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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-06-01
Mesabl Range.

The lease Of what is known as
the Pearce forty-north east
quarter Of the north-wes quar-
ter Of section %, 5s.20-was sold
yesterday to E. A. Gorger, re-
presenting a Cleveland. Ohio,
firm of ore dealers. The consid-
Grafton is not yet been made
public, but the minimum yearly
output is placed at $4,000 tons.
with the royalty at 35 cents.
The lease was owned by A. M.
Chisholm, of this city; M. l..
Fay. of Virginia; Capt. J. II.
Pearce, of Duluth; and John. r.
Mitchell, of Winona; who yet
own the lease Of an adjoining
forty and on which exploration
will be continued. Mr.. Gorg r
informs the News that il is the
intention Of his company to go
rightahead and develop the prop
erty without delay, and place il
on the list Of shippers this season
if possible. The property joins
the Clark mine on the north and
the drill work has sho Tn that 10
contains an immense body Of
high grade ore. -Hibbing News.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-06-01
Foxdale Changes Hands.

The Bird Iron Company has
purchased the Foxdale mine at
Humboldt from the Victoria Iron
company which has been operat.
ing the property for several
months back. The Bird com
pany is dominated by the Crerar-
Clinch interests and the Victoria
company was controlled by Cap.
tain Arthur f. Buzzo, general
superintendent for the Crerar-
Clinch interests. Last March
the mine was started up after a
winters shutdown and the
stockpile accumulated there dur
ing former operations Of the
was shipped The
mine was freed of water and
mining resumed when the trans
fer came about. The Foxdale
is a promising property and a
very cheap mining proposition.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-06-01

was formerly an employe OF the
Calumet & Hecla company in a
minor position. He came to the
Menominee range years ago and
took a position at the Chaplin
where he rapidly advanced TO
the superintendency Of the ir-
stitution and when the consolida-
ton was made with the Hamilton
and Ludington he became the
general manager of the Hanna
properties. He has the reputa-
ton of being one of the best. if
not the best, mine manager in
the country. His knowledge of
his mine in all its details is COM
plete and this knowledge places
him in a position TO discount or
overcome every difficulty that
arises in the prosecution of min
ing operations. This is mining
knowledge and knowledge that
brings in its wake economy,
cheap mining and dividends.
Such has been his career at the
Chaplin.
The copper country is gaining
a good, clean citizen in Jim"
McNaughton. The Menominee
range regrets to part with him.
He has been very successful in
handling labor and labor troubles
have not been in evidence at the
Chaplin under his management.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-06-01
FROM THE MINES
The Hope.

Reports from the Hope mine
are not as promising as they
were a week ago. The ore body
which was encountered in the
crosscut from the shaft has given
way to hard jasper and at this
writing has been carried about
40 feet in this rock without en-
countering either ore or wall,
1t is thought that the drift will
be continued until the wall is
reached and then if no ore is
found that the foot side Of the
vein will be drifted to prove up
the ore found during the sinking
Of the shaft. One thing is GER
tain and that is that it will take
q great deal Of time and a lot of
money to prove up the Hope
porperty and the only concern
that can do this and do it pro.
perly is the one that now has
hold Of it, the Oliver Mining
company.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-06-01
NoNaughton,s New Job.

It seems TO be a settled fact
that James NcNaughton will
leave the Menominee range and
take a position very high in the
management of the Calumet &
Hecla mining company. The
position which the newspapers
assign him is that Of superintend-
ent but we miss our guess great.
ly If his authority will be encom
passed simply by the'lines which
have bounded that position in tho
past. Mr.. NcNaughton has at
tanned such eminence in the
mining world that positions seek
him and mining companies are
glad to get his services without
limiting his authority.
Mr.. NcNaughton came origin
ally from the copper country and
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-06-01
The Hartford Mine.

1t is within the range Of prob
ability that the Hartford mine
will become a shipper before the
close Of the season. The mine
will not be a heavy shipper but
what is accomplished will be in
the nature Of a starter. There is
considerable ore in stock under
ground and if shipments are
made they will have in view
making more room for under
grond work.
The Mining Journal man
visited this property the other
day and was much impressed
with the showing made there
within the past few months.
Captain Toms is in charge and
with his force of fifty men he has
done a vast amount OF work
The Oliver company has been
most liberal in its treatment OF
this mine and it has the latest
machinery and appliances for the
successful carrying on Of the
Improvement and development
work. A compressor Of the
most modern type is in opera
ton. The building in which it
is hou ed is so constructed that
il another engine is needed it
can be located east Of the com.
pressor by adding to the build
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-06-01
The Darling.

lis exploration in which
ca. Harding, G. e. Voos,
John Tufts and DR.. A. M. Darl-
ing are interested is located on
the set of sci and Lot ! of Sec
ton, IA, 1882. The shaft is now
down 81 feet, fourteen of which
are in ore. The ore is about
the same texture and color as
that found at the Hollister
which adjoins this exploration
to the east. Captain A. b. Buzzo
looked over the exploration dur
ing the week and was well
pleased with the showing so far
made. No analysis has been
m8le Of the ore yet but samples
wiB Be taken next week for that
purpose.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-06-01

Shipping has started in a way
from all Of the mines Of the dis.
trict excepting the Columbia and
the operators expect 10 get word
TO start sending out ore from
this mine in a short time The
biggest shipment is being made
by the Crystal Falls mine which
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-06-01
prlvnta MnllIna cd.

Private Mailing Card with colored
views OF scenery on the Chicago, Milwau-
koe 4 st. Paul Paul Railway, sent on
receipt of ten (1O) cents in stamps. Adj
dress, r. a. Miller, General Passenger
Agent, Chicago, III.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-06-01

is holding her usual reputation
Of filing ears as fast as they can
be handled, There are large
stoekpiles at all Of the properties
but no orders have been received
TO ship any of the stocked ore.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-06-01
70 Remove 10 puIuth.

Vice President Galley Of the
United States Steel company.
announced Tuesday that before
the summer is over the general
offices Of the Oliver Mining com.
pany, the Minnesota Iron com.
pany, the Consolidated Iron
Mines company and the Pitts
burg Steamship company would
all be removed to Duluth and
permanently established in that
city.
The Oliver company now has
headquarters in Pittsburg The
Minnesota Iron company now
has headquarters in Chicago, the
Consolidated company at Cleve
land. The latter now owns 155
lake boats.
The removal of the head
quarters of these immense
affiliated concerns means a big
gain in population for the city
at the head of the lakes. For
the state at large the movement
has a greater significance than
the mere addition or additional
population.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29

makers sit, arranged in two long rows
on the opposite sides of the room Upon
the walls over each mans head is a
white circle with his number in black
painted on it.
Let us stand before No. 1, who pre-
sumably, from his number, is the doyen
of the craft, and see what his deft fingers
are making. He himself is a man in The
prime OF life, with Shapely head and fine
aqu1l1ne features; a small well-trimmed
black muStache curlS fiercely over his
lips, his large eyes are full of intelligence
and his long, slender fingers move swift
iy and almost mechanically about his
work. He is a Brahman of the Bran
mans, and is courteously addressed by
all men of inferior caste as ''Maharaj''
(Great King, when they speak to him.
He is sitting on a low, Soping STOOL
stripped to his waistcloth, for it is May
and the temperature of the room is I'M
speakable, although it is only about
O'Clock in the morning. Great beads of
perspiration stand on his back and little
streams trickle down his shoulders to his
elbows We ourselves, though our
progress has been a leisurely walk, are
hopping our foreheads as we go along
But Mahadeo Maharaj as he is popular
~ known, is too absorbed in his work to
pay much attention to the heat
He bends down to a, tray before his
IeeC, IN winch lies a brass cup. Near
the edge of the tray is platter with a
pot of opium on it. A small cup full
of some liquid substance, which we are
told is opium, is on his right and on his
left is a pile of what looks not unlike
a number of pancakes, but which are
really wrappers made of the petals of the
poppy flower. Hooked on to the edge
of his tray is a little tin box full of pa
per tickets bearing his number. Be
fore him his assistant kneels reverently
holding one of the wrappers in his hands
Mahadeo shoots one glance at us out Of
those keen eyes of his and then sets to
work with complete calmness. He has
played before a bigger audience ere now,
for the great Lord Sahib, who rules
over Bengal, has watched him making
cakes. Tearing the leaf his assistant
hands him to a convenient size, he deft-
ly arranges it in the brass cup and
smears it over with the liquid opium
Bit after bit he adds, his fingers moving
like the needle of a sewing machine I'M
til a nice soft bed of leaf has been made
Then in moment he turns the opium
into it, and, drawing up the edge of the
leaf, covers it up, and, in a manner
which battles description, makes in
few minutes a perfect sphere, which he
shakes out of the cup on to the palm
of his left hand and adorns with one
of the little tickets from his tin box.
is called, to his attendant who receives
it carefully in the palms of his joined
hands, for 1t is yet soft and PUPPY,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
2 adWa :,
Il, Pill

Purely vegetable, mild and reliable
Regulate the Liver and Digestive organs
The safest and best medicine in the
world for the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
ID bears it away to the examiner.


Inc examiner has not much trouble
with this cake, which is symmetrical in
shape and of the correct weight 1t is
once more handed to the sprite, VINO
takes lit off into large box in which a
poWdery-looking substance resembling
hne bran is kept, and dusts half of it
with this Next, fitting it with a little
earthen cup from stack of these
articles, he carries it out into the large
stone paved yard we crossed when On
our way to the malkhana, or storeroom.
Here he deposits it in front of a metal
plate bearing the workman's number
wants are properly attended to.
The cake of opium is in shape much
more like a thirty-pOund round shot or
some large fruit than a cake The
name has, however, become so welded
with the history of the manufacture that
although inappropriate it cannot, now be
changed. A cake of opium then. when
mature, is not unlike an overgrown wood
apple IN appearance and color. The outer
surface is grayish and smooth. When
cut open the likeness to a fruit of some
kind is still more striking for the LAYERS
OF leaf in which the cake is wrapped
then present the appearance of a rind
about half an inch thick, while the opium
| resembles the pulp of the fruit
1t is not until the winter begins or
some six months after manufacture that
the cakes are considered mature enough
for export. They are then packed in
large wooden chests, made in the North
western provinces of mango wood and
are sent to Calcutta, where they are dis
posed of by monthly sales to the opium
| merchants, and through them find their
way to China and the Straits the market
for all the opium made up in this form
That which is used in India itself is man
ufactured differently, being first dried in
shallow trays in the sun till it reaches
certain degree of hardness. and then
pressed into large square blocks looking
extremely like cakes of transparent soap.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29

part of Louisiana" lying further
north and west for a part of the led
River valley. Thus Pembina became
American, for it lay south of the line.
Seventeen years later, the Scotch colony
to the north had increased to 5000 souls
The history of Manitoba has been stir
ring enough in all the time succeeding;
but since the happy day of Aug 8, 1929
when Maj. S. H. Long, at the head of
an expedition, raised the Stars and
Stripes over Pembina, that stored place
has been at peace
A few years more will round out the
century of it's history The voyageurs
are gone from the earth, but they have
left enduring marks upon the land Of
their ancient journeyings. The name
of the oldest Dakota town is a reminder
of them, and a characteristic one, since
it symbolizes the voyageur feast of
years-even centuries-agone, when Gaul
and Indian cemented their friendship at
the campfire, and RECALLED themselves
with viands of steaming game and penn
bina"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
THE SPIRIT OF HARVEST.

provision which at first allowed a nome,
steader to obtain title to his claim after
six months residence and by the pay
ment of $1.25 or $3.50 per acre. as the
case might be. Later on this commu-
tation privilege was changed SO as to
require at least thirteen months resi-
dence before the Land could be bought
from the government But even this
still allows the homestead right 10 be
used in a manner not contemplated by
the law or in the interest of good gov
eminent
The law as it now stands gives the
settler two options. He can settle
upon, enter and acquire title to 100 acres
of land practically free of cost by cs-
tablishing and maintaining resi- lence
thereon and improving and cultivatfng
the land for a continuous period of five
years. He may, on the other hand, at
the end of fourteen months of such
continuous residence, Improvement and
cultivation, secure a patent from the
government by paying SIPS per acre for
his land if it lies without the limits Of
railroad grants or $3.50 per acre within
such limits. In either case actual resi-
dence, improvement and cultivation is
required He must, ac-
cording to lie law, make application for
this land in honesty and good faith"
not as an agent for others, but in the
Z honest intention to make a home and
all agreements to sell prior to the issu-
ing of the patent are forbidden.
In paying for this land he can use
cash, military bounty land warrants
agricultural college scrip Or private land
scrip. 1t is a we'll known fact that
without an exception the homestead aw
is used today entirely in the arid region,
where honest and continuous residence
and cultivation from the beginning is a
practical impossibility. One exception
may be made to this sweeping generali-
zation, and that is where a homestead
is filed in the arid region under some
canal or other water works constructed
for the purpose of furnishing irrigation
water to incoming settlers. There are
few cases of this kind, however. for the
reason that before such canals are built
the companies take good care to secure
title to all irrigable lands, as such land
is worth far more with water right than
the price charged by the government.
The commissioner Of the land office in
his annual report which will be pub
lished next month will cali attention In
spirit of congratuation to the enor
nous number of homestead filings record
ed in the fiscal year ending June 30 1901
He will show that during that year there
were 68, G4S original homestead entries
covering 9,497,275 acres of land this be-
ing an Increase of about 10 per cent over
the number of filings in any year since
the enactment of the homestead law in
1852. The commissioner will also show
that about 5000 homesteads covering
about 100000 acres of land were com
muted during the past year. The govern
ment received for these committed homo
steads over 600 in cash, which viewed
from narrow business standpoint might
be said to be satisfactory but when con-
sldered in the light of the real intentions
or the government, the purpose of the
law, the morality of the communities
In which these homesteads are secured.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29

and the welfare of the states and terri
tories in which they are established, 1t
is a most undesirable showing During
the year 1901 the original homestead en-
tries, final proofs and committed home
steads amounted to Ill $3.50 entries, cover
ing Is, 455,057 acres, or more land than
has been segregated from the public do
main in any one year since the founda-
ton of this government.
Those who are familiar with the pres
ent condition of the public domain and it's
practical restriction to the arid region
may well inquire whence comes this
boom in homestead location upon land
which is practically uIlnha,Sitable with
out the expenditure of an average OF $40
per acre for securing the necessary
water. What is more it is also known
that thousands of these filings are made
upon lands where irrigation is an impos-
sibility at the present stage of the coun-
try's development.
Since the passage of the homestead
act in 1862 there have been about 1,345 ,OO0
original homestead filings, covering about
1S0,0O0,000 acres. During this same period
the government has isSuedl 637 600 patents
to homestead claims, covering about 49,
OC0,000 acres. 1t is evident, therefore, that
about so per cent of those who make
original homestead filings carry the
process through to completion and re-
ceive title to the land.
The truth of the matter is that this re-
maTkable increase in the number of
homestead filings means that fraud is
becoming more common and apparently
easier to accomplish. The men who con-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
| HOMESTEAD LAWBAD
THE INTENT OF ITS
TRAINERS
PLACES PREMIUM ON FRAUD
Homestead Act Used Principally for
Fraudulent Requirement of
Sheep and Cattle Ranges
by Land Grabbers.

DENVER, Col, Sept 29.-(Special.)-
The homestead law, after having accom-
plished a magnificent work in bringing
about the settlement Of the Western
states, has outlived It's usefulness in its
present form. rhe pablo and area 10
which the homestead law applied in
spirit as well as letter was practically
exhausted several years ago. In flu
tile attempt to render less onerous the
provision requiring five years residence
upon a homestead claim before title
passed from the government congress
nullified the original intention of the law
by making it subserVlenc to the purposes
of land grabbers and spectators. This
was done by the so-called communication
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
BREAKING 1T GENTLY.

Boston Traveller.
What do you want little boy?"
ma'am?''
yes"
''The Mr.. Upjohn that runs the bank?
He is an officer in the bank
The Mr.. Upjohn that went down.
town on trolley car this morning?'
II presume he went on a trolley car.
WHAT" "a
rs he the Mr.. Upiohn that was in
that horrible street car accident?''
Il haven't heard of his being in any
street car accident
Didn't hear at he'd sprained his ankle
Jumpin' out O. the car when the train
run into ito"
No, my little boy, you brighten me.
What has
Didn't hear how he run into a drug
store for piece o. court plaster to stick
on a little cut he'd got over the eye?''
He isn't in, is he, ma amp"
"No, he's
Names John U. Upjohn,N isn't it?''
eyes, that's his name
linen he's the same man. He won't
be here for an hour or two. / guess,
cause he's stoppin' to have one O. his
teeth frightened that got Knocked a little
bit loose when he was jumpin' out o.
danger, y know
Little boy, tell me the whole story.
/ think [ can bear it now
"Well, ma'am, he's in the hospi+t1e
with four ribs broke an one legs in a
sling an his nose is knocked kind o.
Sideways but he's gettin' along all right
an he'll be out again in about a month
an here's a letter FIN the doctor teIlin'
We all about it. maam.'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
'Pembina'
q Scrap Of Northwestern Folklore.
(BY HUBERT M. SKINNER.)

of President Madison, when Tennessee,
Kentucky and Ohio We're the only West
ern states. 1t was long before there
was even a village at Fort Dearborn. 1t
was even before the battle of New Or
leans was fought
Four years passed away and the
Scotchmen at Pembina came to the con-
clusion that .Mey would live longer, ard
that life would be better worth the Iiv-
ing, by removing to Fort Douglass,
stronghold to the north, where the city
of Winnipeg now stands They ADAM
doned the town to the devil and to the
Indians, Bois-Brules, and Frenchmen-
the most of them, at least-and now
there were two active celters of hostil-
ity. Two years later occurred an event
which withdrew Pembina permanently
from the conflict. In 1918 the United
States and Great Britain agreed upon
treaty which fixed the northern bound
airy of the former. This was to be the
line of the 49th parallel of latitude, from
the Lake of the Woods westward to the
STONY" (Rocky) mountains. In agree
ing upon this line we practically traded
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
Frequent Train Service to Hutchin-
son Via "The Milwaukee"

Last spring 'The Milwaukee" put on
an additional train between st. Paul and
Hutchinson. The service via that line to
Hutchinson is now very frequent and
convenient. The full schedule, including
the new train, IS as follows: Leave St.
Paul, $40 a. M, 400 p. m ard $3.50 p. m. !;
and 7:35 p. m. Leave Hutchinson. return
ing, 7:30 q. m, $3.50 a. m. and 2:55 p. M
all daily except Sunday. Purchase tick
cts to Hutchinson via The Milwau-
kAe.''
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
Might Be Worse.

Brooklyn Eagle.
First Mormon-Elder Benedict claims
that Brother Many blessed is the most
henpecked man he knows.
Second Mormon (philosophically) -
Well, he is and he isn't True. his wife.
Mary, never gives him moments peace;
but his wife, Sarah, lets him have his
own way in everything.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
DYSPEPSIA.

Sick Headache, Foul Stomach, Bilious
ness VIII be avoided, as the food that is
eaten contributes it's nourfshing nronar Is
ties for the support of the natural waste
Price, Is cta. per box. Sold by all drug
gists, or sent by mail on receipt of shrice
RADWAY & 60, 81 Elm St., New York
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
Buffalo and Return

Via "The Milwaukee,
Visit the Exposition and travel via the
c., M. & st. P. Ry. to and from Chi
cago.
for fifteen days, twenty days and thirty
days.
Apply at 1.-THE Milwaukee" Offices or
write. j.. t. Conley, Asst Gen. Pass.
agent st: Paul, for the Mlwaukee's
Pan-American folder enc of the hest
Exposition guides yet published.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
CURE

of all disorders of the Stomach, Liver
Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Dis
eases, Loss of Appetite, Headache, Con
stipation, Costiveness, Indigestion, Bill
1ousnesS, Fever, Inflammation of the Bow
els, Piles and all derangements of tbo
Internal Niscera. PERFECT DIGES.
TON will be accomplished by taking
RAILWAYS PILLS. BY so doing