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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
FORTUNES MADE IN MINES

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There is never failing fascin,
ton surrounding the fortunes ths
have been made in mines. The ste
ries regarding their achievemcr
take the place in our day Of thos
tales OF the Arabian Nights in whic
the condition of a street gamin Q
an old fisherman was transforme,
in minute from poverty to wealth
beyond the dreams of avarice. Blu
the Arabian Nights stories wer
only fairy tales while the fortune
made almost as suddenly in mine
are no baseless fabric OF a vision
but are today powerful factors il
the world Of finance, commerce anc
industry.
None Of these stories, not ever
that OF the Monte Cristo fortune Of
w. A. Clark, has ever exceeded in
popular interest those concerning
the Bonanza kings Of the Comstock
For two generations their fortunes
and their doings have been a house
hold word to the American people
and were perhape as great an in
fiuence in the settlement of the west
as any other single cause.
Here in the Occur d'Alenes we
have had our bonanza kings too.
We have seen many individuals ac-
Quire personal fortunes of 81 ,OO0,-
GOO or more. Dozens have been
made wealthy and hundreds of poor
men and women have been glad
dened by gifts from mother nature
that surrounded them with all the
assurance and comfort that the av-
erage human being can reasonably
desire or appreciate.
We have had, too, our stories of
plucky operators whose endeavors
only missed success for themselves
to lay the foundations for vast for
tunes for Others who were not even
upon the scene at that time.
The first great fortunes made in
in the Occur dAlenes were due to
the Bunker Hill and Sullivan and
that famous mine has gone on max
ing fortunes for others ever since.
The late Jim" Wardner was the
operator who brought this property
to public notice and the late Sim
Reed Of Portland acquired the first
big fortune it made. He left an
estate worth between $2,000,O00
md $3,000,O00. Wardncr died
poor, though he made on this one I
,ale commission of about 500, 900. !
In his lifetime he visited about ev-
Try mining camp in the world ex- {
'ept those OF Australia, Russia,
south America and India, and made l
What would have amounted to for I
unes to other men a dozen times. t
With all the monev Of the Roths- Z
hilds Jim" would have gone '
'roke just the same if he had lived /
ong enough. t
Other fortunes that came out Of a
he original sale Of the Bunker Hill
ERE those OF N. s. Kellogg, Phil \
|'Rourke, Con Sullivan, Jacob L
oetz, Harry Baer and Cooper & I
eek. They all got from $4,000 Il
I 800, 900 up to 100000. KEEL O
gg and some Of the others are
sad. O'Rourke is broke again. R
he rest are still wealthy to the best al
our information. "
Other fortunes subsequently made is
augmented BY the Bunker Hill
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
DIVIDEND RECORD OF coEvR sALENE MINES
COMPANY OR NINE

Of paid Mammoth
Old ei96OO:
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
ed by Manager Stedman in both the
Paragon and Chicago-London prop
critics last week. Mr.. Stedman was
In Wallace several days last week,
Black Horse Mine.

1t Is reported that Paddy Burke,
who holds an option on controlling
interest In the Black Horse mine
near Murray, will resume the devel.
opment of that property on April 1,
1t Is said he will use machine drills.
taking air from the Chicago-Lond don
company's compressor. Work will
De confined to the lower crosscut
tunnel.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
Payment on Lucky Boy.

The Bracking-Ebbley company
last week made the first payment
under their option on the Lucky Bow
mine at the head of Idaho xulch
near Murray. The option is for
10000 and d. c. Finlayson and
Thomas Claggett are the owners OF
the property. The mine has a splen-
did showing Of salena ore and took
the first prize at the Spokane fair
last year.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28

The breakdown OF the Chicago
London company's compressor has
been repaired and work was resum-
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28

and south ledge. but developing a
gold property which, we believe, has
no equal. In merit and extent, west
of the Homestake in South Dakota
or south of the Treadwell on Douglas
Island.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
VOX POPULI

in the American people They will
think right in the end and do right
The saloon has just one prop-the
voter. Through him the government
supports it, for a price; the state sup
ports it, for a price; the county and
municipality support it, for price.
Through him it lives and moves and
has its being, and without him no
man living will put his money in the
liquor business, outlawed and de-
spised.
How proud we are of the southland
today. / was over in Texas the other
day, and the calico carvings" as
the liquor men call the local option
victories, are worthy of a national set
ting
Speaking of Tom Johnson brings to
mind the new struggle in Ohio, in
which the president of the United
States again belittles his great office
by entering into a municipal contest
1t was quite enough when the state
campaign of New York was engineered
from the White House, but when the
strenuous occupant rolls up his sleeves
and by main force pushes his man in
to local conflict to carry national
party ends, running rough-shod over
al III0 ndIu-edFuSU NICGOIlSS VI CIfGI
service reform and decency, it is time
for the nation to cry out 'faki.'" in
a new sense. 1t is more to undo the
work of Edward F. Dunno of Chicago,
and Tom Johnson of Cleveland than
to write million stories, true or
otherwise, of the pOlecat or the bear.
notice your dispatches still come
by the Hearst News Service" One
Monday afternoon l sent a dispatch
to FL Paso, Texas, that l would be
there by the following Thursday. Six
days after l arrived the message was
delivered. What is ones duty in this
case? I thought 1T over and then
gave it to the telegrapherS' union
And there was really more than 60
cents worth of fun in it (the price of
the meSsage). The union posted 1t
in the various bulletins, published in
papers and circulated it generally. l
believe ! owe the company some
thing
Your readers may or may not know
that the reason Hearst has Aews
service of his own is because the AS
ISOLATED Press denied him the right
OF its service. Not for love or money
could he get it, Long time ago he
raised the salaries of his operators
and now he can snap his fingers at
the whole ombine against him.
But enough. Your people care only
for prohibition today, and DeFuniak
is hoping they will win.
VANDELIER VARNUM THOMAS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
DEFUNIAk PROHIBITIONIST
INTERESTED IN EScAMBJA.

Editor, Pensacola Journal.
There is no place for us but on the
firing line" writes Mayor Johnson
(Tom Johnson), of Cleveland, Ohio, to
friend of ours who, with her hus-
band, edits one of the brightest pa
pers in Chicago. 1 think of this when
reading some of your editorials on
the Labor question, Prohibition and
the general struggle of tle world for
justice and all-around cleanliness.
And why should one want to be else
where? How, then, could we look in
the glass, TO say nothing of facing the
weak and suffering of earth?
You have pied for a Prohibition
contest without bitterness. | like
that; and this comes from one who.
until recently, has been in the heat
of Prohibition battles native state.
county and town, and who for many
years averaged a lecture a day for
the cause
The struggle is not against men
not even against a business, though
that is the objective factor-but
against system in which every vo-
ter has a voice, the license system.
Shall the people become part of
business, receive revenue from
business that no one on earth will
defend? 1t is a conflict OF gray mat
ter, of thought, of aroused conscience.
of common sense on its mettle. and
when that is waged hard enough and
long enough with the individual, the
result is certain l have great faith
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
Is 1t a Fact That
Prohibition Does Not
Prohibit?

Prohibition Does Not Prohibit Is
a favorite argument with the support
ers OF the open Saloon.
Let Us see whether it prohibits or
not. 1t is prohibiting now in thirty
counties Of Florida. It is prohibiting
in a majority of The counties of Ala
barna. 1t is prohibiting in 6S out OF
the IS counties of Mississippi 1t is
prohibiting in seven-eights of the ter
Titory of Louisiana 1t is prohibiting
in so out Of the rs counties OF Ar
kansas. It is prohibiting in practically
one-half of the entire country today.
Mind You now, we do not say that
the law against selling liquor is not
frequently broken in those states or
that it win not be broken here 1t IS
broken wherever it exists and it Will
BE broken in Escambia county If this
county goes dry. It is just Hike any
other law. and if there is any other
law on the statute books which is not
broken we have never yet heard of it.
But where the Prohibition law is
broken in Florida today. the violators
are sooner or later run TO earth, ar
rested, convicted, and sentenced. They
are treated just as OTHER law
breakers, and the violations of the
law are dealt with just as the viola
lions of OTHER laws are dealt with.
Judge Wolfe Of the circuit court has
announced that no more fines will be
imposed on persons convicted in his
court of running blind tigers"-they
must GO to Jail.
Judge Beggs, of the criminal court,
has announced that no more fines will
be imposed on persons convicted in
his court Of running gambling houses
they must so to jail. And you've
noticed that Prohibition Prohibits"
IN the gambling house matter in Pen
sacola Just now, haven't YOU?
Prohibition WILL prohibit in Es-
Gambia county, and the saloon inter
.ests know it. THAT IS why thew are
lighting it. It is a life and death
struggle with them.
The plea that Prohibition will not
Prohibit is a false one. It WILL
Prohibit and it Is going to Prohibit
not only in 80 counties of Florida. but
ultimately ali over the entire state.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
QUALIFIED
VOTE HEAVY
Reports Will Show Largest
List in the History
of the County. ,

That the qualified vote in Escam.
bia county Us the largest ever known
is being shown as Tax Collector Rob
erts nears the completion of the work
of issuing poll tax receipts. So lar
he has issued nearly 1000 receiptr
but in many instances two receipts
are given to one man, as the great
majority are in arrears for the wears
1905 and 1906, and consequently the
number to thus Qualhy has not far OK.
ceeded 1000.
The tax collector has not yet COM
pleted his work, however, and it il
believed that when it is finished and
the names of parties to qualify for
the special election are counted il Will
be found that about 1000 have DUAL,
flied for this election. This is in sd.
dition to about 2,7O0 voters already
qualified, and will make the vote Of
the county about 1000.
The city precincts viii poll excep
tionally heavy votes of all those who
have paid poll taxes, on Oct. 1. Pre-
cinct Is has over 800 qualified to vote.
while precinct II is not Tar behind, az
the largest qualified list ever known
in that precinct is contained on the
books. Precinct No. Is also has a
large list, and it is predicted will poll
between 400 and 500 Precinct No II
is the smallest of any of the d.ty pre-.
cincts, but will have a larger vote
than at any other time.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
ST. ANDREWS MAN
ASKS QUESTION.

st. Andrews. Bay, Sept II, 1907.
Editor, Pensacola Journal.
A word or two about prohibition.
Who is G. U. Porter? Where does he
hail from, and where is he going?
We hope he will keep on until we
will never hear from him on tie cam
paign now on in Escambia between
whishey traffic and righteousness.
How a man with good common sense
can say that prohibition makes more
drunkdTds and Swells the tide of in
ebriety is passing strange and is be-
yond the comprehension of an intel
igent man
The closing remarks of his last let
ter are toe absurd to notice. l won
der df he has any boys to raise, and
If so, If he would Like to have them
sell wlfskey. l was in your city a
few days ago walking down lower
Palafox street, and the language /
heard used in one of the saloons was
enough to chill the blood in the veins.
Of any gentleman or lady. And these
dives, OF rather the devils den, with
his cohorts, is WHAT Mr.. c. q. P. is
advocating.
J. D. FORESTER.
ST. Andrews Bay, Sept IL
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
BASEBALL

The baseball season Dis fast draw
ing to a close. Several of the minor
leagues already have played their last
games. For the National League the
championship has been settled. Chi
cago will take the pennant, but, in
the American League the coming two
weeks will bring about a decision in
one of the most remarkable contests
that ever has reen waged for a base
ball pennant-
The rain interfered with the sched-
ules of yesterday, but the games
played resulted as follows:
American League.
Cleveland 1, st. Louis 2.
All others, rain.
National League.
Pittsburg 4, -rooklyn 8.
All others, rain.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
SAYS CIGARETTES
sEARE MORE FATAL
GoHlding, Fla, {

GoHlding, Fla, Sept. 13.
Editor Pensacola Journal:
Would you through your valuable
paper permit me to express my
opinion about the all absorbing ques-
ton, Prohibition?
1 see both sides Of the contending
parties every day, and l myself am
disinterested in what way the majority
goes, but if every one will admit that
no matter what the cause is the effect
is the same. Wshiskey is now the
bone of contention.
But would anyone for moment con-
slider the amount of harm done by to-
bacco they would find that more suf
fering is caused by cigarette smoking
than anything else, for you will find
boys from six years up killing them
selves or laying foundations for
diseases that will cause premature
death. While it may not look in it's
place to open the tobacco question
when whiskey is discussed, but the
writer don't see what is the point in
turning fanatic on one subject when
there is others more fatal.
have never seen so young Gas men
toned allowed to go into a bar and
l have resided in Pensacola thirty-five
years. While there are men that
abuse whiskey don't think that and
those that used a glass of beer or a
drink Of whiskey after hard days
work ought to be deprived of it by
the dictates of people that expect to
be benefited by Pensacola going dry.
Respectfully
G. NJ ASKEGREN.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
AN ENORMOUS
RAT LESNAKE
One Can Now Be Seen in
F. B. Bruce's Show
Window.

A monster rattlesnake some feet
8 enches long, with Is rattles, and in
very natural coil, with head ready
to strike and rattles in the air, is
something that attracted a great deal
of attention in one of F. B.. Bruce's
show windows yesterday
The reptile was captured by Frank
Johnson at Pine Barren. 1t was dis
covered by some brickyard workmen,
who We're removing stump with a
steam shovel which Unearthed Mr.
Rather, and he was then killed and
the skin was mounted by taxiderm-
list
The snake is so natural and so life
like that it attracted a great deal of
attention yesterday, and it is said that
a few old, topers who saw it rubbed
their eyes to make sure that they did
not have EN-" II should be ex-
planned, however, that the snakes
presence in the city has nothing to do
with the wet and dry" campaign, and
it may be looked at with impunity
by VETS and drys alike.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
BEULAH.
Special to The Journal.

Beulah, Sept 19.-Weather condi-
tons look little better this morning
for saving the balance of the hay
crop, all that has been cut so far being
damaged more or less by the rain,
but there is a good deal to make yet
with prospect of getting some of
it saved in good condition.
J. NJ. Pierre has a little cotton at
his place which looks good, and is
an object lesson as to the value or
this land to raise cotton.
Mrs. c. E. Snowden called on some
friends in this neighborhood On Tues
day.
Mr.. ]. NJ Smith, of near Roberts
dale, Ala, was the guest of his old
time friend, Mr.. IT. Wilson, Wednes-
day. He was on his way to the deep
water city with load of sweet po-
tatoes.
Mrs. w. NJ. Taylor is reported to be
seriously Gil at her home near the
Star camp. He will be taken to the
home of his mother Tuesday if he
can stand the ride.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. 5. Busby were in
the city Monday to secure medical
advice, as one Of their hildren was
seriously i'll, but is now better.
Mr.. T. M. Hanna, of Quintette. was
an over Sunday visitor at the home
of James Snowden and other relatives.
Mr.. Marion Busby and VIM. Hen
derson, Sr, had business in the city
Wednesday,
Rev. Rice, of Pensacola, filed his
appointment at Klonatke, where they
have recently organized Baptist so
ciety. He also baptized two new mem.
oers, Sunday evening The s. S. meets
regularly In the morning and is doing
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
O THE RIGHT SORT OF SCHOOL .
q Tampa Times. =


The state Of Wisconsin has prob
ably the best and most profitable
school Of its kind In the country. 1t
has always been directed on practical
lines, and its agricultural experiment
station is at the head of the list in
pregresSiyeness and returns. The ex-
traordfnary advance made in the
dairying interests OF the state is al
most directly due to this branch OF
the school. At it's work shop have
been invented some of the best dairy
appliances known, while new process
es for saving all the values Of milk
have originated there, to the great ad-
vantage of the state. The legislature
has been reasonably liberal in appro-
prfationS, but the grand results are
due more to the management of the
governing body.
Florida is in the first stage of the
establishment of state university
which it is hoped to make the best
possible with the means at command.
Much intelligent and jealous attention
should be paid 10 its practical side
1t would be a wise expenditure of
money for a committee Of the board
OF management to visit Wisconsin and
study the model itshas become With
due attention to the curriculum of
higher education, without neglecting
the practical, it has developed the
practical side most successfully.
It has also possessed itself of the
best methods of developing the social
side of school life along democratic
lines, adopting such methods of quar-
terlng students as to bring to the
front the qualities of honor, manii-
ness, tolerance and truthfulness. This
Is worth more 10 state than any
amount of dead languages, mathe-
mates and philosophy. 1t is what is
needed in Florida manufactorv of
manful men. The Times ventures to
point to the University of Wisconsin
as good one to model after in the
formation OF eur state school.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
DeFUNIAK.
special to The Journal.

Special to The journal
DeFuniaks Springs Fla, Sept. 10
Mrs. Kaplan and Mrs George were
in Pensacola most of last week
Mrs. Leight, who has been In Bir-
mingham, Ala, the past three months.
came home the latter part of last
week -
Mrs. Shepherd and MISS Cook, OF
Pensacola, were visitors to our town
the earlier part of the week.
Mr.. Lonnie Sharpe spent part of last
week at Camp Walton
Mr.. and Mrs. H H. Dreyer and fam
lily are spending the week at Camp
Walton.
Mrs. w. ]. Walden and the two
Misses Walden arrived here Monday
and are now living at Palmer cot
tage.
DR.. w. j. Walden preached at the
Presbyterian Church last Sunday, in
place of Rev. John Stanley Thomas,
who is away on short vacation.
Mrs. McSween returned to her home
in Arcadia, after visiting with her rel
atives here.
Mr. Hope Cawthon is away on a
business visit to Camp Walton
Invitations are out announcing the
wedding of Miss Nanny Mccall anu
Mr.. Bert Murray, the 26th OF this
month.
Saturday morning, a son.
Mr.. Lee Cawthon moved into his
new bank building this week.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20

With every advance in means of
transit there come new dangers. The
automobile has added notably to the
community risks and the list of acct
dents. and now the balloon. or airship.
is regarded suspic6ously as contribu-
ting its share to the perils of the un,
isuspecting- In England complaint is
made against baHconists who dump
their ballast without regard TO the
risk 1t may impose on persons under
nath- No serious accidents from tn S
cause have yet been reported, and
most of the damage done has been
Paused by dragging trail ropes and
ianchors attached to the balloons.
Small articles dropped from a balloon
may cause injury. The aeronauts in
sist. however, that they take care to
avoid accidents from this cause. and
that in throwing out sand, which IS
carried as ballast, they usually pour
4 cut in small quantities, a-teaeupful
Cr So at a time.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
WARRANTS ARE
GIVEN TINE
Some Must Leave the CITY.
While Others Must Pro-
cure EMPLOYMENT.

AS the result of the work of Officer
Mike Murphy, who has been on spe-
ctal duty for two or three DAYS, a
number of persons charged with being
Migrants were befoly, Recorder John
son in the recorders court yesterday.
Each Of the defendants, both white
and colored, lad an excuse TO present
TO the recorder why ne was unem-
pioyed, and while some of these ex-
cuses We're plausible and the defend
ants allowed to depart, others could
give no plausible reason why they
were found at all hours of the night
loafing in the lower sections of the
city, and were given either Jail SEN
fences or certain number of hours
to leave the city.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
JACKSON COUNTY WANTS
NO MORE WHISKEY SHOPS
Cottondale, Fla, Sc

Cottondale, Fla, Sept. II.
Editor, Pensacola Journal:
Many of the citizens ere very much
interested in your wet and dry cleo
ton. The Journal is very popular and
on the arrival of the mail train people
rush for The Journal and take in your
VOX Populi column first thing. Some
will look over it before the cotton or
naval store market. So interested are
they that discussions are had on dry
goods boxes and street corners every
Gay.
This county is solidly dry, and
would not vote whiSkey back under
any consideration. A drunken man is
scarcely ever seen on our streets. The
negroes come here in crowds on Sat
urday to do their trading, and they
are sober and orderly Many of our
townspeOple think that the elimination
of whiskey is the solution of the negro
question.
J. E. GOODWIN.
Cottondale, Sept II.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20
TWO FARMERS
MEET IN ROAD
Teams Collide, Old Quarrel
is Renewed, One is Dead
the Other In Jail.
BY Associates Press.

Macon, Ga. Sept. 1s.-Their wagons
and teams colMding in narrow road,
five miles out of town, when they
attempted to pass, an alteration en-
sued, and Elmer Orr, farmer, IS
years old, was shot in the stomach
and killed, and johnson Langston, 10
years old, also a farmer, IS in all
with murder.
Langston, who is the only witness,
says they met yesterday for the first
time since a quarrel six months ago,
when Orr threatened to kill him. After
the collision yesterday, Orr jumped
from his wagon, struck Langston, and
attempted to forcibly take his shot
gun; that in the struggle the gun was
discharged, the shot entering Orr's
stomach. killing him before assistance
arrived.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-20

a good work for the young people of
that community.
j. NJ. Pierce is on the jury in the
criminal court this week.
Our school commenced last Monday,
with Mrs. Annie Bowman as principal,
and Miss Florence Thatcher of Pen
sacola as assistant They gave Us
good school last term, and by almost
unanimous request of the patrons
were appointed by the board for this
term. Both rooms VIII be we'll filed
this term and we hope to get the
extra two months allowed by the state
law for attendance next year.