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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03

| to carry all the remaining primaries III
| Dane county if 1 have to crawl to them
| on my knees"
He carried them.
Beginning of His Great Fight.
| In 1896 La Toilette himself was
candidate for the Republican nOmina-
| ton for governor and had majority
! of the convention with him, but his enc
mics secured an adjournment and by
purchase or otherwise won over enough
of his delegates to defeat him. 1t was
hen that Robert NJ. La Toilette began
his great fight to have nominations
made by the direct vote of the people.
Two years later he was once more
defeated for the gubernatOral prize,
but in 1900 he won out and was elect
cd. But the victory was only partial,
as he failed to have the legislature
adopt his principles. In 1902 he was
reelected and succeeded in having part
of his measures adopted. In 1904 he
was a candidate for a third term and
had a majority Of the convention with
him, but his opponents bolted and nom
mated another ticket. Both factions
went before the Republican national
Iette won. Nothing daunted, the gov
ernor carried the fight into the courts
and was successful. In the ensuing
election he beat both the boilers can
didate and the Democratic nominee by
immense pluralities and carried the
legislature by sufficient majority to
insure the adoption of all his principles
and his own election to the United
States senate. He did not Immediate
ly take his seat. however, but remained
governor long enough to force through
all the measures he advocated. even
threatening to give up the SenatOrShip
if they We're not enacted. When all
his pet ideas were on the statute books
and his twelve year state fight was
completely won he turned to the larger
field of the nation.
Found Proposed Steal. -
One of the unwritten laws of the
United States senate is that a new
member must sit on a back seat. look |
duly impressed and say nothing. There |
are but few of the senatorial kids |
who have the courage to run amuck |
of this law. La Toilette is one of the |
few. Placed on one of the Indian COM |
mittees, body in which ordinarily |
there is nothing doing, he discovered |
proposed steal of several millions-some |
say over a billion-that the railroads |
were attempting to perpetrate in the |
rental of coal lands. This was Goina
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03

In France there is an idea that IL a
fisherman counts the fish he has caught
- will catch no more during that day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03

troll the delegation he had to carry all
the remainder. His lieutenants We're
ready to give up in despair.
"Gentlemen." said la Toilette, you
eau. DO as You please. but / am going
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03

an machine. He was not fighting for
himself. but for another, and. made an
unsuccessful attempt TO secure the
nomination of Nils Haueen for Lgov-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03

~ ENATOR La FOLLETTE'S most
marked characteristics are pug
~ nacity and persistence. He never
quits fighting. 1t took him more
than ten years to win out in Wisconsin.
but If it had required twenty it would
have been the same. He would have
been there at the end, jabbing away
with as much vigor and determination
as at the beginning.
Not a Gutter.
When La Toilette was told of the
choice bunch of names that had been
applied TO him by his enemies he
smiled and quizzically replied, They
did not call me a gutter, did they:'
No. They did not. That was the trou-
BILE. 1t was the fact that he was not a
gutter that made his foes adopt such
reckless and burning adjectives when
they spoke of him.
The Wisconsin fight was against ire
mendous obstacles. The Republican
machine, the railroads and the corpora
lions generally all had TO be overcome
La Toilette was equal to the task.
Defeat only spurred him TO harder
fighting Partial victory did not APP
pease him. He was satisfied only with
complete triumph, and complete tri-
umph he won in the end. To reach it
he had to disrupt his party, but he new
er wavered for that. The words con-
Citation and compromise are not in
his Vocabulary. Like Jackson, he be-
lieves in n clean victory or a clean de-
feat. Like Jackson also he fought
some of his greatest battles while sjIf-
confined him to his bed a considerable
portion of the time. Sickness could not
daunt a will like that of La Toilette
I'm fact. the man seems an incarnation
of sheer will force.
Robert Marion La Toilette he was
christened by his parents, but Bob he
is called by the world. for iron though
he is. in his personality rests the charm
that makes others call him by his front
name. One of his political opponents
recently said of him: La FoIlettes enc
mics have been made by his measures,
not by his manners. 1t is possible to
dislike Bob La Toilette only at a dis
lance"
Three Cardinal issIes.
What were these measures? Here
are the three cardinal issues on which
he made his fights in Wisconsin: Nom
ination of all candidates by district |
vote of the people. taxation of rail |
ways and other corporations at the |
same rate as that charged to others !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03

'I'l never ask another woman te
marry me so long as live"
"Refused?"
no; accepted. London Tit-Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03
Origin of the side.addle.

The use of the sidesaddle for women
riders is traced to the time of Anne Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03
Deals With Folks Where They Live.

AS a speaker the Wisconsin senator is
really an orator. He is not much Of n
twister of the eagles tail and all that
sort of thing. but he gets an audience
going some and keeps it on the move.
For one thing. he deals with folks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-03

to carry all tile remaining primaries IN
Dane county if have to crawl to them
ON my knees"
He carried them.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
NO MORE BODIES
found IN ruins
Careful Search Proves Judge e.
lis and A. II. Heber Only
PeriShed

A careful examination of the
ruins of the Goldfield hotel which
was burned early yesterday morning
has failed to show that any addi-
tional lives were lost. Considerable
excitement was occasioned yesterday
afternoon when the searchers came
across the dismembered bodies OF
the two known victims, which gave
the appearance of many dead being
in the ruins. A closer inspection,
however, showed them to be the
remains of Judge ]. NJ. Ellis and A.
H. Heber. AS announced in the Ton
opah Bonanza Extra, the fire orig
mated, it is supposed, from a crossed
electric light wire about 6:45 a. m.
A stiff breeze was blowing and al
most instantly the entire building
was ablaze. Minnie Sears, the house
keeper, who was up at the time,
acted in a most courageous manner
and it is no doubt due to her hero
ism in warning the guests that the
death list was not larger All the
guests on the second floor were
obliged to jump from the windows
clad in their night garments. Many
narrow escapes were made and the
4 greatest excitement reigned. c. D.
Young, capitalist of Los Angeles
had his ankle badly sprained
Charles Cram sustained a broker
ankle, while w. NJ. Wood and gam.
bier known as the Denver Kid
were badly hurt.
The Goldfeld hotel was about {
year old, having been built since the
fire of last year. The addition to the
building, which was practically com
pleted, went Up in today's blaze. The
damage is variously estimated from
$4,000 to $150,0O0, with insurance
of less than a fourth of thes'
amounts. ]. f. Douglass, the man
ager, was en- route from San Fran
cisco at the time of the fire. TIL,
train did not reach Tonopah unit
about . o'clock this morning on ac
count of being held in the snov
sheds, so that Mr.. Douglass did no
reach Goldfeld until about o'clocl
this morning
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
STRAY DOG smith
VISITING TONOPA
SPEAKS WELL OF HIS HOLD
INGS IN The NORTH
ERN CAMPS.

j. S. Smith. Familiarity known as
Stray Dog" one of the original
loeators of the famous Stray Dog in
Manhattan, who is heavily interested
in the Stray Dog Extension, Clark
Extension and Monday Extension, is
spending few days in Tonopah.
Mr.. Smith is one of the best known
mining men in the state of Nevada.
His name is identified with many of
the successful promoters in southern
Nevada. He says the properties in
which he is interested are coming to
the front rapidly All these holdings
are located in the heart Of the proven
mineral belt and are known to be
really meritorious Mr.. Smith will
rtmain in town for few days before
returning to Manhattan.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
ARE TO BUILD
TELEPHONE LOOP
Malcolm Macdonald Says Work
Will be Started at Once
Left for Reno Today

Malcolm Mcdonald president Of
the Southwestern Nevada Telephone
and Telegraph company, stated last
night that his company would install
copper loop at once. The line will
run from Tonopah to Goldfield, Bull
frog and Greenwater. The present
line will remain intact. Mr.. McDon-
aid stated that in view Of the rush
OF business, the new loop is neces-
sary. New switch board and other
accessories have been ordered and it
is expected that the necessary ma
terial will arrive within twenty days
when a large force Of men will be
put to work and the improvement
completed When the loop is work
ing the system will be the most COM
plete in the country. Mr.. Mcdonald
left this morning for Reno.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
WRECK CAUSES
QUITE A DELAY

Another serious delay occurred on
the Tonopah and Goldtield railroad
The San Francisco train which
should have arrived at 1920 Monday
night did not get in until about
1890 O'Clock yesterday morning.
This time he cause of he delay was
wreck at Nina, where several cars
were piled up on the main rack, No
effort was made to transfer the Gold
field passenger, as was done on the
occasion of a recent delay, as the
company evidently did not care to
face he wrath of the passengers,
which would have been no doubt
manifest had they attempted such a
course. Considerable confusion was
caused in the company's schedule,
but everything is now running
smoothly. The wrecked cars be-
ionged to he Nevada and California
which uses the same tracks as the
Southern Pacific at Nina.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
RAILROAD MAN
MUCH IMPRESSED

Kent o. Keyes, commercial agent
Of the New York Central and West
Shore Fast Freight line is in Tono-
pah in the interests of the roads he
represents. This is Mr.. Keyes first
visit to Tonopah. He expresses him
self as greatly surprised with the
magnitude and substantiability of
the camp.
why" said Mr.. Keyes, Il was
never more greatly surprised in my
life. | expected to see a camp Of
shacks. Imagine my surprise when
found city of brick and stone
buildings that would be a credit to
any city"
Mr.. Keyes was also surprised at
the amount of business he gathered
in yesterday for his road. It was
not necessary for the gentleman to
hunt up business, it hunted him up.
He did not wish to express himself
regarding the future of railroads and
rairoading in this part of Nevada,
Mr. Keyes expects TO leave for Salt
Lake City within a day or two. He
will carry with him the very best i'm
preston of Tonopah and southern
Nevada.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
fierce fire IN
San FRANCISCO
TOTAL LOSS 100000 TO
S6OO,OOO-- BARBER ASPHALT
PLANT RUINED.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22.-With
Il gale blowing at the rate of fifty
miles an hour a fire broke ont to-
night in the plant of the Barber AS
Dhalt Paving Company at the foot
of Seventh street. Famed by a
fierce wind, the flames spread with
alarming rspidity and communicated
with the Glass and Wall Paper ware
house OF Whittier Coburn Co. The
fire was on the edge of the new
Wholesale district and lumber yards
and it seemed for a time that the
city would be visited by another
conhagration Every available fire
lighting machine was called out. A
desperate battle with the flames fol-
lowed Just across the street were
the tanks and works of the Standard
Oil and this was several times in inn
minent peril. The firemen at last
conquered and the Paint and Oil
warehouse Of Whittier Coburn Co.
was saved. The loss of he Barber
Asphalt Co. and the Whittier Co
burn c. combined is variously esti.
mated at 1000 to 100000. The
cause of the fire is unknown al
though II is supposed that it started
under ehe asphalt kettles.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24

This Clark property, being the
most developed among the Green
water claims, ranks first in value,
with the Schwab property a close
second and the Copper Shoes of the
Furnace Creek South Extension
Copper company an easy third. AS
the Copper Shoe claims have just
been opened this estimate of their
worth might seem to an outsider
more flattering than accurate. But
the estimate is based on the state
ment of visiting engineers and Ne
vada mining men that these claims
show the same groupings, the same
iron Gaping, the same copper stain,
snd the same general characteristics
as Pasty Clark's best territory
showed at the same stage of develop
ment-and adjoia that territory.
The educated money of mining men
On the ground is going into stock of
the Furnace Creek South Extension
Copper company. 1t is the first OPP
portunity these men have had to in
vest in one of the really great prop
critics of the Greenwater district.
The Furnace Creek Copper company
was promoted in Spokane and Los
Angeles, while the Greenwater and
Death Valley Copper company was
floated almost entirely in the east.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
newspapers WILL
PUT Up A Fight

CHICAGO, Nov 22.-The Su-
preme Court Of the United Safes may
soon be called upon to pass on the
question whether a railroad company
can Issue free transportation in eX-
change for newspaper advertising.
The Monon railroad has issued or
ders to its passenger department to
continue making contracts with the
papers and to issue transportation
in payment for the equivalent adver-
Using. As the Interstate Commerce
Commission has already made an
adverse ruling on this question, the
Monon road may soon be cited to
apear, also the publishers who have
accepted transportation This will
be the FIRST steps toward court pro-
ceedings
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
NOTED
COPPER DISTRICT
EXCELSIOR MINING COMP ANY
HAS RICH GROUND--WILL
PUSH WORK.

Mr. J Fl. Suits, secretary of Ex-
celsior Mountain Copper Company
is in town and in speaking of the
propert, states that the recent devel-
opments prove one of the largest cop
per producers in the West.
The property is 16 miles southeast
Of Hawthorne and about IS miles
from Sodaville. 1t consists of IA
claims or all OF which have been un-
covered copper ore.
The indications extend for 5000
feet along the strike of the contact
which il granite and form in soft
white lime. The company has about
dozen short tunnels and shafts for
the full length of the property which
are all in ore. There is one tunnel
in 500 feet which will be driven 700
feet and give 450 feet of backs,
This tunnel has cross cut ore in gen
eral places and is aiming to cross cut
the main body which is expected to
be encountered any day.
The assays have run as high as
"a per cent copper with gold and
silver values. The average of Is
samples give assays of 5 per cent
copper, SIS gold and Sc silver.
Mr.. w. W. Adams, one of the best
known copper experts on the coast
states that the surface showing Is
greater than anything he has seer
| before anywhere. Mr.. Furness, o.
the Federal Exploration Company O
Philadelphia, expresses himself Il
similar terms and has made an offei
for the property which was refused
Mr.. Martin Jones, late Of South AT
rica and an expert of note, state
that the showing in copper is tn
greatest he has seen in Nevada.
The company which has beei
working the property for over yea
is composed Of San Francisco, Neva
da and Boston people. Arrangement
are being made in San Francisco TO
machinery and it is proposed to in
stall an air compressor plant wit
eight drills. Work has been retard
cd owing to the scarcity of miners
but the company proposes an activ
campaign after the first of the yeal
when the machinery will be installed
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
The OLGA
COPPER Mine

George Davidovich of Tonopah was
in Nina this week looking after hts
mining interests. He is associa "A
with Mike Plamenaz in the owneg-
ship OF the Olga copper mine, which
is located west of Nina. In company
aith George F. Thompson Mr.. David
cvich drove out and made person
al inspection of the property and to
examine the rich strike recently
made For some time past he has
had force of men at work on the
Olga, with the result of uncovering
large body of ore that will go Al
per cent in copper in the bottom of
the development shaft. Mr.. David
ovich visited the property and was
so highly pleased with the showing
of ore and the high grade that the
/ force will be increased and another
will also be put to work constructing
the necessary buildings and doing
other preliminary work preparatory
to beginning active development
work They will begin sacking ore
for shipment in very short time.
The Olga is located a short dis
tance from the famous shipper, the
Sodaville-Tonopah and the Blue
Light copper properties, and the
vein uncovered is the extension is
the extension of the ore body of the
Blue Light, from which shipments
of the richest copper ore in the
state are being made.
Mr. Davidovich has owned the
Olga for a number of years and has
always had great faith in it, but up
to the present he has not been in a
position to push active development.
A winze is to be sunk on the sixty
foot level and drifting on the ore
veins viii be started. The for
nation OF the country is capped
with iron gossan and the ore de-
posits are preeipitated from above
and caught at the water evel 1t Is
firmly believed by experts and praa
teal mining men who have visited
the property that the Olga viii pro95
steady shipper of high grade ore.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
NEGROES ON THE RUN.

FORT RENO, Nov. 22.-The dis
charge Of the members of the twenti-
eth infantry was resumed today and
another half company of negro sold
iers was discharged, making a full
company hat has been mustered out
since the Presidents orders were is
sued.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
FROM
johnnie CAMP

JOHNNIE, New, Nov. 49, The
excitement in copper continues and
the mines producing the red metal
are all doing splendid development
work. The Johnnie Wonder has a
full crew at work. The Johnnie Cop
per company is sinking a shaft and
the Big Daisy mine has crew at
work. Rich specimens are being con-
tinually brought in and some of The
ore that is exhibited will run as high
as 35 to 40 per cent, besides carry
ing a gold value.
The crew of men are working put
ting the water works in better shape
Development is being prosecuted on
Grape Vine Springs and Horse
shootem. A contract was let to run
200-foot water tunnel and extra
men have been put to work on It.
f. Leslie Meeker, the California
financier, was visitor last week, and
while here purchased half interest
in the Lead King, Lead Queen and
Bonnie Bell mines. This property has
lead of galena that will run high
in lead and silver and in spots shows
horn silver. The sinking of shaft
will be commenced just as soon as
4 tbo man oan ha obtained
In the Johnnie Con. the drifts on
the 500, 600 and 700 levels were ad-
vanced. The faces of all of them
were in good milling ore. Work is
still progressing on the new shaft
and Superintendent Moser has men
at work cleaning out old slopes, SO
that he can put more men to work.
In addition to extending the lower
tunnel in the Globe Johnnie, the meI
are sinking the shaft. The step fault
encountered in the tunnel has not yei
been worked through, but before the
week is ended it is expected that this
will be accomplished.
oluhlHB HdS DSSn tOHHiSHCSu VI
the main shaft of the Bullfroi
Johnnie to the 100-foot level. A drift
has been started westward from th
fifty level and this is being worke'
in good ore.
A drift is being run in the Pitts
burg Johnnie from the shaft follow
} ing the ore vein. The runs are abou
e Sc in gold, 20 ounces in silver and
good percentage of lead. The forma
3 tion lies fiatter in the Pittsburg .tha
in any other mine sin the vicinity.
Considerable prospecting work ha
: been done on the Belmont and
good ore body was encountered o
D the Big Wind clai mthat will averag
I about SIS. On the New Era claim
+ four and a half-foot vein was encour
q tered that will go $40. The chal
e acter of the ore is a decompose
e quartz similar to that found in tn
+ Johnnie Con. mine.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
Neyndn Leads PROCESSION

If half the stories are true, Ne
vada will in 1907 resume her place
as the foremost mineral producing
state in the union. She threatens
to be again to the mining world
what she was between 1859 and
1876. We suspect that it will be as
it was before-that it will be Nevada
that will rebuild San Francisco. San
Francisco was but clump of low
houses and was really but a big viii
lage until Nevada bullion trans
formed the city.-Salt Lake Tele-
gram.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
MILL employees
REJECT INCREASE

FALL RIVER, MASS, Nov 22.--
Five unions of cotton mill workers
have voted to reject the offer of a
five per cent increase in wages and
TO strike on Monday unless the ten
per cent is granted Mayor Caughlin
is ende1voring to arrange confer
ence so as to prevent the business
paralysis OF last year when the mills
were idle for six months. II the
unions strike twenty-five thousand
workers will be idle and seventy-five
cloth mills will be closed.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
Death of Noted Actress.

NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-Helen
Bertram. the actress who was in
.ured in the auto accident in Central
Park in which Tom Cooper, the bicy-
clist was killed, died today This
makes the third death resulting from
the accident.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
FARMERS Object
TO FREE seed

DENVER, Nov 22 The National
Grange In convention condemned the
free seed distribution by the govern
ment as not being beneficial, They
are opposed to the national fertilizer
law and favored an amendment to
the Oleomargarne law by striking
ou the word knowingly" SO that
convictions may be secured. A reso-
luton asking the National law for
the protection of farmers in purchas-
ing nursery stock was referred to
the various State Oranges to secure
the necessary state legislation there
on
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
DEFEAT BOND PROPOSITION.

LOS ANGELES, Nov 22--The
bond election today for nine hundred
Thousand dollars improvements is be-
lieved TO be defeated The voting
was very light.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-11-24
DEMANDS PARTIALLY GRANTED

SEATTLE. Nov 22.-The de-
mands which we're made by the or
gani2ed labor In the building trades
for an increase fiom twenty to twen-
ty-five per cent os the daily wage
schedule has been flled with the
master builders association and in
part has been granted The increas-
ed scale will add enormously to the
cost of buildings to be erected next
year in this city