The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18
ing no silver or lead, SO he says. One of the

ing no silver or lead, SO he says. One of the
Yerringtons got bond on this same mine some
months ago, and for time it was reported the
Hardscrabble group was sold, but such does
not appear now to have been the case.
"They are not doing anything at Candelaria
now" said Mr.. Hickey. "The mine of that
name is closed down and has been for a long
time. Not pound of ore is coming out.
~ don'tsuppose either there are over twenty
FIVE men in the camp. You see the mines are
all silver and therefore nothing is being done.
The miners will have to wait a little while till
things get better.
"But Esmerada is great county and has
vast areas of wealth, Notwithstanding these
things. Part of the wealth is in borax BEDS
which are in different localities and which are
nearly all owned by Smith OF Oakland, the
borax king"
Mr.. Hickey is miner of many years expert
ence and is said to be good judge of mines.
He is well known on the Pacific Coast.
Robert J. Burdette, the humorist who made
the Burlington Hawkeye famous, will be here
in a few days. He is on a lecturing tour.
Wnen Burdette was on the coast last, which
was some three or four years ago, he preached
In some of the churches. 1t is said that on this
trip, however, he viii be simply humorist.
1t was a strange career that Burdette and
the Hawkeye had. Burdette went on the pa
per in the little Iowa town at that time almost
unknown and in brief time attracted such
attention that his stories and bon mots were
quoted all over the, country. This was long
before the days of Bill Nye and before his pa
per in Cheyenne, the Boomerang, was ever
heard of. Lewis of the Detroit Free Press, bet
ter known as M. Quad, was contemporary of
Burdette, and aside from those there was only
Bailey of the Danbury News and the genius
who scintillated in the Oil City Derrick, who
had any prominence in similar style of writ
ing.
Petroleum V. Nasty of the Toledo Blade,
who wrote his celebrated Confederate X
Road stories, and Josh Billings attained
celebrity in somewhat other lines. Their
articles were much fewer and longer. and addi-
tional interest was added by the queer SPELL
ing they used.
AS for the Hawkeye, under Frank Hatton as
the managing editor and Burdette as the
humorist, it was only brief period until it
attained fame. The character of the paper for
extraordinary business was maintained for
many years. There came time, however,
when the Hawkeye had to take back seat
Fast mail trains were put on, reaching to and
from all principal cities and towns, and these
delivered the big Chicago and st. Louis papers
into Burlington when the Hawkeye was barely
off the press.
This was competition strong. The papers
from these great cities could and did print far
more special and general news than the Bur-
lington local paper, while they also gave sue
cinct reports of important local news.
1t was new era in journalism in the river
cities of Iowa. Mr.. Burdette about this time
changed his residence to the Atlantic Coast.
Mr.. Hatton went to Chicago and Washington.
Ever since then the humorist of the old Hawk
eye has made his home in New York and
Brooklyn, though he has, as formerly, trav-
eled great deal, and delivered many lectures.
He is to speak in this City on March "a.