Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-21


Bliss is still confined to the house, no
one but the family and physicians see
him and his recovery is doubtful.
An examination of the Lillooet DOCKS
is now being conducted under the SUI
pervision OF President Hancock, ana
the report may be given the public be
fore this is i'm print
1t Is openly ell ned here In Iowa
Falls that two men of this city en-
gagged by q committee to examine the
books OF tho Hawkeye company found
a charge of $500 for n dredge ma
chine and also found Il contract for
the same at S64 900, the $40 900 differ
ence being for commissions paid for
sale of stock. but not thought best to
charge up to expense account.
Mr.. Bliss was under 5000 bonds.
which expired August 18th, and some
fine legal points will be raised by his
bondsmen in case any legal proceed
ings are commenced. Another legal
feature of the case is the status OF a
foreign corporation, j. O., one British
Columbia, doing business in Iowa.
Legal opinion is that amy assets of
the concerns here in this state can be
attached, but everything on Frazier
river is safe from the legal demands
Of the Iowa creditors.
Maude Hamilton.
Maude Hamilton, the shorthand re-
porter and assistant bookkeeper, has
been the object OF much sensational
writing in the newspapers. Her his
tory is that she came here from Joliet.
Her husband was for a time employed
in the construction company of the
short line to Dcs Moines. They We're
in very moderate circumstances till
she entered the employ of h. b. Bliss.
The stories have gone out that she
bought diamonds galore, owned an
automobile, wore seal skin coat worth
several hundred dollars. and hired the
opera house and gave three large par
ties to the elite of the town. Boiled
down, the facts are she has two dia-
monds, owns horse and buggy worth
say 500. and did give several small
parties in one of the small rooms of
the opera house. She admits buying
and selling stock and making some
money besides her salary from Mr..
Bliss Of SIS per week. She is assist
ing in strengthening out the books and
has made an affidavit that may be made
the basis OF criminal trial If any
legal proceedings are taken. She
claims to have kept a separate set Of
pected happened.
Bank Did Not MateriIize.
But this is not all of this ''frenzied
finance" 1t is not generally known,
but true. that this unexpected" dis
arranged another financial undertaking
here In Iowa Falls. 1t was given out
that there was an opening here for an
other bank. Plans proceeded so far
that a building was secured. and q five
years lease signed, firm occupying
the building moved out, farmers and
business men were invited and attend
ed one or more meetings preliminary
to the organization of the bank and
the selling of stock of the to-be Hawk
eye National bank of Iowa Falls This
would seem like a leaf taken out Of the
Standard Oil history, whereby they
do their own banking. At present the
banking scheme is in "innocuous de-
suetude." Again, copying after the
in vogue in New York City, /
some of the officials of these. mining
found the assessor an in
luisitive individual. They objected to !
giving him a list of stockholders as the |
aw plainly requires, but compromised
he matter by the consent Of the city
in paying taxes in lump on |
$4,000, which was probably a good |
hing for the city as we'll as the stock
1olders.
Put Farm Into 1t.
There has been mentioned in the pa
oers the case of farmer selling his |
arm and putting the whole proceeds |
some $15,000-into mining stock. 1t |
seems that this farmer originally in |
Vested $1,000 in stock, and it is claim
ID, but not known, that he received |
l dividend Of 500 on it. AT any rate |
after the sale Of his farm, he was in
luced to buy $4,000 more of stock, on |
he express agreement by B. B. Bliss |
hat If, on December 1st, the farmer
Wished to sell, Bliss would give him |
100000 for the stock. Maud Hamilton ]
las made an affidavit in substance |
covering the above statement.
Third Company Promoted.
Again, it seems the public could not
'e satisfied, so about July 18th a pros
oectus was issued for still another
mining company This was capitalized
It 100000. Many who had not in
7ested in former deals received this
prospectus. 1t is interesting on ac-
ount of references to dredge mining,
nd the T.-R. cheerfully gives the new
O be company the benefit of free ad-
'ertising.
Dubuque, Iowa, Aug. 1, 1904.
Dear Sir: Under another cover by
nail, take the liberty of sending you
copy Of the Dubuque Times, of July
4th, and desire to call your attention
o the ad. entitled Dredging For Gold
n British Columbia" which you will
ind on pages and 8. should be
pleased to have you carefully read it
'ver. for believe it contains some in
ormation which may be of interest
o you. | spent eight months in Brit
sh Columbia last winter, overseeing
he construction of the dredge now be-
ng operated by the Iowa Lillooet Gold
lining Company, Limited. While
here. thru some friends of mine, close
y connected with the government of
British Columbia, I secured a five-mile
ease of the Fraser river, situated about
fly miles up the river above Lillooet
have personally examined this lease
nd believe it to be one of the rich
st if not the richest part of the Fras-
r river. The parties who located this.
ease have been holding it for the past
en- or twelve years awaiting the deve1-
pment of the dredge. which has only
cen perfected within the past few