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PROPOSED NEW JAIL.

There is a possibility that the county
Jail will be enlarged within the next
two years to accommodate prisoners
who do not care to be accommodated.
The present quarters are said to be too
small to meet the demand upon it.
During the last few years it has been
d, hard matter to find room for the al
legged Migrants and criminals arrested.
The sheriff receives so cents a day for
boarding each prisoner. He gives them
two meals a day. Joseph Shafer, a
mulatto, has the distinction Of having
spent a longer continuous period in the
county bastile than any other one man.
He was arrested early in August of
1897 for the murder of John Hawkins,
another colored man, in an East Galena
street saloon, and since that time he
has never spent a night outside of the
Jail. Up to date he has served about
1900 days. He has been tried twice and
convicted of murder in the first degree
each time, but an appeal IN an applica-
ton for a third trial is now pending
before the supreme court. If the say
ing is true, hat a year in the county
jail is equal to three years in the peni-
tertiary, Shafer has spent ten years
in prison for his crime, and does not
know yet at which station he will get
off if he lives through the ordeal.
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STORY OF THE MAYFL0WER NINE
One OF the Wonderfully Rich Mines Of Madison County
and the History OF Its Accidental Discovery.

in the endeavor to find the continuation
of the rich ore chute, but if it exists, it
is, up to the present time. an unknown
quantity.
1t is apparently simply a big chimney
of telluride ore that descends into the
earth almost PRECAUTIONARY. 1t is the
only telluride mine in the state. The ore
lies in a tissure vein between a huge
quartzite reef. Various theories have
been advanced to account for the forma-
ton of this ore body. Prof. Enlmons. of
the United States geological survey, who
made a thorough examination of the
mine for the government, expresses the
belief hat the ore came up from below
in the gasses. Others claim that it is
a water formation. Be that as it may.
it is a fact hat the ore body. time and
again, has pinched out, only to re-
appear stronger and richer than ever.
and several times the present owners
We're on the point of abandoning work.
Largely upon the advice of Joseph *.
Clark, however, work was resumed and
the ore body relocated.
This element Of luck entered very large
ly into the discovery Of the Maytlower.
For many years some of the most en-
perienced ~prospectors of the state had
wandered UP and down that steep noun
tain side. stumbling over the rich float.
with which the hill was covered. kicking
it from beneath their feet little dream
ing of the treasure that nature had
stored at the point of the Irregular reef.
To eyes accustomed to all the known
gold quartz of the state at that time
the rock presented no special feature
that would excite even passing curiosity.
and in fact it differed in appearance in
no way from the mammoth ledge of
brown rock above. from which it had ap-
p~arently been broken. The best pros
pector in the unit would not give that
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Montana has produced some wonder
full mines ana wonders in Montana mines
will probably never cease, but the May
flower mine, in old Madison county, is
entitled TO as much credit as any Yet
discovered: not Oh the score OF big div!-
dends paid. perhaps. or as furnishing
employment 10 a mall army Of men, but
as serving. in a measure, to illustrate
how some people stumbled over good for
tune. and as strikinsly suggestive of the
opportunities that await others who
de!ve ~ Mother Earth.
There are many Maytiower mines in
Montana, but there is only one mine of
that name on record. and that is the one
located across the Jefferson river from
Whitehall. 1t is owned by Hon. w. A.
Clark. and associates of Butte II it has
produced over two millions of dollars
worth of gold during the past four years.
1t has been worked to a depth Of about
a thousand feet. and at present gives
promise of a long life and increased div
idenIs to it's owners. That it will con
tinue to pay dividends for some time to
come may be judged from the fact that
one pillar of ore in the mine, which has
never been touched, is valued at 100000.
One of the strange Features Of the
country in Which this mine is located is
that there is not another paying mine
in the whole district. The Mayflower To-
cation was made at the southern ex-
trenity Of a big limestone ridge or reef
which juts out Of a steep hill. This reef
extends to the Jefferson river, about
three miles beyond, and although pros
pectei Very carefully from end to end.
not a color OF gold has been found at
any point except where the rich ore
chute was discovered at the Mayhower.
Thousands of dollars have been spent
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no heavy enough to make him hump
backed carrying it home, but it is not
quite SO small as that of the count
surveyor.
When it comes down to real work, the
county clerk and recorders office is the
place to see it. John E. Moran, the re-
corder-in-chief, has a crew of six very
efficient deputies, and during working
~hours-seven a day-they do very little
loafing. In fact, they have no time to
loaf. All documents filed, such as deeds
and mortgages, must be copied into
books kept for that purpose, and it de-
wolves upon them to do it. AS an il
lustration of the business done in Mr..
Moran's office, it nay be stated that dur
ing the last eleven months 1904 docu-
ments exclusive of the cancellation of
mortgages have been filed for record
and copied into books by four deputies,
Messrs. II. E. Burke, w. H. Sheerfn.
J. P. Egan and NJ. J. Sheehan. Messrs.
w. X. Quarles and N. w. Simmons. also
deputies, look after other business in
the office. March was the banner
month of the eleven $50 filings being
made, but May, October and November
were not far behind, each having a rec
ord of over 800. During Mr.. Moran's
term of office 277 liens and 1917 chattel
mortgages have been filed.
The office of the clerk of the court is
also a busy place there being much
detail work therein requiring the atten-
ton of the men employed. In this office
all legal documents in connection with
the bushes of the two departments of
the court are preerved by Clinton c.
Clark and his able corps of deputies.
During the four years Mr.. Clark has
held the office of clerk of the court
he has given his entire time to the du-
ties devolving Upon him. He is usually
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big ledge a second thought. Its immen-
sity alone would seem to preclude the
probability of it containing rich mineral.
and only a novice in mining would have
ever thought of having it assayed.
And SO it happened.
Bob Fair. the ~well-known druggist
of Butte, r. w. Clark and Il. Nj. Clark,
twin brothers, had been mining for some
months in that locality. Their partner in
the mining enterprise was Charles Pruett
who owned a ranch a few miles beyond.
They We're meeting With poor success.
They had made some locations on a hill
side below the limestone reef and had
taken out a few small punches of ore.
but these We're soon exhausted, and the
owners were on the point Of suspending
operations. Early in May, 1896. Messrs.
Clark ana Fair made a trip to the mine.
Walking uD the hillside from their To-
cation, Mr.. Fair stopped down to eXam-
inc a piece of rock and handed it to Mr..
Clark. With the remark that it might
contain some values. Mr.. Pruett was
asked his opinion and he laughed at the
idea. There is a whole mountain of that
kind of rock up yonder," said Mr.. Pruett.
pointing UP the hill. Il have panned
it several times and never got a color.
There's nothing in it."
Mr.. Clark was skeptical also. but he
placed the rock in his pocket and carried
it with him to Butte. He was the as
sayer for the Parrot company at that
time. and a few days later he made an
assay Of the rock. The result of the as
say astonished him for it showed a value
of more than $500 to the ton.
A second assay was made and the re-
suit was about the same. Mr.. Clark
Communicated the good news to Fair,
and a hasty trip was made to the place.
Step by step they traced the float up the
hill until they found the outcrop at the
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point of the bluff. Anassay from the face
of the ore body gave returns of about
$500 in gold to the ton. and the Butte men
then realized that they had a fortune in
sight. n force of men was employed at
once. and So 900 worth Of float rock was
shipped. Then a pillow was secured and
the ground around the point of discov-
cry was plowed up and shipped. 1t was
AN actual fact that the roots of the trees
at''the point where the discovery was
made assayed 5000 to the ton.
An amended location was Immediately
made taking in the rich ore body. The
hillside was stripped disclosing a splen-
did face of ore. 1t was like quarry7ing
out building rock. Several cars of rich
ore were shipped and strenuous efforts
We're made to keep the discovery a Sc
cret. but. the news soon leaked out. and
a big stampede followed. The neighbour
ing ranchers deserted their haytields and
prosoectors tlocked in from everywhere.
In a few days the entire country had
been staked off. Then began the trouble.
Claims We're jumped by the wholesale
and on the slightest pretext. tunnels
We're driven into the mountain side and
shafts We're SUM The man with the
Pick was everywhere, and every claim
cwner thought he had another May
flower.
Then came the mining expert. The
owners of the Mayt1ower feared litiga-
ton and We're willing and anxious to
sell. They had also found a red clay
seam coming in on the ledge. and this
they feared would cut out the ore. They
had shipped about 800, 900 worth Of ore
from the hillside. They had $Sv, 100 worth
of ore in sight. 1t was 4 guess as to the
amount of ore below. J. X. Clark Of
fered $3.50, 600. and the locaters accepted
the offer. 1t was the greatest purchase
Joe Clark ever made.
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as soon as possible, thereby adding ma
to the school fund.-
DoUBLE-HEAD HOMESTEADER

DOUBLE-HEAD HOMESTEADER
an interesting story of his discovery of
an attempt to hold homestead rights in
Doth the United States and Canada by
a Choteau county farmer. He says:
There We're two contests during the
year: one with James Wright. of Choteau
county. who had resided upon a piece
of land several years. and one year be-
fore he filed his paper for final proof
removed a part OF his household goods,
also 16 head of cattle, eight horses, farm
implements and several other implements
TO the Dominion of Canada, being al
lowed to enter them free OF duty on a
sworn statement that he Intended to ake
up a farm in Canada ana cultivate it.
Upon investigation at the custom house,
i found that a year later he again cross
ed the line With several head of cattle,
eight horses, also farm implements. and
I 10, escape paying duty, swore to a SINH
lar statement as to his settlement in the
] United States, one being signed by James
Wright and the other being signed by
James B. Wright.
SOLD HIS AMERICAN CLAIM.
The land not having any hling on It,
NN "a SSiSSASu - VII ouC vi IL VISITS
found the lane occupied by one Nose
Pugsley. who informs me that he and
7 his brother purchased the house and 9TH
er improvements from Mr.. Wright, and
that Mr.. Wright would prove up on the
Hand and deed the same to Pugsley broth
ets. l informed Mr.. Pussley that the
state had already selected the land, but
he thought / might be mistaken. The
100 acres involved in this contest are
worth not less than $40 per acre, and
susges that the board use every effor,
to protect it's rights and prevent the sci.
eetion from being cancelled.
The other contest case is against G
II. Merrill to cancel his desert fling or
section Sc, township 20 north, range 1,
east, for the reason that the sa1d lani
was known to be school lana at the tim,
of the filing"
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THE DOMAIN OF MONTANA
INCREASED LAST YEAR BY OVER 100000 ACREs-sTATE LAND
AGENT CHOOSES TRACTS OF PRESENT VALUE.

The annual report of Henry Neill, state
land agent, for the year ending Novem-
Der 30, shows that much progress has
been made in the selection OF state land
and a large increase has besn made in the
revenue from that source. Mr.. Nein
says:
There were selected in the past year
by your agent 2SS. S14.S9 acres of land,
7,34O acres of which is valuable as tim
Der land, and the remainder Is grazing
land selected on the application of pros
pective ~lessees. Two hundre and eight
thousand, six hundred and ninety acres
have been placed under lease at the rate
of $50 per section per mum Four thous-
and acres selected in the Judith basin
are fine bench land, and it Is the belief
of your agent that this al will soon
be worth $40 per acre, as most of it can
be farmed. 1t has been my policy dur
ing the performance of my official duties
to select sue lands as would prove val
liable in the near future, without waiting
for some applicant to lease.
NEARLY ALL FOR SCHOOL FUND.
Nearly all this land selected is placed
to the credit of the school n as in
uClIliIlly IN Aoho II { III NSISA'S
Is and s6, which fall within the Fort
Peck and Blackfeet reservations, and
part of the Bitter Root and Lewis and
Clarke forest reserve. All the lands de-
sired to be relinquished by the board
nave been fully covered by indemnity
selections.
There are remaining approximately
500. 900 acres of school land tied up in
| Indian and forest Reserves vet the
state will surrender these lands and Sc
cure others in lieu thereof. the lands SO
taken would be leased at the rate of $50
per section per annum, making an annua
rental of ST., 500. 1t is fair to presume
that some of those reserves will not be
thrown open for twenty-five years. II
the state in the meantime had her lands
to lease. the school fund would be in
creased over 81 500, 600. I believe it would
lie a wise policy for the state to relin-
eu.sh t,cse Sahs61 lands in these reserves
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

the first one on deck in the morning
and the last one to leave at night. Be-
sides handling the new suits begun in
the district court, all marriage licenses
and naturalization papers are issued
from this office. The latter business
this yea has been enormous for a city
the size of Butte, nearly 1900 persons
having been granted final papers.
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with which some of the attorneys In CIV
il cases seek delay In the trial OF causes
in which they appear on one side or the
other. 1t frequently happens that after
the judge has set Il number of cases for
trial the attorneys enter the court room
at the last minute before the hour for
the first one to be taken up and ask
for a ~postponement for some alleged good
reason. Judge Clancy always finds fault
with this sort of practice. never fail
ing to call the attention of the lawyers
to the fact that thirty-four jurors are
drawing SO a day a from the county
and that it is his desire to keep them at
work during the term.
Everything considered, Judge Clancy
has made a good record for himself dur
ing the last four years and Will doubtless
improve upon it during the next four.
Within the last eleven months he has
tried about siNty-five civil suits, half of
which We're divorce actions; kept we'll
up with the criminal work and natur-
allied fully 1000 aliens. He has also dis
posed of a large batch of motions and
other eXparte matters.
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MARRIAGES AND NEW SUITS.

The marriage business in Silver Bow
county during the first eleven months of
this year was neither good nor bad
if the records of the court are a criterion
by which to judge. Up to the 1st of De-
cember 500 licenses had been Issued by
the clerk of the court. which is a slight
falling OFF over the same period last year..
1t may be, however, that the number for
the entire year will exceed that of 1899,
for there will probably be a rush along
about Christmas.
AS to the commencement of new ac-
tons there appears to have been
no decrease oyer the first eleven
months of last year. With the
close of, November 81 complaints
had been filed since January l and
more We're in course of preparation.
These suits embrace all sorts of causes
of action, some being justice court APP
peais in which the amounts involved
range from SO to $500. while others are of
vast Importance to both plaintiff and de-
PENDANT, as their result may mean the
loss of many thousand dollars by one
side and a gain of several thousand by
the other; or a loss of many thousands
by both sides and a considerable gain by
the attorneys. In some cases it means
the loss of a husband or wife. which
may be considered by the parties as ar
all-round gain.
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COUNTY


An Office is Silver Bow county is not
a bad thing to have, but in some of
those handed out every two years there
is lots of work to be done each day.
This work, however, is performed prin-
cipally by deputies to the heal men,
as the latter are the choice of the cleo
tors and do not have to do anything
except see to it that the deputies han
die matters properly. With the excep-
ton of the Office of county attorney,
judge of the district court, public ad-
ministrator and surveyor, the latter of
which is not worth having for the
money there is in it, all of the offices
are good paying propositions. The
judges of the court receive $4,000 a year,
and in view of the fact that they do
all of the work of their departments
themselves, they are poorly paid. not
receiving half as much compensation
as the heads of other departments when
the question, of ability and the deputy
business is considered.
The county attorney is another Off
| cial who works: at least Mr.. Connolly
has since he ssumed control of that
department two years ago. He. too,
has deputies. but there is, at times. la
not heavy enough to make him hump
The salary of the COUNT attorney IS
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-07
MEMORANDA.

The Kinau yesterday brought 81 cat
tie, horse, 81 bags cabbages, "a hogs,
293 bags potatoes, 81 bags corn and 1872
packages of sundries.
The sugar sent to San Francisco on
the Annie johnson from Hilo was from
the following plantations: Waiakea,
1850, Pepeekeo $500, Hilo Sugar Com
pany $500, Hakalau 1O,03S. The cargo
of the S. G.. Wilder was 400 Onomea,
1872 Honokaa, 1,400 Pacific Sugar Mill,
1000 Honomu.
The Hongkong Maru was sighted
late in the evening yesterday and came
to anchor outside the harbor at about
II o'clock. Hackfeld's scow went out
to her at 1 o'clock this morning, bring
ing mails and newspaper files ashore.
The steamer had small list of passen-
gers and no freight for Honolulu.
The steamer Czarina left San Fran
cisco on the 28th and should have been
here at least by this morning.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 23.-The
bark Highland Light, from Nanaimo
for Lahaina, Hawaiian Islands, came
! into port this afternoon partly disman-
| tied and with a heavy list to starboard.
From the foremost, everything from
the topmast up was gone, and from the
mainmast the royal and top-gallant
mast were missing. Only the mizZen-
mast remained intact.
A survey will be made on the bark to
ascertain if she is strained, and it may
be found necessary to discharge her en-
! tire cargo before she can repair This
will mean a delay of month at least
| Should it be necessary to discharge, the
owners of the cargo will have no diff
fculty in disposing of it at this port.
! SAN FRANCISCO, March 26.-The
War Department has recognized Homo
lulu as an open port. Up to short time
| ago the regular transports were ignor-
! ing the Islands on their run to Manila,
! and the horse ships were making a
way station at Hilo; on the Island of
| Hawaii. The Meade, which sailed for
Manila on the 18th, it was supposed
was going right through without stop,
but it was learned tolay that she had
! orders to call at Honolulu. The pres
ent intentions are to have the Grant
| follow the same route. The Hancock,
which sails with the Philippine commits
sion on April 18th will stop at Honolulu
and also at Guam, The members of the
commission it Is said, have expressed
a desire to visit the Ladrones, and it
is possible too that the successor to
! King" LeaIy of the Ladrones, may be
a passenger on the handsome transport
The Grant, which is scheduled to sail
on April 1st, will carry a number OF
| passengers, besides a cargo of stores
and freight. The Columbia will be
ready to sail for the Sound there to fl
out for Cape Nome with a military eX-
pedition. The Badger, which is to ac-
company the Columbia, has not yet
been officially turned over to the Wal
| Department.
Instead of quarantining the Australia
for fifteen days the authorities at SaT
Francisco allowed her to dock within
two hours after her arrival. This makes
it certain that she will be here on time
next Wednesday morning.
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HILO.

Arrived-March 30, Haw Blk Iolani,
SweetseI, from Molokai, 11,0SO bags of
sugar. April l, Schr r. r. Hind, Hell
lingsen, from Port Townsend, 100000 feet
lumber; April 1, Bkt Irmgard, Schmidt
from San Francisco, LOO tons mdse
April 8, U. S. transport Port stephens
Whitehead, 1876 horses and mules for
Manila.
Departed-April l, Blk Annie Johnson
Nelson, for San Francisco, 27,SSS bags
sugar; April 2, Bkt S. G.. Wilder, Jack.
son, for San Francisco, 17,100 bags SUI
gar; April 8, Bkt George G. Perkins
Mas. for Eureka. in ballast.
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Read These Little Things,
They may Interest You.

WHEN YOU SEE A BARGAIN it
should not he forsaken. Waiting for
the morrow may bring sorrow. Today's
your opportunity. The rollicking boy
needs a garment that will aid his joys,
WE HAVE THEM.
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IN QUARANTINE.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 27.-The
schooner Emma Claudine and the
schooner Ottillie Fiord laden with SUI
gar from Hawaii are in quarantine.
SAN FRANCISCO March 26.-Tha
American ship Lucille, Captain Wick
berg, arrived yesterday from Honolulu
with 1928 bags of sugar, and like the
other vessels hailing from Hawaii, was
ordered into quarantine to be fdmigat-
ed
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srEAMER CHARTEREp.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 29.-The
British steamer Energie of about $500
tons register has been chartered by the
California and Oriental Steamship
pany. and will be added to the com
pany's fleet of freight vessels plying
between Hongkong, San Diego and San
Francisco The Energie is now at
Hongkong, and will sail for this port
soon after the Thyra, which is sched-
uled to leave Hongkong on April I'd.
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ECLIPSE SAILS

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24-The
new schooner Eclipse, recently built a.
Benicia by Captain Matthew Turner
cleared yesterday for Honolulu and will
probably sail today. The schooner is
propelled by gasoline engine of 150-
horse power, and viii be commanded
by Captain Hennngsen.
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SHIPPING INTELLLGENGE
ARRIVING

Friday, April 6.
Nor Blk Fortuna, Nikkelsen, from
Newcastle, January %; 1880 tons coal.
S. S. Hongkong Maru, Filmer, from
san Francisco, March 81.
Schr. Blanche & Ella, from Kauai.
Schr. Alice Kimball, from Molokai.
Ship. Jabez Howes, Clapp, from Ia
coma, March S: 1924 tons coal.
Saturday, April Z.
Schr G. r. Wilson, Johnson, from
Aberdeen, March IA, with lumber.
Schr Pioneer Mikkelsen from Aber-
deem, March g. with lumber.
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