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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-22
BatfieShip Awards.

Washington. Dec. 10. - Secretary
Morton has approved the Recommended
ton of the naval board of construction
for the award of the contract for the
construction of the armored cruisers
Montana and North Carolina 70 the
Newport News Company at its bid of
1875, 900 Tor each vessel, and the
contract for the construction of the
battleship New hampshire to the New
York Shipb uilding Company at its bid
of IS, 7As, 900.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-22
New Governor for Yukon.

Victoria, B. c., Lee. l9.-It is an.
nounced here on good authority that
the next governor of the Yukon terri
tory will be ". ". B. Mclnnes. mem.
Der of the British Columbia legislature
for Alberni, Vancouver island. MIR
McInnes will be the youngest governor
in Canada. He has done yeoman ser
vice for the Liberal cause and is look
ed upon as one of the coming men in
Western Canada.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-22
Fore SITS Under Civil Service.

Washington, Dec. l9-The president
has issued AN order placing under civil
ser ice rules all positions in the forest
reserve corps of the general land office.
This will affect over 500 employees, of
whom only 25 are employed in Wash
ington. The position brought into the
classified service are principally forest
rangers, forest supervisors. superin.
tendents and forest inspectors.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-22
REFORri PROMISED.
Russian Government Will Grant a
Few

st. Petersburg, Dec. l9.-There is
no longer any doubt that the govern
ment intends to commit itself to extern.
sive reforms as the result of the liberal
first proposed by the last Prince Vasil.
choiskof twenty years ago in connec-
ton with the demand for land par
Lament, forms the basis Of the scheme
at present under consideration
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-22
Old Ship Reconnaissance.

New York, Dec. l9-The frigate
Constellation. the oldest ship in the
American navy, after having been
thoroughly overhauled, has been re-
commissioned at the Brooklyn navy
yard. She will be used as receiving
ship at Newport.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-22
TOlStOv Is a Bookseller.

Moscow, Dec. l9.-Count Tolstoy
has opened bookstores here and at St.
Petersburg, and is offering to provide
village libraries with books at cheap
prices.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-22
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT

The following prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers 70,
delivery in round lots f. o. b. Seattle,
and are subject to change without no.
tice:
Grain--Oats, $26. 50@27 per ton
barley. 20 per ton; wheat, CHECKER
feed, % so per ton; bran, SIC; shorts,
$20@21; corn. $3.50
Hay asternW ashington, $11@l1i,
per ton; Puget sound, *12@ ID; alfalfa,
$lO@11.
Eggs-Strictly fresh ranch, S2@3
Poultry-Live hens, l2@121ec per
10; old roosters, l0c; ducks, l2@l21e ;
geese, &c; springs. I3c.
Live Stock-Choice beef cattle,
COWS, 21ac per 10; steers, 34 @3Hc;
sheep, SIZE; hogs, 6@6hc; dressed
calves, 1890; live, 5@6c.
Hides, Pelts and Wool-Heavy and
sailed steers, over 60 pounds, s1sc per
10; medium, sound, Sc; light, sound,
Sc; cows, sound, all weights, Sc; stays,
bulls and oxen, size; sailed kips. Sc ;
calves, 9@1Oc; culls lc less than
sound; green hides lc less than sailed ;
dry hides, l1@l loo; dry culls. one-third
less; sheep pelts, 25c@1.25 each ;
10000 each; Eastern
Washington wool. lO@l2h.c per ID;
Western Washington wool, 1919 20c ;
dirty or timber stained. l6@lSc; tai.
low, 81 @4c; grease, 1900.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-22
Tacoma Quotations

Wheat-Bluestem No /, SSc; club
No. !, S5c.
Livestock-steers, 4@41sc per ID;
COWS, 3@SAc; hogs, 81 @3szc; sheep.
5@54c.
Poultry-Turkeys, dressed, 2l@22c;
chickens, spring, dressed, lee; ducks,
dressed, loo; geese. dressed, l5c. Live
Hens, lee; ducks, lee; geese, lie;
turkeys. lie; spring chickens, l3c;
squads. 81. 50@S.
Observation-Disclosures creamery 2sc
ranch. l4@lSc.
Eggs-32 @34c.
Oats-$27@2s; rolled oats, $2s@3O.
Hay, Alfalfa, etc-Wheat hay,
tl8.5o@l4.50; timothy $l7. 0O@ls. 90;
mixed, $lS. 5o@l5; clover, $14.50@
1880; alfalfa. $l1.5o@12.50: Puget
sound$l2@14.
Feed-Corn, &as. so wheat, $50; bar
ley, whole grain, $22.50; rolled, $24;
bran, $1,000 Shorts, t21@2s.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-16
MAYNE'S BIG
NEVADA STRIKE.
Well Known Salt Lake Mining
Man Has Found Good Ore in
The Goldsmith Group
OPENED EIGHT FOOT VEIN.
Work In Progress at the Contact
Group Much Prospecting Being
Done in District.

w. r, Smith who Is managing the
Copper Contact group, 20 miles from
New Boston, the first station north OF
Sodayillc on the line Of the Carson &
Colorado railroad In Nevada, has ar
rived from camp again ana brings some
cheering news from the camp Of A. H.
Wayne, who is conducting vigorous
campaign Of development on the Gold
smith and California groups. The lat
ter was bonded to Mr. Mayne aud ASSOC
ciates few days ago by Mr. Smith.
which accounts for the story printed
I'm Reno paper to the effect that It
was the Contact group that had been
sold.
Mr.. Mayne had work well In hand at
the Goldsmith when Mr.. Smith left aud
had just opened up an eight foot vein
OF ore over which he was exulting. AS
says taken showed the ore to carry val
ues of $685. gold and It's per cent cope
per
At the Contact property Mr.. Smith
ia devoting all his energies towards the
driving of cross-cut tunnel which is
intended TO cut the main ore bodies at
depth The adit has been completed 10
the length Of $50 feet.
Mr.. Smith expects to remain IN the
city for a week or 10 days before re-
turning to camp. He says much pros
pectlng is going on In the district where
he rs working and while Tonopah
Goldheld and some other camps are
commanding n great deal OF attention,
they by no means have a monopoly,
neither do they contain all the good
things TO be had in the way of mines
I'm the Sage Brush state.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-16
STOCK SHOWED
ANIMATION.
Small Gains and Losses We're
About Equally Divided at
The Opening.
TENDENCY WAS DOWNWARD.
Tone of Market Was Soft aud Yield.
ing With Little Rally in
Power.

New York May 1G.-Smau gains and
losses were quite equally divided In the
opening quotations In the stock market
today. United States Steel preferred
showed an advancing tendency to the ex-
tent Of a. The market showed consider
able variety and activity. The demand
for a few specialties stiffened the gem
eral market until liquidation was resum-
ed I'm Fries ana other coalcrs. Consol-
dated Gas gained pa Lackawanna rs and
Metropolitan Street Railway and Car 1
before they relapsed on the general SELL
Ing Railroad stocks showed but little
resistance 10 the decline, but United
states steel preferred was unsupported,
Hooking Valley fell pa on one sale Other
losses included 2 in Erie first preferred
ia In second preferred and / to IA In
Delaware ~ Hudson. Reading, the second
preferred Northwestern and Kansas &
Texas preferred Trading was quleter at
II o'clock, and the market slightly better
an around
The tone Of the market was soft and
yielding with little rallying power Many
prominent railroad stocks were a largo
fraction below last week.
New York Central lost a full point
Union Pacific and General Electric @
Sugar lA and Brooklyn Transit Is, Con-
soidated Gas lost most Of It's rise.
Bonds were easy at noon.
Aggressive selling set in at u o'clock
ana the market was driven substantially
lower United states Steel preferred
which held well during the morning, was
forced below Saturdays close. CONSOLE
dated Gas sold down 10 200, compared
with 2l2b earlier Rubber preferred
showed exceptional strength rising 2i4.
Additional declines consisted OF four In
General Electric ga in Kansas & Texas
preferred, Ne inh Denver q Rio Grande
preferred and isNrs IN Atchson. st Paul
Locomotive preferred, Republic Steel pre-
ferred and Tennessee Coal
Some Of the standard railroad stocks
reached a lower level, but selling I'm gem
eral was more concentrated against the
spocialties Wabash prefergSd yieldd
and the common 1, North American also
sagged 2 and Amalgamated, Consolidated
Gas, Distilers Securities, Texas d Pa
cihc, Rock Island Colorado Southern first
preferred ana AtchIson preferred q to ~.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-16
Advice on Northumberland.

In his last weeks market letter, Bar
ton Pitmm Of Tonopah says Of Mon
tano-Touopah;
ut requires n steady nerve to sell
ON rising market and yet an enor-
nous lot of Montana Is offered for sale
az ana below todays price Sl,62ia),
This is due to the prevailing belief that
insiders are ready TO unload and that
the companys non -commital attitude
ON the subject means no dividends for
some time TO come. These facts viii
doubtless send the stock down again.
by referring TO my market letter Of
Feb. %, YOU VIII see and correctly pre-
dicted that great slump IN Montana and
this time ! may also be right How
ever my advice TO clients Is to watch
the market carefully sell at the high
est obtaInable figure and buy in again
az the lowest
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-16
MINING, BUSINESS AND STOCKS

Plaster OF Paris Is used principally in
holding for forming mOlds ANA plas-
ter ornaments, especially such as are
used I'm interiors The glory of Chica-
gO's White city might have remained
an uurealizcl dream had IL not been
for the gypsum deposits OF the cuun-
try The use Of plaster Of Paris as
mOlls in the manufacture OF porcelain
is extensive. Zoo the plate glass indus
try thousands Of tons are required
annually for bedding the glass during
the process of grinding and polishing.
II is also employed as "a filler I'M paper
and ass a minor constituent OF some
Portland ccmonts Some raw gyp.
sum rs used as body for paint cal
ciuod gypsum prepared with glue and
pigments and sometimes called ALA
lUtIuc, is applied as "a thin plaster to
walls. The use Of gypsum as wall
plaster is most extensive, and because
OF IT'S adaptabity n has largely dis
placed lime and sand mortar as wall
finish TO the many people con-
cerngd I'm the manufacture and use
of gypsum, Bulletin No 223, on Gyp-
sum Deposits I'm the United states.
which has Just been published by the
United States Geological Survey viii
be- Of interest The bulletin IS pub
This report consists Of a cOmprehen-
sive summary OF the existing knowledge
regarding the gypsum deposits Of the
United states, compiled by Mr., George
J. Adams, with the collaboration Of
seventeen other gcologists. who have
prepared papers ON the deposits Of the
several states. The geology technol-
ogy and production OF gypsum are
discussed by Mr. Adams in a prelimi-
nary paper. Special attention Is given
by him and his associates to the eco
nomlc features Of the subject
The diverse conditions Of develop
mcnt Of the deposits Of different re-
Rions are well shown in the papers
on the occurrence Of gypsum IN the
various states During 1902 gypsum
was produced In Michigan, Iowa, Texas,
Now York, Ohio, Kansas, oklahoma,
California, Wyoming Colorado Vir-
Eiuio, Utah Montana South Dakota,
Nevada and oregon The industry
81 thus seen TO be well distributed,
except IN the southeastern part OF
the United states, An occurrence
recently noted I'm Florida and dos-
cribcd In this report may, however,
prove to be Of economic value.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-16
INTEREST NOW
AT A PREMIUM.
Brokers Began the Weeks Bust.
ness but Failed to Stir Up
Any Enthusiasm.
SALES LIGHT AND PRICES LOW.
Daly'West Opened Frm-B utIcr.Lib.
eral Some Stronger - Offerings of
Century Quotations and Sales.

The week opened with the sale Of H.
100 shares Of mining stocks this fore
noon, for which was paid 1894. rs.
While no Daly-West was brought out
during ethe the regular or open board
sessions, the stock remained strong in
the bidding. Grand Central remained
firm at last weeks closing quotations,
100 shares sold at $3.50, while Montana
Tonopah found favor at ST. 62ia. sacra-
mento is sim weak Butler-Liberal
displayed yigor this morning and adj
vanced several points.
Century was offered In the pit at 80
cents; but no one present wanted to
pay more than IS cents for 1t. with the
throe-cent assessment hanging over
New York, that stock IS not very at
traCtiye just now, however, bid Of
nine cents was made for II during the
regular call Yankee consolidated
showed no signs OF picking up, II was
offered down TO "a cents, the best price
bid for It was 30 cents Silver King
offered at $j5 was passed without
bid.
The closing quotations and sales We're
posted as follows
TODAYS QUOTATIONS.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-16
PRODUCE.

Chicago May iG-July wheat opened a
shade lower to 2Mig higher at S3A 70 @h,
a rally 10 S,M followed, but on realizing
sales the price settled back to Si7s.
Cash Wheat-No q red, l0jdl .0s; No.
2 red, 1.00ql.QG, No 2, hard, 9Op95, No. \,
northern. Ssa5S No, spring s6a95.
Corn-No, 9 $685.; No, 3. isAgi9.
Oats-N0 q 40, No 8, 39ia.
Close Wheat May, 93% July, Sjs;
old. S6g, asses; Sent, 79Ssn793i; old 81.
-Corn-May i7Bi July AIS; Sept, i',sn
i7%
May, ll12M, July, 11.Gi2; Sept,
Iard-May. 6.S2la; July, Gas; Sept, CO.
Ribs-May. $50, July. 6i5; Sept, 6.57hQ
eco
Ryc-May g.
FlaN-Cash, northwest, lO9
Tmothy-May, 800
CloVcr-May, 1915,
Barley--Cash i3q6l-
oats-May, ass; july 3iSi Sept, SOs.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-16
OPEN BOARD SALES.
REHABILITATION.
RAvENsCRoFT is PLEASED.
Director " Union Gas n Pipe Line Com
nnnY Nisita CO.'S CenterNille Meu

w, S. Ravenscroft, prominent Penn
syNania oil operator and one of the de
rcotors of the Union Gas Il Pipe Line
east yesterday morning and, In COM
pany with Manager Bigger, spent "a
greater portion OF the day at the com
pany's well near Centerville II was
learned at the offices of the corporation
this morning that some gas has been
encountered nj depth Of about 400
feet Chief Diller Wallace Is prepared
FOR some such blow-outs as have oc-
CURED at the Gufey-Galey we'll near
Pennington.
Mr. Rayenscroft expressed himself az
being well pleased with conditions, lie
went TO Brigham city this forenoon
with Mr. Bigger to make an iuspcc-
ton Of the knudscn wen.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-16
LOCAL MARKETS.

There has been a slight decline this
week In meats; % cents less on spring
lamb per half carcass and half cent
of on retail pork California cherries
are TO be had at 20 and % cents per
pound and there is a downward ten
dency In green groceries The prevail
ing prices in the local markets today,
are as follows
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-16
SCHOOL BOARDS
AND TRUSTEES

OF the Public and Private Schools Of
the state, please read our announce
mont I'm another column.
We have placed orders for several
car loads OF School Stationery direct
with the manufacturers, consisting OF
Students Note and Composition Books.
Practice, Exercise, Examination and
Drawing Papers Pens. Pencils, Cray
ons, Chalk, Black Board Cloth, Erascrs,
inks. kindergarten, Busy Work Materi-
ais and I'm fact every article of School
Stationery Lowest Wholesale Prices.
state Repository FOR School Books
and Supplies,
DESERET NEWS BOOK STORE.
Main ST.. Salt Lake city.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-16
SAVING QUICKSILVER.
Dirt Being sInleed from Beneath the
Ontario Mill

superintendent Monat Of the ontario
mill now has a force OF men at work
sluicing dirt taken from beneath the
mill for its quicksilver values, says
the Park city Record. IT win be re-
membered that last spring and SUM
mer before the mill was built, this pro-
cess was worked with great financial
success almost enough money To pay
for the erection of the mill having been
realized from H. When the min was
put up, tunnel was run from the out
side TO the point under the old buila,
ing that the product was taken from,
as it was known that much more of II
could be obtained when the snow had
disappeared The supply has MS yet
given no indication of playing out
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-16
GOOD ORE IN OASIS.
Wine Being sunk IRON l2S-Foot Level
At the Charm.

AZ the charm,
Manager j. D. Give Of the Oasis Gold
& Copper Mining company returned
yesterday from a trip 10 the company's
properties located In the Drum district
In Willard county and brought with
him some fine looking samples, taken
from the big shoot of ore upon which a
wiuze is now being sunk from the ll5
foot level The extent OF this shoot Mr..
GIVE said today has not been fully de-
termined, but IL has been penetrated 20
the depth Of at least Il feet. while
there are probably six or seven different
kinds Of ore In this shoot, none so far
has been encountered which does not
show some free gold A general assay
has not been taken but "A sample sent
I'm from the copper bearing portion Of
the vein showed values Of $3.50 In gold
"a ounces silver and s per cent copper
making about a S72 product
Mr. Give does not wish 1t to be UNI
derstood that this represents an aver
age vein, he would rather say that
$l2 10 the ton would be nearer to IT,
At the Charm mine, also under the
management Of Mr. Give ana In the
same district. ore Is being extracted for
shipment,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-16
lime Table
In Effect Nov.g2
1903.
ARRIVE

ARRIVE
From Ogden, Portland, Butte
san Francisco, Chicago 81
LOUIS Omaha and Denver SNo.
From Ogden and intermediate ''
rr pV,,' ga '',,,., , '' $40 am.
my, ' m'S points ',,'," ,"li:5j am.
Kansas city Omaha. Denvcr
rron u 9 %,rn i'i ps 49,, ''' " 4;o5 pm.
Anthony Portland and San
Francisco ".,, ,.,,,, ,,,....,,, g.5,r
DEPART.
For Ogden Omaha. Chicago
Denver Kansas City and 81
LOUIS ,."s', ,,t,,..t,.. ..... . G,0O , o..
For Ogden, Portland, ST. An
thony, san Francisco and In
termediate points a.,............iO.g
For Ogden, Omaha Chlcapo ''
Denver Kansas city, ST. Louis
For Sla o sa@ pr e@cSS ysi,sy llo pm.
yer Kansas CITY, Omaha, St
For o9 oSd ana C SnibCes Woii,oo 5i5 pm
Helena, Portland, san Francis.
co ana intermediate points .u.Il;6pn
Y NJ. SCHUMACHER, Traf. MGR
D. Il, hurley, G, p. & II. A.
u, $, SPENCER. A. G. p. q n. A.
City Ticket Office 2Ol Main street
Telephone $50.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-16
DAIRY PRODUCTS

The Fraternal Hall association NJ
Murray. The corporation will receive
sealed bids for the construction OF a
fraternal hall building at Murray, Utah
up TO May "a, 1904 which bids must be
accompanied by certified check for
$1,000. Plans and specifications may be
had at the Office OF d. N. Haigh, attor-
ney at law Murray City Utah, The
board of directors reserve the right TO
reject any and an bids Signed the
Fraternal Han association of Murray,
per d. N. Haigh.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-16
CONCENTRATES.

Some Victor Con, ore reached the
sampler today.
Two cars Of Grand Central ores arc
at the sampler today.
Five cars Of ore from the Uncle Sam
Con-, are In today's market,
President white Of the Bingham Con.
departed for Boston Saturday night
Capt. Duncan McVlchie is at the
Bingham Con properties in Bingham
today.
Today ls dividend day for Daly-West
shareholders, who viii draw down S72
600,
Robert 70, Wallace, an old time Park
city miner, died in Anaconda, Montana,
recently.
This is the date upon which the late
assessment on Scottish Chief stock be-
comes delinquent
Otto stalman and Joseph Ferron are
said TO have acquired a bond and lease
on the Golden Eagle group, near Win
ncmucca.
The breaking Of ground for the new
railroad between Frisco and Newhouse
I'm Beaver county was scheduled to COM
mence this morning
The Gerald mine near Palsade, New,
is said to he shipping an average OF 1850
tons Of iron ore daily to the American
smelters in this valley.
Captain A, O. Tibbetts returned yes
terday from Lincoln county, Nevada,
where he went several days ago 10
examine into a mining proposition,
Richard Campbell and Bob Mulhal
wcll-known mining men, came down
from salt Lake on Wednesday and out
fitted here for silver Park.-Miford
Times,
Boston advices Indicate that the Utah
Consolidated directors will post a diyi-
dend Of $3.50 q share next month, max
ing IL payable IN July The aggregate
amount viii be $4,000
People who have interests In the
Granite range are confident that that
section Is bound to come TO the front
as there are some splendid surface
showings.-Mlford Times,
The first cleanup from tho Midas mill
has been received from Deep Creek
Manager Chapman said this forenoon
that he had not learned the value of
the shipment and wiuld not until some
time this afternoon.
a letter from George Moore, the in
ventor of the cyanide process bearing
hi name, announces his arrival I'm Lon
don, where he Is taking steps for the in
production Of his method I'M the gold
fields Of Africa ana Australia.
The Gold Road min shipped another
bar of bullion, valued at $4,000 to the
mint Monday last. Sheriff Loyin and
Deputy Gideon guarded the bullion TO
Kingman. The min Is now turning out
close TO 100000 monthly Kingman
Miner.
A. j, Malloy who arrived Saturday
from the properties Of the Utah ana
Eastern Copper company, reports am
important strike in the Dixie grour
lie says a 25-foot vein OF t6 per cent
copper ore has been opened. The cont
panys smelter is producing about S26,-
coo worth OF copper bullion monthly.
An Ely New publication says. W..
r. Hoffman, a director of the Pilot
Knob Gold Mining company OF Osceola,
stopped over I'm Ely last night on his
way TO san Francisco, where he goes
TO purchase two-stamp battery and
other machinery with which To test the
treatment OF their ores I'm that camp.
Samuel Ncwhouse Is authority for the
statement that something viii probably
be done TO provide the Boston Con
with facilities for the treatment Of it's
own ores during his next trip to Boston.
which viii be within the next few
weeks The company holds an option
gF, of