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Show .NORTHWEST- NOTES. - UTAH LEGISLATURE, NEWS SUMMARY, i Sixteen persons Salt Lake tity, t tab. March ltl. After spending moatuf the day in idleness the senate cleaned its table and this morning will meet to perform it last otiieiat function of the be-- n k'lled in i the New York hotel re combination to control the Indus 7 west of the Rocky mountains unte fire. yes-tyd- vised of the arrival of the battleship Oregon at Manila Neoreta-- y Alger x ill probably start on his tour of inspection of I'ubu and Porto Rico during the week. 1 bl "Trls ot dr K0041 nd m ere h;uliae at the port of New V4. the past week were valued at sewdon witnessing the nigniug of the appropriation hill by the president. The conference committee reached an agreement Tin the appropriation bill: a coin proiu e fixing tlie salt palace appropriation at $8,1ih) and the appropri-atio- 'Jhe ,fyr the mill Us at following bills mere pasel: House hill No. VJ, relating to the duties of ofhcers of cities: house bill No. ?U, relating to records of ta sales. The Loose- - transacted' hut very ITtfle business, none of any great iinpor-aneand adjourned till .to this morn ing lloth the senate and houseexpeet to adjourn sine die today. fcalt Lake Crty. Utah. March 17. The Third session of Utah s state legislature came to a close Yesterday The house adjourned sine die at 12. 17, p m., "hile the senate expired at 12. 50 The motion for final adjournment of the house was made by Mrs. Horn, mhile .Senator Evans performed a like service in the senate. 1 he last official act performed by the senate was the reconsideration of the vote by which it had refused to confirm the appointment of V Y. Uitcras one of tlie regents of the 1 niversity of I tah. Mr. Smoot, who had Riler's confirmation, withdrew opposed his objection and the appuiutmeu.t was. eon firmed, "Mr, Tanner and W. G. Nebeker voting against it. Senate bill No. ad, rejected on Monday, Yvas recalled by the house and passed by a vote of 31 ayes. The bill provides for easements of .highways atsross public" lands prior to'issuance of pateuts to purchasers. lhe sixtieth day of the session lasted just seven days. ),. . n liarou Russell, chief justice of England; has been appointed siicCessor of Baron Herschell on the Venezuelan arbitration commission. Tlie exports of specie at Ncyv York the past week were $1,0.'.3,45S silver, aud $5,400 gold imports were $106,-17- 9 silver and $Ti H54 gold. - Since his deposition lrom the Porto Rican cabinet by General Henry, Rivera s party has been the object of a vigorous attack by the radicals. Not a single new spaper in Havana, Cuban or Npanish, has yet had a word to say in defense of tbe asseinbly'a attempt to depose General Gomez. W. J. llryan, will on March 27, a lecture in Hot hprmgs... Ark., for tlie benefit of the proposed National Pythian sanitarium to be located . of a biscuits Tb are known to have vvwwvawvavvwvavaF temple and tirnd Th , Junction Grand Junction. Colorado, was destroy$L- ed by fire on the 14 th inst. lxJ OtiO, with insurance of $2,000. 111. C. Corbin, of Spokane, and asso- -t fedates, will establish a beet-sug; 'ncar Fairfield. Wash. One tbou-fo- r ' sand acres of land have been secured for a site. ) ar Frank 1L. Pelle tt, a Great Norths, freight conductor, wss killed at Adrian, twenty miles west of Spokane, was on the caboose into which a light Ji. locomotive crashed- - - -- c- on huge avalaucheof ice and snow Welnear the Great Northern railway lington has done such damage thattraf fic between Seattle and Spokane Waa suspended for several days laat week. Mrs. Eichstad, of Olympia, Wash., threw herself under a Port Townsend Southern train near Tumwater and was instantly killed. She was about 60 years of age and of unsound mind. At Grand Junctian. Colorado, two tickets are in the field to "choose' from' at the voters the' for municipal election, and the Democrats are contemplating putting up a ticket- The first train to reach Como, Cola, from Denver since February 21, steamed Into that cityouM arch l6, and was enthusiastically received' by the citizens of Como.' The train had been an entire week coming from Grant, a dir tance of 23 miles. - The train that has been snow-boun- d on the Cheyenne & Northern railroad for the past four weeks, was abandoned on the '15th. The passengers were taken in wagons from Altna to Horse Creek, where they were transferred to a train and taken to Cheyenne. Railroad men report that easterners are coming to the northwest in greater numbers than ever before, even than in the boom days of 1888-9- . They have been coming for thirty days, though the stream baa not been particularly notable till within the past week or ten days. "Red Pipkin, leader of the gang which held up a Santa Fe Pacific train at Grout's Station, New Mexico, on March 29, 1898, haa been lodged in jail at Nevada. Pipkin admits hie identity and signed a paper waiving a requisition . He will be take to New - -- Mexico, lot triaL . Residents of the mining town of Hayden Hill, Lassen county, Cal a., in the extreme northeastern portion of the state, are greatly excited over an exceedingly rich atrike of gold ore. The vein is about 13 inches wide at 20 feet from the surface, and it is said prospects from $2,000 to $12,OO0Tper ton. non-partis- there. Three of the four newspapers of Ponce begun- a campaign of abase against Diaz and the military government. They were closed by order of -- military authorities. The question of succession to the g throne of and Gotha has been decided in favor of the Duke of Official Opinion Fixing Date of Commencement nnd Termination. Connaught's son, Prince Arthur, who waa born January 13, 1883. Washington, March 23. Lemley of the navy deIt is now practically certain that ten partment has rendered an opinion as freight steamers hare been lost on the to the date of commencement and terAtlantic in recent storms. This inmination of the civil war and the volves the sacrifice of more than 300 war, as a basis for cal- lives and $2,500,000 capital. culating the war service of officers to The Cuban assembly from now on be retired after thirty years. He holds will be dealt vtith as any otherorgmnl-zatlon- . that the civil war began April 15, 1861, If its sessions provoke riots the date Lincoln's proclamation waa and distnrbaaces it will be dispersed issued, and it terminated August 20, like any other disorderly body. 1806, when hostilities ceased in Texas, G. A. Birt, the missing chairman and and not April 2, I860, as stated by the managing director of the Millwall supreme court. Dock company, London, who is a deThe Spaoish-America- n war began, faulter of $1,000,000 in the accounts of as declared by congress, April 21, 1898, the concern, has been arrested. and it is held to be still in progress. A floating Island, between one and It is held in computing the thirty two acres in extent and from fonr to years' service, years spent in the army five feet thick, has come dowrn the IUi-noor marine corps in time of Rctu&l war river and stranded at Havana, I1L shall count double, but no time shall Dynamite will he used to move 1L. . count for peace service. ' General Gomez has decided to pro Oor Hut marina Navy. ceed with the plant agreed upon for Washington, March 22. The navy distributing the $3,009,000 to the Cudepartment is considering the inter- ban troops on disbanding, as though pretation of that prqvision of the naval the military assembly did not exist. appropriation law permitting the conAn element of mystery still struction of two submarine boats of the the ease of the St Louis widow, Holland type. The department haa Mrs. McVean, whose face and body the reports of a number of experts on were badly burned Tuesday night by the operation of the Holland, some of acids thrown by some unknown perMessrs. Keefe St Bradley, of Cheywhich are quite favorable, but the son. enne, who are putting np the governOfficials believe further advancement friars from Manila ment building, have been given a conThirteen should be made before steps are taken and Macao Spanish in San Francisco on tract to repair and rebuild the governarrived ment palace la Havana, which is to to establish a submarine nevy. The the steamship China. Several of the be success of France with tbe Gustav Zede used as a United States government n friars were taken prisoners by Agui-has stirred the authorities to action. aid o'b forces and were only recently building. A force of workmen will go from Cheyenne to Havana at once to released. Ghrmany's Bad Weather. on the proposed changes work Berlin, hLwch 23. There has been a The murderer of Mrs. Anthony Serious range troubles are imminent series of snowstorms, accompanied br Steigler of Mount Lookout, O., whoee severe cold, throughout Germany. A dead body was found in her home by in eastern Laramie county on tbe range great amount of damage has been done her son, has been found in Albert between Salem and Horae creek beto vegetables. At Hamburg the ther- Luken, a hoy of 10, living with his tween Mark Goad and G J. Heysbam, large stockmen, who recently placed a mometer registered 4 degrees below the widowed mother in Clifton. number of cattle in this, district, large mounH&rtz the in and freezing point, The Texas legislature passed a bill tains It was 10 degrees below the freez- making an appropriation of $2,000 to and a number of small ranchmen who occupied the range for several years ing point. An enormoub,mount of be used by the state health officials jn The small ranchmen have given-th- e snow fell in these mountsjps. The suppressing the prevalence of smallweather has aggravated the influenza pox at Laredo. There are now 500 newcomers notice to vacate, or prepare for trouble. epidemic. In Berlin alone this month cases of smallpox at Laredo. Robert Pillaon, a noted character of 'v't. 200 deaths have occurred. Hazing as practiced at the Chicago the Platte valley, died at Saratoga, Populists Candidate For Praaldent. C College of Dental Surgery may make Wja, last week aged 55. Pillaon waa J. Mount of the class of 1903 an an e Houston, Texas, March 22. Milton t, James freighter and Indian if it does not cause Park of Dallas, chairman of the Popube haa been in partfighter. Lately He is nc-list national reorganization committee, nership with Lord Roll!, a wealthy has issued a manifesto setting forth in the Presbyterian hospital. Englishman, in the stock business. JacbbM. Woodring, a blacksmith of Pillaon weighed over Soo pounds, and the nomination of 11 barton Barker for president and Ignatius Donnelly for Mount Yirrnon, is in jail in Seattle, nina years ago. under his personal diand the adoption, of a charged with running an illicit distil- rection he had an immense coffin for rat case of "moon, himself Cincinnati at Septembers, lery. Thlti-f- the Rever 700 platform that has befi brought pounds,' India 'Which he was buried. 899 claiming that .there la aneedfor . shining 'before the fedaraf court in Kesttlfe. a party atanding for equality of opporThe Wyoming state board of equali. Comptroller Fred .White of tbe Catunity and against speeial privileges, sation haa raised the valuation upon of the mounted nadian northwest the great mass of the people police haa Uve stock forpurposes of taxation 30 United States are Populists at heart, received from Vancouver, B. G, a although they do not acknowledge it. denial of tbe story of a battle between per cent over last year1 rates. Range Canadian and American miners at cattle are raised from $15 to $19 per Remains of boldlsr Dssd head; range sheep from $L75 to 93.25, Porcupine creek on the Ihilton trail. aahington, March )7. Adjutant and other classes of stock, excepting Cretan thousand Six eral Corbin has issued the follow- which are unchanged, are refugees, who were in desperate lack horses, raised in and invaded and work food, pillaged raise in the same proportion. Tbe rhe secretary of war requests that of these valuations will increase of and Turkish Greek the quarters nts and frienda of aoldiera who Bmyfta, a conflict resulting, in hidt tbe assessed valuation of the state of e killed near Santiago or who have many persons were killed and wounded. Wyoming $2,000,000. At Cripple Creek last week, John e died in Cuba, deairing their re-n-a At Viborg, 8. D., Iver Paulson lohs sent home, send their home ad-l- a been arrested charged with murdering Buzanex, sGreek mioer, shot and killed Robert Sbaw, another miner. Shaw to the qnartermsster general, U. Christopher Nelson, his hired man, 4 fired the first remains D. The shot, when Buzanex re G i., Washington, seven years ago. The m ordered man n arrival in this country will be turned the the bullet entting an fire, bad $90Q In cash on I by given, was known to have express to the addressinterred udfejy da Shaw's leg, from whiehha was he seen last time the his person erwlse the remains will be bled todeathbefore physicians arrived- alive. . trlington.- -' Andrew A. Grome, the Democratic There are a great many idle men all Glass Ere over tbe island of Cuba and the great nomine&for mayor of Victor, Cola, is that dead, frotfi.the result of an exploaion lermany and Switaerl&nd produce army of attaches and hangers-o- n year, and were a part of the Spanish systems of a giant 2,000,000 glare eyes In in bit hand when Paris manufacturer, with a re pu ta- and which occasioned an enormous he waa celebrating the establishment il for liner work, some 300,000. They are being of Cripple Creek mining district into a burden for the made In the shape of ... a hollow discharged.. nlsphere,- - and the ..utmost skill Is Six cars of steel" bails for the extenpu-oBaron Von Mnrenheim, former Rusthe lulred In forming sion of the Nevadaalifornia-Orego- n now who. to embassador France, sian colored glass, f the e great majority of artificial resides at Pan, denounces ss a clumsy railroad arrived at KLo one day last is are used by workmen, especially Invention the story that he is the real week from theba&t, Jb&re were 180 e in Iron foundries, where many cnlprit who sold both Russian and tons and they will be shipped immeis are put out by sparks. It is BelFrench military secrets to the German diately to A ruadee, and Gwh thence to li that a woman has a glass eye. the front. government. WHEN WAR BEGAN. ixaxe-Cobur- Win-nemucc- a, ie Bur-roun- old-tim- o mad"-wMcbweTgh- J I t t tax-paye- rs ut ed MARKET 5 MINING NOTES. REPORT; Sixty persona are now employed on Daly-Weat Park City. A mining deal involving $300,000 on properties in the Seven Devils haa been ' practically closed. The Queen of Sheba mill, at Ibapah, is being rebuilt as rapidly aa tbe machinery can he hauled to. H4 reported that a'Vein bf'ors haa been discovered west of ranguitch that assays $17.50 per ton in gold. One of tbe most complete mills in lhe. world, is. being erected o the- J bo property, at Ibapah, in the Deep treek country. A company has been organized, with a capital of $500, ouo, for the purpose of developing copper claims south of Castle Dale. There ia estimated to be 200,000 tons of ore in sight which will . - go 58 percent, copper. - A gentleman of Wales, Sanpete county, ia trying to interest capital In a prospect that be has a few miles west f Wales, He says he haa a well defined fissure vein and the rock assay a $1.30 in gold right at the surface. " The manager of the Mammoth and RreeUearld gegfGdlil fttfrntrtat'tt left for"' the south last week, and an soon aa the March 20. 1899. i kefiogs commemorative of the au of the organization of the hery f society of the Mormon church. held in several of the wards of Lake City on March T7. hvd Alder of Manti died of pneu recently while laboring as a iu witerlad. He had from home scarcely a year Nw York KmucUro Lodduu Now N 5 trk hxihang uik broker LKADi I OOFFfciL NVu York KiU'hftUtfe .. . New oik broker Uk Sail rWutof Tbx the the J' SILVER ft I . 44 45 450 40 IT au w UM1 Ki dlXK fro8- - Anclior Ajui Artmiwv', Altiiua Alice ks 1'usaLhealNoow. rr.r.-... the third of anniversary n .. "ft.' iiuibu-.4bt4- t society of Emery' stake was i etunuiul Kurekw , . on the l"th inst. A dinner ( Uioritie lVim ? , .. ; ienat boon, and beginning at 14 . 0ck an interesting program was bttUon A Urk ardi consisting of vocal and Ikller selections and speaking, kifctfltt. etc . and in the evening a frour Acv . .... Erand kali as given in the liall, Aknjg p Kesler, late tvntml president of Uraud Uaif&A Km tbern states mission, a HerclML. position tahrtr.BssMvs..,, ha held for about two years, is M amumi U, rvur ..... Hin He says that mission is Lower Mammoth ''Utaiimi,, aliout 150 elders being Norlberu Light ... .... -Omttba (.fed in u, their field of operations Ontario steading from Canada to Virginia, SaentmuiiU) been succeeded To the ahutllehnu ... . ,T JvUoiw ...... preside., f the )ihSlon by V. jj. hllver bUowera I ouaolulaUKt . .. bo uutil Sutr I'ouHoiulateU. recently wasemploybwanea.... Z n1 Hrigham Young college at South Utah AoUer -- TV,, Hid .. - 4 -- wi , iHAii-We- nt Loga h'k. f rf h - 1 Kriike":::::,::::;::' 1 milrhary " organiatioo Scrtuouu society was celebrated at erill in a hearty fashion. c T- s - Irge portion of the ConsoiKtsted 10 commu-- n WM gathered at Dalton hall, and an nterstiug program was rendered, conslafing 0f speeches. songs, and w ttea sketches, bearing upon the prominent subject, after which dinner waa aerrtd. The lunch waa, of course, tb big feature of the day. It waa elaborate with all the good things that (frow around the country and evolve from the hands and brainaof country housewives. In the afternoon tbe school children flocked in to make a clearing of the picnic and enjoy a children's dance, and the exercises of the day closed with a ball at night from which everybody under 15 waa invited to remain away. Elder G W. Penrose presided at the ervices in the tabernacle Sunday, 1 LsO 7v " March 19. Le Roy C. Snow, ton of Tresl-deSnow, recently returned from the nt I ulS tuLl Mur..,.... Blue Bird Fxtenaiou Crown Point Central Mammoth. ........... Camp Floyd. -- .(111. .... ...... Crusader Cedar slier V Kle A Blus Bell.... Gold Hill Garnet Homeotske. ... Hercule International.. Joe Bowers Extension... La Heine Little Pittsburg Mldnlkbt Bower..... May lay McKinley Martha Washington.. Manhattan..,, ........ Omaha Oak, M. k M.. Orient...... a Kubbit a Foot. Sea Swan Sunbeam Silver Cloud.."...,,., missionary field of Germany, first ad- Saltpeter dressed the congregation. In the Buoceaa. rev m.'l course of his remarks he referred to Triumph. TlOM ... the difference, between Mormon elders Wblts Risr m --- --Wm Muastsla Placer. ........ ...... and ministers of other Sects in the Ysokss C.c... .id ,(JS preparation of discourses. The mis- Hello w Jacket ... Silver .oiQ .wy CoaolUls(ed.... CHy sionary, he said, does not beforehand Superior............ ...... ........ .(M .0124 ......... .041 .06 think of that he is going to say on tbe tVsodering Jew Wrt Morulng Glory...,. (lug .0131 stand, hut depends upon the dictates tots Lsks City. of bis conscience and the spirit of God. W best In this he differs from the sectarian Corn .yCwt.it oors Cracked ministers. While at Klrtlaud, Q the Rye ... speaker met Joseph Smith, president Burley Oets...... of the reorganized church of Jeans Alfslfs Christ of Latter-da- y Sainta. He had Mixed bsy.,., heard President Smith bear his testi- Timothy Straw, per bale.... .... Turkey Gobblers mony as to why he should he president Live Live Turkey Hens f that church. He did not profess to Chickens, bans. Old roosters have any revelation concerning It, but Broiler, each...,. duck said he had yielded to a certain feel- Old Turns Geese and Egge, Uisb, per ce... ......... ...... .I M433 33S had the same feeling Inspired ing cremery.., .............. 1314013 him to go to Utah aod joia the Mor- Butter, Ranch butter mons, he would have done so. The toa Fran cisco. speaker met Colonel R. G. Ingersoll Wheat Cash. II 01 I OHS while in the east and had an interview May December. with the noted infldeL He told the Barley New.. speaker that he did not claim there LIVE HTOCK. waa no God, but that it is impossible Chicago. for mao to know there la a God. The SO 06 00 Fancy rattle. .................. ....36 30 speaker confuted this, and told Dr. Choice 3 73 3 steer . . .4 M IN grade ingersoll that be knew there waa a Medium 3 60 4jt4 06 Beef steer. God and I M 44 73 lender.. alengthydiscnsskm followed, Btockeresnd I 40 44 10 Bull all of which strengthened the speaker's Cow 310 44 00 sad .beifer. 3 30 &S testimony of tbe truth of the gospel. Calve....-Westers fed steer.. .............. 4 33 44 00 Elder Campbell M. Brown, also re- Texas steers 4 HA ISO 44 80 Inferior to choice sheep... . til turned from Germany, reported his Ewe S 33 4 4 05 4 30 43 00 mission. He had the pleasure of bap- Yesrl'nga...u Lambs... ......................... 3 00 83 30 tbe of tizing fiiet saint In the city City. Liepelg, and established' a branch 30 M 00 NaUvsstsers..., there. Elder Brown related the cir- Texa .............. 3 06 04 44 36 steer 3 00 03 76 ...... Texas Cows...... cumstances of healing an aged ladyf Native eowaasd heifers 3 00 04 30 Corker end feeders.........!... 3 30 05 30 stricken with paralysis, in tbe city of 8Bull 3 86 04 00 and atsgt. 4 36 Hanover, and told of other occurrences Lamb. 40 a klillSHwfmre mmi that had served to gl ve hi m d ndyln g ...I, 36" '" " ,dsitb k, the truth of this church: .14 00 beef steer..,, Elder Frank W. Penrose, who has Nativ tS 30 Western steer I0 30 3 ... labored in Germany aince 1896, spoke Tex steers. 04 60 . . , 3 40 04 Cows and heifers.... of the difficulty elders experienced in Cancer 3 33 33 00 not being able to 4 00 04 It speak the foreign Calves....... ...,.r.,.. 00 3 4170 Bull ,,,...., BBdstags...., language. encountered many, but U4M mutivua is) ufter becoming acquainted with the Nativ 3 80 04 00 Western muttons 3 36 04 00 ...... Stockers..., language, made friends and wm J.. 4 33 05 35 Lambs from that on In his work. The Dsavst, German people, he said, were very Beef 33 30 08 00 steers...... 3 36 04 33 kind aod hospitable and be desired to Cow to river.. . I 38 04 73 paid freight Feeder, correct the Impression that snob waa Stockers, freight paid IS flrar,. 00 04 00 3 38 03 34 Bulls aod atsgs not the ease. 3 U 04 00 Good fst muttons.. . 4 86 06 00 Edwin G Penrose, an elder from the Lambs.... ..... .... southern states, was the last speaker follows: are ss Live stock receipt of the meeting. USAMA. He briefly outlined Csttle ...... .... I.WC his work, which wae for the greeter Hug....,. ..... 1.MI0 , bhwp part in Mississippi, The people of the I.SKVBU, states xre hoBpitabie nnd kiud aod the work Is prospering. An old folk's A Millionaire Lsaatle. party waa held in the Ileber hall on the 15th, for all over 60 Mrs Pa., ' March 21. Pittsburg, years of ape. About IX o'clock a num. Anna Hava Byers, widow of the late her of young men with aleighn com. Eben M. r, Byers, the millionaire fortably arrauged. began gathering whose last hicknes and tha ! the old people together, and by noon events connected with it a few years they were comfortably seated at tfcif ago caused a sensation throughout ths place appointed, where a aumptnont has been adjudged a lunatic country, dinner had been prepared. After din- apj It i probe tile that she will bo ner bad been served the tables were placed in the care of a trust company, taken away and a which she is very interesting pro along with her property; Her husband gram, consisting of songs, recitations, said to have wasted. dances, etc.. was render-- died some years ago, and it is claimed occasion will long be re- - her mind became affected - by the long fight over bis property. tt - . , tl sac-eesef-nl .( tnann-factnre- d " Hailey, Idaha A splendid mill of the most approved modern type Is nearing completion on this property, and good results are anticipated during theeom-in- g season. Golden Star... Klchmond-Anacond- g 4 4 00 one-hal- M .04 Mill Nye weather settles will begin the break-Inof ground for the proposed mill ia to be erected there this season. that .01 Notice of the appropriation of e .( f spring; aliuated about mile south of the loop on the Rio Grande Western railway In Utah .W .U6K county, waa filed last week by the SuMii perior Gold and SilveF Mining eotu pany, the water to be need for domestic and mining purposes. It is currently reported that a body of ora about aig feet thick, averaging $000 in gojd, has been struck In the Tip Top mtne, jod the gold belt at 14 Wtuooiuui' Ante-lop- ." . STOCKS Boek Tunnel Buckeye Briifht LizM BoU)0 ' .76q BoTweed At st - Ktehani. MUiluc Fu2iutt!ujf are the clunlug Mtle , A de-lii- er tabernacle. Tha new Salt Laka exchange haa decided upon two calls dally, the first to commence promptly at 1:30 p. m., and conttnua until the customer cries quit; the other to begin at 7:30 p. m., and run aa long aa may be required to fill tha orders of those who are nnable to absent themselves from desk and counter during regular bnainess hours. Some ore taken out of La Sal district last fall was analysed at Denver this" winter and found to ran about $50 a knowledge that this litre mineral existed in that district. iPlatinnm is on ths same footing in value as gold, and its use la electric appliances la Increasing. A strong company will be organised to work this mine during ths coming season. Tbi retiring stockholders of th Camas Na 1, of Hailey, Idaho, Iasi week received $10,000 from the Wisconsin parties who purchased that property, and this deal haa at last been closed. Tha board of directors will by reorganised about April 1. Ia ths meantime arrangements are being made for tha energetie development of tho property, and tha manager hopes to soon have it in shape for a mill. Tbe annual report of the Alice Min ing company, of Walkervllle, Montana, haa just been made public. During the past year the receipts from the sale of bullion and ore amounted to $468,146.41, the ores averaging $35.04 per ton. The mill and mines furnished employment for 194 men. ' For ore extraction, 1157,141.6$ was paid out, Wnile for its reduction $161,028.15 was ex$20,000 in dividends wss pended. paid, lT . ' Tbs Emery county copper camp will no doubt be heard from to the gratification of Investors thia season. Some of the oiee that predominate in copper carry jvith this metal very high figures in gold and silver, 'assays showing a total valuation at times of 'over $400 " per ton.-T- be young one," camp' is but with- - fehe ehowlng' already toads VKSHU should experience n6 difficulty in getting tha capital necessary to prospect ths vein that are described as very strong ones. -- Utah parties have made on import- ant copper strike just over the line in Arizona, The mine is located within twelve miles of the the Colorado river, and about fifty miles south of the Buckskin mountain mines that have recently attracted aa much attention. Recently the owners shipped 200 pounds of tbe ore to Dearer to be assayed. The returns just received are given aa 65 per cent of copper and $1$ in silver, .with a small quantity of gold. This rock waa from the surface. The own- era have Since run In a tunnel thirty feet,' and the rock proves much richer -- and better. The pumice tuiue near Black Bock cars to Chishipped about twenty-fiv- e cago last year and ia now turning ont ear each week, the owners haring an order for one ear per week ' for all of 1899. The mine is so Close" to the Oregon Short Line station aa to enable the mining and loading on cars to be done at about $2 per ton, while the railroad gets about $9 or $10 per ton to transport It to Chicago, where the pumice ia manufactured into various forms to meet the several uses to which it ia adapted. - . v |