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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-16

= the result. .
over the east, which were of such a
character to indicate that confidence
in the city was fully restored. Word
was received also from the owners
of the big buildings which had been
stopped in the course of construc.
ton, that the work would be resum-
ed right away. The greatest interest
is manifest in both San Francisco
and Los Angeles, regarding this
country, both as to the properties
and to the securities. But the peo-
pie want the assurance that both are
right, and they are pretty strong in
their determination to weed out the
wildcats, | had some very interest
ing talks with the manager and the
managing editor of the Call, ana
they assured me Of the interest the
press was taking in this section of
the country. They were both much
interested in what | had to tell them
of what we were doing, and we can
depend upon the press of both cities
| have mentioned to help us"
While in San Francisco DR.. Eft
man had an interesting interview in
the call of which the following is a
part:
IAN indication of the way in
which the mines are being worked
is the number of new stamp mills
being erected. Six months ago there
was but one stamp mill treating Tom
opah ores, now there are four big
ones dropping stamps. Three stamp
mills are under construction in the
Kawich country, a 100 stamp mill
was started at Rhyolite ten days ago
and another at Blair a week ago. The
first mill in Manhattan was started
a week ago, two others there are
nearing completion and it is the
same story throughout the state.
Now it stands to reason that the
erection and continuous operation OF
mills means that ore is being pro-
duced."
DIR. Elftman gives similar informa.
ton in regard to the work of the
railroads. Surveys have been made
for a road from Ely to ,Tonopah
which goes right through the hear
of the Kawich country, in which are
located the recent rich strikes a
Golden Arrow, Silver Bow, Belle.
helen and Horseshoe. Last week the
Clark road reached Goldfield anC
the BoraX Smith road pushed on t.
Rhyolite. Labor is scarce and thu
railroads are taking the men ava,
from the mines.
These facts" said DR.. Elftman
ARE better proof of the states pro
gress and prosperity than all tn,
t stock juggling of manipulators."
f In DR.. Elftman's opinion the inan
2 cldl ala mucn 10 Dette
mining conditions in Nevada, in a
| much as wildcat schemes went t,
| pieces, forcing their promoters t.
leave the state.
The great trouble with the wild
: cat promoters, . said he, lis tina
! some Of them wild Gated good prop
erty. Now that Sullivan and Ric
have smashed it is discovered tina
!, many of their holdings were valu
: able. They held the Lou Dillon a
e Goldfeld, the Eagles Nest at Fair
q view and the Indian Camp at Man
5 haitian. They wild Gated these wit
Q the rest of their holdings, and whe.
the worthless stuff gave out thes
g good locations were temperate
suspended.
The owners of reputable proper
ties are doing all they can to brea
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cities IS to take advantage OF the river front
opportunities for identifying purposes. River
front improvements are not antagonistic TO the
commercial development of a metropolis The
proper treatment Of this portion of the city
would not only make it once more of Importance
in the business life of the city, but would give
St Louis a natural entrance way unique among
American municipalities. The new movement
for deep waterway to the Gulf and the onor-
nous increase in river traffic which that will
involve the recent decision Of the voters OF st.
Louis in favor OF free municipal bridge and
the present dilapidatcd condition Of The district,
make the present an opportune moment 10 con
slider an iri rovcrnont Of this portion Of the ctys
Topography which viii not only give it a SPLEEN
did and digniGcd gateway. but viii At the same
time increase its commercial usefulness"
The next step in this proposed Improvement
of St Louis will be the new library. Sim
plioity is the keynote Of Cass Gilbcrts success
full design, utility being kept uppcrmost. The
building is to be two stories high. with a hish
basement Plenty of daylight is a prominent
feature. a large open court in the interior pro-
yidtng for this and also for ventilation. To
the rear of the building VIII be q seven
story. stack room, each story being OF the
ordinary height OF booksheves. and all Of
its floors Of translucent glass. Stairyays and
book lifts Will provide means Of communication.
The capacity Of the stack room viii be POI. 500
volumes and of the entire library 10000 books
The building VIII be set in a small park, and
at the same time tho plans are susCep tIble Of
further Ornamcntation at any time. The board
Of trustees has set aside FOR the erection Of the
building S. 200 600 OF which $500 900 was given
which Mr.. Carnegie gave TO St Louis he stIpu-
lated should be used in building branch Libraries
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drtveways, connecting forest reservations beyond
the limits OF the city, but which, it is expected.
will some day be surrounded with densely popu-
lated areas. If the city continues to grow as
rapidly as in the past One OF the proposed
inner boulevards has been fashioned, and even
named after the Riverside Drive Of New York
City. II is to run along the Mississippi shore on
the edge Of a limestone bluff.
That part OF the river front which is most used
for bus.noss-where the steamships load and
unload their cargoos, where the railroads have
extensive terminals and where factories and
Warehouses are crowded together-is to be
improved. according TO the scheme Of the Civic
Lea cue, a most imposing scale. BY means
Of stairuay~, drives and broad esplanadcs. it is
to be made to resemble the peculiarly artistic
waterfront of the city OF Algiers. Ugly railroad
tracks are to bc hidden underneath a roof upon
which viii flourish the trees, shrubs and flowers
Of a park. The warehouses are to have sym
mctrical proportions and a certain palatial state
illness.
ITO show that artistic treatment of the
river front is not only desirable but feasible
says the Civic League, I'VE need to cite only a
few Of the number Of cities which have success
fully handled this problem to their great
benefit Algicrs has not only provided in the
best possible manner for her commercial inter
ests, but has given the city majestic and i'm
posing gateway. Budapest, on the Danube, has
preserved much OF its river front for palatial
public buildings, frequent park spaces and tree
lined promenadcs, and at the same time utilized
the space beneath the streets and back Of the
quay Tor storage purposes. The waterfronts OF
Hamburg. AntH arp Stockholm, Rouen and Der
lin have been treated In a somewhat similar
manner. III fact tie tendency IN al European
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50 situated that they are not 50 accessible 70 the
thlr'ly populated TO the thinIy se.tlcd dis
t-t--s
"O-e-ha-f the people" says the Civic League
-chzEe elsy access 10 less than one-fourteenth
q re park area, while so per cent Of the popu-
Iatlo- have s. per cent OF the park lands"
The park system should be developed IN the
future, says the Civic League. according to
definite plan. which should as far as possible
render the most benefit 10 the most people.
There should be definite inner and outer sys-
ten C.. parks the latter consisting Of extended
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-07
TOLD OF UILLIAM II. TAFT
anecdotes Of the Secretary Of Uw
at the Capital.


who knows him well calls him Bill" and all
those who don't know him wen enough wish
they did The statement is not exactly accu-
rate, because the President generally calls him
VIII Che calls the President "Theodore'O but
it is typical of the character of the man. who
despite the fact that on his broad shoulders rest
some of the heaviest burdens Of the nation al
ways greets every difficulty with smile
and always takes the sting out Of every unpleas-
ant situation by his unfailing sense of .humor
When Mr.. Taft Governor General of the
Philippines it said of him that he left "a
trail of glad hands from one end of the archi-
pelago TO the other" and the assertion was cor
rect. Secretary Taft is genial but he is not
bluff The Latin races attach the utmost i'm
portance to the little things of life" the Score
tary once said to subordinate who had been
assigned to an important Office in which he
would have 10 deal with Spanish Americans
They are punctilious in their manners. and they
expect others TO be the same. but there is moro
in their philosophy than most Americans think
Pretty manners and genial tempcrs are the
lubricants Of society. and nowhere is it more i'm
portant than in the tropics that the affairs Of
men should be conducted with abundant lubri-
cation"
on one occasion a Filipino chief who had been
appointed to Office under the philippine Com
mission learned that the big chief" as Gov
ernor Taft was termed. was coming to visit his
town. The chief donncd a fun military uniform.
despite the fact that the mercury was in the
COS, and with a heavy sword clankiug at his
heels came forth to greet the Governor General
Mr.. Taft was clad in his customary suit of white
duck. with a somewhat rakish Panama hat
drawn down over his eyes. He did not fail to
compliment the chief on his military appearance,
but an hour later the chief appeared clad in
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-05

this connection for the consideration Of
the county court, that surveys for the
road at Fort Stevens be made outside Of
the government reserve, and that the
county road from Warrenton 10 Seaside
bo improved. There are three places that
need immediate attention. ono being al
wirt's and one at Carnahan's, and tao
third at Vests place. Short stretches
need planking at these places because
Of the heavy sand.
We found one particular stretch about
one'halt mile in length by the Taylor
place that Is In exceptionally bad con-
ditioni this - really the worst place
between Warrenton and Seaside.
Respectfully submitted.
=. A. FISHER,
GEORGE W. sANBoRN.
I, A, STOKES.
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"E. l. CARDLE.a
Col. White Will Help Us.

with regard TO the good road which
the Chamber desires to further TO the
beach at or near Fort Stevens, / had a
call from Col White OF that fort on
Saturday and took up with him the
matter Of whether or not the govern.
ment would probably allow the county
to construct its road around in front
of the fort. He win ascertain this fact
for us at his earliest convenience and let
us know the decision Of the war depart.
ment. / told him the road could 70
anywhere the officers or the depart.
ment might suggest or direct. also
asked him ii he thought it were possible
for US to get the government to Co.
operate with US to the extent Of pre-.
pairing that portion Of the good road
that would extend through the fort.
and he viii ascertain this fact also.
Commander werleich heard From
With regard to the putting in OF the
range lights at the mouth of the river,
as asked for by the shipping interests
through the Chamber of Commerce of
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Portland HorsA Shnw.

Take advantage Of the low rounsi.trip
rates that have been named by the A. b
" for the Portland Horse Show, Noven-
Der 7th, 9th and 9th. This 10 an event
that no one can afford TO miss. A large
amount Of money is being spent in max.
ing preparation, and II will be an attrar.
,ion second only to New Yorks famous
show.
Reduced rates TO Portland and return
ior the Portland Horse Show TO be- held
IN Portland, November 7th, 9th ami 9th.
The A. & O. has named rate Of one.
and one-third fare for the round-trip.
Tickets will be on sale November oh,
fth and 9th, and will be good returning
up to and including November 10th.
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fos the width cf SO0 feet. Tia fur.
ther states that Ne expects 10 gain from
a foot to foot and a half per month,
Trusting that tho above information Il
what You desire, l remain,
"Yours respectfully.
"tSignedl, \. w, RoESSlER.
sl.ieut,.Col, Corps Of Engrs.. U. 4, A."
Putting Astoria on the Map,
One Of the first things your manager
did after taking charge OF the work
here was TO write TO the Northern Pa.
ciic and the Great Northern Railroad
Companies, asking them TO make over
their railroad maps and place Astoria in
the prominent light Its position and
commercial Importance demands, | ,c.
ceived replies to these letters saying
that Astoria would be shown to have a
place of Importance on any new maps
issued by these two railroads as soon as
new maps were published.
| have, through Mr., James Finlay son,
agent for the 500 Line. arranged to have
Astoria given the same prominent place
on the maps and literature OF that
company. Mr., Hnlayson has taken up
my letter with the main office OF his
company and Neeiycd this reply on the
topic,
Dear Sir;--Replying to your letter
of October 26th in which you enclosed
letter from MIR, Whyte, manager OF the
Chamber Of Commerce, your city. II
wish You would explain to Mr.. Whyte
that the blotters referred to were made
in Minneapolis and were meant to show
only rail connections. II was very
poor turn, however TO omit Astoria, as
we are doing, and expect to do. a good
business in and out OF that city in con.
nection with the A. & c, r. r. and the
boat lines. have taken the matter up
with our Minneapolis people so that the
next supply OF hlotters that are sent
,ut will show ASTORIA in plain let.
ters, also the route in there by rail and |
water. | wish to thank you and Mr., |
Nhyte for calling my attention to this,
Yours truly.
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Commerce submitted November 4. 1907,

Commerce submitted November 4. 1907,
We respectfully report that on
Thursday, October cath. accompanied by
President james W. weleh, OF this body.
Manager Whytc and Mr.. c. r. Higgins,
made an automobile trip to Seaside,
in compliance with the resolution passed
by the Chamber at the meeting Of
October 2lst. as follows;
Resolved, that the committee on
road and highways be and are hereby
instructed to investigate as to the prac'
ticability OF making the seabeaeh from
Fort Stevens to the Seaside a public
highway. to connect with the WaFrenton
road on the East AMI the Elk Creek
road on the West. and report at the
next regular meeting Of this BODY
We found that the enterprise men.
toned in the resolution 10 be entirely
practical and comparatively inexpensive,
practically the entire cost being the
construction Of shallow pile bridge
across the Neeanicum River.
We are assured OF the cooperation
of the citizens OF Seaside. Mr.. Dan J.
Moore, OF that town, enthusiastically
promising TO take the lead In this i'm.
portant matter.
This good road Improvement will in.
sure Clatsop County the very best
straightaway. ocean beach automobile
course OF Is miles TO be found anywhere
in the Northwest II not in the United
States.
This would mean that all Of the more
important automobile races In the
northwest. including Portland. would be
on this course, and no greater, living,
breathing advertisement for Clatsop
county than this could possibly be In
stituted. And with the completion Of
the good road all the way to Portland.
which has now been undertaken by the
Astoria Chamber Of Commerce, the
Portland Automobile Club and the Clat.
sop and Columbia county court, assures
for Astoria one Of the most important
garage stations in this section Of the
country, and very considerable addi.
tion to the number Of hotel and restaur.
ant guests.
From Warenton, In order to utilize
the beach highway at low or half-tides,
1t will be necessary to improve the high.
way that extends down the river through
Flavel and Hammond to Fort Stevens,
o distance Of not less than three miles.
We can in all probability get the war
department to assist US in perfecting
the drive through the fort.
We found the county road from War.
renton to Seaside In extraordinarily good
condition although just as nature made
It, and very moderate amount of i'm.
provement would make 1t an ideal road
for automobiles. This road will always
have to be used going or coming in a
round trip from Astoria to Seaside.
We now recommend that this report
be adopted and that copy be for.
warded to the county court respectfully
requesting that body to take the pre-.
liminary steps towards building q bridge
across the Necanicum, and ii possible,
TO complete the same In time for pub.
c use next summer.
we further respectfully suggest IN
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The Tyler.

The Tyler still keeps up Ito reputa.
tion' Good liquors and polite attention
will always win, and in pursuance Oh
this Idea Clarence Tyler has made no
change in the quality Of his goods, and
mas secured the services of Uncle Gene
J Lent whose genial personality makes
MIN ,, popular with the Tyler's patrons
everyone knows where the Tyler Il,
Sixth and Bond streets.
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| Iii the near future. at least before thy
city makes the best headway for grand
er and better things,
Rivers and Harbors Congress,
The Rivers and Harbors Congress
which Is to convene in Washington on
December 9Th to 9th has asked us 70
appoint delegates to attend. l under,
stand at least one of our prominent
business men may be able to 70 East
at that time and that ii he does the
President be asked to give him com.
mission as delegate to attend tho con.
gress.
The matter Of whether or not the
Chamber should become a member OF
the congress has by the way never been
settled insofar as the payment Of the
required $25 membership dues is con,
cerned. The subject was taken up a
number of meetings ago and for awhile
laid on the table. Then it was referred
to the executive committee. The visit
here of Mr.. Fox, the special agent OF
this congress. enlivened interest in this
subject again. The executive committee
reports back now that as there are in.
numemble requests upon il for cash
dues for all sorts Of associations and
organizations, it has uniformly refused
these up to date. because its resources
were carefully budgeted to cover its
present advertising campaign. Yet if
any exception Is made one ought prob,
ably to be made in favor OF this con,
gress.
Therefore. l move that the sum be
sent to the treasurer OF the Rivers and
Harbcrs Congress in payment of mem,
bership dues, and that warrant on
Treasurer Lounsherry be drawn for that
purpose.
The governor of Oregon has sent a
commission to your manager to act as
q delegate at the Trans. Mississippi
Commercial Congress to convene Novem.
Der 10th to f22ni in Muskogee, Okla.
homa. AS l understand have the right |
to appoint an alternate or transfer this
commission, would be glad to do so in
favor of any business man who may find |
il possible to attend this important con-
vention on trip to the East. In fact,
would be glad to 60 myself were It
possible to do so, but it is not.
The Dredging to Fort Stevens.
Upon request made by this Cham.
Der few weeks ago upon Col. Roes.
seley to send the dradger Ladd to work
On the channel between Astoria and IT.
Stevens, / have to report that the Ladd
s now at work as per the promise Col.
Roesseler gave at that time. In a let
ter dated October 30th. Col. Roesseler
1t my request gives these details OF
what is being accomplished by the
Dredge Ladd which I am sure viii be
yood news to all present.
Dear Sir:--In further reply to your
INQUIRY Of the 2lst instant, I win state
hat have today received a report
rom Captain Sanders stating that when
he began work on the shoal below
smiths Point there was l9i feet short
md that the dredging up to this time
las increased the depth over half foot, :.
irving full 20 feet at the present time
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New Grocery Store.
Try Our own MIXTURE Of ccigee--tAs
J. p. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables.
Babollst 4 Co. grocers. Phone Main
1881
Columbia ana vicvor Eraphophones
anc latest records at %2s commeroia,
street. A. r. Cyrus. Il.
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formly been 10 mills, Al nothing can
BE- done that viii develop ! county faster
than The building Of good roads. | move
the following resolutions
Resolved, that the Astoria Chamber
Of Commerce pledge itself to cooperate
in every way possible with the tax pay.
ers Of the 10 road districts outside Of
Astoria, and with the county court. in
building the largest possible mileage OF
good roads each year compatible with
the wealth OF the county, always with
an eye to both permanency and
economy.
The Public Telephone Service,
According to the resolution which was
passed b this body 60 days ago. there
remains but the time between this date
and the 18th Of the month in which the
telephone company is to begin the in,
stallation of new and better system,
or ii it does not. efforts are to be taken
by the Chamber towards having the
charter annulled. ! have aad
an interview with Manager Brunold of
the company and he stated that he hast
taken the whole matter up with the new
officials now in charge of this district
at Portland and that he expects to have
a statement from them before the 18th
inst,s although he has not yet received
one. Since receiving the Chambers
communication 60 days ago, the various
higher officials Of the company have
visited Astoria for the purpose OF ac,
,elerating building operations, so it is,
but under the terms OF our
on this matter, nothing can
se done before the next meeting.
The Seawall Proposition.
Since the last meeting I received a
etter from General Manager Mutt say
ng that when he paid q visit to this
ity as he expected to do very shortly,
Ie would bring with MIN an engineer of
he railroad company who would look
yer the conditions here with respect
o filing in all of that portion of the
ity now on piles. I have asked Mr.. G.
J. Hegardt, the engineer. who for so
many years had charge of the jetty con.
traction work at the mouth of the
iyer, if he would take hold Of this work
or Astoria provided satisfactory bust.
ess arrangements could be made, and
e replied that he would. / also asked
i'm if he would come here and look
yer the situation with Mr.. Mutt and
he Northern Pacific engineer and he
aid that he would, the date to be fixed
efinitely in the near future. / am ex-
Getting that Mr.. Mutt win set the date
I his arrival for this purpose very ]
arly now. |,
Several of our prominent business men ,
ave recently taken up the subject of ,
ling in section Of the tide land be-
ore the city about 1900 feet long by 600 {
set wide, to a depth Of is feet, setting
lies around this area and then lining !
hem with slab wood. The cost of doing |
his work is now being investigated and |
the project Is carried through. then /
of a practical nature win /
ave been done that may go long way .
owards solving the filling-in PROPOSE
on for Astoria, which must be solyeil {