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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-06
RICH STRIKE.

A Durango dispatch says, the pew
placer gnld &; Ike, which H., !.ci
kept dark for some two weeks, now
comes to the front with surprising &C.
v%elopments. The prospects are that
It will prove to he the largest placer
strike ever made in Colorado.
The find was made by two brothers,
Italians, by the name Of Cerino, while
digging a well on a ranch nine miles
southwest Of Durango, near the New
Mexico line. They had sunk the well
35 feet when they encountered a flow
OF water Of about 100 gallons per min
ute, which brought up quantities Of
gravel. Having been experienced
placer miners. they remembered that
gold had once been found nearby and
they started to test the gravel. In
two washtubs of 1t they produced a
nugget worth $3.50, This nugget was
shown In Durango and John G.. Herr.
an assayer, formed a company to pros
pect the find. They found that the
gold ran very evenly in the gravel.
which produced about one cen a
pound. or from 81 to $40 per ton. The
p%rospectors are now working the find
and have secured options on 5000 ac-
res Of land surrounding the well.
Several shafts are being sunk. The
ground in the vicinity of the well has
been staked for a radius of three
miles by the people from Durango,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-06

is safe to invest In, and that Is the
one that has just been located by men
who understand their business, and
that is being opened in a manner that
will produce results. In other words,
there must be the property and the
men back Of 1t. Those men must be
in the business to produce wealth from
what the mine yields.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-06

residents of Silver City had located
claims for a mile or so around the
strike. The find was in the shape
OF a ledge on the surface and samples
taken from the rock assay from $50
to $3.50.
The ore ledge upon being opened
up by an open cut exposed a width
of IS feet of very rich gold ore and
one side of the ledge has not yet been
opened up its entire distance. Min
ing men and residents of Silver City
who secured claims nea the find are
very much excited over their luck.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-06
e RIVER s.

Theodore Kuntzen, a mining expert
from Omaha, Nebraska, was at Red
River last week. He is interested in
mining properties in that district with
Charles Brink.
Eric Anderson, after two years abb
sence at Telluride, Colorado, is at Red
River looking after his interests in the
Black Hawk group lea the Edison
Mill. Nj. Maddox is interested with
him in the group.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-06
Weak
Hearts

Are due 10 indigestion. N~inety-nine Of every
ons hundred people who have heart trouble
can remember when y vas slmp,e inoises.
sion. It's . scientific fact that all cases OF
hssrs disease, not organic. are not only
srsosable 10, but are he dIrec, result Of indr
ession. All food aksn Into the stomach
sh,ch falls Of perfect digestion fermenss and
sveIls the stomach. putting Il up againas' ns
hssrt. This ~interferes with the action Of
,hs heart. and In the course OF time hat
delicate but Vital organ becomes diseased.
M. D. E.ssss; Z Ns,:a e.. o; :Ys I'd i Sssrs n s,uasls
~ n i sook Kcdoi Dyspepsia Cure tor aocus four
npu,hs and u cured me. 50
KoSol Disests WHAT You Eat
and relieves the stomach OF al nervous
strain and the heart Of all pressure.
~ sLre, which sells for soc -
prsea,sd bv {. Q. DswITT AGO.
For sale at Center Block-Depot DRUG
store and winters Drug Co.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-06
BONANZA STRIKE.

Considerable excitement reigns In
that city over a rich gold find in tbs
Fleming mining district about five
miles west of Silver City. The dis
covery was made by an old miner
named Pete June, who was doing some
also the discoverer OF the Old Man
mine in the same district, which pro
duced a fortune for its owners in sily-
er several years ago.
When the discovery was made
known 1t was only a few hours before
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-06

sell a. Lewis In the Walsen block for
a whole new outfit. We keep abreast
Of and a little ahead Of the times in
all matters pertaining to making the
outer man look just as well as posi-.
BILE, as well as on such subject of gen.
eral interest as the Fraternal Sanitar.
ium.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-06

The Sanitarium is coming and the
news will make you all feel like buy
Ing clothing. Tell us about 1t later.
Our clothing Is better made, better
finished, and better looking than any
other you a find. Our samples are
just the right thing. Our prices are
right.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-06
Las Vegas Lands National
Fraterna| Sanitarium
Big Institution Which Will Make Las Vegas the Greatest Health Resort in the Nation
to Come to This City.
Long Suspense at an End at Last


. IT DOESN'T MAXI M DIFFERENCE WHEREBY We ooT.o INFORMATION IT is ENUINE .
. LAS VEGAS Ase eNs SELECTED As THE LOCATION FOR THE GREAT FRATERNAL CITY ABOUT
. WHICH w e HAVe ALL sEENEx EXCITED so LONG, IT IS NOT THE NEWSPAPER I'VE" THAT WE>
>AssuME, But RusseLL& w The TAuoRs "a ALWAYS Be DePENoeD Of o TELL .
: oNLY III TRUTH N o CIV. EVERY me A SQUARE DEAL AS WELL AS TO MAKE THE sEsT>
. N MOST sTYusH CLOTHING Fol MEN EVER PRODUCED IN LAS VEGAS. .
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-06

Also we cau~give you bargains In
Nobby Ready Made clothing which
can be fitted to you like glove. And
We have a fine and money saving line
of shoes, neckties, shirts and all sorts
Of gentlemen's furnishing. When II
enterprise is being the first to tell the
news is corroborated. come to Rus.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-06

Collectors deed from Eugenio Ro.
nero, treasurer and collector OF San
Miguel county, to z. Rosenwald & Son
for a valuable tract OF land below the
mesa, has been filed for record In the
county clerks office.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-06

| from Boston that his company intends
to resume operations in Sierra coun
y upon a large scale in the near flu
ture.
The residents of the Alameda
heights addition to Roswell are form
ing a business alliance for the pur-
pose of owning their own water sup
ply.
Thomas Nelson, aged fifty-five, a
Canadian, died at Hillsboro. He had
no family although 1t is thought that
he had relatives in New York.
The Alameda dyke at Albuquerque
has been completed and was on Mon
day formally accepted by the county
commissioners Of Bernalillo county.
Richard Thorne and Miss Mary Wal
lace will be married at the home of
the bride in Tennessee. They will
make their home in Carlsbad.
f. w. Clapp, grand chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias. Of L%ordsburg, has
started from that town to make his
annual visit to the lodges in the ter
ritory.
Sierra county will soon have a map
of all patented lands and mining
claims within its boundaries. A preis-
ser is collecting Data from which to
complete one.
j. VI. Coburn. of Lakewood. has pur-
chased of the Milne.Bush ranch six.
ty high grade Hereford bulls. They
will be delivered to his Turkey Track
ranch about the first of June.
The citizens of fiillsboro. Sierra
county. are considering the advisable
ity of holding a meeting about May
18th, to discuss plans for the building
of a dyke 10 protect their property.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-06
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION.

(HOmestead Entry No. $40
Department Of the Interior. Land OF.
flee at Santa Fe N. NJ, April Is,
1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol.
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TO RESUME.

w. w. Williams. manager of the
Black Peak Mining Company, writes
from Boston that his company intends
to resume operations in Sierra coun-
y upon a large scale in the near flu
ture.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-06-03
Barn Burned,

Between nine and ten o'clock last
Wednesday night the large new barn
Of B. S. Cross on his farm two miles
north of town was destroyed by FIRE.
Just how the fire originated is not
known, but it seemed to have started
in the hay NOW and had gotten under
such headway when discovered that
nothing, except one buggy, was saved.
The barn had been built only a few
years and was one of the best in the
neighborhood. The loss included
25O bushels of corn, 100 bushels of
oats, several tons of hay, all the work
harness on the farm and much other
stuff, making the total loss over one
thousand dollars, with $500 insur-
ance in the Laclede Mutual. Mr..
Cross is prosperous and successful
farmer and stock feeder, and will re-
build at once.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-06-03
Wants 10000 Harvest Hands.

Forty thousand harvest hands will
be wanted in the wheat fields of Kan
sas this year, according to a statement
received by A. B. Jamison, superin-
tendent of the free employment bu-
reau of Missouri, from T. B. Gerow,
superintendent of the state free en-
ployment bureau of Kansas, at Tope-
ka' Mr.. Gerow receives reports from
each of the counties in Kansas as to
the number of men that it is expected
will be wanted and as to the condit-
ions of the crops and the time harvest
ing will commence in each of the
counties. He said that altogether
10000 men have been asked for by
the various counties.
Mr.. Gerow reports that conditions
point to an early harvest this year,
though it is only speculation. It is
expected that about the middle of
June, or about fifteen days earlier
than last year, will be the time for
the beginning of this years harvest.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-06-03
RESPECT FOR THE DEAD.
Memorial Day Observance Marked by Abund.
ancc Of Floral Offerings.

There was the usual general obser-
vance Of Memorial Day here in La
clede last Tuesday. The business
houses closed from 2 to 4 in the after
noon and all business was suspended.
Evidences that it was day dedicated
to the memory of the, dead was seen
in the large number of women and
children, laden with baskets of flow
ers, vending their way to the city of
the dead, to lay their tributes upon
the graves of loved ones. From ear
ly morning until late in the afternoon
these delegations kept up.
In observance of the day the bust
ness houses and many residences were
decorated with flags and bunting. The
bank was closed all day and the post
Office from 9 to II a. m. and 2 to 4 D.
m. Many country people attended
and took part in the Services at the
cemetery.
Committees and delegations from
the G. A. R. post, as announced in
The BLADE last week, visited the va
rious country cemeteries in the tore
noon, and at 2 in the afternoon the
members Of the post and school chill
dren formed in line at grand army
hall and, accompanied by the drum
corps, marched to the city cemetery
where the graves of the soldier dead
were decorated with floral tributes
that mark solemn and sacred duty
to the fallen heroes.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-06-03
Huge Task.

1t was huge task to undertake the
cure of such a bad case of kidney di.
sease, as that of G. F. Collier, of Chero.
kee, La, but Electric Bitters did it.
He writes: "My kidneys were so far
gone l could not sit on chair without
a cushion; and suffered from severe
backache, headache and depression.
In Electric Bitters, however, I found a
cure and by them was restored to
health. recommend this great tonic
medicine to all with weak kidneys,
liver or stomach. Guaranteed by w.
r. Barton; price 30 cents.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-06-03
Administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given that Letters of Ad-
mintstration upon the estate of John Yount
deceased. have been granted to the under-
signed, by the Probate Court OF Linn Coun :
ty, Missouri. bearing date the 18th day Of
May. 1906. =
ALI persons having claims against said
Estate are required 20 exhibit them to me
for Allowance, within one year from the
date OF said letters. or they may be preclud4
ed from any benefit OF such estate; and IL
said claims be not exhibited within two
years from the date OF the publication of
this notice. they viii be forever barred.
Date. June ), 1905. J. A. YOUNT
Administrators
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-06-03
The Price Elevated.
From Brookfield Star.

From Brook6eld Star.
The price for fishing in the ballast
pits between Laclede and Mnadri'le
have been elevated. Hereafter dis
ciples of Sir Isaac Walton will have
to pay 30 cents instead of % cents.
Either the price of fish has raised or
else money is getting shy in some
quarter.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-06-03

obvious to the reader that this argu
ment is advanced only by the manag
ers of legitimate manufacturing con
Germs which make their profits out o
their business, and that such reason
ing is obnoxious to all of those trusts
whose profits are largely comprised Of
the margins ON stock manipulations
in Wall street.
The senate committee on interstate
commerce has finally adjourned, after
taking testimony on the railway rate
question for upwards of thirty days,
without action. At the executive
session of the committee held after
the last hearing, however, it was de-
veloped that the committee is unani-
mously opposed to the character of
Legislation recommended by the presi-
dent. The committee will meet again
two weeks before congress convenes
and will report a bill with which it
hopes to head off the passage by the
house of measure in accord with the
views Of the president. This bill will
amplity the Elkins anti-rebate law so
as to prevent any possibility of rebat-
es, which curtail the profits of the
railroads. 1t will place the private
car lines under the supervision of the
interstate commerce commission, the
results of which will be problematical.
1t will not delegate to the interstate
commerce commission the power to fix
a maximum rate where the existing
rate is found to be unjust, and instead
Of increasing the salaries of the inter
state commerce commissioners, so that
that body may be made more efficient
as the president desires, it will dimin-
ish the duties of the commission and
make it a less important body.
What the result will be when the
irresistible force in the White House
meets the immovable force in the SEN
ate, no man can foretell. That will
be one of the most extensive subjects
Of speculation throughout the next
session and the results promise to be
interesting in themselves and in their
effect, whatever they may be. Of
course, the railroad men are delighted
With what they are pleased to term a
of their opinions, but
hose who have been long familiar
With the committee and its views nev-
n anticipated any other result.
Strong pressure is being brought to
'ear on the president to forego his
purpose of calling congress in special
ession ON October Is, but he is stand.
ng pat.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-06-03
OVER THE COUNTY.

dont gamble.
j. I. Harmon shipped 12O head o
extra fine cattle to Chicago from
. Browning last week.
The twelfth convention of the Mis-.
souri, grand chapter, P. E. O., wa:
held at Chillicothe Thursday.
The Modern Woodmen of Brook.
field will hold memorial services al
New Garden church tomorrow.
The Leader says Browning has
9 more boot-blacks in proportion to it'i
size than any other town in the world
The regular examination for teach.
ers of Linn county will be held in
} Marceline Friday and Saturday, June
% and "a.
| Walter Prather, of Browning, has
shipped in ten-horse power engine
to be used in his silo plant and feed
mill at that place.
The Dunbar Male Quartette has
been secured for an entertainment at
the M. E. church, south, in Brookfeld
next Monday night.
Prof. A. w. Baker, county school
commissioner, and B. J. Beauchamp
have formed a partnership in the
real estate business in Brookfeld.
The patrons on the rural telephone
lines centering at Linneus have
organized and raised fund to put in
an independent central at Linneus.
The school enumeration of Brook
field, just taken, shows 679 white
males and 653 white females, 36
colored males and 38 colored females,
a total of 1905.
The action Of the special election
held in Brookfeld last Tuesday has
been annulled by a decision of the
supreme court and another election
is to be held June 6.
Geo. S. Allen has bought lots and
is arranging to build big three story
building at Marceline. The lower
story will be store rooms and the upper
ones will be a modern hotel.
The new game law goes into effect
on the 18th of this month and hunters
who don't want to get into trouble
had better take the trouble to read
the new law and then obey it.
The little town of Shelby, in the
northeast part Of the county, was al
most totally destroyed by fire early
last Tuesday morning. The total loss
is estimated at $4,000, with $4,000
insurance.
F. r. Allen has traded his restau-
rant in Brookfeld for hotel in
Meadville, and moved over and took
charge last week. E. A. Snider, whom
he traded with moved to Brookfeld
and took charge of the restaurant.
THE BLADE received a box of fine
cherries yesterday from Mrs. M. A.
Mahurin. 7. M. Hogan, who brought
hem in informs us that prospects are {
rood for a fine raspberry crop and
hat the blackberry bushes also prom ,
Sc a big yield. i
Last Mondays ST. Louis Republic /
printed the pictures of fourteen of the c
eading graduates of the state uni 4
'ersity, among them B. E. Bigger, of t
1aclede, captain of the university
'aseball team, and member of the
905 law class. t
Brookfeld's fourth paper, the e
Weekly Star, made its appearance >
thursday. 1t is six column folio. 6
IL home print, is nicely gotten up and tl
ell printed. A. ii. Lacy is editor,
nd if the initial number is a criterionI
what it is to be it ought to live and p
rosper. n
The city council of Brookfeld has to
assed an ordinance regulating the m
iced of automobiles on the streets of te
lat town to eight miles an hour.
aclede sutomobilists who are in the
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-06-03

d. 81. Mathews and wife, of Brook
field, are spending month With rela-
tives in Iowa.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-06-03
House Moving and Stoae Masonry.

| am now prepared to raise and
put foundations under buildings or
move houses, and can also furnish
foundation stone. Amy work given
me in this line win be promptly at
tended to.
Phone 81. GEO. PtowMAn
o-Iou Laclede.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-06-03
Stock Pasture.

| will pasture cattle-all ages-at
30 cents per month.
422-tf j. J. FRUIN.
The Irish standard., 1905-08-05
GAMBLING
WITH FATE
By WILLIAM WALLACE COOK
Author Of "The Gold Gleaners: A Story Of
the Cyanide Tanks. "Wilbys Dan,''
his Friend the Enemy" ""Rogers
OF Butte" Etc., Etc.
tcopyrisht, lsOs, ny william w.ll.ce cookj
CHAPTER IV.-CoNTINUED.

You'll need the marshal or the un-
dertaker," returned Darrell. His voice
was of velvet but it cut like steel.
when open my gunplay. what
miss in the original deal try to make
up in the draw | am Nate Darrell, of
San Francisco. Some of you have
probably heard of me and may know
that my word is as good as my bond
| did not kill that man"
His declaration was drowned in a
derisive jeer. He knew he would not
be believed so he was not disappoint-
ed.
II did not kill that man." he re-
peated with deliberate emphasis, land
If you force me to fight for my life for
whatever happens you alone will bs
responsible. | want the marshal and
am willing to be put under lock and
key until the coroner has a chance to
sift this affair. That's all you can ex-
pect of me"
Every man in the rabble carried a
revolver and every revolver had leaped
from pocket or holster.
ohOoeAA6 . loo SOOu lOF MIN.
shouted some one at the rear of tho
crowd.
The veiled suggestion was grasped on
the instant. 1t was well for Darrell,
since it turned the mob's attention to
rope instead of bullet and would
consume more time in the execution.
Messengers We're dispatched here and
there, but before anything could be
done a burly, broad-shouldered mar
parted the ranks of the rabble left ana
right and reached Darrel's side.
Give me that gun!" he demanded
curtly. "Im the marshal"
Darrell yielded up the weapon with
out word.
"Now," cried the marshal. this fel-
low goes to the lookup, without any
ifs, nor ands. nor whyevers. There
amt man of you that packs the nerve
to stop me and you know it. Scatter
from in front of us and clear the trail!"
There was nothing in the marshals
hands to enforce the order. He was
known to be man of few words and
prompt action, however, and the crowd
sullenly parted.
Then, with his arm in barrels the
| marshal started his prisoner for tho
Jail. The rabble, mnttering wild
| threats and chafing with bafled rage,
I tagged at their heels.
The Irish standard., 1905-08-05

Even had there been no guards on
the outside escape from the Jail would
have bafiled the most reso.rceful pris-
oner. Darrell yawned laid the stump
OF his cigar on the canCileslic,i and
crossed the creaking boards of the
floor to a cot on the opposite side of
the room.
1t had been his intention to lie down,
but his fastidiousness rebelled at the
blankets on the cot. The dirt and the
vermin disgusted him and he returned
to his chair.
Drowsily he leaned back and through
his half closed eyes he saw the shad-
ows OF the room taking vague shapes.
Stealthily they glided to and fro, now
forward. now back and now surround
ing him, their gaunt hands clasped
and their dance dance of death.
Out of the spectral ranks came final
ly the soothsayer who had crossed his
path at the Half Way house-a hideous
hag VINO tossed her skeleton-like arms.
Knocked him with jeering face and
pointed towards him bony and threat
SuihS5 uu6SI.
You may be honest, but you can
never be honorable!"
The words pierced him like pointed
javelins and he writhed under the
smart. Rousing. he brushed hand
across his eyes. laughed at the folly
into which the perilous hour had be-
guiled him and dropped back to be a
further prey of his disagreeable rev.
cries.
The queen of hearts tripped through
the smi-e!oom, but between her smil-
ing countenance and his came the
dead face of Sturgis; and when this
faded it left the gruesome hand of
Death raising five cards for his inspec-
tion-three knaves and two sevens,
dripping red.
With a sudden movement he threw
himself forward in the chair and raised
his denched fist. There was nothing
before him, however, except the dull
CLEAN of the candle
What was wrong with his nerves?
This mood was foreign to him and he
could not understand 1t.
Springing up, he tramped the creak-
Ing boards for an hour. When he
again seated himself he bowed his head