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Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-12-14
TEN TONS OF ORE
WORTH $4,000

Thomas Kearns, who is working a
rich lease on the Balloon property at
Rawhide, arrived yesterday for the
purpose of having a conference with
his partners, On his block of ground
high grade has been opened in four
places. The ledge from which it is
taken is thirty-five feet wide and the
high garde seams are scattered all
through It. Only a few small shin
ments have been made from the
lease. One Of 1900 pounds brought
$1,000, and three sacks, $500 eaca.
Kearns said yesterday: These little
shipments we marketed were in the
nature of mill runs. There is now
piled up at least ten tons of ore
that will run at the rate of a dollar
o pound. Our deepest shaft is fifty
feet. and the showing in the bottom
Is better than it was on the surface.
Former residents of Goldield form
the bulk Of the population Gold
field Tribune.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-12-14
VINCENTST. JOHN
IS IN BAD SHAPE

SALT LAKE, Dec. I2.-vincent st
John, the Goldheld labor leader,
passed through Salt Lake yesterday
afternoon on the Los Angeles limited
on his way to Denver, where he will
De taken to a hospital to be treated
Tor blood poisoning. resulting from
bullet wounds inflicted by PADDY
M%uilaney, another member of the
Goldheld Miners Union. st. John
ana his wife occupied drawing room
A of the car Plaeidia. The injured
mar was confined to his berth. His
Vile declined to let anyone see him.
Recent reports from Goldheld have
peer to the effect that st. John was
recovering and that he would soon be
able to lead the miners in the present
uliiiculty. It develops, however. that
o. John was more seriously injured
man was believed. Blood poisoning
resulted from his wounds and he may
We forced to have his arm amputated.
ms trip to Denver is said to be
uerely on account of his condition.,
ana is not for the purpose OF con-
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-12-14
CREEK
STRIKE AT AN END

DENVER, Dec. 1.-THE executive
board of the Western Federation of
Miners yesterday officially called of
the strike in the Cripple Creek dis
trict of Colorado, giving as the rea-
o the fact that the camp is In need
Of skilled mine workers and now,
by calling off the strike, many union
men employed in less favorable
places can 80 to Cripple Creek and
accept work without violating their
union pledges.
The board also received a message
from unions in British Columbia
stating that mine operators are at
tempting to reduce WAGES and asking
advice in the matter. The reply @as
sent back to the union men to stand
pat" Acting Secretary Kirwin said:
'If the reduction as threatened Is
made in British Columbia more than
5000 skilled miners will lay down
their tools and the mining industry
of the Canadian West will be Grip
Pied
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-12-14
QUARTERLY REPORT
OF TONOPAH Elk.
MAGNIFICENT SHOWING OF ONE
OF TONOPAH'S GREAT
MINES.

The quarterly report OF the Tono-
pah Extension Mining Company has
been received by local stockholders
in the company, and a very crafty
ing state of affairs is disclosed there
in. During the quarter a total of
t,S53,S60 tons of ore has been ship
ped TO the smelter. The receipts for
ores shipped during the month Of
October, as far as received, amount
ed to S~34,477,04, and there is $685.
1886 10Y due for ores shipped. On
October LIST the treasurer had cash
on hand, $~s7,562.61. This does not
include bills receivable and money
due on ores in transit. The company
has paid dividends to the mount OF
$27S,529.so.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-12-14
Mining MAN
IS INDICTED

GLOBE, a. T., Dee. t2.-The five
indictments returned last week by
the Federal Grand jury and placed
on the secret file were against DR..
i. D. Ricketts,, formerly superintend-
ent Of the Old Dominion Mining
Company and now general manager
OF the Greene Cananea Company. One
is for perjury and four are for subor-
nation of perjury in connection with
alleged land frauds in New Mexico.
Ricketts, is at present in Cananea and
no warrant has been served. Bail
vas fixed at $4,000 by Judge Nave.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-21

Led the way to t. cabin, where she
laid down her riG and whipped the
wolf dogs into a small shed adjoining
the cabin.
"She pointed out a gate hung on
pulleys in the center Of the fence at
the lower end Of the ravine, which
could be easily raised, leaving an
opening thirty feet across. The gate
is fastened by a huge paddock to a
pine tree which serves. as a post. The
key to the paddock is worn as a locket
by the wolf queen
Her cabin is a two story affair, and
from a window on the upper floor ex-
tends a small platform, the outer end
resting on the fence closing the ra-
vine.
1T was on this platform that 1 first
saw the wolf queen throwing meat to
the wolves below.
"As / stood with her on this platform,
watching the animals fighting for food,
the wolf dog which had attacked me
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-21
QUEEN or THE LIVES
Indian Girl DWeIIs Alone In Midst
of HoWIng Horde.
SHE CATCHES THEM ALIVE.

Sells Their Skins at a Good Profit.
Strange Career of Mary GissIer,
Beautiful Half Ereed Chppeway,
Child of the Forest.
Mary Gissler, queen of the wolf
RANCH" are the name and title of girl
who runs probably the most peculiar
and the most dangerous business in the
United States, or in the world, per-
haps.
Miss Gissler's ranch is on the river,
about half way between International
Falls, Mimi, and Mine Center, On
tario. She is the daughter of John
Gissler, hermit hunter and trapper,
and his wife, a full bloOded Chippeway
Indian woman, both of whom died
a few years ago.
THAT girl has more genuine courage
than any man / ever met" says Daniel
Rutledge, fur buyer of st. Paul. who
discovered her.
'sThe scene that opened before me
when l came upon the ranch was the
strangest a man ever beheld," says
Rutledge, who recently returned from
a long trip in the woods. 1.-The girl
herself is marvel. Tall and straight,
with her jet black hair closely coiled
under a cap of wolfskin, and dressed
in garments of fur, she certainly was
a sight for an artist"
81 was coming down the river when
I heard wolves bowling" says Rut-
lodge. Naturally l supposed a pack
was running a deer or moose, or was
possibly on my trail, SO it was me
for a tree to await developments. FL
nally, as the bowling continued with
out coming closer, 1 descended and
made an investigation.
Nearer and nearer 1 slipped to the
bowling, swapping, snarling brutes,
and at last reached high fence of
long tamarack poles, firmly fastened
to pine trees.
Inside were a hundred or more
wolves savagely swapping over big
bits of meat which this girl, standing
on a platform built from a window of
the cabin at the upper end of the
stockade, was throwing out to them.
"As l looked, through the fence
skulking wolf of gigantic size crept
up behind me and, without warning
growl, fastened its teeth in one of MY
legs. 1 shouted and the animal leaped
to one side. 1 kicked at it.
almost instantly there came a cry
sharp and piercing-from the girl on
/ the platform, and the animal that had
bitten me skulked away, his tail be-
tween his legs.
"The animal was a wolf dog-a cross
between a timber wolf and the COM
mon house dog-and 1 must say that
more vicious animals never lived. AS
l stood rubbing my leg and wonder
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-21

ing what sort of place 1 had reached,
the girl came toward me carrying q
rifle and followed by three or four
wolf dogs.
"'What do you want? Who are you,
and what are you doing here? she
asked, before 1 recovered from my
surprise.
81 explained to her that 1 had heard
the wolves bowling and had been Curl
Gus to see them-after 1 found they
were not after me-and in trying to
approach them had been seized by her
dog.
1.-The girl, with a half apologize
manner, said that she kept the wolf
dogs as pets in her cabin, they being
her companions and protectors.
"@They are not like the wolves In
there she added with laugh, point
ing ito the brutes in the pen.
'Irhe stockade, or corral, in which
the wolves are kept in a deep ravine,
is faced on one side by an almost per-
pendicular wall of rock which no anil
NAL can scale. The ledge on the other
mounted by a high fence of tamarack
poles, over which the animals cannot
leap or through which they cannot
crawl. The ravine is about 500 feet
in width at one side of which is a
large spring. Extending back from the
river for a mile or more. it gradually
narrows until the entrance to a swamp
beyond is not more than 100 feet
across.
AT this end has been built a high
fence Of small pine logs. being fas-
tened to trees. Until \ barrier has been
erected through which nothing larger
than a rabbit can creep.
I asked her. after she had explained
70 me that she was in the fur raising
business, how she managed to trap
the animals in the first place.
"'J'H show you she replied, as she
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-18

to take a place in the chorus after the
herself as far as ever from her goal
She had comforted herself with the
idea of working up" and when plain
Ben Streator had begged her to give
up the idea of acting and marry him
she had made chilling reply and a
self and to her art.
1t seemed rather different now. Be-
ing new, she had not learned the ropes
and had applied literally the rule that
no relatives might see her Off There
had been no hand clasp at parting,
and she had not even seen Ben.
Her fastidious taste revolted at the
idea of spending the night In mar
row berth with a strange girl as a
bedfellow, but there was no hope for
ii, and she entered the car.
The special car was excessively hot
and without sufficient ventilation. The
aisles We're packed with girls In va
rious stages of undress and noisy with
their chatter The car was entirely
occupied by women, and the berth cur
tains were regarded as superfiuous.
The stateroom door was partly open,
showing three of the principals playing
cards. The musty odor of Egyptian
cigarettes came through the door and
gradually mastered the other scents I'm
the car.
Two girls sat swinging their feet
over the edge of upper q. but the
half OF the lower berth was occupied
by a girl who lay with her face To
the window, her frail shoulders shaken
by sobs.
You draw lower 6?" grinned one
of the occupants OF the upper berth.
BET you don't sleep. Stillings is home
sick already. If She keeps up the
yowling after the train starts were
going to have pillow fight"
You'd better sit up IN the smoking
ROOM" urged another You don't
want To get drowned. and Stilllngs Is
flooding the car with her tears
~ think it's shame to talk that
way" declared Beatrice us she saw
that the gibes We're adding to their
victims discomfort "You should he
ashamed of yourselves"
lone of them Salvation Army girls
again this season." chanted the tor
mentor from above, and the cry was
caught up along the car Until Beatrice
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-18
One Night
In the Car.
BY MABEL SYMS.
Copyrighted, 1907, by p. c. EASEMENT

Beatrice thrilled with excitement as
the low buildings on the rivers edge
came into sight. To her the dingy en-
trance to the ferry house was the gate
to the Hall of Fame
She wished that Ben might be there
to see the company start, but Ratsey
the ferret eyed little stage manager,
had announced that none of the chorus
girls might be accompanied 10 the
train by friends or relatives under
penalty of Il five dollar fine. He was
nervously pacing the cobblestones in
mt of the entrance every minute to
&c certain that the rule would not
broken.
On the block above the ferry house
leave takings were plentiful, but the
house itself was free of crowd of
weeping relatives and mournful gen
tlemen friends"
You are Miss Faber? asked Ratsey
in his quick, tense tones as Beatrice
came up. You bunk with Miss Still
lings; berth g, car =. Better get right
over and go to bed before the train
pulls out"
II thought | might be able TO get a
berth by myself" protested Beatrice.
IL am willing to pay the difference"
II have no time to make a change"
said Ratsey impatiently. after the
opening night you may do as you
please, but the management pays to
the opening town, and you will kindly
permit us to arrange matters. Miss
Stillings has gone over already. You
will find her there
The magic word company" passed
Beatrice through the ferry gate and or
the other side into the train shed. As
the boat pulled away from the New
York side she leaned over the rail anG
watched the receding city.
When she had graduated from the
dramatic school she had expected tC
get Il part with a Shakespearean com.
pany at least, but she had been glad
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-18
A Word For the Girl.

AN old customer of mine from the
interior Of the state came to town a
few days ago said Philadelphia
der for goods he asked the privilege
Of sitting down to my desk to write q
letter | took him over to one Of the
typists and told him to get his letter
up In good business shape. and the two
worked over 1t for half an hour. Then
the man came back to me with his let
ter in his hand and said:
Mr.. Blank, this typewriting bust
ness is a great thing
"'YeS'
And that's a fine girl who did the
work for me-
"'Yes'
"'She made her fingers go like light.
ming
Ives, she is very speedy
Seemed to be perfectly willing to
cblge.'
Yes
A very nice girl indeed, and l hope
she'll get on. In fact l want to put In
a word for her
"That's kind of yoL. What is it?'
Tell her. he said as he lowered
his voice and glanced over his shout
der, that if she'll pay leetle more at
tention to her spelling she'll come ont
at the top OF the heap Tell her in n
way not to hurt her feelings
But what words has she spelled
wrongT
He held out the letter and pointed
10 word and whispered:
1.-The Young lady got one If" too
many in the word, but tell her az
gently as you can
THE word was coffee. Pittsburg
Press
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-18
Brings a Bride TO Winneshiek

On last Thursday at lnwood, Iowa,
occurred the marriage of Mr. Anton
Rocksvold, son of o. p. Rocksvold OF
Glenwood township, TO Miss Tilda
Foss. The groom is a gentleman who
bears the respect and esteem of all
who know him. and the bride is said
to be a lady in every way worthy his
choice. They will reside on the old
homestead in Glenwood. which the
groom has been managing for some
time.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-18
Passed Examination Successfully.

James Donahue, New Britain,
Conn, writes: II tried several
kidney remedies. and was treated by
our best physicians for diabetes. but
did not improve until l took Foley S
kidney Cure. After the second bottle
/ showed Improvement. and five
bottles cured me completely. L have
since passed a rigid examination for
life insurance. Foley's Kidney
Cure cures back ache and all forms of
kidney and bladder trouble. Engbert-
sons Pharmacy. I'm
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-18

An old Scotchman dined with me
one night, and when the dinner was
over he wadded his napkin into ball
and threw it over his left shoulder.
He might have seen look of surprise
on my face, for he instantly remarked:
Have I shocked you? What should
be done in America with a napkin?
In old Scotland we always carst it to
the left and forget it."-New York
Press.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-18
Dream Of Christmas.


dreamed was little child again;
heard the sleighbells tinkle on the
roof;
Then. like the downpour of gentle
rain,
The deer inpatient. hoof on patter.
ing hoof
l tumbled from my little bed
stole
On timid steps into the glimmering
hall.
And down the winding stair. L saw
the coal
Burning red shadows on the nursery
wall.
l saw the kindled boughs-then
awoke:
Fat imps were dancing by the
Christmas tree
1t was my own little ones who spoke
With merry laughter, the Yuletide
cheer to me
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-12-18
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Which Close on friday for the Holt
day Vacation.

The public schools will close Friday
for two weeks vacation, converting
again January 9Th.
During the two weeks the buildings
will be cleaned up and fumigated so
that all chicken-pox and whooping
cough germs of the old year will not
live to enjoy the new.
According to the regulations of the
State Board of Health for the year, the
diseases of chicken-pox, whooping
cough, measels and mumps are among
the diseases for which the homes must
be placarded with the danger card
denoting the disease, and all persons
living i'll such homes are prohibited
from attending the public school or
other public gatherings. On the
recovery from any other infectious or
contagious diseases, the homes shall
be properly disinfected by the health
officer, and the child on entering a
school again, shall bring written
permit from the same officer
Friday after recess, 2 40, the High
School will give a debate on the ques-
ton: Resolved that the limited
disarmament of the leading nations
would promote the civilization of the
world.
Glasses in Civil Government and
Commercial Law and review of some
of the common branches will start
shortly after the holidays.
The out of town teachers will spend
vacation at their homes.
The children of the grades have
been making Christmas articles which
they will take home at the end of the
week.
To the School Officers Of winneskiek Co.
A supply of the 1907 edition of Iowa
office for distribution among school
officers. These books are too heavy to
send out by mail, conveniently, but
can be had by calling at the office.
AS" there has been considerable new
legislation upon school matters within
the past few years, it is very desir-
able that these books should be in the
hands of school officers as early as it
is possible to get them there. Ar
rangements' have been made so that
my Office is kept open regularly
whether l am in the city or not, so
these hooks may be secured at any
time you call at the office.
Very truly yours,
GIL E. J. Hook, Co. Supt
The daily sentinel., 1907-03-04
TO FIGHT THE Low RATES.

A dispatch from Chicago to The
Sentinel yesterday states that the
western railroads have determined to
fight in the courts all state laws max
ing . cents the maximum passenger
rate
Attorneys of several of the largest
roads held a conference in Chicago
Saturday with view of having all
roads persue the same policy as to
litigation.
The plan now generally favored is
to ask the courts to restrain the en-
forcement of the law on the ground
that rate of cents mile would
cause the railroads a heavy loss, and
in many instances would require
them to run trains at less than the
actual operating expenses, regardless
of the fixed charges, taxes and other
obligations of the railroads. of which
they claim that the passenger
traffic should assume a share.
The daily sentinel., 1907-03-04
TO HELP UINTAH SETTLERS
Grand Junction Uintah Claim Hold
ers as Wen as All Other Uintah
Settlers Aided Materially by
Utah Legislature.

A most important announcement
came to this city this morning from
Salt Lake City. A large appropriation
was made on Saturday by the Utah
legislature for Improvement in the
way of bridges and roads in the Uin-
tab reservation, opened for settle
ment year ago and on which numer-
GUS Grand Junction and Mesa county
people have claims.
State Senators Rasband and Gard
ner made strong speeches in the leg
islature telling of the struggles of
l 900 or more families who have set
tied on the reservation during the
past year, to develop their claims and
as result Senate Bill No. 81, ap-
propriating $4,000 for the building
of bridges and road improvements in
this district OF this sum $4,000 is
TO be used by Uintah county and the
remainder by Wasatch county.
"This reservation contains over
100000 acres of the most fertile land
in Utah." said Senator Gardner. "and
is inhabited by over 1000 families
who have recently settled there. 1t
has magnificent water supply and
the land soon will become extremely
valuable. The trouble now is that
the farmer can remain on his land
only during the summer. as it is i'm
possible during the winter or spring
to leave because of lack of bridges
across the many mountain streams
which intersect the valley"
Senator Rasband spoke along the
same line. and motion by Senator
Johnson to cut the appropriation to
$1,000 was beaten. and the bill pass
ed unanimously. 1t is one of the
largest single appropriations of this
nature ever allowed in Utah.
The daily sentinel., 1907-03-04
SOME BIG LOCAL SALES
Much Land in the Grand Valley Sold
Last Week at More Than
$1,000 Per Acre.

The following are few big orch
ard land sales completed last weeI,
in the upper end of the valley.
Geogre II. Farnsworth to IL. f.
Suclley, of Ottowa, Kansas, . acres
under Palisadc club ditch, set to two
year old peach trees, 5000 or ST.
600 per acre.
f. G. Mottram 10 j. II. HoIbert 20
acres of raw land near Clifton, con-
sideration, $4,000.
w. II. Bcacraft to David L. Rusk 20
acres raw land under the Palisadc
stub ditch, $1,000.
One of the best prices per acre real
lied from orchard sales this winter
was received by Sadie A. Lloyd, of
Palisadc, who sold on Friday three
acres under the stub ditch, set to two
year old peach trees, to c. w. Under
berg, for $4,000 or $1,000 per acre.
Another eye-opener acreage price
was received by Mary J. Mulvihlll
who sold five acre orchard near
Palisade TO ID. &. Overly for $1,000
or 81 400 per acre.
The daily sentinel., 1907-03-04
BEN TILLMAN
WANTS TO KNOW

Washington, March A. (speeiaD
Senator Tilman introduced today
a resolution calling upon the presi-
dent for all the papers relating to the
recent agitation of the question of
having the Panama canal built by
contract and in support of the reso-
luton said that Mr.. Oliver had com
piled with all the requirements. and
that his bid had been rejected after
a delay of a month or more. He ex-
dissatisfaction with the
course of the canal management and
said that his suspicion led him TO be-
lieye that the intention had been to
compel Mr.. Oliver to "let in some OF
his competitors who were too greedy
on the first bid"