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Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-12-03
A FESTIVAL OF THE SEASONS
Will be Presented by the Ladies Aid Society on
Friday. December 9th.

Oh Friday, Decemb,r 9th, the
Ladies Aid Society will present a
Festival of the Seasons. Every eff
fort has been make to make this af
tair a success and everyone is invited
to attend. The admission will be ten
cents and each number on the pro-
gram to be given during the evening
will be worth more than the price of
admission.
Doors will be open at S O'Clock. p.
M, from which time until the close a
substantial supper will be Served con-
ssting of two kinds of cold meat, two
kinds of salad, pickles, cheese, bread
and butter. coffee and cakes, at 35
cents each. including a fancy china
plate or cream pitcher.
Admission will be charged in the
afternoon but should anyone desire to
come both afternoon and evening.
check for evening will be given in or
der that admission will not be paid
twice. The ladies', however, invite
one and all to come and take supper
and remain until the close of the Fes-
tival. You cannot spend your time
more pleasantly in every way.
A handsome pillow will be given to
the most popular young man, SO
Now girls is your chance
Your dear ones happiness to enhance;
Help him win the lovely pillow
For the most deserving fellow
In our town there are so many
That we cannot overlook any,
So the age begins with twenty-up to
eighty, single men and widows, too.
But married men. Of course. won't do.
Also:
A beautiful dolly. in bridal array,
To the dear little girl will be given away
Who. from six up TO twelve. if de-
cided by vote.
There will be quantity of delicious
homemade candy on hand. and a cup
of fragrant tea at the Japanese booth
with plenty of cake and the cup and
saucer for Is cents.
PROGRAM.
Instrumental selection.
Shepherdess drill from Ben Hur-
l6 young ladies'.
A German selection by a typical
Dutchman.
A Character Song, Every Day
Wedding Day"
Illuminated Club Swinging.
Selection from Opera Wang-six
little girls.
Recitation. "My Soldier Lover
with music.
Japanese Umbrella Song-eight girls
Reading.
Primrose and Vests Artists in
Character songs.
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Churchill County Valuations.

Assessor Thos. Dolf Of Churchill
was in town today. Mr.. Dof tells US
the property valuations Of his county
this year amount t. $4,000 as
against S628,OOO last year
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Notice to Mining Con-
tractors.

9RoposAI.S TO DRIFT 100 FEET ON
tue edge of the Forlorn Hope mine in
DIipgllouSe Canyon will be received by the un-
dersigned lt adsworth Nevada up to Dec
81. 1871 al p. m, work to be done as follows:
One dlift feet wide, feet high and 80 feet
long beginning at shaftat depth of li5 feet
following the ledge In about northerly direc-
fion. one crift same dimensions as aboYe
beginning ~ shaft at depth of 10 feet. follow
iu3 the ledge III about >outherly direction Goa
tractor 10 break the ground. save the ore, De
liver ore AMI waste In bucket at shaft. The
undersigned TO hoist ore and waste and care for
supplies.
The undersigned reserve the right to reject
any and all bids.
Proposals to be addressed: + r Lothrop
Wadsworth Nevada. and marked Proposals
E T LOTHROP
r. NJ NORRIS
Z VI S0A1MERS.
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: BRIEF ITEMS OF !
! TOWN AND STATE J

lanes Poole Is conv2lescent.
Spuds and sugar are on the raise.
December magazines at this office
The Elko oil we'll is down $50 feet.
DR.. Jackman's children are improv-
ing steadily.
T. G. Herman returned from Reno
this morning.
A. r. Jeffrey, host at hotel at Fallon
is in town today. &c
r. M. Wickland spent Sunday here.
He is getting fat.
Colorado mining people are looking
at the Olinghouse mines.
For RENT-A newly furnished four
room house. Inquire at this office.
Nh. and Mrs. L. S. Pratt and Gladys
spent Thanksgiving at Sacramento.
Frank Smith shipped several car
loads of potatoes to Sacramento last
week.
Bert LaForge went to Ogden this
morning to take a run out Of that
place.
The Mystery of the Savage Stump"
is tale In the Black Cat by Sam
Davis.
Myrtle Lodge Knights of Pythias,
will give Its annual ball in Verdi Friday
evening,
The public Christmas tree festivities
this year will be a ha. Ply reminder of
old times.
The railroad company has quit sell
ing coal to employees at Winnemucca
and Carlin.
Two sisters of the late George jacobs
are here from Missouri visiting Mrs.
VIM Painter
The hills are covered with sn.w, it
is raining in the valleys and the ducks
are on the wing.
The concentrates from Forlorn
Hope ore milled at the Wadsworth as
say $500 per ION.
Peter Swanson, who broke his an
in falling from the roof of house, is
ale to be on the streets.
A new building is to be erected on
the Macpherson lot on Second avenue
for photograph gallery.
Miners have a chance to make
money by reading the contract to be
let at the Forlorn Hope.
Captain Charlie, the Piute, well
known all over the Stale, was buried
here en- Thanksgiving day.
For SALE-Mrs. Douglass has a
bedstead and baby's crib for sale. In
quire at Mrs. E. Hummels.
Main street was enlivened by sever
al warm scraps and bloody noses just
10 jar the monotony of peace.
E. H. Proctor and D. H. Sisson
lei Sunday on prospecting trip that
VIII take them as far as Tonopah.
+. M. Norris, trader at the Walker
lake reservation, spent several days
mere last week looking after his mining
property.
Mrs. Eva Proctor has resigned as
postmaster at Olinghouse and the ap-
continent Of Mrs. Myrtle Carothers is
requested.
George GARRISON, formerly clerk at
ae Riverside Hotel in Reno. is now
~ Seattle. Mrs. Garrison is in San
Pfancisoo.
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III ''io corporation now Working salt anc
oorax marshes in Churchill is visiting
that property.
The California Midland railway sur
veyors are working in Merced anc
Marposa counties and the project is
going ahead.
Souvenirs of Wadsworth at the
DISPATCH office are going fast Nc
prettier present to show faraway friends
where you live.
Two Piutes held up a Mason valley
ranch hand in Yerington few nights
ago. The Indians secured SIPS and
flask of whiskey.
Major Spriggs and Fred Small ar
rived this morning after visiting Vir-
ginia City and attending the memorial
services of the Elks.
The San Francisco Industrial News
says that 90 per cent of the plaster
used in that city is manufactured at
Empire. Ormsby county.
Phil Boyle has returned from San
Francisco. His hand mashed In a
railroad accident is nearly we'll and he
will return to work soon.
E. H. Prentice, district traffic agent
of the S. P. Co., spent yesterday here
looking into statistics of mining, agri-
culture and livestock products.
The Queen of the Lake Lodge, No.
20, Daughters Of Rebekah, was in
stituted in Hawthorne Monday evening
with eighteen charter members.
L. Avanzino is doing development
work on his Tereza mine in Olinghouse
canyon. He is employing three men
at present. The prospects are good
for finding something.
George Abbay. John Day. Ernest
Mayo and George Shaber left for the
Carson Sink this morning to kill geese.
Jack Savan says not one in the crowd
can hit flock OF barns.
Our amateur photographers are do
ing good work. We noticed Mrs. w.
D. Linton received second mention in
the S. F. Post contest and the B. of L.
F. magazine has published a number
of sketches by Mrs. Theo. Wetmore.
Prof. C. w. Wynn, whose alleged
discovery Of a method of extracting
fabulous gold values from low grade
ores aroused widespread interest and
provoked unlimited debate, died in a
Denver hospital last Friday.
Goth Haist died at Virginia City
Sunday evening. He was a member
of Lodge No. 3 and Pioneer Encamp-
ment No. |, |. o. O. F., in which or
der he held the position of Grand Mas
ter and Past Grand Representative.
The Western Nevada Teachers AS
sociation, at its session last week,
elected the following officers: Pres
ident, E. E. Caine of WadsWorth; first
vice-president, J. E Monroe Of Reno;
second vice president, Mrs. S. c.
Booth of Reno; secretary and treasurer
Miss Susie Tredway of WadsWorth.
! 1t appears Sam Davis is going to
write a book on the life Of Nanny
Pleasant and was getting in an adver-
tisment when he told Chicago the col
ored lady had given him deeds Tor
$4,000 worth of San Francisco prop
erty. The old lady denies the gift
and the advertisement travels on,
Prof. A. L. Smith and family left
Saturday for SusanviIle where he has a
chance to better his condition. We
regret to lose them as all made many
friends during their stay in WadsWorth
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Notice to taxpayers.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT /
~ Have this day received from the County
Auditor Of Washse County, Nevada the Assess
ment roll of said County for A. d. 1901 that the
first installment OF State, County and special
taxes as noted therein Is now due and payable
at the office of the County Treasurer; thai all
taxes not paid will be delinquent at the close OF
official business, Monday, December 2nd, A. ID.
1901. after which date ten per cent delinquency
will be added to the amount thereof; and to all
taxes amounting to over three hundred dollars.
exclusive of poll taxes, on which suit shall have
been commenced, twenty-five per cent. as ah-
ditional penalty will be added. 1 us
d. b. BOYD County Treasurer
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14
ReaCted.Unalaklk on Evening
 of December 2.
FATHER JAcQuET1LL
file Was Suffering From ,an Attack of Neuritis .cf the ASm and Foot and Had Not Improved Mentally To Leave for Auvik December 4.

.Dr. s. J. Call, who left Nome ,on November 2, having Rev. Father Jacquct in cbarge, bound for the Holy Cross Mission, on the. lower YAk0n, writes United States. Marshal Richards under Date of December ,.
 The parry had just reached that place, after hard trip andsa trying ordeal. pr. Call writes that Father Jacquet had not improved any mentally sor physically. He is not strong, and, to add to !Dr. Calls troubles, Father Jacquet had been for two or three days previously suffering from neuritis of his left hand and foot.
 Dr. Call writes: 'Things look en- .couraging for . short cut over the Anvik portage:r Heexpected to leave ,Unalaklik on December 4. He hoped .to.engage more dogs at Unalaklik for sthe remainder of the trip. He says that "everything possible has been done for tthe iether' E welfave."
 limited States. Marshtl Richards thinks that by this time Dr. Call and his charge have reached their des- tination
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14
PERSONAL.

Miss Myrtle Monroe, daughter of Major w. N. Monroe, who has been ill of typhoid, is improving.
 Ira D. Orton has been appointed agent in Alaska for the Northern Min- ing and Trading Company.
 Judge B. J. McGiaAis has been con- fined to his home for the past two weeks by an attack of neuritis.
 Mayor J.E. Giese, .who has been Ill of la grippe for some time past, is again able to attend to business.
 Captain O. ". CarlsOn, who has been confined to. his home for the past two weeks, suffering from .. couple of fractured ribs, isAgsin sble to be.scut.
 About the first of the year Judge .Wickersham will leave on . mxshing trip to the westward as fer as Cape Prince of Wales, visiting Teller, and York en route.
 Prof, ". s. Dugan has. been appoint ed organist of St. Joseph's church. Prof. nugan is.an artist in his profes. sion, and the church is to be congratu- lated upon securing his services.
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14
.IS MARKING
 SOME PROGRESS
The Project Of Having . Winter Car- nlWal neeting With Encourage.
 ment-neeting Tuesday Night.

The winter carpival project is meet ing with much encouragement. A meeting for the purpose of appointing committees and fixing the date will be held next Tuesday night at<S o'clock at the fire hall. Already numerous in, Quiries are being made as to the scope which the carnival will take, and these details will be settled at the meeting.
 Besides tae day exercises, Terrier & Olson, proprietors of the skating rink, propose to have a masquel ade in the evening at the rink.
 Dhere seems tObe no reasonVwhy the proposed carnival should not receive q hearty support. It can be made q unique affair, and its successful execu- tion may be the forerunner of car nival each winter hereafter.
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14
AackS slvG6EH.

A mail fran St.. Michael and lower Yukon points, consisting of a bout ten ,poun6s of letters, arrived Wednesday evening. Mails for the outside via the MGkOn and for Teller uand York, will leave tomorrow morning.
 In the case .of Johnson vs. Bnlloek, White and F. N. Meyer, an action to recover for Tightening cargo of lum- Der, jury on Wednesday in the dis 1trict court returned a verdict of $45O for the plaintiff. The action against L. B. Tanner, who was named in the complaint as a codefepdant, was dis missed, it being shown that MT. Tanner was in no way connected with the other defendants.
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14
PRICE 2S CENTS

that Paymaster Whitney paid him "lS7i. 7j on Hardy's return from the Philippines. where he h'-1 been 'a sol lie. It is certain that Hardy was in tte service a3 stated. He was also in the military prison at Aleatraz where he u4tas known as Diamond DiGk.'
 It k possible that one Of the. mails during he winter will bring the result Of the appeal and it may be that Nome will have it's first hanging before navigation opens. Hardy is a goeG prisoner and gives little trouble, but there is not 0as ,ei the guards who does not believe him guilty of murder
 Hardy, it is claimed ty his bilers, gives evidence of Insanity, inasmucb as he has taken to writing poetry.
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14
CANDLE ALL THAT
 IS CLAIMED FOR H
So Writes Ds0ssy '1&arslal ssarry C. ,kaInont, Under Date q Decesn-
 'ber12, Fsan the New Town.

Deputy Marshal Harry c. Lamont, writing from Candle, under date of December ,, to United States Marshal Richards, says that there are about JOG people at Candle town and. about the same number up in the timber, about 30 ,a, tiles distant. He,alse states that the creek is Gall they claim it to be, as rich.as.anything struck up to date. " He also stal es that the season opens six weeks earlier than any boat can reach there.
 Laurits 'Stephanson reached Nome yesterday, nine days from Candle, com ing by way oi Fish river. He laid over two days en route on account of bad trails. He brings little news, further than that already published in this and other issues of the NUGGET.
 The landing place for steamers near the mouth of the Keewalik is called Webster City. Kjelsberg's store is located there, and there is also fine road house
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14
Eastward .frOm ti,e'keeWa!iic
 RWer Country.
LITTLE: 'KMOWea OF ,TT
Candle Phenomenal Creek, Says j..
 w. Barry-r!Ore Gsld Can Be Taken Out With Rockers Than With Slu;ce EOxes-.Bear Creek Promises Well.

"Candle is aphenomenal creek said J. w. Barry, the other day. He had just reached Nome from that section E"You can go there and take out all kinds of money with rocker from. the creek bed, and yet saw two men with sluices boxes at work and the best they could do was $20 an hour. However, if 1 had million I would not be afraid to be afraid to invest in that country" Mir. Barry also thinks that other sec tions of Fair Haven district will yet show up well. Fortune creek, a t,dbu- tary of Cripple riverhas prospcctcd as high as a0 cents to the pan. George Othmsr, formerly painter of Nome, has u claim on the creek, from Nhich he rocked. 8 an hour.
 On Mystery creek, .Alsosa tributary of Cripple, it is six feet to bedrock, and the dirt runs from to cents to the pan. Some good claims on this creek are owned by iRev. T. IL. Brevig of Teller, Axel Olson and Axel Lindquis,, the latter representing the Pioneer Mining Company.
 The best find in that particular sec tion was on the Inmachuk, below the mouth of Arizona creek, where the clean-ups ran from S'00 to $500 daily.
 Snipe creek, tributary of Rex, pros poets cents to the pan, clean, bright gold, different from any other found in that district.
 Alder creek has been. prOspected by Smith, Nelson and Morris with excel lent results.
 Bonanza creek, q tributary of the Keewalik, which has been exciting some attention, was located on May . by Barry, under the name of Friendly creek. After the discovery Uf Candle, it was relocated as Bonanza, and there is likely to be trouble over the double stalking. This creek, according te Barry, prospects as we'll asany creek l on the keewalik.
 C. w. Duncan and Mrs Emma Scott who last spring followed the, Williams party from Nome into the kobuk country, reached Candle creek some 1 weeks ago. The%Willlams party aban doned the trip, returned to Nome and sailed for their ho9res in California Duncan, however, in his pursuit O. Williams got onto what he thinks vii prove good strike eastward of the Keewalik, and has returned to tha, section to continue prospecting.
 Mir. Barry saw $50 in dust, whicf had sbeen taken from Bear creek, ; tributary of the Buckland, by Hoyey'' party.
 J. B. Zimdars, formerly an attorney of Nome, who has been in the kCtze bue country for the past b months and who visited the Buckland section thinks well of Bear creek and its tribu taries. Mr. Zimdars is now at the mouth of the Keewalik.
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14
Missing Persons.

Mrs. Willis A. Sherman, South anpton, l.. l., N. Y., writes A. J. Lowe for information concernipE heI husband, Willis A. Sherman. Mrs sherman has not. heard from her hus- bend since March, 1899, and believed him dead until Captain Eugene Lud- low wrote that Sherman was in Nome.
 B. r. Stowe, who gives neither date nor address, writes for information con- eerning bis brother, Alexander Stowe, whom he heard had been drowned. Alexander Stowe was not drowned, but met his death in blizzard last wintey near Solomon river.
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14
BLUFF MINERS
 WAIT RECORDER
They t5osA nahiic 4Ssstin9s and Send . Representative to Interview
 ,Jwdge WGkersham.

John De Fries, who returned Thurs day .trgasa Tip.tc Bluff City, says that the miners of that place have held sey- eral meetings lately and haze ap- pointed delegate to come to Nome and interview Judge Wicker shssa. for the -purpooe of securing the segrega tion of that district from the Cape Nome district and the appointment of Q recorder at Bluff City.
 The people of Bluff and the adjacent country complain that an urnecessary hardship is worked upon them by reason of being compelled to como all the way to Nome if. they want to ex- anime the records.
 A great deal of work is being done on Eldo,ado creek, and the prospects are that, that creek will have ,C big wash.np next spring.
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14
PAhNED $336
 .IM ONE DAY
On a Claim Owned by Howey and Kepner on Candle Creek--The
 BuckIand Strike.

L. w. Palmer recently received a letter from his partner, John T. Hota- ling, who is on Candle creek, of which the following is.as extract:
 "I rocked out $l, 800 in two weeks One day before the treeze-up we banned out $336 and the next day S336- This was on Howey's claim. He was good enough to allow me to rock out a gpabstake, so didn't care to rob him: so quit, although ave might have got several hundred dollars more.
 'I sent Ducken over to the Buckland six weeks ago, and as yet we have not heard from him. He got on to some thing good over there. as he didn't gO it blind. We ~are going to do some -great mushing this ewinter. have struck it not only on Candle creek, but also on the Buckland."
 Alfred s. Kepners Of Nome, is part ner ofthe Howey referred to above.
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14
Fret IiarGy, inc Convicted
 Murderer ct Con Sullivan.
A MoDEI. PRISONER
lie Gives Eslle Trouble, But Writes Poetry Attorney McGinn Receives Affidavit Contradicting fiardy'sTeS- timOuy As to His Whereaheuts.

Fred Hardy, who is in the Nome fed Eeral jail, convicted of the murder oi Con Sullivan on Unimak island on June : last, is speculating as to whether the authorities will use g. silksn rope when he is "w0rked OfI."
 Although an appeal in his case has been tsken to the srpsaeDe court oi the United States. local attorneys who know something of the case do not think that new trial will be granted. Hardy vas tried last September 1t Unalaska for the murder of Con Sulii- van. Two charges of murder still re- main against him, namely the nvrder of Florence Sullivan, brother of Con, and r. J. Rooney. The facts relat .ne to the triple murder are yell known to readers of the NUGGET.
 In his defense Hardy set up the statement that he left the schooner Argo on June 10 last and landed on unimak island. While at Unalaska District Attorney McGinn. who prose cuted the case, wrote Capt. Me cintosh of the Argo, at San Francisco, re- questing his affidavit stating the date of Hardy's deaertion from the schooner. He has received reply statiaP that Hardy left the schooner on June : and not on June 1oas Hardy claims. The prosecution showed that the murder was committed on June 6. District Attorney McGinn also wrote jor Whitney, United States army pay master at San Francisco asking for 1 Hardy military record. He has not yet received a reply. liz rdy testified
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14

tor Whitehouse says that Contractor Bayles has done an excellent job.
 While the board are ready to accept the building, the contractor will rot formally tnrn. 1t oyer until the balance due him is paid.
 The school board nave arranged for gravelipg the grounds. the work of hauling the gravel being let to licensed the pastors of the different churches will be. employed on the school grounds at50 cents an hour.
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14
Mrs. Carter's Dancing School.

In response to numerous requests from. her former. pnpils.o of last winter, Mrs. Fred Carter will open 6 school for instruction in dancing on Monday evening next -at the Hotel Lawrence, Classes will meet each Monday. and Friday between 8 and 10:30 p. m. and only pupils and their friends will be admitted. Mrs. Carter is most capable instrlctress, and her pupils will be sure of a thorough course in the kterpsichonean art.
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14
York Is Looking Up.

Aletter from Teller to the NrCCET ,tates that repsrts,ef very good prop erty being found in York district are reaching Teller, aud there will be mapx. .Iocstions made tAere in the. near future. Tbe1Agiapuk has also had some very good pay, and there is con siderable activity in that section.
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14
LicensedyBarbers Kick.

Local gbarbers who have complied with the city ordinance which imposes a license fee of $l5 year upon harbers state that there are seven barber shops in the city which are doing ,business without license, and they, naturally, ask why some shops are taxed, while others are permitted to escape.
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14

Very appropriate for a Christmas present: French briar and meerschaum pipes, cigar holders and cases, in- ported and clear Havana cigars. Im- ,perial Cigar O., cor. Front street and Lanes alley, Telephone building.
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14
New School Is Completed.

The new school house is practically completed and will be open for the in- spection ofthe public tomorrow between the hours of F noon and 9 p. III. The electris lights are in place and Inspec-
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14

country, and he states that that section is practically deserted. The only min ing activity to be seen is in the Solo, mon river section, where number of bar claims on the Solomon and also on Biz Hurrah creek are being worked.
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14
K. of P. NafiCe.

The members of the Knights of Pythias Club of Nome, are earnestly requested to attend meeting of the club to be held on next Monday even'ng at 7:30 o'clck, over the Waldorf Saloon. Front street, opposite the New York Kitchen. Any Knight who may be in the city..and not member of the sclnb. is scordially invited to be present.
 R. F. LEWIS, President.
The Nome nugget., 1901-12-14
Spruce Creek Is Quiet.

Tom Nallier, who returned few days ago from Spruce creek, says that mo work is. being done as yet on the creek. He also visited the. Casadepaga