They will thrive well also in the heavy and black soils.

The best pears are Flemish Beauty and Moscow No. 9, which in addition to hardiness, fruitage, and other qualities, grow very straight and make nice shade trees.

The following are the choice of apples in the order given: Florence, Whitney Crab, Duchess, Wealthy, Janet, Yellow Transparent, Hibernal, Longfield, Charlamoff, Ljveland, Raspberry, Delicious, and Golden Delicious. The Charlamoff is a splendid tree for combined fruit and shade.

This western Nebraska "Burbank" says, "do not plant Compass cherry -- ■ it is too poor. Yata and Sapa much better. Plant only the Beta grape. And do not plant Transparent crabs as they will infest all other trees with blight."

Paul Sandoz, a brother of the "sand hills fruit wizard," formerly lived at Bayard, on the south side of the river, and left an orchard there when he went to Oregon.

Gold Discovered

In 1S98, some one found a little float gold in the gravel on the north side of the river. Samples were thoroughly examined and small quantities found. All the gravel hills to the north were entered under the placer mining laws, and experts came from Denver to make examinations. The gold was found to be only float gold and could not be collected with the ordinary cradle. It was of such small consequence the excitement soon passed.

Recently Wallace Beatty found in the sand excavated on his sand lot between Scottsbluff city and the river a small nugget of gold and a few other particles, but they failed to appear in sufficient frequency to create much, enthusiasm. Small particles of gold that have come down from the mountains are found as far east as Broadwater.