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NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
AND MONTANA ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country—Numerous Acci
dents and Personal Events Take
Place —Crop Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.
Many clearing house certificates
have been raised at Hoquiam and the
perpetrators of the fraud have reaped
something of a harvest.
Seattle friends of O. B. Search, who
was killed in the railroad yard at El
lensburg October 25, are offering a re
ward of $50 for the recovery of his in
surance identification card.
The managers of three theaters at
Bellingham have ben arrested on the
charge of violating the Sunday closing
lav*.
The danger of a strike on the part
of the longshoremen at Seattle is past.
At a recent meeting it was decided to
sign the scale proposed by the ship
owners.
The authority of Superintendent
Harry F. Liston of the Puyallup Con
solidated Indian agency has been offi
cially suspended. The government
will proceed to adjust Mr. Liston's offi
cial affairs.
In a brand new 75,000 train, the
equipment of which is declared by
competent judges to be.the finest and
most modern that could be bought, an
excursion party of 200 representative
business men of Spokane, Coeur
d'Alene City, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake,
Newport aud other nearby places, and
a few visitors from a distance, made
a trip from Spokane to Newport and
return over the new Idaho & Wash
ington Northern railroad Saturday as
guests of the company.
Shipments of all classes of products
from North Yakima last year totaled
54,785 tons, an increase of 2285 tons
over 190 G.
Horatio Daniels was stealing a ride
on the pilot of a locomotive recently
near North Yakima when the engine
struck a cow. In the ensuing mixup
Daniels suffered several fractures and
internal injuries. He managed to
hang on until the engine stopped.
The Japanese and Chinese language,
together with the history, literature,
religion and commercial customs of
tnose nations, will be taught at the
University of Washington next year,
according to present plans.
George W. Ragsdale, proprietor of
the Favorite saloon, who struck and
killed "Dusty" Dean in a\fist fight in
an argument over money matters, was
found guilty at Spokane of manslaugh
ter.
Mrs. C. O. Browder, widow of the
late C. O. Browder, formerly auditor of
Whitman county, died recently.
Decisive steps have been taken in
Wilbur toward the organization of a
commercial club for their town to fur
ther market day plans.
Case & Esbach, the North Coast con
tractors, have been awarded the con
tract for a dam to be built by the
Pleasant Valley Irrigation company in
the East Selah valley. The company
will irrigate about 1500 acres of land
for fruit culture. The dam will be
60 feet high and 800 feet across.
On the eve of his retirement as
pastor of the Emanuel Baptist church,
Seattle, a suit -against the Rev. W. G.
Jones by Elmer E. Poole, a Boston
jeweler , alleging alienation of his
wife's affections and asking $25*000
damages therefore, was dismissed.
At a recent meeting of the La Crosse
local No. 5, Farmers' Educational and
Co-Operative union, farmers bargained
for 150,000 grain sacks.
Everett's postoffice was entered by
cracksmen Sunday morning. Forcing
the vaults, they secured $2000 in
tamps, as well as $150 cash which was
in the till. Of the cash stolen, $125
belonged to a clerk in the department.
Clifford Baker, a lad 10 years old of
North Yakima, had his left hand com
pletely blown off while fooling with a
shotgun.
During the last year the gross re
ceipts of the Wenatchee postoffice
amounted to $14,511, a gain of 22.7 per
cent over the year 19G6.
Charles Eastman was shot and atal
ly wounded by Policeman Dunham in
Sedro-Woolley while resisting arrest.
PracticaSly all of the shingle mills in
\\ ashington will resume operations in
March, after a shutdown of from three
to six months. There are 475 mills in
the state, and all but about 4 per cent
are closed down.
CKi.GON ITEMS.
"I am going to heaven." With Jiese
last words and after worrying over
her studies until sue became distract
ed, Miss Bernice Coe, 17 years old. a
student of Columbia cellege at Milton,
ommitted suicide Sunday night by
taking carbolic acid.
A United States letter box was
broken open at LaGrande the other
night. No clue has as yet been ob
tained as to the perpetrator of the
crime.
Following his policy of bringing over
to the prosecution individuals who
were indicted with John H. Hall and
Edwin Mays, and using them as wit
nesses against the two men on trial
In the conspiracy cases, F. J. Heney
has dismissed the case against former
State Senator Franklin Pierce Mays
and put him on the stand as a witness
against Hall.
By indictments returned recently it
has come to light that J. F. Temple,
an aged and wealthy resident of Pen
dleton, has wooed fickle fortune in the
guise of a roulette wheel and has paid
homage to the relentless queen to the
tune of a cool $3000. As a consequence
of the loss of a small fortune at tne
gaming wheel A 1 Ogg, Lester Swag
gart and Jesse Sellers, respectively,
and the three mentioned local sports
will be compelled to stand trial for
their act.
MONTANA NOTES.
Whitefish lake is now frozen ov<-~ for
the first time this winter, and large
crowds of skaters are taking advan
tage oft'ne line ice.
Two Swedes were badly injured by
an Taft recently.
Crazed by drink and maddened over
a trivial difficulty, S. Oneda, a Japa
nese laborer on the Milwaukee grade,
shot and instantly killed M. Kosuga.
Oneda, when he realized his act, placed
the muzzle of the gun in his own
mouth and fired, sending a bullet
through his brain and dying instantly.
D. P. Wortman, one of the best
known contractors in the northwest,
died at Helena. His son, Ward K.
Wortman, is a lieutenant in the United
States navy and is now on the battle
ship Tennessee.
The largest and most important min
ing deal of recent months in the Hel
ena viciaity has been consummated,
whereby the Souvenir Gold Mining
company has taken over the seven
claims of Jacob Schaffer and others
in the Unionville district, four miles
south of Helena. The property is ad
joining the famous Whitchlatch Union
mine, which in early days yielded up
ward of $4,000,000 in dividends, and
will be operated on an extensive scale
y the new Butte owners. The amount
involved is not known, but it is under
stood to be very large. Four separate
reins have been uncovered, and show
gold as high as $75 per ton.
Charles Drascovich, an Austrian,
several days ago received $1000 dam
ages for injuries sustained by him in
working on the grade at Butte. Dras
covich was given a check for the
amount, which was stolen and cashed.
Matthew K. Sniffen of Philadelphia,
secretary of the Indian Rights associa
tion. who was sent to Montana to make
an investigation of the allaged irregu
larities on the Crow Indian reserva
tion, was arrested on the reservation
and placed in the guardhouse. The
reservation officials, it is said, acted
on instructions from Washington. The
federal grand jury is now investigat
ing the official conduct of Major Rey
nolds, the agent of the Crow reserva
tion.
The efforts of the Civic league of
Butte to close the poolrooms through
the institution by County Attorney
James E. Murray of a suit charging
Byron McNutt, manager of the M. &
M. poolrooms, with conducting a dis
orderly house and maintaining a nui
sance, resulted in a speedy verdict of
acquittal.
IDAHO EVENTS.
The new 35-foot government gasoline
lauach has arrived at Priest lake.
There is a movement on foot for the
purpose otf reorganizing the old Coeur
d'Alene City band.
The examinations and final work
of the first semester at the University
of Idaho were finished on the 30th.
Natural gas in large quantities has
been struck in Payette, according to
a report sent out from that place.
The Rhodes Scholarship examina
tions for Idaho were taken this year
by Curtis of Boise, Peebler of Nampa
and Crooks of Moscow. Those pass
ing the examinations will be eligible
for appointment to the scholarship
that supports a man for three years'
study at Oxford university in Eng
land.
The new forge building is now ready
for the use of mechanical engineering
students at the university and train
ing in forge work will be added to
their instruction in other iron work
ing lines.
Four new instructors will take up
their work in the state university with
the opening of the new semester.
Bridge construction on the high steel
structure which will span Lawyers can
yon will begin this week, as the
caused by the shortage of steel rails
has been removed by recent heavy re
ceipts from eastern steel mills.
A militia company is being organ
ized at Lewiston with 109 members.
The Wallace Daily Times, the first
daily paper ever published in the
Coeur d'Alenes, which has been In
existence since July 3, 1906, has sus
pended publication indefinitely, owing
to trouble with the typographical union
as to the status of a former employe.
Superintendent Lee of the Wallace
schools reports a substantial Increase
in enrolment. The present enrolment
is 225 girls and 247 boys, o total of
472.
At Wallace the Empire theater was
assigned recently by Manager J. O.
Burns to George F. Stoney. The liabil
ities are said to amount to over $600
and there are no assets of value.
A. J. McCluskey, known as "Big
Mack," and an old timer of the Coeur
d'Alene district, died recently in a
Wallace hospital of pneumonia.
Some sneak thief with a knowledge
of the value of elk teeth stole an elk
took necklace from the curio wall (rf
Ed Wiggins' cigar store in Lewiston,
the necklace being on exhibition with
a number of other valuable Indian
curios. The string contained 113 ejk"
teeth, valued at $500.
The Rathdrum school board has ac
cepted the new high school building,
which was recently completed at a
cost of $12,000.
Two deaths took place on the Coeur
d Alene Indian reservation recently.
Both died of the white plague, which is
gradually exterminating the Indian
race.
SUIT WITH RAILWAYS
FEDERALGOVERNMENT ENTERS
GREATEST CONTEST. -
Proposed Action Not Only Attacks
Harriman's System, but Also Big
Financiers of the East Who Are His
Allies in His Manipulations—Claim
They Are in Restraint of Trade.
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What promises to be the goverm
ment's greatest contest in its struggle
for regulation of interstate railroads
was begun in Washington, D. C., re
cently, when the preliminaries were
completed for the long threatened
legal attack on the Harriman system.
A bill in equity will be filed, by
order of the attorney general, to dis
solve the alleged illegal combination
between the Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific and the San Pedro, Los
Angeles & Salt Lake road.
It was also ordered that the courts
be asked to declare illegal the own
ership by the Union Pacific of the Ore
gon Short Line, of all stock held in
the Santa Fe, the Great Northern ana
the Northern Pacific, "all of said lines
being competitors of the Union Pa
cific," to use the language of the at
torney general in his formal statement
issued tonight.
The proposed action not only strikes
at the Harriman system in the west,
but will attempt to dethrone the great
financiers and capitalists of the east,
closely identified with Harriman in
control of his railroad manipulations,
'for the atorney general announces
that in addition to the railroad com
panies mentioned, the following noted
individuals will be made defendants:
E. H. Harriman, the railroad king;
Jacob H. Schiff, New York banker and
capitalist; his associate, Otto H.
Kahn; James Stillman, president of
the National City Bank of New York,
commonly known as the Standard Oil
bank; H. C. Frick of Pittsburg, the
coal and coke magnate, and a promi
nent figure in the United States Steel
corporation; Henry H. Rogers, one of
the heads of the Standard Oil com
pany, and William A. Clark, the multi
millionaire former United States sen
ator from Montana.
Who the defendants are:
Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, San
Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake rail
road, Oregon Short Line, Santa Fe,
Great Northern, Northern Pacific.
E. H. Harriman, Jacob H. Schiff,
Otto Kahn, James Stillman, Henry C.
Frick, Henry H. Rogers, William A.
Clark, Farmers' Loan & Trust com
pany, New York.
What is charged:
Conspiracy in restraint of trade and
illegal monopoly of the transportation
business of the country between the
Missouri river in the east and the
Pacific coast south of Portland o* the
west.
What is demanded:
Dissolution of the combination be
tween the Union and Southern Pacific
and San Pedro lines.
Abolishment of the ownership by
Union Pacific or Oregon Short Line
of stock of the Santa Fe, Great North
ern and Northern Pacific.
CRIMINAL SUITS STARTED.
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Former State Officials of Pennsylvania
Will Stand Trial.
Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 28. —The first
of the 37 criminal suits against former
state officials, contractors and others
connected with the building and fur
nishing of the new capitol of Pennsyl
vania will be brought to trial in the
Dauphin county court this week before
Judge Kunkel. The defendants in the
suits listed for trial first are Architect
Joseph M. Huston and Contractor John
Sanderson, Philadelphia; former Audi
tor General William P. Snyder, Spring
City; former State Treasurer William
L. Mathews of Media and James M.
Shumaker, Johnstown, former superin
tendent of public grounds and build
ings.
The defendants are charged with
conspiracy to cheat and defraud the
state, out of $135,000 by falsifying the
weight and measurements of certain
furnishings supplied by Sanderson un
der his "per foot" and "per pound"
contract with the board of grounds and
buildings.
Nordica to Wed Again?
Chicago, Jan. 26. —When Mme. Lil
lian Nordica boarded the Twentieth
Century Limited yesterday to start on
a sudden visit to New York there was
much playful talk among the friends
who escorted her to the station about
rice, old shoes, white ribbon and the
like. The members of the San Carlo
opera company expect to hear that
America's greatest prima donna has
taken a third husband. The man to
whom she gave her heart is George
Washington Young of New York,
backer of the San Carlo Opera com
pany. Mr. Young is a multimillionaire
banker.
Through a Gale.
New York. —Buffeted by a gale
which at times blew 90 miles an hour,
the uid Dominion steamship Princess
Ann, over 24 hours overdue from Nor
folk, came into port Saturday night un
harmed from her encounter with one
of the fiercest midwinter storms that
has swept the Atlantic in years.
Big Fire at Clinton, lowa.
CLINTON, lowa, Jan. 28. —Fire has
caused $150,000 damage to Fish Broth
ers' wagon works.
LATE SPORTING EVENTS.
In the interclub boxing and wres
tling contest held recently in Seattle
between the Seattle and Spokane ath
letic club, Seattle came out victorious,
winning three of the four matches
scheduled.
Whitman college was defeated by
W. S. C. at basket ball recently.
Walter McCreedie, the Portland cap
tain and manager, will coach the Uni
versity of Oregon baseball team until
the start of the league season.
Frank Gotch defeated Albert Solo
mon of Buffalo in two straight falls in
a wrestling contest at Utica, N. Y.,
recently.
The Phoenix and Grand Forks hock
ey teams played a tie game at Grand
Forks recently, the score at the end
being 2 to 2.
Down in Frisco they're having an
awful time getting Kid Scaler of Spo
kane fixed up for a scrap. The latest
proposition is to match him and John
ny Murphy in a preliminary to the Abe
Attel-Frankie Neil fight.
There was much to the Dr. Roller-
Farmer Burns wrestling match at Se
attle recently which savored of the
"fixed" affair. The ease with which
Roller secured two falls and the ap
parent lack of effort on the part of
Burns showed plainly to the wise ones
that there had been something doing.
When Eddie Quinn, manager of the
Spokane league team, leaves for the
spring training season with his band
of Indians, he will take along with him
no less than 25 esasoned old warriors
and young bucks, wno will display
their talents on the ball field.
Formation of the intercity baseball
league will begin in Walla Walla this
week. The league proposed is of class
D, to comprise Walla Walla, Pendleton,
La Grande and Baker City.
Tyrus Cobb, champion batter of the
American league and star player of
the Detroit team, has returned his
contract unsigned and asks for $5000
a year and a contract for three years,
with the stipulation that he will be
paid if injured or sick.
By raising subscriptions Vancouver,
B. C., has secured sufficient funds to
send a team of six bowlers to the
American bowling congress at Cin
cinnati next month and to the Cana
dian ten pin tournament at Toronto.
For the purpose of forming a Wash
ington state automobile association
which will carry the legislative battles
to headquarters when measures are re
quired to assure good roads, a conven
tion of all automobile owners is to be
called either for Spokane or Seattle
early the coming summer.
James J. Jeffries has been invited to
make the trip to Fairbanks, Alaska,
to referee a series of boxing bouts on
the Fourth of July. Battling Nelson
is also in on the invitation, and if a
fitting opponent can be secured for
him, Fairbanks will be treated to some
: real fighting.
Joe Gans is a strong admirer of
Packey McFarland and says that if the
Chicago boy ever hooks up with Bat
tling Nelson he will wager $5000 that
the Dane will be on the receiving end
of a good beating. Gans says Nelson
; is all in.
Francis Trevelyan, one of the best
known writers on racing in the coun
try and for some years racing judge
at the western tracks and at New Or
leans, died recently.
A move is on foot to organize a boat
club at Whitefleh, Mont., and it is
probable that a club will be organized,
as there are quite a large number of
boat owners and many more who ex
pect to get boats in the spring.
In the good time of 9 minues and 50
seconds Connell, the fast Lewiston
skater, circled the ring floor 60 times
Saturday night, winning the three-mile
race by three laps from Hensley.
The 10-game series at 18.2 balk bil
liards between George Sutton of Chi
cago and George F. Slosson of -New
York was finished Saturday night
Slosson won the final game by a score
of 500 to 251, but as Sutton wen six
of the ten games played the honors of
the match go to the Chicago man.
Slosson made high runs of 88, 83 and
80, with an average of 16-22.
Montgomery Won.
Oakland, Cal. —In a veritable sea of
mud Sam Hildreth's crack 4-year-old
horse Montgomery, by Passara-Mont
gomery Copper, the favorite, splashed
her way to an easy victory in the
Burns handicap Saturday, five lengths
in advance of the fast-coming Clamor
of the Keene stable, second choice in
the betting, the latter clattering in
three lengths ahead of R. F. Carman's
Rifleman, third choice. The balance
of the classy field was strung out for
an eighth of a mile. The Winner was
ridden by E. Dugan, the place horse
by W. Miller and the third horse by
G. Burns. The time was 2:10 4-5.
Broke Bike Record.
Kansas City, Mo.—With all the ener
gy he could command and exerting
every muscle to defeat his opponent,
Ivor Lawson of the Yankee team, in
a remarkable burst of speed Saturday
night won the six days' bicycle race
from Joe Fogler by a short distance,
so short that it was almost impossible
to pick the winner.
The world's record for 48 hours,
held by Elks and McFarland, made in
1900 in Madison Square garden, was
broken. The official finish was:
I—Lawson-Moran,1 —Lawson-Moran, 984 miles 8 laps.
2 —Fogler-Root, 984 miles 8 laps.
3 —sherwaad-Wiley, 984 miles 8 laps.
Locomotive* Works Shuit Down.
Troy, N. Y., Jan. 25. —Word from
Schenectady says that the plant of the
American Locomotive works in that
city, at which 6000 men were em
ployed, will close down in the near
future. Scarcity of work is given as
the cause.
NEWS OF THE WORLD
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week—National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Event*.
The Central hotel at Pontiac, 111.,
caught fire and was destroyed recently.
The Imperial Bank of Germany has
reduced its discount rate from 6% per
cent to 6 per cent.
The National hotel at San Rafael,
Cal., was held up recently by an armed
man and Constable Edwards was shot
in the neek and and seriously
wounded.
An explosion in a heating stove
started a fire at Madison, 111., that de
stroyed the greater part of two city
blocks in the heart of the business sec
tion recently.
Mayor McClellan of New York has
asked for the resignation of Magis
trate Otto H. Droege, following a
scandal as to conditions in the court
over which he presides.
That freight traffic conditions are
recovering from the financial strin
gency is the statement of several
traffic managers and other high rail
way officials at Chicago.
The cruiser Washington of Read Ad
miral Dayton's squadron arrived in
Frisco from Magdalena bay on the
28th.
The police of Rio Janeiro have gath
ered up six sailors from the American
battleships who had either deserted or
failed to return on board before their
vessels sailed from there.
Petitions in bankruptcy have been
filed against the Cream City Park
Amusement company of Chicago by
creditors of the concern.
James Stillman, president of the Na
tional City bank of New York, has re
signed from the directorate and also
from tho executive committees of the
Union and Southern Pacific.
George W. Wilson, a furniture clerk,
was arrested at Los Angeles recently
on an indictment returned three years
ago by the grand jury in Buffalo, New
York, charging him with deserting his
wife's child, which is a felony under
the New York statute.
H. S. Massingham of Mandon, N- £>•.
has been arrested at Billings on a
charge of forgery, it being alleged that
Massingham cashed checks in Billings,
drawn on Mandan banks, in which he
had no account. On advices from Man
dan, Massingham was taken into cus
tody.
The first shipment through the Sa
bine lake canal, the last cut in which
was made by the government recently,
was of export lumber for England by
a lumber company of Orange, Texas.
Congress has expended $536,30® on
this canal. It is 15 miles long, connect
ing the Sabine and Neches rivers.
Dredging began January 11, 1906.
Congressman Hobson of Alabama
declares that President Roosevelt is
with him heart and soul for a great
naval establishment.
Fred Elmore, aged 12 years, was
drowned at Grand Forks, B. C,, re
cently while skating.
Viscount Aoki, ex-ambassador to
Washington, has arrived home.
H. R. Schade died suddenly at the
national capital recently. He was a
son of the late attorney and statisti
cian, Col. Louis Sehade, and was him
self a lawyer and journalist.
The mysterious disappearance of
Al«c Latham, former chauffeur for
Ruef and an important witness for the
prosecution in the coming graft trials,
is still unsolved at Frisco.
Coming from Guaymas to Portland,
the British steamer St. Hugo ran
through great schools of whales.
Leslie Shaw expects to be a candi
date for the republican presidential
nomination if he can get the lowa
delegation.
Miss Eunice Jeffers, who is to marry
Edward R. Taylor, mayor of San Fran
cisco, is one of that city's best known
charity workers.
The meat trust cinch is one thing,
at least, that has not been affected by
money stringency.
Jack London and his wife have ar
rived in Frisco on the steamer Mari
posa from Tahiti.
Henrietta M. Johnson was run down
and killed Sunday at Seattle by an
automobile driven by Guy C. Stratton,
secretary of the Acme Shingle com
pany. J. F. Ives, vice president of the
Stimson Mill company, who was in the
automobile, and Mr. Stratton, gave
$1500 bail. The girl was crossing the
street on her way home from Sunday
school.
Engineer 50 Years; No Wreck.
At the end of 50 years' continuous
service, during which time he never
has had a wreck, Lawrence Gagin, the
oldest engineer in point of service in
the employ of the Chicago & North
western railroad, will retire on a pen
sion. The date of his retirement will |
be February 1, but the pension, which
the road assigns to every employe of
50 years' standing, will not mean a
great deal to "Larry," who is a bank
stockholder and has other financial in
terests at his home in Sterling, ill.
The metal point on your shoestring
made a fortune for the woman who
thonght of it
MINES AND MINING.
The union forces have won out at
Goldfleld, Neb., on the no-card system.
It is reported from reliable sources
that the' Snowstorm mine at Mullan,
Idaho, will resume operations this
week.
It is reported that the Umatilla mine,
in the Dixie district, is looking prom
ising and bids fair to become a great
producer.
A contract has been let for running
a crosscut tunnel 200 f«et long on the
Iron Clad mine, near Murray, Idaho.
The tunnel is already in about 650
feet.
Platteville, Wis. —No less than five
mines in the Platteville lead camp will
resume operations at once. These
mines have no roaster and the price of
their ore is so low that they can hard
ly make it pay at recent prices. The
outlook, however, is for better prices.
The price of lead and zinc has ad
vanced $4 a ton this week. The mines
are all at work in the Dodeviglle dis
trict and the three idle mines at Min
eral Point wil soon start.
V. Marich and others have filed
notices ot location on Elgin lode and
Elgin lode extension, in the Evolution
mining district.
The Federal Mining company has
been given a patent to the Glamorgan
and Pembroke lode claims, in the Evo
lution mining district.
The Snowstform mine last year ship
ped 75,000 tons of ore, containing
7,000,000 pounds of copper and 596,000
ounces of silver. The average price of
copper was 20 cents a pound and that
of silver 65 cents an ounce. Using
these figures as an average the output
would be valued at $1,400,000 for cop
per and $387,400 for silver, making a
total production of $1,787,400.
Under the superintendence of Mr.
Purcell, development wort has lately
been proceeding: at a gratifying rate
ac rtossland, B. C., and a rich reward
has been reaped in important finds at
the Idaho, Iron Mask, War Eagle and
Center Star mines. The ore bodies
found in the lowest workings in the
group are of a high grade they
are in large and strong quantities.
This indicates that the mineralization
extends as deep as they can be mined.
Five feet of very rich gold ore has
been struck at the 400 foot level of the
Del Rio mine, Buffalo Hump. The
strike was made on a croscut from
the 650 foot tunnel.
Montgomery Hardman, one of Spo
kane's pioneers, who has spent much
time in Alaska, is reported to have
sold some of his claims at Nome, Alas
ka, for $50,000.
The Pittsburg Lead Mining company
has taken a 30 months' lease and op
tion on the Bonanza, Monarch and
Monarch Fraction lode claims in the
Placer Center district, near Wallace.
The Blue Bird mine, on Lake Pend
d'Oreiile, is now operating under lease
to J. M. Jeanott, one of the principal
owners ol the property.
Judge McFie has appointed F. J.
Otter of Albuquerque as receiver for
the Consolidated Mining & Smelter
company, operating at Corrilios. Fail
ure to pay taxes caused the receiver
ship. The property is valued at $500,-
000.
The suit begun recently" by the
Golden Gate Mill & Mining company
against the Ophir Silver Mining com
pany of Virginia City, Nev., to re
cover $4,0>/0,000 for alleged trespass
ing on claims, was dismissed in the
circuit court of Nevada on motion of
attorneys for the defendants.
News From Burke, Idahb.
The famous Hercules mine of Burke
has struck the ore shoot in No. 4 tun
nel. The vein takes a greater dip than
anticipated, it being necessary to drive
the tunnel 300 feet further than the
survey called for.
The Cooney group improves with
every blast. Three feet of good ore
have been disclosed.
- : The Galena is working two shifts,
sinking, and in the near future will
work three shifts.
The Tiger-Poorman mine is drifting
on the ore and has a great showing
on the 2200-foot level.
The Hecla mine is installing its new
electric hoist.
Mining Men to Meet.
A meeting of mining men of Alaska,
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana,
British Columbia and the Yukon ter
ritory will be held in Seattle March
23 and 24 under the auspices of the
American Mining congress. A com
mittee appointed by the congress ot
its last session will be present. The
purpose is to secure reliable informa
tion relating to the burdens and re
strictions on the mining industry of
Alaska, with a view of recommenda
tions to the congress for its action.
Colorado for Gold.
One hears a good deal more talk
about Alaska than about Colorado, but
the figures show that Colorado heads
the list for gold output. The produc
tion in that state for 1907 is placed at
$20,888,833, as compared with $18,251,-
610 in Alaska, while California is a
close third with $17,394,863. Nevada,
now a center of interest on account
of the miners' strike at Goldfleld,
ranks fourth, with $14,704,658.
Another feature of the report is that
there was a reduction in the gold out
put of both Alaska and Colorado as
compared with 1906, Alaska's decrease
being a little over $3,000,«00 and that
of Colorado about $2,00®,000. On the
other hand, Nevada is increasing in
production. In 1906 tne Nevada mines
yielded $i 0,470,704, an Increase of $5,-
200,885 over ISOS, while the yield for
1907 was $4,233,954 over tia* of 1906.