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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-23
STATE LINE rIDINGs.


Vertical Depth Needed tn the District
-ODera,,ons AT Present.
RoeeDul In mis- writings from Line
City to the Iron County Rscjri says
among other things:
Very little can be added 10 the prais.
es Of State Line nj this writing. Rec
snt transactions, however, insure
considerable actual development work
the coming stasOD, Surface scratch
ing Will avail nothing, and the sooner
II Is realized the better VI will be TOR
tue camp. Proper development work
Ia being pushed only In few places.
Depth vertical, not hnIizlutal-- Is
what Ia needed now. We all know OF
tue splendid surface showing through.
out the district, all this "Alr tunnel'
building viii not demonstrate the
presence OF oree, except few feet in
depth. Ono ahait-two or three hun
dTed feet in Geplh-will do more to
prove the worth oil this district than
ell the work that has been done up t.
date. The recent snow storms have
retarded progress livery much, but
development work (ol the KIND Is
being pushed throughout the camp.
MeSsrs. Hicks anu Masher are still
takiug out aud sackIng sumo very fine
gold ore that shows plsntiiuliy OF The
yellow metal. Where these ores come
from cannot properly be termed a
miue, as It is simply an immense de-
post. The formation Is II white de-
composed prophyry, anu these stratss
OF rich quartz are found wherever
they have been sought Tor on the
ground owned by these parties.
The Ophir people have cleared the
snow banks away from their workings
and with small force OF men, have
resumed the bi cking out OF Ores.
The Rice DrOIners' group, which
was receuuy bonded to Denver part.
lee, IL being locked after ana pruspt ed
by Geo. Rice, one OF the prinUipR
owners, the bond giving The owners
the same privilege to mine and m III
The ores as they had be ore sne deal
was made. The parlies bonding this
ground will commence active develop
ment work just as sJuI as the weather
will permit.
Tine firm of Drake u Lambert are
still hammering away on their gold
uelt tunnel, which has rnaohei a us.
lance Of u little over l51 feet, anu
almost an equal depth. lney are well
under the apex OF the mountain, and
rs We have stated elsewhere, this HAD
OF work VIII not demonstrate the
presence OF ore bodice. II hRs In this
case proven that gold values *
rom one end Of their works 10 III
htr.
II .rris, Waller nni others, resiieott
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Travelling ON American railways l.
attended with little risk. according to
the tables com piled by the Railroad
Gazstte. o passenger vas killed in
1896 tor every hundred milliou mile
Travelled, ald but for two or three
serious rceiuen,s the showing w0ulu
have boon more isv 1rable. The pas.
senger fatalities OF 1896 were greatly in
excess OF those IN 1896. Last year
there were l2S deaths, largely due TO
negligence In operating, while III 1895
only thirty. eight lives of passengere
were logt. There was an / crease in
the number OF fatalities among em-
ployee. Three hundred and eighteen
were killed in 1896 and 3O2 Ia 1895,
but as the iralD mileage went up lrOm
s34 .200,0O0 10 $40, 900, 900 In 1896 the
ueath rate was practicaiiy uDcnangeu.
The tables prove that, notwilhetanu-
ing the killing OF passengers In car.
load Tote, 1t Is safer to ride on Trains
than TO handle them.
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specially valuable to tho stockbolders
4 the company. President j. II
Walker in presenting the pnperintend
lnt's report and the secretary's O nan.
Hal statement, showing in detail whs'
las been done at the works oil the
company anu also Its preseDt financial
handing, sayt:
The greater part Of the 60.stamp
mill was kept running, except when
ltopped for necessary repairs. Inc
otaI amount OF ore W lrked nj the nal ,
Ind that sold to the emelters amounted
10 s7OS, 1893 So. and the discount on
liver IVES s277 S2l "a, leaving bal
ince of 1890 372 SO. The aversR"
,rice at which silver sold wa 50 G6 68l
Ger fine ounce. The small iDuobte q.
ness OF the company on Janusfy l.,
$3.50. has been paid and besides
dividend of 800, 600 paid In December
last, the company has now on hshu
stedit balance VI Sl3. 34O.O3'
The various mines OF the company
have been worked more or less, except
The Rising Star aud the Bosl u, whlch
have been closed durl < the period,
and all OF the others have bee ~
Kent opeu and In good condi-
Ion. The company was able and
well prepared to take care OF the water
In the mines and had inc trouble with
the sam.
The Alice. Blue Wing ami Magna
Charts hoisuDg works were run con-
tiuuously, ana the timberlng IN the
mines that have been worked has been
Kept In good condition. The b ue
Wing has been producing considera'
bic ore OF an excellent quality tfor
several months past and 10 now look
lug very we'll. The other mines are
looking about the same as at the time
oil the last report.
The Alice mine and works are
located at Wsikervllle, Silver Bow
county, Montana. Louis H. Farms
worth Is secretary Of the company and
II, w. Bugzo superintendent.
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LAKE Town, Rich Co., Utah.
March u, 1897.
To the Editor;

'O' ~ h'Sh WV WAN
March u, 1897.
To the Editor;
At last writing ours was compar.
ati vely snowless region. but since then
we have hai fine downlall OF the
beautiful, and our farmers rejoice st
the prospect OF more-than-sverage
supply OF water for irrigation purposes
during the coming agricultural season.
Our snow roads gladden. the boys
and girls who, to balls, ETC., held
periodically, wen: their way to and
fro in sleigbs AID cutters during cur
lovely moonlight nights.
OF course we duly and entertaining
ly celebrated the nineleth anniversary
of the birth OF the grand benefactor OF
hia race, President MILFORD Woodruff.
Bishop Nebcket conducted the exer.
cises here, and the speakers were
Elders Jo'eph Irwin, Samuel Weston,
samuel Henderson and lsiah TUFTS,
the TWO iast named having had the
donor OF being teamster ana mex door
| neighbOr to our revered leader 10
Isrsel. Perhaps no greater demoDstra-
ton OF the fervent love Of people for
a leader was ever made here than that
mani estei by the ints IN their set
Elements on March l, 1897. Long live
| President Woodruff among the people
he loves and who love him 80 we'll.
State Representative d. 8. Cook lhas
arrived home and is gradually dofiing
mis- city airs and apparel. He will
doubtles be prepared, in good season,
t. perform his muitifarious duties as
merchant, farmer. teacher and father
| In Israel.
Hon. Aquila Nebeker Ia expected
home in auy or two. His presence
will be greatly appreciated among his
constituents and old friends.
Our Relief society had lite annual re-.
union ball on the night OF ct. Patrick's
day, and the Golfers OF society were
well filed thereby and a general good
| lime enjoyed,
Returning visitors from our Stake
conference report the valued laborR Of
| Elder Seymour Is. Young OF the Coun-
oil Of Seventies WHO assisted IN com.
pletlng the organizations OF and filling
vacancies in the quorums OF 5eventys
siuRied In the stake. and gave the
people ever appreciated counsels. All
express Themselves we'll pleasd with
their experience at conference.
the erection of the Stake Academy
VIII be pushed with tho greatest dis.
patch possible as soon as the building
season opens, II the resolutions OF the
authorities OF the Stake can be supple
meuted by the good viii ana support Ol
| the SANS In our several wards, which
will doubtless be done.
L said in my last letter that Lake
Town was good place Tor the produc
Ton OF Bishups. IL would certainly
appear so. Elder Samuel Weston, d
young man OF good char cter, and by
ihe blessing u heaven a product OF cur
sunday school, In whicn he has spe M
most o ms life, cur present superiu.
endent, a oImer missionary to EGG.
.NuJ anu go0l ail.rOund local WORKER,
WAS kindly Gale. to Paris for an inter
view with President Blu ige, the result
| utiuE mat ue Ia chosen as Bishop o
! Gsrleu Clty warI instead OF Elder
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tinctly feminine aud neglects TO take the
needful remedy, she is running the risk of
great suffering, the loss of her baby, and
possibly the loss of her own life. This Is a
great and unnecessary risk TO run. BY tax
ing the proper precautions during the ex'
pectant period, she may avoid the usual dis
comforts, and make it certain that the
coming of baby will be safe and easy with.
out danger either to the mother or child.
The best OF all medicines at this critical
time is Or. Pcrce's Favorite Prescription
II cures all forms of weakness AID disease
peculiar to women. II does away with the
nausea of the period preceding motherhood.
1t makes partuntion easy painless, and free
from danger. You can get II at the drug
store If you want to know more about Il,
write TO DR.. r. " Pierce, chief consulting
physician to the Iuvalids' Hotel and Sur
gical Institute, Buffalo, n. Y.
Mrs Emma Crowder, Of Authoston, Henderson
Co. Ky writes 81 was once a sufferer from fe-
male trouble Have been using your medicines
for 1t and have been almost entirely cured, can
truthfnly say that one bottle Of your Favorite
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physician did in six months, lie attended me
Tor womb trouble previous to the commencement
Of takinC your medicines aud following your ad-
vice, II Is now my firm belief that would have
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icine s0ontT
10 further eulogis- the good merits Of your
medicines will say that before taking your med.
icines l had miscarried twice, aud since taking
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your medicines cured that"
Dr.. PieTee's Pellets cure Constipation.
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MINOR MENTION.

JsmGB Carney forfeited S25 iu the
police cour; tuusy for keeping a gsmbi-
ing house..
Councilman Christopher Dlehl cele.
brated bis sixty-sixtn birthday yester-
day. Many lriends wish him on.
lie, health and happiness.
Chief of Police Paul is able to be
around again, after u hve.weeks' lay
up, from a broken ankle. He Ia me-
8 sted by crulches at present but the
break IL mendins nicely.
Justice Of rhe peace, Frank II. MAJ
gets has opened up an office at 22s
Atlas block, where he Low iDteD, q
holding court. NJ. Gillespie isIbainti
Tue Fourth AMI Seventh warts wiz
give an entertainment In the Seventh
ward meeting house tomorrow even
ing In honor OF Elder John ID. Bowers,
previous TO bis departure on q mission
A lecture in the University course
will be delivered tonight At the lab9ra'
tory building OIL Fret North street, by
VIM. NJ. Stewart, subjsc What tn,
Science Of Education Is uoing for tn,
Education OF the Child.
MIR. aud Mrs. Joseph Kershaw, wht
recently buried their entire family o
eight children from diphtueria III Ere
mont county, lds., VIII remove TO Ihli
city amt the mouse they lived In ant
| its entire contents will he burned,
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OF Cedar city. are accompanying
work on their cross.cut tunnel about
one mile north OF town. They have
run some city feet, and In going this
distance have cut various strlngers
That show values In the pan.
Very little Improvement Ia notice.
able absut town. An occasional frame
Ia constructed and u tent drawn over
II, maki very comfortable anu
neat appearing structure.
Among the lRie arrivals are II. j.
Slmunds, ParE CITY mining man,
and his friend Mr.. McClanahnn. The
latter gentleman, 1t is SAID, intends to
engage In the liquor business as soon
AZ spring opeus. Another familiar
figure is Mi. Al. P0pkess. Mr.. PIP
kos has beeu making his resulnr
visits since the camp first sprung Into
pfomln, We know he Is keeping
close watch oil the development work
ou choice strip OF territory, In addi-
ION to his mil project anu other
Interests.
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he Lyceum, attend

were convene Ia he Lyceum, attend.
ing to their sflairs.
Sunday nllrniag, the IL h inst, was
occupied by the 81. George Sunday
school.
The conference continued on Sun
day afternoon and held q session In the
evening.
Monday, the l5,h inst, morning
anu Afternoon, was spent IN confer
ence.
None OF tue bre hren OF the council
OF Apostles or OF the other 'eneT
authorities were with us. b shop
George II. Crosby, formerly OF s..
George but now OF SpriDgv lie, ARE
was with us MS VISITOR anu de-
nvered an address on Sunday evening.
Tue other spe kers during the cin-
terence were Pftti ~ Macarthur; his
counse lor-, Dav d ii. Cannon amt
krns,us b. SNOW; St.ke President OF
the Y. Nj. NJ. |. A.; Bishops Bring
urst Of roquervlhe, Hirrchi OF Rock
yiIls, Apdtus 90 81 q orge, n omas
J. Jones OF Oveito land John G.Hafen
y Santa Glaze.
Pine Valley ward wac tepresente D
by Il der WIN. Gardner, Virstn City
warJ by Counselor Richard Parker,
ana Bunkervlile ward by Elder Gep.
w. Lee.
Returned missionaries Isaao West
and Henry Gubler gave interesting fe-
pore OF tbeiI mission AIRY lahors.
Tue general sulhoui.es Of the
Church W re presented, as were also
tie 81. George Sake authorities. auu
were lsus aimed without a dissenting
hand or voice.
The stten ance was very good and
the 81 ehkers were bl s.ed with @ Tree
outpouring Of the Spirit OF the LORD.
JAMES q. BLEAK,
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O pDer and lead, as but few OF tue
producers, even among those that give
cut information OF thelr production,
psrliculsrlze in this way.
On the dividend account for The
Haat year there was phid Ss47,5OO by
the several incorporated cImp niles,
while other mines owned by individ-
mails fled in the fllce OF county asset
sar, statements OF earnings
s2Os 1852, or prltit. OF record all told
amounting to 81 ,055, 552. This by no
means represents the entire earniDgs
of the mines, ~ large sums were ex-
fended In purchasing addiiional no d.
ings aud ia Improvements nther Than
development. Besides Il must not De
overlooked that when returns OF niue
or fits are made out Tor the purpote OF
taxation generous salaries ami n
meoger incideDtsls are de ucted from
the earnings before tho figures ar
finally made up. Inc feauet ca
make such allowances on this head
as ue desirss, for Ouo conjecture 10 AS
Liable to be true rs anotheE, but all this
aside, the facts OF recoru are ample
moot OF the impOrtancs Of this region.
No account OF the fine surface
plants of the mines has Teen givsu,
and these certainly should have space
ia any review OF the district, as no
better machinery can be manufsc.
lured anu put together. They were
not overlooked 10 this gathering Ut
data, bus the mines, per se, and their
ore bodies were OF ilTst consideration,
which havs overtsxed the allotted
limits. 1t 10 hardly necessary to note
that the timbering underground In Il o
limestone area Is the COmstOck system
OF tquare Gets, or that the vertical Atti-
tube OF tue mineralized zJ0es mOst
fortunately reduces the pressure to a
minimum, otherwise the cost OF ore
sloping would be increased enormously.
In the whole history OF mining there 0
perhaps no region where larger
cham bsrs ana galleries have bsen
eKcavatei, and In the years TO come II
will be told that more cubic ieet OF solid
rocs, Ia cInnected massep, have Deen
mined on one square mile OF Juab
county, Utah, than anywhere In the
world.
IL the incomplete abbreviated
sketches Of the properties Of the d fer
ent Companies, their capitalization Ia
each instance 10 shown by the number
Of shares and par value. This Is done
to tffOrd u comparison with mining
companies in other states. Ia Utah
there Is comparatively little excessive
Overvalu stion in such cspltaliz atoms,
ami 1t eau alsj BIO said that wilucittlng
is hardly ever heard Of. The natural
o Inclusion, under these ruling c)ndi.
.ione, Is that such minlng shares are
m re OF the nature OF a secure in.
vestment than hazardous gamto
and this Ia true.
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INDIAN STATISTICS.
WHAT THE AfoRlGINEs ARE DOING
IN THE UNIFIED STATES.

IN THE UNIFIED STATES.
TIE Rev. George IL. Gu,terson OF
Boston, district secretary for New
England OF the American missionary
association, has Investigated anew tue
ACTS concerning 1 disns In the U Lite
States. His Calendar for March con.
taius a photograph OF Two Strikes,
sioux chler, anu the following state
mept Of the iscit:
Indians are found In every Htats
amt territory OF the Union. There are
| AL IN New England.
rhs total Tor the United States /:
| GAG, GAL, more than 30 lri0es. 4
This Includes bs.s06 clvillzed In.
dians.
"C.vilizea" mesUs those who live
neither upon a reservation nor In
tribal relations.
Among the uncivilzed IDdiEns
here are about rs, 900 OF school ege. OF
these there are enrolled In schools
1883.
Besides the above there ere q, 53l
Indians in Alaska, forming 7S.i2 Vi
the population.
This filty-three government reserva.
tons ior Indians are larger than ia
W hole German eu pire.
The occul patton Of the indians are Rs
follows; leaning, growing OF corn,
hay; cattle and sheep farming; selling
of ginseng, fsh, berrIe., wild rice,
maple sugar, also bead work, mecca.
sins, pottery, basket, etc. The Indian
WON make beaulIiui ltcs.
Indians are traders, clerks, engineer,
physicians, trained nurses, clergymei /;
many OF them are mechanics, SUP
Orting themselves at Their trades.
Fhe indians always believed in the
existenoa OF the spirit after death,
the future reward Of the worthy, and
the pu .isbment OF the unworthy.
FJrmeriythey had priesthood devOteu
10 the oilici from childnoOJ. Gross
heather degradation still exists among
them.
Our treatment OF the indians IL m
ihs beginniug has passed thfougn
several stagee, wDich may he stated as
follows, viz:
/. ID al,ns with the indians by fair
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Notice.

I-dian Territory Mission Reunion !
"A meeting OF the committee of the
Indian Territory Mission reunion Is
hereby called TO convene at the rooms
OF the Mutual Improvement League.
N. Al south, State stree, this city,
April h, 1897, al 1880 p. M, for the
purpose oil considering the best method
OF conducting cur general annual
gathering.
All members OF the reunion residing
In this city and Elders who have lab
cred In Indian Territory mission, who
may be In the city, from any part oil
the country, are cordially invited to
meet with tue committee. The meet
ipg ID not only for business, but ior
general and social enjoyment.
VIM. t. JACK, Chairman.
VIM. ID. BowRING, Secretary.
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MISS C0HEN'S DEATH.


A poet mortem examination was
held over the remains OF Mlss Eva
Cohen, who was found dead on Sun.
day morning at the Wey hotel, Drs.
Dalby and Hughes conducting the
examination. The county commits.
sioners having reused to order an ex.
animation, 1t WAS asked for by the
insurance company, which selec.
ted DR.. Hughes and d.. Daily was
chosen by Acting Coroner 5ommer.
DR.. Daily stated that they discov.
cred nothing to indicate the cause OF
deatn; the organs all appeared to be In
a healthy condition ana II any cause
is discovered 1t must be by a chemical
analysis Of the contents OF the stom.
ach, which have been sent to a chem.
list Tor that purpose, and the result will
probably be known tomorrow.
The funeral OF Miss Cohen will be
hello from Evaus' undertaking rooms
at 4 p. IN. Today, q message having
been received from her father, 8. j.
Cohen VI Denver. The burial VIII
take place in the Jewish cemetaIy.
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Robert Calder, u veteran Iesder VINO
has teen Bishop OF Garden City since
its Hrst settlement, faithful In hit
lnbors Ia almost q perfect sense, anu
who, after twenty yeaTs Of aruuous ana
continuous LAHORE, ha, been honorary
released at his own request. Lape
Tswn will greatly mics the bene1cient
LAHORE OF + der Weston, but may be
pardoued In having pride in having
men and women within lis borders
In whom the Church leaders repose
such well founded confidence. Inc
blessings OF our whole people VIII
accompany our brother to bis new heid
OF labor.
DR.. K-rl q. Mseser held meeting
here OF FfiJsy evening in the interest
Uf'his special mission OF introducing
religion ciasses. He gave us me
excellent cou usels and explanations re-
sarding the Iutport OF ana how
organize ~ d conduct these classes;
anu, by waY Of lllustratl0n, cOnd ucteu
a class briefly on the lines prescribed
therefor. his pupils being boys anu
girls from s to II yesra oil, The eH-
erclee was greatly appreciated by hli
present. Stake Super ntende OF Sun
day Schools A. Galloway anu
counselOrs, en- route Tor Randolph,
were present at this meeting, ms wa
also 5tsk.. Superintendent OF Religion
Classes Heoef Q. Keetch, with whom
Elder Maeser Is travelling, and who
accompanied the latter on Saturday
morning for further missionary iabors
Ill the northern part OF the Stake.
Incipient bllzz,rds AMI drifte, some
veIy Isys anu very cold nights are
our present portion. Health is good
except that measles are IN our midst
and may reach all who have mot tasted
OF this Il ssby III.
Last night our dramatic friendO
from Randolph presented before IA
large audience IN the Ksarl Hall the
Force Of Impulse.
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rnE STORY or rINTIC.
a Work of Value ISSUED by tho ala
Graud western.

a work of value lssund ny mo MO
Graud western.
A story well written and compre'
heusivs in every detail Is that con-
talned In a pamphlet lust 10 ued by tue
passenger department. OF the RIO
Grande Western railway. IL relates
to the TIptlc district embracing the
camps OF Eureka, Mammoth, silver
CITY and Diamond, ana Containa data
Invaluable to the mine owner, The
prospeclor AMI citizBn alike. Arriving
az Eureka II takes you over and
lhriugb the great district, aud shows
you the mines which through their
productiveness have become proml.
uent part OF the country described. III
is proiusely illustrated throughout and
gives TO the reader knowledge oil the
district that can tclrCeiy be gained In
any other way as we'll se containing
within Its covers map OF the TiHtiC
district showing all the patented claims
In that minefal-beaTiug area. Con-
GLIDING the pamphlet ssyt: .
There are no means OF atcertaining
the Total metallic yield Tor the twelve
months ending December 81, 1885,
with any satisfactory degree IL pre-
cision. A ialrly reasonable estimate,
however, can bo male by de lucting
from the total tonnage OF l2l 800 tons
OF ore and concentrates shipped tue
u 40 tons OF iron ore sent to tht
tmeiters Tor fluxlng, and giving the
remaining l04 4S0 tons an averag,
worth OF $50 ton, yield OF s5,O2l,
500 Ia INDICATED and to this Ia 10 b.
added the recovery OF the gold anI
silver In the three mills employing
the Washoe process, which treate'
about 100000 tons Of low grades durin
the year. o. course the mill concsn
trates figure in the smelter shipment
aud are rot duplicated In any way. L
lie known quite accurately that $500, 90
and probhDly more was obtained fror
the mills direct. This makes u tola
OF IS, 32l, $50. In order to tnjet an
excess valuation allowed for smelte
products, and to make cur guess tn
more conservative, 1t would seem ssf
to place the yield for The year u
S5,200,0o0. 1t Is impossible to segre
gate this cum total iito gold, siivcI
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Frank Hines Of the Northern Lii ht
was in the city last evening and gave
1t out that today the mill on that prop.
erty would commence to grind. The
gentleman went cut this morning for
the purpose OF witnessing the stsrl.
The mill at present Ia able to ttoAt
something like finy tons OF ore dliiy,
although Its capacity with full tsnkage
facilities will be ebout 20O tons. Win
the starting of tde mill the Northern
Light commences to pave the way for
regular diyidenus.