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The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-26
CHARLESTON, MO.
Charleston, Mo-, Nov. "a. 1906

Charleston, Mo-, Nov "a. 1906
The work of grayellng Commercial
street from the intersection of Main
street to The depot has commenced.
The task is quite prodieious, nearly
one hundred cars Of gravel being
necessary for the completion of The
work bur it is much needed i'm
proF2ment and will beautfy that por-
ton of the city. 1t should have been
undertaken before, because that part
of town near the station is frequen cd
50 much by the travelling public that
II is virtually the entrance to the city
and therefore ought TO look best. This
latest improvement will help to cor
rect this neglect.
Il. 5. Fassett is having erected on
land lately bought by him near tn
depot two-story business house. It
is hia purpose, We Nderstand to con-
duct a mercantile Musinees in the
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-26

same when completed, which will be
In about two months,
1t has been rumored for some time
that james Hardin whose mangIod
body was found near Birds Mill. a
station on the Iron Mountain railroad
about ten miles east Of this place.
last week. came 10 his death by foul
play It is known that Hardin was
forcibly elected from the pass augar
rain thae day because Of his inability
To pay his fare, and hat he had in his
possession at that time jug of whis-
key. Later the body was found but no
trace Of the whiskey could be found
nor any sign that the whiskay had
been spilled upon the ground II is
thought that some person, criminally
inclined, Killed Hardin for the wits.
key and then placed his body upon
the track and waited for a train to
cover evidences Of his crime.
r. Clay Lynn one OF the Oldest OF
Mississippi county's citizens, died in
This city Thursday night He was
buried the next day at the l. O. O. r.
cemetery.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-26
worry or LiJyie InInue.

The little things of life are what
cause us the most trouble 1t is easier
to dodge IA elephant than a microbe.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-26

WilI require only two or three days. :.
is expected there will be great diff
Guilty in obtaining a Jury and that the
trial may continue over a period OF
four ~ Eve weeks
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-26

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The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-26

For Information call ON Or Dodd-
local examiner for the state Civil S.,
vice Commission.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-15
Mrs. Paris Properties.

Mrs. NJ A. Parr, who probably holds
more mining claims in the Elk City dis
trict than any other person, and num-
ber of them we'll situated, has several
men employed doing the yearly assess
ment on her properties. Work has just
been finished on the Blue Jeans, three
claims on Deadwood mountain, joining
the Occident group, and thirty feet of
6-foot vein of dyke is exposed, some of
which pans.
Mrs. Parr also has a double force of
men at work on the Mineral Zone group,
on American river, near the Buster
mine, and the Tammany and the Enter
prise groups. A tunnel is being run on
the Enterprise and Tammany. A cabin
is being built.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-15
Work on Big Creek Properties.

Ray Tobias came in from Big creek
Sunday and remained until Tuesday,
buying provisions and supplies for his
mining camp. He engaged John Ginch-
man to haul his load of freight, and
they left here Tuesday noon.
Mr.. Tobias has crew of eight men
at work on the Gold Bug, Columbia and
the Hillside properties, all owned by
eastern companies. There is now about
1000 feet of tunnel and shaft work done.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-15
Wells Has Good Property.

John Wells, the well-known miner and
prospector in the Newsome district, has
been in camp several days buying pro-
visions and supplies to be used on his
Roadside and Northwestern properties,
a mile and a half this side of Mud
Springs, on which he has been doing
development work for several weeks
The claims show two parallel ledges
which run in width from 18 inches to
four feet. Prospect holes from ten to
thirty feet in depth have been made for
quarter of mile on the surface, and
Mr.. Wells states the values are very
satisfactory
Last summer Mr.. Wells sold three
of his mining claims in the Newsome
district.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-15
Development on Crooked River.

VIM. Hogan, first owner of the great
property of the Crooked River company
in the Orogrande district, arrived last
week from Helena, prepared to carry
on extensive development work on the
property this winter Mr.. Hogan has
already made two big contracts, and by
the first of the year it is probable a
dozen men win be employed.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-15
NEWSOME'S PROSPERITY.
District is Looking Forward to Coming
Year for Record Breaker.

John Mathison, the veteran prospector
and miner in the Newsome district, while
in camp last week, told the Mining News
that if all that is now a prospect for
next year in his district becomes
reality the Newsome district will set the
pace in the prosperity race among the
mining districts in central Idaho. Mr..
Mathison states there are many good
reports on the intentions of different
companies and individuals for next sum-
mer, and what makes the reports good
is that none of them are of the wildcat
kind, but all are backed by substantial
evidence.
"All of the old companies now operat-
ing have fine prospects," said Mr..
Mathison. ''The Anaconda has big
force of men at work, and the property
is showing up well. The big placer COM
panies in the district all had good runs
the past year, and nearly all of them
have made big improvements which will
enable them to handle more ground next
year."
Mr.. Mathiason reports that Chicago
company will put a dredge on Newsome
creek in the spring to work the rich de-
posits that are known to be there.
Mr. Loomis and Mrs. Wilson of New
York, who bought claims of John Wells
last summer, are now negotiating
through their local representatives for
other properties in the district. Mr..
Loomis and Mrs. Wilson will arrive in
Newsome shortly after the first of the
year.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-15
| NEW TELEPHONE SYSTEM.
Elk City to Connect With Pacific States
Line via Orogrande and Concord.

j. L. c. McCaffrey returned last Fri
day from Grangeville and brought the
report that a new telephone line will be
constructed between Oregrande and Cal
endar this winter, thereby giving Elk
City another line of communication with
the outside world and almost direct con-
nection with the Pacific States line.
The great advantage this distsict will
have in such arrangement is at once
recognized in the fact that the Pacific
States Telephone Company has more
miles of wire than any other telephone
company in the west, and it touches all
the cities and commercial centers in the
northwest.
The building of this line has been agi-
tated here for some time. Mr.. McCaf-
frey states he took the matter up with
S. C. Mcdaniel, the Pacific States dis
trict manager at Grangeville. Mr.. Nc
Daniel did not favor the proposition that
his company stand the whole expense in
building the new line between Oro-
grande and Calendar, but finally agreed
that his company would build, equip and
maintain the line if the citizens here
would subscribe $3.50, the subscription
to go for so much stock in a new com
pany.
About $150 has been subscribed. The
full amount will probably be subscribed
in a few days, and work on the new line
will be started at once. The distance
to be covered is nine miles.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-15
MINING NEWS in BRIEF
FROM NEARBY DISTRICTS
SELLS A CLAIM.
R. F. Romero Takes Partner in Mon
bono Croup---Work Begin Soon.

bono Croup---Work Begin Soon.
R. F. Romero, of this city, has sold
to Mr.. Stranahan, of Wasco county,
Oregon, one-half interest in the Mon
bona group of gold mining claims, on
Red river, near the dredge. Mr.. Romero
states that Mr.. Stranahan is man of
means, and that extensive development
work will be begun on the property be-
fore the first of the year, it being their
intention now to start the work with a
crew of six men. The consideration in
the transfer is not given the News for
publication.
The Monbonp claims are in rich dis
trict, and Mr.. Romero feels sure the
property will develop into something
real good from the work that is plan
ned. "The numerous assays taken of
the ore, which is of very high grade,
warrant us in the prediction that the
Monbono whistle will be echoing through
the Red river hills this time next year, "
said Mr.. Romero.
There is good wagon road to the
Monbono group.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-15

There is another report on the wing
that the American Eagle company, a
Spokane concern, will start up full blast
shortly after the first of the year. The
late report appears to have better sup
port than reports that have been in cir
culation before
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-15


working against the current, the
tailings will be carried away
from the dredge, and no injury
can result unless other machines
are digging further down stream.
But in operations conducted on
the channels of mountain streams,
or ON bars, where a basin must
be maintained for the fotation
of the vessel, the tailings ques-
ton is of the first importance; for
just as large a quantity of space
from which they came. This de-
partment of the business is usu-
ally the one to which the least
amount of study is given. The
ordinary stacker is a poor make
shift, and will only take care of
the coarse gravel and boulders,
which rarely constitute more than
one-third of the mass excavated,
leaving the balance Consisting
mainly of fine sand.and loam) to
cucumber or stop the operations
Of the dredge unless transported
to such a distance that but little
if any can get back into the pit.
Nor is the problem solved by any
means by successfully impound-
ing this material on top of other
land which will pay to dig up.
1t is claimed by most dredging
experts that the elevator or the
endless chain of buckets is the
only apparatus so far devised
that will really lift the gold off
the bed rock, and clean the latter;
and that this cannot be done by
suction. Yet some of these same
designers, after digging up their
material with buckets, dump it
into a well in the bottom of the
boat and then suck it up from
There with a centrifugal pump,
and so deliver it to the sluices.
And experience in machines so
built proves that no gold accumu-
lates on the floor of the well.
The natural conclusion is that
gold can be lifted by atmospheric
pressure. And this position is
further strengthened by the ex-
perience of prospecting drills, in
which all the gold obtained is
lifted by suction and pumps.
For some years past dredges
designed for deepening the chan
nels of waterways, which deliver
the excavated material several
thousand feet---even a mile
from the place where it is dug,
have been in successful operation.
This is accomplished by means of
a string of pipes connected to-
gether with UNIVERSAL joints, which
tail along after the machine on
pontoons. For a mining dredge,
500 or /, 1000 feet of such construc-
ton would usually suffice to land
the tailings SO far from the pit
that return of any part of them
would be impossible, and in the
opinion of some mining operators
this system is very liable to be
adopted in the west sooner or
later.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-15

Work on the raise on the Buster mine
was discontinued the latter part of last
week, and since Friday morning all the
miners have been at work on the sta
tion which is the only preparation that
is needed before work on the shaft is
begun.
1t is expected the shaft work will be
started in about ten days.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-15
L is the Most Legitimate Of all the
Commercial Enterprises.
A PERMANENT WEALTH
No Over-Supply Of Mineral Can Occur
---Value Always the Same.

The wise men in the east, some
of whom have grown immensely
wealthy out of mines, are crying
down the present inclination of
the east to buy mining shares,
says Goodwin's Weekly. What
is the matter? Is it pure phi
lanthropy on their part? Have
they some railway shares or
shares in the whiskey trust or
the beef trust, or some other of
the innumerable trusts of the
east, which they wish to unload
at a profit? Have the men who
have gambled in the shares of
any enterprise they have offered
them grown so rich that they are
satisfied and are willing to let
their neighbors get rich? Or are
they turning to mining with a
thought that at least some mines
turn out we'll and that is better
than anything they have tried
while all the great trusts have
been foated?
We want to tell them a secret.
Except few in the great cities,
they none of them had any money
to buy stocks with until the
steady flow of the money from
the mines of the west vitalized
their business, gave them the
credit to build railroads, which
enabled them to market their
products, and generally do a live
business.
China has no end of rich soil,
the biggest coal and iron mines
in the world, but the masses of
the people are awfully poor.
Why? Because they have no
money to help themselves, no
transportation facilities, no means
to make their iron and coal avail
able. Hence with them it has
been a struggle for food, a fight
against famine for three thous-
and years.
Now all the money that there
is in the world came out of mines;.
all that there ever will be will
have to come from the mines.
The dream of the old alchemists
of transmitting base metals into
gold has never been realized, and
there is no prospect of its ever
being realized.
Before mines can be made to-
yield they have to be developed
and their ores reduced. The men
who find mines, as a rule, are
poor men. They have to obtain
help to do that. Why, then, is
it not legitimate for them to sell
a portion of their interest to OBJ
tain that money? If they put
the interest in the part they sell
into Incorporated shares, what is
there dishonest in that? But
, the mine may never pay, 'shrieks
the wise men. There are chances,
of course. Where is there not ?
If a farmer had forty acres of
growing wheat which promised
twenty-five bushels to the acre,
!, and wanted to borrow 10 cents
per bushel on the probable crop,
. any old Shylock would loan him
the money, taking his chance on
rust, wevil, flood. hurricane all
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-15
Some Of the Vexing Circumstances
in This Branch Of Mining.
THE TAILINGs PROBLEM
When it is Solved Dredging Will Be
More Profitable.

The main problem to be solved
in the business and art of gold
dredging is not-as most people
rhssume---the digging up of the
ground, but the disposition Of the
tailings, says the Butte Mining
Review. These cannot be dump
ed at once after being washed,
into the pit from which they
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-15

Mining News, So per year.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-15
BIG SALE; BIG CLEANUP.
Conroy and Hardrick Enjoy Prosperity
in Marshall Lake District.

III NlorSn Lake O1SLrlCL.
Grangeville Standard-News: James
Conroy arrived in Grangeville this week
from the Marshall Lake mining district,
where he has been doing extensive de-
velopment work on group of mining
claims of which he is half owner. He
has been developing these claims for the
past six years. Over 1000 feet of work
has been done on the five locations,
which are known as the Gold Dollar and
the Cannon Ball group. Specimens of
ore from these claims show free gold to
the naked eye. No assay of this ore
has been made. 1t is not necessary;
even tenderfoot would know that it
was worth in the thousands per ton.
Conroy and his partner, Hardrick, of
Weiser, have just closed deal with
Senator Ankeny of Washington for
these claims, He did not wish the price
made public, but inquiry from other
sources show the amount paid for the
group to be $5O.OOO, liberal per cent
of which was cash.
Development work will be continued
all winter by force of twenty men. A
stamp mill will be installed next sum-
mer.
Walker and Conroy cleaned up about
$40, 900 on their placer claims on Three
Mile creek, in this district, this summer
They worked ID men and the water
lasted about four months. They only
had three to five feet of surface and
gravel to move to bedrock.
Mr.. Conroy left Tuesday for Denver,
Colo, where he will spend the winter
and enjoy well earned rest.
Rich Ore at Buffalo Hump.
Owners of the Dice group of quartz
claims, in Buffalo Hump, have received
wire from Andy Anderson stating that
he had crosscut the vein for ten feet
and had found stringer of ore on the
hanging wall that showed free gold all
the way through. The balance of the
ten feet of ledge matter shows it tc
carry values, but how high is not known
until assays have been made.
Over 400 feet of development work
has been done on this group this year.
j. 7. McDuffie, E. M. Griffith, Frank
Peck, Andy Anderson and eastern cap
italists are owners of this group.
Marshall Lake and Bear Creek Mines.
Several mining men from Marshal
Lake district have arrived in Grange
vile this week and will winter here
They report the past season as the mos
prosperous one since the camp was dis
covered. S. o. Whiting, one of th'
first men to make location in the dis
trict, arrived here Friday. He state
the Turnbull brothers packed abou
twenty tons of ore from the Treasur
claim to the Conyers mill which nette'
them $50 per ton. Fox and Briggs hav
sold the Mt. Marshall group of quart
claims to a company represented by Mr.
Kincaid, of Boise. The price paid wa
$13, 500. A 5-stamp mill has just bee
completed by George Corners for tn
Irwin Brothers, ON Bear creek.
wagon road has been built this summe
from the state wagon road to the Kimt
erly mine This road leaves the stat
road near the Herman store building
1t is ten miles long. A 5-stamp mi
was freighted over the road this fall.
There ic another raDprt on thp win
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-09-28
Killed In a Caye.in.

A young man. about 81 years
old, living in Hoising ior for the
past eight months ard whose name
was Brown, was killed by a cave
in in a sand pit near Boyd Tues
day. He had come from the
south east part Of the state, and
was a miner by occupation. He
had undertaken to run a drift in
the sand pit. as he would in a
mine, and was caught. When
found his body was in standing
position, one hand raised above
his head, and that was the only
part of him not covered up. The
citizens of Hoisintgon raised
money to defray the funeral ex.
penses, and to send the young wife
back to her home in the eastern
part of the state.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-09-28
An Industrial School.

The Dominican Sisters of Great
Bend will open a class for fancy
work of al! kinds-plain sewing,
dressmaking and embroidery-on
Saturday next, from | 80 to 4:3O
p. m. Fees 25 cents per lesson.
Lessons each Saturday. Ladies and
girls are cordially invited to at
tend and try to make a nice piece
for the 1907 county fair. We hop,
for a large class next Saturday.
The Sisters.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-09-28
BriStOW on FREIGHT Rates.

President Dawson of the Com
mrcial Club has received a letter
from j. L. Bristow. to whom had
been extended an invitation to ad.
dress the people of this locality
on the subject of freight rates.
Mr.. Bristow will be here on the
evening of the 5th of October.
and meeting likely be held in the
court room. Definite announce
ment concerning this point will be
made later. The address is to be
purely on the freight rate ques.
ton, anu strctily non-partisan.
Mr., Bristow has thoroughly gone
into the rate proposition, and will
doubtless be able to give our peo-
pie some very valuable informa-
tlon along this line.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-09-28
Orders FOR
MORE TROOPS
A Big Force 10 HGid Themselves IN
Readiness For Crhcn Campaign.
some war near Home NOW

Washington; D. c. Sept. o.
Orders have been issued to two
thousand one hundred cavalry.
five thousand infantry, two thou.
sand marines, four thousand blue
Jackes eight hundred artillerymen
and two hundred men of the en-
glneer corps, to hold themselves
ready to move to Cuba without
delav. The quartermaster's de.
partment is arranging subsistence
and transportation. The troops
at Fort Clark and Fort Sam
Houston, in Texas are included in
this order. Tentative orders have
been issued to mobolize an expe.
dltlon composed of troops in the
southwest and Kanas posts.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-09-28
A QUEER RUN
OF FATALITIES
Man Saves Himself by Hanging From
Bridge, And Then browns.
HIS SWEETHEART SUICIDES,

Terrehaute, Ind. Sept. 27.-
This morning Ira H. Purcell hung
to the ties of the Wabash bridge
while a train passed over him. AS
he hung he dropped his hat in the
river. Later he waded in to oct
his hat and stepping into deep
hole was drowned.
Anna Lester, Purcell's sweet
heart, viewed his body at the
morgue, and then killed herself.
leaving word that the money COM
ing from her insurance policy
should be used to pay for both
funerals.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-09-28
SOMETIMES IT DOES!
A Hearty Meal Should Never Annoy or
Distress.

A hearty<meaI should give a
sense of qualification and comfort.
1t should never annoy or distress.
If you have Indigestion and dis
comfort after eating, it shows
that your digestive organs are
weakened and they cannot proper
ly care for the food which has
been swallowed. If you cannot
eat and digest with pleasure and
comfort three good square, hearty
meals each day, you need to use
Ml-o-na stomach tablets and YOU
should go to Hooper Drug Go.
for a box at once.
Ml-o.na is as unlike the or
dlnary pepsin digestive tablet as
the electric light is more valuable
than a tallow dip. Mi-o.na cures
Indigestion or stomach trouble by
strengthening and regulating the
whole digestive system. thus en-.
abling the organs to take care of
the food you eat without any dis
tress or discomfort.
Use Mi.o-na for few days and
the nervousness, sleeplessness,
general debility and weakness,
backache loss of appetite, head
ache and other ills that are caused
by indigestion will be banished
and you will feel we'll all over.
Mi-o-na makes positive and last
ing cures and is sold under an
absolute guarantee that the money
will be refunded unless the
remedy cures. Ask Hooper Drug
Co. to show you the guarantee
they give with every 50 cent box
of Mi.o.na.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-09-28
In ne Days OF Thy Prosperity Please Remember Tho Pnr
BRIEF TELEGRAPH news.
The Days Happenings Of Interest To
The Busy Reader.

Pawtucket, RI. Five hundred
girl operatives in the J. & P.
Caots Co. struck Wednesday for
an increase of wages. The plant
with $500 employees will likley
close down.
Kansas City, Mo.-There are
over 1000 loads of wheat on
track here awaiting unloading.
Washington, D. Cit is report.
ed that Samuel Gompers and
John Mitchell, leaders in the
American Federation of Labor,
and the United Mine Workers.
have quarrelled over the Fedora
tlon going into politics.
Atlanta, Ga.-The race riots
seem to be curbed. All saloons
are still closed, and the licenses of
all low negro joints or resorts have
been rescinded.
Carlo, IA. E. Warrendorf,
alias Chas. W. Bintzen, when ar
rested on the 26th on charge of
forgery, committed suicide by
swallowing carbolic acid.
Kansas City. The largest
crowd in the history of political
outside of the national
is expected here on
the 29th when Bryan speaks at
hall.