Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-30
man NEWS
Dan e. Allen, manager Inter Mountain
Branch Office. F. o. News Stand.
HAVE A NEW PLAN
BOHEMIAN MEMS NOVEL WAY OF
LOCATING MINERAL,
ELECTRICITY DOES THE WORK,
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EIGO HULL UUES IHE WOKk.
City Officers Help Out Census Enum-
erator-Exodus of Politicians
for Kansas City.
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G Bozeman, June q.
This evening Frank Osborn came in
from the hills, where he a been for
several days in company with A. F.. Nc
1Clatney, who is an expert on mining
tlattefs. lhese two were in
prospecting for mineral with the aid OF
g. Galvonometer or electrical appliance
for disclosing the presence of mineral in
the earth.
Mr.. Osborn gave a description of the
appliance used and said it worked adj
mlraDly He said he was used to some
thing OF the kind when he was employ
ed in the telegraph service, and at that
time 1t was known as a ''Wheatstone
bridge and was employed to trace
breaks in a line of wire. BY It's use at
that time an expert was able to tell to
within a few hundred feet where a break
in a line of wire was located. The in
strument is now used to tell where a
Wire, stretched across the country
crosses an ore body n the place where
the least resistance to the current is
found is registered On the dial on one
end of a grounded wire. Where there
is no mineral between the ends of the
grounded wire the indicator registers a
poor conductivity, III where mineral ex-
lists the dial discloses good conductivity
and gives intimation, by the variations
of the needle, of the extent and depth of
the vein. Mr.. Osborn stated that a wire
about a thousand feet long and used n
this was laid in different directions when
the presence of ore was discovered, and
1T was an easy matter to find where the
m IN S,av hnrnp hxy thu 1oclx nf ractcfo ooo
indicated on the Instruments dial.
When no mineral was found the dry
earth threw the needle off the point, in
dicating less resistance, and he is sat
isfied that the party that managed the
instrument managed to locate some
The tests will be resumed again in a few
days. "- "
About a half dozen of Bozeman's cit
liens will attend the convention ned at
Kansas City during the coming week.
delegation from here when it passes
through, ad it is thought that several
other Clark supporters will attend.
Walter Hartman and Charlie rave al
ready gone to be in time for all the open
ing bars Of the grand march Of so-called
silver republicans into the democratic
camp. Colonel Q. r. Chisholm is also on
the way to KANSAS City to assist in run-
ming a confidence game on silver men
by marching into the democratic con-
vention hall. This, it is understood, will
be. the spectacular feature of the DOW
WOW and carr lasting fame for the farce
comedians who engage in it.
Eureka lodge No. Ais, Yoemen of
America, ELECTED officers to fill the va
rious chairs of the lodge at the last veg
ular meeting. The following aides and
vno+1oroo ~, rr,o,,n 1hoco~ o~I will ho ;o
stalled at h first regular meeting in
July: Past foreman, Mrs. Frank Mac
Kenzie; foreman, Frank A. Maxwell;
correspondent, Miss Minnie Strinsfi.ld;
finance keeper, I. L. Kirk; overseer, Les
lie E. Gage; Lady Rebecca; Mrs. Kin
cade; Lady Rowena, Mrs. Milan; watch
man, Frank Mackenzie; sentinel, !.
Judd.
Farmers in the valley report their
crops suffering from a very severe
drought and predict that the crops are
already SO far gone that nothing can stay
the effects of the dry weather. Not
within the memory of the oldest til!ar
of the fertile Gallatin has the month of
June gone by without more moisture fall
ing than has come from the clouds dur
ing the past month. The effect is that
of a blight 0 nthe fields of the valley, and
only a few farmers were wise enough to
place no reliance On the rain.
The mayor of the city of Livingston,
John T. Smith, has sent al invitation to
the citizens of Bozeman to attend the
Fourth celebration at that place, and
the good people of Bozeman will likely
take a special train to the Gateway city
the morning of the national anniversary
day.. The two towns have made numer-
Gus advances toward the friendly foot
ing SO desirable between towns adjacent
and the coming national anniversary is
likely to make their friendship secure for
all time.
Joe Hart, who was a former resident
of this city, spent a few lays in this city
the latter part of last week. He Is now
located in Carbon county and was a del
egate to the democratic convention at
Butte.
q Mrs. M. M. Black is in the city and is
securing medical attention at the Fos-
ter sanitarium. Mr.. Black and Miss
Edith. their daughter, are. residing in
the city for the present.
.. John M. Conrow of Park county is in
the city today He is one of the legis-
lators who voted for Senator Clark and
is still staying by his colors and conf
den of victory.
Mrs. Sarah c. Gassert, one of the
Wealthiest women in Montana, Depart
for Cooke City today after a few days
visit in Bozeman. She has mine at
Cooke.
larty composed of Mrs. f. B..
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Cooper, Mr.. and
Mrs. George P. Dier and Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Ross of Big Timber, spent Sun
day afternoon at the Ferris no springs.
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Ernest Heilman is the winner of the
prize bowling contest in athletic circles