Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 4, 1891, Page 11

"= Jowed without dificulty. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, WORLD BUILDERS AT WORK. Pen Sketches of Vigorous Lif > and Activity in the Great Northwest. YANKING ~ WEALTH ROM NATURE'S ~ STOREHOUSE. Progress of Development in the Mines and Oil Fields of Wyoming —Advaneing Irrigation—State Control of Arid Lands=-= The Tin Interest in the Black Hills--=Notes From Other States. Nebraska. To tho Editor of Imperial North Osiana, Neb,, June 30, Tue Bre:—In all * matters pertaining to the best Interests of the state, as well as the upbuilding of Omaha, Tuk Brw's uctivity and cooperation can always be dependod upon. This is the secret of Its popularity in the rural districts as well as with the business men of Omaha. It is also the reasoh why In carrying out a desire talk with the merchauts, and bankers, prop erty owners and working men of Omaba this communication i addressed to it. The subjoct is that of our business and soctal relations with that part of the state known best as North Nebraska. Tho te tory covered 18 ono of magnificent pro- portivus, as well as immense possibilities. My mind turns to it becauso having lived up there for over twenty-one years among its rich prairies and industrious peo ple. I notonly love it for its own intrinsic value, but also for what it is possible yet to be. It contains over two-tnirds of the eatiro area of the state, stretches away from the Jown bluffs to the sontinel-like Buttes of Wyoming, from the graceful valley of too Platte to the bad lands of Dakota. It will averago over 400x120 miles in extent, and contains over thirty-five millioy of tho fiuest agricultural and grazing lands in the world. There are nearly fifty great counties with rogulurly formod county governments, and over five hundred thousand as hardy industrious, inteiligent and patriotic people as can bo found in any other agricultural se on of vur country. For rich soil, pure air, glorions sunshine and splendid ‘water this rogion is unsu: assed. 1 know the latter statcment is a road one, but where iu the world is thero such incxhaustible soil! Land that to my knowlodge actually seems to become moro producti with age and continuous cultivation, so much s5 that I know land up there that last year produced sixty to seventy bushels of corn to the acre after tweuty voars of contin- uous corn cropping without” the uso of fer- tilizer. As 10 tho air it 1s absolutely untainted by tho germs of disense or malaria. The pr vailing winds are from the northwest and come from the regions of cternal health. Sunsh| No_skies: not even Italy's, India's or those of the Orient are bluer and down through their sylvan deoths old Sol rays are stroaming from January to June and from June to January, with such brilhancy as caunot, bo excelled in any land. Water! From the easiern slope of the Rockies; from a million springs clear as crystal; from nature's reservoirs, in splendid and opportune showers it flows pieatiful, pure and abundant, Considering acquisitions already gamed,and the natural conditions and resources yeb to be devoloped, what is to hinder this the larger part of our state, from becoming a great beehive of enterprise and industry, containing when the next census is taken over 1,000,000 people, producing sud sending 10 market over §100,000,000 of farm products annually, 200,000 farmers and stock pro- ducers, each one requiring thres cars to h ale their annual in and out shipments,enough 10 make one solid train of live stock, grain, lumber, and other morchandiso that if placed in unbroken line,could reach from New York to San Frauciscol Is this not an imperial domaint Is it nota country worth fighting for! Is it not the cream of Omaha's sur- roundiugst Omaba is the natural gateway to this re- gion. This is Omaha's legitimate territory Her meadow, pasture. orchard, garden, in short her farm, from wheice in the future will come most of the riches, and resources that will build her up into such proportions as to reaiize the dreams of George Francis Truin and Chaun- cey Depow in making her the great commer- cial center of the continent. This, however, can only bo brought about by the closest and most cordial of social and commercial recip- xocal wterests, Trade and bucter are at tho basis of the whole scheme. 1t is a question ©of convenienco and cash. The suburban is just as keen in his raco for oney as tho urban. Aud the market that offers und giyes him five dollars the most for his car load of grain or stock gets his patron- age. There is just a little sentiment in busi- ness, but not much, it is mostly a question of ollars and cents, and if Omaha wants to pro- tect her interests in that great northwest te ritory she must be able always to deserve its patronage, A M. C. ith an Elk. Mr. D. C. Devereaux, a nimrod of the neignborhood of Boise county, Ida., reports an exciting time with a wounded elk, while on u recent hunt along the Suake river. *These noble creatures have become exceed- Angly rare of lato years, owing to the assidu ty with which they have been hunted, and when secn atall in remote districts aro so shy that it is with difficulty huaters obtain a shot at them. The party of which Mr. Dov- ereaux wus a member had contented thom- selves with smaller game, and 1t was with some surprise that they ran into asmall herd of elk moving along Rock creek, a small trib- utary of the Snuke. No opportunity was af- forded for surrounding the animals, which is the only successful way of hunting them, but coming upon them suddenly, a wild scatter- ing tive only served to disperse them when they were off like the wind. Mr. Devereaux, who happened, howover, to bo somo distance ahead of the others, managed to wound a buck, though without bringing bim to tho ground. The animal, apparently maddened with pain, plunged into the Rock, and swim- TOINR it WHS 8000 0D tho other side and run- ning as fast as the wound in his hing quarter would ullow. Tho party seeiug it impossible to oyertake the herd, set off in pursuit of the wounded olk, but by the time they succeeded in find- fng o ford and had crossed the creek the ani- mal wa: out of sight, though bis trail, which was marked by a stream of blood, was fol After a mile and a half uf rapid nding indications unmistakablo 10 & hunter's eye wero noticed that told of the eli’s exhaustion, and a short distance further on they caught sight of the laboring, suffering creature as ho attempted to mount a small hillock some hundred yards away. Mr. Devereaux, claiming the el as bis game, rode forward ut full speed, reaching the foot of the ridge just as the elk paused, axhausted, on the summit, when he fired. Tho snimal staggerad a littlo aud then rolled out of sight over the sharp brow ol the hillock, crashing through the undergrowth. Cireling the ridge, Mr. Devereaux roce to tho foot, where he found the deer lylnz motionless, and thinking him dead, bo dismounted and ad- vanced “toward him. But, evidently ouly stunned, the olk rose like a flash aud was in the act of bounding away when the hunter fired, wounding bim 1 the breast by a glanc- ing shot which laid bave the boneand seomed to distract tho animal. He ran at his pur- suer with lowered head, his wreat horus fixed like bayonets, aud only to bo avoided Mr. Daveroaux's hasty spring to ono sido. Ho fired several shots, bach, as was after- ward oscertained, taking effect in the body, but without staying the elk, whioch again struck at its tormentor, The situation was one of extrome peril, for an olk's horns are formidable weapons, and have beon kuown to lay open a borse's’ side when the animal is at bay. Mr. Uevereaux met the new stroke by a tremendous blow with his gun, wiich was now empty, but though the weapon was broken in & dozen pieces. it evidently did not affect the furious animal, which returned to tne sttack at ouce, stamping and lunging forward with bis hoizs By this time the rest of the hunters hud rid- dén up, and at every opportunity when it was thought sate to fire at the elk without danger of hitting thelr companion, peppered 4he creature, which now fell upon his kuees, wounded to death. Seelug this, Mr. Dever- #aux sprang upon him from behind, and kept bim from struggling to his feet, at the same * ested in the timo plunging his stout knife into his neck. Ho fell over with such forco that it was all the hunter could do to escape having bis right l6g crushed bencath the great weight. The elk was found to be wounded in seven- cen places. State Control of Arid Land. A rosidenco In Wyoming of twenty-three years convincos the oditor of the Cheyonne Sun that “the state has ample resources, but an entirely different policy must bo adopted if wo would make substantial progress. The situation in Wyomiag is peculiar, owing to the fact that the stato is in tho arid laud belt of the United States. Briefly stated the ex- isting conditions are theso: ‘1. Irmigation is essential to farming. 2, The water belongs to the state, accord- ing to the state constitution and the act of congress afirming tho samo, 4. Tte greater portion of the land is d by the United States and subject to rnment land laws, [t is necessary for the state to rozu- Lato tho use and disposition of water by law, to create stato boards aud state engineers, 1o construct reservoirs and canals, Otherw ise but little land will be available for agricul- ture, The present land laws are not adapted to the wants of the arid rogion, and retard agriculture, Our breadstufYs and most of the producs are brought in from states east of Wyoming, which has the effect to depress all other industrios. “6. Land without water is of little value. It is sold by the Union Pacific on easy torn from ten to fifteen years at i per cent, at 50 conts to 81,25 un acre, whilo irrigated land is valued at $10 to 320 per acre, Most of tho land that is near streams, and can be cheaply irrigated, hus beon taken up under the land laws. What remains will require large ex- penditures for reclamation. “It follows from the above thero 1s a conflict of interest. ment should construct tho onditions that The govern- rosevoirs, and | regulate tne wator supply, or else surronder the public laads of the state with authority to dispose of them to the best advantage. What our peoplo desire 13 that the govor ment lands within Wvoming be coded to tho state, and the procaeds of their sale bo de- voud to the construction of moantain cryoirs and canals, *“The yiews hore expressed aro not only the opinions of our farmers, but of those who would engage in farming if the conditions were move favorable. As it is many of our settlers who have attompted to cultivate the soil, or engage in ra livo stock, have met with financial loss and_discouragement, and wero compelied to abandon their under- takings. ““This class of persons attribute their mis- fortune largely to the unfavorable conditions above mentioned; und thoy believe that the remedy proposed is the only way to over- come the natural obsticles of elovation, climate and necessity for irrigation.” Wyoming's Mineral Congrass. The Wyoming state board of mines has is- suod a call for the couvention to bs held at Cheyenne Soptember 7-12 inclusive. A very satisfactory arrangement has beon made with the railronds for excursion rates and the freo trausvortation of specimens. The outlook 1s now good for a very successful convention, and all that 1s needed to in: success is the co-oparation of the men i dovelopment of Wyoming's mineral interests. It 1s a fact rocoguized by those interested in the mineral output of the state, that all that is necessary is for us to make known the wealth of our minerals to insure au abundance of capital for their do- lopment. The plan of holding a conven- tion of miners of the state and making a full display of tho minerals of the different locali- ties is_without doubt the most practical method of advertising our mineral resources aud securing the attention of those who make our mines productive. The couventiou offers opportunitics and ad- vantages to all who ave in any way interested 1 the development of the mineral wealth of Wyoming. Owuers of coal fislds and mines, thoso iaterested in 1ron, soda, oil aud miueral paiut doposits; those interosted in the de- volopment of 'our marble and building stone industry, and likewise those who desire the development of our brecious metals, all should take an active part in the display to bo mado ut the coming convention. There are many other products which come uudor the head of minerals which should be repre- sented at the display made on this occasion. The field is broad, and the people of every locality in the state can find somethiag to bring to the convention —something that will Prove to the visitors who examine the display that Wyoming has great mineral weaith in every county. *“I'he hearty encouragement tho couven- tion has received from the prass of the state leads the board to believe that the exhibition in September next will be a substantial suc- cess. and if so, it will be largely due to the clfish offorts of the newspapor men of owing, who have never lost an oppor- tunity to bring bofore the public the advan- tages to be derived from placing on exhi- bition the minerals of tho stato, and inviting the investor to examine the display and meet there the owners of the mines. 1t has been wisoly said that il great wealth is to come to Wyoming we must dig it out of the greund,” Black Hills tin. Henry Claussen, jr., Lewis May, Samuel Untemeyer and Josoph aud Gilbert Flanni- gau, ofticers and divactors and prineipal stock- holders of the Haruey Peak mining and manufacturing company, have coucluded a six weeks' visit of inspection through theiv tin mine claims in the Black Hills. With tho party is J. S. Childs, a mine nperator and expert of San Francisco, Mr. Cnilds mado a thorough inspection of the devosits and ac- cepted the superintendency of tho mines and will at once take up his headquarters in the min fng district. “I'would not have undortaken the man- agoment of the mines had I not beon con- vinced thero is tin obtainable in paying quantities,” smd Mr. Childs as he told the swory of his investigation and discoveries. “T'hio company has ovor eleven hundrod min- ing claims, and what we have taken out thus far will average over 2 per cent, and that is very rich, considering that the Cornwall miners work tin mines that average but 1 per cent of tin, T have seen specimens that will average 25 per cent tin, and_the block unworked tin will go as high' as 75 per cent. This is no tin plata lio either. “Now, just because of the richness so far discovered I will not say positively that we can conlnue taking out tin that will pay We aro working but six of the claims and have gotten down but 200 feet on the average. Wo haven't tuuneled out beyond the main shaft either, and what is below the point als ready reached wo cannot gay, although there is no doudt in my mind tnat tin can be gotten 2,000 foet bolow tho surfaco. At any rate we will know positively in a vear whether the mines oan bo sucowstully worked. “Minjug machinery will be at once bought to convert the ore into tin. Vo have 200 men now at work getting the ore out, and will have 2,000 next year. Wil the now tariff help tno fndustry " It will, but we can produce tin without the tariff, and our product will be as choap as the English tin, Of course a tariff will Lelp any new industry, and it will aid us in that it will make it profitable for us to work up the low grade ores. If the tax were removed, however, we would go right on getting out oro just the same." Mr. Childs has for twelve years been a mining expert for J. B. Haggin and the Hearst estate ownors of the big Anaconda copper mine, Irrigation In the West. Discussing the subject of artificial irriga- tion and the great chauges in the condition of life on the groat plains consequent upon this mothod of agriculture, the New York Sun says: The Great American desert still covers not loss than 30,000 square miles, One hundred million acres are believed to be reclaimablo, The roclaimablo area in San Bernardino county, in California alone, is larger than the states of Delawars and Maryland, * * * It is only twenty-one years since irrigation on a large scale was first attempted 1o this country. [n 1870 the Greeley Union colony was founded in northern Colorado, on a bar- ren plain, and an experimental system of ditohing was begun, in imitation of the irrl- gation flelds in Utah territory. Now, from 1,500 to 2,000 car loads of potatoes a ysar are shipped from Groolay. = Today the secretary | of agriculture roports that in” Arizona, Cali- | fornia, Colorado, Idaho, western IKansas, Montana, Nobraska, ¥evada, No; Orogon, SouthDakota, Texas, 14 ington and Wyoming over thiyfoen million acres are under ditoh, that is, Zibject to irri- gation, and over seven million acres are actu- nll(v irrigated Jn the great plains cattlo ranching is aiv ing place to grain raising, and along the Pa- cific grain raising, as in the wheat-growing district of California, is giving place to fruit farming. The large' holdings taken up by ranchmen and by farmors of the last genora tion are now subdividing rapidly into small farms of from ten to o hundred acres, for the | soil of even the most barren valleys of the | Great American desert is rich in phiosphate: | and when irrigated produces on the same area double the grain raised from lands naturally molstened, and ci 4 of roots and vegetables from five to ten fold greater,while in parts they aro unexcelled for the growtn of semi-tropical fruits,such as olives oranges, grapes, figs, prunes, as well as hemp bacco. ' Such small farms aro springi in New Moxico,on tho staked plains of T and on the desert lauds of Arizona, especialiy in the valloy of Salt river. Iu California the change has already produced very important eflocts, as is shown by the enormous gain in population in the last decado’ of the eleven counties most interested in irrigation. This increaso is countod at 733 per cent as com- ared with 89 per cent, for thostato at large. othing more is noeded to show that irriga- tion is both practicablo and profitable. The Hog in Montana. The revival of the swine industry in Mon- 1 augurs woll for the state. Last year one ena firm, says the Journal, imported fif- teen carloads of pork to supply the demand. The farmers of Montana should not permit this to occur again, when the outlook for the swino industry in this stato is so promising. “That corn is an essential to profitablo pork growing has long since boen disprovod. Ground peas and barloy have demonstrated therr fattening qualities, and as our soil is ad. 1irably adapted to the growth of each there remaius no drawback of importance to dis- courage the swineherd. Stockmen are becoming interested in the poric problems of the northwest, and inaivid- ual effort, is boing concentratod along the line of this important industry. Firms are muiti plying for the importation of excellent breed- ini stock, and the drawback of expense in the n:atter of shipment from tho far east is being done away with. Several finc herds of swine can now be enumerated, from which suitab selections can bo made by the farmer who de- sires to add hogs to the wealth producing re- sources of his ranch. That more attention has not heretofore been given to hog raising in this state is surpris- ing, when the aggregate consumption of pork is considered. The hog crop is one of the cheapest that can be grown in Montana, It is practically freo from the diseases that mow a swath through the profits of tho eastern farmer. It is not likely that oxtensive hog growing will breed these complaints in th region to any alarming extent. Tne condi tions aro unfavorable to tne peculiar discases of swine, a factor of profit that should not be lost sight of. Aummal life is singularly free from discases in_the pure 0zone of the moun- tain regions of the northwest, and no brute stands a better show for healthy maturity than the great American hog. ‘The Oil Region Late advices from the oil districts of Wy- oming indicate considerablo activity. Re- cent strikes have enthused capitalists, and syndicates are in process ot formation in sev- eral eastern cities which mntead to push de- volopment. Tur Bak's review of the oil fields and the apparent efforts of the Stand- ard oil company to throw cold water on Wy- oming's petroleum intorests had tho sffoct of opeuing the eyes ot Omaha capitalists to the graud opportunities which Wyoming afford. The urgent necassity of Omaha miintaining and developing the areas controlled by her citizons and making thom diroctly contribu- tory to the industrial prospority of the city awakened goneral interast, and it is not im- probable that it will resuit in the organiza- tion of a strong company. Tho enterprise is not one solely for Omaha's beneidt. While its success would undoubtedly enhance the value of every foot of property in the city by making it the termin us of @& pips line and create innumerable refineries and kindred indus- tries, besides effectiug a permagept_solution of the fuel problem it would unqaestionably return one hundred fold every dollar in- vested, Operations in the oil basin as well as inthe interest awakened among capitalists at home and abroad, inaicate a season of unuvsual ac- tivity. The Pennsylvania confpany “pro- poses to sink six new wells this season. Oil s are increasing in value, new strikes are ueut occarrence, aud all signs point to rly practical development of the petro- lewn fields, and placing the fluid on the market. It behooves Omaha men and means to 'move promptly and secure a permanent grip on the most promising money making inyéstment in the west. Mortgaged to tuy Mules. A Washington correspondent writes: “A volume of mingied pathos and humor could be gathered from the replies received av the census office to tho circulars of inquiry ad- drossed by thousands throughout the conn- try to obtain iaformation of the coudition of the industries of all kinds, which will form s0 importantan element in the great work approaching a successful completion. These roplies come in shoals, thousands upon thou- sands, and only an occasionnt and exceptional ono attracts the oye of the examiner. This one comes from Califoruia and is evidently intended as an earnest dasiro to conform to the law, ‘To tho printed guestion for what purpose was @ movigage (if any) placed on the farm, he replied : “* ‘Imortgagzed the d—d place to buy o team of mules with, wild as ——, but have made enough by them to pay my debts and to pay the mortgage when it comes due— ite ugain.’ “Tne letter accompanying the schedule says T am engaged in hauling freight between Hopeland and Lakeport. If you noed an thing in my line give me a call. If you noed information in matters of business I'am your Iujun—anything about hauling freight,shear- ing shu-tli)” bad debts, bailing hay, fishiog, hunting ar, stove wood, threshing ma- chines, weaning calves, sucking mules, pigs, orchards, hay rakes, setting saws, anything like tkat I will answer. “Any information about . the ‘Switzerland of America’ cheor- fully given. Love to all. Write soon.’ e — Mule Whacker Utah's Capit Architogt Meyers. of Detroit, the designer of Omahu's court house, is regaling the peo- ple of Salt Lake with plans and pictures of u capitol building. The growth of statehood sentiment has increased interest in public buildiugs, and the natives think that Meyers pictures of a capitol are Utab's size. The commission appointed under an act of the ter- ritorial legislature has docided to adopt Meoyers' plans and pay bhim 8,000, The build- ing is estimated Lo cost $1,000,000, ana resem- blos in general outline the Nebraska stato capitol. 'ho capitol grounds in Salt Lake City con- tain a shado loss thau tenty aorcs of ground on thio beautiful syell of the foothills of En- sign peak, bordering on the City Creek o They were granted to the territory passed by the legislature in March, Tne same act created o commission, consisting of the governor of the territory, James Sharp and Thomas Marshall of Salt Lake City, A. F. Fair of Logan, Josoph Stanford of Ogden, A. H. Lund of Manti, A O. Smoot, jr,, of Provo, ani G, E. Blair, to have oharge of the capitol grounds and super intend the construction of the new edifice. The comtaission has expended soe $20,000 in the improvement of the grounds. The fine ATURDAY. JULY iron fence inclosing th¥/ grounds cost $10,000, whilo 3,000 was expended fn grading, and the shade tre t some #1,50, Battling for Vast Wealth, One of tho greatést logal battles that has ever been fought i this country will be waged at Butte, Mopk, next week. The ostate of Aadrow Ju Davis, variously osti- mated at from £5,0000000 to 812,000,000, is the prize. John A. Dayls a former resident of Chicagd, is now in podsession of the estate, which he holds by, viftue of his deceased brother's will. Henry A. Root of New York, a nephow of the aeal niliionaire, disputes the Chioago man's rights to possess tho os tate, He claims tho Will is a forgery and snys ho has the witnesses to prove it. Robert (. Ingersoll aud Attornoy Maver of New York have been engagal to prove that the will, which settios the vast ostite on the Chi cagd man, is not genuine. Toe contestants claim that the evidence they can preduce will remove the last doubts ihat this will was never seen by the doad millionaire, T) even claiin to have the evidenco of the very men who forged the document. D. H. Car- valto, an expert judge of penmauship, adds his testimony to that of othor witnesses to the effect that no such paper as the alloged will is written on was wado when the will purports to have been signed. He also says that the ink is of a recent manufacture, But Carvalto's testimony, it is claimed, is noth- ing compared with that of tho men who have positive knowledge of tho crime. It is said that men who were in an adjoining room when the job was done are known, and that bofore the case closes a statoment may be ob. tained from one who actually participated in the work. A Rich Vailcy. The Flathead countey of Mortana, which is now attracting widespread attention, is said to rival the Red river valley of the north. It is one vast park of beauty and en- chantment, with trees and streams ond fn- viting glens. It is the futuro great, tho val- ley of lito and activity—the boomland of Montana, It is 100 miles long by 30 miles wide: the soil is deep and prolific and every section is well wooded and watered. Rest- ing as it does upon the western slope of the Rockies, it has an equable and delightful climate. The men who have settled the country are young, progressive, ambitious, and energetic. There is nota drone in the hive. The people already thore have the brains and the brawn to build vast fortunes and dovelop and_beautify a_country already boautiful beyond the possibility of satisfaci- ory description. The Northeru Pacific and the Great Northeru railroads wiil traverse the valley, which already has a lake fifty miles long, which in the near future wiil bear upon'its bosom the commerce of largo and prosperous communitios, Moutana is rich in all that goes to make a great state, and the Flathead valley is among ler choicest spots and rauks among hor most coveted possessions. Artesian Irrigation, Aftor a year of deep well boring, the Dakotas are now getting ready to put artesian irrigation to practical work in the fields. The first experiment is being conducted at the Beard farm near Aberdeen. A reservoir of great height, covering three acres and possessing three sluice gates, is being em- ployed to water three guarter sections. The first trial has just beeu tried and with com- plete success. % It is estimated that, upwards of a thousand artesian wells have bpen sunk in the Dakotas already, and the work is being pushed daily into new fields. The artesian fieid and the artesian supply seem to be practically un- limited. The Dakotjis have comparatively little water above groudd; the Dakotas are nevertheless well watered. Their rivers, eeks, springs, lakes and fountains are not stuck above ground for. show, nor for the vulger boviue, swine, trgmp and allali doposit to wallow in; but arb put carefully under geological cover, whepe, the tramp et al. may not get in and corrupt, and where sclence and Dakota enterprise thay reach and bring to high utility. Tho Dakotas aro o wel watered empire. Such hn empireis bound to have forests and gardeus—if you only give it time to bore tor them, The Advance in Silver, The indastry of miding is the most import- ant that we have in Utah, says the Salt Lako Times. Upon its prosperity depends the prosperity of the citios of the territory If it shall enjoy a boom alt Lake will boom, while if it should lauguish thero would be corresponding depression here. In view of this closo connection botween the prosperity of tho mines and the prospority of the city, all classes have a peculiar interest in the rise in the price of silver. Thoro has been an ad- vance of 5 cents au oufice during the past few days, and this has been of great benelit to the producers. It should be borne in mind that every centof advance is added profit. The cost” of extraction and treatment re- mains the same whether the silver be sold at U7 conts or $1.02, and an advauce of 5 cents means $2.50 added profit on every ton of fifty-ounce ore. On daily shipments of 500 tons of ore of that class, the added profit in a year would amount to $456,250, There is promise that the prico will continue to rise until a powt near par shall bo reached. 1t it should go to $1.20 the additional profit secured to Utah mine owaers would not be far from £2,00),000 annually. Such a sum of money would' bo sufticient in itsel to start a considerablo bovm. Montana Diamonds. Among the sapphires and other precious stones which are being taken out of the fa. mous French Bar placer diggings are found stones which resemble first water dinmonds from African ficlds, says the Helena Iude- pendent. Some of these have been subuntted to oxports, but there is no doubt as to the charactor of the ston The diamonds used in dismond dnils are required to beof a standard indicatod by 100, Recently several ot the stones taken from KFrench Bar wore given to an oxpert with o viow to testing them for uso 1 drills. Thoy were reported to bo within ten degrees of the standava— that is ninety-eight. Diamonds used in dvilis cost about §20 por carat and should Fronch Bar stones bo found which will come up to tho standard, Montana will have another in- dustry addad to her list ugainst which the diamond fiolds of Africa can nover success- fully compete. The Moutana stones are characterized by somo as _carbous and othors insist that they are dlamonds. Three hun- dred and twenty acros of ground was located @ few days ago by sevoral Helena gentlomen who will hunt for the carbons coming up to tho standard. Thoy estimato that those stones can be sold at ¥ per curat with profit. Ancient Neediework. A very remarkable piece of needlowork is in the possession of Mrs. R. C. Shelton of Salt Lake Civy. 1t wis dono in 1816 by her mother, then Miss ' Ishtella Fletcher Do Lancy, of Wiltonshizb, England, daughter of an ofiicer on the staf' of the Duke of Welling ton, The young woman was only fifteen years old atthe time, and must have beer. un- usuaily accomplished: * The design is worked on a twelve by fourteéh piece of brown silk, and consists of a representation from Moore's “Lalla Rookh.” The ‘sceno 15 where the, angel appears to the old man who is about to make away with himself, and persuades him to give up his suicidal ideas. The heads and arms of the figures are in India ink, but all the rest, including the'sconery, 13 oxecuted in the finest kind of weedlework. Indeed, the stitches are so flue that they are readily distinguished only with the assistance of a magnifying glass. ‘The colors are 1 tints of drab, and the shading'is of ,remarkaple ex- lenco, Miss De Lancy must have been a long time in stitching this piece of nead) work, and her patieuca was equaled only by her skill. Mrs. Sholton is justly proud of what is really a prize, and will exhibit it at the next Territorial fair 1n the exposition building.| Live Stock in Montana, Secretary Preuitt of the State Live Stock assoolation, has received aeports from all grazing districts in this state. These re- ports to tho effect thatthe grass crop is much larger this year than it has been since 1580, Taking advantage of this fact, cattlo men have thousands of Texan two-year-olds and are driviug them to eastern counties in Montana. A largo proportion of these pur- uses are now o the trails in Colorado wending their way northward. Cattle wintered unusually state and the calf crop bas been very large. Tho weather has been so favorable that high percontage of the youngsters were saved. Cattle men estimate that 200,000 head will be sent to the market from this well in this 4, I18901-TWEI 'E PAGES. i | state in tho fall. Sheep men are equally 88 sanguine. Their stock wintored woll. The lamb crop {s very large. Shearing has been in progress for about ten days. Fleocos aro heavier than usual, cleaner and the wool of excellent grade. The ylold this year will | bo about 14,000,000 pounds and 83,000,000 vrorth of sheep will be sent to market. Trrigation in Washington Dospite the fact that most of the stato of Washington is not troubled for want of natural moisture, enterprising farmers pro- POse to resort to irrigation. An irrigating diteh, which according to the Yakima Re. public is thicty foot wide at tho bottom and something wider at tho wp and four to five feot deep, is being rapidly constructed. This 13 reully uuite a river and when completed it will frrigate a very large area and mako it as productivo as tho best wheat lands of the ’alouse. The exact extent of the area to be | watered is not stated, but a_similar ditch in | Denver, built in 1352, waters about eight hundred thousand acres. This amount of Wushington wheat land, capablo of produc- ing ifty bushels to the acre, will make no small addition to our producing capacity. And every bushel raised on it that is not con- sumed at home will comne to Tacoma. How Washington Got Its Name. The state of Washington owes its name to A Kentucky member of congress named Stanton. The petition to be set oft as a sep- arate territory from Orogon was before con- gross as early as 1352, but was not _acted on till 1855, The name proposed was Columbia, bt Stanton smd: “We have alroady . terri- | tory of Columbia. This district is called Columbia, but we never yet have dignitied a territory with tho name of Washington. I desiro to see, 1f I should live 5o long, at some future day, a sovereign state bearing tho name of the father of his country. | thero- fore move to strike out the word ‘Columbia,” whorever it occurs in the bill, and insert in lieu thereof the word ‘Washington.'” The motion prevailed, and if Mr. Stanton had lived titl now, he would have seen his dosire to sue u sovereign state with the name of Washwgton fulfilled, Montana's Iron Mir The excitement over the Choteau iron mines has not abated one whit since Mr. Ralston made his discovery public some threo weeks ago. Already hundreds of locations have been imade, so that nearly the wholo tract of visibie ore has been located. Many of thoso who visited the fields last wero old country miners and had worked 1n the mines of this and other countries. John Jackson, sr., than whom there is no more expocienced iron miner in Montana, suid it was tho largest and richest deposit he had ever seen inall his travels. Kepresentatives of somo of the largest iron workers in _the United States xpected here shortly, having been actuated to investigate by the assavs wado by themselves. Let them' como. Wo aro sure of the quantity 1f they aro satisfied with the quality. An Educational Exhibit, The poople of Wyoming ure fully alive to the importance of advertising the vast re- sources of the state on_all occasions, Tho teaci.ers who will attend _the national con- vention at Torouto, Canadu, this month will take wich them an exhibit that canuot fail to attract general attention. It consists of a fine cabinet of miuerals selected vy Prof. Conley of the state university. The beauty and grandeur of Yellowstone Park will be grouped in twelve largo photographic views. Pictures of cities and towns, bits of scenery from plains and mountains, novelties made from minerals and photographs of promiuent state oflicials will form a frame work for tho oxhibit. The collection will be accompanied by a big banner coutaining these words: “Wyoming, +#th Star, Equal suffrago, in- telligent eléctors and compulsory oducation secured by the constitution.” Cooling a Practical Joker, Postmaster Benton of Snlt Lake City is classed as a joker by the Tribuno. Once while at Lincoln, Neb., in a ticket oftice, he was much anuoyed by parties coming in and sitting down on the coruer of bis desk. So he put up a little job by boring a hole in tho corner where tho visitors were woat to perch, and inserted a pin which was man- ipulated by a string. ‘Ihe first man who sat down on the desk corner did not sit there long. Ho just jumped as though a snake ban bit him, and the way he swore was a caution to virates. But by aud by thero came a man who was onto the racket, and puliing a gun, remarked casually, as it were, that the man who pulled that vin would shortly be climbing the golden stair. Tho pin was not pulied. Wyoming. Svanston is prospecting for a flour mill, Horsoback riding is the fad at Rock Springs. An exodus of Mormons from Utan is set- ting into the state. Cheyenne has thirty-seven saloons and two publid drinking fountains. The Cheyenno electric streot car line is to be in operation ju 120 days. “The Union'Pacific disbursed $25,000 to om- ployes in Rawlins on June 20. The asscssod valuation of taxable property in Newecastle foots up 300,500, A couple of Laramio boys yanked a 22-inch moantain trout from Kish creck. The assessment roll of Laramio county, in- cluding Cheyenne, foots up 25,347,550, Hon. R H. Hall of Fremont county, sold fifteen hoad of young horses for $1,500, The ‘cutworm is playing sad havoc many vegotable gardens around Lander, The government geological surveyors have commnenced oparations in Sheridan county. Sueridan poople are very confident that, B. & M. will be in their town before 15 Sundanco and Lander havo each raised $1,000 to pay for land for experiment stations The lato Dr. Cowhick of Cheyenne loft $£4,000 o endow a scholarship in thestate uni- versity. The construction corps of the Buffalo ex- tension of the Burlingtan has reached Bello Fourcho. A company comprised e woen is to be formed to ope Gold Hill Owing to the rush, workmen in the Chey enno shops are working five ours overtime every day. A drive of mountain logs aggregating 200,000 feet of lumber, is woving down Big Goose creek. The enforcoment of the Sunday closing law has broduced u painful internal drouth in Cheyenne, 1 challenged to show means of sup- a Cheyenno vag offered in ovidence u with he Laramic pap ing insane asylum would thorough overhauling. Rawlins is enjoying a season of unusual activity cutfitting miuers and others bound for the Gold Hill district. Prof. Stanton_assayed a chunk of mineral from northern Wyoming which ran 815,570 to the ton in sulphides of sily A stream of flowing water was str dopth of 45% feet in the artesian woll on the university grounds in Laramie. elos Babcock, treasurer of Johnson coun- ty, has skipped the country, leaving uuset- tled uccounts to the amount of §1,000. Tramps raided the room of some Unjon Pacific trainmen at Laramio and stolo a lot of clothing and & gold watch chain and charm that cost §5 It is expected that 400,000 head of sheop will be driven across Wyoming this fail They come from Oregon aud go to Nebraska feeding pons. The Bald mountain gold fields of Sherldan sounty will make a record this year which will bo unsurpassed among all the rich and golden fields of Wyoming, Peogle are flok- ing in to these fields. The marriage of Miss Nettie Fabor of Mendota, 11, and Mr, Horman Welluitz of Cheyenno was the fivst hymenial knot tied by Chief Justice Groesbecls While drilling & well at Siding 5, about fif- teen miles south of Edgemont, a couple of weeks ago, the B. & M. drillers struck a vein of natural gas at a dopth of 190 fe The Atlantio City, Miners' Delight and South Pass districts aro yielding liveral quantities of gold. The quartz veins are showing up all over the three districts named while the placer grounds will yield a rich harvest this year. A Manville dispatch states that great nuin- bors of cattle are being driven north just now. Over 60,000 have been unloaded from tho trains at Orin Junction during the last two weoks aud 50,000 wore are reported on rs insinvate that the Wyow- ve benefited by a ick at n lor- tho way to this point. They are from ( w ado, New Moxico and Taxas on the way northern Wyoming and Montana, T. B. Hicks, prosidont of the First Na tlonal bunk of Cheyenne, has an Tndian pipe taken from the topoo of Sitting Bull & short time afier the violont doath of tbe famous chief noar Ping Ridgo last winter, Part of the stom is_covered with colored poroupine quills, beautifully wrought. The pipe is a present from Colonel Robert Offey, United States army, South Dasota Deadwood voted $40,000 for improvements. Three new mail routes were inauguratod in the Hills ou the 1st . Cracksmen tapped J. C. Lenk's safo in Lead City and secured botwoon $500 aud $900 cash, The Dakota, Wyoming railrond survey corps has City. Dr. McGhllionddy has 278 tons of fron on tho way to Kapid City for the new motor it Tho Deadwood & Western railrond pany asks cn bonus of £5,000 and grounds to build to Hill City Thio closing exorcises of the Indian school at Pierro wore highly interesting., Ninoty Indian children participated. Forty-six big empty beer logs in front of an irrigation tank in Lead City gave silout proof of how probibition prohibits Will C. Moore, s mem of the Russell expodition to Alaska who lost his lite in Iey bay, was formorly a residont of Dead wood. Following is a copy of anotice found in Spokane sitver district: “Wee one fore ms going side by side thisis near the center.” A company has boon organized at Plerre for the purpose of securing and placing upon oxhibition at tho world's fair & represonta tive of each of the Indian tribes of the coun- try, together with relics and curiosities illus- trating savage life. Charles Bates of Yankton who has the con- tract to survey the boundary lines of North and South Dakota, is at work in the Hills, The line is to be marked every half mile with blocks of Sioux Falls granite. Bates gots #35,000 for the work, Cornelius Shoomaker lost his life in tho lake formed by the Upper Rapid City com- pany’s dam. Shosmaker and his wifo woere out on the lake in a small boat. The boat capsized and both fell into the water, Mrs Shoemaiter was rescued, but Shoemaker was drowned before assistance could reach him. Intenso excitoment still provatls in_tho mining region tof Harney's Peak. Pros. pectors are avviving daily from all parts of the Hills, while groat numbers are coming from the mioing camps of Moutana, idaho and other western states. All the country within three miles of the Spokane is staked, mostly by experienced miners, who are de- veloping their claims as rapidly as possibie, and never i passes but what somo dis covery of great importance is made. Quite a city tas alveady sprung up at Spokane. In the heart of the Margarot group, with tin rock for its walls, is situated what will prove one of the great nickel mines of the world. The lode is from twenty to ninety feet in width and the formation, a solid mass of quartz of the rich green color, nssaying from 3 to 7 per cont nickel. The ore is heavily charged with arsonic and becowes enecrusted with a heavy white powder upon exposure to tho air. Pyrites of nickel, re- sembling & new p-cent piece in coior, are lit- erally sown 1n the rock aud glance of white nickel is frequently found. California. The peoplo of Oaklaud, after a long fight, have secured high licousé ana have shut up the pool rooms. San Jose papers are making a vigorous fight against Heinleinville, the local China- town, with & view to abolishing that nuisance. Building improvemonts at San Diogo the past two years aggregate 1,113,030, besides the improvements at_Coronado, which swoll the above amount to £2,613,630. Fresno, Cal., is the home of & now paper culled The Roaster, It emaaates from the oftice of the Sure Shot publishing company and ought by ull meaus to be on tho exchango list of the Arizona Kicker. Work is progressing rapidly on_the Baden stockyards, about half wuy between San Francisco and San Mateo. ~ The buildings will have the latest improvements and a ca- pacity of slaughtering 4,000 daily. Powder mildew, a disease which attacks first the leaves and then the fruitof the grape vines, has made its appearance on tho youug vinos in some Tulare county vine- Vards, whore it is said to be making sad navoc. A Traver (Tulare county) man has a strawberry bed, 50x100 feet 1n size, from which he has this year soid 400 boxes of strawborries at 1214 ‘cents per box, besides supplying his family. This is a yield of 405,60 per acre An old s; more tree that has been a land mark at Eust Los_Angelos ever since white men have known that section, was cut down last week. The trunk was over six feet in diameter, and experts say the tree was 1,000 years old. A gis well has been started in the buttes of Sutter county and is aown 140 feet. Work has been suspended pending the arrival from the cast of improved boring machinery. ‘Tne well at present gives fortha jet which when lighted flames up to a height of three feet. Charhie Chestnut, an old-time resident of Redlands and noted for soveral horse-steal- ing scrapes which he was engagod in, was found dead near Ludio,on the desert recently, Itis supposed that he perished for want of water, a5 his two mules wero found dead near the same spot. The local eaitor of the San Bernardino Courier gives Actor Sullivan a black eye by calling him *“the poorest actor that ever trod the boards.” Having done this he deenied it wise to annmounce, in the same paragraph, tnat he should tdke tho v train for in- diana aud would not be back for some years, Saeramento is becoming too conventional and cititied for unything. A city ordinance has been fr: 1 there, and will undoubtedly be passed, prohibiting any persons from allowing their horses, pig other stock from grazing in the st i “except when securely tied or held by rop not to exceed ten feet in length, and in front of their own premises.” Another big irrigation enterprise has boon bogun 1 San Diego county. It is for tho formation of a_huge veservoir to receive tho surplus flow of the San Jacinto river., Tho resorvoir will cover 10,000 a¢ will have a deoth of twelve feot, and will irrigate 125,- 000 acres. The valley which it will water is now planted to wheat and barley, but a lurge area will soon be put in fruit and vines, Monta Helena is negotiating for a tory. Tho wool crop is boginning to arrive at the warhouses, An opera house to cost $2,000 is to be built at Great alls. ‘The governmoent has Yeliowstone park. Butte people are trying to overcome the smelter smoko nuisanc ‘' salo of the Anacond a pr phatically deniod by Butte papors, ‘the Butte & Moutans Commercial com- pany has now in its boom at the mil) 8,000,000 foet of logs. A vein of coal threo miles wido and feer thicl has been discovered in the head country. Tho Salyation army & Missourl River roached Hill com- depot Lh vlate-glass fac 0 men at work in perty is em- fifty Flat- had enjoyed an era of success until its ders samplod Butte whisky. Their vecovery is doubtful, Helena proposes to pave Main street with wooden blocks, although stone is pleatier than wood in the immodiate vicinity. Butte's waterworks schomo has collapsed, The company which received the franchiso was unable to give a satisfactory bond. The Blue Bird company has purchased all the mineral rights to tha Kemper addition to Butte. The company intends, so it is stated, goiug iuto copver mining extensively, James P, McDormott, who has resided in Dillon for several years, has_received a tole- gram from his attorney, D. H. Miller of Om informing him’ that he had been awarded 811,000 damages against the Union Pacitio railway company. Sixty days ago the putchers of Heleua or- ganized a sort of trust und put up the price of all kinds of fresh meats at least 5 conts a pound. Contrary to their expectations busi ness fell off alurmingly snd dissension brought the collapse of prices and the trust. From u mining standpoint tho Groat North orn railroad 1s apparently building west over a wisely selectec route. The mining alstriots which [t will run through embrace Butte, 11 Helons, Kootenal, Colvilie, Okanogan, Simi I+ ikameon, Wenatcheo, Silver Crook, Mont® Cristo and Sultan, 0 say nothing of othe® rich minoral beits 'in which but little work has been done, awaitiug the coming of the railroad and botter transportation The finditg of gold In cellar excavation in Holena should eceasion 1o oxcitement nor surprise. It is an ordinary every-day oxpori- ence, Itwas tho findiog of #old in the gravels | of Last Chunce guleh that gathered t ther the nardy ploneers who laid the foundation of the Helona of today. Cold located Helons, fixed her status and has sustained her growth 1d power, and upon that rock will she thrive and inereaso in population. Idaho. Irrigation ditches are rapidly multiplying. Tho last cleanup of the Mothor lodo mill ay Murray 18 estimated 10 bo nbout §14,000 Tho conl mino in Montpelior continues to show up conl that gTOWS m0re aiid Mote $ate 1sfacto Caldwoll is to haye a woolen mill, About #10,000 hus boen subscribod 50 far; §20,00 is the amount requived Six nundred Itallans omploved on the Great Northorn line in the Panhiandle e on wstrike for highor wages Tho Ked Cioud 15 the bonanza mino in the Wood River district, 1t 1s puyiug §10,000 i dividends every mouth and employs fity-five non. Tho portion of the Caour (*Alene Indian resoryation, about thivty thousand acres, recently thrown opon for settiement, is fast being taken up, A rich coppor strike has boon made on the Littlo Salmon river a few miles below Sal- mon Meadows. Besides copper the ore, cuts ries gold and silver. Thore seams to bo no limit to the varioty of minerals in tho Palouse. Tho latest and least oxpocted is talo, which was found this weok on Tower butte, four miles southeast of Moscow The Ruby creek mines, which are situated on Ruby creck, prowises to bo oue of the richest miniog camps fn tho state. Tho charactor of tho or s high-grado load and silver, whila somo of the ledios carry gold. A mouutain of iron ore hus just been dise covered cight miles cast of Moscow, Latah county. It was found several days ao, but until tho assay was made nobody know hows rich it was. Tho ore goes § er cent in maguotic iron and the lodio 15 100<h 4 sLibLo, Nevada, Somo two hundrad thousand fish recontly hatehed in the state hatchery at Carson are ready for transportation. Trout are plentiful in Truckee ana fishor- mon are catehing a wood many eastern brook trout which wero planted in” the river two years ago. Workmen aro omployod and 'Cruckoe raiiroad shops night and day on machinery for the river mills which aro now running nt full blast on Comnstock ores, The Big Creek antimony mine hns over one hundred tons of ore roady for shipment, but antimony is 50 low that the mine may be closed till the price of its product raises, In the western part of Humboldt county there is a petritied forest whose trees ave of enormous size, Alder crock there s one treo partly uncovered which is over ono hundred feot in length and fifteon foct in cir- n the Virginia mining situation on the Comstock is satisfactory, A very large forco of men is employed, “extensiva dovolopment work is goiug on from the Utah to_ the Silver Hill, and almost the entire milling power at our command is at work. Threo Piuto Indians —one buck sSquaws —convicted in the district Winnemucea of killing the [udian Liave been scutenced to ten yours each in the state prison. 1t is tho first conviction fn No- vada for such an offouse. Work at the new smeltors at Procho forges ahead. Porty-five feet more have boon udded to the main vuilding and the bollers are bewg placed, which as soon as finished with stucks will permit th completion of the structure. Tho hay roservation at Fort Mobormt, comprising six townships, a good part of which is fine natural meadow land, bus beon thrown open for settlement, and plots will be filed at the state lana oflice on July 6. - Tho Indians wunt thoe land and have already be- gun to take possession, From all parts of the stato come reports of herds of rolling-fat_eattlo and of immense growths of alfaifa, In all the mountain val- loys thero are fine crops of wild grass suit- able for mowing, whilo there is an unusual abundance of bunch grass on all the btench lands and mountain slopes, Inplic siiih> northwetern part of the stato decr wro siwid to be unusually wbundant. These unimals are supposed to_have worked their way down into Nevada from the dis- tant north, As thore are now no Indiuns in ion to surround these deer and scoop them by wholesale for their skius, It is thought they will romain south all winter. The cattlemen up that way encourage thuir presence, and twa court ut witceh,” Utah, Provo proposes to enlarge tho jail and mow the weeds on the streets, One hundred new bath housos aro ready for use at the Provo luke resort. Tho Sun Pote branch of the Rio Granda Western will bo standard gauge, Threo prisoners in the Salt Lake jall crawled through o transom and mingled with the outside world. v The territorial roform Ogiden, which cost #35,000, was destroyed by fire Inst week, [nsurance'$30,000, Roports from Sevier county say that tho crops look better than ever before, and as the genoral health is good the peoplo’ are nutur- ally happ Tt is interesting to note that of tho 125 first- cluss postoftices in this country only twen ven SHOW . greater inereaso 1n cornings than the Sult Lake postoftice, The volitical campaign in Utah is wido oven, 1\!4 @ recout gathering in Ogden strawberries aud cream, garnished with a brass bund, were served by the republicans. . The retail clerks of Salt Lake City have issued o plea to the people to do their trad- ing bofore 7 o'clock in the eveniug, that the clerks may huve opportunivy for somo rocrei- tion, Worl on tho Methodist nniversity at Og den began Monday. The contract for ere ing the building has uot yot beon awarded but some preliminary work is to be pors formeu. Tho assessod value of property in Cuche county for 1500 was u little under 4,000,000, "This yoar the viluo is placed at $, 100,000, o alittio above. Thisis an incrouse of oyor oue-half, ‘The democratic territorial committes mot in Salt Litko recently and voted 1510 4 to ganizo the democratio party in the territory, ‘T'he roasons given are that” tho Mormon pir- ty had dissolved, and if the democratic party didu’t capture the scattered flock tho repub- ticans would organize aud get them. President Woodruff of tho Mormon church and George Q. Cannon, another Mormon of- ficial, asserted in an interview that there is no truth 1 the ort of the so-called pe. s party of Utat,tho membership of whic 15 wholly Mormon, 'was dissolved by direction of the church. Presigent Woodruff said: We disclaim auy right to control the politi al uction of the members of our vody," He sclared that ho favored the separstion of chureh und stato school building at Washington. Canadian Pacitic trains are now runnin to Whatcom. g ght thousand books hiave boen or Seattle's publie livrary, The supreme court has decided geological survey of the stato, A Whatoom county man_claims 10 have ut last discovered the seeret of perpetusl mo- tion, The Fairhaver school crease of 125 per cent year, The intorstato are taking evideuco tion at Spokae. Eleven thousand dollars in property has been subscribed by citizens of Spokaue fo the flour mill subsidy, The state of Washington mining bureau in- corporated in Boston is composed of eitizens of Olympia und Boston, Some portions of Okanogan county are said to look us barc us when newly ploewd, the crickets huving destroyed wholo grain fields ‘The Palouse country is indeed_remarkable for the treasures it coutaius. Nou only are farmers gathering fortunes from its rich so0ll, but the fame of the precious stones found in some portions of it are becoming widely known. As tho work of developing ordered aguin t @ 1sus shows an in over the provious commerco commissioners in cases of discrimina, the odal mines goes on, the stones found ure | valuable,