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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17

Chicago. and has been erected under
the personal supervision OF their rep
resentatives, G. w. Parker Of Chicago,
and j. X. Pollock Of Denver. to whom
great credit Is due for the excellent
manner IN which the work has been
carried out, The entire plant, including
freight and installation has cost CLOSE
TO $4,000
The Tonopah Extension is one OF
Tonopahs great mines. and under
the energetic management OF John
McKane now has about lS00 feet OF
underground workings. The main
shaft has been sunk 10 a depth OF 800
feet, and sinking VIII be resumed very
shortly Two veins, known as the north
and south veins. have been opened up,
the former being 20 feet wide and the
latter 81 feet Wide assaying IN value
from payable milling grade up 20 thou
sands Of dollars per ton, "a remarkable
feature OF the ore being that the uto-
portion Of gold values increases with
the richness ~ the ore. The present de-
yelopmCnta are concentrated ON these
veins, one machine drill being used in
the west Drift on the 2i0 foot level Of
the south VEIN the other machine drli
IN raise from the 400 foot level. The
east and west drifts on the 400 foot
both IN 100 feet, are also being con-
tIuued Prominent mining engineers
who have recently inspected the prop
erty declare Il TO be one Of the greatest
OF Tonopahs great mines
ERA OF DEVELOPMENT.
Since the close Of the leasing period,
three years ago the last of this month.
there has been no effort on the part Of
any OF the companies IN Touopah to
produce ore for shipment or reduction
on the ground, their entire energies be-
ing directed 10 development.
The Tonopah company has sunk its
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the history Of the wild excitement to
Alaska In 1897 was repeated.
Tents and afterwards houses sprang
up as II by magic, stage lines were
established and in a very short time
Tonopah was dl the map. What benc-
fitted the district immensely was the
fact that leases We're given I'm conse-
qucnce Of which some realized large
fortunes, while others made money
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nected with the old 90 HIP boiler and so
arranged that both can be worked to-
gether or Independently for hosting
from the shaft or driving the compress
sor The compressor is know as the
New York Franklin" having duplex
steam and compound afr cylinders with
separate free air inter-cooler. and hay-
Ing capacity Of 1926 cubic feet per
minute This compressor VIII operate
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10 three-inch piston drills nj this altl-
tude two drills are now at work and
the remainder viii be added as soon as
received, The drills used are the Xix
type Of torpedo drill. having the latest
invented reciprocatlng piston and me
chanically operated valve, which en-
surcs great economy IN the use Of air,
and those now In use are drilling ten
feet per hour I'm the hard quartz. The
plant includes a special device for ccou-
omy in the use Of water. The complete
plant except the 90 II. F. boiler has
been manufactured and supplied by the
Chicago Pneumatic Tool company of
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17

main working shaft to the 1oO.foot
point The Valley View shaft, which Is
$50 feet south OF the main cor SeberO
shaft Is down 500 feet Crosscuts have
been run on the $40 and 44O levels, con-
Meeting the two shafts, and In these
crosscuts three lodges from TO feet
wide were encountered. The 500 level
IN the Mlzpah (main shofD has been
opened up for 1850 feet east and west,
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from the smelters for shipments made
since the leases closed down, for the
reason that the companies will not give
out any information on the subject.
The mines mentioned are the only
ones that have important ore-bodles de-
yeloped. A number Of others, notably
the Jim Butler, the North Star and the
California, are working with most ex.
cellent prospects
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practically understandable on the des-
ert, II was a genuine stampede and
enough TO make them comfortable for
the balance Of their lives.
BY January, 1901, there were some
90 people I'm the embryo town, all hap
py and contented, as they continued
to extract the rich ore from mother
earth. The population continued TO
Increase, and by June 8, 1901, the day
ON which the mines were sold, there
We're 500 people calling 1onopah their
home.
MONEY ALL AROUND.
And the sale Of the mines furnished
an interesting bit OF history. Mr.. But
Ter and associates had repeatedly turned
deaf ear 10 tempting offers, but on
June g. q man named O. II, Turner, Of
fered SS36000 for the property and the
owners concluded to accept II was
agreed that payment Of $4,000 should
be made at once, and Turner having
but little money Of his own drew on
an intimate friend In Philadephia,John
w. WoOdside, for the amount He
then repaired to the telegraph Office and
wired Woodsde what he had done, at
the same time coolly notifying him TO
be sure and honor the draft when IL
came along. The draft was paid and
the "Tonopah Mining Company Of Ne
vada" was formed with a capital OF
100000. divided into 100000 shares
of a par value of ST. That stock Is to-
day selling for $40 n share and Is In
great demand The royalties that the
new company received within 30 days
of their purchasing, reimbursed them
for the amount Of the draft and the
other payments were likewise made
from the proceeds Of the mines, and
thus the mines paid for themselves
from development, something that was
never known before In the history of
the mining world.
The leases expired at midnight on
Dec. 81, 1901, and az that hour explo-
siyes of all kinds were set off on the
mountain tops, on all sides Of town.
Everybody Joined in the general jolli-
Ncatlon, which lasted all night, and
some OF the boys continued celebrating
for week. II was certainly a happy
crowd, and everybody was In the best
Of humor
MANY PEOPLE COME
New Years day. 1902, found l,20O
people calling Tonopah their home,
though In less than 10 days this num-
Der was reduced to $50, owing to an
epidemic Of sickness which came upon |
the young, happy camp like thunder
bolt from a clear sky. 1t lasted 30 |
days, and In that brief time 50 OF |
Tonopahs sturdy pioneers went to |
their eternal rest Great excitement |
prevailed and the people were panic
stricken, The hospitals were filed |
with the sick and dying; the outgoing
stages were crowded. many walked
out Of town and those who could ar
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and is in ore an the way, the ledge
being from 3 to l6 feet wide and giving
average assays close TO 500, The $40
level In the Valley View Is opened up
for 900 feet east and west, following
the hanging wall Of a ledge which Is
from 20 to 60 feet wide and VIII mill
close To $50 a ton. Altogether there are
more than 10000 feet Of workings In the
property o fthe Tonopah company and
fully $4,000 feet Of these workings Is In
ore, Mr. Hammond has reported that
there Is $50 OO0 900 IN sight. other com
petent authorities, who are less C0nser-
Vative assert that the amount Of ore
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sick, and when they joined the silent
majority the Miners Union gave
them a decent burial and saw that
their graves were kept green.
Many opinions were advanced as TO
the cause OF the sickness, but the gem
orally accepted theory is that II was
due to exposure and weak lungs for
those whu succumbed were all UNDER
ground miners, who had inhaled foul
air and powder smoke Not woman
or child was affected
PRESENT POPULATION
At the present writing Toropah con-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
WHY THE sLEET VANISHED.

Observing people throughout the
recent great sleet-covered district of
Iowa noticed and pondered long and
earnestly over remarkable pnenom-
enon which followed in the wake or
the storm. We refer to the almost
total disappearance of the ice several
days before the warm wave" of Fri
day and Saturday, Feb. and 6, set
in. True there was still thin We
neering or icy coat on all exposed sur
faces when the thaw came, but it was
nothing to be compared with the
heavy, glittering armor worn by
wires and limbs, weeds and fences,
while the ice king was at the height
of his reign. On January 20 tele-
phone wire scarcely larger than a
knitting needle had the appearance
of a saw-toothed cable of ice, and
was anywhere from an inch to an
inch and half in diameter accord
ing to the degree of exposure. The
days of intense cold followed the
coming of the sleet During that
week and half the mercury seldom
rose above the zero mark and more
frequently fell from 5 to Is below
that mark on the thermometer scale.
This Notwithstanding, the ice grad
ually and surely disappeared, and
equally as rapidly on the north sides
of Buildings as it did in "the frozen
rays of the suns white wintry glare .
There was a reason for every
seeming contradiction of nature no.
ticed and the one paramount and
above all others lies in the fact that
ice evaporates almost as readily as
water when exposed to air, no odds
what the temperature of the latter.
The specific gravity of ice is less
than that of water in the ratio of go
to 100. The degree or expansion of
water in the state of ice is one-tenth
of its volume. On that account wat
er eyaporates almost as fast in its
frozen as when in its liquid state.
The rain which formed the sleet had
small particles of air Incorporated in
its constituent parts. The intense
cold ruptured the air cells of the sleet
mass, giving 1t the appearance Of
honey comb when viewed under the
microscope. These minute pits with
their jagged sides exposed additionm
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
CORBETT WINS AGAIN.
Featherweight Champion Disposes
Of Dave Sullivan.

San Francisco, March Cham
pion Featherweight Young Corbett''
had no difficulty in retaining his lau-
rels last night, defeating Dave Sulll-
van, of New York, in the eleventh
round of scheduled twenty round
contest. Corbett lefts.the ring with
out a mark, -wNyileS on the other naiid
Sullivan received terrific beating
only the meroY- / action of Referee
Graney in stopping the contest say
ing the New Yorker from having his
face beaten into pulp. Sullivan
put up game fight and, while out
boxed and out-fought and out-generaI-
ed, he gave the champion cause for
worry in one round. Taking another
feature out of the fight, which was
Sullivan's excessive gameness, the
contest was never in doubt. Corbett
held his man safe during all stages
of the contest and it was but ques-
ton of time when Sullivan would
have to quit.
The fourth round nearly saw the
end of the contest and only by TAX
ing the full count on four different
occasions did Sullivan manage to pull
through. The main feature of the
fight was the great amount of in
fighting. They hung together for a
minute at time, using either hand
that they could get free. Corbett
proved himself very much superior
in that style of fighting and he
seemed to punch harder from a short
er distance.
After the disastrous fourth round
Sullivan's ability to come up in the
succeeding round was a surprise. He
seemed to have taken new lease of
life but it was only flash in the
pan and did not prove of any benefit
to him, as he received more punish
ment without any chance Of success.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
JAPAN JUSTIFIED.

Judge John d. Lawson, dean of the
law department of the University of
Missouri, and recognized authority
on the subject,doe not believe Japan
violated the code Of international law
in beginning hostilities with Russia
before formal declaration of war.
Judge Lawson said:
'In the middle ages heralds were
sent to give an enemy warning of the
approach of hostilities. The practice
decayed with the decay Of feudaI
ideas, but heralds were used as her.
aids OF war long after chivalry was
dead. Sweden sent a herald to Cop
enhagen to declare war against Den
mark in the seventeenth century.
Later, declarations handed in by
diplomatic agents took the place Of
heralds, but their use was by no
means universal. Philip II of Spain
sent the Armada against England
without any declaration Of war and
Gustayus Adolphus aid not issue a
declaration when he attacked the
German empire in the thirty years
war. The nearer we approach to
modern times the rarer do formal
declarations become. The nine
teenth century saw more than sixty
wars begin without formal notice to
| the power attacked
Nevertheless, France formally de-
| clared war on Germany in 1870, bur
in 1912 the United States began war
with England by Selling British wee,
sells, and in 1854 England began tie
Crimean war without formal declar-
atoms of war. All modern writer's
on international law hold that formal
declaration of war is not necessary.
1t should be remembered, however,
that a state of war imposes serious
duties upon neutral states and that
their liabilities in this respect can
only arise after due notice b at a
state of war exists. Hence it is in
cumbent upon belligerents to give
due notice to the world upon the out
break of hostilities."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

"A mercantile company pasted a
large advertisement on bridge, says
the Britt Tribune, The wind caused
it to flutter and scare a team. The
team tipped the wagon over, broke
two dozen eggs, a hame strap, the
drivers leg and the wagon axle. They
then ran away and ran through a
garden, tipped bee hive over, and
the bees stung the young lady of the
house until her lips swelled to such
proportions that her best fellow left
her and went to the Philippines. The
driver sued the firm for damages, and
one hundred and eighty witnesses
were called. and when they were ask
ed what was advertised on the pos
ter, not one of them could tell.
Moral: Paste your advertisement
on the pages of your home paper.and
keep it alive-not the paper, but the
adj!
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
GPIELIC OF SUICIDE
Several Iowa People Tire of Life
and XIII Themselves.

Waterloo, Ia, March MARTIN
Blake, aged %, cashier of the First
National bank at Dunkerton, commit
ted suicide last night with carbolic
acid. There Is no known cause for
the deed. He was cheerful all even
ing and took the drug at eleven
/ o'clock. The bank is solvent, and Sc
far as known Blake's accounts are
all right.
Jumped From Bridge.
Omaha, Nebr., March 1.-CharIes
Braton, of Red Oak, Iowa, sprang
this afternoon, while intoxicated
from the Douglas street bridge into
the Missouri river and was drowned.
Bert Redding, also of Red Oak, who
was a companion of Braton, but who
was himself sober leaped into the
water after him in vain attempt to
save him. Redding doubtless would
have persisted also had not switch
man near the bridge rescued him, anc
he was brought to the police station
and given warm blankets and drinks.
T.. The stryehnine Route.
Reinbeck, Ia, March Henry My
ers, a German about As years old took
strychnine about noon today and fif-
teen minutes later was dead. He
was an old settler here. He worked
on the section for years and lately
has been doing odd jobs about town.
Yesterday he was drunk and threat
ened Peter Clauson with a butcher
knife, saying that he would kill him.
He had beaten his wife about year
ago and would have done the same
Saturday night if neighbors had NOT
interfered
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
FAILuREs3lN 1908.

The business world may find much
of interest in the table of failures for
the past year that has recently been
issued by Bradstreet's. Aside from
the statistical table giving I>nes num-
Der of failures, the amount OF liabili-
les and assets, the report contains
A.any deductions that are of value to
those interested in commercial and
industrial activities. In 1908 there
were fewer failures by 2 per cent
than in 1902, but the aggregate of
liabilities was larger. Small dealers
have Jared quite we'll as regards fl
nancial securities, it being the large
sufferers. The number of traders in
the United States is given at 1,272,-
909, an increase of Is per cent since
1899, while the increase in failures
has been only 1,3 per cent.
AS to the cause of the failures in
1903 Bradstreet's shows that lack OF
capital was the cause of 1926 per cent
of all the failures; incompetence,
POS per cent; inexperience, GA per
cent; unwise credits, "a per cent;
speculation, i per cent; neglect, 2.S
per cent; extravaganza, .09 per cent;
fraudulent disposition, 10.4 per cent.
The fat years had tendency to en-
tice into business ventures men who
were not competent to manage them.
Thus, while incompetence caused
one-ffth of all the failures last year,
it caused only about IL per cent OF
the failures in 1896 and 1897. One
Of the good signs of last years fail
ures is that specific conditions, which
include happenings out of the ordi-
nary, such as financial stress, crop
failures. fires, etc." accounted for
only 1853 per cent of all failures,
which is slight decrease as com.
pared with 1902. The failure of 9TH
ers caused the same percentage OF
failures in 1903 as in 1902, but undue
competition did not cause so large a
percentage of failures as in 1902.
The conclusion drawn from this last
fact is that 1908, while a year of
stress for many who were speculat-
lively involved, was after all fairly
favorable season for the average
trader, over whose head the financial
strain seems to have passed without
much il any effect"
The statistics show that 20 percen,
OF the failures in Canada were due
to lack of sufficient capital to oper-
ate, while from that cause In the
United States there were but half
that number. The failures in eacn
country due to fraud was 1.O4 per
cent, while there was 8 per cent less
from incompetence in Canada than
in the United States. The Canadian
is venturesome but it appears that
he is not so apt to engage in business
about which he knows nothing as is
the American.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
AN EXCITING TIME.
Live Wires Cause commotion on
South D Street.

A telephone wire crossing an cleo,
trio light wire caused quite a disturb
ance in front Of the u. G.. Deck resi-
dence, 315 South D street. Three
horses came in contact with the live
wire which had dropped down into
the street, and went down, one to
his knees and Tie other two fiat.
They belonged to Ross Mccormick,
Of this city, Dave MorI and Walter
Williams, of Beacon. The display of
fire works was quite spectacular, fire
flashing up and down the street
through distance of several hun
dred feet. The light company was
telephoned but before assistance
could arrive, Mr.. Deck cut the wire
with an axe. Quite a bit of excite
ment prevailed among the crowd
which had congregated, and as he
struck the blow which disconnected
the dangerous circuit, he jumped
back out Of the way only to see the
wire curl and wrap itself in a large
circle. about his wife. Fortunately
the wire did not touch her and all
escaped without injury, except for
broken shafts on all the buggies In
volved.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
SOME OLD LAPERs.
Promissory Note Given in .1766 Part.
ly Paid in MoIasses.-

w. s. Tredick, of this city, has in
mis- possession some very old papers
and books. Among the papers is a
promissory note given by his great
uncle in 1866. 1t was all written out
on a piece OF legal cap paper. The
payments Endorsed on the back show
that part of the sum was liquidated
with molasses. Another valuable
relic is his great grandmother's bible,
published in England in 1853 and
brought to America shortly thereaf-
ter. 1t is published in old English
type and is dedicated ITO the most
high and mighty Prince James, by
the Grace of God, King of Great Brit
ain, France and Ireland, Defender or
the Faith"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
WINS PRIMARIES
IN DES MONIES.
Secures 161 Delegates to Proutty's
So in Polk County.

(Des Moines, March 1.-Captain j.
Alt. Hull will be Polk county's can
didate for congress to succeed hina.
selk at the Seventh district congress
sional convention. The result of the
primaries yesterday was sweeping
victorA for the present congressman
over his opponent, Judge S. F.. Prou-
ty, and incidentally hard jolt to the
CUMMING element which was backing
Judge Pkouty.
The results showed gains for Con-
gresham Hull in the country pre-
cincts as well as sweeping gains in
the city, which almost approach tho
nature Of landslide,
When these results were known,
there was great whirlwind Of joy
at Hull headquarters, while cores
ponding gloom encircled the Prouty
headquarters,
The result came after one of the
most exciting contests in the history
of Polk county politics. 1t marked
the continuation and elimination Of
the struggle which was commenced
between Captain HUH and Judge
Prouty two years ago.
From the time the polls opened in
the early morning untiA they were
finally closed at night, the day was
married by an endless number of dis
graceful scenes. There WAS more
dirty politics and fraud turhed loose
than was ever known in the, city OF
Des Moines. AS maintained by Capt
Hull and his friends from thu start
fair contest would give him the vic.
tory. 1t required the services of i've
hundred policemen and hundreds Of
volunteer friends to see that this
was done.
One Of the first precincts to le
beard from was the Fourth Of the
Fourth, Judge Proutys own district
Two years ago this precinct went forl
Judge Prouty by 1876 to S5. This year
it went for Captain Hull by vote OF
149 to IA. The Second Of the First.
Captain Hull's6 precinct, was another
precinct heard from early. This.
showed a vote of 202 to 3o6 in favor,
Of Captain Hull as compared WITT
2S4 against 800 in favor OF Captain
Hin, two years ago. This began to
-
7 look endDnfaging. The Coined, de-
cincts also began to be heard from
and they showed encouraging returns
for the Hull forces.
By midnight all the returns were
in and Capt. Hull nad won the vic
tory. securing Isl delegates as
against SO for Prouty.
Prominent Citizens involved.
Des Moines, March 1.@Chief Of Po-
lice Bracket with four officers forci-
bly, ejectetd Police Judge Silvara and
other prominent citizens from vot-
ing place under the city hall last
night. The chief and his men were
arrested today, charged with assault
and battery, and unlawful assembly,
and arraigned before Judge Silvara.
The judge and three other prominent
citizens were arrested this afternoon
on information filed before Judge
Duncan by Chief Bracket, charging
them with exciting disturbances.
Thus the open war is on as result
of the Prouty-Hull campaign.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
EveIand Coal Co.

Bussey Press: Eveland is mining
camp owned by Elizabeth Price. 1t
is one mile east and one mile north
OF Buxton. They have postoff1ce
and about forty miners o. l.. John
son operates the company store. He
has been in that locality the past sew.
en- years with the Eveland store ana
postoffice. The Prices hoist from
seventy-fve to one hundred tons of
coal day. They have Northwest
ern switch, and are doing good
business. Johnson, the store man
ager. was on the train Tuesday en-
route to oskaloosa on business for
this company.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03

ice surface to the air and evaporation
went on day and night. A similar
phenomenon is familiar to every
house wife, who will tell you that
CLOTHES freeze dry" even in time Of
most excessive cold. Through sim
liar process, ice which has been much
cut up by skating will become smooth
if allowed a few days rest, even in
the most frigid weather. Nature
Snap Shots" in Knoxville Journal.