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The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
SEVEN TROUGHS j. .IPING.

A recent dispatch to the Salt Lake
Herald says;
The last shipment o a long series
at the Mamma Hills mine. designed
to clear ont the sacked ore in the big
drifts preparatory to the new cam
paiGn of production to be inaugurated
at the mine immediately. went out last
Sunday. The consignment consisted
of seven tons of ore, amono which
were five tons of picture rock. whose
value can be estimated only in denom
nations of four figures. Foreman Jud-
son said today that there was scarce
ly a piece of rock in the whole sever
tons that does not show free golo. The
remainder of the shipment consists of
high grade shipping ore.
Every property in the district that
has recently been idle pending the
settlement of the wage question will
be started up with full force of men
Monday. The last difference was ad
iusted and the new wage scale was
signed at a meeting Saturday night
The new scale is as follows
Topmen, trammers and muckers, 81:
drifting and stopping in dry ground,
1925; miners sinking and raising in
dry ground, $3.50; carpenters, black
smiths and engineers, $500; and in
wet ground 80 cents extra. The miners
at the meeting showed as keen a de-
sire as the operators to adjust the diff
ficulties and start the hundred new
activities that the recent strikes has
given rise to.
The Wihju lease on the Therien
ground, adjoining the Kintergartea
mine, developed new sensation last
night in the shape of new streak
of picture rock in it's leading veni.
The stuff shows coarse leaf gold and
is worth at least a dollar pound. The
strike is at the 325foot level.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
GOLD CIRCLE CAMP.

Inside of the next two years the
new camp of Gold Circle will be pro.
ducing as much gold ore as any of the
old camps in the State of Nevada, -
said George Weston, the well known
mining operator who has just return
ed to Salt Lake after two week s
visit to the new camp in question.
81 have been mining in the west for
many years, and as everyone who has
given Gold Circle an honest exami-
nation comes to a favorable conclu-
sion regarding the district, so | am
certain that the camp viii make
good. -
What impressed me with the pro
mise of Gold Circle from the first was
the fact that the formation and ore
occurrences generally was identical
with the famous GiIpin camp of Colo
RADIO a section that is still producing
gold after a steady production since
1859. The vein Filings are the same
and the veins are strong The main
assure at Gold Circle can be traced
for distane of four and half miles
along its strike, and the network of
assures to be found there beats any
thing man ever saw. / panned
faithfully from five or more different
properties there, the ore chutes being
from twenty inches to eight feet wide
and the lowest pan ! got / Judged to
be about $40 in gold, while the high.
est must have been close to $3.50 to
the ton in gold And it was not spe
cimen rock that | selected either,
"Within radius of FIVE miles of
the center of the town | believe will
be located one of the largest milling
plants il the state. And it will be ar
ideal location for a mill, fer the water
facilities are unsurpassed. A promi-
nent Reno outfit is going to erect
custom mill, and they have already
filed on the waters of Rock creek, with
the intention of erecting an electrical
plant to furnish power to the district.
On strip of five by one and half
miles | believe there will be dozen
big mines developed. The camp GER
tainly is full of promise. Tribune.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
ARE TO REGULATE
SHEEP GRAZING

In order to reach satisfactory
agreement in regard to the proposed
prohibition of grazing on the banks
of streams supplying the various irri
CATION systems in the West, Joint in
vestigation will be conducted by the
Departments of the Interior and Agri-
culture. The irrigators and officials
of The reclamation service desire 10 re.
strict grazing on the watersheds which
affect the irrigation of farm lands.
while the stockmen have vigorously
opposed such restriction.
In discussing the matter, Secretary
Wilson said:
"The protection of the watersheds
and streams supplying irrigation reser-
voirs depends primarily upon the pos
sibility of giving full protection to
all areas where grazing is allowed. The
fewer forest officials here are to at
tend to tie grazing business on the
national forests, no more land will
have to be closed for grazing. Past
experience has proven that stock, can
be allowed to Craze under proper con-
ditions, on areas from which it would
be necessary to exclude it if the range
could not be properly patrolled.
1.-The Investigations will be conduct
ed jointly by officers of the reclama-
ton service and the forestry service.
who will meet the stockmen and irri
gators on the ground this summer and
determine what restrictions, if any,
will serve the best interests of the
majority. Complaints are directed
mainly against sheep grazing, but as
the allotments for grazing have al
ready been made for the coming sea
spn by the forestry service, no change
III the allotments will be made until
next year.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
G. -DwIN'S WEEKLY SAYS
ORCHARD SHOULD BE SPARED

The life of Harry Orchard should be
spared at least for while yet. With
diligent work it may be possible, after
a while to confirm some of his testi-
monv The assassins have again be-
gun their work in Telluride. Age can
not wither or custom stale their in
finite variety, but it is clear case
that the terror should be lifted from
these intermountain states and that
states that pay better wages to men,
work them less hours, feed them bet
ter than they were fed and treated
in their native homes should not be
forever held in fear by band of MUIR
derers, who steal the holy name of la
Dor under which to perpetrate their
unspeakable crimes.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13

A. j. Schell of Goldbanks is in town
ID. A. Smith of Rose creek arrived
Friday.
A. s. Evans is in town from his
Willow Point ranch.
j. r. Wentworth was an arrivel Fri
day from Washakie
A. d. Ramel was an arrival Sunday
from Butte, Montana.
Mr. Bosch of Krenkel and Bosch
spent last Saturday in Reno.
Mr. and Mrs. c. B. Brown and fam
ily were visitors to Reno Friday.
e. Reinhart and company are un
loading car Of giant powder at the
depot.
III. T. Lamare arrived Friday from
Boyd Basin and departed yesterda,
for San Francisco.
Mr.. Jackman and family arrived
Sunday from the north and departed
that evening for California.
Mrs. j. C. Hayden will leave this
evening for San Francisco. where she
will undergo an operation for appendi
citis.
Bert Stevens, proprietor of the Pal
ace bootblack stand announces that
he will call for and deliver ladies
shoes. Phone the Palace.
A. f. Lasher, Peter Laux and Char
les George are registered at the Win
nemucca from Kennedy. They are
here on the Benton-Laux suit.
P. Defenbaugh arrived Friday from
McDermitt with the Anderson teams
loaded with wool. He returned yes
eterday moraing with a load of mer
chandise.
w. c. Leet is again about town af
ter being confined to his bed for si>
weeks with paralysis of the nerves
His friends are glad to see him agar
on the streets
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
NEVADA SHOULD STAND
WITH HER SISTERS

Nevada has engaged her word of
honor that she will take 10000 square
feet of space at the national mining
exposition which opens at Madison
Square Garden, New York, May %.
The Southern Pacific has agreed to
transport ores for exhibition purposes
free of charge. Sam p Davis, the
chairman of the publicity commission
is hard at work trying to raise the
$4,000 to make display of Nevada s
mineral wealth. The law under which
the publicity commission was appoint
ed, allows the various counties of the
state $3.50 each for publicity purposes.
Humboldt county has rich mines. and
there are no better in the state, and
the Silver State News believes that
it is the duty Of this county to bear
its lawful proportion of the expense
necessary to make the display, Ne
vada is the richest state in the Union
in mineral wealth, and Mr.. Davis
should experience no trouble in raising
$4,000 to let the whole world know
about it.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
WOMAN BREAKS FARO BANK.

A story comes from ..eno that Lii
liam Bennett daughter of one of the
most prominent of the rich New York
families, and until few wears age
one of the bellies of that ctiv. broke
one of the faro banks at Rawhide
winning $4,000 at one sittino in Carl
Young's resort.
When the bank roll was gone Young
sent out Tor more money, but the
banks of the city were closed, and
the game was brought to an end.
This was the second time that this
young lady has made a spectacular
play in the new camp and in the same
resort at former sitting she lost
$4,000 and took her bad luck with but
little concern.
This young lady gained considerable
netoriety in the Klonayke a few years
ago. She left her home for the far
north and it was while there that she
learned to play faro bank, winning
a considerable fortune a portion of
which she brought with her to Raw
hide.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
ESMERALDA IS FOR
TAf!

g Esmeralpad county will be right
in the Taft column at the state con-
vention,' remarked Senator II. V.
Morehouse last week, shortly after
his arrival here from Goldfeld. "The
twelve delegates chosen in the o1inty
are all Taft men to the core and ,Qpn
you see that crowd marching into the
convention hall headed by banner.
with Taft IS name on it, and every one
of them wearing a Taft ribbon you
will realize that Esmeralad is very
much for Taft and is at Winnemucca
TO do every possible thing for the man
from Ohio. But politics is not the
only thing that Esmela aida and Gold
field has been doing for the last thirty
days. continued Mr.. Morehouse
"The mines are running nearly full
blast now and shipments are being
made daily from the camp. Strikes
of ore Of sensational values are being
made almost daily, and we oldtimers
are beginning to think, that after all,
Goldfeld is still in her infancy and
what we used to think were glory
holes were mere stringers to the real
great things.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
BAD BOOZE BEING SOLD.

Government inspector last week in
spected the foods, drugs and liquors
of Reno and Sparks, and the next day
they announced that there were only
three places in the two cities where
the liquor was up to the standard
required. The investigation was a very
sweeping one and may result in a
number of indictments being returned
against dealers there.
1T has long been known that some
pretty bad booze had been perpetrated
on the public by the dealers of those
places, but it was never thought that
the variety was as great as the inves-
tigation shows.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
RICH GRADER ARRESTED.

Thursday afternoon Sheriff Shirley
arrested w. II. Matney at Fallon, who
is wanted for high grading and for
jumping his bond at Silver Bow, Colo
rado
Matney was arrested at Silver Bow
for high grading and was released on
$4,000 cash bail, furnished by a friend,
after which he skipped out. Hery Won
Phul, sheriff of Teller county, Colora-
do, started on Matney's trail and fol
lowed him through New Mexico, Utah,
and Arizona, but lost the trail in Ian
der county, this state, about month
ago. He arrived at Fallon last week,
still looking for his man. To Sheriff
Shirley he related his story, and gave
it as his opinion that the man was
either in Churchill county, Esmeralda
or Humboldt counties; that he was
jumping from one mining camp to
another, not staying in any place more
than ten days. He said that Matney
was blacksmith by trade.
Sheriff Shirley refused to take the
reward offered by the state for the
capture of Matney taking only $50
to cover his actual expenses. Won
Pohl left immediately after the arrest
with his prisoner. bound for Colorado.
Matney agreed to return without ex-
tradition papers.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
WHEN ROOSEVELT QUITS

What shall we do with our EXPIRE
sidents, is question that is not likely
to trouble the American people i'll the
case of Theodore Roosevelt. whatever
may be said about the others. In the
news columns it was announced recent
ly on authority coming directly from
the White House that upon the com
pietion of his term as president. Mr..
Roosevelt would make grand tour
of the world, much after the style
of General u. S. Grant more than a
quarter of century ago.
This tour will consume more than
year in the making and certainly
honors will be heaped upon Mr.. Roose-
velt such as no other American has
ever enjoyed, certainly not since the
time of General Grant. Whatever may
be said for or against Mr.. Roosevelt,
it must be admitted by all that no
other American in or out of office, has
ever impressed himself upon the imagi-
nation of foreign nations, certainly not
in recent times as has Mr.. Roosevelt.
His determination to make of this a
great world power, his leading part
in the settlement of the war between
Russia and Japan, and the very per
sonality of the man has made a deep
impression on all of the foreign ma
tions.
The tour will keep the president
in the puolie eye and at the same time
furnish him with sufficient material
to make him independent for life ii
he should desire to use it, Already
the author of many books of interest,
he would bo given a wider range by
his travels and should add to the lite
authors fortune. Then there is the
lecture platform open to him. What u
mine of wealth there would be for the
luceum that could place Theodore
Roosevelt on ITS list for the next Ave
years.
Praise and criticism have been heap
ed upon the head of this man as upon
the head of no other man OF this gene.
ration or in this or in no other country
--he has made both intensely loyal
friends and intencely deadly enemses,
but he has not permitted himself to
bc ignored in the future. because that
is not his nature.
1t will be many years before Theo-
dore Roosevelt will be lost to the sight
OF the public. When someone asked
Grover Cleveland what should be done
with the ex-presidents of the United
States he said that he did not know
unless il was to shoot them. If we are
not mistaken Mr.. Roosevelt will de
monstrate that it is not necessary TO
resort to such an expedient in his
ease. He will take care af himself
whatever happens.--Ogden journal.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
RELIC OF oLDEN DAYS.

A relic of the time when the eva
ter came up to Montgomery street,
has just been unearthed in San Fran
cisco. In the days of '49 the ships
which called at Yerba Beuna-as San
Francisco was then called - found
themselves stranded, for the crews
would desert en- masse for the gold
fields. More than one Captain seeing
the hopelessness Of trying to get a
crew, followed his men in the hopes
of washing out fortune. These de-
relic ships were soon stranded in a
double sense, for the sand gradually
drifted and the ships gradually be-
come land bound and were turned into
hotels on dry land
Among the ships was the +" Niantic"
built at Maine shipyard of Maine
pine, or bull pine as it is called in Cali
fornia. After being deserted the ship
was pulled ashore at Clay and San
some streets and converted into
lodging house. The shallow water in
her stern had gradually filled up with
sand brought from the neighboring
streets, and the ship became a fixture
on the land. After many years the
Mantle black, one of the best con-
structed buildings of the early days,
was erected over her hull. The Nj
antic block perished in the fire Of
April, 1906. Recently in digging the
foundation for a new Mantle building
the keel and ribs Of the old ship was
found fast in the mud and sand.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
SLOW PROGRESS IN
MURDER TRIAL
SELF DEFENSE ENTERS
PLEA FOR THE DEFENSE
Deposition of g. Burnett, Who is ILL.,
Taken by the Court Officials
This Morning.

The trial of Thomas Wright for the
murder of Oscar Colwell, is progress
ing slowly in The district court. The
prosecution finished Saturday and
succeeded in producing line of evi-
dence almost indesputable, regarding
the cold -blooded nature and premedita-
ton Of the crime.
The defense, headed by Attorney
Wm. s. Bonnifeld, and assisted by NJ.
s. Bonnifeld, are today introducing
the evidence for the defense The
deposition of one of the principal wit
nesses for the defense, G. Burnett, was
taken at his bedside this morning, he
being i'll with mumps and unable to at
tend court.
1t is probable that the case will go
TO the il ~ tomorrow morning, al
though il may be Wednesday before
the arguments are all heard.
The general venire of jurymen have
been excused until next Wednesday,
when the case of Benton and Kennedy
vs. Laux and Daniels is on the calen-
dar
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
R. T. EVANS SEES THE CIRCUS.

Quite a number of prominent Ne
vada stock and mining men were stop
ping at the Overland hotel in Reno
last week, among them being Joe
Blackburn of the Walker river coun,
try, r. T. Evans of Paradise Valley
Mr.. Humphries of Reno and Mr.. Mof-
fatt of Independence Valley. On the
previous day Mr.. Evans had slipped
out to the circus grounds where the
Morris and Rowe company were CIV
ing an exhibition and had taken in the
performance. This fact had become
known to his friends and they wanted
to know what his excuse was for go.
inc. nsThere were no children with
YOU, Reese, and that old line OF talk
won't work; now what is your ex-
cuse?o said one Mr.. Evans explained
the matter on the grounds that he was
looking for cattle buyer, and ex-
pected to find him at the circus tent.
He then added clincher to his ex-
planation by "setting 'em up
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
ASSESS. STOCKHOLDERS
800 ON EVERY SHARE

An assessment of 800 to the share
on the stock of the State Bank and
Trust company has been proposed and
the stockholders of the company have
been so notified. 1t is thought that
if the various stockholders of the com
pany pay such an amount, it will be
sufficient to open the banks and pay
all of the obligations of the company.
The assessment on the stockholders
of 800 the share is said to be in ac-
cordance with a plan of the state
bank commission which will meet the
directors of the bank next Wednesday
at which time the affairs of the bank
will be considered.
During the early troubles of the
Aank it was proposed to assess the
tockhoders 5000 the share for the
,urpose of reopening the institutions,
ut the plan was abandoned.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
WOOL GROWERS vs..
BROKERS

To devise plans to secure the best
market for their two hundred wool
growers in Utah and Wyoming, repre-
senting flocks numbering 2,000,O 900
head of sheep, held an enthusiastic
meeting Friday at the Armory hail,
Friday, Salt Lake City.
A resolution introduced by Frank
Austin of Salt Lake that no wool
grower of Utah shall consign his wool
to commission brokers in the east, but
that the wool grown in the state shall
either be sold here or stored. was
adopted. Similar wool growers 1850
citation have adopted the same reso-
lution in Idaho and Wyoming.
The need for such action was felt
by the wool growers because of the
fact that the sheepmen of the west be-
lieve that they have been defrauded
by the commission men of the east
who have stored the wool for the
growers and have sold it at any time
they saw fit which has a tendency
to create lower market than would
otherwise have been the case, if the
wool had been kept in the west until
the demand forced the market up
ward.
1t was suggested that the county
and district growers associations
form and appoint committees to han
die their WOO and sell it at time
when the price was the best.
Reduction in freight rates was dis
cussed in report by the committee
for the purpose of investigating rates
The committee reported that the mat
ter had been taken up with the freight
agents of the Oregon Short Line, the
Rio Grande Western and the Salt Lake
route and that officials had had the
matter under consideration. The rate
on wool from common Utah points to
Boston is 1912 per hundred, while
that from Califoraai and other coast
points to Boston is only ST per hun
dred
Peter J. Johnson of the Idaho Wool
Growers association spoke on the
value of organization. He spoke ON
the kind and quality of wool wanted
by the manufacturers. Ed Chapman
of the Wyoming Wool Growers asso-
citation also delivered an address.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
DIAMOND ROBBERY WOHKED
BY TWO WOMEN
They Steal Tray of Valuable Gems
From Salt Lake City. Utah
Store.

SALT LAKE, April 9.--The jewer-
ry store of Boyd Park, on South Main
street was robbed on Saturday after
noon by two women of tray of dia-
monds and other precious stones valu.
ed at $4,000. The news of the robbery
was let out today. The robbery was
a most daring one aud was committed
while the store was full of customers,
advantage being tken when the back
of the clerk was turned for moment,
who was waiting when the robbery oc-
cured.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
WEATHER REPORT.

The following is the report of the
Office of the United States weather
culture for Winnemucca for the "a
hours ending at a. m, April l3,
1908:
Maximum temeprature, So
Minimum temperature, 33.
Mean temperature, Sc.
Normal temperature, As.
Prevailing direction of the wind
southwest.
Forecast for Winnemucca Nevada,
and vicinity for the twenty four horrs
ending at 5. p. M. April IA, 1908, is
sued from San Francisco, California
Cloudy tonight and Tuesday.
J. G. HAYDEN.
Official in charge.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
GRAND BALL ON EVENING
OF APRIL FIRST

On Tuesday evening, April 2lst, the
Catholic ladies of Winnemucca will
entertain at the new Winnemucca op-
era house with grand ball. The So
eial affairs give, by the ladies of the
Catholic church have always been sue
cessful and the entertainment on the
2lst promises to exceed any previous
effort A list of prominent people have
been named on the reception and other
committees, insuring that all who at
tend will be well taken care Of. Tick
cts for the ball are now on sale at
$1.00 each.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
WEBER BROTHERS ARRESTED

Henry and Arthur WeDner, prOnl'
nent Nevaua mining operators, have
been arrested at uo.dfeld charged
with embezzling $4,000, belonging to
the Doctor Mining Company of Won
der. The defendants were released
on bonds u $4,000 each. One of til
allegations in the complaint is that
the bookkeeper for the Webbers TOLD
under oath that he was instructed b.
the Webbers to burn the stock Ledge
of the Doctor Mining company. which
he did. The Webbers declare that the
prosecution is for spite work.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-13
DOUGLAS COUNTY FOR TAFT.

The Republican County Central Com
mittee held meeting in Valhalle hall
last Saturday for the purpose of nam
ing delegates to the state convention
which is to be held at Winnemucca on
April 90. M. jacobson presided over
the meeting while George Hussman
held down the secretary's chair. But
one committeeman was represented by
proxy, the others being present. The
following men were elected as dele
gates to the state convention:
Fl. H. Springmeyer, VIM. Swall, Jas.
Campbell. s. Rosenbah and Bert Sci
kirk.
The committee then passed reso-
luton as follows:
.Resolved. that it is the sense OF
this convention that the delegates to
the national convention support the
candidacy of William H. Taft. -
Gardnerville Record Courier.