The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-18
Southeastern Idaho Farmers Lose
Fifty Per Cent of Their Wheat.
CONTINUAL RAIN AND SNOW
EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS AT
THE HUGMING BIRD MINE.
This Property Stimulates Interest in
the Mineral Resources of Bear
Lake county-Non-Partisan Dis
course at Paris-cattle Ranges
Depleted-Wyonling Odd Fellows.

Grom The Herald's Correspondence
Paris, Ida, Oct. 16.-For about three
weeks this part of the country has
been visited by storms. Grain is stand
ing in the fields just as it was shocked
after the harvesters had cut it The
farmers have been waiting for the
weather to settle. so that it could be
hauled and threshed. \ week ago q
continuous rain set in, ending yester
day morning IN a snoWstorm. snow
covering the ground to depth of at
least one inch. To make matters worse
extreme cold weather has set in, and
the result viii be that the storm and
cold will work untold damage to grain
and roots in the ground. in fact news
from Ovid, Lanark and LIBERTY is to
the effect that the outstanding grain
has commenced to sprout and that 50
per cent viii be about all that viii be in
any condition to thresh.
HUMMING BIRD NEWS.
The visit of Banker w. S. Mccormick
Of Salt Lake City to the Humming Bird
mine has given rise to much specula-
tioA as to what Is going to be done
With this eHceIlent-Iooking property.
1t IS known that he was here in the
interests of w. A. Clark and that he
was so well impressed with the out
look that he made a fattering report
to the Montana millionaire. Anyhow
the result has been such as to put q
fresh force OF men to work, While con-
siderable machinery, cars. steel rails.
etc. has been taken from the depot at
Montpelier to the mine. The carpenter
work on the blacksmith shop, boarding
house, etc. IS being rushed, as cold
weather has set in and snow will soon
be flying Day and night shifts are
still working on the tunnel and the re-
suits of assays made in Salt Lake are
being received every day. Land has
been secured about two miles up Paris
canyon where an electric light plant
is to be put, and from which arrange
ments are now on foot to furnish light
for the city, as well as the mines The
recent visit of inspection by w. S. Nc
Cornick, Colonel Shaughnessy, Colonel
Treweeh, Dom Tarpey, James Hickey
and Archie Mckay has done much to
convince mining men and capitalists
of our valuable mineral resources.
The news. first published in The Her
aid. of the Vastness of this copper
property was treated with Indifference
at first, and some of the incredulous
papers denounced the report as a
fake" But now that the property
has been inspected things are different.
The vein is no less than $50 feet be-
tween walls, It having been opened up
and exposed FOR this distance. In the
lower tunnel, where the largest force
of men are now working, a heavy body
of fine copper ore was struck after
going 40 feet. The men have gone SO
feet into this, and hundreds of tons of
copper ore have been taken out.
BLACKSTONE MILL.
In two weeks the crushing mill at the
Blackstone mine at ST Charles will
start up H l. RAFT of Pocatello. who
is in charge of this property, has been
the loading up of the machinery from
the Montpelier depot.
The resumption of business relations
between the Union Pacific and Oregon
Short Line has had quite a salutary
effect on everything and everybody
hereabouts. All of the crews are back
at work and matters are running along
as usual.
The work of laying the new 7O-pound
steel rails on the first and second dis
tr;cts of the Oregon Short Line has
been completed.
District conference is being held to-
day and tomorrow at st. Charles The
stake presidency are in attendance.
COUNTY AFFAIRS,
The county commissioners were in
session three days this week, transact
ing the regular routine business. The
most important item transacted by
them was the denying of the petition
to build a straight road from Paris.
connecting with the settlements on the
eastern side Of the valley. Non-con-
senting landowners were the stumbling
block, The road will go through next
year, whether or no, even though it
necessitates an additional tax levy to
buy the condemned land.
City Marshal Adelbert Rich is receiv-
ing the congratulations of everybody
on his excellent work.
Professor Thomas w. HorsIey and
wife are at Soda Springs visiting their
married children there.
District Attorney Alfred Bulge left
for Salmon City last night to be in at
tendance at the opening term of dis
trict court there.
Attorney John A. Bagley is reported
to be very i'll and confined to his bed.
NON-PARTIsAN DISCOURSE.
Both of the Paris wards met in joint
session Sunday night and listened TO a
most excellent discourse delivered by
President William Bulge, who spoke
upon the requisite unity of the people
in selecting GOOD men to Office, ire
spectiVe OF party, and the necessity OF
consulting the proper ecclesiastical Of
ficials in matters OF Importance
1t is expected that the stake academy
VIII open in the new building on the
LIST Of the coming month Arrangements
20 this end have been made. and the
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