Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 5, 1894, Page 5

PULSEOF WESTERN PROCRESS Roports of Fabulons Wealth in Distant Alaskan Regions, BEDS OF IVORY AND MINES OF GOLD - A Secluded Mine Richer Than the Treadwoll ~Strange Sight In an lce Cave—Gigantio Pair of Tasks—Boulder's Chunk of Gold—News of the Northwest, Among (he passengers of the fli-fated s amer Bertha, just arrived at this port from Alaska, was a party of Californians who Teft here three months ago on a pros- pecting tour through that fabled land of gold, eays the San Francisco Examiner. After ciduring incredible hardships in a journey of many hundreds of miles over bleak lands, siows and fce the travelers have returned to thelr native shores rich In experience and hope. R. F. Oberlander of Pasadena, one of the party, an energetic young man, who m,pnei,,n Nis experience In Alaska holds that country [out the state, and t that | fruit in high regard, says he Is convinced fts future is full of promise, and that eventually Alaska will be known as one of the greatest gold-producing countries In the world. “On our way up the Yukon,” says he, in the course of conversation, “‘we met two In- dians fn a boat with three or four tusks and several molars. Two tusks were eleven feet six Inches in length and six Inches in diameter, and another was nine feet in length and four inches in diame- ter. The Indians stated that they had dis- covered these tusks protruding from the river bank near by, and that they had been exposed by a landsiide. We attempted to yurchase the fvory, but the Indians refused 1o part with the tusks, claiming that they szere relies of the gods. “We located some claims at Forty Mile and a few days later took the steamer Arctic for St. Michaels and the Koukuk river, a tributary of the Yukon. The Koukuk Is navigable for fully 700 miles for steamers. At Koukuk we met Frank Haley of Washing. ton, who was also in_possession of a large quantity of fvory, which had been found some 600 miles up the river. It is thought by the miners that fmmense deposits of 1vory and bones are to be found along the Koukuk river.” Mr. Oberlander states that on the way down to the Yukon river he saw a burning coal mine. which had been in a state of ition for more than three years. The scene was a beautiful one al night, the effect being to lighten the sky with a ruddy glare, while during the day the light of the Ein was obscured by dense clouds of smoke. ‘ear the burning mine is located’ an im- tiense deposit of tusks and bones, the re- mains of mammoths which had probably nade this their feeding ground in ages gone by Hidden away among the hills of Unga tsland. visited by Mr. Oberlander, is a gold mina which he declares is the richest ever discovered. ~ He says it is richer than the Tremdwell mine on Douglas island. The mine is owned and operated by the Apollo Consolidated Mining company, which was fncorporated with a capital of $20,000,000, « with Captain Niebaum as president. A tunnel 600 feet in length has been run into the side of the hill, meeting here and there heavy veins of gold-bearing rock. Another tunnel 2,300 feet in length has been com- pleted, and from this other tunnels run, honeycombing the mountain. Enough ore has already been exposed to keep a 100- stamp mill ‘in dally operation for years to come. Assays show that the ore contains much free gold. “While at Birch creek,” sald Mr. Ober- nder, “I was informed of the discovery of a wonderful cave by a miner named Schu- mann. [ was unable to visit the cave, which is located forty miles above Masterdan creek. Schumann states that his cave is eighty feet in length and varies from four to seventy feet in width, After entering through a small aperture, the sides of which are com- posed of granite, one emerges into a solid ice chamber, from which hang numerous stalactites glistening like silver. Schumann was surprised to find that there were a num- ber of air currents n the cave, the source of Which he could not determine. At one side he found a black bear sitting partly upright. ‘The sight of the animal alarmed him greatly at first, but failing to detect any signs of life he approached it and found that the bear was frozen stift in a block of ice. He took his ax and chopped a plece off the animal. Picking up portions he found that it crum- bled at his touch. Similar eaves, some large, others small, have been discovered about Birch creek. The condition of affairs in the mining re- glons of Alaska Is, according to Mr. Ober- linder, encouraging. At Forty Mile, the principal station on the Yukon river, he found a cosmopolitan soclety. The town con- fains thirty-five bulldings, including one ijtore, five saloons, an.Episcopal church and 10k dwellings. Provisions are very high, ow- ing to the diMculties of hauling. Indlans are employed in the work of sledding goods from Dayya across Chilcoot pass to the head of Lake Linderman, a distance of nine miles for which service they charge $i4 for 100 pounds. Flour costs $8 for 100 pounds, beans a pound, rice 20 cents, rolled oats bacon 35 cents, coffee 50 cents to ugar 20 cents to 25 cents. STRIKING IT RICH. WL Altgeyer, part ownsr of the™Valley Forge mine at Salina, came iiito town with an almost solid chunk of telluride which Welghed 103 pounds, says a Boulder special to the Denver News. This caps the elimax of ore discovery in Boulder county, and the people are wild over the magnitude and great Yalue of the strike. Out at the mine a huge boulder of solld telluride, weighing 500 pounds, has been blasted from the twnnel, The value of the ore has been est'mated at $30 to 350 a pound. This makes It the most wonderful strike ever made in this district, Almost simultaneously with the report of this discovery comes that of others. In the Belle mine, 200 yards away from the Valley Forge, owned by Herrival and Flanders of Denver, some exceedingly rich ore has been taken out. It contains much gold that fs free and pure. This strike was made only a few days ago, but the matter was kept Quiet by the owners of the property until the sample shipment occasioned some talk, Just below Salina, In Sweet Home gulch, Vane and Clark have opened up in their Little Johnnie a magnificent body of very tich ore. It is high grade, and there is a great quantity in sight. The output of this trio of mines and the reports of other wondertul d.scoveries is the sole tople of conversation around here, iy AN ORE VEIN DUPLICATED. e great Victor gold mine at Cripple Creek is 1o longer ome vein of high grade gold ore. It has developed into tw Re- cent development in that property, says the Denver News, has proved the value of the econd ore vein, which s in all respects similar to the first. Two carloads of ore :nm].l the fecond veln, sold at a Denver melter, returned an average of $750 per ton In gold. This Is also the record for the first veln. These depositories of wealth are about forty feet apart, and each is now wa!l defined. When approached by the agent for a Lon- don syndicate, Mr. D. H. Moffat, president of the Vietor Gold Mining company, de- oleared that the property was not for sale, and that the option given in New York last winter, at §3 per share on the capital stock had been definitely and conclusively can. celed and would not be renewed. lnce the resumption of work in the Crip- plé Creek district the Victor has pald a dividend of $10,000 per month. It is now In condition to pay twice that sum, as the treasury contains $60,000 in cash from the :al—:‘l’n:n'o'rhme past three months. The of the mine can be easily increase 10 $100,000 per month. y R It is not often that ome first-class mine dovelops Into two, but this ha happened In the case of the Victor, a fact which glves Increased value to the neighboring prospects. SALT CREEK OIL WELLS. Joseph Somerville arrived in this eity from Pennsylvania, says the Casper Tribune, «nd In company with J. W. Van Gordon was driven to the Salt Creek oil wells, where they will arrange the prelimivary work for the drilling of four new wells, work on Which will be commenced next week, at Which time an experienced driller, also from Ivania, will be on hand, and dhe ivory | of these | | | | work will be pushed a mechanics can do It. A few weeks ago we {nformed our readers that Judge McCalmont had closed some very important contracts, and that more active work {n the oll industry would. soon be in- augurated, and we are now to say that it has fairly commenced. The contract closed at that time was with the Gult rallroad for a carload each month, and since then Judge McCalmont has recelved an order for a carload from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe people This order comes from m new source and will be the means of adding a permanent customer, for that company surely knows a good (hing when they see it, and there Is no doubt but that the article they will receive is of the very best. The oil business of Natrona county Is just commencing, and from this time on will prove the greatest industry in our county, If not in the state. ORCAS ISLAND FRUIT. On Oreas fsland there Is a steady increase in interest in frult growing, says the Ta- coma West Coast Trade, and next year will see one large and several small dryers erected to can the product of the 100,000 prune trees which come into bearing on the Island within the next two years. Of prune, cherry and apple trees there are 175,000 trees now out, and an estimate on the annual value of the crop places It at $500,000 within three years, This Is an estimate covering but one small and, but the same condition .of Increased uction is to be generally found through- magnitude which our interests are reaching can The fruit fair at Spo- rapldly as skilled growing scarcely be realized. | kane this month will demonstrate something | of the progress in this direction east of the mountains, and will serve a good purpose in calling attention to the necessity of better facilities for reaching larger consuming mar- kets. FRUIT SUPPLANTING WHEAT. The California newspapers have a great deal to say about the substitution of fruit for wheat as the crop of the state. This change has been going on steadily for a num- ber of years, until mow, in that state, al- though splendidly adapted to the production of wheat, both in soil and climate, the wheat crop has gradually dimivished, and Califor- nia is no longer one of the great wheat states The change has been attended by many good results, says the St. Helen's Mist. The pro- duction of wheat, while it was unprofitable to the farmer, gave employment to but little labor. Machinery does all the work. The great flelds of wheat, therefore, excluded rural population, and while the eities were growing there was no increase in the popu- lation of the country. Fruit growing has worked a revolution. It gives profitable employment to great num- bers of people. The land has grown more fertile and more valuable, and a new and most_profitable industry has been started. The beautiful fruit of the Pacific coast has not a rival and needs no tarift wall to pro- tect it from foreign competition. It not only finds a market in all the great cities of the United States, but a profitable trade has been opened in London. The canning industry is also growing, and fruit which cannot be marketed in its natural state is cannmed or dried. The mistake that is usually made tn fruit raising, as in farming, is too little diversit If various kinds of frult were raised, wh one fails the other would produce. Fruit which can be sold in the winter or in the spring nearly always brings good prices. This fact has suggested the establishment of cold siorage warchouses In rural districts, in which all kinds of fruit can be kept for win- ter. Grapes, which are very cheap in the market in summer, would command fancy prices at Christmas, and apples kept until March can nearly always be sold to an ad- vantage. These considerations will, doubt- less, before 'many ye; make thé cold stor- age warehouse an adjunct to farming. FIRST SIGHT OF A RAILROAD. Roswell is a qualnt town with a Mexican aroma. It abounds in shade, something unusual for southeastern New Mexico, says a local correspondent of the Denver Times- Sun. Straight, wide streets and large trees, that give a degree of long-time, substantial settlement, unusual in the Pecos land, are tures that first impress the new arrival. flere is a solid business center that has thrived for, years many miles from a rail- road as the headquarters and supply point for cattle and sheepmen and a sort of a haven for hard characters. Here the plains rider and the miner and prospector along the eastorn slope of the Jicarillas, eighty and 150 miles away, were wont to meet and own the town for a day or week, according as their roll of wealth or their inclination for a howl held out. Before the Pecos Valley road was built to RBddy It was clalmed that Roswell was farther from a railroad than any eity of over 1,000 inhabitants in the United States. At the railroad celebration on Monday, October 5, there were many old men and women who came from the distant foothills to see the iron horse and cars for the first time. One woman was so bewitched by this comfortable means of locomotion that she rode back and forth for hours on the free train that plied between Roswell and the Chisum ranch, where the festivities of the day took place. Such joy she never expected to realize in her lifetime, and so long as a ride could be had for nothing she cared not for speech-making, and even the gorgeous barbecue feast had no attractions. The open-eyed wonder and original com- ments of these frontier folk, as they gathered around the iron horse and watched its breath- ing steam, was a unique sight. At first they were frightened when the whistle sounded, but soon all idea of fright disap- peared and this noise afforded them huge amusement, and the engineer and fireman tooted the whistle and rang the bell far more than there was any occasion, simply for the fun the unsophisticated crowd got out of it—of which the trainmen had their full share. DIED IN THE DESERT. The bones of another prospector have been found out on the desert sands, says a San Bernardino, Cal., special to the Denver Re- publican. It is not improbable that the re- mains are those of a man who lost his life while searching for that long lost bonanza, the Pegleg mine. M. J. and T. T. Blair of this city have just returned from a summer’s prospecting trip on the desert, and they re- port the discovery. While out on the desert, about sixteen miles east of Canon Springs, they came upon the scattered bones of a man, bleached white and scattered over a space of 100 yards square. Lying here and there on the sand were pleces of the dead man's wearing apparel. To one of the lapels of the coat was pinned a curlously wrought Knights Templar badge. It Is thought the bones are those of a man named Straubenmiller, who disappeared about threo years ago, and of whom nothing has since been heard. In May, 1891, Strauben- miller started from Cottonwood Springs to Walters, a station twenty-five ‘miles distant. At the mouth of Cottonwood canom, instead of going southwest, Straubenmiller turned east, and a few days later he was tracked about twelve miles out on the desert, where the trail was lost, and he was never seen again. IMMENSE CHICKEN RANCH. Rudolph Spreckles and F. F. Follls have just closed a deal for a large tract of land, Something over 200 acres, near Santa Rosa, Sonoma county, upon which they will estab- lish a big poulary farm. Suitable houses will be built upon 100 acres set apart for that purpose, says the San Francisco Chronicle, and all the most approved modern methods for successfully conducting the business will be employed. By the use of incubators or brooders the extensive raising of poultry, as a_business, has been wonderfully facilitated. The enter- prise of Messrs, Spreckles & Follis marks a new departure in this state, where poultry raising has, heretofore, been carried on upon a small scale. Ten acres, In fact, has been considered a good sized poultry farm, and. the wildest dreamer has not even contemplated a 200-acre poultry farm. Heretofore no particular methods have been employed in grading the products for the common market, and no special effort has been made to build up the industry in Cali- fornia. Not more than two-fifths of the poul- try and eggs used in this state are produced here, as California still depends on large im- portations to supply the home demand. Cali- fornians are often spoken of as a people who will not wait long for returns, But there is no other legitimate business which ylelds 50 quick a return as the ralsing of fowls and eggs. So lmportant Is this industry and so great Is the need of awakeniu interest in it that Governor Markham devoted a paragraph o it In his last blennls! message. In 1593 there were over 750,000 pounds of poultry and more than 40,000,000 eggs brought into Cali- fornia. These should have been raised here, and they couid have been produced at a sav- ing of over $500,000 to this state. It is true that there are many small poul- try raisers In Callfornia. but the fact remains THE OMAWA DAILY BEE:'$ONDAY, NOVEMBER §, 1804, that fowls are brought hers in carload lots in one shipmeni, and that even the interior cities 4o not get all their supplies from the surrounding country. In elimate California 18 the ideal place for poultry raising, as there are no great extremes of cold, while feed 1s as cheap as It Is in any part of the east, THE_DAKOTAS, Charles Mix eounty proposes to sink eleven artesian wells Alpena experienced a sand storm fitty-mile gale one day last week. Lyman county expects to have tesian wells sunk on the Sioux rese irrigation purposes. The Valley Land and Irrigation company of Huron recently olased a deal for fifty quarter sections in Edmunds county The South Dakota Mining company, in the Black Hills district, {s making experimen with an electrolytic process for working | refractory gold ores. A number of farmers liviog In the Chey- enne valtey in Fall River county have de- cided to put In an irrigating wheel to take water from the Cheyenne river, A meeting of the South Dakota Irrigation association was held at Huron recently, at which the proposal to borrow the school fund of the state for irrigating purposes was con- sidered Major Clements of the Santee agency, who was recently suspended ms the result of charges made against him, Is again in charge of the agency, the investigation fully exon- erating him Henry Willrodt, one of our prosperous farmers, 1iving near Pukwana, has purchased an artesian well outfit and is putting down a six-inch well for irrigation purposes. He will surely never regret 1t, as irrigation is a 00d thing. He is going to irrigate 320 acres next year. The richest discovery of gold in the Hills was made a few days ago. Two penuiless and unknown young men began prospecting near the Bald Mountain property, and after digging three feet they ram [nto quartz carrying rich gold. The rock averages §250 per ton, it is claimed, About fitty Indians attending United States court at Sioux Falls secured firewater enough to make them feel like having a ghost dance. Twice during the night the police had to be called into the boarding house where the reds were staying to quell their boisterousness. The second time It was necessary to knock down a big buck and take him to the cooler. The abstract of the condition of the na- tional banks of North Dakota at the close of business on October 2 shows the average reserve to have been 85.28 per cent, against 20.37 per ceut on July 18. Loans and dis- counts decreased from $5,209,986 to $5,191,- 035. Stocks and securities increased from $311,645 to $319,811; gold coin from $187,904 to $242,307; individual deposits from $3,874,- 782 to $4,849,650, It the Homestake Mining company of the Black Hills loses all of the lawsuits now pending against it, it is fortunate in being the richest gold mining company In the world. The two most fmportant suits are the ones In which Samuel W. Allerton of Chicago and the United States are plaintiffs. The former asks for a portion of a mine and $2,303,750, and the latter involves $700,000 worth of timber land. Dr. J. H. Smith, county superintendent of the Board of Health, has discovered ad- vanced stages of tuberculosis in a herd of shorthorn Durham cattle, belonging to Messrs. Daly and Beahan, ranchmen, near Columbla. Under orders from State Veter- inarian Palmer of Lennox the animals have been quarantined, and it is hoped the infec- tion will not extend. Examination of the lungs of animals slaughtered for beef shows them to be thoroughly inflitrated with bacilii tubercle. The herd was bought in lowa some years ago. COLORADO. The survey of the new line of the Fort Morgan canal has been . completed. It is stated that the selling price of the Plymouth Rock group of mines, Cripple Creek, was $100,000. Observations are being taken on a quan- tity of seepage water that is finding its way back from the canon to the Platte in Wells county. A The Crazy Girl lode at Freeland, near Idaho Springs, is developing into a good property. The ore is galena, carrying both gold and silver. Granite district, where considerable de- velopment work has been accomplished this year, will be a heavy producer in 1895 Modern stamp mills and concentration plants aro needed. The Montrose Enterprise is trying to push the matter of taking the Gunnison river into the Uncompahgre valley. If this ob- ject {s accomplished nearly all the land in the valley can be irrigated. The extension of the Dolly Varden vein has been opened up in the Christy at Cripple Creek. The pay streak Is elghteen inches in width, and two sample assays made on the ore run $307 and $350 respectively. The Pharmacist is liable to bloom forth again as one of the big mines of Cripple Creek. A vein measuring fully eighteen inches in width was discovered within twenty feet of the bottoln of the shaft. It cousists of tellurium ore, which assays bet- ter than fifty ounces in goid. In the Florence oft fleld there is consider- able activity. New wells are being drilled and the refineries are running full blast. A few days ago the United Oil company struck the largest gas well yet discovered in the fleld. In fact, it Is stated that this new well will produce as much gas as any half dozen heretofore opened. The new lixiviation works at Duncan are now ready to begin work. If the treat- ment proves to be a success there will be & big rush to this camp, and properties which are now doing but very little will be worked to their full capacity, while a vast amount of virgin ground will soon be staked off by new prospectors. A proposition has been mada to the Denver & Rio Grande railroad to change the present line from Colorado Springs to Manitou into an electric line. It is proposed to use the over- head or trolley system. The electric plant would be located at Colorado City, and In ad- dition to supplying sufficient power for run- ning the cars, it would supply light for the depots at Colorado City, Manitou and also the union_ depot in Colorado Springs. It is est|- mated that the company could by this method double the present service, WYOMING. A new postoffice has been established at Olmstead, Crook county. The work of killing wolves in the northern part of the state is progressing rapidly. A petition will soon be in circulation pray- ing for a daily mail service from Casper to the Big Horn basin country. § The state miners' hospital at Rock Springs has made contracts for the purpose of tak- ing care of the Unlon Pacific patients. Horses belonging to the Big Creek Live Stock company are being gathered, prepara- tory to making a shipment to Louisiana A number of homestead claimants in the Big Horn basin have lived on their land the required length of time and are proving up. Work is now in progress on the Sheridan water works. The contractors are in hopes of having the job completed by the first of next year. Something over 40,000 sheep have been pur- chased as feeders by Wyoming shippers and are now being held in the vicinity of Fort Steele. They will be shipped into Colorado and Nebraska and fed for market. Considerable iron ore is being received at the smelters from Wyoming deposits. It averages over 65 per cent of pure Iron and gives good satisfaction. The cost of mining it is low, owing to the generous size of the velus. Sheep herds In Stillwater county are re- ported free from scab. with the exception of two herds belonging fo Dr. Murray. Feed on the Sandy range is exceptionally good. The clip of this year has been disposed of, and of course at a very low price. The number of sheep in the county is estimated at between 33,000 and 34,000. The Four Mile placer camp south of Raw- lins is attracting a great deal of attention at present. A syndicate of Chicago and Omaha capitalists who are operating there aving the survey made for a large ch, and it s expected that work will be commenced on_the same at once. A number of prospectors have been recently visiting the district with a view of locating claims, The new Burlington folder shows that at the gpening of the Billings line the road will have in active use 1,260 engines, 1,500 passenger coaches and 35,000 frelght cars This amount of rolling stock enormous and can hardly be fully understood at a glance. The new extension of the Bur- lington is the only big piece of railroad with a ome ar- ation for Is something | [ . bullding that has bean done in this country this year. g The Wyoming 'DéVelopment company has & large number df men and teams at work on ditch No. 8, at Wheatland. The company will have its ditch system completed in time to furnish dn‘Wbundance of water to the settlers on ite dands. State Engineer Mead estimates that the waters of the North Platte river are suffi- clent, It properly ‘uséd, to irrigate and re- claim over 800,000 acres of land, and there are about 500,000 acres along the river capa- ble of reclamation. It will require an im- menss expenditufe of money, however, to construct the necessary canals and water- ways to bring abowt ihe reclamation. OREGO! A Florence man who has packed carefully and established a good name for his brand has just recelved an order for 200 cases of salmon to be sent to Boston. A spotted seal Is said to have been seen in the Willamette, near Butteville, by the captain and mafe of the Modoc. It is sup- posed to have ascended the Oregon city fish Indder. Oscar Peterson has raised some very good hops this year on the John Day bottoms, It has been supposed this crop would not grow there, but Peterson s going Into the business. Mitchell, a Californla buyer, gathered In a bunch of 300 head of beet cattle from the ranches at the head of the valley above Ash- land, paying an average of about $18.50 per head for them, considerably less than last year. The Sloan and Haskell Elk creek placer mines in Grant county have been sold. In- cluded in the transfer are the Mocking Bird Cabell, Blue Bell, Steamboat and other prop- erties. The price Is $58,000, and operatiof will be conducted on a large scale. Two hundred men are working at the upper art of the Cascade locks and are making good headway. The gates have all arrived | and will be put In as soon as the masonry | is completed. Arrangements have been made for keeping the masons at work until high water drives them out. Norris Humphrey informs the Eugene Guard that at present prices he can realize 500 from hls dried prunes, raised on his wenty-five-acre orchard, a few miles north of Eugene. The trees are six years old and have been thoroughly and intelligently culti- vated. His entire 'cost for drying, picking and cultivating will, probably amount to be- tween $1,000 and $1,250, leaving the balance as profit. The Prineville Review vouches for the faot that the following is an exact copy of an ad- vertisement posted on the bulletin board (n front of one of the Jeading mercantile estab- lishments of that city: “Fur Sail.—Shugger, Kofty, flower, milasses, chawin an smokin terbacker, Inglish and Gunpowder T T T T, beens, dride proons, peeches and plumbs, sope, ryce, kandels, cole ofel, koon axel greece, glass and krokery wair, eat settery and so fourth; go fur kas J. D. Casey of Hilgarde expects to leave in a few days for Malheur to look after de- velopments at the rich quartz find in which himself and W. R, Banks are interested. The ledge was discovered by Mr. Banks and Mr. Casey bought a half interest for $2,600. The owners received a proposition from Og- den for the purchase of the property for $8,000. This offer was refused, as the ore is free-milling, ayd there is no doubt that a small mill will' sson yield many times $8,000. ' . WASHINGTON. It keeps the Pasco people busy killing the rattlesnakes in their back yards. A number of feading land owners about Garfleld will go fnto flax raising another year, I A new.cable ferry s to be put in_across the Columbia at the mouth of the Yakima river. ' The Goldendale i are working day and night ou an order for' 1,000 barrels of flour for China, ., 1 2iip Work on the .middle Kittitas irrigation canal is humming. About 400 men and 200 teams are at-work. Yakima farmers arb shipping potatoes to St. Paul. They receive $11 a ton for them, deliveged on the; gars,| Several Klickitat farmers will not harvest their ‘wheat crops, clafming the price will not Justify the expense of cutting and thresh- ing. Columbia county, having excseded the con- stitutional limit of indebtedness, has con- tnued all clvil jury cases till the March term. The Skagit county delegation to the legis- lature next winter will insist upon an appro- priation for a wagon road over the Cascades, the Whatcom route having failed. The red huckleberry wine season is on in the valleys of Wahkiakum county, and some put up from this plentiful summer fruit is found torbe a prime article now it is brought out for use, It is estimated that of wheat, barley and oats the -amount received at Garfield this year will reach 700,000 or 800,000 bushels. About 175,000 bushels have already been warehoused. A bearskin and a five-gallon can of “bar’s grease” is what Mr. Joseph Pellant of Shamokawa points proudly to now as a revenge for the loss of thirty pigs the poach- ing bruin had destroyed for him. A number of farmers south of Spangle have left flelds of wheat 100 to 200 acres which they will not cut, as it will not pay the expenses of harvesting, though it would yield from eighteen to twenty bushels per acre, The progress of the middle Kittitas irri- gation ditch is making commendable head- way. There Is some five miles completed and seven or elght under rapid construc- tion. It will be ready for next season’s irrigation. The Willapa Pilot prints some ing statistics of Pacific county's industry, footing up for the season 10,- 760,000 feet. It is incomplete, and the Pilot thinks in all the output would reach 15,000,000 feot. Tha board of county commissioners of Whitman county have decided to audit no more bills, except such as are already con- tracted for. This action is because the commissioners believe the county is up to the constitutional limit of indebtedness, A good many members of Spokane's Coxey army never came back. Some of them were heads of families, and the women and chil- dren are besleging tha county commissioners for aid in the form of fuel and grocerles. Some even ask for transportation to go east to find their husbands. The Whidby Island wharf, the construetion of which was undertaken by the business men of Port Townsend, has been completed and is now ready for use. The wharf s not at Ebey's landing, where the boat has here- tofore made its landings, but is at Admiralty inlet, a short distanee below. J. J. Durant of Pasco has part of a tooth of a mastodon which was found at the depth of forty feet by men digging a well on the land of W. B. Gray, The plece of white ivory was about two and a half inches long. The tooth must have Bezn about eight inches long when it was im the creature’s jaw. Work on the Port,Orchard dry dock is pro- gressing very rapidly. The 100-foot cal:son is almost completed. 1t will be about a year and a half befcre the work will be in readi- ness o be turned, oyer to the Navy depart- ment. The contrict price Is $600,000, and $400,000 additional! Wil be requred to com- plete the work. |, Emery Gantenblgn of Pasco saw three or four coyotes in the fleld near his home. He got his gun and Wwenf out to get a shot at them. FHis first shat) wounded one of the animals, which af onge made for him and attacked him before’ he knew it. The rough and tumble “Wght which followed ended by Emery sidting on the coyote and cutting its throat with his pocket knife. The Indlans abont Wenatchee have been expressing their disapproval of what they consider a great. act of sacrilege on the part of the Great Northern Railroad company. The cause of the complaint is that the Great Northern rallroad -has oecasion to blast out some large rocks which were covered with bieroglyphics. These rocks the Indians re- gard as sacred, the hieroglyphics being a record of the Wenatohee Indian tribe, their battles, deaths, ete. For some months past there have been repeated filings on the water rights of Gr river, Lake Tapps, Stuck river and other streams In the valleys east of Tacoma. An effort, is being made to secure a right-of- way across the reservation for weter pipes and other conduits. and it is sald that a number of Northern Pacific offcials are plauning to utilize these water rights in operatiug & great power generating plant. The electric power so generated will be brought to Tacoma and used for operating interest- logging varfous plants and factorier and probably the Northern Pacific shops af Yakima has 14,000 bales of ‘904 hops, of which 11,000 bales have been sold, contracted | tion representod deplore the disastrous re- or consigned, leaving 3,000 bales awaiting a rising market. Many hops were left un- picked, but they were of & character that would not bring -the grade up to the highest standard, and the main efforts of the growers were directed to this end. The Yakima hops are generally of an attractive character and three lots have been sold lately at 7% cents. The largest cedar tree ever northwestern Washington was Robert De Lancy last week, near J. P. Chil- berg’s place, a half mile east of Burlington. The tree is perfectly sound with the excep- ton of @ heart rot of about three feet circumference. The tree measures, where cut from the stump ten feet above the sur- face of the ground, fourteen feet and two inehés. It was felled to saw bolts, and_ will make 300,000 shingle bolts, worth when manufactured about $500. felled in felled by MISCELLANEOUS, A whale about thirty feet long was no- ticed sporting around San Francisco bay A plant for the treatment of gold ores 18 to be erected at Eddy, N. M., at a cost of $50,000. Montana Insists that her gold product this year will show a gain of 75 per cent over 1893, The Centennlal-Bureka, a silver-lead pro- ducer of Utah, has patd a dividend of $25,000 on September carnings. Bids bave been invited for the construc tion of the necessary buildings for the gov- ernment hatchery at Bozeman. A survey is belng made on the projected canal of the farmers' union ditch, which is to be taken out of the Bolse river above Star, Tdaho. An attempt is being made to develop arte- sian water in the Snake river valley. Work on the Orchard farm dam has been com- menced A late estimate of the raisin crop in the San Joaquin valley places the shortage or this season’s crop at 25 per cent. The sec ond crop was practically cut off by the early rains, A scheme is on foot to cut off a part of Shoshone county, 1daho, together with a por- tion of Nez Perce and a slico from Latah, making Kendrick the county seat of the pro- posed new county. The Jesus Marie mines, 500 miles west of Chihuahua, Mexs, of which ex-Senator Tabor is the principal owner, are reported as looking well. The bullion output of the district is from $150,000 to $1765000 per month. An English syndicate agrees to pay $450,000 for a group of gold claims situated on Big Hole river, Montana. The first payment of $20.000 has been pald. A forty-stamp mill will be built and $100,000 expended in devel- opment, The first pure copper ever sent from Utah was recently shipped to Chicago’ and Pitts- burg. The amount was 61,832 pounds, and Is the first product of the new copper plant. Of copper matte the shipments were 130,950 pouuds. At Missoula’s new oatmeal plant things humming. The mill is now running night and day at its full capacity, with more orders coming In than can be filled. The capacity Is 200 barrels a day. Twenty men are employed about the plant Mose Manuel of Helena encountered a mountain lion on Lyons creek. The beast was only a few yards from him and crouched ready to spring, but Mr. Manuel was for- tunate enough to break the lion's neck with his first shot. It was one of the largest ever seen in Montana, Another large and rich body of ore has been encountered in the Red Elephant mine near Hailey, Idaho. A cross cut tunnel, in 145 feet, cut the vein at a depth of about 300 feet, The tunnel has been pushed through the vein twenty feet with no signs of the foot wall. The ore is fully as rich as any of the Red Elcphant product. This means a great deal, as a large portion of the Red Ele- phant rock averages $126 to $150 a ton. Montana will furnish about 200,000 head of beef cattie to the eastern markels this year, which means from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 for Montana, Last year about 170,000 head of beef cattle were shipped. Sheep raising is generally a profitable business, and as the number of sheep increases, the demand for mutton seems to increase with it. There are more sheep used for food in this country How than ever before, and the demand con- tinues active. The new steel bridge across the Flathead river at Kalispel, Mont., is now complete The bridge is a beautiful structure, built entirely of steel. The piers are tubular— huge steel cylinders resting on bedrock and filled with concrete. The bridge stands high above the high water mark of 1884, the highest ever known. The opening of this bridge unites the east and the west sides of the valley and will prove of untold bene- fit to the grain growers across the river, Wwho will no longer have to wait for the fer- ryman. A mysterious plague has suddenly broken out at and about Wardner, Idaho, in the Coeur d'Alene country, and several hundred people have been stricken, most of whom are miners. The local physicians are bafiled as to the origin or nature of the epidemic, and physicians have been called to go to Wardner for consultation. The people are greatly alarmed and surrounding towns are afraid that the plague will spread. No deaths are as yet reported. Dr. Gibson of Wardner says he is of the opinion that the disease is not dangerous, While Jose Marle Herrara was herding a flock of sheep on the ranch of Julio Fiore, forty miles west of Durango, Mex., he dis- covered a cave, which he partly explored. He found stored in the cavern & box flled with gold coins and ornaments valued at $30,000. It is supposed the treasure is a part of the ill-gotten gains of the brigand, BHenito Marez, who operated in that sec- tion about thirty years ago, and was killed on ene of his expeditions. Ten per cent of the amount discovered must be turned over to the state government. At this season of the year it is an inter- esting sight to visit the Salmon falls and watch the salmon trying to climb over the falls, says the Shoshone Journal. These falls vary from twenty to sixty feet in height, and at some places there is a per- pendicular fall, and at others the waters slide over the rocks at an angle of about 45 degrees. The salmon take a * run and jump” and try to leap over the falls and get up the river. It is a common thing for. these big fish to jump twenty feet in the alr in their frantic efforts to climb over the falls. Thut Joyful Feeling With the exhilarating sense of renewed health and strength and Internal cleanliness which follows the use of Syrup of Figs Is unknown (o the few who have not progressed beyond the old time medicines and the cheap substitutes sometimes offered, but never ao- cepted by the well informed. — COSTLIEST BIBLES EXTANT, ‘Three Luvaluable Tooks Guarded in Foreign Achives. The three most valuable bibles are to be found in the British Museum, the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, and the Convent of Belem, near Lisbon. The first is a manuscript writ- ten by Alcuin and his pupils. This bible was presented to Charlemagne in 800 A. D., on the day of his coronation. In the '30's of this century it belonged to a citizen of Basle, who offered it to the French government at the price of 42,000 francs. It was eventually bought by the British Museum for £750 leaves of this fine book are rich in n cent vignettes and arabesques. The h: of the chapters and the name ‘‘Jesus" are executed in gold letters all through. The figures of Moses and Aaron oceur in the cus- tume of the eighth century, and it is sup- posed that they represent Charlemagne and Alcuin. The Paris bible was printed in 1527 at the order of Cardinal Ximenez, and was dedicated to Pope Leo X. One of the three printed coples was sold in 1789 to an English- man for 12,000 francs. The copy was pre- sented in 1840 to Louis Philippe, who gave it to the Bibliotheque Nationale. The Bible of Bolem consists of nine folio volumes and is written on parchment. Junot brought it in 1807 to Paris, When Portugal wished to buy the bible back it was held by Mme. Junot at 160,000 francs. But Louls XVIIL ordered its free return to the Portuguese government. U. 8. A., San Diego, s Catarrh Remedy is the ave ever found that would Price boc. Captain Sweene: Cal., says: “Shilol first medicine I 40 me any good. into shingle | into shingles | | of REPUBLICAN STATE PLATFORM The republicans of Nebraska in conven- sults of the “change” in the policies of the national government, decreed by the pecple at o time when the mental balance of the country was temporarily disturoed by the exhilaration of a long course of peace, f ress and material prosperity, and the ciumor of demagogues and political quacks, and confidently appeal to the peopla ~t the state for a return to the conditions that ex- isted prior to the elections of 892 Dismayed by the financial devulsion that paralyzed the business centers of the coun- try, when the results of the al and state elections made It certan that the poliey of protection of home industries and the guarantee of public credit ani # sound currency were abaut 1o be overtasown by democratic president ana a congress ¢emo- | cratie In both branches, the loavc1s of the party, wholly in power 1o the first time fn thirly years, have had neither the courege to embody the principl n thelr national convention at Chioay Tegtln- tion, or the wisdom to anandon their trieat- ened rald on the industries of tha coartry But they have Kept the busin s erest G the people in suspense and uncertiinty dur- ing twelve months of unpr)itable debute over the work of framing A 1ivenue bill, founded on no deflnite or recogmzable eco nomical system, corrupt on Its face, dis- criminating against northern industriés for the benefit of the south, openly denounced by a majority of those whose votes carried 1t to Its passage, and not only fraught with disaster to the people, but confessedly stamped with “party perfidy and party. dis- honor,” as an abandonmen of the cause ariff for revenue only and the prin- and_pledges upon which they were placed in power. “How can they face the people after Indulging in such vutrageous discrimination and violation of principles™ as are found In almost every paragraph of the Sugar trust tarift bill: In view of the practical results of a year and & half of democratic rule, we reaffirm with renewed faith and fervor the platform the national republican convention at We demand the restora of protection £nd com- Ith our sister r blies Central and South America and of the West Indin islands. n party of Nebraska has al- he consistent friend gressive ch st anone now takes no step ward, favor bimetallism and demand th both gold and silver standard mone sist that the parity of the value metals be maintained, so that every dollar, paper or coin, issued by the goverament shall be as good as any other. ON RAILWAY REGULATION. We adhere to the doctrine that all rail. way lines are subject to regulation and control by the stat and we demand the regulation of rallway and transportation lines to such extent and in such manner ns will insure fair and reasonable rates to the | producers and consumers of the country. | To that end we insist that laws shall be enforced forbidding the fictitious capitali- zation of such corporations and that the constitution of the state shall be rigidly en- | forced wherein it Is provided: No railroad corporation shall issue any stock or b except for money, la or propert ally received and applied to for which such corporation w , and all stock div nds and otr fictitious increase of the capital stock or indebted ness of any such corporation shall be volc We are in favor of th reement of all Iaws, whethar they aff ndividual or the corporation, and we therefore demand the enforcement of the maximum rate bill passed by the lasi legislature until the same 1s declared vold by the courts or is vepealed. We a in favor of the v congress that will provide for the supe. on, regulation and coutrol of tions engaged in interstate commerce, a view to preventing the fictitious capitali- zation and excessive bonding of such cor- porations. We denounce all combinations of capital, organized in trusts or otherwise, to control arbitrarily the conditions of de, and ar- raign as criminal legislation "the manifest concessions of the tariff hill hands of the president .« the Whisky sts. We recognize the rights of iaborers to organize, using all honorable measures for the purpose of dignif:{ng their condition and placing them or. an equai fooling with capital, to the end that they may both fully understand that they are necessary to fhe prosperity of the country. Arbitration should take the place of strikes and lock- outs for settling labor disputes. The extirpation of anarchy is essential to the self-preservation of the nation, and we {herefore favor the pending bill in’congress for_the exclusion of anarchists We recommend that the ensuing legisla- ture submit an amendment to the constitu- tion, to be voted on by the people at the next general election, providing for the in- vestment of the permanent school fund in state, county and school district bonds. We believe that the industries of our state should be diversificd, to relieve the mass of the people from dependence upon one class of agricultural products subject to crop failures, and it being demonstrated that the soll of this state is adapted to the produc- beets, even In dry seasons, a lculatle wealth, we favor leg- that shall bring to our people its lizatlon, T mindful of the service ways been now in the Sugar anu and sacrifices of the nation, otest against the illiberal and unjust policy of the Penslon department under the present administration, and pledge anew to the veteran soldlers of the republic & recog- nition of their just claims upon a grateful people. e Oregon Kidney Tea cures all kidney trou- bles. Trial size, 25 cents. All druggists. Has a Verdict Ready. In the suit of Campbell against Johnson, which has been on trial for a couple of weeks in Judge Ambroge's court, the jury agreed at an early hour Sunday morning. The ver- dict, whatever it may be, was sealed and will be returned In court this morning. Campbell sued for $50,000, charging that Johnson had stolen the affections of his wife, Hattle Campbell. —_— Grand Musical Concert. The street parade will conclude with a band concert and blowout at the court house square by the seven bands participating. Hon. John M. Thurston will speak from the court house square steps tonight. —— Locomo;olj _Ataxla, Epilepsy AND AL DISEASES OF THE SPINAL CORD FIND READY AMTLIGRATION FROM THE USE OF MEDULLINE, THE EXTRACT OF THE SPINAL CORD OF HE 0K, PREPARED UNDER THE FORMULA OF Dr. WM. A. HAMMOND, IN HIS LABORATORY AT WASHINGTON, D €. “ . L Dose, § drops. Price, two drachms, 52 gou Columbia Chemical Co.,’ WASHINGTON, D. C, #ENO roR ook . KUHN & CO. AGENTS FOR OMAHA & 4 % FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL USE. 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Fifty couts par bottle, Sold hy Druggists, DOCTOR =" SEARLES & SEARLES hronis eIVOl3 (TTFRCOTITERIGD . RGN Consultation Frey Catarrh, all dissases of the nose, Throat. Chest, Stomach, Liver, Blood Skin and Kidney diseaszs, Lost —Manhood and all Private Dis= eases of Men Call on or address, Dr. Searles & Searles, 143,Farnam Steosy NEBRASKA NATIONAL BANK U. 8. Depositary, Umaha, Nebraska. CAPITAL, SURPLUS, Treatmentby Mail, Ofcers and Directors—Henry W. Yates, prese fdent; John 8. Collins, vice president; Lewls B. Reed, Cashier; Willlam H. 8. Hughes, assiste ant cashiler. THE IRON BANK. oAl Stockholders' Meeting. Notice s hereby given that a speck moeting of . (he steckhimers of the' Bonth Platte Land company will be heid at the office of sald company, in Lincoln, Neb., on the 16th day of November, 1804, for thi purpose of considering and acting upon the watter of extending or renewing the artie cles of incorporation of sald company. By order of the board of directors, R. O. PHILLIPS, Secretary, Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 16, 18%. 018 CA other Narcotic substance. STORIA Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher’s prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor It is a harmless substitute for Paregorie, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant, Its guarantce is thirty ycars’ use by Millions of Mothers, Castoria destroys Worms and allays feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrheca and Win d Colic. Castorin relieves , tecthing troubles, cures constipation and flatulency. Castorin assimilates tho food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep, Case toria is the Children’s Panacea—the Mother’s Friend. Castoria. “ Castoria fs an excellent medicine for chil dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its good effect upon their children.” DA, G. €. Osaoop, Lowell, Mass. * Castoria I3 the best remedy for childrea of which I um aequaintel. T hope the day is not far distant when mothers will consider the real Interest of their children, and use Castoria in- stead of the variousquack nostrums which are destroying their loved onos, by foreiag oplum, morphive, soothing syrup and other hurtful agonts down their throats, thereby seading thewm o premature graves." Da. J. F. Kixcnsos, Conway, Ark. Castoria, * Castoria is 5o wéll adapted to children thad I recommend it as superior oany prescription koown to me." 0. A, Ancuzs, M. D., 111 80, Oxford St., Brooklyn, N, Y, *Our physicians in the children's depart. ment have spoken highly of their experi- ence in their outside practice with Castoria, and although we only have amoug our medical supplies what s known as vegular products, yet we are free to confess dap the merits of Castoria has woe we te look with favor upon it." Uxitep Hosrirak 259 Dispensany, Avax C. Suirw, Pres, The Contaur Company, T1 Murray Strect, New York Olty,