Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 30, 1894, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. PULSE OF WESTERY PROCRESS Prospectors Flooking to the Gold Fields in the Uintah Mountains, FICH VEINS OF EXTRAORDINARY WIDTH A 86,000 Gold Brick at the Mint Turns Out Only Copper and Zine—An Albu Bank Will Probably He t Northweste uerque o Loser Notes, This is the outfitting point for the gold discoverics in the Uintah mountains, forty miles north of here, says a Vernal, Utah, correspondent of the Denver Times This point is 120 miles out from Price, on the Rio Grande Western, and 165 north- west of New Castle In the Grand Valley. There Is a dally mail from here to Price; also a telephone line to Fort Duchesne, which gives practical telegraphic communic: ton with the outer world. There are from 800 to 500 prospectors at the new camps and In the hills surrounding. Two town sites are being surveyed, and people are coming in rapidly, especially from the west. The writer has examined many samples of ore from the new diggings, but It 18 of a character, gencrally, that cannot be estimated as to value without assay, The writer has been shown two samples of cin- nabar that, under a powerful glass, shows much fine gold. It is said to run $1,610 in gold, and there is no reason to doubt It, though from the small quantities shown it is suspected thal this class of ore Is not plenti- tul. The other specimens of small quantities of galena and gray copper, but the glass docs not reveal any such thing as gold. Assay certificates are plentiful, gold values from $2 to $1,200 per t the veins are said to be from sevent seventy feet in width, The excitement here fs genuine. One man here refused $20,000 for a quarter interes in five claims, and the Hatch, Warner, Whit- more company are offering $150,000 for sixteenths of their block of claims. are apparently posted as to what they have; but some friends ought to remind them that $150,000 is an awful lot of money. fie last named company Is building roads to their mines and shipping in forge, tools, tents, wheelbarrows, ete., as if to make use of the remainder of the summer. SHAM GOLD BRICK. Gold brick swindles have been but never until the present time has the swindle been undetected until the mint offi- clals had the werthles: compound in the melting pot. Last week the Colorado National bank received from the First National bank of Albuquerque an_express package presumably containing a gold retort valued at $6,000. It was turned over to the mint, and al- though there were suspicious circumstan noted, says the Denver Time:-Sun, it was not until the metal was melted and ready to be poured into the molds that the truth dawned on the officlals, It was found that the only metals in the retort were zinc and copper, and that its value was about 9 cents per pound. The Colorado National bank was notified, and in its turn notified its correspondents, but no explanations have been received from them. Some doubt as to a swindle having been perpetrated is expressed, and it is as- serted that the parties who turned the ¥gold*” over to the Albuquerque bauk were themselves of the opinion that they had made a find. Many stories have been cir- culated of fabulous finds in the neighbor- hood of old Pueblo churche:, and it is sup- posed that some one exploring the ruins of one of these churches discovered a mass of bell metal, which he took to the Albu- querque bank as gold and had it forwarded to the mint in Denver. Said J. C. Heinz, assistant cashier of the bank: “There has been ample time for us to have heard from the bank at Albu- querque, and, as we do not hear, we think that it has suffered no loss. We know nothing of where the stuff came from to the bank. = We have it, and are ready to return it if the Albuquerque parties so desire. It resembles gold in appearance, but the mint offictals could find nothing in it. The ex- press charges were prepaid, so we are out nothing.” EARTHQUAKE AND VOLCANO. Word has becn received here that a vol- cano in a northern spur of the Harqua Hala range of mountains Is slowly awakening from its slumbers, says a Prescolt (Ariz.) special to the Denver News. Three distinct shocks of earthquake have been felt in that vicinity and great clouds of smoke are ris- ing from the mountain, The first news of the eruption was brought by Captain Jones, an old prospector, who arrived in Wickenburg a few days since bringing a report of the disturbance. On the day before, while coming in from the west, he noticed the apex of one of the moun- tain ‘peaks crowned with smoke? It was ‘white and dense and seemed to him to cover an area of more than 250 feet square. The smoke roso steadily and siraight. He ob- served it for three hours, until it was hid- den by mountains, His attention was at- tracted to the immense volume of it, and his wonder was increased by his knowledge that these mountains are perfectly bare of tim- ber. He also heard deep rumbling sounds, but did not notica any trembling of the earth. The theory of the voleano did not oceur to him, though there was no other reasonable way of accounting for the smoke, until he reached Wickenburg. His nearsst point to the mountains was about twenty-five miles. On telling his story several men remembered that there was an extinct voleano in that vicinity, which showed evidence of compara- tive recent action. This theory of the smoke and rumbling was confirmed the next day by a party of travelers who had just come in by the Bhrenburg road, which lies much nearer the mountain. In speaking of it they sald they had heard low, heavy rumbling pro- coeding from the direction of the moutain, and had distinctly heard several shocks of earthquake. At night a rosy light was dif- fused from the mountain and by day a col- umn of dense smoke ascended. There are no settlements in the uear vicinity, but many cattle range thereabouls. In the immediate locality of the supposed voleano there Is sald to be numerous evi- dences of voleanic action. In fact, every- thing may be said to owe Its appearance to this force. Miles and miles of country are covered with lava, and three distinct have been discovered. Eminent gec claim that some of these have been extinct less than 300 years. It is.a tradition among the Indians who have lived in the vicinity for centurica that five voleanoes were once active in the range of mountains, A party will soon start to make further observations. MAY REVOLUTIONIZE MINING The Durango Herald gives a lengthy de- ription of & gold-saving process evolved by Mr. Henry Trachsler, chemist and geo- loglst, which threatens to revolutionize the ore-treatment business. After experiment- ing for a year on La Platte ores he an- nounces that he has found a process which supercedes every one that has been in the market up to now. It Is entirely new and much cheaper than cyanide, In fact, he places his highest figure at $1 per ton, about the cost of stamping, and says the gold ex- traction occurs in one hour. The process 18 purely chemical and acts on pulverized ores. Tellurium ores can be treated by this new invention without roasting. The yield is stated at 95 to 100 per cent of the assay valne. The fnventor, who made his experiments in New York, will soon visit the La Platte district and give his new dis- covery a practical test LA PLATA MOUNTAIN MINES, The present and future outlook for all classes of mining is equal, it not superior, to that of any other portion of the stat The mines of gold, siiver and copper, p cipally gold, on the Mancos side of the La Plata mountains in Montezuma county, are belng rapldly developed and are increasing in quantity and quality as progress Is made. A thorough Investigation of the La Plata mountain mines, mzde a short time since by Major E. G. Cooper, says the Denver Times-Sun, gave the following result: From twenty-two mining propertios examined from twenty-two different localities, an average of $26.90 perton was obtained, the greatest value belng o gold. These were obtained by new ore showed showing and n to frequent, actual mill run tests of not less than a hun- dred pounds from each mine. The highest values were from the Durango Girl, $181 per ton; Bulldozer, $47.89 per ton; the Com stock, $4 the rest of the mines examined ran all the way from $6.75 to $36.20 per ton mostly gold fn value. None of these samples were picked except one, and there are now thougands of tons of this class of ores lying on the dumps of these mines, waiting for the introduction of some system by which these ores can be treated at or in near proximity to the mines, whereby a high per cent of thelr value may be recovered at a low cost of reduction. Had It not been for the past and present unsettled condition of the financial affairs of the Unlted States, there would now be several reduction works in full blast, and the output of precious metals from Motitezuma and La Plata counties this vear would have been as a thousand Is to one AMONG PREHISTORIC RUI L. J. Court, an old-time prospector, has just arrived in Prescott from a three months sojourn In one of the most interesting and least kncwn portions of the territory, says a special to the Denver News, The wonder- land from which he has returned i« the coun- try lying between the Mazatlin and Verde ranges of mountains. He reports good in dications of mineral all over that section and an abundance of onyx and marble, also com bination blanket strata of turquoise, a very nica looking specimen of which he brouglit with him Mr. Court thinks that more Aztec ruins than any America, evi of hunian ing found from the highe:t p est valley In one place he or street three miles in longth, perfectly smooth and straight and sixty feet in width, On either side of th street the entire dis- tance ruins, The road was evidently built prior to some mighty earthquake, as it eods abruptly at the brink of a yawning cha'm He dug up and found lying about a great number of skeletons, which were in a fair state of preservation, the heads of all being alike—very large over the eyes and receding, and almost flat towards the back of th head; jaws well developed, but front upper and lower teeth small and sharp. The ruins show the people to have been wcrkers in stone, come fragments of work in turquoise being found here and there. very available foot of land had once been cultivated, as many of the gardens laid out do not exceed thirty feet square in di- mengions, Unmistakable ruins of stock corrals are found at intervals. The region, although little has herctofore been known about it except by cattlemen, is a very ac ible one and will no doubt become an interesting resort for travelers. Water for ation_had once been stored in reser- idences of which are still easily dis- cernible. BAD section contains other portion of habitation_be aks to the low- found a_rosd LANDS FOSSILS. Prof. J. B. Hatcher and his party of students frem Princeton college, who have Just completed a tour through the bad lands of this state in search of fossils and petri- ns, have met with very good success, Chamberlain special to the St. Paul s. The party has been in the bad lands between the Cheyenne and White rivers since March 1. Since completing their task in the bad lands the students have started on an overland trip to Yellow- stone park. The collection of fossils gathered by Prof. Hatcher has been shipped from Hermosa to Princcton. It weighs 9,000 pounds, ard consists of rare specimens of extinct’ animals. The cholcest and most valuable specimen is the Elotherium, or extinct pig. The specimen was found pro- truding from a bank of one of the deep hollows in the bad lands. This is the ouly skeleton ever found of this character in that district, and was perfect, no bones be- ing missing. The carcass Is larger than the living_rhinoceros. Another suecimen was the Titanotherium, or extinct rhinoceros, which was twice as large as the living rhinoceros. The professor also found several specimens of the rhinoceros family, and the Metamynodor, a relative of the rhinoceros. A fine specimen of the Poebrotherium, a species of the camel, s among the collection. This animal was very much smaller than the modern camel. Then there are skele- tons of numerous small animals. He found a few fish skeletons, the only ones ever found in those be Last year's expedition from Princeton succeeded in obtaining the only crocodile ever found in the bad lands. On’ the trip this year a good specimen of the Amphisbaenold lizard was unearthed, the only specimen of this reptile, so far as known, ever found in the world. This has no limbs-at all and a very low order of lizard. Prof. Hatcher believes that Prince- ton college has the most representative col- lection of fossils in America. NEBRASKA. A prairie fire has been raging Grove. A large acreage of tomatoes is being ralsed near Tecumseh for the use of the canning factory at that place. Pine Ridge Indians are visiting nearby Nebraska towns and buying everything from ice cream to wearing apparel. A new house belonging to a German named Mr. Welch was burned down at Meadow Grove. It was worth about $900. D. P. Wilcox has retired from the manage- ment of the Aurora Republican and has been succeeded by L. W. Hastings, the owner. A conference for bible and missionary study, conducted by Augustus Nash of Omaha, has been in session at Ashland. A fire, which came near to burning down the residence of George Keeler at Cedar Bluffs, was started by mice gnawing matches. Alexander Bates, arrested at Valparaiso for burglary and an attempt to commit criminal assault, was bound over to the district court, and, failing to give bond, was sent to jail. At Ponca a boy dropped a cow bell from the roof of the house of Dr. Devore. The bell struck the head of the doctor’s 2-year-old boy, cutting a deep gash four inches long. B. N. Adams, a Norfolk street car driver, was stricken with sunstroke while at his work, from the effects of which he could not see, and all he knew was that he was in- tensely cold. Paul Jensen of McPherson county found a coyote, and a large one, too, making a meal off one of his finest caives, and he ‘roped” and dragged the brute to the nearest pond and drowned him there. Hearing the firing of guns, the 10-year-old son of Editor Backus of the Dubois Item ran about half a mile out of town and be- coming overheated soon after died. The guns were being fired to bring rain. litor Booze of the Gretna Reporter has disposed of his paper to W. 8. Baker. Booze and newspapers never ought to go together. Mr. B. is off to California to invest his money in somo rich mining property. Ed Bley, assistant cashier of the First ational bank of Madison, was running to catch a ball in the air when he ran Into the sickle bar of a mower that was standing on the ground. One of the sickle guards pierced his arm and another his le J. W. LaRue, living three Steele City, lost two valuable account of the fact that he killed nine rattlesnakes, one water snake and one garter snake near to where the mares died he thinks the mares died m snake bites. Scene, Roca, Neb.; date, July, 1894 Tragedy in three acts: Jones had a dog The dog contracted a habit of biting neigh- bors. One of said neighbors shot the dog with a gun and Jones was mad. Act 2 Jones devised a scheme of vengeance. To inconvenience the family of the boy who had thus taken the life of his beloved canine ho put into the well from which they ob- tained their water, first, pieces of the curb and secondly, the dead dog shich had caused all the trouble. Neighboring property owners protested. The town council ordered the dog removed, and a few days later Jones took oath that the dog was no longer contaminat- ing the water of the well. Act 3: A few days later the same carcase of the same dog was found in another well. Jones was fined It it Jones 6.85 to bury his dog. Waco has a miserly mortal, says the World of that place, who, besides crossing his bees with lightning bugs so they can see to work nights, denies himself the privilege of know- ing the exact time through the accurate mechanism of a clock or watch. Instead of these he has a device patterned after the telephone. It consists of two tin cans con- nected by a string and is at least novel. TI can on one end of the string is placed close to his pillow, and the one on the other end located right close the hen roost. This lat- ter can is partly filled with corn, and when the chickens wake up in the morning they begin picking at the corn in the can and the rattle of their bills against the tin is thus conveyed (o the miser, and he crawls out of bed. His neighbors have requested him to Meadow miles west of mares, and on die, both orally and in writing, but he re-! foet wide at the bottom, four feet deep and fuses to until the days grow shorter so he won't lose so much daylight THE DAKOTAS Considerable damage has been wheat crop In all parts of North The Sioux Falls Driving Park finds itself in debt $2,936 as a result ing unable to get a good attendance at race meetings The pantoon bridge across the Missouri at Chamberlain has been placed in position and is now ready for traffic. It was washed out by high wa'er early in the spring In many parts of Dakota the severe drouth lias beew broken by heavy rains, two inches of rainfall being reported around Vermillion, 8. D., and other sections having a thorough drenching The most succ held fn that progress at A are in attendance have a four weeks The rain makers employed by Yankton county began work the other day and a steady shower afterwards prevailed, notwith- standing the government predicted dry weather for this locality, The Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Raflroad company has begun work pre- liminary to an extension of its line from Belle Fourche to the Hay Creek coal flelds, about twenty miles distant, Chief Engineer Berry is in the field with a large corps of sistants. The work of grading the new line will begin in about a week The new monument at the Soldiers’ home at Hot Springs was erected in honor of Gen- eral Logan. The monument {8 cut from the sandstone quarry there, and represents the general in full uniform, This monument is erected by the Monumental association of the Soldiers’ home of South Dakota, and it Is its intention to erect other monuments to heroes The water works company permanently shut down its plant at Vermillion owing to the inability of the city council and com- pany to agreo as to the proper compensation. This will cause much inconvenience to con- sumers, who depend entirely upon the sup- ply derived from the plant. The few wells and cisterns in town are mostly dry owing to a lack of rain and actual hardship will result from the shutting down of the works. Points of law involved in the case of the North American Loan and Trust company against the Colonial and United States Mort- gage company of Hull, England, aro being argued in Redficld before Hon. Thomas Ster- ling, referee. The suit was brought by the srih American company to recover $10,000 claimed to be due for fees and commissions earned while managing for several years the business of the Colonial in this and other stat The case has been pending for nearly two years. The rich strike of refractory ore in Yellow Creek gulch, one and a half miles from Lead, created excitement similar to that of the carly days. All the ground in the neighbor- hood has been setaked off and the owners consider they have a fortune in sight. The ore assays all the way from §$100 to $140 a ton in gold, with about twelve ounces in sil- ver. Development work has already com- menced on several of the claims with good results, and should the ore prove lasting it will ereate considerable of a boom for the Hills, especially Lead. The ground is all owned by Lead people. South Dakota crops in general are not over halt as good as they should be. One is led to believe that the farmer is more or less to blame for bad crops. An interview with soveral farmers who claim their crops are all right while others' fields are Mdly dam- aged, reveals the fact that the manner of sowing grain is of importance. The former sow their grain decp and change the land from wheat to corn ground from year to year, while the latter simply harrow their grain inand the winds dry the ground up and spoil the crop. Reports from over the state indicate that fully half a crop will be har- vested and in*some localities a full crop. COLORADO. The Holden chlorination plant at Cripple Creek is now handling thirty tons per day. The C. 0. D., one of Cripple Creek's pro- Qucers, is shipping ore north from $130 to $175 per ton. Fish Commissioner Callicotte recently placed 10,000 fish in Castle creek and Roar- ing Fork river. Eagle county is threatened with a war be- tween cattlemen and sheepmen. The cattle- men will not allow the sheep to remain on tho range. It 1s said that Cripple Creek dividends, to be paid this month, will aggregate $117,500. Mines owned by individuals are not included in this total. In Navajo besin, near Telluride, a group of new gold claims have recently been dis- covered. The tests show from $19 to $160 per ton gold. The Florence and Cripple Creek railroad is now handling merchandise into Cripple Creck at the rate of sixteen to twenty car- loads per day. The Thundershott company has made a rich strike in the Mauch Chunk mine, near Georgetown. A test was made with returns of 750 ounces silver and 26 per cent lead. A cyanide mill is in operation on Junction creek, in the La Plita gold diatrict. It is credifed with successfully handling the low- grade gold ores, even those of the rebellious class. During the month of June the Maid of Erin, Leadville, shipped 1575 tons of lead carbonates, 520 tons of sulphides and 218 tons of iron ore. The output will be restricted until prices advance. The free milling gold ores of the Frisco istrict, on Ten Mile creek, are receiving attention. Tunnels ave being driven on several of the veins, and all disclose good gold ores. The mines are within easy reach of the South Park railroads. The North Star mine, in the Silverton mining district, has not shut down for a day in eleven years, during which time it has shipped 25,000 tons of ore and 5,000 tons of concentrates, which produced 2,000,000 ounces of silver, 10,000 ounces of gold and 8,000 tons of lead. The average value of the ore is $65 per ton. George Comstock of La Jara, who left on June 25 o go to Cochit, on his trip became crazy and got out of the conveyance and started | on foot. He became worse and lost his way and on July 4 found himsel: in Prescott, Ariz. When he loft home he had $200 in moncy and a gold watch, all of which s missing.” Comstock is now on his way home. Work on the Bear Creek road Is being pushed more rapidly than was expected. From Morrison the road is completed above the old toll gate. There is also a large force working from the Luther ranch down they expect (o meet at the Phelps place anc the road will probably be ready for travel some time next week. The Evergreen sum mer resorts depend upon this road and ite completion will make a great difference in thelr busines The coal drilling outfit drilling west of Louisville struck a second vein of nice coal sixty feet below the first one, making two workable veins of coal on thelr property. The first one, at a depth of 160 feet, is six feet, and the second, six and a half feet in thickness. This prospecting, with the find at the Aeme and Caledonia mines, thoroughly demonstrates the fact that the vein of coal now being worked in this vicinity is only the top vein, the lower being of a harder and clearer qualit WYOMING. A prospector has found a fine gold mine in the Medicine Bow range of mountains Three thousand Texas cattle were branded at Uva and will be trailed to the north and to North Dakota. Brook trout bring 30 cents a pound in Rawlings. A fish pond at these prices ought to be a paying investment. A new horticultural hall will be bullt at Fort Collins In connection with the agricul- tural college there. The cost will be $11,- 502.90. The placers In and around Laramfe said to be turning out finely this year. men working them are receiving turns for their labor, An_emigrant wagon, while trying to ford the Big Horn river, was turned over and one horse drowned and part of the wagon lost. The man, by a great effort, saved his wife and child f Farmers at Wheatland will ralse great crops this ear. It Is said that nowhere in the west will such a cron of potatoes bo reported as will result from their cul tivation In Laramie county The Yellowstone Park Land and Improve ment assoclation will at once begin work on the Omaha canal, which will take water from the Big Horn river. It will be thirty done Dakota soclation of be- the the ful teachers' Institute ever part of the st is now in nour. Ninety-four teachers and it is the intention to session, Valley are The good re- !in the windows was fifty-five miles long, and cost $200,000. It will start ten miles forth of Terrey. Ranchmen fn thé Bk Horn basin state that several distinct earthquake shocks were felt fn that sectfon a few days ago. Glass ken and other slight damage done. The 4Hocks were accompanied by low rumbling sotinds The Silver Crown miners at work on Fairview property predict that they will be down 200 feet more in seven weeks, says the Cheyenne Sun. The shaft fs already 150 feet decp, making the depth at that time 350 feet., It I8 expected that the ore at that depth will be of sufficlent value tc pay expenses for the remainder of the work There is one thing about Silver Crown, and that fs that work can be continued all win- ter The track of the B. & M. Is now forty-four miles west of Sherldan, a little beyond Pass creek, which Is on the Indian reservation. Rauchester, close to Tongue river, 18 now the nearest point and will be the distributing point for the present town of Dayton. Cattle in the vicinity of the work are looking fine and beef round-ups are starting out to be ready to ship as soon as the track will be ready. Dy the 1st of September or there- abouts the road is expected to be open to Billings, Mont. the OREGON Roscburg has been shipping In sugar by expross A wagon road from Salem to Scio, to built by subseription, is being talked of. Orville Hall, a Joseph boy, has a couple of pet fawns he captured the other day while hunting. A Medford man has started to San Fran- clsco with a band of horses he proposes (o drive the entire distance, A duck was hatehed out at Junction last week, having two bills where its eyes should be and one eye between them. The flow of water at the artesian well is about a barrel per minute, and the projectors are still sinking. Salem soclety fs somewhat pained to note it Judge Hewitt, the new incumbent of the circuit bench, wears no tie with his stand- ing_ collar. Mrs. Sarah Detomas, the old lady who died in her 100th year in Astoria, was the mother of twenty-six children, only two of whom are now living. The Wasco warehouse, at The Dalles, though filled to overflowing expects to re- celve from 500,000 to 1,000,000 pounds ot wool yet this season. The Heppner Gazette says that Morrow county enjoys the distinction of having a lady stage driver, perhaps the only one in the United States. At Gervais Sunday the wife of Jim Hong gave birth to a son. Mrs. Hong Is a white woman and is married to a Chinaman. This is the fourth child. Men are at work on the road west of Bonneville as thick as flies. The company wil undoubtedly build the road as soon as money and men can do it. Several carloads of California fruit and vogetables which were caught in the block- ade at Ashland, while in transit, were sold by the railroad company at any price they could get. Agent Matthews of the Klamath reserva- tion is sending men and material to ¥ to begin construction upon a substantial bridge the department has authorized across Sprague river at the subagency. The latest and best find in the mining dis- trict east is said to be that of Thomas Heady and Bd Hanahan. It is situated near the Mabel mine. Prospects of §7 to the pan have been obtained and the richest of the ore shows much free gold. The county court of Linn county is taking effective steps towird the extermination of the Canada thistle. A commissioner has been appointed for each district with power to employ whatever means are necessary for the destruction of this annoying weed. Tho total acreage of full-bearing hops in the Independence vicinity is 784 acres, and the amount of spring planting 1s 240 acres, making a grand total of 1,124 acres. Last year thero were marketed from this acreage over 560,000 pounds of hops, which brought a revenue of more than $100,000. Mart Willlams of Monroe precinct, Benton county, is gathering up 1,000 head of sheep to be driven overland to Portland for J. L. Castle. . It has been demonstrated to be much cheaper to drive mutton sheep to the Portland market than to ship them by rail. The_ average price paid for mutton sheep is $1.25 per head. In view of the fact that there will be a large yleld of hops throughout the state, and a prospeet for very low prices, there is a movement among the growers to re- duce the price of picking to 25 cents for the nine-bushel boxes, the Eugene Guard say Unless the cost to the grower is reduced, many yards will not be picked. An Interesting study is that in connection with the wheat aphis and its enemy, a long, slim, small worm that reaches out and sweeps the neighboring flelds. A gentleman tells the Albany Democrat of a peculiar experi- ence. He placed one of the worms on a stalk of wheat with eight aphises. In ten minutes the worm had destroyed all of them, gradually wending its way among the Ker- nels of the wheat and taking nothing but the cultus aphlis. be Harney county Union Pacific WASHINGTON. Prospectors are pouring into the mining Qistricts of Clarke and Skamania counties. Walla Walla_ is figuring on saving about $3,000 a year by salary reductions recently voted. The Edmonds Lyre announces that ma- chinery has been purchased and preliminaries adjusted for establishing the Johnson iron works at that place. Something over 200 shingle mills and fifty small sawmills in the state are idle on ac- count of the railroad strike. The loss in orders, wages, etc., to the state Is estimated at $300,000. The purchasers of the Abercorn rails offer to donate enough to finish the spur of the Northern Pacific into Aberdeen, and one of them, W. P. Book, offers to board 100 men for a'month while the work is in progress. Dr. Pearsons, a Chicago philanthropist, im- pressed with the idea that Whitman college should be Dr. Whitman's monument, has offered a donation of $50,000, provided §15 000 additional be raised by December, 189 Horse Heaven this year promises the big- gest yield of grain in her history. Kelso Bros. are now negotiating for 30,000 grain sacks for their own private use, anticipating 60,000 bushels of wheat, barley and oats. The haying scason has commenced In the Colville valley, and the yield of timothy promises to be the largest for years. The wheat crop looks good and a big yield is promised. The fruit crop is also excellent. Two of John Sutter's cattle sampled a quantity of dynamite that the river drivers had Ieft in Albert Pressentin’s yard, opposite the mouth of the Sauk, and in consequence two carcasses are now. for sale for fertilizing purposes. A long train of wagons, containing camping material and supplies, and accompanied by about fifty men, has pissed through Union- town en route to Blk City, where the men will assist in the construction of a new wagon road. Gold dust Is being brought from the Hoo- doo, Gold Hill and”other mining claims up the' Palouse river into Palouse, 3,000 worth of the yellow metak having been shipped by one institution in Palouse during the month of June. A gentleman who todi the trouble to measuro the actual number of ‘Mfles, by cars, stranded at Pasco, says that.(hdee are fifteen miles of cars on the sidetracks at that station, in- cluding engines, freight cars, cabooses and passenger cars. The Monte Cristo” Flectric Light and Power company are at iwork on their water power at the head of Sauk river in Monte Cristo. It is estimated that inside of 1,000 feet they can obtain over 100-horse power throughout the year. The tramway of the Pride of the Mountain mine af Monte Cristo is completed. Its largest tower is a single timber four feet in diameter and 102 feet high, welghing about twenty tons. This tramway will furnish means of transportation for the large output of the mine. Mr. E. A. Houchen of Ilwaco, deputy fish commlssione I8 making arrangements to hateh out a lot of young salmon the coming year. He has made an offer to P. J. Mc- Gowan, the well known ecannery man, to hateh out 2,000,000 young fish for $1,000, Mr McGowan to furnish the eggs, The young fish are to be hatched and put into North river, a stream running into Shoal water bay. Mr, Houchen backs his offer with a valuable guarantee Mr. Houchen hatched ont a lot of silvers salmon last | built into the P; 1894. year with very primitive appliances and was successful, securing 6,000 young fish from 7,000 young eggs. Upward of $18,000 worth the Colton Mercantile company at Pullman was sold last week by Recelver Ben Bur- gundor to Spokane partles, The transfer is to take place at once. The figure was 40 per cent on the dollar, A dividend will be declared shortly An attempt Is being made by the commls- sloners of Plerce county to have a wagon road flc forestry reserve. Con- has been telegraphed fo assist in securing a $15,000 federal appro- priation for the purpose. The government money 18 to be used only npon the work in- side the government reserve MISCELLANEOUS. Owing to the railroad troubles the price of oats and wheat in Helona has gone up to $1.30 a hundred, wholesale The Albemarle mine, Cochitl district, re- ports a thirty-five foot vein of ore, some of which assays $400 to the ton. Notwithstanding a delay of on the road, four cars fruit sold in Chicago for $2,850. The army. worm, which was reported in the eastern part of Montana recently, I8 sald to have moved as far west as Helena, Citlzens of Gila Bend, Arl., are jubilant over the finding of plenty of water in a well being bored by the Southern Pacific company. About 100 men are employed at Fort Har rison excavating in the rock quarry. Tents have been put up and the men live on the ground, The Santa Fe line intends putting on a line of refrigerator cars between Las Cruces and Chicago for the benefit of the fruit growers of New Mexico To reach the San Juan placer gold flelds, and_the Johnson creek and Blue mountain nining regions, Dol station on the Rio Grande Southern is the nearest. On the San Juan river, in the southeastern part of Utah, placer mining is being op- erated extensively, and much gold Is being extracted and shipped to various points f sale and refinement. Fruit growers in the vicinity of Haley, Idaho, have the market to themselves this year, as no fruit can come from the outsid by rail just now. Good prices ought, there fore, to be had for all home-grown fruit. Contracts for the grading of the road bed for the extension of the San Pete Valley railroad of Utah from Manti to the coal beds southeast of the city will be let at once and the work of construction is to commence. The railway extension from Eddy to Ros- well is moving along sati-factorily. The rails are in place to the second crossing of the Pecos, a short distance below Lake McMillan. = The bridge will be finished in about two weeks. The recent discoveries of rich placer mines on Johnson and Recapture creeks, in eastern Utah, prove rich deposits of coarse shot gold, but these discoveries were made too late for much work this season, as there is a lack of water except for three or four months in the spring of the year. News is received that Engincer Mix and his corps of surveyors have located the Payette & Seven Devils railroad from Weiser City to a point fifty miles distant and moved on toward the Seven De The promoters of this road seem to be confident of its operation in the near future and the people of Idaho are building up great hopes on its final mom- pletion. A car load of gold quartz has been shipped to Kansas City from the banks of the Min- nesota river near Delhi, Minn., to be crushed and converted into bullion. Geologist Id- lund of Minneapolis has a force of men at work getting out gold quartz. He is highly pleased with the outlook, as there are any quantity of quartz along the river. More men will be put to work at once. The summer institute and conference in the interest of Indian education which was authorized to be held at Helena, Mont,, from July 31 to August 1, will be held instead at the Indian school at Fort Shaw, Mont., at the same time. The change is due to the superior accommodations for visitors at the Fort Shaw school. The succeeding and last conference will be held at St. Paul, August 13-16. Reliable information reached here, says the Eureka, Nev., Sentinel, during the week that Charlcy Bourn had made a valuable strike at South Bald mountain in a claim be- longing to Tom Rockhill of White Pine. The ledge is three feet thick and yields ore that runs from $700 to $1,700 per ton in silver. The find s about eight miles from the Bald Mountain gold belt. The ledge has been known for two or three years, and Tim Fulton and Clay Simms have valuable locations ou it. The hop industry is a new one in Idaho, but that it has already attained respectable proportions is attested by the fact that growers cannot secure sufficient pickers to harvest their crop. There is no longer any doubt that the western valleys of this state are especially adapted to the production of this most important crop. The future of the business would have been assured had not congress determined to cut down the hop duty. Owing to the cost of labor, particu- larly for picking, this reduction may prove a very serious drawback, but its effect can be determined only after a practical trial. There is much curiosity prevalent in Ari- zona, says the Phoenix Gazette, as to the result of the Southern Pacific company bor- ing for water at Gila Bend. The company began boring early in May and is still ham- mering away night and day on the scheme. The company is desirous of securing a suffi- cient flow of water to supply the railroad and also the town. Quicksand was encoun- tered to a depth of 476 3 at this depth the friction became so great that the 10-inch casing had to be abandoned and 8-inch sub- stituted. Red clay was encountered, then clover seed sand. At a depth of 808 feet a terrific rush of water came into the well and attained a depth of 688 feet, or within 140 feet of the surface. The well is now down about 1,000 feet and boring in red clay. When hard pan is reached work will bo stopped and the water utilized for town and railroad purposes. e When Traveling. Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take 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- ness. For sale in 60c and §1 bottles by all leading druggists. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. e Fine sandy bottom at Courtland. T st Ohance. Indianapolis Journal: “Did that fellow who was hanged dle in the hope of a better life, like the most of them?" “I am not right sure about turned the minister. “He made his break- fast entirely off ice cream. He scemed to have some doubt that there would be any of it where he was going.' e Refreshing, exhilirating, a bath at Court- land beach. of the stock of grossman Doolittle twenty-three of California that,” re- T Lite in Athens. “well, what are you thinking now?" inquired Xantippe sharply. Socrates looked up. It was evident he had been kicking himself, mentally. “I was wishing," he said,” with reckless disregard of the consequences, “that I had caught on to that Platonic-affection idea before I married you. about that { ment and was helpless. ENRICHED BY A STOLEN IDEA Pullman's Wealth the Fruit of Unserupulons Sharp Practice, REAL ORIGIN OF THE SLEEPING CAR by the Poor and 1 of the Upon the 1 Designer, The Old Story of Tnvent Origin The assots Pullman amounting to that fmmense sum out first patent to which humble carpenter of sleeps In a lonely grave at Oak Woods, and whose widow Is living in respectable poverty in an humble cottage on the West side. It is the old, old story of invention by the poor and moncpoly by the rich, says the Chicago Times. There is nothing in It that savors of downright fraud or wrongful dis- but all through the history of the genesis of the sleeping car there runs a thread of injustice, selfishness and conniv- ance which even today marks the Pullman company with the brand of social and indus- trial outlawry In 1853 a Plymon B. Greene, o to Chicago. He was skillful In his trade and added to his income by doing stencil work, and being of an inventive turn of mind many useful de- vices grew from his hand and brain. In 1857 he completed a design for an adjustable berth to railway passenger cars, his inven- tion being today the vital principle of the modern sleeping car. Ho showed his plans to a number of railway officlals, but received no encouragement. At that time George M Pullman was a cabinetmaker and house raiser. Being an acquaintance and friend of Greeno he was shown the plans. — After studying them ly he pronounced them worthles: ecne, however, did not give up. He saved up a little money, and in the winter of 1857 went to Washington and cured a patent on the first adjustable sleep- ing-car berth. Returning to Chicago in tho spring of 1858, Mr. Greene endeavored to place his invention with the railroad man- agess, having no money to construct cars himself. One road, the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney, did finally fit up a few cars with the Greene berths, and they were pro- nounced a success. PULLMAN FOLLOWS S IDEA In the meantime—some time in 1858 George M. Pullman, who had previously pro- nounced Greene' invention worthlesss, - se cured patents on a sleeping berth device almost exactly similar to that of Mr. Greene, and In 1859 made a contract with the Chicago & Alton Railroad company to it up two old passenger cars on that road as slecping coaches, In 1863 Pullman sccured an old shed from the same railroad company and buiit the first sleeping coach. — Greene had no money to fight Pullman’s alleged infringe At this juncture Cincinnati man named Woodruft approached Greene with an offer to purchase his patent Greene was informed that us he had no money to push his device or protect it from invasion he had better part with it. Greene had already spent all his money and was penniless. Woodruff got the patent for $500. Then Pallman appeared upon the scene. Whether by agreement and connivance or not a suit was begun by Woodruff against Pullman for infringement of patents, and Greene was made a party to the suit. He was compelled to make two trips to Cinein. nati to attend court. It has been claimea that the legal contest between Woodruff and Pullman was of the most friendly nature. At any rate Pullman won the suit and ac- quired the earlier Greene patent. It covered the device which is in use today in every Pullman car, and which has brought untold millions into the coffers of that great cor- poration. It has made George M. Pullman one of the great capitalists of Americ: Notwithstanding the purchase of Greene's patent by Woodruff and Pullman’s subse- quent legal acquisition of the same by a peculiar court proceeding, the palace car magnate was evidently not yet satisfied with the validity of his titio, for upon the expl tion of the Greene patent In 1871 Mr. Pull- man felt the necessity of securing some further evidence of relinquishment from Greene. Mr. Pullman undertook the task limself. He went to Greene and asked him to sign certain documents pertaining to the application for a renewal of the patent. Mr. Greene's signature was not necessary, he clatmed, but he would like to have it as a matter of courtesy, and he was willing to pay $125 to Mr. Greene for his trouble and time taken in signing the paper. GREENE SIGNS THE PAPER. Mr. Greene attached his signature as a matter of friendship without inquiring into the specific details of the instrument. He never heard from Mr. Pullman again. Ofi- cials of the Pullman company here, it is sald, repeatedly declared that the Greene patent has been worth hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to the company during the last_twenty years. Mr. Greene became an into the photographing busines several years he was an invalid, ago he died, leaving a widow, who resides in an unpretentions cottage at 342 West Adams street. Her husband died leaving her not only penniless but heavily indebted for expenses incurred during his last iliness She talked freely of the sleeping car inven- tion the other sy, though without a trace-of bitterness against those whom others allege deceived her husband and deprived him of the fruits of ome of the most valuable of modern inventions. Her husband was poor and without friends. He was forced to part with his patent, and others gained wealth by its use. She believed that she was happier than George M. Pullman and did not wish to make any harsh statements. “A short time before my hu Mrs. Greene said, “he dictated tatement of the sleeping car patents and his_transactions with Pullman and Wood- ruft. He was urged to do so by friends who claimed that he had been deccived into parting with his inventicn for a song. The statement was a complete history of the case, of which I have only been able to you an_ outiine. Among those who urged my husband to leave this statement was his cousin, Mrs. J. C. Strong of Decorah, Ia., who was visiting us. She wrote several let- ters to Georgo M. Pullman concerning the matter and urging him to assist Mr. Greene, I believe some of these letters were replied to. In one of these replies Mr. Pullman asked for the statement left by Mr. Greene. This was after his death. Mrs. Strong en- closed the dying statement of my poor hus- band In a lotter to Mr. Pullman. That two years ago and we have never he from Mr. Pullman. He has my husband’s statement, and 1 have forbidden my friends from making any further appeal in my be- half.” Mrs. Greene is in reduced She reccives assistance from raphers union, of which her husband was a member. Several members of the union, who have known the family for many years, corroborate the story in every detail, Fine sandy bottom at Courtland. Palaco Car company, with $40,000,000, has made of an invention the was obtained by an Chicago, who now possession, poor but Ingentous carpenter, invalid and went in 1863, For Two years nd died,” complete circumstances. the Photog- 7D<;1]ars or chks for women, according to whether they do, or don't do, th r washing in a sensible way. If they use Pearline, it means good, hard “dollars saved, Pearline is cconomy, All that ruinous rubbing that makes you buy linens and flannels twice as often as you need to, is spared, to say nothing of your time and labor, See the troubles that women have to endure with other wa absolutely safe, Send S e e it Back honest—send it back, of washing, = out rub, rub, rub, or the danger of ruining thing acids if you try to make it easy. 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