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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-14
D Yss! Spseslats1

We want an agent in every
town where we haven't an Office
to handle speculative business.
Liberal terms to right person.
Write us at once. Department
e., Edwards Wood Co., st. Paul,
MINI.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-12-14

TAKEN UP Red muley COW,
rope around neck Owner ID re-
quested to come and identity
and remove said animal.
ANDREW IDsvooG,
Town of ROmuess.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-03-24
THE FREIGHT
Strong Hopes That It Will at Last
Be Lifted.

The embargo declared some months
ago upon all shipments of freight other
than railroad construction material and
the n-ecessaries of life consigned for de-
livery to the gold fields of Southern Ne
vada, is about to be raised, says the
Reno Journal. The blockade is to be
speedily cleared-at least that is the
conclusion of those who have closely OBJ
served the developments of the past few
days and the movements OF prominent
officials of the road interested.
The presence in this city yesterday OF
General Manager G.. G. Calvin, q. w.
Luce, general freight agent, the latter
having under his personal charge the
freight congestion of the southern dis
trict, created a stir and was the source
of general conversation throughout the
city all day.
The party arrived in the private car
of General Manager Calvin, which was
switched off to the V. & T. road immed-
lately and attached to the morning train
for Tonopah. These officials will return
Monday or Tuesday.
For weeks the situation in the TOno-
pah and Goldtield districts has been
something frightful. The congestion of
freight shipments has made it necessary
for the railroad to put a strict embargo
upon absolutely every class OF merchan-
disc with but two exceptions. This con-
dition has created untold p~rivation with
many there who have long been ready
and anxious to get material to their
camps by which they could proceed in
the development of their respective
claims. A tent, secure from the ele-
ments, has been and still is a palace to
many of the locators there.
Even those who have money to fur
ther in every way within their power
their operations, are helpless, so DEEPEN
dent are they upon the railroad facili-
ties for transporting goods ordered by
them, until right now there is nothing
in greater need than the immediate
clearing OF the existing blockade. 1t
will undoubtedly be but a very brief
time before the relief will come to the
rapid growth of all that territory.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-03-24

looks wise. in fact his countenance
shows a deep sympathy for our unac-
countable crudulity. It's the same old
story-the same one we heard in every
prosperous and permanent mining camp
and which we will occasionally have re-
peated here. "Surface deposits" the
pessimist told us of the copper deposits
of La Cananea, Mexico, and the United
Verde in Jerome, Arizona, the veins of
Cripple Creek and Tonopah.
To the average mining man who is &C
customed to do things the p%essimistic
~prophesies of surface deposits and veins
that will not go down count for little.
He is too busy with his work and his
efforts to. produce ore to listen to the
wall of the pessimist. There is how
ever a certain number of people of a
timid nature who have little or no
knowledge of mining to whom the pessi-
mist is a personification of conservatism
and with whom he finds a ready audi
ence. For the benefit of this class we
wish to consider the statement that the
veins do not go down.
Such a remark was made to jim
Butler in the early days of Tonopah and
he answered "Well, they don't go up"
1t was well put and the truth of it could
not be denied. Later on, after norm
Gus ore bodies had been developed and
the continuity Of the veins established,
j. f. Spur, United States Geological
Surveyor, in his preliminary Report
on Tonopah" bulletin No. 2l9) made
the following statement at is beyond
question, therefore, that the veins thus
far found are only a fraction of those
which exist in the vicinity.
Yet in the early days of the camp we
were told the ore was a surface deposit
and that the veins would not 60 down.
The veins of Goldfeld are many and
run in every direction but usually
parallel with the dykes of andesite or
other eruptive rock. The filling of the
metallifuous veins, or in other words
the ores, was undoubtedly derived from
great subterranean depth and deposited
through the agencies of circulating
waters. How her is it within the
power of man to assert that the veins
will not go down, when the source of
the veins is of such great depth? In
addition to all of this the cold bare fact
remains that as depth has been gained
in the mines of Goldfield and vicinity
the continuity of the ore bodies has
been proven beyond a shadow of doubt.
Ask the management OF the January,
Combination, Jumbo and Florence or
of any of the mines that have gained
depth as to the ore bodies in the lower
workings. Don't ask for opinions or
theories but get down to the cold hard
facts in the case and when you have
done this you will have as little patience
or respect for "The veins don't &C
down''howl of the pessimist as has the
writer of this article.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-03-24
The Street Corner PesSimist
Contributed

A mining camp is a community of cos
mopolitans. Men from every orner of
the world and all walks of life gather
there. Social lines are not as finely
drawn as in older communities and the
man of force and character who has the
spirit and energy to do things is always
a welcome addition to the population.
This is the type one generally meets in
a new mining camp. He saw for HIM
self and believed. He now has rolled
up his sleeves and is here to work and
to succeed-both of which he will do.
He is the man who does things, who has
no use for the word fail and it is by
this order of men that fortunes have
beeen and will be wrestled from the
ground.
There is another type however, who
though but a small minority, is always
to be found at a new mining excitement.
The man who will doubiously admit
that there is some mineral here but who
confidentially tell you that prices are too
high and that he is afraid the mineral
in evidence is only a surface deposit,
''The veins don't go down." he solemnly
whispers to you. "Why SO many idle
men if the camp is good?" he will ask
you. He is the same man who saw idle
men at Leadville, Cripple Creek and
Tonopah and the same man who said
"The veins don't go down" at these re-
spective places.
IT'S true there are idle men here and
it is also true that there are idle men in
not only every mining camp of promi-
hence but in every city and hamlet in
in the country. The fame of Goldfield
has spread over the land and penniless
adventures from New York to San
Francisco have been attracted here. A
majority of this class are people who
have no mission or fixed purpose. They
are "drifters" and followers of the
procession who are here today and away
to some other excitement tomorrow.
There is as well another class who,
though of good and honest intention, do
not understand the conditions existing
il a new mining country and for whom
there is no field or opportunity. The
only industries that can prosper here
are those directly dependent on ore con-
nected with mining and the men who
mine, and people of other occupations
who come here soon realize that they
are out of their sphere and removed from
familiar conditions and vocations. For
such as these a mining camp offers
nothing and in coming here the mistake
is of their own making.
These two classes, together with the
usual number of sight seers incidental
to every new excitement, constitute the
greater percentage Of idle men here and
they are in the same proportion that all
mining camps have experienced.
1.-The veins will not go down." VIZ are
told. "Why!" we ask but the pessimist
sadly and solemnly shakes his head and
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-03-24
NIXON AT
How Our Junior Senator Is Regarded
at Nations Capital.

Senator George S. Nixon of Nevada
succeeds Senator Stewart, whose first
service in the senate a%ntedates that of
any other senator, although his service
has not been continuous, says the Wash
ington Post. Mr.. Nixon is in his 45th
year and is a prosperous business man.
He was born in California and is a true
westerner through and through. Mr..
Nixon went to Nevada when 20 years of
age, and had a struggle against adverse
circumstances that nerved him for the
career that was before him. He had
learned telegraphy in his native state,
and the first work he did in Nevada was
as "knight of the key" He was ope-
rator at one of the lonesome stations in
the state. Later he got a position in a
bank at Reno, and in 1885 organized the
First National bank in Winnemucca, of
which he is president. He now controls
four other banks, owns big cattle estates
and some of the most valuable mining
property in Nevada.
Mr.. Nixon supported William j. Bryan
in 1896 and 1900, but he is now a loyal
Republican. He was once a member of
the Nevada legislature, but that and the
s~enatorship are the only public offices
he has ever held. At one time he owned
one of the most successful newspapers
OF the state.
Senator Nixon was a victim of one of
the most daring bank robberies that was
eve perpetrated in the west. He was
president of the Winnemucca bank in
the fall of 1890 and was in his office
when five desperados rode up and pro-
ceeded to take possessi IN of the prem
ises. Before he could reach for his Win
chester, which was ten feet away, he
was covered with a Colts revolver and
was ordered to throw up his hands.
With a knife at his throat he was forced
to unlock the safe, and he laid bare
before the robbers $50, 900 in cash. Not
a cent OF that booty was ever recovered.
They were pursued as soon as an alarm
could be given and a party collected, but
they got away in Wyoming.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-03-24
Los Angeles Capitalists Here.

A party of Los Angeles capitalists, ac-
companied by Chas. IL. Treat, man
ager for the Mims-Sutro company in
that city, are here as the guests 81 lat
company to inspect properties in which
they are interested. They will also
visit Kawich, Bullfrog and Tokop.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-03-24
Why Not

Purchase from owner and save brokers'
commission? l own good properties
close in and remote. Prices and terms
reasonable. j. u. MENARDI,
If Goldfield, Nevada.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-03-24

Blank forms of affidavit of annual
labor for sal. at The News Office. n
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-08
DAVIS COUNTY LINE.

Davis County Line April 4.-James
Cotton and little son Geary were at
Olive Branch one day last week
Mrs. S. B. Carroll and daughter
Berdie entertained a large number of
their friends at quilting last We'd
nesday.
Henry Hamm visited recently with
his cousin Willard Hamm.
Mrs. Flora Carroll visited several
days last week with Mrs. S. B. Car
roll and family.
L. P. Perry intends moving his fam
lily near Hedrick in the near future.
Martin Lutte and wife intend leaving
for Montana soon to make that place
their future home.
Gabe Schlotter and daughter Anna
were trading at Eldon one day last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Carroll are the pa
rents of little son at their home
Ola Lasley and Mrs. D. M. Perry
visited Friday with Mrs. Maud Perry
and family.
Miss Ruby Hamm visited Friday
and Saturday with Mrs Phoebe Seitz
and family.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-08
A Wedding at Bloomfield.

Bloomfield, April 4.-The marriage
of Miss Edith Snoddy and Ed Barnett
occurred Sunday evening at 1880
o'clock at the home Of the brides pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Snoddy in
the northeast part of the city. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. d.
A. Wickizer and only few Immediate
friends We're present The wedding
was intended as a surprise, and as the
bride was entertaining Miss Mary
Sherer, of Unionville, Mo-, the guests
came to the wedding in response to
an invitation to meet Miss Sherer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barnett are both well
known having lived here always. Mrs.
Barnett IS recent graduate Of the
high school. They will go TIC house
keeping at once in the George Rom
niger property in the southeast part OF
the city.
Dr. Will Dufield, of Phoenix, Ariz-
ona, writes his parents. Mr. and Mrs
! NJ Dufield. that his practice is
greatly taxing his strength and that
In a short time he will return home
for a much needed rest.
Dossa Swinaey, who is attending the
Highland Park college, is spending a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-08
LADDsDALE,

Laddsdale, April 81. H. Hinkle, S.
II. Reden and j. T. Owenregiste-ed at
the Hinkle house on Washington street
on Monday. They were measuring the
highway from Floris to Eldon.
James Spears returned on Monday
from Keb, where he spent Sunday with
his family.
w R. Daum, general manager of the
Anchor Coal company, was in town on
Monday on mining business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson and Mrs.
Robinson's brother, Mr.. Cartright of
Eldon, are visiting in the country near
Eddyville this week.
Joseph Truman, Jr., spent Sunday
with his mother in Keb and returned
on Monday.
The sad news was received on Mon
day of the serious sickness of J. HI.
Fredrickson, ST., at Keb. Mr.. friedrich
son has many friends here who form
erly lived in Keb.
Mrs. Dug Harding of EIdon, spent
Sunday in town at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Wilton Haigbey.
John Eyrich Of Keb moved his fam.
lily here on Saturday. They vii. oc.
cupy house on Water street.
J. ]. Breckenridge of Plano, accepted
position as night Waterman at No. Q
mine this week
Mrs. M. w. johnson returned home
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-08
HIGHLAND CENTER.

Highland Center, April AIRS. N
G. Browne and son Eugene visited
with Miss Crete Browne of the OF
trmwa hospital Saturday.
Mrs. Henry Phillips and son, Of OF
tumMa, spent Friday with Mrs. Phil
lips aunt, Mrs. Kirkpatrick.
Miss Gretna Grain is able to be out
again after a severe attack of the
grip.
Miss Covey Prebble returned to her
home in Ottumwa Monday morning
accompanied by Miss Matte Browne
who Is home on short vacation.
Miss Helene Townsend spent Sun
day in Ottumwa
Miss Charlotte Mccormick begun
her spring term of school at the But
Ter school Monday morning.
Miss Alice Summers is suffering
from an attack Of tonsilitis.
G. w. Bender is moving the cream
cry and clearing the ground for the
erection Of the Odd Fellows hall.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
society will meet at the church Thurs
day afternoon. A very interesting pro.
gram is being prepared.
Mr. Plank and family are now nicely
settled in the Geo. Beck place recently
vacated by L. w. Shoemaker
Miss Minnie Rogers returned home
Wednesday from visit to Ottumwa
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-08
BIDWELL.

Bidwell, April 4-Willard Van Eos
san, of High Point, was a business
visitor at the omer Johnston home
last Tuesday.
Miss Stella Golf, of Agency, was a
guest few days last week at the C
D. Apley home on Broad street.
Mrs. Margaret Dixon of Munterville
visited her daughter, Mrs. Mary CHS
man last week
Mrs. Luther Lathrop, who has beer
in very poor health for some time, is
reported to be considerable worse. DR.
l.. Terrence. of Blakesburg, is attend
ing her.
Mrs. Cora Childs, of ottumwa was
a welcome visitor at the F. E. Perry
home Friday.
Joseph Heocock was iE ottumwa
last week on business.
Miss Eva Garfield a popular youne
lady of this vicinity. was married in
San Francisco, Cal, to Bert Jewett, OF
that place, March IS.
c.. r. Chisman and family were
guests on Friday at U. L. Harlan's ir
Pleasant Home.
Mrs. Daniel Rosecrans returned Sat
urday, after brief visit in Ottumwa
Miss Stella Potter has gone to Abba
to work.
Mrs. c. D. Aplcy made short visit
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HAZEL DELL.

Hazel Dell, April 5.--Mrs. Curry left
for her home in Missouri last week
after a short visit with her son, ]. W.
and W. D. Ramsey.
Miss Inez Truitt spent few days
last week with her sister, Mrs. F. T..
Dexter.
Lay Hollingsworth of Abba and Mrs.
j. P. Hollingsworth and little daugh-
ter, Maye, visited Wednesday with
Miss Virgie Baum
Rev. R. Vernon Pike and Leon Pike,
both of Kirkville. were business call
ers at the o. G. Truitt home Monday.
They will leave for South Dakota
future home
daughter Beatrice, Of South Ottumwa,
were the guests of ]. W. Workman
and wife Sunday.
Mrs. Gift is visiting this week with
her daughter, Mrs. Ada Baum.
The Misses Della Smith, Eva
Harsch, Dora Hendricks and Earl
Harsch spent Friday evening with
Miss Inez Truitt at the F. L. Dexter
home
Mr.. and Mrs Claude Briles, of OF.
tumwa, are visiting at the parental
PRIZE home.
Charles Moss and family, of Orman.
vile, spent Sunday with G. G. Cock.
erell and family.
Rev. Gunberg, of Ottumwa. preach
ed last Sunday at the j. e. Nelson
home.
]. w. AMI w. D. Ramsey visited a
few days last week with relatives in
Bellnap.
Miss Pearl Hollingsworth was {
Sunday visitor at the E. G. Harscf
nome.
Word comes here of the birth of q
son to Mr.. and Mrs. Worth Bear OF
South Lakota. Mr.. Bear is quite wei
known here.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-08
RIcHLAND.

Richland, April 5.-Elsie Sellers who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Cora
Thompson. at Omaha, Neb., returned
home Wednesday.
Mrs. l. Hunt returned from Joy, ILL.,,
Sunday where visited relatives for a
week.
G. A. Swayze, of Eldora, visited at
the Oswald Greeson home over Sun
day.
John Pendergraft and Henry Coff-
man were in Ottumwa Friday.
Abraham Sellers visited his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Harley Lowe, at Keota, Sun
day.
Warren Stewart, of Keota, is in the
city on business.
Mrs. Anderson Cox, who visited rel.
atives here last week, returned to her
home at Oskaloosa Saturday
Mrs. A. j. Anderson, of Ollie, visited
friends here Saturday.
Daniel Fogleman and Elisha Greg.
DRY, of Osceola, are visiting relatives
here.
c. A. Swayze, wife and son, left for
their home at Eldora, Monday.
Bunk Ward was in Ottumwa Friday
Emma Ferree, who has been visiting
relatives here for the past two weeks,
left for Seattle, Wash, where she has
a position.
George Simmerman, of Keota, was
a business caller here last week
Mrs. Bert Sargent, of Fort Madison
visited friends in the city Friday.
Arch Reed, who is working in OF
tumwa, was an over Sunday visitor al
home.
verle Wade visited friends in Ollie
Saturday.
Bertha Evans, who has been VISITING
relatives here for the past week, re
turned to her home in Ottumwa Sat
urday
Mrs. Sue Ray, who has been visiting
relatives here, returned to her home
at Bedford Monday.
James Greenlee and wife were IL
Fairfield Tuesday.
Britta Anderson, of Ollie, was ar
over Sunday visitor with Myrtle Golf
man.
Luther snider and wife were IL
Fairfield Tuesday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-08
lima Olney is on the sick list.
PULASKI.

Pulaski, April 5.--Mrs. Delbert
knight and son Floyd returned home
from Pueblo, Colo. last Friday, where
they spent the winter on account Of
their health. Wee
Little Bernice Corrick, Of ottumwa,
visited her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
j. q. Reed, last week.
NJ H. Shepherd and family, Of
Bloomfield, are visiting Mrs. Shep-
herds mother, Mrs. Margaret Burns.
this week.
Jake Baughman, of Burlington, ia
visiting his brother Will and sisters
Lizzie and Lavina Baughman.
Miss Myrtle Day, of Ottumwa, Wis
tied at the home of Dan Gerrick ana
other relatives last week.
Mrs. Andrew George returned home
from Ottumwa yesterday, where She
has been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Frank Hendricks, the past week.
News came Friday that Peter Kin
singer, who has been visiting his
daughters in Peoria, ILL.,, for some time.
had had paralytic stroke and
was in critical condition. Mrs. Kin
singer left on the evening train for
Peoria.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-08
IRISH BEND.

Irish Bend, April 4.-Mr. Duncan, OF
Henry county, was in this vicinity
buying Angus calves recently.
James Craig sold his two-year- old
steers recently.
p. Brown and wife, of Lebanon, Wis
tied at the Sherman Brown home
Monday.
w. A. Davis was a caller in this
vicinity Friday.
Henry Akey was at Eldon on bust.
ness Friday.
McGill & Gardner had sale last
Tuesday. Stock all sold at high
prices.
w. H. Charnnell was in this vicinity
buying corn last week.
Mrs. Elva Harryman entertained
Mrs. Via Roush Friday.
Mr.. Shafer has fully recovered
from an attack of the grip.
Jno. Etheridge and family are re-
moving to their farm in this vicinity
F. S. Harryman is repainting his
residence.
Plowman Bros. are building a large
amount of woven wire fence around
their farm here.
Harvey Stout has gone to New Yorl
and from there he will go to Portland
Oregon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-08
WEST VAN BUREN,.

West Van Buren,, April 4-Frank
Rines and Mr.. Workman, of Stockport
We're here looking for cattle last week
Mrs. Retta Kunzman called on Mrs
w. H. Harryman Saturday.
Misses Verna and Alma Plowmar
and Leslie Parsons were guests Sun
day of Mr.. and Mrs. jamie Parsons.
John Cowan and wife, of Lebanon
were visiting in Leando Saturday and
Sunday.
Ed and Carl Davis spent one night
last week with their uncle, p L. Davis
and family.
Mrs. Wanna Roush visited Mrs. Elva
Harryman Friday.
Miss Mary Whitten went to Chart
ton last week to visit with relatives
a couple of weeks.
Ed Green and family, of Leando
visited friends Sunday near Lebanon
George Green and wife were visi-
tors at Lebanon last week.
Geo. Wiley, of Leando, Is here work
ing at the carpenter trade.
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BATAVIA.

Batavia, April 5.-Mrs. Frank Fishel
and children and Mrs. John Long yis-
tied over Sunday at the home OF their
father, Sam Simpler, near Bernhart.
Miss Gephart, Of Ottumwa, spent q
few days last week with her friend,
Miss Greta Lewis.
James and Miss Iva Davis, of Com
petine spent Sunday at the Mcneil
home.
Miss Blanche Stever returned ON
Monday from two weeks visit with
friends at Fairfield and Brighton.
John Mcneil left Monday morning
for Blakesburg, where he will work
for a few weeks as assistant book
keeper in the nursery there.
Misses Blanche and Fora Bissell OF
Ottumwa visited last week with Rev.
and Mrs. Kemp.
Miss Amy Parrett returned on Sat.
urday from Chicago where she spent
the last five months.
John Shive moved his family to FL
don last week.
Rev. Paris Of Packwood was ia
town few days last week.
Last Wednesday evening the mem
bers of Mrs. Rose Kemp's and Miss
1lSsleT MCINelIS sunday SCHOOL classes
were very pleasantly entertained at
the Kemp home. The evening was
spent in various games and music.
Light refreshments were served Those
present We're: Misses: Blanche and
Fora Bissell, Gephart. Of Ottumwa.
Greta Lewis. Veva McClain. 7Veya
Shoemaker, Myrtle Caviness, Ethel
lyins, Rose Henderson, Mabel Newell.
Hester Nehre, Roy Frescoln John Nc.
Mel, Alfred Lawson, Ray FrescoIn,
and Roy Parrett.
F. r. Ornduff made business trfp
to Ottumwa Friday.
Rev. Kemp conducted the funeral Of
Mrs. FOSSIL at Bladensburg Sunday
Little Bruce Frescoln is yet in the
Ottumwa hospital, but he is rapidly
regaining his health, and 1t is Thought
he will be able in few days to be
brought home.
The foundations of Nelson's new
brick building is nearly completed
The building will be erected on the
same place as the old one which was
recently destroyed by fire.