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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-25

The State Board of Agriculture. in
their report on the meat industry. fo,
1896, says: European demand has
caused Eastern buyers to reach out
much further West than heretofore.
pretty we'll clearing off the ranges in
the interior States. This has turned
eastward certain portion of trade that
has hitherto. found an outlet here, with
the result of stiffening the prices Of
neat cattle here. The hog trade is
less satisfactory, since, in spite of low
prices, we imported last year about
1000 tons of hams aud bacon. The re.
port also states that we continue to i'm.
port eggs and poultry to an amount
which Is not creditable to us. Our
garry interests, on the contrary. are
advancing, and we are rapidly dimin.
ishing our imports both of butter and
cheese. There is an extended review
CT the fruit trade of 1896, and the con.
dluons surrounding that industry, and
the opinion is expressed that other
agricultural industries now offer
better prospects of profit, and that the
present area in orchards should not be
extended.
IN the horse market the report est.
mates decrease of 10 per cent in the
number of our horses, as compared
with 1895, and expresses the opinion
that the breeding of serviceable ami.
mails of the distinct types required by
the market will hereafter be- profita.
Ole, but that such haphazarti breeding
OF nondescript stock as has USUALLY
been raised by farmers will continue 10
lead only to loss
In respect to the sheep industry the
report notes its decline from 1876. when
our 100000 of sheep yielded Sc.
ooo,91O pounds of wool. which mt Is
cents in San Francisco brought in
lbout $4,000. 900. to the present time
when about $500. 900 sheep yielded
wool product last year of only a7.f95..
300 pounds, of value hardly more
han nominal. The report expresses
he opinion that the immediate future
u this industry depends almost wholly
lpon the tariff which may be adopted.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-25
THE MINING INDUSTRY
What they are Doing In the
Mines.
ALL BRANCHES ARE REPRESENTED.
Brienets that Are OF Interest In Am
Ciasses-NeWs from All Over
the Country.
A Proposed Law.

The Miners Association is inter.
ested III the passage of an act amsnd.
ing section 1888 Of the Code of Civil
Procedure relating to liens of mechan.
les and others upon real property. The
law committee of the association has
prepared an amendment which II l.
believed will more fully protect miners
ana other laborers working in and
upon mining properties In substance
II says that mechanics, material mon
contractors, architects, macbinists
miners and all other persons ana
laoorers. performing work or furnish.
ing materials to be used in the con.
structl9n, alteration, ETC., of apy build
lug, wharf. ditch, f1ume, tunnel etc
shall have lien upon the property
upon which they have bestowed their
labor OF furnished materials Tor TN.
full value of the same, whether mar.
formed or furnished at the instance of
the owner or by any person acting
by his authority. In particular it saws.
ANY person who shall do work ar
furnish materials for the working ar
development of any mine, lode. mining
claim or deposit, or tunnel location
yielding metals or minerals o: any
kind, or for the working or develop.
ment OF any such mine, lode, mining
claim or deposit, or tunnel location, in
search OF such metals or minerals; and
all persons who shall do work or fur
hish materials upon any shaft, tunnel.
incline, adit, drift, or other excavation
designed or used for the purpose of
draining, or working, OF developing
any such mine, lode or mining claim
or deposit, has lien upon the same
and the works owned and used by
the owners for reducing the ore from
any such mine, lode, mining claim or
deposit.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-25
with Redding over line whose total
length is 100 miles.

with ReddiDg over line whose total
length is 100 miles.
The Union lion Works has never
had on hand 50 large an amount of
mining work as a present. The most
notable orders which il has in hand in.
clude a l20-stamp mi II for the Diamond
Hill mine. Montana. l00-stamp mill
for Cobar gold mine, Australia, and
two large hoists for the Anaconda.
The new plant for the Diamond Hill,
which has been purchased by Scotch
syndicate, will be in operation about
June. Electrical power will be con.
veyed three and half miles. The
hoists for the Anaconda copper mine
are of $50 horse power and direct act.
ing, and are additional to the three
sufficient last fall.
Ferry commuters will be interested
in the bill introduced By Senator
Toner. It's principal provision is as
follows: Amy transportation company
selling or issuing communication tickets
Of any kind or character shall be COM
PEELED to recognize them at any time
when presented for passage by the per-
son entitled 10 use the same, if pre-.
scented during the limitation or life of
the ticket. At the present time com.
inuter who fails TO use his ticekt on
any day during the month loses the un.
punched portion of his ticket. Thus,
If the holder Of u Communication ticket
fails to use his ticket Oh Sunday be
cannot travel back and forth twice on
any other day during the month.
Under the proposed law it will be pos.
sible for commnter to make as many
return trims during the month as there
are days IN it, aud suits his conven.
enee.
The unemployed problem is assum
ing serious aspect in Los Angeles.
Notwithstanding the ordinance in.
tended to prevent able. died men
from begging OH the streets. one is i'm.
portuned at every turn Of a corner for
aims. Arrests have little OF no deter.
rent effect on the army Of beggars. A
committee from the Chamber of Com.
merce met recently with a number of
Councilmen and representatives of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Assn /.
citation to talk over the unemployed
situation. The following Councilmen .
were present: Messrs Silver, Mathuss,
Order, Toll and Ashman. The con.
lasted nearly an hour i'll the
committee-rooms at the City Hall.
All the methods of raising money to
aid the needy were discussed. The
Councilmen made it PLAIN to the gen.
tlemen assembled that the eity's
finances would not permit of any aid
rom that source. The street -sweeping
submitted by Mayor Sny.
Ter was taken up, but it appeared that
his plan would cost the city about
.hree times the present cost of street.
weeping. There was considerable talk
# cutting down the city officials and
employees all along the line.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-25
Bright Prosnects.

Ii Is very probable that the coming
summer will bring to California a
number OF investors in search of gold
properties, some of them from foreign
regions. The depreciation in silver.
the troubles in South Africa and other
causes have led to investments in gold
mines IN this country, and while Colo.
RADIO and other States attract MANY
most mining investors know that Cali.
fornia is the leading gold-producing
region of the United States. For the
past two years the gold mining indus.
Try has been very prosperous In this
state, and more money has been in.
vested IN 1t than for many years pre.
vious. The result has been the reon,n.
ing OF many old mines. the develop.
ment OF new ones and the starting IN
OF many prospects. The same thing
VIII go on this year to even more
marked degree. no doubt, as this is tbs
time of harvest for the California min.
ers. The main thing to be guarded
against, possibly. is putting extraya.
giant values on claims, which will dis.
courage not only those who come. but
also others who may have an intention
OF coming. There is no sense in ask
ing 100000 for $4,000 claim
owners never get any such prices and
are apt to be let severely alone. The
values must be shown to the purchas.
ers, and mere assumptions of value on
me part OF the owners will not answer.
NOW Is our chance in California to get
people to invest in our gold properties,
ana we should encourage them, rather
than brighten them off by exorbitant
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-25
Notes.


The App mine, Tuolumne county, is
tuning out some very rich ore.
An elghty.horse-power gasoline en-.
gine has been ordered for the Rawbida
mine, Ioulumne county, to run the
Cornish pumps.
IL Is stated that at least $50 600
pounds of merchandise is being shinned
monthly to the Randshnrg camps, in
Kern county.
MI. L.. Z. Porter, the patentee of a
new electric process for the treatmant
OF ores recently completed the erection
OF plant at Shows Canyon, in the
Argus Range. Besides the electrical
apparatus, there is a battery of five
stamps and Morris ball pulyerizer
ana the plant is capable of treatin.
from twenty-five to forty tons of ore
per day. 1t is the second plant of the
KIND ever put up. and, for the size. II
IS probably the finest plant in the
United States.
MOO 800 & Co. Chinese company
nave sixteen men at work fitting up the
Ola Flores claim at Buckeye Hill, Ell
dorado county, below Volcanoville.
Ihey have obtained a permit from the
United States Debris Commission to
hydraulic. and will take 400 inches of
water from the Daggett ditch. The
Debris Commission refused these men
y permit on the first plans suggested,
Dut Chinaman devised means of con.
veylng the tailings over or around
bridge into another gulch, and on
second examination by the engineers,
IN view OF the Chinsman's plan, the
permission to work was granted and
license to hydraulic issued.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-25
IMPORTANT BILLS DISCUSSED
Fees OF Railroad Commission LAWYERS
in the senate.

Fees OF Railroad Commission Lawyer.
in the senate.
Sacramento. --Assemblyman Dibble',
bill, which provides for the acquire
ment by the state of the Veterans
Home at Yountville. was the subject
of an extended discussion before the
Senate Committee on Judiciary. The
bill was referred to subcommittee
composed of Snatton, Gillettg and
Morehouse.
The appropriation for the payment
OF attorneys fees growing out Of tn,
Railroad Commission case was dis.
cussed. X. Y. Hayne had appeared
before the Finance Committee after il
reduced the claim from $50, 900 "a
$4,000, and said that under section /
o. the act of 1880 the Board of Examin.
ers had been given the power to the
fees OF attorneys for the Board OF
Railroad commissioners. The Ex.
aminers had fixed the fees at $25. 900.
aud their determination was final aud
could not be reviewed by the Legisla
ture. The question was referred to
the Judiciary Committee. While ex-
pressing his preference for paving the
original amount, Senator Wolfe raised
the question whether the Board of Elk.
amlners could determine the fees be.
fore the termination of the suit.
Senator Wilmington maintained that
the act of 1895 increasing the EN-.
ployes OF the Attorney g eneral repealed
the act of 1880, and destroyed Attor.
ney Haynes contention. The Judi.
ciary Committee held with him, and
the Legislature will consequently de.
termine the fees to be paid.
q n. Stirry, representing the Allan.
nc and Pacific Road, appeared before
the committee and offered substitute
Tor the bill which will allow corpo.
ration to be formed for the purchase of
a railroad under foreclosure. 1t isa
question whether the present law is
definite enough. Judge Stirry said he
was not particular as to the form of
the law, aud most of the Senators ex.
pressed themselves in favor of ANYTHING
whlch would aid possible connecting
road.
The purpose of the bill is to allow
The Atlantic and Pacific to buy the
line from the Needles to Moiaye.
which 1t now holds under thirty
1eays' lease from the Southern Pacific.
with purchase contract at the end of
That time. The date of expiration IL
some years in the future. Finally il
was agreed that it would be better to /
modify section 465 of the Civil Code
o reach the end desired, and Senators
simpson and Dickinson were appointed
committee TO confer with Judge
'nrry and to draw mp satisfactory
Judge Stirry also asked favorable
'onslderation of bill which would
How the Southern Pacific rolling
took to be assessed outside the pa
niles OF road between Moiave and tbe
Needles. As it is now the Atlantic
nd Pacific pays taxes on its own roll. +
ng stock and pays back pro rata Of
nat assessed to the Southern Pacific.
ne Judiciary Committee will renort
ne bill favorably.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-25
ANNIE BESANT COMING.
WIN Lecture on Theosophy in All the
Large Cities.

Large Cities.
New York, N. Y.-Mrs. Annie Be.
SAINT will arrive in New York early in
Ma1ch. She will remain in this coun.
Try Tor SIX months and will visit all the
larger cities in the United States dur.
,ns ner stay. The lectures she will de,
tlyer VIII % an exposition of theos,
ophy, and she will also relate some of
ner experiences in her journey through
'hola, whence she is now returning.
mrs. Besants visit is made on the in.
WHARTON OF the Theosophical Society
American section, and il il annonncsa
.hat 1t will not, as has been erroneous'
~ stated. have any connection with tho
college for the study of the anc;ant
mysteries that is to be shortly estah.
ilshed in California under the guidance
o. Mrs. Catherine A. Tingley and her
supporters. o'
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-25
FertIIiEing Orange Trees.


The following is summary of the
conclusions arrived az by the Depart.
ment of Agriculture regarding the fer
tilization Of orange trees: By proper
combination of the various elements
used in fertilization once and undoubt-
eddy largely govern the quality aud
flavor of the fruit To obtain trait
with thin rind use nitrogen from in
organic sources in moderate quantities,
with considerable potash and lime.
To sweeten the fruit. use sulphate of
ammonia in considerable abundance,
decreasing the amount Of potash. To
render the fruit more acid, increase
the amount of potash and use nitrogen
from organic so lrces.
If il be desired TO increase the size
OF the fruit. as is sometimes the case,
apply a comparatively heavy dressing
OF nitrogen in some organic form and
slightly decrease the other elements.
In case Of the tangerine and mandarin,
where a larger size is usually desired,
heavy dressing of nitrogen fertilizers
would favor this end. and is not obiec.
tionable unless carried to excess.
Fertilizers have an important bear
ing ON disease. Die-back, a serious
malady. is in all probability the result
OF overlooking with heterogeneous man
ures from organic sources. These
manures, If used at all, should be
applied with great caution. Foot rot,
although not primarily due to impro
per methods of fertilization is no doubt
considerably influenced by this cause.
insect diseases are also apparently in
hueneed by the use of fertilizers, or
ganic manures rendering the trees more
liable to injury from this source than
chemical fertilizers.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-25

The Rose mine in Sau Bernara;,o
county has been robbed of some $1,000
~ gold brick and $4,000 in amalgum
burglars. - 'ns
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-25

John Quincy Adams Herring of Bal,
timore, the oldest managing director a,
the Adams Express Company. died
suddenly few days ago. in the Hol.
land House. New York. of heart fail.
nre, aged 70 years. -
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-25

A committee has been formed IN the
interest OF Atlantic and Pacific Yves.
tern division income bondholders who
request payment of 1926 per bond de.
posted with the American loan and
trust Company of Boston, or the Man.
haitian Trust Company of New York
before March 10Th.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-25

The United States Senate has passed
Dill increasing the pensions of the
survivors of the war of 1912.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-25

One point of interest which the re-
port does not note is the fact that
with something more than one-third
the number of sheep as compared with
1876. We produce nearly one-half as
much wool. This would point to a
decided improvement in our breeds.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-25
Farm Yard Notes,

You cannot feed poor-produeino
COW SO as to make her profitable. That
IS one of the best proven propositions
i'll dairying.
A profitable COW can be made more
profitable by good feeding, because il
is her nature to convert her excess of
hourishment into milk and butter fat
Save the wood ashes carefully this
winter, and apply to the garden and
orchard another spring. There i
nothing that will be of more value.
II you appreciate the canned frmt
your wife put up, and the supply is
limited, resolve to enable her 10 in.
crease it by planting more small frnits
another year. '''
never allow fowls to 20 without an
abundance of grinding and eep.form.
ing material. Fowls sometimes actnaI.
y staIye because they cannot digest
their food properly.
The passengers on the British steam.
OF CITY of Agria, outward bound from
GLASGOW, which was reported a total
loss by the British steamer Oppa have
oeen saved, with thirty-three of the
rev They were mostly Lascars
Inc captain of the Agra, who was also
saved, Is on board the Onga.
Inc building of the Transsiber;an
halfway Is causing the complete reor.
sahlzallon OF the Russian convict svs.
'em' The present rules are that exiled
oienders shall be sent to nearer or
FARTHER parts in Siberia according to
the article of the code under which
'ney We're convicted. The appo;nted
place OF exile for lighter offenses ;s
nearer European Russia than for ser;.
Gus crimes. 1t is not very dificnl+
even now for offenders who arc courage. /
GUS enough and provided with means
u support to make their way secretly
paek 10 Europe or abroad. Needfn,
passports and DISCUSSES are usually
Irocuraoie. The real utility of the
convict system has to depend t
upon the physical difficulties of travel. i
ing vast distances back to civilization
Inc new railway eliminates these
obstacles. 1t is reported from Moscow
lnat the island of Saghalien will ba
me future destination of Russian exilas
ms island already is used for the i'm.
pfisonment OF criminals Of the lowest
type. 'o"es'
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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-07-20
TOO LATE FOR THIS SEASON.
Sensible Words Concerning the CIon-
dyke Excitement.

A dispatch from Port Townsend under
date of July 18th, says:
"The excitement here in regard to the
fabulous richness of the Clondyke mines
is on the increase, although only few
of the most enthusiastic will start the
present season for the famous fields.
To start now a person cannot possibly
reach the Yukon or Clondyke region be-
fore the middle or probably the 25th of
August, and those who have been there
assert that the working season closes
never later than the first of Septem Der,
nor opens before the middle of June,
leaving in the most favorable seasons
only ten weeks of working time. Those
who start in now will have nine months
in which to eat up provisions before they
can possibly do any work, and only
those who have claims located can make
success of thawing dirt and water and
taking out gold by the 6reside. Those
who start north not later than May lst
will stand as good show for striking
good things as those who go now and
Hive nine months on GRUB" on which
freight has been paid at the rate of Is to
f25 cents per pound. Many are now pre-
pairing to go north without either provi-
| sions or money, and the result will be
death by starvation and freezing.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-07-20

the employees at the insane asylum at
Salem are included the following: Gov
ernor Lord, four nephews; Secretary of
State Kincaid. three nephews and 2S
cousins; Treasurer Metschan, one son,
elk nephews, and "a cousins; Chief
Justice Moore, a son and daughter, a
Nephew and two cousins; Attorney
General Idleman, brother and three
cousins; Assistant Treasurer Hodgkin,
a son and six cousins; Superintendent
P$ine, whole family.
Frank Heater was arrested this morn
ing on complaint of T. J. Driver, who
charges HIM with stealing horse valued
at $25, the same being the property of
B. Parodi. He was arraigned in the re-
corder's court this afternoon and enter
ed plea OF not guilty. The trial of the
case is set to follow that of Budd
Robbins Thursday afternoon. Heater
was arrested last night by Night-watch-
man Wiley, but when he arrived at the
jail he broke away, followed by Wiley,
who fired at him two or three times. He
! escaped in the darkness but was caught
at home this morning about o'clock by
| Wiley and Sheriff Driver. Heater seems
determined to get into trout BILE, generally
caused by drinking, and it is only a
question of time, if he does not change
his ways, until he is sent below.
One of Chas. Hilton's bands of sheep,
in charge of Geo. Caven of Fossil. was
shot into on the nights of July I'd and
Sd, near the head of Kahler Basin. On
the night of the I'd the herder's cabin
was surrounded and twenty-five pistol
shots fired into the band, killing one
sheep. On the night of the Sd the mis-
creants returned and again shot into the
band, killing four sheep. On this night
the herder stepped outside, and part oi
the gang surrounded him while the
others did the shooting. Next day
George pulled out of there with the
sheep, as he didn't think the climate
quite suited him. George threw up his
job, and new herder, Frenchman
was sent back to Kahler Basin with the
sheep. There is bad blood between the
cattlemen and farmers of that locality
and the sheepmen of Gillian and Nor.
row counties who take their sheep onto
government land In that section for sum.
mer range, and it is not unlikely thai
human blood will be split ere stop be
put to these dastardly outrages.
Journal
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-07-20
Teachers' Institute.
THE DALLEs, July 20, 1897

THE DALLEs, July 20, 1897.
EDITOR CHRONICLE:
Edna Brown and Anna B. Thompson
were enrolled yesterday. Katie Roche
enrolled the first day of the institute.
Those in attendance have come to
stay, and will receive the full benefit of
the work. a few teachers who write
that they will not be present have gen.
erously offered to advance the fee of
$3.50, but the superintendent will not
accept 1t on those terms. The institute
Is not conducted as a money making
affair. What we want is to benefit the
teachers, and through them the public
schools of the county.
The subjects taught in the various
branches yesterday are as follows:
Literature-Writi of Halleck and
Drake.
Bookkeeping Posting, balance sheet
and closing.
Physiology-The skin and it's append
ages.
Writing = Forearm and combined
movements.
HI Theory-Imagination
u U. S. History-French and Indian war.
Spelling - Accentuation and syllabi-
cation.
Grammar-Analysis and study of the
noun.
PHYSICAL Geography-Atmosphere.
Geography-Oregon.
ADMINISTRATIONS.
Gen. History = Early English and
French civilization.
By existing arrangements with the
publishers of the Weekly Oregonian. We
are enabled to club that excellent paper
with the Twice-a-Week CHRONICLE a
the low rate of 1925 per year. Now il
the time to send in your names.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-07-20
MARRIED.

In this city, Monday evening, July
10th, at Z o'clock, Mr...Charles Baker and
Mrs. Caroline Puckest, Rev. VIM,
Michel performing the ceremony.-
The marriage was quite of the roman
tic and sentimental variety, taking place
in the shadow of the tall rock near the
old garrison grounds, in the presence of
about hundred people. After the GER
emony the couple had their pictures
taken with the big rock as background,
and the crowd, not to be outdone,
grouped around and over the rock and
had another picture taken. In the even
ing, to do proper honor to the event, the
tin.pan brigade gave the bride and
groom one of the most magnificent
"shivarees'' ever heard in The Dalles.