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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01

sort, are dropped down into the aperture.
Two men with crowbars give the blocK
a little shake, and the instant the block
moves in the slightest manner forward
the shot take up their purchase in the
space made, when the large cannon balls.
some measuring IA or Is inches, and
weighing 200 Or 800 pounds, are dropped
into the top of the gap. Now, the sligh.>
est outward jar by levers on the big
stone e these heavy cannon balls
dropping downward of their W weight,
until, with an eas forward motion, the
cube goes over OF its face.
These shot do away with any driv-
ing; of necessity their great weight In
proportion to their size forces them
downward, n their form prevents any
chance of backward setting of the
block.
These annon balls are. also used as
rollers. as they tax up and go over h
Inequalities Of the quarry surface, ana
can be rolled in any direction without
resetting, thus doing away with the old
style wooden rollers.
They are also used to smother heavy
clearing-out blasts. Heavy O mats
are thrown over the surface where the
blast has been set, and these cannon
balls are thrown on h mats."-BOston
Daily Globe. s.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01

by night, the chinchilla seldom being
visible in the daytime. The nights are
cool and clear, and there being but lit
tie vegetation at the height where the
chinchilla are caught, the mountains are
for a long period each month illuminat-
ed by the ray of the moon, enabling
the Indians to move about with great
agility for their prey. The ~chinchilla
lives principally Of herbs. and often
when it comes out to feed is trapped by
the Indians. n
-Four times a year the tribes descend
into the mi-civilized villages at the
base of the mountains with their skins.
There they are met by the various agents
of the European fur houses. One Ameri-
can house has its representative there,
too. The occasion of the Indians, arriv-
al is usually made a religious festival.
George Herzig, the only American
agent there. says he paid one tribe of
thirty Indians for the firm by whom he
Is employed as much as $50, 0OO-in ma
tive money, which is equivalent to $780,
0O0in American money-last year for
skins. This the Indians converted prin-
cipally into mule and lama stock, by
which they estimate their wealth.-Chi-
cage Times-Herald
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01


Edward "A. Morley, republican candi-
date for the legislature in Silver Bow
county, was born in Wisconsin 81 years
ago, and lived in the state of his birth
until about four years ago. For more
than a decade Mr.. Morley was an ac-
countantw with the Wisconsin Central rail-
road, with headquarters. at Waukesha.
He came to Montana. in fact. to do audit
ing for the Anaconda company. and
finally engaged in the real estate busi-
ness, his firm being known as Conroy &
Morley. He has never. been in politics
until the present campaign, his efforts
heretofore having been directed to bust
ness solely. Mr.. Morley was educated in
the common schools of hisnative state,
finishing his studies at an academy at
Oshkosh. He has been married seven
years.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01

or Butte and until recently was connect
eo IN various capacities with the firm of
Bennett Bros. & Co.. He was secretary
OF the Montana Mining and Immigra-
ton association, vice president of the
Butte Chamber Of Commerce and secre-
tary Of the Butte and Ruby Valley
Smelling company. He owns extensive
mining interests in Silver Bow, Deer
Lodge, Jefferson, Madison and Carbon
counties. He takes considerable inter-
est In athletics, being the former secre-
tary of the Montana State Baseball
club and now president of the Butte
club.
He has been an active member of
the republican party for the past 16
years, but never before a candidate for
office. He is an earnest advocate of
party harmony and ever ready to par
ticipate In any movement tending to
advance the interests of the party.
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A dynamite cartridge. with a time fuse
attached is then discharged in the center
of the net, which frightens the chinchilla
so that they leave their holes and scam
per wildly to and fro about the space in
side the net. The Indians then dash into
the arena with clubs n kill them by
striking them over the head. This is con-
sidered the easiest and best method of
killing them, as it does not in any way
damage the skins, which vary in value
from So to SIS each. When it is consid-
cred that as many as 100 animals are
killed in one sortie of this character the
value of the skins to the Indians, who
are shrewd commercial traders, may be
ime Sined.
Some of the tribe own ferrets, which
they use to good advantage. They pay
as much as IS for one. The ferrets are
taken to the mountain tops and sent
through the burrows, chasing the chin
dhilla out into the open, where they are
dubbed to death with celebrity by the
waiting Indians. The skins are removed
Immediately n placed on shrubs 70 dry.
The evening meal of the trappers often
consists of the BODIES of the slain rodents,
the meat OF which is white and tender.
The hearts Of the latter are given to the
derress. a'
A great part of the trapping is done
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01

Josiah Hodge was born In Deyunsnlre,
England, about As years, ago, but came
to America q years ago. For the last
Is years he has been a resident Of Walk
~erville, and is at present employed in the
capacity of shift boss of the Mountain
View mine. For many years he held inn
portant positions in the Alice mine. He
has followed mining.ever since he came
to the state of Montana, and the men
who have worked with him during that
time know hat he has always been a
stanch and consistent republican, who
always had the interests of the working
men at heart. f
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01

world of meaning into a few words. TO
illustrate this, n of the Tammany
leaders has been telling a little story
about him. se-r
1t seems that Mr.. roker met Mi. ].
Sergeant Cram in City Hall park one
day, just after he had returned from
Europe; for. as all the world knows Mr.,
Croker was in England when the ice
trust trouble came on. Mr.. Cram had
just met with a severe accident. having
broken his arm below the elbow, Int he
had it heavily bandaged and in a sling.
AS the two men met and shook hands,
Mr.. Cram extended his left hand, ex-
planning his action by an a%pologetic look
at his bandaged arm. =
T We'll, Sergeant" said Mr.. Croke h
Ibid you slip up IN the ice saturday
Evening Post.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01
HE SAW.

The drummer was telling his cockney
friend his latest story.
"A chap out west" he said, twas about
to go into business for himself. He
hadn't much capital. but he had lots OF
pluck. A hard-headed only uncle asked
him one day what lines of goods he ex-
pected to carry.
It. am not certain yet.' he answered
him. except h I shall carry a full line
of courage
Hint his old uncle snorted. "A line
Of courage is nothing but a rope Of
sand" !.
"I see." exclaimed the cockney; ''you
carn't make q rope Of sand! Hawi
Haw."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01

We're piled in pyramids along the main
street of the navy yard at Chrlestown,
We purchased a lot of them, with little
thought Of converting them into n y
thing beside pig iron. But a.few weeks
after we had stored them here I over
heard a quarry owner complaining of
the slowness and uncertainty of the old
system of steel wedging used in getting
out huge blocks Of granite, and after a
bit of thought I suggested the use of
cannon balls in the place of the steel
wedges. We sent about twenty of vart-
Gus sizes and weights out to his quarry,
and after the first trial he hurried a
team in here with q note that read:
:. Tried the cannon balls; they are it.
Send fifty more; hav thrown the steel
wedges away -
THE experience of this man led us to
send the cannon balls n solid shot to
other quarry operators, and within the
past month the orders have been COM
ing in SO thickly we can scarcely hll
them from The stock on hand.
1.-THE method used in getting out great
cubes of monoliths from the granite and
marble quarries has been to drive steel
wedges along the line of the lower pOr-
ton of the split made by a blast until
the great chunk of stone topples over on
its face.
1T required a deal Of time and a num-
her Of men with big iron sledges and
steel wedges to separate these cubes
from the quarry wall from which they
had been started by the blast.
.The method now pursued with the
nno balls is to start the block Of stone
away by q. light blast, and then between
the quarry-faces and the block several of
the smaller .solid .shQts ueuAlly the 4-inch
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01
HUNTING THE CHINCHILLA.

Killing Chinchilla with the aid of dyna-
mite is one of the lucrative pastimes of
the South American ndian which en-
riches the m of the world very
considerably. This season more than ever
chinchilla has been the fashionable fur
used in the manufacture of cloak and
muffs and for the trimming Of costly
hats.
High in the mountains the nimble-
footed chinchilla are caught and killed
by half-savage Indians. Tact n skill
are needed to allure the cautious little
animal from its hole in the earth. Orig
inally the Indians used to use cactus
prongs, which are long and sharp, to
capture them in their holes by impaling
htem on the end OF this natural spear.
This punctured the skin and impaired
Its value. The %trappers tried to smoke
the chinchilla out by making great fires
near the entrance OF the burrows. but
Che smoke. 1t was found, caused the kin
10 turn yellow, which seriously depreciat-
,ed Its value. Now the more progressive
indians use dynamite.
A1fter locating the chinchflla, they form
. network OF grass and hardy plants.
(which 10 placed around the hill on the
side Of which the animal digs its holes.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01

Michael A Berger, one OF the twelve
men selected to represent Silver Bow
county in the next legislature of the
state. was born in Malad, Idaho, in 1871.
He received his early education in III
public schools, afterwards attending the
military academy at Ogden, from which
he was graduated in 1892. Since then
he has been the business for
the Inter Mountain Publishing
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01
QUEER USES FOR CANNON BALL.

Cannon balls for blasting!"
This sign, hung in a conspicuous place
before the door Of a store on Atlantic
avenue, led a reporter inside and started
a bit of questioning upon the subject.
The proprietor said: - goa
LAS fail when the United States gov-
eminent sold, all of the old cannon balls
and solid shot which for sO~1nany years
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01
RICHARD cRoKER's ICY HUMoR.

All the politicians In New York know
about Mr.. Richard Crokerss soreness
over the ice trust tangle. :.
The democratic boss" brought some
Of his Irish humor to play. upon those
who. ds he thought. q at least beeu
indiscreet, and MI. Croker can pvt .
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01

Sewell w. Davis, nominee for the
legislature, was born at Truckee Mead
ows, New, September 3, 1863, n lived
in Austin and White Pin during the
palmy days of these two mining camps.
He removed to Salt Lake in 1870 and
graduated at the Collegiate institute of
that city. In 1880 he came to Montana
and has resided here ever since. For
the past Is years he has been a resident
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01

George Bllnn, candidate for the legis-
lature was born in Cincinnati, August
%, 1856, and came to Montana in 1886.
For a number of years prior he had
been following his profession as engi-
neer in Leadville. He has had charge
of several large plants during his resi-
dence in the state. He served as state
boiler inspector for Montana for four
years, under Governor Richards.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01

george Pascoe vas porn IN england
in 1915 and came to Butte in 1872, where
he has resided ever since. He served
in the city council for eight years, be-
ing president of the council for two
years, and a member of all important
committees at all times. He possesses
all the qualifications needed to legislate
for the people n will ever be found
in line for his party.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01

D. J. uiard Is one or the Industrious
young men of Butte. He has been a
resident of this city for II years. He
was born at Iberville. province of Que
bee, March 2, 1872, and graduated at
the Montreal business college prior to
his departure for Butte. He has been
engaged in business for several years,
being a member of the firm Of Giard
Brothers of Park street.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01

George A. Clark is a down east
Yanke and a native of Connecticut.
He has been In Montana several years.
He is an attorney of exceptional ability
and was formerly the legal adviser of
the old Parrot company, He is sociable,
honest And able, and is thoroughly
qualified in. every way to legislate for
the people OF the state.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01

Thomas DriscoIl was born at Buck
ingham, Province Quebec, july 1851.
and came to Butte in May, 1879. He
was a member Of the city counc of
Butte in 1892. For fifteen years he has
held the position of blacksmith for the
Anaconda company. He has always
been a loyal republican and has not an
enemy in the county.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-01

E. y. Miles is one OF the pioneers Of
the Treasure State. He was born in
New Brunswick, in December, 1914, and
came to Alder Gulch in 1866. He was a
resident of Virginia City until 1870, when
he located his ranch in the Deer Lodge
valley, since which time he has been en-
gagged in farming and stockraising.
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Pain
in the
Stomach

Loss of appetite, nervousness, head
ache, sleepless nights, an irritable
temper and wasting OF flesh mark
the dyspe ptic. His stomach needs
nerve force to make it work, just as
a steam engine needs steam. When
a man finds that he is using up his
vital powers faster than nature can
replenish them II Is time for him to
call halt. Soothc and quiet the
irritated nerves, strengthen and in
vigorate the stomach. give the tired
brain rest and sleep, and he will get
we'll. The quickest way, the cas-
lest way and the best way to do
this is to ask your druggist for
bottle Of
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and is IN ore the entire distance. IL u
estimated that there 81 now $4,000 worth
OF ore IN sight
Tho new ST. Eugene concentration Mt
M0yie II. G.. VIII be run in the day
time until about May |, when night
shift viii De put on, IL has capacity of
so tons day.
The Farrell group q copper claims on
snake TYR q, = anasr hnad ihe amonnt
20 be about ss1pp. The group adJolns tho
Vaughan mine
The arst month's run Of the ton-stamp
mill NJ the yellowstone mine NFnir. has
resulted IN a product OF 81. 100 In gold bull
lon and about t2.oo IN concentrates,
The Canadian King mine AZ Ymir is
nov shipping ore to the NuFthport smei@
tWr. The value ~ the last carload rnach-
"a $50 per ton The shaft has now at
tanned a great depth
II r. reported al Murray, idaho, that
the 6tonewall hae been bonded 80 Butte
parties for $4,000. u II the best de-
velpped claitn ~ she siiyrr.lead belt on
l'richara creek, having Shipped more ore
than all the others conlbpe8-
work has been resumed on the Rnld
Eagle after ehntJpwn of over year,
This mine Is about eight mites north ~
Northpart = Aug lfeinxe and associates
ehine9 we S sna workeS rom sss f ~ s men
for nearly year, and then mysteFiouAiy
cult
There r. now large amount n work
done on tho pardantNes on wild Horse
rreek Vast NunterAE. 81 posing "a strong
ledge rsrryiag mEh valura IN gold An
and q guod workable tosi made theratsy
of thc value ~ tie quartz ard the prnl-
erty - now held ~ the tidy valuation q
sl03He, and - likely 70 be sold for that
Fees persona ara aware that On Perry
creek IN Fact kDotenaY there il an
enormous amount ~ gravel carving gold
iu paying quantities. LAST simmer about
go wurth vac taken out by sDfnsWhat
primitive mt htos hs AZ experiment. aud
a uBeh lursnr ctharsun 81 iDuked Tor this
Tear THERE 's greet opening for .
hrarauiir uine properly equipped nnd
vifn SIMPLE capital 90 Wcrk 0n n large
scale.
The nrst reraisF shinteent n oFs IN
Nafihpsrf atnslsar vas aiseasefsd w W.
tfih Twelve care went down. ard fis
rati@ay anlnoriiiea base Resolved in
3g future nena from fWelvr fo Hffaep eara
aallF this amount whitsH IL arranged FIR
fgfSn. Mssk q. shipment rrgm ho ~
fhs taunaKe exported wiu nesfis at-
ifoach 500 tons
Exploratory wors Witch has recently
bern some ~ ths Eiasraaa rrusp -
f1fguf}ue cfHfk. TIaif aiefrltt. han stlsne3
go remarkable vriH. sag iaas ftAm e
.,.. TIC iunnfl.
fss,fmail au8 hhs exposed sgfne rafnhfa-
.e3f fif sAtFes ofe aeesylHR up ia go
showu tlr fati Nt1th ~ ~ yain. ana ~
fhc hAR - wal 81 feat away streak
= rE vsisna cod ifan salhiies @as
aiaaasfrei Tns vein haH fraa cfaaseat
frorn tAr f4t.f geaU far rs fgrs
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advantage by the installation of electric
power. We shall obtain from SiniiK@-
There is a great body. OF water with
a IAN Of Is feet. which Will furnish
enough power not only for our mine put
sSr very other miles around. The whole
country is waiting for the power 10 De
furnished hy this company.
'sThe mine viii be run as economicails.
ne nossihle for some months TO come ana
cra VIII be- blocked out sufficient To war
rant our putting IN twenty more stanps
in the Fall The Great Northern railway
yin he built this year to Ronaparte
,.rgst within fifteen miles OF the prop
ertV and WIN be extended to Repunhc
NEXT wear We shall be able 70 bring IN
sad instead Of hauling them sixty miles,
as al present.
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NEWS and GOSSIP Of THE MINING WORLD.

this article has been found in quantities. in
the island OF Panay near lloiio, and On
the island Of Cebu, There Is a great de-
mand on all the islands Of the group for
petroleum oil for lighting and general pur-
poses OF cooking. The present cost OF the
OF Is exceedingly high and il is usually
sold in bottles quart bottles retailing at
10 cents each, American money. rAis
makes It costly to have lights burning 70
any great extent. yet the natives use tie
petroleum oil very freely. Their oil &c
count Is often one-half their expense Of
living.
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FOR VANCOUVER. b. c.. DIRECT.
STEAMER NORTH PACIFIC.

Mcwiliams ...... Master
Leaves Yesler wharf every Monday.
"wednesday and Friday at p m
Arrives Vancouver 10 a. m. following
day.
Leaves Vancouver every Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday at y. m.
Arrives at Seattle al 10 a. m following
day.
Connects at Vancouver with c. +. r.
trains for all points East. and with steam
ers for Nanaimo, Comox, Victoria, New
Westminster and Texada island ports.
Freight will not be received al Seattle
after .. m on day OF sailing
For freight or passage apply at tho Of
nee OF the Vancouver line. Yesler wharf.
Telephone. Red 1881
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BIoCkING OFT oar
strafEhtenIng oat Mistakes of aaa-
nz~m~nt ia OLanoasn.

* S. Peiaer. secretary ~ the OEaneRan
Free Gold mlHes. Says.
we have eVur Sffa tons % ore hipc ked
out ready for st0plag ard have struck
the main ledge axain in fhe lower futl-
mel A. present We are da3nE uofhluG
bat strouG development ard stralgnteu-
ing out ths. mistakes OF The former mar
agesneat Most o. our values are lu lpw
GRADE ors which can be E1llled 70 great
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"Boss" SHEPHERDS MINES.
Completion of the Great BonanEn
Tunnel nj Batoptiax.

Gov Alexander X. Shepherd. for twenty
years past general manager OF the Batopi-
las Mining Company. which covers the
operations OF the mines Tor the years lSN
and 1899. show that the last has been n
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-21
REMARKABLE CURES
BY DIR. Powell Reeves. KOrn
Block, Seattle, Wash.

For ten years he has practiced in the
state OF Washington and on this
coast. the oldest specialist In Wash
ington his success I'm curing people IL
really wonderful. and why he cures
when others fail ia based on these
facts:
He has no hired substitutes; does his
own prescribing. furnishes all medi-
cines at his office. made from the
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GOLD IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Existence Of the Precious Metal
in Many Interior Places.
CRUDE MINING BY NATIVES.

Grasshopper Eaters in the Mineral
Regions-Parties of Amer,r,,
Miners Prospecting the FormiJ-
able Ranges-Evidence of Rich
Quartz Mines-Province. i'm which
Gold and silver Have Been hound.
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SEATTLE EVERETT NAVIGATION
COMPANY.
60 on TuE GREYHoUND.

SEATTLE. EVERETT AND EDMONDs
ROUTE
Time eari-Lcave Seattle e. n. u m.
and D m Leaves EVeFstt Sis a. m {. %
. n and TBS 3 III.
Three round trigA daily except Sunday.
Connections-At Seattle with ne steamer
Flyer for Tacoma ~ Everett with the
steamer Mikato tu- SnchcmiSh and with
the Everett; 4 Monte Cr.sto railway for
Monte Cristo and way stations.
COlmAn dock. seattle MeTchGntT dock.
Everett Te,ephcne- Seattle. Red ~:
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Address business letters 10 tank ~ CAM
Nome. Nome Alaska E0F Information ia
a1lre AZ First National Bank Seattle AZ.
b. so.ner. manager.
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purest herbs, to cure the most obstl-
nate disease: his charges are very rea-
sonable. and within the reach OF all.
The poor he treats free. Call at his
office and read the sworn testimonials
All diseases peculiar to women. eye,
ear, nose, throat. lung, kidney, rup-
ture, catarrh and lost manhood com
pletely cured by the old doctor.
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TnE rAvoR,rE .. 8 MAIL sTEAMEF

THE FAVORs rE Z. g MAI. STEAMER
STATE OF WASHINGTON
Has now resumed her regular run be-
tween Seattle, Everett Anacortes. Fair
haven and NhAtcom, daily except Satur-
DAY az 10 p ms, froru YesieT wharf
This palatAl and popular steamer -
Just from the hsnas q the shipwright,
ma hinist ana decorator. and ~ splendid
conditions for this seasons business
Elegant statefuplnA and cuisine the best.
The travelling public o4u now be assured
% rapi1 Transit and 1uick dispatch q
freight the state" being tho only daily
boat oB she Srattlc~N hAtcorn route
PACIFIC $ANfGATION Co,
phOns Main slr Nesler wharf.
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WiSdom's Roberttne corrects all
blemishes of the face and makes a
beautiful complexion.