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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-26
HOW THEY PAN GOLD
THESE DAYS IN ALDER GULCH

heats are operating on land owned
by the Conrey company, Whlcn IS pIac-
tically the same company as the Ger
man Bar company. This company mas
bought up all the land as far up as the
German Bar properties, with the. ex-
ception of two claims owned by China
men, and has also acquired two ranches
in the valley down below the gulch,
II being three and one-half miles from
the last working to the end Of the land
that IA has been bought up. This ranch
land below the gulch was. of course,
never worked, but it was nearly all
tested by Mr.. Sloss before he induced a
company to take hold of the PROPOSE
ton. 1t is said to run from 80 to 40
cents per yard where tested.
There are two of the dredge boats.
One is the old one which was in oper-
alton at Bannock and was moved over
TO Alder This is dredge lift boat
with SO buckets, and is the first dredge
boat ever built. 1t was started In oper,,
alton last June and at first it baked
considerably, but was finally gotten so
it would run all right They have
cleanup every four days, it requiring
two hours for the cleanup. This boat
is running on lease, the owners of the
boat having taken it there, after salts
flying themselves that it would be
paying proposition.
The building of the new dredge was
begun last winter, the company profit
ing by the experience with the old
boat. The new boat is owned and OPP
Grated by the Conrey Placer company
itself. This boat was recently COM
pleted and has just been put in oper-
alton. 1t is a single lift dredge and
carries AZ buckets, being the largest
dredge ever built. The boat is about
eight feet wider than the old boat, with
about the same length. and has more
powerful digging engines. The new
boat is provided with double flume,
which will obviate the necessity of
stopping the dredge during the clean
up. 1t will handle, when running at
its estimated capacity 14,4OO buckets of
six cubic feet each in "a hours, while
1000 gallons of water will be required
to be pumped each minute to wash the
gravel through the sluice box. If suf-
ficent returns are received from the
working of these dredges more will be
built. With the present dredges 1t
would require 200 years to work over
all the land which the company has ac-
quired Results thus far are said to
be very satisfactory to the company
and there is little doubt that other ma
chimes will be built as soon as it is
definitely determined what kind and
style Of machine is best adapted.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-26

to the standard. For his chief assist
ant ! appointed Major B. H. Cook,
lately returned from the war. and
while he is a republican, am satisfied
that no better selection could have
been made. Chef Small the other as
sistant, is another faithful and dill
gent official and I cannot see where it
would be possible to improve the staff
in the treasurer's office. The police
court. in the hands of Judge Sullivan,
another republican, is ably and impair
TALLY conducted. He and his able as
sistant, Clerk Sheffel, are deserving of
very great credit. I would also at this
time express my high appreciation of
the splendid work which has been done
by the engineering department under
the able management of F. c. Bicken-
bach. I have no hesitation in saying
that this department IS in thoroughly
competent hands. The work done by
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-26

When Henry F. Edgar of the Fair
weather party, was in Virginia City
last August attending the pioneers
reunion, he was taken to see the huge
dredge machines which are now work
ing over again the placer ground Of
Alder gulch. 1t was indeed a strik-
ing contrast to see the man who panned
the first gold ever taken from che
guich examining the modern appa-
ratus. Mr.. Edgar watched in breath
less wonder for time the mammoth
shovels operated by machinery, and
then exclaimed:
THAT beats my panning all 'holler.
I thought / knew as much about placer
mining as anybody, but l am satisfied
now that l don't know anything about
it."
John Sloss is the promoter of the pres
ent method of working the ground q
Alder gulch. For years he laporeu
strenuously in the endeavor to get cap
ital Interested in his scheme, ana lor
two months was in Butte working on
the matter. Mr.. Sloss went into Aiael
gulch in July or August of 1858 ana
took up a. claim, but was taken SICK
with the mountain fever ana Iou ~
not work. While sick he was toid py
his partners that the claim aiiloelit tet
nothing, and so he sold his inter -
for almost nothing. Before Spllis .ns
man who bought his interest naa Nakeh
out $4,000 and had lost it all IN New
York before the following ran. M.
Sloss has remained in the guicn Win
various ups and downs, ana at iast mas
succeeded in getting the capital tnat ne
longed for interested in his schene 10.
saving from the guich what the oio
placer miners missed.
The old dredge machine mas peen at
work in the gulch for about three
wears An enormous shovel scoops up
the dirt in the gulch and empties 1t
into the sluice The machine works
over about three and one-half acres
each season. This year it will do bet
fer than that. The machine will some
times work 500 buckets day. The
bncl,ets run about yard and a half
eanh. or about two tons. 1t Is oper-
rod nv the German Bar Mining COM
many. with P. N. More as manager, and
Is n paying proposition. The ground
rms from 40 to so cents per yard, and
some shovels produce $500 in gold.
some months the past summer as high
as $4,000 was taken out. At the pres
emit rate of working it will require 15
years for the company to work over the
land it has secured.
But of greater interest are the dredge
boats which have been put in the past
season farther down the gulch. These
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-26

the fire department. I figure that mon
ey spent in the purchase and mainte-
nance of the police patrol is not ex-
pense. 1t is money well invested-moa-
ey that will far more than pay back
the investment. The patrol system will
cost a little on its introduction, but it
will far more than pay for itself and
that very soon.
Il was about to say, when you inter
rupted me by your last question" said
the mayor, that in the administration
of the affairs of the city / am receiv-
ing no more cordial or more valuable
support than that which I receive from
republican officials. B. E. Calkins is
certainly the right man in the right
place in the treasurer's Office. The
management Of that office is fully up
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-26

prove positive harm. AS for imneri.
aiism' | was not brought up to favo,
anything of that sort, was born in
New York state. That, like Montana.
is one OF the United States of America.
AS an American. believe in expansion
so TAR as America is concerned. But
do not believe in the United States of
ASIA or the United States of Africa. I
oelieve that America belongs to the
Western Hemisphere. and that it has
no business In the Eastern Hemisphere.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08
rhnrH Is Onr r4sr

After years Of effort on the part OF
the French government and the high
est military officers to suppress the
truth in the Drevfus scandal and the
tnfamy attending his conviction and
imprisonment on Devi,s Island for a
crime he never committed, 1t now
seems almost certain that the truth
will at last prevail, and the poor jew
Captain OF the Fourteenth regiment of
Artillery will stand acquitted. 1t will
be- triumph not only over his enc.
mics but over the army, the judiciary.
the administration and the whole
Venal press OF the French Republic
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08
THEY aRK DIsGusrED.

Mr.. McKinley's friends are alarmed
at reports OF defections among west
ern republicans which have reached
Washington. That these reports are
not without foundation is shown by
the statement Of Mr.. w. c. Newman, a
life~long republican, who is the agent
Of the CattlemeEs Protective associa-
tion of Montana, and who has been
sent east to see IL something cannot be
done to revive the once prosperous
foreign cattle trade. He said: "If
the administration had come out bold
y and allowed an open and honest
investigation of the meat scandals, Il
would have created the impression
abroad that this country was sincere
in its efforts to furnish the best of
meat to the domestic and foreign con-
sumer AS 1t is, 1t will require Years
TO overcome the prejudice the admin
istration's unwise action has caused.
A great revulsion Of feeling has taken
place in the west within the past few
weeks. recently attended a semi
political meeting of ranchmen an
farmsr srs in southern Montana. and,
unless something unforeseen takes
place, the administr atoms attitude
Will imperil Mr.. McKinleys support
by the western states at the next ma
tional convention. The back bone and
sinew of the republican party in the
west is thoroughly disgusted with its
present national leaders,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08
HEARTS or dMERIC8NB NOT HITH
THE PHIITPPISE sTRUGgJE

N@"Nf@A sNA- % AtAAAE
The indianapolis Sentinel, in a re
cent editorial draws parallel showing
tersely and truthfuny the difference
in public sentiment and interest during
the war with Spain and that now
waged against the Filipinos Itshows
In the most lucid manner how the
hearts Of the American people beat in
unison while the war with SrEiu was
m progress, how eagerly they scanned
the bulletin boards every day, aud
with whS7 exultation they received
the reports Of every victory, however
small. the American arms won from
the Spaniards; while in the present
war with the Filipinos there is total
lack Of this interest II declares that
the hearts OF the American people are
not ia the present struggle There is
no question Of the fact that the signs
Of popular Indifference are undeniably
present throughout the whole couAtry.
American pride In the valor
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

Of American soldiers on the field Of
battle, regardless Of what people or
nation they ere lighting, asserts itself
everywhere and on every ccision
throughout the country, and they re-
joice at their achievements and deplore
their losses, but there is a total alb
sence OF that patriotic outpouring OF
enthusiasm on the part OF the people
which plainly seems TO say that the
great Americon heart is not in It,,
When the government called for vol
unteers to meet Spain's cohorts or the
sanguinary field where victories and
onors we're 70 be won and lost, the
whole country arose as one man and
responded to the call with patriotism
unexampled. How differens is the case
in this war with the Filipinos There
are no published accounts OF public
meetings to raise volunteers, no tender
OF services on the part OF governors /;
no beating OF drums, playing OF lies
ard marshalling Of hosts eager to bear
the flag and plant their country's
standard in the Orient at the expense
OF people to be free That's the
secret Of the apathy on the part Of the
American people in the administra.
tion's war against the Filipinos.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

Many old soldiers now feel the effects
OF the hard service they endured dur.
Tug the war. Mr. George s. Anderson.
OF Rossyille, York county, Pa, who
saw the hardest kind OF service at the
front, is now frequently troubled with
rheumatism. had a severe attack
lately" he says, "and procured bottle
of Chamberlain's Pain Balm, tdid so
much good that / would like TO know
what you would charge me for one
dozen bottle6.' Mr.. Andersen. wanted
u both for his own use and to supplv
II to his friends and neighbors as
every family should have a bottle OF n
IN their home, not only for rheuma-
tlsm, but lame back, sprains, swell
lngs' cuts, bruises and burns, for which
II Is unequaled. For sale by all drug
gists.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

hoN. heKE SMITH has been made
President Of Georgia sunday-school
Association. lie is the gentleman who,
while Secretary Of the Interior, wrote
sick Virginia boy in his department
that he was praying for him daily.
Hoke's prayers prevailed aud the
young man returned to find his place
oiled by Hoke between two suppliea-
tions.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

IT appears that Auditor Hopkins
has dropped into his anti-legslature
tactics. Mr.. Hopkins should make no
intentional mistakes. Let him re.
member that while the legislature
meets but once in two years, the grand
jury is more frequent.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08
St. Louis
and all points East,
Kansas City

and all points North and West
Passenger train leaves Oklahoma City
" 10 a, M, arrives in st. Louis the fol-
llng morning 2. IS a. m Passenger
train leaves St. Louis at 3. 80 p. m, ar
rlyes in Oklahoma City the following
evening ate. 90. pm. Close connections
are made with the Santa Fe, both at
oklahoma City and Wichita.
Our train service is unsurpassed
We carry latest improved seat and
chair cars, also the Luxurious Pullman
Observation Sleepers. Are you plan.
ming an outing.
EUREKA SPRINGS
has a world wide reputation as a won
ful Health and Pleasure Resort, the
curative properties Of whose waters
have no equal on the American cont.
nent, and the grandeur OF the scenery
surpsssas that OF Colorado.
When purchasing your tickets see
that they read via the Frisco Line,
For fnrther particulars as TO rates,
time, etc, apply to
b. f. DUNN, IT, II. & p. A.,
Oklahoma City.
u.s. y, hOAkUM, BRYAN SNYDER,
6enersl Manager. GenT Pass. Agt.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

o. II. FEGAN is being mentioned as
a candidate for republican national
committeeman from Oklahoma, TO
succeed Ii. e. Asp. Fegan is a clever
man for the place We're for Fegnn.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

An examination Of applicants desir-
ing positions as teachers in the public
schools ofGuthrie, will be held on NAV
s5' 20 and e7; 1899, beginning promptly
at $3.50 o'clock.
All applications for position as teach.
er must be made on blanks furnished
by the clerk OF the Board of Education.
BY order Of Examining Committee
j. X. CAMPBE:
Chairman,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

GOV. BARNES took fall out OF
Judge Burton and he didn't use many
words in the operation. Hereafter,
when Secretary Jenkins wants to make
appointments, he will doubtless wait
until the governor returns.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

FUNSTON is wounded in the hand.
IL he were more seriously hurt OTIS
might say TO him as was said by a
general in the civil war, that the com
mander suffered loss Of the use OF his
right arm.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

THE El Reno Democrat has become
woefully weak and mild hammered
since Editor Hensley was elected may.
or. And moreover the reforms which
the people were promised are not re-
corded in the Democrat.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

lT IS good thing for Roosevelt that
he pulled down his political reward
before the country got sample OF the
western brand of colonel.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

AN eastern paper says the Funston
craze is so strong in Kansas that the
hero may b. forced to retire TO the
United States SenateE
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

- HabI, ''"eI One confines itself 30 -
TO som ole goods another bnvs 7,,. 20 perfectly
telIigen. cheap price. One apneais can get
win trade another makes use of circns euey to in,
anotber one is exact in its methods to
One turns tia,Stenty t advertises goods il hasertsng
bettermept experience of the pa st into not got
much and gets left Jumps at conclusions braps
which side of the naTiay INT It isn't hard to tell
t'gate for yourself ''O" TINS store is on Inves.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

THE Guthrie city council is getting
to be dinkey affair--a kindergarten,
so to speak. Nothing comes out Of it
except scraps
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

The lawyer who defended Senator
Quay in Pennsylvania, can secure a
Juicy retainer bygetting into communi-
cation with Treasurer Thompson.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

THE Santa Fe system may be
friend OF Oklahoma, but it has pc
culiar way ofshowing it in the freight
fariM
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

THE Perry Enterprise appears to be
a good promoter of dissatisfaction.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

.s,,med to have nothing better to
w wou'a ,p, o1 mere cheapness. Price atd quality
Que. hand with us. which means that your ~,
go hand +" "ei5ered n'' on a par with our own. what
terests ,1 enhasze and what deserves recognlon
we wan hat we buy new and reliable goods 10 Sei
H % prices lower the average than amy nooS o"G M pol
in the city There are those VINO poon ever increasing
icy, but it is good enough i0r ou'
clothing business
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

|HlS season we are particularly
Cans r i9n and Boys Suits Tronsera I Oh our stock
Our lime underwear a Neces Hosiery and sts Shirts
anv Of tbo oI Mems Furnishings are not ouspenders
have caered large cities For the past ey6t surpassed in
in our CONSTANT your wants in wearing years we
efforts are apprec 'rfaSlng trade realize that %mu on
alwav" uehl IN trash, merchandise Se o and do not
refunded 0"ey 5 worth your ,noao
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

First published ln ;he Daily Leader April
%, 1899.
LIQUOR NOTICE
To Whom II May Concern
Notice is hereby given that Ohio Miller
has this day filed his petition 10 sell at
retail spirituous, yinous and malt liquors in
MIlhall, Logan county, Oklahoma, and that
unless objection be filed ON or before the
lltn day of May, A ID. 1899. said petition
WILDE granted
Guthrie, Okla April e6, 1899.
r. p, MORTON, County Clerk
First published In the Daily Leader Nav
q, 1899.
LIQUOR NOTICE.
To whom II may concern
Notice Is hereby given thai Mss. BLACK
has this DAY nled his petition to sell
az Wholesale spirituous, vlnous and malt
liquors IN Guthrie, Logan county, Oklah0.
ma, ana that unless objection De hled ON
OF pelore the 18Th day "a May, A, d. 1889, said
petition will be granted
Guthrie, Okla, MAY q 1899
r. p. MORTON, County Clerk.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08


Address OF welcome, Mayor Of Nor
man.
Response, President OF the Associa-
tion.
Character of Journalism r r.
Hensey.
"Cut Rates, Roy T. Stafford
County Printing, " Tom Woosley.
"A New Editorial Cult" L. G.. Nib.
lack.
Personal Column, " Tom Jarboe.
Newspaper Legislation" win T..
Little
Cash Subscription Plan" Bert
Campbell
The Subscription List" J. w.
Lawton.
Newspaper knowledge Of School
Work" d. r. Boyd
The Editor as Politician" f. II.
Greer.
DUTY of the Newspaper to the
Public" J, V. Admire.
"A Good Impression" .Gilstrap,
Relation Of the Newspaper TO the
Home Candidate Edgar brain.
Our Association, w. T.. Bolton.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

Use Leader want ads. They work
while you sleep.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

xror read in all the papers the claims o' reason
Y merchants. Some are Just some na apf o6en some
able some are fair are honest ora an@ or merchant
aolT ti5uous You have read one where ia ,~n for
Claims to sell the best Blue serge 1TT Now we doat
$50 another has one Tor $50 nt not % the best in
doubt ls Tnep ps evidently not ns oF %e ro"r n~ne
them from Won can do the best, quality con
sdered.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08
MONDAY MAY s isol.

Meeting Of Okioh0aia Press dissertation.
Pursuant TO instruc ions Of the Ok
lRhoma press association in session at
Guthrie, January II, 1899, the annual
meeting of the association is hereby
called to meet in Norman, oklahoma.
May IL, ls9c, at o'clock p. m , for the
purpose of transactinF such business
as may properly come before the asso
citation j. B. CAMPBELL,
IsON WHoRToN, President.
Secretary.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08
New Reversible Map Of the United States and World

t Edition Scale: As miles size Eleven bi
should F ""S""ee' No nome OF business house
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

First published IN ;ne Daily Leader April
~ 1900
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08

25 cents. Sold by all medicine dealers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-08
THE LEADERS, OFFERI

The world for have arranged with Rand
NcNayt% Co. the
troll this territory o the magni
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-19

Europe" Among these features he described
deep canyon or river course in the centre of the
English Channel, running from the Straits Of
Dover westward for a distance Of seventy miles.
known as "Hurds Deep" Commander Hurd
having discovered il while making soundings for
the Admiralty. This gorge has a depth Of 200
feet to 30 feet below the bed OF the Channel.
1t was kept open by the force of the waters Of
the English Channel as they rose and fell.
Very curious features were observed in the
case Of the Adour in France. The ravine through
which IL flowed at some ancient date was dis
coverable for a distance Of sixty seventy
miles from the coast. and about fifty miles out
ii divided. forming. as it were, an island 1000
feet down under the sea level. At time
there must have been some magnificent cas-
cades in these gOrges, the declines in their
courses amounted TO as much as a thousand
feet in mile Undoubtedly at time the
land extended far out into what is now the sea,
and was several thousand feet higher than it
is to-day. but the action of the water had worn
the earth away. In the Bay Of Biscay forty
miles off Cape Pieto is a sea stack, 200 fathoms
below the surface Of the sea. measuring on the
land side 4.SOO feet and on the other side $500
feet from crown 10 base.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-19
LIFE IN MANILA.
. o;,a pn American Soldier.

From The Manila P. ~ American Soldier.
In hosting his relief the other morning Cor
roral walker Company VI. oregon Volunteers
came upon a large snake of the constr 1,l,1r
species in front OF the ofhcers guar vi
AZ paiocio Surprise was mutual. No command
was given. but the relief was instantaneous
deployed as s<irmishers, and tnat sSarcey
in tine to avoid the vicious strokes OF bl t,
niyht feet However these islands are ours, ana
the enemy went where the good snakes go. ms
trail was traced back to the ruins OF the olo
church near by and led straight 70 the so,
Of the officers quarters. Had ne nor peen
stopped by the guard it is possible that some
oyerworked officer might have had real ones as
he Law in his chamber above enjoying the sieSP
of the innocent. on being measured the SNAKE
,vas found to be nine feet seven inches long ana
zen inches around in the largest part. with iahgS
like a panther