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Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-20

Anyone interested In the phenomenal ag-
ricultural growth of the state Of Nebraska
cannot fail to view with pleasure the i'm
mense growth OF winter wheat in Nebraska.
That it should be necessary to thus early
make single shipments like this, valued at
800, 900, speaks volumes for the prosperous
outlook for the coming wheat harvest.
Speaking Of this train, Mr.. F. L. Halter,
secretary Of Lininger G. Metcalf Co., says:
I'VE started out of Creston, Ia, Saturday
morning at 7 o'clock with our special train.
All the agents living on the line Of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, through
which this train was to pass, had been
notified of its coming. When the train
drew up to the depot it's arrival was an
nounced by the screaching Of a calliope
whistle, a twin Of the Bemis Bag company's
tooter. As soon as the crowd gathered
around the exhibition car we would start
up the machine, which consists Of a twenty
hve-horse engine and threshing machine
complete. BY means Of the blow stacker,
used in elevatinR the straw, circulars were
distributed among the crowd, giving inter-
esting particulars of this immense ship
ment."
The impr ovement in machinery for tax
ing care Of wheat has been most phenome-
nal. 1t is within the memory of any old
man that wheat was still threshed in his
time by means of fails in this country. For
5000 years prior to 1852 there had been no
advance in the process Of threshing wheat.
II was beaten out by fails, or tramped out
by horses and cleaned in the primitive way
of letting It fall through the air from a
sieve. Even twenty years ago, with what
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-20

came from the machine. The count was
always a matter OF dispute between the
thresherman and the farmer. Now the
grain is delivered automatically and
weighed by a patented machine which can
not be tempered with by either the thresh-
erman or the farmer. The recording Of the
bushels OF grain measured is automatically
done and cannot be questioned. It is a
common sight during the nights in harvest
time to see these mammoth outfits along
the road, All moving is done at night to
save time and to keep from frightening
horses. Two men attend to the whole mat
ter, the engineer and the fireman. 1t 10
interesting to see a procession consisting
OF the traction engine followed by the coal
and water tender and the threshing machine
climbing a hill with the ease Of a locomo-
tive drawing a passenger train. These OUT
Ats run from $500 to $4,000 in price, and
they generally finish threshing out a farm
er's grain in one day.
The demand fcr Buffalo-P Pitts double en-
gines. handled by Lininger & Metcalf CO.,
has grown to such immense proportions
within three years that it is necessary to
make shipment in trainloads, thus early in
order to insure a supply of machines when
wanted. If the wheat crop comes out as
expected this firm expects to run at least
three more trains during the season. This
train will be on exhibition today and Mon
day on the b. G. NJ. tracks in front of the
Burlington station, a sight we'll worth see
ing. The Buffalo, Pitts company have been
building threshers for sixty years and their
product is a household word throughout the
United States.
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Mrs. Elizabeth Barfeld, of Fort Barn
well, N. c., has had happy experience
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die at that critical time, because they do
not prepare themselves. Mrs. Abbie
Stricklin, of Falkins, Ala, says:
~ have been using Wine of Cardui fod
twelve months and l believe l would have
been dead if it had not been for Wine Of
Cardui. was down over half Of the time
and my hcsband insisted on my trying
Wine Of Cardui. have been able to domy
housework ever since. | think more OF Wins
Of Cardui than any other medicine | ever
took. Every woman in the world should
give Wine of cardui a trial during the
change Of lis'."
Wine of Cardui is the remedy to REIN
force a woman against the shock that comes
with the change of life, 1t r~e-establishes
healthy functions after years of suffering.
In doing this it has saved thousands Of
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suffering is upon you. Thorough prepare
tions should be made in advance. Begin
tine Wine Of Cardui treatment today.
Thedford's Black Draught TO regulate the
bowels and liver assists materially in .
cure.
All druggists sell 81 90 bottles of Vino
of Cardui. For advice and literature, adj
dress, The Ladies Advisory Department,
The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chatta.
nooga, Tenn. All druggists sell a. 90 bot
ties Of Wine Of Cardui.
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with Wine Of Cardui during the change of
life. She writes:
"Please allow me to say a few words In
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When | wrote to you in 1900 | was SO weak
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and now | am feeling better than | have
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This subject is a serious one for any wo-
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Wine of Cardui will lead her safely through
these dangers cannot be ignored. 1t is a
tragic fact that so many women sicken and
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CHAPTER xIx.-Continued.

AIAs-JOnIInubu
His face looked sterner than ever, for
the fatigues Of the night had caused II
20 take on an ashen, corpse-like hue, out
Of which his small gray eyes looked with
the courteous nobility OF living eyes from
behind a mask.
But he raised his hat as politely as be-
fore. For in nothing did Gregory Glendon-
wyn fail, save in humanity. And I could
not but admire the intrepidity of the man
who at his age had undertaken a task SO
exhausting as this.
I'VE must leave as soon as the water
has advanced a stage higher at the little
PIER he said. "Our destination is yonder!''
He lifted his hand and pointed to a faint
blue cloud which stretched Itself against
the Frightening horizon. The island be-
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CHAPTER Xxx.
An IDOL Nigh the Breaking.

And. indeed. Mr.. G%lendonwyn had some
right TO his opinion. For within the house
was admirably equipped. and &c me at least
Its outside disrepair and quaint antiquity
rather heightened the bien sense OF com
fort within. Indeed, but for the fear thai
We were distressing our friends. there wss
no suffering OF any kind connected with
our stay on the island. Jonet McColl
showed US over the rooms with houseWifely
pride. First, there on the ground nooI
was q good-sized sitting room, with a win
daw opening upon the garden or courtyard
On the other side o. the narrow passage
was a dining room, with guns and fishing
rods In racks. To these Kate instantly
turned her eyes, and, taking the dunn
woman In hand. tried to spell out the
letters Of Rupert's name, with hopsfulnssl
cleaning IN her eyes. But either JOne
did not understand or she had her orders
Not iron her would Ne AAd Oat Whethsl
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Mrs. L. S. Webb
Vice-President of Women's Democratic
Clubs Of Northern Ohio.

-1HERE are many sickly women be-
tween the ages of As and IS, but
- there are very few invalids over SIS
or go years of age. The change of
life coming TO a woman near her forty
fourth year, either makes her an invalid OF
gives her a new lease on life. Those who
meet this change in i'll health seldom live
ten years ~afterward, while a woman who
lays aside the active. duties of ~womanhood
in health seldom fails to live on in happi-
ness, years after she has passed go. Duriny
the change of life, the menstrual function
gradually disappears. This is truly a crit
ical time.
Mrs. Laura S. Webb, of Toledo, Ohio,
recognizes the change of life as a danger
Gus period and she also has faith in Wins
of Cardui. She writes:
"As l had always been troubled more or
less at the menstrual period, | dreaded the
change Of life which was fast approaching.
While visiting with a friend ! noticed that
she was taking your Wine Of Cardui, and
he was so enthusiastic about it that | decided
to try bottle. experienced some relief the
Eirst month, so / kept on taking it for three
months and now ! msnstruate with no pain
AID shall take it off and on now until |
hive passed the climax. | do not dread it
now, as | am sure that your Wine Of Cardui
will be of great benefit at this time"
Mrs. Elizabeth Barfeld, of Fort Barn
vel, N. c., has had happY experienoe
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The Name

BLACK Diamond Express has become with
those who travel a synonym for comfort,
elegance and speed. The train runs be-
tween Buffalo. New York and Philadelphia
via . Lehigh Valley railroad.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

am frank to confess, after 81
years mining all over the west,
[ have never seen anything like
it. The snow was deep and no
one in the cabins, of which there
were several. Yet we saw
enough to verify the oft.repeated
statement that it was the great.
est mine in Idaho. The lode is
about forty feet wide and strip
ped for several hundred feet on
the surface, every foot of which
is ore, undoubtedly rich. We
stood on seven great piles of ore
showing masses of chlorides and
black sulphides. In cut partly
filled with snow we pulled down
pieces of yellow chlorides that
surely would go up in the humid
reds. A tunnel ran in the ledge
from this cut, but, being wet, we
did not enter.
Looking over the hill, we saw
the entrance to cross-cut tun-
mel which evidently is designed
to tap the lode several hundred
feet deep. We saw car and
track at this place. We followed
the lode for over half a mile and
found shafts and cuts at various
places. In one place the ledge
stands up forty or fifty feet high
and equally as wide, and it cuts
Greyhound mountain clear in
two and comes out on the Sui
phur creek side.
We have been informed that
the Bulldog group covers over q
mile on the lode, and is opened
up the entire distance, and in
every cut is ore. This property
is being Systematically worked
and at considerable expense.
For there are good cabins 1--WE
counted five), car, track, and
everything shows that the owner
knows his business. Wood and
water in abundance. Four
small lakes touch the lode. That
this property does not have re-
duction works | don't understand.
Were it in Colorado, a railroad
would touch it before snow flew.
1t is only twenty miles from the
State road.
Capital need not go to Thun-
der mountain for investment
when properties like this are so
miles nearer market. 1t would
certainly pay capital to look into
this district.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

seems to be due to timber and
deep surface that this district
has not sooner come to light.
Loon creek was famous for its
placers in the early '70s and is
said to have yielded in the neigh
borhood of 100000. The pay
dirt gave out at what is known as
the Narrows and it's source has
remained a mystery. No large
lodges were found and it became
the opinion that the gold origin
ated from small stringers and
pockets in the formation. Where
the discoveries have been made
is on a high and heavily timber
ed hill about one mile to the west
side of the Narrows, sloping to-
wards Grouse creek, tributary
of Loon. 1t is thought the belt
is continuation of the Custer
Lodges, which have already pro-
duced over $40, 100000. 1t beats
Thunder mountain all hollow and
is the greatest strike ever made
in Idaho if it only proves extern
sive, said one prospector who
has been there. Scarcely ascore
of men have gotten next" and
the located district is little more
than a mile in extent. Men are
Fastening to outfit from Custer
and others coming in from
Thunder are taking the trail for
the new camp, which is expected
to have a full fledged boom that
will determine it's value before
snow tiies.-Capital News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
LOON LAKE.

CUSTER, Ida, July 20.-A new
Eldorado has been struck on
Loon creek, % miles northwest
of this place and about 40 miles
southeast of Thunder mountain.
From all reports it IS the great
est gold discovery of recent
years in Idaho. Only a few
men know of the strike thus far,
and those who brought the news
to Custer remained only long
enough to outfit. The original
discoveries are James Tappan,
Johh Pratt, James Clark and
Jesse Carver. These. together
with E. H. Lang, Frank Moore,
James Hash, G. A. Younkin, B.
B. Barnes, Charles Plummer,
Albert Knight, Clarence Eddy
and Ralph Beane, are the princi-
pal discoveries thus far, and
though the camp is but two
weeks old they have located sew
eral groups of claims and made
more than a score of discoveries.
The country formation is of
granite. The ore is white ming
led with scarlet hemmatite of
iron. 1t is free milling in char
acter. Some samples show free
gold as big as wheat grains; 9TH
ers pan a yellow streak of gold
visible to the naked eye a dis
lance of 90 feet. The ore as an
average is we'll defined in solid
formation. The Elcanizon vein,
located by Tappan and Pratt is
over 10 feet in width. On the
Cracker Jack claim, located by
Eddy andfBeane, four veins have
been uncovered, aggregating 8
feet of ore, which pans freely in
gold. The Gold Dollar, located
by Carver and Moore, is only 5
inches wide, but shows free gold
as big as wheat grains. In the
new camp there is said to be
hardly discovery that will not
pan gold. The Platts burg, loca-
ted by E. Fl. Lang, projects 18
feet from the ground in a body
20 feet long by 6 feet wide. 1t
leans alongside a cliff and was
obscured by heavy timber. 1t
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
are all the same value when ii
comes topaying taxes. How is
this for class legislation =?

The Wallace Tribune says edi-
torially relative to the Shoshone
county mines
There are more rich beggars
in the world than there are poor
ones, but the rich beggars do
their begging at the door of the
tax assessor. They are paupers
when public tax is levied and
millionaires when other peoples
taxes are expended. When the
assessor visits the great mines
the most of the owners make us
feel like donating to them all our
old castoff clothing with hand
out lunch from the kitchen door
and the usual Christian admoni-
ton to seek honorable employ
ment as a means of earning a
livelihood. They are the most
wretched poverty stricken NOR
tails in all the world when the
assessor shows up on the scene
of operation and they become
very rich whenever anybody
tries to buy them out.
1T may be that the assessment
on the mines in this county is
unjust as the mine owners claim,
but for years and years the mer-
chants, ranchers and holders of
small properties have been pay
ing an unjust tax rate without a
murmur. They have been taxed
to the point of property confisca-
ton. The miner with little
shack on the mountain side has
been taxed beyond every sense
of justice, yet he did not com
plain. And all these years the
mine owners have paid taxes on
their outside improvements only,
except on an assessment of five
dollars per acre on their patent
ed ground. Now they are asked
to pay taxes on the mines they
own and if they get a modified
dose of the medicine all other
taxpayers have been forced TO
swallow, they should not COM
plain.
1.-The Tribune holds no ill-will
towards mine owners who seek
to evade taxation. That is
business proposition which all
men will avail themselves of as
opportunity is offered. But pub
lie expenses require public taxes
and all we ask is that the rich
and the poor alike contribute in
equal ratio to the public treas
ury."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
IDAHO MINING.

The following interesting com
munication appeared in the Salt
Lake Herald recently
have seen more ore on the
dump of one mine in Seafoam
than in all Thunder mountain,
and not q word is said about it.
This district takes in every
stream about twenty miles from
Cape Horn, which is on the
State road. Seafoam, Float,
Sulphur, Crane. Soldier and
Rapid river all head in this dis
trict, and on all these streams
are splendid bodies of ore, high
grade, and all carrying good
values in gold.
On Seafoam creek are eight
good claims, many of which
have in years past shipped ore
that went up in the hundreds.
Float creek there are fine ore
bodies. The Silver King is a
wonder, four feet of solid ore
that will go over 800 per ton. 1t
has two tunnels and is owned by
Mr.. Bates, a former Salt Lake
fireman. The Overland, new
location, shows fine ore. The
Ocher, the adjoining claim, has
1000 tons or more on the dump,
and about 700 sacks ready to ship
out. The Plumbago has las
sacks, which we learned would
go $50 in gold per ton. The
Galena, a lead claim, looks well.
Crossing a low hill into Sulphur
creek, we note several good
claims. The Custer has has
pile of good ore on the dump.
The Birdie also had some good
ore.
When on the trail and in
Thunder, we heard considerable
talk of the Bulldog mine. and
being close to it, we concluded
to go and see it. The snow was
deep in places, but we found it
about half a mile over the noun
tain, on the west slope, and, l
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

Gov. Hunt and Senator Heit-
field carried every precinct in
Latah county.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05
ASSESSOR SUSTAINED.

SlOnerS began MONDAY at z p. m.
as board of equalization to list
en- to the testimonies and weigh
the arguments from the repre-
sentatives of the operating mines
of the district which claim an
assessment in excess of the cash
valuation of their mines under
the new rule of assessing mining
properties at their cash value.
1t must be remembered that
heretofore operating mines have
paid taxes on their outside inn
provements only. This year for
the first time they are assessed
on the mines, and on this assess
ment they claim an excess over
cash valuation, and if their own
sworn estimates are true a great
outrage has been committed.
For more than two months
Assessor Miner urged the mining
companies to make returns and
what returns they made were so
ridiculous that he assessed them
on what he considered a fair cash
valuation, and it is considered by
all that George Miner is one of
the fairest and one OF the most
impartial assessors Shoshone
county ever had.
The mining companies appear
ed before the board on July IA
with probably the strongest ar
ray of legal talent ever aggrega-
ted in Shoshone county. There
was Judge Mcbride, represent
ing the Bunker Hill & Sullivan;
Judge Hepburn, representing the
Empire State-Idaho; CIV. Beale,
representing the Occur d'Alene
Development company, the Stan
dard and the Hecla properties.
Other mines had able represen-
tatives.
Each company filed its protest,
and the phraseology of each pro-
test was almost the same, alleg-
ing unlawful assessment, that
the assessment was not properly
itemized, that the assessment
fixed an exorbitant valuation,
and demanded a new assessment.
These subterfuges did not seem
to waiver the board and their
decision to not grant q new
assessment forced the mining
companies to submit testimony.
The commissioners unanimous
ly sustained the assessment made
by Assessor Miner, excepting
the property of the Occur d 'Alene
Mining company, which was re-
duced one-half. The assessment
made by Assessor Miner was as
follows
Bunker Hill&Sullivan 8 $685. $50
Occur d'Alene Min. Co. $4,000
I" Development Co 108.150
Empire State 1,16S, $40
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

The question now is not how
to get to Thunder, but what does
it amount to after you get there.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

And all other patented mines in
the county were fixed at 5000
each-rich mines and poor mines
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-08-05

See how the above table com
pares with the manner in which
the board fixed the valuation of
the mines in Custer county
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-06-20
Base Ball.

Pembina folks enjoyed two games o.
league ball Monday and Wednesday and
Tues ay the teams enjoyed rest as it
rAined nearly all day.
Monday seemed to be "wash-day"
with the Devils Lake team, as they were
whitewashed times and got only l run
in the other inning. Cavalier didn't seem
to get ratified by the poor playing Of their
opponents and kept running right around
the bases just the same until they had
piled up some IA tallies. The scorer
counted errors for Cavalier and errors
for the Devils, but the feature of the
game was Freeman's pitching for Cava.
lier. from which the Devils did not get a
single successful hit, while Cavalier got
II from Lynch.
On Wednesday the Devils took their
turn, and while they did not play SC
much better than ON Monday, Cavalier
made some costly errors, and Kean who
pitched for the Devils was more effective.
Slette pitched good game for Cavalier,
but did not come up to Freeman's
record, which is the record of the sea.
son. The game was called at the ninth
inning in order that the teams could take
the ~ F. train. The score stood to {
in favor of the Devils. Devils Lake
made 9 hits and 3 errors, while Cavalier
scored hits and errors.
The attendance, which was kept back
some by Threatening weather and rains
and the change of date, was still not wha,
it should have been, nor as much as ex.
pected About $50 paid admission on
Monday and little more than that on
Wednesday. The attendance from
neighboring towns was small, though
quite a few Emersonians were here on
Monday and good crowd from Hal.
lock on Wednesday. 1t is quite certain
that we gave the teams but little fnan.
cial encouragement to come here again
Cavalier has strengthened its team by
the addition Of four good men, within
two weeks, and has strong hopes of turn
ing that unlucky, tail-end score around
the other way before the season is out
The teams that played here were com
posed Of gentlemanly lot of fellows
who behaved themselves we'll on and of
the diamond. The umpire, Brennan
satisfied the crowd about as well as UNI
pires usually succeed in doing.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-06-20
Personals.

Dawson McC Affery is home from Com
mercial College at St. Paul.
Charles Keller moved into Mrs. NJ.
Brady's house on Wednesday.
Section Foreman Smith has moved in
to the residence vacated by Prof.
Keenan,.
Mr.. Chas. Full has been at Walhalla
this week attending the Sunday School
convention.
Hon. N. E. Nelson and family left last
Sunday tor months outing at Lake
Melissa, near Detroit.
George Parker went to War-road last
week and had to wade knee-deep in
water to get to his claim, they have had
SO much rain there.
Mrs. M. Brady and family left Wednes-
day for Thief River Falls where she joins
her husband who has been at work there
for several months.
Oscar Sonderman returned from a
prospecting trip to Kidder county, and
took claim near Fritz Volrath, who
went there about month ago.
Misses Grace Parker and Muriel Full
and Mr.. James c. Wardwell left yester-
day for Grand Forks as delegates to the
State Epworth League convention.
Miss Irene Aylen returned yesterday
from nlne months visit with relatives
i'll Great Falls, Montana. During her
absence she took special course in in
strumental music.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Botkir, OF Indian.
ola, Ia, are making three weeks visit
with their son-in-law, Rev. Fiesher, of
St. Vincent Mr.. Botkin thinks we have
a great country, and is enjoying his visit
to the Northwest
Editor Bouvette and John Henry Of
Hallock, were in the city on Tuesday
with posters for the Hallock Fair, which
occurs on July 18th and 9th, and which
promises many attractions, including a
balloon ascension.
MIR. and Mrs. ]. K. Musselman we're
welcome visitors to Pembina during the
w. {. T. U meeting last week. Mrs.
Musselman was honorcd by the 18th
consecutive reelection 10 the Office OF
treasurer of the county union.