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, 1901-07-04

will Not Begin Work Until the Snow
Leaves-Wm Begin the Construction
of Tunnel IN the Near Future.

Hon. 1. C. Miller, president Of the
Ferris Haggarty Mining Company.
came over from Rswlins Sunday and
went on up to the mine Monday
morning to look after the company's
affairs. Mr.. Miller says they will not
attempt to start up the mine until the
snow goes of, rs they will not be able
to make any Roadway with pumping
out the mine until the surface water
has exhausted itself.
With the opening Of the work
there it is the intention of the Com
pany to commence work Oh the tun-
mel of which mention was made in
The Sun some time since. The
mouth of this tunnel will be some
distance down the hill from the pres
ent shaft. Its month will be on a
level with the creek which runs down
the canon and will be some 500 feet
in length. This tunnel is intended
TO furnish air to all the different levels
of the mine. 1t will also be used, in
case of need, to take in mining tim
bers and machinery.
, 1901-07-04
ELECTRIC LIGHT FRANCHISE.
The Town Council Grant an Electric
Light Franchise to Thomas and Tice
To be Steam Power and in Operation
Within 90 Days. -Councilman Ap-
pointed { Fill l. Gels Place.

AT the meeting Of the city council
Monday evening Curtis r. Bremen was
chosen to fill the place of L. Gels, re-
signed. The selection gives &c neral sat-
isfaction.
At a special meeting Of the city coun-
Gil, held Tuesday evening. the council
took up the matter Of electric light for
the town. There were two propositions
before it. one from J. C. Kennedy, and
n from Thomas and Tice. After 60
ing into the matter thoroughly the
council granted the Thomas and Tice
franchise.
This franchise rum for 25 years and
the city has the privilege Of buying it at
the end OF 15 or % years. The city is
to take 4 arc lights at sl5 per month
each and six Is candle power incandes-
cent lights, four OF which will be placed
on the bridge, and is to have ether arc
lights at the same price as needed.
Special prices will be made for incan-
descent lights for business and private
houses.
1t is the intention OF the company to
put in an Edison 3 wire system and use
compound condensing engines. 1t will
be the most modern plant known to
science. 1t will be located near the CEN
tire Of distribution. Capt. Tice, who is
an engineer Of % years experience, left
yesterday for Denver, at which place
he will be joined later in the week by
his partner. ]. M. Thomas, and together
they will go to Chicago to order the
plant. They propose to begin work just
as o as possible and expect to have
the plant in operation within 60 days.
The company are under forfeit to be.
gin operations within 30 days and to
have the plant in operation within sc
days.
, 1901-07-04
RED HEMArIrE OF IRON


Specimens of a very fine quality Of
red hematite Of iron ore are being dis
played at Cosgrif Bro. Co.'s store
which come from a recent discovery
in the foothills south of South Spring
creek. The find was made by A. H.
Huston and the vein is said to be
from four to six feet in width.
The specimen exhibited here is tax
en- from the surface of the ground for
the grass roots are still adhereing to
it, yet it is as fine a specimen of red
hematite as was v taken from the
ground. There are some very slight
indications of copper-just a trace
here and there-and it is likely that
it also carries gold, but it its chief
value will be for a iuxing material for
the copper ores of the district.
This is one Of the most important
discoveries yet made in this district.
The need of a ~fluxing material has
been one of the greatest drawbacks to
the establishment of smelters in this
country. 1t is true that the Charter
Oak ore will flux other ores as well as
itself. But the output of that mine
is owned and controlled by the Riy-
erside smelter. That being the case
no other smelter "need apply" for
fuxing material is not to be had un
less it i shipped in-an expensive
matter and one not to be considered.
Aside from its value as "a fux the
product of this mine will prove of
of great valne to this valley as a min
eral paint.
Mr. Huston will shortly have the
mine opened up and if it proves to
be as good a thing as is indicated by
the surface showings development
work will be pushed until its true
value is ascertained.
, 1901-07-04
Thinks We Overeat.

mine out OF every ten people over
eat" This remark was made by a ply
stefan in our hearing recently and. as he
is a man who stands high in the coun-
ellis Of his profession, we took heed to
what followed.
Especially is this so with people of
~sedentary habits. They are wont to
have meat twice. and sometimes three
times a day, when in reality they should
not have 1t even once. Only the labor
ing man, the man who is out in the all
continually. or taking a large amount Of
exercise, can properly digest even two
meals OF meat a day.
There is not a day that I am not call
ed upon to administer to some person
who is suffering from a disease caus-
ed by o~vereating. Truly the poor-I
m'ti tai, way p oor-are blessed in
that respect. though we are wont to
to pity them because they do not have
more. and you will often hear it said
that they-the poor-do not have meat
more that once a week. Well, we would
"' ao oo iai oettcF on IL we ulQ not
have meat oftener than once a week.
But meat eating is not our only sin.
We over-indulge in strong coffee, tea.
pastry and other things. The results are
to be seen in the yellowish skins and puff
fed under eyelids OF the many people one
meets. Not one nan in five will admit
that HE eats too much. but the color of
his skin. his walk, his talk, all proclaim
1t in unmistakable language. Nature
has a way Of hanging out her danger
signals when she is overworked, and will
o be compelled to give way in
some part Of the internal machinery.
The stomach. the kidneys, tho heart
some part OF her machinery il breaking
down unde the strain and she warns
the offender, but she generally warne in
vain.
1T is really too bad" he continued,
as he turned to 60 @~Prosperity is often
won and retained at the expense of hap.
piness. for we no sooner find ourselves
able to indulge in what we call Inquiries
than we at once do 30 at the . of
our health, and. consequently, our hap.
piness, for where is there a truly happy
man or woman whose system is full Of
poison from an overloaded stomach?'
, 1901-07-04
District Court News.

Judge Craig spent Saturday morn
ing in sentencing the convicted pris-
oners and in closing up the criminal
cases on the docket.
Orlo McSwain, who was found
guilty of killing Jesse Taylor, at
Baggs last winter, was sentenced to
70 years in the penitentiary. His
crime was murder in the second de-
gree.
George Moore, the negro who was
convicted of murder in the second de-
gree, for killing James .Edmunds, an.
other negro, at Hanna, was sentenc-
ed also to 20 years in the peni,entiary
The motion for a new trial in his s
was overruled.
Frank ". Nevin convicted of the
larceny of a steer from B. C. Fay was
given 8 years in the pen.
The cases against S. H. Green and
F. j. Keefe was continued until the
fall term of court.
The suit of John Nommel against
the Ferris aggarty Mining company
was tried and the jury disagreed.
Afterward the Ease was settled out OF
court, the company paying him ST.
600 in lieu of the $4,000 he had sued
for.
, 1901-07-04

Several prospecting parties left this
week and are now canped about three
miles south of town in the neighbor-
hood of the lost Charlie Blydenburgh
mine that was discovered several
years ago on u hunting trip and then
lost, the parties have made several
attempts, but have never been able to
lind the rich ledge from which the ore
was taken. The ledge run S2,4OO in
gold at grass roots and is we'll worth
searching for, although different par
ties have prospected the hills in vain
Tor the lost bonanza every summer il
is only a question of time until some
lucky prospector stnmbles onto a for
tune.-Battle Lake Miner.
, 1901-07-04
Gave q Birthday Party.

Little Hazel Johnston. the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Johnston,
was nine years old last Saturday and
celebrated the event by a party to. her
little friends. Quite a number of
little people assembled at her house
and spent the afternoon in childish
games. A delicious lunch was serv-
ed the small guests during the even
ing and they all went home delighted
with the entertainment given by their
little hostess and wishing her many
returns of the happy day-and that
they might be there to enjoy them.
, 1901-07-04
BIG ORE FIND At L MT.
A -Four Foot Vein Of Copper Glsnee
Embedded in Lime. Uncovered-Is .
First Class Showing-EIk Mountain
Bound to Come to the Front.

s. J. Phelps and DIR. Godshall, of
Encampment, passed Though Sara
toga recently from "a trip to Elk
Mountain. They had with them
some very large and rich specimens
of copper glance ore, taken from the
ELK Mountain" copper claim in
which they are interested.
The owners of the Elk Mountain
property have been working very
quietly for the past three or four
months, put ting a stopper on every
bit of news from that locality. The
object of this has been two fold, LIST
that they might ecu some valuable
land from the U. P. railroad and
second, that they might do some de-
velopment work in another locality
and be able to show up a body of ore
thought to be in that part of the
mine. The ore exhibited to us was
from this new opening. 1t is almost
pure copper glance and comes out of
a lime formation which is peculiar to
all of the Elk mountain properties.
One specimen shown US was azurite
of a very fine quality. Mr.. Phelps
says they now have four feet of this
glance and that the mine is looking
better with every foot of depth.
The Elk Mountain copper pres are
peculiar. in that they are found al
most entirely in lime. They are also
very high grade and, being but ten
or fifteen miles from the railroad, are
much more susceptible of economical
working than the mines of any other
part of this enormous district.
H.. A. Kincaid and a 10. Woods al
so have a very fattering prospect in
that mountain. The ledge is Al feet
in thickness and the matter is of a
dark greyish color, spotted all through
with black oxyde of copper. This
rock, when subjected to the fire of a
forge, shows considerable copper.
The Copper Cave property, which
is also in that vicinity, will o be
brought into a position where its ores
can be tested and the values of the
mine clearly demonstrated.
, 1901-07-04
In Justice Court.

The adjourned trial of Anderson
and Allison, charged with cheating in
a game of roulette, was concluded
Saturday. Judge Heath held his de-
cision until Tuesday, when he bound
the men over to the District court in
the sum of $500, and the witnesses
each in the sum of 500.
Judge Heath is to be commended
for his action in the matter. Those
who heard the testimony say hat
there was a strong showing of crooked
work and that there is every reason
to believe that the men are guilty.
, 1901-07-04
Marketing Kurtz-c h.tter.ou Ore.

Several loads of Kurtz Chatterton
ore have passed through here ON the
way to the railroad. We are inform
ed that it is being shipped to a smell
ter at Denver. We are not quite able
to fathom the intent of this ore ship
ment, unless it is to have a car load
test made of its values, as the com
pany has a reduction plant on the
ground and was supposed TO be able
to reduce its own orr.
, 1901-07-04
TommY's Letter.

Tommy was much interested in hear
ing for the first time in his language
lesson the other day about a pair OF lit
tie dots that the teacher said meant
ditto" How his soul thrilled at iearn-
ing that IL he were to write "a cat or
''ivc boys,'' or $50" on one line and
wanted to repeat the same words on the
next line all he had to do, instead of
writing the words in full, was to put the
ditto marks, Inc everybody would know
what VAS meant. Some time after this
Tommy had occasion to write home. He
simplified the hated task by turning his
latest knowledge to count.
The letter looked like a literary polka
dot.
Dear Father" it began:-
II hope you are we'll.
mother is /"
sister
/" i" Dick :" D."
=" grandma"
wish you were here.
" mother was
sister
Dick D." /"
grandma" "
you would send me some
money.
'Your affectionate son. TOM"
, 1901-07-04
Temperance Lectures.

Mrs. Highly, president of the state
w. c. T. Q. came up from Cheyenne
Monday and delivered lectures in the
Presbyterian church Monday and
Tuesday evenings. A meeting of the
the local W. c. T. U. was called for
Tuesday afternoon at which it was
attempted to infuse new life into that
organization, which from lack of in
terest-it certainly wasn't from lack
OF subjects to work on-had about
died out. Mrs. Highly is "A very pleas.
ant speaker but had small audiences
at both lectures.
, 1901-07-04
RICH STRIKE AT GOLD HILL.
-Four Feet of Rich Gold Ore Struck in
The Acme Shaft--values increase
with Depth in that Camp.

Word has been received here of a
rich strike made in the Acme mine at
Gold Hill at a depth of 1877 feet.
The pay streak in that mine has re-
manned at the uniform width of two
feet for some time, with very rich free
gold quartz showing all through the
Ore. Within the past few days the
lead has widened out to four feet and
has, IL any difference, become richer
than before. The entire body of ore
rs filed with free gold in very remark
able quantities. This strike has
doubled the value of the ore that is
being taken out of the mine, and con-
sequently doubled the value of the
mine, and the owners, the Wyoming
Development and Transportation Co.,
naturally feel very much elated over
this evidence Of their confidence in
that camp.
This rich strike, at the depth of
1877 feet proves beyond the question
Of a doubt that Gold Hill can be de-
pended on for giving rich ores at
great DEPTH" remarked a gentleman
who is interested in Gold Hill, and
who has, through all discouragements,
held bravely on in his work of devel-
opment there" 1 always believed
that if we would go to the depth of
from two to four hundred feet in that
camp we would find something.
This 1871 feet is the deepest that any
shaft has eve been sunk in that
camp, and just SET what the company
are accomplishing by thanking a
mine, and q very valuable one, too,
out of VIVA: vas but a few months
ago a mere prospect"
Most excellent reports are also be
ing received from the Mohawk claim
in Gold Hill, which has always made
a very rich showing for the amount
of work done on it. This mine is
owned by C. w. Scott and d. C.
keech, who are developing it as fast
a. their means will admit. There
can be no doubt of the ultimate out
come of that property.
, 1901-07-04
Mullin Creek Properties.

Alex. Lutte came down from Mullin
creek Tuesday bringing with him
some fine specimens of copper ore
from a new discovery which he re-
Gently made. The ore assays S46 in
copper, gold and silver. The blowout
where he found the lead is 60 feet
across and the property makes a good
showing.
Mr.. Lutte came down to meet his
partners, S. II. Shields, of Denver
and Geo. b. Wilkinson, Of Apex, Col,
, 1901-07-04
TWO MEN KILLED.
Tunnel House Over Crescent Mime Tun-
nsl Takes Fire and Ross Coombs and
Charles Booker, who were working
in the Tunnel, are SuHocated.

Last Friday morning the tunnel
house over the mouth of. the tunnel
in the Crescent mine, which is situat-
ed within a few hundred feet Of the
Kurtz- Chatterton property, took fire
about 4 o'clock in the morning and
burned to the ground, sufocating
Ross Combs and Charles Booker,
two miners who were working in the
mine at the time. : The men were
working what is called the grave
yard shift" when the fire occurred.
1t is not known how the fire original
ed. There was no possible hope for
the men from the first, as the FIRE had
gained such Roadway that there was
no possible way of extinguishing it
after it was discovered. The men
were soon suffocated and after the
fire had subsidized, SO that it was safe
to enter the tunnel, their bodies were
brought out and an attempt made to
resusitate them, but in vain.
The body of Charles Booker was
sent to his home in Loyeland. Colo,
where his people live and the body of
Coombs was inferred at Encampment.
Booker vas unmarried but COMBS
leaves a wife and two children, who
reside at Encampment.
, 1901-07-04
DR.. Price Home Again.

DIR. S. F. Price, who went to Hills
dale, Kas., this spring to recuperate
after a long seige of pneumonia, re-
turned with his family last week,
While the doctors many friends are
glad to welcome he and his estimable
family to Saratoga once more they
are sorry to learn that the trip did
not benefit him as much as was antic-
ipated. He is very feeble but it is
hoped that the return to this country
will soon set him OH his feet again.
, 1901-07-04
Post omce improvements.

Postmaster Gus. Jensen is having a
change made in the post-office at this
place. Some modern lock boxes have
been procured and set up in regular
shape II the back part of the room
occupied for the post-office and the
arrangement is much more business
like, besides being very handsome.
Mr.. Jensen is sparing no pains to
bring the Saratoga office up to date
in every respect and to give the pat
rons of the Office as modern accomo-
dations as possible.
, 1901-07-04

Any one interested in Theosophy,
or T~heosophical literature, can be sup
piled with the same at the Office Of
J. +. Crawford. Any one interested
in that cult will be made welcome
and all correspondence on that sub.
ject will meet with promp. attention
from Mr.. Crawford.
, 1901-07-04
Paulson, The Tailor.

Paulson, the, Tailor, will be here
about the 10th of August, with the
choicest line of suitings, pants and
overcoat samples that were ever put
on the market. This makes Paulson's
4th trip to Saratoga, and he says he
has doubled his business every time.
Await his coming. [6-2O-tf.
, 1901-07-04
Notice.

Owing to ill health we have decided
to sell out u stock of goods. We
will turn over our stock on July 10Th,
1901. All of my household furniture
for sale. My residence for sale at a
reasonable figure. Terms to suit.
Al. DoaoErT 4 Co.
, 1901-07-04
For Sale, Cheap.

Spring wagon, nearly new and in
good repair. Apply to
Mrs. JAMES BRoCKwAY,
INV Encampment, Wyo.
Evening star., 1901-12-18

mystery. for which probably the police are
in no wise accountable. 1t is of course
ardently to be hoped that some solution will
eventually be discovered. Such crimes are
more demoralizing to a community than are
double the number of solved crimes, with
the criminals apprehended and punished
But 1t must be acknowledged that cfrcum-
stances occasionally exist under which a
murder may be committed without detec-
ton The Washington police have at times
displayed unusual aeumen in the ferreting
out of homicides. but there appear to be
few clues In this latest case to afford ground
for confident investigation.
Every member of Congress is individually
concerned in this situation Criminals are
no respecters of persons II the houses of
Washington are exposed to burglars be-
cause of a lack of policemen to guard the
streets at night. If the parks are left
open to the enterprise of criminal assail-
ants, the remedy may In large degree be
quickly found in increased appropriations
for both the city and the park police forces.
Individual police efficiency will go far to-
ward coping with the criminal tendencies,
but it cannot counterbalance years of con-
gressional neglect in this particular. When
the House committee on appropriations ap-
called economy it might profitably remem-
her this phase Of the case and recall the
fact that every thousand dollars cut from
the funds for public protection is an invest
ment In possible disaster.
Evening star., 1901-12-18

talk further about free tradee After win
ming a presidential election on that issue, 1t
wrote tariff bill on protection lines. Why
talk further about Imperialism? The coun-
try alternately smiled and yawned at that
spook all through last years campaign.
And why talk about turning over the Phil
ipp1ne Islands to the native population.
when the bare proposition. IL seriously
made by this government. would either
bring a protest from the European powers,
or incite them to a struggle as to which of
them should succeed us in control there
Everything therefore for which the democ-
racy has recently contended is now out of
date and out of the question. The country
has rejected the whole program, and
passed on.
II the liberal party ''cieans it's slate" and
writes an up-to-date platform, it will find
leader ready to hand. Lord Rosebery is
brilliant and attractive man who wants
to lead again. But with fresh slate, car
rying new platform, to whom would the
democracy turn? Not to Mr.. Cleveland again,
who would recall all of the old bitterness,
nor to Mr.. Bryan. who stands for all of the
recent failures. Then to whom? There are
Hill, German, Whitney, Watterson, Tom
Johnson, Carter Harrison and Thomas Tag
gart. All are willing, and some are anx-
ious Pick the winner.
Evening star., 1901-12-18
A chance to Do Justice.

IF tha President decides not to reappoint
tbe pr,ssut recorder of deeds of the Dis
trict it Is TO be hoped that he will realize,
b.f,re A new appointment is made, that
this office belongs to the District OF Co.
Iumbia and is not in any sense federal
post. II has been filled for many years by
appointments from the outside, being
thrown as a sop TO the cOlored voter De-
spite local protests, often Endorsed by MEM
bers Of Congress, the plum has been onered
to political workers in the states, as re-
ward for services rendered the dominant
party. Thus the fundamental principles OF
home rule and civil service reform have
both been violated in the past. But the
District people do not respect the precedent
thus set. They believe that it is never too
late To abate nuisance or to correct q
mistake The fact that the office has gone
to New York. or Kansas, or North Caro-
lima. or other states in the past does not
make it any the less strictly local office,
dealing with local matters, recording deeds
to the lands of the property owners of
Washington. supported indirectly by their
fees. and in not the slightest degree 1ederai
in any of its functions.
There has never been lack of material
here to warrant the President in going out
deeds Time and time again, when the Of
fee has been actually or prospectively
vacant. candidates of eminent fitness have
been named from among the citizens of
the District. often with a strong political
backing. But these have been invariably
swept aside as impossible. Their very resi-
dence within the District has destroyed
their chance to fill a local office. This
course of treatment has impelled the peo-
pie of the District more than once to adopt
the ungracio policy of opposing the con-
firmation of the Presidents selections for
the office. They dislike thus to be forced
into antagoniSm to the executive. who is
so closely associated with the capital and
Is often a personal friend of its people.
But the principle at stake has incsted these
campaigns for the preservation of the home
rule doctrine. even at the sacrifice at times
of good feeling
II President Roosevelt has determined not
TO reappoint the recyder, it is surely not
too much to ask this eminent advocate of
home rule and civil service reform to con-
slider the whole case on it's merits and to
re-establish the recordership as a strictly
local office to be filled by a bona fide
WaShiugtonian