Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 4, 1895, Page 5

PULSEOF WESTERN PROGRESS Richest Portion of Utah Soon to Be Opened for Sottlement, UINTAH & UNCOMPAHGRE RESERVATIONS Wonderful Minoral Resources ofithe Reglon ~Miners Oppose the Assessmont Exemp- tion Law—Lander's Rallrond Project ~News of the Northwest. Sinca the passage by congress of the bill providing for the opening of the Uintah and Uncompahgre Indian reservations a flood of inquiries has poured in from overy quarter of the union, from thousands of people Who desire to be on the ground when the lands are opened for settlement, eays the Salt Lake Tribune. As yet comparatively little Is known relative to the richness of the min- eral deposits with which the mountains of both reservations are presumed to abound, although the country has been sufficiently prospected and developed to imbue the best informed mining men with the belief that in many places a few strokes of the pick will be sufficient fcr a beginning that will end with the discovery of some of the richest mines of which the west can boast. Gen- erally speaking, a mineral belt extends en- tirely around tho reservations, but the ma- Jority of mining men have pinned their faith to the northeastern portion of the Ulntah reservation, where gold, silver, lead and cop- per are believed to abound in paying quan- titles, Extensive coal and asphalt fields are also to be found in the southern portion of the Uncomphagre reservation, and gold, silver and lead are sald to exist in paylng quantities along the White river, near the Colorado line, on the eastern side of the reservation. Rich placer mines thave also been discovered on the Green river at various points where it flows through the Uncomphagre, which can be worked at small expense. In no other part of our country are carbons and hydro-carbons found in such abundance as In the southern and eastern portions of the reservations. Great quantities of good lignite are found there. Ozokerite or mineral wax is more abundant there than any other place yet discovered. Springs pour out semi-liquid streams of naptha, while there is abundant evidenca of the existence of large quantities of petroleum. There are many bodies of asphaltum In the reservations, which in time will be opened and worked to profit. Near White Rock agency there are large stretches of country covered with sand and limestone saturated with asphaltum, mak- ing a combination which will possess commer- clal value and ald in paving streets and walks a¢ soon as our rallway connections make cheap transportation for this substance. Along a number of streams in the southern portion of the reservation are found epsom salts and other mineral salts in such abund- ance as to make them of great commercial value ere long. A railrcad into the country end manufacturing enterprises will solve the question of values of these eal OPPOSE THE ASSESSMENT LAW. Miners all over the state are thoroughly aroused in opposition to the passage of Sena- tor Teller's bill for exemption for another year from assessment work on claims. There are lots of claims, said a miner speals 4ng to a Denver News reporter, which to my knowledge have not been touched in three years. They have been held for the past two years by paying 40 cents each year for record- ing the exemption. Men who have lots of claims, so-called rich men, are the only ones anxious to escape assessment work. _For two years now the entire stato has suffered from the law, which it Is proposed to keep in force another year. It prevents miners and prospectors from developing camps and keeps men out of legitimate work. You sce, the poor man is not benefited by the law. Legitimate miners will always do their assessment work, If times are hard, the poor man has more time ta do it; in a dull season he will get in assessment work, be- cause thero is nothing else to do. The large holders are the only ones to get a benefit. LANDER'S RAILROAD SCHEME. Lander has a railroad project, says the Fremont Clipper, that means something more than the ordinary scheme which is too often only on paper. The project to build the Colorado & Wyoming from Green River to Lander will meet the approval of capitalists who have the money to invest in the road and the other class of men who approve of the undertaking. The extension of this road along the north edge of the Rock Springs coal fleld, through the rich mining districts of the South Pass, and on to the oll fields of the Lander valley, will meet the approval of thinking men everywhere. It will be a great thing for this section of the country and the men who have the courage to un- dertake to bulld this road will find them- selves amply rewarded. It needs no argument to prove that this rqute is one that abounds in great wealth. Coal of the finest quality abounds along the line of the proposed route, rich gold flelds lie directly on the line, the wonderful flowing oil wells of the Lander basin must be passed in order to reach Lan- der. The rich and highly developed farming lands of the Lander valley will be on either side of the road. This much may be sald of that part of the line which will run be- tween Green River and Lander. We are glad to state that Colorado & Wyoming Great Northern is a solid corporation with $3,000,000 in the treasury and with an almost certainty of $2,000,000 more being available to push forward the construction. EXCITEMENT AT GOLD HILL. Apache county, are ten miles square, and ac- cording to the memorial are covered by trunks of trees, some of which measure over 200 feet in length and from seven to ten feet in diameter. The legislature rep- resents that “‘ruthless curiosity seckers are destroying these huge trees and logs blasting them In pleces in search of crystal which are found In tbe center of many of them, while carloads of the Iimbs and smaller pleces are being shipped away to be ground up for various purposes. To make it a public park would preserve the tract from vandalism and injure no one, as there are no settlers upon it.” HIGHEST PEAK IN UTAH. After spending elght months in the ex- ploration of the fastnesses of the Ulntah mountains, in many sections of which the foot of white man had never before trod, Cass Hite Is about to return to these wilds for the purpose of further exploration and locations, To Cass belongs the full creidt for the discovery and measurement of the highest peak In the territory of Utah, says the Salt Lake Herald, and, in fact, of the immediate Intermountain country. Since the making of the first surveys and measure- ments It has been generally understood that Gilbert's in the Ulntah's, with its eleva- tion of 13,980 feot, was the highest point in the territory, but Hite has measured and named the peak which rears its lofty crest nearly 1,000 feet above that of Gilbert's. It is Bear peak and on a clear day Hite ascer- talned that the mountain is 14,600 feet in helght. This peak is almost due north of Gilbert's, between the extreme headwaters of the Bear river and Rock creek, one of the largest tributarfes of the Duchesne, Its crest is always crowned with snow and for several thousand feet below the summit timber refuses to grow. As yet none of the official maps have given this point in the range credit for being the highest in the territory, but it is more than likely that the fact will be called to the attention of the proper authorities within a comparatively short time, AN INTERSTATE WEDDING. A marriage took place in the open air under peculiar circumstances the other day, says a Valley Springs, S. D., special to the St. Paul Plonecr Press.” David E. Powers came hero from Montpelier, Vt., to marry Mrs. Minie §. Frink, a widow, from Montpelier also, who had preceded him here, and was visifing her aunt, Mrs. Olmstead, just over the line in Minnesota. Mr. Powers, while in the east, had always received letters from his friends here dated at this point (South Dakota) and reported that the Olmstead resi- dence was in South Dakota, He therefore, on his arrival here, without asking any ques- tions, went to Sloux Falls, the county seat of this county, and procured a license to marry. On the evening of the marriage the minister informed the bride and groom that he could not marry them in Mr. Olmstead’s residence on the South Dakota license, as it was in Minnesota, and the party was com- pelled to walk across the road, which divides the states, and be joined together on the South Dakota sofl. It was a little romantic, but rather chilly. BIG MINING SALE. One of the biggest mining sales that has taken place in northern California for many years has just been consummated, says the San Francisco Examiner. The noted Iron Mountain group of mines, twelve miles north- west of Redding, in Shasta county, was sold by N. F. Cleary, formerly of Leadville, now of New York, and Hugh McDonnell of Mon- tana and Colorado, to Charles W. Fielding of New York and London, for himself and a syndicate of English capitalists. Fielding's grandfather, four generations back, was the contemporary of Smollett, author of “Tom Jones,” and famous in the annals of liter- ature. The amount of the purchase as given was $500,000, though in some quarters it is sald to have been $300,000. The money was paid over and the transaction closed at the Bank of California. The property consists of 360 acres of pat- tented ground and 940 acres of timber, com- prising the whole of what Is known as Iron Mountain, on the Sacramento river, above Redding. It lies eight miles from the old town of Shasta, once the county seat. It is a silver, copper and gold property, and has been worked for many years. It has produced about $600,000 worth of ore. There is a twenty-stamp mill at the mine, but, as the ore is essentially what is termed a “smelting proposition,” a smelter of very large capacity will be erected. It will treat, as the purchaser states, not less than 1,000 tons @ day, and will be iarger than the noted Argo, or the Grant works, at Denver. About 1,000 men will be employed in the mine and smelte?, It Is estimated that there are 500,000 tons of oxidized ore in sight, running ten ounces in silver, $3 in gold and 10 per cent copper to the ton. As for the other ore, It is estimated at twenty times this quantity. The price of the mine, including the working capital, in- volves a sum, according to Messrs. Cleary and McDonnell, of about $700,000. It is expected that the purchase, together with the erection of the large smelter and the development of the mine, will cause great actlvity in and about Redding. All of the ore of the mine furnishes a base for smelt- ing, so it is stated, and all the silicious gold ores of the vicinity may be used as a flux. IMPORTANT OIL FIND. A discovery has just been made by Henry L. Brenning, while working on his irrigation tunnel, that is likely to prove of greater importance to Douglas and Converse county than any occurrence since its organization, says the Douglas Budget. This is nothing less than the finding of an ol bearing stratum of sandstone and the striking of a vein of ofl near the surface. While at work in the tunnel some time ago Mr. Brenning struck a peculiar, soft sandstone that had a strong smell of ol On being examined it was found to be so thoroughly saturated with it that it would stain anything with which it came in contact, and would make fire from an ordinary match, burning vigorously for some time. The other day, after a blast had been put There seems to be no question as regards the richness of the mines at Gold City, the latest from the new camp being of a most encouraging nature. There I8 plenty of the' yellow metal down there, and it is exceed- ingly rich at that. Messrs. Wolstenholme & Morris of the Gold Hill the ether day re- celved a piece of ore welghing sixty pounds that is a beauty. It was taken from the vein matter, Says the Salt Lake Herald, and is a sample from the shaft on the incline. The chunk is full of free gold, which can be seen _without the ald of a glass. Wolstenholme & Morris will make a ship- ment of about forty sacks of selected gold ore in a short time and expect to form an ade- quate conception of the value of their output. That their properties are paying ones they have not the slightest doubt, and the con- fidence which they exhibit has a very salu- tary effect upon others who are developing claims in the viclnity. Thomas Miller made an interesting experi- ment with some Gold Hill ore. He took twelve pounds from the Incline, with which he combined some shale rock from Parley's canyon, as a flux, and at his foundry treated the mass In a crucible. The result was a button of 13.75 ounces of gold, silver, copper and iron combined, One-half of this was assayed, the return showing a rate per ton of twenty-six ounces gold, 22.4 per cent copper, six ounces silver and 68.6 per cent of iron. "This is a most re- aarkable showing, but fs none the less a fact, and tends to confirm statements made Tegarding tho richuess of the deposits. Matters at Gold City in the way of build- ing are very quiet on account of the severe cold, but as soon as a change occurs it is expected that everything will be again re- sumed. CARLOADS OF ONYX. As s00n as a road can be broken through he anow to Public Grove canyon the hauling of onyx will begin, says the Brigham (Utah) Bugler. These onyx beds are twelve miles from the Brigham station, which distance must be covered by teams. Over five car loads of a superior quality are now quarried and ready for shipment. The blocks weigh from 2,000 to 5,000 pounds apiece. Each bilock will make a wagon load. It is beauti- ful material and shows five distinct ecolors. The proprietore have made arrangements With a large Chicago firm (o take these five car loads. Shipping should have been begun February 16, but the inclement weather and snow-blocked roads prevented. The Union Pacific company Is favorably considering the gsqueit to put in a large derrick at the Brigham station for loading the huge slabs on to the cars. This twelve mile haul will &ive employment to a good many Brigham wnen and teams this summer. PARK OF PETRIFIED FOREST. A memorial from the legisiative assembly of Arizona has been presented to congress, says a Washington special to the Denver News, requesting that the lands covered by m‘rlrtm forest be withdrawn from entry the advisability of making a public park of it can be settled. The lands are in off, it was found that a seam or vein in the rock had been opened from which the ofl trickled In a small stream. The sample has been examined and pronounced equal In every respect to that found in the Salt creek fleld, and which has already found favor as a lubricant wherever it has been tried. An entire section of land has been flled on and further developments will be vigorously pushed. WOLF BOUNTIES. The wolf bounty law is attracting most profound interest among stockmen, and they are watching the proceedings of the legis- lature earnestly, says the Cheyenne Sun. The ravages of wolves this year have been to an extent never known before, Mr. Spaugh, the well known cattleman, writes thatwolves are becoming so ravenous that they even attack persons and come right up to the doors of ranches. He states the bounty on wolves should not be less than $5 a head to make the business profitable to trappers, as during a great part of the year the skins are valueless. The bounty bill carrying $3 for wolves and $1 for coyotes has been recom- mended for passage in the senate, having passed the house, and It carries an appro- priation of $25,000. ELUDING THE SNOW. A wire ropeway recently has been erected for transporting ore from the mine to the mill at the English Mountain mines in Nevad county, California. The ore, says the Gra Valley Tidings, is transported 2,800 feet, with @ drop of 600 feet. The nominal capacity is 100 tons In ten hours. The line passes up a very rough and broken gulch, on one side of which rises perpendicular cliff 600 feet high. The upper end of the line is very steep the ll on the upper terminal sets being from forty to fifty feet higher at the outer side. Tho line crosses Jackson lake, belng sup- ported on structures placed on the high bluff at the upper or mine side of the lake, and stretches across to a forty-foot structure between the mill and the lake. It passes into the upper part-of the mill and dumps the ore on a grizzly above the rock-breaker. The altitude above tea level of thy upper terminal is 9,150 feet and the fall of snow averages fifteen to thirty feet. The liue Is 80 constructed that this will not interfere with the operation of ihe rope way, us the buckets swing thirty to 150 feet above the ground. The English Mountain Mines company bas erected a twenty-stamp mill to start with which may be added to later on, and is working on a comparatively low grade ore. A NIGHT MIRAGE. While the writer, in company with another gentleman, was returnlug from the literary out in the Eastman school house district, three miles south of this village, writes an Alpena correspondent to the Sioux Falle Argus-Leader, we witnessed a very singular phenomena. At we came within about half a mile of Alpenz woe chanced to look in the direction of Woousocket, which is ten or twelve miles s>uthwest of this place. We OMAWA DALY BER could see some fifty or sixty lights, which looked as much as couid be like a passenger train with ten or fifteen coaches attached, ‘while almost in an opposite direction and ex- tending from the zenith to the horizon was what is commonly called the northern lght (Aurora Borealis), which were very brilliant. ‘We could account In part for the Auroras, but the most singular thing to account for was the apparition that appeared so much like a train of cars. Woonsocket can be seen only on a clear, bright morning when a mirage is on. “Was it a mirage by night? Or was it a forerunner of some unforseen event? the writer asks, to which we would suggest it may have been an aftermath of bad whisky. SOUTH DAKOTA’S BUFFALO HERD. An item recently appeared in _the di patches from Deadwaad giving D. F. Carlin, commonly known as “Doug," considerable prominence as being the owner of the only buffalo herd in South Dakota, says the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader. The facts In the case are that while Mr. Carlin was chief clerk at the Cheyenne River Indian agency under Dr. McChesney, he became enamored with a half-breed, the daughter of a ploneer French- man by the name of DuPree. Later he was married to this fair maiden (for such she really was), and finally, on losing his job at the agency, he settled down on the ranch owned by Dupree and located some Afifty miles west of the Cheyenne river. Mr. Du- Pree s very wealthy. He has cattle and horses without number, and owns the buffalo herd referred to. Mr. Carlin has gained the confidence of his father-in-law to such an extent that in the old man's declining years he has practically turned over the control of his business affairs to him, a_compliment quite worthily bestowed, The buffalo herd alone is very valuable. Last season Mr. Du- Pree sold one, an old bull buffalo, for which he recelved an even $1,000. He refuses ab- solutely to sell any of the cows, and but sel- dom consents to sell a bull. He had no less than twenty opportunities last year to dis- pose of as many head. NARROW ESCAPE FROM WOLVE: It is popularly believed nowadays that the only wolves that onc need fear are those in the tales of adventure which come in cheap library form, but the Merrill Advocate tells of a northern Wisconsin experience that leads one to belleve otherwise. Charles Smith, the account says, who is an employesof Jacob Savard’s camp, three miles from Flambeau, started not long since on his way to his home in Flambeau. With no moon to light the path he experienced considerable difficulty in finding tha way through the dense forest. Suddenly from the underbrush burst forth a bark that has caused many a brave heart to quail—that of hungry wolves. They charged upon Mr. Smith, but he belng nimble as a squirrel was soon among the uppermost branches of a giant tree. The rapacious beasts, after perambulating around the tree for some time, gave vent to a dismal howl of disappointment and slunk off. Thinking they had become discouraged, he ventured to descend, but no sooner had his feet touched the ground than the carniverous animals darted again at him. In a moment he was once more safe in the tree. Here he re- mained somewhat longer than before. Be- coming benumbed with the cold he came to tho conclusion that he would make another attempt for freedom. This time he was not molested by the hungry pack and reached Flambeau in an exhausted condition. THE DUBOIS TUNNEL. A new company is being formed in Dubols to be known as the Dubois Mining and Mill- ing company. The company has just com- menced the tunnel, which is to be 1,184 feet, says a Dubois special to the Denver News, and is intended to cut the following lodes: Capitola, Victor, Pride of Iowa, Cheno- werth and Pride of Denver. These are all true fissure veins running well in gold, one assay yielding as high as five ounces in gold on ore from the Pride of Towa, which has a vein estimated at twenty feet. The inten- tion of the company is to put in a mill at Dubois for the treatment of the ore from this tunnel, which will cut the Capitola at 200 feet, the Pride of Iowa at 486 feet, and the prospects now are that the mill will be needed as soon as it is possible o put it up. The mill will be within the corporate limits of Dubols and will give employment to a number of men. Mr. Griffey says the name of the tunnel is the Dubois tunnel, and he believes it will show a rich hill. Other properties are working as fast as it is pos- sible to do so. One of the owners of the Edna M., in Poverty Gulch, stated that ore was growing better and better every day. ANOTHER GOLD PRODUCER. It was reported that a rich gold strike was made in the Robert Bonner mine, above the Burro bridge, says the Silverton Standard. This property has produced several ounces of gold the past summer and was considered a very good property, but the last strike puts it at the top notch on the production of the yellow metal. After three years of good hard work and spending considerable money, the owners of the Wyman tunnel are beginning to see a chance to realize something on their invest- ment. The tunnel which Is iocated on An- vil mountain is in plain sight of town and was started by Louls Wyman and others who had great faith In the possibilities of that mountain. ~ The turmel was run something like 670 feet when the vein was cut this week. Already the vein has been cut over seven feet and the other wall has not been reached. The quartz is fairly alive with brittle silver and runs very well In gold. This property promises to prove the biggest shipper in the county and will be a great help to the town, as every one working on the mine will live in the city. BIG RABBIT HUNT. About fifty visitors, twenty from Pueblo, & like number from La Junta, and seven from Denver engaged in the annual jack rabbit hunt at Las Animas, says a special to the Denver News, It may seem Incredible that over 6,000 rab- bits should have been killed in two days, espe- clally when the rules of the hunt limited all hunters to shotguns, but the jacks are so nu- merous this year that the poorest marksman could not miss a shot. The rabbits have been hung up and photographed, and the citizens expect to ship them to Parson Uzzell at Den- ver If they are wanted. A few such hunts as this, it is hoped, will rid the country of these pests. The citizens of Las Animas gave the hunters a grand ball and supper at the opera house. The exact count shows 6,622 rabbits killed, fifty-six ducks, ten owls, one eagle and one hawk. The Pueblo men killed the greatest number. IOWA. The system of waterworks at Rolfe, cost- ing $7,000, has just been completed. The Murphy gospel temperance meetings at Davenport are being attended with great success. It is sald that “Ret” Clarkson will re- turn to Des Moines and again become the editor of the State Register. B. F. Smith, a Chicago traveling man, attempted to jump across a gutter of muddy water at Clinton and broke an arm, Mary Wondrazeck of Dubuque has brought suit for $2,000 damages against Anna Bed- soe for calling the plaintiff a thief. The bondsmen of ex-Auditor W, H, John- son of Muscatine county have been sued to l“::rnver the amount of his theft, about John Underhill of Reinbeck is in jail at Grundy Center under $300 for petty “thiev- ing. He had been looting farmers' wagons at night and entering stores. The booty was found in his house. Henry M. Bates of Iowa, one of the exam- iners in chief of the patent office at Wash- ington, has been requested to resign, but has declined to comply with the request. He will probably be removed. The Baptist church soclety at Mason City has settled its loss with the insurance com- panies and received $2,937. It is learned that over $4,000 has been subscribed toward the new church and that building will com- mence early in the spring. Great excitement was caused at Mount Ayr by Doputy United States Marshal Rich- ards arresting B. C. Warren, a prominent member of the Law and Order league, for bootlegging llquors. Warren was prom- inently connected with the prosecution of druggists at the last term of court in Ring- gold county. A nmew survey of lands in Mills county adjacent to the Missourl river is now being made. The fickle stream has wiped away 50 many acres of rich lands that it is be lieved the county has 4,000 or 5,000 acres less than it had ten years ago. The middle of the river belng the state line, in a ma- Jority of cases, Missouri has been the gainer. As Henry Brechel was helping Willlam Moore saw wood with a buzz saw near East Janesville, the saw burst and the pieces flew in all directions. Both of his hands were 50 badly cut and lacerated that it is believed that he will lose a part or the whole of both of his hands. He is & young man and un- married. The saw was driven by horse ywer, and when it burst the force was such that a plece of the saw struck a house at quite & distance from. the machine. NEBRASKA. A baso ball clubils. being organized at Norfolk. " The Beemer Timets hat celebrated its ninth birthday. J. H. Dundas has.tsken sole control of the Auburn Granger. A wolt hunt Wil ‘be held county on March 67 Falls City 1s expectifig to have a new foun- dry located there thls season. Wakefleld farmers and citizens are taking steps to establish & tteamery Crete Is making ‘An 'effort to capture the county seat of Saline gounty. The Farmers' bank.of Rogers has been reorganized, with Johw, Henry as cashier. Somo of the county schools in Cheyenne county have been dlosed for want of funds. Fillmore County Teachers' assoclation held an Interesting meeting at Geneva last week in Antelope The bar docket of Stanton county con- taine forty-three cases, of which five are criminal. A Congregational Sunday school convention will be held at Alma on Wednesday and Thursday next. Hard times are not affecting the trade of the DeWitt creamery, which is doing an immense business One hundred converts have been gained by the revival meetings at the Methodist church at Norfolk. The large general store of B. D. Cobb at Cedar Rapids has been closed by attachment in favor of Corbin, May & Co. The encampment of the Southern Nebraska Grand Army District Reunjon assoclation will be held next Thursday at Fairbury. R. C. Bauer has sold his interest In the Homer Independent to W. W. Allen and J. Jesler, who will take control at once. Nels Anderson’s 7-year-old son, living near Emerson, fell over a fence post and almost severed his nose from his face. Harvey Harrod of Burchard secured second prize for an animal story sent to the Chicago Inter Ocean. There were 1,000 competitors. Rev. James Elliott of Plattsmouth, pastor of the South Park Baptist Mission church, has received a call to Alma, Harlan county. A wagon ran over the legs of the oldest son of John Lewis of Hayes Center, break- ing both the bones between the knee and the ankle. Rev. T. Scott Miller, a Presbyterian min- ister at Emerson, has been invested with the rights to practice law in the district courts. H. T. Wilson has purchased the Western Wave, which he has edited for one year, He starts on the second year as editor and proprietor. Mrs. T. Dunn of DeWitt is the owner of a violin that is 150 years old. It bears the inscription, *“Antenius Stradiuarius Gremon- enfis Facicbat Anne, 17 One of the Norfolk people who secured relief from the state had $3 left over after satisfying her immediate wants, and invested the money in a pair of pollow shams. James H. Barrett has succeeded John W. Wilson_as county judge of Keith county. Judge Wilson resigned when Governor Hol- comb appointed him commandant of the Soldiers’ home. A strange phenomenon was witnessed by the peoplo of Butte the other day. A large circle with four sun dogs at regular inter- vals was scen in the sky, and lasted for about twenty minutes, after which it faded away. A Broken Bow jury refused to return a verdict until their fes were paid. In the meantime the defendant’s attorney filed a motion that the time for the verdict had lapsed, and it is likely that a new trial may be necessary. The Butte Gazefto registers a complaint against the terrible; tales of hardship and starvation that are;being sent over the coun- try concerning Boyd eounty, and explodes a fabrication concerning a’family that had been living on the flesh’ of 4 mule that had been starved to death. .3 Billy Worline of: Minden has a dog which has a trick of picking up money from the floor when it is throwh to him. The other day he added a feature to his trick which was not part of' the program. He was thrown a $20 gold pece, which he picked up and swallowed. The dog is now being very closely watched by its,owner. They have Improyéd on the old way of set- tling law suits In Fitmore county. Two neighbors got into a quarrel and all the neighbors had ,been summoned as witnesses, but the boys brought the litigants together and made them settle, All the parties then clubbed together the money that would have been expended in lawyers' fees and celebrated. Gottleib Fritz, a farmer living near Hol- brook, was worried over the failure of his crops and the destitute condition in which he has been left, so that he has cume to imagine himselt a money loaner. He proclaimed from housetops and hay stacks that he was pre- pared to accommodato any one with a loan on long time and charge no interest for it. He has been taken to the insane asylum, WYOMING. About 6,000 tons of coal are being mined daily at Rock Springs. A pipe line is to be built from Casper to the Pennsylvania ofl wells north of that city. Rawlins women wrote all the matter for a late edition of the Republican of that city. Big Horn county people complain Lhat they have not had mail for nearly two weeks. Five couples dancing for a prize at Chey- enno kept it up for two hours and forty- seven minutes, There are forty-one miles of lrnikngs in one of the Union Pacific company’s hines at Rock Springs. State Engincer Mead says that 76 per cent of the water rights of the state are still unappropriated and unused. A test has just been made of the Laramlio plains coal and its showing is aid to be up among the best of the state. A Casper physician says he has discov- ered a new compound which will kill the scab and still be harmles to the sheep. Miss Nina Pettigrew, formerly of Sun- dance, 18 now a woman evangelist, and is sald to be meeting with great success at Lusk. The Saratoga Sun reports that the Four Mile placers have been sold to Omaha parties for $25,000, and will be extensively worked next summer, Ranchmen along the Big Laramie river are suffering from black leg in their stock. One ranchman has lost several head of fine steers from the disease. The coal output in the different mines of o state for the past year was 2,202,000 tons, he number of fatal accidents was thirteen, out of 3,453 men employed. In Big Horn county wolves have become so troublesome the stockmen have pooled their issues and contributed to a fund, which, added to the state bounty, gives a reward of $35 for each wolf killed. Two men in the Rock Creek tie camp are reported to have hauled ties from the moun- tains down to the creek by means of a horse mounted on snowshoes.' The animal is sald to have taken kindly fo the shoes. W. F. King has been at work in the Rock creek tie camp duging the winter and says that they have gottel out between 40,000 and §0,000 railroad, ties and mine props dur- ing the season. Tweply-five men have been at work there, but they all have been dis- charged and the camp.is now closed for the season. The driveidown stream will in all probability be made fii*June. The props are for the Hanna mine. | A man named Yocum and his son-in-law, Edwards, were arrested at Buffalo charged with killing beet on,,the abandoned Fort McKinney reservation. The parties came here last fall fram , Nebraska. The beef killed was a cow belonging to W. F. Will- lams. The alleged killing occurred one mile above the old post and was discovered by Willlam Mogaridge, Who was out prospect- ing for gold rock recantly brought in. 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 oné of the claims belong- ing to the Dodge County Placer company to bed rock. They panned out from 75 cents to §1 per pan. The gold is different from any other that has been panned since the dls- covery in the camp, all of it being round or block” pleces. In fact It Is the only place where bed rock has been struck, and it pans out beyond all expectations. An’ Owen correspondent of 'the Laramie Boomerang states that cattle In that region have wintered exceedingly well so far, but the ravages of wolves have been something unprecedented in extent. It is stated that within a radius of twenty miles of J. N. Mertz's ranch no less than $5,000 worth of : MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1895. stock has been killed or mutilated so that they have to be killed. The correspondent declares that what is true of that region is also true of other sections of Albany county. Similar news comes from Fremont county. SOUTH DAKOTA. The Mennonite colony of Ron Homme county has received from Minnesota a car- Toad of sced wheat Secretary of the Interior Smith has assured Major Pickler that the Yankton Indian reser- vation will be opened April 1. The president will_shortly issue a proclamation to that effect. A largely attended meeting of the patrons of the Lisbon cheese factory was held, and it was decided to operate the concern during the coming season as a co-operative assocla- tion, purchasing the plant of the present owner. Arrangements are being made to start a creamery at Westport, a_few miles north of Aberdeen. It is reported on good authority that D. M. Ferry, the well known seed man, will open up a branch seed farm in Spink county. Two_railroad lines have through Vale, a small town about twenty-six miles east of Belle Fourche. One will be from Mandan, N. D., to the Black Hills, and the other from Sioux Falls via Pierre to the Pacific coast. About three years ago W. A farmer near Claremont, S. D., plac a tin can and burled it. A few days since he wished to draw some money from his im- provised bank, and was surprised at not being able to locate it. He spent two days search- ing for the hidden treasure before finding it. The mayor of Aberdecn has been notified by telegram that decision has been rendered by the commissioner allowing townsite authori ties to enter land. This is construed as al- lowing Aberdeen City to enter land and pro- tect the rights of squatters now on the tract. Authorities consider the case finally settled, after being in litigation over twelve years. General Carpenter of Watertown, com- mander of the Grand Army of the Republic. department of South Dakota, and Mrs. Robin- son, department president of the Woman's Relief corps, have been in Plerre arranging for the state encampment to be held there in June. The Woman's Relief corps and Sons of Veterans will hold their annual encamp- ment at the same time and place. At a revival meeting held in the Congrega- tional church at Bryan the other day some culprit placed some cayenne pepper on the red hot stove and in short time minister, mourner and sinners were in a perfect con- vulsion of coughing, wheezing and sneezing. Services had to be dismissed and much indig- nation was felt over the matter. This offense is a crime in South Dakota. Rev. Prior is collecting evidence and arrests will follow. COLORADO. Denver and Aspen miners are developing claims in Pine creek district. The Gold King mill, Ophir, shipped three retorts, weighing in all 528 ounces in gold. The Huttel mine, in Tip Top district, Gil- pin county, yields fron ore worth 3100 per on. A tax of $2 per year on mining claims is advocated in a number of the mining counties. A mill run from the Mary Etta lode, at Silver Plume, returned two and one-half ounces of gold and 204 ounces of silver to the ton. A new tunnel enterprise, with heavy finan- cial backing, has been started for the rich old deposits of Bellevue and Gilpin county 1t will have about one mile less to run than some of the other propositions. A railroad from Creede to Gunnison, to connect with the South Park, is talked of. The South- Park line is now preparing to reopen the Alpine tunnel, which would en- able them to exchange business with the new road. It is rumored here that a consolidation has been formed of the famous Ridge group of mines, the Solomon, Ethel and Holy Moses, and that large reduction works will be at once erected and all the ore from these mines treated in one mill. Rich ore has been developed in the lower levels of the Golden Treasure mine, Gilpin county, of which John D. Morrissey is man- ager. Recent assays show 40 per cent lead and over one ounce in gold to the ton for the entire width of a liberal vein. Should the new mining district of Alham- bra prove successful a railroad could soon be run into the camp. The Florence and Cripple Creek road could run a line there from Crip- ple Creek at a cheaper rate per milo than any other railroad yet built in the Rocky moun- tains. Down at Silver Cliff the Geyser mine has produced a new mineral, known as proustite, It is a crystallized ruby silver and assays 16,000 ounces to the ton. As high as $86 in gold have been shown by assays, and of twenty-one assays made from the 2,100-foot level the average was 4,500 ounces in silver. Contractor Frost, who does the hauling for a number of Cripple Creek mines, states that more high grade ore is being shipped this month than ever before. He states that from the mines with which he has contracts alone he hauls 150 tons per day to the railroads en- route for the smelters, February is the short- est month of the year, but for tonnage of ore and value of the same, it will beat the record of any other month in the camp's history. OREGON. The Medford brewery has started up again, after being idle several months. Baker City merchants have just purchased a carload of candles for underground mining. A project is on foot at Salem to establish a creamery to use 5,000 pounds of milk daily. The Corvallis Carriage works out its first farm wagon, and Oregon wood. A petition 1s being freely signed at Hunt- iington to have that town annexed to Mal- heur county. Quarreling in the Astoria volunteer fire department makes the citizens anxious to have a paid department. Centerville and Greenville have been en- gaged in a rivalry for a creamery, and the former has been successful. A cannery is being built at Gold Beach. Cattle are being purchased in Wallowa county for the Montana ranges. The machinery is in place for a rolling mill at Lakeview, and it is expected that the mill will begin operations February 20, Eight hundred ounces of goid bullion, valued at $16,000, from the Virtue mine, were depos- ited at the bank in Baker City, early in the month. Fruit men of Marlon and Polk counties will consider matters in connection with operating the Salem cannery the coming season. A drlving association is bemg organized at Eugene, with the object of improving the county 'roads and building a macadamized road to Merasis park. Probably 150 men are thrown out of em- ployment near La Grande by reason of the fact that there is no snow in the mountains, and logging is impossible. Ed R. Bishop, cashier of the National bank of Heppuer, says that he has a customer for 1,000 horses of all ages and sexes, colts only excepted, it prices are low enough. The arrangements are all made and work 1s to commence at once on the new water works system for Athena. Bonds of the city are to be issued in the sum of $12,000. W. W. Masterson of Cotlage Grove has sued the Southern Pacific for $5,000 for not stopping the train at Henderson station, compelling him to jump off, fracture his wrist and otherwise injure himself. A hungry coyote made a dash at the littie daughter of G. C. Pope, near Ontario, the other day, when a dog interfered. The coyote was rapidly whipping the dog when Mrs. Popo approached and killed the beast with a sticit. Peyton Harrls caught a large eagle in a trap on his ranch near Oakland a few days ago. It weighed twenty pounds and measured seven feet from tip to tip of its wings. It had been carrying off Mr. Harris' lambs, and he was fortunate in trapping it. The eagle was sent to Morris Abraham of Roseburg, to be stuffed and mounted. WASHINGTON, In January the Cosmopolls Shingle company shipped 2,600,000 shingles. Half a dozen brick buildings will soon be under construction at Whatcom. Recent reports indicate the coal production of this state for 1894 as 1,163,432 tons. It is estimated that 75,000 hogs are fattened upon wheat in Whitman county. A logging rairoad into the timber north of Montesano, is being planned for at that place. The Seattle Salvation army has equipped a large building for feeding and lodging, and for repair shops and basket factory, with a been surveyed has turned it 1s all of 1§ woodyard attached, and will give food and lodging in exchange for work. Seattle Is considering the question of setting up & stone yard to give employment to idle men. Codd Brothers will drive 1,600,000 feet of logs down the Palouse river to Colfax this season, { The Oakesdale Packing company has boeen Incorporated at that place, for packing both beet and pork. A petrified toad has been found imbedded in & rock 800 feet below the surface of the ground in the Newcastle coal mine. A second shipment of & cargo of 600,000 fect of lumber to Hawali has been made from Port Angeles. It is for the Honolulu railroad A townsite will be laid out at the Roy Kendall mine, on Huckleberry mountain. Twenty buildings now form the nucleus of a town, Twenty-five hogs, welghing 8940 pounds were recently marketed at Lewiston. That is an average of 267 pounds, and they were not “cornfed,” either, It is estimated that the damages done by the Quilcene floods in January to the rail road, personal property and the county roads and bridges reaches $50,000. Selections of 1,500 acres of land by Puyallup Indians have been sent to Washington for approval, and as much more has been se- lected, but the papers are not yet ready Thankful FHosford, living near Hatton, Adams county, and 91 years of age, made final proot on her homestead. Her memory is un- impaired and she testified to every date con nected with her proof without memorandum A young man was driven away from Star- buck by an anonymous threatening letter, purporting to be from an ganization of citizens. It is now alleged to have come from a man who owed him money, and took this means to save a few dollars, Senator F. G. Deckebach says he will shortly form a company to work the newly- patented machines bullt to extract the gold from the black sand on the Gray's harbor beach. The first machine has worked to his satisfaction, separating the gold at an ex- penso of 18 to 20 cents per ton of sand. The nd contains from 25 cents to several dol- lars’ worth of gold per ton. The Yakima tribe of Indians contempldte holding an election fn the near future for the purpose of choosing a head chief. Young Kodian, son of the late Kotiakin, will prob- ably be chosen. He is 22 years of age, of g00d size and carrfage, and wears his bian- ket like a prince of the royal blood. Indians say that if he is selected the coming pom- pom dances will be conducted with unusual vigor and pom. MISCELLANEOUS. Thanksgiving day, on the occasion of the de- feat of the Reilly funding bill in’Washington. No important discoveries have been re- ported in Utah's new district, on Little Cot- tonwood, but some promising prospects are the results so far reached. Utah mining and mill_ men have been hav- ing fun of late with a Captain Bradford and his new process. The inventor claimed to save more gold than the ores contained. Ex-Congressman Dorsey of Nebr: Just succeeded in organizing the Le; Mining company, with a capital of $5,000,000, to operate in Idaho. The company controls a group of ten claims, In the spring the Recky Mountain Bell Telephone company will build a new line to Great Falls, and also extend the line from Helena to Butte. The longest distance cov- ered by this company in Montana is 325 miles, A wild and wooly hunter, dressed in buck- skin suit, broad-brimmed hat, etc., disposed of a wagon load of smoked antelope hams at fancy prices in Boise, before any ono dis- covered that they were ordinary, everyday mutton. The value of the gold produced last year is estimated at § mint figure for 1893 was § pected that the mint report a slight Increase in the output of silver, just as it does in Colorado. Thomas S. Bullock, president of the Pres- cott and Arizona Central raiiroad, is to in- terview tho Southern Pacific managers in re- gard to the construction of a competing rail- road from Yavapal’s capital to Phoenix, con- necting there with the Southern Pacific. The extreme cold weather has made the wolves very bold and reports of losses of sheep and young pigs are frequent. In some instances the varmints have not even hesi- tated to attack human beings. They scem to bo increasing in numbers, despite the liberal bounty offered for scalps. The survey of the Nez Perce Indian reservation, which is to be thrown open to settlement next May, is nearly finished, and the Indians have already picked out the land they are going to claim. 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