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The copper era., 1903-08-27

The board of supervisors are financ-
ing today and lowering the rate OF tax
alton. Owing to the general prosperi-
ty throughout the county the assess
ment roll warrants the belief of the
board that the tax rate will be reduced
from S4.20 to about $50, cutting the
rate down about seventy cents. We
can congratulate the public on this
reduction, which speaks loud in COM
incubation OF our county officials and is
an evidence that Cochise county is
becoming more substantial as her
possibilities are made known TO con
sentative capital
The copper era., 1903-08-27
New Consumption Cure.

n new system of treatment for tuber-
cularOsis, by fumgatiOn, with the COM
bined fumes of eucalyptus, sulphur and
charcoal, is described by Frank H..
Mason, United States consul general
at Berlin. The new remedy was
brought to Berlin, where, after due
consideration, it was taken in hand for
elaborate scientific test and practical
experiment. Professor Theodore Som
merfield Of the University of Berlin,
a leading authority in pulmonary dis
ease, and DR.. Danelius, also a lung
specialist, took charge of the expert
ments, and Il special clinic or spital
ward was opened for that purpose in
the Moabist quarter. Thus far l2O
patients have been treated, it is stated,
more than 30 per cent. of whom have
been discharged As cured. Some have
been enabled, while under treatment
and sleeping in the hospital at night,
to spend portions Of the day at their
usual occupations.
The copper era., 1903-08-27
Suicide Prevented.

The startling announcement that a
preventative of suicide had been dis
covered will interest many. \ run
down system, or dependency invaria-
bly, precede suicide and something has
been found that will prevent that con-
dition which makes suicide likely. a
the first thought OF self destruction
take Electric Bitters. II being a great
tonic and nervine will strengthen the
nerves and build up the system. It's
also great Stomach, Liver and Kid
ney regulator. Only soc. Satisfaction
guaranteed by all druggists.
The copper era., 1903-08-27

Mrs. Mollie Allen, OF South Fork.
Ky. says she has prevented attacks OF
cholera morbus by taking Cham 6er-
lain's Stomach aud Liver Tablets when
she felt an attack coming on. Such at
tacks are usually caused by -iudige>-
tion and these Tablets are Just what
i needed 10 clean the Stomach and
ward of the approaching attack. At
tacks OF bilious collie may be pre-
vented in the same way. For sale by
all dealers in medicine.
The copper era., 1903-08-27
End. of Bitter Fight.

Two physicians had long and
stubborn fight with an abcess on my
right lung" writes J. F. Hughes of Du
Point, Ga. and gave me up. Every
body thought my time had come. As
a last resort | tried DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. The
benefit | received was striking and |
was on my feet in few days. Now
I've entirely regained my health" 1t
conquers all Coughs, Colds aud Throat
and Lung troubles Guaranteed by all
druggists. Price soc and Sl.O0. Trial
bottles free.
The copper era., 1903-08-27

\ special from Tucson says. \ cloud
mill Of the principal gold mine at that
place and the floods carried away 10,
600 tons of tailings valued at $40, 900.
Cerro Prieto is located in deep can
yon and the dcluge of water which
came down Immediately after the
cloud burst swept everything before it..
No lives were lost
The copper era., 1903-08-27
STATE OF colorado .
County Of HucrfarO !

STATE OF COIOEApOl
County Of Hucrfaro !
l, George j. Lawson, notary public in aud
for said county in the state aforesaid do here
by certify that Thomas y. Baird. Walter y
Houscr. Frank W Kline. George VI Tomhling
James d Aubrey. George truth and Nellie Z
Kline, who are personally known to me To b,
the persons whose names are subscribed To TIA,
annexed Articles Of Incorporation. appeared
before me this day in person and Acknowledged
that they signed and sealed the said instrument
of writing as their free and voluntary not foi
the uses and purposes therein set forth
Ny commission expires Nov. Is, 1908
Given under my hand and notnrial seal this
2sth day OF March \. ID. 1903
GEORGE u. LAWSON,
(~oGN Nonry Public.
The copper era., 1903-08-27

When you want physic that Is
mild and gentle, easy to take and GER
tain TO act, always use Cham berlain' ;
Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale
by all dealers in medicine.
The copper era., 1903-08-27
NEW MEXICO NEWS

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mining congress. to be held at Lead,
South Dakota
Tbc Drmipo HEADLIGHT rcport, that
\. II I,,l..r,- ,.b, i nou, in Cal,fo,..
MIA. has married = California beauty.
r-pcl. Dicks many friend. will sure
,.ouor,t,,I.,to him uuon hi. return.
The Rock Island railway. according
To the Ration Range. will build that eX-
tension from Dawson CITY to TerciO,
tbirty-Gvc miles distant. and across
the New Mexico line into Colorado.
M. ,,...,,..i,.. -. L,.+..u,i., h.- boo,
..,.,.,,.,5 and ,ho to,.n-i,o co,on,ry !
,,,,,i,,., r..,d,, ,o di.po-a of lots There
are several new adobe buildings under
construction and the nucleus Of good
town is already in progress.
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the people OF liaEerman that II they
bought 9-ooo worth OF town lot9 he
more rs was needed TO drlli tor arteSiah
wafer me I"tS nave oeeh SOFA ana
I'M. u,,,bi,.,v o,, ho .b,d
Last week inc Ia7' spike was driven
ON tn' santa re central "hlch was
celebrated ny the people oi santa re-
y Tram was made up ana run out oil
inc ancient PuSp'o' my me mayor
ana many c''I@ehS' Inc mayor uroVe
Tue I'S' 9PlN'' " n''h wis liluc ol SIT
yer I"' inc "c''Si'"' NJ 'o'"F'c''on
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Wednesday evening Aurclio Mar
tincz killed Evcristo MARITIME by cut
ting his throat. Aurclio claims that
Evcristo ineultcd him i'm his own house.
but the evidence shows that the trouble
occurred in another cabin. They had
been drinking together most of the
dav. The Liberal ,rcm. to think that
the murder WA. committed while
Evcri-to was asIccn in hi, own cabin /
and say, Aur,lio j. a NAL hombrc. hay.
inc, boon in troubI,, hofnr,
W. H. stevens mas prepared draw
ln-S ana SP''lhcauohN Tor inc cree
V'oh OF goa MN ~ Malone ana III
addition 10 thc machinery ne mas on
The copper era., 1903-08-27

Ex-Governor Lubbock of Texas was
recently married to Miss Scott a young
lady of Abilene. This is his third
marriage. He is ninety years of age,
hale and hearty and bids fair to live
many more years. He was the confed-
crate governor of Texas and for twenty
years served his state as treasurer.
The copper era., 1903-08-27
TFEEIroEY 90 AKIFnN
IN Il L - l. = l. = -
GEuErE ItW-nN
N"..r

TERRITORY o. AKIFnNhf
County OF Graham
Before me. NJ Bake. a uHtl-, rHhI... 900 ana
for the County of Graham. TERRITORY 20 A..
iona, on this dav personally Appeared fhs-f..
Thomas aud Charles B Martin. know t,, an, g.,
hc the persons whose names ar, subscribed Ga,
the foregoing instrument amt arkuoo ir..e.f I'd,
me that they cSvcutri tHv ~afa. fr- tfr rur.
poses and consideration therein .vrr.-.rl
Given under IN, hand anil .,al OBI, .'... .h..
3oth day OF June. lpt
lScaD HAikF
The copper era., 1903-08-27

NJ commission expire, d.. 3D. i-a
The copper era., 1903-08-27

July l6-Sept. 81.
The copper era., 1903-08-27
Homestead Entry No 26l7

fr-tpapiioatoa Ju'r p l.a.
The copper era., 1903-08-27

Fiutpablication July p ls8
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-01-24
North Star.

Judging from present appearances
the claims of the North Star people
that they will be the next company
TO bring pay ore to the surface,
seems to be well founded.
The bonanza vein just opened in
the Montana Tonopah, on its easterly
strike, is headed directly for the
North Star shaft The shaft of the
latter company is now down $50 feet
which, allowin for the difference in
elevation, brings it within 20 feet of
the level on which the Montana made
its strike. That the North Star peo-
pie have unbounded confidence in
their ground is made evident by the
fact that they now have on the road
a "a Fl. + gasoline holster, the larg-
est plant of the kind in the state.
Excavating for the foundation is now
under way and it is expected the new
plant will be in operation about
March lst, Sinking with the present
plant will be continued until the new
one is on the ground and ready for
MS buitd tipH. lbc 4Noi VI Dldt utW
owns i've claims embracing all of the
north and west slopes of Oddie noun
tain They have contended right
along that when fully prospected just
as many parallel and cross veins will
be found on the north side of the
Mizpah as have been opened on the
south and the finding of three dis
tinct veins in the Montana Tonopah
shaft seems to bear out their theo-
ries with emphasis. The company
now employees eighteen men and is
crowding the shaft down with eight
hour shifts. Some mighty interest
ing developments are promised from
this section of the district within the
next sixty DAYS.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-01-24
Heavy Mining Deal.

The present week has witnessed
another very important incident in
the mining history of some of the
most prominent and valuable ground
in Tonopah district. The G. & H..
Tunnel property, comprising the Sill
yer State and Occidental claims, was
held by a co-ownership between Rob
ert Gordon, A. L. Hudgens, Brougher
Bros, T. l.. Oddie and p. Manning.
A very considerable amount of devel-
opment work was effected, but in
October a consolida ton was brought
about by Arthur Brock, Clyde A.
Heller and Mr. Tyler, by which was ac-
quired the Del Monte, Belmont, Ohio,
Shoestring and the Favorite mines,
the corporation then formed assum-
ing title of the Tonopah- Belmont De-
velopment Company. Messrs. Hud-
gems, Gordon and Manning executed
bond for the conveyance to Arthur
Brock $50, 900 shares in the G.. & Fl.
Tunnel property for the sum of $l75,
900 or 30 cents per share. On June
goth, the first payment was made,
the parties in interest who sold re
ceiving at that time the sum of So, 000
each. 7. l.. Oddie and the Brougher
Bros. retain their entire interest,
not selling. To-day, January oath,
the selling parties received pay
ment of $50, 900, leaving balance of
S72, 900 to be paid to them in March
next.
All the ground lies along the south
ern side of Mount Oddie As an in
stance of the extreme interest which
attaches to the consolidated prop
erty, the fact may be stated that the
Desert Queen (Tonopah company
property shaft is only 60 feet dis
tant. At the depth of 5S5 feet this
shaft shows three foot ledge of good
ore, and at 595 feet the perpendicu
lar opening cut through ledge tif-
teen feet wide. Both these known
bodies of ore strike due east and will
certainly penetrate the ground in
volved in the transfer described. In
quiries for stock meet with the
unqualified statement that there is
none i'm the market.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-01-24
Gold Mountain.

The Colehan Mining company will
let a contract for the sinking and
timbering of doube-compartment
shaft to depth of 200 feet. Their
shaft at present is % feet deep, in
which they have encountered several
stringers carrying good values. The
porphyry walls are highly mineral
lied. There must be great values in
this company's ground, judging from
the way the stock is being taken up
both on the board and on the street.
A week ago plenty of this stock could
be obtained at twenty-five cents, but
it is now selling at forty to fifty cents
per share.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-01-24
isC,L CONCENTRATES.

n ftythe has ~ survived ~ isaas nfanrh
MsniHg sassaia has ntafnea fssmt b. ~aier
10 ranapah
Aisrni,l.ea r,..sn 70 rvh' io tee rcaliesara
home in MarFun. IA
M stewart, Of s,-iAyliis ls here iasking ~.
Ter his Hininr Interests
nr SArTuuiich has been called 10 Portland
Orr. bf toe Illness IT brother.
The lufapt daughter % Mr.. and Mrs T Pep
pct. ~ StdaFilie, died ~ Dayton On Monday.
George Gt m and c. W whitley. q American
here.
The BONANZA saloon serves fresh oyster cock
tails The oysters are received daily by ox.
press Try one.
Mrs Clarence Bamum Of Virginia City. az:
rived Monday. Mr.. and MIS- Baruum will re-
side Ia the DR. Ellis cottage
Howard Sharp writes from ST. Lukes hospital
In san Francisco. that he recently underwent a
successful surgical operation.
Nye County has been recognized In the assem-
bly, clerical force 10y the election Of I'd Humniei
Of Tonopah, as minute clerk.
Assemblymen Averill and Lothrop, OF Asmer.
aida, have been placed on several OF the promi.
nent committees In the legislature.
Hon. 4. j Bell state senator from Nye county.
has been appointed chairman of the ways and
meabs committee member of the state prison
and insane asylum and on rules and joint rules
The BONANZA acknow lodges receipt OF the bi.
ennial report Of the Secretary OF State Clerk OF
the supreme Court and State Librarian, for the
years 1901 1902 We notice that the official sg
lister, National department, names Francis @
Newlands as U. ). Senator. Is this not little
previous, Mr. Secretary
Hon. Thos McCahe, Assemblyman from Nye
county, has been appointed member on the
following comm tees County and county
boundaries, federal relations and State prison
and asylum. The people of this county, and es
pecially in Ton0pah, are expecting big things Of
Hon. Tom McCabe. The county seat must be-
removed, mine inspector appointed and an eight
hour law pass I'd If Mr.. McCabe, with the as
sstance of Senator Bell. can accomplish thest
ends the constituents OF these honored gentle
men can say well done, thou good and faithful
servant"
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-01-24
Advertised Letters.

Following letters remain uncalcd
for at the Butler, Nevada, postoflice
for the week ending January "a, 1903:
James Anderson, Mrs. NJ. H. Ar
mold, r. H. Blackburn 2, Thomas
Gleason, w. H. Hall, Geo. Hughes,
Mrs, Laury, NJ f, Kennedy, Minnie
Morrell, Jas Morton, H. Morris, r.
d. Owens 3, W. c. Powers, John
Record, Willie Stinson, Bob Scaggs,
Henry Slingerland, John Tool p. p.
Turner, Miss NJ Thompson, Arthur
Wood, Gus J. Messing, c. W. Wal
Ter, Jack Westburg, Geo r. Van
PatteI 4, c. B. Zabriskie. Packages
for Fred W. Bon, Jack Holland.
People calling for the above letters
will please say Advertised.
W. j. SINCLAIR, Postmaster.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-01-24
toe ~ LAcoNuS.
Miners sbould read Now To-day
iiils Nanisl

Miners sbould read New To-day"
iiils wani.d.
County Clerk Enper has greatly
improved and wiIi bc out again Ia a
few DAYS
County Commissioner Eran and
Wm Douglas have returned from the
state capital.
J. NJ. Healy. superintendent Of the
Salt Lake company mines, with wife
and sou. arrived from Carson to-day.
The damage suit of Cuddeback vs..
Maunder, for defamation Of charac.
ter, has been dismissed by mutual
consent.
Key Pittman and wife arrived from
Carson this evening Mr.. Pittman
was the leading local attorney in the
recent great mining case.
NJ. J. Mcmahon, who was a part
ner with Ieb Kendall in Lease No. 60
on the Mizpah, has returned to Tono
pah after an absence of several
months.
Uri b. Curtis has returned from
the east, where has been for several
weeks. He has number of good,
new operations ON hand and will turn
them loose in few days.
The case of the Salt Lake VS.. the
Tonopah Mining company has been
concluded and submitted to the
court. 1t is expected that Judge
Hawley will hand down a decision at
the next term OF court.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-01-24
TenlDlar.

A contract has been let for the
sinking of shaft to the depth of 200
feet on one of the three claims lately
acquired by the Temple Syndicate
Mining company of New York, which
was organized by Geo B. Mecham.
The ground adjoins the California
Tonopah on the south The work is
in charge of L. L. Patrick, ar ex-
perienced mining manager who has
had charge of some of the most i'm
portant properties in the state of
Washington.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-01-24
observation-disclosures.

Judge Kenneth NJ, Jackson, a
leading lawyer and distinguished cit
liens Of Tonopah, was on the goth
instant united in marriage to Beulah
A. Whittemore, of Kansas City, Mo,
who is Il sister of Mrs. DR.. II. W.
Chittenden of this city. The wed
ding took place at the resi-
dence of the brides aunt, Mrs. Katie
b Hetield, 637 Taylor avenue, Ala
media, Cal. The ceremony was per
formed at p. m, the happy couple
at once leaving for Chicago. They
will spend two weeks at the Palmer
House, going thence to Kansas City,
where they will remain for couple
Of weeks at the Baltimore Hotel with
the bride mother and sister. Their
tour includes few days stay at st.
Louis and from thence through the
sunny south and on to old Mexico.
expecting to reach their future home
in Tonopah about the first of April.
The Judges host of friends here will
accompany him and his bride with all
possible good wishes for a safe re
turn and lifelong happiness.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-01-24
West End.

Steam was raised in the boiler of
the hosting plant to-day at the West
End shaft, everything being found to
be in the most perfect working order,
to the credit of John Evans, one of the
most thorough-going engineers in the
camp. The big gallows frame will
loom up within the next three or four
days. The new whistle made the
town ring at noon time.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-01-24

The masquerade ball to be given by
the Tonopah Volunteer Fire Depart
ment on the 18th of February, prom
Uses to be a grand affair. The several
committees appointed are leaving
nothing undone to make it success.
The masquerade committee have al
ready sent to San Francisco for cos
TUNES, which are expected to arrive
here some day next week.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-01-24
New Management.

C. c, Wells, the popular and sue
cessful restaurant manager, has
changed his location and taken
charge of the well known Mizpah res
taurant. That the business of Mr..
Wells new location will steadily in
crease on its merit goes without Say
ing. His corps Of assistants include
no aliens. Give him a call.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-01-24
Miners Return Thanks,

Tonopah Miners Union No, l2l, at
their last regular meeting rendered
a vote of thanks TO the Tonopah
Light and Power company for its
generosity in furnishing lights to the
Miners Union Hospital
HENRY SpENKER, President,
A. b. ANDERSON. Secretary.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-01-24

A two-story frame building will be
erected on the lot coruer of Brougher
avenue and Summit street, west Of
and opposite the BONANZA office, by
the Tonopah Lumber Co The site,
6OXl00, has come to be one of the
finest localities in the city.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-01-24

Henry Cutting has opened an Office
in the Mutual Savings Bank building
on Market street, San Francisco.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-01-24

Order copy eff BONANZA sent east
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
FUTURE OF AUTOMOBILE.
Predicted That the HOrse1ess Car
ringe viii SuppIamt the Loco
motive in France.

A new system of railway commune
cation will be inauguEated in France
in June. 1t consists of the substitu-
tion of automobiles for the existing
locomotives and cars.
Each automobile will be the size
of the present corridor carriages and
will accommodate 40 passengers and
their baggage. They will contain a
lavatory and refreshment bar.
They will be capable of making 61h
miles an hour.
The invention is beyond the expert
mental stage, and it's application is
only delayed for the construction of
the necessary rolling stock. The ini-
tial trip will be from Paris to Dion
on June 10.
The name automobile is applied to
the new car, the adoption of which,
it is claimed, will not only dispense
forever with the use of locomotives,
but will abolish vibration and noise
and the necessity for stopping for
water. The motive power is steam,
generated by petroleum. M. Noble
marie, manager of the Paris-Lyons
railway and the greatest authority
on the continent on railway traction,
declares that the system will prove
an absolute revolution.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
ILLINOIS, CORN CROP.
The Yield for 1902 Valued at $115,.
1900 and Beats All Pre-
ViOuS Records.

The Illinois department of agr1cul-
that the Illinois corn crop of 1902 is
q record breaker in regard to both
yield and total value of crop, al
though the price per bushel is not
SO high as it has sometimes been.
The increased acreage is quite even
~ distributed over the state, the to-
tai area amounting to 100000 acres,
an increase of over 121, 900 acres.
The yield per acre of 80 bushels is
considerably above the average for
a term of years, and has been ex-
ceeded but three times in the crop
recording history Of the state.
In northern Illinois the yield was
80 bushels per acre, in central Hi
no1s As bushels, and in the southern
division of the state 81 bushels. The
corn crop of the northern grand di-
vision amounted to ia, 900 bush
els; that of the central district 161,-
O93,OOO bushels, and of the southern
division 44,92fOOO bushels, the crop
for the entire state aggregating $780,
$4,000 bushels, an increase of more
than 100000 bushels over the crop
of 1879, which has heretofore been
the banner crop of the state. Al
though the average price per bushel
OF IS cents is considerably less than
that received last year, the total
value of the crop at this price is
$115,217,0OO, by far the most re-
munerative corn crop ever raised in
Illinois.
In northern Illinois the quality of
corn compared to an average is SO
per cent, in central Illinois 96 per
cent. and in the southern division of
the state "a per cent, state aver
age of 81 per cent.