Omaha daily bee., 1884-04-10

funeral. Be needn't bother about bring
ing the corpse, it will be in readiness.
Tai tai John"
There is some talk to the effect that
the Union Pacific authorities are maneuv-
ering to obtain a lease of the Oregon
Railway & Transportation Company's
line from Wallula to Portland. Should
they succeed, which, under the democrat
lied condition of affairs of the Northern
Pacific does not seem improbable, it
would prove a severe blow to the latter
road and its interests, as only by the
leasing franchise of the Oregon road has
it any direct through connection to the
Pacific coast. Should the Union Pacific
succeed in its efforts to get control of the
Oregon Transportation line, the Oregon
Short line will be Immediately extended
from Baker city, Idaho, to Wallula,
in order to make the necessary direct
connection with Portland and the coast.
The advertising agent of the Northern
Pacific takes the lead by several laps as
the most accomplished liar of the north
west. His fabulous yarns concerning the
Couer d. Alene country throws Mum
chansen into the darkest recesses of
oblivion. AT first it was supposed Bill
Nye and Eli Perkins had been employed
by the company to produce jointly some
tall and paralyzing stories for circulation
among the %gudgeons of the east, but in
justice to these fascinating fabricators
report must be denied. His name is Fee
and his services command a good round
fee. To fully comprehend his imaginative
faculties it should DO stated that the
Occur d'Alene mining camp has been
covered with snow varying from three to
six feet in depth during the last six
months, and no disinterested person has
as yet shown enough genuine gold from
that country to warrant a statement of
the extent of the mineral region or the
richness of the deposit. 1t is all SUPPOSE
ton strongly colored with humbuggery.
Yet the latest edition of Fee reads:
"The wonderful rich mineral wealth of
the Occur d'Alene mountains and the
tributaries of the river of that name, has
been heralded to the world, and old pros
pectors and miners who are conversant
with the history of the banner districts of
Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Arizona and
New Mexico, stand amazed at these new
fields, which are 1nequaled in richness
and extent, the yield being practically
inexhaustibla, rendering impossible any
overcrowding of the district by reason of
too great an influx of prospectors and
miners. There is more than enough for
all who come. The minerals consist of
silver, tellurium and free milling gold.
500 per man per day are being taken out
of the rim rock of the sulches, while in
the gulches S25 to $40 per man per Gay
are being pannsd out"
OF this production The Walla Walla
(W. T.) Statesman says: 1.-THE Northern
Pacific railroad company has issued from
st. Paul a circular signed by Fee general
passenger agent), containing the most
outrageous exaggerations concerning the
extent and richness of the Occur d. Alene
mines. Even the professional liars hold
their breath while reading the gilt. edged
prevarications set forth in the circular"
Then comes the Butte City (Montana)
Inter Mountain, and gives a frst-class
notice. in a breezy western style, to
a personal acquaintance who had been
sent to Portland, on a mission thus de-
scribed:
"Mr.-, formerly city editor of our.
esteemed contemporary The Miner, is now
in Portland, as booming agent of certain
firms in the Occur d'Alene country. He
is getting himself interviewed at twenty
cents a line, and he is telling a tremend-
GUS number of lies. Though a gentleman
in many other respects, he is a most cap
able, experienced and inexhaustible liar.
He WA paid to 80 to Portland to tell
lies; and the fidelity, earnestness and
judgments with which he is fulfilling his
mission entitle him to the warmest com
| mendation"