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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-16
ONE LOST MINE is FOUND.


Chain of Unsuccessful Searches Seems
Broken in Oregon.
An interesting but true story of a
lost mine being found has been
brought to light at Grants Pass Ore.
\ rich mine discovered and left fifty
years ago has been found again. the
jubilant discoverer coming into
Grants Pass with a bag of gold dust
and sgets that he had removed from
the treasure.
S. d. Johnson. a mining man from
Iowa. arrived in Grants Pass, bring
ing with him a rough sketch or map Of
the Josephine mining districts that
had been drawn for him by capitalist
of Colorado Springs. This capitalist
was a close friend of Johnson, and in
the pioneer days had been in southern
Oregon prospecting and mining. He
made good stake near Grants Pass,
and among others. made a very rich
discovery on Jack Greek, of the Jump
office district, Northern Josephine
County. This find was in the nature
of an auriferous gravel bed, the yellow
grains being distributed through it in
a most remarkable quantity. He had
hardly begun work upon his bonanza
when he and his companions were at
tackled by the Indians and forced TO
fee for their lives. The bloody Rogue
River Indian war came on and the
prospector left southern Oregon.
He made many later fortunes in Col
oRado, but did not forget his bonanza
on Jack Creek, Jump-Off-Joe. Fifty
years passed by, and his friend John
son came to him and wanted a grub
stake to Oregon The capitalist agreed
Johnson would come to Josephine
County and search for the lost treas
ure on Jack Greek. Johnson agreed
to do so, and with nothing but the
rough sketch TO guide him came to
Grants Pass.
prospecting. On one gravel bar he dug
three shallow prospect holes and took
out SIG in coarse gold. He kept on
scratching around and uncovered sew
eral big nuggets. He nearly went wild
with delight. He came into Grants
Pass with his bag of gold. a much ex-
cited man. He had found the :
mine. Investigation proved that IL,
claim had been since located by H.
Hall, of this county. Mr.. Hall. not
knowing of the discovery, sold the
claim to johnson, together with all
water rights he had taken up, for
$500.
Johnson has left for Colorado
Springs. but will return in a short
time with his capitalist partner. They
will equip the mine with a complete
and extensive hydraulic plant and put
it in shape for work on a big scale
The gravel of the property is sucn as
to make it one of the richest placer
propositions in southern Oregon.-Port-
land Telegram.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-16
SIN OF sELF-INDULGENCE.
BY Rev Frederick hopkins.

There 9prer was an age or a country
in the history Of the world whore the
temptations and the opportunities FIR
self-indulgencc were so great as at the
present time and in our own land. The
fact that last month the largest mum
her Of immigrants ever recorded landed
upon oar shores is something 70 think
about. especially when we know that the
Or Of their coming Is TO have an easier
rime than in the country where they were
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-16

Mystery surrounds the finding in the
river at Milwaukee Of Charles Neuperts
body. His wife and friends believe he
was murdered for his money and thrown
into the river. He left home on June 26
with Emil Schubert, former partner and
warm friend. who had just returned to
Milwaukee after long absence. They
drove off together in Scnubert's buggy
and were seen late in the day in a restau-
rant. Since then no trace can be found
AZ q hi1hnrf
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-16
senator Main Dfes suddenIy.

State Senator Willett S. Main, brother
in-law of United States Senator John
C. Spooner, and well-known politician
was found dead in bed at his home IN
Madison. death being caused by the rup-
ture of blood vessel in the brain. He
was "A years old and had lived in Madi-
son since 1SiS
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-16
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
O WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
A Tornado Sweeps Through Racine
County-New Normal Courses at State
SchooIs-A Mystery in Mans Disap-
pearance--Race Riot at La Crosse.

path ten miles long and about half
mile wide, extending from the town of
Raymond on the east to Husher. in the
township of Caledonia, was swept by Il
tornado late the other afternoon. One
man was killed. many persons injured,
over forty houses and barns wrecked.
scores of live stock killed and hundreds
of trees blown hown. while the damage
to crops and farln lands was great. Gus
Thysen was killed in his house--a frame
building ten miles north of Racine. He
had sought shelter in the building with
his wife and seven children. The whirl-
ing wind tore the building to shreds and
Thysen was caught beneath heavy tim
bers. His skull was crushed and he was
dead when dragged from the debris, Sew
eral members of the family We're severe
ly injured and the house, barns and sheds
of the farm were completely wrecked
The injured include members of the fam
lilies of William Cook, j. ]. Laing. Geo.
Wis. Elisha Lower. Frank Eastman.
Albert Herman and G. ThysenI The tor
nado swept through the township of
Caledonia diagonally. 1t struck the VIII
lage of Raymond at 4:30 p m, carry
ing the roofs of buildings and many in
secure sheds and barns with it. deposit
ing the broken timbers and splntered
boards mile or more out of the town.
The storm spent it's force along the lake
shore and blew down wires. unroofed
frame buildings and covered the country
with the broken limbs of trees in the vi
cinity of Kenosha and River Forest.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-16


We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward tos
fET case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured oy
Hi Ms Catarrh Cure
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned. have known F. j. Cheney
70 the last Is years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and imam
eially able to carry out any obligation made Dy
tlIeif firm.
s West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o.
Walding Kinnan g. Marvin, Wholesale Drug
gistS. Toledo. Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. sctir
directly UPON the blood and mucous surfaces u
rs system. Price &c. per bottle. Sold b. AZ
Druggists. Testimonials tree.
Halls Family Pills are the begy.
\ father never thinks that mis- chill
dren are old enough to think for them
selves until fhey agree with him.
No difference bow well you play the
game q aife, ven are sure TO lose.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-16
Hot Race Riot at La Crosse.

In a riot in the Assyrian colony at La
Crosse, in which 800 Assyrians and a
mob of nearly 800 Americans engaged
five of the latter and a number of the
former were seriously injured. Pistols.
clubs and knives were used, and the fight
ing continued for over two hours. Abe
Lockman and Louis Wachter, leaders
among the Americans, were seriously
beaten. and John Murphy was stabbed
twice in the face. Hans Hohrer was
severely injured 1t is estimated that
fully 800 people were on the scene. The
Assyrians who were injured were carried
away and concealed ~ friends. The
trouble arose from an old feud along ma
tional and political lines. Shots were
fred into the Assyrian settlement. but
without serious effect. Many arrests will
follow.
Douglas Island news., 1902-03-19

Two nuggets valued at S42 each were recently picked up in drift on Otter creek, in the Atlin district.
 Messrs. Mcintosh & Barley have opened up at Livingstone hostelry known as the Pioneer Hotel.
 Go. G, 7th U. S. infantry, now station ed at Fort Liscum, has been ordered transferred to the Philippines.
 The B. L. & K. N. Go. has let the con tract for building two steamers at Lower La Barge for the river traffic.
 A delegation from Dawson is en- route to Ottawa to protest against the granting of the Treadgold concessions.
 Nigger Jim Daugherty, the Klondike operator, on the 5th inst was danger, ousIy sick at Dawson with pneumonia
 The Skagway Alaskan, in the light of the way it treats the Ivey order, appears to be considerably of Canadian sym pathizer.
 415 people travelling Dawsonward were recently counted on the trail in } days by passenger who was enroute to White Horse.
 Twenty cents to the pan is reported from the Bremner district, and quite a stampede is on from Valdez, which is 11O miles distant.
 Capt. J. w. Allard, one of the best known pilots of the White Horse rap ids, left the first of the month with dog team for the Koyukuk.
 An immense snow slide on Miller Gulch, in the Copper river district swept across Slate creek and covered that stream 30 feet deep.
 Transportation men on the Sound say that steamers for the North are having no trouble in booking all the passengers they can handle.
 Ernest Hutchinson, a Dawson livery man, passed through Skagway on the 5th inst. with head of horses and 30 carriages for his establishment.
 R. w. Calderhead, we'll known Daw, son transportation man, has purchased the river steamers Ora, Nora and Flora and will operate them this season.
 Quartz in the Occidental group of mines near Skagway is improving in appearance and the owners think they are approaching an ore body of good values.
 The Canadian Board of Public Works has instructed P. E. Mercier, resident engineer at White Horse, to finish the work on the river at the head of La Barge and at Thirty Mile river.
 Molly Thompson, who was interested in hotel at Grand Forks, who year ago was sentenced to 5 years imprison- ment for refusing to restore money to a drunken patron of her bar, claiming her bill counterbalanced it, was recent, ly pardoned and was a passenger on one of the south bound boats the other day.
 The stampede to the Bremner dis, trict, says the Prospector, will result in scarcity of men on Slate creek this season. Last year wages ranged from s1 to s1.5o per hour, but will be higher this season. The creek is said to be good for an output of half a million this year if enough men can be ob- tained.
Douglas Island news., 1902-03-19

According to the statement of John Kalem, the Skagway grocer and iobber who has just returned from a trip south, all the 40-acre additional sol diers' script in the market has been purchased by the Alaska Packers As sociation, and these scripts will be plastered along the coast at convenient wharf and fishing sites. This script affords the most expeditions method of acquiring title to land in Alaska.
 On Thursday, March 9th, Lieut. AL lison sold at public auction quantity of government supplies and merchan- disc, says the Valdez News. The goods sold consisted of 450 pounds of crack CTS, 200 cans of beef soup, 96 two-gallon kegs of olives, 4,500 packages of cigar cites, 516 collar buttons, 109 cans of codfsh 120 cans of boneless turkey and 200 pounds of hops, put up in one pound packages. These things were among shipment consigned to one of the Yukon posts, but through some error was sent here instead.
 Rosebud, Swede and Moosehide creeks are said to be the laughing stock of the Yukon and the late report of strike on Rosebud only elicited merri- ment. But it seems that this time it has been struck sure enough. MT. E. R. Branson, city editor of the Dawson Sun, says that Rosebud is all right. A S4 nugget was recently taken from the Rosebud and ground has been located on the creek which pans from 10 to 45 cents. Rosebud flows into the Yukon 5 miles above Dawson and , miles above Ogilvie station on the opposite bank from the mouth of Sixty Mile creek.
 Tom Sparks, wealthy mining man and pioneer of Dawson, is at the Fifth Avenue, says the Skagway Alaskan. Mir. Sparks was the father of Liarsville and gave the name to the historic city of tents. It was he that posted the sign which gave the keynote for the naming of the locality. In '97 he ar rived on the Utopia and lost 21 horses on the trail and only got as far as the Big Salmon. He owns claim on Bear creek worth s50,0O0 and has property on Dominion and Sulphur. He is on the way to Arizona with three prospectors whom he is taking from Dawson to un- dertake some mining venture. Two of them will follow on the stage and the other is with him. The latter is MT. Oscar Waller, prospector who, with very few exceptions, has been in every mining camp in the world.
 Several promising gold discoveries are reported near Lake Clarke, in the Cook Inlet district. T. s. Lauinger, one of the builders of the Illiamna- Nome line for stages, says that num- Der of traders returning from the lake region have brought out glowing re- ports of the discoveries. It has been known for some time that there are rich deposits on the lake shore and many went into the country last fall. Nothing was heard of them until trad CTS began coming out for provisions, and they say the country is very rich. MT. Lauinger has been in Illiamna all winter in connection with establishing the stage line to Nome. They have made good progress with the work, but great deal of delay was occasioned by soft weather.
Douglas Island news., 1902-03-19

4,UUU head or caCCle, O,UOO Heau OL sheep, 1,500 hogs and 300 veal are annu' ally shipped from the Sound and Brit ish Columbia points to the interior of the North.
 The White Horse Star says that there are number of mushroom tents going up along the trail in opposition to the regular road houses, in the expectation of rush this month.
 The Prospector says that the Alaska Copper company, better known as the McClelland party, are on the trail bound for their rich copper property in the Chittyna country, with fifteen men and 75 tons of provisions, tools and machinery. They will do extensive de- velopment and preliminary work this summer.
 John Raedcr, who was camped near Charley creak, on the Guikana, Copper river district, nearly all winter, reports heavier fall of snow throughout the interior than has been seen since the white men entered the country. The heavy snow fall and absence of wind will make considerable difference in the amount of work required to break trail to the various camps in the spring.
 R. E. West and Ernest Levin, of whose arrest at White Horse the News made mention last week, upon trial plead guilty to the charge of robbery, claiming, however, that they were in- toxicated and secreted the missing articles just for fun. West was given three months in jail and Levin escaped with one month imprisonment sen tence. The verdict was great surprise in White Horse, where both parties are prominent and have hitherto had eX- cellent regulations.
 The latest news from Forty Mile is to the effect that general belief perYades the district that many of the benches, besides those of Chicken creek, are very rich. The white channel, which was struck on Chicken creek, affords pans of from 50 cents to S5. The same richness prevails on the Tanana side. The benches of even the oldest creeks in the district have never been pros pected and there is certain to be in- tense activity on new ground next summer.
 w. H. Adams, who, after six years in Alaska, has been spending the winter in Portland, has come north and is bound for the headwaters of the Koyu- kuk, where he has some mining inter- ests which are thought to be valuable, says the Skagway Alaskan. His faith ful dog team, which has also been pas sing the winter in Portland, came with him. It consists of two huge black Russian bloodhounds, gaunt and bony, one weighing 19o pounds and the other 150 pounds, and stout coolie dog for leader to set the pace for the others. MT. Adams arrived on the last Dolphin and left yesterday morning for White Horse, where he will hitch up his team and load his toboggan with 800 pounds, and start for clean 1,o0o,mile journey over the ice and snow. He will go through Dawson and 400 miles down the Yukon, and then across range of mountains and down to the headwaters of the Koyukuk, only 60 miles from Point Barrow. He expects to be 50 days on the trip.
Douglas Island news., 1902-03-19
! he N0rthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed. Information for Everybody.

Coal is S14 per ton at Valdez.
 Travel is again setting in toward Atlin.
 Valdez polIed 217 votes at her recent city election.
 The Valdez News has completed it's first volume. There is talk of organizing dramat- ic club at Valdez.
 4 team of six dogs was recently sold in Valdez for $500.
 The Stewart river stampede from Dawson still continues.
 The boys of the sitka public school will organize cadet corps.
 The salary of the city attorney at Skagway has been discontinued.
 Old timers say the Yukon trail will be impracticable after April 1st.
 The Alaska Prospector says that the population of Fort Liscum is 143.
 Valdez expects to hear the whistle of the locomotive before Oct. l, 1902.
 The new strike on White river is still , attracting considerable attention. There were 1894 mineral locations filed in the Valdez district in 1901. CHI. Hammond will open up store on Slate creek on the Valdez trail
 There is considerable travel over the glacier at Valdez at the present time.
 Skagway has extended the time for the payment of city taxes to April lst.
 A road house has been opened at the Jubilee Portage on the Atlin-Caribou trail.
 2,5OO bales of government hay have been unloaded at Valdez for use on the trail.
 On March 1st there was but one pa tient in the general hospital at White Horse.
 John Kalem, the Skagway jobber, is making 1oO-ton shipment of goods to Dawson.
 Passenger rates on the White Pass & Yukon R. R. have been fixed at 18cents per mile.
 All the available dogs in Skagway have been picked up by Mush creek mushers.
 The steamer Humboldt sailed from San Francisco on the 18th inst. for Lynn canal ports.
 The first shipment of live hogs for Dawson this season was received at Skagway on the 5th inst.
 A White Pass and Yukon stage re- gently made the trip from Dawson to White Horse in 5S hours, actual run ming time. This beats the fastest steambo time ever made on the river.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-03-28

The primary tomorrow Is legal.
lied, and any fraud or Irregular
ties that may be perpetrated can
be vindicated in the courts, and
the perpetrators punished the same
as If committed at any regular
election. We dc not mean to init.
mate that any specie of fraud is
contemplated. On the contrary
we believe in the integrity of the
Judges who have been selected and
that they will be fair to every can
didate. We simply mention the
facts IN order to warn anyone who
may possibly be so inclined, to be-
ware.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-03-28

/ 3 HIS unfouuded attack on Senator
i Jones for "baiug IN 4 trust is of repub
/ ltcau parentlgr This attack has been
repudiAted hv he democratic leaders
/ all over the country. and denounced IS
false 10y William Jennings Bryan In
| tins Governor Clarke has again aligned
himself with thr republican party.
1. Al the last national democratic
convention he openly advoca ed and
voted tot Charles \. Tnwne. silver
republican far vice president against
that grand old democrat. Adlai St
veuSan.
D. he charges the defeat ot Bryan
To- senator Jones' peer management ~
chairman at the national democratic
committee, and vet Is the Arkansas
member OF that cnmmitteee, he failed
20 contribute one cent OF his money,
one word Of counsel or one moment Of
his time. To aid the democratic party
IN hat great struggle
& lie claims ne special fitness for
tins exalted place, and his friends have
not shown that he Possesses any. aud
II he possrSses al OF ih- ability which
his friends claim Tor him. YET 1t Won d
TAKE him r.bny years Ia attain Ia the
position of usefulness aud iuilapHce
nav held by senator Jones
Excepting his prncivities in IA.
vnr ot protective tariff Governor
Clarke dnes not advocate any principle
that senator Jones has not long raf-
nesily worked foI, and he Is making
tins rae not upon any special fitness
when he has himself. but upon the Al
legged shortcomings ot his opponent
\ When he WAs governor, II VAS
part Of his q It's - Tx The assessment
iug from that etlce hp accepted u tee
from the Iron Mountain railroad II ~.
ducr the assessment which he. .. gov
ernnr had placed upon II. and ,uccred.
ing IN reducing The assessment about
81 loo 600 thereby undutug his own
werk As governor. aud deprived the
state and the school eh ltren Il tie
taxes upon this arg- sum # money.
which they ale justly entitled Ia II
ceive
9 He undertook bY his PERSONAL
aud palitlral influence with the mrm-
hers Of the last legislature - Impose
upon thr state at Arkansas #the pay
ment If the Hudson bank hoHd,
10 When he WAS governor, ON a
bright S,hbt. h morning III atmed him
sell with uistot, hunted NJ member
of the Legislature IN one # the pub
hotels ~ l.utlr Rock pulled Ms pl-tal
~ him aud sptt 10 his tao" therebH
trmeiHg dt~grace uunu the stat. whose
chic -Xecuuve he WAs -Arkau~.s
Democrat
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-03-28

When fifteen outof the eighteen
members Of the democratic county
central committee openly proclaim
that they favor the reelection Of
James X Jones, by wearing Jones
buttons at meeting OF that body,
1t is very strong evidence that
Jones will carry this county by
big odds Pine Bluff Courier.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-03-28
JONES vs.. CLARKE.

Below is one OF the most snccinct
and pertinent reviews of the situation
that has appeared during the cam
paign, and as every statement is borne
out by facts of record, it should az
peal strongly To every voter IN Satur
days primaries:
REASONS WHY SENATOR JAMES X
JONES SH uLD BE RETURNED To
THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
!. He meets the Jetfprsonian stan
dard of honesty. capacity and fidelity
:. lie Is the leading exponent ~
tariff reform and an acknowledged
authority in the United States senate
on all matters connected with the tar
III, and hence is the strongest lppo
nent to the protective policies of the
republican party IN The senate.
He Is the chosen leader of the
national democracy, and the only chair
man of the national committee who
wa7 ever reelected aud gwen TWO sue
eessive campaigns to manage.
l. H. IS the leader at the democrat
&c minority IN the senate. and has r.
Gently been elected To this responsible
and important position by he ananl
nous vote of the democratic senators
D. Under his leadership the demo
cratic minority defeated, at the last
session of congress, the Hanna ship
81 bsidv bil
He succeeded in passing through
the senate the Wilson tariff bill. there
by repeating the burdtnsOme Mckiu-
lev bill after All our other leaders had
gwen mp the light. and thereby gave
the country the only democratic tariff
winch 1t has had for forty wears
l. lie WAS one of Germans ablpst
lleutenants when that senator held
and won the magnificent fight against
the bill To place federal bayou-nls
around the ballot boxes of the south
known as the force bill
William Jennings Bryan and
James h. Jones are the most eonspIc
nous representatives of the PRINCIPLES
nt the Chicago and Kansas CIV pl,t-
tolms,and senator Jones defeat would
ht reputation of the principles OF
THESE great democratic Instruments.
appropriately called the modern dee
larationS of Independence
=. Intlnence and usefulness i'm the
senate can only be acquired by great
AFFINITY and long confined service. and
senator Jones possesses both of these
requisites, and is therefore the NOS
useful man his state could have m
that body
10 He has never. by any act. A.
soldier citizen or public servant, east
any repr0ach upon the state of Arkau-
saS or the good name OF her people.
IL. lie was chairman of the com
mtttee on resolutions at Chicago and
Kansas City that reported the demo
cratic platform.
REASONS WHY EX-GoVEKNoR CLARKF
SHOULD NOT BE SENT TO rlr
UNITED STATES SENATE
!. lie is protectionist: and openl,
declares that II he had been a member
ot the senate he would have defeated
the Wilson tariff bill. unless certain
favored interests We're protected
:. His attacks upon senator lone.
for securing the passage of the Wilson
bill are identical with the arguments
made by Remmel, the republican can.
dldate for governor, against the demo
cratic party on the tariff issue
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-03-28

county we are moved by no other