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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21

broke and started again at the bottom.
On one of these occasions 1 remember
distinctly that l walked home from
! Sllverton, distance of over 400 miles,
L used to get nightly discourage
/ The multi-millionaire was beginning
| to get reminiscent over his cigar and
seemed to be pleased that he had found
a willing auditor
RANDOM SHOTS.
The Cripple Creek excitement
opened up. 1 packed my prospecting
kit into the new gold fields and staked
out some claims at random Develop
ment only made me cynical for there
no apparent values. 1 awoke on the
morning of July 4. 1891, with an intu-
ition, premonition or something of
that sort. Let me explain. Right in
front of my cabin there extended a
jagged reef of rock. 1t looked like
granite, and was covered scantily with
moss, earth and scrub trees | had
frequently remarked to my compan-
ion that it looked like a lead, but had
despised it because others whom
knew to be much more experienced
prospectors than myself had Clipped
and picked at that unlovely reef and
snorted at the rock. But on that Fourth
of July morning L awoke with a voice
in my ear-not as bad as that, of
course, but it was virtually so. Some
thing told me to locate that reef. [
put up my single and dislodged some
of the rock. 1t was taken to Colorado
Springs. In a few days the assay was
returned to me. 1t ran $3.50 in gold to
the ton. l was elated and later took
some samples, myself, to the Springs.
They ran $11.20 and several of them
81. My temperature went down a
good many degrees. I thought: Well,
this claim or nothing, and began
blasting out the reef. That reef was
the start of the Independence mine. L
took my greatest values from the ledge
as it protruded from the surface of the
surrounding country rock.
INESTIMABLE MILLIONS.
I'VE are now 900 feet in depth and
have over four miles of drifting. l can
not estimate how many millions are in
sight. | have received many offers for
the property. 1t can be sold at any
moment on the sending of a telegram
to the London Exploration company,
which corporation has purchased the
Anaconda copper mines at Butte,
Hamilton Smith. Their offer
to me for the independence was $3.00O,-
O00 They admitted to me that on the
l could take S20,0O0,000 from
the property yet. | consider the Port
land group a better outlook than was
the Independence at any time in its
history. That group is stocked for 49,.
000, 900, but it passed through some
wretched drawbacks which deprecated
the value of the stock. I sold 100 900
shares of the Portland in New York
for 5000. 900, making it on this basis a
Sc 900, 900 property.
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DEANS SAFE SYSTEM OF ST
'L1AN . S11L = . Z = LII U
ULATION.
A Remarkably Successful House.

A Remarkably Successful House.
The name of Wall Street has beer
one 10 conjure with for many years,
in and around that busy thoroughfare
under the shadow of Trinity centers
the financial life of the country.
Many tales have been told of the
street; many stories written, often
transcript of actual fact; often purely
imaginative fiction: always interesting
to the outside world fascinating by
reason of the golden charm that is
evoked by the magic word Speculation.
The men of Wall Street, the leaders
of that charmed circle, where centers
all the business life of America, repre-
sent that medium of exchange which
is the necessity of all trade, the safe
guard of all investment.
They are often misrepresented, and
more often misunderstood by the out
side public whose business they trans
act, whose interests they serve.
AS a matter of fact, the leading
business men of Wall Street are the
most conservative, careful and shrewd
men of affairs in the world; they aye
well aware that they best serve their
own interests by conserving the inter-
ests of their clients, as a lawyer does
his
The most prominent firm of this
kind of bankers and brokers in New
York is the well-known corporation,
THE e. S. DEAN COMPANY" They
have for years made the market of the
country their special study; they have
kept strictly UP to date in information.
The members of this company are
among the most prominent men of
Wall Street, who have been among
those who have made the financial
history of this country: they know the
market as a pilot knows the sea; their
exceptional shrewdness, their wide and
varied experience, their perfect touch
with the conditions of every available
security in the market. especially fit
THE E. S. DEAN COMPANY for
the valuable service they are able to
render those who intrust matters of
finance to their care. THEY ARE
THE OLDEST AND WEALTHIEST
FIRM of their kind in the world.
They have paid semimonthly divi-
dends for nearly seven years; their
dividends for 1896 averaged SO Is per
cent per month. Write for their sixth
annual.
THE E. S. DEAN COMPANY.
Nos. PIG. 217 Atlas Block, Salt Lake
Citv Utah
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w. S. Stratton of Cripple Creek, Mi
das of the new world, has come with
his golden touch to the city of Zion.
Almost his first act in Utah was the
dropping of a gold piece last evening
into the hat of a wandering minstrel
at the Knutsford, where the Colorado
mining king will tarry for several
days. Freely give and We shall freely
receive, is the aphorism that guides
Mr.. STATIONS life. Everything he has
touched for the last four years has
melted into gold; those upon whom his
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The. story that on the fifth anniver-
sary of the independence last year
started to break the record raising ST.
OOO,oO0 from the mine on that day, is
emphatically not true and Mr. STRAIT
toms eyes snapped. No mine in the
world could accomplish any such feat
/ don't remember how much we took
out july 4. 1896. We had been before
that time producing regularly over $780,
GOO each month, and thought that very
fair. No. sir; 1 have practically no
II $Aey invested in the real estate of
tES CAMP. Let me see, l believe I am
correct in saying that 1 have put $780,
600 back in Cripple Creek mines which
l now hold and which l am confident
will double the investment
FROM SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY.
rs there no desire on your part to
place your money in other holdings?'
None. lock at the way l have been
favored peculiarly, perhaps. | consider
1t al to have been a gift from some
thing or somebody, and as long as |
continue 20 make it out of the earth l
feel l am wronging no one, cheating no
person On percentages and interests. 1t
has been placed there by the Almighty,
and it has been given to me. l believe
in circulating it as much as possible
where 1t will do no harm. l figure on
parting with the mine in this way
Suppose / do hold the property? 1t is
admitted that there may be an income
of $50. 100000 from it. Very well sup
pose l extracted so much of the values
before getting ready to sell, that the
outlook would not warrant more than
$4,000 as a purchase price Why, man
could get along very comfortably on
$4,000 if he had nothing else
1 want to add this for Cripple Creek
1t was not develoDed with foreign or
eastern capital, but almost paid for it's
own DEVELOPMENT from the outset.
There is very little foreign capital in
the camp. That is the best argument
to offset the stories about its instabil-
ity. have put $4,000 worth of surface
improvements on the independence
with this very idea before me-"
Mr.. STATIONS visit to Utah has no
special meaning. He has not come
here to invest, but is simply passing
through from the coast on the way
back to his home He stopped in Car
son en- route and witnessed the first
prize fight within his recollection.
"Fitzsimmons had the contest in his
grasp at every moment of the fight
was the comment of Mr. Stratton.
When | saw Corbett mount the plat
form / said to my friend, Mr.. House:
That man is not in it: he's too shal1v
in the legs Why, he trembled like
leaf and that little dance in his corner
gave his condition away, so far as 1 !
was concerned. 1t proved to me that !
he was suffering from some form OF |
hvsteria. His blows were |
never forceful except in TWO or three |
instances when he got clear swing, |
but they had no effect on F'itz. l got |
very much excited over the affair." but |
was glad that | had attended. l shall |
remain in your city for several days"
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AGENTS to sell the Indelible Check
Perforator; retails for So; large commits
sion. Wesley Mfg. Co., IL Park Row,
New York.
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TO TRADE mare and horse, both CIV
ing weight about 2200 pounds and sound,
for gentle young lively span of mules.
John a. Hobbs. 1861 South Main. city.
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| hnger has rested have realized their
dreams of aVarice, yet the meaning of
that word is not known to Stratton
/ This modern man of millions is modest
to the degree of supreme Indifference.
4 have always thought of my few
! thing or somebody" was the palpably
/ humble excuse he had to offer for him
self in an interview with The Herald
! last night 1T was not of my wisdom;
| was lucky. No, sir: my operations
! have not been extended outside of
/ Cripple Creek. Every dollar in my
name is in the mining of that camp.
l feel as though / owed to the spot
where my fortune was made that some
faith be shown in its permanence.
People came and people passed in
the corridor.
That's Stratton," they whispered
Who? Not the mining millionaire"
and oblivious to the comment, STRAIT
ton stood in the rotunda, a man of
insignificant stature, and dressed so
plainly that the curious doubted and
looked around for some more opulent
figure. They saw a man with white
hair and mustache, thinned out by the
toll of nearly 80 years, and a spare
frame, clad in a short jacket and
baggy trousers. A soft white felt hat
with generous brim, drawn down over
very alert blue eyes. That was w. S.
Stratton, the man of sudden wealth,
the story of whose rise in two years
from carpenter to the greatest min
ing magnate of this hemisphere, has
gone around the world.
SHUNS NOTORIETY.
Mr. Stratton made it obvious that he
did not court notoriety. The mans
modesty is overpowering: it staggers
one when brought into direct contact.
For three hours following his arrival
in the city by the $40 train he tried
to avoid a Herald representative. A
friend who accompanies the millionaire
explained that Mr.. Stratton was con-
stantly bored until his life was ac-
tually a burden. This was one of the
very reasons which had induced him
to temporarily desert his home in Colo !
RADIO Springs for a trip of diversion !
through the south ending practically |
at the big fight in Carson, for Mr. |
Stratton was an ardent observer of |
the recent gladatorial contest.
When approached upon the subject /
of an interview wherein Cripple Creek /
was used as the subject, STATIONS !
diff1dence came to the front.
You should have seen man who 1
has just left me-" said he. That per- /
and its mines than | could ever hope /
TO tell you" Catching the smile of in
credUlity, he continued hastily:
ooh, I see, you want to get me to
talk because l happen to be just a
little bit Of a mere notorious charac-
ter. Well, come over here to a quiet
corner" Drawing his hat down over
his keen eyes and adjusting his cigar
in the corner of his lips, Stratton said
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The price at which they Will be placed
on sale is not yet definitely learned.
but assurance is given that they will
be offered at the lowest possible rate.
The design is unique and artistic. and
the cup is expected to be one Of the
attractive features of the celebration.
\ proposition was received from E
r. Basset, who offers TO train 10 900
school children to sing at the jubilee,
the details of the music to be used to
be decided upon by himself. The mat
ter was placed on file for future con-
sideratiOn.
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that Cripple Creek was there to stay
1t had every element of permanence
and all that he had in the world was
right there.
FAITH IN CRIPPLE CREEK.
Il don't know how 1 could show any
more faith in the place. Last year it
produced between 100000 and s1O,-
oOO,OOO. predict that il will go be-
tween S10,000,000 and S12, COZ, 900 this
year. 1t has probably 10 dividend pay
ing mines. l do not call mine a pay
property until it makes a revenue for
It's owners over and above every ex-
pense. There are probably 100 proper
ties in that camp that pay their cur
rent expenses
Coming down to the more interesting
part OF the conversation, Mr.. Stratton
chose to say something about the Won
derful independence mine, out of which
his own fortune has been made.
The Independence property is not
the greatest property in the camp, al
though it has produced now over $1,000
600. It's output last year was $500, OOO
The expense monthly of operation is
possibly 10000. l am also interested
heavily in the Portland group adjoin-
ing the Independence. 1t costs $685.
900 each month to operate that prop
erty, and it produces $4,000. It's orig
inal owners, who are still interested,
are Jim Burns and John Harnahan.
They were poor men in 1891. Harnahan
used to work for me as a miner for
days wages, and Burns did odd jobs
in Colorado Springs. In the same year
had nothing to boast Of l was, in
fact, as poor as a church mouse and
knew no more about mining than that
flower pot. For the past % years 1
have resided at Colorado Springs,
working at the trade of carpenter and
amaSsed at intervals enough cash to
try my luck in mining VEN
lures at different points in Colorado
L always came back to the Springs
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Weather Today
Silver and Lead Quotations
Fair, Colder.

The silver and lead quotations yester-
day were as follows:
Western Union-Bar silver, 62Ik cents;
lead, $3.50; casting copper, Ii cents.
United Press-Bar silver e2IA cents;
lead SS42lsQSS.4112; lake copper, Y cents.
GENERAL MARKETS.
New York-Wool fairly active, firm, un-
changed; pork, quiet; sugar quiet; ster-
ing exchange, quiet; bonds: Govern
ments, steady; state. dull; railroad dull
Wall street only moderately active; spec
ulation closed steady.
higher; oats, weak; cattle, steady; a
boom in hogs; gain in the sheep supply,
and lower prices
South Omaha-Hogs higher; cattle,
steady; sheep a shade higher.
Kansas City-Cattie steady; hogs, .
higher; market steady.
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THIS WEEK ONLY
Muslin Underwear Sale.

Ladies' fine muslin corset covers. reg
ular 1Sc, this week, Ger ladies' fine mus
lin drawers, four rows of tucking, this
sale, 1Sc; good muslin chemise, regu-
lar 35c, this sale, pc; good quality mus
lin night gowns, cambria ruff1e, regu-
lar 75c, this week, 47c. See our line
of finer underwear.
NEW YORK CASH STORE.
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The NEW WORLD MIDAS
w. S. Stratton of Cripple Creek
in This City.
HE TALKS OF HIS WEALTH
WITH A GREAT DEAL OF MOD
ESTY AND RETICENCE.

Considers It a Gift From Something
or Somebody-How He Located
the Independence Mine, Which
Has Now S2o,oOo,oOO Worth of
Ore in Sight, and He Considers
the Portland Group Better Prop
erty Than the Independence.
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FOR SALE.

GOOD UPRIGHT piano. $500; New
England 6-octave organ. SIS; Beatty
organ. $50; all in good condition. Conover
Piano Co, j. WanSant manager.
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CITY CIRCULATION.

The City Circulation of The Herald
has been leased to Mr.. j. O. McCracl<-
en- Subscribers who do not receive
their papers promptly will confer
a favor IL they make complaint to
The Herald counting room.
All checks for city subscriptions
should be made payable 10
j. o. M'CRkCkEN.
City CirculatOr.
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PATENTS AND PENSIONS.

PATENTS PROCURED for inventors.
Trade marks and caveats filed The old
reliable firm of Fitzgerald & Co. Patent
Lawyers. of Washington, D. c.. have
opened a Utah branch. of their Washing
ton Office. in O'Meara block, Salt Lake
CITY. Advice to inventors free. Pensions
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Elegant Line

New millinery just in, 1S-inch dotted
silk yelling, Toe: No. 16 and %. fine. all
silk gros grain satin edge ribbons, reg
ular 25c and soc, this week. 15c.
NEW YORK CASH STORE.
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Weber Coal Company

Sell clean coal at market prices. Full
weight guaranteed.
w. j. MONTGOMERY, Agent.
Telephone AL.
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Great Success.

The consignment shoe sale, and enough
stock left to continue one week; come
everybody and see them
NEW YORK CASH STORE.
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Coal

Castle Gate lump. $3.50; nut, 81. Win
ter Quarters. lump. S4.25; nut. 81. An
thracite ali sizes. $3.50. Soaking, so
cents per ton extra No extra haul
charge within reasonable distance.
P. v. COAL COMPANY.
D. ]. Sharp. Agent; telephone. 42s:
73 South Mai'l street.
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Utah Commercial and Savings Bank
General banking business; pays per
cent OH deposits. F. Armstrong, pres.
p. w. NadSeH. vice-pres.; j. E Jen-
rings. cashier: "a Z. 1st South street
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BORN.

PENROSE.-To the wife of Ernest S.
Penrose. of the Second ward, at 1910
a. m, March 90 a fine daughter.
HOLLY-To the wife of John Holly. a 10
pound daughter.
Mother and child doing well and father
happy.
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lions Savings Bark and Trust COM
pany pays per cent interest per an
mum. compounded quarterly. For the
convenience OF workingmen. the bank
is open for deposits on Saturdays until
pm. Write for any information de-
sired to Nos. l. and Main street.
Salt Lake city, Utah.
MILFORD Woodruff ......... President
George III. Cannon ... Cashier
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suit you all if you will call before
sizes are broken. Do not delay. It is
for your benefit A B. MILLER,
Assignee.
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Mrs. M. j. Burrows Spring Opening,
Monday and Tuesday, March % and
%. Pattern hats and bonnets, millin-
cry novelties, from London, Paris and
New York. 80 Main street
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The biggest producer yet. ]. G.'s ia
nous molasses nuggets carry greater
value than any other molasses candy
on the market.
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LOST
COLLECTION AGENCY.

THE COLLECTION business is no ex-
pertinent or side issue with us, and busi-
ness intrusted to our care receives prompt
attention. Accounts are not pigeon-holed
and permitted to outlaw Judgments
given particular attention. Merchants
Protective Association. lis and 119 Com
block
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21

Abstracts furnished, titles insured.
and interest paid on deposits by
Utah Title Insurance and Trust COM
pany, JOG Main street.
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The great sal: of the Charles Baer
stock of footwear at "a Main street is
still on. Follow the crowd if you
want to save 100 per cent. We can
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4S and 80 Main

One thousand pieces novelties in
wash dress goods. just received.
r. K. THOMAS DRY GOODS co.
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Marriage licenses were issued Yesterday
to Fred Wyler. "A, and Annie Bona, "A,
both of Mammoth; Noble II. Getchell, q
ana Eva May Smith, 20, both of Cripple
Creek
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Storage.

FIDELITY STORAGE COMPANY, 22s
South West Temple street Greatly build
ing). Storage, packing and shipping.
moving. etc. z. NJ. Onion, Manager.
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Hides and Wool.

VIII pay the highest market cash price
for hides and pelts. We have arrange
ments with a reputable eastern firm who
will make reasonable advances on wool.
Call on us before selling or shipping. H.
Halthusen's Mercantile Co.. corner Third
South and Fifth West, P. o. box 1b4 Salt
Lake City.
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J. Baumgarten, the Tailor,
Removed to 122 Main street, first-class
mems suitings. $50.
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az and so Main.

Ladies muslin underwear at popu
lar prices. Sale now on.
r. K. THOMAS DRY GOODS CO.
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All the Spring Novelties
In z. c. NJ. is millinery department.
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Holden O'Connor was fined $50 yesterday
morning. by Justice Wenger, before whom
he was charged with the destroying of
u small building belonging to j. ID.
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Kenneth Donneller, stock and min
Ing broker, 161 South Main street. Tele-
phone s75.
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Salt Lake Turf Exchange.

CThe TunneL)
San Francisco races taken daily by
wire Bookmaking. All sporting events
chronicled.
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Since the fire, DR.. E. NJ. Keysor
Dentist. is located temporarily at 142
Main street.
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The Japanese Bamboo COMPANY.

Artistic bamboo furniture made TO you,
order. All work guaranteed first-class
and at lowest prices. 20 Commercial
street.
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Seven Great Races Today.
1000 in stakes.

Flying stake, 2-year- olds; Rancho
del-Paso, handicap; food stakes, two
miles, eight hurdles, at Salt Lake Turf
Exchange, by wire.
Dr. E. M. Keysor tt Dentists tenn
porary location at 124 "a II, ne-,t Auer-
bach's.
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Ladies' Novelty Jackets.
Elegant line in latest spring shades
and STYLES at
F. AUERBACH & BRO.
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George W. Jones.

Railroad ticket brokerage, 215 Main street,
Salt Lake City. and 302 25th street, Ogden
SSecked teefs % a soG
and exchanged
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This Week

Scrub brushes, sc: six quart dish pans,
10c; eight and nine-ipch pie tins. Sc.
NEW YORK CASH STORE.
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2. G. M. rs Millinery
Opening begins Monday. See il.
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WANTED.

ONE OR TWO first-class piano sales
men. Cash commission. Call at room 8,
Summit block
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FOR RENT.

THREE-ROOM cottage; 81. Wicks, 4
State.
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DIED.


REID-In Salt Lake City, March IS
James Reid, aged 70 years.
Funeral from S. d. Evans undertaking
parlors, at D. m. toda-'-