There were
four passengers on the stage , but none were
molested. Thu same stage was held up in
the same place last April , and It is prc-
sumcd by thu same robber.
OREGON.
The Eugene cannery expects to can be
tween 5,000 nnd 6,000 pounds of tomatoes In
the next few daya.
The work of extending the wood flume
at St. Helens further up Milton creek has
been commenced by the wood company.
The Hume will be extended a mile and a
quarter up the creek at present , 'and ' that
"Resolved thflt the service's of the ex
position employes be dlspcusuil with
temporarily in tlio Interests of encon-
omy to them only for such time ns It
will take for Drox I * Slioomnn to nt
llii'lr fret In n pair of tliose genuine Hns-
sin calf winter tan nlioos wlilcli lie Is
selling it : ? : * 50" This is the slice Hint haa
an extra heavy double extension sole-
sole made of genuine oak sole leather
with uppers of thebe t quality Uussia
tan calf leatlier-tlje high priced shoes
are of the same HttiejV the dierence He :
In the selection-thaj's all same hlrtu
same grade the new bulldog toe we've
priced them at ? : j.50 iind you'd look n
long time hefoni ymi > fiee another shoo
of eiiual value for -that - money.
Drexel Shoe Co , ,
i IP
1419 Farnani Strtct
Wo nre Omaha njwuts for the John
Van wroiightsteel HOIL'l Hanges If you
don't know anything'about ; the Van
HangesJust ask yoiir cook about them
we haven't seen the cook yet that
wouldn't recommend the Van after
you've got all the points you can from
him come to ns and we'll show you the
range as it is it will be easy enough
then for you to see wherein it's ahead of
till other hotel ranges they're made of
the best quality of homogeneous steel
for wear and perfect service they come
In nineteen different sizes while the.
prices wo make nre the prices Hint make
buyers. " *
A. C. RAYMER
KUILDEKS' HARDWARE
1514 Fartiam St.
part ot the flume which tins been In use tor
n , jear or more will be change * ! Into a "V"
shape Instead ot being flat-bottomed.
The regular annual consignment ot govern
ment freight for the StleU agency baa been
received at Toledo and It now being hauled
to Slletz.
The railroad bridge being built across thu
Santlam , near Stilccr , to replace the one
washed out lant fall , xvlll , It Is expected , bo
ready for traulc In about three weeks.
U Is reported that the Slletz cannery has
raised the price of salmon to 15 and 30 cents ,
In order to obtain fishermen , at part ot the
Indians that have been fishing have quit.
J. F. Adams In a been awatdcd the con
tract to build a levee ncrws I/ost. river
slough , In Klatnath county , for $2,490. The
encroachments of the waters of Tule lake
have made the construction of this levco nec
essary.
The biggest peach the Roscburg Review
has yet seen was grown In the ordchard o !
II. Uiuer , near Hoseberg. The peach was
an Alkcn cling , weighed one and a half
pounds and mcaaurcd 13H Inches In circum
ference.
Practically all of the Umatllla wheat Is
harvested and beyond the reach of rain ,
lleforo many days a largo portion of It will
be marketed , and then , the tall trading will
commence In earnest , says the 1'emllctou
Tribune.
The Western Iwder ofTors s an evidence
of the return of prosperity the fact that a
farm , located mvir the Hlgby school house ,
six mile * from 1'ondleton. which was bought
four months ago by Mr. Cockburn for $3,000 ,
was recently sold by him for $8.360.
As the time of forcing the collection of
taxes draws near InVasco county prop
erty owners are hastening to the sheriff's
ofllco and liquidating their Indebtedness to
the county. Only a few more days remain
In which to pay taxes and avoid costs.
A colony of Immigrants , twenty-two In
number , have Just come out from Nebraska
with the Intention of locating In this coun
try. They shipped all their goods out. In
cluding a number ot mules. They are now
looking around Illckleton. In Gllllim county.
Klahorate arrangements are being mnde
for the baby show to bo held In connec
tion with the Hood Hlvcr fair. Saturday
afternoon , October 9. Two silver medals
will be awarded , ono to the best biby under
6 months old. and the other to the best baby
between the ages of G and IS months.
I'ostnvasler Shellon of Scto savs his town
Is on the up-grade In a business way. the
llax Industry started In that neighborhood
yielding a crop away beyond expectations.
There nre 900 acres In llax thereabouts ,
from which an average of twelve bushels of
seed to the -acre wore realized , an output
that netted something over $11,000. to the
community.
"Uncle" Jccs Hcovcs of Umatllla county
has come Into the possession of a bounty
land warrant which gives him n deed to any
vacant quarter section of government land
that ho may select. This comes as a reward
for his services In the Mexican war. Appli
cation has also been made for a pension for
Mr. iReeves , who .though S3 years of age , do-
votcfi a good portion of his time to gar
dening.
WASHINGTON .
A Sunday closing movement Is In contem
plation In Colfnx.
The city council of Spokane last Tuesday
fixed the tax levy for that city at 13 % mills.
It is reparted In Hoqulam that the Ilunir.-
tullps rock has been accepted tot- the Gray's
harbor jetty.
The third annual meeting of the Northwest
Mining association will be held In Spokane
October. 7 , 8 and 9.
The state school lands of Cowlltz county
will be leased to the highest bidder October
23 by the auditor of the county.
Since January 1 274 articles of incorpora
tion , representing a total capital stock of
$25fir91.COO , have been filed In Seattle.
The prosecuting attorney of Whitman
county is waging a war against the lunch
counters In saloons being kept open on Sun
days.
KnaTt > & Dlx's new shlnglo mill , In Cowlltz
county , started up Tuesday on a trial run ,
cutting 5,000 an hour. A full crew is now at
work.
work.Mackerel
Mackerel are fairly swarming In the neigh
borhood of the cannery at South Bend , and
the poorest fisherman on earth is sure ot a
string if he casts his line there.
Some of the I'uyallup hop dealers say that
they are offering 11 cents a pound for hops
on short options , but that the market will
not open until they hear from samples sent.
The variety theaters of Spokane , which
had been closed down since the present city
officials were elected , have been granted
licenses and began business again last
Wednesday.
The Kelso Journal says the whole board
of county commissioners of Cowlltz county
will resign their positions in January. All
have the Klondike fever , and will start for
that section In February.
During Its first year , which ha < * recently
closed , the Cbehaslh valley -creamery , Welgel
& Kauplscli , proprietors , has handled a little
over 1.000,000 pounds of milk , for whlcll
nbout JS.OOO In cosh was paid the farmcrar
This milk was manufactured Into about 30,001
pounds ot butter and 15.000 vonmls of cheese ,
the average butter vrlce being IS cents * f
pound.
It Is reported t Fort Canby that one of th
batteries will be transferre.1 to Kort Sloven * ,
and Its complement niado ti > to three ; ohV
that a seawall will be conatructcd along tha
water front at Fort Cnnby.
Mr. Uoernbocher Inform * the Cbehalls Nurt-
get that for the flrJt tlmo In Its history thd
furniture factory In Chchalls I * refusing to
fill orders. The demand tor Chchalls turn- !
turo Is greater than It can supply ,
Eleven carloads of beef cattle for the Paclflo
Meat company , from eastern Washington ,
were taken off the cars In Kltaivsburg taut
week , and put In pasture on the Smith ranch ,
to be drawn on as needed by the company.
The Qarflold roller mills started Friday
morning , after being closed three months ,
during which time new machinery wag put
In , Thp "planslfter" system will bo used In
the future In place of thn old-fashioned bom.
The Walla Wnlla public library will b
opened about October 1. The directors hav
voted to tmrchaec $ < 00 worth of new books ,
A system of cataloguing and Issuance similar
to that In other Washington cities will b
adopted.
UKI.ICIOt'S.
General Heath Is engaged In preparing
rules and regulations for the direction ot thd
social work of the Salvation Army at hem
and abroad.
Dr. W. 1) . Morrison ( KplscopM ) , who wan
recently made bishop of Dututh , has been
appointed to the charge of tlie vacant mis
sionary bishopric of North Dakota until 1S9S.
If the union of the Free "church and the
United I'rcsbytcrlan church of Scotland Is !
completed the united body would contain
1.000.000 members , with n church Income of
$5.000,000.
Ono of the most vcuerabto and beat Icnown
clergymen ot Baltimore Is Rev. Dr. Henry
Schclb , pastor emeritus of Zlon Lutheran
church , the sixty-second anniversary of whose
pastorate will bo celebrated on October IS.
Miss Stella F. Jenkins of Kansas City ,
has been made a minister of the Friends *
church of that city. Her mother , Mrs.
Frances C. Jenkins haa been a minister ot
tlie church for forty-five yt-ars , and her sister
has also occupied a pulpit In Richmond , Ind.
It is thought that Duvld J. Drcwcr , asso
ciate justice of the United States miprcmo
court , will be chosen successor to Rev. Dr.-
Richard S. Storrs ot Brooklyn as president-
of the American Hoard of Commissioners'
for foreign nitsslonn at the annual meeting'
of the board at Now Haven In October.
Krncst Hargrove , the Kngllsh barrister who'
came ovur to this country n year and a half
ago to take the presidency of the TheosophIcal -
Ical society after the death ot William Q.
Judge , la going back to England In consequence
quence of the falling health ot his father ,
and will become an Kngilsh squire , but will
still devote himself to the furtherance ot
thcosophlcal principles. His successor will
bo August Ncreheimer , tin vlco president.
Bishop S. G. Messmer ( Roman Catholic- )
of Wisconsin , thus explains why ho dis
ciplined the members of a Catholic society
for indulging in n ball : "There was no'
reason for having a ball , not to mention
that such is not the custom at Catholic
conventions. It Is a most humiliating con--
fcsslon on the part of a Catholic society \f \
they arc not able , under the favorable clr--
ctimstnncea offered by any state convention ) ,
to provide for n two nights' entertainment1
In a nobler , more dignified nnd more useful1
way than by a. dance. It shows a serious"
lack of true Catholic spirit when n danclnf * "
party is to bo the crowning of a state con
vention , no matter of what Catholic organ
ization , while bishoiis , priests and tha best
men of the laity arc striving to raise our
Catholic people to a higher and loftier piano
In the pursuit of Catholic Ideals and the
showing forth of the Christian virtues. "
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If Its tolls to
cure. 25c.
< TIII : COIIXTHV.
Cy Wurman In the New York Sun.
I like the freedom of a Country town ,
The air and the open o' the country.
You can tell when the sun goes up or down
Out In the God-made Country.
The creeks are clear and the sklca aro. blue.
The hearts of the people arc kind and true.
And folks do just as they want to do ,
The folks that are living in the Country.
I like the color o' the Country town ,
It's almost the color o' the Country.
Farmer's wlfo In a Country gown ,
'Brinsln' ' in things from the Country.
Watermelons and sweet nutmegs.
Country butter and Country eggs ,
Country girls and chickens with plump , bard
legs.
All coming In from the Country.
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XOTICH TO CO.VrilACTOIIS.
Speaking of pictures we might call
your attention to the line art display we
are giving every day free of charge
our display comprises almost every
painting produced either In the original
or perfect copies we've frames for them
too frames that are put together by
skilled fminers our prices on these
frames are so low that you'll agree with
us that you can't buy common lumber
yard moulding and make them yourself
for much less hundreds of different
styles to select from maybe you have I
an old picture that's dear to you let us ,1
brighten It up with ono of our new
frames. ,
A. HOSPB ,
KUSlCOIUlAH. 1513'Douglns
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First , for time second , durability and
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and llnlsh these three essential qualities
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watch wo show Is small and thin 1-1 kt.
gold lllli-d with solid gold pendant ring
n watch we warrant for twenty years
with genuine Klegln movement war
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timekeeper the price is only $15 to bo
fully appreciated this watch must bo
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and tell you all nbout It 50 engraved
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latest artistic effects orders received by
mall will receive our careful and prompt
attention.
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. , Raymond , ,
Jewelers ,
IBth and Douglas Streets.
