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The Mineral argus., 1886-05-06

A. II. Hersey, Of Billings, has been
writing u series of articles for tfe Ga-
zette, on eastern Montana and the
region tributary to Billings. In his last
he winds up as follows:
Twelve years ago northern Dakota was a
drcary wilderness, described in school geog-
raphies as an arid waste, and amid whose
dreary solitules popular tradition told %!
unfortunate travellers lured to destruction
by the fatal mirage, rs upon the -ir"cco
swept plains OF the south. military
crank at Fort Buiord, since houored with
an important position in our civil service,
"a number Of years ago, published IL series
of letters, in which he characterized the
region lying west of the Mississippi river,
and east oi the Rocky mountains and he
tween the 10th and 18th parallels of north
latitude as the arid belt" totally incn-
pable of supporting any considerable popn-
lation. Public enterprise led To the con
struction of II great trans-continental
/ railroad through this vast district and
/ the magic wand oi toll, following in its
/ wake, transformed the forblIding sohtud''S
/ into smiling fields where golden grain now
ripens to luxuriant perfection, and hun
drcds oi comfortable homes evcrywhered dot
the changed landscape. ride through
/ Dakota eight years ago offered only "a pano.
rama of lonely and unattractiyc monot-
| ony. To-day II blossoms with the rich
frlitagc oi u bountiful soil simply touched
into life 10y the intelligent hand of labor
Vet the country was only spoken ri at that
time derisivcly a. the banana belt aud
''orangc ZONE" and no one was so vision
AIRY a. to dream of successful agricul ur"
That the same changes will take place IL
eastern Montana, is a. certain a. that
night gives place To day, when the twin
forces of capital and labor shall boz iav"krc
To perform their mission.
The Mineral argus., 1886-05-06

Hon. James Fergus writes the lndepend-
ent as follows: Under the heading ui Farm
and Garden in your weekly issue of the
18th, you give IA plan for procuring pota-
toes from the seed. In place Of having To
go to all that trouble have II crop oi vol
untecr Seeding potatocs every year that
come up from the seed balls dropped the
season before. ! have saved and planted
II lew oi the best every year, but cannot
s,c that they diner much, if any, from the
original pota,oes that the seed came from.
hand now from last years volunteer crop
ranging from the size of plums To six ounces
in weight that ! will be pleased to send
samples oi Ia anyone desirous al tcstin.
them"
The Mineral argus., 1886-05-06

tion Of water i'm these newly found basins.
Looking upon them here you see patches Of
Stag, there great powders, showing unmis-
taxable evidences of great heat, and on
every hand scoria or burned clay, resemb-
ling broken brick. Where the fires were
checked by the cavIng earth and the coal
did not burn, mounds 200 or 300 feet in
height stand.
And according to the Chicago Black Dia-
mond, II newspaper devoted to the coal
interests, in parts Of Wyoming the same
process il now going ON; vast fields are
undermined by subtcrranean fire and the
blackened, smoking plain is filed with desc
lation. Trappers say these fires have been
in existence for a long time, and the tradi-
tions Of the Indians point to the same con-
,lusion.-New York Morning Journal.
The Mineral argus., 1886-05-06
The Reservation Business.

Delegate Toole telegraphs the River Press
as follows: 'Thc amendment to the Indian
appropriation billauthorizns the secretary
oi the interior to negotiate with the lndi-
ans in northern Montana for reduction
reservations has been agreed upon by "a
conference committee of both houses oi
congress. In my opinion the bill will result
in opening the entire Blackfoot reservation
at next session of congress and the removal
Of the Indians to the Big Sioux reservation
in Dakota.
The Mineral argus., 1886-05-06
The BAD LANDS.
They Owe Their Origin to the Burning Of Vast
Coal Deposits.

Tine bad lands" OF eastern Montana are
said to owe their origin to the burning oi
the coal deposits that once existed there.
They are situated along the Cheyenne and
Grand rivers and the Little Missouri. They
AR, from two to three mile, To, saw, twenty
five miles in width. In the long ago the
filled with drift wood. Then followed a
period of drift which buried the accunIula-
lion of wood under two or three hundred
feet of sediment and gravel. The buried
wood ia time became coal. the VEINS being
IN some instances twenty odd feet in depth.
Either from spontaneous combustion or
from electricity, fires were started IN these
VEINS and they gradually burned out, ~
storing IN part the Old water c"Hrs'S by
mr;,ns oi tine overflow from the acctIinula-
The Mineral argus., 1886-05-06

chicago firm has patented "a varuun
pump. or sub-apucous drcdgc, and are en-
d,..i .oring To introduce it into the Occur
Il Alrnr country. The machine runs by
steam, and il j. alleged Ia bc capabl, ri
working deep diagings with the greatest
,ase and facility and is entirely IA novel
plan. The pump lifts both water and
gravel. and raises il into the s!uice-boX,
wher, he water taken from the pit du.-
pumps will be tested near Murray, and the
people oi that section are deeply CON
crrrlcd in the succcss of the ventur,.-I,iv-r
I'r,.--.
The Mineral argus., 1886-05-06
Bui. Mountain Coal.

The Northern Pacific officials have decided
to get out another tiity-ton sample from
the Bull mountain coal fields, thirty miles
north Of Billings, and ship it East to he
tested. The coal will he taken from the
breast Of "A two-hundred-foot tunnel, and
if tests prove satisfactory the Bull noun
tain railway will he built this year.
The Mineral argus., 1886-05-06

Texas Siftinss: man was urged to tasr
newspaper.
What i, the use of taking il never
oicn il: - don't know what's in IL.
What good would il do me-"
You take liver pills occasionally, don't
yuu?'
certainly
''Do they do YOU amy good
'''f rours. they do
''po YOU ever open them ami lind ont
what in thrilr
That madr him shcil out the subscription
pri-.'.
"rruth crushed 20 earth win rise again.
:. III aLnn.Il.I i..i.i L.
The Mineral argus., 1886-05-06

Nevada ranchcrs complain "f thn tre-
mendou- Increase in jack rabbits. They
eat more grass than all the >tork.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-12-11
ANTI-SILyER VIEWS.

The Presidents views on the silver ques.
tons have not been modified by the expert
ence and observations of the past year. He
still recommends the suspension of the act
by which the coinage of silver is made COM
pulsory. or course he does not substitute
for compulsory the free coinage OF silver,
which would open the MINIS to silver on the
same terms as to gold. The President says,
in defining his views, that every fair and le-
gal effort has been made by the Treasury
Department 10 distribute this currency among
the people. The President omits TO state
that the distribution Of silver in payment on
account of the. public debt was not one OF
these fair and legal efforts. Silver is paid
out for every purpose except when money is
to be paid 10 The bondholders. With this
discrimination against the silver dollar it is
rather suggestive that the gold value Of the
silver dollar should have risen in the last
four months from seventy-two to seventy
eight cents.-CaH.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-12-11

The report Of Secretary of The Treasury
Manning dwells at length on the apparent
change in English sentiment toward silver
coinage He declares that the continued
free coinage of silver by the United States
will destroy all power of this nation to pro-
mote the restoration of silver to its old
equality in the monetary world. He does
not think that the time for any further con-
ference with foreign nations on the silver
question has arrived. He declares that to
stop the purchase Of silver, sis our only
choice, our duty and our interest,"" and rec
ommends the unconditional repeal of the Act
Of February IS, 1873. In fact Mr.. Mann
ing recommends this extraordinary method OF
demonetizing silver once more for the purpose
OF restoring bimetalism.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-12-11

ALTHOUGH we do not conntenance mob
enson's neck was stretched. The murder he
committed was one Of the most cold ,booded
on record, and he deserves to be punished 10
the full extent Of the law. Now his lawyers
are going to send to Poland or some other
foreign land TO ob.ai evidence that this man
Coldenson is herediarily insane. If he is
insane there is so much more cause that he
should hang. No chances shonld be taken
in putting him in an asylum, where he could
possibly break out and commit another muir
der. The laws delay is monotonous.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-12-11

FROM all that can now be learned IN
regard to the Presidential candidacy in 1888
it is believed that James G. Blaine will
again be the choice Of the Republican party.
Not only the Republicans, but the working
masses, irrespective of party, are coming to
look upon him as their friend. The Demo
Gratis, who claim to be well posted in the
East, believe that Cleveland will make an
effort to be reelected, but many of them do
not see how he can hope to win. He has
done absolutely nothing, except to further
the interests of the bondholders, and even
his own party is not in favor of him. Blaine
it is believed has made many friends in his
own party, and would make sad havoc in the
Democratic ranks. Let us have Blaine.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-12-11

THE polar current passing between Lab
rador and Newfoundland appears to defect
the Gulf Stream from the shores OF the
United States and the British Provinces, in,
terposing cold wall OF water between the
land and the genial warmth Of the current
from the tropics. BY building dam across
the narrow Straits Of Belle Isle-about ten
miles wide and averaging $50 feet in depth
MIR. John c. Coodridge, Jr., suggests that
the icy stream might be turned aside into
mid ocean. Then, it is believed, the Gulf
Stream would skirt the American coast and
materially change its climate from Cape
Hatteras to Newfoundland, freeing the Gulf
of S.. Lawrence from icebergs and giving to
Nova Scotia the mildneSs of Cape May.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-12-11

Thousand applications for patents in
the United States and Foreign conn.,
tries, the publishers of tho Scientific
American continue to act as solicitors
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-12-11

is it not about time that Mexico was
taught TO respect the rights OF travellers
within her borders? Every week or two we
read new account OF some American being
robbed or assassinated by Mexicans.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-12-11

A man who presents an appearance Of de-
bility, whose counteuance is anxious, and
who is subject to spells Of faintness, is loble
to sudden death from heart disease. Let him
take DR.. Flint's Heart Remedy before it is
too late At druggists. st,5o. Dcscrip.
tive treatise with each bottle; or address
Mack & Co., San Francisco.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-12-11
Prices as Low as Anywhere.
Cali and See.
FINAL PROOF.


IAND OFFICEt VAI.5UN OIII INUF'I 7
Dec mber It'll, 1886.
otics is hereby given that the following nam ed
settler has 1led notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof Will be made befors the Register and Re.
ceiver at Carson City, Nevada, on the 25th day Of
January. 1887 viz samuel B. Fretwell, Home
stead Application No. 800, for the En- MEX Sec.
7. Up. IL n. 26 L, NJ D NJ. He names the low
ing witnesses to prove his continuous residence
upsn and Guilty. 4iion If said land viz: James NJ.
Houston, Herman Meissner, Robert ". Apsey and
Jacob j Fox all of MasoD Valley. Lyon county.
Nevada, P. v. Address, Mason Valley, Lyon cour-
CA wITHERELL, Register.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-12-11

The people all know nov just how
Cleveland stands on the Free Trade question
He is at one and the same time advocating
Protection and Free Trade.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-12-11
f. & q. 81.

NALLEY LODGE NO. .. F. K A NJ, hold stat
We'd communications on the second Monday even
ing Of each month. at Id Fellows PGll. Dayton
Nevada Visiting brethren are cordially invited
to attend.
GEO. v. KEITH, ". II,
@. L JAoEA, Secretary,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-12-11
NOEHGE.
TIE ali Parties interested in Como
Mines.

Miners Meeting will ba held on Tuesday
December 21st, 1856, at = O'Clock 81 at tho old
Stone Building IN the town Of Como for tho pur
pose of adopting rules and regulations for the
future location OF mines, aad the Transaction Of
such Other business as may properly come before
the nseting.
COMO MINERS
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-12-11
DELINQUENT TAX LIST
OF LYON COUNTY
FOR THE YEAR 1886
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY TREASURER,
DAYTON, Lyon County, New.
November 10th, 1886.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN TO THE FOL-
Moving named persons to the owners or
claimants 10 the real estate and Improvements
thereon or improvements w en- assessed Sc parate-
ly hereinafter described, known unknown;
thst in accordance with law t@ee Statutes 1855
Sec. 6, Page 1901 each of the following described
pieces or parcels OF property will be sold a. pub
lie auction at the Court II ouse Goor, Town, Conn
ty and State aforesaid, on
JANUARY 18TH. 1857,
TO pas the delinquent taxes and costs against the
fame, unless said taxes, penalties and costs are
paid TO ne before said date
N49iF d DESCRIPTION TAX TAXA
OF PROPERTY pELINQ'cY
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-17

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has been fine and greatly improved by the
children. and some older ones who ought
to r,,, b.ttor wont p,on su.,,r hin i,
uornany n,nnt two miles from this vii.
iar' mi ,ta,.r;no, to,,.nrd ,hn VILLAGE hnd
TO- TO- cnn''. down n ,nry stnen hin and aronnd
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-17
Clippings and Notes.

Mr.. Il. ii. Smith of Bingham recently
killed a pig, eighteen months old that
weighed 22S pounds when dressed.
The Lumber Drivers Calk Co. are re-
receiving more orders this winter than
they are able to fill by running ON extra
time,
The Kennebec Framing Co. shut down
their mill Tuesday noon. The mill will
remain shut down for Il number of weeks
while repairing
| Mr.. Silas L. Lawry, postal clerk be-
tween Portland and Boston, has been pro-
Bangor and Boston.
1t is rumorcd that large grist mill
will be built at Madison another season.
The building will be located just south of
the Wooden Co. $ storehouse near the
railroad
John Cummings of Bingham has eleven
head of nice cattle; among which are
pair of year old steers which girt eft. 2
inches and one pair 6 IL feet. He has Il
pair of matched calves girting feet and
& inches that are well trained and hand
some.
There is large amount of Eastwood
being hauled to the river between Scion
anu NldulsoH liilS Niitcl' II 10 SoHIi dSt-
by parties at Fairfield. The Bass wood is
all hauled in the log. 1t will be pealed
next spring and sawed into foot sticks,
put into the river after the rear drive
goes past.
j. NJ Burbank is having two hundred
cords of white birch hauled to lamp
lens mill New Portland to be sawed into
pill box timber. Daniel Butler Is also
hauling about the same amount of white
birch and popular. The poplar is partly
for salt boxes and partly for Clark s Cos
riveted moccasins.
The proprietors of saw mills in Fair
field, Messrs. n. Totman & Sons, A. IL.
& G. L. Durcn and S. A. Nye, have con-
tracted with Hubbard, Bragg & Co., of
Oakland for a burner to consume saw
dust and shavings The iron stack is be-
ing built by the Boston Iron company.
The burner is to be completed by March
10Th, and will be located between the saw
mill block and the mill of the Maine Nan
ufacturing Co.
The following officers of Bingham
Lodge, l. o. of G. r, were installed last
Friday night by Dept. C. L. Ball W. c.
T., A. C. Dinsmore; w. V. T., Nellie b.
Baker W s. Nettie L. Baker; w. f. S.
Edith NJ. Baker; w. T., Hattie Baker; w.
NJ, Chas +. Baker; W. ID. NJ, Belle }.
Baker; W. A. s., Eunie j. Baker; W. II.
II. s., Nellie NJ. Baker; W. l.. II. s.,
frankie Chase; W. c., Lcphe Preble; W.
|. e., George Clevelandi W. O. g.,
Mark Dinsmore.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-17
Log Driving Companies.

The annual meeting of the kcnncbcc
Log Driving company was held ut Angus
Ia Yesterday. Col. Elias Millikcn was
elected moderator, ID. c. Palmer, Esq
Clerk, Hon. VIM. Philhrck. Treasurer,
Elias Millken, NJ. G.. Shaw, c. l.. Tot
man, Levi Weston and Omcr Clark, hi
rectors. Subsequently the directors met
and elected Col. Millikcn, President a
committee consisting Of Gen J. NJ,
HAYNES, &, A. Phillips and j. :. Brad
street was raised to confer with our Con
gressional delegation with the view to
prevent the removal of the tariff Oh man
ufacturcd lumber.
The Moose River Log Driving Compa-
nv held meeting at Augusta Monday
and elected &. A. Phillips, Moderator
ID. c. Palmer, Clerk, VIM. Philbrick
Treasurer, j. N. Haynes, &. \. Phillips
II. Whipple, Charles Fogg and +. p
Page, Directors. II was voted to rails,
sufficient funds to drive the logs the com
ing season and the directors were author
lied to make needed improvements. Sub
scquently Gen. Haynes was elected Prcsi
dent of the board of directors.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-17

Ex-Mayor Nash of Augusta was among
the boys who celebrated at the garden
spot" last week. During the days when
it was considered the proper thing to
smear at President Hayes because he was
not stalwart, Captain Nash was a
staunch defender of the Hayes policy as
it was called. one morning II young man
struggled into his oncc and seeing fine
large portrait of the President in the
room cssaycd to be Il little airy and not to
recognize the picture. Looking at it he
remarked, All Mayor, you are dccorat-
ing your room, whose portrait is that"
Quick IL Il Hash the plucky Captain Nprang
to his feet and in Il decidedly firm voice
said, That. sir, : the President of tho
United Stated and rs such | want him
respected in my Office An apology was
offered and promptly accepted and mp to
date that particular Young man has not
taken occasion to deri,c Captain NaNh's
political friends in his own Ollie.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-17
SIX JwuEGAN, FEB. Stb, 1886.

For the benefit of those who suffer wish
out finding eiief. l feel in duty bound to
testify to the searching power OF the
Compoun Vapor, after all Usual treat
ment had failed to reach my case.
For several years have been afflicted
with serious throat trouble which termi-
mated in a-dangerous cough, accompanied
with terrible chills followed by f yer. anc
all that indicates consumption. Not only
OF lungs but blood and tissues of body
which became SO depleted as to cause all
who knew my condition to believe me be-
You'd the reach Of medical skill; bat being
induced by the certain promise of reiel
by the inventor Of this health renewing
method. determined to test it, and an
happy 10 say that not only has my physi
cal power been raised, but all consumptive
symptoms have vanished, and my weight
increased forty pounds.
tfB Miss. r. c. GILMAN.
Hotel COburn,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-17
OUR TRAVELLING MAN.

There were lots of jolly sous at the &.
\ X. meeting at Skowhegan last week
but none appeared to any better adyan-
tagc than It's drumnerS." We were well
represented among the good and true
There was Col. Eustis who was intro
duccd as the handsomest bachelor in the
State. They tell lots of good stCries on
this noted apostle of cold water but none
better than one he tells on himself. lie
says that on one occasion he got stranded
in Woodstock, n. b. and found that he
would have to spend Sunday thcrr-A ter
riblc thing to contemplate surely. The
law of that gay and festive town imposes
II tax upon all drummcrS who do business
there. Several of the brethren had Just
paid their little tax when the Colonel ar
rived i'll town but not to do business.
They, however, put the collector on his
tract and he pursued him. Stating his
business he asked the payment Of the tax.
\ Hat refusal was made and the would be
collector informed him that unless the
the sum WAS ut once fort coming he
should arrest him. ''W here are your
troops qucrird the visitor. the officer be
ing very small sized man. Then he con
timed. Now young man if you are go
ing to do any business with me YOU want
some men iof nave too much respect
iof my na1iohai1tH to allow you to take
me lhlo camp ms angrrcu the Dluc-
nose olilclai terribly ana ne struttcu on
lor help III lhe meantime thc Colohri
got IA chance to ride across to lloulton
and left and he declares that if he can be
forgiven for ever having visited such Il
town he never no never VIII repeat Inc
oIehse.
ben I'M Oh tle lrlh OF nm brothers
Lewiston Is another commercial tourist
NOW Wlilie MI. iiiii l. qui'c warm par
ilAaii ne Is also very smart business man
ana ne never aiioWH Hl'ilSclI To NIX poi
hlcS ana business unless ne @ctS pfoNokcd
To IT. during inc laSt presidential cam
pai@h ne had me customer VINO was
not only very earnest Democrat nut al,
80 Il very abusive one AT 'llheS' lie used
10 nave eonsiueiaote 10 say Ill regard To
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-17

"disefy Is Gts@ f"hopp'"'ss L,i,c"e fao
in Body. Aatnm E,i, iha' arc caused ~
Uretehedness." dngmsh, Ds',css, CaioD,ty,
K,daeg Disease, Li'er Coopia"', and Bteod
Dtsease cause most u the mis"ry in thi LIE
Much Of it is needless, because Bro~n'. SAC,
rAnll1A will, II taken in time, coJe aay case u
dssose Of hsse orJdns. We claim it viii do
this, because ii has done j, hundreds ofti,nes all
Over the STATE. and W. are constantly printing
testimonials showing 'hc won4nrfI porcr ofef
disease that il has.
II misery has come in uato 500, f,ne ,haIaa
Of coming sorrow lingor. atpui YOUR INC
bright freside, if Disease Aa. laid biz hand If On
You Or y0urs,-d0"t gre mp until YOU have
Sarsaparilla. You may, like many others, Ind
that aid, and then You may be- sure that health
is being restored and that