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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-12-25
The ProSpector's Pur.
suit.

LII Ills Splcuulu Sk0UCu, "A l0u-
derfoot on Thunder Mountain, .
William Allen White touches up
on a fact that is much in evi-
dsnce throughout the west. That's
the rarity Of cases in which the
| discoverer Of a rich mine profits
to any great extent by his find
/ One would naturally believe that
the prospector who has located a
great mine would be the. one to
reap the benefit, but such is rarely
the case. Generally the one who
unearths paying property imme-
diately sells out to some tender
foot who becomes a millionaire.
You may talk of unloading sailed
mines upon unsuspecting eastern
ers, and such a thing has been
done, but take it all in all the east
has had far the best of it; and if
the old saying is true that "more
money has been put in the ground
in the search for gold than has
ever been taken OUT you may
rest assured that the western man
has put it there, for Wells, Fargo
and the other express companies
have carried more gold east with
which to pay dividends than the
east has ever invested in mining
propositions.
! The west is filed with men liv-
ing from hand to mouth, who have
owned at one time OF another
mines or interests in mines which
are now the wonder of the world.
Think OF selling stock for sixscents
g. share which is now quoted at
| 81, 800 per share, and hard to find
at that price, but this is no I'M
common thing in the west
1t is not lack of business abil-
ity. In this respect the west will
compare with the east, man for
man, and as for natural shrewd-
ness the western man has his full
share. Yet he will stand by and
see groupings traced to ledge of
ore and the ledge followed and
developed into paying mine
without evidencing any particular
interest. We are speaking now of
the ordinary western business
man, who did he live in the east
would invest in a mining PROPOSE
ton. Perhaps this lack Of interest
is caused by the feeling that there
is little likelihood of strike being
made so close to home. At any
rate, it is left for the eastern man
to develop these properties and
reap the reward. And the reward
is substantial, for altho some look
on mining as visionary business,
yet the gold is real enough and the
fortunes made in mining are very
real, as Wall street will tell you.
i We will now look at the pros
pector who, to tell the truth, is
visionary enough, whose very I'M
agination in most cases keeps him
from the golden reward which
should be his in return for years
Of toll. Your true prospector lives
in a world of his own, the creation
of his dreams, and in the pursuit
of great wealth he is generally un-
successful, altho he may be un-
usually successful in locating great
mines. It must be that distance
lends enchantment, that while
prospecting and hunting for his
| Ell Dorado he is buoyed up by
hope and golden dreams, but when
the reality is within his grasp Fit
will appear to him too real to be
true and his imaginative nature
will not allow him to believe that
Ibis quest is over and that the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-12-25
II Christmas In Che Southwest.
-. g O.

disturbing the skin of the earth
old boy" he remarked.
"But, Kane, next week is Christ
mas, where's the turkey going tc
come from?" [ answered.
Turkey, why we can buy the
whole kingdom of Turkey, his
royal jags, tasseled cover and
everything to boot; you make me
sleepy talking about stuffed tur-
key. Boy, we got more good coin
in sight than all the banks in
Denver. Roll up and go to sleep,
you'll get turkey tomorrow, little
boy"
Kane knocked the ashes out of
his pipe and arose in solemn dis
gust at me who mentioned stuffed
turkey as the appendix to long
treatise on the use of sudden &C
quired riches. The next morning
we packed some GRUB" with us to
the claim and toiled hard to COM
plete the location work. Every
one who is acquainted with
mining laws knows that after a
certain amount of work is done on
a claim it becomes the possession
of the miner. The location work
first, then the assessment work,
and finally the completion before
the miner can secure a deed or
patent to his claim. After the
location work is completed the
miner has thirty days in which to
begin the assessment work; if he
does not do his location work
within the first thirty days or
begin his assessment work after
the first thirty days have expired.
he loses claim to his prospect. 1t
was late in the afternoon before
we completed our location work
and then we travelled back to
camp, tired and hungry.
Kane was in the lead and when
he came within sight OF camp he
stopped short and beckoned to me.
Before I reached his side he threw
his Winchester TO his shoulder
and sent a half dozen bullets
down the gulch. Down! they re
comm boy" he yelled. What he
meant I guessed, for the yell that
came splitting up the gulch was
the war music of only one breed
of men-the devil renegade Apa-
che. Kane emptied his gun and
reached for mine-and still stand
ing in full view gave them half
the contents of that. "Come on
boy" and down the gulch We
stumbled, old Kane yelling like a
fiend and I close at his heels join
ing in the chorus. We could
hear the clatter of hoofs ahead of
us and one or two shots came back
at us. easy now, we've bluffed
them off" cautioned Kane and we
came to a halt, listened, but only
the echo of the retreat came back
to us.
We crawled slowly ahead to the
camp and found everything in
disorder. A hasty search revealed
the fact that the raiders had car
ried off all our food and driven
our animals before them. This
was evidently all they looked for
and had no intention of doing us
bodily harm, for if such was their
object they could have easily sur
prised us at the claim. Kane
made no comment, but like the
old soldier of fortune he was he
endeayored to rally my spirits
with remarks about stuffed tur-
key. "Now, boy, as soon as it is
light we've got to get out of this
No. use talking about follering
them devils they know these
mountains. We don't. Well make
for the Canadian River, get an
other outfit and come back and
tru ~ coma mora - SR1t X ana y
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-12-25
HE Buck Horn Mining Com
pany had more faith than
b capital, the sum total of
y their negotiable assets be-

ing job lot OF second
hand mining tools, hole in the
side of Buck Horn mountain and
an ancient burro. The company's
stock Of faith was unlimited, but
it was not of a very persistent
quality, and when Denver ex-
perts offered the company the
beggarly sum of five hundred dol
lars for the puncture it had made
in Buck Horns base, the COM
pany joyfully took the cash and
even threw in the tools and burro
to bind the bargain. Kane said
the Denver people had the better
of the deal, but [, who was the
other half Of the company, re-.
ioiced, for had not Kane and I
planned for weeks before we sold
out to go down into New Mexico
and strike it rich? Kane and [
had this trip in view ever since
we formed partnership. We Sc
cured a good outfit at Trinidad,
Colorado, and purchasing a couple
of cayuses we packed our kit upon
a Rocky Mountain Canary and
hit the trail for the Rabbit Ear
range in northeastern New Mexi-
co. Experts say there is no gold
in the Rabbit Ears, but Kane and
I know better We saw color
there and handled quartz that was
streaked with wire gold.
Three days after leaving Trini-
dad We were in country no white
man had ever travelled before. and
we found plenty of encouragement
to continue our search for the
yellow metal. The morning of the
fourth day we made camp. and
planned to spend at least a week
prospecting in it's vicinity. The
weather was cold, for it was the
middle Of December and a light
fall Of snow covered the ground.
We pitched camp in a sheltered
place on the bank OF a small creek
at the foot of a steep bluff and
made things as handy as possible.
1t was agreed that | would stay at
the camp while Kane made short
trips prospecting the hills to the
right and left of us. The first
day he returned before noon,
elated with his luck, and brought
several pieces of good rock" he
had broken off an outcropping
We tested the quartz by roasting
it ia the fire and some gold bub-
bled out Of the rock after it was
heated. This simple assay gave.
us assurance Of a good prospect.
Now SO eager were we to secure
possession Of our find that we for
got we were alone in country
infested with Apache Indians.
The Rabbit Ear Mountains were
at that time a rendezvous for every
disgruntled Apache in eastern
New Mexico. We knew this, but
then the hope of riches lures men
into strange places and often
berefts them of reason. The ma
ture of the ground between camp
and the prospect would not per-
NIT us to ride our "cayuses, so
the next morning after Kane
brought the glad tidings we made
things as secure as possible about
the camp and went afoot to the
prospect. We worked as only
prospectors do when the,color is
in sight, all day with never stop
for dinner, and when night drove
us from the claim we could scarce
iy find the way in the twilight
back to camp We found every
thing as we had left it in the
morning and after tending to our
animals we cooked supper. The
camp fire was refreshing after the
bleak day at the claim ard even
old Kane hummed a tune be-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-12-25

OoOh " 0AAs
j Kane knew how to find his way
Through any mountainous country;
I simply came along, blindly fol-
lowing his lead and when ne left
our old trail and turned sharply to
the north I made no comment.
All day we travelled steadily on,
seeing nothing We could shoot for
food, and night found us tired,
hungry and one Of us, at least
detected. We camped in the
shadow of a tall cliff. I lay awake
shivering with the cold; old Kane
slept soundly through the night.
Next day, weary after the dreary
night, [ stumbled along with now
and then a help from Kane over
the rough places. He never com
planned, but like the good, true
man he was, jollied and chaffed
and endeavored to brighten the
way for me.
That night was Christmas eve,
and we spent it in the shelter of a
big rock without any fire to cheer
the dark. Merry Christmas,
pard," Kane saluted me, standing
in shirt sleeves over me. He had
wrapped his coat about my shout
ders when [ fell into a doze to-
ward morning. Thanks, old
man." [ answered. [ was re-
freshed by the short nap, and we
made good progress until nearly
noon, when the canon we had been
following became impossible
ahead, so we scaled the bluffs to
the right Of us to ascertain if there
was an easier route in that direc-
ton.
The view to the right disclosed
deep broad valley. Look yon-
der, to the left of that butte, son;
there's smoke and them little
things are cattle: there's a ranch
down there" and old Kane swung
down from the summit with a veil
and | followed with what speed [
could. We soon were in the val
ley and before we had travelled a
half mile down the bank of it's
stream horseman rode suddenly
out Of a draw to the right and
seeing us drew rein and sharply
inspected us. Kane swung his
rife above his head and then the
horseman galloped up. "Howdy
nen!" he exclaimed as he came to
a halt fifty yards from us. His
gun was in the hollow Of his arm.
Kane handed me his gun, adj
vanced and made our condition
known to the rider. They yelled
for me to join them and soon we
were within sight of a comfortable
ranch house. Some half dozen
cow punchers came from the corral
to greet us and the ''boss" well
coined Us inside the house with,
''You men look petered out, come
in. Merry Christmas! we're goin'
to have dinner soon. Where did
you all come from? The kid looks
sick; pass the booze, jim Mer-
ry Christmas, and merry it was for
Kane and [ after our weary
march through the mountains.
1t was not the conventional
roasted turkey, etc, we sat down
to. The cook, Mexican, gave us
chill -carne and roasted an
telope. We had hot tomales and
other things stewed with plenty of
chill. After dinner the boss
brewed hot punch, strong, and to
Kane and | it was very grateful.
Then one of the punchers produced
violin and he gave Us good lively
music while the younger ones ex-
ecuted a stag dance with such
vigor that it nearly brought the
roof down on our heads. We had
a very lively Christmas, but | fell
asleep amid all the merrymaking
l.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-12-25
LOCAL NEWS.

The Board of Control has an
nounced that in the future all the
shoes worn by inmates of the state
institutions will be made at the
reformatory at st. Cloud. The
reformatory at present makes all
the shoes required for its own
use, but in the near future the
shop will be enlarged and the out
put much increased. The various
institutions of the state require
about 5000 pairs of shoes or slip
pers each year.
A 'Niggerhead, or Consolidated,
lasting machine is among the re-
cent purchases of the shoe COM
pany AS it's name implies, this
machine is used for lasting shoes.
It has capacity of $50 pairs per
day, and through its installation
three men are enabled to do the
work Of eleven men lasting by
hand. Seven more similar ma
chimes will probably be installed
in the factory in the near future.
The daily output Of the factory il
in the neighborhood Of 100 dozen
pairs Of shoes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-07
MANY ARE MOVING.
immigration to the Northwest Greater
Than in Many Years.


Than in Many Years.
Special to Times Republican,.
Dickens, March Knowing time for
this year has come and gone and while
there have been many local changes
in and around Dickens, this is by no
means the greatest changes that have
been made. Many are making changes
of location for lifetime. The rise In
the price of land which commenced
here about three years ago caught a
good many on the first wave of pros
perity and they sold out their farms,
some to buy again right here at a
higher price than they got for their
farms in less than a year from the time
they sold. Lands were then worth
from $26 to $35 per acre. The price
is now from $50 to SIS per acre for
the same land, and many of the farm
ers are selling their farms at these
prices and going to Minnesota and the
Dakotas where land can be bought for
half that price.
We understand there were 10 cars
of emigrants left Storm Lake Tues
day and 40 from Spencer, 10 from Ev-
erly, 10 from Milford and from this
place.
There is a good class of progressive
farmers coming from Illinois and the
eastern part of this state to I'LL the
places Of those who are leaving here,
They bring with them advanced ideas
in farming, so that this part of the
country is improving in the method of
farming equally as fast as the land is
rising in price.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-07
WILL BEGIN WORK.
Trolley Line to Iowa City Will 3
Pushed Hard,

Cedar Rapids, March 7.-As soon as
spring begins in earnest and the frost is
apparently out of the ground work on
the Cedar Rapids, Iowa City & South
crn railway will begin Forces of grad
ers will be put to work all along the
right of-way between here and Iowa
City and work will be rapid the aim
being to get down the tracks at the ear
lest possible moment. Most of the
right-of-way has been secured, but
some of it will have to be condemned
and the condemnation proceedings will
be started today
1t is expected that the power house
Of the road will be erected between the
Milwaukee and Northwestern tracks at
about Eleventh stree west. The route
will follow along the southeasterly side
of the Milwaukee right-o way from
Ninth street west to the city limits 1t
will cross the Northwestern cutoff at
fifty or coo feet west Of the tower and
then continue in straight line to Prai-
RE Creek. The road will pass about
two and one-half miles west of the
town of Western. The power house will
be another important building for the
west side this year and there are
others to>follow.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-07
FARRELL is RELEASED.
Murder Suspect Found Not to Be the
Man Wanted.


Special to imes-Republican.
Cedar Falls, March il. B. Farrell,
arrested here for the murder of man
In South Dakota last September, was
released from custody yesterday by
Marshal Kelly on orders from the Off
GERS of Spike county. saying he could
not be the man wanted on account of
the difference in the ages of the two
men.
When arrested he said he was at one
time resident here and called for
Constable NJ. Hammond to identify
him. Mr.. Hammond recalls the man
and has his name in several places on
the records of the Cedar Falls fire de-
partment during 1882. Farrell is a ma
chinist and assisted in placing the ma
chinery in the old paper mill when it
was established here. He recalls many
incidents familiar to Constable Ham
mond, and there is no doubt but that he
is the original j. B. Farrell.
He recalls the incidents surrounding
the murder of the Dakota man, and
says he was in the state at the time
the crime was committed. The man,
John Wilson, who is wanted for the
crime, has evidently assumed Farrell's
name and is travelling under it at the
present time. 1t will make it exceed
ingly announcement for Farrell, who will
be liable to arrest at many points of
the state, as all the officers have been
advised to arerst j. B. Farrell on sight.
He left here last evening for Lake
Mills. Iowa, armed with the release tel
egram which was sent to Marshal Kel-
~. This may assist him in securing re-
lease form other officers or proving his
identify
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-07
SUIT FOR $4,000 DAMAGES.
Quarrel In Atlantic Choir Taken to tn
Courts.

Quarrel In Atlantic Choir Taken to the
Courts.
Atlantic, March IA petition has
been filed in the district court here in
an action brought by Dora Byrd, as
best friend Of Lulu Byrd, her 14-year-
cid daughter, in which $4,000 damages
are asked of Miss Mamie Findley and
her father, DR.. D. Findley, by reason
CT the action Of the defendants in caus-
ing q search warrant to be issued for
the abode of the plaintiff and charging
the plaintiff with the theft of her boa
at the close of one Of the Sunday re-
,1val meetings. Miss Findley and Miss
Ryrd were both singers in the choir and
sat together, and as the loss of the boa
was so strange Miss Findley suspected
Ter fellow singer and caused the war
rant to be issued. The lost boa was not
found at the Byrd home, but was re-
turned to the owner by another party,
and now Miss Byrd demands damages
for the act which she. alleges in her
petition has held her up to the public
AS thief and caused her much humili-
alton and mental grief. The affair was
unfortunate from start to finish, and is
causing much comment, the parties to
the action all being so well known.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-07
FOUR BURGLARS CAUGHT.
Alleged SafebIowers from Chicago Ar
rested in Ohio.

Van Vert, March Late last even
ing ex-Sheriff Wilson. of Paulding
Marshal Holt, and ex-Marshal Baxter
OF Van Vert landed quartet of al
legged safeblowers in Jail here. Early
yesterday Zimmerman & Co.'S stors
in Grover Hill was broken into and a
shotgun, revolvers and knives stolen
Wilson, who is now a detective on tn,
Cincinnati Northern, started at once
on the trail of the robbers, tracking
them to Haveland, eight miles north of
here. where he lost trail and returned
to this city.
In the afternoon Jasper Collins, a
farmer three miles north of town, saw
some parties hiding in a barn. He
telephoned to this city and the officers
mentioned at once went to Collin 8
farm. The three quietly entered the
barn, overpowered the men, and
brought them here. They have regis
tered as Frank Walters and John Gra-
ham of Chicago and Frank Hartman
and John Gilmore, of ST. Louis They
had with them complete burglar and
dynamite outfits and had their revol-
vers ready but We're taken by sur
prise. Photographs were taken and
sent to cities they claim to hail from.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-07
TOO GREAT EXPENSE.
Not the Reason.

1t is not because Pyramid Pile Cure
is so expensive that many people de-
cline to give it trial, but because they
find it too great a tax on their credul-
ity to believe that the published let
tiers bearing testimony to the merit of
this remedy are genuine and bona fide;
especially to those who have realized
the suffering incident to piles is it in
credible that anyone who has been
afflicted twenty five and thirty years
with the worst form of protruding and
bleeding piles should be cured by the
application of simple remedy, when
their physician has assured them that
the only relief is in a surgical operation
This is rightfully viewed with dread by
all those afflicted as it means at the
least great shock to the nervous sys-
tenn, with more than Il possibility of
utter collapse and death; in the major
ity of cases, too, there is a return of
the complaint, owing to the fact that
the cause is not removed.
The proprietors of Pyramid Pile Cure
agree to forfeit one thousand dollars to
anyone who will show a single pub
lished testimonial to be not genuine and
unsolicited; this latter feature is most
gratifying, inasmuch as these letters
are written solely out of gratitude, and
with the hope that those who are
afflicted as the writer's have been may
learn that relief is at hand, at a COM
paratively trifling expense. Pyramid
Pile Cure is for sale by druggists at
so cents package. or will be mailed by
the makers to any address upon receipt
of price.
Mr.. VIM. Underwater. head of the
largest printing house in Canton, Ohio,
says: 1T is with the utmost pleasure
and satisfaction that can say believe
/ am cured of protruding piles, after
suffering more than twenty years. l
have been in bed for two weeks at
time. l have not suffered in the least
for over year, and l used only three
b0-cent boxes of Pyramid Pile Cure.
advise every person suffering with this
distressing and painful complaint to give
this remedy trial. have every conf
dence in it," Write the Pyramid Drug
Co., Marshall, Mich. for their book on
the causes and cure of piles.
ur :ansustnhaut. Vic 1 thelea hho-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-07
THE HARDWARE DEALERS.
Final Session of the State Association
Committees Appointed.

Final Session Of the State Association
Committees Appointed.
Special to Times-Republican.
Cedar Rapids, March THE final
session of the Iowa Retail Hardware
Dealers Association was held yester-
DAY. The association expected to hold
an afternoon meeting, but it was con-
cluded to dispose of the business in the
morning, which was done.
At the late session of the association
Wednesday afternoon the following ex-
ecutive committee was elected to serve
the ensuing year: Jacob Settler, Keo-
fuk; Clarence Phillips. West Liberty;
G. Lindenberg. Dubuque; I. j. Tomas,
Cresco; c. +. Schmidt, Marshalltown:
H. H. Duncan, Abba: L. H. Kurtz, Des
Moines; c. r. Heating, Mount Ayr;
Charles Swaine, Council Bluffs; H. S.
Vincent, Fort Dodge; and w. II. Mil
lard, Cherokee.
The following committee were APP
pointed by President Mcintyre:
Committee on Resolutions-Charles
Swaine of Council Bluffs. j. F. Nelson
of Fort Dodge and N. 3. Twogood of
Mount Vernon.
Committee on constitutional. S.
Raburn of Mason City, Clarence Phil
lips of West Liberty and l.. H. Kurtz of
Des Moines.
Committee on Nominations-L. Lin
denberg of Dubuque. G. II. Thorley of
Atlantic and George Staehle of Earl
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-07
Clinton Get. Condemned Cannon.

Clinton. March THE cannon, Sc
cured for the Clinton county court
house yard, thru the effort of the COM
mittee managing the war museum, ar
rived from the east over the Northwest
ern Wednesday afternoon. and are now
down in the yards, awaiting transporta-
ton to their place in the court house
yard. The guns, two in number, are
of the 100 pound PARROT variety and
are taken from the fort of Popham
Beach, Maine. They were put on board
a boat and then taken to Bath, Me- for
transportation east
One of the cannon will be erected on
a carriage on each side of the walk in
front Of the court houses building, fac
Ing the street. Forty shells are on the
way to this city from the Watervalict
arsenal in Pennsylvania. A pyramid
of shells will be erected at each cannon.