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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-10-13
A DIVIDEND

The Nevada Exploitation company
declared it's first dividend on the 10th
inst. This is a close corporation of
which j. P. Lotus is president and
general manager. The stock is held by
only a few people and has never been
offered on the public market. 1t is ex-
pected that a regular monthly dividend
will be paid hereafter. This is the
third mining corporation in the dis
trict to declare a regular dividend, al
though, of course, ~lessees operating as
individuals or firms have divided
among themselves several millions.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-10-13
PERMANENTLY LOCATED

Yesterday was moving day for the
local Stock Exchange and during the
morning the pit vas transferred from
the eramped quarters in the Goldfeld
Bank building to roomy apartments on
the basement floor of the Nixon block.
The first call was held there at the Gus
tomary hour in the afternoon and was
largely attended by brokers and their
friends. As yet the quarters are some
what disheveled owing to the rapidity
with which the change was made but
within a few days will be in ship shape
condition. No better site could have
been selected for holding the calls, for
the room is spacious and affords ample
accommodations for both pit, and a
foyer where the uninitiated may watch
the gambols of the bulls and bears.
The date of the formal opening has
not yet been set but it is the intention
to hold 1T within the next few DAYS.
possibly Monday.
With the advent to new quarters the
brokers are enabled to transact bust
ness without elbowing eaeh other
against the secretary's desk or dis
turblng the equipoise of Caller Harry
Hedrick. They have not been slow r.
appreciate the advantages of a change
OF base and as a result Yesterdays
call was marked by a decided increase
In animation. On Monday a total of
y 300 shares were sold; Tuesday. a.
oIo shares changed hands; Wednesday
the sales totaled 29,300; and Tbursday
a total of 36,l0O shares were dealt in.
AT a meeting of the oovar,;no
BOARD OF the Goldfield Mining Stock
Exchange held October 7, the board
lstened to the report of the location
committee and after discussion il was
uecided to secure quarters for the
tlme being in the basement of tho
Nixon building. The executive com.
mlttee as selected consists of Fl n
nfagdon, president; NJ. M. Detch. vice
president; John s. Cook and L. T..
fatrlek. Other appointments wara
maue as follows: F. H. Lathrap, chair
man OF listing COMMITTEES; R. L. Col.
ourn' chairman of committee on ar
rangements; Henry Weber, chairman
81 membership committee, and ]. r
y brlen, chairman of the arbitration
committee. The chairman of the var;
Gus committees are to select the otbar
member and report the same RI tha
governing board.
The exchange has enjoyed a fine
business since its organization. sales
averaging from 10000 to $4,000 sbaros
per day. Interest is increasing ana
- exchange is already a huge sue.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-10-13

Mr.. E. M. Binford, president of the
grapevine Mining company, has re-
turned to the Grapevine range for the
purpose of letting some additional con
tracts and arranging for further work
upon the Company's property, which is
situated about midway between the
Bonnie Clare mine and the Bullfrog
district. Two 50-foot shafts on differ.
portions of the property are just
being completed, and new contracts
will be let for sinking them to the
hundred-foot level or for drifting on
the veins in search of a pay shoot.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-10-13
DIAMOND

A large hoist and pumping plant ha
been installed on shaft No. 4 of tn
Headcenter claim of the Goldfield Dia
mond company. Contact with the ledg
has been gained and the work of sink
ing on it is now in progress. Whel
the 100-foot point is reached it is tn
intention to drift ON the vein an,
thoroughly prove it up.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-10-13
THE VELVET

Wilson and associates, leasing on the
Velvet, have milling ore at a depth of
10 feet on the ledge. Big paintings are
obtained from surface dirt and it is
only a question of time when bonanza
ore will be opened at depth in the Vel
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-10-13
MARKET REVIEW

The local stock market has been
somewhat quiet this week owing to the
fact that arrangements for moving into
permanent quarters have occupied the
attention of the governing board and
the further fact that the transferring
of the pit has hampered the holding IF
calls. Yesterday the exchange was
located in the Nixon block and in the
future regular calls will be held there
each day or the week except Sunday.
Following are yesterdays quotations:
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-10-13
r GOLD BAR

The attention of a party of promi-
nent operators recently at Bullfrog has
been called to the Gold Bar of that
district, and it is reported that a deal
of much Importance is penang, which
will materially affect the future value
of this well-known property. Reports
from the mine show steady improve
ment and the force of men employed
has beer increased.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-10-13
rALMADaE NJ. co.

Otto List and associates, leasing on
the Talmadge Mining company's prop
erty on indicator mountain, are down
go feet on a ledge 20 feet wide and are
meeting with encouraging results. The
entire bottom of the shaft averages
$3.50 per ton, while occasional
punches and streaks run very high.
In a week or two men will be put to
work on company account as the own
ers feel confident they can make a
mine.
Pierce and associates, leasing On the
Alhambra claim are drifting on the
vein at a depth of so feet and the in
drcations for opening up a permanent
and valuable ore body are considered
better than average. From surface
down the ~Iessees nave been in vein
matter hut it was deemed best to sink
to the 5O-foot point before attempting
any extensive development. In the
drift at that point the lead is showing
better than 2 feet in width. 1t assays
and pans excellently and as work pro-
ceeds values are increasing.
GoLDFIELD BURLINGTON
A systematic and thorough course of
development work is to be prosecuted
on the holdings of the Goldfeld Bur
lington Mining company during the
fall and winter months. j. III. Hogan
of Los Angeles, and w. G. Young of
Denver, returned to camp yesterday
and will represent the stockholders at
the scene of operations. Exploitation
on quite an extensive scale has been
in g there with satisfactory results,
the larger proportion of which has
been done on the Madonna claim. A
shaft has been sunk there to a depth
of IS feet and it is the intention to- at
once install a 15-horse power gasoline
hoist. The shaft is then to be lowered
100-feet below its present mark and
crosscuts run to the vein.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-10-13
THE ROsEBUsH

Dougherty, Beckley and associates,
leasing on the Rosebush, owned by
Smith & Kerniek, are down 120 feet
and have a drift in about the same
distance. The formation looks very
favorable, but the values are low at
present.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-10-13

Percy H. Mcmahon, superintendent
of the Butte Lode Mining company, of
Randsburg, California, is in the camp.
Mr.. Mcmahon ~eontemplates investing
in mining propositions in the Goldfeld
district and is backed in the enterprise
by Los Angeles capitalists.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-30
PENNY GIVES CITY NAME
Coin FIipped to Decide for Portland
Is on Exhibition.

PORTLAND, June 30.-The penny
that named the city Of Portland is in
town and on exhibition at the cigar
counter in the Oregon Hotel It is
the property Of Frank w. Pettygrove,
of Seattle, district manager for the J..
A. Folger company, and the story Of
how it named Portland follows:
In 1912, Mr.. Pettygrove's father took
unto himself a wife, and started on a
Honeymoon journey to Oregon, going
in sailing vessel around Cape Horn.
He ought cargo of goods with him,
intending to open up store on his ar
rival. One interesting feature, and
one that shows how little the eastern
people knew of the west at that time,
is that Mr.. Pettygrove, brought with
him a large quantity of red paint, ex-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-30
Alabama Lawyers Meet

MONTGOMERY, Ala, June 30.-The
bench and bar of Alabama were well
represented at the opening today OF
the twenty-eight annual meeting OF
the Alabama State Bar association. AT
10 o'clock this morning the meeting
was called order in the hall of the
house of representatives of the state
capitol by President Thomas R. Roul-
hac of Birmingham. The annual ad-
dress of the president and reports of
other officers and of committees occu-
pied the early hours of the convention.
The chief feature of the day was the
annual address to the association,
which was delivered by Hon. John w.
Judd, of Tennessee, who took as his
subject, THE Fourteenth Amendment
Its History and Evolution" Armi-
stead Brown, of Lafayette, spoke OF
Alabama's new corporation law, and
w. L. Chambers presented paper on
THE Ministry of the Lawyer" Com
mittee reports and other business OF
perfunctory character occupied the
members during the remainder of the
day. The meeting will conclude to-
morrow with an outdoor meeting at
Jackson's lake.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-30
WOMAN FUGITIVE ARRESTED.
Mrs. Ida johnson Is Wanted for Crime
Committed in Minneapolis

SEATTLE, June 30.-Charged with
being an accessory to a series of SEN
sational crimes, committed in Mime
apolis year ago, Mrs. Ida Johnson OF
this city mas been arrested by Detec-
tive Byrnes and is now being held in
the city Jail. Mrs. Johnson has been
indicted by the grand jury at Mime
apolis on the charge of criminal
abortion. She is alleged to be a men,
Der of the quartet of two doctors and
two unrses, who, year ago, conduct
ed a hospital in Minneapolis, where
young women were taken to be oper-
ated upon criminally.
According to information in the
hands of the Seattle police the two
doctors and the other woman are now
doing terms in the state penitentiary
in Minnesota. Mrs. Johnson left the
city soon after the arrest of the other
three, and she is said to nave been in
hiding ever since.
Three months ago she came to Sc
attic, but has kept off the streets most
of the time. A few days ago the Min
neapolis sheriff learned that she was
in Seattle He notified Chief Delaney
of the fact, and the woman was taken
into custody. She made no resistance
but Immediately sent for an attorney,
saying she would fight extradition.
Sheriff Dreger of Minneapolis was no
titled to come at once for his prisoner.
The expose of the practices, alleged
to have been made by Mrs. Johnson
and her confederates, was made by the
Minneapolis Humane society, and at
the time caused a decided sensation,
for more than 80 prominent young wo-
men had been made the victims of the
unlawful business of the quartet.
Mrs. Johnson is a large woman,
good looking and we'll dressed. She
has been going under the name of
Mrs. Beach She took her arrest very
quietly and refuses to discuss the
charges against her.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-30
GOVERNMENT FISCAL YEAR JUST
ENDED HAS BEEN A
RECORD-BREAKE
Imports for Past Twelve Months Will
Exceed Fifty Million DoIlars-A
Prosperous Year

NEW YORK, June 3O.-The govern
ment fiscal year which ended today has
been a record breaking one as regards
the v~llue of imports entering the port
of New York. Although the complete
figures have not yet been compiled,
it is known that the imports for the
$50,000,OOO the entries of last year.
1t is regarded as significant of the
general prosperity Of the country that
many Of the most notable increases IN
imports at New York are in the direc-
ton Of luxuries, such as diamonds, au-
tomobiles, fine laces and similar ar
ticles.
Two of the lines showing phenom-
email increases this year are sugar and
precious stones, which in the aggre-
gate are greater by s30,000,OOO than
were the same imports one year ago.
The entries of cigars at this port dur
ing the fiscal year have been far
greater than was the case one year
ago. Passengers baggage mas yielded
an unusually large revenue to the
treasury, as have liquors and vines
Textiles of every kind have been liber-
ally imported, something like 100000
alone being invested in expensive ST..
Gall, or Swiss, embroideries. Many
other imports have made gains with
the result that the total imports at the
local customs house for this fiscal year
approximate s649,OOO,OOO, as compared
with $500 ,49S the previous year. All
things considered, customs officials
say the year has been the most pros
porous SO far as imports are concern
erd in the history Of the port Of New
York.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-30

pecting to sell it to the Indians to
paint their faces.
The bark Teuton, upon which the
journey was made, was a slow craft,
and put in at Honolulu, a part Of her
cargo being for that port This made
the journey almost a year and half
in length, and before the destination
was reached the first child was born
to the Pettygroves.
When Pettygrove reached the mouth
of the Columbia river there was no pi-
lot. The ship was sailed over the
bar, after soundings mad been made,
and continued on up the river to
where Portland now stands, the orig
inal destination of the party being Or
egon City. Opposite what is now
Portland the skipper found it impos-
sible to proceed further, owing to low
water. Pettygrove conceived the idea
Of building city at head of naviga-
ton. He preached the subject to A.
j. Lovejoy, member of the party from
Massachusetts. From John Overton
they purchased claim where the bus
mess section of Portland now stands.
The claim was purchased for $500. 1t
is now worth thousands of times that
sum.
Here a city was laid out, in the
woods. The time for naming it arriv
ed. Lovejoy desired to name it Bos-
ton, after the most important city in
his state. Pettygrove wanted to name
it Portland, after the most important
city in Maine, his native state They
agreed to toss a penny, heads to mean
Boston, tails to mean Portland, the
best two in three to be the choice
Pettygrove won the first toss; Love-
joy won the second, and the third
proved to be tails, and Portland it
was.
The younger Pettygrove still mas
the identical penny and would not take
any amount of money for it. His ia
Their kept it for pocket-piece and
it has been handed down to the son
who bears his fathers name. 1t is
dated 1885, and is one of those large
coins in vogue at that time about the
size of a quarter Of the present day.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-30
Poison in Eqqs.

Eggs may be poisous even before
they are laid" is the cheerful state
ment made by Professor Metcnnikoff,
of the Pasteur Institute, Paris, in the
witness box. The whites may contain
disease breeding microbes. These,
when heated, survive in vegitating
state up to 60 degrees centigrade or
40 degrees Fahrenheit. Consequent
ly raw or even partly cooked egg
however fresh, may always be poison
Gus, owing to the possible presence OF
lively bacteria in the white, and con-
tanned therein from the very beginning
The professors evidence was given in
case before the First Chamber in
which a pastry cook is being sued by
25 persons who had been made very
ill by eating some of the cream tarts
and by the heirs of a 26th VINO died
of it. Official experts, supported by
M. Metchnikoff, stated at the first
hearing of the case that it is utterly
impossible to ever make sure that
whipped cream containing white OF
egg unboiled shall be innocuous, how
ever fresh the egg, for the above rea-
son.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-30

In our Almanac for many years past we
have given unusual advice to those Attic
ted with coughs, colds, throat or lung
troubles or consumption. We have told
them if they did not receive any special
benefit after the use of one 75-cent size
bottle of German Syrup, to consult their
doctor. We did not ask them or urge
them to use large number of bottles, as
is the case in the advertising of many
other remedies. Our confidence in Ger
man Syrup makes it possible for US to
give such advice. We know by the ex-
perience of over IS years that one 75-cent
bottle of German Syrup will speedily re-
lieve or cure the worst coughs, colds,
bronchial or lung troubles-and that,
even in bad cases of consumption, one
large bottle of German Syrup will work
wonders. New trial bottles, 2Sc.; reg
nlar size, 7sc. At all druggists.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-30
SEATTLE SAILOR WAS SLATED
FOR PEN WHEN A FRIEND
INTERFERED
Pleaded Guilty to an Information Un-
der a Observation-Disclosures
His Discharge.

ne llIucly lllSI1SI CllCS VI q Ii lCiiO
is all that prevented Angus Mcdonald,
a Seattle sailor from being brought
the week to serve one year on charge
of burglary. The penitentiary SEN
tence was imposed after he had plead
ed guilty to a charge Of burglary.
Although Mcdonald had doubts as
to his guilt, he thought it better to go
to the penitentiary without making a
fight, so as to escape all other unde-
sirable notoriety. Mcdonald was ar
rested for stealing a sextant worth $50
from the office of William Mcdonald,
says the Seattle Times. The sextant
was found in a pawn shop, where the
man had pledged it as security for
the loan of So. The marine instrument
was stolen while the owner was alb
sent from his office. When ne returned
he notified the police and made a spe-
cial request that the thief be caught
regardless of expense.
Took Wrong Sextant.
Thornton and Mcdonald have been
friends for years, and the former never
imagined that his request would get
Mcdonald into trouble. Detectives
Corbett and Adams located the Sex
tant and arrested Mcdonald. He was
taken to the city Jail. There he de-
clares the police told him he would
have to go to the penitentiary if he
stood trial, but that if he would go
into court and plead guilty that he
would get a jail sentence.
Mcdonald alleges that he told the
police that the taking Of the sextant
was a mistake. In the desk from which
Thornton's sextant was taken McDon-
aid also kept one that was his own
property. On the afternoon that the
crime was alleged to have been COM
mitted ne was drunk and went to the
office after his own sextant to pawn
to get some money. He found the desk
open and took one Of the sextants, be-
lieving that it was his own. He left
the other.
mistake until he was taken to Jail. He
was so ashamed of stealing from his
friend Thornton that he did not send
for him after his arrest. When the po-
lice told him that the easiest way out
of the trouble was to plead guilty and
take a few months in Jail, he decided
to do so. An information was filed
against him direct and he pleaded
guilty to it.
Saved by His Friend
In an affidavit Thornton declares he
stayed around the court for two days
expecting to see Mcdonald brought
into court. He did not know that he
would be brought into the superior
court The first he heard of it was
when he saw in the papers that the
man mad been sentenced.
Thornton then at his own expense
engaged counsel to make the fight to
have the sentence vacted and McDon-
aid discharged. Judge Griffin suspend
ed the sentence until he could inves-
tigate the case. Yesterday he became
true, and that he was not guilty Of
any crime. Consequently the judg-
given his liberty.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-02
the \. n. CASPIAN. SEA.
:. t-E3 4.
One of the Remnrlsnblc Physical
Features OF tho Globe. -

Z q #r7f 4Ha
One of the Remnrlsnblci Fl Physical
Fentures OF tho Globe. K. n
IA One OF tie most remarka bic physical
features OF the globe is the deep and
wide depression In the hollow of5which
stands the Caspian sen md nearStog It
the sen Of Aral. The Caspian Is nearly
us large as France, and Its surface is
eighty-four feet below the level OF tho
Black sea. The sea Of 5Aral Is nearly
as large as ireland and is very little
over the sea 9level. Within recent geo:
logical times the vast expanse in which
these hikes are found was SET. Its
floor has been; gradually raised, and the
waters filling the depressions iare all
that Is left ofsan ancient Afcditerra.
mean. a strange feature OF both bodies
of water 10 that although they receive
large rivers, especially tho Caspian,
Into which the Yolga, the Ural river
and scores OF streams from the Cau,
casus flow, both have for many years
been getting sllnllowcr. Evaporation,
for they have no outlet, exceeds the In;
aow. But, for some climatic reason
probably, the sen Of Araland its!nelgh3
Dor, Lake Balkhash, have since 1881
been increasing in depth. Whereas the
Caspian, like the Dead sen, Is very
salt, owing toSthe rate OF evaporation,
Aral and Balkhash are braclish only,
These remnants oft5what was once "a
great sen opening into the ocean, as
the Mediterranean does now, stlllcon
tain marine fish md seals. Some Of
the latter survlveins the Aral and Bal.
kal lakes, having gradually become.
iittcd for5thelr habitat, though 1t is no
longer salt, but merely brackish, and,
In the case Of Baikal, actually fresh
water-L ondon Telegraph y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-02
eREEuEY in TIE KlEs.
s n, w .

Il eheI Way he So sered tIpt ii soistesouh
Hotel crowd. h
In tie y 6irs \ N Henry piilard,gs
there us sa3 chaptef In which tic iau.5
thor descrlb ID ineet ting with Gree,
ley in the ckies, NJ The riBune
philosopher. having met with %ati Sae-
scldcnt witch crippled him for several
weeks, was an unwilling guest at the,
Denver House, the only shotclna In tho
city, rude shack OF a building, with
canvas artitions, the! greater part
given UP to the bar and gaming Ia.
Ebles, and therefore not a place con,
tduclve to the quiet and rcposeS of in.
gSallds. Mr.. Willard noticed a change
gradually taking place in the usually
benign features Of the philosopher,
his Christian virtues gradually losing
control over him; until finally one day
he lost his temper completely and
swore at his disturbers $50 violently
that / dared not believe my ears"
His wrath, however, did not culmi.
nate until tho third might OF his tor
lures. About 10: O'clock he got up and
llmped into the barroom, where he
thus addressed, the astonlshed tipplcrs:
Friends, I have been In pain and
without sleep for almost a week, and
! am well nigh worn out. Now L am
a guest at this hotel, / pay a high
price for my board md lodging and
am entitled to rest during tho night.
But how can I8gct 1t with MI this
noise going on in this placer q u
Then" adds Mr. Willard, "he ad.
dressed one OF the most pathetic mp.
peals I ever heard to those around him
to abandon their vicious ways and he.
come sober and Industrious. He spoke
for nearly an hour and was listened
to with rapt interest and tho most
perfect respect. He succeeded, too, In
his object. The gambling stopped, and
the bar was closed every night ut II
o'clock as long: ms he rcmained."' Il
4 4 u I'd l.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-02
4 - 49, 7II,1gg5I ~ y FfIIY.77'
"A BACK ActIon .JoEe

The travelling men sofAIaine are not.
cd for the Jokes that they are always,
springing on the public, but recently
one Of them got into trouble In an IN IN.
expected way: His parents celebrated
their golden wedding, and the drum.
mer Ind long planned to spend the
day with them. But when the day ar ar.
rived he found thatfhe was too FIR
from his old home to get back to ii, 10 st,
ne sentsa telegram to his father. He
thought that It was a good time to get
on Joke on the old man, SO he mere:
y sent the message, '.Is marriage a
iailurc! he was somewhat taken
aback when he got the reply, ".aIar.
riase Is not, but the results sometimes
are.r n n lf9iii5 By
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-02

g Presid lent Diazs o. N exicos has been
given by the Emperor Of China the
rstsgrade decorate Ion of the Order on
The Double Dragon. A decoration ID
the same order has been confsfredi
on Foreign Minister Algatsa!