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PULSE OF WESTERNPROGRESS Gold Ontput of Urivple Orsek Showing Re- c markable Gains, OLOSSAL FORTUNES IN ORE EXPOSED | Placer—Rich Coal Veln Dakota's Min- Ing Senwtion—Witch Doctor in Limbo—News of the West. Ex-Governor Walte' Sear Denver.-South Recent developments on Battle mountain in the Independence and Portland properties £0 to prove that this portion of the camp Is richer in ore than claimed by the most san- guine bellevers in Battle mountain, says a Victor special to the Denver Mining Record. A conservative estimate of the value of the ore in sight in ‘the 200-foot level placed it at $2,600,000. The third level will add at least an equal amqunt of ore blocked out for stoping The Portland shaft has now reached a depth of 300 feet, and the vein at this point 18 cleven feet wide, and all ore. A numbet of assays on the entire width were made and the lowest was twenty-two ounces and the highest nine s in gold. Three cars of the ore, taken from the shaft the present month, went at the rate of 37.54 and 61 ounces per ton at the smelters. For the past te days three shifts have been employed driving on the ore at a depth of twenty-eight feet, and there is no Jndication of the vein contracting or the ore decreasing in_value. 1t is impossible now to estimate the wealth of the new finds on Bull Hill. On the south- ern slope of the famous promontory it is likely that the top of untold treasure has been exposed. It is not found in one hole alone, or in two, or in three, or four. DIg. ging gets it, and so far it has required the expenditure of very little muscle and very little money. Six weeks ago the region in question was considered practically barren, and now n a claim there Is worth a small fortune, Bull Hill tlopes on the east spur, just below the new town of Independence, while to the west the sag carries it up on Battle mountaln, To the north of both of thes rich mine has been found, and where the discoveries will end human knowledge cannot tell, as about an acre of ground up the hill, and a trifle to the west of the Theresa, is covered with thousands of tons of sand, innumerable assays of which show that it has an average value of $14.60 to the ton in gold. Judging from the output of all the mines in the district, the first month of the year will be a record beater, and the value of the output of the camp in 1895 will be greater than the entire gold porduct of the state in 1894, The Independence and the Portland will be accredited with about half the value. RICH PLACERS OPENED. South Boulder creek is to be robbed of more of its gold next season than ever be- fore, and the system is not unlike that the promoters of the Clear Creek company is about to employ in an undertaking of the same kind. The Ingold Placer company has let a contract for 300,000 feet of lumber, to be used In constructing a flume 1,700 feet long and 6x12 in size. Through this, says the Denver Republican, they propose drawing oft the water of the creek through South Boulder canyon, and leave the natural bed free for placer washing. All surveys have Dbeen completed, buildings for the housing of forty workmen are up, and the company fs in shape for serious work In the spring. After the flume to change the bed of the creek 1s completed a bed rock flume forty- eight inches wide will be put in, and the working of the bars above the canyon will then be an easy matter. An expenditure of $40,000 will be required in getitng up the flumes to allow the sluicing of the bars to begin. The company’s bars are threo and a lalf miles in length, and by surveys are figured to contain 3,000,000 cubic yards of placer dirt. The yield Is from 50 cents to 60 cents per yard in amalgamating gold, with the Dlack sand running from $20 to $40 a ton. One block washed last season yielded 83 cents a yard. The company has been washing with siulces fed by shoveling for a number of years, but will put in the large flumes this season in order to increase the production, and at the same time reduce the expense of operating. COAL NEAR DENVER. On the territory known as the La Gier ranch, four miles south of Parker, a station twenty-four miles from Denver, on the Fort Worth rallroad, excitement prevails, owing to & new body of coal which has just been discovered, The strike was made by La Gler on his own lands a few days ago, says the Denver Times. 1t has always been the theory of the prop- erty owners of this particular region, from the indications on the surface, that some de- velopment would updoubtedly reveal a vast body of carboniferous mineral. But, prob- ably from negligence, no test was made until of late. A short time ago La Gler began op- eration, with the intentions of making a thorough test. T. J. Baird, who is also owner of prop- erty near the new workings, returned to Denver from the scene of the strike, and states that there is no better showing in the state considering the depth, which is at present eight feet from the grass roots, He oxhibited a quantity of coal, which scems 10 be of the best quality. The vein runs on an incline into the side of the hill, and seems to be Increasing in width as depth 1s gained. Mr. Baird, with a number of enthuslastic friends, is now making arrangements to purchase a diamond drill, which will be taken to the grounds at once and the entire county tapped. On the coal there rests a vein of fire clay four feet wide, and even this Is valuable. Some time ago a survey was made to ex- tend the Fort Worth track in close prox- imity to the new discovery. BIG LARAMIE PLACERS. There Is considerable excitement at the Big Laramie placer fields over a big strike that was made a few days ago. A prospect hole was sunk on one of the claims belong- ing to the Dodge City Placer Mining com pany to bed rock, writes a_correspondent to the Laramle Boomerang. They panned out ! from 75 cents to $1 per pan. The gold is different from any other that has been panned since the first discovery of the gold in the camp, all of it belng round or block pieces. In fact, it is the only place where Dbed rock has been struck, and it pans out beyond all expectations. On bed rock some pieces were found that were estimated to contain the value of 10 cents. One pan of gravel was panned out near bed rock that contained 457 colors, which were counted by the naked eye that were scratched to one side of the-pan by the point of a pin. The boys feel highly elated over the find, nd think the camp will surely boom next summer. There Is considerable prospecting going on in the camp and surrounding country. News has been reccived at the camp that if the weather continues to be pleasant thg Iron Mountain company will gend a gang of men there to go to work on their claims preparatory to putting in a $30,000 plant. The Iron Mountain company is golng in on a large scale, and will work their claims for all they are worth, GOLD AT KOKOMO. Another old silver camp is likely to begin to assume the aspects of a gold community. This time it is Kokomo, lying between Lead- ville and Breckenridge on the South Park and Rio Grande roads. Very little has been sald about the amount of yellow metal thus far discovered at this piace, because the people have become so accustomed to wnin- ing silver and lead that they nover thought that gold might be below the veins of the whiter metals. Few of the mines of the district have reached sufiicient depth to tap the strata which in the formation at Lead- ville carries the gold, but all the attention of prospectors and mine managers has been spent in the upper formation Roswell Sqrague Jones, manager of the Ten Mile Mining company of Kokomo, is in the city making arrangements for the ship- ment of fluxing ores from the mines of his company to the Denver smelters, says the Denver News. “The fact has not been ad- vertised, but we have a continuation of the €0ld belt at Kokomo!" sald Mr. Jones. ‘From the Wintergreen mine during the past few years we have shipped to the Oumaha and Grant smeiter over 100,000 tons ¢ iron fluxing ores, aud the value of this six ounc AHE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1895 mineral has been catried entirely in gold. For this ore as a flux we have received only enough from the smelter to pay for the min- ing, but we have made our profit entirely | from the gold it contained. At first the re- turns from this source averaged about $5| to the ton, but as depth was increased the | value increased slowly until at present we are mining an iron fluxing ore that returns | a value of from $10 to $15 to the ton, and undoubtedly, as we get down, it will in- crease. The trouble with the Kokomo mines in the past has been the fact that no as were made for gold. All we wanted was mineral carrying iron, silver or flead, and the yellow metal was entirely lost sight of. RICH BLACK HILLS COUNTRY. During the past year the Black Hills have made rapid strides to the front rank as a | producer of precious metals, says the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader. Statistics of the gross output tainable, as a great majority of the pro- ducing ‘mines are owned by individual or close corporations, who never give publicity to their affairs. It is €afe to say that the Black Hills during the past twelve months have produced between $5,000,000 and $6,000,~ 000 in gold alone. Dividends have been regular and promptly paid by the larger rporations, the Homestake compjany alone distributing $300,000 in this manner to its stockholders, During the year a number of rich discoveries have been made in old and almost abandoned camps that rival in value the ore of the so-called high grads camps of other states and territories. These discoveries have resulted in making thelr owners comparatively rich men, not by sell- ing thelr mines, but by extracting the ore and having it reduced at the many mills now in successful operation throughout the country. In addition to these new discov. eries a number of old prope have been reopened, and are now being properly worked. It fs almost an assured thing that as soon as the weather will permit, work will commence on the large new mill for the Horseshoe company, which has expendea much money during the last year in getting their large froup of mines in shape to facili- tate the extraction of ore, which Is exposed in the extensive and deep workings. The South Dakota company s another corpora. tion that has performed and still continues development work on their property, which now shows up large and valuable ore bodies, which have been fully tested in fifty and 100-ton lots by chlorination at their small mill in Garden City. There is sufficient ore in sight on thelr property to warrant the erection of a plant with the capacity of at least 100 tons per day. are not ob- SPIRIT OF TWO STICKS. There came very near being a serious time at the Deadwood jail on count of the great superstition of the Indians. They are, it possible, more superstitious than the ne- RBroes. In the Deadwood jail there are at present confined some eight or ten Indians, charged with all the crimes from murder to petit larceny. Late the other night, says a Sloux Falls special to the Minneapolis Tribune, a volce was plainly heard by all saying “Wasi lelia wasta, beta This was repeated several times. When Two Sticks, the chief actor in murder of the four cowboy: ranch, was executed on the 20th of Decem- ber, he spoke on the scaffold as his last words those above quoted. The Indians, who were in their respective cells, hearing the volce, at once conceived the idea that Two Sticks' ghost was prowling about in the corridor. ~They became so frantic in their efforts to escape that the sheriff had to summon all of his deputies and go into tho exerciso room of the jail, into which the nearly crazy Indians were brought. Hero they were talked to kindly by the sheriff, who tried to explain to them that they had imagined that some one was speaking. The sheriff succeeded in quieting the red men somewhat, but not altogether, They firmly believe that Two Sticks' ghost is abroad and that he will come back to haunt them. They shiver each night when being. placed in their cells with mortal dread that the ghost will come that night. HAVE FAITH IN GOLD. Ex-Governor Waite is about to embark in the mining business. In company with Mr. Childs, the retiring register of the state land board, and others he has located 600 acres of placer land and sixteen lodes in the region of Tarryall gulch, mear Como. Re- ceiver Frank Trumbull of the Gulf road and other officers of the railway, says the Denyer News, are also interested in the district, and it Is prophesied by persons who have looked over the ground that there will be a big rush into the new district this spring. Although the snow is all the way from three to ten feet deep in the district, the country is re- ported to be well supplied with prospectors who are staking out claims and preparing for active operatlons at the earliest day possible. Among the claims stakegl out by the retiring populist state officials ‘are the “Governor,” the “Lady Walte” the “Chjlds” and the “Harrlet.” Mr. Trumbull located upon two claims last week and a New York capitalist Is now In the city with a view of investing in properties heretofore located. The region has yielded many thousands of dollars in placer gold for years. It is reported that one fortunate placer miner took out $10,000 last summer. At the grass roots one of the lodes assays $42 In gold to the ton. Mr. Childs says the district is abundantly supplied with water and the placers can be worked at small expense. A GREEN MOUNTAIN BONANZA. The wonderful record of the Holy Terror mine as a gold producer bids fair to be sur- passed by the rich strike just made on the Lackawana lode, adjoining the Decorah, situ- ated on Green mountain, Lawrence county. Rumors of a rich strike in this mine have been In circulation several days, says a Cham- berlain special to the Minneapolis Tribune, but the rumors are now verified and the ricl ness of the strike is almost beyond belief. The present owners of the Lackawana mine, James Collins and Curly O'Leary, have been working the property since 1885, developing it and extracting a fair grade of siliceous ore, of which they have now nearly 2,000 tons on the dump. Last September the an- nual assessment work was commenced at a point 200 feet lower down the mountain and the shme distance below the workings. An open cut and tunnel was started and driven in thirty feet, the last few feet being in ore. On the 1st of the present month the owners visited the placo to see If everything was all right. A small plece of rock was taken from the face of the tunnel and afterward exam- ined and found to be fairly covered with rich flaky gold. A shot was then put in the face of the rock and fired, and the result was the opening up of an ore body that fairly glistens with the precious metal. Numerous assays have been made, the returns varying from $1,600 to $3,700 gold per ton. The ore body has a slight dip to the northwest, is twelve feot thick between shale rock and trachyte. Future work may determine that the ore body s even wider than statéd. PACIFIC COAST MINING. Encouraging signs of a revival In the gold mining business are noticed in many direc- tions. This is especially the case in Amador and Tuolumne counties, where work has been resumed on a number of abandoned proper- ties, while mines which have been worked all along are said to be ylelding a better output than fromerly. At several other spots on the Slerre a resumption of activity is reported by the local papers, though there is an absence of the usual boasting. In mining eircles it Is common talk that the profits of some of the Sierre mines are much larger than the public suspects. One resident of this city, says the San Francisco Call, s said to be drawing an income of $60,- 000 & month from his properties, whose names are hardly known; and men who are equally unknown are mentioned who draw thelr $100,000 a year from the bowels of the earth and saying nothing about it. Every geologist knows that the Sierra is full of undiscovered gold, and it stands to reason that some day it will be got out. in spite of the drawbacks under which hydraulic mining has bad to labor, and the lean ores which are being hoisted from some of the veins. If the gold mining industry resumes its ancient activity, it will do 80 under far bet- ter auspices than formerly, for it will rely on sources of supply which' are not liable to collapse. At all periods of the world more money has been made by mining lean ores than rich ores. The latter are sure sooner or later to peter out, and the owner Is likely to sink all his gains in a frultless pursuit for the lost bonanza, whereas a body of lean ‘ore, carrying a pretty uniform though low percentage of the precious metal, s likely to stay and go on ylelding & fair return to the legitimate miner for years and generations. ROAST HORSE AT LARAMIE. Roast horse, fresh cooked, under the direct supervision of Chef de Cuisine Huemptuer is a palatable dish, says the Laramie Republic. the at Humphrey's It was trled last Thursday by a small army of patron: Some took their appetites with them. some left them outside, but all pro- nounced the meat as good as beef. Tt is Infinitely more tender than the ordinary boarding house article, and it one was not aware that “man’s noble friend” was being chewed, he would be willlng to make a wager of almost any amount that horse meat and that of a corn-fed steer were one and the same. The only discernable difference s that horse meat has a sweeter flavor than the time-honored article The menu was as follows: Horsetail soup, jockey style. Horse tongue, race track style, Loin of cheval, a la Metz. Fillet of horse, with truffie ‘sauce, a la Parisienne. Prerd, a la mode, sauce piquant Stenks, Hamburg and Berlin style—porter- house, tenderloin, sirloin and round. That Mr. Huempfner's spread was a com- plete success was shown by the number of guests who called for the dish out of mere curiosity, but who wound up the rep.st by putting in a square meal. AN INDIAN WITCH DOCTOR Seun-Doo, the notorlous Indlan witch docto of Alaska, arrived here, in charge of United States Marshal Willlams,” and was at once taken to San Quentin, to begin serving a three years' sentence, Examiner. he cld doctor has caused the death many people,” said Marshal Williams, was accounted rich among the Indians feo In this particular case was twenty blan- kets. A man of the tribe had died at Chil- coot, and his relatives came to consult doctor to see what it was that had caused his death “The doctor sounded his drums and went through his divinations, and finally settied on a woman in the tribe. By the order of the witch doctor the dead man's friends took the woman and bound her with thongs for ten days, giving her nothing to eat for that time. At the end of the ten days she died. “That settled it, according to Scun-Doo, for had she not been guilty she would have lived, so he Said. The story got out, and Seun‘Doo, for his own safely, went to the interior, and 1t was some time before came back again. When he did he was ar- rested. he doctor is about 55 years old, but he 100ks to be 70. An odd thing about him is that he has red hair. Undoubtedly he has white blood in his veins. The supposition is that his father was an agent of the Hud- son's Bay company ““He had a large stock of blankets, consti- tuting his wealth derived from divinations, He also had two wives. Nefther of these camo .down to attend his trial or bid him farewell. His sister came to see him at the jail just before he was taken away, and the Darting was quite affecting. “He has caused a good deal of trouble in Alaska. He threatened the miners of Chil- coot and Chilcat pass going to and fro at one time, and in one way and another was a disturber. Besides, it was felt that an ex- ample must be made of him to the other Indians NEBRASKA. Boone county farmers will hold an tute at Albion on February 7 and 8, Humboldt will entertain the Nebraska Clristian convention today and tomorrow. re caused by a defective flue in Geneva jail was easily ex damage was done. Suit has been brought against ex-Treasurer Cashman of Greeley county for a shortage amounting to $4,000. Frank Forst's two-story frame store build- ing and stock of general merchandise at Deweese has been totally destroyed by fire. Knights of Pythias from Minden, Oxford, Arapahoe, Alma, and Curtis gathered at Hold- rege last week. The Holdrege lodge has elghty-two members, Judge Ong was so well pleased with the prospects in Colorado under irrigation that he bought a controlling interest in a large orchard at Debeque. Jasper Bailey was arrested at the com- plaint of John Marsden of Red Cloud for stealing a horse of the value of $40 and sent to jail, in default of giving bail, to await trial. William Curley of Norfolk owned a brood of twenty-two hens which furnished him dally with about seventeen eggs. One night not long ago all but one of the brood were stolen. Henry Willot and others who went to Cal- ifornia with him from Albion found the land they had purchased to be utterly worthless, and were left without any means and far from home. More than 100 members have been added to the two churches during the progress of the revival meetings at Murray, at which Revs, Hawke of Omaha and Ross of South Omaha are assisting. The Utica Sun has two editors, and they are not clear in their own minds which of them owns the paper and which of them is the assistant owner. Not many days ago they had a kneck-down fight over the point. Schuyler has organized a Young Men's Christian association, with thirty-six mem- bers, The following are the officers: Presi- dent, S. D. Wheeler; vice president, V. H. Lovejoy; secretary, C." M. Johnson; treasurer, N. R." Miles. Harry Douglas at Minden noticed that the blow-off pipe of the boller had blown out, made for the botler room. The floor of the room was covered with boiling water and in the dark he stepped into this and is now badly scalded. McPherson county has 29,000 acres of va- cant land in the Alliance land district, 415,495 in the Broken Bow land district, and 400,495 in the North Platte district. In all 845,415 acres of vacant land, enough to pasture 66,- 361 head of cattle, and allow fifteen acres per head. There was a lively time at Paul Fisher's sale, says the Madison Chronicle, and Mr. Fisher's farm came near being a field of car- nage. The whole nelghborhood attended the sale, and the opportunity to rake up old quar- rels was (oo strong a temptation to be re- sisted. Somebody made a statement about a missing_steer, reflecting somewhat upon one of the Teskes, and the fun began. The air was blue with “cuss words,” threats and counter-threats, and masculine oaths and fe- male shrieks mingled in dire confusion. Fi- nally Carl Teske and one of the Long brothers engaged in a lively fight, while a fair Amazon stood mear with a loaded revolver to pre- vent interference. There was more talk than anything else, however, and byond some dis- agreeable. scratches and a few bruises, no harm was done, The fire of sectional strife still smoulders in that locality, and an in- surrection may be expected at any time. SOUTH DAKOTA. The Sturgis roller mills are now running continuously. A carload of jack rabbits was sent to Chi- 2ago from Hitcheock. The Iroquols Creamery company is erect- ing an ice house near its plant. The Farmers' Institute of Ransom county will hold its next meeting at Sheldon on Friday, February 8, The Black Hills Artesian Well company has been incorporated at Pierre. The head- quarters will be at Rapid City. Carl Erstad of Brooking, who is 17 years old, s six feet and six and one-half inches high, and weighs 207 pounds. He 1s still growing and bids fair to be a seven footer. The people of Gregory county at a recent meeting decided to ask temporary relief, and have appointed delegates to go to Towa, Illi- nois and Obio to solicit money, goods and other necessary articles. A committee appointed by the Missouri River Stockmen's assoclation s at work pre- paring bills relative to the stock industry of the state. Among them 18 one to prevent the trapping and Killing of beavers for the next ten years. On account of the extreme dry weather during the fall, the grass became completely cured before the killing rosts came, and, as a consequence, all over South Dakota stock has lived and fared well running loose over the prairie. A call has been issued for a convention at Huron on February 4, to take action looking 1o procuring legislative authority for building dams and reservoirs to hold surface water for irrigation purposes. Counties east of the Missouri river and In the Jim and Sioux river valleys will be represented. The county commissioners of Turner county have declded to furnish seed grain to farm- ers unable to procure it under the seed graln law of 1890. They will also furnish it to those who wish to buy for cost, as they hope to secure free transportation, and thus be mble to glve the farmers the benefit of the lowest possible price. The recent recefpt by the Huron land office of plats of 100,000 acres of land in the north. east portion of the Crow Creek Indian reser- vation brings the body of land open for set- tlement under the homestead law. Much of this land is Missourl river bottom. It fs well watered and contains some timber, and will be taken up as s00n as spring opens. There 1s & growing interest Creek coal flelds, of ‘and His insti- the inguished and little in the Hay in the Black Hills, and ays the San Francises | the | he | the place 1s rapldly being peopled. Pros- pectors report exceMénts finds, shafts are go- ing down with ail ppastble speed, and Grige, the new townsite, ite to become an im- portant point. Theleoa¥ already mined Is of Food quality, and ip rgorted in largo quan- titles and easy to get at. coLoftano. The Mancos Timé'stbutly maintains that the Mancos placers @ed the La Plata dis trict is the best gold district on earth. Johnson gulch, Custer county's new gold camp, s holding odt Well and the local ex- citement over the |dissovery is increasing | instead of diminishing.. A rich strike of pre in their Puritan Bx- tension lode is repdttdd at Yankee Hill. A recent shipment retutned them $78 per ton in gold. The size of Lhis rich ore streak is one foot in width. A gold find of 1o Iittle Importance has been made recentlyl dn Tarryall creek, in the Lost Park country, about eighteen miles from Florissant. Two mill run tests show a value of $48 per ton Frank Keys and others have a group of claims a few miles north of Buena Vista. The ore is quartz and hematite be tween porpphyry and granite, and from $10 to $35 per ton in gold Snowslides are frequent and in the mountains in Colorado, in Marshall Basin have destroyed much property. At Rico ninety fect of railroad | trestle ‘work have been destroyed. The new gold find near Alma i creating considerableexcitement. The exact loca tion of the find not been made public, as the prospector who discovered it refuses this time to reveal its whereabouts. The recent mill run from the Mary Etta lode, an undeveloped claim near Silver Plume, returned nearly two ounces in gold and over 100 ounces in silver per to ties have taken a lease on the property. A very important strike in the Crooked Creek district, In a claim known as Gold King, owned by Messrs. son and Dimon, is reported. Th; countcred two feet of $50 gold drift which they were running bottom of a fifiy-foot shaft The Centennial mine on Four Mile creek, which fs owned by Dennman and others of Aspen, Is one of the most promising prop erties in the camp. They have a shaft ninety feet deep, with ore continually from the top to the bottom. The work has been done on the foot wall and the pay streak varies in_width from fifteen to thirty The nature of the ore |s white with copper, pyrites and iron sul- The ore assays from $10 to $10 per in gold. fiv assays destructive Avalanch ore from the phide. ton WYOMING. Eighteen inches of snow on the reported just the other side of B W. W. Lufkin of Pass creek killed an immense lynx the other d The animal weighed sixty pounds and meaured twenty- two inch in height. atoga papers say that will_irrigate a large valley and try to there during the con g seq Miss Ida Roberts of Fer the largest wildeats ever scen in the state the other day. She brougnt the animal down from a distance of 100 yards. The colored people of Laramie held a meeting recently in which they organized an African colony. A representative will be sent to the dark continent to look up a lo- cation. A walking club has been organized in Laramie, of which ladies only are the mem- bers. The rules prescribe that the members must walk at least an hour each day in the open air. i A mining deal of gréat fmportance in the Atlantic district embraces a group of mines including the Mary Ellen. The whole deal involves $200,000. ~ A number of other big deals in the same district are in prospect. The Dodge City Placer company has been digging some new prospect holes on its claims and they prove to be better than anything that ha¥ yét been found. The gold is more round and: is heavier and more easily saved than the flake gold. State Auditor Open says the article cir- culating around thé cduntry concerning the hight of Grand Teton peak is a monstrous fabrication. ~The height or the peak has been established by numerous surveys at just about 14,000 feet, instead of 15,416, a Teported by the Cripple: Creek *‘discoverer. A new method af extracting gold from its ores has recently been introduced in the mining districts of ‘Wyoming, and is called the Fauvel process. The crushed ore fs heated to a state of incandescence and quenched in a bath of cold water. Enough steam Is instantly generated to shatter it, and any glaze or film is therefore ruptured. State Engineer Mead says that the four great rivers which have their origin in Wyoming will water an acreage as extensive as that_fertilized by the Nile. The land which cdn be reclaimed in a single arid _state 18 as great in area as that which in Egypt requires for iis cultivation the labor of 2,000,000 of people, and supports a popula- tion of 7,000,000. OREGON. Monroe has a fine mill site and good water power, and wants a flour mill and will glve a bonus of $500. The rabbit drives in Lake county con- tinue to be made at the rate of two per week. The total of dead rabbits now num- bers 6,000, Union county’s members of the legisla- ture will use their endeavors to secure state aid for straightening the Grand Ronde river and to improve Wailowa hill. There is quite an area of fine cranberry land near the beach at Oretown, at Sand lake and on Nehalem beach. Several parties have already begun cranberry raising, and many more will engage in this business ere long. The peculiarities of the Chinook wind are shown in the region south of The Dalles. All of the snow on the high ground, from Tygh ridge to the Blue mountains, has disappeared, while winter still reigns {n th lower altitudes. Francis Atkins of Bridal Veil, in company with others, is building a steamboat with which he expects to go to Alaska about May 1 to explore the Yukon river, and will be gone about two years. Mr. Atkins has been in Alaska the past ten months famillarizing himself with the pecullaritics of that country for the purpose of this exploration. The young men of Jacksonville who have found it impossible to get employment are striking out into the hills with pick, pan and shovel, and report finding the venture remun- erative, There Is also one lady who goes out regularly with her young sons to mine on Rich gulch. Those who are at work report wages from 75 cents to $1.50 per day. The stage to LaReview was held up recently near Bly by a panther. The horses stopped in the dense timber and refused to move even when urged. They snorted and be- gan to back. The driver thought he was about to be robbed, but soon descried a mountain lion in the road. He had nothing | to shoot with, but began throwing snowballs at the brute and finally drove him away. William P. Simpsoh of the South Bend level is anston. John Cum- tract of land sttle a colony son. killed one of broom handle factgry has found that hem- | lock, s0 common in that region, is the best | material yet discovered for broom handles. | Alder has heretofore been considered ”“'i best, but handles made of hemlock and sent to his customers ig Portland and San Fran- | clsco have been pronounced by them superior to alder. The hemiouk is whiter, polishes | better, Is lighter i welght and equally as strong. WASHINGTON. The Seattl> public library contains 11,812 hooks. A petition is in @reulation in Douglas and Okanogan counties asking congress to im- | try it; common sense will mak Bewar Peddlers and **this is as g FALS) you an imitation, be honest—iend it back. 74 A\ 4) nothing that can be w: /e cleaned—Pearline. The purest / soap is no safer—the poorest soap is no cheaper. effectiv /\ 5 it is mor s asline = and wear in washing clothes or cleaning hous A few cents will let you e you use it. ~Pearline is never peddie prove the Okanogan river and the upper Columbla. Fourteen-inch Ellensburg There Is a project on foot at Spokane to establish a factory for the manufacture of starch from potatoes. 1t is reported that the Weyerhauser syndi cate has purchased 3,000 acres of timber land in the Nasel country. The capacity of the Roche works, on San Juan island, is per day. There is enough last a thousand years. The new creamery at Ellensburg in running order early in February have a capacity of 1,000 pounds per twice that of the one burned News has been recelved in Tacoma the enst that Paul Schulze has suc placing $1,000,000 bonds of the diteh, in the Yakima country Prosser, the chief town of the Horse | h Heaven country, last year shipp:d 82 cars of sheep, 19 of cattle, 8 of horses, 16 of wool 200 of wheat and 10 of miscellaneous stuff. | Representative Doolittle has notified the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce th he has | it introduced a bill for a military post at that city, upon condition that 640 acres of land are ‘donated for that purpose The shingle trade is opening earlier and heavier this season than ever before. Dur ing the past few days Tacoma dealers have sived eastern orders for 20,000,000, making cars crowded The recent snow fce 1s being harvested at " harbor lime 1,600 barrels | & marble there to will be | a nd will | & day from ed in Sunnyside s Stocks are light and mills will be | h h and rains caused a flood fect deep on the floor of the Cushman house. everal houses were washed away and con- | siderable damage was done to fences, farms | P and orehards. | All the logging camps will start up in | this state and British Columbia in a few | days. There are only 47,000,000 feet of logs | on hand in this hardly enough for a month's run. Prices iffening | o nd des are wlated ove of high prices and an increased d The dry kiln of D. H. McC: mill at New Whatcom was blown down the other day. The bullding contained about | 1,000,000 shingles, which were set afloat and | ¢ washed ashore and now line the beach for several bloc An engine that was stored in the kiln is at the bottom of the bay, while | the building, piling and shingles were washed | inland about ten rods from the spot where the building originally stood. The timber country of the upper Palouse will be a scene of great next six months. C. B, Averill has secured a contract to furnish 50,000 ties to the Oregon Railway and Navigation company. The logs will be cut in the vicinity cf Starner, floated down the river to Elberton, and sawed there. F. L. Bell has also secured a contract for 10,000 to 20,000 ties, to be de- livered at Farmington or Garfield. MISCELLANEOUS Of the twenty-one county superintendents in Montana, twelve are women. The woman suffrage question is being thor- oughly debated by Nevada papers. There are about 4,000 head of beef cattle feeding in Honey Lake valley. They will be shipped during the coming months. Welser citizens have organized a company to construct a new irrigating canal thirty miles long and covering 50,000 acres of land. A 12-year-old lad at Missoula recently cap- tured two young mountain lion kittens. He is now running a small “side show,” the cap- tured kittens being the principal attraction. A carload of western horses sold at Arka- delphia, Ark., brought from $10 to $16 per head. Several large and extra fine animals included in the shipment went for $40 and under. That wonderful Salt Lake copper plant is again in the courts. When the ownership will be settled is as problematical as ever. There are three or four fighting factions, and they keep the steam in the boiler red hot all the time. Articles of incorporation have been filed for the Phillipsburg Iron works. The com- pany has a_capital stock of $45,000, divided into 9,500 shares, and expects to carry on a general foundry and iron casting business at | g Phillipsburg, Hont. o It is stated on the authority of Prof. Sar- gent, the botanist, that there is a greater variéty of trees in Arizona than in the state of California. The writer also estimates that there are 10,000,000,000 feet of standing saw timber in the territory. * They have had a number of rain storms down In Arizona lately. This usually proves a blessing in that territory, as the water washes the gold down from the hills into the gulches and makes placer mining profitable along the little streams. = A big gold ledge is sald to have been found in Little Cottonwocd canyon, eighteen miles out from Salt Lake. The ore has assayed as high as $1,800 per ton, and not less than $39 per ton, with an average value of $290. Promi- nent Salt Lakers are the owners. Children playing at San Luis Potosi, Mex- of great convenience to eve m!t:hmn of trust to be able to secure surety bonds. in the last few are chary most intimate fr injury to honest employes if they were un- | able t more ing plac their disadvantage employes i even less than $ per crippling it companies dofng Nebraska throughout Sults hay panies dealir their 1 in that their employes telegraph ¢ of who i stronger should rather | would not in the state at Lake Cushman, the water standing elght | sand dollars. tion of the bill @) r organiz in N for spon: the United States, 1 panies son with York states, permits U special deposit is for th holders apital | throughout the [ State of their working capital tied up and conse- quently all, It fs | ot possible for on the business if unl throughout th tivity during the | b destructive it denies the right of th | confidential to the bonded by them. business requir-s that before any guarante fully and he ployed, a certa and self. 1 tions disclos of responsible people, who are immediately communicated agent, to what & ees. called upon to give information character surety munication could mot be disclosed, he would probably hesitate before telling that a and that He would not do this, becaus tendency 1s not to int ple's bus panie: tion, the fidelity and honesty of applicants, and if such a law as the one proposed should Dbe in Nebraska would be compelled good record, good report, acter and habit: has the trife, If a’bond s the employer tion, and no cancellation is ever cept for account of dishonesty or for dis- creditable bonded. ance of a bond because of bad records, information cannot be disclosed. v person secking So man defalcations have occurred years that men of means of signing bonds for even their nds. It would be a_great bonds, which makes them and saves them from be- obligations, oftentimes to purchase ||\\1-Ih nident under Under the present order of things pe Juiring surety bonds can secure them at average rate not excoeding § for a thou and-dollar bond. Ordinary rates for bank are $ per $1,000, and for em- s of railroad and telegraph companies $1,00. The tendency s men gerierally (s to extend the bond business, fnstead of There only five business in" the state The total surety busir the state amounts to_less than 35,000 in premiums per annum. 8o far no been brought against surety com for the performance of their obli The general verdict is that they srompt_and honorable in their their system of esplonaige over the way of watchfulness nd checking them up has been very bene clal to business Interests gencrally. To extent that nearly every leading bank 1 the state of Nebraska has now bonded as have all the railroad and rporations, well as most all the leading manufacturers and others employ men to_handle money or fiil of ~ trust. The idea 18 “growing every day that our county trens. throughout * the stat» of Nebraska be compelled to give surety bonds than personal bonds, 1f such a law ad been in force Barrett Scott would not we been assassinated and Holt county o lost $10,000. Other counties woull have saved several thou 1oy mong busine nd increase of At v rors Referring to the bills in question, quiring o ssit for all fidelity or guar in other states sk of $25,000 the reason that ble surety companies doing business in 3 of th the sec il de- mpanies husiness 18 and bad has o of them none less the Insurance commissioner which, under the laws of the m to do business in other special deposit, as this bene it of all policy United States, 1t ate their it up in $25,00 deposits Al states in the United ‘h have over S1OM,000 amounting to nd than §1 tates without any throughout the fes are compelled to segre by dividing seve would mpar they uld not do business at them to make » much caplital is tied up bled and trebled which would fair profit rates a_hardship withe refit. tion 5 of the bill w of the bond absolutely business, becaus: compantés to k their correspondence in - reg character of applicants and The very nature of th ompany can issue a bond they must know the life and record of the applicant, to get that they call uvon the appli- it to furnish full information as to wh has lived, by whom he has been e d what has boen his business f jod of his life—if a young man, ommencing with the time he leaves school launches out into the world for him- riy in answering these ques- @ his location and the names with ' by v under the pledge tha the surely com- t their communi- all be absolutely private. The v and president of the company are ately the only parties who Know what answers are, and no lccal or general even, can obtain any information as tements are mide by the refer- who_is s to the appiicant asking for a not know that his com- absolutely privat nd If the banker or business man of any bond did was such and such of wome crime life, etc., and not trust’ him, the natural fere with other peo- , as the saying is, Surety com- ¢y could not get this informa- certainly could not issue bonds on person had been was leading personally Euilty a viclou he would enacted every company doing business to with- raw. It often transpires that a poor man nnot conveniently get friends to go on personal bonds for him. * Under the present system, if he has a comes under the tongue of and §s a man of good char- he can get a bond, If he ith to pay for the sam re stated, amounts to but $4 or $, perhaps, for a §1,000 cancelled,” notice is’ givi of the reasons of can wher acts on the part of the party In the matter of the first applications are rejeeted and in that is_mnec:ssarily confidential end Do our legislators wish to deprive a man of the chance to secure a position of trust that will bring bread and meat to his fam- y? H. E. PALMER, surety | ONCE AGAIN THE GRIP, How the Old Enemy Operates and How e May Be Quickily Overcom We may as well look the situation squarely in the face. Our old foe, the ®rip, has attacked us again. e haa been | aided by cold, damp weather, and the vile condition of the Strests in towns and cities. Strong men and women are stricken down and tormented by the fear that even it they recover thelr health will in all probability be perman-ntly shattered This is one of the worst things about the grip; that it may leave the senses Im= paired, and lungs, stomach, or nervous ystem weakened. ' Doctors dre urging the | Tebd of precautionary methods. - eep warm, well fed and good tempered, say. - AVOId OVerwork, worty and feet as you would a deadly pofson. More; ‘brace and tone your boly pure stimulant, which shall help gostive and respiratory organs to and cleanse the system. Public opinion commends Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as an fnvaluable aid tn figh ingg the mwrip. It is prepared with & v o combating thoss malarial influenc Which together g0 to make the Power of oue old enemy. A sneezs, a cough, & dull headache, with probably a little fover, and somé museular pain tell that the int vader is at_hand You will soon find how | take Duffy's Pure Malt stirs your blood that readily driven out, while is turned to new’ tissue will keep you in perfect healthy person vields to strikes only the weaklings with a the di- nour wise vou wers to Whiskey, for It waste matter is well-digested food This stimulant health, and no the grip. It CUPIDEN Is the Great Life Giver. U 1 11D KN B bnilds up, refreshos, fnvigorates mi exhuusted organs of the body, It is the great yepviale vitalizer' that destroys the germs of that fusidions discase wiieh us Wasted tho slrngth of our young men. There nre hundreds of oung and middle nged men wlhiose nerve foree are declinfug, who sufior from debiiitating dreams aud those ills which follows from exs ceases and over indulgences in early life, CUPIDENE will givo you back your life, [ erfully strong after its uso as uriently weak. Are you in mature con- dition? CUPIDENE will stop this waste {n a fortnight or tire weeks. ey sterflit ities are quic and kpecdily To moverd DY thonse Of CUPIDENE. | CUPIDENE curos Lost Mune hood, Loss of Brain Power, Con- sumption of the liraln parcises), Sloeplessness, Lack of Power, diz. ness Paiusin the Back, Prostration, ~ Nervous v Vauricocele, Constipation aud wil surely bring buck tho lost pawer of man. mental Prostatitis earries off our 1 wnd middle wged mes larged prostate glind needs uioting yet powerful rome- dinl agent. uch is CUPL DENE. Use CUPIDENE and avoid a dangerous operation. Guarantee in writing given and money returned 11 per- manent cure is not effected by six boxes. Guarantee sent with mail orders just the the same. M1.00 1 box, 6 boxes for 85.00 ail. 5,000 Testimo- nials. Send for free cireulars and testimoulals, Address all mail orders to DAVOL MEDICINE CO. P. 0. 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It is believed the money was placed in 'the cave by the Franciscan monks. The latest gold find is heralded from Manti, Utah. The mountains just east of the Mor- mon_temple are said to be loaded with the precious metals. Assays from the new dis- covery show a value of elght ounces in gold, threo and one-half ounces silver, and two ounces copper per ton, The miners employed on the Eagle group, in the Mercur district, Utah, that is being oper- ated by Schen, Thompson and McFarland, en- countered the vein at a depth of about sixty five feet. The ore has mot vet been pene- trated far enough to determine its value, but it is in a locality where good values should be obtained. In the legislature at Boise-a bill was iutro- duced absolutely repealing the Mormon test cath. Two years ego fthat part of the oath was repealed which made it retroactive in form, Previously no one could vote who Dbelonged to any organization that had ever taught polygamy. It is now proposed to wipe out all reference to the subject. Captain Frant, ®ne of the leading cattle raisers of southwestern Texas, says there s a marked shortage in Texas caitle in the vicinity of Fort Worth. The fall rains have put the ranges In excellent condition, and thero is more grass than stock to eat it. Shipments of feeders to southern cities, whe there are cotton seed oil mills, the loss from the drouth of 1893, and the drives to save something from the bare and sunbaked ranges have almost depleted the ranges of cattle and breeders are now holding their stock. He says the shipments of south Texas will be much smaller than for years past. il LR DEFENSE OF THE SURETY COMPANLES, OMAHA, Feb. 2—To the Editor of The Bee: House roll No. 163, introduced by Mr. Jenness of Douglas county, and ita dupli- cate, senate file No. 137, introduced by Sen- ator Smith of the same county, entitled “An act protect employes from being blackiisted through th nachinations of guarantee bond companies, This is a viclous bill and should not pass for several reasons. Possibly, the party who originated the bill intended 'to > “those who were compelled to give surety bonds, and to that extent should be credited with kood intentions. A perusal of the bill, how- ever, emphasizes the fact that the author knows nothing of the scope and purpose of rantee bond companies. No such act as sresented has ever been passed in ure in the United States, and the of such a law would undoubtedly comp ond companies to withdraw from the state, I presun that the intent of the athor was not to drive these companies from the state, as it is a well known fact among all business men that it is a matter vashed or It is more than the strongest— convenient than the best. Pearline saves labor some unscrupulous grocers will tell you, 0od as" or ** the ame as Peasline. s srocer sends New Vork f your 23 JAMES TYLE Oastoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher’s prencrl[;tion for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. 1t is & harmless substituto for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil. It is Plcasant. Its guaran tee is thirty ycars’ use by Millions of Mothers, Castoria destroys Worms and allays feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhoca and Wir id Colie, Castoria relieves teeihing troubles, curcs constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates tho food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Case toria is tho Children’s Panacea—the Mother’s Friend, Castoria, *Castoria Is lient medicine for chil- dren. Mothers havo repeatadiy told mo of its good elloct upon their children."s Da. G. C. Osaoon, Lowell, Mass. « Castoria Is the best remedy for children of which I am acquainted. T hopo the day is not far distant when mothers will consider the re: interest of their children, nnd use Castoria in- stead of the various quack nostrums which aro destroying their loved anos, by forcing opium, morphine, soothiug syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby seudiug them to premature graves." Du. J. F. KixcneLor, Couway, Ark. Castoria. tastoria is 8o well adapted to children thas 1 recommend it as superior toany preseription known to me," 11, A, Arcuxs, M. D, 111 80, Oxford St., Brooklyn, N, ¥, “ Our physicians in the children's depart. ment have spoken highly of their experl ence in their outsido practice with Castorla, and although we only have amwoung our wmedical supplies what I8 known as regular products, yet we are freo to confess thes the merits of Castoria bas wor e t leok with favor upon it." Usiten HosyiTau 4nm DIsveNsARY, Toston, Mass, Avex C. S, Pres., The Contear Company, 77 Murray Street, New York Oity. RUPTURE PERMANENTLY OR NO CURED pay NO PAY UNTIL CURED WE REFER YOU 10 8,000 PATIENTS. ‘Writefor Bank References. EXAMINATION FREE. No Operation. No Detention {rom Business. SEND FOR CIRCULAR. THE O. E. MILLER CO., 307-308 N. ¥. Lifo Bldg., OMAHA, NEB. Tee th Without Plates BAILEY, DENTIST. 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