Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 1, 1892, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY FEBRUARY 1, 1892 PULSE OF WESTERN PROGRESS A Midwinter Bymposium of Activities in the Tmperial Domain, 3YMPTOMS OF SEVERAL STRONG BOOMS An r Supporter of the Salt Lake Trrign- tion Problem—Mi in Happy Accord From all indications an unvsually large im- migration of eastern peoplo of all classes to north Nebraskaand South Dakota may be looked for during the coming spring. The Deadwooa PPionecr observes that the first faint invrmurs of the coming human waves are bezinning to be’ felt. Within the last sixty days, says the Pioneer, over 100 fami- lies have been settled in western Nebraska ond in the southwestern part of this state. This number is being increased daily by new arrivals. Even in this city the tide of immi- gration which has ~ been tending dn this direction for some time, is noticeable. Before the advent of the railroad one year ago, the people of this section lived together iike oue large family, knowing each other intimately, now avery other person who is met with on the streets is a stranger. The Black Hills will 460 in the coming spring and summer times h will even eclipse the paimy days of 76" and *V86,” She will have incrensed in population by that time fourfold. Wake up aud get ready for the forerunner of the mil- lenium, which 1s already in sight. Wyon g's Arid Land, A writer in the Commonwealth Magazine presents instructive facts and figures in sup- port of the proposition to confer on the states and territories ownership of the public arid land within their respoctive boundaries. He argues particularly for Wyoming, giviug of- ficial figures to show that it should own all the public land within its boundaries, and that such ownerrhip would bonefit the country at large as well as the peoplo of that state. It has an area of over (0,000,000 acres, but it is not self-sustaining, though it bas a'diversity of resources in oil, iron, coal and other minerals. Its 0,000' residents send each year ncarly $1,000,000 abroad to pay for farm products which could be raised easily at home, The fault lies with the tional land laws, under which a tract of land which cannot be reached by irrigation excoptat a_great expense is subject to the same rules for the acquirement of ownership as are those contiguous to stroams which can be made productive at small cost. As a re- sult of this the land along small streams has been filed upon; but along large streams, where enormous’ capital is required to_build dams and ditches, immense tracts lie idle. Two streams aro mentioned which in June, 189, were each discharging 10,000 cubic feet of water per second, aud the water running past 8.000,000 acres of land producing nothing ut scanty crops of grass, while that lan, would make 40,000 zood farins of thirty acres as productive as any agricultural region in the world. A law was recently in force probibiting further entries of land susceptible of irriga- tion, and another law withdrew from filing ult lands which might come-under the expor- fmental _irrigation schomes of the general government. This injustice is all the greator sincain Wyoming and 1 nearly all the arid states the control of the water supply has beon transferred to tho statos themselves, while every dollar expended by individuals for land goes to the genoral goverament. The settier cannot give the land be files upon as security to the man or company of wen to whom be would apply for aid in’ making it productive, It is no tvonder that under such conditions Wyoming lies barren. Commenting on_the showing, the Chicago ‘Cribune says: ‘“The owrership of the land within their boundaries should be granted to the arid atates. It could be donated to tnem under general restrictions, such as limiting the area which can be deeded to an di- vidual, fixing the maximum ana minimum prices’ tho state can charge, prohibiting it from giving titles to corporations, and pro- _viding such other guards as would tend to prevent the lands from becoming the private spoils of unsorupulous local land-grabbers and politicians. The land along the streams and In localities susceptible of irrigation should be allowed to be taxen only in small holdings, but contributory to cach of theso should b an area of grazing land in the ter- ritory lymg on a higher level behind it, which should either be reuted to the holder of the irrigable land or be held in com- mon by the owners of lands along the stream orin each irrigable district. Behind these are tho timber areas at the heads of streams and on the slopes and summits of mountains where are the uatural sites for storage reser- voirs, Of course these would have to be takon careof by the state. The transfer of public lands to it would enable each state to armonizo 1ts 1ana laws with the local con- ditions of its water system, vlacing the con- trol of its lands in_the hands of those who best understand all the conditions which affect them, and who, knowing their best value to the state, would take the greatest pride in obtaining for it the best attainable measure of profit. There need be no fear that the rightsof the J)mapnnuve settler would be {ost sight of under such an arrange- ment., On the contrary the states having control of _those lands “would emulate cach other in offering inducements to settlers and capitalists,” A Rich Camp, The Croede camp ou Crippla croek, Colo- rado, 1s showing a, ricbness equal to the palmy days of Leadville. and the stampede to the district surpasses the rush to the Car- bonate camp. One of the richest strikes was mado in the EI Paso mine, from which ore assuying $1,000 to the ton was taken out. The stiike was made forty feet from the the surface. ‘The’ first oro found was a taloish quartzite, in which free gold was found, and then a bluoish quartz was struck, which proved to be tellurium. This ore runs 300 to the tom and for the last few days bas been quarried like stone. The vein is ffteen foot wide. A blast opened into a vem of almost white quartz, which Is sparkling in every part with plastors aua pins of gold. It dazzled thoeyes of those who saw it by lamp light and it took only a glaice to see that it was the richest strike Cripple Creek has yot enjoyed. A large quaniity of tho ore was immediately testod. It proved to earry 240 ounces of gold The vein is seven feet thick. The wild over the strike. Yot those best pos! to the possibilities at Cripple Creok are not at all surprised. Indoed, some of tho best miners in the state would 'not be sur- orised 1f nuggets weighing a ton were dug aut of tho swooth grasay hills, s0 complotoly dous this camp make au exception to all rules, Stock in Danger, Dispatches from Idabo report that thou- sands of cattle are slowly starving to death in the hills of Southern Ildaho. The loss to stockraisers will be tremendous. Every blade of grass upon the ranges is under from twenly-two to sixty juches of saow. The present winter has not boen equalled in severity smce 1570, The rigorous season ‘was not auticipated by ranchers, and they delayed bringing the cattie to the low lands, The delay has proven fatal, and stockmen ort that every domestic animal leftin the hills is sure to meet death, either from cold or hunger. Nearly every rancher will Jose more or less heavily, though many of them bad the good fortune to drive portions of their cattle into the valleys befoce the great snow came. meat dealers announce that the price of meat will s0on be ‘raised 2 cents per pound, Mioers in the mountain districts sannot work, the claims are hid- den by snow. No snowslides nor loss of humaa life ere reported. Trouble About Kates, Ugly rumors aro again afloat in Butte that the great smeltiug works and mines of the Anaconda company will be closed for an in- deflnite period. Trouble is brewing on the question of freight rates. All the company's ores are shipped over the Montans Union railroad from the mines in Butte 10 the works at Aunaconds. The company is at the mercy of the railroad, which winds around the bills on which 4he miues are situated like @ hugo snake, It is a corporation within two corporations, being owuned jointly by the Unlon and Nortoora FPacific. Lt s said the rallroud company bhas wade & demand for & twenly year contract on the basis of the present freight rates. This de- «to shut out the Great mand is belioved to be prompted by a desire orthern, which threatens to extend from Butte to Anaconda. Tt 1s said Marcus Daly, the Anaconda man- ager, will rofuse tesign such an agreement. Should the works close they will stay so until a new line of transportation shall have beon opened. The result will mean disaster to Ana conda’s peoplo of all classes and a total demoralization of business in Butte. Ttis doubtful whether the railroad company will force the issue, as their chief source of revenue and only excuse for existonce is the hauling of ore and fuel for the Anaconda company. Novertheless the people feel anxious over-the outcome, as it means bread for thousands, Farmers Meet. The hydraulic minors and the farmers of California have at last been brought toan amicable understandiog. A convention of delegates representing both interests was held in San Francisco recently and an agree- ment reached to work together and revive the great industry which has been paralyzed for a decade. Careful estimates have shown that the farmers of the stato lost about 2,500,000 through rubbish from the mines thrown into the rivers, raising their beds and causing destructive overflows, but that the 1088 to the hydraulic mining interests by tho shutting down of the mines bas been fully £100,000,000. No system of drift mining can tako the place of “hydraulic mining, so the convention decided to appeal to con- gross to construct big dams for fmpounding the rubbish from the mites, as suggested by the federal com- mission that was appointed to investigate the subject four years ago. The plan is feasible, and_the cost of the work could be repaid were bonds issued to cover the outlay. The gold product of California has sveadily sunk to 810,500,000 1ast year, as against $20,= 000,000 in 1850. Millions of ‘dollars are lying locked up in valuable hydraulic machinery, which will soon become a total loss if al- lowed to lis unused. At the next session of the state legislature the law prohibiting hydraulic mining will be repealed, aud an- other vear will probably see a revival of this great industry. Education in Wyoming. The annual report of the state superinten- dent of public instruction of Wyomingshows there are 223 public school buildings in the state, 320 schools taught end 8,726 pupils en- rolled. Total number of teachers employed, malos, 78; females, Ayerage compensa- tion of teachers pe! , 854.42. Average cost per pupil, $3.60. Total amount yuld teachers during tho year, $108,756.66. Total amount expended for school buildings during the year, #59,218.05. Total amount expended for all other purposes, $64,853.68. Nebraska, Fritz Barky, a farmer residing four milet north of Crete, dropped dead with hears aisease. Norfolk’s building boom is said to be mov- ing right along in spite of the winter weather. Brock is to have a now bank with a capital of $20,000. It will be called the Farmers State bank. Kimball county will soon vote on & propo- sition to issue 5,000 in bonds to build a court house. Springfield’s new opera house will be formally opered Wednosday with a grand ball and subper, A colored man stealing a ride on a Union Pacific freight train fell under the wheels between Silver creek aud Duncan and was killed. A gasoline stove exploded at Grand Island while bewg filled. Dan Fishburn had one hand_severely burned and F. W. Vasy was slightly burned. The Huse Publishing company of Norfolk and Pouca has dissolved. William Huse, sr., will in future conduct the Ponca Journal and W. N. Huse will run the Norfolk News. A cycling club has been organized at Chadron with twenty members, and it is the intention to hold & tournament in June in connection with the band tournament. C. W. Allen, who formerly edited the Chadron Democrat. has gone to Chicago to endeavor to induce the railrcads to adopt a stock car which he has recontly patented. A company with a capital of $10,000 has been organized to manufacture the car. Isaac Fiscus, a pioneer of Burt county, nearly 80 years om,‘fn-m.z ten miles northoast. of Lyons, while assisting in butchering started for the house with an ax and butcher knife in his band, and while on the way fell on a piece of ice, striking tho pack of his head, killing him instantly, While temporarily insane, J. S. Love, an old citizen of Wavyne, escaped from his daughter’s home and wandered around in the cola until he was £0 benumbed that he could not move. He was discovered after & pro- tracted search in an almost unconscious con- dition, and died a few hours later. According to the Independent there is an opening at Grand Island for a distillery, a mammoth_packing house, a starch factory, a cereal mill, a twine factory, a glass factory, a paper mill and many other kindred in- industries for ‘which that locality furnishes the raw material in great abundance and of the finest quality. Towa, Hog cholera is unusually prevaleat in Tama county. Young ladies of Grundy Centor have or- ganized an Indian club swinging society. A company with a capital stock of £0,000 will erect a packing house at Charles City. Two citizens of Ruthven have been caught by “green goods" men Lo the extent of sev- eral hundred dollars, ey, F. X, Feuerstein of Cascade shpped and feli while entering the ochurch, and broke one of his legs between the knee and the ankle. ira Clark Penoyer and wife, old and re- spected residents of Jesup, died within twenty-four hours of each other and wero buried together. Mrs. Patrick H. Cantlin of Davenport, who was matried when she was 12 yours old, seoks a aivorce from her husband after living with him eleven months. ‘The insurance on the Wostern Normal col- lege at Stenandoah, that was burned in De- cember, has been satisfactorily adjusted. It amounted 1o §30,500. The fourth annual meeting of the Mills county farwers institute will be held at Glenwood February 10 and 11. An extensive _aud interesting program has boen prepared. The Intelligencer says only pup wolf scalps are presented for bounty in Floyd county, giving rise o the suspicion tnat the old ones are preserved for breeding pur- poses. There 1s & man in Dubuque, 84 years of age, who has never riaden in a railway train, and he declares that he is 50 old now that 1t would not be worth while w0 break his record. Fred Funston of Richland fell 1uto a deep well on his place, There was six feet of water in the well, aud Mr. Fuuston had u narrow escape from drowning. Neighbors rescued bim, Stephen Smith of Tama took & mouthful of ammonia from a bottle in the dark, in mis- take for cough wedicine. His mouth, throat and nasal organs were painfully injured, but he will recover., Barney Kisling of Dubuque was working with & sharp chisel in his barn when & frac- tlous horse caused the tool to be driven lnto Mr. Kisling's wrist, severing an artery. He nearly bled to death before medical aid srrived. Elsie Morrison, a5-year-old Boone girl, was playing around @ bonfire when her clothing caught fire. Two men tore the burning gar- ments from the chilg, but her legs and arms were seriously burned and her face was burned to a blister. A. C. Fouts has held a spelling bee at the Horn school house, near Bloomfield, on every 20th of February for twenty-four years, ex- cept two occasions when the weather would not mut. The tiwe-honored custom will ve observed this year, and people for miles around will be present. Timothy G. Collins of Carroll died the other day after baviug lived in agnosticism almost eighty vears, It was bis expressed wish that no claru{ 0 be present at hi funeral, and accordingly the ouly exercises were singing and an addross by the funeral director, who extolled the bravery of the deceasod in baving 50 persistently clung to au unpopular belief. Last summer & young man liviug near Linn Grove sent money Lo Norway Lo pay the pass- 0 of his sweotheart. Bue came, bat. When @ fow days ago he procured a marriage license wod went after ber she refused to marry him, He got possession of her clothes and held thew until & coustable appesred with & writ i of replevin. Now the only thing the young | route over the (‘n-c[‘,]:.\",‘ mountains is said to man has to show for his money is & marriage lLicense. South Dakota. Several specimens of piatinum have been found on Sand creek. The Bristol mine is producing ore yielding thirty ounces of silver to the ton. The winter meeting of the South Dakota Press assoctation will be held in Huron on Fobruary 18 aud 19, Sioux Falls 1s growing. The territory within the corporate limits now amounts to eloven und three-quarters square miles. South Dakota citizens held a rain conven- tion the other day. A man named Mont- gomery offered to guarantee from one -half to two inches of rain at each attempt or 1o pay. The state mine inspector, in his recontly issued report, “estimates the product of the Homestake mine at #40,000,000. The prop- erty is now producing an average of £350,000 per month. The force of workmen at the rock quarries between Buffalo Gap and Hot Springs has been redoubled and the owners of these quarries are rapidly pushing their stone to the market. Deaawood’s prospective big hotel has changed its name from Casey to Barker. Messrs. Barker and Junkins, who represent the motive power, have deposited £5,000 as a @uarantee of zood faith and will push work on the building at an early day. Tho esti- mated cost 15 145,000, Wyoming, Four feet of snow euvelopes Gold Hill. Laramie is talking up an electric fire alarm. A telephone line connects Casper with the copper camp tweive miles away. A snug wad of Omaha capital is developing mineral properties in Gold Hill. The authoritics are on the trail of hunters who ave illogally slaughtering game along the southern boraer. Carbon county has a bonded and floating debt of $151,417 and $40,800 cash ou hana and $18,802 in bills payable. The total receipts of the six federal land offices in Wyoming last year were $19,009.53 and the expenses $18,211.95. Considering the extreme cold weather and the numerous blizzards, cattle on .the range are pulling through in fair shape. A new postoffice, called Rankin, will be established at the Sage creek crossing, six- teen mies north of Saratoga, on the stage road to Rawlins, ‘T'he eagle's scream has ceased in Wyom- ing. The patriots who voluntecred to march on Chili have aiminished their rations of blood and put up their guns, A committeo of ex-soldiors has boen ap- pointed by the Grand Army post of Choy- enne to formulate a plan for tho establish- ment of a branch ot a national soldiers’ home in Wyoming. Casper 1s enjoying lively times and theout- look was never better for a lively spring trade. The railroad is bringing in material beyond local use, which leads most Casper men to think the Northwestern 1s Boinfi to et a hump on itself this spring and build to Ogden. Trrigation by means of the ordinary rotary lawn sprinkler, on a larger scale, is proposed by Mr. Harry Mullison, a ranchman living near Saratoga. Mr. Mullison's plan includes stand pipes thirty-two feot high with re- volving iron sprinklers having nine-foot arms, each sprinkler to irrigate an acre, It is reported that the Agricuitural department of the Wyoming State university has made an appropriation sufficiently large to enuble Mr. Mullison to erect ten of his sprinklers on the stato experimental farm at Savatoga. COtnh, The Rio Grande Western will not build to the Deop Creek district for the present. Ogdon school bonds to the amount of £300,000 were sold at par to New York parties. A cave in the mountains near Huntsville ocontains large quantities of almust pure saltpetro. The democratic *saints" in the legislature are trying to head off a liberal victory in the local elections by pushing a bill extending for a year the terms of present ofticers, A ledge of sait has beon discovered in tho mountains east of Mount Pleasant. The ledwe 18 between sixteon and thirty feot, and theve is every indication of a coal mne in the neighborhood. A fine strike of ore has been made in the Minnie mine, Carr Fork, Bingham. Twelve inches of ore has boen uncoverad which showed in fine assays from $15 to £100 per ton | in gold and silver. Between Salt Lake and Provo, candidates for the territorial capital prize, the Ogden Chamber of Commerce has no choice. Ina resolution recently passed the chamber sar- castically aeclared, ‘either Is a quiet and suitable location.”” Tha total revenue of the territory from taxes last year was $318,085.21. Out Of this sum there was paid back to the counties for school purposes, appropriations and rebates and for compsnsation for collectors, $412,- 938,11, Jeaving tho territory a net_revenue of £205,747.10. The Salt Lake Tribuno asks why should tho taxpayers urge statohood while the government is conducted on so economical basis, Mo ‘ Helena's delinquent tax list is only $10,484. The Anaconda mines in Butte employ 8)0 men. Rich ore was struck in the Cornucopia mine at Neihart. The Butte Miner heads Chili's reply “An Assassin’s Apology.” The Northern Pacific distributes an aver- age of $60,000 a month at Livingston. Miss May Hewet of Billings died from the effects of chloroform administered by a den- ust. A section of tho Wake-UpJim mine in Butte foll on Tim Casey aud Tim joined tho majority. The Gold Coin mine, Rimini district, has struck a fine body ot ore which assays $175. Shipments will soon begin, in the Holter mine near Boulder a vein of crystalized lead thirty feet wide and eleven feot deep was uncovered. The oro contains a considerable per cent of silver. Owners of Peerless Kato, in the Rimini district, report. haviog struck some very high-grage” ore, which assayed 90 ounces in gold, 875 01nces’ in silver. T'he vein is nine feet, Probab'y the mest remarkable showing ever mada ir -’z s that of the operations Gen Leaf Mining company, owners pire mine, near Marysvilie, The company _operates xty stamp mill, and during the first five months. of tho year crushed 20,000 tons, and duging the other soven 33,700 tons, or an average of over 4,500 tons & month, The cost of mining the ore was $55,487.88; milling, $42,682.24: other e penses, $11,475.05; a total of $109,448.17. Tlus shows a profit of $58,830.62 for the year on rook that assayed only $4.20 a tou, Idaho, The sewer system of Boise City will be completed this month. A jag demolisner 1s browsing around for & location in the state, ‘The output of gold for the year 1301 on Pritehard creok and neighboring gulches, locally termed the North Side, is estimated 250,000, Tom Smith, formerly a newspaper rustler in Boise, is now rustliog for a share of $200,000 left by & Scotch relative who re- cently crossed the divide. Lucky boy. B. MoCaffrey and a company of Chicago capitalists are expected in Idaho Falls about the middle of February to consider the feas- ibility of puttiug in an eoxtensive electric light plant in that city, Surveyor Geueral Pettit, actiog under in- structions of the Interior aepartment, has issued contracts for the survey of 150,000 acres of the Fort Hall Indlan reservation in Southeastory ldabo. The people living in that part of tho state are jubilant, as the opening of this coveted reservation' is now most assured, ('ine agricultural, timber and mineral land is {embraced iu the portion 10 be surveyed. Gold mining nowadays means & very great deal more than mere gnld digging, and the miner with a pick and shovel outfit is & very anclent number.. Tbe Lemhi Gold Piacer company of Idaho began a few days ago to construct @ tweaty-mile ditch to convey water to its mines at Lembhi. The ditch is to be ten feet wide at the bottom, will require 6,000,000 feet of lumber in construction aud will cost about $200,000. It is expected that about six miles of vhe ditch will be completed about Jine 1 next. Along the Coast. Seattle 1s waging war on Japanese slavery in that eity. The suow at Fish lake on the Sautiam be twelve feot deep. Nevada has madé™o preparations to par- ticipate in the Worlds tair. The Oregon Pacifig, railroad was recently sold at auction to Ze) h’ Job for £1,000,000, The city ot San Bérnardino, Cal., has voted £100,000 for a water $¥stem, 85,000 for a bigh school and §150,000 fop & court house. The trial of M, B. Caurtis (Sam’'l of Posen) for the mur& r of Policem: Grant commenced in San cisco last Monday. London fogs aré &8Mmon on Puget sound. At Seattie rocently: a 2,000 candle power electric light could ugt be seen 100 feot away. Reno, Nev., petitious congress to abandon a portion of Pyramid Lake Indian reserva- tion S0 &s to give the state control of the lake. John McClovd, a Scotchman, 70 years of age, claims to be the oldest white settler in the state of Washington. He dates his resi- denoce from 1843, \ The white men who have been renting land of the Nez Perce Indians have been orderea off tho reserve. ‘I'here are about 350 of vhem and the Indians don’t hike it. Governor Sylvester Pennoyor of Oregon graciously adinits that he has no aspirations for the pmldenc{ He thinks Flower is the coming democratic candidate. Colorel Bob Ingersol owns the Northern Pacific reduction works at Spokane, the former owners of the plant having failed to take up a promissory note of his 1or #32,535. The largest raisin vineyard in the world now in bearing is owned by A. B. Butler of Fresno, Cal. It contaws 610 acres, The annual income from this vineyard has reached $200,000. Peter Lyron died January 22 at his home in Polk county. He has for some time had the distinction of being the oldest man in Oregon, haviog been born in 1780, making him 102 years old. The Chinese have built a $10,000 joss house in Lus Angeles. The carvings of the tomple are masterly in character and are valued at$10,000. The altar with its furnish- ing is valued at §12,000. Mrs, Mary Robeson of Oregon proposes to ride a bicycle from Portland to New York and carry a Hag which will be dipped in the waters of the Pacific and Atlantic. She will then exhibit horself at the World’s fair. Forty-nine counties in California_are to rive 87,500 each toward the World’s fair which proves that the liberal spirit of the old forty-niner’s 1s stiil vigoroas. 'F'risco con- tributes a round $30,000 besides, and four other counties $40,000 more, A block of land has been donated to the wire nail company at Port Townsend on con- dition that a factory to cost not less than 50,000 bs erected on it, construction on which shall be begun within ten days after the deed is placed in escrow ina Port Town- send bank, the deed to be trausterred when the plant is ju operation. A Salt Lake editor who recently com- menced writing on 8 Los Angeles paper in- cited a strong- leader favoring the creation of another real estate boomw. Next daya committeo of citizens waited on the proprie- tors of the paper and notified thom that, the ‘‘boomer”’ must immediately leave town or do worse. Nothing so yuickly enrages . tho Los Angelenos as the word *‘boom.’" Veatura county, Cal., is the most prolific bean-growing section in the world. One ranch of 2,200 acres has produced 1,030 tous of Lima beans this vear. It took 31,000 sacks 10 hold the crop, and they will fill about 103 cars, on an average of ten tons to the car. ‘This will make eight of nine solid trains of beans, But this is only from one ranch. The railroad company ‘oxpects to handle 1,5 car-loadsof beans on,the Ventura division this year. § Itused to bean old saying in the early days of Oregon that lwhen the tide was out over at Tillamook; the table was spread. Now comes the modern Bay City Lribune with this item: “The_ low tides of the past fow days has stotkéd the Bay City clam market.” With big, Tat sleek clams and de- licious salmon for ourtables, the bright sun shining above and;;the groen grass under your feet, who can be happier than one who lives ip fair and bounteous Tillamook.” The arrest of thréé of tho leaders of the Kaweah (Cal.) Colériy for misuse of the mails will undoubtedly lead to their convic- tion and~ punishment. These fellows seat out lying: circufars«and ‘Secured more than #600,000 from dupes in all parts of the coun- try. They sold an interest.in the com- munity’s land to which they know they had no title, and they robved hundrads of poor eople of the fruits of months of hara labor. 0 colony scheme ever started in this cou try was so flagrant a swindle as this, be- cause the founders could not get a valid' title 10 the lands which they sought to improve. — WeepING WATER, Neb., Oct. 28, '90.—Dr. Moore: My Dear Sir—I have just bought the third bottle of your Tree of Life. It is indeed a “Troe of l.ife.”” Doctor, when you s0 kindly gave we that first bottlo my right side was so lame and sore and my liver en- larged so much that I could not lie upon my right side at all. There was a soreness over my kidneys all of the time,, but now that trouble is all over. 1 sleep just as well on one side as on the other, and my sleop rests and refreshes me, and I feol the best I've felt in fifteen years, and I know that it is all due to your Tree of Life. Yours very truly, D. F. DubLeY. For sale by all druggists. e WITH GERMAN SOCIETIES. Meetings and 8 of the Local Organiza- tiol rman Theater. In the absence of a home dramatic company togive Sunday night performances at Ger- mania ball, the leading Gormans of Omaha have conciudea that a dramatic per- formance in German once in a while is necessary. There are o large class of tho best Germans in the city who appreciate a drama in their own *lines’ and want to see the Teutonic life portrayed upon the local staze, ~Aund now they will have it. The Davenport Dramatic company, which has boon, the past two seasons, pro- ducing dramas in German in Iowa and TlIi nois towns, will bo here at the Grand opera house the last week in February. The company comprises eighteen poople and was to have ‘been at the Grand three nights, Feb- ruary 5, 6 and 7, but Thursday Julius Fest ner ‘received a telegram stating that the dates would have to be changed to the last week 1n February. 'Tho company s under the managrment of Herman Kraus, and is known as the Kruus Dramatic company. Itis said to be one of the best German dramatic troups that has ever been hero. It will play a four night's engagemont at tho Grand, and if the promiuent (Germans aresatisfiod with the com- any’s ability they will bave it return again n Marci. ‘The repertory includes half a dozen different German dramas and the bill will be changed nightiy. The differont German societies are now preparing for their sociables and balls, 'The third anniversary of the Bazerischer verein will e celebraied ''with a concert and ball Sunday night, March 5, at Motz hall. The South Omaha Plattdeutcher verein will give a masquerddd bali Saturday night, February 20 at Blum’s ball, The Omaba Landwebr verein (the veteran Germaas) will celebrate their third anniver- mry by giving a condort and ball Suuday n‘fb'« “ebruary 7. ., Planet lodge, No.4; Jnights of Pythias, one of theold Germam sucieties, will give a ball the early part of Flgoruary. The first of the serjes of fortnightly high five parties of der D;mner club will be held Thursday night at the club in Germama hall, Thursday evenings are ladies' nightd"’and the ume s eujoyably spent in five. After the game an elegant supper is'Séfved. At the first en- tertainmont, last Thursday niht, Miss Alice Lund won 'the firdt : prize for the best lady Blnyar. The prizo wiss souvenir spoon. 1. 'umy won the gentléman’s prize, which was a silver lead poucil. The club will give its annual ball on the night of February 15, It wiil be an elaborate affair, aud each member of the club bas the privilege of inviting three outside guests. The Concordia Arion Singiug society is now actively engaged in rebearsing for a concert 10 be given at Concordia hall, Fourteeoth aud Dodge within the next three or four weeks. conoert rehearsals are under the direction of Prof. Charles Petersen, and some special music with orchestral accompaniments will be the feature of tue entertainment, The concert will be given for the benefit of St. Joseph Lospital. As s00n as arrange- ments cau be made tho date of the entertain- ment will be made known. The Saxionia society has taken quarters 1n the Coucordis hall where its regular meet- ings will be held iu future. e rooms delphia, Paris, Sydney and other exhibition s Bordeu & Selleck Co., Agts., Chicago. DON'T POLISH SHOES THERE If You Ever Go to Portland in Winter You Oan Wear 01d Clothes and Be in Style. EVERYBODY CRAZY OVER REAL ESTATE Yiven an Lots In a New Townsite as Inducement for People to Patronize @ Show, Portrasp, Ore, Jan. 27.—[Special Cor- respondence of Tue Beg.|—-There are, no doubt, many people who have felt that the nickname of web-foot is rather a harsh term 10 apply to the natives or residents of this state. I thoughtsoonce. That was before a visit was made to Portland. Of course it isn't the correct thing to poke fun at an other’s physical intirmities, or at any freak or condition for which he or she is in no wise responsivle. But when a people content themselves with leading an aquatic life for several months out of every twelvo, und doso from choice, they certainly ought not to find fault with being likened unto ducks, even though the term isn't applied as one of en dearment. Not only does it rain a groat deal here dur- ing the winter months, but it is a safe bet that. there is more moisturein a Portland rain drop than was ever condensed from clouds that olsewliere shut out the blue canopy under which wave the stars and stripes. An instanoe is reported where & man who lives in this town once sustained the negative before a hiterary society that a certain fellow wasn't a veal poot. Ho argued that because 1n one of his poems he referred to the ethe- real blue of the heavens ho wasn't true to nature. This same web-foot lost a pot of money on & wagor that tho sky 1s always a dull, leaden color. All this occurred 1n a season when Jupiter Pluvius held protracted meetings and exchanged olympus for either Mounts Hood, Adams, St. Helens or Ranier, that stand out above the lesser mountains covered with eternal snows. Onecan be- come habituated to almost anything. If you don’t think so ask a Portland man if he don’t think he could sleep under the dislocated and sobbing eaves of a building and he will solemnly declaro that water, any way you take it—externally—won’t Lurt any body. That reminds me that here cn the Pacific coast they claim they can out-bourbon, hour- bon. They don’t make mach whiskey them- selves, oratvany rate that isn't why they profess to be ahead of ‘‘ola Kaintuck’ as re- garas tho biue grass beverage thoy sct out. But it is claimed that liquors of any kind that are sent around the Horn, or come by sailing vessels from the Atlantic sea board or the Gulf of Mexico are improved as much as even ngo cau tam- por spirits, There muy be something in this, and probably is, for when & people admit that the superiority of anything don’t de- pend wholly upon climate—such as is the rule even in Oregon—they must be giving vent to the an uubiassed opinion. ““Hope you will enjoy yourself, boss,” was the wish expressed by the aarky who manipulated the brushes over my boots at the hotel. *‘Ise going to a hop, myssif.” “But, I'm not going anywhere only to my room,’ 'and it was the truth. “Not going nowhere,” and the colored gent eyed me from sole to crown. ‘‘Say, boss, you ot more money 'n you know what to do with.” ¥ 1 thought that darky was as impudent and self-important as one who had dreamed the lucky numbers at policy and_hit the gamo bard. But it turned out thatl and not he was the curiosity or monstrosity. For 10 cents the boots were not only biacked, but a lot of useful information thrown in, I was told and corroborated the statement, subse- quently, by personal observation, that in Portiand during the rainy season peoble don’t polish their boots themselves, nor do they contract for the job. Itis a useless or discarded part of & man’s tollet here. You will see men at church, it you're ever there, with foot clothing that seems to have a suprems contempt for blacking; at the L theater, in hotel or private pariors or dining rooms, it _fact everywhere except de riguer affairs, For aressor smart doings patent leathers are worn, but those are the only placos or ovents where any other polish thun natural or aped refinement is considered the thing. At first T thought that the explanatiog for this neglect in foot gear might be found in the following passage that my eyo hapoenod o fix upon in a guido book immediately after the bookblack delivered his lecture: “It may not be generaily known that Portland is the third richest city in the world, 1 ratio to pooulation, butsuch is the fact. krank- fort-on-the-Main stands first; Hartford, Coun., second, and Portland third.” When a man bas plenty of money he can be as neglectful in dress as bo cares; then it is accentric, So I argued, in the beginning, that if Portland had so much weaith it dido’t matter if boots and blacking were strangers to one another. But that is not the real reason why the bootblack in Port land is so much out of place as well as out. of luck. People here are intensely practical ana full of business, That is how the wealth of the city was in part piedup. Theydon’t believe in wasting time or money in polish- ing boots when it is s0 much energy or money thrown away. It is liable to rala most any time and it does, too. That bootblack - picked up a number of my dimes, not that [ wanted to be singled out as foppish in dress oy oad in ways, but in order to get tho chunk of information and philos- ophy thatwent with the polishing, *:Do you like Portland?" was asked of the pusher of tho brushes, *Nice place to como to wear out your old clo’s"’ was the answer. “How's that?’ “Well a person must bo crazy or have more clo's than he knows what to do with, toput on good togs hyar. Nobody's any worser off'n wearing old clo’s hyar, A man’s a gonneman anyhow his clo's 100k in Port- land."” Here indeed must be a place where the Scottish bara’s philosophy 1is nccepted—ir the rainy seuson. While waitiug for a car with a frienq, 1 felt sure that aseedy look- ing individual that made straight for us was going to strike one or the other for a quorter 10 get somothing to eat, a bed tosleep in, medicine for a sick child or something of the sort., But be didn’t. The hand wasn't raisea for alins bat for salute, “That's Mr. 1 worth half a million or more” pemarked 1wy friend. “Camo here years ago, got a donation of land, couldn't Sell'or give it away and now 1ts in the heart of the city." That is the way & good many people here gotrich, Others bought some of the land such as this man beld, were farseeiny enough 10 await the time when the imporiauce of Portland as a8 commercial point should be recoguized, as it has come to be. No wonder its citizens don’t curse water. It floats ships and brings to them rich cargoes from many climes, m vessels tbat return laden with grain and lumber, The shipping of Portland represents trade with almost every part of the world, The jobbiug trade of this metrop- olis of the great northwest has 1ncreased from $50,000,000 in 1856 to $150,000,000 in 1801, Itsgbank clearances are high. The manufacturing intercsts are varied and many. During the last five years they have quadrupled, for in 1886 there wery 2,764 hauds employed, and the output was 447, 500, while in 1840 there were 7,802 employed and $20,183,044 was produced, and the figures for 1801 are much higher. A wide and rich area of country pays tribute wo Portland, with the iuexuaustible resources of forest and mne and fieldand orchara. So vertain are Portlanders that a grest future awaits their city that all the spare cash thay csu rake together is invested in real estate. As & consequence men, women and children, not only own lots aud blocks und whole additions, but they all discuss the eported with great avidity. crazo here must be something in Virginia City, Nev., during the bonanza davs. Au eastern once went there on business Lo consult ith one of the mauipulators of & famous Comstock miue. He was about town with this operator and when he sat in a chair to have his boots blacked, a boy of 16 or there- avouts whoattended 10 his wants, confidently addressed him thus: “Kunuoel, would you sell Con, Virginy or bold for a raise! I'm carrying — shares but don't wanl to be cleaned out by assessmeut or let out on the uror " ‘That youth not only sought advice of his ! customer, but bailed's passing scquaintance | for the last quotation on the fayored shares ‘The Howescale ook first premicmat Puil a- ou the market. The man from the eastoian’t koow what to make of this young speculator. I was @ new thing to him, such juvenile stock gambling. But the youngstor explained that ho had seen him conferring with the operator and supposed he had points on the market. If that surprised him, he bad other exporiences of an_equally startiing nature batore he quit the Comstock crazed town. His toilot was interrupted by the entrance of a chambermaid to his room, who anxio inquired about the provable rise or fall of Savagre or some other stock. The'bus driver offered to aeadhead him a ride to the station for information that would give him greater security and peaco of mind regarding bis shares, The whole town had zone mad on mining stock. Whila it isu’t that bud in Portland, and children may not pernaps bo willing to forego caramels for the sake of getting a piat of ground, sull it is preity muoh of a craze. One example: Within a few weeks a theatrical company was advertised to ap- pear in the best theator in town. It was a good show of i1ts kind and the at tractive bills on the boards and tho advance notices in the papers might have drawn a crowd. But that wasn’t enough, a drawing card was needea and so the mauager adver- tised that lots in a new town woula be given to all purchasing tickets or soats of a certain value, according to tho regular schedulo rates of the theater. 'This scheme worked well. I didn’t know anything about this beforehand but, when [ bought my ticket was presented with a fourleavea bit of stiffened caraboard. Tho inside pages con- tained a glowing description of a now town- #ito and u testimonial or report of a civil enginoer and real estato expert to the super- 10r natural advantages of the town, otc., ote. Ga the outside or fourth page was an order, addrossed to a prominent real estate firm, that was worded as follows; To Messks, : Gontlemon—The bearer is entitled to one lot of 25x100 feet in pon the payment to you of $3.50 for the exccution of cach deed, huving recolved said lot from me as a gift, atthe Yturlormunm of ———— at the Marquam (irand opera houso, ono evening duriog engagement, com- s ———u order must be presonted on or beforo i As there are but %00 of these lots, present this order without delay. MARQUAM GRAND. To what an oxtent_the orowded house of the eveniug Iattended was due to this real estate chromo business no estimato can be made, but it must have been regarded as a good scheme or it wouldn't have been worked. ‘Chere are other seasons besides the rainy one in Portland. Of that one alone have 1 any versonal knowledge, and ounly urgent business would tempt mo to try the baths here that are showered on ong every day. They say this season has beon exceptionaily bad. That 1sn't original in Portland, as descriptive of the weather. But there is no doubt some truth in that assertion. Tho best evidence of it is the fact that the day beforo Christmas was bright and sunshiny, after noon, when the fog was disparsed or burned away. Flowers were blooming, grass green and troes budding. The next morning, when Portland was awuke, a mantle of snow sev— eral inches thick covered all this. Flowers certainly wouldn’t take chances like that if the season wasn't out_of gear some. how. Snow Is a rarity in Portland aud it was welcomed by the little peoplo as a verit. able gift from Santa, Au eastern man re- marked it was the first real Christmas out of twenty he had seen in Portland, for hgdidn't regard any but the white kind as the genuine article. There must ve periods of beautiful weather here, for any photographor will tell you that the perfection of his art is at- tained in Portland. The sun and its rays have much to do with the success of that business, so old Sol can’t always be under a cloud, as he is during most of the time in what are are known in Nebraska as the winter months. But no matter how hard it rains hore 1t don’t keep the women indoors. ‘They splash about in !Yl! mud as though they enjoyed it, ana surely can’t mind it much. Handsome street costumes must not be looked for, though; for like the men their sisters apparently take advantage of the peculiarity of the ciimate to wear out thelr old clothes. One's poor relation woula fare badly here as to raiment. One more oddity of the city that is an in- cident of the climate and the long rainy spell is the moss-grown roofs of the shingled houses. Right in tne heart of the city you will se6 a house top that looks like a water cress bed. and reminds one of a deserted and dilapidated farm house in one of the eastern states, But no invidious comparison should be drawn from this, for the Portlander 1s no moss back even if web foot is apropos. P Never defer unul tumorrow what should be attended to today. A slight cough shouldn’t be neglected when Dr. Bull’ Syrup wiil cure it. The readers of our publication are re- quested: to use Salvation Oil for any ana all pains, Itis & sure cure and costs only 25 cents. R L ) el Dr. Birney cures catarrh. BEE bldg The Creede Camp Excitement., Creede Camp promises to become n second Leadville. The number of peo- ple going into this wondsrful camp is unprecedented in the history of Colo- rado,exceptonly during the Leadville ex- citement. It is estimated that now the townsile is located, that there will be ten thousand people in the camp by June 1. 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