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The Monte Vista journal., 1908-06-20

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The Monte Vista journal., 1908-06-20

gone and how it has been expend-
cd. The only question is how
much evidence you will hear. but
! hope you will hear it. | am not
Offering the evidence Of Mr.. Car
penter 50 much as that Of these
other people who are interested in
the enterprise to show you it il a
legitimate transaction. That is
what we are seeking
The Attorney General examines
Mr.. Carpenter.
.. You are Mr.. Carpenter?
A. ! am, sir.
2. How long have you lived in
Colorado? A. Since 1879.
Q. Have you lived here con-
tinuouslyy A. 1t has been my
home. have been away for long
periods at a time. but have never
changed my residence.
=. Where has your residence
been? A. Principally in the s.
W. part Of the state. At Monte
Vista for the last ten years.
=. When did you organize this
company? A. The company was
incorporated on the 18th Of Janu-
airy, 1904.
.. Where did you first begin
the sale of atOckY A. In Illinois
.. How did you happen 10 go
to Illinois? A. l knew some
people there.
=. Did you come from therey
A. No. sir ! came from Benton
county. Missouri, the poorest
county in the state (Smiles all
around)
Q. Where did you start in ILL
nois to sell the stock! A. Peoria.
Q. In what year A. In 1905,
L think in July.
.. Are there here now two Of
the stockholders from Peoria I
A. There are They are from
Bloomington, no, Peoria.
O. What year did they buy
their stock! A. | think they
bought their stock We inoorpo-
rated the eth "f january. 1904 and
hogan the sale Of stuck sosue
time that summer II was IN 1905
that these gentlemen became ac-
Quainteti with the prOpositiOu.
Perhaps sOmetimc 10 1905 or 1906.
q. How much stock have Won
sold. A. Something over $500.
OO0 o..
q. You mean YOU have real
lzed that much in cxshs A. No,
SIR. aside from expenses, the hooks
will show how many dollars have
gone into the treasury. 1 shs.ulsl
say @l06. 0OOW or tl7O.OOO 10.
The Company allows fifteen per
cent commission for the sale of the
stock
z. What have you been selling
the stock at? A. Par, ten dollars
q share.
Q. What is the capitalization III
the company. A. Two million
dollars.
Y. How much IF th,s money
has been expended A. All Of II.
Z. How has II becn expended
4. In the development and
equipment If the property.
q. Where NJ il located. A. Ia
south central Colorado 10 the liz
catar mining district. about three
miles south OF the famous Bowen
property ON Prospect mountain.
T. How much If cqu,pme0t
have yOu therei A. Ia engines
and machinery ~ our engine rM,u,
alone n about 90, 600. no.
Z. What else have YOU there
4. We have aside from that,
We have n i26 horss power tubular
boiler. the major part Of Z 10. ton
cyanide mill Of the cs,mbinatiou
class of mill. cvaaklc. conceatra.
.ioo. smalgamatios and lesch,as
out through siac shavln9 tr0ughs.
We have many thOusand dollars 10
very psrmsncat ADD necessary
buildings.
z. What hu,ldinGs have. you,
A. A powsr house IT'S feet
long by Is test dess,, divided into
three compartmsats, hniler room,
engine room. repair r0sm sud cir
receiving rnsn. The engine room
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ior purpose, but AZ soon as my
client was brought into the juris-
diction, proceedings were started
against him, and | have very
strong suspicious in this case. l.
know all these parties personally.
l know Mr.. Senseney and his
father before him. They lived
where l did for a quarter Of CEN
fury, where ! practiced law for
that length of time and ! am here
to say that this was a perfectly
legitimate transaction, with wit
nesses. ! represent not only this
man in this matter but ] represent
some Of the citizens who are in
terested in the welfare Of that
community in which he resides.
There are kilograms here from
Mr.. X. q. Breckenridge. from
Capt. c. :. Aldrich. Now when
you have united these two men
you have represented the Presby-
terrain and the Methodist churches
Of Monte Vista. and you have the
church interest. MIR. X. b.
Wallace is here to testify. He is
President Of the Bank of Monte
Vista. and he knows intimately
the transactions aud what has
been done with this money. and
when you have the banks and the
churches Of Monte Vista yon have
the material interests and the
moral interests there.
Here is Mr.. Sanford. he has
kept the books OF this Company
for years and knows what they do
with their money. Here is Mr..
Carlock and Mr.. Dooley. stock
holders in this Company who
have voluntarily come from ILL
nois to represent the interests Of
the Company in Illinois and they
are here to testify in behalf Of
this man. ] leg Of You to hear
this evidence. ] want to show
you, Mr.. Attorney General. that
this man has gone into the state
Of Illinois and has sold certificates
Of stock there; that he has, ~
soon ~ he sold stock. purchased
drafts for the full amount for
which the stock WAS sold and for.
warsied same to the treasurer oi
his company, and the drafts have
been accounted for. taken up on
the hooks Of the company and the
money expended in driving this
tunnel. This is not some fake
mining scheme where this man
has tried Ia sell mining claims 81
prospects. II is proposition 10
drive tunnel into u great noun.
tain there where Prof. Hayden say,
there are vast mineral deposits
where such expert mining en-.
ginesrs NJ W. q. Boyle, whom
you know, aud Shriye Collin.
have gone aud examined aud they
say that the indications there
the surfsse indications-are oi
great mineral deposits.
l 1t il al enterprises to sell stock
Of this company and driving THU
tunnel. and the work has been ex.
aminstl from time to time BY
many who have come from
Illinois and ] sm prepared &c
show you that hut for two places
and two or three stockholders who
have some personal objection
three hundred of the stockholderu
Of III. ars standing squarsiy by THU
enterprise and ] shall Offer here q,
witnesses two mon from Illinois
who represent thess three hund.
rsti stockholders, and men who
have gone into the tunnel and az.
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him ten per cent. on all the stock
that he sold and he took the com
mission ON MIR. Senseney's stock
and number of other different
parties.
u. Are YOU tho man who de-
liveral the stock to 5ensenev!
A. Yes. SIR.
q. In December, 1898.
A. Somewhere about that time
| couldn't say exactly except by
looking at the books
q, You got from him $1,000. OOl
A. Yes. sir.
q. What did you do with II?
A. gave Renfrow his com
mission and RENTED the rest to
the treasurer of the Asixstic run
mel Mining aud Milling Company.
U. Who WIS the treasurer.
A. I. N. Carpenter.
q IL he the treasurer now!
A. Yes, SIR.
q Where IL he. A. In. Monte
Vista.
Q. Have you purchased any of
this Willing machinery and equip
mcnt s,nce that tine, since 1851
A ] don't know, we have been
putting IN machinery as we pro
ceesleti. Gu: hMks will show all
that.
y. You don't remember the
dates? About how much have
you expended altogether for ma
chinery and equipment at the
miney
A. That would take in three
accounts. II il pretty hard carry
ing all this in your mind. l de-
pend ON the books and vouchers
and itemised bills, but should
think that the cost u the present
equipment, machiney and outlay
that il there il in the neighbor-
hood Of &C., OO; that would in
cluds transportation, installation
and the cs,st price of the ,nachin-
cry.
q. That is there ON the ground
nowy A. Yes. sir. l have pho
tographs TO submit to you.
Q. Have you them with you
now? A. Yes. sir.
2. Where are they! (The
photographs are produced.D The
photographs produced showed the
Asiatic property ~ it ives before
development commenced, and var
ious phases a. development pro.
ceeded and o. the property is to-
day. Photographs Of road were
produced and examined.
Mr.. Carpenter in explanation:
The first thing We he'd to do We
spent 100000 in . road, sur.
yeyed. plated and recorded in the
name N the company and filed 10
the county clsrk's Office u Coneios
county aud it 10 said 70 b by on.
ginsers one II the finest pieces u
mountain wagon road in the state.
Herr II IN interior dash light u
the tunnel said by Walter Boyle
u b one u the finest pisces u
timber framing he hes ever seen.
q. You cay you have 1900 fest
u this tunnsIs A. Yes, cir ap.
proximatsly.
M. Carpenter: Here u Q group
u stookholdsss from Illinois going
over the property.
q. Senseney 10 not in this
groupy A. No, cir, he has never
bsen on the property.
4r. Carpenter: Here il another
group ct my home and there isn't
q man there bat that after invest.
eating the property invested moro
money 10 IT. stock than he he'd In
bs4ose be saw Il.
9. Did you svsr 81 any quarts
out u this mine anyWhogof
A. We sfs within about l6O|
feet u the 6rst known voin which
10 have opened on he property.
Q. Hes Il besn opeaedf
A. We have opensd about s.
separate snd dieeinol 6ssure veins
on the top and sitis a the moan.
tain.
=. DID you sst any orc out u
them?
A. Yss, cir they (ths vsias)
stand between - we'll defined
assure vail rooks - you would
AAA L. AL a.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08
Some Truth in This.

Atchinson Globe: Was woman
ever known to blow out the gas, or
to be buncoed by man who Wanteo
to borrow money to pay trelshC
hill? Does she ever bet her pockeI
money on a little "game?" II she mas
a. roll of money with her, does sne
ever flash it when she wants to buy
a cake or chewing gum? Isn't 1t a
fact that she is wiser with money
when travelling than the men, ana
more to be trusted? Instead OF "
woman having man along to pro-
tect" her, the daily napers prove
that every man who goes away from
home should have woman to act
as a guardian, and keep him from
making a bigger fool of himself tnah
he naturally is.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08
THE CIGARETTE HABIT

Our readers will pardon us if we
use a little slang in expressing our
views of the victim of cigarettes.
Say, young kid, you're a nice snipe
with that cigarette under your nose,
amt you? You're the kind Of a
soft, pliable, flabby piece of boy,
all weakness and moral imbecility,
which the toughs take as apprentices
and educate in the deep, dark myster-
les of how to be bad. You are mark
ed as a little fool by every decent
man who sees you, and every time
you indulge in the foolish and hurt
full habit you are lessening your op,
portunity of being respectable. You
want to be smart, but you know 1t
isn't smart; nobody thinks it smart.
If you go into a strange town your
cigarette spots you as a little hood
lum, and you will have to do lot OF
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

It would be hard indeed to i'm
agine a better show than was given
at the Arcade last week The vau-
deville specialties were simply
great. five artists participating in
them. The dog and pony act was
as clever a performances as has ever
been seen on any stage. This week
eight vaudeville specialists am@ear,
and the show is as good, if not bet
ter than last week. The Emersons
are sparing no expense 10 give Nj
not one of the best attractions OF
the kind in the state (, 7
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

William Jennings Bryan is a news
paper man and consequently knows
that advertising pays. He says "The
fellow who tries to attract business
without advertising is like the fellow
who throws his sweetheart silent
kiss in the dark.
He knows what he is doing-but
no one else does. Many man kisses
his business good-buy because he
failed to work to keep his customers
interested in his stock. If people
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

Rev. T. H. TounesOn, who about
four years ago was pastor Of the
Lutheran Synod church of this city,
is back from Garwood, Idaho, On
visit to his many friends Mr. Ton
neson's wife is with him. He has
been engaged in the mercantile busi
ness at Garwood for more than q.
year, but has sold his business. He
was post master at Garwood and
wilhal, he did very thriving busi-
ness. Mr.. Tonneson will go east to
Wisconsin to visit his grandmother,
and after doing business with the
wholesale house of the east, will re-
turn to the west, to open a store in
the state OF Washington.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

Bisbee Gazette: The engineer on
the Great Northern freight coming
up from Cando last Friday afternoon
received a nervous shock when he
saw woman throw herself PROSTATE
across the track only a few rods
ahead of his train. He threw on
the reverse but saw to his chagrir
that the engine could not stop the
heavy train and it looked like sure
death. Just before the engineer
reached the spot, however, a mar
rushed up and snatched the PROSTATE
form from the rails. Later devel
opments proved this lady to be Mrs
Sam Dainerd whose home is yer,
close to the railroad at the scene o
the incident. For the past twt
years Mrs. Dainerd's mind has beer
affected and it was during one o
her insane spells that She attempted
to take her life.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

good things before you can convince
anyone that you are worth having.
1t impairs your health and ruins your
reputation and makes a contemplate
monkey out of what might be a re.
spectacle boy. Your friends are
ashamed of you. If you are far
enough along in your habit you glory
in your shame and stick to it thru
pure cussedness. You ought to be
transformed, but your mother hasn't
given you up yet and wants you near
her as you are Nobody respects you
nobody ought to. You are the bios
som that yields the fruit of idleness
and shame-you are the sprout from
which worthless bum vii, grow
in time. You ough to quit it. and
you. know that you ought. Why don't
you?-Crystal Call.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

In it's account OF the Wisconsin
state fair which was held last week.
The Milwaukee Star has the following
to saw regarding the exhibits from
North Dakota:
Among the exhibits in the building
devoted to the products of the farm
is one by the state Of North Dakota'
arranged by w. G. Gilbreath, the
commissioner of agriculture and la
Dor. which is not only full and COM
plete. but shows the mighty sources
of that state. A year or two ago
the country was filled with horror
over the fatalities that resulted from
the fact that this far western coun'
try had been caught during the cold
weather without sufficient quantity
Of fuel to keep the inhabitants IN
MANY cases from freezing to death
people on the farms were Obliged 10
abandon their holdings and take re-
fuee> from the wintry blasts In the
larger class of towns and cities and
in many cases they were obliged to
burn the doors Of their homes for
firewood. The exhibit made by North
Dakota shows that this shortage OF
fuel has been overcome, and all dan
ger OF a coal famine has passed. II
may be, too, that this display explains
the reason why the shipments OF Goa
into the western country has beer
so slack Of late.
Among the samples of the products
of North Dakota are large number
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08
A Very Big True Fish Story
Charlie Lewis Tells How He Knocked Over Big Fish Out
on the White Earth Creek With Boat Paddle

Charlie Lewis, the old time trap
per from out on the White Earth, told
a good fish story while in Minot last
Saturday. A week ago Monday, a
heavy rain fell in that vicinity, ac'
companied by terrific hail storm,
which raised the water of the river,
and she overfowed the banks. Char
lie had business to go across the
river in skiff, and in passing over
some shallow places, saw great
big cat fish floundering in the wsler,
on sand bar. He jumped out OF
the boat and striking the big fish
over the head with paddle, laid him
out 50 that he could lift him into the
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

IF Won like the jingle of silver
dollars in your pocket, you had best
hoard m a few, for the twin city
bankers give warning that in very
short time they will be scarcer than
hens teeth in the northwest II
has heen the governments policy to
nav the express, amounting to $2'oo
nor thousand on silver dollars from
tha subtreasuries to the banks IN
order to keep them in circulation
The banks have received word tnal
this practice IS discontinued ano
that the banks will have to pay the
freight. This means that the banks
won't do anything Of the kind, ou'
will ship in one and two dollar Dliis
instead. and that the silver will &C
cordingly piles up In the treasury
vaults. The government has done
its best to keep the metal dollar II
circulation, but the banks don't like
them. SO back to the cellar they g
from the west, al they have Ions
since from the east and the certfh
Gates Of your Uncle Sam will takt
their place in the pockets OF tne
people. Bismarck Palladium.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08
Should be a Felony.

Our statutes are much too lenlent
in regard to carrying of explosives
A criminal with dynamite in his pos
session is more dangerous than via
beast. He can have no possible lesl-
imate use for it and must intend "
commit a crime. Yet, in this stale'
he is only guilty of jail offense'
The carrying of high explosives
on the person should be in ltself a
felony unless a good reason therefor
can be given. Such a law "oula
work hardship on no one and wouia
do wonders in Kidding the state o.
tho hands of yeggmen who make
night terror to every country oahh-
ar and Observation-Disclosures tribune
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08
North Dakota Exhibit Excellent
Wisconsin is Surprised at its Great Showing that We
Made at Milwaukee-Coa Industry
Advertised

of samples OF Ignite coal which has
been discovered in large quantities in
the land Of the Dakotas. 1t is said
that veins of Ignite coal underlie the
greater part of the state, though it is
only being worked in few places up
to the present time. It is claimed
that before long the farmers will be
mining their own coal. 1t is estimat-
ed that in Ward county alone there
are 100000 acres of coal bearing
land, adm that there are large de-
posits of the coal in nearly every
county in the western part of the
state. Where the rivers have cut
through the underlying clay they
have barred these veins, which are
said to be in many cases ten and
twelve feet in thickness.
The clay is also being utilized in
the making of pottery Of an excel
lent and highly ornamented charac
ter, and the finest building material
in the shape of brick to be found in
the country.
The exhibits also contain a full
line of grain and grasses grown in
the state, together with a large va
riety of game birds which have beer
treated by the taxidermist, but whlcf
are said to exist in large quantltle;
in ntheir native state. The speclmens
incldue six or seven varities OF WIG
ducks. geese, grouse, curlew and rab
bits and other game calculated u
catch the fancy of the nilnpod.
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BRYAN SAYS ADVERTISING PAYS

see that he is alive they will come
in to look over his goods. Lying and
deceiving may work for while, but
true worth must win the day and
the business man who looks ahead
and is on the square, can never fail.
His deception and two-faced methods
will find him out-and then like "the
silent kiss in the dark he will slowly
and tsiently fade away and never be
met with again.-Ex.
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boat, where he tied it with a rope.
He went across conducted his busi
ness and on returning encountered
another fish almost as long as the
first one, which weighed 80 pounds
or more He got out of the boat into
the ice cold water and after a fierce
encounter, chased Mr.. Fish into shas-
low water, where he captured it al
SO. He got six such fish and twenty
smaller ones weighing from three to
five pounds. Charlie would have
given five dollars for a spear about
the time, but as it was got enough
of the finny tribe to last him for a
number of meals.
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local Sherlock Holmes donned a
wig and false whiskers and meand-
cred down in the Red Light district
to get evidence against some Of the
resorts. A night police who saw him
prowling about the houses, placed
him under arrest and was about to
place him in Jail. The man, who is
head bookkeeper for one of our larg'
est concerns, took the police to his
place of business, and demonstrated
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

A young threher hand reported to
Marsha, Michaelson Sunday morning
that he had been robbed OF about q
500 by a pal. The two men had
come TO town Saturday evening ana
decided to stay all night taking lode'
ing in a side door sleeper. During :
the night the pal got up and relieved
the voung man OF his money and skip
ned. The man could not be round
Russell Sentinel.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

A childless and well-to-do couple at
Page, N. Oak, who had read the story
of Nellie Boozenney, the Russian girl
who was so cruelty beaten by her
parents a short time ago, have written
the authorities here in regard to ad
opting the girl. Mr.. Masteller is in
vestigating the matter and if every
thing proves to be all right, Nellie
may find real home after all
Balfour Statesman.