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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-08
In Mining and Investing Same as in
Other Business Transactions.
FAULTS OF LACK OF IT
Too Much anticipation" Has Put Min
ing Business on the Bum

Common sense should be used
in prospecting, investing and
mining, as well as in any and
every other kind of business, says
Butte Mining Review. The plan
of knowing where you are at
and then going ahead" is the best
to adopt whether you are operat-
ing a million dollar mine or sland-
ering your neighbor.
The attention of the world has
repeatedly been called to the fail
ures in mining in order to dis
courage mining investments by
those who have poorly invested
or those who have other axes to
grind. Indeed, there are few
excuses for the failures in min
ing. Lack of using common
sense accounts for them all, with
very few exceptions. The pros
pector is not so much to blame as
the balance of those who figure
in the history of a mining prop
erty. Oftentimes a crazy tender
foot prospector finds the best
mine in the camp. The pros
pector works on the theory that
mineral is where you find it, yet
science is often a valuable aid to
him in the discovery of lodges
which produce precious metals.
The promoter is not always as
wise as he makes others believe
he is. You meet one now and
then who cannot tell chunk of
hornblende schist from red gran
ite, still he is dead next to cop
per stain and capital. Too bad,
but it is true. To the promoter
who desires to continue in the
business because of successes
which he would make, it would
he good advice to urge him to
know where he is at" Don't
be afraid to spend a little money
on expert advice before buying
and floating, and not wait until
thousands of dollars have been
spent on suppositions before get
! ting men who know something
about the business to look over
the ground and return a verdict
that you must commence work
all over again in order to get ore,
or that you may better risk your
money on roulette wheel.
, A mistaken idea prevails among
many that every tunnel 500 feet
long will surely develop a ship
, ping mine, because in a ten-foot
l hole on the top of the hill mineral
: was found which looked good
enough to sink on. Why didn't t
the outfit sink on it? The outfit
: had the mistaken idea. If every
< outfit would follow its ore, even
| if it goes up a tree, there would
: be less money spent in vain and
: more mines developed.
Anticipation seems to count
: more than realization with some
/ men engaged in mining. They
want to ''go after something, F"
and care little for something lin
sight" The sure plan is to fol
low the ore; if it pinches out, you
q want to know it before you spend
a big sum of money only to find
that you are on the wrong track.
Continued on page g.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-08
Hotel Arrivals.

Elk Hotel-Tom Dakovich, John
Dakovich, Concord; Orrin Lamb, Oro-
grande; E. S. Davis, Blue Ribbon; VIM.
Myers, Sites; George Pollard, Mrs.
James Pollard, James Pollard, Oro-
grande; Henry Brundige. Red River;
w. E. Gibler, Clearwater; w. P. Palmer,
Harpster; R. ]. Ferris, Harpster Peter
Proulx, Newsome; l. D. Maxwell,
Thunder Mountain; Allen Stephens,
Clearwater.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-08

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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-08

Mining News, 81 per year.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-08

John Mathison and John Wells,
two well known miners Of the
Newsome district, were in Elk
City this week on business.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-08
OYSTERS.

Oysters prepared any old style
and any new style, day or night,
at Heath's lunch room, in Min
er's saloon.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20
THE DEMOCRATIC
LONG SUIT
SEEMS TO BE "ENDoRslNe," so
SAYS MR.. HUBBARD IN
CLARKsRURG SPEECH.

CLARKSBURG, Oct. 20.-The Hon.
w. P. Hubbard addressed large meet.
ing last night and in the course Of
e he criticized the Democrats Of this
district who had first endorsed Cleve-
land, later twice endorsed Bryan, then
endorsed Parker and now were en-
dorsing Hearst, and he ended by say.
iLe they changed their platform ami
principles so often 1t was hard to tell
where they stood. He spoke Of condi-
tions prior to the beginning of the
Republican power under Democratic
rule, of the increased prosperity in
The past four years and the bright out
look for the future. Considerable
time was devoted to the discussion
of tax reform and Its advantages ani
wherein the farmer was benefited in
The true and actual value assessment
hy the manufacturers and corpora
lions having to bear a greater burden
OF tax by their assessment being made
more nearly true value. He spoke of
the fact that the last congress had
done more for the country than any
previous congress in its history. re-
citing the railroad rates, pure fool md
other notable bills that had gone
through and closed with plea for the
continuance of this condition.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20
PROPERTY LOSS
Will EXCEED A
MILLION DOLLARS

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 20.
conservative estimates now place the
number Of dead in Florida and off the
coast as the result Of Tuesday morn
ing's disaster at upwards of five hun
4lred souls. Property losses will ex-
ceed a million dollars. AS communlca-
tion is being restored and reports
come in the extent Of the disaster
continues to grow and there is ground
for belief that the worst may not yet
have been heard. There is the best
OF reason for the belief, that tho fate
OF Elliots Key, where the cyclone and
,sidal wave cut off three hundred lives.
las been the fate of a score of lit.
tie Keys off the south coast Of the Pc
lttnsula. If this is so, the present es'
timates of the number of victims will
Lc found woefnlly low. at st. Angus
tine 1t is reported that the entire fish
lug fleet Of the Florida Fishing and
Produce Company has been lost. Tho
gale. drove many small boats out t.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20
TRAINMANKILLEDBY
FALL FROM TRAIN
GEORGE ToLsERT sUsTAlNs FA.
tai INJURIES ON MAIN DIvl.
SION OF THE 3. & o.

WHEELING, Oct. 2O.-George A.
Tolbert, brakeman on the main divi-
sion of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road between Wheeling and Grafton,
died at the Glendale hospital at 1919
o'clock Friday morning as the result
Of injuries sustained by falling from
a car of a swiftly moving freight train
about three miles west of Cameron
late Thursday night. He was not miss
ed until the train reached Benwood
Junction, when word was dispatched to
Fairmont to instruct trainmen to be
on the lookout for him.
The crew of a freight few hours
later found him at the side of the track
in an unconscious condition. He was
taken to Cameron and later, accom-
panied by Drs. Cooper and Hutchin-
son, was removed to the Glendale hos
pital.
His right arm was completely sew
cred above the elbow aud he was bad
ly bruised and cut about the head and
trunk. He regained consciousness a
short time before his death. Loss OF
blood was primarily the cause of his
death, although the injuries about his
head might have ultimaA, resulted
fatally.
The remains were taken to an un'
dertaklng establishment at Mounds
Vile and will be sent TO the former
home of the deceased at st. George,
Tucker county, this State. The de-
ceased was making his first trip when
the accident occurred.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20
MORE MONEY
MUST Be PAID
ON LEASEHOLDS
MIR. Dillon Is
After Assessors

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Oct. 20
In Supreme Court the case Of Tax Com
missioner Dillon ct al. versus B. F.
Bare and S. T. Carter, assessors OF
Fayette county, on mandamus to com
pel said assessors to reassess certain
Fayette county IeasehoIds at what the
tax commissioner holds to be more
nearly their true and actual value
than that first returned by the asses
sors, was argued and submitted. AS
SCISSORS placed a valuation OF about
half million on the property in ques-
ton, while Tax Commissioner Dillon
holds It to be worth about six millions.
W. Gordon Matthews opened the
argument for the State and argued
that the gap between the true and
actual value of the property in ques-
tlon and the value as fixed by the as.
sesors are so wide as to continue
fraud. He alleged against assessors
gross misuse of powers.
What Defense Contends.
Attorneys G.. W. Price and Gen. j.
W. st. Clair, appeared for the defense.
They argued assessors are constitu'
tional officers and are not under con-
troll of a court and to sustain conten.
tion OF plaintiff court itself It would
be fixing values.
They argued that the opinion of the
tax commissioner is worth no more to
assessor than that Of any other ihdi-
vidual and Mr.. Dillon comes before
the court as. an individual and not as
an officer. Aildavits were submit ii
by the defendants from number of
owners of Fayette county properties
that tend to refute the contention of
the tax commissioner.
Dillon Cites illustrations.
To sustain his idea OF values Mr.
Dillon cites one instance where coal
property sold recently for $l,0O0,ooo
and that the leasehold had been as
sessed at $5O,OOO. The personal prop
erty and improvements aggregated
about 100000. which subtracted from
the selling price leaves 100000,
which is approximately Mr.. DiIlon'S
idea as to the value of the leasehold.
The owner of this property submit
ted an affidavit which shows that the
Concluded on Page Eightl
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20
DAYTON GUILTY
JURY AT CUMBERLAND RETURNS
VERDICT IN CASE OF ASSAULT
NEAR kEYSER.

CUMBERLAND, Nd, Oct. 2O,-- The
ury in the case of Solomon Dayton,
OF Keyser, ". Va. charged With mWF-
lerous assault on Otis Alternately,
aged 1G years, at McCoole, Md, oppo.
site Keyser, brought in a verdict of
guilty. The State contended that Day
ton tried TO get Alternately out of the
way because the latter's sister, Jessie,
had promised her mcther. now de-
ceased that she wo,hd not marry Day
ton, who had proposed, as long as she
Lad her brother to care for.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20
Three Noted
Men Coming to
Fairmont Soon

Next Friday night there Will be a
big Republican rally in Fairmont, Hon.
VIM. w. Hubbard. candidate for Con
grcss in this district, State Tax Com
missioner Dillon, of Charleston, and
Hon. Chas. =. Haddox, warden Of the
State peniteniary, will all be here.
They arc all good speakers and thor
oughly posted on the new tax laws.
These speakers will be worth coming
miles to hear as there are no better
informed men in the State on the pres.
ent political issues.
Mr.. Hubbard has spoken here be-
fore and our people know what he
can do. MIR. Dillon met "Rlll" Chiffon
in joint debate at Clay Court House
the. other day and literally wiped the
earth" with him. Mr.. HaddOx is one
of the original tax reformers and will
make a good speech, Fix the date in
mind and come out to the meeting. 1t
will be the biggest meeting Of the cam
paign.
Next Thursday night, the 25th inst,
Tax Commissioner Dillon, Warder
Haddox and Hon. Il. +, Bailey will
speak at Warrington,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20
ResuIt in Havana.

HAVANA, Oct. 2o.-According to
thet most reliable information to-day
the list of dead and fatally injured in
Havana, victims of the hurricane, will
be about forty, while the total casual,
ties on the island will exceed one hun
dred dead and Ave hundred injured.
Property interests in the immediate
vicinity Of Havana exceed three mil
lion dollars.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20
pIed In New York.

Friends of Mrs c, L. Skinner have
received message from her announc.
ing the death of her aunt. Mrs. Ellen
McNulty, which occurred on Thurs
day at her home in Cuba, N. Y. Mrs.
skinner was called to Cuba several
weeks ago by her aunts illness.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20
HUBBARD, DILLON AND HADDOX
TO A LIMB
THE BODY OF A NEGRo WAS
FOUND HANGING IN A MANS
LAWN TODAY.

LEXINGTON, KY, Oct. 2o-A ne
gro, forty wears OF age, was found
HANGING to limb Of a tree on the
lawn Of Horace Coleman'3 home, nine
miles from Lexington, this morning.
The indications are that he was lynch
cd, but no one in the neighhorhood
appears to know him. or to have a
knowledge OF the crime.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20
The Ladies' Aid Society Of the First
M, e, Church

Will hold a r1lmmage sale In the A.
y. Slmon's building on Jackson street,
next door to Jones undertaking
rooms, commencing on Oct 2Sd, 1906,
Clothing of all kinds solicited. Any
enc wishing to donate articles for this
sale please send them to the above
room or notify Mrs. J. l.. Tory, Of
7N1 Locust avenue, and they Will be
called for.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20
April 10th
is DATE SET FOR THE OPENING
OF THE JAMESTOWN Ex.
POSITION.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2O.-It was Of
ficlally announced at the White House
today that President Roosevelt Will
open the jamestown exposition with an
address, April &c next.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20
we RemOunt Diamonds while you wait.
AsharsEineof Tiffany aadFancy Settings tosssctfrOn
THE DEATH LIST Due TO STORM IN
FLORIDA May YET REACH 500

sea and they have not been heard
from since. 1t seems improbable that
the little boats could have weathered
the gale. Much wreckage from the
boats has been picked up. The loss
Of the feet would add many score to
the list Of dead.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20
THE WEATHER.

TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
Velvet turbans, silk tailored tur-
bans, Vesta TlIIa feIts In black and
all coIors, worth up to $500 each, spe-
ciaI at $1.5o.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20
Many Killed
IN WRECK ON BIG FOUR THIS
MORNING ACCORDING TO
REPORT SENT OUT.

GREENsBuRG, Ind. Oct. 90
A Queen City special on the Big Four
railroad, running fifty miles per hour,
crashed into a freight near Mccoy
early today. Carelessness in obeyins
orders is said to be responsible for
the wreck, Several persons are re-
ported killed or injured.
Everything at cost at Burdettes. II
TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
chiIdren's school coats in plain COL
ors and fancy cloths, at $2.es.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20

TONIGHT AT JoLLIFFEE's
Ladies' and Misses broadcIoth and
covert coats, in black and all colors,
$3.50 values at $9.75.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20
Notice.

The city taxes for the year 1906
are now ready for payment, and all
persons paving the same on or he
fore November 18th. will be allowed a
discount of 91a per cent, hut no dis.
count allowed after the 18th day of
November.
JOHN s. SCOTT,
City Collector.
TONIGHT AND MONDAY
JoIIi#s's $3.50 Hat Sale,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20
CITIZENS OF MANNINGT0N and WIN
field SHARE BENEFITS Of TAX Reform
SAME STORY OF REDUCED
TICKETS FOR THE MASSES

No matter where the heard lc
large tax
from Warrington Winfield districts
include the sheriff.
available for publication The rata WIN
for the
the city, The would
which would make
to publish it.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-20

TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
All soc knit underwear for IadieH,
boys and men, at 3ec.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
NOT AN ACCIDENT.

That there are few accidents in
money-making was again illustrated
in the incident of the express clerk
who bid for s5,0OOOOO of Panama
bonds and got them and has now sold
his option for something more than
$4,000. In the first place it was not
an accident that Secretary Shaw
asked for no cash deposit with bids.
This condition was purposely left out
by the secretary, who did not wish to
disturb the money market by tying
up large amounts unnecessarily while
the bidding was in process.
Secondly, it was not an accident
that Samuel Byerly made a winning
bid on a large block of the bonds.
1t was the result of calculation and
study. He bid on four lots and that
he studied the question carefully is
shown by the fact that on one lot he
bid more than he could realize on a
resale, Willie OH Three iOlS There was d
slight margin of safety
Not every express clerk with a 3
cent stamp could have done what
Byerley did. 1t was not the postage
stamp and the ambition which brought
him success, but his preliminary sur
vey of the field and his intelligent
study of the history of other two per
cent bond issues.
The story is a romantic one and it
sounds we'll to put it as the experience
Of a man who put 2-cent letter In
the mails and, presto, drew out a
small fortune. The truth is just as
interesting and more valuable. 1t is
that the young express clerk had
ideas above his professional position.
He used them and he made money out
of them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
NEW SnVx> SlORlES
Senator Bob Taylor's Story.

National politics has gained great
big man in the election of Bob Tayl0l
as United States senator from Tennes
see," said Opie Read, the Chicago play
wright and novelist. Mr.. Read is an ole
friend of former Governor Taylor, who
recently defeated Senator E. w. Car
mack at the Tennessee primaries.
Il remember when Taylor was first
elected governor of Tennessee and was
receiving all sorts of callers at the cap.
itOl at Knoxville" continued Mr.. Read
Squirrel hunters from the mountains
and backwoodsmen from the banks OF
the Wautauga, with whom the govern
or had lived as boy, came to see him
and all got warm welcome. / have
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
AWAIT THE VERDICT.

A few union men of the city
and more socialists met at
Labor temple yesterday and, carried
away with the speeches of such as
one Fred L. Wells, who styles him
self "a survivor of the Peabody war"
voted to endorse resolutions calling
upon the governor of Idaho to release
Meyer. Haywood and Pettibone, the
officers of the Western Federation of
Miners, who are charged, in the con-
fessions of alleged associates and
tools, with planning the murder of
former Governor Frank Steunenberg
and scores of others who came under
the ban of the inner circle.
The unwisdom of the mass meeting
is beyond question. Theoretically the
declaration and adoption of those res
olutions is akin to anarchy. The de-
fiance of law. underlying the action is
regrettabe.
The one reason advanced by those
who are following the reasonable ut
terances of Eugene V. Debs is that
Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone are
union men. The question of their
guilt or innocence appears to be a
secondary matter, worthy of no es-
pecial mention.
1t cannot be denied that the men are
held under strong evidence-such as
would warrant the holding for trial of
any man of high or low class in the
United States. So, too, it must be ad-
mitted that the law particularly pro-
vides there can be no bail for men
held under the charges of murder.
Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone will
be given fair trials 1t is when the
evidence is adduced that an opinion
can be honestly formed or given. There
have been greater men than those
leaders of the inner circle convicted of
| murder. 1t is the province of a jury
to pass upon their guilt or innocence.
| Until then it should be the honest de-
sire of every workingman, every citi-
zen who has the welfare of his gov
ernmeht to heart, to see the process
of the law carried out fully and fair
ly. 1t should not be their desire or
intention to hamper that process
Otherwise there is always a doubt
! of the honesty. of the balanced
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
BIG CIRCUS TO Be HERE:THuRsDAY
Through Lavish Expenditures, Street
Parade Will be a Brilliant
Pageant.
Gen. Agent, o. r. & N. Co.

Thursday is circus day, and if there
is man, woman or child who is not
down town Thursday morning to see
the Forepaugh- Sells parade it will be
because they can not come Circus
day is for the young, the old and the
middle-aged. OF all the good. old
fashioned, time-worn and staple jokes.
the best is that which deals with the
father who has to go to the circus to
take the children, for there are fathers
foolish enough to fool their neighbors
with the fraud about going to the
circus purely to please the children.
The more candid frankly admit that
they go to please themselves. For
love Of the circus is Unborn: if lasts
while life lasts. They have enjoyed
1t since the days when they used to
carry water othe elephants or crawled
under the tents to see the marvellous
shows of their youth, and catch the
circus fever today as they did then
even if they don't gaze with the same
open-mouthed wonder that thew did
in their youth
circus day is always an event and
it always will be- There is something
about this sort of entertainment that
is different from any other sort of a.
version. Perhaps it is the wide di-
versity of the skill shown bv the ner-
formers, perhaps it is the noise and
the hustle and the frank AGGREGATION
OF the side-show spielers: more Hkelv
" is little Of all. But whatever if
the imagination Of the youth. Shaving
is there is a fascination that at+r.o+,
with him through life, and to the red
FLOODED citizen circus day Is. and will
always be an event.
Inc street parade, WILL it is said.
be OF an unusually attractive charac-
ter The management of Forepaugh-
sells nave, it is said, been lavish in
the expenditure Of money and the ex-
erclse of care and circumspection, to
the end that the street pageant will
prove interesting and entertaining.
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-06
DISLIKE AMERICAN LAKE.

/ Recently General Fred Funston came
out in an interview in which he was
quoted as declaring Fort Walla Wal
| la beyond the pale Of consideration as
a brigade camp. The wise general an
nounced that Col. Godfrey had in
formed him the post limits were toe
small, the roads too muddy and the
weather too hot With this peroration
| the general went on to declare there
was no place like American Lake
To the public General Funston an
nounced there could be no better
healthier or more available site for the
bridage camp than American Lake
1t was the ideal spot-a paradise for
the soldier, home for the officer and
a garden where enlisted men would
yearn for nothing more this side of
the river Jordan.
Immediately it was pointed out that
General Funston and some of his as
sociates were interested in land in
and about the American Lake coun-
try. 1t was limited there would be
respectable bank accounts for some of
the more enterprising, or for those
who had advance information of the
possible government purchase.
But since the encampment of the
soldiers at American Lake another
story is told. 1t is not a place which
fascinates the enlisted man. On the
contrary it is a spot which gives him
large longings for other lands-Cana-
da preferred.
Since the installation Of the camp
assertions have been so frequent as to
call for an official inquiry. In one in
fantry company there are but seven
men and the officers left. The others
deserted and are now in Canada
Desertions are occurring at the rate
of eight to ten a day. So disaffected
are those men who went through the
Philippines without a murmur that
even General Funston could not Sc
cure a striker" or servant, and was
compelled to polish his own shoes and
accoutrements according to the press
dispatches.
American Lake is not liked by the
enlisted men. They prefer Walla Wal
la. Troop and company commanders
dislike the site because it is so close
to the Canadian line that premium
is placed on assertions.
Some of those commanding officers
would better invest in land adjoining
Fort Walla Walla. There is plenty
of room here and it's a far cry to the
Canadian border