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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-06-01
MUST WORK Or LEAVE.
striking Miners Given Until Thursday
10 Decide.


Weir City, May 3O.--The four coal
companies known as the big four
posted the following notice at all their
mines Monday morning: "This COM
pany, desiring to bring the present
agitation in and around their proper
ties to a final settlement, hereby give
notice to al parties who have been
in its employ and are at present re-
naming away from their work, that
unless they appear to take their
places to go to work on or before the
first day Of June, they are requested
to remove their tools from the COM
panies mines, and they will not be al
lowed in the future TO work for this
company in any of their mines, where
ever located. The company also de-
sires to express its thanks to the men
who have remained loyal to them
selves, their families and the COM
pany by continuing their work, prom
Using in future that they will always
receive fair treatment and an equit-
able adjustment of any differences
arising at any time
The same notice was also posted at
the Missouri Pacific and the Western
Coal and Mining Company's mines.
The companies are determined to OPP
crate their mines, even IL it becomes
necessary to bring miners from else
where.
Saturday night body of strikers
were on watch near Kansas and Texas
mine No. "a, expecting that negroes
would be brought in during the night.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-06-01
HUTCHINSON, KANSAS. THURSDAY. JUNE l. 1889.

peen allowed double allowance OF
grog to loosen his tongue. But II this
were so the plan did not work very
well, The quail bnter had q deal
to say, but d was almost altogether n
suhphurous denunclation OF detectives
and corporations. He acclaimed on
those subjects at considerable length
from n second story window OF the
court house TO the great OBLIGATION OF
big crowd, Kennedy insists he ex.
poets to be acquitted and to go back
TO Jackson county Within ten days
"clear OF all dshonor," 10 WORK on
his fathers farm. Witnesses were all
excused til Wednesday.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-06-01
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

IN the district court at Topeka,
Monday, Judge Hazen handed down
am opinion declaring valid the new
law creating city court for Topeka.
During a quarrel over a game OF
cards Monday morning in Chicago,
George Allen shot and fatally wound
ed l}urrel Douglass and his son,
Frank Douglass. Allen also received
two bullet wounds and may die.
Ex3President Cleveland broke the
record for bass catching at Middle
Bass, near Toledo, o., on Friday. He
pulled In 13S pounds Of 6Sh, while Cap
tain Bob EvSns caught tOrty-aye bass
from one W two pounds ie weight. .
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-06-01

General Sha&ter is preparing a
model camp at the Preside for the
accommodation of 1000 volunteers re-
turning from the Philippines until
they can be mustered out.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-06-01

William Rockefeller Of New York
has just added the Villas tract of 49,
652 acres to his forest preserve in the
Adirondack.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-05-05
The Mining Indications Are
Said to Be Favorable,

T. b. Smith, of Buffalo Hump,
writing to the Review says:
As to the country itself ii is O.
X. | have never seen u better
looking ledge than the Big Buffalo,
which WIS the only one of the big
properties that visited; but ]
learned from those familiar with
the properties, it is by no means
the best claim in the camp. There
is a lot OF development work going
on in the immediate vicinity OF the
Big Buffalo, and there are num-
Der of prospectors now in the camp
waiting for the snow to go down SO
they can get out.
The district is not half prospec-
ted as yet. After the big strike
was made last fall all attention was
centered south and east of the
Hump, and very little ground was
located to the west. Many are To-
eating on top of the snow and
shoveling out to do their location
assessments.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-05-05
THE BIG BUFFALO DUMP,
Miners Are Taking Tests for Truth
Water In the Shaft.

>. L. Anderson, one of the or;o-
man owners of the famous Ram
bler" claim at the Buffalo Humn
reached town this morning. +
Water has been struck at ,h.
Buffalo Hump at depth of A.
feet, and although it does not at
present flow fast enough to flood
the shaft, it impedes work some
what in the absence of pumping
facilities. A steam centrifugal
pump has been ordered and will be
installed shortly. This will guard
against a greater flow should such
be encountered later on.
That values are rapidly increas-
ing as the shaft descends is COM
mon talk in the camp. The Big
Buffalo dump has been examined
and tested by several parties lately.
for the dump cannot be kept under
lock and key. The results have
been eye-openers.. Assays in this
way have been obtained running
all the way from $73 to s165, the
lowest value of any rock SO taken
from the dump showing $44 in gold.
This can hardly be considered a
desperate situation.
Saloons are running full blast,
Ind the bar-keepers pay no atten-
ton to the notices mailed them to
quit, saying they do not propose to
be Disseminated against. If they
have to quit they declare the mer-
chandise stores are in the same
box, and at present the liquor men
absolutely refuse to put up Or shut
up.
Mr.. Anderson visited the NAL
lick district and found SO or 60
men at work. All appeared well
satisfied with the looks of things.
Mr.. Anderson proceeded to War
rens. The snow is off for three
miles on each side of the Salmon
river. The recent cold snap has
greatly improved travel, while the
snow at the Hump is deeper than
ever. Around the shaft of the
Rambler" it is 16 feet.
At Warrens Mr.. Anderson found
considerable activity. He will
probably proceed in short while
to the Seven Devils country.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-05-05
Buffalo at Present.
Lewiston Teller.

Lewiston Teller.
There are half a dozen sa.
looms eating and lodging tents
in the camp to accommodate
a population of 800 people.
There is little work being
done outside of the removal OF
the Badger mill and the relo'
cation of the same, and the de-
velopment of the Big Buffalo
and the Jumbo claims.
The work on the Jumbo has
been prosecuted with a great
deal of energy. The holder:
of the bond have expended
more than the stipulated
amount of $4,000 which the,
agreed to do as a first pay
ment.
The upper tunnel on tn
Jumbo was run by the own
ers. This was extended till
depth CT a hundred feet wa
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-05-05
THE DISTRICT COURT.
The Weeks Session Taken Up With
Arguments, Motions and DeIaurrers.
From Thursdays daily

From Thursdays daily. Ns
Nothing Of general interest has
Hanspired or will transpire this
week at the session of the district
court now sitting at Mt. Idaho.
The week has been spent IN clesr-
ing The legal decks for actions, BY
disposing of arguments, motions
and demurrers and such legal
lumber.
The famous grub-stake suit Of
Rice VS.. Rigley 4 Robbins will
probably not be reached until the
last week of the session. The
criminal action of the State rs.
Rigley, growing out Of the shoot
ing scrape which occ irred last fall,
will be called according to. present
arrangements Monday next In
this action County Attorney Scales
is debarred from prosecuting on
account of his connection with the
defense in the grub-st,ke suit. For
this reason the court has appointed
j. +. Ailshis prosecuting attorney
in the criminal action. a..
The criminal action of the Stat
VS.. John Duncan, charged with
assault upon little Miss Reynolds,
will probably be called Monday
also. On Wednesday the defend
ant was arraigned, pleaded not
guilty and his hearing set for the
day above mentioned. .,sf
1t is likely that the session will
continue for another ten days pr
two weeks. Judge Steele seems to
be giving general satisfaction by
his methods of Fastening the dis
patch Of business, feature which
will commend itself to the tax
payers of the county. There was
a time in the old territorial days
when the terms of district court
strung out so Unfortunately that
jurors and witnesses sometimes
died of old age while dancing at
tendance ON the district court, and
this in no small degree helped to
pile up the county debt. The pre-
cedent set by the late Judge Lo-
gan, of choking off useless and in
terminable arguments of attorneys
in shooting off their legal popguns
of demurrers, answers, &c, &c, has
been amply sustained by his sue
cessors, Judges Sweet and Piper,
and from all accounts Judge Steele
is following suit. f,..
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-05-05
NORTHERN pacific PLANS,
Chief Surveyor in Charge Of the Work
interviewed Recently.

= g C. Van Arsdil, chief engineer
!, charge of the Northern Pacific
york in this section, was seen by a
lewiston Tribune reporter recent,
" and gave out the following in
S'rmation as to the work.
The track on the Clearwater ex-
tension has almost reached Agatha,
70 miles from the mouth Of the
Potlatch, where it was stopped by
the county road overseers arresting
the workmep. 81 A'bond has been
GIVEN to secure the right-of-way
for the new county, road which the
railroad company has constructed
IN leu of the old road over which
the railroad track runs, and the
track will now be pushed on into
Agatha. Here there will be an
other delay on account of some
heavy rock work, bnt this over
come there will be no further delay
until Orc Elmo is reached. This is
81 miles above the mouth Of the
Potlatch, and will be reached by
the latter part Of May. A survey
ing party is now at work across the
Snake river from Lewiston, max
ing some slight change in the grade
of the line recently located from
Lewiston to Riparia and Engineer
Kopfs party is in the neighbor-
hood of Penewawa doing the same
kind of work. A surveying party
is on the South fork of Clearwater
above the mouth of Cottonwood,
but whether the road will be ex-
tended from Stuart to Buffalo
Hump will be determined by the
development Of that camp. At
present only 60 miles are contract
ed which will carry the road a little
above Stuart. The contract for the
l5-mile branch up Lapwai creek
has not yet been let although the
bids were opened some time ago.
However it is the intention of the
company to have the line complet.
ed in time to carry out this years
grain crop.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-05-05
SNOW ON THE HUMP.
On the SUBMITS Only the Tops
of the Trees are Visible.

Fifteen feet of snow and more
of it falling"-that is the terse way
in which Thomas Harris described
climatic conditions at the Buffalo
Hump to the Review. He has
Just returned from a three weeks
stay there, and started out from
the Hump on Monday last.
Monday night and Tuesday the
snow fell continuously, and pros
pectors declare that up in the
submits it is close to 80 feet deep.
At any rate, only the tops of good
sized pines remain visible.
GA few people are going into the
Hump, but the more sensible min
ing men are looking over the val.
leys of the Clearwater and the
Salmon, rather than spend theil
time in the Hump for the next two
months, waiting for the snow t.
get off. 1t will be close to thu
first of July before man will have
any excuse for going in there.
"Between the old town and tn,
new one at the camp, there ar
about 200 people on the ground
The old site is still well in the lead
and holds three-quarters of tn
total population.
Give or six claims are bein,
developed, and some little assess
ment work is under way. In orde
to do the required representation
the claim owner must dig dow
perhaps Is feet in order to get t
the ground, and the hole in tn
snow must be of sufficient size
contain the waste taken out i
sinking his little shaft.
son the Big Buffalo two shift
continue at work, and a gang {
men is building new sheet iro
hoist house 10 hold the steam Will
which will be installed. As
values that are found with dept
, in the property, / could leal
nothing definite.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-05-05
ROADS TO THE HUMP.
Difficult Travelling to Idaho 6
Famous Mines.


GRANGEvILLE, Idaho, April 10.
-(Staff correspondence - We
shudder at tales of hardship on the
Klondike trail, as if those expert
ences were new to the rushes at
tending mining excitements, but
close our eyes to the trials of North
western mining camps and trails.
Accounts of the perils OF the trip
up the Yukon from st. Michaels,
or down from Lake Bennett, on
Chilkoot pass or Valdes glacier,
thrill us, while stories Of equal
hazards in the Ceur d'Alenes or on
the trail to Buffalo Hump are re-
garded as commonplace. Passage
up the Columbia and Snake in the
rush of 1862 to Florence was
fraught with all the dangers and
hardships Of the Yukon journey.
The Idaho mountain trails today
are harder to travel than those in
the Klondike country, the excess
sive snowfall here rather more than
overwhelming the occasional lower
temperature on the Yukon. But
these places are too near home to
excite much interest. Even strikes,
which would stampede Oregonians
to the Klondike receive critical,
not to say hypercritical attention
when made in the local field. Yet
Idaho county has sent out many
times more gold than the Klondike
and there is no good reason te
doubt that it will do still better il
the coming years under systematic
development.
Diversified weather adds much tx
the picturesqueness of the country
and contributes to both the dis
comfort and the peril of travel. A
not less than four points between
Lewiston and Buffalo Hump, via
Elk City, does the road at this sea
son of the year rise into deep snow
and descend again into mud and il
some places into dust. Thus fire
uuent changes between wheels ant
runners are necessary, and al
hours drive will frequently tax
one from summer to winter ant
back again to spring blossoms an
caroling larks. Passing cloud
drop snow on the mountains an
rain in the valleys, with such &C
casional reversals of this rule a
becomes the fitful spring season
All the brooks are complaining
and every "dry creek" runs bank
full, as the warm south wind cal
into the snow banks. The war;
south wind is not SO persistent a
usual this year, however. 1t ha
been divi ling time with the chill
, ing breeze from the Blue mountain
of Oregon and chilling breeze ha
been able to preserve the snow Q
, the mountains to an unusual d'
gree. 1t will be late in June b.
fore Buffalo Hump claims will |
free from snow.
From Grangev in, most OF .,
l way is over de , snow. On u
: mountain sides he snow road
=. running like shelves, are becomli
v rotten, and are likely to break c
/ at most any place, plunging a hor
or an entire stage outfit into u
e deep, soft snow below, perhal
l. into a swollen mountain streai
Rescue from such situations is
# WAYS difficult, sometimes impo,s';,
e BILE. for the horses, at least. II
animal that founders about al
tries to get back in the road is lo'
IF for at each lunge he is sure TO
h carried further down the mountai
70 and, if the conditions are rlgI
-, - - ,1;Io That will car
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-05-05
reached early in the winter.

reached early in the winter.
The first practical develop
ment was instrumental in
bringing this great camp to
the front in the unprecsndent-
ed short time that surprised
the moving world. The ore
in the first level of the Jumbo
average SI7.oo across a seven
foot ledge On the lower
level the tunnel has been
driven 200 feet and the ledge
has been cross.cnt four times.
In this level the ore did not
run as hish as it did in the
upper level. The values
though on the average of 400
feet of tunnel have been re.
markably high for large
ledge. The ore is concentrate
ing and it is estimated that it
can be milled for four dollars
a ton. These figures would
give a return of a million dol.
lars to the ore now block ed
out. This is the one mine of
the camp that has passed hey.
ond the prospect stage.
The Big Buffalo shaft is
down forty feet. The great
ledge has grown richer and
wider with depth. The pay
streak has increased to ten
feet at the bottom. The val.
ues of this streak is up in the
hundreds to the ton. 1t is
| largely free milling and this
quality holds out with depth
to remarkable degree, when
the mi xture of silver, lead and
copper, with the gold, is con.
sidered.
These values in the Buffalo
are known to extend over a
distance of over three thous.
and feet, and the ledge aver
ages nearly twenty-five feet
over the while. The depth Of
the forty feet acquired and
the test made by the original
owners justify the old claim
still, that it is the greatest mine
in the world.
The mother lode is a great
property that shows volumes
of ore without development
The assay tests, general char
acter of the rock, and the loca
ton give it place at once as
one of the big propositions. A
million tons of ore are in sight
on the mother lode. This
property has just been PLACED
in Spokane, and it will be
worked as soon as the snow
disappears.
Every claim ON which de
velopment work has been done
in the Buffalo camp has grown
better with work and depth
This month was fixed upon by
the first investors as the date
on which the stage of develop
ment would be such that would
determine the standing of the
camp.
In every instance the devel
opment cas- been satisfactory
| The logical conclusion is thai
the permanence of Buffalo il
assured by results.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-05-05
SEVEN DEVILS RAILROAD.
Five Hundred Men Grading Up
the Weiser River.


The Weiser Signal publishes re-
specting the railroad work: The
active construction work on the
Pacific & Idaho Northern has been
greatly delayed by unavoidable cir
cumstances, the cars of grading and
construction supplies have been de-
layei much longer than neces- :
sary, chiefly on account Of high
water, but Sunday they were re-
ported this side of the big washout
in Wyoming. The contractors have
in the neighborhood of 100 teams
engaged to go to work, but the non
arrival of scYapers ties up that
branch of the work, with the\ ex-
ception of three small outfits work.
ing on sub-contracts. In the mean
time, in order to get to work at the
most pressing points, small lot of
scrapers were telegraphed for to
Portland. They arrived Monday.
Mr.. George G. Thompson, part
ner Of L. G. Wilkerson, has re-
turned from Salt Lake after get
ting the scattered forces of their
Utah outfits together, and the first
car OF construction outfit came Sat-
urday evening being composed
mostly of pile driving outfit and
donkey engine.
A tent camp is found in the old
town where Jap quarters are at
present located. The first INSTALL
ment of the little workers arrived
Monday from Nampa; $50 more
will arrive from Portland and by
the middle Of next week it is ex-
pected to have 500 in Weiser can
yon at the rock work. They are
contracted for at 1925 per day and
board themselves. They are steady
workers that can be depended
upon, and will greatly assist in
getting the road through to the
Devils on contracted time. The
employment Of this force will moi
interfere with anyone else who may
want to work on the road.
The surveying crew have II
miles of the road ready for the
graders and are showing on through
the Weiser canyon-the only legiti'
mate route, by the way, as the Sig
nal has previously stated.
Thomas Kelly has received wore
from the mills at Hilgard that thu
saws are turning out ties at the rat'
OF car a daylight or 10 carr
now being ready for shipment a
a moments notice.
One car of shovels and scraper
arrived Tuesday morning from st
Louis and by this time next weel
,ne grading will be going on at full
Colonel Moore has finished tn
plans for the company office
,reignt and passenger building
winch will cost in the neighbor
hood of SIS, 900.
q John Coghlan, the well know
y, ,, l.. track man, has been Ell
gagged with his gang to lay track
:; MI. Hall, the president, is no
u San Francisco and is expecte
!" Welser about Saturday.
Alex johnson is occupying til
Position OF secretary in the col
FRED Brockman has prospects
fe:.lng the superintendency of IL
NM MRS, Childs, daughter-in-law
h a.s; Moser, is in Grangeville wi
ner husband Tho,, oxnoct tn ma
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-05-05

d. A. McKinlay, who owns the
Mountain Gilt Edge dairy ranch,
brought into town today go dozen
eggs and 300 pounds Of butter. He
found ready sale for his first-class
produce at top prices.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-05-05
Odd Fellows Celebrate.
From Thursdays daily.

From Thursdays daily.
The local lodge of Odd Fellows
celebrated the eightieth anniversary
of the foundation of their order
last night.
A short and interesting program
having been rendered at the opera
house, the members of the order
with their wives, guests and friends
sojourned to the banquet room and
enjoyed an elegant spread.
Following the banquet those
present repaired to the lower hall
and tripped the light fantastic to
music furnished by DIR. and Mrs.
Riggs.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-05-05

The Buffalo Hump syndicate, Of
Spokane, has filed its articles Of
incorporation with the secretary of
state and designated John R. Nc
Donald of Grangeville as it's agent
in this state. 1t is a prospecting
company with a capital stock OF
$4,000. The directors are Chas.
sweeney, F. Lewis Clark, Willis
L. Goodspeed, III. J. Gibbon and
c. X. Edwards.
There are quite number o
handsome new stores on the poin'
of completion on Main street, ant
others are being planned. 1t is al
open secret that one of the oldes
mercantile firms will blossom ou
in the near future in a splendi'
new brick building, with an up-to
date plate glass front.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-05-05

Mr.. John Flittie has been in
stalled as solicitor Of the Standard.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-05-05

=
MARRIED.-The marriage took
place yesterday of G. w. Grove
and Miss E. Hollingshear, Judge
Hall officiating. Both parties are
well known in Grangeville. The
groom has interests at Buffalo
Hump and the bride is relative OF
Mr. and Mrs. Almond.
An addition has been made to
the firm of Lancaster & Devens,
Attorney John E. Jaques joining
forces with these gentlemen. The
offices OF the firm are now in the
Grange building. Messrs. Lancas;.,
ter & Devens will be on the trail or
at one or the other Of the mining
camps most Of the time, while Mr..
Jaques will attend to the office
business.
j. A. Burch got back from Elk
City late last night after a hard
trip. He took in load OF liquors
to supply the needs of the saloon
men, who, he says, are doing u
, good business. After Il trip to
/, Denver, Mr.. Burch will return; to
Grangeville to await the trial of
!, the youth charged with burglariz-
a ing the Denver saloon some months
! back.
e The Pomeroy independent con-
: graduates it's thriving community
/. for being not only out of debt, but
i having over SO, 200 in the treasury.
e The city has recently finished pay
o ing off an Indebtedness of $50, 600,
rs for its water plant, and has III
70 streets and roads about the. city il
is excellent repair. And Brothel
Mays smiles again, because TIE an,z
of 50, 900 more is about " " "a az
A. to the other three thousand, iron
/. lsssaloon licenses. . s:
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-05-05

Nm Mrs, Childs, daughter-in-law OF
h ,s; Moser, is in Grangeville with
t tse,l husband. They expect to make
'neir home here.