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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-07-15
Spring valley is Rich.

Developments Of the past week IN
the Spring Valley district add to the
showing Of the wonders Of that camp
for free gold lodges, nuggets and
stringers Of gold running in and
through the quartz, says the Love-
lock Tribune,
The Golden Rule is the n to make
the lucky strike this week, This is
the company formed on the ten claims
located by Sauerbrey, Lee and Evans
at the head of Spring Valley and to
the north Of the big strike made by
Messrs. Pike aud Hogan, the Colo
RADIO prospectors, While sinking the
AXIS shaft for The assessment work,
and at a depth of five feet, Mr.. Lee
broke into a ledge that was literally
covered with gold.
This gold-sprinkled quartz is in
evidence in the full extent OF the bot
tom of the entire shaft, and no telling
how much more, for the walls of the
ledge have not yet been reached. In
this strike the gold seems to be scat
tered through the quartz more gen
orally than 1t was in the strike made
by Messrs. Pike and Hogan,
Others, all around the crest OF
SpAing Valley basin, are finding the
gold. bearing quartz which has for
CENTURIES fed the.rich placer ground
in Spring Valley, Dry Gulch and
American canyons, From these can
yoas more than $1,000, 900 have been
taken in placer gold. The Federal
Mines company,s in Spring Valley,
aud j. Wenzel and other Los Angeles
patties, in American Canyon, are
satisfied that asmuch remains, and,
9ith a dredger in the drst.named
and a mill in the last-named canyons,
propose to wrest the golden sands
and nuggets trom'mother earth.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-07-15

Great interest is being manifested
in the new o Donnell mining district,
y miles east Of Gold Crater, by min
ing men of Goldfeld.
John McKane and Messrs. Nc
Naughton and Wilson are heavily in
terested in the new district, being
the owners of the Monte Mona prop
erty. which is reported to be making
an excellent showing. Ore running
in value from $40 to 1910 per ton
has been uncovered on the property,
which has a ledge five feet wide in
the bottom OF a 30 foot shaft. The
ledge outcrops on the surface. The
formation Of the claims is porphyTY,
blue limestone and quartz. MIR. Nc
Kane has purchased eight claims
surrounding the Moate Mona. and it
is his intention to develop them as
quickly as possible. Wood and Col
Tier have taken a lease on a claim
near the Monte Mona, as has j. c.
Degan. The leased properties have
an eight foot ledge that runs s45 a
ton on the surface,
Mr.. MeKane is exceedingly en-
thusiastic as to the new camp. A
townsite will be laid out Immediately.
The district is said to be admirably
located. Water in great volume is
obtaiuable within six miles, located
at an elevation of 700 feet higher
than the district. 1t is proposed tc
Immediately construct a pipe line
and push the new district to the
front as rapidly as possible,
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-07-15
300, 0 Acres Left.

'frhe State Of Nevada is still in the
tand business, says Surveyor.Gen
eral Kelly. ave still have some
Ching over 800, 900 acres Of State
lands for sale. 1lhe most available
are situated in HUMBOLDT, Elko and
Washoe counties. , Down in Lincoln
County the State lhnds are nearly all
gone. In fact, there are none to be
had within ten miles Of Las Vegas,
or course this does not take into
consideration tbe,fact that only II
pericent Of the public lands in Ne
yadh have been entered"
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-07-15
A.. H. RISING.

Acting D. f. L. A., S. p. Co.,
Reno, Nevada. If.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-07-15
MAN Raise Beer TaN.

Aud now they talk Of raising the
tax on beer to 81 a barrel and apply
ing the increased revenue to build
the Panama Canal. 1t looks like an
endeavor to charge toll on s~chooners
before the waterway had become a
fact.-Bodie Miner Index.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-07-15

The Merchants hotel did a thriving
business during the celebration and
Casey and Arden are happy in con-
sequence. These gentlemen are
thorough hotel men and they have
made the Merchants the popular
caravansary Of the desert. m
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-07-15
Cheerfuily Recommended For Rheu-
matism

q G. Higbee, Danville, Ills, writes
Dec, 2, 1901: About two years ago
] was laid up for four months with
rheumatism. 1 tried Billiards. Snow
Eminent; one bottle cured me. l can
che9rfully recommend It to all suf-
ferifg from like affllction. Csc, soc
and $500. Sold by Union Drug
Stores, Tonopah and Goldfeld.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-07-15

When you want a pleasant laxa-
tive that is easy to take and certain
to act, use Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver tablets. For sale by all
druggists.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-07-15
AnExtra sleeper.

Beginning March 10Th, trains ID
and IA, will carry an extra sleeper
between Reno and San Francisco, in
order to better care for the Tonopah
and Goldfield travel.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-07-15

The best whisky in town at the
Tonopah Liquor %company's place Qor.
merry Hank K~nigbt's), Give it q
trial.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-07-15

Mrs. Harry Hudson and Mrs.
Swasey have gone to California for a
two months sojourn
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-07-15

Col. OrusdoriT, manager of the
Berkeley company at Liberty, spent
Tuesday IN Tonopah.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27
Biz Crops This Year.

Secretary Wilson has returned TO
WASHINGTON from tour OF the Nortli-
west, where he was shown some
great crop yields. He expresses II as
his belief that the farmers have more
money now than ever was theirs be-
fore, ard that with such full treasure
chests there is no danger of an indus,
trial panic. The years crop OF
wheat, corn and oats will be larger,
according to Mr.. Wilson'S experienced
judgment, than were the big crops of
last year. He says that the area capa-
BILE of raising durum or macaroni
wheat is now pushing well into the
desert region. The yield of this
wheat alone this year, it is believed,
will exceed 2O,00O,000 bushels, a
wheat, by the way, which grows
where other wheat will not grow and
which six years ago was an unknown
thing among American growers.
Mr. Wilson gives us the pleasing in
formation that hOusekeepers will find
the prices of meat dairy products and
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27
A Very accurate Description.

Hon. George S. Legare, member OF
Congress from South Carolina and a
graduate of Washington law school,
has a sense of humor and enjoys q
good joke even at the expense of the
members Of his profession, He does
not Wphold the "suNart' lawyer and tells
of q case in his native city Of Charles
ton where a pettfogsing attorney was
ross-eXamining an old negro witness.
After asking the old darkey num-
Der of catch questions in an endeavor
to confuse him, he finally asked the
witness his occupation.
use a cahpentah, Sah."
What kind of a carpenters"
'Dey calls me jack-leg cahpentah.'
"What is jack-leg' carpenter?"
"He's cahpentah what amt a fust-
class cahpentah, sah!"
well, explain fully what you IN
derstand a 'jack-leg' carpenter to be-"
insisted the lawyer.
"Boss, deed All claih to goodness All
dunno how ter 'splain any mo- bout a
jack-leg cahpentah 'ceptin' hit am jes'
de same diffunce as dey is betwix' you
an fust-class lawyah, sahw
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27
10 Make OLd=Fashioned Yeast.

Boil two ounces Of the best hops in
| Tour quarts of water for half an hour
strain and let the liquor cool down to
the warmth of new milk, then put IN
a small handful of salt and half a
pound of sugar, beat up one pound of
the best flour with some of the liquor
ana then mix we'll all together. Let
TINS mixture stand until the third day,
then add three pounds of potatoes,
boiled and mashed, let it stand day
longer. stirring frequently and keeping
II near the fire in an earthen vessel,
then strain and put in bottles and il
is ready for use. The advantage of
this yeast is that it ferments spontan-
eOuSly not requiring the aid of other
yeast. If we'll cooked and kept in a
cool place, it will keep six months or
more. 1t has been thoroughly tested
and never fails to make delicious light
bread.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27
THE FLOOD OF NOAH.
Geology Proves the Foundation OF
the Biblical Account,

There are Biblical dOubters who scott
at the idea that there ever was q great
flood, yet the testimony of the geolo-
gSts, to say nothing of 1gnatius Don
nelly's theory of the submerged CONT
ncnt of Atlantas, proves that at one
time the entire earth's surface was
covered with water. Professor Wright
of Oberin. who has made geology q
life study, brings us new light upon the
subject. In writing on the subject of
the contributions of Geology to the
Crcditablity of the Flood he states
that the level of the land changes con-
stantly. The highest mountains were
once below the sea-level, as is proven
by the finding Of sea-shells on the sum-
mits of the highest peaks. All of Cen
trail Asia was once covered by water
and is now drying up. In fact the dry
ing out process has been going on for
thousands of years The Turkestan and
Siberian ow-lands were once sub
merged, while evidence is shown that
the Desert of Cobb was once body
of water equal to the Mediterranean in
size and depth.
The valley of the Jordan in ages back
was covered with water to depth of
from 1000 to 1.400 feet, while changes
Of level and climate in Asia seem to
prove that the Deluge once passed over
the entire country.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27
Bdsket-WiIIOW Growing
INDUSTRY BEING FOSTERED BY DEPARTMENT OF AGRCULTUR
BY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

Secretary Wilson'S statement that
there are no bad acres in the United
States is again brought to light
through the efforts Of the Department
of Agriculture to induce more general
attention to the culture Of the basket
willow. There are very many farms
in this country which contain some
low land, and through which runs Il
small stream. This portion of the
farm is too often allowed to run
to waste. d0nSc groWthS Of weeds and
scrub prospecting i'll the rich, moist
SOIL and the locality rarely visited by
the farmer except when i'll search of
some stray cattle whIch have come
down to the brook for drink.
Although introduced in this country
as early as 1910, willow growing in
America occurs only in restricted To-
ca'Iities throughout relatively small
portion of the country. On account
of the isolation of these groups of
growers with little or no connection,
and because the growers are not in
touch with basket makers, there has
been little chance for Improvement.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27

which appeals to me beyond all 9th
effect of impure foods on in
valids. People who are under the
care of a physician, and are com
PEELED to eat prepared foods should
know at least what they are getting.
If the foods which they buy rs pure,
are found upon analysis to contain
ingredients which have proven harm
full to them, they should have some
recourse at law to punish the maker
of this fraudulent food. \ simple in
stance is sufficient to Illustrate the
point. There is ut this time Il great
demand for gluten tours. They are
recommended for certain Diseases
and there are various preparations on
the market which are sold at hlSl
prices. Many of the so-called gluten
nourS contain but a small percentage
Of pure gluten: they are filled WIN
chalk and starchy substances, ana are
not at all what is claimed for them
This is one example; 4 hundred otherS
could be named"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27
Chemist WiIey on Pure Food.

DR.. Harvey W. Wiley, the chief of
the Bureau Of Chemistry Of the De
partment of Agriculture, has just re-
turned from a tour of the British
Isles, France and Germany, where he
has been studying the preparation of
food products-packing, shipping, and
human consumption of foods. Dr.
Wiley is a pure food man. He be-
licveS that we should all have pure
food, or at least know what it is
adulterated with. and he is one of the
most active advocates in the country
Of national pure food legislation.
The question of pure food he
said, "is one that should be better I'M
dcrStoOd, and more actively engaged
in by people generally. We have Sc
cured legislation enabling US to pre-
vent the importation of impure and
harmful foods, but the people are ap-
parcntly careless in regard to domes-
tic Manufacture. There is one feat
ure of the pure food investigation
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27
GIANT KANSAS CORN.
Exciting Experiences of Boy Lost In
Field of Growing Grain.

4 report which seems to have come
from the Portland Exposition states
that a great object of curiosity there
is a corn stalk of mammoth size reach
inc almost up to the very roof OF tile
agricultural building. The history OF
the stalk is perhaps as marvellous as
the object itself.
1t appears that prior to the last
hot wave which swept over the coun-
try. a farmer in Kansas sent his t1t-
teen-ypar-old son out to take a look
over the corn field and notify him OF
the prospects. In order to do this the
son went to the implement shed which
this wise farmer had provided and
procured a ladder with which he
climbed one of the cornStalkS. After
surveying a fine growth of corn for
miles around, the boy started to climb
down, but in his excitement at the
prospects of the golden harvest which
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27

his father would reap, he had failed
tn notice the ranidity of the growth OF
the stalk which he had assembled AS
quickly as he stepped down, SO much
more rapidly the stalk seemed to grow
and he was no nearer the bottom than
when he started. ,
His father. noting the absence or
his son. saw that it would be useless
for him to hunt through the jungle of
waving corn, so he climbed to the top
Of his windmill and his anxious eyes
behcld his boy waving his red bandana
in despair. Hastily summoning his
neighbor and his other two sturdy
sons, they proceeded with axes to
chop down the wicked stalk. Their
axes, however, failed to find the same
mark twice, so rapidly did the stalk
shoot upward. Night came on with
out their accomplishing anything and
the boy was left to what appeared to
be a terrible fate. Like most Kansas
boys, however, he was a. axe to all
his opportunities, and existed for a
long time on the raw corn, having con-
sumed so much that he later notified
his parents by means of a message
written on one of the dried corn leaves
that he WAS getting 50 fat there was
danger of the stalk breaking with his
weight. He wrote that he believed a
more balanced ration would relieve
his fears, Suggesting the PLANTING Of
beans at the base Of the cOrnstalk as
an eXDedient.
However,, before the beans could Sc
cure enough growth, the drought
came on and stopped the growth Of
the stalk and the boy was enabled
to climb down, thus saving his life.
AS mementOs of the occasion, the lad
gathered up the corn cobs which he
had thrown down from his lofty seat,
amounting to something over four
bushels and a peck, and on these he
has been working, turning them into
corn-cob pipes which he is exhibiting
at the Truth Bureau of the Portland
Exposition.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27

bundles Of these cuttings Sh0uld tlleil
he kept in running water unul Slnall
leaves or sprouts appear, when they
will be ready to peel.
Pretty White Willows.
Willows thus peeled are Of a fine
white color. while those which un-
dcrgo stcaming or boiling for the re-
mOyal of the bark are Of dark color,
being stained by coloring matter con-
tanned in the bark; but experience has
shown that the articles made Of boiled
willow are much more durable than
those made from the white rods of
spring peeling. The operation is so
simple that old persons incapable OF
arduOus labor can make fair wages
doing this sort of work.
And yet, the farmer may ask, Is
there market for willow ware III
this country: The United States con-
Sumes the largest amount of WilIoN
ware of any country in the world.
From one district in Germany alone"
as far back as 1893, in spite of tn"
panic existing at that time, S2"O,OOU
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27
Uncle SANS "COnscience Fund.

The conscience fund of the Treas
ury is not, as is popularity supposed. an
idle fund which is added to from time
to time, lies dormant, and is never
used. Contributions to this So-called
fund are turned into the regular gov
crnment receipts and on the books ap.
pear under the heading "TO Account
Conscience" This account was opened
by the United States government in
1911. 1t would not be fair to irfnr
from this fact that the American con-
science had its awakening at so late a
date in the cOuntry's history, but that
year witnessed the first return to the
government, as the result Of the "still,
small voice. Of money of which it had
been defrauded some time before.
President Madison found on his desk
one morning an unsigned letter in
which the writer confessed to defraud-
ing the government of 81, for which
his conscience had made him suffer
sOrely. This amount was enclosed with
the request that it be turned into the
National Treasury, the writer express
ing the hope that this full restitution
and repentance would restore a clear
and easy conscience. Contributions
have since been received varying in
amounts from 2-cent postage stamp
to ten thousand dollars or more.
Up to date the amount received from
those who have defrauded the govern.
ment and become conscience-stricken
Is over 100000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27

portionate share of the government
work and responsibility, and it is
with view of relieving him Of pOr-
ton of his official burdens that the
President suggested the ACCESSIBILITY
of the transfer of the Panama Canal
work to the State Department.
Secretary Roots acceptance of the
trust would enable Secretary Taft to
devote more of his time to the con-
sideration of important questions af-
fccting the government of the Philip
pines and the business of the army
generally. 1t is known that Secretary
| Taft has no personal ambitions III
connection with the Panama canal
work. and is entirely willing, as a
matter Of general eXpediency, that its
supervision should be transferred to
Secretary Root as the head Of the
State Department.
Secretary Root. however, with all
his ability for hard work, is under,
stood to have no laundering after the
canal job
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27
CONTROL OF CANAL M4TTERS.
Transfer to the State Department
Under Secretary Root.

It seems to be generally accepted
that the control of all matters i'll con
nection with the construction of the
Panama canal is to be transferred
from the War Department to the
State Department. Under the law the
work is to be performed under the Ill
rpction of the President, and he origi-
nally intruSted it to Secretary Taft on
the general ground that all national
engineering works were properly the
business of the War Department. 1t
is now realized that Secretary Taft
has a great deal more than his pro
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27

worn of fine willow ware was I'M
ported. Since that date, however. ire
value of willow imports has decreased,
due, probably, to the increase Oh VIII
low growing in this country.
The manufacture of willow IS WHAT
might be termed ''hOuse industry,
in which the men, women ana emil
dren are engaged in peeling and spit
ting the rods and weaving the bas'
kets under contract.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27

poultry lower this winter than they
nave nave been for some time, owing to the
neaVy gram crops. Fattening cattle
on corn at 30 cents a bushel. he said,
Is not a profitable performance, and
that IS what the farmer has been do.
ing for the past three years; but with
TINS years grain crops, the farmer
should find at the end of the season
mat MS margin of profit is greater,
ana IN the due course of events, meats
should be cheaper.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27
Willows Grow on Corn Land.

The general idea is that willows
will grow only on very swampy
ground, but experience shows that all
serious attempts made on we'll
drained soil, even though Of poor quail
ity, have been successful. The ground
is prepared just the same as it would
be for corn or wheat. Willow plant
ing generally is done in the autumn;
should be in rows, the sets or cut
tings, according to older methods be-
ing placed about ten inches in length
and planted in the ground until about
only an inch and half protru'deS
above the ground. Almost without
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27

While this is not true Of the cOndi-
tons in western New York, the trade
there demands only the cheapest
grade of the steamed willow. But
steam-peeled rods have 4 dark color,
and hence cannot be used for fine bas-
kntS
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27

Prior to 1889 the Speaker of the
House of Commons was paid a salary
of pounds a day and a fee of 5
pounds on every private bill passed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27
A WILLOW SWAMP.

exception through the country will
lows are planted from 3 inches to a
foot apart in rows 2l2 feet to a yard
distant from one another thus allow
ing from about 14,00O to $4,000 to the
acre. This method of wide planting
is followed for several reasons, if of
course being cheaper to plant fewer
cuttings, and the cost of cultivation
being reduced, the wide rows allowing
for the use of a plOw. 1t is also un-
derstood and held by the higher
authorities that the more shoots from
stool or stump. the greater the yield.
Where the cuttings have been planted
on meadow or corn land, the first year
the rows are hoed two or three times,
anu later run through with a Tight
pl0W. In later years only the pillow is
used. On bOtt0mland. however, they
are only cultivated once. and there
lore only graSSed with a sickle
To Produce Straight Rods,
The Department of Agriculture has
found that though there NAV be OBJ
lection to close planting on account of
AhNA N"HNN NSHI anu Sltdttl dIuOlluU
or cultivation necessary, both q
heavier yield and longer, more even
sized and better rods are obtained
Straighter, less branchy, and less Ia
pering. While yield of four tons
of green rods per acre may be OBJ
tanned in tWelFe years where tie hOitS
are planted in rows three feet APART,
with distance of one foot between
hOltS, over six tons are obtained from
an acre planted 29X9 inches, in only
ten years. The Department also adj
viSes that the cuttings should be not
less than twelve inches in length, and
planted with the buds pointing up
ward, and that when placed in the
ground each cutting should be per-
fectly perpendicular. When willows
are planted close together all weeds
and grass, the foes of the willow
should be kept out.
OSierS should be cut the first year.
even if no valuable material can he
obtained, for if this is delayed until
the second year, there is apt to be a
tendency to branch, so that less valu-
able material can be cut. This cut
ting should be done during the winter,
from November 1 to March /. and as
near the ground as possible. The
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-10-27

bundles of these cuttings should thel
be kept in running water unul SnaI