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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

strike. Every home has it's treasure
box in which is laid aside the money
with which to purchase in every new
and promising investment, and every
home has it's hidden stock which is
thumbed and fingered over, while the
mind is dreaming air castles of the
future.
The stories of Nevada's wealth that
reach outside ears are listened to for a
moment and then forgotten, but truth
overtakes and passes fiction. However,
the state of Nevada Is not all gold.
While its mines first equaled and then
left far behind the production of the
foremost gold camps of the world, yet
much money has been spent in develop
ing properties from which little ore has
been taken.
In Goldheld, as in former mining
camps, there Is a great element OF luck.
The original lessees OF the Hayes
Monnette lease on the Mohawk spent
over 100000 in development and found
nothing. They drifted toward every
point of the compass excepting one
When Hayes and Monnette took up the
lease there was only one thing to do.
They set out to work In the only direc-
ton which had not been employed, and
their drills bored into a body Of ore
which bids fair to surpass the days Of
the ancient Comstock. The richest Of
the Mohawk ore is a gray-blaclk In ap-
pearance. This gold, for gold 1t Is, Is
plastered over the face OF the quartz
for the thickness of one-eighth to one
quarter Of an inch. 1t Is so rich that
the ore is stored In the vaults of banks
for safety.
Similar to the Mohawk is the story
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

last twelve months an average has beer
maintained of from $2,000,000 to $1,000
900 every thirty days.
Notwithstanding this production Ne
vadas territory has been but scratched
Its veins have been opened, but under
meath the arteries have not yet beer
touched. The pioneers of a mining
camp are inevitably poor. They are
men willing to bear privation on 8
chance. They are sometimes "staked'
and again they scrape together what
money they can, invest 1t in q team Of
mules and a wagon or In a pack trair
of burros, victuals and tarpaulin, ano
pull out from civilization to search
their way along the low-lying bluff or
through winding valleys, continually
searching. tapping, examining. They
are lonesome men, these prospectors-
given to much self-commuping under
meath the stars.
With the first report of a find a pros
pector, il the exhibited ore assays well.
there is an immediate deviation of the
stream of wanderers who trail In rest
less discomfort up and down the land
Pell NELL they tumble into the new
district. BY auto, by stage, by every
method of conveyance, some even on
foot, they hurry toward the new dis
coveries. Among them, treading In
fact on their very heels, come first the
saloon man and gambler and then the
small merchant. Then, IL the boom
still increases and shows evidence OF
permanency, comes the promoter OF
active mind and ready tongue the adj
vance agent OF the capitalist. and then
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17


and gamble until they are reddish
black in the face, and spend all they
make, or they become men of affluence,
pointed out as the successful figures Of
mining camp.
In the uncertainty of just what is
beneath the ground lies the excitement,
and excitement is contagious. The
mining camps Of Nevada today are on
fire with enthusiasm. They seethe
with earnest endeavor, they sweat
with aeXertion. The prodigies of the
camp are numerous. At Goldheld,
from a fifteen-foot hole. the owners of
the Kendall mine took $100.564 In
Manhattan, the great Consolidated
gave up its wealth in sacks which were
valued at many hundreds Of dollars to
the ton, while at Greenwater the Indian
metal has paid to so SURPRISING an ex-
tent as to cause a stampede that prom
ises to surpass any discovery of pre-
cious metal yet found. Such finds of
mineral wealth in this fiat desert coun-
try of sage brush and sand are like a
brilliant remark from the lips of some
man whose heavy and stupid features
had led you to think him a clod. You
are startled, you look twice and then
you sit up and take interest anew.
Thirty Millions in Gold
The recent discoveries of mineral
wealth in Nevada are barely three years
old and yet the state has already pro-
duced in its short life over thirty mill
lion dollars in gold. About five mill
lion sNproduced during the first year
of the excitement beginning with the
discovery OF Tonopah. and during the
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

of the Reilly lease, which produced
over $1,000,000 in twelve weeks. This
property had been abandoned by the
original lessees, who had spent all they
could rake and scrape of their own
holdings, and then had borrowed from
their friends in order to make a mine
before giving UP in despair. In this
case the rich vein had been cut through
and covered up by a treacherous miner
who afterward sold his information,
like Judas of old. for a pittance. Many
another lease has without return alb
sorbed the capital OF the man who
started In with brilliant hopes; yet the
wonderful richness of the desert state
repays the persistent deliver In its
depth more often than 1t disappoints
him.
A Gamble and Guess
Some of these ore bodies are deep
and some are not; some are rich with
ore, some barely assay, and II all lends
an indescribable fascination to the
game. 1t is a gamble of guess. It
bears all the fascination of a game OF
chance, but, contrary to gambling rules,
in this case the percentage Is in favor
sinking shaft will strike body of ore.
which grows beneath the feet; 1t broad
ems out, 1t develops marvellous wealth.
The miner, and his one or two partners.
all OF whom have been "grubstaked"
perhaps, awaken some morning rich
men. For the first time In their lives
they have difficulty in counting their
money. They stand stunned In self
contemplation, and then, according to
the man, they do one Of two things
they either so on q long spree and drink
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

hCve been seeking and are more or
less satisfied. Like Antaeus, they have
touched the earth and been strength
ened; or, emulating the stock frenzy
OF Wall street, they have dabbled in
mining shares, whose true basis Of
worth is In this case founded upon the
gold beneath their feet, and have come
out with accumulated fortunes. To
those who were successful their luck
seems little less than marvellous, but
men are too busy to marvel long. The
good fortune of others arouses them
to renewed energies. seeking, climbing,
struggling, they all toll along. AT
times they RISK their all in a devil
may-care spirit. and again they pinch
their dollars until 1t seems as il they
would break them. For them every
thing is at stake. This new Golconda
offers to them another chance to graf
ify ambitions, their hopes, their lives.
They see the land beautiful in the
distance and the vision incites them
anew Perhaps still further back of
this fairy land of glittering and part
ly realiTsl homes, rise up the gaunt
shsS pas failures or unsatis-
fec
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

GOluIlSIu tne OenLSr
Goldfield is the center of them ALL
It is the drivers seat from which the
reins run out that guide the vehicle
of state. 1t is an anomaly; 1t is old
and 1t is new. The government is ri
diculously simple-the sheriff, the dis
trlct attorney and the Justice Of the
peace run the town. On the other
hand it has a completely organized fire
department which throws graphing
irons over wooden houses and jerks
them into a place of safety in case of
fire. Also, somewhere In the archives
of six months past, rest the forgotten
papers of a chamber of commerce.
In contradistinctioh to every other
mining camp in the world automobiles
are the most common means OF travel
for the prospector, and the sight of a
miner speeding over the hills by means
of electric power is but a touch Of
the individuality which marks this
town for it's own. Fully 10000 souls
have hocked to Goldheld seeking to
find the realization Of lifetime hopes
Others are crowding in. The popula-
tion is made up of a composite Of the
riffraff of the world and of the most
civilized. The shrewdest brains of the
criminal fraternity have foregathered
like vultures seeking their prey. In
vestors. capitalists. curiosity hunters,
gentlemen of leisure, all thfong the
streets and joStle one another on the
narrow sidewalks. Some of these men
have discovered that for which they
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-20
WORK ON CANAL
PROCEEDS RAPIDLY.
MONEY APPROPRIATED FOR THIS
YEAR is NOT ENOUGH.
ABOUT SO, 900, 900 is NEEDED
Time Of Completion Of the Panama
Waterway Depends Upon the
Work Accomplished at the
Gatun Dam.

Washington, Aug. O-Condltions
on the Panama canal have reached a
state OF gravity due to the fact that
construction work Is developing
faster than was contemplated when
the estimates for expenditures during
The fiscal year 1908 were made nearly
year ago. The estimate Is made
that about $S,000,O0O in excess of the
appropriations could be used to ad.
vantage in pushing forward the work
during the present year and Col. Goe.
thals, the engineer in charge, thinks
it would be in the interest of econ
omy to proceed along this basis and
ask congress at its next session to
make good the deficiency, as the argu.
nent is made that with the present
organization and progress the water.
way can be completed more rapidly
than by restraining expenditures
within the appropriations now avail.
able.
Reports show that the monthly esti.
mated expenditure for labor Is being
considerably exceeded and work at
the Gathn dam has progressed faster
than was anticipated In a statement
given out at the Office of the isthmian
canal commission the situation is out
lined as follows:
with the organization and pro.
gress which now Is made. the canal
can be completed more rapidly than
by restraining expenditure within the
appropriations which were made at
che last session of congress to con.
tinue the work until 1908. The work
on the locks and dams on each termi.
nus has been opened and will be push.
ed vigorously during the year, while
very little was expended at those
places during the fiscal year which
terminated June &c. 1907.
"The time of completion OF the
canal appears to depend now upon
the work at Gatun, rather than on the
work OF excavation, which has hither.
to been taken as the determining fea-
ture. The progress in this direction
has been faster than anticipated and
the appropriation made at the last
session OF congress would not be suf
hcient 10 supply the necessary plant
to begin laying the concrete in the
locks and dams during the next fiscal
year although progress already made
indicates that such a beginning is ad
yisable.
In order to avoid reducing the
force, to keep within the expenditure
already authorized for this fiscal year.
the chairman Of the commission has
recommended 10 the secretary OF war
that the work be allowed to proceed
and that congress be appealed to at
It's next session 10 make good any de
ticiency in the funds now available"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-20
BUCKEYE STATE CHRONICLES
Ravisher was Captured In a swamp.

Ravisher was Captured In Swamp.
Warren, o., Aug. 20.-Chief OF Po.
lice Flowers and Barney Gillen, keep.
er of the Trumbull county blood.
hounds returned home Monday morn.
ing after their chase of the tramp
who assaulted Alma Whitehead, the
14-year-old daughter of Rev. j. NJ.
Whitehead, of Turner, Pa. The fel.
low was run down and captured in the
Ben Jones swamp near Wick, 2S miles
north of here. He was claimed by
Sheriff MARSHALL OF Meadville. as the
crime was committed just over the
line in Crawford county, Pa, and the
prisoner was taken to Meadville,
where he was arraigned before
magistrate and pleaded guilty. He
will be tried at the September term of
court. His name is Henry w. Wag-
ner and he is 27 years old. He says
he recently worked in a foundry at
Lorain o.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-20
DRAGGING DOCS RON cAuRcA
Tongs Used In Ancient Days to Re
move Unruly CANNES.

London The formidable pair OF
tongs Of which we give an illustration,
suggests the remarkable change which
has come over Worship in church dur
ing the last two or three centuries. In
ancient days It was a common prac'
tice for dogs to accompany their mas
ters and mlstresses to church, and in
some churches a special pew was act.
ually provided where the animals could
wait during divine service. But occa-
slonally It happened that the animals
became unrqly and had to be removed.
or that a stray dog without an owner
found its way into the sacred place.
The services of the dogwhipper were
then called into requisitlon, and with
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-20
cny council Favors saloon rraff!e.

Steubenville, o., Aug. 2O.-The
council of Steubenyille has gone on
record as favoring the liquor traffic.
Recently the churchgoers presented a
screen ordinance to the council, call
ing for a heavy fine and jail sentence
for saloonkeepers who failed to draw
back the blinds and leave the saloons
open to view after closing hours and
on Sundays. The council kept the
matter six months and now 1t refuses
to pass it as presented. The council
says that there are too many laws
against the saloon now and that those
on the statute book are not enforced.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-20
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden Arrives.

Norfolk, Va, Aug 20.-Prince vii.
helm Of Sweden arrived in Hampton
Roads Monday on board the Swedish
cruiser Fylgia, and was given a noisy
welcome by the ships of the Atlantic
squadron, which were decorated in
honor of his coming While the
prince only holds the rank of second
lieutenant aboard the Flygia, as soon
as he stepped on shore at the James.
town exposition he Immediately be
came the grandson of King Oscar of
Sweden and outranked his former su
periOrs on shipboard. He came to
Norfolk and was given a reception at
the Virginia club.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-20
OSTRICH IS A HUSKY BIRD.
Horse Trainer Tries to Hold Escaping
eiped, But Fails.

Because Frank Geissler, a horse
riner, tried to use ON an ostrich
kA same tactics he would on "a frac.
i hs horse he Is nursing many Sc.
ere bruises, says the New York Tele.
ram He was in the Lackawanna
ailway yards in Hoboken the other
lay when a full-grown ostrich. with
'O-hofse-power legs, on the way from
Hamburg TO Cincinnati, broke from
= crate and dashed up and down the
platform, Everybody else fed in ter.
'or, but Geissler stood firm.
When the ostrich passed the horse
trainer on. one OF its sprints for free.
tom Geissler made a flying leap and
hrowing his arms around the big
1ird's neck tried TO bring II to earth.
But the bird had other plans and for
ZEN minutes so much happened to
}elssler that he says he cannot re-
member half.
His cries for help brought number
~ drivers to his aid and at imminent
isk of being killed by the powerful
rird bound It's legs together and
ragged IL back to its cage Almost
very particle of clothing was torn
1f Geissler during the struggle and
his bruises led him to the decision
hat 1t was bad policy for a horse
trainer to seize an ostrich by the neck
and SO leave It's armor-plated toes
free.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-20

a pair of long tongs with short spikes
within the extremity, such as are
shown in our Illustration the unlucky
nimal was firmly gripped and dragged
lowling down the aisle. Specimens Of
hese tongs are carefully preserved In
Bangor Cathedral The accounts of
ur parish churches contain many en-.
'ries relating to this curious custom
thus at Tavistock fourpence was paid
for whipping dogs owt of the
hurche. and at Trysull church. IN
jtaffordshire, el per year was left
20 late as 1925 to pay a man to drive
logs out of the church, and to go
round during The sermon and wake up
he sleepers.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-20
Racing eeaIns a. ReadvIlle.

Readyille. Mass, Aug. 2O.- Sonoma
Girl, the famous trotting mare thlt on
Sunday was sold to Lotta Crabtree,
of Boston, for $4,000, was distanced
in the first heat of the Blue Hill stake
In the Grand Circuit meeting Monday,
the honors going to Tempus Fuglt,
making the third victory for Ed Geers
since the institution of this race In
1896, The Futurity for PAGERS was
handy for Shakespeare, the Lexing.
ton, KY, entry. The Leading Lady
placed a new record in the Futurity
for 2;17 trotters. clipping OF two SEQ
onds. ., .
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-20
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

sonoma Girl the phenomenal trot'
ter, has been sold to Miss Lotta Crab
tree, the former actress, for $4,000.
A passenger train on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & ST. Paul railroad was
wrecked at Keystone, la. Twenty per.
sons were Injured, several seriously.
The Transvaal assembly has au-
thOrized the government to purchase
the Cullinan diamond, the largest in
the world and valued at $1,000 600, as
present to King Edward.
John Schmidt, q wealthy ranchman
living not far from Los Angeles, Cal,
was sandbagged, drugged and robbed
of $1,000 in Philadelphia. The two
men who committed the crime are in
jail.
Ruth Peterson a 15.monthso old
child, is dead at her home in Totem
vile, Staten Island and the police,
who allege that the child died with
out medical attention, arrested her
father on charge Of manslaughter.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-20
eurke,s MemorInI 10 wm. pltt.

II Is often asserted that the epltaph
written by Edmund Burke, upon a
monument erected by the merchants
of London to William Pitt, Is the most
eloquent and elegant example of NOR.
tuary literature, II reads as follows:
In grateful acknowledgment
To the Supreme Dlsposer OF Events,
who, intending 10 advance the nation,
For Bnch time as His wisdom seemeth
good.
70 an high pitch OF prosperity and glory
BY unanimity AT home
BY confidence and reputation abroad:
by alliances wisely chosen and faithfully
observed.
Py colonies united ana protected
by decisive victories by sen and land;
BY conquests made by arms and gem
erOs.ty
In every part of the globe;
BY commerce
For The first Time united with
And made TO flourish by war;
Vas pleased 10 raipe up al 4
Principal instrument Ia this msmOrabls
uorla-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-20
HOMEMADE cuRFEW.
Guaranteed to Cure the Worst Case
of Street Loafing.

Every family should have curfew
which should positively ring to-
night" and every night If needed.
These curfews are inexpensive and
can be homemade.
Take a piece of siding two feet
long and whittle one end down to a
handle; then take the child that needs
The curfew and bend him over a bar
rel Now take the piece of siding
In the hand and use it for clapper.
Put 1t on hot Divide the strokes
evenly and see that none miss. Good
for boy or girl up to the age of l6.
and applications are warranted to
cure the most pronounced case of
street loatlng that exists
The music this curfew makes is
finer than singing Where Is My Wan.
dering Boy ToNlght?'-Popular Me-
chanics.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-20
TAFT DECLARES FOR
TARIFF REVISION.
HE ADDRESSES 5000 PEOPLE AT
ocoLuMeus, o.
SOUNDS CAMPAIGN SLOGAN
He Advocates imprisonment Of Men
Who Violate Antitrust Laws
or Who Give or Ae.
cept Rebates.

Columbus, o., Aug 20.-Wiliam H.
Taft, secretary of the war depart.
ment made what he was pleased to
term his political confession Of
faith" at Memorial hall last night
The auditorium which has seat
ing capacity of 5000, was packed to
the doors and several thousand pcO-
pie who came TO hear the secretary
speak we're unable to gain admit.
tance. The secretary spoke under the
auspices OF the Buckeye Republican
club and the address was notable
from the fact that IL Is regarded as
the platform upon which he will make
his campaign for the republican nomi
nation for president
Mr. Taft made no formal announce.
ment OF his candidacy, but he was in
troduced by Gov. Harris as the next
president OF the United States"
which was the signal for a prolonged
outburst of applause.
Special interest was manifested in
Secretary Tafts utterances on the
tariff He reiterated his repeated
declaration in favor of revision and
said it would be both unwise and un.
safe for the republican party 70 fail
to pledge Itself to revise the Dingley
law as soon after the next presiden,
tial election as possible
Mr. Taft also declared in favor OF
Imprisonment of individuals respOnsi.
bic for violations OF the antitrust
law and for the giving or accepting OF
rebates, as more effective than fines.
His defense Of President Roosevelt's
policies evoked enthusiastic applause
Secretary Taft arrived In Columbus
early in the morning and conferred
with Gov. Harris and A. l. V0rys re-
garding his presidential campaign.
Business houses were decorated in
his honor and everywhere he was re.
ceived with enthusiastic demOnstra-
tions. In the afternoon he held re-
ception at the Chittenden hotel
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-20
A Eoraer pleads eullty.

Newark, n. j., Aug. 2O.--George NJ.
Lanning, postmaster aud president OF
the board of education of the borough
Of Florham Park, pleaded guilty Mon
day before Judge Teneyck TO the
charge OF having forged notes for Sll,-
600 on the Federal Trust Company of
Newark and was remanded for SEN
tence. These notes bore the forged
Endorsement Of Carmot p. Meeker,
mayor Of the borough, and Howard
Young. the borough clerk. Lanning's 5
forgeries 80 far as discovered amount
U more than 100000.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-20
sues for soc, ,Ooo pamaaes.

Akron, o., Aug. 20.--Damages in
the amount of 100000 are asked in a
petition filed Monday by A. S. Mot
finger administrator of the estate OF
Col A. l.. Conger, against Mrs Emily
b. Conger, Col. Congers widow, and
her son, Kenyon B. Conger, prominent
in engineering circles in New York
City The petition charges improper
handling of Co Conger's estate. A
quarrel between young Conger and a
clerk led to the divulgence of evil
dence upon which the suit is based, IL
is said
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-20
A Terrible Experience.

Cleveland, Aug. 2O.-Grant Sher
wood, 40, who lives at the Strlebinger
house, fell down a cellarway at 227
Prospect avenue early Sunday, broke
both legs and lay helpless until Mon
day noon, when he was found Sher,
wood became unconscious by the
shock and when he revived a few
hours later he could not move and
was too weak TO call for help. He
was almost insane from pain, and ex
hausted when found.