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ed States and Europe. That type OF
restaurant is the same the world over.
But ii is not such as these that are
centers Of that Bohemia for which
San Francisco has always been IA
nous. San Francisco was born in 1913
when one Marshall discovered gold at
Suffers Fort on the north fork Of the
American River. Bohemia was born in
San Francisco about the same time and
has grown with its growth. 1t is Of
the very fiber of the conditions which
produced San Francisco. The semi
tropical life. the cosmopolitan popuIa-
ton. the absence Of home life in the
beginning of its history all combined
10 make San Franciscans the enthusias-
tic diners out that they are. and to
give 10 the city Of the Golden Gate a
diversity and an individuality In its
public places of refreshment not to be
equaled anywhere else in the world.
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You don't know what it is until YOU
have seen It. For weeks beforehand
each person you meet says: Are you
going 20 The Jinlss2' Wives and viz
gins ask il simplify: they are not al
lowed TO attend II is like most truly
artistic incidents. a stag affair. I ad-
nit that IL sounds like a lot Of men
turned loose with a lot OF cham
payne And as matter Of fact there
were lots of men. perhaps 800. and
there was a lot OF champagne very
good champagne. too and there vas
anything else YOU wanted to drink.
and plenty Of brilliant men TO drink
IL with But the links is not a Long
Island clambake. Your CaHfornian's
belly IS as empty as the next mans
and he likes 20 III it with good things.
but he has other emptiness. and in
thus ne differs from the average run
OF his eountrynen. He has the soul
of an artist and once a year he goes
10 his grove under the fun moon
and hIls that soul with the majesty
of rich color and strong music. The
High Jinks X as serious as = funeral
II is-or IL was last year-a musical
play delivered elaborately in the open
air at midnight. before the quietest
and most arprcciative audience / have
ever seen.
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Thu restaurant was originally es-
tabushed to cater 20 the large Mexi-
can population Of San Francisco's
Latin quarter. 1t became exceeding
~ popular among the artists who
brought their friends. and they in
turn their friends. until one Is-was
likely to find these representatives
of all the arts and learned profess
sions. Fortunately Matias did not al
low success to turn his head. He
preserved to the end the distinctive
features Of the place, whose spirit
was fully expressed by Alice Newell,
the famous English essayist. when
she wrote in the visitors book which
Mortigia kept. AT ease in mine inn"
For years ''NIatias"' has been a sort
Of literary shrine. primarily because
Robert Louis Stevenson freauented
it in the days Of his poverty. Since
then so many famous people have
dined there. that the aforementioned
visitors bOok-a cross between a
hotel register and an autograph
album. has become in itself an OBJ
jective for literary and artistic pill
grimages. Most Of his visitors wrote
in this book Of Mortigia's and looking
over it, while one found much that
was trite. ba,al. commonplace, there
was scarcely a page without its
striking sketch. its telling phrase.
Another o. the more famous Of
San Franciscos humber restaurants
was LuchettFs. on Davis street It
had not the alluring cosiness Of Ma
tias;. 1t was a big struggling barn
like place. uncomfortable and iner-
tistic. ornamented by bright colored
Autographs advertising certain ciga-
rettes. cigars or liquors. But It was
the chief restaurant Of the italian
quarter. and as such much affected
by the literary and artistic set IN
search Of the color Of life. It was In
the heart Of the hsherman's district,
and early in the day deserted. except
by stray surly son Of Italy. whose
surliness be it explained in all fair
ness. was Of the type that may be
ascribed TO the cold. gray dawn of
the morning after.
At noon the fishermen came in 10
take their lunch before launching
their felucca sailed craft that added
so much 10 the picturesqueness OF the
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Sunday Night at Lucbetti'8

After their meal one after the other
they filed up to the ,aar to have their
demiJohns filled with "Dago red" the
rough beady claret which they affect
For they do not go 10 sea without their
wine Jars well filed Then they sally
forth IN their bright colored Jerseys
and gum boots to their thighs. gallant,
reckless. staggering. pictureFlua fell
lows, whom the artistic fraternity
loves and mingles with in that easy
good fellowship and equality which Is
Of the essence Of BohemIanlsm-
Sunday night Luchettfs vas IN its
glory. quite as Bohemian. hut in a very
different way. It was given over to
young American men and m6Idens who
partook appreciatively of tha 5O-cent
dinner served there. This was a mere
travesty on a good italian dinner. but
the young people not knowing the real
article were satisfied. In the course OF
the evening the fun was likely to be-
come pretty noisy. but harmless. There
was singing and perhaps dancing on
the part Of the patrons Of the estab-
Hshment. II the spirit moved. But
there was almost no drunkenness. and
the boisterousness was merely the ma
tural expression of high animal spirits.
The Sunday night crowd was made up
Of boys and girls Of the middle class,
often fresh from Sunday trips into the
surrounding country. coming in loaded
with wild flowers. so that in the spring
the place was glorious with the color
of the yellow poppies.
Introductions here. or at SauguInet-
It's next door were unnecessary. The
fact that people were fellow-diners
there made them for the moment ac-
quainted. II was a common saying that
though you might take girl into one
OF these restaurants It did not at all
follow that you would take one out
at least, not the same girl. Sauguinet
It's. which was next door to Luchetti's.
had been the latters predecessor as
the great italian restaurant Of the
quarter It was smaller. but more at
tractive artistieally. a low room with
beamed ceiling and dark walls. 1t has
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most delightful little eating house one
might hope TO meet in a trip around
the world. "a genuine Mexican res
taurant. not n imitation. The meals
were cooke,i by Mexican women In
approved Mexican fashion right be-
fore your eyes. Great strings OF red
peppers hung drying from the low
ceiling. The walls were pa2ered in
the gay colOrs In which the Mexican
taste revels. The tables we've small.
the linen coarse. but spotless. and
queer shaped gourds took the place
of water bottles. The meals are
were, alas!-the perfection Of Mexican
cookery. Matias served a luncheon in
five courses, beginning with ,vege-
table soup hot enough to serve as a
foretaste of pu.gatory, accompanied by
a bottle 01 strong Mexican claret.
which made the UNIV airy long for
whisky as a soft drink. and coffee
which Paris itself could not have
surpassed and which no mere Anglo
Saxon could hope 70 equal. all for 25
cents. His dinner was a more elab-
crate functlon-the price thereof 80
cents.
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10 lose themselves IN the
= ! realms Of mystic speculation;
also wise men OF other nation
alities. who think anything Is good pro-
vided you can't prove it. tell US that
belief IN ghosts, omens. signs. dreams.
and anything else that one is unable 10
pin down and look at. are simply at
tenuated streaks OF what our ances-
tors held as solid facts. These ancient
gentry were firmly convinced Of the eX-
istence Of a great many spirits. good.
bad and Indifferent. each one Of whom
had his own particular duty 10 perform
and attended strictly 10 those affairs
which were allotted 10 him.
whether old Troglodyte killed a deer
or Iell over clin. he knew that ii was
nolrs OF his own doings, but that the
spirit who was allotted TO him for that
special purpose was at the bottom OF
the whole matter. This is the earliest
application Of the principle of division
OF labor.
These gentlemen have also decided
that the games of childhood are mOdi-
fed forms OF what were once serious
OCCUPATIONS: the human race does not
need tc keep them Up. neither does IL
know how 10 let them drop into innOc-
uous desuetude. As said before. the
connection between a belief in a lot
of spirits thousands Of years ago and
q game Of marbles at the present day
Is not as plain as might be wished: but.
accepting II as a fact. We find in IL an
explanation OF two freaHsh Proclivities
which cannot be nationally accounted
for.
When. according to the almanac. Sun
enters Aries. spring begins" some men
act as If Aries was after them. They
band themselves together. after much
talk and running 10 and fro; HE away
to some remote locality. with fishing
outfit enough to clean out the ocean:
come home finally with bad colds and
sunburnt noses. and tel lies for a
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SPRING OUTING ONLY A SURVIVAL

month about what a good time they
had and how many fish they caught
The vague impulse that leads 70 this
erratic behavior adopting. OF course.
the dlcta Of the scientific mem is a
mental Inheritance that has come
straight down from the time when our
forefathers lived in holes in the ground
spring cleaning" in those days meant
something The debris that had been
accumulating on the cavern floor all
winter got TO be Just something aw-
full" He began TO feel that there Is no
place ike away from home This feel
ing was intensified when the women be-
gan 'reddin' up things" he wanted 10
go sonewnerei MS soul was hlled with
a wild yearning fer the streams and the
forest, blue sky and singing birds. Even
as the ground hog comes forth to look
al the sky. so did he: and II looked
good. The air, too, was an Improvement
on the domestic atmosphere
But old fashions have passed avs
IN some respects; commercial enterprise
frowns upon him ShO makes no show
of being employed. So the fugitive seek=
a quiet. secluded spot where he ca
lie down and take things easy ana
think up the other kind OF lie 20 tel
later Meantime. he makes blum at
being busy by watching hshing pole;
the only implement tool. Instrument,
utensil, or whatever you choose 10 call
il, that Will allow a man 10 be abso-
lutely lazy and yet have an air OF beng
industriouslv occupied
4 IKE ASSOCIATION 'i iieitht dl4u uieu
ern ideas will account for the annual
fall hunt" When old Trogi odNte start
ed out u Law in his winter meat II was
perfectly apparent 10 the esCulcnt feral
beasts and birds that there would soon
be something doing and they lit out
for the deep-tangled wildwood so tha:
ne sometimes had TO be away from home
for a month
So IL is -prnbabIe that man would have
lost his hunting and fishing instinct II
woman had ever been able 20 forget
that she had 10 clean house. Woman.
Of course. would never think of allowing
man 10 have two instinct survivals
while she retained only one: here is one
respect in which she is bound 10 pull
even. For untold centuries woman had
10 get out as soon as spring opened and
put in the crop. II was part OF her
business; Il Is in her system and she
can't get II out.
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mains. that # IS an honor TO be a
member Of the Bohemian Club. the
privilege implying fellowship with the
noted men whose names have figured
on its roll in the thirty-hve years Of
its existence.
Aad however much the truly Bo-
he9nian element may sneer at the club
during the greater part Of the year.
even they admit that during the clubs
outing. its annual "Jinks~-"High
Jinks. Low Jinks. and the Burial Of
Dull Care"-it reverts TO It's original
Bohemian character This function
takes place always in August IN a
grove Of redwoods at Gurneyville.
owned by the club. And the mere fact
that the club does own II REBOUNDS
everlastingly 70 It's credit. For the
club saved IL from a railroad The rail-
read was after II with an AK; the club
was after II with a little money. and
a lot Of sentiment. 1t strained its
resources. but It saved the grove, and
has enjoyed IL ever since.
Once year IL goes there for its
''Jinks" at the time Of the August full
moon and takes its guests. and lives in
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Joseph n. II. Irwin at that time com.

Joseph n. H Irwin, at that time COM
merciaI editor OF the Examiner, Sands
w. Forrnan. city editor Of the Exam
iner, and Thomas Newcomb, city edi-
tor OF the Call From small beginnings
II grew. and grew. until IT became one
OF the most prosperous and famous
clubs IN the world It has recently
been occupying fine quarters on Post
street, and these went up In smoke In
the general confagration which follow
ed the earthquake The club attend
ants succeeded. however. in saving
many Of the fine pictures that adorned
the walls, by cutting them from their
frames They also saved considerable
Of the club property. 1t is to be noted
that In the avalanche of benefits for
the San Francisco sufferers that are
being given ali over the country. Rich
ard Mansfield announces one for the
San Francisco Bohemian Club.
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The Bohemian Club of Todav

The Bohemisns of the small restaur-
ants are won't to complain rather bit
terly that the Bohemian Club has lost
much Of its original character: that it
is in short no longer Bohemian They
say II has taken in a lot OF million
aires. because. forsooth. IT needed the
money; and that the miIlionaires have
made it a dress suit affair; and tell
tearfully how they objected 10 Jack
London's coming around in negiigee
clothes-"and they call themselves Bo-
hemiansr' Nevertheless, the fact re-
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tents under its redwoods. There are
two sorts Of redwoods. the gigantic
sequoia, and the other sort. These
are the other sort--not supposed 10 be
gigantic. but the skyscrappers Of
Wall and Broad streets and lower
Broadway would nestle comfortably in
their shade. AS 70 just what the
"Jinks" are-is-here is what Gou-
verneur Morris says OF It IN Outings
High links is not what st sounds.
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not OF late been much frequented by
more distinctively Italian. and there
by so much the more attractive to the
Bohemian element.
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Undoubtedly the Bohemian Club viii
be rebuilt. and viii continue to have
its High links under the August noon
But that lesser Bohemia that gathered
restaurants and not only filed its
empty belly. but satisfied those other
emptinesses whereof Mr.. Morris
sPeaks-wiu ii survive the fire-or VIII
''FriscC's lost Bohemia remain IL
reparably lost?
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These are only one or two OF hun
dreds Of such places in which artistic
and literary bohemians have been wont
20 gather. where the spirit of good fel-
lowship prevailed, and where ''carpe
diem" might have expressed the pre-
vailing spirit In them men and women
met. and in the JOY of companionship
laughed at fate and poverty. In them
the most popular toast was always
Drink to now,"
And last. but by no means least.
there was the Bohemian Club. ''Fris-
cos Bohemian Club" famous the world
over. 1t was organized in 1872 at the
instigation Of three newspaper men,
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chested and strongly built. represent
ing the entire Italian seaboard from
Venice and Genoa to Sicily-a very
different type from the ''Dago"
laborer or fruit vender with whom
our Eastern cities are familiar. In
the main they were quiet and peace
able enough, but occasionally the hot
strong Italian wine which accom-
panied every meal. and the snatches
OF sea-going song gave place to the
vociferoUs shriIlness Of an Italian
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ERMAN scientists. who deIgh
TO lose themselves IN the
realms OF mystic speculation:
also wise men Of other nation
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-17

the entire Pacific coast trade with
best grade plaster.
The Vegas article is superior. 1t
has the call with the men who know
and measure results by the dollars
and cents that such products produce.
The magnitude and scale upon
which the new manufacturing enter
prise is conceived means the employ
ment of numerous wage earners and
the money in circulation necessary to
maintain a thrifty and enterprising
community. In addition TO this spe-
cific case there are other projects on
foot that are bound to materialize.
financed as they will be by the best
known capitalists of the country. and
that will mean Las Vegas as bee
hive" full of honey and qualification
for those who recognize the opportu-
nifty of holding on to good thing.
The sun rises in splendor over the
Vegas and the silver lining now will
become a source of bountiful for those
who braved the early disadvantages
of this section.
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-17

raveled. Wilson had not yet left town
and he had been lamenting the loss of
his partner. He claims that he was
covered up In the flying debris and
that the body is there yet. The off,
GERS are of different opinion. They
believe Roberts, after having COM
mitted the deed. took safety In flight
and kept going. 1t is known that Rob-
erts has no money, and to get away
he must beat the road. This is an adj
vantage to the officers aud every ave-
nue. of escape has been carefully
guarded and II is impossible for him
TO make a getaway In this country.
Both Wilson and Roberts are old
miners and had only lately arrived
from the Seven Devils country In Ida
no. The loss in property amounted
to considerable. as Mr.. Sibert had
only laid in a new supply of every
thing. with a view to commencing
business on an extensive scale. All
of this property was stored about the
tunnel and in it and all was blown into
fragments.
Wilson is being detained as a state
witness and he is incarcerated in the
branch jail at this place. Ernest Kete
and other deputies are on the trail of
Roberts. with fair show OF appre-
hending him before he can reach
place of safety.
Deputy Sheriff Kete returned from
his trip south after Roberts. who IL
is alleged blew up the Sibert mine.
Kete says he did not go south and it
is believed he went north. Some be-
lieve Roberts is covered up in the de-
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-17

surprised to see such a town-repre-
senting the hustle and hustle of a
5000 population and in 90 short time.
Fully appurtenanced with general
stores, saloons. restaurants. two
banks, blacksmith shop. doctors Of
fees, lawyers galore and merchan-
disc and commodities of such excel
lent quality as not to be outrivaled
in your metropolitan points.
Recognizing the short space OF
time since Manhattan made its debut
one would naturally expect that the
volume of Manhattan transactions
would be conducted in tents. but such
is not the case. For more than one
fourth of a mile on Main street IL is
frame buildings. There are only two
exceptions, to this marvellous feature.
One-third of these new frame build
ings are two stories Such an appear
ance and presentation easily gives
Manhattan the palm that makes 1t
the record breaker Water is an ex-
pensive commodity at present 1t is
$3.50 per barrel. This will not last
long. Wells are being sunk and soon
this disadvantage will be, overcome.
Then also a pipe line will bring water
in the near future from the large
springs. Fire wood is plentiful. Much
timber prospers on the surrounding
hills. Lots of money in circulation.
The mines have ever ear mark of be-
coming great producers. On the road
as | was going into Manhattan | met
ten teams coming out with sacked
ore, carrying rich values. Thess
teams carried to market the wealth
that leasers dug from the bowels of
Mother Earth These leasers as a
rule are practical miners and their re-
suits and confidence in the future of
Manhattan, and speaking from what
have seen. Manhattan beats all
ever saw and | have been In all of
thSHl tiiOuSH i<OehuFiiie, SiiPPiS
Creek. Rossland. Republic Gold Field.
Tonopah. If 1t will maintain its pace
and production it will prove the min
ing wonder and marvel of this century.
At present she is a winner and | have
no doubt from my observations but
that the future will prove the perma-
nancy of the present showings."
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-17
1T is A SPLENDID COPPER SHOW
ING.

A PhenomenalIy Rich Discovery of
the Electric Metal In Cedar Basin.
What is known as the Cedar Basin
Mining district has during the past
few weeks occasioned much interest
for the mining man. Numerous dis.
coveries have been made that give
every indication that this section will
not only be the mecca for the fortune
hunter but will be the means of max
ing as many millionaires and employ
ing as many miners at good wages as
any section of Nevada can boast Of
Amongst those who are specially for
tunate in striking the thing that has
every earmark of conveying millions
in it" is Hon. Levi Syphus, Harry
Gentry and Matthew Reece of ST.
Thomas, Nevada.
About twenty miles southeast of st.
Thomas and about forty miles from
Moapa, these fortunate individuals
have and are opening a copper prop
erty of enormous showings and
value.
They have many tons of ore in
sight that goes Ga per cent in copper
and has bi-product values in gold and
silver The ore is in lime forma-
ton 1t is apparently what Is called a
chimney of ore. but is SO large as to
occasion the impression that 1t may
be another. United Verde when fully
developed.
]. F. Gibbs, the noted expert and
rock scientist. pronounces the dis
covery as splendid and encouraging q
showing as be ever saw.
c. C. Ronnow. who Is interested In
the district. brought some samples OF
ore from the Syphus-Gentry-R -Reece
property and to say that 1t looks good
but family expresses the value OF the
rock. 1t is rich. It is phenomenal
and unless geology reverses itself
these deserving miners have an Inn
mense fortune. The Times II glad
of this prospective wealth for there
are none better than syphus and Cen
/ try.
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-17
New Industries Are Perfected That
Mean Much for Las Vegas Future.
A Strong Financial Concern From
Nephi, Utah. Will Erect Plant and
Manufacture Plaster at This Point.
This Will Mean an Enlarged Pay
Roll and a Consequent Ratio Of In
creased Prosperity.

c. o. Whittemore, next to the
Clarks. the great energetic character
in developing the resources of South
Nevada. was at Vegas during the ear
ly part of the week attending to busi-
ness and giving directions to affairs
that in the near future will conserve
the best interest of the citizens of the
desert city and valley.
His confidence, and II Is like the
declaration of an oracle from the in
ner council, is of the unbounded sort,
so far as the future of this section of
the country is concerned. Enter
|prises are conceived that in material
and prosperous sense will rebound to
the benefit of all southland.
An immediate prospect in view is
the plaster manufacturing plant to be
|capitalized and financed by the Nephi,
utah. concern that is the largest man.
|ufacturing corporation of high grade
|plaster of paris in the country.
The experts of this company have
Ibeen over the ground and natural de-
posits of gypsum in the Vegas valley
land pronounced this point the most
advantageous from whence to supply
Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-17
THE MINING WONDER.
Manhattan Has Marvellous Features
and is the Liveliest Mining Camp In
the Country.

John J. Owens, the well known
mining man from Tonopah. writes as
follows to a friend at Las Vegas
about Manhattan:
"On a persons arrival at the Man
haitian district. the first place of any
note noticed is the suburb of Central.
There is water in abundance at this
point. To secure this supply it was
necessary to sink well forty feet. On
the outskirts of Central they have a
mine from which high grade ore is
sacked and shipped. Central. also, is
closer to the famous Stray Dog mine,
so much in the public mind now on
account of its fabulous richness. than
what Manhattan is.
Upon arrival at Manhattan one is