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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07
Nevada a Great State.

Apparently there is no limit to the
mineral greatness of Nevada. Scarcely
a week goes by but what some finds
are reported which means the opening
up of a new and rich district, says the
Reno Gazette. Today the traveller
looking across an expanse of country
would sec nothing but miles of sand,
many miles of sagebrush, forbidding
solitude. Tomorrow he passes over
the same trail and before him are all
the signs of a booming, thriving mining
camp. Nothing like it has ever been
seen before in any State since Califor-
MAS golden sands set half the world in
sane. From Reno east to Ely and south
to the Arizona border the un~covering of
hidden wealth goes on. Down in the
south, Tonopah, the queen mother of
all this late development, goes steadily
forward, taking out her millions and
making thousands rich. Goldfeld grows
better every day, and people are begin
ming to realize that the wonders of
Bullfrog have not been half told. Man
haitian, n of the youngest and lustiest,
bids fair to be at least the equal Of the
older camps of the south and any one
of a half dozen in the immediate vicinity
Of those camps which have been men
toned would have called forth much ex-
citing comment less than ten years ago.
Every day the truth of the statement
that Nevada is only in its swaddling
clothes becomes nor and more APP
parent. Untold millions are yet to be
taken from the treasure waits of the
earth. Constantly, too, development in
other lines, agricultural and industrial
is going on. Nothing can keep Nevada
down now. The lean years are behind
US for all time.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07
Goldfeld News.

In the drift from the bottom of the
200 foot level at the Wallace lease on
the Cornishman claim quite a bit of cop
per sulphide ore is being found in the
big ledge. The copper As yet only
shows in small quantities, but those
who have examined the shoot believe
that it will develop into something big.
The general average of the ledge at
this level is SIS.
Messrs. Peer& Hugh, who are operat-
ing a lease on the Cornishman claim of
the Florence company, have commenced
shipping the large tonnage of ore that
hsa been taken out during the past two
weeks. The shipment will consist of
lbs tons and is said to average better
than $l75 to the ton.
At the Tonopah club, one of the group
of the Conquerer mining company,
there are $50 tons of ore that have been
taken out recently in doing development
work and will be shipped in the near
future.
The owners of the Lees lease on the
freight claim of the Florence COM
pany, have concluded to sink the shaft
deeper and work was commenced last
week to drop it from the 80 to the lbs
foot evel.-Goldfeld Review.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07
A Way Up Company

One OF the strongest companies wh;A
has been formed to operate in the Me-,
haitian district is the Manhattan W.,
Up Mining Company, composed Of mar
vel known to successful mining omar.
tions in the state of Nevada and a..
where. The officers of the co,rrss'.
are. M. ]. o'Meara of Salt Lake TIF;:
president; I. ]. Lynch of TononoS
viee-president; Fred X. Beaver of Ros'
ton, secretary. These gentlemen r.
gether with 7. E. Atteaux of Nav,
York and T. E. Edwards of Rullfror
compose the directorate. Th-e,nroro~..,
of the company consists of one I'll,
claim recently purchased from Jannos
Banford and known as the Way I'm
The Way Up adjoins the Texas and
Detroit claims, owned and operated bv
the Portland Mining company. The
surface showing is excellent and M
doubt development work will open up a
great property. The claim is located
in the heart of the mineral belt of the
Manhattan district and is but 700 feet
from the shaft of the Manhattan Con.
solidated and about 800 feet from the
Matte Ethel.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07
sheep Men Take Action

A dispatch from Boise, Idaho, says:
Failing in an endeavor to C an
amicable settlement of the difficulty
between Inspector G. E. Noble Of
Idaho and the sheepmen of Nevada and
Utah Judge Maginnis, of the law firm
of Maginnis & Corn of Ogden filed suit
in the United States Court to compel
the State of Idaho to raise the quaran-
tine against Nevada and Utah sheep.
Rudolph Kuchler, a prominent Nevada
sheep man, is the complainant named
in the suit and the State of Idaho and
G. E. Noble, stock inspector for the
state, are the defendants. The com.
plainant seeks to force the defendants
to admit sheep from Nevada and Utah
into Idaho. The suit asks that an in.
junction to set aside the arbitrary
action of Inspector Noble regarding the
admission into Idaho of Nevada and
Utah sheep be granted.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07
PERSONAL


W. E. Brannon, of San Francisco,
this week.
L. L. Hall, of Bishop, was in town
this week.
F. W. Jakson, of San Francisco, is a
visitor in town.
F. ]. Everett, of Chicago, was a guest
at the Merchants.
J.O. Weinstrom, of Millers, spent
Monday in Tonopah.
E. L. Gibbons, of San Francisco, Wis
tied here this week.
c. E. Mack, of Reno, is spending sew
eral days in Tonopah
W. D. %Coppernall, Of Golden, was a
guest at the Palace this week.
]. T. Florence, of San Francisco, reg
istered at the Mizpah Monday.
P. N. Moore, of St. Louis, was a
guest at the Mizpah this week.
R. D. McAfee, of Long Beach was a
guest at the Merchants this week.
M. C. Newton, of Sacramento, was a
guest at the Merchants this week.
w. Senick, of San francisco, was a
guest at the Merchants this week.
H. E. Labree, of San Francisco, was
a guest at the Merchants this week.
P. V. Perkins and C. A. Draper, of
New York, are guests at the Merchants
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Roe, of Salt Lake,
registered at the Merchants this week.
P. G. Jennings, a New York capitalist,
was a guest at the Mizpah this week.
John O'Keefe, the well known stage
mar of Goldfeld, spent Tuesday in To-
nopah.
J.. H. Kelly and wife, of Goldfeld,
were in town this week, guests at the
Mizpah.
j. H. Waterhouse, a prominent bust
ness mar of San Francisco, was a guest
at the Mizpah this week.
'Diamondfeld Jack" Davis was in
town this week. "Jack" has several
rich properties in Manhattae.
H. A. Mills, ]. M. Russell and W. H.
Schulze of Colorado Springs are spend
ing some time in this section.
DIR. o. P. Posey, of Los Angeles, one
of the best known mining men in the
west, spent a few days in Tonopah this
week.
R. P. Dunlap, vice president Of the
Montana onopah company, was a guest
at the Palace hotel In San Francisco
this week.
]. G. Barker and Mrs. H. C. Barker
of San Antonio spent the fore part of
the week in Tonapah and were guests
at the Merchants hotel.
o. C. Reed, Thomas Wilson, L. d.
Cooper and L. L. Jones, the well known
mining men of Kawich, spent the fore
part of the week in Tonopah.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07
Bids Wanted.

The Hon. Board of County Com
missioners of Nye County, Nevada, will
receive bids at their next regular meet
ing for a time-lock safe for the vault of
the Treasurer in the Nye County Court
House, approximately of the following
dimensions and construction
A steel Burglar Proof safe-42 inches
high-3O inches wide-23 inches deep,
with three movement automatic time
lock, with reserve chest inside-also an
ordinary chest-both to have COM
bination locks-said safe to weigh not
less than A, 400 pounds-outside door to
hang on ran hinge. Safe to be de-
livered in place in the Treasurer's
vault.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids. Bids to be filed
with the Clerk of the Board on or be-
fore the 9Th day of May, 1906.
Attest c. G. BEvIs,
-. Clerk of the Board.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07
Silver Party win Fuse.

At a meeting of he State COMMITTEES
of the Silver party of Nevada, held in
Reno last Saturday, it was decided that
the party should be recognized and
effect a fusion with the Democrats.
The Democratic State convention, in
which the fusion party viii participate,
will be held in Reno on September "a.
The primaries to select delegates will
be held about two weeks earlier. The
basis of representation will be one dele
gate to every fifty votes cast for
Supreme Judge in 1904. Conspicuous
by their absence at the meeting were
the members of the Stalwart Silver
party. The efforts of those favoring
dissolution Of the party organization
failed. Chairman Souchereau was
clearly in the majority with those fav-
oring renewed life and after two hours
of executive conference a message was
sent asking the Democratic state com
mittee if it would confer with the Silver
committee. The reply was favorable
and a joint session of the two COM
mittees then took place. ]. E. Souch-
ereau Of Verdi and Charles Burke of
Reno acted as president and secretary
of the Silver committee. ]. G. Sweeney
presided at the Democratic committee
meeting and E. L. Bingham acted as
secretary. Among those who took part
in the deliberations were w. E. Sharon,
Virginia; ]. E. S~ouchereau, Verdi; J.. G..
Sweeney, Sam Davis, j. L. Considine,
Carson; Phil Triplett, Wells; C. B. Hem
derson and E. E. Game, Elko; E. l..
Bingham and Charles Burke, Reno.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07
Turner Visits Ely.

Mr.. 0. H. Turner, the capitalist of
TSnopah and Philadelphia, is expected
in town at any time, as he left Eureka,
Wednesday, by private conveyance.
Mr.. Turner has heavy holding in this
district and his visit is for the two-fold
purpose of looking over his numerous
interests and viewing our booming little
city. He is accompanied by another
Philadelphia capitalist. : White Pine
News.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07
Cook Discharged.

Acting Coroner Solomon returned
from Silver Peak last Friday, where he
had been holding an inquest over the
remains of C. McIvor, who was shot
and killed by Allen Cook last Wednes-
day. The trouble arose over a wager
on a drilling contest, and eye witnesses
at the %coroner's inquest testified that
Cook vas justified and did the shooting
in se~lf-defense. The jury in view of
these facts e~xonerated Cook and he
was released from custody. -Goldfeld
Review.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07
Steel Mail Cars,

Superintendent H. P. Thrall, of the
Railway Mail Service of the Hartman
lines, says thirty steel mail cars are to
be built at once for use in the mail
service between Chicago and San Fran
cisco, and it is said that no matter with
what force the steel cars might come
together in a collision they cannot be
destroyed.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07
The Cabinet.

Austin G. Shoemaker andJ S. Smith,
the owners of The Cabinet, have placed
a lot of palm trees in their cosy resort
and it now resembles a southern Cali
fornia drinking place. The firm carries
the best brands of liquors and cigar.
and has courteous bartenders.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07

j. H. Kinkead, the well-known min
ing and mill man OF Virginia City,
spent last Sunday in Tonopah.
After a long hard trip across the
desert you will enjoy a nice comfortable
bed in a large airy room at the Mer.
chants hotel. The cafe in connection
is first class in every respect and is
open at all hours of the day and night.
The best the market affords at the
Mizpah cafe and grill. You can get
anything you wish at this popular din
ing place at any hour of the day or
night. Private rooms for ladies and
families. z
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07
A ProspectOr's Long Trip.

Ed Mcmahon, a prospector to whom
almost every nook and Granny in the
state is familiar, arrived in Winnemucca
this morning with his outfit, consisting
of two burros and a complete prospect
or's kit. Mcmahon made the trip from
Tonopah to Winnemucca on foot, look
ing " the country as he went alone
Silver State.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07
Rev. KIass Entertains.

A social was given by the Rev. and
Mrs. Carl N. Klass, at their home on
Bryan avenue, last Tuesday evening,
for the young people of his congrega.
ton. An enjoyable time was had by ali.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07
A Good Commlttoe.

DR.. Edward Bowes, Hugh Brown
Alonzo Trip and P. J. Cadogan hap
been appointed a committee to secun
further subscriptions for the building
fund of the Mizpah club.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07
snapii,

One so h. p. boiler, new, and one 40
Z p. boiler, second hand, but in good
condition for sale. Also one 80 h.. D.
steam engine and one s h. p. engine.
Enquire this Office. Mrl74t
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07
japan k

Japan consumed $500, 900 gsllons of
beer last year. Better success seems
to attend the efforts to Milwaukeeize
Japan than to Christianize it.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07
III. H. Clark at valleys,

H. H. Clark left here for VALLEY
Springs last Saturday and is now enjoy
ing splendid health. The waters Of the
springs have benefited him materially.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-04-07

A7-4t.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-07-20
CONGO REFORMS

The King of Belgium, finally
needing the clambr Of public
opinion against his Congo afro
cities, has published a list Of
reforms which he has been
pleased to draw up for the bene-
fit Of his black slaves. The two
principal items are as follows:
No doubt 1t will be q consid-
cradle comfort to the natives to
know that they are to be Off
Icially 1tconsidere owners OF
the land, and that all they will.
have to do8is to gather rubber
industri ously for the balance Of.
their days and turn the same.
over as taxes to the king Of Bel
GUM Whereas they were for.
merly slaves, they are now to
be free laborers; and in this
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-07-20
TAX DODGLNG

Why has not someone prop
osed an international sympos-
ium on the question Of tax
dodgingi The practice is IN
iversa1 ,each country, each state
each autonomous community
prod cling its peculiar forms 81
il.
We have disco recently
the practice X universal dodg-
Ing 81 personal pr perty taxes
ia the United States.
Commission after ommiss-
ion has favored The abolition
OF these taxes on the ground
that :unif orm and equal taxation
81 perso nality ii an impo bility
So 81 our time q time Of extra
ordinary growth Of sinvisib le''
forms of property Ike q Stocks.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-07-20
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PLAT TONIC ADVICE

Senator Plat, of New York
has passed out his usual birth
day bouqet of advice to the
young men of the nation. This
year he says: "Young men
don't go into politics
This is final, leave politics
alone"
Is it not sweet smelling
nosegay7 And will not its
fragrance please the taste of
youthful Americai Yes, young
men leave politics alone, for
there is no room for you-Platts
and Depews never resign.
Why need the young men Of
the nation trouble their youth
full Observation-Disclosures richly
teeming in new ideas for the
country's welfare why trouble
about their nations govern
ment9 She can take care Of
herself. She can be guided by
older hands, even though these
hands be rendered a triflle I'M
steady by corporation cares.
Don't do it young man. By all
means seek the honest persuits
of Wall Street, be a clean filth
hating pork packer. anything
that is honest, even if you never
climb the ladder of riches higher
than an humble oil magnate,
rather than the dark treacher
GUS bandlt-like profession o
politics.
And this is final. You can
not better the condition O
things young man. It is all {
falsehood, politics. It is al
cunning. It is all graft. Dom
TRY young man, let your country
your native sod slip away from
under your feet into a hell O
| political degradation. For thi,
|is what Senator Platt predict,
and that is final.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-07-20
The packers are undoubtedly

The packers are undoubtedly
guilty Of the rankest outrage.
Not only have they spread dis
ease among the laboring classes
in our cities but the evil effects;
Of their crime is felt right here
in thh stockraising district o.!
the west. Europe no longer
will accept the products of
American Packing houses; the
Americans themselves hesitate.
Can we blame them? On the
contrary we commend them.
AS a natural consequence of
this Packing house scandal the
cattle on the western plains will
decrease in value and an irrepar-
able injury is felt among the
honest working class.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-07-20
bonds, certificates, savings bank

bonds, certificates, savings bank
accounts, etc. It is not rs we
have said, a Question Of rpor-
atoms or rich men es lping
their share of the burden. the
man Of small means lodges
quite as Systematically, and the
state loses more through his
lodging than through any
other.
There are writer's who sweep
ingly assert that tax lodging is
an American evil. In Europe,
they say, governments do not
permit such mockery and fool
ing. Taxes are SO levied that
no property escapes.
Mr.. Curtis in his interesting
letter on the English income
tax shows that, while the res
pect for law is undoubtedly
greater in Great Britain than
here, "there is always COM
plant" that corporations and
individuals are avading taxa
ton. Experts testifying before
a parliamentary commission ex-
press the conviction that twice
as many persons as are now
making returns are under the
law liable to income taxation.
Instances of evasion are given
by Mr.. Curtis, as we'll as proof
Of the absence Of an infallible
measure Of the ''worth" of per-
sons.
The French minister of fin
ance has directed attention to a
new form Of international tax
dodging," and suggests a con-
ference to check the practice.
Frenchmen establish Joint ac-
counts in Swiss or Belgian
banks, and no taxes are paid on
these accounts anywhere.
There seems to have been a
distinct exodus of French cap
ital, and the government, which
needs every franc itcan get just
now, is worried about this with.
draWal of. securities and funds
1t is plain that the whole
question Of taxation requires
thorough restudy in the ligh1
of modern conditions of wealtl
making and wealth keeping
Record Herald.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-07-20

Nothing.
Nothing to do but fish,
Nothing to cut but bait,
Nothing to think but thoughts
Gee, but isn't it great.
Nothing above but shade,
Nothing to breathe but air;
Bryan-hurrah! bite!
Nothing to shun but care.
Nothing to wind but reels.
Nothing to dream but dreams,
Not a band wagon leftin sight
Golly,tkow good it seams!
Nowhere to lie but down,
Nothing but wood TO saw
And nothing to guard but the
wa den who
Too zealonsly guards the law.
6. CL-v-I-HD.
Record Herald.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-07-20
PACKING HOUSE
REFORM

IACAlNu HOOOE
REFORM
America is experiencing q
grand industrial reform. The
centers Of incorporated wealth
have at last yielded to the i'm
perative demand of the Ameri-
can people and are giving forth
in abundance and superabun-
dance the repulsive filth they
have SO long concealed. The
life insurance scandal, the Stan
ard Oil scandal and the Penn
sylvania Railroad scandal, were
all unearthed during the past
year but far more disgusting
and loathsome have been the
facts brought to light in the re-
cent Chicago P Packing House in
vestigation. The present adj
ministration can boast of no
achievement moro gratifying
than this. For while the other
corporations committed bold
day light robberies their sole
aim and object was clearly the
concentration Of wealth in the
hands of a few. But not so
with the packers. They were
not content to make money the
sole object of their theft but
sought to rob their patrons of
that far greater blessing
health.
The investigation originated
in a very peculiar manner. Up
ton Sinclair, a boyish looking
young man of twenty-seven
years and a decided literary
genius wrote a novel entitled,
"The Jungle;' in this story he
very skillfully portrayed the
true condition of the working
man as compared with the mon
empowers and incidentally
dwelt to considerable length up
on conditions in our packing
houses. The story aroused
suspicion. So much so in fact
that q leading New York pub
fishing company delegated two
emissaries to visit the packing
houses and ascertain the truth
or falsehood Of Sinclair's words.
The result Of this preliminary
nvestigation was a notification
of Sinclair's statements without
an exception. Roosevelt's at
tention was then called to the
situation and he Immediately
appointed Charles p. Neill,
Phi. d. and James Reynolds as
a committee to investigate and
report Oh the packing house
condition. This report disclosed
in all their hideousness the vile
practice Of the packers. i
showed clearly conditions NOR,
repulsiveS than words can de
y scribe. y.
The Beveridge Amendment
which was at that time pending
in the senate ceived the neces
sary impetus when the Presi
dents report was brought K
the senate and after a short de
lay ID the house. it was deter
mined to inspect all packing
houses throughout the country
81 All reports clearly disclose
deplo rable condition Of affair
I il the packing houses. The,
show that the stock yards an
packing houses are not kept eve
reaso nably clean, and that th
method Of hand ling and prepal
ing food proc ducts is uncleanl,
and dangerous to health = TIL
report Of Mr.. Neill and Mr.
~ Reynol Ids concur III codemnin
the oaked and Shiny woodel
tloor, oden ! partitions fron
& y which one can scrape decayinl
grease with q knife wooden e
cepta barrows and table