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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-19

the ground but their honestly they
run for their moneyand the proposition not be labelled
Wildcat On the other hand John put himself and
three relatives and friends salaries scratched the
face the claims in few fooled the of his
stockholders the proposition the wildcat list and the
sooner John Doe showed better mining
industry
Every mining proposition gamble The richest
surface showing pinch nothing fifty below the
face and the other often,
expenditure of intelligent be
mensely paying proposition public this
is that 1t be safeguarded the
hands mining development
actual digging for mineral .Fe
should take little the mining interests
of the state the absolute truth statement the
truth of the further statement
Nevada
bonds the opportunities for investors the fluctuations
the call board
egry of all mine promotions mining desires
Nevada mining development
help safeguard the public
dollars stolen from the public by negmae mine promotion
keeps OF thousands the hands honest miners
il they could the
draw investments.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-19
MUST BE ON A NEW BASIS.

The Bonanza is taking view of the immediate
of the mining industry honestly
that development which
in the bucket what will
few arsf the mining industry
That basis absolute honesty policy
public into the confidence of mine
1t is getting honest its
that negimae and grating mining promotions
the idea of mulctng the public has injured the mining
of the state thousand times
Indicating term which less misunderstood.
Some people that mining
cat scheme until mine profitable
this idea For example: John Doe
claims which be believes underaid with
to mine and MILL He has the sink
hoists and build mills himself public
stock company and sells stock to the This
is In sinking shaft the erection
the employed In this Time
Is well down. drifts $4,000
yet not pound OF At for milling sight
sold and another $4,000
openly At the end the stockholders noheg
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-19
WILSON, HAD A
WEARY TRAMP

Homer Wilson, manager for the
Keane Wonder Mining company, had
an unpleasant experience Monday.
An automobile had been sent out
from Rhyolite to the mine to bring
Mr.. Wilson to the city, and at the
junction of the Skidoo and Keane
Wonder roads the axle of the ma
chine broke and the party was
stranded. Mr.. Wilson was anxious
to catch the l.. v. & T. train, which
leaves Rhyolite at 8 o'clock, and
continued the journey on foot, carry
ing his hand satchel and overcoat.
The heavy drag up the mountain
soon told on him and before he had
proceeded many miles his right limb
gave out, and it was an hour or more
before he WIS s'lo y, eliminate the
cramps from II ~ lie was
without water IN fti tched day
light springs His arrival in Rhyolite
was too late to catch tao train, and
ne remained here until Tuesday
morning, proceeding north over the
T. & T.-Rhyolite Herald.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-19
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
THE RAILROAD LAND FRAUDS.

There is at present state one more governments
agents who investigating the methods being pursued
granted miles either side of its right of
way government
regardless government
grant included mineral lands relation
this matter, which of vital interest mining the
State Journal
Some surveyors
many mining longing richly
mineazed land and told that the section the odd
numbered which railroad The
blame the he must
the adav or made oath that the section in they
stretch from side the miles
each side Of the
The point is well taken
veyors these
of debris the old
the and VIII assert that this agricultural and not mineral land
Some OF it is agricultural that sagebrush will
there
is classed with the rich bottom lands of the fertile valleys
so the miner exploring ancient diggings
will keep off the
Many inquiries have of the
mode while
tend to legal department advice has
patent
best hope
that it lead solution problem
bearing and mining workings on
it, there question
bodyn plain wordssomebody lied The calls
place set apart for such use this gentle art Now
when the
lures read let action for
court not that the state court would not give lust hear
ing and learned decision
reach the United States eventually and will be decided much
quickly
interior department which has habtbad
habit the railroad probably
these fraudulent entries
pleasant for the
hats, look into
look the
rs
While granted
immense territory the
the peril that confrons which
ship in instances bearing
been in undisputed
department of the railroad
hundreds of sections of this land for and the time for filing
will
time hundreds of claim
to
that much valuable mining territory
ownership
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-19
PARKS HERD
Of HEREFORDS
ARE PURCHASED

J. j. McQuillan, w. j. Douglass
and Robert Stewart have returned
from Austin, where they attended
the regular meeting of the Lander
County Live Stock association. The
association has just completed the
purchasing of nearly the entire stock
of Hereford cattle belonging to the
late John Sparks. The stock will be
shipped from the farm at Reno to
the Grass Valley ranch, near Austin.
and placed on the range. This sec
tion of the country is admirably stu
ated for cattle raising and the associ-
alton has a section forty miles square
fenced in. The finances Of the COM
pany are in fine shape and the pros
poets are excellent in every way and
manner.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-19
An ENJOYABLE
DANCE IS ON
FOR TONIGHT

The grand ball given by the uni
form rank of the Knights of Pythias
takes place this evening at the Min
ers' Exchange hall. All yesterday
the committees were busily engaged
in finishing up their duties and there
is no doubt that the ball will be the
event of the season. The uniform
rank will give an exhibition drill on
the streets this evening. The grand
march will start at o'clock sharp
and will be lead by Mr. and Mrs. J..
j. Owens.
The Knights of Pythias have in the
rast demonstrated their success as
entertainers and there is no doubt
that the dance tonight will be one of
the largest attended affairs that has
ever taken place in Tonopah and the
devotees of the terpsichorean art
will be given a treat that will salts
fly their desires for some time to
come.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-19
A Big fight
CARD ON FOR
THANKSVING

Promoter James ]. Kelly has been
fortunate enough to secure the sig
natures of Kid Krant and Larry Cor
don to an agreement to box twenty
rounds in the Big Arena on Thanks
giving afternoon. The fighters will
weigh in at 14S pounds at ringside.
Kid Krant boxed Frank Fields here
in Tonopah several weeks ago and
won in the sixteenth round on a
foul. The fight Krant put up is still
fresh in the memory of the sporting
public of this city and there are many
who think he has the best of Cor
don. Both men are considered the
cleverest welterweights in the bus
mess and the bout will determine the
championship. Larry Gordon needs
no introduction in southern Nevada,
for his fights have convinced the
public that he is one of the best and
cleanest fighters that has ever step
ped into the ring. Gordon, with his
manager, Jack Fogerty, has arrived
from Goldfield, and he started train
ing yesterday at the Big Casino. Yes
terday large number of people were
present when he started training and
already his admirers are out Offering
odds that he will win the contest.
Krant is training in Goldfield and
has secured the services of Willard
Bean, physical Instructor of the
Olympic club of San Francisco, to
train him.
There will be an eight-round pre-
liminary to the main event between
George Odell and Kid Crawford,
which undoubtedly will be an excit-
ing encounter. Both men are train
ing hard for the fight.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-19

Advices received from Clifford yes
terday state that the entire district
is scene of considerable activity.
One hoist has been erected on lease
and another is on the road from
Goldfield. At present eight leases
are being worked and the prospects
are excellent for the operators. All
the lots on four blocks of the main
street have been sold. Lots that
were selling for $50 week ago are
selling for $500 now. Eight houses
are in the course of construction and
all will be completed within week.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-19
Activity
in the Clifford
District Now

The old town has been moved to the
new townsite.
The Broken Hills Mining company
is now down to a depth of ninety
feet and the ore that is being extract
ed runs from $3.50 to $500 a ton. A
number of teams will be added to
the freighting list and shipments
will be rushed. 1t Is predicted that
the mine will pay for itself within the
next two months. The people of Cliff
ford have sent a petition to the gov
eminent officials at Washington rel
alive to granting a postoffice there,
and it is expected that the Office will
be ordered within the next few
weeks
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-19
he FAVORS A
CONSOLIDATION
OF COMPANIES

]. F. Adams, president of the Ne
vada Consolidated Telephone and
Telegraph company which was re-
ported to be ready to consolidate
with other companies to form a
branch of the Postal Telegraph COM
pany. says that although he is the
largest stakeholder, he has heard
nothing of the proposed joining of
independent companies into one, says
the State Journal.
Mr.. Adams stated that while no
such proposition had been made to
him, yet he was in favor of just such
action. The other officials of this
company also stated to Mr.. Adams,
he said, that they bad received no
intimation of such action on the part
of other companies nor of their own.
Consolidation would be good
thing for both the public and the
companies, said Mr.. Adams yester-
day, ''since it would cut down oper-
ating expenses and reduce tolls as
we'll.
Many companies in any field make
high rates as each has to have it's
own apparatus, switchboard and OPP
orators. whereas in consolidation,
much of the duplicate apparatus can
be done away with and an equitable
rate made over a whole field where
before each company had high or
low rates that did not balance.
While neither Judge Sweeney,
who is the company's secretary, nor
myself has been approached on this
matter for the above reasons,
would be willing to listen to over
lures regarding such move
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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-19
CANAL BONDS FOR SALE.
tBy Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. Nov. 1s.-Secre-
tary Cortelyou today announced he
viii receive bids up to December 5 on
s3o.o00.oo0 of canal bonds. which
Will bear = per cent interest. re-
deemable in ten years.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-19
CITY AUTHORITY
NOT ABSOLUTE
(By Associated Press. }

Los ANGELES. Nov. iS.-Super-
Tor Judge Wilbur today handed down
a written decision as to municipal
tiles unexclusive control of munici-
pal affairs. holding the city speed or
dinanee invalid. as the state law d.
reefs the erection OF signs on restrict
cd thOFoughfares.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-19
GOVERNOR.ELECT OF
WASHINGTON VERY ILL

PASO ROBLES, Nov. 1S.-Gover-
nor-elect Cosgrove of Washington ar
rived here late last night, accompan-
led by his wife and DIR. Keyfor and
his wife. He was taken in carriage
from the depot to the Paso Robes
Hot Springs hotel, where he will be
treated with sulphur tonic baths. He
is run down physically from over
work, and was SO weak from the
trip that he could not walk.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-19

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-15
chanuinq School Books.

Some of the estimates of the cost of changing text books for the public sch oos in Alabama are much two high" said a well informed man in- terested in educational matters. "Th e cost cannot approach $500 900, as some allege, for the simple reason that the entire cost of text books for the public schools for year drops far below that figure.
 "The volume of business the first year will perhaps not exceed $500. 900. If not a book had been changed by the commission, the volume of business would probably have been $2o0,0 900. This would entail upon the entire state a loss or expense of only about $100, 900 by the change, even if no allow ance was made for the old books. But IS a matter of fact these old books are taken up by the publishers at half price, thus reducing the expense to $50,OO0 at the outside, if all the old books turned in were new and every book on the list had been changed.
 "To see how far this estimate misses the mark, go to the state depository in this city and ascertain the volume of business done through it the first year under the previous adoption, wh en an entire list was put in. Then find out the value of old books taken in, when practically all the old school books in Alabama were gathered up. Double the value of these old books, as there was a depository in Montgomery also, these two doing all the business of the state under that adoption That will give the maximum possible loss by the adoption five years ago.
 Tt is confidently believed that the loss or expense under the old adoption did not exceed 10 per cent of the first years business"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-15
SOME HISTORIC GIANTS.
og, Cog and Maeog Were the Biggest
 Men on Record.

From Harper's Weekly.
 It is a matter of perplexity to most small boys whether they shall become gi- ants or clowns. There are plenty of clowns today, but there will probably never again be such formidable giants as Og, Cog, and Magog Og, we are told in Deuteronomy, was the last real giant He was that Kink f Bashan whom the Israelites slew, and his bedstead was nine cubits long, or about 13 feet This bed stead theory may be based upon the huge sarcophagi which the Phoenician kings had made in imitation of the Egyptian custom.
 Cog and Magog are mentioned several times in the Bible with more or less in- defniteness. In the Koran they represent a barbarous people inhabiting Central Asia, and they were probably born out of the terror inspired by the Scythian hordes that overthrew the .Assyrian em- pire Wooden statues of Cog and Magog, 14 feet high, have occupied pedestals in the London Guildhall for centuries and were formerly carried through the streets in the lord mayors shows. They vel cOneo Henry on LOnuOn DrluSe III 14l5. According to Claxton, Cog and Ma gog were the survivors of a race of giants found in Britain by Brute, son of Antenor of Troy. and brought by him as prisoners to London, where they were chained to the gates of a palace on the site of the GuildhaH and kept as porters.
 All primitive races seem to possess le- gends of giants, as did the Greeks, Ro- mans and Arabs. but nine feet seems to be almost the highest authentic stature recorded. Topinard's Finlander exceeded this by almost four inches. Wnkelmaier, eight feet seven inches in height. Charles Byrne, the Irish giant, attained the stat i ure of eight feet four inches. The tallest race in the world is the Scotch of Galloway who average five feet Il inches In height next come the in- habitants of the rest of Scotland, and then the Livonans, Irish, Morse English Polynesians sikhs, Fulahs of the Sou | dan, Kaff1rs, Cheyennes and Patagonians, all of whom range between five feet and five feet nine inches.
 | It is, however, possible to become a | giant with little perseverance. There is in the brain a mysterious organ known as the pituitary body, injury to which. some think, produces the disease known as acromegaly in which the head, hands
 and feet become enormously enlarged. | But this form of giantism is not com
 mended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-15
EightinQ Mail Order Houses

It Is becoming plainer every day that the retailers are preparing to fight the 6obbers that do a retail business, and particularly the mail order houses that sell almost everything from mousse trap to an elephant. One big concern in London did receive an order for e,A elephants and filled it.
 The general line of battle seems to be on boycott lines. A manufacturer who sells to mail order houses is to be boycotted by retailers, and no parcels post is to be permitted. Competition was once considered the life of busi- ness, but that old-time saying was knocked into smithereens long ago. Combination in some form to the point pf monopoly if possible is the rule in ehese degenerate and plutocratic days, and the retailers will perhaps find they have bit of good deal more than they sm chew. They may indeed drive the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-15
Greater Atlanta Going Up

Greater Atlanta is an assured fact. The bill was passed by the legislature in its closing hours, and the suburbs are to be swept in without chance to vote. They are to be annexed Mobile fashion The new city is to contam 23 square miles instead of F square miles, it's present area. Instead of S9,- 900 people it is to have 140,O00-re- porters count. Some reporters have, however, marked the population of the new city up to 16O,OO0, and 1t may go higher until 1910, that year of declines and fall-offs.
 The new city pays no attention to county lines Four suburbs in De- Kalb county have been legislated into Greater Atlanta, and presumably out of DeKalb county That fact does not, however, appear on the face of the bill, and 1t may be that the districts in DeKalb county will remain in their county while they become parts of a city that is the capital of Fulton coun- ty. The annexer knows no bounds or political divisions.
 The rejoicing in Atlanta is very 1P tho ott overtops It's predecessor. and the an- nexation act puts no limits on the in- agination The new city needs million club in order to keep lap or two ahead of the estimators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-15
Farm Life Problems

The Presidents extra-constitutional efforts are now directed toward the farm, really toward the southern farm, which he pronounces as unsanitary on the testimony of some fellow who is permitted to remain nameless. South ern farms are as sanitary as northern farms. and much more fresh air wan ders into the houses on the former than into the closely-built and cellared farm house of the zero belt. Both are, however, capable of improvement, and the President announces his new pro gramme in these words:
 It is at least as important that the farmer should get the largest possible return in money comfort and social ad- vantages from the crops he grows as that he should get the largest possible return in crops from the lands he farms. Agriculture Is not the whole of country life. The great rural interests are human interests, and good crops are of little value to the farmer unless they open the door to a good kind of life on the farms.
 This is all right, but the President should not let "a physician" declare that in the south on the typical one horse farm life is harder for young girl than if she were compelled to work in a cotton mill The only trouble about this statement is its lack of ob- seryation. The physicians name is naturally withheld, and his statement should have been also.
 The President has named a commits sion to reform farm life, especially in the south This commission consists of two professors in New York and Massachusetts, a magazine editor in New York, an Iowa editor and Forest Service Pinchot also of New York Such a commission is well fitted to re-. form the outlying farms of Greater New York, but it would not know q we'll kept farm in the west or south if it saw it coming down the pike. But the commission is not a junket It pays it's own way and it is to report by or before December. No harm will be done. The hardships of rural life need amelioration, and if the new con- mission can increase the farmers we'll being all will praise it and the Presi- dent, >too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-15
MINERS AND TUBERCULOSIS.
Number of Cases Among the Coal
 Miners Below the Average.
the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 mining journal published at Scranton has been calling attention to the curious fact that in coal mining communities there Is marked deficiency in the nor tality from tuberculosis as compared with that of other localities. This is a phenom- onon that has also been observed in Great Britain, and attention has been drawn to 1t by B. H. Thwaite.
 According to MT. Thwaite, the effects noted may be due to the psychological eff fects of carbon monoxide, for he finds that men engaged about blast furnaces and gas producers are peculiarly free from tuberculosis trouble.
 It is suggested In Mines and Minerals that the presence of carbon dust in the lungs may be cause of production of Go. and that this will serve to explain the immunity of miners from the disease.
 The tubercle bacillus is a cerature or extreme tenacity of life. It is encased in a waxy integument and Is proof against even nictric acid, but gases are so pene- trating in their powers of diffusion that 1t can well be considered that carbon OK ide might reach the tissues of a creature in a subtle manner, for the gas cannot be perceived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-15
Troubles of the New York Machine

The situation in the republican party of New York Is peculiar. Governor Hughes is in a highly receptive condi- tion, and yet he has no magnetism. He inspires no affection He has no per sonal adherents, not a semblance or shadow of machine. The idealists in the party, however, constitute a fol- lowing of qualified sort. The politi- clans to a man hate him because they cannot use him. He lacks personality, and yet he is full of egotism, as his priggish, well-brushed whiskers tes- tify. He has no humor But he has a record, and the interests and the politi- clans are afraid of him.
 The party in New York is in pickle. They fear that Hughes will be defeated if he is nominated, and so they have rustled round and found man who is not politician who is willing to make the race. That man is Jacob G. Schur- man, president of Cornell university. The university president has been con- sidered a supporter of Hughes, and his brother is Hughes law partner, It is not probable that he can poll Hughes vote simply because he does not pos sess the Hughes record in office.
 The republican convention is to be held at Saratoga on September IA, and unless conditions change the contest will be between Hughes and a squad of favorites of the bosses. Horace White has some friends, and so has Speaker Wadsworth, and so perhaps has President Schurman.
 The democratic nominee may be either Lieutenant Governor Chanler or Mayor Mcclellan. The latter would certainly make good governor and l the chances are that he would run well against any man the republicans can nominate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-15
Why Castro Is Not Spanked

Castro's capital sits high and secure on the mountains away from the shore. The road to Caracas Is steep and tor tuous, and small force could hold it against an invading army As for the plague, and tropical heat lasts in them the year round.
 This is why Castro, who was once cattle thief, feels secure He can ban ter and defy the world, and no nation can readily chastise him. Germany sent warship to Venezuelan waters several years ago, but that ship re- ceived a raking fire from hidden forts and she crept away. Holland may send a cruiser to Venezuela, but Castro will sit serene in his mountain capitol, and his only regret will relate to the collec- ton of customs in his ports. The GUS tom fecelpts are, Ho"efef' decledSou by the prevalence of the plague, and 80 Castro has little to lose. If he were hard pressed no doubt he would expect the Monroe doctrine to come to his aid, but he might expect more from this country than he could possibly secure after his i'll treatment of American claimants. Castro depends more on his physical surroundings than he does on any doctrine.