Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 10, 1894, Page 5

THE FEDERAL INGOME TAX Principal Features of the New Law and Whom it Affects. INCOMES EXCEEDING $4.000 MUST PAY Bynopsis of the Sallent Provisions, Exemp- tions wnd Restrictions and the Penalties Presertbed for Evasions and Verjured Returns Made to Collectors. Under the lnw incomes for the calen- dar year 1804 are taxable and returns are to be made on or before March 1, je tax 18 payable on or before July 1. The secretary of the treasur and the commissioner of internal nue have arranged the plans for the en- | and the to forcement of the income tax necessary blanks will be sent col- lectors before the first of the y Be- fore anything can be done, however, in the matter of putting into operation the machinery for the collection of the tax congress will have to make an appro- priation, the amount asked for by the secretary of the treasury being $500,000, and this is expected to encounter vigor- ous opposition. It is understood that a strong effort will be made to defeat an ap] rop dntion for this purpose, and while it may not succeed it is quite possible that it will cause such delay in the en- forcement of the law that the treasury will get only a small part of the reve- nue from this source which is counted on for the beginning of the next fiseal year. In that case the deficit of $28,- 000,000 expected by Secretary Carlisle may be doubled. As everybody whose income exceeds $4,000 a year is affected by this tax, and therefore in ted in knowing the terms and requirements of the law, a statement of these in advance of the date when the law takes effect will doubtless be regarded by all such per- sons as timely. All citizens of the United States are lable to the law, whether they live in this country or in foreign lands. So are all persons who are not citizens if they live in the territory of the United State The tax covers, also, all incomes derived by persons who are neither citizens of this country nor residents from prop- erty or business of any kind in the United States. Literally all income, ex- cept such as is exempted by a few spe cial clauses, is liable and must be in- cluded in calculating the amount due under the law. It makes no difference whether it comes from the profits of business, from personal services, or fiom investments in stocks, bonds, not any other property whatever, ex United States bonds, which are expre 1y exempted from all taxation by the terms of their issue, and the stock of corporations which shall have paid the tax on thelr income, as provided for by the new act itself. Money due from any source, but not paid within the year, must be included, if it is a good and collectable claim. The profits from the rise in the value of real estate sold within the year and bought within two years of the time the law takes effect are taxable. The amount received from the sale of agricultural or other pro- ducts is covered by the tax, but there may be deducted the cost of producing the merchandise sold. The act expressly includes the money and all other per- wonal property received during the year by bequest, gift or inheritance. In cal- nlating exemptions and offsets to in- come received the following items may be allowed: All taxes actually paid, except those assessed for local improve- ments; the portion of any salary upon which the tax is paid by an employer, who 18 bound by law to withhold, and actually does withbold, the tax due thereon; al interest paid on indebted- ness and all losses from wrecks, fires, bad debts or other causes which are incurred in the conduct of any business or in the regular course of any avoca- tion, provided that such losses are not covered by insurance or in any way made good. It is expressly provided that there shall not be any deduction for expenditures in the erection of new buildings or in making permanent im- provements or betterments which in- crease, or are intended to increase, the value of any property or te. Only one deduction of the amount of income exempted, $4,000, shall be made from the aggregate incomes of all the mem- bers of any one family composed of husband and wife, or of one or both parents and minor children. Guardians are allowed to make a deduction of the full amount exempted in calculating the tax to which the property of each ward ‘18 llable, but if two or more wards are comprised in the same family and have joint property interests then there can be but one deduction of $4,000 for all of their combined estate, In order to make sure that no person near the limit of exemption, $4,000, shall escape notice the law provides that everybody whose income for the present year is as much as $3,500 shall make a sworn statement, on or befo the first Monday in March, 1895, set- ting forth the amount of his income for the calendar year 1804, and must fu nish this to the collector of internal r enue, or a deputy collector, for the dis- trict in which he resides. It is pro- vided, however, that any person whose fncome equals or exceeds $3.500 a year, but is less than $4,000, may simply swear that the amount of his income, as defined by law, was under $4,000 for the year, and that shall be deemed suf- ficlent unless the. collector has reason to believe that the amount of income liable to taxation has been falsely understated. When the collector thinks that an in- come has been returned too low he may increase it, giving notice thereof to the person concerned, so that he may have an opportunity to be heard in his own defense. When an increase is made over the income returned the tax on the hole income is doubled, so that the dishonest taxpayer must pay 4 instend of 2 per cent. In case of failure to make any return the penalty assessed agalnst the delinquent is 50 per cent of the amount of the tax which would oth- erwise have been payable. Failure to pay the tax at the specified time incurs a penalty of § per cent of the amount of the tax and interest at the rate of 1 per cent a month on the sum unpaid. The law is stringent in dealing with corporations, making no exemptions in favor of such bodies. They are liable for per cent of their net income, whether thelr profits nre $30 a year or $5,000,000. No deductton is allowed for amounts pald to stockholders, or carried to the credit of any fund or account, or used for the enlargement or betterment of the plant, or for any other purpose as an lavestment or improvement. The corporations taxable under the law in- clude all banks, banking institutions, trust companies, savings institutions, fire, marine, life and other insurance companies, railroad, canal, turnpike, navigation, water power, telephone, tele- graph, express, electric light, gas, water, street rallway and electric power com panles, and all other corporations, asso- clations or companies doing business for rofit in the United States, no matter 0w or where they may have been or- ganized and created. Partnerships are not Included. Exempt corporations are states, counties and municipalities; cor- porations or assoclations organized and operated solely for charitable, educa- tional or religlous purposes; fraternal Dbenefielary associations, or orders oper. ating on the lodge systemn and providing for the payment of life, sick, accident and other benefits, and building and loan associations which make loans only to their shareholders or members. The tax does not apply to the income from stocks, funds or securities held by any fiduclary or trustee for charitab liglous or educational purposes. is also an exemption cov mutual insurance companies portion of the business of companies having ecapital stock and stockholders which Is condueted upon un entirely mutual basis and solely for the bene- fit of the policy holde provided that the accounts of this portion of its busi- ness be Kkept separate from its other transactions. The same exemption ap plies to savings banks which have no stockholders save their depositors and hold all of their income subject to di- vision among the depositors and for their benefit alone; provided, also, that they shall not receive more than $1,000 in any one r from a single depositor, or aliow any person to have more than $10,000 on deposit at one time, or pos- sess o surplus exceeding 10 per cent of their deposits. Every corporation doing business for profit must submit to the internal revenue collector on or before the first Monday in March every year a sworn statement of its gross receipts for the preceding calendar year, its net profits, and other facts set forth in the law, and each corporation must keep its books and accounts in such form that they can be readily inspected. Refusal to allow inspection incurs the penalty of having the income of the corporation fixed by estimate of the internal revenue collector and the addition thereto of 50 per cent of the supposed true income. These are the principal features of the law reviving the taxation of incomes in the United States. It is provided that it shall remain in force until January 1, 1900, but it is not probable it will do 8o, even should it stand the test of con- stitutionality to which it will undoubt- edly be subjected. ——— ECHOES FROM THE ANTE ROOM. What Foresters Are Trying to Do—New Odd Fellows Hall at Bénson. Court Omaha No. 1091, Independent Order of Foresters, is working hard to increase its memberrship before January 1. Prizes have been offered to all lodges in the country for the purpose of increasing the membership of the order and Court Omaha wants to win sev- eral of them. One prize will be won if it reaches a certain number of members. It also hopes to win one of those offered for the greatest percentage of Increase in the mem- bership of any lodge during the year. Apd it is expected that several members will re- ceive prizes for having obtained the largest number of new members through individual efforts. In order to exhibit to outsiders the in- ner workings and benefits of the order enter- tainments open to the public have been given from time to time and the result has been the acquisition of a large number of members. Friday evening next, the court will give a soclal entertainment and ball which is ex- pected to surpass any of those that have been given In *he past. Neat invitations have al- ready been issued, and no one can obtain ad- miselon without one of these, Refreshments will be served. The program that has been prepared for the occasion is as follows: Plano Solo—Grand March ... .Pease Mr. D. R. Stanbaugh. Mr. Frank Wallace Miss Fannie Frost Tenor Solo Recitation et Miss Mabel Mason, Miss Rose Ma- cumber Short Address—Torestry 58 Charles Watts, D.'S. C. RR. Instrumental Trio—Gipsy Rondo, Trio N. 1 . Violin, Mr. J. I. Cook. "Cello, Mr. Heyh. Plano, Mr. Sigmund Land herg, Bass Solo—Out On the Deep Mr. W. R. Morrison. Recitation . Miss Jessl, Music . The T Vocal Duet . Miss Hattie Ivans from 0dd Fellows ut The 04d Fellows of Benson opened thelr new hall Thursday night by installing the officers of Benson lodge No. 221. The installation ceremonles were conducted by Grand Master John Evans, assisted by Deputy Grand Master J. W. Nichols, Grand Warden Harry Jackson, Grand Secretary N. B. Helm and Grand Treasurer F. B. Bryant, all of Omaha. The officers installed were: Noble grand, B. C. Hoffman; vice grand, George Snell; secretary, C. J. Johnson; treasurer, E. H. Mulford. After the instal- latlon of the officers the degree team of Stato lgdge No. 10, Omaha, initiated sixteen members. An elegant supper was served after the ceremonies. Benson lodge, No. 221, starts out with oleven charter members and thirty initiates. Unlon Veteran Leglon OMicers. Encampment No. 121, Union Vet- eran Leglon, recently elected officers i3 follows: Colonel, E. L Davis; teutenant colonel, I 8. Lozler, major, P. J. Matison; surgeon, E. A. Shaw; chaplain, ~G. D. ~Cornell; officef of the day, L. A. Finney; quartermaster, R. Phoenix; trustee for three years, T. L. Hull. The appointed officers are to be as follows: Adjutant, T. H. Leslie; officer of the guard, W. H. Coleman; sergeant major, E. J. Coder; quartermaster sergeant, W. H. Gardner; color sergeant, N. Swansen; bugler, H. Thienhardt, Tho encampment will give a complimentary entertainment on Wednesday evening, De- cember 19, Tate to United Workmen. Grand Master Workman J. G. Tate ad- dressed the members and friends of North Omaha lodge No. 169, Gate City lodge No. 98 and Degree of Honor lodge No 28 yesterday afternoon in Wolfe's hall. These lodges have instituted a series of meetings to be. held each alternate Sunday, beginning yesterday. Some eminent speaker will be present on each occasion to discuss fraternity matters in their various phases. These lodges hope to accomplish much good in arousing an in- creased interest in their work. In addition to the speaking a fine musical program was rendered yesterday, and will be at each meeting, Catholle Mutual Denevolont Association. Branch No. 3 of the Catholic Mutual Benevolent asoclation elected the following officers for the ensuing year Friday evening President, William Maher; first vice presi- dent, T. M. Halloran; second vice president, J. F. Welch; recording secretary, F. H. Kosters; assistant recording secretary, C. E. Boschert; financial secretary, J. P. Quinlan; treasurer, H. V. Burkley; marshal, A. J. Beaton; guard, J. C. Kinsler; trustees, J. J. Bugee, T. J. Fitzmorris, J. D. Tracy, F. E. Kosters, J. C. Kinsler. The new officers will be installed the first Friday in January. Planet Lodge OfMoers. Planet lodge, No. 4, Knights of Pythias, at its last meeting night elected the follow- ing officers: Chancellor commander, William Stark; vice chancellor, Edward Gursky; prelate, Gustave Frels; keeper of records and seal, Jullus Treitscke; master of finance, Samuel Motz; Mmaster of exchequer, Jacob Fraunk; master-at-arms, Henry Miller; master of work, Aug Karsten. Secrot Boclety Notes Omaha camp, Modern Woodmen of America, will glve a musical entertainment next Wed- nesday evening in the hall in the Continental block. Forest lodge, Knlghts of Pythias, and Key- one lodge, Independent Order of 0dd Fel- lows, have leased jointly the hall known as Forest hall at Sixth and Pacific streets, and are fitting It up in shape for a lodge room. J. C. Petersen, the secretary, says that they will make arrangements for other lodges to use the room if there are any who care to occupy It jointly with th Karl's Clover Root, the great blood purifler, gives freshfess and rness tlp ti’!’:’um leX- fon apd es_constipdtion; 25e, 60c, $1.00. Sola by &bo DR oodman Drug Co. PULSE O WESTERN PROGRESS| s, et et e e Wonderful Mining Developments in Cala- veras County, California, A Rl\;/\L TO THE AFRCAN GOLD FIELDS Cattle and Sheep Interests of San Miguel County, Colorado—Natural Gas Discovery at Monterey—Elk Ralsing in Wyo. ming—Genoral Westorn News. “It the gold flelds of South Africa could show the prospects and the yleld that Cala- veras county does all California would be bidding for a chance to get in on the deal said R. Montenegro of Angels Camp to a reporter on the San Francisco Examiner Mr. Montenegro says that the mining prop- erties in the Angels Camp district are all doing well, the Utica mine, owned by Hobart, Hayward & Lane, being reckoned as the kingpin. The Utica 1s worked in conjunction with the Stickles mine adjoining, 400 men being constantly employed in extracting ore, which averages $16 a ton. The company keeps 200 stamps going day and night and each stamp is able to crush at least three tons in twenty- four hours, which gives an estimated output of $270,000 in gold bullion a month. This rate has been kept up for more than a year. For some reason that outsiders do not under- stand the managers of the property attempt to minimize the returns of the milling product. It Is supposed that they fear that more frequent attacks by highwaymen would be made if it were generally known that the chances for rich treasure boxes were so fre- quent. The Tulloch mine, a mile from the Utica, is also operated by the Hobart-Hayward combination, and is reported to be turning out big bars of bullion. A new five-stamp mill was started up at the Berney mine. The ore is expected to average $20 a ton. This mine is controlled by Messrs. Brown, Rolleri, Montenegro and other business men of San Francisco. It is customary to describe mines in and about Angles camp by referring to their position relative to the Utica mine. The Blair ledge, two miles southwest of the Utica, is turning out ore that runs $150 a ton. Tt has been bonded for $300,000 by an English syndicate, the bond to run thirty days. It is thought the sale will be com- pleted. The mine has a ten-stamp mill that is kept going constantly, SAN MIGUEL RESOURCES. The western portion of San Miguel county, which borders on the Utah line, furnishes hundreds of acres of grazing land, which is fully occupled by herds of cattle belonging to W. H. Nelson, Edwin Joseph, Alfred Dun- ham, George P. Robinson, Sam Robinson, J. N. Pearse, Lloyd Gilligan, James Nix, L. G. Denison, the Porter Cattle company and many others, who have thousands of cattle shipped from the different ranges in this country in the last two months, writes a Telluride cor- respondent of the Denver Times-Sun. The ranges, though usually good in the fall, are badly used up at this time, owning to the light rains during this season, as well as no enowfall at all during the fall months; consequently the cattlemen will ship a greater number than they otherwise would if the winter ranges were in their unsual condition. There will be a few hundred head of cows kept up and fed during the winter months for the in- crease, but beef steers will be shipped ‘o Kansas City and other points, as well as to the Telluride and Rico markets for use at the mines and to supply town trade. The farming interest is looked after by many people from Kansas, Nebraska, Towa, Illinois and other points. The greatest num- ber of productive ranches lle in what is known as the “Shenandoah valley,” in the extreme western and northwestern end of the county, and though a portion is in Mont- rose county, it Is of San Miguel county’s por- tion that is mentioned. Hay, grain, vegeta- bles and fruits are raised in abundance on this land by the irrigation system, the land being admirable and the climate being most favorable. Nearer to Telluride— Hastings mesa—hay, grain and vegetables are grown, while within five miles of Tel- luride can be found the ranches of W. Hogg, Andy Kellock, F. E. Adams, Jo: Carrierre, R. H. Gillesple, E. B. Anderson, Frank Waddle, Russell Painter, Alex Thomp- son and others. On these high ranches bar- ley, oats and timothy hay are the chief pro- duct, and all do immensely well. Especially i8 the timothy hay very profitable. All of these crops can be marketed in Telluride and at a good round price, making farming very profitable. Tho sheep industry is growing in this county, too. C. E. Smith has several thou- sand sheep, on Hastings mesa, and the Wise Bros. and Haley Bros, have sheep, which they allow to run on our ranges during the sum- mer months, To sum it all up, Sam Miguel county pre- sents a home for the farmer, fruit grower, stock raiser, miner and mechanic, and is in- deed blessed by nature with all requirements necessary for man. BLUE MOUNTAIN MINES. The Indlan scare in San Juan county has developed the fact that somé important min- ing operations are now being prosecuted in the Blue mountains, and that promising prop- erties are menaced. The Salt Lake Tribune has chronicled the discovry of rich gold ore on the Gold Queen and Silver King claims, owned by J. R. Hickman of Nephi, B. B, and J. L. Heywood, Stewart Stevenson and others. These claims show a four and one-half-foot veln of free milling gold ore that yields from $35 to $187. The owners have erected a shaft house, brick house and blacksmith shop and laid in a stock of supplies for the winter, and propose to determine before spring whether there is sufficient ore to justify the erection of a mill. The developpments consist of two shafts, thirty-five and forty-five feet deep, and an incline on the vein. There is an abundance of timber, water and coal in the vicinity. Near these claims {s the Viking, owned by Lester Taylor of Payson and E. H. ‘Terry. They have recently made a most important discovery of gold ore, a selected sample from which assayed $7,030. Average samples across the two-foot vein ylelded $480. The owners have been working five men and have sunk a shaft to a depth of fifty feet, and are now crosscutting. The ore is free milling, and the owners believe their prop- erty will develop into a bonanza, provided the land is not given up to the Colorado Utes. These mines are located about seventy miles south of Moab, in the very midst of the Indlan troubles. NATURAL GAS DISCOVERY. Seaside, Cal., is all excltement over a dis- covery just made, which promises marvelous developments in the near future, says a speoial to the San Francisco Chronicle. It is thought that this whole section is a nat- ural gas country, and that wells may be developed anywhere. Many people have noticed the streams of bubbles continually arising around the lake, but little thought had been given to it till Dr. Roberts and and the local bishop con- structed a rude gasometer and captured the escaping gas. Gas enough was collected in @ coal oil can to keep up a continuous flame from two to six inches in height, according to pressure. This test was applied in some six or eight different places some rods apart, and as these bubbles appear all over the lake it is reasonable to supopse that underneath this entire section are large reservoirs of natural gas which may be utilized. From the amount of gas collected in a sin- gle bottle placed over one of these bubble holes it was computed that if stored for twenty-four hours it would supply a house with a single jet for an evening's light, and as there are hundreds of such places where the gas in continually being given off, proba- bly gas enough wastes from this lake alone to supply Monterey with nearly half the gas it consumes. Possibly oil may be found well as g A NOVEL EXPERIMENT. Hon. John B. Okle, the well known Fre- mont county sheepman, Is engaged in an ex- periment which will be watched with interest throughout the state, and by many outside of it, says the Cheyenne Leader. Some time ago some of his employes succeeded in cap- turing one or two cow elk, which were placed in a fleld on Mr. Okie's ranch enclosed by a six barbed wire fence. Thelr number has been added to from time to time, and he is now the proprietor of four cow and two bull alk. which ramble about in confined limits Mr. Okle is in '“"}'}\ hat his small herd will be Increased in , but_opinfons vary greatly amcng those”/dequainted with the nature of the elk famfly as to whether his hopes in this direction will be realized, | many malntaining that Yhey will not breed | in captivity, and expeffunce seems to favor | this view. Some yaary ago a Mr. J. W. Anthony, a wealthy resident of the Big Horn | basin, made specfal’ “bfforts to capture in | the Big Horn mcunt#india pair of elk, male and female, as a starter toward domesticat- | Ing o herd of thery gn his ranch. After keeping them a Ioni' time without any increase, being convinced that there would be none, he turned them Jgose, and they trotted gladly back into the mountain fastnesses and have never showh ‘thémselves to civilize surroundings agafn. (10 STRUCK 1P RICH. | An Interesting discovery has been made at | Idaho City, forty milps from Boise, in the | conter of the old placer region known as Boise basin, says a Bolse special to the San Francisco Bxaminer, which produced such great quantities of gold in the early days and which still has a large output. There 18 a false bedrock on which the gold was found, and it has long been the theory of | miners that gold existed beneath it. To test this theory a hole was drilled through the false bedrock. It went through the beds of | sand and clay without bringing up anything | of value. At a depth of about 450 feet gran- ite was struck. On the possibility of there | belng a bowlder strata beneath, sinking was continued, and in a short distance a ledge was struck, heavily pregnated with iron pyrites. After boring into this for a distance of fifteen feet it was determined to make an assay of the rock. The result was three ounces of gold and twenty-elght ounces of silver per ton. This Is high grade for gold rock. It is impossible to form any positive opinion as to the size of the ledge thus unex- pectedly struck, but ff it is not standing ver- teally the development would indicate it to be large. CO-OPERATIVE RATLROAD. The San Diego Pacific railroad is a new concern now flooding the mails with glowing prospectuses directed to railway employes, says the Rawlins Journal, It is called by its profectors “a railroad for railroad men,” and the scheme as set forth is to is- sue stock at $10 per share, payable in monthly installments of 50 cents. The pro- moters desire all railroad employes to be- come stockholdérs in the road, which will be built from San Diego, Cal, east, and they figure that If 100,000 employes take stock it will furnish capital sufficient to build five miles of the road per month. The American Railway union strikers who are on the blacklist are particularly invited, as it will afford them employment. MONSTER MOUNTAIN LIONS. Niels Nielsen and Albert Lang were out hunting in the hills about seven miles east of town, between Spring hollow and_Logan canyon, says the Logan (Utah) Natlon They found something. They Killed two mountain lions and five deer. Nielsen Killed both of the lions. The first one he espied about 1,600 yards away and shot through the body. This caused the beast to howl with pain and almost shake the very earth. It then came at him as though it would tear him limb from limb, and doubtless would have done 50 had it got at him, but Niels was too old a hand to permit any- thing of the kind. When it got within about seventy-five yards of him he took deliberate aim and fired, the ball striking the beast between the eyes and killing it almost instantly. The other one he brought down first shot. The larger one measured eight feet from tip to tip and the other one seven and a half fect. NEBRASKA. Cedar Rapids has organized a fire com- pany. »m Y G. W. Hunt, a well known newspaper man, will try to resurrect;the Bloomfield Independ- ent. Crab Orchard has orgihized a lodge of the Order of the Maccabees with twenty-five mem- bers. [ The Oxnard Beet Sugar company at Grand Island has paid out $5,000 during this year for local beets. On Christmas night the “Courtship of Miles Standish’ will be presented by local talent at the North Bend opera house, The bulk of the money paid out on road warrants during the past few weeks is being paid back into the treasury for personal taxes. | There is a pig In Madison county that has learned to suck the cows. In this year of corn crop failure this Is convenient for the owners of the pig. Rey. Mr. McFarlaine has accepted a call to the Congregational church at Stella and will remove to that place from South Dakota with his family shortly. Little Jimmie Donoghue, living in Platte county, had three fingers crushed in a fodder cutter, and they had to be amputated to save the rest of the hand. By the sudden death of a woman named Mrs. Hawkins, in Coleman precinct of Red Willow county, two girls, aged 16 and 8 years, and a baby of a few weeks, are left destitute. Twenty carloads of coal have been ordered for the Custer county needy, to be distributed as follows: Broken Bow, six cars; Mason City, three cars; Merna, three cars; Anselmo, two ‘cars, and Berwyn, one car. Rev. A. A. Cressman conducted revival services at the Congregational church at Fairmount. The attendance was good, and some seventy persons signed cards, the ma- Jority being from the children in the Con- gregational Sunday school. An interesting divorce suit has been com- menced in the district court at Fremont. The plain@iff is Mrs. Amelia H. Mitchell, who charges her husband with adultery, abandonment, and with having been confined in prison for more than three years. The State Horticultural soclety will hold its winter meeting at Lincoln on January 15, 16 and 17. The grape, cherry and plum are the special subjects for discussion. Prof. Charles E. Bessey will open the proceedings with a paper on the botany of the grape. Samuel C. Sample, the republican nominee for the state senate from the Thirteenth district, who have given notice to senator- elect, John Crawford that he would contest his election, has withdrawn the notice. John Trommershausser of Holt county has also decided not to contest the election of his populist opponent, Along the Elkhorn and Battle Creek val- leys the are immense peat bogs, which, if cut and drled, would make excellent fuel. These bogs, moreover, aro percolated with water, and it only needs small expenditure for ditch- ing and planting to turn them into an excel- lent cranberry or celery farm. The soil is one of the best in the world Prof. Sabir is a_schoolmaster at Dakota Clty who has won the devotion of his pupils. The other day there was a pile of wood wait- ing in his yard, after having been chopped, un- til the professor should find a few spare min- utes to put it away. Bight of the professor's boys happened along and with one accord set to work and in a very short time had the wood stacked away in the woodshed. THE DAKOTAS. The Holy Terror gold mine in_ Pennington county Is at present a bonanza. Gold is being cut out with a chisel. Russian settlers are charged with stealing the old government buildings at Fort Smith, N. D., carrying them off piecemeal. United States marshals have over fitty in- dictments against settlers for stealing govern- ment property at abandoned Fort Abraham Lincoln. ’ A franchize for an electric street railway at Hot Springs was granted by the city coun- cll to Pennsylvania' capitalists. It is to be gomplsted and in runsing order by July 1, 95. ) A recent shipment of ore from the Alma lode on Yellow creek gave the largest returns for second grade ord of any that have pre- ceded it. Two cars contained twenty-two tons each, and netted $4,000 and $2,000 to the car. The returns from four assays made give $108, $117, $120 and $134 per ton. The commissioners and commandant of the soldiers' home at Hot Springs are preparing the biennial report. It will ask for an ap- propriation of $60,000 for the maintenance of the home for the next two years. At pres- ent 136 soldiers are at the home. The aver- ape annual expense for each one is $210, of which the United States pays $100. At th end of the year the Ugited States will o the state $2,700 on this account. Assayer Lyon recently reduced a plece of ore from the Cutty Sark mine, six miles trom Rochford, to concentrates at the rate of 31 to 1, and yed the concentrates which returned at the rate of $36,600.28 per ton in gold. This is equal to about $1,000 per ton of ore. The name Cutty Sark is a Scotch term and means “short shirt,” The MAIL ORDERS FILLED, About Underwear 1 , very The very them many cents under value, A fine warm Undershirt, a lot in which there are no drawers to match- ought to be soc, butit's.......... Elegant ribbed Undershirts or Drawers desirable for winter wear at less than half price. Genuine woolen Undershirts or Draw- ers-—you'll see them in some win- dows to-day at 85c, here they are best fleece lined woolen Un- derwear—the jobbing price is ¢1, but we are buyers—our price..... Whenever a hard-up jobber comes our way with a little jag of Underwear or in fact anything in our line that is good —we are the people who do the buying—but now that we've picked up just such a snap in Underwear you are the people to do the buying for we, while the goods are superior in quality, we've made a price equal to the occasion and quote 25 30 a0 15 The H. M. Cook Clothing Co., 18th and Farnam, Omabha. “Short Shirt” mine promises to take a place' among the Homestakes, Golden Rewards and | other bonanzas before long. The Northern Pacific has applied for an order to restrain the sale of Northern Pacific lands in Stutsman, Burleigh, Wells, McLean, Morton, Stark and Mercer counties for taxes of 1893, on the ground that the lands are not taxable because no patents have been issued and their selection has not been ap- proved by the Interior department, and fur- ther because permission had not been granted by the court for the sale, the road being in the hands of a recelver. COLORADO. A surface pocket on the Griffith lode, near Georgetown, runs. well in gold, silver and ead. The Stonewall mine, at Yankee Hill, has twelve inches of solid galena running’ well in gold and silver. Ore worth $2,000 per ton, part of the con- tents being sold, is credited to the Geyser mine, Silver CHff district. A very fine streak of yellow porphyritic quarfz was encountered in the King of the Rockles at Balfour recently, a mill run from which averaged nearly $1,500. The Virginia M. property, on Bull hill, Cripple Créek, is exploiting a new strike of sylvanite ore worth §700 per ton In gold. It belongs to the Union company. The Bmpire, Clear Creek county, .con- tinues to contribute ore steadily. A recent millrun from the Cleopatra returned $451.75 in gold from a little over six tons. The Amethyst mine, Crede, sent out 1,000 tons of ore last month. Three cars were lead, but the most of the shipment was a sul- phuret that will average over 300 ounces in silver to the ton. Over 1,000 ounces of gold were recelved at the Denver branch mint, from San Miguel mines, Winter work is more extensive in that district than ever before, all owing to improved appliances. The lessees on the west end of the Moun- tain Monarch at Cripple Creek have opened up a new vein on their property running east and west. The ore averages about $100 per ton and the pay streak is of good width. The gold strike in the Lilian at Leadville was made by some lessees on the property. They uncovered a new vein running a fraction of an ounce on the outer edge, and a streak in the center running four ounces to the ton, Willlam G. Smith of Golden has organized a syndicate to placer mine all the stream be- tween Golden and the forks of the creek. The | Rollins-Anthony syndicate has the same ob- Ject in view, and it claims tax titles to*most of the land. The Silver Bar mine, located near Silver Clift, is again coming into the foreground as an immense ore producer. The new shaft is down sixty feet and is in ore, much of which runs as well as $400 per ton. It is a heavy chloride commonly known as horn silver. The Mary Murphy mine and mill in the St. Elmo district, which have stood idle for the past two years, will resume work soon, the property having been leased by Pennsy! vania capitalists headed by B. F. Morley, Two hundred men will probably be put to work in the mine this month. Everything looks encouraging for Chalk Creek gulch. WYOMING. Ranchmen in the Saratoga valley are plow- ing for next year's crop. Gray wolves are bothering stockmen Albany county a great deal. A new marble works is belng started at Cheyenne. Sherman granite will be used. A bridge to cost about $3,000 will be bullt across the Wind river at Merritt's crossing, north of Fort Washakie. A cave has been discovered near Lander which has been explored several hundred feet without finding the end. t is claimed that another rich gold quartz mine has been discovered in the Big Horn mountains west of Sheridan. The Ogalalla Cattle company has placed 160 thoroughbred Hereford bulls on their ranch on Hat creek, in Converse county. A geological surveying party from Wash- ington will be at work in the western part of Wyoming and eastern Idaho next summer. The people of Lander want some one to start a creamery in that town. There Is a big demand for butter and cheese in the min- ing districts of Fremont county, The Yellowstone Park Irrigation and Land company of Omaha are building a large canal at the mouth of the Stinkingwater river, which will irrigate about 8,000 acres of fine land. The citizens and business men of Green River are very much In earnest in their ef- forts to encourage the promoters of the Colo- rado, Wyoming & Great Northern rallroad from Grand Junction, Colo., to Green River in bullding the line at the earlicst practicable date. There is talk of organizing a board of trade in order to facilitate the work. A six-foot body of gold ore, yiclding per ton, has been reached in the Columbus mine, La Plata district. A No. 8 pump is going in to handle the water and early next year the company will erect it sown mill, OREGON. The McKenzle tollroad In Lane county took in $822.90 last year in tols. Dr. J. Guy Lewis has brought $1,000 in gold dust into Baker City from Sparta, a partial clean-up from his Sawmill gulch placer. The voice of the Eugene papers is loudly raised for a flour mill. Since Edirs’ miil burned, the town has been without one, and the loss is much felt. They profess to believe at Union that the proposed sugar factory will be built in time for mext year's crop of beets. Representa- tives of the eastern company are expected in a few days to close the deal for the sub- sidy and factory. Mrs. Haskins of Fairview has been visiting her niece, Mrs. Andrew Hall, at Coguille City for a few days. The old lady was born in 1805 and remembers the war of 1812. She can remember when her mother made a knapsack for her father to g0 to the war; it was made of an old sack, covered with coonskin. Mrs, Haskins has a full supply of interesting reminiscences. The November term of circuit court in Mal- heur county, just adjourned by Judge Fee, was very short, lasting only two and one-half days. ‘The grand jury reported that they found the county in excellent financial condi- tion, and although they had diligently In- quired, they had been unabie to learn of one crime 'committed in the county during the previous six months. Another coal find bas been made in Jack- son county. Quite recently on the farm of County Commissioner Samuel Furry an $- fo't vein of coal was discovered. Three teet of the vein s said to be an excellent quality of coal, while five feet is bituminous shale. The find Is almost directly south of the Crit Tolman mine, near Roxy Ann, and the finding of the new croppings proves c n- clusively that there is an immense bed of coal underlying a thin covering of earth, and only a short distance east of Medford. H. W. Thompson and F. C. Christy of La Grande are the cwners and patentces of a new kind of fruit dryer, which appears to have merit. It acts on the principle of hot air drying, which it is claimed is more natural than evaporation. It will dry fruit from six to elght hours quicker, and saves more of the substance. A furnace Is used in crder to heat and dry the air and give power for the fans, and trays are used the same as In an ordinary evaporator, Mr. Thompson Is now engaged in the construc- tion of an experimental dryer, and will next sewson be ready to prove the value of the invention, WASHINGTON, The Yakima river is running high for this season of the year A carload of prunes from Walia Walla to Omaha netted $2,119.90, Seattle hopes to sccure a military post of four companies of artillery. Spokane's electric lights are out, pending the settlement of a stubborn contest between the city and the Edison company. Many of the farmers of Asotin county will feed stock this winter, and handsome returns are expected from the sale of the fat cattle and hogs in the spring. Waterville people report good sleighing In the Big Bend country. In the Wenatchee valley, only twenty-five miles distant form Waterville, the weather is very much like summer. The Northern Pacific's order to its employes forbidding them to accept county or munic- ipal office works a hardship in a town so pre-eminently “railroad” as Kalama. A lavge proportion of the best citizens are in the company’s employ. The United States War department is will Ing to establish an army post in the outskirts of Spokane, and has sent officers to inspect the different sites around the city, and has offered to establish a large post, provided the city will donate 1,000 acris of suitable land for the post and artillery and rifie ranges. A committeee of citizens is at work soliciting pledges. F. E. Scriver, ths Boundary City post- master, has been taken to Spokane by Deputy United States Marshal Vinson, on the charge of embezzlement. His apparent shortage Is $1,690. The British Columbia boundary line is ‘only thirty feet from the front door of the post office, and Scriver had sufficient warn- ing of the charge to have enabled him to es- cape and give the authorities a great deal of trouble, but he preferred to stand bis trial. Morris: Couch-Chair There arc many fashions in Easy Chairs, Just as there are many fashions in Comfort, But there Is one chair which in itself supplies nearly ali the fashions of comfort from the flat bed to the erect seat. This interesting piece of furniture is the Morris Couch Chair. Strictly a chair, it s convertable into the most perfect of couches, with the pillow adjustable at any desired angle. Or, in an emergency, used as a bed. The head rest is then let down perfectly flat, and with tho aid of a down pillow and a blanket you have a coms plete, most comfortable bed. Such a creation as this Morris Couch-Chair dispences with half a dozen pleces of furni. ture, for it makes them unnecessary. 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