Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-03-19
WILD WEST WAITS.

at Fargo that will begin onerat;ons ~
&c carry cate III the old Northern pa
enc cold storage building. Another now
eh'etprise is mattress factory.
arrangements are being made WHARF,
ny water will be taken from the Snala
river TO Irrlgate 1000 acres of Franklin
county, Or, land. 1t is exnectnd H.
the canal will be completed in tima 'f far
the ground to be seeded in the spring.
A company has been orcanizad n
oulid railroad from Boise City to the
n nes OF OWyhee county. Nearly $40
W. has been subscribed and MANY Roisc
eelty men will be stockholders. AS wood
lor the MINES costs $12 per cord. this
road has been very badly needed for
several years. w
Contracts are now being let for tho
construction of buildings at Laramie
covering an area of 1888 feet of ground
tor plant of the Standard Cement
Plaster company, a concern lately organ
lZed to make cement out of the gypsum
round lii large quantities on tracts of
land adjoining.
Judge Thomas Smith of Roseburg.
Dr., has i'll his possession two gold coins
called the Beaver on account IF the
beaver on the diverse side These coins
were struck by a firm at Oregon CITY in
1919. They are of gold and of the nomi-
nal value of So, but they could not be
purchased of the judge for five times
their weight in gold"
"A silver-tip bear, the largest If the
KIND seen III many years, was shot and
Of Grand Ronde river, says the Asotin
lNash) Sentinel. 1t is learned from
hunters that the weather has been so
mild all winter in the lower mountains
along the Snake river that bear never
once went into winter quarters.
A Wyoming man has invented a new
corn-pIanter. His contrivance consists
horse just above the fetlock and filled
with corn. A cord passes over pulley
connected with the saddle and again
down to the hind legs, so that at every
step the lid of the box is lifted and the
corn drops out into the hole made by the
forefeet, While the ingenious planter
rides at his ease.
been discovered near Douglas. Wyo. In
this neighborhoed a tunnel is being CON
structed for the purpose of irrigation.
1t penetrates into the soil sand, which is
heavily saturated with fine lubrcating
Oil. Samples of this Oil taken twenty
seven feet from the, surface of the
ground have been analyzed by the state
gcologist. and also by the state chemist,
and were pronounced very fine lubri-
Gators.
The artesan wells in Brllle county.
Oak. vary i'll depth from $50 to 1900
feet. but the average is less than 1000
feet. They are scattered all over the
country and it is now easy to estimate
within a foot almost at what depth Il
flow will be struck. The wells range in
cost from $1,000 to $4,000, depending
upon size of bore. The cost is largely
determined by the labor and cost of
fuel. Six-inch wells capable of irrigat-
ing $40 acres Of land haze been put
down for $1,000.
A curious mirage witnessed at Sun
dance, Wyo. recently above the summit
of Grow peak, was the reflection of the
Big Horn mountains. 25O miles distant.
a live lord preached from the pulpit
of the Second Methodist Episcopal
church in Tacoma recently. Besides, he
sang Il solo. 1t was Lord Bennett who
married a Tacoma girl.
Andrew Wagner, a sheepherder, was
found dead at the base of 4O-foOt cliff
twenty-five miles from, Sweet Grass,
Mont Scattered around the body were
thirty five dead sheep. 1t is supposed
the man and sheep went over the cliff
during the darkness of the night.
According to the De Lamar Qda)
Nugget the completion of the great Bru-
neau canal has been the means of re-
claiming nearly 10000 acres of splendid
land. which will be speedily turned into
productive farms and orchards.
The kaolin mines at Mosier, Or. bid
fair 20 become a source of considerable
wealth to Wasco county, says the Times
Mountaineer, as there is apparently no
limit to the amount they are capable of
supplying and the product is valued at
$50 per ton at the mines.
A coal mine has been located about
twenty-five miles from Idaho Falls. 1t
is superior quality OF coal, and can
be delivered at that place for $3.50 pei
ton. one-half of the price of soft coal
at the present time.
Over 100000 head of sheep have
been registered for shearing at the varl-
Gus shearing pens near Casper. Wyo.,
during the coming season. The lndl-
cations point to a larger wool clip tor
this year than at any previous period
The blizzard of three weeks ago,
saws the Choteau Montanian. caught
1900 sheep ranging on the upper Madi-
son. They were all buried under the
snow and had to be dug out. Some were
covered from ] to ) feet for three days,
but only forty were found TO have died.
The year 1895 was the greatest cattle
wear that Montana has had, so far as the
total receipts are concerned. Inc re-
vjsed figures of the business done during
the year prepared in the office OF the
Montana board and stock commissioners,
Give the total receipts at S11.9O2,36
This exceeds the next highest year, 1884,
by nearly S1,O00,oOO.
-Greeley has suffered visitation OF
Tho cold fever through the discovery OF
nlacer ground in the North park. The
gravel 80 to Is cents per y faiad ana "a
rn,,.h bedrock. The deposit is supposed
to arise from the wash of Owl mountain.
which seems to be mass OF gravel &C
cnmulated through glacial action.
While a passenger train on the Ere
mont Elkhorn s. Missouri Valley rail
m ,,a' stood at Grin Junction station re-
Gently water leaking from the tender
roze the wheels fast to 5 the w praes a dd
W. t,rn one of the wheels slid along
t nu. rail- raj until it had worn fiat for dis
lance of eight inches The 1,,t tram was Hnd
compelled to return a1p h no ws', While new
wheel was being put on.
rvo miners named Schlund and