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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-29
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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-29
II. N. STANBERY
CIVIL AND CONSULTING
ENGINEER
Real Estate Agent.

Having purchased at consta'
ble's sale the property of the Sis
tersville Athletic club, I hereby
offer for sale the grand stand and
fence at the ball park, together
with the lease of the land. Any
ball club will be given preference
Office Rooms,
q and 2 MORRISON BUILDING
Phone 1891. Res. Phone 30.
SISTERSVILLE, w. VA.
The Imperial press., 1905-01-21
HIS TRUE POSITION
False Statement About Shirley C. Ward Brought To Light

great mistake to start the damage suits at that time, as it might break up or al least strain the negotiations for govern ] ment ownership that then seemed to be progressing hopefully. So we finally came home and reported the situation to our people, and the result is that the No. 5 damage suits have never been brought, SOLELY BECAUSE OF MR. WARDS ADVICE, and we who know that he never advises suits, except as d last resort, are tired of hearing the California Develop ment Company organs prate about Wards desire to plunge the Valley into litigation for it's own destruction and his enrichment.
 All he had to do was to give the word and the California Development Com pany would have had fifty suits piled upon them, in as many hours, but he did not wish to emmrrass them while seeking cooperation in striving for the more important boon of government ownership. Yet berause Mir. Ward would not desert the interests of the people upon the vital terms of the arbi- tration agreement Mir. Heber and his shouters have ever since tried to make it appear that he was a disturbing ele- ment in the community, a man bent upon litigation at all hazards and con- trolled by his own selfish interests in his advice.
 We who know him best, know that these insinuati"ns are knowingly, will fully false, and are only made to deceive with view of trying to destroy the con- fidence of the community in the man who has had the courag,- to stand firm for their rights and who by his wise counsel has more than once saved the California Development Company from threatened litigation.
 Respectfully, LEW D. SMITH,
 IRA l.. WILSON, Committee appointed by No. 5 stock
 holders to bring damage suits.
The Imperial press., 1905-01-21
HoJrvILLE, CAL, JAN. l7, 1905.

JiItu VI ledIluB JIIc OdllIOTIlH DeVeIOp- ment Company sheets prating about the
 wish of Shirley c. Ward to plunge this
 Valley Into a sea of litigation for his owu selfish benefit. As Mir. Ward doesn't see fit, in his own vindication to show that his influence has been to re- strain rather than incite litigation, we, the undersigned, who were appointed by No. 5 stockholders last summer to at once begin damage suits against the California Development Company, would like to say what we know on the subject.
 Last June the settlers in No. 5, who suffered serious damages on account of the water shortage last spring held a mass meeting and decided as d unit to institute damage quits at once, and the undersigned were appointed d commit tee tn forthwith go to Los Angeles and employ counsel and start the ball of liti- gation rolling.
 Upon arriving in Los Angeles we at once went to Mir. Wards office and in- formed him of our mission. Thi was of the insstent attitude of the No. 5 stockholders and their unwiliin.ness to stand any further delay in starting their damage suits.
 We told him that some of our people were beginning to feel that as the attor- ney for the Water Users Association, bent upon bringing about government ownership, he was too willing tu subor- dinate the damage claims for fear they might interfere with the progress of negotiations for government ownership. He at once took the position that the future was more important than the past, that government ownership would solve the problem of the future water supply, and that if we could be assured of all the water we wanted in the future delivered through a stable system, we could if necessary afford to waive our entire claims for past damages, if we had to, but that he had plan by which he hoped the damages could be arbi- trated and d fair price paid the settlers out of the m 'nev the California Devel- opment Company would get from the government if government ownership could be brought about; and that he believed quicker money could be gotten out of the claims this way than by suit, and furthermore, that if suits were brought at that time it would arouse bad feeling that would seriously hamper the pending negotiations. He said that he thought suits at that time would be serious blunder in generalship and he declined to have anything to do with them.
 We were impressed with the force and soundness of his advice and felt that he was right; but We had been sent to Los Angeles to start the suits and for us tO come back and say that we had not done so because Mir. Ward had advised us not to, we knew would make us look sheepish, and we were afraid that we could not explain to our people, to their satisfaction, the sOundness of Our req
The Imperial press., 1905-01-21
HEBER
Notes of Passing Events
 From the College Town

James Shawl'.y recently from Wash ington has his ranch located west of Heber and near the Date canal nearly ready for business, with nice comforta- ble quarters to live. His son Fred is to run the place and Mir. Shawley is soon to return to Washington.
 E. E. Dewey is making Fritz Kloke's
The Imperial press., 1905-01-21

fine residence look as well as a good painter, with good paint and the best of brushes can. MT. Dewey is really an artist.
 P. w. Brooks has sold his quarter section lying just north of the Whiting ranch, to c. J. Caster, recently from Kentucky.
 Contractors Carter & Stewart are building for s. H. Moore on his ranch OH the Main canal just west of the head of the Dodwood canal, a very handsome residence. It is not only nice to look at, but is a model of convenience in every way, with broad roomy porches and nice high well ventilated rooms.
 Mir. Wagner is moving in with E. s. Jamison.
 Joel Anderson, Superintendent of Water Company No. 5, was in this city
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-04-01
IT'S UP TO HEPBURN.

The Lewiston Tribune of the 10Th
quotes the local land office as authority
for the report that the government has
decided to create another forest reserve
to be known as the Shoshone reserve,
and which the department appears to
have had up its sleeve awaiting the
time when the Elk City rumpus would
quiet down, which would be the time
to create it. This comes as a dis
tinct ssrprise, more especially since 1T
is but short time ago since Senator
Hepburn gave a widely published inter
view to the effect that no more reserves
would be established without at least
consulting the representatives of the
state which was to receive the in
famous distinction. So far we are left
to infer that our representatives were
not consulted.
Mr.. French says he was in ignorance
of the departments intentions at the
time the withdrawals began. Nothing OF
course could be expected from Dubois
more outrageous wrongs than that
could be perpetrated upon the people
without Fred's knowledge or interfer
ence, at least until he succeeds in prov
ing the existence of at least one polyg
amist, and until that is done, that gooC
but exasperating man Hitchcock coulC
include Mr.. Dubois own sagebrusl
county in forest reserve and Free
would be oblivious of the fact.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-04-01
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
Elk City, Idaho, March 8, 1905,

Elk City, Idaho, March 3, 1905.
To James Hamilton:
You are hereby notified that the I'M
dersigned has expended three hundred
dollars in labor and improvements upon
the following named mining claims, the
Lucky Boy, Gold Dust, and Coarse
Gold placer mining claims and water
right Of said placer mining claims,
situated in Elk City mining district, as
will appear by certificates on file in the
office of the recorder of Idaho county,
state of Idaho, in order to hold SAID
mining. claims under the provisions OF
section 1924 of the revised statutes OF
the United States and the amendment
thereto, approved January p, 1880.
And within ninety days from the per
sonal service of this notice, or within
ninety days from the publication thereof
you fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of such expenditure as CO.
owner, if you claim such interest, such
interest in said mining claims and water
right, or either or any part OF them, Will
become the property of the subscriber.
JOHN HoKENSON.
First publication March IL, 1905.
Last publication June 10, 1905.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-04-01

If the northern wagon road receives
a fair share of the appropriation to the
disposal of the commission this suprem-
ecy will be retained at the north, but if
the road from Sites is neglected and
the Boise-Thunder road built on an ex-
tensive scale the south will aggrandize
itself at the expense of the north, be-
cause other things being equal this bus
mess would naturally flow through
northern channels.
Business men throughout southern
Idaho are keenly alive to the POSSIBLE
tiles of extending their sphere of trade,
and will not lose an opportunity of i'm
pressing upon the commission the de-
STABILITY of improving the wagon road
facilities from Boise to Thunder. This
course is perfectly proper. At the same
time the northern interests should in
sist if possible that the Sites road re-
ceive reasonable consideration. It's a
pure matter of dollars and cents. Mos
cow Journal.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-04-01
FAKE NEWS.

The Tribune recently published an
interview given out by a stock Jobber
who, among other DER true items OF
news" includes the one that the Hogan
mill will be ready to start up on April
the first. This gentlemen quotes his
superintendent" whoever he is as his
authority in the premises.
Of course there is no law other than
the purely ethical-prohibiting these
gentlemen from starting up the Ho-
gan mill any old time whenever their
imagination says that time is ripe. The
kick that the MINING News has coming
is that ''spiels" of this character makes
it's work harder in that every false
statement WHICH goes out about this
district must be nailed on the spot or
explained afterwards; frequently both,
all of which takes time, labor and space,
which could be devoted to other subjects
with more profit.
AS regards the Hogan mill, it will not
start April LIST. No one who was IN
position to know ever claimed it would
1t was thought at the beginning that i
might be got in shape by May LIST To-
the initial run, but an enterprise OF thi'
magnitude so far from a railroad, i
always in the problematical stage unit
completed, and as matters stand nov
it is probable that the mill will no
be IN shape to produce practical result
before the middle of May or the first o
June. The readers of the MINING NEW
will be kept posted in the premises.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-04-01
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

Hump, Idaho, February 10, 1905.
To B. F. McDevitt and the estate Of
Daniel Lee:
You, and each of you, are hereby no
titled that the undersigned has expended
one hundred dollars upon the Montana
quartz mining claim, situated in Robbins
mining district, Idaho county, Idaho,
during the years 1903 and 1904, in
order to hold said claim under the pro-
visions of section 1924, revised statutes
of the United States, being the amount
required each year to hold said claim
The proportion of said expenditure
due from each Of you on account of your
interests in said claim is as follows:
B. F. McDevitt for 1908, S so
= 1904, so
Total, E. I. $500
Estate of Daniel Lee, $12. so
And within ninety days from the ser
vice of this publication you or either of
you refuse or fail to contribute your
proportion of said expenditure as CO.
owner, together with cost of this publ
cation, your interest in said claim will
become the property of the subscriber.
FRANK YoST.
First publication Feb. II, 1905.
Last publication May Is, 1905.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-04-01
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
Elk Citv. Idaho. March II. 1905

Elk City, Idaho, March II, 1905.
To Joseph Burgel and w. H. Simpson,:
You, and each of you, are hereby no
titled that the undersigned has expended
one hundred dollars in labor and i'm
provements upon each of the following
named quartz mining claims, situated in
Elk City mining district, Idaho county,
Idaho, to-wit: The Alps and Cookville
quartz lode claims, recorded in book 30,
at pages 400 and 410; the Alma quartz
lode claim, recorded in book 81, at page
126, of mining claims of Idaho county,
during the year 1904, in order to hold said
claims under the provisions of section
1924 of the revised statutes of United
States and the amendments thereto, ap-
proved January %, 1880.
And if within ninety days from the
personal service of this notice, or with
in ninety days after publication thereof,
you fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of such expenditure as CO.
owners, if you claim such interest, in
said mining claims, or either or any part
of them, will become the property of
the subscribers,
HENRY F.. FoULKS
GEO. S. TINKER.
First publication March 18, 1905.
Last publication June II, 1905.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-04-01
A BIT OF PATHETIC HISTORY.
Comstock Gold Brought Sunshine and
Shadow

Sandy Bowers was a teamster, his
wife buxom and not uncomely Scotch
woman who took in washing and kept a
miners boarding house. 1t was in the
early days of Virginia City, before men
had grasped the full value of the discov-
cry, and the teamster, in company with
others of his kind, came in possession
of several hundred feet on the lode at
Gold Hill 3
His claim became one of the bonanzas
of the region, and Sandy found himself
richer than he ever thought anyone
could be. Neither he nor his wife ever
rose to the level of their fortune. They
remained the teamster and the washer
woman to the end. There is a story
that neither could read nor write. AT
ter giving an entertainment at the
international Hotel, such as that hos
ltelry of many grandures had never be-
fore seen, they went to Europe for two
| years.
When they came back they were still
the teamster and the washerwoman.
Europe had added no veneer. But the
money was still in plenty. ''Money to
throw at the BIRDS" as the old man
was wont to say. Nevada was more to
their taste than anywhere else, so they
elected to remain there, and that strange
monument of wealth, which is known
all through Nevada and California as
1.-THE Bowers mansion, was built on the
shore of Washoe lake.
The site was one of extraordinary
beauty, with the walls of old snow cap
ped Sierra behind it, the sapphire sweep
of water in front. Money was never
considered in it's construction. 1t was
built with quarried stone and furnished
with the costliest San Francisco could
supply. A library of books with Sandy s
name on every volume was one of its
features. The door handles were OF
Silver, the table furnishings were the
finest to be had at that place at that
time.
Here the old people-for they were get
ting old-settled and dispensed lavish
, hospitality. Here an adopted chile
, whom they dearly loved and had named
Persia, died. Here, too, later on, Sandy
died and was buried in the garden unde1
2 the shadow of the Sierra. And here
= the shades of evening beginning to clos
t on this strange dramma-poverty over
:. took his widow. She. strove to redeem
her first losses by speculation, throwing
good money after bad. In her case tn
S wheel of fortune made a complete rev
It olution. Her old age saw her as poo
O as she had been in her youth. Sh
passed from stage to stage and finall
:. made livelihood by practicting fol
i tune telling in San Francisco, it havin
e always been understood that she ha
the gift of second sight. The cryst;
% in which she gazed had shown her man
- things, but nothing stranger, more drs
y matte and varied than her own life
il Mining and Engineering Review.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-04-01
ARE WAKING UP.

Yesterday the Journal threw a word
of warning in respect to the possible
effect of the operations of the State
Wagon Road commission on the diver
sion of Thunder Mountain business to
the southern part of the state. 1t is
common knowledge that the constantly
growing business into Thunder now
goes through northern Idaho via Mos
COW, Lewiston and Sites, geographical
conditions being favorable' and the
wagon road facilities much better than
are available by southern route.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-04-01
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
Elk City, Idaho, Jan. 27, 1905.

To r. L. Phillips:
You are hereby notified that one hun
dred dollars has been expended upon
the Townsite quartz mining claim, sit
uated in Elk City mining district, and
that the undersigned has paid your pro-
portion of said one hundred dollars as
will appear by certificates on file in the
office of the recorder of Idaho county,
state of Idaho, in order to hold said
mining claim under the provisions of
section 1924, revised statutes of the
United States.
And within ninety days from the SER
vice of this publication you refuse or
fail to contribute your proportion of
such expenditure as co-owner, together
with cost of this publication, your inter-
est in said claim will become the prop
erty of the subscriber.
LAWRENCE A. PAINTER.
First pub cation Jan. %. 1905.
Last publication April 20, 1905.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-04-01
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
Lewiston, Idaho, January 6, 1905.
State of Idaho, county of Nez Perez.
To John Mackay Tor Mackie)

State of Idaho, county of Nez Perez.
To John Mackay Tor Mackie):
You are hereby notified that the I'M
dersigned corporation has expended one
hundred dollars upon the Blue Bird
quartz mining claim, situated in Rob-
bins mining district, as will appear by
certificates on file in the office of the
recorder of Idaho county, state of Idaho,
in order to hold said premises under the
provisions of section 1924, revised stat
utes of the United States, being the
amount required to hold the same for
the year ending January l, 1905.
And within ninety days from the SER
vice of this publication you fail or refuse
to contribute your proportion of such
expenditure as co. owner, your interest
in said claim will become the property
of the subscriber under said section
1924 The Granite Mining & Milling
Company, Limited, by
CHAs. c. PHILLIPS, Sec'y.
First publication Jan. IA, 1905.
Last publication April 8, 1905.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-04-01
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
Elk City, Idaho, March 8, 1905. ,
To David w. caves, E. W.. Eaves and
Genrcre Z Knenner their reSnectlVe

Elk City, Idaho, March 8, 1905.
To David w. Eaves, E. W.. Eaves and
George E. Knepper, their respective
heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that the I'M
dersigned has expended during the year
1904, one hundred dollars in labor and
improvements upon each of the follow
ing named placer claims, situated in Elk
City mining district, Idaho county, Idaho
to-wit.: The Gold Hill, Amended, Nos.
l and 2, and Gold Hill No. placer
claims, notice of location of which said
claims are recorded respectively in book
9 of mining claims, at page 2OS, and
book 6 at page 1914, records of mining
claims, in the office of the recorder of
Idaho county, Idaho. That said labor
and improvements were performed and
made for the purpose of holding said
mining claims under the provisions of
section 1924 of the revised statutes of
I the United states, and the amendments
thereto approved January %, 1880.
And if within ninety days from the
personal service of this notice, or within
ninety days after the publication thereof
you fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of such expenditure as a CO.
owner, if you claim such interest, such
interest in said mining claims, or either
or any part of them, will become the
property of the subscriber,
WALTER Cook.
First publication March Is, 1905.
Last publication June II, 1905.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-04-01

The MINING NEWS extends its sincere
sympathy to Mr.. Bradley of the Stand
ard in the death of his estimable wife,
which occurred Tuesday at Grangeville.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-14

ernment and people of Santo 10
mingo." No claim of creditor living
in a foreign eountr.' is to be eonsia,
cred until that country agrees to ae-
cept the decision of the United states'
and no claim is to to be paid until the
money has Deen collected.
The change in the treaty render II
less Objectionable, but they do not
make plain the reason why Uncle Sam
should be pushed into the bill collect
ing business in order to help a lot oil
ragamuffin governments out of hole.
True, the treaty as amended does not
bind us to go further, but once we
engage in the collection business the
tendency will be 10 go on from one
republic to another. The ridiculous
provisions of the first treaty relating
to the Monroe doctrine have at any
rate been eliminated, and if the repub-
licans are determined to push the
treaty through it is better of course
to accept it as amended in the SEN
ate. Its rejection altogether would be
better still.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-14
After Mukden-What7
alone.

It is plain, frs, that one-half OF
Kuropat1ins 100000 men have been
put out of business, and 1t is equally
as plain that Oyama has no intention
of letting the broken army stay at
Tie Pass. They will be fianked out OF
it before they can reorganize and be-
come strong again.
The battle O. Mukden will long stand
in history as a great military event.
The Russians were fighting on 1nte-
rior lines yell entrenched, and yet
they were driven pell-mell into a re-
treat. 1t seems to be plain that kuro-
patlxin's chief mistake consisted in not
providing himself with an adequate
and efficient intelligence department.
He did not know the Japanese
strength and what they contemplated.
This much is confessed by General
Kuropatldn himself, and the mistake
mas cost MIN Oue-ndil vi LILO h6hbih6
strength.
The other half cannot stay at Tie
Pass. for they will speedily be fianked
out os it-what then? Where else
short of Hardin, SEQ miles away, can
the Russians make an effective stand?
Kuropatlsin or his successor has
lost all opportunity to take the often
sive against the overpowering, ire
pressible Japanese-at least, they
have lost it for this campaign and
year, and Hardin and Vladivostok will
both this year fall into Japanese
hands. The Car is reported to have
said that in an extremity the Rus
slams would fall back to Lake Bailxal,
where they would leisurely prepare
to meet their Asiatic foe. Either this
or peace seems to be the only alter
natives eft to Russia. unless indeed
Rojestvensky's old hulks afford loop
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