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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-10-26
FACING MORE TROUBLE
Nevada Railroad Commission Has
Another Problem

Keno, Nevada, Oct 19-The Nevada
Railroad Commission is facing another
dilemma, although the suits against the
commission by FIVE different railroads
IN this State are still pending. This
time the Southern Pacific has taken ac-
ton and on technicality may prevent
the Commission from enforcing the laws
IL was appointed to enforce.
When the railroad rate bill was pass
ed creating the Nevada Railroad Com.
mission and providing for the regulation
OF railroad freight rates in this State the
Dill named Western Classification No.
Al as the classification upon which the
Commissioners should regulate their
rate. The Southern Pacific Company
has now declared Western Classification
No. Al null and has issued Western
Classification No. 43, and District
Freight and Passenger Agent Clapp OF
this city states that it may result in
making the Nevada railroad rate law IN.
active against the Oregon .Short Line
and the Southern Pacific in this State.
Again he states that it may not have
any effect but that he believes the rail.
road could cause great deal of trouble
If it wished to-
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-10-26
NEW ROAD WILL Be FINISHED
Western Pacific Independent oi
Present Financial Stringency,
Says Vaile

Salt Lake Herald: The stringency in
the money market and the curtailment
of the expenditures of other roads, be-
cause of this fact. will not in any way
sfect the work ON the Western Pacific
from Salt Lake to San Francisco, ac-
cording to an interview at Denver with
]. +. Vale, general counsel for the Den
yer & Rio Grande system, who has just
returned to the West after a trip to
New York. He said that every cent of
money necessary to finance the enter
prise had been raised three years ago,
so that the construction of the Western
Pacific will progress irrespective of the
condition of the money market.
Through the wise foresight of our
president, Mr.. Jeffery. the Western Pa
cific was financed three years ago and
the money put in the bank. !" said Mr..
Vale. "There will be no halt in the
work, and instead it will be pushed to
completion as rapidly as possible.
"Wall Street has witnessed con-
siderable depression, said he, "and it
is very difficult matter to raise money.
No effort will be made by the Rio
Grande at this time to raise any large
funds for new enterprises. The re-
ations between the Rio Grande and the
Western Pacific will be very close and
the new road will be virtually an ex-
tension of the Rio Grande."
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-10-26
LINDSAY MINE REPORTED SOLD
Once Celebrated Silver = Lead
Property in Eureka County
Changes Hands

Reno Journal Oct. 10: The once cele-
brated but long forgotten silver-lead
mine in Union district in Eureka Coun.
ty, four miles east Of Mineral Hill.
known as the Lindsay mine, has come
into promipence again, a deal being
consumated yesterday whereby the
property is taken over by syndicate
who have already male arrangements
to work the mine actively and begin
shipping ore Immediately. The consid-
Grafton III the bond and lease is not
made public bat with the contemplated
surface improvements and underground
development that are to be instituted
Immediately, the proposition will stand
the syndicate into six or seven figures.
The purchasers include Benjamin
Lloyd, president of the Santa Cruz
Board of Trade, Carl J. Young, the
well.known mining man of Tonopah ;
NJ. Kinney of Cripple Greek; ]. j. Hen
messy of Reno; John f. Murray of San
Francisco, and Sol Camp of Reno.
The Lindsay mine comprises group
of seven claims including the patented
Belle lode. 1t has ledge of two and a
half to 16 feet wide with silver bear
ing lead ore, chiefly cerussite, out OF
the ordinary values. A series of assays
made by H. w. Young gives an average
of 81 to II per cent lead, and from II to
10 ounces of silver, or $500 in silver
and lead values a ton.
Twenty years ago this month the
mine made 20-day run which brought
gross returns of $4,000 as per an ac-
counting then to the Elko County Bank
The mine was originally discovered by
J. Lindsay and it came to the notice OF
Carl J. Young, who was instrumental
in putting through the present deal
about 90 years ago, when he and Dick
Brown now of the University of Ne.
vada, hauled smelter from Palisade t.
the mine. The property became idle
through the sickness of the origina
owner and has since been tied up in the
Lindsay estate. The estate will draw
royalties from the present OPERATOR
until full title is turned over to them.
1t is probable Salt Lake capitalists
will become interested, and the mine
operated on an extensive scale during
The Winter.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-10-26
INDIAN GUILTY OF MURDER
For First Time Nevada Jury Fixes
Penalty of Death

Winnemucca, Nevada, Oct. 19.-Be-
fore Judge Pike in the District Court at
Winnemucca at late hour yesterday
afternoon the jury trying "Buckaroo"
Jack on a charge of numbering his wife
returned a verdict of murder in the first
degree. and fixed the death penalty.
Judge Pike will officially impose the
sentence on Monday. This is the first
time in the history of the State that a
jury has ever sentenced man to death.
This jury acted under law passed at
the last session of the Nevada Legisla.
ture.
"Buckaroo'' Jack killed his wife be-
cause she left him and went to live with
another man. After killing her he
mounted a horse ane hid for months in
the mountains, near Winnemucca, but
at last other Indians hunted him down
and tnrned him over to the officers. His
brother was among those who helped
bring him to justice.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-10-26

Work on the great Goldfeld
hotel, which was being construct
ed at an estimated cost of $780,
900. has been stopped by the
promoters.
State Printer Mccarthy has
Just installed Miehle press in
the State print shop at Carson.
The Miehle is one OF the finest
presses manufactured, and it will
add materially to the equipment
Charles Kellogg, an old-time
prospeetor who lived with his
Indian wife near the head OF
Smoky valley, Lander County,
sold several rich claims recently
for $4,000, and on his death the
Flute woman has inherited the
estate.
Upon motion OF District Attor-
ney Swallow OF Esmeralda Coun-
ty, Judge Langan has dismissed
the cases of Vincent st. John and
SIX other members of the Western
Federation of Miners, who were
accused of conspiracy in the muir
der OF Silva at Goldfeld several
months ago.
A discovery of what appears to
be bituminous rock 20 miles
southeast of Goldfield and seven
miles from the Clark Railroad on
otonewall mountain, may lead to
new source of supply for fuel
Tor the Goldfeld district. The
rock burns down to a few glass
like crystals.
+. j. Franks, one of the old
time residents OF Bullion, 2S miles
south of Elko, died at his home
a. that place last week. Mr..
Franks had lived at Bullion many
years. Two or three years ago
ne lost his sight and has been
gradually declining ever since.
Death came to him very suddenly.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-10-26
5000 Men Added

Winnemucca, Nevada, October 49,
The Western Pacific has succeeded in
adding 5000 men to its number of en-
ployes in Nevada and California within
the past 80 days as result of the COM
pletion of railroad building in Utah
and the closing of the smelters in
Montana.
The new men are of the class most
needed by the Western Pacific to expe-
dite its work of tunneling. track.laying
and bridge building.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-10-26
Wants immigration Stopped

President Mitchell of the United Mine
Workers declares that information will
be filed with the United States Govern
ment looking to the prevention of the
importation of foreign labor. One OBJ
ject is to expose Immigration Commits
sioner Nugent. who recently charged
the mine workers with trying to pre-
vent the importation of labor into West
Virginia. Mitchell says the conditions
in West Virginia are worse than places
where foreign laborers come from.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-10-26
NEW EPISCOPAL BISHOP
Announces That He VIII Make His
Headquarters In Reno

Rev. II. ID. Robinson, who has just
been appointed the Episcopal Bishop of
Nevada. has announced that he will
make his headquarters in Reno.
Rev. Robinson was head Of college
in Racine, Wis, prior to his coming to
Nevada.
The appointment of separate Bishop
to administer the affairs of the Church
of Nevada is a recognition Of the
growing importance of the State, for
heretofore Nevada has been divided be-
tween the Bishops of Salt Lake and
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-10-26

The prize hard luck story of the yeai
comes from Goldfield, and appears il
the Chronicle. 1t tells of man wht
went broke in Goldfeld, and after doing
without food for a week, sold the gol'
Filings of his teeth. Then he went T.
the Hotel Casey and ordered an elabor-
ate meal, bat when it came he coulo
not eat, because of the condition of his
teeth.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-10-26
Useful Man for Mining Men

John Pardy, County Surveyor, has a
few blue linen prints to dispose of,
showing the relative position of patented
mines and new locations ON Prospect
Ruby. Mccoy, Cariboo and
Adams Hill in the Eureka, Nevada.
Mining District. A very useful map
for mine promoters.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-10-26
Goldfield's Heavy Shipments

Goldfield. Oct l9.-The output of the
mines and leases of the Goldfield dis
trict for the week ending last night was
1911 tons, being more than 5000 tons
heavier than the production for any
previous week in the history of the
camp. The total estimated value of the
output was $74S. Practically 5000
tons of ore was shipped from the Con-
solidated properties alone.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-10-26

Judge Thomas p. Hawley was not
only a learned jurist and eloquent
lawyer, but he was man of sterling
character, and his friends were mum.
bered by the hundreds. He made his
home in Carson for many years, and al
who knew him had a good word foi
him.
Ind. on July is. 1880, and spent his
boyhood in that State. In 1852 he
crossed the plains to California and
settled in Ell Dorado County, where hs
remained until 1858. engaged in min
ing. He then moved to Nevada County,
California, and lived there until 1868
Ii was in that county that he was ad
mitted TO the bar in 1859, and in 1859
he was district attorney of that county.
In 1868 the great mining excitement
Of White Pine called to Thomas p,
Hawley, aud he went to that county,
where he resided until he was elected
TO the Nevada Supreme bench in 1872.
He served three terms as a Jus ice OF
the Nevada Supreme Court and served
IS years. lacking justthree months.
After serving faithfully as Justice
OF the Supreme Court. he was appoint
ed by President Harrison in 1890 as
United States District Judge for the
district of Nevada. He served as
Federal Judge until last year. when he
retired, and Judge Harrington was ap'
pointed to succeed him,
Judge Thomas P. Hawley was one o.
the Oldest Masons in Nevada, aud was
for a time high official in the Masonic
circles Of this State. He Joined the
Masons in Milan, Ind. in 1851.
The deceased leaves one SOD, Ernest,
aud daughter, Mrs. Joseph L. Trainer
of Santa Barbara, Cal. The son resides
In San Francisco.
The funeral was held at Carson on
Sunday under the auspices of the Ma
sons, aud the remains were inferred
beside those Of the late Mrs. Hawlay.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-10-26

tunnel on the Hankins group of claims
and development work is being pus he'd
by the owners.
An eight.foot vein of lead.silver ore
has been exposed on group Of claims
owned by Walt Morrissey and associates.
two and one-half miles west of Palisade
and adjoining the Palisade- -Pittsbure
group
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-10-26

Ont Of $4,000 women in Aus
tralia qualified to VOTE i'4'oOO
exercise the right.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-10-26
DEATH OF JUDGE 7. P. HAWLEY
Able Jurist of Sterling Character
Dies Honored and Re-
spected BY All

United States District Judge Thomas
2. Hawley. retired, Of Nevada, died OF
kidney disease at the st. Francis Hotel
in San Francisco on Oct II at the age
of n years.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-21
Bermuda Onions Again.

Week before last we published an
editorial recommending Bermuda on
ions as a profitable crop. The Tam
pa Times for this week contained an
editorial on the subject of raising
Bermuda onions. It says that they
have been grown in the vicinity of
Tampa for dozen years or more but
that while the quality is excellent the
size is so small that they are not
easy to harvest. The statement is
made that the average size of Ber-
muda onions grown in that region is
one inch or less in diameter. That
would not be a marketable onion, that
size being discarded as a GULL The
trouble must be in the soil or treat
ment.
Bermuda onions, as we'll as all 9th
er varieties, require good soil and
abundant moisture. The land must
not be wet, but there must be an
abundant supply of moisture. Mel
ther will they thrive on very sandy land
which is destitute Of humus, but on
cow-penned land a good crop of
marketable onions can be grown
with less labor than most vegetable
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-21
Irrigation.

The unprecedented drouth of last
winter and spring made great many
gardeners and fruit growers think
quite seriously of putting in an lr-
rigation plant Some have already
done this. We hope that many more
will be installed as fast as possible. We
believe that as an investment there is
no other which will compare with it
in percentage of profit We hear Of
orange groves which were irrigated
during the dry weather which have full
crops of fruit. AS the crop thriugh-
out this state is very short, high
prices must OF necessity be realized.
We shall not be surprized if the ex-
ira fruit on some of these irrigated
groves would pay the cost of the ir-
rigatin plant In all the years that
we have been in the state, we do not
think that there has been one in
which an irrigation system would not
have been a great advantage at some
time in the season. You know that
it has been found, from actual exper-
iments that irrigation increases crops
very largely even in places where
there is usually an abundant rainfall.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-21
AUGUST 21, 1907.
Casaba Melon.

Mrs. Townsend, who has written
some good articles for our floral de-
partment, furnished an interesting &C
count of this melon, which you will
find in this weeks paper. In view OF
the good qualities which she ascribes
to this variety, we are surprised that
we have seen no mention of it in
agricultural papers. Of course, it
would be of no use to plant it in this
state for northern market, as it could
be grown there and marketed at less
expense But if it can be grown here,
it would find ready market at hotels
for tourists in the winter We should
think that there might still be time
for a test Of it's value. We do not
know where seed can be obtained, but
no doubt any California scotsman
could supply it.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-21
Horses Still In Demand.

The figures of the Bureau of Sta
tistics show something less than
twenty million horses in this country,
with an estimated value of $I,846, $685.
co.,, which is an average of $o3. per
head.
Ten years ago the total number OF
horses was gwen as fifteen million,
worth $5oo,ooo,ooo or only about $33.
each.
Evidently the demand for horses is
not yet on the decline, in spite of
automobiles, trolly cars, etc. Now is
a good time to get into the business
of breeding horses. The stock for
start is not likely to be any cheaper
than it is at the present time.
After the above was written, we
found an article, in the Indiana Farm
er, about the price of horses in the
western states. When they are so
high there, we must pay we'll for the
horses and mules needed to raise our
crops, and do the other work needed.
We ought to raise our own teams, in
stead of importing them, some one
will find it a profitable business to
breed them. You will find the arti-
Gle on another page.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-21
Queries or Contributions.

We have received compliments upon
the improvement in the Florida Ag-
ricu1turist within the last few months.
This is, of course, due principally to
the increased number of original ar
ticles which have been furnished us
for the columns of the paper. Still
there is yet room for more of them.
What has become of SO many who
used to send in occasional cOntrlbu-
tons? We should be very glad to
hear from them and from as many
new ones as possible.
We do not claim to be a general
encyclopedia of agricultural knowl-
edge, but we are always glad to re-
corning farm work, fertilizers, trees,
corning farm work, fertilizers, trees,
fruits, flowers, or live stock including
poultry. Problems which puzzle you,
are no doubt also perplexing to
others of our readers and the an
swer will be of general interest.
Have you tried some new method Of
planting or cultivating a crop, tell us
about it, whether the result was a
success or not. All contributions
must be accompanied by the name Of
the writer, no anonymous communica-
tions will be used, yet we never print
the name of writer when requested
to leave it off. Delays are dangerous,
therefore do not put off until tomor-
row what you ought to do today.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-21
Mulching VS.. Cultivation.

The following is an editorial note
in the last Epitomist. "Newly set
trees are always benefited by culti-
vation, because their roots are all
surface roots and cannot thrive in
hot, dry, compact soil. Hence the
necessity Of summer surface cultiva-
ton of newly set trees" Evidently
the editor has not heard Of the New
Horticulture The editor Of the Ru~
raj New Yorker told of setting trees
in unbroken land and how we'll the
trees had done, though the soil has
never been cultivated at all. The
main idea of the New Horticulture is
to avoid having surface roots and to
keep them down where they will not
suffer from drouth. However, if the
trees were not root pruned and were
set in the ordinary way, mulching
would be preferable to cultivation, as
a good thick mulch will keep the sur-
face in a much better condition as
regards moisture, than any amount
of cultivation.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-21

from abroad. That is a total of 1850,
pounds to be produced from 100000
acres or an average of 5000 pounds
per acre. No benefit can come to
Florida from any such extravagant
claims
However, we do not think that the
editor of the Sugar Planter is en-
tirely free from the charge of extrav-
agant claims, for in his opening par
agraph he says: "That our neigh
boring state, Florida, is better than
Louisiana for growing pineapples we
cannot deny, for we grow none here,
but we refuse to yield her the palm
when it comes to growing oranges or
sugar cane for we are confident we
can show Florida about how sweet
these latter two staples can be made
to grow"
We think that, owing to our longer
growing season, we can in ordinary
years show a much larger percent
age OF sacharine matter per ton of
cane than can be shown in Louisiana.
AS for oranges, we know that some
are grown in that state, but this is the
first time that we ever heard the claim
made that they would at all compare
IN quality with Florida oranges.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-21

crops. Of course, it is possible to
grow them on soil which contains a
fair supply of humus, by the means of
commercial fertilizer. In fact most of
the onions that are grown in this
state are grown in that way. We
should like to know whether Ber-
muda onions have not been grown
on Pinellas peninsula, and if so if
they have not been OF marketable
size?
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-21
Extravagant Claims From Florida.

Under this title we find an editor
ial, in the Sugar-P1anter's Journal,
which had for its text an article pub
lished in the Florida Agriculturist of
April 10, entitled Sugar and Syrup in
Florida.
The writer of that article made the
claim that yield of 1000 gallons per
acre was not considered extraordina-
ry. The editor comedies that if this
be true, it surpasses Louisiana, as they
think six hundred gallons per acre
good yield. We must leave
the author of the article to defend
hs own statement In another case,
however, he must have fallen into an
error: He said: Louisiana's yield
of brown sugar, under favorable cir
cumstances, is about 1000 pounds per
acre, while on common pine lands
of Florida, when ferti1ized with un-
killed cotton seed, it is said to be
1850 to 5000 pounds per acre. To
this the editor of the Sugar Planter
replies that 5000 pounds is what the
State of Louisiana is conservatively
figured to average on her sugar crop,
and while there have been instances
when SO much as 5000 to 5000 pounds
of sugar were made per acre, we do
not boast Of it, for such a return is
abnormal, and we commonly figure on
around 5000 pounds" He then goes
on to call attention to a letter from
Tallahassee to the Manufacturers
Record about Draining the Ever
glades. In that letter the claim was
made that when the everglades are
drained, there are 100000 acres which
will produce the whole of the $780,
600 tons of sugar annually imported
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-21
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