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The San Francisco call., 1908-11-29

After lunch we set forward again
and about 1 O'Clock passed a party OF
emigrants who were burying a man in
The sandhills, most desolate place.
AS we advanced the scenes became
appalling The heat OF the day In
creased and the road became heavv
with deep sand. Dead animals strewed
every step OF the way. They lay 50
thick on the ground that the carcasses,
II placed together, would have reached
across many miles Of that desert. The
stencil arising was continuous and
dreadful Around them were strewed
yokes, chains, harness. guns. tools, bed
ding, clothing, cooking utensils and
many other articles in utter confusion
The owners had left everything ex-
cept what provisions they could carry
on their backs and hurried on to save
themselves.
TT was o'clock at night when we
reached the river. We had been 81
hours on that frightful desert. But we
came through all well and without loss
OF animals or property"
On August 20. Mrs. Frink wrote:
The emigrants are a woe begone, sorry
looking crowd. The men with long
hair and matted boards, in soiled and
ragged clothes covered with alkalI
dust, have a half savage appearance.
There are but few women among these
seen
more than 10 or II.
THE horses, cattle and mules are get
ting gaunt. thin and weak. almost ready
to drop in their tracks. The hoofs OF
many cattle wear out so that they can
no longer travel, and then they are
left to starve. The once clean white
wagon tops are soiled and tattered and
grimy with 1000 miles of gray dust
Many wagon beds have been cut OF
- Itch = -,
to make carts. The rickety wheels are
often braced up with sticks. the hubs
wound with wet rags to keep spokes
in. the tires bound with wire or wedged
with chips OF wood to hold them from
dropping off. They go creaking along
the dusty roads. seeming ready to
fall to pieces. drawn by weary beasts
hardly able to travel. making up a
beggarly looking caravan such as was
never seen before. The great splendid
trains of Is. 20 or 80 wagons have
shrunk to three or four with three
fourths of their animals missing. Their
former owners now trudge along on
foot, packing on their backs the scant
provisions left. with maybe blanket,
or leading skeleton horses that stagger
under their light burdens. One of the
passenger trains left most of it's car
riages by the side Of the road, the
passengers having to finish their jour
ney on foot
The total number of miles Travelled by
the Frink party was 2.41S. Their
wagons were drawn by horses. and the
only casualty was the death OF one
horse. When they reached Sacramento
two days before California was admit
ted to the union, they did not engage
in gold mining. but opened a hotel and
prospered. Later. they engaged in
farming. and ended their days in Oak
land. Mrs. Frink's diary has a peculiar
value Of it's own in that it gives an
optimistic background for all its pic
lures of the cruel horrors OF the great
emigrant road.
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flour with a card attached on which was
written permission to any one in need of
food to appropriate 1T for their own
use. They gladly took 1t with them,
and thus Mrs. Foshee's prediction was
fulfilled to the letter"
Mrs. Foshee's faith helped her still
further A Methodist clergyman, Rev.
Mr.. Morrow. was travelling toward CAL
ifornia at that time in what was then
known as a passenger train,' de luxe
method of journeying by stage across
the desert.
sI suggested to him." Mrs. Frink
wrote, that here was an opportunity
to put into practice the teachings of
Jesus Christ by giving up to Mrs.
Foshee his comfortable seat in the
passenger carriage he was travelling
in. The four young men, all that now
remained of the Mount Morris company
with whom Mrs. Fqshee had set out
from home, now offered to the minister
to give him their only two remaining
horses. by which he could reach Cal
ifornia sooner than by the slow passen-
ger train. if he would give his seat in
the carriage to Mrs. Foshee."
The exchange was made. Mrs Foshee
took her seat in the coach and the
young men blithely continued their
tourney on foot, bearing their sim
ple necessities on their backs and leav-
ing behind. the diary continues, "a
complete outfit of new clothing, blan-
kets and comforts with all the little
articles which their mothers, sisters
and sweethearts had. with so much
care, fitted up for them
Chivalry was afoot, it seems, during
the conquest of California. Another
example of the kindness toward women
that ruled along this heartbreaking g
trail is given later. On August 27 Mrs.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-29

Al o part of the Mount Morris COM
pa ny whom we met on Bear river.
William Bryant, Mr.. Sharp, the two
Coomey brothers and our lady friend,
Mrs Foshee. The Indians had stolen
all their horses except two ponies. The
whole party was now in sad plight. on
short rations, with only ponies and a
lady in the company whom the young
men felt it to be their bounden duty to
see safely in California. The two Young
men were willing to. walk and carry
their own provisions, If they could find
some one who would take Mrs Foshee
to Sacramento and accept two horses
for pay For herself she had no fear.
for she felt sure that God would pro-
vide her some way to get tllere safely.
He had in a miraculous manner already
saved their party from starvation.
1--WE had met them several days pre-
viously near the Humboldt river. and
/ had gone to their camp. where found
them entirely out of provisions They
had Just eaten the last food they had.
but Mrs Foshee was not dismayed. and
was pleading with the young men not
to despair, to still put their trust in
God, for she was sure they would be
provided for. And so it actually turned
out. They had not travelled far that
afternoon when one of the young men
came across a young COW tied to some
willow bushes with card fastened to
her horns which said that there was
nothing the matter with the COW, but
she was footsore and not able to travel
fast, and that any one in want of pro-
visions would be at liberty to kill her
for food This being their desperate
case, they stopped, killed the animal, cut
the meat into small strips to dry. and
travelled on with lightened hearts.
''The next day they found sack of
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-29

perienced or thought of, the crossing OF
that river was the greatest. A great
many other wagons and people were
crossing at the same time-mule teams,
* teams. men on horseback, men wad
ing and struggling against the, quick
sands and current, many of them with
long poles in their hands feeling their
way. The deafening noise and halIoa-
ing that this army of people kept up
made the alarm in the river more in
tense. On one occasion / was consider
ably alarmed. Several other wagons
had crowded ahead of us, and we were
compelled to stop for several minutes.
Our wagon at once began to settle
in the quicksands and it required the
help of three or four men lifting at
the wheels to enable the horses to pull
out. We are now 913 miles from home"
On Monday, June g. an Indian en-
campment numbering 20 tents was
passed. The tribe was of the Sioux ma
ton, and Mrs. Frink writes: The
sQuaws were much pleased to see the
white squaw, as they called me-
On June "a the backbone of the con-
tinent' was crossed, and the hazardous
trip down the Pacific slope began. On
the fourth of July the party crossed
the Bear river range of the Rocky
mountains at an altitude of 1920 feet
Mrs Frink wrote on that day:
Notwithstanding our anxiety and ia
tigue, our dinner in honor of the ma
tional anniversary was the best we
could provide. The last of our potatoes
which had been saved for the OCCASION
made it rare feast
In August the party entered what is
now Nevada and started along the
Humboldt river. There the real hard
ships of the journey began. Grass was
short water scarce and the emigrant
companies that had been i'll equipped
were suffering For instances:
August s. Our horses had nothing
to eat this morning. There
was nothing but sandhills as far as
we could see. About sundown we came
to the river aid went on. AT 10 o'clock
tonight we came to the first water.
Around us was a terrible scene;S the
earth was strewed with dead horses
and cattle.
The entry made on Sunday, August
IL on the edge of the Humboldt desert,
is the most remarkable in the little
brown book. 1t is a wonder tale. In
it's entirety, the installment reads:
Sunday. August 2. Mr.. Clarke's COM
pany came up and camped beside us.
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Frink wrote without comment: Al
noon we stopped in the canyon and took
our lunch. Here we met some emf
grants, among whom was a lady who
had lost or left her husband behind.
Their horses had been stolen by the
Indians. and he went after them but
never returned The mother with seven
children had been. brought thus far by
strangers. and upon them she depended
to get through to California"
That fragment Is a lost epic OF the
trail
The above quoted lines were written
just as the party crossed into Califor-
MIA The canyon referred to was the
Carson canyon. The party was then at
Hope valley, which lay beyond the
desert of despair, of which there is
more to tell. We must return to Ne
vada.
The horrors of the trail came fast
through the pages relating to the Hum
boldt desert.
Monday, August r. Many people
are passing today and begging for
food Among the crowds was a negro
woman who came tramping along
through the heat and dust carrying a
cast iron bakeoven on her head, with
her provisions and blankets piled on
top-all she possessed in the world
bravely pushing on for California
The horrors continue, and those who
have followed these snatches of Mrs.
Frink's diary will realize that she is
peculiarly optimistic and temperate in
her language: but she wrote August IA:
In a few miles we came to where
the river along which we had been
travelling for the last three weeks
spreads out on the level plain and
forms a broad shallow lake. This lake
is called the sink of the Humboldt
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One half of it sinks into the sand. thu
other half rises into the sky. This \
the end of the most miserable river Os
the face of the earth. The water OF thu
lake. as well as that of the river 70
the last 100 miles above. is strong will
salt and alkaIi and has the color ans
taste of dirty soapsuds. 1t is unfit f0
either men or animals. but thousands O
both have had to drink it to saw
life.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-29

FgR- THE STATVE ID THE
PI0NECR N0THGR
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Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-30

paid back to him. You buy your ticket on the
very low homeseekers' rates all the roads give,
and we pay it back, That is an inducement for
YOU to come to the auction and to buy now.
When purchasing your railroad ticket get a
regular railroad receipt from the railroad agent
showing the point from which you start and the
amount paid; also the name of the railroad COM
pany, date purchased and signature of the agent.
RAILROAD RATES, EXCURSIONS, ETC.
Special low rates to Regina will be given on excur-
sion trains over all leading roads Of the Northwest
on Tuesday. oct 6. Following are schedules and
round-trip rates of the
chicago, milwaukee b st, Paul-From Chicago, $3.50;
trains, . n. m, $40 p. m, 1880 p. m. Milwaukee,
$50. %; trains, l2:l5 u. m, l1:l0 a. m. S;55 p. m.
Dubuque, S33.95: trains, 7:2O a. M, 1901 p. M,
1885 p. m. Davenport, sS6, 25; trains. S:15 ,. M,
1910 p. m Standard Sleeper, $500.
Chicago & North weEtern-From Chicago, s3s.5O;
trains. 9 a. m. $50 p. m" l0:15 p. m Milwaukee,
$So2o' trains 500 a. m, Ef5 p M omahs, &S!;
train, $40 a. m. Council Bluffs, $3.50: trains.
sos a. m. $40 p. M. Sioux City, $34.bO; trains.
1905 a. m. 1890 p. IN. Standard sleeper from all
points except Des Moines, 81
Central-Chtcago, $3.50; milwaukee,
S35.25.
Burlington-From Chicago, $3.50; st. Louis, S4S:
Peoria, 500: Burlington, II, $36. 80; Rock Island,
Soo-Paoific-From Chicago, $3.50; st. Paul, $26. so;
milwaukee,, $3.50; Des Moines, S35. 25; Peoria, $50;
Cedar Rapids, S3t; Madison, Wis, $3.50.
Similar rates will be given ON all other lines. Elk
cursionigtg will be taken on at all intermediate points
along all lines.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-30

Make your plans now. Get ready to go t.
Regina aud GO.
1t will be the grandest trip YOU ever made--a
holiday, an education and a delight, whether you
buy land or not, and a fortune-making trip if you
invest. Your money for railroad fare will be
paid back if you buy 100 acres or more.
Bot you buy at auctiOn-remember that.
Here are lands as good as any 500 acres in the
United States, that are near railroads, nearly all
within ten miles of an up-to-date railroad, to be
offered at auction. They have been retailing at
$40 to SIS per acre, but there are many tracts
that would be bargains at $40. The Saskatoon X
Western Land Co, Ltd, prefers to wholesale
$50, 600 acres of its holdings i'm the heart of Sas-
katChewan, and will therefore offer for sale this
number of acres at this important sale.
Who knows but that some of these rich, fertile
acres may be yours on a low bid!
One crop will more than pay for the land.
Figure it out yourself. The average Saskatche-
wan yield is: Wheat, from 20 to % bushels per
acre; Oats, from 80 to As bushels per acre; Bar
ley from 20 to 80 bushels per acre-and so on.
Arrange your business so you can be in Regina
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-30
kansn. CITY live stock Market.

KANSAS CITY. Sept 2a-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts. 5000 head, including 1000 southerns
market for steers steady. cows steady To
loo lower. choice export and dressed beef
steers. 5000. 10. fair to good, A2jd0.SO
western steers, 81. f0d4.90; stockers and
feeders. S3.1Od45O; southern steers. 5000
81. syd4. co: native heifers, t2.I5d4.5O; bulls,
s.. 4Od3.JO, calves, 3.5Cd6.5O.
HOGS-Receipts, 27OO0 head; market loo
15c: lower; top. $3.50. bulk of sales, $500
$50; heavy. S6.SOd6.9O; packers and butchers
Sc. 45d6. 81; light, S. 26d6.7O; pigs, S3.50dS.50.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, 1900
head: steady to 1Qc higher; Utah lambs,
SIS. lambs, $425d5.5; ewes and yearlings,
s.. 4Od3. 90: western yearlings. &.7Od4W;
western sheep, S3.1Od3.9O; stockers and
feeders, S3.O0dAO0.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-30
NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET
Quotations OF the Dny IN Various
Commodities.

T. YORK, Sep. .g-FLOUR-Rcccipts,
52,2b, bbls., exports, 1851 bbls.; market quiet
but steady. Minnesota patents, So. lUWO.syi
Minnesota bakers, SA-Nu4.6o; winter pat
cnts, Si.iUIii.SJ; winter Straights, N.20m4. 10
winter extras, -. iOu3.yJ; winter low grades,
$~3.30d3.S0. Rye flour, quiet; fair to good,
S4.35u4. 10. B~uckwheat flour, firm at So. %
CORNMEAL-Stoady fine white and vel
low, N.55nl.sO; coarse, Sl.65al.7Oi kiln dried,
RYE-DuIl; No. = western, sac, nom
inal, c. j + Buffalo.
BARLEY-Steady mailing, GOa6lc, c. l. T..
WHEAT-Receipts, 2n LOO bu.; exports,
s., 1858 bu. Spot market easy; No. ; western,
+. o. b. afloat; No. I northern, Duluth,
Sl.1l5s T. o. b. aflOat; No. > hard, winter.
Sl.OS%s +. o. b.. afloat. Influenced by big
northwest receipts and a huge increase in
worlds stocks, which sold off sharply to-
day, attended by active liquidation, and
closed lH@14c net lower. September, Sl.jIn
LOSE, closed S.07; December, SLOs 7-l6dlO9.
closed $.OSlai May, Sl.09ssa 1895, closed
S.O9ss.
CORN-spot market easy; No. , S5lac.
nominal. elevator. and Soc. nominal deliy-
cred. Option market was without transao-
ton, closing s4c lower. September closed
at 76c: May, 7.7sc.
bu.; spot market steady; mixed, g to D.
pounds, 53c; natural white. - to 81 pounds,
odtkp5SC; clipped, y to 20 pounds, 55'gd5lU,
H~OPS-Quiet; state, common to choice.
1907, id7c.
F~EED-steady; spring bran, S2l6O; mid
ding. S25. To-: city. S24.6 90.
HAY-Quiet; good to choice. 10W zoe.
H~lDES-Quiet; BogOta, l5l2al7l2; Cen
trial America, l5'agIsc..
PROVISIONS Beef. steady; family,
Sl6.I5qlI5O; mess, S13.50ml4OO; beef
hams, $500 T31.O0; packet. $l5. 90 1900;
city, extra India mess. S24.50m $500. cut
meats, steady; picked hams, lhUl2C.
Lard, easy; western, $lU.60dl0. 90; refined,
easy; continent. SlO.95; compound, SI.l5FtS.b.
Pork, firm; family, $siO0; mess, S17.-5d1L.J5;
short clear, Sl9.50dz 400.
TALl.OW Firm; country packages
free). 5ls mJAci Cottonseed oil, steady;
prime crude. 20.
RICE-Quiet; domestic. fair to extra, so
sac; Japan. nominal.
BCTTER-Firm; creamer specials, 20C
extras. 25d26lac; thirds 10 firsts, lSU23lac
state dairy, common 20 finest. lSd2Jc; proc
ess. common 10 special. 15d2lizc; western
factory, fivsts. lSc; western limitation
/ iirsts, l9ika9Oc.
4 CHEESE-Firm: state. fun cream. spc-
Gals, 13Adl4l4C; fun cream, small Cuiorct
or white. fancy, l3c; fun cream, large col
Ored or white. fancy, l2ihc; fun cream, good
10 prime. l2ul-lac: common to fair, l0is a
} lac; skins. 2d10ac.
-EGGS-Steady; state, Pennsylvania and
I nearby fancy selected, .SH20c: same. TAI.
TO choice. 2iH2Ic; western firsts. 2d13c.
seconds. 20d2lc.
POCLTRY-Alive. Ouiet, spring chickens
1870: fowls. l4c. turkeys, lac: dressed, ir
regular; western spring chickens, 1jNlsC
fowls. 13HlJc; spring turkeys, lSd2.c.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-30
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Our map shows each and every section we own.
1t gives you a true picture of our holdings. 1t
shows how we selected the most fertile and best
located acres available in the entire Province of
saskatchewan. 1t shows how ideally the lands
are situated-how near Regina, how convenient
to Winnipeg and the grain and stock markets,
and the excellent railroad facilities. Free. Write
for the map to the Saskatoon & Western Land
Co., Ltd, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Our book is a storehouse of information on
Western Canada grain lands. Contains ninety
pages, and many faithful photographs of land,
crops, homes and features of interest in the heart
of saskatchewan. 1t lists all our property by
quarter sections. Free. We want to send il to
you. Write for it to the Saskatoon & Western
Land Co, Ltd, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-30
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Features of the Trading and Closing
Prices on board Of Trade.

CHICAGO. Sept. 29.-wheat prices on the
exchange decl ned more than l cent TODAY
owing TO the heavy selling pressure brought
out mainly by a record-breaking increase
I'm the worlds available stocks OF wheat.
The close was near the lowest point, at net
losses OF tsulc to ln1sc. compared with
the previous close. Corn, oats and pro-
visions also were weak.
Sentiment in the wheat pit was very
beatish all day. and the market was under
heavy selling pressure the greater part Of
the session. Influenced by declines at all
of the leading European markets, the local
market opened weak, with prices OF lsQHc
TO &sdAc, compared with yesterdays close.
When the visible supply statement was
given out later in the day 1t fully justified
the early selling pressure, as il showed an
increase of l1,4l0,0O bushels for the week,
which is the largest gain ever recorded.
Minneapolis reported an increase In stocks
of 1,250,00O bushels for the past three days.
Prices at Minneapolis and Duluth were
Exports business for the day was re-
ported at fifty b~oatloads. and prices gave
promise of much larger business. The mar
ket failed to rally from its weakest, and
wheat and flour were equal to 257OOJ
bushels. Primary receipts, 2,242,COO bushels,
compared will 1,22S,CO0 bushels the cor
responding day a year ago. Minneapolis,
Duluth and Chicago reported receipts, 1871
cars, against 1900 last week and lois a
The corn market was weak all day. The
September options showed special weak
ness during the last part of the day, SELL
ing off iEc from the high point. Cash
was NC lower. The close was weak, with
prices off i4G2sc to lac. Local receipts,
322 cars, with 10 contract. ----.
Oats were easy, in sympathy with wheat
and corn; except that september opened
sample tables were AG1ac lower for the
cash grain. Local receipts, 3i9 cars.
Provisions were steady early in the
Gay, but became weak on renewed iquida-
ton Of pork and closed at net losses OF
11sd1Oc to 35c.
Estimated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat,
2G cars; corn, "a cars; oats, 135 cars; hogs,
26,OOO head.
=Ihe leading futures ranged as follows:f
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-30
Foreign

LONDON, Sept. 2a-Money was a shade
higher on the market today owing to
settlement requirements. Discounts we've
uuict. Tracing ON the stock exchange COn-
tues quietly steady. Home rail monopo-
Lied attention In the British section under
continued Investment buving and s~pecula-
ton. CunsOls, i'm which the settlement has
commenced, yielded t. rcaliZatiCns, bat
Kaffirs were strong on South African buy
Ing. Americans opened lower. The de-
mand Ter Ere, AtChison and Steel caused
improvement, while Canadian Pacific and
Grand Trunk attracted good support. A
little reaction followed, but New York
bought in the afternoon and tho market
finished steady. Copper shares weakened
I'm the afternoon, especially amalgamated
BERLIN, Sept. 9.-Trading on the
Bourse today was quiet.
PARIS, Sept. 29.-Prices on the pourse
today were steady.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-30
MetRI Market.

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-METALS-The
London tin market was lower today with
spot closing at El32. Is, Cd and futures al
and lower at $2s. S71aq29.12 ls Copper was
a shade lower at E5s, l2s, ca for spot in the
London market, but futures there were
was dun with lake quoted at Sl3,S71hQ
13.62lR; electrolytic at Sl3.l2hql3.311h and
casting at s12.s7tsdl312h. Lead advanced
so G13, Is. I'd i'm London. The local market
however was steady at S4l5Q4.6L Spelter
was unchanged at cls. l2s. ca In London
and at S. 72i4q47T2 local. Iron was I'M
changed at 6s for STANDARD foundry, but
Sd lower al Sis, Sd for Cleveland warrants
I'm London. Locally no change. was re
ported. No. / foundry northern, $4,000
l7.25; No. ] southern and No. I southern
soft Si6. T5nl72l.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-30
Buy As An Investment the Market is Fast Rising!

October II, when the Saskatoon & Western Land
Cos sale starts. Or go to Regina and get on the
land n few days previous to October IL, so as to
get acquainted with the great tract and determine
what location you prefer. So far as is possible,
we will accommodate buyers by putting up at any
time any special quarter, half or whole section.
We supply free maps showing every acre we own
i'm the heart of Saskatchewan.
If you desire more complete advance informa-
ton, send to our Regina office for
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-30

cattle steady-HoEs rive To Ten
Cents Lomer-shecn stronE.

CHICAGO. sept. 2a-CATTLE-Rcceipts.
5000 head: market steady; steers, N.4g1
i.6; cove. S.2Jd5.s5; h%eifers S.oQp43'
bulls. s.. 5pd4.00. calves, S3.50dS.O, stockers
and feeders. S3.6Od4.50
HOGS-ReceIpts, iAtUl head; market DC
TO l0c lower: choice heavy shipping. Si.l5p
90: butchers. SItOa1.2O. light mixed, $50
1850: choice light, S6.95d1l0; packing So
1850; pigs, S3.I5d6.25. bulk of sales, SIou
$50.
SHEEP and LAMBs-Receipts. 5000 head,
market strong. with western lambs lVo TO
95c higher; sheep. 81. 5Od4. 80; lambs, $1,000
$50; yesrlinEs, 3.S5d4.25.