, 1890-12-11
Work to Be Recommended
in the Argentine Mine.
A GOOD COUNTRY FOR FRUIT
There Were Cartridges in the
Pockets-Fell Fifty Feet
With Wagon.


which has lain idle so many
months, is at last being worked
again. Beyond question it Is good
property, as all who are familiar
with 1t know, but from some dis
agreement among the owners or for
some other reason, 1t has been al
lowed to remain idle.
II is u dry ore proposition. Much
work has been done there; in fact, a
mine has been opened. There Is u
good dump of ore and quantity in
sight inside. The tramway to land
ore In the South Fork valley, on
the railroad and half q mile from
the mine, was never operated sue.
cessfully. Report has it that few
shipments of ore did not bring the
returns anticipated, and the reason
for this Is that 1t was not properly
sorted. There was serious talk time
and again of smelling the ore here
but it was finally considered too
doubtful II proposition and it was
abandoned.
For months past the Argentine
has been seldom mentioned in this
section. The owners, all residents
of Portland, failed to make their oc-
casional visits and had only the am
nual assessment work done. The
effect of this was damaging to the
whole neighborhood. There are
properties all around which, though
they lack the work the Argentine
has received, give evidence that
they need nothing more to make
mines. One developed property, II
allowed to lie idle, throws damper
on everything around ii. The rea-
sons for idleness are not always
known; they are hard To explain; |;
the supposition Is that it doesn't pay.
Consequently the risk on anything
near 10 IL considered too much.
The proposition now Is to begin
active work in the mine. a new
tramway will be built. The Miner
has information that u most favor
able freight rate has been granted.
1t Is said that the iron in combina-
ton with the silver and copper Is
valuable. Silver commands II bet
ter figure than 1t did when former
shipments Were made. The indica-
tions are that the ore improves in
value with depth. And, all things
considered, there Is little doubt that
the Argentine will DO successfully
operated.
NJ. o. Lownsdale, one of the own
ers, is in charge of the work.
Rev. F. w. Buchholtz, represent
ing the German Methodist church
for the whole of Eastern Washing
ton, with headquarters at Spokane
Falls, was at Yakima during the
week, says tho Herald, and will re-
turn sometime in January. He
proposes To organize church at
North Yakima, and thinks II will
result in great good in II temporal
rs veil as II spiritual sense. His
reasons for thinking so are quite
cogent. He rode over the country
with friends while here and was
shown some of the fruits and veg
etables produced In our Soil the past
season. lie was wonderfully inn
pressed with these and thinks the
day Is near when all of these rich
irrigated lands will be occupied by
gardeners and fruit growers aud
that no class will succeed better In
this work than the frugal, indus
trious Germans. He says he has
seen no part of the United States
where the farming process will so
much resemble that of Germany IT.
self ~ the Yakima country after it
shall have been cut up into ten aud
twenty acre furms. He thinks there
will be n large immigration of Ger
man gardeners to these valleys as
soon as the advantages here become
known among that class of workers
In the East.
The Pennington Gem says: John
Maraseck celebrated the anniversary
of his birthday in manner unusual
last Wednesday. business de-
nanded that he should boil up "a
kettle of lard, and forthwith he
built fire for the same. An old
pair OF pants were lying close by,
and he thought to increase the vio-
lence of the fire by the addition Of
the breeches thereto. John, in n
thoughtless moment, had put a
number of cartridges In the afore-
said jeans, and no sooner had they
struck the fire when the cartridges
began to pop. Although Of heavy
avoirdupois, John made good his
escape, and says that hereafter he
will be more careful.
John and James Manfull, being
on their way to Montana with a
four-horse wagon load of wheat,
camped on Thursday night, saysthe
Idaho Recorder, on the grade near
Conner Phillips cabin, and tying
their horses to the wagon and max
ing their beds in the wagon box,
went to sleep. About midnight
one of the horses loosened the brake,
causing the wagon to start back
ward down the hill. When 1t came
TO the point 1t made a clean jump of
at least fifty feet over the grade and
landed In the canyon with its wheels
up. The boys felt the wagon going,
but had no time to get out before
they found themselves in the midst
of the wreck. John was badly in
jured about the back and hips, re-
naming unconscious for several
hours. but recovered and was taken
TO Cold Springs station, where he
was cared for until Monday, when
he was brought to his home near