El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-19
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THE story of DR.. Flowers alleged
smooth work in New York recalls the
many schemes he has been in in the
past" said Geo. klslingbury at the Orn-
dorff last night. Mr.. Kislingbury is a
well known mining expert from Salt
Lake City and is acquainted with all
the noted mining schemers in the west.
Il have known DIR. Flower for many
years." he said to a Herald reporter.
land have known of all his tricks. He
first began operating fake mining
schemes in Colorado in 1881. He bought
the Julianna mine there which was
practically worthless property. He
capitalized it for several hundred
thousands and old stock through mis-
representations and collected thous-
ands of dollars. The~crash came, how
ever, after he had made plenty of mon
ey and the scheme went to the wall.
The next 1 heard of Flower he was adj
vertiSing a wonderfully rich mine at
Spenezuma, Arizona, near the town of
Bowie. He had put up small mill
and was operating day and night TAX
ing out rock and some cheap ore. He
was running special cars of eastern
capitalists every few weeks to the
mines and selling them stocks at enor-
nous prices. l heard of the affair and
went down there to inspect the proper
ty. l was not surprised to find that it
was not even a good prospect. l re-
ported the affair and the press of the
entire country took it up and roasted
Flower furiously. He quit the field and
his scheme went to nothing but not
until he had made thousands of dollars
out of the fasteners.
Flower was not to be outdone, how
ever, and in 1899 he got hold of the
Arizona and Eastern company with a
small mine at Lone Pine, Arizona.
This last scheme netted him more than
all the others. according to the reports
from New York. Flower works the
same kind of scheme everywhere. 1t
makes no difference to him whether
the mines are good or not for he will
SO manage the thing as to get the mon
ey out of fasteners. The mine he has
in western Chihuahua now may be a
good one but Flower nor any one else
knows it for it has not been developed.
That doesn't worry Flower for if it is
bad one he will come out on top any
way. Flower has damaged the min
ing interests of the west more than any
dozen schemers 1 know of and the press
of the country should expose him at
every opportunity"
IF 1 ever had any doubt that Ell Paso
was the coming city of Texas 1T has
vanished since the beginning of this
Carnival" said ]. Mcmillan. of the
Southern Pacific at the Sheldon last
night. Il have been telling the people
in San Antonio that Ell Paso was a
city and they would not believe it. 1
can state when l go back that while Ell
Paso is not more than half the size of
San Antonio it can care for as many
people and do it as well as San An
tonic can. This Carnival has been
worth millions to Ell Paso. 1t has
shown the visitors that Ell Paso can
manage an entertainment better than
many larger cities can and can fur
nish a greater variety of amusement
than any city in the south. The peo-
pie back in Texas look upon Ell Paso as
border town and compare it with
Eagle Pass. They do not know that
The Pass City has grown out of child's
clothes and is now one of the hand
soonest cities in the state. They are
beginning to think seriously of it how
ever and the question everywhere is
What is Ell Paso doing anyway? What
have they out there in the desert?' This
question has been well answered for
those who came out and 1 venture that
they will tell the story when they re-
turn east
J. G. d. Boyd owner of the Boyd
ranch near Casas Grandes, is at the
Zeiger. He is on his return from his
old home at Cleburne, Texas. Texas
never knew such prosperity as it has
had the past year.. said Mr.. Boyd.
Every farmer in the country has mon
ey and many of them are buying homes
who have rented land for years. l
talked to many of them on my trip this
time ana every one of them began the
conversation by pulling out bank
book and showing me his balance. They
all have money and now that the coun-
| try is out of debt manufacturing will
be the leading occupation in all the
small towns. Texas is going to manu-
| facture her big crops of cotton into
| cloth and not many years will pass be-
| fore this is done"
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