Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 23, 1891, Page 10

FORTUNES FAVORED I The Cheery Hum of HE OMAIIA [0STS. Resounds Busy Life Throughout the Great Northwest. PREPARING Progress Activity 1n Press—The Arid of the Wyoming's Mineral Convention. The Wyoming mineral convention promises to b a large and representative one, 1t will assemble in Cheyenne Septemboer 7 and con- tinue to the 12th, The plan of represoutation is to appoint a trustee for cach county of the state. The trustees will organize branches of the mining board in the several camps, and each organization wull choose threo dele- gates to represeat each mining camp in the convention. There will also b deleates-at- large from each county, and doubtiess repre- sentatives of all commercial organizations. From present indications the convention will open with from eigut hundred to a thousand delegates. Every city, town, mining camp and county realizes the importance of the convention and most of them have appointed delegations of onterprising men. Aside from the delibor- ations of the body, in which the wineral re- sources and development of the state will be thoroughly set forch, a display of minerals will be mido which will serve as a nuclous for the world's fair exhibition. Tho convention warks an epoch in the progress of the state. At no time in tho his tory of Wyoming has there been shown groater activity in developing its resources. The coascless search for mineral wealth is carried on with a vigor hertofore unknown, and results aro to be secn in the number of promising camps brought 1to prominence within a year. Gold Hill and contiguous re gion shows up in splendid shape, and pros- pectors pin their faith in its weaith. The 3ald mountain region gives every indication of rich mineral. There are u’ number of claims now being worked that vield the own- ers from & to$10 per day to the man, al- thougn the process empioved 1s rude and primitive. Something new’ is being found overy day, which shows that the entiro vicin- ity of Bald mountain contains plucer gold in paying quantities, The La Plata district promises to become a second lLeadvilie. The Brooklyn lode, the best developed mine in the district, shows up so well that theowners were recently offered £35,000 cash for an in- terest, and declined it. Iiverywhere n fact development 18 being prosecuted with zeal wath gratifying results. Readers of Tne Bek are familiar with the inexhaustible resources of Wyoming. They have been published repeated- ly, = yet cvery week brings surprises from whal is conceded to be the richest state in natural resources in tbe union. The recious metals are in reality a small part of oming's patural wealtl. Its coal areas are practically hmitless, and 1{ts oil basin rival those of Pennsylvania. It has moun- tains of iron, marble, granite and sandstone, lakes of commercial soda, fields of glass making sand, beds of mineral paint and comont, nnd other products that await enter- prise and capital, It remains for the convention to sound anew tho praises of the state's wealth, ac- companied by incontestable proof, and spread tho light of truth among capitalists seeking profitable investment. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. A Review of the Resources and Gen- eral Progress. Searrie, Wash,, Aug. 19.—[Correspond- ence of Tue Bre:|—-Having published a nowspaper for several years in tho great state of Nebraska provious to wy coming here, am naturally beset with numerous letters from various portions of the state making voluminous inquiries about the nat. ural resources and developments of the state of Washington and the progress of its poople. 1 know of no better way of reaching them with un answer to numerous inquiries than through the ‘“best newspaper in the west—Tur Bee,"” When I came here about two years ago this was then a territory which has ce been admi'ted into statehood, a constitution adopted, laws enacted, and preparations fully made to setsail asa ship of state,among the proudest of the proud. These prelimin- aries were necessary beforo the state could bo developed, cities properly controlled, and u gonera era of econolmy inaugurated which are elements leading to the prosperity and success of the p2ople. We might say with propriety : “*We are now just beginning to keep house.” Well, our ship of state is woving gracefully; order has been brought out of chaos, the rough element al- ways present in @ territory, has been elim- inated to a grest extent, and life to the sturdy pioneer has coased to bea burden, while PEACE AND SECURITY REIGNS SUPREME, The natural resources bere are so great and so varied, that I fear that I cannot set them all forth in one commuunication, All of the state west of the Cascade range is one vast block of the finest timber on earth, con- slsting of fir, codar, spruce, with a spriuling of ash,soft muple and other smaller specimens of timber. The section of aspruce tree east not long siuco from near this city which was in dimensions 52 by 53 iuches when squared, and 113 feet long, is nova fair specimeu of the largest Lrees, hor was it desigued as such, but was selected for its perfectness, there not being the leust <ign of imperfection in the whole stick. As for length, astick of timber could have been cut from that same tree 160 fect long and even more of solid timber. My duty here leads me to tuke the measurement of timber and 1 frequently come across places where frow one hundred to one hundred and thirty feet of logs, clear timber, has been taken from one tree, This statement, I believe, answers one of my in- quiries In reference to the large timber east Washingtou. Our coal fielus are practically inexhausti- ble, and are found very equally distributed throughout the state’where there are hills and mountains, The iron mines are vory ex- tensive, and bid fair to equal those of Penn- svlvania, This industry is just bemg devel- oped; preparations on o large scale ave being made to convert this ore to practical use. ‘Tne great iron works at Kirkiaud, a suburb of Seattle, in which General Alger of Michi- gan and other capitalists are deeply iuter- ested, will bo one of the best and most costly mstitutions in the United States. Already many hundreds of thousands of dollars have been speut in the erection of buildings and placing tho machinery, and ere many more months this grand institution, costing $1,000,- 000, will ve put into motion. An institution for the manufacture of iron pipe will soon be erected, and these are to be followed by other manufactures of fron, and soon Seattle, the Queen city, will be A SECOND PITTSHURG. The mining interests are being greatly de- veloped, and many of the fortunutes this summer are making a strike, for their mines aro panning out well, There is no longer & question about themines of Washington. We have them and they are proving to bo rich, and now mines are being discovered aud de- veloped in quick succession. Our fishiug industey, too, is being rapidly developed. The wators of the state, whether salt or fresh, are literally filled with fish of all kinds and sizes, from a whalo to a min- now, and our people are just opening up this industry on & grand scale, uud eve long Puget sound Hash will grace the table of all eastern states. One person writes me to know whether there is plenty of game. 1 auswer, there is, especially in the wountainous portions of the state, and at this time of the year many un suspectiug elk, deer, boar and’ the like stroll ‘down into civilization and are captured. A few months ago bruin veutured into the olty of Seattle to observe the improvements which bad been made since he resided here a fow years back. Ho sausfled himself with all the Innovatious except the cable which transmitted the cable cars along Madison street. As ho was peeping down irying to find out where the everlastiug whirring and rattling camo from, & street car full of people came along and drove him away, and sowo rude boys dispatched him., A few days FOR WYOMING'S and Prosperity Visible Washington Lands MINERAL CONVENTION. Everywhere—Resources and State—Liberty of the All the News Week. ago, pounds was seen a boar weighing about threo hundred by a painter at Brighton vonch, a suburban town of Soattle. The ainter became frightened and ran nto the station house, while brain, with soidierlike bearing marched arouna tho building, evi- dently bolding the fort until frigntened away. “Do vou hunt for bear, cougar and thelike!'" ono writes me. No, excuse ne, 1 haven't 10st any bear nor cougar. TR CLINATE, Tam also asked, how aro the winters out theret Well, that depends upon where you are, for we have all kinds of climate on ‘tap atall times of the year. In eastern Wash- ington the climato ‘is something like it is in Nebraskn; in western Washington it is noth- ing like it In tho sound county we have but littlo snow. As vou approach the moun- taios you lave snow which ncreases in depth and quantity as you proceed. Instead snowi here at Seattle as it does in the ast, it ains. Tho climate here is very even, there being practically no cold weather dur: tng t Ason. Notwitistauding the close times, Seattle, the metropolis of the state, is prospering finely. We havoa population now of from 60,000t 63,000 people. ‘T'iere are now about ght hundred buildings under coastruction in tho ci bere are serenteen large busi- ness buildings under construction, of stone brick and iron. The Equitable Lifo Insur- ance company will soon ercct a building atacost of §1,500,000, Preparations are bo- ing made to erect a new stateuniversity near the city limits. The Baptists are on the eve of erecting a largo collage, and other re- ligious denominations are soon to follow. Wo have now 115 miles of street car line, all cable und eloctric, with three more 1o which franchises have been granted, one of which designed to run to tha suburban town of ‘acomi touching atall the intervening towns along tho line, These enterprises and pro- gress, to & man up a smatl sized sapling, does not appear to indicate o great depression; if so, our prayer 1s thut such depressions may continue in this city. Of course, some people who como here are dissatistied and return. So they do in all places. So they did in Omaha: but Omaha increased in wealth and populition just the ame. If some persons cannot obtain work heve, or positions, it is largely their own fault and not the fault of the state of Wush- ington or Seattle. If persons desire situa- tions or positions here they must “rustle’ for 'em or get left, just as they must do any- where else. One of tho teatures in the prosperity of Seattlo has been the elegant mauner in which 1t has been officered. It has a mayor in tao person of Harry White, an ex-Nobraskan. who i3 ever on tho alert for economy and tho execution of laws benefitting the city. 1t1s supposed by some that the mayor has an eaglo eye on a seat in cougress. How truo this 1s I know not. There aro many ex-Nebraskans in this icinity, who have formed thomselves into an_association, oficered as follows: Presi- dent, A. B. Ball; Secretary, Mrs. J. H. White: ‘treasurer, 'John Wiley: vice presi- dents, H. Bostwick, S. B. Brierly, Hancock Nagie, Henry Furbman: executive commit- teo, George \White, James Burcham, Mvs. A. P. Brown, Mrs. J.' Wiley, Mgs. H. tfurhiman. At some of these meetiiigs there has veen an attendance of 125, A.B. BarL. LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. Montana's Supreme Court Vindicates an Editor. The supreme court of Montana has vindi- cated the right of a newspaper to publish the news. Judge McHattan of Butte, recently ordered EditorJ. A. MacKnight of the Hel- cna Journal to appear before him for pub- lishing in a gossippy article the words of “Au Old Montanian’ to the effect that the Duyis will contestauts could not get an im- partial trial before any judge orjury in Butte, where the vast estate lies, and from which it would be removed if the contest is successful. The court held that contempt of court 1s rontined ulmost exclusively to acts that interrupt the progress of the business of the court. “We are,” said the court, “pussing upon a question of law as betweon the rights of a citizen and the power of the court summarily to imprison on a charge of contempt. The power 1s given to the court to enforce obedi- ence and rospect for the authority of the court. Itisuotto enforce sentimental re- spect, for that must be eained by other means, and will come to a court where law and order aro administered with able, fear- less and impartial fidelity,” *The prisoner was ordered discharged.” Commenting on the decision the iieiena Journai says: The Journalis too much the friend of law aud order to countenunce any- thing that would tend i the slightest degroe to interfere with the free course of justice, or to bring discredit upon our courts, which ought to bo and usually are above reproach. But we ask the public to cousider for ono moment what would be the inevitable conse- quences if judges were given the free power to summon before them all persons who gossipped about tneir judicial acts; to throw thewm iuto prison pending their own pleasure and to commit all kinds of high-handed out- rages under the pretext of protecting their dignity. Judge McHatton's action toward the editor of the Journal is a shining example of what some courts might do under such circum- stances, and the American people are to be congratulated on the fact that they have a resort from potty tyrants and that the latter canuot exercise their sweet wills with im- punity. Evory man, whether & judge or a wood- chopner, should defead his houor, even with his life. if need be, but it is notalways the man who i$ quickest to take offense whose honor is most impervious. A bully who bas no character to defeud is usually more ready to vbick & quarrel than be whose honor is without & stai, WESTWARD. The Milwaukee Considering Import- it Extension Plans. Dispatches from Milwaukes annouuco that the various departments of the Chicago, Mil- waukee and St. Paul road are busy prepar- ing their roports for the regular aunual meet- ing of the company to be beld in that city on September 10. The year will wituess many extensions—notably the Black Hills line. This branch of the road now penetrates the Hills to Rapid City, and it seoms to be the policy of the company to extend it on west and finally reach the Pacific coast, It is saia that this Pacific coast extension will be an important matter to be decided at the annual meoting. President Miller bas been intent on this extension for some time, but, itis said, bas been delayed by obstructionists within the company governed by Union Pa- cific wr'd Burlingeon influences. The former, of course, has a line to the coast, and the lat- ter is pushing out that way via the Burling- ton wnd Missouri river road. The St. Paul roud bas now , however, got its debts pretty well in hand, and would have no difculty in Retting the money to push on toward the Pa cific. The territory it proposes to traverse embraces tho choitest AFioaitural, mineral and tmber lands in the west. The route contemplated by Mr. Millor is through northers Wyoming, southera idubo and Uregon, tapping the immense mineral tields iu the two former and the fine agricul- tural and tmber lands in the latter state. Empire City, one of the nnest harbors on the terminus of the road oo the Pacific coast. The hurbor is about ball way between P land and San Francisce, and the tows is al- Teady & place of some +,000 or 5,000 inhabit- aota. The St. Paul company also bas an eye ou the Yellowstone park .country, and this ! and lavge collect DAILY BE oxtension will come along very close to tho | iry line of the Nutional park. The southern enirance to the park is very much more conveniont and easy than the northern entrance now in use, It is believed that this extension through this country. so full of natural resources, would make a ing road from the start with the exception of a small streteh of about one hundred miles through the Snohomish mountains in Idabo, nud these, it is claimed, are rich in mineral resources, The coming annual moeting will decide whether or not this work will bo dispatched with vigor at onc or whether more time will be tuken. Cortainly if President Miller's counsel prevails the road will be pushed from the Black Hills to the coast at one THO PEERLESS PEAK. nt of the Grand Teton in W yoming. United States Deputy Surveyor Owens of Wyoming and a party of friends started from Laramie Jast woek for a tour of the Teton mountains and Yellowstono park The trip is to be semi-scientific in its na- ture, and thay go thoroughly equipped by the government with the various instruments for ascertaining temperature, ultitude and the geographical position of such points as will come within the scope of their instructions. “The muin object of tho trip is the uscertain- ment of the position and altitude of the Grand Toton, the loftiest peak in tho state of Wyoming, and the culmination of a wild mountain range of the same Proposed and rugeed name. This poak has, as yet, never been scale says the Laramie Ripublican, and is geno ilv supposed to be inuccessible, although strenous efforts will bo mado by these tour- ists to scalo it Its altitudo tainly not under 14,000 feet, and while its name is f miliar to' every rosident of this western coun- try, the range from which it rises is almost as unknown us the heart of Africa. Its pe- culiar characteristics s the won- derful resemblance it bears to the world renowned Matterhorn, of Switzorland, and it is claimed by many to bo fully as difficult of ascent as this peerless peak was o long supposcd to be. Prof. Hay- den, government geologist, wave it out, unof- ficidlly, however, that on the north slopo of the Grand Teton lies an oxtensive glacier, and this matter is to be fully detorminc during this examination. If this statement is found to be corveet, u number of days will be devoted to the inspection and study of the glacior and to the ascertainment of its rate of progross toward tne valley, Considerable will be consumed, also. in studying the of this comparatively unkiown countr, | and distine 15 0 the grasses and plan will be made for preservation and future ex- amination The trip is of vast importance to geograph- ers and of genecal intorest to uny resident of of the country, as these mountiins have be- come famous through our writers of an early day. Captain Bonneville (1%32) montions them in this report and makes the astonish- ing statement that ‘‘they reach the enormous height of 20,000 feet.” Fremout, from the summit of the mighty peak, which vears his name, saw the *“Irois Tetons,” and gives in his report a bearing to them. The o supplied with an excol- leat apparatus and enormos o colicetion of interesting will doubiless be seeured. A complete aud accurate veport on all subjects named is to be carefully prepured and forwarded to tho commissioner of tho general land oftice at Washington for preservation and reference, This report will be printed and copies fur- nished to the institutes of learning in this state, BATHS ON THE BEACH, A Public Kesort on a Scale at San ¥ The CIiff house and Scal_vocks are among the great attractions for visitors to San Francisco. Equally interesting are the mar- velous gardens.of Adolph Sutro on the lofty rocky eminence overlooking the CLiff houso and Seal rocks us well us the Golden Gate. A more gorgeous collection of plants, trees, shrubbery and flowers,dotted with statiuettes, 1s not to be found on an equal area in the United State Mr. Sutro proposes to supplement his gar- dens by another lavish enterpriso—the orec- tion of a mammoth bath houso on the ad- jacent beach, bids for which will bo-opened September 15, Alrcady the ground is pre- pared for the buildings and there is nothing much to be done in the way of grading. Across the little cove to the nortn of the CIIff house a seawall of concrete, six feet thick nine feet high, has been bumilt, reclaimin ¢ in addition to a narrow strip of beach something like two acres of the sandy geutly sloping bed of the Pacific. Between this wall and the line of the steep hills which form the sies of the cove will be tho great tanks wherein lovers of the natatory art may dis- port, in clear salt water drawn direetly from Magnificent nk is to be L shaped, its dimen- sions being 2i5x150 foer with the scawall as its longest side. From the entering steps the ved will have a uniform slope from three feet to eight deep with a depth of niue tect in ono end. os there aro Lo our shullowed tanks 25x75 feet and one 50x75, which will contain sea water heated Lo eighty-five de- grees, These tanks will be continually sup- phed with cloan water and the temperature be coustantly maintained. The water in the big swimming tank will come through a large conduit from a saucer- shapod depression in the rocks north of the baths. This is to be filled by the waves themselves dashing through a gato cut in the chff. There will be a steady current through the main tank, a sixteen-inch pipe carryiug off the overtiow. One particular feature will be a large settling basin, in which all the water is to puss through the baths wil! be held long enough to doposit all the seaweed or debris it may briog in from the ocean. The top of the seawall is to be used as a promenade and on the ocean side will be a 1ong row of dressing rooms facing the tanks. On the top of these will be erected a hand stund. The sides of the natural amphitheater, sloping sharoly dowu from a broud esplanade, are to be terraced for the accom:modation of seats, from which spectators may enjoy an unobstructed view of the tanks. Covering the whole space, terraces, seawall, tanks, esplanade and all, will be a great roof buiit of iron and glass 1 the central part and tail- ing off into wood or metal over toe seats. In addition to the tanks there will be two structures, one S0xi00 feev and the other a little smaller, coutaining separato tubs, Turkish baths, restaurants, and, the offices of the place. All the buildings are to be of attractive design and will be titted and fur- nished substantially and handsomely. The natatorium or large swimming tank ~ will be thoroughly equipped with shdes, diving boards, trapezes und other apparatus, while one or two large fountains will be put in to throw steady jets high above tho surface of the water. Mr. Sutro estimates the total cost at $300,- 000 THE PINE N EGION, The Latest from Novada's New Min- eral Camp. “The stir about the rich gold ore deyelop- ments in the Pine Nutsection still continues, and many of the old prospectors are renew- ing their experience in the matter. James S, Hardwick who has just returned from that section gives the Virginia Enterprise the fol- lowiug nformation : He found two or three dozen old and new prospectors here and all the country for a mile around or twoin any direction is cov- ered by locations quite alotof prospecting work is veing doue, The most practical worl, however, is upou the original ore vein discovery—the Zirn claim and its north ex- tonsion. A shaft has been sunk in the Zirn about sixty feet.andon the extension twenty- seven feot. Both show & loose, decomposed dark colored quariz vein about six feet wide at the bottom, with small streaks of very rich gold ore occurring occassionally, The vein, like the soveral others in the district, runs in a nopthernly and southernly direction turough @ Umestone formotion, the walls being well defined and loose like the vein material, littlo blasting being required. The Zivu vein is about perpendicular, with an in- cliustion to the ocast, although other veins Aip rather to tho west, but, as before re- murked, all are in general limestone forma- tion Iu a nutshell, so to speak, Mr. Hard- wick considers the Pine Nut prospects a very good one, ino Nut Is about forty miles due south of Virginia City and tweaty-five miles south- enst of (‘arsqn City, nearl of Genon, « ;?mm\'ll a dozen miles from the Carson rivArlllln aoticipation of the grand rusa Lo the new scene of mining excitoment, a%tage line has been started City. The quartz veins of Pine those of Comal Red canyon and other locali- ties along tha pange, all of which can be seen 1¥ hointed out from the divide petweon Virginta sad Gold Hill, have been known for tho last twenty years or mora, Twolve yaM's ago Thomas Gallagher and | other parties fn Gold Hill had locations in Pine Nut, which were being prospected, but without satisfaetory results. Continuad pros- pecting and 'dévelopment, however, 18 more thau liabletewring promising locations into tangivie flugypial success. cords of pine nut wood been hauled from that seetion to the Comstock during the last thirty years, and many thousand cords still remain” to be hanlea, There is also a good supply of water in o creek a mile or two south of the mining point Mr. Hardyick is ono of the oldest prospec- tors of the Como range, and owns the noted Etna miue location in Delaware district, & few miles east of Pine Nut. THE GREAT NORTH Progress on tension, Jim Hill, the irrepressibie pusher of tho Great Nortbern road, formerly the Manitoba, does not permit tho grass to grow on the coast extension. The road diverges from the present lino east of Great Ialls, Mout., and strikes west-northwest,in some places coming within twenty miles of the northern bound- ary. Much interest is shown as to the route beyond the Bitter Root range, but the com- pany has not indieated which of the avail- able routes will be selected. Ciraders and tracklayers uro now working on the northern extremity of the laaho panhaudle, and the advance guard is_believed to be in Washing- ton, Reaching Columbia, it will turn novth and run up to the mouth of the Wenatchie, follow that strcam by pretty stiff grades up to the crest of a pass, bulld a loug tunnel aud descend to the sound basin by the route mish and Snohomish rivers. st sound terminus will be on Port ner and presumably at the new town of ett, but it has already secured terminal facilities at Scattle and Fairhaven and will build to Tacoma in time. [t will scek the trafic of all the sound cities and towns and will not ve likely to show much favoritism to any oue of thewm. N. Rapid the Const Fx- D LANDS, A Convincing Piea For Ced'ng Arid Land to the States, Prof. Fred J. Stanton writes to the Den- ver Sun iu tavor of ceding arid lands to the respective states, His avgumont is logical and coucise, the gist of which is as follows: The cessions of the lands by the various states w iot the sequestration of rights and interests, but they were made with a condition precedent. ““Phat they should bo held and used for the common benofit of the United States,” Tt was o trust tnerafore. “The federal government #took those lands from the several states. thus ceded, for the purpose of payiog off the debt of the revolu- tion and bringiug the currency to a par basis. ] When the debt was paid and a cash basis was nccomplistéd, then came another phase of the trust. “The federal government being only o trus- tee, simply for the proper management of the lands entrustea to it for judicious man- agoment and stewardsuip, by the sovereign peopic, who were at the same time “owners of the fes simple,”” as well as ‘“‘tenants in common,” 1tshould give a faithfui account of s stewardship and should draw an accurate trial balance very often indeed, and should above ail take great care that the balance i faithfully madc between the several stutes of the federal compact. Using the words of one of our most distin- guished statesmen, “It cannot be supposed the compacts ‘aécompanving those cessions intended tuat the United States stould retain forever a title to lands wilhin the states which ave of no value,” and vo doubt is én- tertained that the zéneral interest would be best promoted by surrendoring such Jands to the states. "Pho right of the pcople and the principle what the fedorul government was merely a trustee, has always been admitted as a well settled policy by the great wri of tne counury from Alexander Huamilton and James Madison down to the present hour. Canaaa gives land to settlers, and £€30,000 sterling has been voted by the parliament to aid emigrants to move to thoir land and tomes, The republic of Colombia @y acres to each settlel The South American republics pursue the same policy. This pol 10y 15 pursued in Asin. Persia offers to emi- grants “freo lands and no taxes to improve the country.” “The United States s the only instance on carth which makes merchandize of her lunds 10 its citizens. ‘Phe great policy of the sovernment should bo to steadily work for the “speedy extine- tion of the federal title to all the lands within the lunits of the respeciive states.” Give entire control of the lands within their respective limits to the respoctive states themselves, to be devoted : 1. Donations to the resident agricultural and pastoral settlors. 2. o the bona fide reclaimers of mineral, swawpy and arid lands. 3. For purposes of futernal industrial im- provements. Montana. The Pioneer association of Montana will meet in Helenaon August 24, which will be fair week. A movement is on foot to establish a smel- ter at Missoula to work ores from the Cwur " Alene country The merry burglar is doing a land offce busiuess in Butte. Theotier lay o gang car- riod off a complete sot of bar fixtures, The toil bridge across the Missourt river at Great Falls will bs made froe toall travelers. The county bought the bridge for $4,000. During July two new dividend-payers were added to'the Montana list. The Copper Beit paid §13,500 and the Rocky Fork coal coin pauy paid its first dividena of $100,000. ‘T'he assessea valuation of all the railroads in Moutana, according to a statcment pre- pared by the state board of equalization, is £5,64%,700. The total number of miles of rail- road in the stato is 2,253, A Great Falls dispatch statos that there is ronewed activity in Neibart and Barker over the prospects of the early completion of the railroad to these great mineral cawps, The first of September will seo ore shipped from both camps to the Great Falls smelter, and rencwed activity in all the mines in the Belt mountains. The state beurd of equalization has pre- pured interestthi'statistics from the assess- ment returns ‘from tho different count ‘The total asseasyule values of rcal estate fo the state is # 53,402 Lowis and Clarke county loads wita $29,916,075, and Silver Bow next with £21,457.:19, Tho total valuation of live stock is oVER'§15,000,000. A party in tfjgduterest of an English syn- dicate has sequred a bond on 640 acres of ground near Helena, on which sapphives are found 1n largenumbers, the purchase prico being $20,000° A force' of men guard the properties coptygtled, which now includes nearly all the Jaks upon whicn the gems have boen found, and o doubt exists but that tho compauy meaws business. Grover Clewalasd Merritt of Helena, Mont., aged seven oreight years, was in _bed in his father’s hous@thd othor night when, during a heavy rain ajd wind storm, which blow down the brick,walls of a house that wus building near byzthe bricks crashed througih tho roof of thexMerritt homo, killing tho it tle boy, His brother, who was in another bed in the sume room, had & narrow escape. South Dakota, Bishop Marty says that pronibition Sloux Falls is a failure, A flock of 4,000 sheap were sold to farmers in Hughes aud Sully counties for $3.75 per head. o harvest in South Dakota is being gatl.ered and reports from all poiuts indicate the ¢ opsa re excellent. A guidjorick ropresenting wiclean-up at the Goider Roward enlorination’ works ior an eight-c ays' run, nettod $3,000, Specimens of ore from tho Blue Bird wine on Charles Harbacu's ranch, and sent to Omana for assay, returned & total value of $151.70 to the tou The controlling interest in tue Lead City old and silyer mining company passed to D. Clark, of Buffaio Gup, who is representing a syndicate of Town and 1llinois capitalists. Arraugements have boen perfectea for the in apposite tha oast | from Carson | Nut, like | Many thousand | concentration of the ores from the Spokane silvor mine at tho Glondalo mill, which is only about two miles from tho mine. By this arrangement the owners will realize consider- ably greater profit in working the mine. A block of ore woighing some 400 pounds has been takon out of the Bonton group, owied by tho Gold, Siiver, Platinum and | Tellurium company, 'which shows wire and telluride of gold, horn, ruby, brittie and wire silver and silver elance, togother with pyritos and oxide of copper and native copper. A long peading mjunction suit, which has prevented the [lkhorn railroad from corn- pleting one of its:spurs on the Bald mountain narrow waugo oxtonsion, has peen settled, and the company now has @ large force grading for the line to the Portland and Mark Twain mix The former bas 200 tons of £0 ore in the dump, and the lattor some 400 tons of $60 oro awaiting to be shipped. Says the Black Hills Times: The unguali- fled success of pyritic smelting as performed by Dr. Carpenter, is settled beyond dispute. Though he is as Mum as an oyster to report- ers, Tho Times succeednd in getting reliable information. Since starting np on its second run, 100 toas of material have passed daily through tho furnace. Of this amount thero is sixty-five tons of flux and hut thirty-five tons of ore. T'he flux consists of barren lime- stone and fron pyrito. The ore is very silfcious and carries about $35 in gold and silver por ton. A piece of matto surrep- titiously obtained at the smelter, was assayed and gave $100 in gold por ton. A test of the slag made at same timo showed it to ve por- fectly clean and free from miheral. Wyomine, Cattle shipments are increasing. The railroads are vigorously against the assessmont, A concert for the explosion sufferers in tock Springs netted The completed state valuation for tax pur- poses foots up £32,000,000. Colonel 5. W. Downey has selected a sito for a stamp mill at Gold Hill. A small sack of ore from tho Medicine Bow distr ved §3,000 to the ton. Gillespie, the new town at the Burlington terminus, already has an eveu dozen s The Gleurock Coal company has de sink two new shafts, estimated to £50,000. Clyde Battershall of Kawlins loved the cigaretto too well, and now sleeps on the hillside. C. J. Quinn, @ printer tourist, dropped a leg at Evanston while attempting to mount a car truck. Engine 510 of the Wyoming claims the bun, During June it travelled 8260 miles, the best on record A sixteen horse power t threshing machine is one Bear river valloy. September, with the shooting tournament, race meeting and mining convention, will be a great month for Cheyenne. Younz Tom Bamford, whose disappearance from Silver Crowii cansed some excitement, has been heard from i Denver. Trogoning, Berry and Madden, murderers and cattlo rustlers, were sentenced to im- prisoument for life, twenty and seven years respectively. “'he Gold Hill country 1s said to be a per- fect paradiso at this time. 'The scenery is magnitcent and beautiful wild Howers are abundant on every side. Outing parties are beginuing to visit the camp. Tom Castle and Jim Cusick brought to ratoga, says the Sun, £ worth of coarse wold as the result of four hours’ rocking on the rich dirt on their Last Chance claim in Castle guleh, four miles above Dexterville on the Savory. Utah. Fakirs, bunco steorers and sure-thing men are playing o profitabio engagement in Sult Lake City. The new dam and cinat of the Washington Tield compauy is a complete success, The dam and canal has cost in the neighborhood of £40,000. Nearly all of the Utah wool crop for this year hos been transferred from the hands of the grower to those of the represeutative of the eastern jobber. Parties here are considering the practica- bility of ostublishiug a whito and red lead factory with a mill for the manufacturtug of mixed paints in Salt Lake. Furmers in Weber county are experiment- ing on tobacco as a staple crop. A test planting of about five hundred plants were grown last year in a_garden near Plain C J. H, Brown has a marble mine located at Providence, Cache county, that yields a mar- blo 5o much like mottled onyx that the differ- enco can only bo discovered by the use of chomicals Operations at the Cove mmes and refinery have been removed Pending further improvemonts, howover. but two retorts wilt be run in the refiuing of the mineral. “The sheep herder who discovered the great iead pay streak near Huntsville has sold his one-quarter interest in the claim for 0,000, ‘Phe Bullion-Beck peoplo ure interested in the strike, and they propose to put some money into it. Peter Short exchanged an arm and a foot for a ride in the Ogden railvoad yuvds, He has just beon identified by an oflicer from California as a crank who has a mania for stealing engines out of round houses and running them out on the road. He is wanted for this offense both in Portlana and Sa: Fraueisco. kicking cost on engine and of the sites in the Creok sulphur 1daho. The Pocatello lot sale netted $114,000. Jay Gould is giving Soda Springs a big boom as a health resort. The assessment of rvailroads county has been fixed at §,000. In Bingnam county this vear railroads will bo assessed at the rate of 33,500 per mile, an advance of §2,000 over the valuation of last yo Wheat on the farm of Horace Sampsor the Palouse valley, gave a return of si elgbt bushels to the acre and the grain weighed sixty pounds to the bushel. Sixteen bars of bullion, valued at $32,000, wero shipped from the LeLamar mill on the 5th inst., the final cloanup for the mouth of July. With the previous shipment, worth $17,500, this makes the mill output for the month of July $0),500. The railroad people will endeavor to get ric of the ore aud bullion accumulations on Wood Iiver before the first of September, as by that date all tno available cars will be noeded to wove the enormous crops to the oastern markets. Hewry Darrow, a farmer living a mile and a half southwest of Garfield, while boring i well struck what is pronounced to be a finc quality o potter’s ¢ Should this opinion be correct, it may bo i valuablo find, for the stratum is sixweou feet 1n thickness, and lies near the surface. Wood River mines are producing more ore this summer than at any time for vears pust The output is being maide by mines in all of the districts comprised in tho Wood River country from Bellevue on the south to Saw tooth and Clayton on the north. The most of those shipments are exceptionally high grade galona ores running well in lead wnd Tro 1 150 10 200 ounces in silver. Noue of the smeltors built years ago are in blast and most of the production goes to Denver and Omabu, in Logan Wa-hington. There are nineteon veterans ut tho soldiers home at Orting. Cattle from Spokane county are shinped to Cuicago and sold for $42 a heaa. Furmers’ alliance warelouses are reported goiug in all directions of eastern Washington Olympia proposes to issue bonds for $150,- 000, to bo used in building_ sewers, funding is debts, amounti to §77,500, and other necessary public improvements. Thero are now 2,500 squaiters on the gov ernment Lowansite reserve at Port Angeles who & auxiously awaiting the survey in the expectation of having their rights conlivme State Land Commissioner W. T, Forrest has receivea a report from Whatcom county showing sale of school lands to the nount of $56,086. The prices ranged from §12 to 155 por acr I M. Galbraith, who already owns o fluo coal prospect on the south fork of the Nook sack, not far from Fairhaven, has di A what he believes is a vein of true anihracite coal in thet district A subscription is bolug raised throughout Washington to erect a new building for the | White & (0ld home, for fallon and friendloss girls, at Tacoma. Seven lots have been do | nated for the society 1o build upon. It is estimated by some onthusiast that the Palouse country will this year raiso for ex port 325,000 car loads of wheat. That would SANTA: CLAUS® FINEST > FOR ° 5 THE: LAUNDRY AS FAR AS YOU COULD GO, A BETTER 50AP THANSANTA CLAUS YOUD NEVER GET TO KNOwW. NVENTION al tecth without ‘'he on'y relial the mouth without { spenkd when Arti bridge work the teeth in oting Ministers, public speak 3 requested to investigate this system. plates, und removable ble method for holdin: s droppin WS oop. 5 und wetors ure @ AU I@INE No other of! nor do they know how to have seeur co In the city fike this patented w 1 the sole right trom Dr. Throck or county has the right. rk. 1 orten, No. 41 SIxth Avenue, New York., who patented it Feb. 11, Persons desiring partial set of teeth » {and see specimens of this kind of work and judge fees for this kind of work ar Al this work fully w to o £or themselves. the rench of all, roquestod within ar We have the WONDERFUL LOCAL AN o the nain rubber for ssoxtraction A CHARGE forusing it A Gold and other Dr.ROLAND W. BAILEY,DEN oth and mak uil set of teeth on Jlings at lowest prices, Ui OFFICES THIRD FLOOR PAXTON BLOCK. TELEPHONE, 1088, raius a day for ing Sunday. Aeronaut Johnson, who “vraced up" on Tacoma whisky and thon undortook to give a performance on his balloon 2,000 foet in midair, is dead, of course. An ueronaut who is on a high in two senses, as Johnson was, stiould omit the trapeze ac In big trees the new state of Washington is quite rich. A Seattle paper mentions a fir in Sumas which is cight and one-half feot in di- ameter. Near Stanwood there is a cedar sev- enteen feet in diameter thirty-three feet from the roots and twelve feet in diameter 112 feet from the roots. Nooksack reports a fir twelve feet in diamoter. Oregon. Tt costs about $20 per pupil per annum to maintain the public schools of Astoria, Ore. The Albany woolen mills have purchased this season 280,000 pounds of wool. The mills ave running steadily, and will manufacture wore than that amount during the next year. The 800,000 acres of land granted to the Otegon Central Military wagon road com- pany has been sold to a compuny of eastern capitalists. It is said that they will start mills along the Miadle Fork next year and put the lumber on the market. The average woight of the salmon caught for McGowan's cannery, in Astoria, this sea- son was twenty-four pounds The cannery paid 31 apiece for all salmon weighing twelve pounas and upwards. Anything under twelve pounds wont as half a salmon. A big diteh 1o tap the Owyhee river will bo dugz this fall. The nead of the ditch will be six miles from the mouth of the river, where it empties into the Snake. The new canal be built by English capital, and the cost mated at $250.000. Its capacity will bo 200,000 miner’s inchos, and will irrigate 200,- 000'ncres of land iu the Owyhee valley The Oregon and Washington harvest has begun, and 15,000,000 bushels of fine wheat will shortly be in rexdiuess for consumption and export. Tho Oregon and Washington fruit harvest nas also been great, and hus been mostly marketed. The Orevou and Washington salmon harvest goes on for six- teen days wore, and gives satisfuctory re- turn. The Orogzon and Washington lumber harvest will be beard from later on. These Lwo states always have good harvests und get zood prices for their diversified products. O V. Fresno is always progressive. This fall a $100,000 addition will ba built to the county court house: a ¥00,000 school house will be ouilt by the city. Mrs. Green, a survivor of the Donner party, died at' Madero, Fresno county, last week, She velouged to the portion of tho party which camo through the mountains Sile'was_the mother of the first white chil Lorn at Stockton, The new opera house at San Diego 1s pro- gressing rapidly. Great granite blocks for the building are being brought from the iageside quarrics, among which the other day were two biocks seventeen feot in length and one six feet high. The luttor was nearly square. There is an Ohio boauty cherrv troo in tho old Bassford orchard in Brown's vall the Fruit Grower, which bears from | 15,000 pounds of fruit per year. The treo is 50 largo that each year a big scaffolding hns to be built around it s that the charries cau be picked. “The recent hot wavo in southorn Califor cost one raucher there_over £500 in one aay. Ho hiad a boe rauch at Newhall, which in the forenoon was worth 8600, About | o'clock a hot wind came up, which in two or three hours had meited the honey, smothered the bees and cleared out the whole thing The extraordinary growth of fruit culturo is shown by tho figures of the season’s plant ingin ucreago in San Bernardino county The totals ave: Citrns troes, 9,314 deciduous 30043 vinos, 2,614; grand total, 15,024 " Pho aceoage set averagos alone nearl double tho present acreage of full-bearing trees in Riverside and invoives an expondi- turo of about $2500,000 for land and $1,000,- 000 for trecs, vines and planting. Nevi o formed in Austin threo nights of week. ‘Tho number of school Nevada is 7,887, The total gross bullion product of the Con solidated California and Virginia miue for July wasvaiued at §155,010.32 The Morgan mill, with its complement of forty stamps, will continue to crush ore from the Consolidated Californis and Virginia mine until closed by the rigors of wintor. [tis reported that a deal is in vrogress for struction of a railroad from Lruckee to Lake Pahoe. Th distance is fifteen miles and the cost of construction Is estimated at 8200, 000 wrudise valley last children enrolled in was visited by a lively snowstorm on August 6, which whitened the foothills and mountains for a short time. A snowstorm in the fore part of August 15 a novelty to say tho least. What a Paradise in make 15,000 trains of fifteen cars cach®or Afty | the Summer, The mold discoveries made recently about twenty-tive miles from Carson are said by old prospectors to ba fully us promising as thoso tiest mado on the Comstock lode. The coun try for ten miles squaro 18 said to coulain many ledees showing frea gold on the surface. Tho mother vein in the Pine Nut minin district is said to have been struck. Devel opments are steadily going ou in that section ana prospectors are constautly arriving. Ten tons of ore shipped o Salt” Lake returned $200 per ton. Zirn has uncovered his ledge $00 feer and found rich prospects all nlong dge. 18TH and FARNAM STS., OMAHA. Phenoline CURES Colde in the Hoad by one_applica- tion;, ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT 500 per Bottle Oiactions I Phencline LI 19SS SISIDONHA TV INTEREST PAIDONDEPOSITS at OMAHALOANSTRUSTCO EAYIRES « BANK SECOR, I6™&DOUGLASSTS, CAP!TAL:% 100.000.00 DIRECTORS A UWYMAN - E.W.NA! 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