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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08
HURD CONFIRMS
ALL STATEMENTS

George NJ. Hurd, sent to Neva-
Ga by Eastern stockholders to in
vestigate the development of the
claims, returned last week. From
his report it is evident that share
holders will one DAY become in
dependentlv rich.
While he was unpacking a
large case of sample ores taken
from the Saxton and .Aultman
mines-two of the 23 of the
Mckinley group-at the Offices of
the company, Mr.. Hurd referred
to the tenor of his official report
and described picturesquely the
sudden growth of Ely, Nevada,
which has become most note
worthy as mining camp during
the past few months.
81 found an exceedingly busy
camp" Mr.. Hurd said, "and a
genuine enthusiasm which re-
minded me of the old campaign
days. One hears of but little but
the Mckinleys in Ely, that name
being used to Indicate the several
mines of the groJ y now being OPP
Grated by the Mckinley Company.
ave donned workmen's clothes
and went over and through the
mines, above and below ground,
until there was not an inch of
property with which We were not
familiar. We studied carefully
the predictions made by Profess
or George 4. Treadwell, who ex-
amined the mines first as an ex-
pert and then located the shaft
of the Saxton mine. He had
stated what formations would be
encountered at the different
levels as the work of sinking
shafts progressed.
professor Treadwell was very
conservative in his estimates of
what the Saxton and Aultman
mines would produce. There is
already more ore in sight, and
ore of a high quality, than he
stated would be encountered dur
ing work which has been more
or less preliminary.
1--WE were lowered in a cage in
the Saxton mine. through the
four drifts, 3G5 feet. We found
this mine, as we'll as the others,
equipped with the best mining
machinery, including cages and
elevators-things which showed
a scrupulously honest Investment
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08
FRED. MORCK.
GEO. NJ. HURD.
DIX W. SMITH.
PHARES s. MOORE.
NJ. II. MOORE,

Mr.. D. Fl. Jackson, the old SUI
perintendent Of the Comstock, the
greatest mine ever operated in
the United States, and who is
more widely known as a practical
miner than any other man, also
said during the past month: "If
there is genuine, good, valuable
mining proposition in the United
States it is found in the property
owned by the Mckinley Mining
and Smelling Company. 1 know
every foot of their ground. / was
in Ely Camp for more than a year
and examined the Mckinley prop
critics for the late Marcus DAILY,
and in company with him went
to Canton, o., to purchase these
properties, but We were unable
to do SO. The Company can refer
to me at any time as to the value
of its properties"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08

said, Il am satisfied that as soon
as the mines are in productive
operation they will yield 5 PER
CENT A MONTH in dividends. 1t
is the only investment l know of
which promises that proportion
of returns"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08

Michael H. Moore, the Lancaster (Pa.) Capitalist,
sad Before investing in the stock of The Mckinley
Mining & Smelling Company, visited the mres at
Ely Nevada and it pleased to find that the actual
conditions at the mines far better than repre-
sented; there many thousand tons of the
dump and such large quantity blocked out that am
safe in saying that living to-day will live to
see the day when these immense bodies will be
consumed.
L became interested in The Mckinley Mining G.
Smelling Company had great faith in Presi-
dent Mckinley, and 1 believe that the mines bearing
his the most wonderful in the world Ny
friends aud have bought sixty thousand shares"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08
CONVEYING Statement.

In order to further verify the
statement heretofore made by
the Mckinley Mining and Smelt-
ing Company, the party of gentle
men accompanying Mr.. Hurd
signed the following statement:
Ely, Nevada, Oct. II, 1902.
We, Fred Morck, Geo. NJ Hurd,
NJ. FL. Moore, Phares Moore and
Dix w. Smith, do hereby certify
and state that we have, during
the present week, visited, inspect
ed and examined the claims
owned by the Mckinley Mining
and Smelling Company at Ely,
Nevada, and that we are satisfied
from such inspection and e1ami-
nation that the Mckinley COM
pany has many valuable mines
and properties, and the state
ments heretofore made in relation
to such properties are in all re-
Spects true.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08

ore carrying copper and gold in
the world.
"The Copper Flat has capital
ization of s5,0OO,GO0, and the
stock, with a par value of $40 a
share, is now selling at $50 a
share. The Mckinley properties
consisting Of % claims. are
capitalized at only 81 COO, 900, and
this capitalization can never be
increased. Taking into consider
alton the capitalization of the Nc
Kinley Company, the stock should
be selling to-day for $40 a share"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-21
United States Secret Service.

The United States secret service was
established primarily for the purpose
of protecting the government and peo-
pie from those who desire to manufac-
ture money on their own account. 1t
has performed its duties so well that
counterfeit money has grown to be a
rarity. The art of pushing the queer"
is still practiced, but only to limited
extent, and once the secret service
agents get on the scent the counter
feiter is not at liberty. The exploits
OF the secret service are legion, and
they reflect great credit upon the skill
and ingenuity of the personnel of this
important bureau of the treasury de-
partment. While counterfeit notes are
seldom seen nowadays, there is still a
large amount of spurious specie in ex-
istence. While created to protect the
integrity of the coin of the realm, the
secret service has widely enlarged its
scope and duties in recent years. Sc
cret service agents now guard the
president and high officials of the gov
eminent, and prominent foreigners
during their travels in the United
States. They are called upon at times
to aid internal revenue agents in fer
reting out violators of the law in the
moonshine district and locating illicit
stills in the large cities of the country.
They frequently assist postal inspec-
tors in mail robberies and mail depre-
dation cases. The secret service agents
cooperate with the other branches of
the federal detective force when called
upon. and they receive assistance from
the officials engaged in similar work in
other branches of the government
Little is known by the public of the
operations and extent of the United
States secret service. The annual re-
port of the chief of the service is as
thick as q paper collar. and contains
about as much Information. Only 4
few officials of the treasury depart
ment know how many men are in
cluded in the corps of secret service
agents. Appointments are never made
public, and the records are a sealed
book. The movements of the men are
never announced. Nothing is given
to the public except actual results, and
then only in the most abbreviated form.
Notwithstanding the gum shoe meth
DDS of Chief Nilkie and his men their
work is sometimes outlined in advance.
When President Roosevelt started on
his westward journey three of the best
men in the corps started out ahead of
the presidential party with instruc-
tons to secure detailed information
relative to the route over which the
president was scheduled to travel, the
names of the men who would receive
him in the various cities. the location
of reception stands, the character of
the buildings in the streets thru which
the president would traverse. the point
in the depot where the presidential
train would stop, etc. This assignment
was made with great secrecy, but
scarcely had the men left the city when
the fact was sent broadcast over the
land. This was a rare case, however.
as most of the work of the secret serv-
ice is done without the fact ever reach
ing the public.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-21

labor to prevent. The old adage that
hawks should not pick out hawks
eyes" fails to hold good with the milk
drivers union. The families into which
the action of the union is carrying
death are those of the poorer workers
who are unable to buy ice. They are of
their own class, but not of their union.
Were capital to formulate and enforce
a plan that involves an increase of 3S
per cent in the death rate organized la
Dor would properly enforce immediate
redress at any cost, and in SO doing
would unqualifiedly retain the support
of the public. Public opinion will also
hold organized labor responsible for
death and suffering caused by high
handed and outrageous use of its pow
er. If it would rule it must act wisely
and generously. Labor leaders should
attend to the case of the Milk Drivers
Union of Chicago. It's present action
approaches murder.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-21

since then has been travelling the down
the parents sooner sent her to the re-
form school. but let no one criticise
them for that. 1t is a bitter experience
to any parent to send from their home
their own child and admit their own in
ability to control and guide her. II is
rarely done until, as in this case. the
last resort. We trust that even yet tho
girl may be reclaimed.
But what shall be said of Fred Nc
cheney. who thus polluted the home OF
his mother, q woman universally re-
spected and who sought in vain TO maxi
n detent man of Fred? His act is the
grossest insult to her as well as Il
crime against society. He has brought
shame and disgrace TO her times with
out number. He has beer fined repeat
eddy and she paid the fines, and now he
brings humiliation and sorrow to the
parents of this maynard girl. His IN
iuence is bad, altogether bad.
But let not the good people of Shen-
andoah think that this is the only case
of depravity in the city. There are
other girls that walk the streets ana
are familiar with vice. There are other
men busily engaged in dragging down
girls and destroying their character.
There are many of both sexes treadinS
the danger line, ready to topple over
into the abyss any time. Better Dc
looking after them fathers and mothers,
before you, too, are forced to drink the
bitter dregs of humiliation and dis
grace There are q few girls who had
better be sent to the reform school now
scores of them that had better be kepi
under the watchful eyes OF parents
more than they are now. When virtue
is at stake, an ounce of prevention IS
worth more than a pound of cure-fot
alas, in most instances, there is no cure.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-21
A Disappointed Statesman.

How mediocre ones achievements, no
matter how really great they may be,
appear when considered in the light OF
some unattained ambition, insignificant
by comparison!
A certain United States senator was
brooding in the corner of hotel lobby
in Washington when he was saluteo
by a journalist friend.
George" he said. laying his hand IN
{. fatherly way on the young man
shoulder never touch drop or whis-
XIV. 1t has ruined my life and 1T Will
ruin yours
We'll, senator" replied the CORE
spondent, Il can hardly agree with you.
You appear to have made considerable
Roadway, despite your shortcomings.
You have been governor of your state,
YOU have been one of the judges of It's
supreme court and now you represent IL
in the greatest deliberative body in the
world. Think you've done pretty Well
But the old statesman shook his head
sadly.
NO George" he said. there's no use
Disgusting it, Whisky has been the
ruination of my life. Why. If 1T hadn
been for whisky" and here the senator's
voice quavered. II would have COM
manded the First Mississippi brigade
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-21
JUDGE KINNE's WORK.
TVipton Eay1a1

Judge Kline has a large and sym-
pathetic heart, and it responds to the
misfortunes of n human being. Eve
since he has been member of the
board of control, he has made it a study
how best to alleviate the conditions
of the insane. To bring reformation
was not the work of day, but he has
not faltered, and he now has the pleas
ure of witnessing the accomplishment
of his desires. There is no longer a
mad house" in Iowa. There are now
hospitals for the insane in the fulles.
sense of the word. Kindness alone pre-
walls ana controls. The old harsh meas
ures have been tabooed and gentler
methods established. OF all the mis-
fortunes that can befall mankind in
sanity is the worst. There is no cues
ton but the old mad houses of the
country could tell some awful tales of
barbaric treatment, but SO far as that is
concerned 1T has passed away in this
state, and newer, more modern, and
more human methods have been adopt
ed. No longer need people dread send
ing their friends to insane "asylums,' .
for in this state there are no insane
asylums. Patients can be sent to these
hospitals feeling and knowing that the
very best of treatment and care will be
given. Judge Kline has earned the
gratitude of the people of the state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-21
PLANTING WITHOUT FLOWING.

MdSol SitS iiucS-I1ei 'iio.l
a gentleman who has been success
full farmer in this county for we'll onto
fifty years. says that he has frequently
planted his corn on top of the ground
without blowing it at all. He says too
much blowing is done. Out west, WHERE
farming is done on a larger scale, the
soil is allowed TO go without plowing
at intervals of few years as rule
for the good of the land.
The farmers suggestion has timely
interest this spring, when there is d
PROJECT that corn planting time will
find much of the ground too soft to
admit of putting a plow into it, or eyeh
driving u team on it.
His practices in such emergencies
has been to wholly discard the pillow
and the corn planter and leave them
under the shed, where they will not get
wet. on old corn land he drops the
corn on top of the ground, half way
between the old hills, and covers it with
a hoe. BY the time the corn requires
to be cultivated. it will usually be dry
enough to work. Then the cultivator
can be put on and the corn worked as
usual There is no trouble whatever
apouL lIllS. II Has DeeIl ueiIloiiStie aleu-
TO be a complete success in practice.
BY this method fields have been put in :
to corn, on which a team of horses
would have mired down and where
blowing would have been impracticable.
Even ii the ground should become
dry enough by corn planting time TO
admit of blowing, 1T is better to plant
early without blowing than TO wait for
blowing and plant late.
Three men can plant ten acres Il
day, one dropping two rows at time
and two following to cover. On old
corn land, the old rows are a sufficient
guide to straight planting, but on stub
BILE stakes will have to be set and more
care observed to get straight rows.
This suggestion coming from level
headed, practical farmer, who speaks
from experience, ought to be valu-
able pointer to many young farmers
this spring The rains of the past few
DAYS have left the fields in miry con-
dition.
The conditions on the bottom lands
are especially unfavorable. 1t may be
that horses with p!ow or planter can
not get on these fields by June hrst'
which is considered the limit to give
the corn crop fair chance for ma
turing. Blu. if the water is of the
ground by that time, there is no reason
why planting should not go ahead, and
the acreage of corn be kept up.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-21
BAD CHILDREN.
.dar Rapids Gazette.1

t.
If many parents would take more in
terest in their children there would be
far less bad ones. Not vicious, per-
haps. but too large a proportion OF
them are not looked after as carefully
as they should be. They are allowed to
run the streets at night at hours when
they should be at home. They are
not kept clearly, when little soap and
water would make transformation
scenes and be of benefit ito ali con-
cerned." We do not mean to make
handbook dudes of them, but to "scrape'
off occasionally some of the surplus soil
that finds Judgment upon the most of
them. Children might easily be taught
good manners, without expense or in
Jury to anybody. They should not be
permitted to race after vehicles, using
vulgar and profane language as is often
done, and some of them are 50 bold as
to pelt passers-by with chunks of dirt
and stones or whatever missiles they
can lay hands TO. Many boy and
girl have gone to the bad simply be-
cause their parents neglected them.
They are not 50 much to blame in such
cases as those whose duty it is to pro-
tect and encourage them along right
lines,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-21

Here is the favorite story of General
II. V. Boynton, of Washington, a print
ed copy of which he always carries with
him. for the entertainment of his
friends: A German addressing his
dog. said: You vos only a toy, but
L wish l vas you. Ven you go NIT the
bed in, you shust dui'n round dree times
and lay down. Ven l go nit the bed
in, | hat to lock up de blaze und Wind
de clock and put de cat oud und undress
myself, and my wife wakes up und scoles
me. Den de baby cries, und l hat to
walk him up und down; den maybe ven
| shust go to sleep, it's time to get up
again. Ven you get up, you, shust
scratch yourself a couple of times, und
stretch, and you vas UP. hat to quick
lite de fire, und put the kittle on. scrap
nit my wife alreaty, und, maybe, gel
some breakfast. You play all tay und
hat plenty of fun. l hat to work ali
tay und hat plenty of drouble. Ven
you die yous dead; ven l die hat to
90 TO hell vet
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-21
SIG to Boston and Return s1e..

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account of annual meeting of National
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on American Club plan, ranging II,
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rnaffOr
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-21
Like Men or Like Rrutes.

The late John Sartain, the eminent
engraver, of Philadelphia, knew Edgar
Allan Poe Intimately. He was free to
admit that Poe in his youth had been
somewhat profligate, but he always de-
MED stoutly that in later life the poet
was anything like the drunkard gossip
paints him.
AT the University of Virginia" Mr.
Sartain once said, Poe did drink
too much. In the middle of his fresh
man year there he gave peach and
honey party. Peach and honey was the
drink of those days-a mixture of hon
ey and peach brandy that it was as
overpowering as it was sweet and
pleasant
Poe sat at the head of the table
Boys he said to his guests. shall we
behave like men or like brutes?'
Like men. of course, a senior an
swered in rebuking voice.
+" Then said Poe, we'll all get
drunk, for that is something brutes
never do"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-21
rhouoht He Was eoina Out.

After NJ. S. Quay's sensational de-
nunciation of David Martin. on the floor
of the United States senate early in
1895, following the turning down of
Penrose for the mayoralty nomination.
Martin, 1t will be recalled, assumed
the attitude of what is termed goo
goo" in municipal affairs and talked
la great deal about pure politics and re-
form. A friend who had been thru
more than one strenuous campaign side
by side with Martin, asked him one
day:
Dave, doesn't 1t take lot Of nerve
for you to come out in the glare of day
as reformer?"
WELL" replied Martin. ut did at
first; but l sustain myself by thinking
of the newly arrived Celt. who. one
morning, RECALLED some friends with an
account of the glories of play he had
witnessed the night before"
How much did all that luxury cost
yez." asked an envious member Of the
group.
"'Nivver a cint was the reply. 'Oi
jist walked Backward an tn mon
be tn dure thought it wuz goln' out ]
WIZ +"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-21
APPENDIX.
washington, Ia. Press.l

w aSElnStOT, Ia, Press.
1t makes a heap of difference wht
the man Is who is seized with a pain
in the right groin. If he is q poo.
devil. let him ache and grunt around
home. Ii railway merger and pluto
crat, why move heaven and earth ard
sea, or move swift trains, at least and
shoot him thru space like a cannon
ball or an asteroid. to THE best hospitals
and surgeons and nurses on the contin-
ent.
+. II. Hartman, the head of the syn
dictate which controls the southern Pa
cific, Union Pacific, Alton and other
western roads, was taken seriously
sick, while on his way from the Pacific
coast to Chicago. AT that point he
was instantly transferred to the Lake
Shore Limited. bound for New York
threatened with appendicitis The
ache began near Ogden. AT Cheyenne
two NJ. DIS were ordered TO meet him
and go with him to Omaha, where an
other doctor watched him to Chicago.
AT Cleveland O., he was better, and
the doctor said that there was little
probability of appendicitis. If he had
been a poor man, of not much account,
1t would have been called an attack OF
common, cheap low-dowr plebeian
democratic belle ache. But as Harri :
man was a mergerist, it was the use
less appendix that had struck and
warned.
In a book, the appendix is that thing
in fine type in the back of the volume.
that you never read. But in man, the
appendix, though functionless, is wee
sack that raises thunder when 1T goes
on a rampage, and you'd better not
ignore it, or it may abolish you sum-
marily.
Hebrew invalid was telling his
burly friend Levi about his sufferings
and his grievous loss. i've lost my
appendix." Goodness cracious." eX-
claimed his sympathizing and shrewd
shifty friend. why tidn't you put 1t
in your vife's Nance"
PERHAPS Hartman did Anyway, he
hasn't lost it yet. He had doctors
enough to kill dozen men.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-21
A Sure Thing.

1t is said that nothing is sure except
death and taxes, but that is not alto
gether true. DR.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption is a sure cure for all
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can testify to that. Mrs. c. B. Van
Metre. of Shepherdtown. w. Va, says:
81 had a severe case of bronchitis and
for a year tried everything l heard of,
but got no relief. One bottle of DR..
Kings New Discovery then cured me
absolutely" It's infal;ible for Group
whooping cough, la grippe. pneumonia
and consumption. Try it. It's guaran-
teed by George p. Powers, druggist.
Trial bottles free. Regular sizes, 50
oaptc and 81