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Holbrook argus., 1907-01-29

APPLICATIONS FOR GRAZ
ING PERMITS.-NOTICE is
hereby given that all applica-
lions for permits to Craze cattle,
horses, and sheep within the
BLACK MESA FOREST RE
STRIVE during the season of
1907, must be- filed in my Office
at Flagstaff, Arizona, on or be-
fore February 1, 1907. Full in
formation nregard. to the graz
ing fees to be charged, and blank
forms to be used in making ap-
plieation, will be furnished upon
request:::-sT. 5. -WO0LSEY, Act.
ing SUPERVISOR rs q S--' .
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

"Mayor Harper: Please put me in
communication with the woman who
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
POSTAL CLERKS
SHOW DEXTERITY
GIVE REMARKABLE EXHIBITION
OF SPEED
Annual Tents Made at Postofflce Dis
close a Wonderful Amount Of
Swlftness and Accuracy
of the Workers

Postoffice clerks are being given their
annual speed and accuracy test at the
Los Angeles postoffice. and each man
is being given an opportunity to show
his knowledge of the location OF post
offices in California, Nevada, New
Mexico and Colorado.
The clerk is given a large number
of cards. on each OF which the name
of a station is printed. He is placed
before a large case Of pigeonholes, each
one labeled with the name OF county.
The trick is to put the postoffice cards
In the right county box; and 1t is no
small one. California alone has 1866
stations. Colorado 1859. New Mexico ass.
and Nevada 226. To place all the cards
correctly is a mighty task.
In case the clerk does not place
ninety-nine per cent OF the cards cor
rectly, he repeats the operation till he
does $50.
Speed is also an important factor.
The mans record is taken by averaging
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
SCHOOLBOYS ARE
READY TO ACT
MINSTRELS WILL RAISE FUNDS
FOR TEAM
Local Track Athletes in Training for
Great Competition of Fifty-nlne
Schools on the STAN
ford Field

Wen send the track team north" :"
declare the Los Angeles high school
students; and several hundred of them
will gather at Simpson auditorium to-
night to show that they mean what
they say The high school will give a
combined minstrel show and enter
tainment to raise the necessary FUNDS,
and from the advance sale of tickets IT
seems they will accomplish their object
Promptly at clock Gays orchestra
will play the opening overture. to be
followed Immediately after by the stu
dent body president in a short address
OF welcome. The boys glee club, under
the direction of Mrs. G. +. Parsons.
will sing a number. Then the gym
club will do it's skit, rib-racking bur-
lesque, which will be under the dlrec-
tion of Mr., Lousley.
Miss Ethel Colem n, a rising young
prima of the high school, will sing two
numbers. Miss Coleman has a clear
sweet lyric voice that reaches 70 u or
r above high @ with ease, she VIII
sing MAY Morning" and "Rosalie."
1t had ben hoped at first that the
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

not beautiful, though my friends say
am good looking. I am a widow of &C.
of New England parentage, with no
children, and am a good housekeeper
MRS. A. D."
Andrea Makes a Hit
"Mr. Harper: I like Mr.. Andreas s
letter and would like to meet him.
miss X. L.. East Fourth street."
Nurse Would Wed
"South San Francisco-I hope to
come to Los Angeles soon as a nurse
am refined, educated and of good
family. 1 would like to be widowers S
housekeeper with a view to marriage.
MRS. G. M, Avenue 1S South"
Golden Blonde Is Lonely
"Dear Mayor: 1 am glad some one
has taken the iniative in starting
bureau such as yours. 1t should have
been started long ago. 1 am so lonely
so very, very lonely. Am a golden
blonde, blue-eyed widow of 40, feet
5. and in need of good, true hus-
band who will stay at home nights.
seek not riches, only home comforts.
MRS. H. E., Miami avenue"
Threatens to Return East
"Santa Anal am a blonde, feet 4,
of high school education, fond of out
door amusements and delight in maxi
ing home pleasant. wish to meet a
brunette of 25 or over. I am an east
erner and will go back home IL 1 do
not find a man after my own heart.
~. X"
Whittier Man Eligible
whittier. Call have letters OF rec
ommendation from Iowa and Kansas
which l am anxious to show to any
matrimonially inclined widow who
would like to meet a stranger. I am
willing that you give my address to
Mrs. r. 70. M. F.. who / see by the
Whittier News wants to meet me /
am Sc years old. have a home and am
a Baptist T. Fl. H."
MARY" Please Write
mayor Harper: Please put me in
communication with the woman who
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

the number of cards per minute he
places correctly.
OF the 1866 postoffices in California
A. II. Svenson, o. G. Ball and w. E.
Dane distributed all but one correctly
This was at the rate of from twenty
nine to seventeen a minute; but another
clerk, who missed on seven, did the
work in less time and made a much
higher average. Still another clerk fell
down hopelessly. 1t took him 1856 min
utes to distribute the cards, and then
they were so incorrectly placed that
his average was only Az minute.
According to the record made on
these examinations depends in large
measure their future promotion when
a higher vacancy occurs.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

| high school cadets would be able to
| take part in the entertainment, but the
fact that no curtain could be used and
the lack Of st; ge facilities decided the
militia against taking part. Instead
Howard Brown, an excellent bugler
will represent the high school army men
by playing the bugle calls of the day
the girls glee club will follow Mr.
Brown.
For the second part of the program
the boys have staged what they de-
scribe as a performance extraordi-
nary" This is no less than minstrel
show, introducing Ray Petty, Charles
Mills. Stan Mitchell and Verne Rogers
as end men and Kendrick Chamberlain
as inIerlocutor. The boys have ar
ranged four side-splitting stunts that
they say have never before been put on
any stage.
The program will close with howl
ing farce, Feeding the Ostriches at the
Ostrich Farm" The moving pictures
will be alive. One of the largest and
fattest boys Of the troupe has consented
to be an incubator at temperature of
400 degrees. Others wal be ostriches,
and still others will do the feeding.
Members of the track team, for whom
the entertainment is being held, are alt
training hard. They will keep In per-
feet condition from now on till the great
day when they face fifty-nine other
schools on the Stanford field to COM
pete for the state championship.
The high school team will consist Of
Seward, Goodwin, Bristol, Macready,
Phelps, Maddox, Free and Walbridge.
Either Rae Van Cleve or Mr.. Sterret
will represent the faculty on the north
ern trip and will act as chaperons to
see that the boys do not look out Of
the corners of their eyes at any of
the fair sex. 1t is stated In high school
circles that the chaperon will have both
hands full, and that In all probability
time.'
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

not beautiful. though my friends say
am good looking. I am a widow of &C.
of New England parentage, with no
children, and am a good housekeeper
MRS. A. D."
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
LEAKY GAS PIPES CAUSE
AGED W0MAN'S DEATH

Mrs, ]. H. Horstman 6S years of age,
who was overcome by gas while cook
ing Monday morning, died yesterday
morning at her home, 1908 El Molino
street.
The woman never recovered con-
sciousness after being found. A coro-
ner's inquest Will be held today.
The gas stove at which Mrs. Horst
man was working is said to have been
an old one and several of the pipes
were leaking.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
CARRY USELES GUNS
TO RLUFF HlGHWAYMEN

j. Cronin and r. Il. Supple. who were
arrested Thursday night on a charge
of carrying concealed weapons pleaded
guilty to the charge when arraigned
before Police Justice Frederickson yes
terday afternoon.
The men said they were carrying
guns for protection against highway
men. Supple said his revolver would
not shoot and he wanted 1t to use
merely as a blum.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

signs her plaintive letter MARY" It
strikes a responsive chord in me and
trust she will send you her full name
In confidence and I will respect the
same confidence. 1 have wealth, but
am seeking true woman.
tx. H, Los Angeles"
Seeks Minister'S Hand
Dear Mayor: I am a minister's
daughter, but am no longer young, and
have reached by f1ftieth birthday. I
am capable and willing to make some
man happy and the letters in The Her
aid have made me feel that can find
manly man through your bureau.
would prefer minister want a con-
genial companion. chum, comrade.
Prefer to live in Monrovia Pomona or
Los Angeles. 1 am not a grass widow
my first husband is dead.
MRS. J. f."
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
NO NEED TO STAY
SINGLE LONGER
MAYORS MARRIAGE BUREAU
FILLS ALL WANTS
Young and Old, Handsome and Plain,
Dashing and Retiring Mates
Find Hope In the New
Movement

Not day has passed when less than
a score of letters has reached the Of
flee of Mayor Harper this week anent
the municipal matrimonial bureau
which has been started to mate ELI
gible young men and women-and old
ones, too.
No attention is paid to anonymous
letters or those with initials only, as
the signatures are filed away in con-
fidence In all cases.
The mayor is anxious to hear from
as many mate seekers as possible in
the next few days and requests their
photos. too. Necessarily much that is
done in connection with the bureau is
not made public, but II Is believed sew
eral romanees will have their origin
throught this medium.
Some of yesterdays letters follow;
Arizonan Willing
"Winslow, Ariz.-Dear Mayor; have
become interested in your matrimonial
bureau. am feet inches. weigh
1876 pounds and, thank goodness, am
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

AGENT illinois Central r. r.. iis W. eta
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
c. EO FOR YOUTHS SUITS
O 4 eOV WORTH $1,000

A very handsome assortment of the new spring
styles; are of all wool velours and cheviots in
light and dark shades the patterns are salt and
pepper mixtures and shadow plaids; coats are
single breasted with form fitting backs; have
hand-shaped natural shoulders, center vents
and side seams heavily creased 1apels are long
pointed pants are medium peg top styles sizes
IA to 19 years.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-09
RAISES
Freight RATES

A peculiar condition in railroad
rates confronts the fuel dealers in
Winnemucca. Last August the rail
road company reduced the rates on
coal from Coalville, Utah, to Winnie
mucca,. $l.25 per ton. The Winnie
mucca coal dealers purchased quite an
amount of coal under the new rate,
and made corresponding reduction in
the price to their retail customers. F..
Muller purchased 60 tons OF coal and
Summerield and Pearce purchased a
like amount.
The company have recently mott
fed the agent at Winnemucca that the
previous freight rating given on coal
was wrong and the rate was the same
as it was before last August, and not
81 25 cheaper. Claims for the differ
ence have been presented to the +" in
nemucca fuel dealers. They are in a
quandry whether to present bills to
their retail customers covering the
shortage
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-09
MANY CLAIMS ARE
STAKED

J. C. Fuller, the superintendent of
the Nevada Northern Copper Mining
& Milling company, has recently re
turned from mining trip in the
southeastern part of the county.
While away he visited the old camp of
Unionville, and the very new one at
the mouth of Barber canyon. Mr..
Fuller states that claims at Barber
canyon are staked in all directions
and extend from the mouth of the can
yon to Dunn Glen, distance of over
two miles There are about fifteen
people in Barber canyon and excite
ment is intense Since the original
discovery was made by German
named Walthers, new finds have de-
monstrated the ledge to be in some
places fifteen feet wlue.
Mr.. Fuller panned ore from differ
ent points on the ledge and obtained
many samples of free gold. He says
that picked samples of the ore will
run nearly thousand dollars TO the
age well. er-willedgelt
ton, and the entire ledge will average
we'll
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-09
THE TOLL HOUSE
STATION IS
SOLD
MR.. AND MRS. w. F. TWIST
BUY FAMOUS ROAD STATION
Thomas Shone, Veteran Proprietor,
Disposes of His Interests in the
Station and Will Reside in
Winnemucca

The Toll House station, located on
the Winnemucca road, about twelve
miles from Winnemucca, and which
was founded about 1862, has been sold
by Thos, Shone to w. +. Twist, who
will assume charge and conduct the
station after the first of October.
With the selling Of the station Mr..
Shone closes career of 10 years
personal management of the Toll
House station. He assumed charge OF
the station about 1885 and conducted
it for seventeen years The county
then bought the station and the toll
road, and Mr.. Shone retired from its
management. For four years the sta
ton was then conducted by different
parties, the county leasing the place
to different tenants. Mrs. l.. Abel
and George Piper in turn had charge
of the station. Finally when Mr.. Pi-
per gave the station up two years ago,
Mr.. Shone again took charge of the
business, leasing the station from
the county.
After two years of successful man
agement, he has sold the business 20
w. f. Twist, who, with his wife, viii
hereafter conduct it. Mr.. Twist and
his wife will undoubtedly meet with
much success in the management of
this station. He is known to every
resident of Humboldt county, and is
an experienced caterer to the public.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-09
SACKING RICH ORE
IN MEECEIAM CANYON
A Producing Mine that is Paying for Its own Devel-
opment and the Disclosing Of a very Large
Silver Lead Ore Body

dumped in piles, and will be handled
in the future.
There were 120 sacks of ore piled
being sacked and several tram cars
of ore were brought out from the
drift and shaft while the Silver State
News men were there. They were
told that the sacks contained nothing
that went less than 800 a ton, and
number of the sacks were examined
by the visitors and found to contain
the best looking and heaviest ore.
A wagon came that day to haul a
load of ore to the station, the first to
be hauled out for the smelter.
The formation is porphyry, and in
tramping over the hill several cross
veins were seen cutting the one from
which the ore is being taken. Many
ten-foot holes were dug on these veins
and every one showed some mineral,
although not in paying quantities.
The company has 23 claims, cover
inng large area of highly mineral
lied territory.
Water for all purposes needed at
present is obtained by sinking in the
gulch few feet, and it may be that
by economy sufficient water could be
had the greater part of the season for
operating a concentrating mill.
Another contract has been let to
drive the drift 100 feet further, and
it is planned by the management to
install gasoline hosting plant in the
near future. AS soon as the neces
sary lumber can be secured commo-
dious and comfortable winter quarters
will be rushed to completion
AS mentioned in the former article
published about this company, town
site is one Of the projects which tie
company has in view, little fiat in
the canyon a short distance below the
mine being selected Tor this purpose.
The new town, should the expectations
of the company be realized, VIII be
known as Red Mountain City, taxing
its name from the red moutain at the
base of which the town will be built
In these days of labor troubles in
Nevada, one expects to find more or
less friction between the miners and
operators, but the reverse is the case
in Meecham canyon. The miners, ten
in number, are fine fellows. They are
pdiu HoucSt wages loT Houtst WoIh.
The foreman, A. j. McAuley, who is
well known in Winnemucca, is a
mining man of large practical exper-
fence, and the Utah Development Co.
are fortunate in securing his services.
The boarding house is presided over
by Miss Wingrove, who fills the posi-
tion of cook in most satisfactory
manner.
After an examination of this prop
erty it is evident that, under proper
management, the Last Chance mine
should be big dividend payer. The
ore is there in quantity and quality.
The management at the mine and the
work being done is of the best cnar-
acter.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-09
STRIKE OVER, GoLDFIELD
MINERS RESUME WORK TODAY

BY a unanimous vote the members
of the Goldfield union reached an
agreement at Reno by theirs committee
which conferred with representative
of the Consolidated company
The men returned to w1rk today.
the company agreeing 70 make no dis
elimination against those who walked
out. The following notice was post
ed by the Consolidated company:
"All men may apply for work
Monday
The change room will be maintained
with slight modification, by which it
will be necessary for the men to pass
across the room in dishabille.
The miners expressed the utmost
good feeling and affairs are said to be
on more amicable basis than at any
time in the history of Goldfeld.
The men are exultant over winning
change room and the company be-
lieves it has scored heavily in gaining
neutral watchmen. Both sides are
happy and the camp is stirring with
renewed life.
The status of all the employees in
the mines and mill has been absolute
ly fixed. The specifications include
all men employed in any capacity on
the consolidated properties. This
gives the company clear victory
on the long disputed question of mine
watchmen.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-09

tunnel disclosed the location of the
ter of mile above the mine boarding
house.
Almost every piece of rock on the
dump is more or less mineralized, and
it is apparent at glance that the
whole dump is an excellent concen-
trating proposition. Varius estimates
of the value of this dump have been
made by miners and others who have
had considerable to do with mining,
and some have estimated that the
whole dump would go $50 to the ton,
but that is too big to believe, and a
conservative and fair estimate would
probably place it at one-quarter that
amount. OF course the only way to
determine this would be by thorough
and systematic sampling, which will
undoubtedly be done at no very dis
tant date.
on the dump is mineralized is that
all the work done on the property has
been done on the vein.
drift has been run on the vein
230. in ore all the way. A shaft has
been sunk from the drift about so
feet, on the vein, and this shows that
the vein widens as depth is gained
The narrowest part of the vein in the
drift is about 2 feet wide and at one
place it widcneed to feet. In the
bottom of the shaft the vein showed
a width of II feet with still a layer
of tale to go through.
Ten foot holes have been sunk on
the vein at frequent intervals from
the tunnel site to the top of the hill,
a distance of 2200 feet, and these
holes show the ledge in every in
stancee, and the same character of
ore as that taken from the tunnel
Thus it has been shown that the ledge
undoubtedly be traced still further.
One remarkable thing is that these
little openings along the ledge show
the vein matter to be surprisingly
uniform both in size and values, and
wild, ming from the top to the bottom
The pay streak is a mixture of spar
and soft rock of brown, red, yellow
and black color, through which run
stringers of solid ore running high in
silver lead and gold, in the relative
order named. The spar is all highly
mineralized, and from its appearance
one cannot doubt that it will run, as
claimed, as high as 48 ounces in silver
and per cent lead. In the bottom
of the shaft one can see six feet of
ore which, it is claimed, will go $50
to the ton, and about Is inches that
is worth from $3.50 to $400, princi-
pally in silver and lead, with gold as
an important factor. From the ap-
pearance of this ore one has no doubt
that the values are all that is claimed
The soft rock of red, yellow, brown
and black colors-oxides-al contain
good values, running from $50 per
ton up to $50. This is being care. ul-
ly sorted according to its value and
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-09
NO TRACE OF men
WHO HELP UP
KUNKEL.

So far no trace of the men who
held up Sol Kunkel last Wednesday a
short distance out of Humboldt House
has been found. 1t is believed that
they took a train out Of Humboldt
House shortly after the robbery and
are now in far distant parts. At
Humboldt House the suspicion is en-
tertained that the robbers came from
Winnemucca, that they travelled on
the same train down to Humboldt
House with their intended victim.
Kunkel showed his money freely in
Winnemucca, and thus caused his own
misfortune.
The robbery was a most daring one.
According to Mr.. Kunkel's statement
there were two men who held him up,
one not over Is years of age, while
the other was much older. They took
from him an open-face watch and 9TH
er jewelry, besides considerable
amount of money, which he had re-
ceived in payment on the Humboldt
Chief mine, which he had sold to w.
G. Adamson.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-09

Last Saturday the publishers of the
Silver State News spent the day in
Meecham canyon, Ii miles west of
Humboldt House, the guests of Il. q.
Wheatley, who is operating a silver
lead mine for the Utah Development
company of which he is the manager
and secretary. The trip had been ar
ranged at the request of this paper
in order that the published story in
the Silver State News of Thursday,
August 5th, regarding .his property
might be verified. If the facts as
they had been published were true,
then it was evident that great prop
erty was being developed-one in
which mining men throughout the
state would be Interested.
Saturday morning the party, con
sisting of Mr.. Wheatlry and the pub
fishers of this paper, left Humboldt
House for Meeeham canyon. The
journey was made over the road trav.
eled by the Rosebud teams and the
ore wagons from the Nevada sull hur
mines. This road shows an immense
amount of travel For six miles west
Of Humboldt House a wide alkali
fiat slopes gently to the Humboldt
river, where the big, sluggish stream
of water flows through the desert. On
the alkali fiat during the wet season
the earth is very tenacious. and il is
with difficulty that loaded ore teams
pull over it. In some places on the
road the teams have turned out to
get on untraveled ground, each team
passing a little further )nt than the
preceding one. In these places tbs
earth is Scared and marked with the
heavy wheels for distance Of aver
half mile. At this season of the
year, however, it is in fine ccndit !, ii.
excepting some rough plac and rnts.
II is an excellent road for automobil.
ing. The road leads to the river by the
county bridge, situated few miles
below the Robinson ranch, which is
a landmark in Humboldt county, hav
ing been taken up before the days of
the railroad, and when the first MN
ers began to come from irginia City
TO take up mining claims on cid liam.
boldt mountain,s about is62
just west of the county bridge
crossing the road TO Meecham canyon
turns south from the Rosebud thor
oughfare and leads off toward Red
mountain, a high and jagged hill of
red porphyry, the outlines of which
from this point begin to be plainly
visible. An hours ride and the mouth
of the canyon was reached. Here the
first impression was made by the de
cidedly mineral formation of the
country. Every hill contained col
oring, indicating the presence of min
eral, verging from light green TO gray
and red.
A drive of couple of miles up the
canyon and the mining camp of the
Utah Development company was
reached
big red dump at the mouth of a