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stretched to their utmost in e~ndeavoring
to surmOunt and bite off an ample mouth
full.
The western love of physical proves
was manifested in a spirited boxing
match, which was arranged for amuse-
ment Of the throng. A pugilist from
North Platte defeated the local champion
at the end of four rounds A horse meet
was another feature of interest, and some
excellent runners and trotters, as well
as the western bucker, had been gathered
IN from the four corners of this hitherto
Isolated locality. In the evening fire
works were displayed by the North
Platte contingent, and dances arranged
for the young folks.
Congressman Kinkaid. Judge Grimes.
General Superintendent Park of the Union
Pacific and Rev. seibert Of North Platte.
spoke at the general assembly In the after
noon. 1t was with a feeling that much had
been accomplished towards establishing a
firm friendship and business relation be-
tween Oshkosh and vicinity and the North
Platte people that the eXcursionists. tired
and satisfied, boarded their train and
started for home.
An abundance OF water for irrigation Is
assured in the upper Platte valley. The
river itself has a more uniform flow than
farther east and is fed by a number of
fine streams. mostly on the north side.
the most prominent OF which is the Bird
WOOD discharging a volume OF water suf-
ficient to irrigate $1,000 acres OF land and
capable Of furnishing water power for
manufacturing The Otter creek, Black
Tail and Blue river are streams fed from
what is known as the lake country, having
a uniform flow throughout the entire sea-
son
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make in many cases as speedy sales and
turn over his money as quickly as the city
shopkeeper.
The great question in which the rural
free delivery department of the postoffice
is now involved is but a part of this same
proposition. Most men nowadays believe
that the parcels post, at least a special local
parcels post, such as advocated here by a
representative of the postmaster general, is
bound to come.
1t may be recognized that the parcels post
is a debatable proposition, that there are
several angles to it and that opposition
is not altogether selfish. But whether 1t
comes on a universal scale or in modified
form, or not at all, it is permissible to
dwell on what its effect will be on the
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Astor. While on this errand, on October 80,
&. the same year. he discovered tho North
Platte valley and passed down its entire
length, reaching ST. Louis on April 30,
being the first white man known TO have
set foot on the virgin soil of this section
Of Nebraska.
The next Official record of this valley
is the report OF Captain b.. L, L. Bonne-
Vile, an officer OF the United States army
ca Ge-uched duty, who with a company of
men u.d twenty wagons, entered The valley
az Grand Island, ON May J. Isi2, and
ca4pgd near the west boundary Of the
state near the mouth OF the Laramie river
on May &c.
General john C.. Fremont explored the
upper Platte valley, starting at the mouth
of the Larami, river, june 70, lSl2, but
did uot traverse any OF the portion in the
state OK Nebraska.
II was tweu,y-sevou years later that the
Union Pacific completed the first traus-
continental railway In the United States,
PASSING through "a ug:t of the territory,
,peH.Ae u" 90 commerce and Traffic Of the
worlu millions ot acres Ii rich laLds, maxi
ing possible horaes for hundreds OF thous-
anJs OF uow happy and prosperous people.
on September 20, 1915, the Union Pa
ciflc railroad completed and opened for
traffic a railroad line extending from
O'Faltous, on lts present main line, up the
North Platte river to the town Of Oshkosh.
throwinB open 10 greater development a
new aud productive section now only par
TALLY under cultivation. Like the average
Nebraska soil, the surface OF this land is
composed of finely ground rock. which was
left deposited as the seas rccedcd ages
ago, and has been enriched by deposits OF
Ia - ~ nd H.. 800
have taken place since, It's subsol Is OF
material through which tho water readily
percolates. This makes II tilable soon
after rain ceases. II also prevents damage
from excessive moisture during tina part
Of the year when rainfall is heavy, It re-
tanning as a sponge much of the water
which would otherwise flow away, which Is
thus conserved for future needs. Hence
the crops are apparently able to Withstand
tdruuths which other states can not, The
entire valley is susceptible OF irrigation.
Owing to the lack OF transportation facili-
ties the upper Platte valley has not been
subjected TO the intense cultivation which
It will undergo from now on. However, ITS
richness has manifested itself so unques-
tlonably that a good deal has already been
accomplished IN the way OF stock raising
and farming. Its rapid growth now as
sUred, II is only a question of a short time
when It's wealth and population will add
much to Neoraska's resources.
The state fair In September last. at Lin
. DIN, exhibited "a creditoble display Of ag-
rcultural PRODUCTS which can be success
fIIly and abundantly grown IN this sec
lion OF the state. Products thus far sue
cessfully grown In this latitude Of the
United States are found thriving here. In
GLIDING all the cereals, alfalfa, beets and
other vegetables and fruits. A scientific
analysis Of the soil proves It high In the
nutrition which Is so essential to prolonged
fertility. The lack Of transportation faoili-
ties having naturally caused the inhabitants
to devote most OF their energies 70 stock
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Ellsworth, pastor Of st. Johns Protestant
Episcopal church OF Johnstown, officlated,
and the bride was given away by a cousin,
William Herring OF Philadelphia
The interior Of the house was profusely
decorated with flowers from Mrs. de Pegs
ters' own green houses. Only a few friends
of the couple were present at the ceremony,
after which a luncheo was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bolton will remain In
Johnstown until October. when they will
return to Mrs. de Peyster's apartment in
Euclid hall. New York.
Mrs. de Peyster's maiden name was
Ann G. Campbell, She was the widow OF
Mr.. Ross when she married the late Colonel
Beekman de Peyster. BY the terms of her
first husbands will, she receives an income
of $4,000 a year In trust.
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raising. higher cultivation may now be an
ticipated; since the advent Of the railroad,
large tracts have already produced crops OF
corn, alfalfa and sugar beets for market.
The far-sightod and enterprising mer-
chant Of the busting city Of North Platte
have long recognized the resources of this
valley and have had their commercial am
bitions directed toward establishing them
selves early in this field, so that with the
opening Of the new line by the Union Pa
cific an preparations had been made for an
enthusiastic trade excursion to the town Of
Oshkosh. On September % a special train
left North Platte laden with about l1S
boosters, reinforced by a considerable num-
her Of people from Hershey, O'FallOns,
Lewellen and keystone, who were curious
to see bow their ~neighbors further up the
valley were faring. All were amply sup
Piled with the advertising matter and all
other paraphernalia which the Omaha
boosters consider essential to an under
taking OF this kind. Some OF the adver-
Using matter was very elaborate, ~particu-
larly a souvenir book containing a number
OF colored Photographic views Of North
Platte, An excellent band accompanied the
North Platters, rendering instruments
music and singing ECONOMICALLY various
well known and unknown songs. Wherever
a stop was made the inhabitants were
thoroughly rounded UP and enlisted as sup
porters Of North Plates progressiveness
AS the train rolled along over the Well
constructed branch lire track OF the Union
Pacific the landmarks brought to the minds
OF the early settlers who were aboard tales
OF historic and personal interest, and as
Ash Hollow was pointed out to the south
the following bit Of interesting history was
recalledi
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be married to John Zipfel, also Of Wood
haven, before he and Mrs. Osterman left
for Europe. so hat she would be provided
for in case they should never return.
Miss Gertrude and Zlpfel, who is a well
known young German Of woodhaven, n
been engaged for some time, but the de-
cision of the brides father took them
both by surprise and the arrangements for
the nuptials had to be made in a hurry.
The ceremony took place on the very day
that the old couple were to sail for Ger
many and it was held in Weiskop's hotel,
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flight. The dreary isolation Of the farm
er's wife, an isolation not only of tho body,
but more cruelty yet, Of the spirit. has been
ended as by a single magic stroke. A
decade or even five years ago her mental
pabulum was the "Fireslde Companion"
or at best a semi-weekly ne wspaper. When
a mid-westcrn mother saw her stalwart
son tempted by hope OF a homestead in the
virgin states of the far west, she knew
that 1t would not only be days and days
before a letter would cross the continent,
but even after il had come into her own
county, she must wait q perhaps longer
time until some one could hitch up and
go for the mail" Meantime her husband
must occupy the long evenings of a whole
week wondering for what oats ard corn
were now selling.
Rural delivery has civilized and vivlfled
the whole countryside. 1t has made the
farmer a different man, lengthening his
perspective, broadening his knowledge and
deepening his judgment. The term "a
farmer used as a reproach, has almost
passed from the vocabulary, for the man
of broad acres now can often outshine his
city brethren in knowledge Of affairs and
has gained the respect, incidentally, of
those who admire material fortune because
of his prosperity.
The men who have been the instruments
of this change which is nothing short of a
social and economic revolution have been
the guests of Omaha the past week, and If
any be skeptical as to the truth Of asser-
lions above, he can ask those who met
these delegates as to what manner of men
they Were. Let It be first remembered that
with hardly an exception they were country
bred men,, met at home behind the pillow
or in the hay field. But they do not stop
there, They showed a grasp of parliament,
airy law which equaled that Of the trained
presidents of meetings the maVora Of tha
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rural delivery service. Not allowing for
the extension of the service, a parcels post
of the limited kind proposed will add to
the income Of the department the first year
no less than $15, 900. It will MAKE the serv-
ice self-sustaining and will be, therefore, a
national economy of the sum mentioned.
The rural mail man will have his burden
increased, hut he wishes 1t so for no other
reason than the desire that his department
may pay for its keep and not be an expense
to the treasury Of the United States, This
motive was expressed officially and in pri-
waite conversation again and again during
the recent convention. The members Of the
National Rural Letter Carriers association
showed In this as well as in other ways
that they are citizens who, while they prop
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December and May.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Bolton, the 8-year-
old groom and Nyear-old bride, who were
married at ~Sunnyside, Mrs. Bottoms coun-
try place, at Johnstown, N. Y, spent the
first day of their honeymoon on a long
auto spin.
The village and country folks are taking
the iiveliest interest in the newly welded
couple, for Mrs. Bolton, as Mrs. Anna G.
Ross de Peyster, has been prominent here
for generations.
The marriage was a great surprise to
Mrs. de Peyster's friends. Rev. w. w.
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- the United States who dwell IN
the country. He did not mean that these
were neglected in legislative halls or in
the public press, but he pointed out that
between urban and rural residents some
thing of a separation more than geo
graphical had grown up, an Intellectual de-
marcation through which the thoughts and
interests of one group had become some
what different from those Of the other.
This isolation he deplored, but did not ex-
actly see the remedy.
President Eliot wrote before the rural
free delivery service OF the Postoffice de-
partment had lowered into it's present
efficiency. When he penned his able essay,
a few tentative lines of service had been
thrown out, but the able Bostonian had
probably not heard of them, unless some
Of the mutterings always growled against
an innovation had penetrated his severely
furnished study. Since that day the serv-
ice has attained tremendous proportions.
State by state, county by county, and post
office by postoffice, routes have been
added, until there are now 10000 men and
women each day delivering mail to him
who lives far from the urban smoke and
the raucous noises Of the city.
To enumerate the influences and insti-
buttons which make for the betterment of
this United States would require publica-
ton. perhaps, OF several folios. To say
which is most potent for the public veal
would involve an hazardous moral judg-
ment. But taking the country districts by
themselves. none will dispute the asser-
ton that of new institutions the rural mail
delivery is the best and greatest.
1t is a theme which tempts to rhetorical
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$1,000
The Overland Trail. which was followed.
by the Forty miners, the Mormons and
other western settlers, left the South Platte
river at a place called California Cross
ing" near the town now known as Me-
geath on the main line Of the Union Pa
cific, entering the North Platte valley
through Ash Hollow. Here the Indians
were wont to fall upon the unwary traveller
and many an unmarked grave is to be
found in the canyon In retaliation General
William S. Harvey became involved in his
alleged masscre, ambuscading some 800
Sioux Indians with their squaWs and pap
pooses in the hollow. DISCRIMINATING them,
for Which he was afterward called to senti-
mental account by the eastern friends Of
the aborigines. TO which "Old White Wolf, 3"
as the Indians called him. made answer
that 'nits make lice"
There Is no one thing that so quickly
brings the impetus required TO make a
community grow in prosperity and size
as does a railroad. Oshkosh, a town OF
1000 people, located on the North Platte
river IN the center OF Deuel. county, with
the opportunities now afforded by the
Union Pacific, will undoubtedly grow into
a municipality of some Importance; in
fact, its citizens nave already become so
enthusiastic that they. predict shortly
capturing from Chappell the county seat.
II was on this day well prepared to greet
and care for the friends from North
Platte. who are TO aid them In their
endeavor 10 boom. The fatted steer had
been slaughtered and roasted in order
that all might sample home grown beef.
This was handed out gratis IN generous
chunks between overgrown buns. making
a sandwich OF such thickness that the
~jawbones OF the hungry visitors were
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for the first time at the Hotel Windsor,
Philadelphia, their courtship having been
conducted by correspondence with the ex-
change of photographs.
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Wed to Ease Fathers Mind.

EARRING on the eve of a trip
for Germany that he would
never see America again, John
Osterman Of Woodhaven, Long
Island, insisted that his daugh-
ter, Miss Gertrude Osterman,
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erly watch their own interest, place the
good Of the government above selfish con-
siderations.
II is unnecessary to say that the roads Of
the United States are poro, so poor that
they cause an immense loss every year, an
economic waste which mounts up in mil
lions and millions. There Is, no easy way Of
making them better. The way is, in fact,
unusually long and hard. The problem had
seemed to many so hopeless that until the
spread of rural delivery hope of betterment
had been largely given up.
Within the last few years there has been
a change. Good road associations( good
road clubs have been forming everywhere.
the United States are poorer, so poor that
1t is not necessary to ask who
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North Platte Trade Boosters Spend Day Visiting Oshkosh Friends

having passed around Cape
Horn with one OF John Jacob
Astor's first Pacific eNpedi-
lions. Robert Stuart left the
parry at Astoria n June ~,
1872, with dispatches for MIR.
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on Jamaica avenue, Woodhaveu.
Mr.. Osterman gave ava his daughter,
and then, with his wife, he was hurried
to the pier Of the steamer on which they
were to sail, happy in the knowledge that
come what might his daughter would be
well taken care of. For some time before
the trip the old man nae a premonition
that he would never live to see America
again, and, although his wife did not
share his feelings, She, too, believed that
1t would be a good thing to have their
daughter married before their departure.
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years ago Charles w. Eliot,
president Of Harvard university,
wrote an essay which he called
THE Forgotten Millions" He
had reference to the citizens OF
the United States who dwell in
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Elders Tie Up.

Elders Tie Up.
A romance came to light in Media, Pa,
in the marriage of a bridegroom 70 years
of age and a bride of so, The bride is
from Georgia and her husband, w. c..
Jamlson, is from South Dakota They met
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-06-13
100000 BULLION
FROM SHOSRONE

Ashipment of bullion, estimated az
1000 ounces. or 100 pounds troy
was made Saturday last by the Mon--
'gomery Shoshone Consolidated. The
bullion is estimated at 81 an ounce,
which would mean in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 for the shipment.
The cleanup of the zinc boxes was fin
ished the last Of the week, and the
product was turned v to the Wells
Fargo Express Company for shipment
Saturday to the Selby smelter at VAL
lejo Junction, Cal.
The triple-compartment shaft has
reached the 700-foot point and a sta
ton is being cut, after which a cross
cut will be driven to explore the mum
erous lodges. The development ON
this level will be watched with much
interest, as it is expected that the
sulphide ore will be disciosed.-Rhy-
'olite Herald.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-06-13
wonIh Lose Big Amount.

Attorney D. 8. Truman, represent
ing Ed. Hughes, accused OF murder,
and who has raised the point that
the Indictment against his client
should be Quashed ms the full seVcn-
teen members Of the Grand Jury that
indicted him, did not consider his
Ease. says he will present a length
argument to Judge Langan upon this
point as soon as court can hear the
same. Truman pdheres to the belief
that before a man can be indicted,
every one Of the seventeen members
OF the Jury must hear the evidence
before the jury. although a bare
twelve may return an indictment. In
Hughes case less than seventeen
heard the case. although q QUORUM
acted upon the true bill.
W. c. Stone. foreman of the Crane
Jury. says the theory is rot, and tina
there has perhaps been in Nevad:
not one Grand Jury that has deliber
ated with Its full membership upoE
! every case before an Indictment WI
returned. lie says II will cost tn
county $4,000 should the work o
this jury be nullIhed.
1t was stated yesterday by o we.
posted attorney. that Judge Langa'
himself has heretofore passed upol
Il least two similar cases where tn
point rnisea Uas the same as in thi
instance, aud that In both he sustain
ed the Grand Jury.-Goldfeld TT.
bune.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-06-13
TO DREDGE RIER
BED FOR GOLD

TACOMA, Wash, June 9.-Former
Governor William Ogilvie of the Yu-
kon Territory expects to take out mil
lions in gold from the bars and bot
tom of the Stewart river. AS early
as 1885, Ogilvie, then surveyor for
the Dominion government, reported
that the bars and shores of this great
river were auriferous. Eleven years
later the Klondike was discovered
and Ogilvie became its Governor. IL
remained for him to organize the
Yukon Basin Cold Dredging Company
to build dredgers and extract the
Stewart rivers gold.
The company's first dredger has
been built at White Horse and will
soon be floated down the Yukon 10
the Stewart river, in charge of the
steamer La France, which Ogilvie
purchased from the White Pass rail
way. The second dredger will b.
ready by fall and others will be adda'
until seven are at work. Ogilvie';
company has commission for dredg
ing many miles of the Stewart river
After years of prospecting, pa!
streaks have been uncovered on 1t
upper tributaries. Beginning Thu
year the Stewart river will becom'
a regular gold producer. ogilvie ha
handled millions for other people
but this will be his first persona
cleanup. as he refused, while Cover
nor, to take any interest in claims.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-06-13

Word was received here late yes
terday afternoon that a brother Of
". w. Sheets, the we'll known mining
man, was lost on the desert in the
vicinity of Spanish Springs.
w. W. Sheets has been in this city
for the past several days and return
ed to Spanish Springs Wednesday
He noted the disappearance Of his
brother and early Thursday morning
started out to look for him. HIS
tracks were found in several places
along the road TO Manhattan and
several times it could be noted where
he had walked back and forth in the
road. A searching party is out now
looking for the lost man and another
will be sent out from Manhattan, as
It is thought that he has wandered
in that vicinity.
The cause OF Sheets disappearance
ia surmized to be. that he suddenly
went insane owing to the excessive
heat In that vicinity.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-06-13
Miss Roberts Passes Away.

News of the death of Miss jose
phine A. Roberts, who was well
known TO many of the people in this
city, was received here yesterday.
Her death took place at Oakland,
whittier she had gone in the hope
of recovery of her health.
Miss Roberts was the sister OF Mrs.
Philip J.. McGrath. whose husband is
connected with the Tonopah Banking
Corporation. Last year she was a
guest of the McCraths and won q host
of friends In this city.
She had been a sufferer from stom-
ach trouble for some time, and this
was the cause Of her death at the
age of twenty-eight. with her at the
end were her mother, sister and other
members OF her family. The burial
will be at Carson, her home, on Sat.
urday.
The death Of Miss Roberts com
pletes the extraordinary list of thosi
who were in the once OF the late
| Governor Sparks, Riley Davis HAVING
passed away forty-eight hours afte
the chief executive. With her dennis
every one of the governors assistan.
have died within a month of hi
death.
For eight years Miss Roberts wa
in the surveyor-general's office at Car
son, but since then had been an as
sistant secretary to Governor Spark
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-06-13
GOOD ASSAYS
FROM SIIMLER

Renewed attention has been az
tracted to the Stimler district by
reason of rich strikes that have re-
Gently been made on the Vickers
property, the largest and apparently
the most valuable by far in the dis
trict. Someaof the leasers have got
ten into very fine ore. Assays made
by the News on samples Of ore
brought from the White lease by q
representative of this paper, ran as
fellows: No. 1, So gold, $21.12 sill
yer, total $29.12. Assay No. 2,
$233.eO gold, $1s5.5S silver, total,
$429.1S. Assay No. 8, $10S.SO gold,
$S5.41 silver. total $1s4.21. AVE.
age Of the three gives $207.50. These
samples were taken from the White
shaft, which is So feet deep. The
whole shaft is in ore and a shipment
is being prepared.
The Shirley and ingalls, lease, ad'
joining the White lease, has beer
taken over by Charles S. Sprague
and the two leases will be worket
from the same shaft. A hoist will b.
Installed at once, and a large produs
ton is promised .-Goldfeld News.