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From Mines and Oil Fields
LOS ANGELES MEN BUY
LITTLE MEADOWS MINE
George A. Smith and Associates
Enter Gold Road Country.
Other District News
KINGMON, Ariz., Nov. B.—Emerson
Gee, the well known mining: engineer,
George A. Smith and D. A. McMillan
of Los Angeles have made a deal
whereby the property of A. L. Mc-
Kesson, near Little Meadows, was tak
en over. They will make arrange
ments at once lor the development of
the property. Mr. Smith and D. A.
McMillan are largely Interested in the
oil business In California and Mexico.
They aro encouraged over their new
purchase and believe they have one of
the most promising gold properties in
the territory. The mine will be opened
under competent management and J.
L. Witnoy, it is said, Is about to begin
work on the Blue Mary mine, sixteen
miles east of Yucca. About a year ago
rich ore was struck in a drift in the
mine and the property gave such prom
iße of big things at depth that Mr. Wit
ney concluded to take it over and ex
ploit It to a depth of several hundred
feet.
Superintendent P. Tl. McLaughlln
last week took a big car of C. O. D
ore to the smelter at Needles. The
cars was made up of the rich ore from
the atope on the 200 level and is said
to have been one of the richest cars of
ore ever shipped from that property.
At the 250 level the drifts are being
run on splendid ore., the shoot from
the levels above evidently penetrating
the lower ore zone. The ore in this
part of the mine appears to be rich in
gold, something unnsii; I for the mine,
taken from the standpoint of ship
ments from the old stopes. There the
ore ran high in silver, the gold values
seldom running: above $,"> to the ton,
■while in this newly opened part of the
mine large values are to be had. Some
of the ore from the top of stope on
the 200 level was found to run as high
as 12010 in gold and correspondingly
high In silver. One day the latter
part of October two miners took from
the stope seventeen sacks of this high
gradr ore.
SURVEYS ST. LOUIS MINE
T. R. Qarnier has had a survey of
the underground working of the St.
Louis mine, at Cerbat, made by P.
McCardell, and llnds that the deep
tunnel Is now within a few feet of the
pre body known lv exist in the lower
workings of the property. A contract
has been let to H. K. Pettlt to drive
quite a lot of work in the way of de
velopment. This work will be begun
at once.
P. MuCardell, the well known min
eral surveyor, has gone to the Gold
Crown camp, where ho will make a
■urvey of a large group of claims for
purpose of patent. The Gold Crown
people (the Frisco Power and Mining
company; Is doing a large amount of
work on the properties and will soon
have In commission a big crushing
and cyanide plant. The tonnage of ore
now blocked out in the mine is said to
be sufficient to keep the mill employed
for years to come. The report is cur
rent in Kingman that the company
refused an offer of $1,000,000 for the
property from one of the largest op
erating companies In the United States.
Big teams are hauling ore from the
Champion mine to the railroad for
■hipment to the Needle 3 smelter.
A gasoline hoister was taken out to
Stockton Hill last Tuesday for the
Needles Mining & Smelting company
to be used on one of the mines under
operation by that company.
The mill at the Dixie Queen mine
has been runnlnk steadily on go d ore
the past two weeks. No cleanup has
been mado of the plates but it is un
derstood that the saving of values is
high.
Immense quantities of mining tim
bers are being received at Kingman
Station and are being hauled to the
mines contiguous to this place. The
timbers now in use In the Gold Road
mines are round. It being the im
pression that round timbers have
greater tensile strength than the sawed
timbers.
ENGINEERS TEST THE
LYNX CREEK PLACERS
PRESCOTT, Ariz., Nov. B.—What is
believed to be the beginning of a large
placer mining: movement along Lynx
creek, where it empties into the Aqua
Fria, Is a deal now under considera
tion Samuel Boblett, J. J. Cravey and
Ed Boblett are authorized and have
completed a six weeks' test for eastern
capitalists, the area covered ranging
from the flail ranch to the lines of tho
old hydraulic diggings, a distance of
four miles. In that time they have
sunk hundreds of holes to bedrock, the
general determinations being favorable.
The creek bed hag been tested with
the sidehlll elevations on each side, and
in some plates big values were found.
It is believed that plans for the work
ing of these deposits will mature in
the near future.
In anticipation of an early winter
and a heavy fall of snow, Mr. Boblett
says that the old ditches of the Mas
sicks hydraulics are being cleaned out
to accommodate the flow of water, the
purpose being to revive these old dig
gings at the earliest opportunity. Thin
ground is said to be under lease and
the operator has been devoting con
siderable time and expense toward
getting tt.
The last tlm« any extensive work
■was done on this project was over
twenty years ago, when hydraulic oper
ations were attended with heavy out
put in the yellow metal. The intro
duction of the Bucyrus shovel was at
tended with failure, owing to heavy
boulders.
LOST HILLB A MINT
COALJNGA, Nov. B.—Lewis Patrl
quin says that at present the Lost Hills
is the Mecca for the oil men of Bakers
field. It is rich, shallow territory and
there have already been some great re
turns made, netting the prospectors a
mint of money.
Land is going up In values from $100
to $200 an acre and tho universal port
able rigs are in use for boring. By this
method It is possible for thOFe en
gaged in developing the country to
move quickly from one location to an
other.
The speculator expects to reap a har
vest since the dißcovery of the Lost
Hills has become known all over the
state.
DO ASSESSMENT WOflK
The owners of the big molybdenum
copper mines In Copper canyon, north
of Cedar, Gold Koad country, have
put a number of men to work doing
the annual work on the properties.
JAMES WYNKOOP
COCHISE GOLD MINE
CHANGES OWNERSHIP
Indiana Men Purchase Control in
Property Assaying Rich
in Several Metals
JOHNSON, Ariz., Nov. 7.—The Co
chlse Mining and Milling company has
lately Interested eastern people in Its
property. These will head the com
pany: Horace D. Goodale of Marion,
Ind., president; Seth Merrill of John
son, Ariz., vice president and general
manager, and Hiram Bcshore of Ma
rion, Ind., secretary and treasurer. The
company now has managers who are
capable of pushing it. The general
office of the company is at Marlon,
Ind.
The company's property consists of
eleven claims three and a half miles
west of Cochine, in the Steel hills. The
location is ideal. Water is close at
hand for milling purposes, and trans
portation facilities are the best.
Since the company took hold of the
property In February of this year it
has done considerable development,
mostly tunnel work, and has opened
a large quantity of milling ore. This
ore in of such a nature that it can be
cheaply mined and milled.
With a mill on the ground It would,
It Is believed, mean a nice return to
tho stockholders on their investment.
The company is steadily developing
the property and is showing more ore
all the time.
This property, since Its discovery,
has created much excitement, due to
tho fact that it Is a gold camp and as
such Is so known. The ground near
the strike will pan gold, and numerous
fine specimens have been found and
carried away.
Every one that visits the property Is
elated with tho showing made and
predicts a fair future for the company.
The stock of tho company has been
subscribed for freely by people in the
near neighborhood who have visited
the property. Under the present man
agement it Is Intended to force the
property to the front, and In the fu
ture have it listed among the pro
ducers.
MASCOT COPPER CO. ISSUES
FAVORABLE YEARLY REPORT
WILLCOX, Ariz., Nov. B.—One of the
most satisfactory reports ever issued
by a mining company has been mailed
to stockholders by the Mascot Copper
company in Dos Cabezas, following
the annual meting of the corporation
at Chicago recently.
Although the company has not yet
reached the producing stage the offi
cial report just sent to the stockhold
ers shows that the property Is being
developed and equipped in a substan
tial and permanent manner prepara
tory to taking its place among the
lursest producing copper mines of the
world. Basing future events upon the
happenings of the past, it will not be
many months before this company
will enter upon a producing era that
will come to the vast majority of
investors in copper shares as a reve
lation.
In one place the report says:
'We feel that all share holders are
to be congratulated on the present
substantial conditions at the property,
together with the economical manage
ment during the past year, and have
every reason to believe that with the
continued hearty support of the stock
holders your directors will be able to
report at the next annual meeting
information of a character that will
be quite interesting in a financial way
to all interested parties."
MACHINERY FOR MILL
REACHES CAMP WONDER
WONDER, Nev., Nov. 7.—The out
look tor the early completion of the
Wonder mill is more cheerful than has
been the case for a long time. Two
traction engines succeeded in complet
ing their long delayed trip from Fallon
and brought in a heavy load of ma
chinery and supplies for the mine and
mill.
What looked more like business,
however, was the arrival of three
long freight teams heavily laden with
building material.
The company's toam is busily en
gaged in hauling material for the con
crete piers and retaining walls at the
millsite. A chute has been constructed
from one of the dumps of the minu to
a convenient platform for mixing the
concrete, and a general appearance of
activity prevails.
The laying of the water pipe Is pro
ceeding splendidly. During the week
the excavation having attained con
siderable distance ahead of the pipe
layers, the latter worked overtime in
order to bring the work up.
The pipe is now laid almost to Her
cules, and, although there is consider
able rock work to be done in the last
mile or two, at the present rate of
progress the waters of oHrse creek
progress the waters of Horse creek
of Wonder mountain.
HIGH GRADE SHOWS IN
MINERAL POINT MINE
PRESCOTT, Ariz., Nov. B.—Recent
determinations in tho property of the
Mineral Point Mining company in the
Black Hills are attracting attention,
due to the highest grade sulphide ore
ever found in the district being uncov
ered.
This was the statement of T. F. Pe
ters, a miner who is located near the
camp.
He says he inspected the deeper
workings, where the ore is in evidence,
and a five-foot vein was seen. The
values were not ascertained, but that
It Is classed as high grade in copper
with gold as a by-product.
The outcome of development is being
closely watched from the fact that tho
Mineral Point is the most extensively
opened mine in the district.
Operations were recently resumed
under a reorgantzatlou of Its affairs
after several months of suspension.
The property is under the management
of Max Wenzel, a mining engineer and
a man experienced in practical work.
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ELEVEN NEW DERRICKS
McKITTRICK, Cal., Nov. B.—The As
sociated Oil company has decided to
erect eleven additional derricks In the
Pioneer Midway property, and two
crews of rig builders are now at work
there. Five of the nino wells on tho
Pioneer Midway are K'>od produriTs.
one of them being a gusher thr.t at one
tint! had an output of SOOO barrels a
day.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 9. 1010.
THREE HUGE TANKS ARE
FINISHED AT COALINGA
Station Now Has 385,000 Bar
rels Capacity-Forest of Der
ricks Attracts Strangers
GUY H. SALISBURY
COALINGA, Nov. B.—The Western
Pipe and Steel company of Los An
geles has completed the three 55,000
--barrel steel tanks at Coalinga station
No. 1. The third tank on its contract
was completed and accepted Thursday
last and Is ready for the oil of thia
field. This gives the Producers; Trans
portation company seven 55,000-barrel
tanks at station No. 1.
At one time during the building of
these tanks a strike of metal work
ers was called by the strike committee
from Los Angeles against the Western
Pipe and Steel company. This held up
tho work much to the detriment of the
small producers of the field. The
Western Pipe and Steel company had
insterted the strike clause In its con
tract, so It was not hurt by the delay.
The Southeastern Limited Oil com
pany, operating: on the east slope of
the Coalinga anticline, is drilling well
No. I in tho northwest corner of sec
tion 18-20-16, the hole being a little
over 4000 feet deep with 6Vi-inch
heavy casing. It has gone through 100
feet of very light oil sand. Superinten
dent Whealey expects to complete this
well before Christmas. The water was
cemented off at 3480 feet with BV4-inch
casing. The combination rotary-stan
dard rig Is completed for No. 2. The
rotary will be carried to 2100 feet and
set In the 12%-inih casing and the well
will be finished with standard tools.
The Southwestern has done much to
prove up the territory along the Co-,
allnga anticline.
1046 Hl.Kill! k- IN FIELD
The sight that interests the stranper
Who first comes into this field Is the
many derricks first seen from the car
windows and the first question asked
Is, "How many derricks are there in
this field?" There, are 1046 derricks in
the entire field, taking in the drilling
and producing wells and the derricks
standing ready for the driller, and that
takes In the east, west and south side
fields. To a newcomer it would appear
that there are many more. There arfl
today sixty-four companies drilling
and seventy-three companies produe •
ing. The total number of wells drill-
Ing at midnlsht on November 1 was:
West side, 71; east side, 4T: south field,
16. Total number of producing wells-
West side, 373; east side, 254; south
field, 1. There were 155 producing wells
temporarily suspended at midnight on
November 1 and 57 drilling wells,
caused by temporary trouble. There
are 100 companies on the west side, 34
companies on the east side and 35 com
panies in the south field, a total of
169 companies interested in the Coa
linga field.
The Canadian-Coalinga Oil com
pany has completed a combination ro
tary-standard rig on the southwest
quarter of section 8-21-15, near the
Boychester. A good, substantial camp
is building, a cottage for the superin
tendent,' a cook house and a bunk
house. The company has 120 acres of
patented land. The rotary will be car
ried down to hard shell, about 1800
feet, when the hole will be finished
with standard tools. This is another
demonstration south 'of Warthan
creek, showing confidence in the ter
ritory, indications of which appear in
the work of the Blair on section 11
and in the Boychester on section 18-21
--15.
BIT IN THE OIL SAM)
Tn the case of the Pluto Oil oom«
pany, section 19-25-19, reports continue
to enme in to the effect that the bit
Is In the oil sand. Several parties
have gone down to the well to deter
mi.-- the exact condition, as a strike
on this property moans much to the
south field. The well has not reached
the depth indicated by the formation
whore it is expected the pay sand
would be entered. The well has shown
up very satisfactorily to the many
stockholders of Fresno and this field,
and considerable interest has been
shown on the street here.
The Producers' Transportation com
pany is taking oil at Coalinga station
No. 1 ;it the rate of 3000 to 5000 barrel!
a day. The three new tanks, 55,000
barrels each, are being used to receive
this oil, relieving this field that much.
The main pipe line from Maricopa has
exceeded what was supposed to be Its
capacity, which had been estimated to
be 26,000 barrels a day. In fact the
pipe line has carried 30,000 barrels a
day for the past forty days, which is
relieving the congestion of that field.
The Good Lurk Oil company, sec
tion 22-19-15, has well No. 3 cleaned
out, and drilling into the lower sands
finished up at 1435 feet. Well No. 6
has been cleaned out, showing up fine,
and finished at 1602 feet. The electric
pumping motor is working very satis
factorily. Two more have been added
to the plant. The company is waiting
for new special belts to run an eight
inch pully on the motor. When those
belts arrive the three motors will be
pumping three wells.
While one hears complaints of work
in the field being slack, on acocunt of
the lack of transportation, one is sur
prised at the amount of material go-
Ing out into the Held, being hauled out
with 6'a and B's to the west side, the
east side and over to the territory
along the Coalinga anticline. There is
considerable development worlc going
on through all parts of the field, no
ticeably upon the larger properties.
New derricks are spotting the whole
field.
ENGINEER KESIGNS.
A W. Albricht, who has done much
to bring the Good Luck property up
to its present production, has resigned
from the superlntendency. Albricht
is a careful and effective mining en
gineer and has made many friends in
this field. He will return to this field
after a brief rest in San Francisco.
The Valley Oil company, section 32
--20-15, has well No. 1 improved of late,
now making 500 barrels of 17-degree
B gravity oil a day. The sand has
commenced to move, giving the oil and
gas an opportunity to come in. The
well is producing from an upper sand,
which two sands underlie.
The Empire Oil company s well No.
1, section 32-19-15, Is a steady pro
ducer at 225 barrels a day. Well No. 2
is 2465 feet deep with 8%-inch casing.
Formation sandy shale; well No. 3 Is
2540 feet deep with BU-incn casing In
the blue shale.
The Security Oil company's well has
been making a lot of sand, which has
all been cleaned out to bottom. The
well Is now on tho beam, making 400
barrels of nice, clean oil, free from
wate/ and silt.
The Berkeley-Coalinga Oil company,
operating with a portable on the
northwest quarter of section 2-21-14.
is 210 feet deep with 9%-inch tasing.
1 They nave passed through three seams
of oil sand and three water sands and
are now In blue shale.
The Castle Oil company, section 4
-20-15, has well No. 1 2668 feet deep
with 8%-lnch casing, the second long
est string of 8-Hlnch In the field.
The 10-inch casing was landed at 2600
feet.
The Coalinga-Monterey Oil com
pany's well No. 1, section 4-20-15, was
drilled with a rotary to 2320 feet.
The standard tools were strung up.
They have now 2400 feet of BV4-inch
casing In the hole.
The Elmoro claim, operating on the
southwest quarter of section 32-26-21,
has completed the standard rig, and
will be ready to spud In this week.
HITS THE TOP BAND
The Republic Oil company, section
32-20-15, is testing out tho top sand,
a sand above that producing in the
Empire well. Will drill into the lower
sands.
The Baird Oil company, section 24
--22-18, cemented off the water at 2650
feet. Reports from the hills arc that
the showing made of oil at that depth
was encouraging.
The California-British Oil company.
Limited, has two strings of standard
tools running on the Wabash proper
ty, section 24-20-14. Well No. la is 760
feet deep with 12V4-inth casing.
The Patheon Oil company, section
32-19-15, has cemented off the water
at 2700 feet in well No. 1 with 6V4
--inch casing.
El Cerrito Oil company, operating
on the northwest quarter of section
35-11-23, Sunset field, has well No. 1
860 feet deep with 10-inch casing?
The Pulvadaro Oil company, op
erating on the southeast quarter of
section 2-21-16 with a rotary, is 900
feet deep.
The Lakevlew Oil company (Kings
county), section 26-21-17, cemented off
tho water at 2250 feet just under where
the last attempt was made.
The Midland OH company, section
10-19-15, nan completed a full stand
ard rig, ready to spud in.
The Azores OH company, section
20-21-15, will now shut off tho water
at 3550 feet with 6?4-inch casing.
QUEER GOLD STRIKE IS
MADE IN CROOK CANYON
Ore Uncovered Assays from $300
to $1000 a Ton
PRESCOTT, Nov. B.—A phenomenal
strike of a rich gold vein in Crook
canyon is one of the results of intel
ligently prospecting that section of
Yavapai county. Mexican miners have
discovered and opened an entirely new
ledge, fo\ir to five feet in width, carry
ing an eight-inch pay streak of oxi
dized ore. It is now opened along the
surface for a distance of 400 feet. They
have ready and are shipping twenty
one tons of sacked ore to the Venezia
stamp mill for treatment.
The ore shows gold values to a sur
prising degree, every piece is a speci
men, and the fjuatz, which is a brown
ish-red, is simply an oxidization of
what was one time a heavy iron
sulphide, the iron having leached away
and left the bright gold showing
wherever a particle of pyrites once
existed.
The new find is located lesß than one
mile in a westerly direction from the
mill, and a good pack trail has been
constructed for transportation of the
ore.
As the gold is practically all free,
a careful mill run will be made by
crushing In the batteries and the gold
plated and afterward passed over thn
Wllfleys for concentration, and tailings
will be saved, and if of sufficient value
will be sacked and shipped to the
smelter.
Repeated sampling and assays show
the ore to carry from $300 to $1000 a
ton. This is just as it is sacked from
the streak.
Seven men are employed in mining,
and regular shipments will bo made
by the owners. A sack of the ore,
although honeycombed and porous,
weighs 110 to 115 pounds to the sack,
as weighed at the mill.
It is singular that this vein has never
previously been even scratched any
where on the surface. Rich pieces of
float have been found from time to
time in this immediate vicinity, but no
discovery made of the true vein.
It is regarded as a very important
strike by those who have been on the
ground and examined it, for it has an
air of permanency and regularity that
insures the mining of a large tonnage.
At any rate the owners safely count on
taking out a pretty fair stake from
what they have already opened.
EXPECT WELL IN SECTION 6
COALINGA, Nov. B.—Word has been
received by local officers of the com
pany that the De Luxe well No. 2 on
the famous section 6, Coallngu flold, is
about to be brought in. The well was
cemented oft about three weeks ag«
and it has proved an economical job.
The drilling lias been resumed and the
bit sent into the live sand at about
2COO feet. The No. 1 well Is doing about
275 barrels a day. The location of No.
2 Is such that a profitable producer is
expected.
Citrus Fruit Report
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
BHIPMENTS OF FRUIT
.; ' Orrjt. I.*m. Tl. <$>
.Monday, Nov. 7 , 2 12 14 •§■
Total to date tills ' <§>
season 29 79 108 ...
Total to tame date <•>
last season 88 47 l»« <•>
BOSTON
BOSTON, Nov. B.—Three cars «old. Cool.
Market easier. Valcnclas—Pointer, A. C. G.,
Azusa, Jf.4o; ArUsla. A. 11., Caaa Blanca,
$5.56; Setten do, $1.35; Prairie Chicken, do,
13.25: Victoria, do, J3.50; Lincoln, do. 13.80;
Navajo, do. 12.65. Lemons—Rey, S. T. Fer
nando, $6.95; Tunnel, do, JC.sf>.
BOSTON WOOL MARKET
BOSTON. Nov. Activity In the local wool
market continues with heavy sales. Fine staple
territory Is moving at 65@66c scoured, with 61
5162 c for half blood combing.
Fleeces also are firmer, with Ohio and half
blood held at 300 and Wisconsin quarter blood
at 23@26',ic Considerable activity Is noted In
Texas wools, with heavy sales on eight months
at 52@55c on a scoured basis.
The bulk of the business is In territory, al
though half blood combing wool has been well
cleaned up In the last few months. Consid
erable business Is also reported In medium
unwashed fleeces, with an active demand for
Ohio half and three-eighths blood. Texas and
California wools are moving steadily on a
firm and unchanged basis, while lambs' pulled
wools are also In fair demand. The foreign
product quiet. Texas fine, II months, 68©
Scoured basis: Texas fine, 1* months, 68®
60c; line 6 to 8 months, 62@55c; fine fall, 60c.
California northern, 57@60c; middle county, 62
OMc; southern, 48®50c; fall free, 48®47c.
Oregon eastern new staple, 64©65 c; eastern
clothing. 66®57c; valley No. 1, 52«640.
Territory, fine staple, 65@660; fine medium
staple, 55@600; line clothing. 57®580j fine me
dium clothing. B5«MoiI half blood combing.6l
®62c; three-eighths blood combing, 53@66c;
quarter blood combing. »1«53c.
Pulled extra, 65c; fine, 68««0c; A supers, 50ip
We ■ .^^___ __ .'• .-■'.'
Ton ran buy It. p»rnap» "- many place*, but
thiJ?. *". BEST pi". to bur tt-«na.tt»l
■laxa advertUa*.
FRESH NAVEL ORANGES
SELL AT $3.00 A BOX
Firmer Tone in the Potato Mar
ket Due to the Cooler
Weather
Placontla navel oranges were fold in the
produce market yesterday at $3 a box.
Members of the exchange did not hold a call
session, consequently there were no changes
in official quotations.
Eggs and butter were steady to firmer, and
cheese steady.
Increased demanded for potatoes, due In part
to cooler weather, gave a stronger tone to the
market.
Harracuda scare. All other varieties of nsh
in good supply.
Receipts of local produce were: Em, 55
cases; butter, 32. 148 pounds; cheese, 2956
pounds; potatoes, L'lSr, sacks; onions. 32') sacks;
swtet potatoes, 446 sacks; apples, 9612 boxes.
fUOPLCE I'KICES
Following are the official prices of pro
duce to retailers as compiled by the Markec
Kepurtcr:
BUTTER—Selling price to trade. 5 Vie
higher; California creamery, extras, 35c;
do firsts. 32tec; cooking. 25c; ladle. 25c.
EGOS—Local ranch candled, 49c; do case
count, buying prlca, 45c; eastern fresh, 35c;
eastern storage, packed extra, 32c; do stor
age seconds, 27c.
CHBESH -Northern fresh. 18®18%e; lo
cal, 18c; Oregon Daisy, mic; eastern sin
gles. ITHOltO! do Twins, m4<i?lßc; eastern
Daisies. llfeQltc; Long Horns, IS '._•
eastern Cheddars, 20c; imported swiss. 32c;
Jack, 19c; domestic swiss, 130340! cream
brick, 13c: llml.urger. IDe; Rorjuefort, 38c;
Edam, $8Cu;8.30; Canadian cream, bos. $1.
J3BANS—No. 1 pink. $5.50i8>5.75; No. 1
llmas, 1196.95: No. 1 Lady Washington,
$4.BO; No. 1 small whites. $4.50; No. 1
blackeyes. $5; No, 1 Oarvanzas. $4.60; No.
1 California lentils. $7.
POTATOES —Highland, cwt., 11.2591.50;
Salinas. $1.7".: yellow sweets, fj.5001.75.
ONIONS —Local yellow Danvers, $1.50®
1.75: northern, $1.65: do Australian browns,
11.5091.75; local. $1.65; local silver skins,
lug box. II; garlic, 7K9BC lb.
FRKSH FRUITS—APPISI. Bellcfleurs. $1.10;
4'4-tler, 95c; Pearmains. white winter, 4
tler, $1.25; do red. 4'i-tier, $1.10; fall pip
pins, 4-tler. $1; Jonathans. California. $1.65;
4Vz-tier, $1.35; Baldwin. 4-tler, $l.i>o; 4V4
--tler, $1.25; Greenings, 4-tier, $1; Spluenber
gers. 4-tler. $1.40.
BERRIES— Strawberries, per basket, 10c;
raspberries, per basket. 12c; blackberries,
per basket, 6f|Bc; cranberries, bbl.. $7.50®
Sit.
CITRfS FRUlTS—Grapefruit. leedless,
$3.75; seedlings, $2.75; lemons, $5; Valen
cia oranges, $4.
TROPICAL—H.-inanas. lb., 4 lie; Fard
dai'-.-s, lb.. Ing 13c; golden dates, lb., 7c;
alligator pears, rinz.. 16; pineapples, lb.. 70.
MIPCBLLANEOUB —'"apabas. crate. $?<S>
2.50; figs, box, $1.25; Muscat grapes, lug box,
$1.2591.66; poaches, per box, 780951 i Kart
lett pears. $2.00r5j 2.75 box; plums, crate.
$1.50: prunes. $1.75; quinces, lug box. 11;
watermelons, 1 tjj '<i 2c ib.: Christmas melons,
crate. BSOS.SB! euavas. basket. sc.
VECRTA RI.KS -Northern artichokes, doa.,
$1; green asparagus, 15c lb.; bell peppers, lb.,
3®sr; beets, doz. bunches. 30c; cabbage, sack,
SiMiTSc; red cabbage. 3c lb.; carrots, doz.
bunches. 25c: cßUlMowar, crate. $1.2. rifrl-50; cel
ery, cwt., |1.50<32; cucumbers, lug box, 40c;
green corn, box, 65c; corn husks, 10c; egg
plant, lb., 2^4c; horseradish, lb., 25c; okra, oc
lb; lettuce, crt., 50tlT3c; peas, B@7c lb; parsley,
doz., 25c; northern strawberry rhubarb, box,
$1.75; spinach, doz., 20c; sprouts, 0c; summer
squash, luff box. 40(ft5ic; young onions, doz.,
25c; turnips, doz. bunches, 20c; tomatoes, 4u9
EOc; yellow, $1.
PRUNK.M—3U 40s. SfllOc; 40-ROs. 9910 c; GO-60S,
SjTDe: 60-70S, 7c; SO-90S. IHJc: 80-lOOs, 6c.
RAISINS —2 crown, loose. 50-lb. boxes,
(i^o lb; 3 crown, do. 4c: 4 crown, do, 4Vsc;
London layers. 2 crown. 20-lb. box, $1.15:
do. 3 crown, $1.25; do 4 crown. $1.50; Sul
tanas. Mcached. 6G>7c Ib; unbleached, 44*
6c lb; seeded raisins, 16 oz. pkg3, 7c; do, 12
os. 6 c
NTjTR Fancy TXL almonds, 17'4c lb; bra
zils 14@15c lb; encoanuts. HOc; filberts. 14e
lb; pecans. XX. lEe; do XXX. 10c lb; east
ern peanuts. TR~'ic !b: do Japan. BVic,
pinemits. 18c: No. 1 assorted walnuts. ICo;
do budfled, ISc; eastern pipcorn. cwt, $3.t>o;
do local. $3.50.
BICE Fancy Honduras <rarollna> $8.73
cwt- choice Honduras (Carolina) $6@5.50:
Japan grades. $3.75@4; Island, $5.59;
broken, 15.60.
HONEY —White water extracted. 9o Ib.
do white. SHe: do lisht amber, sc: comb,
water white, l-lb flames, ISc; do wliite, 17c;
do light rnnher, 14c; beeswax. 30c It..
LIVE STOCK —Packers r>t»v '• o. b. Los
Angeles for beef steers. I95M*! beef heif
ers, 4H@sc: beef calves. 5 14'Er6c; mutton
wethers. $5.60<5>6; mutton ewes. |'i:|i.ii;
mutton lambs. $3.5055.75; hogs. 110.
POUI.TRT —Turkeys, live, 25@2«0 Ib;
large hens 4 lbs up. 19c lb; do small. !Ha
|v |i JS 170 Ib: broilers. Ito 114 lbs. 17c lb;
friers I^4 to 3 lbs. 17c lb: roast chicken.
18c lb; ducks. 18c lh; geese, lie lb; squaus,
$1.50 doz; old roosters, Sc lb.
CHILI— Evaporated, strings, 80c lb: green,
4c Ib; chili teplns, 750 lb; Japan, Ho;
ground, Be.
HAT (baledi—The following quotations
furnisbed by the Loo Angeles Hay Storage
Co Barley. $1 2.60© 14.60; tame oat. ton.
1145f16.50; airalfa, ton, IIS.SOWK.SO;
wheat hay. $U'9ls.
MILL FEED—Bran. $1.55; whole corn.
$1 75- cracked corn. $1.80; feed meal. $l.»o;
rolled barley, 11.11 l oil cake meal 11.501
ihorts $1.8u; KafTir corn. $1.75; whlto oats,
$1.85: eastern red oats. $2.25; wheat oil
rlnal sacks, cwt 11.90; wheat. 100-lJi
aacks, ll.tt.
FLOUR AND FEED
Following are the wholesale prices for
flour and feed as quoted by the Globe Ur«4n
and Milling company. Los Angeles:
FAMILY FLOUR
A-l flour, per barrel ■■ ••»•»«
A-l flour retails at »1.6S per % and
850 per M sack.
Globe flour, per barrel •• *■<">
Globe flour retails at *1.80 per >A and
tec per V, saok.
Silver Star flour, per barrel , "■'">
XXX flour, per barrel •••■ *■*>
Eighth barrels 20c per barrel higher.
BAKERS' FLOUR
Globe flour, per barrel l«-2l>
Eastern graham flour, per -barrel b.io
Eastern whole wheat flour, per barrel «-iii)
Eastern rye flour, per barrel 6.80
Bakers' A-l flour, per barrel 6.40
Bakers' pastry (lour, per barrel 4.50
MEALS ANU CEREAL GOODS, PER 100
POUNDS
5 lbs. 10 lbs. 20 lbs. ■-') IDs.
A-l flour $».« 53-10
Pastry Hour 3.40 3.20
Graham flour 3.10 *i.05 U.ou
Corn meal. W. & V 2.60 2.40 2.35 2.30
Whole wheat flour 3.20 3.16 3.10
p,. flour a'6o 3.45 -4U
Cracked wheat 3-70 3.6* 3.60
Farina 3.70 3.65 3.60
Wheat flakes, per sack of 50 lbs »1.85
■Wheat flakes, per barrel of 125 lbs. net... 4. ii
GRAIN AND FEED
100 lbs.
Wheat. No. 1 .....' »l-75
Wheat (100-lb. sack), No, 1 1.80
Corn »•««
Cracked corn • l.»
Feed meal ; MO
Rolled barley 1.15
Seed barley 1-SW
Shorts • !•*>
Eastern Willow charcoal 2.00
Small yellow corn 1.70
Alfalfa meal 1.10
Bran, heavy 1.55
Oil cake meal ••■• ii.6o
White oat» 1-W
Rye seed 200
Egyptian corn, white 1.76
Scratch food I.HO
Granite grit 70
Chick feed 2.70
Cracked wheat l.atl
Clam shell «l
Oyster shell lit
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK
CHICAGO, Nov. B.—Cattle—Receipts esti
mated at 1000; market weak; beoves, $4.50®
7.60; Texas steers, $4.10%5.ji>; western ■titSVi
$4.10@6.75; stuckers and feeders, $3.30^5.70;
cows and heifers, $2.25@6.40; calves, |7.50®10.36.
Hogs—Receipts estimated at 30,000; market
slow, 5u olt; light, 17.M«5.30; mixed. $7.70®
8 45; heavy, $7.45'«j8.45; rough, (7.45@7.60; pigs,
$7.50®8.20; bulk of sales, .$7.85@8.30.
Sheep—Receipts oatimated at 33,000: market
weak; natlvi*. $2.60@4.2U; western, U.H04.20;
yearlings, *4.3005.40; lambs, native, |4.7sfiti.t>o;
western, $4.76®6.65.
BUTTER, EGGS AND CHEEBE
CHICAOO, Nov. B.—Butter— cream
eries, 24@3OV»c; datrjes, 23@270.
Eggs— sifiidy; receipts, 2533 cases; at mark,
cases Included, 19',s©22Wc; firsts, 27c; prime
firsts, :'»c.
Cheese— Steady; Daisies, 15',4®16%c; Twins,
xmiiii'.iM; Young Americas, 15@15&o; Long
Horns, i»3ls',ic. ■; '„; i
n«t r.Kin.iv. ■ Los Angeles Office I no £, nu<i
wKno*. 1 Hotel Alexandria | M"n '^
mmmmmmmmmml N 212 West Fifth Street N mmmmmi^^^
Ii j n WILSON S
Mills Bldg. Jl 111 ffILUUII During
Palace Hotel B , G . LATHROP, Manager Winter
|aaa|naaa^aa Correipoadenta ■■■■■■PJHIs^iSI
New ?"3X« A HarriS Winthrop & Co. ,1 Chl«;. mBV., a
ExTh,n K . I New York. Chlcro. Parts. Hmd... I of Tr.d fc
CLEARjNG HOUSE BANKS ,
NAME "■■-•••-: OFFICEIM J
CR. J. WATERS, President.
itizens National Bank S^iiSSSS. 8' hler
8. W. corner Third and Main. Surplus. $500,000. _
(W. A. BONYNQE. Pr« "it.
lommercial National Bank ca AN 2ooE Ioo SC' c"hl*r"
. Capital. $200,000.00. -.„««. M
I 401 8. Spring, corner Fourth. • Surp!u» & Undivided Pronta. $47,00».f«
F_ I I. W. HELLMAN. President.
armers & Merchants National Bank cha^j « m^-kh, ca.hi«r.
Corner Fourth and Main. _^ Surplus' and Fro'flt!l- H.DCO.OO').
FJ M ELLIOTT, Pre«ldent.
irst National Bank w. t. s. hammond. c«*hie». -
Caplt.'. stock. 11,250.000.
8. E. corner Second and Sprlnc Burp:.:» and Prontn. $1.82t.000.
— ■ W. H. HOLUDAT. Preald«nt.
M——^——— —————^-^— —-— cm HOMJDAY. President,
erchants National Bank cha^ greenb, cuia*.
S. B. corner Third and Sprln«. BuVpluV and Undivided Profits. tm.M
•--i „ ... : T J. E. FISHBURN, Prealdent.
Motional Bank of California h. s. sickle, caabier.
M Capital, $603,000. -««»«-«
|l N. E. corner Fourth and Spring. Surplus and Undivided Pronts, $aOO.OO».
Central National Bank 1"*~~*^ jamks b. oist. Pre.ldent.
entral National Bank jamks b. oist, ca.w.r.
Capital. WOO.OOO. -„«-
8. E. corner Fourth and B/o.dwa^ Burplu. and Undivided Profits. tW«W
— — WARREN OILLBLEN, Presldam^
D roadway Bank & Trust Company A . w. redm.\n, c«w»r.
X J Capital, $250,000. ..,.«.«
U -310 Broadway. Bradbury Bulldln* Surplus and Undivided Prnnts. $W.OCt
U- -" — IBAIAS W. HELLMAN, President
Rlted States National Bank f.^ smtth. ca.w.r.
8 X corner Main and Commercial Burplv ' and Front., $73.000. ___
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Largest and Oldest in the Southwest
Resource. $29,000,000.00
Four per cent Interest on Term deposit.; S per cent on Special (ordinary) deposits.
Largest and Best Equipped Safe Deposit and Storage Depart
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Security Building Spring and Fifth Streets j
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HAl^S~^TgS;^.. J«. SADDLERY
HOLDS HOPEFUL VIEW
OF CONGO CONDITIONS
Dr. Cureau Reports Progress of
Natives of Africa Under
Europeans' Rule
PARIS, Nov. B.— Dr. Cureau, who
was one of the most energetic collabor
ators of De Brazza and who has been
for four years lieutenant grovernor or
the Middle Congo, gives a hopeful ac
count of the progress of that colony
In an Interview published by tie
Temps. The economic future of the
country depends especially, says Dr.
Cureau, on the native Question, for
Europeans, and even Chinese, Anna
mitos and Hindus cannot without dan
ger perform manual labor there. On
the other hand, the native is loth to
adopt French habits and dislikes the
laborious activity of the French in in
ducing the native to work. There are
two excesses to be guarded against.
Constraint, when it is too high—ana
even when it is mild-kills the Congo
native or drives him to flight. It is to
overworking him that the extraor
dinary spread of the sleeping sickness
is to be traced, and yet if he is freed
from every social obligation lie con
tinues to wallow in his native barbar
ism. The right course lies between the
two methods. The native must pro
gress by small doses. The Senegalese
has not yet passed through the in
termediary stage between barbarism
and civilisation, and he must be helped
across by humane and at the same
time flrm methods. Some of the com
panies have already grasped the tact
that their future is closely bound up
In the future of the negro populations
inhabiting their concessions.
Dr Cureau gives some curious in
stances of the difficulty with which the
negro acquires certain phases of civil
ization. He is beginning to use Euro
pean stuffs as clothing, and is thus
better protected against broncho-pneu
monia, which decimates the Inhabi
tants every year. But he is refractory
when urged to build himself a moie
commodious h-t. If he obeys he neve -
theless continues to sleep in tha OM
one because It Is warmer. Dr. Cuieau
quotes the instance of a Mobanghi na
tive, who is already a trader on a
large scale. He prepared and also buys
smoked fish, which he ships on to he
steamers plying on the pool. Having
sold his fish he buys a variety of ar
ticles with which he returns and which
he retails among his countrymen.
Such a case of progress, says Dr.
Cureau, appears nothing short of revo
lutionary to those who remember the
Congolese savage of old.
WARNING THE COLONEL
A raw recruit from a remote corner of the
Green Islo was engaged for the first time In a
field maneuver on outpost duty. The sergeant
instructed him to look out carefully for tb*
colonel coming to inspect the post.
After an hour he returned and asked the
soldier, "Ha« the colonel been here?"
Receiving an answer in the negative, he
went away, returning later on with the saip*
A while later the colonel appeared. Tn«
recruit did not salute properly, which incensed
the colonel, who, as a hint, asked him:
•■Do you know who I am?"
"IWUI and I do not," answered the recruit.
"I am the colonel."
"ISeKorra, you Will catch It tlu-m," said the
soldier "The sergeant has been nsklnu twice
for yez already!"-Tlt-Blts.
«'• ma f**T to xcurt • Dargain In • «i»fl
.utVmobl!.. Through want »dvertUln«. as It
iiwd to b»-and •"" !»-»• Mctire » hor»s
nil can lac*.
GOVERNMENT WILL SELL
HISTORIC FRONTIER FORT
Reservation in Texas Where Law
ton and Shatter Were Sta
tioned, Long Abandoned
(Special to The Herald)
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Nov. B.—Tha
government has decided to sell, after
twenty years of abandonment, one of
the most historic army posts on tha
frontier of the southwest. On Novem
ber 21 the Fort Davis military reserva
tion, embracing 391 acres, will be put
up at auction. With the passing Into
private hands of the fort where Law
ton, Shatter and many other army of
ficers and men won distinction as In
dian fighters, another chapter in the
Indian wars of the west will be closed.
The buildings are still in a good
state of preservation. The post is sit
uated in a picturesque part of the Up
per Rio Grande border region of Texas.
It is at an altitude of 5000 feet and tho
reservation is bounded on one side by
precipitous cliffs from whose heights
bands of Indians frequently made at
tacks on the garrison. To reach tha
top of the cliffs soldiers were obliged
to make a long detour, and the time
that was lost in doing this usually en
abled the Indians to escape before an
attack could be made on them.
Fort Davis occupied a strategic posi
tion, being on the route of overland
travel beween San Antonio and Cali
fornia. The last stand of the Apache
Indians before they were driven out
of Texas Into Arizona and New Mex
ico was made in its vicinity. In those
days, and for many years before, every
stage and wagon train that made the
trip over the long and desolate route
between San Antonio and points in the
far west was accompanied by a guard
of soldiers.
It was while stationed at Fort Davis
that Gen. Shatter, who then held the
rank of captain, was given the title oC
"Old Bull" Shatter, a nickname de
scriptive of his tenacity of purpose and
wonderful powers of endurance when
on the trail of marauding Indians.
Henry Brosall, who served for forty
years as a tecunster in the arm/ and
was at Fort Davis during the entire
period that Shatter was stationed
there, now lives on a farm in the Davis
mountains, nine miles from the post.
A YOUNG FLATTERER
Alpha 111, aged 6, had been cautioned by
his mamma, after an appallug break of Ms In
inquiring the age of a lady with whom it was
on uncertain and delicate matter, naver to al
lude to anybody's age, or if the age of a pcr
*on was mentioned casually, to let the person
believe that that person looked younger. Oc
casion came -within a few days for Alpha to
put these Chesterfleldian Instructions into use.
An old gentlern»n visiting the family remarked
with the natural price octogenarians sometimes
show In their distance beyond the conventionsl
three-score and ten. that he was »7. "I am
sure, Mr. White," said the dutiful child, "that
you don't look more than 86."—Boston Tran
script.
A GIFT FOff FICTION
In a New Brunswick village » town char
acter who preferred emphasis to the veritl««
vvai a witness in a petty trial Involving an
auger. He positively Identified It as the prop
erty of the parties to the «ult,
"Hut," asked the attorney for the other side,
"do you swear that you know thla auger?"
"Yea, sir."
"How long have you known It?" he con
tinued.
"I have known that auger," aald the wit
ness. Impressively, "fvor sine* It wa» a gim
let."—Everybody's Magazina.
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