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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-02-25

Don't forget! Our Laxative
Quinine Compound Tablets for
colds, and coughs is gunran-
ted. Your money back if not
satisfied.
j. D. Brown & Son.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-02-25

The Charlton Herald remarks:
cit is a significant fact that
there has never been an editor
in Iowasent to the penitentiary.
The record is one that can be
pointed to with pardonable
p rHls; w. we e hardly t!s. think 50, es-
mune to theft, except a theft
for news, and if stealing news
should be a penitentiary offense
we are afraid that every news
paper man in Iowa would be
there including a few in Har-
rison County.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-02-25

Let us fit you with spectacles
and eye glasses. Our prices are
the lowest. Wedon't have to
depend upon that for a living
like transient peddlers.
If J D Brown & Son.
Hair switches, all shades.
Combings made up. Shampoo
ing done at your own home if
desired. We solicit your work.
Call second door east of Oxford
Hotel. f25
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-02-25
Church Announcements.

SI1hlO LIAM.
10 a. m. Sunday School.
II a. m. Preaching. Theme,
The weapons of our warfare,
2 Cor. 1O:4,5.
$50 p. m. Young Peoples
meeting.
1880 p. m. Preaching. Theme
The coming of Christ and the
resurrection of the just. | Thes.
4:l6.
A cordial welcome to all.
H. p. Higbee, Pastor.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-02-25

the tourist to visit. Winter tourist rates now
in effest. Double daily service and fast steam
heated vestibule trains with through sleeping
ars. buffst-iibrary-smok car service and al
meals onroute in dinsng RS. Ask for an
illustrated book on New Orleans
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-02-25
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RY.

Nos. l,2s,4. will stop on signal for pass
enzers holding tickets for points beyond Omah.
or for Minneapolis, st. Paul or Chicago.
Nos. 81, 81 81 and % run between 1t. Dodge
and Council Bluffs except Sunday.
Coupon tickets can be procured ON one or two
days notice.
Tho..lJ 1,ohr.n. Agent.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-11-23
new MACHINERY FOX
The UNITtD.flKHORN

Manager Edward II. Field, OF the
United Elkhorn Mines company,
operating certain group Of claims
about sixteen miles northwest Of the
city, including the old Baisley- Elk.
horn mines, arrived here yesterday
for the special purpose Of personally
uperintendinH trans-shipment of the
electric motors and transformers
which have just arrived In u car from
Schenectady, New York.
Friady of this week another car
load OF machinery will arrive from
Denver.
When this new electrio machinery
is installed. which will DO during the
next few days, and the new pump.
Ing arrangements are completed on
the upper level. the mining opera
tions Of this property will begin by
electric power and the drills In the
big tunnels will be driven by com.
pressed air furnished by the new
electric power.
At present Manager Field Ia work
ing three shifts In the big tunnel aud
making good progress with the DRIFT.
Ing Of that big hole In the noun.
tain. Daily shipments Of hish
grade ore are being made to the
Sumpter smelter, aud the returns
just received from recent shipments
have been satisfactory, and have
exceeded In value the highest ex-
peotati0ns of the owners of the prop
erty.
Mr.. Field has begun sinking In
the old shaft ut the top of the noun.
tain and will go down another 1876
Jeet. The old workings are 1900
feet above the new tunnel aud then
this shaft has been sunk ~ Tar ~
possible upraises will DO made from
the tunnel connecting with the shaft
aud thus forming an air conduit,
providing for the safety of miners
under ground. Democrat.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-11-23
Man About. Town GoSSipS
About the Unexp|ain.
ed Shutdown of
the Bonanza.

II see BY Baker paper, said the
man-about-town to a Miner reporter
this morning, "that w. H. Thatcher.
general manager of the Bonanza mine,
IL back from the eust. understand
that he attended meeting Of the
board OF directors at Pittsburg. 1t
was quite probably somewhat
stromy session. Something will prob
ably eventuate In few days.
dame rumor says that not long
ago AL Geiser told Thatcher that he
(Geiser) would show him (Thatcher) }
the payshoot at the Bonanza II he
(.rbatcher) would pay him (GeiseI)
one thousand plunks In cold cash.
Rumor further says that Thatcher re-
fused - whether because he aleady
knows where the payshoot is, or be-
cause he don't want to know, remains
secret. 1t seems that ever since
Geisar sold the Bonanza for half q
million, he has been frequently asked
for advice az to proper development
plans. All OF this advice was given
free srstis for nothing notwith'
standing the fact that during one
month two years ago the Bonanza
forty stamp mill pounded out e1O2.
OOU In gold. 1t is but natural that
0eiser should value bis advice and
that he should refuse further to act
as consulting engineer sans salary
and sans glory.
"As a mater Of fact, ] don't believe
that Thatcher needs to be told
where the Bonanza pay 10. lie
knows. And why the Bonanza IL
shut down Is too deep for NO."
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-11-23
Ore Body 81 feet Wide.

Tom Ksnnerly WAS In town today
from the Oregon King, leaving on
the afternoon train for Baker City.
He has crosscut the vein on that
property, which 10 thirty. one feet
from one clearly defined wall to the
other. with quartz the entire dis
tance. The Miner has several times
hal occasion to mention the fact that
the entire face of the tunnel 10 the
80. X" WAS In a suild body OF
hand some ore. characteristic OF the
Cracker Greek district. Mr.. Kennerly
says the entire thirty-ons feet 10 the
same, with scarcely a break. The
values, while not high, are very
encouraging. su Efficient to pay q profit
on milling. aud be hopes that any
shot may break into bonanza shoot.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-11-23

Don't travel over the lliin0is
Central, ~ any old road will do you
aud We don't want your patronage; |;
but II you are particular aud want
the best aud mean to have II, ask the
ticket agent to route you via the
Illinois Central. the road that runs
through solid vestibnls trains be.
tween st. Paul, Omaha, Chicago. st.
Louis, Memphis aud New Orlesns.
! No additional charge IL made for
q seat In our reclining chair cars.
which are fitted with lavat oriss aud
smoking rooms, aud have u porter
In attendance.
4 Rates via the Illinois Central are
the lowest and we will be glad to
quote them In connection with any
transoontinentai line.
Is. II. TRUMBULL. Commercial
agent, l42 Third street, Portland,
Oregon.
j. G. LINDSEY, T.. +. Il =. A.,
l42 Third street. Portland, Oregon.
PAUL Is. THOMPSON, Freight
and passenger agent, Colman build
ing, Seattle, Washington.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-11-23

the official record OF instrume nts
fled at the Baker county court
house, published In another column
Of The Miner, j. T. Dickson. Port
land owenr Of the late Archie Downie
placer diggings. has fled two deeds
transferring to II. +. Strahorn, Of
Spokane, owner Of the Sumpter
Water aud Electric Light company,
the Downie water rights. The con
sideration named In the deed, is
ell 1000.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-11-23
Ballet Pleads Guilty.

Des Moinss, Iowa. Nov. l6.-
l. ,tson Ballet. who gained notoriety
as the promoter of the White Swan
Mining company, OF Oregon. today
suddenly terminated bis second trial
in the federal court for fraudulently
using the mails, by pleading guilty
TO the offense. The first trial two
years ago ended 10 q conviction after
hard aght. but second trial wac
ordersd BY the higher courts.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-11-23
RetOld Tale OF MarveIOuSIy
Rich GO|COuda Ore
and of an Old
Regime.

1.-The pending reorganization Of
the Golconda mining company recalls
to mind IN incident In the rather
marvellous history Of that property" I"
said mining man In the lobby Of
the Hotel Sumpter this morning.
"When the EnRlishes, pere ct fils,
bought the Golconda. il was mere
prospect. The Engli,hes were fresh
from series OF mining successes
over In British Columbia. They had
a whole lot OF ready money aud were
plungers. lt seems that the older
English had been connected ut some
time or other with u northern gold
mine upon which a chlorination
plant had been successfully operated.
He decided that a similar plant
would be SUCCESS at the GolcOnda.
The result of this decision was that
100000 were expended In the
erection of magnificent mill build
ing and IN the installation Ut q
stink fsstory,' technically known ~
a bromide chloride quartz mill. 1t re.
quired but few days Of operation OF
this plant to determine that tha pro.
cess was In no way q success when
applied to GolcoDda ore. The
el3O, 900 investment was therefore
90 much dead horse The develop
ment of the mine proceeded, however.
aud In due time u Bryan mill and a
battery of five stamps we're Installed.
"In the fall of 1899 the entire
western mining world was startled ty
a rich strike In the Golconda. un-
paralelled by northwestern mining
history. A shoot Of free gold ore
was opened, assaying varionsly from
$4,000 to 5000 600 per ton. A
fourteen hour mill run of five. stamps
on this character OF ore netted
sl2.OO worth Of gold bullion -ex'
elusive OF the inevitable loss Of value
In milling such marvelOu,ly rich
rock. To obviste this waste, the ore
was sorted and shipped eighty
pound sacks. worth close to 81 ,OOO
per sack on general average. Jack
EnRlis was manage. Frank Stickney
superintendent. Both were mighty
good fellows liberal to fault.
Visitors came from all parts Of the
camp 20 see the gold studded Col
conda quartz. Each visitor WINS
given q souvenir by the management,
until GolcOnda ore specimens
thousands OF dollars worth became
as common ss mud. No private
mineral collection was complete
without q chunk OF G0lcOnda ore,
which, ss described by al Alasks
miner, wa, gold carrying some
quartz 1t Ia safe to estimate that
e25, 900 worth OF ore specimens from
the GOlconda found their way into
outside hands. A great deal was also
stolen by underground miners.
~ would like to see the Col
conda opened up again by q strong
company, as i know there !, plenty
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-11-23

Ocean steamers between Portland
| and San Francisco every five days.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-27

ioc Week Delvered-DAILY EAeLE-ioc Week, Delivered
goc Wek uelverp4I-DAIIY EAGLE-i0c Week, Delivered
5oe Week THEORETICALLY EAGLE-f0c Week, Delivered
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-27
PERTINENT PROBLEMS.

If car starts from Baltimore and
Howard streets with all the people it can
hold and if it picks up some half-dozen
persons at each street corner between
that and North avenue. why does it take
so long for the 3O0-pound gentleman who
is mashed against the front door to get
off after the car stops?
Also, why does the conductor get i'm
patient when a little. peaked-faced woman
with recticule and sharp voice dis
covers after the car has finally got started
that that was also her place to get off?
If the delay Of a street car by laden
wagon and a balky mule keeps two men
from catching a train to make an i'm
portant business deal, keeps another man
from getting a train that would be
wrecked later in the day, prevents doc
tors getting to a patient before he chOkes
70 death, and holds the car long enough
for one woman to get it and thus reach
her shopping place ten minutes early, is
the woman Justified in declaring it was
providential?
If a woman with money spends two
hours looking at Christmas presents one
place when she knows all the time she's
pointers for haggling aat the next store.
and if the clerk is fully aware of that
tact but don't dare say so. and gets a
little impatient at times, is the woman
right in turning up her nose at the clerk
as only one of the laboIing class BAL
tirnore American.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-27
SAND THAT is COSTLY.

One day. about six or seven years ago,
O. discouraged man stood with his hands
IN his pockets. looking out over his scanty
possession down on Manhasset Neck.
Long Island. His family was large. he
was poor. and his little farm yielded just
sufficient TO supply the necessities OF NE
TWO of the children were about ready
for college. but he had no money with
which 10 send them. Something must be
dorc.
Just before him stretched great sand
dunes down TO the waters edge
thought came suddenly to his mind, Tons
OF sand are used daily in New York city
for building purposes. Why not ship
some of his clean white sand before him
TO the city. and sell it 10 contractors and
builders Might not the venture bring
him some return?
With hopeful determination he began
the opening up Of Americas greatest sand
field and an industry which has Melted
within the time mentioned about throe
million dollars. The modern ambition Of
the original pioneer was so much more
than realized that not only he but also
many others have emassed considerable
fortunes. while land on Long Island which
was not worth more than twenty-five OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-27
RAILROADS OF CHINA.

According to a recent article by Ar
thur Judson Brown, on Railways in
China" foreign interests in Chinese rail
ways are ana. have been for several
years past rapidly increasing, and. no
doubt. it will he only a matter of a few
years when the whole of that mighty en-
pire will he encircle1 by foreign-built and
capitalized railways Russia was one of
the first countries to obtain concessions
from China for this purpose Russia al
ready had terminus for her TRANSIT
berian railway at Vladivostok, but as
that port is ice-bound in winter the trains
could not connect with the steamers. So
the Russian diplomats did not rest until
they had secured the right to extend the
Trans-Siherian road southwark through
ManchuTia to Tachichao. From there one
branch extends southwark to Port Arthur
and Dalny and another southwestward to
Shan hal Kwan, where the Great Wall of
China touches the sea. At this point con-
nection is maue with the Imperial railway
of Taku, Tien Tsin and Pekin. a distance
Of 5.746 miles from Moscow. 4 recent st.
Petersburg dispatch says that survey
has just been completed from Kakllta.
900 miles This road. If built. will give
the Russians a short cut direct to the
capital. The Germans like the Russians.
have also been very aggressive along
these lines. and have already railroad
runnig from Tsins-tau. on Kia-chau Bay.
into the heart of the populous province OF
Shantung. The contractors of this road.
il is said. promise TO reach the capital of
this province, Chinanfu. within a yalr.
At Chinanfu, this road will meet aonther
great trunk line, partly English and part
ly German. which is being pushed south
ward from Tien Tsin to Chin kiang. An
other English syndicate is to control a
route from Shanghai 10 Marking and
Ningpo. while the Anglo Chinese rail-
way Syndicate of London. is said to he
planning a railway from Canton to Chen
tufu. the provincial capital Of Szechuan.
\ most valuable concession has also been
granted TO the Anglo-Italian syndicate in
the provinces Of Shansf and Shemsi which
gives the right TO construct railways and
10 operate coal mines in region where
some Of the most extensive anthracite de-
posts in the world are located. Several
of these roads mentioned are already un-
der construction and will no doubt do
much toward the future opening up Of
the natural resources of China and gen
eral enlightenment Of the world on Chi
nese manner sand customs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-27

thirty dollars an acre, for farming pur-
poses. has leaped in value to one thou
sand, or even one thousand. five hundred
dollars an acre, on account of its sand
banks.
The work began on small scale, and in
the most primitive way. The sand was
merely dug, shoveled into cars, dumped
into barges. and tower to New York city.
No attempt was made to separate it from
loan or gravel or other foreign subj
stances; that was done by the purchaser,
who was obliged TO screen it before mix
ing it for mortar. But an enterprisfrg
dealer increased his market and secured
a better price by furnishing sand screen
ed and ready for USE. The idea took,
and in short time, he had the market
at his disposal.
This led TO a radical change in the
methods of operation. The sand IS still
lowed to New York city in barges, but
that is about the only part OF the old
way OF working that remains. Spades
and carts have been displaced by machin-
cry The sand is screened. nowadays,
and washed free from loan and foreign
substances, and separated into different
SIducSs--!iIit, fOuEitt dhL SidNti. Oiir tOti-
Germ. uses a centrifugal blowing machine
that turns blast Of air on the sand and
blows it into the screens and washers.
Another, the largest on Long Island, and
one of the largest in the United States,
has a ningenious drying arrangement,
consisting Of an endless belt, which car
RIGS a steady stream Of washed and
screened sand into a shed built over the
water, and passes il on to a red-hot metal
service. where all moisture is evapOrated
in a few seconds. and from which it falls
through a chute into a barge. Still an
other has discarded steam and horse pow
er for electricity. and has constructed
trolley line by which it hauls all its sand
TO screens ard washers, and thence to
waiting boats.-J. X. Wilson. in March
Success
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-27
NATIVES OF JAPAN
Many in Cleveland Receive
Reports from the East.
BY MEANS OF CIPHER CODE
Wonderful Spy System OF the
laps Described.

Cleveland. O.. Feb. 5.-Reports from the
Russo-Japanese war are received in Cleve-
land every day by natives of the Island
empire living in this city.
code. and are received from Japan
through a New York office.
Last evening a special message was
received from New York, telling in detail
of the wonderful spy system TO which
Japan already owes so much. According
to the contents of this message Japan
for the past eight or ten years has had
located in Manchuria an army Of about
5000 spies. These men, in reality we'll
trained soldiers, have been playing the
part Of common Chinese laborers. Many
of them have been employed as section
hands on the Russian railway. Others
helped to build the line. and as re-
suit Japan knew long before the an
nouncement was made by Russia just
where the real terminal of the road was
TO be. Japan also knew just what pro-
visions were being received and JUST
what use was being made Of the single
track line WHICH fAuSSld Ne1S SOtAoNAN~N
ing with the evident intention of using
IL for trade and commercial purposes
According TO the report received yester-
day from this same source, il was these
men who planned and accomplished the
destruction of the Manchurian bridge and
not the government. The wording Of the
same letter leads to the belief that the
next report will confirm the present ru-
NOR of the taking Of Port Arthur and
that II will next be stated that the Japa-
nese navy, instead of landing troops at
Korea, as was expected would be the
ultimate move. had proceeded 10 the main
land by the Manchurian course and had
Travelled inland to Mukdcn for the pur-
pose Of taking this, the capital city Of
Manchuria.
Late yesterday afternoon Mrs. Kitani,
wife of the Arcade japanese art dealer,
received dispatch from her husband
who is in New York. stating that he had
received word of another victory. The
dispatch reads as follows:
Another glorious victory for Japan
Three Russian battleships torpedoed while
trying to enter the harbor at Awomori'
in the northern part Of Japan.
Mr. kltanl nome Is At <A"diiIOl'' dHu
naturally his first effort was TO obtain
some word from that part Of the country.
He has sent TO this city since his de-
parture for New York. a number OF in
teresting autographs showing the Mikado'
the crown prince and the royal family.
Mrs. Kitani yesterday hung them In the
window of the store in the Arcade,
where they attracted much attention.
A pronounced boost In retail price for
tea may soon occur If the war continues
A tea buyer for q large wholesale con-
Germ stated yesterday that the commodity
had already advanced / cents a pound
since the outbreak of the war. and that
etill further advances were bound to
follow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-27
AN INGENIOUS JAILBIRD.

Extraordinary ingenuity was shown ny
. burglar named Vandenwegaete, who
escaped Monday night from the under
ground condemned cell in Lille jail, IN
tho north of France. where he had been
specially confined on account Of his no
torious cunning and his open boast that
he would find a way out before long.
The cell Is furnished with a single mas
sive door opening on to a corridor, at the
end of which is another door, provided
with a safety lock" on Monday evening
the prisoner was locked up for the night,
on T1lesday morning his cell was empty.
The bird had flown. and two false keys
made Of tin found outside the door of
the corridor told their own tale
4 search of the cell has enabled the
prison officials to piece together the MS
tory of this daring deed. With part or
the bread supplied TO him, Nandenweseate
took the impression Of the lock OF ms
cell. With some more bread he made
mold. in which he cast a key out of tin
cup. the metal being melted on his stove
The same night he opened his door, took
"a brcad-crump impression of the corridor
lock. made another key. and soon found
himself outside the corridor From cup
board he extracted u sheet and broom
handle. which he tied together. and made
his way into the prison yard, which is
surrounded by a wall topped with broken
glass.
Fixing the broom handle between tive
bottle ends. he threw the knotted sheet
over the wall and slid down it into the
street. His next move was to break into
a house and exchange his prison costume
for ordinary attire. For the present
says the Matin. all trace OF this resource
full criminal has been lost-London Daily
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-27
Missouri Pacific Railway.
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railwa,

Time Table in Effect June It'll, 1906.
wichita daily. -................. s 90 q m
No ?, Mail and Express, arrives
Wichita daily ..................... 90 p m
No II. Local Freight, leaves
Anthony daily except Sunday. 10 A. a m
Connecting with Missouri Pa
cific train leaving Wichita at
70 a. m. This train will be
held at Anthony until the Mis-
souri, Pacific arrives.
No. Is. Local Freight, arrives at
Conway Springs daily except
Sunday at. Z 10 p IN
Connecting with Missouri Pa
cific for Wichita.
Trains at Wichita arrive and depart
from the Missouri Pacific station. corner
Douglas avenue and Wichita street.
The Orient Railway now operates its
trains as far as FairView. o 7.
l. r SHERWIN, Agent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-27

and the csshins # money order - ten
davs The government holds an average
balance Of sI0.@@.eH 81 the pco7ie :
moneys balance with an earning power
Of about s5ace' year When banks o.
q similar volume - money order bus
ness the average da1y heIance IN tho
money order department cf each bank
will be more than So
About seventeen years aeo jay Gould
drew a check. written on hall cheet %
commercial note paper. mat called FOR
nearly sguo.oea This was considered 50
reuarka BILE that it caused much p-blic
comment. out two years after that WI
liam II. Vanderbilt drew his check fo~
s. "a. 90 which held the record For q long
time. ard was cors .dered 50 notable thst
the check was af:ervard framed ard =
held as A heirloom by RS family Since
then larger checks thsn that have heen
drawn. bat a new record vas made r.
Gently. when j z Morgan drew check
on his private accouat for s23.eseas..
The Church 81 England enjoys an in-
come OF about enc million dollars 3 week