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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-08-01
Notes From Washington
From Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
It looks as though for a time
till the advance in the price of
public buildings is settled, the
United States would have to go
very slow about public building
operations. It is rather all ano-
malous condition that confronts
the office of the Architect of the
Treasury. This country is bet
ter off than it has ever been be-
fore. This country is better off
than it has ever been before.
There is a pleasing surplus
piling up in the coming fiscal
year, and at the same time the
appropriations for public build
ings are so much behind the
advancing price, that it looks as
though building operations
would have to be almost sus-
pen ded. There has been an
immense advance in the cost of
labor and material. and the con-
tractors are sticking on little
extra profit so as not to be be-
hindhand in the accumulation of
prosperity. The cost of given
building now is from a quarter
to a half more than it was two
years ago. and even at the ad-
vanced price, it is hard to get
labor or material for the work.
Many of the appropriations are
entirely inadequate for the
buildings contemplated though
they were ample when they
were made. Consequently gov
eminent building operations are
almost at a standstill and are
likely to be till there is a read
justment of building prices or
increase in appropriations.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-08-01
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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-03

Never Sweat group, the sulphides
having been struck a few days ago.
The manager has issued a call for all
the men he a get, and when he Sc
cures a sufficient working force, will
commence shipping.
Frank Roundtree, Jack Creighton
and u. B. Drumm of Ely have opened
up a good body of lead carbonate ore
on the Tramp claim at a depth of
twenty-five feet. Further sinking is
being handered by the presence OF
water at that point. Il. A. Black and
Patrick Brennan of Ely have also
gotten in on a good thing at Spruce
mont, and their claims are respond
ing encouragingly to development
work. c. A. Aldrich, a millionaire
of Boulder, Colo, has taken an OPP
ton on their group.-Ely Expositor.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-03

few inches the streak has widened
until it To- practically fills the
shaft. From start to finish the as
says have been remarkable, running
from $50 to $500. Considering that
the daily samplings have been from
ore in place the conclusion that a
permanent ore body is being tracked
is justified.
In addition to these facts, there
is the further indication of the
gradual appearance of the sulphides.
The silver values have gradually in
creased until at this time the ore ex-
tractcd is the Characteristic high
grade Of the proven mines of the
camp.
The shaft on this strike is follow
ing the footwall, on a dip of about
25 degrees. The wall Is perfectly
formed. The amount of vein matter
between the shaft and the hanging
wall is not yet known and will not
he until a crosscut is made, which
will be within a short time now.
Manager G. X. Jarvis is of the opin-
ion that there is fully twelve feet
of vein matter, but is satisfied to fol-
low the ore body to greater depth
before cutting through to the hang
ing.
The Jarvis lease will unquestion-
ably ship ore, and there is very lit
tie doubt that another great mine is
on tap ct this property. Th@ de-
velopments will be more rapid FROM
now on, and the most signal disccvu
cries since the opening OF the Ne
vada Hills vein are being watched
With intense interest.
A mine at this point will turn the
people of this district, now lease
wild, into maniacs on the same sub
ject.-Fairyiew News.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-03
No Longer a Prospect

With less than six weeks work the
management of the Jarvis lease has
developed a mine. There is no long
er any doubt about this proposition.
The conviction has been strong for
more than a month that the surface
strike told the story of a big pay
shoot, as evidenced by the absorb
ton OF $4,000 shares of stock local
ly, and the strong bidding at the ad-
vanced price of % cents per share.
No outside capital has been invited
in this venture, for the reason that
a personal inspection of the strike
by local people has resulted in a de-
mand for the shares equal to every
requirement Of the work undertaken;
and at this time, with the miners
employed in the shaft bidding more
than twice the hotation price for the
| shares, it looks as though a great
mine that is owned entirely by local
interests will be added to the three
shippers already on record in this
camp.
1t sounds big to say that the Jar
Wis lease is ready to ship, but never
theless the statement is true, and is
borne out by the actual condition al
the works. For more than a week
the ore taken from the shaft has
been of a shipping quality, and witt
only the width of the working way
to save, several tons have been sort
ed and sampled to the entire salts
faction of the owners 1t runs $lo'
per ton and better. An average o
four ASSAYS have been made eacl
day, and the samplings across tn
bottom of the shaft average ship
ming values, so that with very littl'
! sorting a high grade shipping qual
ity goes into the ore dump. ~
: sample the vein Of several feet Il
e width day after day, with no les
0 than four assays each, and maintai
s an average of high grade is a recor
$ sufficient for the most exacting. BIZ
II Is not this alone that e~stablishe
the pay shoot. The manner in whic
Il the ore has been followed is a stront
er indication. The strike was mac
# at the apex of the bold cropping
and for more than sixty feet tt
r streak Of pay ore has been followe
without failure; from a width oil
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-03
LEASING COMPANY
MAKING RECORD

The. Nevada Hills Leasing com-
pany works is nov the cynosure of
all eyes, in this district. A record
production is going ON there, and
the result is being watched with in
tense interest. Without considering
the district in general, the result of
the operations here between o and
September 80 is of momentous sig
~niticance to Nevada Hills stockhold-
ers. The ore that will be extracted
from this one shaft will give the
general public a fair idea of what
the great mine is capable of produe-
ing when the management is ready
to undertake production.
Two hoists are running night and
day in the shaft; the compressor is
in full operation and drills are be-
ing used in the sinking, as we'll as
In the breaking down of the ore.
At the 100 and 150-foot levels as
many miners as a work are en-
ployed in the ore shoots, while all
possible speed is being made with
the main shaft; it has just passed the
200-foot level and a station has been
cut there and the cross-cut to the
vein started; stopping from the vein
at the 200-foot level should be well
under way by the first of August.
The ore bins have a capacity OF
100 tons of ore, and up-to-date meth
DDS are in use so that sufficient ore
sorters can be employed to move
this amount of ore out of the bins
every twenty-four hours. Still the
management has been ompelled to
make arrangements for a huge ore
dump. A large space on the side OF
the hill has been cleaned, a track
run out for several hundred feet and
the big ore dump is already grow.
ing.
One hundred men are O. EN-,
ployed at this lease, and still the
management continues to advertise
in Tonopah and Goldheld for more
miners. The men draw from $4.5C
to Sc per day.
The present indications are tina
within sixty days from now the larg
est dump of high grade ore evel
hoisted in the state will be seen a
these works. In fact, 1t will be {
problem for the officials of the leas
ing company to move their products
from the ground at the expiration o
the ninety days grace after thu
lease expires. /,
Just now the problem is to get /
out of the ground, and 1t certainl!
is a great sight to witness the work.
running. Two half-ton buckets ar,
lifting and dropping with clock-lik'
regularity. and the engines neve
stop any hour of the twenty-four.
And. remember, these hoists ar
lifting high grade ore. going to tn,
smelter at better than $3.50, tn
total average.
On or about September l FairvieN
will furnish the most pleasing min
ing sight ever witnessed in the state
without exception. Get ready t
come and see the great product O
high grade.-Fairview News.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-03
ACTIVITY AT ~sPRUCEMoNT
One Property Shipping Ten Tons
Daily to Salt Lake


Frank Roundtree, who IS prcml-
nently identified with the r~ejuvena-
ton of the old Sprucemont district,
and Frank Rathbun, who has been
looking over that section Of the coun-
try for the last week, arrived here
Saturday night, well pleased with
the future prospects of that region.
Dunn C Hand are shipping ten
tons of ore daily to the Salt Lake
smelters from the Contact mine,
which they purchased several months
ago from C. NJ. Spence, and are
anxious to increase their shipments,
but are prevented by a shortage of
miners and teams to haul the ore
to Wells. On another property which
the Butte operators have leased from
Spence, a rich strike was made at a
depth of twenty-five feet, and the
find is of such magnitude that steady
shipments will be taken from this
property within a few days.
Having sold a large part of his in
terests to the Butte men, Spence is
now engaged in developing his own
properties, and has Rnally been re-
warded for his efforts, by encounter
ing sulphides in his main working
tunnel. The tunnel is nov in 150
feet.
The Big Four Metal company has
repeated Spence's performance on Its
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-03
TO NINE

Colonel Richard l.. Stingley is in
terested in fourteen properties at the
head of Death valley, in Nevada, and
associated with him are some Den
yer and Eastern men. So many good
properties have been developed in
that region, and this ground in par
ticular has such a fine showing. that
arrangements are being made to be-
gin active operations at nee. With
this end in view, the colonel will
start for the Southern diggings with
in a few days, and a little later he
will be joined by Fred Schrott, THE
Lucky Dutchman,' who has gone to
New York to close out the interests
that he and Stingley hold Jointly in
the Amalgamated company.
Schrott is one of the young mining
men that came over from Colorado
several years ago and tried his luck
in the Nevada fields. Within a very
short time after his arrival he and
his partners located the Lucky
Dutchman mine in the Crescent dis
trict. for which he received a goodly
sum of money. With this stake he
went over into the Black Horse dis
trict and located a number of water
rights and mining claims, which later
was incorporated by the Snyder
syndicate of this city and New York,
now known as the Amalgamated Ne
vada company. Schrott, being n of
the original company and locator of
these properties, is a heavy share
holder, and he proposes to cash his
and Stingley's interests in this nam
moth property and use the money
in the development of the Death
valley properties, which have been
in their possession for several years.
Stingley will probably be joined by
some Of the Eastern interests in this
trip to the Southern diggings ~ d
while at the property a decision will
be reached for the opening up of the
ground. Upon the arrival of Schrott
the plans will be laid before him and
he will order the equipment needed,
and begin the development of the
ground on an extensive scale. With
the launching of this proposition un-
der such favorable auspices, it would
seem that a brilliant future for the
company is assured.-Salt Lake
Telegram.
Certificates OF location for sale at
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-03

Certificates of location for sale a
his ONCE.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22

stood. Then he tottered forward.
shrunken and enfeebled-
Thief he cried. Thief. thief"
driving his bony fist into his sons face.
Thief, thief Get out of my 'ouse,
you thief Thief"
Then he staggered back, ciutching
at the air. and fell in a heap at his
sens feet-
George. dszed and frightened by the
blow, leaned against the door post to
to recover himself. and looked down
sleepily at his father.
Strike your son. would yoC?- he
said wearily. rect up. you old fool.
with YOU done with both OF you. You
can't charge me-yOu can't You can't
prove-Strike your son, Ell? Hang
your
He turned IN the doorway and went
out, banging the street door after him
and stumbling down the steps
"Georget" cried the mother after
him. George. don't EOi" she cried.
proppina the old mans head against
8 chair George she screamed, run
ming TO the door. GEORGE she
shriekcd. flying to the window
George. don't 90, Gawd's sake.
come back
But george was gone.
David" said the old woman.
crouchirg down by her husbands side
ard nattinE him rspidly--"Dave. rouse
yourselft come. Dave-Dsve-Dav
But David, alsn. was gone
The Washington times., 1907-09-22
Fashions Seen at the New York Horse Show

trimming. but that was novel and so I
am going to tell you ABOUT IL.
1t was made OF fine tobacco brevrr
broadcloth-one OF those thin. supple
weaves which lends itself so well 10
plated skirts and loose-htting coats.
The siSirt was plated model with
two bands Of cloth put on around 1t
some distance above the hem
The Jacket came Just over the turn
Of the hips and was semi-hsting. with q
charming long line from shoulder 10
waist The sleeves were long COMING.
quite % the wrist. and were finished
with oand Of the cloth fastened with
button.
There iSas 10 collar on the coat and
z band = the cloth came around the
neck an town ire fronts and ended in
q point : 4 either side about six inches
below the neck opening. A similar band
cf cloth ran around the bottom Of the
j2cket and turaed up the front on either
side. This left a space in between the
ending OF the trimming bands II was
broken by six buttons-three on either
sIds-- --=laced up and down the front
e< fhe SScket They were cloth COW
-es-ed. as were the buttons on the sleeves
With this suit was worn hat Of
rough yellow straw. trimmed with white
gardenias and big black coaue feather
Mrs. Joe" Widener is wearing 70
fasten her collar charming pin OF
diamonds
II is in reality a diAmond-set. gold
pronged buckle, and most striking II Is
as well as being quite new
The Washington times., 1907-09-22

In few minutes Mrs. lanlsy bus
tied in, with plates under her arm, a
Dish OF vegetables in each hand, and
an expression of tender apology 70 her
son for the offense she had given him
upon her smiling lips. A. the same
time the heavy. shutting steps of a
man were heard descen ling the stairs.
'Mornin, George said Mr.. Manley,
hobbling into the room on two sticks,
and nodding repeatedly TO his son seat
ed beneath the window MY word
Rowi Don't he look the tiptop o.
fashion in that rig-Out7 Pom my soul.
Martha, l believe 'e's bin after the
gals. Oh. you sly dOgl Nou be care
ful. Mind The ladies. They're the
"oh, dash it!' cried the young man.
throwing himself back in his hair
and regarding h father in anything
but filial manner. Yesterday 1t was
'taters, among other things; today 1t
is gals. among worse 5ElnEs.
Mr.. Manley. senior. tod on his
wife's toe 10 draw her attention from
her pie TO her sons eloqucnce. But
Mrs. Manley wore new boots. and new
boots are generally tight, 80 the oper-
alton panied, and she shriel1ed.
You've queer habits at meals" said
George. in murderOusly sarcastic
tone, as Mrs. Manley rose from her
chair and limped round the room. 1T
reminds me somewhat OF the BirTning-
ham Cattle Show. only the pens are
better hammered and bred there"
I'VE don't pretend to be genteel,
said Mrs. Manley meekly, as she re-
sumed her seat. IF you do as much
with your beautiful manners an talk
as we've done with honest an ard
work, you'll be a Ugh mob some day,
darlin'. Eh, dad2''
"Honesty's all very well for the low
er classes" interposed the son. playing
with his tumbler; but men OF my
stamp amt satisfied with It al stan
dard. Nothing short OF home for us"
Il don't see no difference" said his
father; but, Of course. you know. my
The Washington times., 1907-09-22
BECOMING STYLES FOR
TALL, THIN WOMEN
The true secret of dressing well in

~HE true secret Of dressing wei. in
ebe eyes OF those who are OF
Jusoesoue proportions. lies IN
dressing unostentatiously. and The
same rCle-to a certain extent-holos
good in the cage Of those whose height
rs not balanced By corresponding
breadth.
For such a egure Dame Fashion must
modify her latest whin. subdue the
most recent vagary as regards cut and
cold s. as those restrictions - Wnich
would be devoid Of character and pro
duce an impression Of mediocrity IN
women OF average si1e-only lead I'D 10
and accentuate the good points OF one
who can lay claim 70 more than the
allotted stature
Perpendicular stripes, which ada
length where length Is needed. are ana
thema 70 the woman VINO is as slight
as she is tall. but cross-striped effects
are always permissible. especially when
the stripes are neither too broad nor
20 definite
Dark shades are better tt2n Hight
White and cream should be abjured as
much as possible, both for day anu
evening wear, while the tall woman IS
hardly likely 10 look 50 well In any
n ing as in an all-black costume
Sasquef coats or redinotes are always
becoming 10 her. while sack or semi
sack cats OF full or three-quarter
lpag1h may safely be adopted BOleros
and Eton jackets should be severely left
alone. but short capes Of ample proper
tions belong almost exclusively 20 the
tai. graceful. and slender woman with
slipping shoulders, the new fashionable
pelerines and the capes Of long-haired
fur, which would dwarf a short stature
and cOarsen the silhouette OF a snort
and stout woman. being ideal from me
point OF view OF a long, slender nSure
skirts should always be lavishly
trimmed at the foot IN horizontal lines,
but q superabundance Of frllls-espe-
cialiy in evening attire - should be
avoided as this tends to give an over
massive effect.
EXag ggeratedly short skirts should be
tabooed II possible, and, although skirts
ftring closely over the hips and pro-
vfded with a substantial fiare round the
foot are essentially suitable. great care
should be exercised IN hitting a good
medium. the extra" long skirt. which
almost les in folds over the feet. and
which gives such a lengthening appear
ance TO the woman Of tiny proportions,
producing the same effect where II Is
rot required
The Washington times., 1907-09-22
" QUITE THE GENTLEMAN-By C. 42audopR Lich7ed

why don't you feed in the parlor.
instead OF this hot. stufry place. reek-
ing with the smell of cooking. eh?"
said young man, sauntering in at
the door behind her back
He was a tall, awSwa~dly-mad
person Of between twenty-five and
dirty years. with sloping shoulders.
ana Of indolent carriage. He wore a
new tweed suit, yellow-ochre boots, Il
pink shirt, white tie, and a very high
collar, Across his weistcoat hung u
veiy heavy gold watchchain, attach
cd to which was a silver watch and i
massive gold seal.
"Well, darlin'," responded his moth
er. turning round and gazing at him
with undlsgulsed admiration, tits sech
a drag up them stairs with the differ
ent things, an me legs amt wot they
woS. / thought, 100, as ow you'd Ike
the warm, George.'
where's the CID man2 You're not
going TO wait for him, are your I'm
engaged this afternoon, and can't wait
for those who don't know when they
ought to be mere.
eve won't watt fer i'm. then" re-
piled Mrs. Manley. going to the stove
II dare say he won't mind"
And / dare say 10 wouldn't matter
If he did, eh2' he said, throwing his
arm over the back OF his chair and
drawing another chair toward him
with his foot, whicE he reposed on.
WHAT have you got in there? II looks
heavy"
'I+ is 'eavy. II 'oids a deal O. water.
does this" replied Mrs. Manley, creak-
ing out Of the kitchen bearing the sec
ord saucepan.
The rattle of saucepan and lid. fol-
lowed BY the splashing of water
sounded in the scullery.
''Shut the door. therer' George
bawled out. THE smell OF those
greens-eI-pltewI
The scullery door was gently pushed
70, and It dlmmed the clatter within.
The Washington times., 1907-09-22

neither amt like Manchester-le Ct,
not like is part An maybe thl g
the rasin dettee. as e sometimes sa IS,
In the most beautiful French you ever
card. fer is not carin to stay in
much, an gettin irritable. as 1 might
say, an pickin' up is poor father
rather sharp like"
ITS a difficult question" said Mrs
Davis, dreamily. Tain't everybody
that's got sech a son. to le sure But
atween you an me. the son wot's too
good for is parents-an' sech parents
as everyone knows you've bin to i'm
ought to be ashamed OF isself. That's
all
Maybe 1t amt so bad as I've led
yes ter think. my dear Mrs. ManIey
replied. smiling at the aroma which
waited across the street and wonder
ing whether It was bacon or pork
chops. '"wot says OF I'm is ALL to
is credit. We're proud % I'm. an
with very good reason. Lor', dear
oh. dearl' she added, In a tone Of
deep distress. IF that isn't the pie
burnin'i What will George say7''
Sine ddrted in at the open door, and
creaked hurriedly down the passage.
down the stairs. and into the dimly-
lit kitchen. Picking up cloth she
rushed to the oven, opened the door.
and drew out a steaming pie. A look
Of pain overspread her wrinkled face
as she set 1t down upon the table. and
contemplated the blsck fringe around
the crust.
An e's used 70 sech beautiful
cooxln'r' she muttered, as she cut
vigorously at the pastry with black
handled knife. Poor dear boy, wOt
viii e say wen e sees that? So par
ticuiar about is food!'
The Washington times., 1907-09-22
sUNFLowERs AS FEvEE CURE.

The common sunhower Is an American
plant Its original home is stated BY
eminent botanists 10 be Peru and Mex
ico. The Russian peasantry seem 10 be
convinced that the plant possesses prop
critics AGAINST fever, and fever patients
sleep upon a bed made of sunfower
leaves. and also cover themselves with
them. This use has recently induced a
Russian Daysicisn 10 experiment with a
coIoring matter prepared from sunf1ower
leaves. and Il Is stated that he had good
results with the cOiOrtng matter and
with alcOholic extracts from the flower
ai,d l.aves. With 100 children from one
n--rn 10 tWonJy-One years old, he has.
In toe majority OF cases, Effected as
sreedy a cure as otherwise with quinine.