Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 23, 1894, Page 5

PULSE OF WESTERN PROGRESS Rich Gold Fields Ditoovered Witlin Five Miles of Denver, LOCAL FARMERS GREATLY EXCITED A Cripple Creek Strike Khows the Ore Ever Seen In the Camp Cent Gol Western News. ichest Raus Over General Quite an excitement has sprung up in local mining circles within the past week owing to an important discovery made In the piacer diggings on Cherry creek In the vicinity of Arvada, says the Denver Times-Sun. Th discovery was made on land belonging to Mr. Wolfe near that place and about five miles from Denver, which had leased 1 Denver parties a few weeks ago. The lessees were Charles McBeth, agent for the Rio Grande Express cosupany at the union depet, Dr. Cullum and Irving Root of the on Sixteenth street. been store * The “bar by them and found to give promises of paying well and men were set at work to put sluices in and prepurat work A large body of black sand was discovered and eighty pounds of it brought to the city for testing., On the day following the stuff was “lhandled” by an expert, re sulting in a button worth $11. As soon as it became known other parties quickiy started for the vicinity to sceure control of other placer grounds, and a lively scene I8 prescnted all along the ereck. As far down as the Jesuit college prospectors are panning the sands of the creck The bar which the McBeth parly has con- sists of twenty-two and one-half acres, and they have a lease extending for a period of fiftecn years, paying to the owner a royalty of 10 per cent. It is claimed that the entire ground will pan from fifty to 100 colors pan anywhere, but it is not supposed to b as rich as the test demonstrated. The | sees are elated over the find, as it is con- sidered a fortune lies buried in the sands on that bar, as the existence of the black sand i3 discovered to cover a large sized territory and is supposed to be uniformly rich. A party has contracted for a large sized amalgamator, which will be put in place and an increased force of men employed in work- ing the bi Farmers all along the creck are prospect- ing their lands, and the outlook bids fair for a busy mining season between Arvada and Golden from now on On the Lockwood placer a number of men have been engaged for some time working that claim, with good results, and other dis- coveries are sure to follow. ALMOST PURE GOLD. Two good strikes were made here, says a Cripple Creek special to the Denver News. William Mason and associates, who are leas- fng on the Mary Navin, located close to the Rosebud stamp mill in' Squaw gulch, cut a small cross vein while drifting, and in rich- ness no such ore was ever scen before in Cripple Creek. The streak varies in width from two to four inches, but apparently it will run 50 per cent in gold. The free gold is malleablo and could be picked off with a knife in sheets as large as a 6 cent piece and fully as thick. The other find was made on the Lowell, which joins the Bobtail on Battle mountain. The pay streak is fifteen inches in width and the ore Is similar in ap- pearance to the best found in the Portland. The dividend declared by the Portland £old Mining company on July 10 was 3 cents i'ar share on 3,000,000 shares, which would be $90,000 instead of $9,000 on 300,000 shares. It was the biggest dividend up to date paid by any Cripple Creek mine. ASPEN'S SILVER. ‘While er continues to be quoted at rather low figures it is not to be inferred that work Is altogether abandoned in the silver districts, especially where no gold is carried in the ores. The Aspen Sun in a recent review of that camp counts the active force at 519 miners on day's wages and 571 miners working on leased ground. This excludes office men and all who are not strictly miners. One out of every three of the leas:rs is working on pay, which swells e number of paid men to 676 and reduces <nie actual leasers to 314. The wages paid e 676 men, allowing §3.25 per day, about ihe average, makes $45,630 per month. Some leasers make money, and soms fail, but still, in tho estimation of the Sun, the amount of money distributed is greater this year than it was last. The loss in profit on the ores is the item which pinches the district. BIG MINING SALE. The sale of the once famous Slide mine in Boulder county took place at the Gettys- burg building, United States Commissioner Capron disposing of the same at public auc- tlon as master of chancery, suys the Denver Times-Sun. The property was bid in by Willard Teller for Willlam G. Pell and E. R. Seymour, he being the trustee for those parties. The purchase price was $325,000. The history of the Slide mine is one of in- terest. It was discovered many years ago by a German—in Boulder county under pe- cullar circumstances. He was unused to prospecting, and went into that district when there was quite a boom on, armed with a brand new pick and shovel. He inquired for a good place to dig. The fellow looked green and some one said to him “Go over there under that tree and dig; it is as good as any place.” He did as directed, and it resulted in the dis- covery of the Slide. Several persons have made fortunes out of the mine and the usual amount of litigation attending the discov- ery of many good mines in the state fol- lowed. Some four years to an English synd through the manipulations one of the principal owners. named Halderman, representing the syndi- cate, had the stock all made over to himself, which he put up to secure an unpaid amount due for the mine in the purchase price of the property, but the mine was deeded to the company making the purchase. Com- plications arose, resulting in the original owners of the property getting a vendue 1fén in the sum of $250,500 on (he mine for the balance due. The case was ap- pealed to the supreme court of the United States, and last March the complainants were given authority to sell the richest gold mines in the state, which in the early days produced large amounts of gold. THE SALINA PLACERS. Returns from the new Salina gold flelds continue to be encouraging. 0. F. Coolidge and J. P. Madsen, two owners of placer claims, have returned from the camp, They report that work is progressing, and the indications are that valuable placers have been discovered. The first a:say gave a lit- tle over $76 per ton in gold. Samples were shipped to Salt Lake City, says the Tribune, and those Interested think a bonanea will be within their grasp on the return of of- flolal assays. It s thought that fleld been discovered, and that it will prove to be very rich. The locations are made upon ground where prospectors found large quantities of gold years ago, and it is sald they were counseled by Brigham Young to cover up thelr claims until the agricultural interests were more fully developed in the vicinity. The district first formed s known as Red Creek, and William Funk, the recorder, has acknowledged the location of numerous olaims. The sand in which the fine gold is found is very black, and resembles gunpow- der more than any other substance. Colors are cloarly discernible, even without a glas: The locaters think they have something rich, and many prospectors belleve so, as their eagerness In searching the grounds and locat ing indicates. STRUCK IT RICH, Some very fne specimens of gold-bearing quartz were exhibited the other day by J O. Gale, says the Salt Lake Tribune. They came from the west slope of Jeff Davis peak, in Osceola distriet, Nevada, a few miles below the rich gravel bars of the Osceola Hydraulie company. A former employe of Mr. Gale, William D. Buntin, accompanied by Charles C. Gaby, left here early In the spring to carve for themselves a fortune out of the rocks. After prospecting around Jeft Davis peak they found a promising gold lead, and proceeded to develop it by means of a tunnel, which, at the date of the lotter writte by Mr. Buntin to Mr. Gale, was In a little over thirty feet. Already has been prospected make other ns to made price, Pell, An agent ago a sale was te at a large of W. G. n old Spanish placer | there were about ten tons of ore on the dump, which they calculated to ship on the 6th fnst. to Ely to be milled, and from assays obtained, Messrs, Buntin and Gaby expect that the whole lot would average § to the ton. The letter which aceom- panied the specimens also stated that they had assays from the gold ledge, which i fourteen feet in width, running from $70 to $1,206 to the ton. Undoubtedly they have struck It rich, DESERTED OPAL MINES. Reports from the great Owyhee opal fields are anything but encouraging. Not a man left in camp, and ths visitors may enter the mines and carry away what he finds, says the Nampa (Idaho) Leader. What a pity it 1s Indeed that these stones cannot be mar- keted, for it is an undisputed fact that they surpass_anything in the opal Ime in the world. The famous Shirley mine, from which the opals that took first prize at the World's falr were taken, has also been deserted, and, although the mountain contains gems enough to supply the world—and ot rarest beauty, too—has not as much as a ‘“keep out’" notice posted up to warn off the inquisitive pros- pector. Only a short year ago there were probably 100 men in the camp, and many of them possessed a can full of thee beauti- ful stones, that would have dazzled the eyes of a native from the great opal flelds of Central America, and which had a com- mercial value of from $3 to $35 a karat, yet no buyers could be found; and now these men are working rockers on Snake river barely making a living. It is to be hoped that " there will yet be a demand for Owyhee opals and the fondest hopes of tho'e who own the claims may be fully realized. A TEMPTING The people of the surrounding country to pusas, Mex., are excited over the discov ery of a bandits' cave in which fabulo wealth s believed to be stored. The cave, says a correspondent of the St. Louis Glob Democrat, was the rendezvous of the famous bandit, Kl Colorado and his followers, who terrorized all of northern Mexico about a century ago. It is situated the Iguana mountains, near Sabinas, and was first di covered three months ago by an old man named Cuevas, who in some man ner had just come into possession of a chart glving the location of the cave. He and three sons and four other relatives started to make an exploration of the cave. In an inner compartment they found a large pile of silver coin of anclent coinage. They had filled one sack with the money when ley were all overcome with the fire damp with which the cave was filled, and only four of the party succeeded in reaching the open air alive. Old man Cuevas was taken very sick as the result of his terrible ex- perfence and a fow days ago died. On his deathbed he confided to the priest the secret of the cave, and a party of explorers was at once organized to visit and secur the treasure. It was headed hy Silv jarza, a prominent citizen of Sabinas. They were all driven out of the cave by th noxious gases, and two memb of the party have died from the effects of the poison they inhaled. The news of this sec- ond expedition had become public and the authort have placed guards at the cave to guard the treasure until further explors tions can be made. The general govern- ment has been notified of the situation. THE RUSH TO ALASKA. The Alaska papers report that never in the history of the Yukon river mines have so many people started from Juneau for that section in one season. Over 400 people, in all_degrees of experience, financially flush and broke, and of all trades, from the cler! doctor and professional man to the working- man, have made a rush to the gold flelds of the mighty Yukon river and its numerous tributaries. The upshot to many of the in- experienced will be bitter in its failure, be- cause they had nothing in common with the requirements of the country. They had neither _money, friends nor mining ex- perience’ to rely upon in their extremity. But in many cases the men had become desperato and were willing to take great chances with the rest, since the strikes, financial depression and hard times had cast them loosc from all employment, and they had consequently little to lose in striking out for the greatest gold-bearing placers’ in North America. That the Yugon country offers great opportunities for the financial advancement of the skill- ful placer miner, says the Juneau City Herald, Is beyond dispute, as the many living examples of successful miners fur- nish ample testimony. Many of the Juneau miners have made In one season a handsome stake. But they went prepared and equipped for several seasons’ work, and were ploneers in frontier life. The Silver Queen mine is working well, the ledge presenting a better showing than ever. Mr. Hammoned has already shipped 200 tons of ore to the Tacoma smelter. Great Improvemetns are being made in the Treadwell mine. Skun-doo, the Chilkat Indian doctor, who starved a klootchman to death for alleged whitcheraft, has been bound over for trial and has been lodged in jall at Sitka, Deputy Marshal Hale taking him from Juneau over on the Topeka. It is likely some of the Indlan doctors will be strung up for thelr inhuman treatment of subjects. NEBRASKA. The Benkelman Pioneer has suspended. The Cedar county institute convenes August 20, . Low water caused the flour mills of Au- burn to close down. There is talk of connecting Falls Clty and Barada by a street railway line. The harness shop of August Foerster of Hartington has been closed by creditors. It is reported that glanders have broken out among the horses of a Saunders county farmer. Two men who stole a lot of harness at Hardy are under arrest and the property has been recovered. Rev. A. O. Arnquist of Springvale, Minn., has taken charge of the Swedish Baptist church of Gothenburg. The Grand Island sugar factory has trans- formed a lot of syrup Into 420,000 pounds of sugar fn the past few days. A thousand dollars has already been sub- scribed for the erection of the Cumberland Presbyterian church near Auburn. Plans have been approved for a new Bap- tist church at Nebraska City, and bids for doing the work will be opened next week. Because of his love for the festive game of poker the city marshal of Wilber has been relieved of his star by the mayor. A Wakefield wool buyer secured a load of wool for 8 cents a pound the other day, the lowest price ever paid in Nebraska, it Is said. A couple of grocery sharps, with head- quarters at Genoa, are working the farmers of the surrounding country with great suc- coss. Young George Charlton of Beaver Cro:sing stepped In the way of his father's mowing machine and he s now minus all the toes on one foot. A crazy horse turned up In Stanton and after doing a number of fool things it broke its own neck. Nobody knows where the animal came from. A bucket fell on the head of Asa Christo- pher, who was in the bottom of a well, at Herman, and fractured his skull. He is In a precarious condition. Mrs. Peterson of Colon was severely in- jured In a runaway accident at Wahoo, but two young ladies with her in the buggy escaped without being hurt. M. H. Kraxberger of Gothenburg, who was %0 severcly injured by a vicious stal- lion that it was belleved he would dle, is now reported on the road to recovery. While fishing in the river at Franklin a Mr. Moore of Kearney county stepped into a deep hole and disappeared beneath the sur- face. He was dead when the body was dis. covered a moment later. While full of poor whisky, EQ Brown ot Craig beat his wife and threatened fo kill her, but the sheriff arrived on the scene and hustled him off to the county jail, where he wiil have an opportunity to Tepent at bis lelsure. Twelve-year-old Roy Brown of Arcadia was accidentally shot through tne right side by the dropping of a rifle to the bottom of a wagon in which ho was riding. Though the bullet went clear through his body the doctors predict that he will recover. A queer experience of a lady living near Alllance Is related by the Times of that place. A year ago last September Mrs. Lizgle Downey was suddenly bereft of the power of speech. This was to all appear- ances permanent and there was every indic tion that for the remainder of her life she would bo speechless. Imagine her astonish- ment upon arising the morning of the last TREASURE, town of Sabinas and the south of Lam- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, anniversary of American independence t h.m: to work on thelr quarta ledge on Tal- find her powers of speech fully restored Suffica it to say that such was the case, and her joy found relief in altornate laughter and tears. Upon her loss of speech her husband had deserted her. The lady ex periences no trouble in speaking now. A man whose business was putting In burglar alarms stopped on the road between Springfield and Lonisvilla to take a bath n the Platte. He forgot to attach one of his machines to the pockets of his pants and_when he went to dress he found that all his_money and a gold watch were miss ing. No trace of the thief has been dis covered, Says the Fullerton Post: A crowd of ance county farmers are talking of estab lishing a method of communication with each other, and they have a novel scheme to ac compiish this purpose. Nearly all the farmers have barbed wire fences, and they propose to use them as conductors for the purpose of reaching each other by tele phone. If the wires do not touch anything that comes In contact with the ground they will answer the purpos: as well as if put on poles. Since the telephone patents have run out, instruments can be purchased at n low price, and the cost of batteries and material is small. The telephones rould ven be easily connected with Fullerton The time will come when a farmer will sit in the crib husking corn and at the same time converse with his wife's folks a hun dred miles away. THE DAKOTAS. Hot Springs is at_present proposition from a Nebraska establishment of a 100-barrel that place, The 2,000-barrel tank works of Salem, which bers twenty-five feet above ground, burst when full,” crushing in the pump house which, with the tank, has cansed a loss.to the city of $2,000 or over. John Stone, the well known tonsorial ar- tist of Blunt, cooked an egg upon a rock in Main street. John brings three witnesses to substantiate his declaration. A large prairie fire southwest of the city sent in blasts that contributed to this effect. Considerable excitement prevails at present in the Northern Hills over the recent rich liscoveries cf gold bearing ores in the vi- cinity of Deadwood. Prospectors and min @ in there from all points looking and locating. The ore belt lLe Elk and Whitehood crecks aud covers a large space of country. It ported that from a number of assays made some of the ores ran as high as $200 per ton, Several hundred locations were filed for record in the office at Deadwood. Father Kelley of Washington City, repre- senting the Catholic Indian burcau, has just visited and examined the schools on the Sioux reservation under direction of the bureau, and reports having found them in splendid condition and _making excellent progress. At a point on Cherry creek, about 100 miles west of Pierre, he met a gaihering of over 4,000 Indians and had a lengthy con- ference with the chiefs and teachers. The Indians generally are contented and happy and but few complaints—all of minor im- portance, were made. Summarized reports reccived at the Unitel States weather bureau at Huron glving crop conditions in thirty-one South Dakotu countics are to the effect that except in the Black Hills country all crops, including grass, need rain. Some wheat, oats and barley is ripening, and harvesting of this crop will begin in the southern part of the state in a few days. kains of the past two weeks appear to have improved the condition of small grain where not badly damaged by drouth. In many localities the quality of the grain will be good, bul the stem and head are short. Corn, pota- toes, late flax and millet are looking well in most counties, and in some localities haying Is in progress. Generally speak- ing, rain is needed for all crops, including grass in nearly all parts of the state. COLORADO. The wheat harvest is in full swing about Lamar. The yield is good. The Boulder strawberry crop Is double what it was last year, and has brought ad- vanced prices. Pumping out is in progress at the Stevens mine, upper Clear Creek. The property will s00n be added to the list of producers. The placers near Granite, owned and op- erated by a London company, forwarded $13,- 000 as the result of a single clean-up. A wounded wolf attacked M. J. McMillen, a prominent ranchman at Granada, and severely lacerated him. Mr. McMillen finally killed the wolf. Fishing is poor around Del Norte. Large numbers of Isaac Waltons line the banks every day and this is the cause of the scarcity of trout. There will be more cattle shipped out of Rifle this fall than has becen for a good many years. Range cattle in the valley of the White and Yampa were never in better condition. The Mammoth lode, near Dumont, Clear Creek county, is ylelding ore worth $50 per ton In gold. The shaft is down forty feet. Besides the smelting ore a streak of mill dirt runs $80 per cord. Good ore is being shipped from the Phar- macist, Cripple Creek, but the force of men now employed Is smail. Prior to the strike shipments from this mill were large, but the development work was not kept up in proportion. A meeting of the executive committee of the Gunnison County Stock Growers' associa- tion was held and it was decided to offer a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of any party or parties killing or stealing cattlo belonging to members of the assocla- tion. The contractors of the Florence & Cripple Creek railroad have just completed their job and are returning from the end of the line. Grading was started on the line on December 27, 1893, and was finished July 1. The pro- Jectors are satisfied with the job, and expect a rush of business. The excavating for the big mill which is to be erected between Florence and Cripple Creck has been finished by the Economic Reduction company. The mill is a very large one and will be in operation in 100 days. Enormous machinery and plenty of water and lots of ore to run are a combination bound to make it a success. From a pile of rubbish m tne rear of the United States mint over §2,800 worth of gold has been panned by one man In thirty-eight days. The rubbish was the accumulations of the sweepings of the rooms for several years back. Assayer Puckett discovered some gold dust here a month ago and he at once placed an expert on the pile, with the above result. considering a firm for the flour mill at at the city water was resting on tim WYOMING. Laramie county paid $3,500 last year for bounties on wild animals. Dixon has the distinction of having a snow storm on the Fourth, Cheyenne s to have a new dally, the organ of the Wyoming populists. The Carbon, Rock Springs and mines are now working a large miners. Casper Is more than pleased. She secured the republican convention by good, honest work, and now she has the populist con- vention without advance work. Many of the ranchmen in the Saratoga valley are busy cutting hay, and hay hands are in demsnd. The haying Is from fifteen to twenty days ahead of last year. The Indian company of the Eighth in- fantry at Fort Washakie is ordered di charged this month. It comprises Nfty- three Sho:hone and Arapahoe bucks. They were recruited by Captain Ray and have served threo years. One hundred and fifty tons of coal are being taken out of Rock Springs daily now and only one mine is at present being worked. Two switch engines and crews a employed in this work, and if there was power in the, yard another engine would be working. The miners are all ready and willing to go back to work and the other mines will ba reopened in a short time. OREGON. Mrs. Henry Della of Astoria is over 100 years of age. Roseburg has & sugar famine- pickle to be in. The Methodist midsummer camp meeting at Monroe resulted In sixty-nine conversions Joseph and Anton Vey, brothers, have 28,- 000 sheep scattered over Umatilla’s hills and valleys. The Pacific can factory at running overtime. Last wee to canueries on the upper rive cans, Mr. Archer, who has just sold his Grav creek placer claim far §5,000, has returned there, and with his partner, Mr. Hali, is to be Hanna force of a sweet Astoria 1s now they shipped over 1,500,000 lowbox. They can show_quartz plentifully | sprinkled with gold and ought to open up a fine property. The strike lends untswal | regular summer frelghting by valley towns. Charley, Groner hauled 7 pounds from lhrr.dunr to Eugene on wagon with four hors In the past five years 440 tons tim bark have been shipped from for which was paid an average pric per ton, amounting to $26 400, tons will be shipped thd& year, . Roten, the champlon ‘pocket hunter, has located another deposit of gold In Gold' Hill district, from which he has already taken several hundred dollars. One piece of quartz had nearly $150 worth”of gold m it The state improvememits of the mineral springs at Sodavilla are now in course of construction.. The state owns an acre of land surrounding and including the mineral springs and the last legisla- ture appropriated $300 to Improve this ground. Those who have charge of th work have planned a great deal more than the $500 will do, and the next legislature will be asked to appropriate more money. The work already begun consists of a large summer house covering the springs. It is to have cement floors on the lower story and s to bz a handsome structure when completed petus to the s between 500 one of chit- Lebanon, of $60 Seventy-five public W4 {INGTO! Daily papers, all about the strike, 10 cents at Hoquiam. An order for ,000,000 matches has been received from the east at a Tacoma match factory. Several car loads of cattle blockaded at Ritzville were unloaded and driven across the country to the Great Northern. Skagit _county school commissioners have bought 250,000 feet of three-inch planks for planking roads on the Samish flats An effort is being made to stop the wanton slaughter of elk in the Olympie mountains. The Indians kill them simply for the hides and tallow. A handsome traveling saleswoman s doing the Sound towns for a Francisco gro- house, and even Washington chivalry not prevent the local trade journal from laughing her to scorn J. W. Foster, who owns one of the finest fruit crchards and vineyards in the Walla Walla valley, brought ‘into the Statesman office a branch from a Royal Ann cherry tree about eighteen inches long, on which were growing over 500 mammoth cherries. A year ago the state had 151 Christian Endeavor societie: Now there are 188, There are nearly 6,000 members, Pierce county has twenty-two societies, to nineteen in King and thirteen in Spokane. Of tho veported, Congregational churches have fort three socleties, Presbyterians thirty-fivi Christian ten, Methodist six, Baptist three, Episcopal two, the rest being union societies in small places. Chief Mah-sa-lah, of a tribe of the Kalispel Indians, is in jail at Colville on the charge of burglary. Mah-sa-lah stole some pro- visions from a farmer's cabin nd was ap- prehended for the offense. The chieftain says he feels very bad about going to jail, for the reason that his father and all rela- tives before him were good men, and he himself s a good man, and he fears that some of his near kin will commit suicide on account of the disgrace they feel over the unfortunate affair. Secretary A. C. Van Doren of the Soattle Chamber of Commerce has kept a record of the receipts and forwardings of merchandise from that city for a ‘year, ending June 1, showing receipts of 351,213 tons of general merchandise and 449,532 ‘tons of coal. The record shows that 165 steamers, with 205,412 registered tonnage, gnd éighty-nine sailing vessels, with tonnage; of #3,643, visited that port during the year. The shipments of general merchandise were 140,487 tons; coal, 253,666 tons; lumber shipments by water, 16,445,000 feet; rail, ‘730,000 feet. Seattle's rail shipments of shingles were 68,520,000, el e “All run down” from' weakening effects of warm weather, you need a good tonic and blood purfier like Hodd's‘ Sarsaparilla. Try it sold for MUSIC IN HIS HEELS. ique Performance uf @i Crimean Veteran in New York. Colonel Julian K. Larke, the well known journalist and veteran of the Crimean war, astonished his friends recently by perform- ing a unique and original feat, says the New York Advertiser. He is by birth an Englishman, and served gallantly in the Crimean war. In one of the battles he was wounded in the spot where Achilles was vulnerable. The colonel fought at Inker- man, Sebastopol and Balaklava. He was promoted for bravery and came to the United States, where he fought four years for the stars and stripes. Several generals who were shot fell in his arms. He is now a gray-haired, gray-whiskered, battle-scarred veteran, chock full of remi- niscences, and yet possessing wonderful physical strength. As the father of seven- teen children he is well preserved. He fs a fine organist and often plays for secret socleties. Recently a big society gave a swell social reception and the colonel furnished the organ music. After the wine had been flowing steadily for an hour and the banquet had disappeared, a vateran amused them all by walking on his hands. The colonel was seated at the organ trying to find the lost chord, but he stopped the search long enough to gaze at the hand walking feat. “You can't beat that, colonel, sald in jest “Oh, can't 1?7 You don’t know me; I am an athlete,” he replied modestly. . Much badinage followed and finally the colonel sald if some one would work the organ pedals for him he would show them a trick he used to do in England, The pedals were worked and the colonel leaped Into the center of the room, as agile as a squirrel. Rising nimbly on his hands his feet in the air, he walked quickly to the organ and to the astonishment of every one played “Home, Sweet Home" with his heels. As an encore he played “Will Never Get Drunk Any More Still_standing on his hands he walked to the center of the room and turned a half dozen hand:prings. Con- sidering his advanced age and the fact that his body is filled with leaden bullets it was a most wonderful feat. ————— Try salt water tafty at Courtland beach. e THE MODERN NEWSPAPER. some one It Has Its Faults, but It Is a Powerful fluence for Good, The development of the newspaper has been something phenomenal, says the Nine- teenth Century. The whole number is nearly 19,000, about one ten published every day. They have many faults, as the news- paper—which is only. the history of each day, written before “its close—must have The faults are, perhaps, somewhat ex gerated with us, owing to the wider range of news topies. Their sensationalism, scrappi- ness and dogmatism | produce something of mental dissipation in cases of over indul gence. But the majority of newspapers cverywhere and of every grade, are con- ducted with honesty and conscienice by men who have learned both what the public wants and In what they ean hope to lead it. The influence of this history of a day— read by millions of people—is incalculable, and, in general, it iy good. It leads many persons further into the study of some ques- tion about which they Have received a hint or a scrap of information. Nowlere is this great engine of modern clvilization better used or appreclated than with us. In addi- tion to the news it pours into its columus day by day, it publishes every year thou- sands of articles upon the most important and interesting topics, It was once the fashion to insist upon the truth of Pope's line, “A little learoing 1s a dangerous thing,” but the ficld of knowledge has now become so vast that we must recognize the limitations of time and insist that if a little be a danger, none at all is fatal Our newspapers give thousands of persons first a faint idea of the cxistence of some thing before unknown, then a little insight and, last of all, the thirst that can only be quenched by deep dafts at the fountain of know ge. 1 brief, they draw out he faculties of uwncounted millions who wise would neither learn nor have th to learn ire - Sce the performing lions aft. and Courtland beach today, 9 “y JULY [WOOLEN MILL AT EDCEMONT | Important Manufacturing lnstitution Soon to Bo Sot in Operation, A GROWING EXTENT OF INDUSTRY Sheep Grazing New Aspir In Re it for Col Tributary to the werclal Honors ek fon ~Advantages of the I Hill Range. EDGEMONT, 8.D., July 21.—(Special Corre- spondence.)—It will probably be a little hard for that the large new the average reader to realize nufacture of woolen goods on a scale will soon be under way in this candidate for municipal honors in the north- west, but it is nevertheless a fact that with the completion of the woolen mill now in course of erection here a new industry will be started in the Black Hills country, and 3,000 yards per day of home industry goods will be turned out for the western market. When the Edgemont company began work on the irrigation and power canal something over a year ago, and Mr. F. C. Grable of Omaha outlined the erection of & woolen will as among the probabilities of the near future, there were those who were inclined to be skeptical and who prenounced the project altogether too chimerical to be given any attention But they do not talk that way now. The completion of the foundation of a buill- ing 50x150 feet in size, and the sight of the rising walls of the superstructure, have con- vinced even the most skeptical of the doubt- ers that actual capital and business experi- behind the project, and that the tern investors who are interested in the town have a confidence in its future that they do not hesitate to back up with cash. T canal that was promised is now a reality, and $60,000 represents its cost to the Edge- mont company. Water has already been turned into it, and is now available for irri- gation purpose Some wol mains to be done at the headgate 1 miles above the city, and the flumes, sluices and power gates are yet to be placed at the lower end, but for irrigation purposes the canal b falready in practical operation, MAKING THE CHEYEND Tapping the Cheyenne river just below the mouth of Beaver creek, the canal cuts across to the bench by as direct a route as pos- sible, and is continued southeastward (o Edgemont, keeping at all times as far away from the river and as high up the bench as the water level will permit. The tract thus made available for irrigation comprises about 10,000 acres, sloping at all times by an almost imperceptible grade from the canal toward the river, and ren- dering it especially adapted to the artificial flow of water from the canal. Had the top- ography of the country been especially de- gned and arranged with a view to irrign- tion, it could not have been more satisfactor- ily laid out. Every foot of the South Chey- enne bottom, included within the territory covered by the canal, will be available for irrigation, and the production of immense crops assured. That the western serious ence are farmer knows the true value of irrigation and appreciates it is evidenced by the Interest that is already being manifested in this newly irrigated vai- ley, and the movement that has begun in the way of securing lands for next year's culti- vation. Add to the certain possibilities of this section in an agricultural way the con- tingent one of a beet sugar factory, for which strong efforts are now being put forth, and a fair estimate may be arrived at as to a farmer's opportunities here. A chemical analysis of the soil has demon- strated its peculiar fitness for sugar beets and all other root crops, and the day is not far distant when Fall River county will fur- nish her full share of the saccharine prod- uct. That the farmers recognize the importance and value of having a woolen mill located and operated in this section is shown by the many inquiries received as to the prices that will be paid for wool, while several western Nebraska sheep raisers have al- ready been here to close contracts for their season’s clip. This is a great sheep country, there being 125,000 head in this county alone, and the wool product will exceed 600,- 000 pounds this year. With the immense flocks that graze the Wyoming, western Ne- braska and South Dakota hills, it is appar- ent that the westward movement of the woolen mill is but the natural result of the effort to more intimately associate the fac- tory and the raw material, and do away with freights, except on manufactured goods The peculiar adaptation of this section for sheep grazing and wool producing is incon- trovertibly demonstrated by the recently published statistics of the Agricultural de- partment, which show the average weight per fleece of the year's clip to be b. pounds, the state averages ranging from 2.5 pounds’ in Alabama to 7.5 pounds in South Dakota. This great difference is attributed quite as largely to the favoring climatic con- ditions of this section as to the widely vary- ing grades of the animals and the care be- stowed upon the stock. No more convincing or satisfactory ex- position of the wool-producing resources of the country could be sccured than is set forth in the federal statistics, compiled from the reports of departmental correspondents in all the states, and it may be assented that what is true of South Dakota in that respect is superficially true of Fall River count The succulent herbs and nutritious grass indigenous to the bench lands are par- ticularly attractive to the sheep, and pro- duce the choicest of mutton, as well as fleeces of surpassing quality and quantity. It is not strange, therefore, that woolen manufacturers should at last turn their eyes toward this section. On the contrary, the wonder is that they have so nored its striking advantages or failed profit by them. MACHINERY ALL ON HAND. The woolen mill that is soon to be in operation here was removed from its initial location on the banks of the Schuylkill, and ¢ machinery was transported across the country in a special train direct from Phila- delphia to Edg:mont. The machinery is all modern, with the latest improvements, nd is adapted to the production of a variety of fabrics, either cotten or woolen, from fine ginghams, cassimeres and worsteds to cheviots, sergés and flannels. The weavin room will contain seventy-two Bridesbur looms, one of which has been taken from the cars and s set up in the real estate office of Sharrock & Grable, where it re- celves the attention due so promising a ploneer. With the woolen mill comes a wool scour- ing establishment, for the purpose of washing the wool all sand, g and dir which amount to from 60 to 76 per cent of the weight of the fleece, and a lanoline fac- will be operated in connection with it, ll\ ng an ointment from the grease of the Woo The wool washery alone would be an enter prise of more than p: ing importance in this great wool country, as it will enable the other. tr \nw to ine. you s¢ ™ Pearline, cheapest and most wor thless ? how far would it go toward pay- ing for .'111_'-|r~ month? anything by buying cheap wash- proved to be absolutely safe, Millions use it, «1 Inu- wool grower to soll his produet without | the great profit to local middlemen. It insures quick returns and the full value of the wool, instead of requiring its ship- ment to a distant market and the payment of freight on 60 or per cent of dirt, Duyers uniformly discount from the price more than difference between the value of the wool “In the grease' and scoured wool, and grow- 8 In all se ons of the country know that it s poor economy to sell unxashed wool The cstablishment of a washery bere will therefore be of at onefit to the wool growers of this section, regardless of the still greator ben:fit of the woolen mill and the home market thus assured And right here the ever recurring value of the canal is again apparent in fts frrl Ration capacity. Alfalfa flourishes here under a fair water supply, and reaches four feet, as shown by specimens cut from flelds in the vicinity That it pays to con vert It Into mutton is shown by The experi ence of the farmers in the vicinity of For Collins, who unable last year to got more than $3 per ton fc their alfalfa on account of the insuffciency of the mar They sent to New Mexico for 40,000 hea of sheep, converted the alfalfa into mution and netted $3 per ton for it. The crop never fails, and cuts three times a year. The al falfa crop for the state of Colorado averged two tons per acre for each of the first two cuttings and one ton the third, yielding $1) per acre with no labor but the cutting Thousands of tons will be produced along th Rdgemont canal, and th. sands of sheep in this county and the great herds of cattle on the adjacent Wyoming ranges will assure a never-filing market LOTS OF ROOM FOR SHE Another thin the wool business is not being “overdone. Judge Willlam Lawrence of Bellefontain 0., pres'dent of both the National and Ohlo Wool C 0 tions, who will be remember lay to the last M rennial conferenc Omaha in as by his long congressional attention to the fact that there are less than 45,000,000 sheep in th county, while the should be 1 100,000, to say nothing of the increase demanded by the growing popula tion, as more than half of the wool consume in the United States today is imported eithor in the shape of wc or W goods, With the ample nge obtainal this v the frr ted valley f alfalf thi mill and washery, it will be seen that 1 mont offers unsurpassed inducemnts to the patrons of sheep husbandry, an industry that although it ) become great, is still defi- cient as compared with the ever-growing re- quirements of the country. No brighter prospeets for prodiglous crops could confront any farmer t e soil tiller fn (his frrigated valley, with his hand on ‘the latchst g of the mont eanal well nigh giving him the power to regulate for himself the number of bushels or tons he shall raise per acre, even to the very ma mum. delegates 1802, as well care cnll Wi Whether on pleasure bent, on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as it acts most pleasantly and effectually on the kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers, headaches and other forms of sick- ne: For sale in 60c and $1 bottles by all leading druggists. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. agehe e PAI‘ER AND PEN. Fashions in the Paraphe clety Wom s Writing After all is done and said form In the paraphernalia of note-writing, nothing Is so distinctive a mark of fine tasto as the simplest sort of paper. The newest and best and smartest Just now is whito banknote leaf so finely woven as to resemble parchment, and the sheets are cut in large squares. Up in the left-hand corner an impression of one’s crest almost in minia- ture is stamped in the paper itself, just as manufacturers impress their trade mark in common commercial note. 1f you are living in the country your full postoffice and station address is printed in red or black letters across the righthand corner of the sheet and the crest and address are repeated on the flap of the envelope. Notes written on this very large paper are supposed to oc- cupy only the center of the sheet, leaving at least an inch margin all around. The square is then folded twice and put into the square envelope, on which the address is grouped as nearly as possible in the center. Sealing wax is little used now who adopt the most correct ntyle. grams have disappeared along with crests and mottoes done in silver, gilt or colars. However emphatically the reign of simplicity is in force, no bar is placed on individual eccentricity. One smart woman has adopted the rather absurd trick of acdressing and stamping her envelopes on the back side. This effort to break away from convention- ality I3 a great mistake, and distinctly vulgar, belonging in the same category with scented paper and the use of colored Inks. Purple and black are the two inks good form permits. A step toward reform in handwriting has been introduced recently by a good many women who are anxiously studying the leg- ible, compact and neat chirography of Eng- lish women, whose pen-work is in delight- ful contrast to the sprawling, very charac- torless hand of the average soclety girl. The difference is nearly always the result of early instruction. When an English woman sits at her desk she holds her paper straight before her and moves her wrist, using a blunt gold or quill pen. The Ameri- can woman screws her paper at an angle of forty-five degrees, writes very fast from her elbow, and only recently has taught herself an English wrinkle of w she is very proud, that is repeating the last word of the end of ono page at the beginning of the next. Travelin; or business, take about good by people Mono- — Two distinct shows at Courtland today—the lcopards and lions. L i Worse Than the Prison. A thiet broke into a West End, Chicago, house carly the other morning and found himself in the music room. Hearing foot- eps approaching, he took refuge behind a creen, From 8 to 9 the eldest daughter had a singng lesson. From 9 to o'clock the second daughter took a piano lesson. From 10 to 11 o'clock the eldest son had a violin leson. From 11 to 12 the other son had a lesson on the flute. At 12:15 all the brother: and sisters assembled and studied an e splitting plece for voice, piano, violin and flute. 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