The Dillon tribune., 1884-02-02
GLEANINGS FROM THE ROCKIES.

at Portland, Oregon.
n Fifty miners were killed in the Crest<
Butte, Colo, coal mine explosion last wee
IS Portland merchants are just beginni'
to realize that they have to compete wit
y Chicago.
Two hundred and thirty-six prisone
:, are at present confined in the Oregon Sta
pententiary.
f Portland grumbles because it is not
p the theatrical circuit, and none of the sta,
drop down among the webfeet.
!, Wyoming is TO- day the most importar
coal mining country west of Pennsy ylvani;
and it ranks almost at the top in cattle raj:
and grazing.
More bob b-sleds are being used in Gun
nison, Colo, this winter than ever belor
in its history A wagon is now seldom
seen on tbs streets.
1t is proposed to have big celebration
on the top of Pixies Peak on the Fourth O
July next The celebrators will be take'
up on the new railroad to the peak.
The avowed purpose of the new week.
paper that Joe T. Goodman, Arthur Nc
Evan and Tom Flynn are about to start ir
San Francisco, Cala is to squelch hum
bugs.
The fish in the Truckee river, Nevada
will very soon all be exterminated unless
the Nevada Fish Commissioners compe
the dam owners OH the river to build fish
ladders.
The sixth dividend of thirty five cents
per share of the Judson Manufacturing Co
at Oakland, Gala, was declared the other
dav. The mill is now in operation night
and day.
Gunnison Press 23d ult.: This is the
warmest day for three weeks, the thermom-
eter showing an average temperature OF
eight degrees below zero for the past twen-
ty-four hours.
The Navajo Indians on the Upper San
Juan have been getting considerable whis-
ky of late, and the result is that some blood
has been shed. More trouble is expected
between them and the settlers.
There is now money enough in the Ala
media county, Gala, treasury to run the
county government until January next: In
the general fund there are about $4,000,
and the total monthly claims do not aver.
age $1o,ooo.
John Cairns, of Grand Lake, Colo, on
a recent Sunday killed one of the Oldest
and largest lions ever seen in the noun
tains. He took it to Georgetown. The
lion measured nine feet from tip to tip, and
weighed GOO pounds.
An average of one hundred men day
get off the cars at Rathdrum, bound for
the Ceur d'Alene diggings. An equally
large number get of the cars at other avail
able points. The rush to the mines bids
fair to be unparalleled.
Over $50 Cinnamon left Portland for
San Francisco by the last steamer Colum-
bia, and about 900 more leave on the next
steamer. Numbers of Celestials are arriv-
ing every day at Portland, as railroad ope-
rations are being suspended.
Recently Col. Robt. G. Ingersoll filed a
certificate Of incorporation with the Secre-
tary of Colorado for the Captain Talbot
Mining Co., Of Colorado and New Mexico.
Capital stock, $5,ooo,ooo. The directors
are VIM. S. Bush, R. G. Ingersoll and l.
Newton Baker.
During December last the O. R. s. N.
Company, earned $4a7,soo, an increase Of
$146,S5o over December Of the preceding
wear. The increase of net earnings was
$SS,231. The net earnings of the company
for the year, 1883 were $a,639,s25; gross
earnings, $5,565,3a1.
The estimated cost of the Pixies Peak
railroad is $4,000 per mile. The rails are
to be furnished by the Pueblo Steel Works
and the cars Quit ~ tlS ASHsS' ~s> A>A~
Grande railroad shops. Everything per-
tanning to the construction and equipment
of the railroad will be manufactured In
Colorado.
Walla Walla offers superior inducements
for the establishment of straw paper man.
ufactory. First-class water power is OBJ
tainable and straw is abundant, while the
demand for the paper throughout Eastern
Washington and Oregon will be sufficiently
large to keep one paper mill in constant
operation.
The thermometer has not been below
zero at Rathdrum, and the climate IS &C.
liqhtful. A warm Pacific wind constantly
prevails. Great difficulty is experienced in
getting a place to sleep in the town. Forty
to fifty houses are in course Of construc-
ton, and it is the opinion that the town will
be very lively as soon as the new trail is
onened to the Cnur d'Alene diggings.
Virginia New Chronicle: Dan Kelly,
Of this city but at present. in Wooo
River, recently sent his partner @ tne