The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-03
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

James King, wealthy mineOwner OF Hell
ena, Mont, is at the Occidental He SAYS that
the question of the location of The State capital
OvershadOws all Others there during the present
campaign, and that the speakers make 1t their
principal topic for discussion. when we
adopted a constitution" said he. provision
was made that at the next general election all
places should compete on an equal footing for
the location. The result was that Helena and
Anaconda received the largest number of
votes, and the present contest Is to decide
which shall be chosen as the capital. Ana
cOnda Is an outgrowth of the great copper
mine bearing that name, and is owned, as You
know, by Messrs. Haggin, Hearst aud Daily.
The latter gentleman has been managing this
campaign up until recent date, but l now
understand that MI HaggIn is giving his
citizens would look upon the success of Auacon-
da as great Calamity. because of the fact that
most of The votes IN its favor will be bought.
The general election has but little interest for
most people in Montana, although we have
been hit by the present tariff in a pretty severe
manner. Wool is great product with US, and
before the late measure was passed IL was
worth from II 10 % cents pound while sheep
brought So readily. Now wool IS worth Only
from 8 TO II cents for the same grades and
sheep sell for 81 co. Another thing affected by
the tariff is lead, which was worth about 81 80
per 100 pounds, but has now declined TO about
So. The reason is that Mexico produces just
as good lead with labor that costs but 60 cents
a day while we pay So so, aud the abolition of
the tariff admits the Mexican product free"
r. L. Fulton, the representative of the lana
department of the Central Pacific Railroad in
Nevada, is in the city. He says that men who
have given the subject much attention assert
that there are now running wild In Nevada
100000 head OF horses, and that they are null
tiplyIng at a rapid rate, Notwithstanding the
efforts made to restrict their breeding. The
last Legislature passed law permitting any
person 10 shoot stations found running wild
and the st0ckmen who are feeding hogs take
advantage OF this law ana shoot the horses.
feeding the carcaSses To the hogs The reed
value placed upon horse Is about 81 head
which gives an Idea of the comparative use
lessness of horsefiesh III that State.
few years ago there were turned
| loose among the wild drOves a finely
| bred stallion, anG a colt, supposed TO be
| one OF his get, was for several seasons the OBJ.
ject OF the attentions OF cattlemen, who sought
10 capture Inn. His ranging ground was on
The Evans ranch, near Iron Point and he sue
| cessIully eluded all the attempts made to make
| him prisoner. He was scribed as a mag.
nificent specimen Of equine flesh. of wonderful
! fleetness, and is supposed to have died in bis
| wild state. There are many fine colts among
| the various herds. but they possess but little
value. A large percentage of the wild horses
are found in the neighbofhoOd OF Eko aud Iron
Point. The object in destroying them Is 10 pre-.
serve the feed, which they naturally consume
for sheep and hogs, which have a marketable
| value.
Major r. Allyn Lewis, commanding 1.-THE Sec
ond Battalion National Guards OF Arizona, and
sfd linz Nv 10 In Iye
enthusiastically OF the benefits which il is ex
pected will b. derived from the new North and
| South railroad which is being constructed from
Ash Fork on the Atlantic and Pacific to Pres
| colt and thence 10 PhGnix. The road has beer
| finished TO point about thirty miles south Of
| Prescott and there yet remains some ninety
| miles TO build. AS an Illustration of what may
be expected in the way Of advantages after the
| completion of the road Mr.. Lewis states that
about Prescott hay is worth $50 ton anC
barley 50 so per Dushel. while in Phoenix hay
Is quoted at from So 10 IS ton and barley
eighty-fve cents. "The road" sale he
| Twill permit us to ship our stuff
| to a good market where we can secure a large
| increase in present prices and still sell IL at
| much lower figure than the purchasers are now
| paying. We can raise anything except apples
and our fruit rpens from one TO two month,
before it does Ia this State grapes, for Instance
d
fore yours are ready for the market. We raise
| three crops of figs in a season aud have one
ranch of 160 acres OF that fruit which is
curiosity OF the country. Our fruit would il
no way interfere with the crop of California be
cause IL is practically exhausted before yours i
ready for the market"
Horace Worth. who is connected with tn
dining-car service OF the Union Pacific. was a
the Baldwin yesterday. He mentioned an 10
teresting experiment which has recently beel
inaugurated in Kansas City, and 10 which hi
attention had been called. "The peculiarly
about the place." said he, sis that the guest
help themselves, as there are no walters &
serve their wants. When a guest enters h
walks up to the counter where the chef an
veral assistants stand. He gives his orde
from bill OF fare. reckOns up the amount h
owes and pays 1t at the desk OF the cashie
after he has concluded his meal After he na