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Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1906-12-29
Stone Quarry

The Age learns that the Lincoln Stone
Co. will commence active development
of their quarries early in the spring.
This company owns the red sandstone
deposits, which can be seen from Las
Vegas, in the foothills of Charleston
mountains. The quarries were closed
last year after an unsuccessful attempt
by another company. The new com :
pany, of which J. A. Byrne is president
proposes to open the quarries in a
practical way.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1906-12-29
LEGISLATION
Coming Session Should Enact
More Laws

The Nevada Legislature soon to meet
should enact few wholesome laws
Laws liberal enough to permit min
ing companies to incorporate III Nevada
saving time and money. Why not
make laws under which onr leading IN
dustry can be conducted?
Laws should be enacted regulating
railroad freight and passenger rates
Why should Nevada pay more per
mile than sister states.
Express rates should be cut in hail.
All hope of help from Congress is bar
red by Senators who hold stock in ex-
press companies.
A law should be pas ssed to pay wit
ness fees to those who attend court IN
criminal cases. Why not pay witness
es who give their time and service to
the state?
Repeal the law levying high licences
on brokers, hotels, restaurants and
other legitimate lines of business.
Laws to punish frauds in mining
transactions, plain enough to send
swindlers to the pen.
An act authorizing appointment ol
guardians for persons who buy stocks
without investigation
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1906-12-29

name. Forty miles north of Ballarat; :;
forty-five west of Rhyolite, and about
an equal distance northeast OF keeler
the little strip of country in InyO county,
California, where the geography shows
blank. There was nothing doing
here when the Biographies were writ
ten else they would have printed in big
letters, "Skidoo! production, Gold Bull
lion.
The town lies in flat little hollow at
the yery top. The proverbial word
nesting might go, in the case OF
Skidoo. Ordinarily, mining camp
doesn't nestle; like tin can, it lies
where it is thrown. But the Skidoo
site is an ideal one and its location pre-
Continued in next column)
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1906-12-29
WATER RIGHTS
May Water be Diverted from
Natural Channel

The case of Kansas VS. the state of
Colorado, involving the use OF the wat
ers of the Arkansas river for irrigation
purposes, before the United States SUI
preme court. The case has been in
the courts for three years and the de-
cision will affect the arid lands of the
entire west
Attorneys for the United States gov
ernment side with the Kansas attorneys
in the contention that state HAS not
exclusive control of waters within its
borders as claimed by Colorado. The
attorneys for the latter state will insist
upon the right to control all rivers
within its boundaries since none are
navigable.
The decision will take into considera-
tiOn the entire arid regions of the west
dependent upon irrigation, comprising
nearly a third of the entire territory of
the United States.
The Kansas Colorado suit, since its
inception, has attracted international
attention, and the decision is awaited
with intense interest in all parts of the
world where irrigation is necessary.
Members of the United States supreme
court, in postponing the case last Octo-
Der, declared 1t to be one of the most
momentus ever brought before that
body.
Nevada and California interests will
be materially affected by the decision
OF the court. 1t will touch the right OF
parties to carry water from Ash Mea-
dows, Manse and Pahrump across the
Nevada line to Greenwater.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1906-12-29
Lucy Grey Mine

The following has been received from
+. ). Adams, mining engineer and ge-
ologist, of Oakland, California:
EDITOR AGE:
Dear Sir-I notice in your last issue
a statement that the Lucy Gray mine,
near Lyons, was in "slag." This par
ticular mine has substance very sim
liar in appearance, but is what is COM
monty called "gasson," and among the
working miners and laymen is known
as "Iron Cap" The Lucy Gray has
every indication of becoming a great
mine. All that is necessary is develop
ment. The general features of the mine
are the same as found in the LEROY,
and War Eagle mines, of Rosland, b.
c. The mineral veins of the district
around Lyons arecapped with "gasson, /"
which indicates rich and permanent ore
deposits.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1906-12-29

Latest Nevada map. at the Ape
Las NeSas.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1906-12-29

cludes the possibilities OF washouts, so
frequent in the mountains.
The elevation OF Skidoo is $500 feet.
The present postotfice name is "1io-
week" but may soon be changed to
"Skidoo". A l.. Davis is postmaster.
A wagon road is being built from
Beatty and Rhyolite.
A store has been established at
Stovepipe on the road between Rhyo-
lite and SkidOO.
"Bob" Montgomery says the Skidoo
mine will be on dividend paying basis
inside of eight months.
A large quantity of shipping ore has
been sacked at the Wild Rose mine.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1906-12-29
WATER
Progress Of Efforts Of ArteSian
Syndicate

The Vegas Artesian Water Syndicate
this week issued statement to stock
holders which shows clearly the exact
condition of the water project to date.
The letter follows:
"To Subscribers to Capital Stock:
"At the Directors meeting of Dec. 22,
1906, it was ordered that the secretary
cause to be printed, and sent to all sub
scribers the following, for their inform
alton:
The amount subscribed to be paid in
cash is $3.50. The amount subscribed
to be paid in land is $3.50.
We have deeds of record for 800
acres and contracts for $50 more.
The site for boring the first well is
not yet definitely determined.
The we'll will be drilled 1900 feet deep
to find flowing water, il necessary.
II the first well does not produce
flowing water the second will be sunk.
Ii the second is dry, a third will be
sunk.
This Syndicate is organized under the
Nevada laws, capitalized at $l0O,OOO-
in 900 shares of $1.00 each, full paid
and non -assessable.
That no stock has been, or will be
donated to anyone, or sold for less than
100 cents on the dollar.
The present officers are: W. X.
Thomas, director, President; W. X.
Bracken, director, Vice e-President; Peter
Buol, director, Manager; f. W. Griffith,
Ed Won Tobel, Directors Johns. Park
Treasurer; NJ. $. Beal, Secretary and
Resident Agent
That no director or officer OF this
company draws salary.
Any stakeholder, subscriber to the
capital stock, and other person in
terested, is welcome at any time to ex-
anime any and every of the books and
papers of this concern.
Active negotiations are being had
with several well-boring contractors
and operations will commence as quick
ly as a reasonable contract can be oh
tained."
VEGAS ARTEsIAN WATER SYNDICATE
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1906-12-29
MINING NEWS
Interesting Notes Of Lincoln
County Camps

Prospectors, miners, promoters and
Iusiness men are piling into the re-
hrilt town Of Nelson in Eldorado Can
,,n. saws Searchlight Bulletin. Two
,..ors aco a town was established there,
but owing to mismanagement, 1t was
,ot q success and the post Office was
moved to the Black Hawk mine. The
now management has caused to be es-
t,blished general merchandise store,
h,orIinc house, residences and other
,.cossities To health and comfort.
Sunset is the name chosen for the
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1906-12-29
Business Deals

W. f. Hawkins has purchased from
w. ]. Stewart large corrugated iron
building, which has been moved from
old town to the rear of "The Big Store
to be used as warehouse.
W. j. Stewart purchased from W. +.
Hawkins lot Is in block II on First
street. Mr.. Stewart is planning the
erection of a commodious rooming
house on the property.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1906-12-29
The Spindle Case

District Attorney IIorsey came down
from Phoebe last Saturday and
caused a re-arrest and re-trial of the
spindle gamblers. The result was the
same as in the first case, Justice Llllls
feeling that there was not sufficient
evidence to sustain ease in the Dis
trict Court.
The game has been stopped and the
outfit has left town.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1906-12-29
Hotel Nevada Arrivals.

ii l. Mcdonald
III j Wool, Los Angeles
q G Hewett, Colorado Springs
W A Wilson, Salt Lake
Mrs Singleton
Mrs n Deryes, Pueblo, Col
Ernest Crooke, Los Angeles
b + Boggs, city
Mrs l. T kimball, Salt Lake
Mrs NJ ID Auker, Riverside
J J Fairbanks, Ash Meadows
Clesta Fairbanks, Ash Meadows
ii q Boyer, Rhyolite
Wallace Cotrell
Fred Wilson
Chas Lee Iorsey, Phoebe
T p Smith, San Francisco
Mrs John + Travers and children,
Rhyolite
G W Peck, Jr., Salt Lake
c ID Fletcher and wife
J J Movers, Bullfrog
J + Bergh, Salt Lake
James X Clark, Rhyolite
J NJ Sipes and family, Miles City,
Mont
NJ f. Ryan, Beatty, New
) & Wilson
p f Bussell, Skyetown, y ID
Dale T Malonee
+ Andrews, Greenwater
Ed Arnold, Rhyolite
Thos Kerwin, Elm Falls, Mont
VI q Morrison, L 5 q ;
Mrs ii $ Peckham
OF Riebe!, Salt Lake
o X Reed, Tonopah
J J Thomas, Salt Lake
Maude Bennett, Anderson, Mo
l. X Ellis, Rhyslite
A Frazer, Rhyolite
VI Tarecy
J A Murphy, san Francisco
J A Eaton, Colorado Springs
Mrs c f Shane, Rhyolite
W ii Eddy, Rhyolite
Mr. and Mrs Cleve, Rhyolite
ID Manning
Ii A Wheat
TWhittler
Q Edlund, Salt Lake
ii Mainvaring, Salt Lake
Cora Driscoll
NJ f Facy
Sc Adams, Oakland, Cal
l. A Mills, Rhyolite
C S Gilbert, S p L A Ry
VIM Darke, G b d q Ry
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1906-12-29

The most ancient coins are of elec-
trum, parts of gold to of silver.
Julius Caesar was the first man to en-
grave his own image on a coin.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1906-12-29

new camp two miles east Of lyons
station on the Salt Lake road, where
are located the Lucy Gray and other
promising properties.
Harry Prime of Colorado Springs
closed deal for the purchase OF a
group OF five claims from Charles A.
Kelly OF Crescent. Several well defined
leads are exposed.
NJ. II. Mcclure has received and in
stalled equipment for sinking the shaft
on the Ohio Lode location, west OF
Crescent, joining the Golden Crescent
Mining Co.'S. King group.
Best and most complete map OF Ne
yada ever published can now be secured
at The Age Office
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1906-12-29

The Salt Lake Semi Weekly Tribune
devotes especial attention to the mining
news of Utah, Nevada and Idaho, and
contains in every issue the latest quo
tations on all miaing stocks of interest
to the people of this region. Write Tor
a sample copy.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1906-12-29
SKIDOO
Wild Rose District Now Has a
Newspaper

"The Skidoo News" is the latest
newspaper to be established in the
great Nevada California mining district.
Everybody has heard of the Wild Rose
and Skidoo mines and the advent of the
News indicates that we will hear more.
The following interesting extracts are
taken from Vol l., No. L., of the new
paper:
Away up at the top OF the Pana-
mints where the western wall of Death
Valley fades off into thin air; that's
where Skidoo is. A most appropriate
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-06
h NOTES..

According to particulars of a revol
yer duel, near Orc Grande. NJ. r
C'Dog Joe") Mitchell, prospector ant
miner, was killed and Michael Swee
ny Of Spokane, brother of Charles
Sweeny, the millionaire mine owner
of that city. was slightly wounded
The conviction is growing that Swee.
ny acted on the defensive.
Three hundred Nez Perez Indians
are encamped at Lapwai for the sum
mer religious camp meeting, which
commenced with impressive services
Thursday evening. About so tepees
and 20 wall tents have been erected.
Before the session closes there will be
more than $500 Indians present from
all parts of the northwest.
The senate has confirmed the nomi.
nation of Surveyor at Boise, Ernest
Eggleston.
from Bear Ridge and the
Potlatch met recently and declined TO
merge the four farmers telephone
mes into n company with a cen.
tral office at Kendrick. The four
AN'N UbOuA fUu Subscribers "A
are not connected with either the
States or the cooperative COM
Wallace at last is to have a daily
morning paper-the Daily Times
first issue appearing Tuesday.
The Times is to supplant the semi
Idaho State Tribune. pub
.ished there for two years under the
management of d. c. Coates. the plant
which has been purchased by F. ].
Nhaley of Spokane, who is installing
he Times.
Judge George II. Stewart has SEN.
enced William Hicks Bond to be
Hanged August 10 for the murder of
'haries DAILY. The crime was com.
nitted in Boise October 6. 1904
DAILY assisting. Bond was con-
icted April, 1905. and sentenced 70
ang. The supreme court recently :
the judgment and Bond was ,
sentenced today. Mrs. DAILY is
a life sentence for her mart
the murder. q.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-06
OREGON ITEMS.

An Oregonian special from Glen
dale, Ore, says that as the northbount
Southern Pacific passenger train pull
ed out Of Leland station Sunday two
unknown men attempted t board the
front end Of the forward engine, miss
ed their footing in some unknown
manner and went under the train, in
stantly killing both of them. One
nan is supposed to be Al Fisher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taal Of P~endleton
celebrated their 5Oth wedding ami
versary by a reception at their home.
With a force 50 great that every
window within three-quarters Of a
mile radius was shattered and the
earth shaken in Portland, three miles
away, so that the people believed that
an earthquake had occurred, two Of
the tanks Of the Union Oil company
of California exploded at University
Park, a suburb lying a few miles
north Of Portland on the Willamette
One man, Leonard Jaqui, the
night Waterman, is missing and it is
feared that he is dead. Both of the
tanks were nearly empty, it being es-
timated that only 6000 barrels of oil
were lost. This, with the damage to
tanks, will amount to about S15,.
300.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-06
MONTANA NEWS.

President Roosevelt has vetoed tn,
~Blackfoot reservation bill. The
measure does not guarantee Indians
the water rights, he says.
1t is possible hat the attempted sui.
eide Of Mrs. Emma Harris, widow of
DR.. E. G. Harris, who shot herself at
Hamilton in the region of the heart
and Is expected to die, will result in
revealing The facts of an old murder.
DR.. Harris died about ten years ago of
cramps, while living with Mrs. Harris,
who was his third wife.
In the district court at Butte recent.
ly the famous claim of Tom Kinds
against the Boston e. Montana Min
ing company for services as receiver
for the properties of the company for
four days, many years ago, was set
tied, and the application of Kinds for
an allowance Of fees dismissed by
stipulation. What he got in the settle.
ment is not made public.
The erection of the Butte Labor
Temple building will probably be start
ed in the course of a couple of months
and rushed towards completion. The
lot which cost SIS, 900 and is located
west of the library building on West
Broadway, is almost free from debt.
John f. Mcclure, a pipeman in the
employ of the Butte & London Mining
company, operating east of Butte was
killed by falling to the bottom of the
shaft, a distance of about 10 feet.
Oscar Stephens, according to his
will, filed in the district court at Lew
iston, left all of his $1,000, 900 estate
about $4,000 to his nephew,
Farnk Stephens, who assisted him in
The management of his business for
years, and who is believed to have
Won the fortune by his devotion to the
interests of the dead man. Seven
'rothers and sisters of the deceased
we're left $ 1000 apiece.
Parade at Anaconda July 4 was the
greatest in city's history.
There was a mass meeting at the
Suite court house at 3 o'clock Sunday
loon, for the purpose Of taking pre-
minary steps to the organization of
Young Mems Christian association
D Butte.
An examination Of the records of
he Butte city health office fails to
how that a permit has ever been
ranted for the shipment from Butte
D Portland of the body of one Nat 1
'rown, a mining man supposed to
ave died in this city last week. {
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-06
American LEAGUE.
British Naval Practice.

The British naval maneuvers ub,o,
began June IA and in which 925 YES
sells and about $4,000 men have beor
engaged, end this week and the nm
pires are then expected to give on,
the general results. From the avrort
point of view the most interastinn
phase, namely, the attack and defense
OF British sea borne commerce star
June "a, but beyond the arrivaT 80
half a dozen gunboats and two cr,is
ers at different ports flying cbeouar-
ing flags. denoting their capture ~.
fleets of the defending forces, NOTHING
has ~transpired.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-06
KANSAS SALOONS ARE CLOSED
Bars Put Out of Business by Authorl.
ties.

kAC5a
Every saloon in Kansas CITY. Kan
was tightly closed Saturday and at the
club houses of the Elks and Eagles
no liquor was sold. Assistant Attor-
ney General Trickett's threat to de-
stroy the buildings used as joints has
proven effective.
During the night the bar fixtures
and stocks of liquors were removed
from many places to the Missouri side
A dozen saloons in the suburbs of
Armourdale, Argentine and Rosedale
sun remain open, but they may ven
tually be closed.
These latter were operated bv a
Missouri brewing company now in
me hands of a receiver, and Assist
Attorney General Trickett wished
10 feel his way before acting against
them.
The fixtures from one saloon owned
by this company has been DESTROYED
by the sheriff, however, n~otwithstand-
.ng threats of the owner to secure a
restraining order from the federal
court.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-06
H. THAW Was SWIFT
HARRY has A RECORD As FAST
SPEKDER OF MONEY.
His Family, Who Live in Pittsburp,
Are Rich-Harry Was Black Sheep
Of Family-Few Of His Eseapades
civen-Had to Go to Paris to Spend
Money Fast Enough.

Harry Thaw, slayer of Stanfort
White in New York recently. has
record as a spendthrift that few younl
men, or older men, for that matter
have equaled.
Harry Thaw's family is among the
most wealthy people of Pittsburg. Hi.
father was, at the time of his death
a multi-millionaire, who had made his
millions out of manufacturing indus
tries. Hundreds of the most valuable
acres in and around Pittsburg belong
to the Thaw family. says the Chicago
Tribune.
The Thaws are of Quaker origin,
and most of the members of the fam
lily adhere to the traditional religion
of the family. Harry Thaw has been,
since his early youth, the black sheep
Of the family. When the elder Thaw
came to dispose of his millions pre-
vious to his death he cut Harry off
with $2590 a year because of his way
wardness. Mrs. Thaw later remedied
the discrepancy in the young mans
financial expectations by making him
an equal sharer with the other heirs
in The estate, thus insuring him an
annual income of $780, 600.
After he came into his patrimony
through his mothers generosity Harry
Thaw cut a wide swath in certain so
ciety circles of Pittsburg, New York,
London and Paris. He was known as
a spender before he left Pittsburg for
New York. When he arrived at New
York he set himself the task of main
tanning his reputation and succeeded
even his expectations. Here
are a rev things he is accredited with
loing after his arrival in New York:
He raced a cab down Broadway in
he middle of the day when Broadway
vas crowded from curb to curb.
He threw a theatrical performance
nto a panic by throwing bottles at a
.oubrette who didn't sing to please
lin.
He caused the proprietor to close up
famous night restaurant an hour
arlier because he stood on a table
nd threw IS bills to all the walters.
He went to the Waldorf one night
at by himself at a magnificent table.
nd ordered a $50 dinner. When it
finished he sent for the chef and
ave him $25.
II night after the theater, when
e found his cabman asleep. he got
stride of the horse and drove the cah
nd the sleeping cabman through thef
lost brilliantly lighted thoroughfares 9
t New York. |
When a woman's eyes pleased him ?
e would send a pair of rubies to
them, or emeralds, or sap o
hires, as the case might be. Il
He made it a point never to tin a 8
alter less than S., no matter what Q
served. +
Thaw couldn't spend his none fast
lough in New York, and so sought a Il
ore expansive field for spectacular g
itravagance in Paris. He succeeded o.
well in the gay French capital that il
a single night he sprang into fame. g
He gave a dinner in midsummer to b
'out 20 women. It cost $4,000. It
nhn Do ~ ID
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-07-06
MRS. TANNER FATALLY -
HURT.
Wife Of Commander Of tn. q
Died at Helena, Mont. A. R.

VI m
Died at Helena, Mont, satnsA' R.
A sad accident occurred a.
Mont, whereby Mrs. James Tneleaa,
wife OF the National comm.u amer,
the G. a. R., lost her life Tnuer Of
mander and his wife were - Ie CON-
OF inspection to the G. A D a Zip
throughout the west, and We" posts
entertained by the veterans ~ Ueins
Saturday afternoon General a. eieaa'
Tanner, Mrs. Governor Too,o mrs.
tana and General Lester WA Mon
Bozeman, Mont, were out for Of
mobile ride, when the auto vaa AUTO
dentally run over the edge ~ @cet
and capsized. Mrs. Tame, nll
picked up unconscious and diod was
ly afterward. snort.
On account of the accident cou.
Tanner has Cancelled his wastasIl
gagements and will leave at onoo en-
the remains of his wife for wos, WIN
ton, D. G. ""SHlng
The following came from the
dent: prest
Am inexpressibly shocked
grieved. Accept my sincere anu
sym
THEODORE ROOSEVELT