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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-07
Politics in Gainesville.


The political pot is beginning to boil
and it behOOves every American citi-
zen TO take a little time and review
the past, present and if possible fore
cast the future. II is Of course high
ly important that honest men. Chris
tan men, intelligent men ana wide
awake progressive men are elected for
our city officials. At the present stage
OF our growth and development it
would mean death TO the future pros
perity of Gainesville. to elect grum-
blers, sore heads and moss backs. The
scales are about evenly balanced lust
now, and little weight to carry on
the wrong side, would doom the city
TO utter humiliation. Our sister cities
are appreciative Of this. and every
effort is being made to secure every
advantage that presents itself But
We must look still further. We must
secure for ourselves Senatorial and
Representative timber. that can be re-
lied, upon, to theoretically. Untiringly.
determinedly push the interests of
Alachua County-and not only push
but guard them, for we predict right
now, that il this is not done, we will
feel the jar when something drops
that we are vitality interested in
Gainesville Elevator.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-07
University Left Out.

Contrary to all reasonable expecta.
ton the John B. StetsOn University
at DeLAnd didn't get a cent from its
millionaire founder, John B. Stetson.
who died recently at Lakewood, n. J
The will was opened Friday and the
estate. estimated at S5,O0O.OOO. was
LETT to his family, the University get
ting no recognition of any kind. This
viii undoubtedly be a bitter disaD-
pointment to the officials of that in
stitutiOn and it may seriously affect
its future. About a year ago Mr..
StetSon and the University trustees
had a disagreement because the lat
ter refused to put the man of his Sc.
lection at the head Of the school and
II was understood then that he would
do nothing more for that institution.
but a reconciliation was effected and
his continued favor was assumed. 1t
is sincerely to be hoped that this
splendid school will not have its use
fulness impaiTedl by the omission of
its founder to remember it in his will
Live Oak DemOctat
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-07
Judge Locke Needs help.

Another Federal judge will have to
be sent to Florida to help Judge
Locke, if the Southern judicial district
is to be constantly increased in
places of hold terms of court. Miami
will probably be added, the bill hay-
ing passed the House Wednesday
Jacksonville, Tampa. Key West and
Ocala are now designated as court
places. Judge Locke has already
given the best years of his life to the
duties Of his court. and he is now
oVerworked, and his health impaired
by II. A new district and a new Judge
should also be provided for Florida
Jacksonville Metropolis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-07

Subtle FlatteFy.
You won't let me skate or this pond,
snapped Miss Elderleigh. Why, you ad
NIT it's thick enough to hold a person
That's true" said the crafty custodian
but you always have a dozen admirinG
gentlemen around you. Er-er thanks for
the quarter, ma'am
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-07
A Hot Tine.

A HOT Tine
Mike-Sure, an yez ought to bin over to
Ne house last noight- We had q blow
suit
Pat-Pwat was itT Yer weddin' ami
VersaFy?
Mike-No; the gasoline stove.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-07

Vanity, Ala IL Vanity.
Maude-You are intoxicated. sir! How
dare you propose marriage to me while In
such q condition!
LYMAN, m dear. how else would ]
get up courage. ay. audacity, to ever
hope-hic-being worthy OF such incom-
parable beauty, magnetism and
EEUde-That excuses you !SAz. dsazs
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-07

sACOIA FLORIDA WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH T. 1906
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-07

An Exception.
Mrs. Grouty-Whenever a man gets him
self into trouble he invariably drags a
woman in after him.
Mr.. Grouty-Oh, I don't know. How
about Jonah and the whale?
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-03-23
The Ely Brick Co.

News from the yards OF the
Ely Brick Manufacturing Co., is
to the effect that in spite of the
inclemency of the weather, work
is going rapidly on. The drying
house is filling up rapidly, and it
will be but short time before
the first kiln will be ready for
burning. the plant will hardly
be able to keep up with it's orders
from the way they are pouring
in at present. The Nevada Con-
solidated Co. has declared their
intention of using this brick for
their mammoth buildings. Cold
field, Ogden and Salt Lake peo.
pie are eagerly buying up the
stock now on the market, and it
behooves anyone in Ely, wishing
block of it, to get in and hus-
lie or they will be too late.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-03-23
Stockholders May Contest Sale

The Boston News Bureau says
the Nevada Con Copper company
on March : made the first pay
mcnt ON the purchase of the
property of the Chairman Min
ing and Electric company at this
place. The total cost was $l00.-
0o0 aud it, principal values are
IN a group Of mining claims aud
water rights. There is some talk
among the stockholders of the
old company Of bringing suit Ia
prevent the transfer taking place.
II says. on the ground that the
committee II st~kh"licrs who
sol.l 10. property 4" the Nevada
con. company hal no legal au'
lh"fiiy H. 10 -.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-03-23
Bank supplies Arriving.

The supplies for the White
Pine county bank, are at last ar
irving from Eureka, by express,
and they will all be here by the
time the President, Mr.. W. B.
Ora ham, returns from San Fran
cisco. The house will be open
for business not later than the
first day of April. Pheby Bros.
have labored earnestly, and spar
ed no expense to hurry the estab-
fishing of bank in our town,
something we stand much in need
Of. Jos. Pheby will be cashier
of the new institution.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-03-23
Gu6&enheims Take Up Option
On 100000 Shares OF
Nevada Consolidated Stock

ties are located, that must place
it among the most productive, as
we'll as the most populOus OF that
commonwealth. The trade con-
summated, the management will
exert itself to complete the
equipments, consisting of con-
centrator and smelter, with a line
of railway, before the expiration
of twelve months, and that this
will be accomplished the field or
ganization with which it has sur
rounded itself, affords conclusive
assurance.
Concerning the merger of Ne
vada Con. interests with others
of the camp, Daniel Guggenheim
says that there is nothing to be
said. The public has been more
active in the exploitation of this
feature of the stalwart under
taking in the Nevada camp. in
deed, than the companies have,
although no one in this locality
conversant with the lay of the
land believes other than that
an amalgamation of the interests
referred to will ultimately take
place.
A. Chester Beatty, under
whose direction the examination
of the Nevada Cons resources
took place, declines positively to
discuss the report that the OPP
tion had been exercised. His
labors in the interest of the me-
gotiations were, he pleaded,
closed when his reports and
findings went into the hands of
Mr.. Hammond.
OF ly as camp of copper,
Mr.. Beatty did permit himself to
say that it will undoubtedly be
made one of the most product We
the country has unearthed.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-03-23
The Lights We're Out.

BY the breaking of the ditch
which supplies the water power
for the Ely electric light system,
the town was in darkness last
night, as far rs the electric fluid
was concerned. Old coal oil
lamps were resurrected, and even
the humble taIlow candle was
ca alled in to lend its feeble rays
TO help dispcll the gloom which
hung over the town. The saloons
and other business houses pre-
sented Il picturesque appear
ance savoring Of the days
of 10. Thosc who were fortu-
nate enough to have gasoline
outfits. were the only adequately
Illuminated houses ~ town.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-03-23

The last storm seems to have
been very general all over the
country. Reports of disasters
east aud west continue Ia come
H. Colorado and Wyoming are
suffering from excessive cold and
snow. The railroads have been
hleckaded over the Sierra Neva-
ia mountains. In the mining
feglons of Colorado numbers of
persons have lost their lives 10y
disastrous snowsli.lcs. which are
d"siroying hundreds of thousands
"l dollars worth of property. Ely
has rome oui of the mix up with
lying c"lor. all right.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-03-23
Watch this Camp.

The hills around Ely will be alive
with piosl~ctors. In'i ~ soon as
the weather settles, then look ont
for strikes No richer mineraliled
country lies oul oi doors than the
district lying adjacent 10 this COM.
muniiy. We have copper, lead
gold aud silver. Not iaf from here.
tungsten ORES have also been
mined. We cliallcusc comparison.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-03-23
Good Advice.

An exchange gives the follow
ing excellent advice, which is
just as applicable to Ely as else
where: There is no reasonable
excuse for a man living in a
town if he doesn't like it. If
you have no word of commenda-
ton to say for the town, its in
stitutions or its people, emigrate.
You won't stop the course of
events by going away, neither
will your harping cut any figure
If you remain. The dogs will
play just as briskly, the fish will
bite just as we'll, aud the pure
air and bright sunshine will have
the same health giving proper
ties, whether you go or remain.
Speak a good word for your
neighbors if you can; you can't
don't everlastingly enlarge on
their faults. If you have become
thoroughly sour and disgusted,
and cannot see any good in your
town, move away: go somewhere
where things suit you.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-03-23

Following the late examina-
t;on of the Nevada Consolidated
r,nper company's holdings,
which has just been finished by
A. Chester Beatty, the mining
engineer, a dispatch dated Salt
Lake, March II, says:
While in the absence Of all
members of the official family it
is impossible to verify it, there
is emphatic assurance that the
Guggenheim Exploration com
pany has authorized its repre-
sentatives in New York to exer-
else it's option on 100000 shares
of the Nevada Consolidated Cop
per company and that it is at this
hour in control of the Stupen-
dous tonnages of copper, gold
and silver bearing wealth which,
upon the authority of it's staff of
expert engineers. is exposed and
ready for reduction.
On basis of 500 per share the
transaction INVOLVES no less a
sum than $4,000, 900, while at
S12. so per share, which accord
ing to the super conservatives of
the east, is the more likely, it at
tains total of $7,500,OOO. Lo-
cally the oracles are partial to
the former figures, while it is as
serted by two or more that they
are the ones for which the vend-
or held out to the last.
No matter what may be the
actual amount the purchaser was
required to shell out for the
shares which add another to
their extraordinary assets in the
diggings, it is the biggest trans
action to have been consummated
in the west.in many a moon, and
foretells a future for Ely, in
which Nevada camp the proper
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-03-23
Back from 0sceOIa.

Tom O'Ncill. Bert Brown.
Andy Fcslcr. aud several more
of the Osccola stampcders. got
hack from the scene of the cx-
citcmcnt. Thursday afternoon.
sun-burncd. muddy aud tired.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-03-23

now, and I expect to see 1000 al
work by the end of the year. in
addition to the great number OF
other persons who will find bus
mess or employment. Ely is &c
or 40 miles from the location of
the White Pine excitement at
Hamilton, many years ago, and
lies about so miles from. the Utah
line. A railroad is being built
from Cobra on the Central Pacific
36 miles east of Wells, to Ely, a
distance of $50 miles, which will
pnt it within 800 miles of Salt
Lake by rail. The new road will
be known as the Nevada North
ern. About eighty miles of grad
ing is completed and thirty miles
of track laid. The work is pro.
crossing at the rate of a mile and
half a day, and the road is eX-
pected to be in operation by the
middle of May and not later than
June l. The Nevada Consoli-
dated Copper Co., has 20,000,000
tons of copper developed in its
mine, which means that if 5000
tons a day is mined, it will take
twenty years to exhaust the sup
ply. That means steady employ
ment for many men and growth
of the community. The company
is building a $500 ton smelter,
and is planning for another unit
of equal capacity. The Giroux
Consolidated Mines Co., has
enough ore in sight to run 5000
tons day for ten years. 1t has
a total of more than 10000
feet of development work. The
Nevada Consolidated has approx.
imately 10000 feet of develop
ment work. Most of the prop
erty is already located, but the
Cumberland Ely Copper Co. and
the Veteran-Ely Copper o. ac-
quired property there as late as
last November, and are now sink
ing five double compartment
shafts. The Butte and Ely Cop
per Co., and a number of other
concerns have smaller holdings.
Including money put into rail
roads, about $40, 1000, 900 has been
invested. Coke has to be i'm
ported. but two streams of water
furnish supply enough for the
present. Five per cent copper
at the prevailing price of 1S cents
a pound, would mean SIS ton.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-03-23
II. K. Wheeler Tells About the Wonderful
Resources OF this District

We take the following from the
Los Angeles Times of the 10Th
inst. Mr.. Wheeler will be re-
membered as an enthusiastic buy
er of Ely real estate:
/ Los Angeles should secure
the trade of all central and south
ern Nevada. said H. K. Wheeler
mining engineer and expert of
the Bralv building. to-day, "All
that country is developing great
resources, and it's need of sup
plies and machinery is daily be-
coming greater. With the com
pletion of the lines of railroad
now in process of construction or
promotion, trade from Los An
geles will have comparatively
easy access and be able to COM
pete successfully with that of
San Francisco and Salt Lake, If
the road between Keeler and Mo-
jave is built, the distance between
Los Angeles and the Goldfield
and Tonopah districts will be APP
proximately 440 miles, as against
487 to San Francisco. This
will bring the great copper coun-
try at Ely in touch with Los An
geles by about 600 miles,
Mr.. Wheeler has just returned
from Ely, New, where great cop
per deposits were discovered by
j. L. Giroux, about six years ago.
Mr.. Giroux was formerly mana
ger for Senator Clark at Butte
and Jerome, where he developed
the United Verde mine. He vol
UNFAIRLY gave up salary of $780,
600 year to enter business for
himself in the Ely field. Accord
ing to estimates said to be con-
servative, made bv Mr.. Wheeler
and others, there are hundreds
Of millions of dollars worth of
copper in sight. The copper is
found in porphyry lying in the
lime formation. The zone is be-
tween six and seven miles long,
Il mile wide and has been tapped
to depth of 800 feet without
finding bottom. 1t is said to be
the largest deposit in the world,
and assays between 3 and 5 per
cent with small deposits of gold
in paying quantities as by
product, estimated at from so cts.
to 81 per ton, according to the
locality. II am looking for a
pertinent boom in Ety. said
Mr.. Wheeler. There are 400
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-03-23
Glowing Reports Continue
to Come from the New
Black Horse District

but it is supposed water will be
encountered in abundance when
wells are sunk. The district is
known as Black Horse, and the
town has been christenedi the
same name. The town-site is
owned by Messrs. Watkins, Mil
lick and others, and the sale of
lots is already going on. Hun
dreds are pouring in as fast rs
conveyances can be secured, and
big crowd from the outside is
said to be waiting at Newhouse
for transportation. There are
neither tents or houses enough
in the district to shelter those
already on the ground, but the
weather conditions are said to be
not very severe. Supplies are
also limited, so newcomers should
govern themselves accordingly.
Negotiations with the owners of
the original discoveries, have
brought out the fact that the
holders decline to make any terms
except for cash, the minimum
price per claim SO far asked
being $35, 900. All overtures for
leasing have been rejected, but
parties are still persevering in
their efforts. An offer has been
made in one instance, of a pay
ment of ten per cent in cash on
the purchase price of a claim, the
balance of $4,000 to be paid
when the purchaser had demon
strated permanent values, but
this was also refused. Almost
no work has been done as yet on
the ground, and the permanency
of the ledge and extent of ore
not at all demonstrated. In fact
the location work has not been
done on all the original claims.
1t would seem as though the own
ers of rich ground would be glad
to lease to men who would dem
onstrate the permanancy and
richness of their properties, with
out expense to themselves. The
best claims are now held by poor
men, who will be unable to open
up their properties in the shape
they should be. Until work has
demonstrated that the rich sur
face ores go down, outsiders will
be shy of purchasing properties
at the prevailing prices. The
general direction of the discov-
cry ledge is north-ea and south
west and another ledge parallels
it, but has not as yet disclosed
any such values as are encouter-
ed on the strike. 1t, however,
shows values in gold, silver and
lead, while the discovery ledge
seems to be almost entirely a
gold proposition, paintings show
ing values reaching into the
thousands, it is said. When the
roads dry up, the conditions for
travelling will be excellent, but
just at present the trip is hard
one, no matter from what point
one starts. All who have visited
the camp from Ely, are enthusi-
astic. and intend 10 return i'm
mediatcty. 1t looks us if II new
rich district had been discovered,
which will lead materially to the
advancement of this section Of
the stale. Things are, rs the
Missourian says. 'Sborrly comm
our way"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-03-23

Anolher bis discovery of rich gold
e'e has been made about IS miles
a"''h'easl oi beatty, Il Is said
ll' surface pans i'ig strings oi gold
lhc'c have lren traced Ia q lag
"'A'' cutting through the country.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-03-23

]. Smith and Wm. Majors oi
Kimberly are IN town aud expect TO
Join ihe osocola rush.
Mot of the returned stamped
crs ssy that EIy !. Ea-o.l enough
f"r them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-03-23

every tongue. Late adviceS from
the new district, substantiate the
glowing reports received. The
district, SO for as has been de-
termined, is q very rich one, as
far as surface indications go, but
it will take some little time and
considerable work to determine
its permanency. A big ledge,
hundreds of feet in width-some
enthusiastic ones claim mile
wide--is the source of the gold,
and is supposed to be the mother
lode from which the gold that has
enriched the placer claims below
it, has come. Long sought for,
it seems to have been found at
last. The strike was made by
Thomas Watkins, over a month
since, but was not deyulged until
last week. Only the few sur
rounding residents were let in on
the secret, and after they had To-
Gated all the claims they wanted,
the find was made public. For
many years, Mr.. Watkins. who is
a prospector of over twenty five
years experience, has been
searching for the source of the
placer gold that abounds in that
district. He has traced the ledge
across the country until it dis
appeared under Mount MOriah,
but until about a month ago, had
never been able to lind values in
it. At that time, in testing a
new formation, principally a
quartzite, we understand, he
found values amounting to about
800 a ton, although no colors
showed by panning. This assay
put him in touch with the gen.
eral charater of rock to look for,
and values we're easy to find from
then on. Following up this for
nation, he soon found groupings
of the ledge matter lousy with
free gold, and new -comers claim
the precious metal is so plentiful
that it can be detected in scores
of places along the ledge when
rock is broken off. To show the
extent of mineralized territory, a
piece of cropping was knocked
off the ledge over a mile and a
half from the scene of the orig
inal discovery, and an assay re-
turn of $125 per ton was return
ed. The original discoverer was
very modest in his locations, tax
ing up but two claims himself,
but the trend of the ledge was
pretty well covered with loca
tions for three or four miles, by
others, before the general pub
lie was allowed TO hear about it.
The stampeders from Ely, Oasis,
Newhouse and surrounding dis
tricts, have pretty well covered
the country with locations, in the
vicinity of the strike. so late
comcrs will have TO go far out to
get ground. 1t is reasonable to
suppose. however, that more dis
coycries will follow tliis, rs the
character Of the rock in which
the gold i, found, will cause more
attention 10 bc paid to the differ
cnt formations in which the coun-
try abounds. The district is
about - or ~ miles from Ely,
and about luo from Ncwhousc,
situated about : miles northeast
OF Osceola. which town must bc
passed through cn route la the
mines. The ma joriiy of the
stampcdcrs are living AT o,ccola,
but accommodations are very
limited there. a town.siic has
been laid out al the scene of dis
coycry. IN fact the main ledge
runs directly through IL. There
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-03-23
Newspaper Man Here.

Lee Gray. representing the
Calkins newspaper syndicate
of California and Nevada. is in
town, IN the interests Of hi pub
lications. Mr.. Gray intends Ia
give Ely aud it, surroundings Il
thorough wriie-up. anl being a
iirst-class newspaper man. can los
relied on 10 do the subject jus.
ticc. lie should Ice helped io all
information possible. a. hc Is
here fer hc good of the camp.
Our merchants complain of a
scarcity OF food products. II the
roads don dry up enough 10 admit
Of freight hauling lsricfe loag. wc
ate Liable io &c, short 81 s,aisic siii.
Gle, oi canned gosds.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1906-10-13
ACT No. 137.
ACT NO. 1877.
by abr. Wimberly. House Bin No. 116
JOINT RESOLUTION.

by abr. Wimberly. House Bin No. 116.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing amendments to Articles 80, 90.
100, LOG and 131, and proposing the
repeal of Article 105, of the Consti.
tuition Of the State Of Louisiana, rela-
tive, to the judiciary department.
Section /. Be it resolved, by the
General Assembly Of the State of Louis
lana, two-thirds of all the members
elected to each House concurring, That
Article 50 of the Constitution of the
State of Louisiana be amended SO as
to read as follows:
Article 9S. The Courts of Appeal,
except as otherwise provided in this
Constitution, shall have appellate juris-
Iiction only, which jurisdiction shall
extend to all cases, civil and probate.
when the matter in dispute or the fund to
be distributed shall exceed one hundred
dollars, exclusive of interest, and shall
not exceed two thousand dollars, exclu,
sive of interest, and such appeal shall
be upon the law and the facts.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc.
That Article 80 of the Constitution Of
the State of Louisiana, be so amended as
TO read as follows:
Article 80. The Courts of Appea
'hall consist of three judges each. They
shall be citizens Of the United States
and qualified electors of this State. learn.