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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-08

I.aurel celebrated the Fourth and
many visitors from the surrounding
country were present. a feature was
the ball game between a Billings team
and one made up of players from
Park City. Like the big one" at
home, the team that went from here
maintained the reputation of its town
and bested the Park Cityites with q
score of II to 10. The men from Bill
ings were, Scott, Wheeler. Fraser,
Hodson, Brown, Boyd, Robbins, Mel
son and Hoe with Flanagan substi-
tute. The giants who welded the
willow for Park City were Smith
Loffer, Warren, st. John, Raymond
Miller, Mcneil, Barr and Hearst. Be
side covering themselves with glory
the winners also carried off $35, the
prize hung up by the citizens. Horse
racing, athletic contests and games
Of various kinds made up the res
OF the afternoons programme. II
the evening there was a display o
fireworks and a dance.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-08

Earned runs-Billings 2. Sacrifice
hits-Donohue, H. Gleason, Donovan.
Stolen bases-Donohue, Smalley,
Donovan 2, Kelly 2, McHale 2, Tobin
2, Lloyd. Harker. Twoebase- hits
Peterson, Donovan, Tobin, Harker.
Three-base hits-Donovan, Freeman.
Bases. on balls-By Thomas 3. Hit
by pitched ball-By Thomas 1. Struck
out-By Thomas Q, by Harker 8. Left
on bases-Glendiye s. Billings Z
Time Of game -1:30. Umpire
| Baker.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-08
Notice to Stockholders Of the High
Line Ditch Company.

Notice is hereby given that shares
of stock in The High Line Ditch Com
pany are held for sale at the rate OF
$1,000 per share for 80 days from the
date of the first publication of this
notice; that from and after 80 days
from the date of the first publication
of this notice 25 per cent will be added
to the price of said shares of stock.
e. B. HASTINGS,
Secretary The High Line Ditch Com.
pany.
Date Of first publication 4th day
Ct July, 1902. 1S-4f
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-08
NEW TIME CARD.
Revised Schedule in Effect on North-
f. 4 @ ern Pacific. ]

Revised Schedule in Effect on North
tt ern Pacific.
From Mondays Daily Gazette.
The much talked of change N the
running time of the Northern Pacific
passenger trains has gone into effect,
having become operative yesterday.
Considerable change has been made
in the card as it affects %eastbound
trains. Those going in the opposite
direction run tolerably close to old
table. AS now effective the schedule
is as follows:
Wesbound.
No. / North Coast Limited), ar
rives 1927 a. M; departs, 1887 q. m.
No. 8 (Northern Pacific looal), arrives,
1:45 a.. M; departs, 1:55 a. m. No
5 burlington coast train) arrives,
3:45 a.. M; departs, 4:05 a. m. No. Il,
Red Lodge, departs Gas a. m. NO,
%, Bridger, departs, $3.50 a. m.
E%astbound.
No. 2 North Coast Limited) ar
rives, 1910 p. M; departs, 1920 p
m. No..4 Northern Pacific locaD ar
rives, 5:55 a. M; departs, 6:05 a. m
No. 6 burlington coast train) arrives
$50 a. M; departs, 10 a. m. No. %
Red Lodge, arrives 4:3O p. m. No. "a
Bridger, arrives 3:15 p. m.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-08

ST. JOHNS COUGH CURE win
cure your cough. Sold by Chapple
Drug c
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-08-13

railway company is understood to
have found the work Of the brown
men Improbable, and that the change
is in the nature of an experiment.
While the company has not yet
brought the Japs east, it has and
does now employ over 1000 on its
Montana lines alone. 1t is there
that the change will be made. AT
one Montana point arrangements are
now being made, it is said, for the
accommodation of 200 Europeans.
They will receive 16 cents an hour.
The employment of Japs on the
Great Northern has long been mat
ter of annoyance to the differen
union men on the system. While the
former are too small for heavy work
thew have done fairly well in lightel
work, and their cost to the compan.
is said to have been nominal.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-08-13
SUPPLIES SENT
TO DEWEY Mine.

Statesman.
Supplies are being shipped for the
Dewey mine in Thunder Mountain in
quantity, large shipment of pow
der having left Boise yesterday. The
plan appears to be to keep the
stamp mill running while the ore
bodies of the mine are being opened
up. By crowding on large force,
the company can do an immense
OF work before spring, developing
the property 1000 feet or more east
ward, gaining great depth and open
ing up the ore bodies of the mine.
By the time the big mill can be in
stalled the ground will thus be so
we'll opened that the management
will be able to map out it's work for
a long time in advance.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-08-13
New Company for Mineral

An Ontario special to the Boise
News of the 4th says: L M. Nor
ton is in Pendleton, where with John
Knight Of Pendleton, and two other
gentlemen, he will organize gigan-
tic corporation, with capital stock
of 81 800, 900, for the purpose of de-
veloping his rich copper mine near
Mineral, Idaho. Stock in the new
company will be sold at 81 per
kshare. These mines are reported as
| producing the richest copper bearing
ores found anywhere in the Seyer
Devils mining region.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-08-13
Two Thousand Reported at Thunder

News Letter.
John Sears came lone from Thnn
der mountain last Observation-Disclosures
and all. John reports between two
and three thousand people in the
camp. While there is much free
gold their, John expresses the belief
that the greatest riches of the camp
are in cyanide ores, and this is one
great reason the tenderfeet prospect
ors have been using their "hammers'
on every possible occasion. Johl
located some promising claims Will
| there.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-08-13
STILL MORE
THUNDER SALES

The following special from Thun-
der Mountain to the Lewiston Tri-
bune appeared in that paper.
Newton Hibbs of Lewiston yesterday
sold to the Holliston company of New
York the Hogback group of mines To-
Gated on Big creek. The consideration
was $50, 900.
Tod Stonebreaker, son OF George
Stonebreaker of Lewiston, met with Sc
we're accident last evening" He was
struck by rolling boulder and his left
arm is broken in two places aside from
other injuries DR.. Anderson left this
morning for the scene of the accident, IA
miles below Thunder Mountain on Mon
umental creek.
This latest sale causes one to won
der what becomes of the statements
of the Thunder Mountain knockers.
1t has been asserted that the coun-
try was a fake and that the moment
capitalists could see how they had
been bilked with worthless, wild CA
locations, the whole country woulC
be dropped cold No doubt many
valueless snow locations wer'
bonded and partly paic for, but th'
outcome prophesied by the knocker
is not apparent Here is the Hibb
sale to Hclister in the middle O
summer when the snow is out of tn
country. Hollister and his party ar
on the ground with their experts an
there is no obstacle to the full an
free inspection of the property
This is no SNOW sale and after eS
animation the property brings $50,
900. What becomes of the prognos
ticatlons Of evil?
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-08-13
thin THUNDER RUSH
OPENING NEW FIELDS
REPORT OF IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES
MADE ON LOON CREEK IN
IDAHO COUNTY.

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 b,g as wheat
grains. In the new camp there is
said to be hardly discovery that
will not pan out gold. The Platts-
burg, located by X. HI. H. Lang,
projects Is feet from the ground in
body 20 feet long by 6 feet wide.
1t leans alongside cliff and was OBJ
scured by heavy timber. 1t seems
to be due to timber and deep surface
that this district has not sooner
come to light. Loon creek was ia
nous for its placers in the. early
'70s and is said to have yielded IN
the neighborhood Of $4,000, 900,
The pay dirt gave out at what is
known as the Narrows and its
source has remained mystery. No
, large lodges were found and it be-
} came the opinion that the gold orig
, mated from small stringers and
pockets in the formation. Where
( the discoveries have been made is on
high and heavily timbered bill
: about one mile to the west side of
! the Narrows, sloping towards Grouse
: creek tributary of Loon. 1t is
. thought the belt is continuation OF
: the Custer lodges which have al
ready produced over $40, 900, 600.
1t beats Thunder Mountain all hol-
low and is the greatest strike ever
t made in Idaho if it only proves ex-
tensive, said one prospector who has
s been there. Scarcely score Of men
!; have gotten ''next' and the located
/ district is a little more than mile
f in extent.
s Men are fastening to outfit from
e Custer and others coming in from
Z Thunder are taking the trail for the
n new camp, which is expected to have
y full fedged boom that will deter
e mine it's value before the snow flies
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-08-13

1t has always been the Signals be-
lief that the excitement over Thun-
der Mt was an incident that would
result in the discovery of new dis
tricts tributary to Weiser and that
the whole of Central Idaho would be
exploited as direct outcome. APP
parently that is going to be the re-
suit The latest discoveries are at
Loon creek where little prospecting
for quartz has been done, though
gold in veins has been known to ex-
ist there. The following is the story:
CUSTER, IDA.-A new Eldorado
has been struck on Loon creek, 25
miles northwest of this place and
about 40 miles southeast of Thunder
Mountain From all reports it is
the greatest gold discovery of recent
years in Idaho. Only a few mer
KNOW Ol luc SeIlhc ouuo A"', ~nN
those who brought the news to Gus
ter remained only long enough tt
outfit. The original discoverers ar
James Tappan, John Pratt, Jame
Clark and Jesse Carver. These, to
gether with e. H. Lang, Fran
Moore, James Hash, G A. Younkin
B. B. Barnes, Charles Plummer, AL
! bert Knight, Clarence Eddy an
Ralph Beane, are the principal dis
: coverers so far, and though the cam
4, is but two weeks old they have lc
Gated several groups of claims an
made more than a score of discoveries
The country formation is of granite
The ore is white mingled with scarle
, hemmatite of iron. 1t is free mill
ing IN character. Some sample
show free gold as big as wheat grains
others pan yellow streak OF gol
: visible to the naked eye distance Q
: 200 feet. The ore as an average
we'll defined in solid formation. Th
y Elcanizon vein located by Tappan I
y Pratt is over ten feet in width. O
n the Cracker Jack claim, located h
e Eddy and Beane, four veins hay
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-08-13
Ruthburg Property Valuable.

From the Citizen
M. G. Henley has sold his Ruth
burg farm, stock and farm imple-
ments, to John R. Benson from Og-
den, Utah, for $7,599. Mr.. and
Mrs. Henley will soon move to their
Boise home. Mr.. Benson got an ex.
ceptional bargain in this purchase,
as it is estimated that this property
is worth at least $4,000.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-08-13
JapS to Go.

1t is reported in railway circles
that the Great Northern will replace
its japanese workmen tH-eughout
the western states with European
labor and that the change will be
made as soon as practicable. The
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-08-13
|HE OLD GOLD DAYS
| OF FORTY YEARS ago
uE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE RECALLS THE
EXCITING DAYS OF EARLY
SIXTIES.
shoes carrying the $500.
RUSH FROM PORTLAND.

shoes carrying the $500.
RUSH FROM PORTLAND.
1t was sent to Portland, where it'll
caused a blaze of excitement. In
those primitive days man whod
wanted to prove he had found gold
showed the metal as an evidence oil
good faith. In modern mining golda
is seldom exhibited, the first inti-3
nation being usually wheelbarrowI
load of mining stock to be sold for
development purposes. This com
parlson is drawn to show the evolu-
tion in mining operations.
The news of the discovery travelled
fast and a wild rush set in from
Portland. Steamers arrived daily
from San Francisco and Victoria,
bringing thousands of adventurers.
Inside Of sixty days the country was
overrun with miners The Orc Fino
mines were opened, then those at
Pierce City and Elk City.
FLoCKED SOUTHWARK.
Later the crowd stampeded toward
the south and discovered the famous
mines of Florence. Toward fall
James Warren located the Warren 8
diggings. The discovery at Florence
caused tremendous excitement The
camp developed into one of the tough
est places in the entire West, thirty
men being killed the first year.
Flour sold for 81 pound bacon 81. :
20, butter So, sugar $1.25, gum
, boots $50 pair and everything else
:. in proportion. In newspaper pub
o Iished at Walla Walla at the time
e occurs the following piece of news
d NEwPAPER ACCOUNT.
! rs. F. Leyard arrived last even
d ing from the Salmon river mines, ant
: from him 1T was learned that SOM
" 600 miners would winter there; tina
1T some 200 had gone to the south sid
n of the river, where two streams hea'
8. that epmty into the Salmon, som
thirty miles southeast of the presen
- camp. Coarse gold is found, and a
high as 800 day to the man ha
been taken out. The big mining
- claim of the old locality belongs t
- MIR. Weiser of Oregon, from whic
$268O was taken out with rockers
r. one day. On the following ola
1880 was taken out with the sam
machines. Other claims were pay
ing from three to five pounds a day
. Flour has fallen to so cents a pound
! and beef at 25 cents is to be had
abundance. Most of the mines al
: supplied until June 1st. Mr.. Lee
49, yard met between State creek an
= Walla Walla, en- route for the mine
a. 394 packs and ESQ head of beef ca
III tle."
nd The same newspaper, under da
= of December 13, 1861, gives t.
h following account of the new digging
all REPORTS OF RICHNESS.
,r- "The tide of emigration to Salm
an river flows steadily onward. Duri
ID. the week past not less than 2
ral pack animals heavily laden with pi
EN- visions have left Walla Walla +
A. the mines. If the mines are OF
IN, half as rich as they are said to
all we may safely calculate that ma
ad of these trains will return as heav
for laden with gold as they are now W
ent provisions The late news FRI
old Salmon river seems to have gi,
so, the gold fever TO everybody in t
w. immediate neighborhood. A nu
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-08-13

pocstello, Ida, Aug. Word
mes that the mysteries of Thunder
ouutain are not yet to be revealed.
he difficulties Of road building have
scouraged the enterprise of trans
brting the 100 stamp mill ordered
om the Allis-C Chalmers company,
is now believed that the mill will
! taken in on the snow next winter
thout building a wagon road.
Lining men have not lost faith IN
| new district on account of the
mporary setbacks. 1t has never
en- claimed that Thunder Mountain
bs anything but a low grade PROPOSE
bn, which will take time and much
! I'd work to develop.
STORY NEVER TOLD.
This generation has but an imper-
bt conception of the mining history
Idaho. Strange as it may seem,
: startling and remarkable events
early years have never been set
wn in truthful narrative. This
Serty of provincial literature may
accounted for by the fact that
ners are not historians. The lm-
lse that leads men to dig gold from
earth has nothing about it to sug-
et the preservation of historical
ersture. 1t is therefore notable
we'll as deplorable, fact that
ahos brilliant record in mining
FAIRS has never been preserved to
bsterity. A few men are still liv-
who took part in the stirring
Fents of nearly half a century ago
hen they have passed away the
ok that binds the present with the
bst will have been broken, an(
aaho's history will only exist in leg
hd. The Thunder Mountain gol'
lscoveries have brought to the sur
Rca glimpses of the early histor
Idaho, when half the world wen
bad over the treasures revealed i
be lonely canyons of the mountains
FIRST GOLD DISCOVERY.
Gold was first discovered in Idah
1860. At Fort Walla Walla wa
Captain in the regular arm
nmed &. d. Pierce. He had talke
18th Nez Perc. Indian, who tol
romantic story of bright an
plnlng metal in the mountains
e summer of 1860 Captain Pierce
Pth two companions, visited I'll
ez Perce Indians and travelled alon
fe Clearwater river. They got 10
pd no doubt would have perishe
'o not friendly squaw led the
1t of wilderness of small cedar
apt. Pierce went back to Fo
ALA Walla but Immediately r
rned, accompanied by W. T. Ba
:, Thomas Walters, Jonathan Smi
ld two brothers named John ar
mes Dodge. Thus reinforce,
apt. Pierce continued his scare
PWard the headwaters of 3 sms
ream that flowed into the .Clea
A1er river, Bassett started to p'
SOIL and obtained cents in gol
ne whole party panned for sever
Ays and got $50 in all. They tn
turned to Fort WaIla Walla. A
'ough it was late in the seaso
ergt. j. G. Smith fitted out a sm'
Arty and went where the gold b
zen obtained. They camped +
Pe winter, lived on Governme
uons and took out $500 In &c
as1' Early in the spring Of 18t
NTH made his way out on sno
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-08-13
the lead used in the commerce of ma
HOPE FOR RAILROAD

1t is the fond hope of those who
live in the isolated section of central
Idaho that a railroad will some day
be built from Butte to San Francisco,
opening the mineral resources of a
vast country that needs only the ad-
vantages of transportation to develop
it's rare richness.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-08-13
Made Shortage Good.

Citizen.
@. J. Thorne has been secured as
station agent at Cambridge. Clair
LYMAN having quit and gone to EN-
nett. Clair -four d that there was
about s4O0 of company money miss
ing which he could not account for,
and, although he made the shortage
good. he did uot feel that he wantet
another such experience.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-08-13
IN Business at PocateNO

H. Z. Abry is at Pocatello, where
he has gone into the grocery business
with A. M. Jobson. Both are excel
lent business men and will nodoubt
wax great at the gate city.
Magnifying glasses and compasses
at Walls.
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-17
OCEANS REPUTATION GOING.
Increase IN ships on the Pacific Followed
by Increase in Disasters.

by Increase in Disasters,
The Ppcific Ocean is fast losing thu
reputation implied by the name giver
20 it by Magellan. and which it owes
70 the placid appearance of its surface
when he first saw it, The change Is
one of the inevitable results of the
growth Of commerce. Prior to the
discovery Of gold i'm California com
paratively few vessels sailed over its
waters There We're, therefore, few
casualties TO report. In late years
however, commerce has extended in
all directions The ocean is filling with
ships, and the disasters Of the see
are multiplying proportionately.
Along the California Coast the ocear
is placid enough to retain its reputa
tion as pacific. Storms are rare, II
is not often that its waters are lashed
into fury like those of the Atlantic
in these ATTITUDES. But along the Ore
gon Washington, British Columbia
and Alaskan Coasts there is little, il
any, difference between the conditions
prevailing in the Pacific from those
existing in the Atlantic Ocean. Mari
ners now dread Cape Flattery, at the
entrance of the Strait of Juan de
Fuca, almost, if not quite, as much as
they do Cape Hatteras, on the eastern
coast. Wrecks are lining the north
western coast of the continent as they
do the northeastern shores of it.
AS the Pacific Ocean is gradually
filling with the whlte-winged and
steam-propelled agents of commerce.
the ratio of shipwrecks is correspond
ingly rising. Perhaps we have wit
messed more wrecks on this coast than
We should have experienced if the
same precautions against disaster had
been adopted in the navigation of Pa
cific waters as are taken in the Allan
tic Ocean. The Pacific has undoubted'
1y been made the graveyard of many
steam and sail vessels which were
transferred to it from the Atlantic
Ocean because they were not consld
cred safe to keep in commission in
the latter, under the mistaken belief
that milder weather and smoother
water were to be found here. Others
have been lost through the vicious
practice Of overlooking, the risk being
taken on account Of the same error
of opinion regarding the placidlty OF
these waters. Ship owners are, how.
ever, fast learning that rotten hulks
and overloaded craft are not any more
immune from disaster here than they
are anywhere else. The growth of
commerce and the increasing perils
of navigation resulting from it demand
the abandonment of both.-San Fran.
cisco Chronicle.
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-17
A Moving Mountain,

Most people forget that geology is
not altogether history of the past
The forces that made the mountains
are still going on Some mountains
are growing, some are wearing down.
Because these processes take long
time to accomplish visible results, one
is apt to form the erroneous idea that
they have ceased, and that the face
Of the earth is fixed once for all. A
case Of geological action so rapid as
TO be easily observed Is tie moving
mountain in Hunterdon County, New
Jersey
This mountain is a knob or mound.
which is sliding down the side of .
full sized mountain.
1t has obliterated old turnpkes and
roadways, and threatens to slide sud
denly and 10 great damage. The land
slide already covers twenty-five acres
Of one farm, and has destroyed the
boundaries OF another.
AT the point where the mound has
torn away from the mountain Is a deep
gulch, IN which have been found many
Indian relies. The place is 50 danger
Gus from ledges and banks which
threaten to fall that nobody has dared
explore the cleft thoroughly.
This geological movement has been
so rapid that a new map Of the county
may be necessary. Heavy rains, says
the Detroit Free Press, stir the entire
valley to fear lest the whole hill tum-
bic and destroy everything in its path.
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-17
WORDS OF WISDOM,

Immunity IS often ignorance perched
on stills.
A gad-fy and a domestic tyrant have
much in common.
Nalor has won many victories, but
diplomacy has doubled them.
There are two kinds of men-gen.
tlemen and knaves. The rest are mani
kins.
The tongue is not large, but it is
more durable than all our other or.
gans.
Simply because man is not a
knaye it does not follow that he is
good man.
The bitterness of death is often
spoken of, whereas it is life that is
Oftener bitter.
The girl who hopes to gain the adj
miration of men by maligning her
own sex will fail.
We are all vain, and those who say
they are not have the disease in its
most dangerous form.
He who is not liberal with what he
has does not deceive himself when he
thinks he would be liberal il he had
more.
A perfect gentleman is usually a
very disagreeable person, A manly
fellow, who is also a gentleman, is al
ways his superior.
The subtle result OF culture, which
we call taste, is often subdued by the
need for deeper motive; just MS the
nicer demands of the palate are anni-
hllated by urgent hunger
What new fa'e courage puts on
everything. \ determined man by his
very attitude and the tone Of his voice
puts a stop to defeat and begins tc
conquer. For they can conquer who
believe they can"