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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-04-09
PASS AGRICULTURAL BILL.
THE TOTAL APPROPRIATION CAR
RIED BY ~ WAS Sfi,scs.sco.
Mr. Scott Attempted to Exclude an
Item Of etss;4so But Failed
by q Few Votes.

Washington, Apr. 3.--Debate on the
agricultural bill was resumed immedi'
ately after the house met Thursday,
the subject Of governmental aid to
state roads arousing a spirited discus
sion.
Mr.. Harrison, Of New York, Demo
crat, to the apparent surprise Of his
colleagues, but to the delight Of the
Republicans, placed himself in rebel
lion against Mr.. Williams, the minor
ity leader. He inveighed against the
proposition Of Mr.. Williams to expend
the treasury surplus In the construc-
ton and repair Of roads, maintaining
that there was no surplus in the treas
ury SO long as national debt existed.
There was, he said, surplus of daily
balance but no real surplus. Mr.. Har.
rison said that II Mr.. Williams so
cialIstic policy" were to be pursued,
the states soon would be asking the
federal government to do everything
for them, down to feeding and cloth
ing them"
An amendment by Mr.. Sheppard au-
thorizing the secretary Of agriculture
to cooperate with the postoffice de-
partment in suggesting methods for
the maintenance and Improvement OF
rural route roads was lost.
The reading Of the agricultural ap-
preparation bill then was concluded,
whereupon Mr.. Scott, chairman of the
committee on agriculture gave notice
that he would ask separate vote on
the amendment increasing by $16S,46O
the appropriation for soil investiga- |
lions and the discussion on that sub.
ject was re-opened.
Mr.. Scott made a vigorous attack ON
the chief of the bureau of soils and
charged that with all the arts and
articles of an expert lobbyist and log
roller" he had I'm his over jealous
ness been instrumental in getting the
increased. 1t was time,
he said, that subordinates in the de-
partment were given to understand
that they could not override the heads
Of their departments, congress or any
Of its committees.
The Democrats forced the yeas and
nays on Mr.. SCOTS proposition and
the roll was called.
The vote resulted: ayes, 142; nays
1926: present but not voting, IS. The
accordingly was retained
In the bill.
As amended the bill was then
passed The total amount carried by
i is $11, 5OS,SO6, being $77,46O more
than as originally reported.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-04-09

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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-04-09
Mlnlnn Coal Al Tulsa. OK.

Tulsa, Ok, Apr. 2.--The coal strike.
should 1t continue to any length, will
not affect the Tulsa district where
there is much coal not mined, but
which is almost entirely stripped.
Shaft mining is yet to come. On ac-
count Of the fact that the Tulsa mines
are "strippers," organized miners have
made no effort to unionige this dis
trict. Five hundred miners are EN-.
Dloyed in the Tulsa district
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-04-09
NOTICE 7ODBLINQUEN7. TAXPAYERS
M#@* fe OF #
DICKINSON COUNTY. KANSAS.
Office of the County Treasurer,
Dickinson County, Kansas.
Abilene, Kansas, April 1st, 1908.
Abilene, Kansas, April 1st, 1908.

Notice is hereby given that the following list Of lands,
city and town lots situated in the County of Dickinson, and
the State of Kansas sold the h day Of September 1906
for the unpaid taxes Of the year 1904 and unredeemed the
above mentioned date; containing the Of persons
whom the same was assessed whenever such appears
on the and rolls and the amount Of due
on each parcel land with interest thereon calculated and
including the 9th day Of September, 1908, and that unless
such lands and lots redeemed before the said 9Th
day of September 1905 that being the last day Of redemp
ton allowed by law, they will be subject to deed.
F.W MORSE,
County Treasurer
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-04-09
Hoods SarsapariIIa

Has cured many that seemed almost beyond the
reach Of medicine, that people ask, Whyl
An examination Of our wellknown formula from which
Hoods Sarsapala is and always has been carefully and
scientifically prepared confirms the fact that contains
those wenown and valuable medicinal ingredients which,
when nteligenty combined and properly administered
are sure to bring about good results i.
II is the properly balanced proportion, combination
and process in combining those ingredients known to
have specific action upon the blood stomach liver kidneys
and bowels which make Hoods Sarsaparlla peculiar to
itself and enable it to produce results uneqaled by any
similar medicine 1t when others fail Give It trial
Usual FORM liquid tablet form called sarsatabs 100 Doses S
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-04-09
Wharf Winter LInnsrs.

Crookston, Mimi, Apr. 2.-The worst
blizzard Of the winter has been raging
here since Tuesday night. The rail-
road companies had removed their
snow fences and trains are all lata
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-04-09

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
ENGINEER RETURNS FROM
SOUTHERN OIL FIELDS

j. NJ. Snow of the mining engineering
and surveying firm of Wade & Snow has
just returned from an extended stay in
the Virgin river oil fields where he has
been doing a great deal of surveying for
the H. H. Clark-Porter combination. In
addition to making surveys for the South
ern and Southwestern Utah Oil COM
panies, he has done great deal of work
in the region bordering the Arizona line.
where Mr.. Clark and his closely-formed
syndicate are now preparing to do extern
sive prospecting with the high-class rig
that Mr.. Clark has purchased in the east
for that purpose.
Mr.. Snow says that the development of
the field up to the present time has been
eXasperatingly slow on account of the
fact that the field is so far from the mar
ket for drilling rigs and supplies The
California-purchased outfits that have
been taken IN have not been of a class to
stand the pressure of hard and steady
work and the result has been that much
valuable time has been lost in fishing
for lost tools and in making repairs He
says that several wells have demonstrate
ed that the oil is there and that the quail
ity is ffrst-class and he contends that
there is absolutely no question about the
future of the field. That the different
companies and individuals who are now
pegging away as best they can will make
fine showing before long Mr. Wade de-
cleres is certain. So favorably impressed
with the future of the region was he that
he took good care to secure property for
himself and associates and in a section
which, he says, cannot help but have its
merit shown by the operation of the
Clark syndicate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
COLORADO POSTS
BIG DIVIDEND
Notwithstanding Close : Down
Will Pay Shareholders
$4,000 This Month.

The directors of the Colorado Mining
company met in Provo yesterday and
posted a dividend of $4,000, or sc a share,
for payment on the 25th to stock of rec
ord on the 18th. That a dividend would
be paid this month was expected, but
the most optimistic of the stocks sup
pOrters were not calculating upon more
than &c a share, as the mine was COM
PEELED to cease shipments on the Sd In
obedience TO Instructions from the United
States Smelling company, to which the
output was being sold under contract.
1t was stated during the afternoon by
interests close to Jesse Knight that the
company had a surplus of more than $780,
900. and as there is no great need of
money with which TO prosecute the mod
est campaign of development that will
likely be carried along until the Knight
smelter is completed. there was no occa-
sion to hold back the $50 900 necessary to
meet this distribution. Friends of Mr.
Knight declare that he felt more than
pleased to think that the company was
in a position to make this distribution, as
he realized that the money would come
in handy to many shareholders who are
now out of employment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
MINING STOCK EXCHANGE
Market Is Rather Quiet With Prices
Holding Generally Firm. -

There was nothing particularly exciting
doing on the exchange yesterday. Colo
rado. with its five-cent dividend. was
strong and quite lively, and most of the
prices, times considered. Seven Troughs
dropped back a point or two from Thurs
days quotations and, instead of 91,0O0,
only about 1000 shares were involved in
the days business While the demand is
largely for Tintic issues, Daly-Judge,
DAILY West and New York, of Park City,
are attracting attention and business is
being done in them at prices suggestive
of better ones ahead. Now that the east
ern markets are picking up so rapidly
there Is every reason to expect that
gradual Improvement will take place
here.
During the two regular and open board
calls total of 7i,740 shares of stock with
a selling value of SIS 66. changed hands
Following is the list of final quotations
and record of sales made during the day:
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Open Board.
Mininu Notes.

Silver dropped 1Ac per ounce yesterday,
to 54szc.
W. G. Sharp, president of the United
States company. is due to reach here
from Boston today.
Two cars of ore from Utah mines and
three from Nevada were released from
the Taylor & Brunton sampler yesterday.
The annual meeting of the Lower Nam
moth Mining company will be held on
Monday.
There were released from the Pioneer
sampler yesterday four cars of ore from
Utah mines and one from Nevada.
The Black Jack Consolidated company
levied an assessment of three cents a
share yesterday.
The Grand Central company. according
to word from Provo during the day. de-
cided not to pay a dividend this month.
This means. If IL means anything. that the
management has no immediate intention
of resuming operations at the property.
The treasury. II is understood, still con-
tains a large surplus
The Nevada Mines company filed ar
ticles of Incorporation with the county
clerk yesterday. The capital stock is 81
600. 900 with shares at 81 each. The Off
GERS are: Y. d. Spalding. president: John
Y Smith. vice president; H. NJ. Cham
berIain secretary; r. S. WINNER. treas
urer. The company owns property in the
Seven TrOughs district, Humboldt county,
Nevada.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
OLD PATSEY MARLEY'S
CLAIMS ARE DUMPED"

News comes to the Argus that Nathan
G. Clark, of this city, had attempted TO
take advantage of some so-called tech
nicality of the law, and on the night of
Dec 81. while it was still pitch dark, and
possibly after midnight, he is said to have
Jumped the mining property developed
and owned by Patsey Marley, says the
Davis County Argus.
The Argus hopes this is not true. 1t
is hardly conceivable that Mr.. Clark, an
able-bodied man-one whose wealth is
estimated 10 be in thousands, should at
tempt such despicabie act as this. Citi-
zens of Pennington have for the past ten
years watched old Patsey Marley spend
Just about every cent he could rake up,
put in every minute of labor that his de-
crepit body could give, and now when
he is on the downward path of life, with
a load of over seventy-one years on his
back. and only the perennial hope of fu-
ture wealth of his mine to buoy him, up:
that he should be robbed of his Efes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
D0INGS OF UNLISTED
STOCKS ON EXCHANGE

Newhouse sold yesterday during the
open board calls for IS. Is. or Csc under the
nigh mark In the east. The reason the
stock sells here a little under eastern
exchange prices is because the commits
sions here are less. Ohio Copper sold nm
from $50 TO 2.75 and Ely Witch found
takers at Soc
bingham Standard Copper was quoted
az nc at l91zc, Bingham Central-Standard
az oOc asked, Mason Valley at 95c at 81
Cedar at TIC asked. -N
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
ANOTHER MINE
MADE AT TINTIC
Daring Operators Go Down
1925 Feet Before Reach
ing Out for the Ore.
FIND 1T WHERE EXPECTED
BELIEVED oPEx PROPERTY
WILL MAKE BIG BONANZA.

News that a most sensational strike
had been made in the Opex company's
property at Tintic leaked out yester-
cay, and while Manager Frank P.
Swindler had left camp when a veri-
fication Of the report was sought,
prominent stockholders acknowledged
that such was the case, when ques-
toned last evening, though Elmer B.
Jones. president Of the company. de-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
TRANSVAAL GOLD MINES
YIELD 583,525 OUNCES

= London, Jan. 10.-The TransvaaI 4
= yield of gold for the month of De !
= cember makes a new record. The !
OUTPUT 9 was 5SS,525 ounces, which is 4
= Is. 499 ounces over the previous higb9 J
y est yield for a month. !
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
H0NERINE DELINQUENT
SALE is POSTPONED

George A. Baird and Frank II. Bull.
the controlling factors in the Honerine
Mining company, came out from Chicago
Thursday night and were in attendance at
directors meeting yesterday. Today
was the time set for the sale of delinquent
stock in the company as a result of the
Owing to the money stringencv and the
consequent difficulty that many share
holders would have to meet the levy and
in order to give everybody a fair show
1t was decided at the meeting to postpone
the delinquent sale for thirty days longer,
or until Feb. II.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
Tintic Ore shipments-
Ore and Bullion.

ore and bullion settlements in this city
yesterday. as reported by Mccormick <.
Co. amounted to $4,000. as follows: Sill
base bullion. S6O.OOO - V-''0O9'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
DEPARTMENT
TAKES MORE SILVER

y Washington, Jan. 10.-The treasury y
= department purchased 100000 ounces !
= OF silver for delivery at Denver San 4
Francisco and New Orleans at IS. 255 \
y cents per fine ounce. 3
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
EXCURSION TO OGDEN

Via O. :. L. Monday. 18th, for Nelson
Clifford boxing contest. Rou: a trim.
sl.O0. Specia' at p. m. -Four o.her
trains.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
NJ etal Markets.

Silver, 54%c per ounce.
Copper (casting). 13Ikc per pound.
copper tcathodesl. 1890 per pound.
Lead, So. per 100 pounds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
Stocks in San Francisco,

The closing quotations on Nevada.
stocks in San Francisco yesterday, as re-
ported over the private wires of James
A. Pollock q Co., were as follows:
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treasure-his idol No, it cannot be true.
Mr. Clark would never descend to such a
low-down trick Marley charges he has
done.
Mr. Marley says: CLARK has been try
ing for two years past to buy this prop
erty. but when the terms were stated he
nearly tainted. but has rallied sufficiently
to jump and record bluff that neither
I nor my friends will allow to be held
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
Phil KlIppIe's Carriage Shop

Moved TO rear 149 W. N. Temple st.
Silver Bros. iron works buildings.
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Forenoon Sales.

Lower Mammoth-6O0 at 49,
May Day-S00 at q.
Uncle Sam-3O0 at 421a; 200 at ~; 1000
at a. seller 80
Beck Tunnel-1.5OO at 81; 500 at 81, seller
60: 100 at 50. buyer 80.
Coiorado-2O0 at 220.
- Iron Blossom-3.000 at 2115.
New York; 900 at T.
Sioux Con.-SO0 at IA; 800 at IA. buyer
30: 2.500 at 1917.
Seven Troughs-1.50o at 3415: SO at "a.
seller 80: 1000 at 341z, buyer 30; 500 at 81,
seller so.
Yankee-200 at 81.
Open Board.
Beck Tunnel-200 at 81.
Colorado-1O0 at 2.171z; 200 at 22212; 800
at 2.20, seller 30.
Columbus Con.-1O0 at 200.
Crown Point-500 at Il; 500 at 1872.
Daly-Judge-50 at 325.
DAILY West-1O0 at 500.
Iron Blossom-3.500 at 21h.
Lower Mammoth-400 at 49,; 1900 at IS.
May Day-1.500 at q.
Mammoth-l00 at 1.55
Seven Troughs-500 at 81.
Sioux Con.-5OO at IA; 500 at 1872; $500 at
13.
Yankee-100 at 50.
Shares sold. 9,660.
Selling value, $13,743.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
Open Board.
Afternoon Sales.

DAILY West-10 at 500.
Lower Mammoth-2O0 at 42JR; 100 at 43.
Nevada Hills-70 at go.
Uncle Sam-j0O at ~, seller 50.
Beck Tunnel-100 at 81; 100 at 81, seller
50.
Colorado-4OO at go seller 60; 900 at
2221k
Crown Point-3,OO0 at 1917.
Iron BLOSSOM 900 at 2115; 1000 at %;
/ 600 at 221a.
Mountain Lake-5O0 at p.
Scottish Chief-5,0O0 at ~.
SiOux-6G0 at 13.
Seven Troughs-7.SOO at "a: 1000 at 81.
buyer so: $500 at "a. buyer 30; 500 at 81,
seller 10; LOCO at 81, seller 60
Victor Con.-1.000 at 5i2
Open Board.
Beck Tunnel-100 at 81.
Crown POint-500 at 1872.
Colorado-900 at 2221a.
Lower Mammoth-300 at 43.
May DayA1.0O0 at q.
New York-500 at Z: 1000 at III, buyer
30.
Sioux Con.-6O0 at 13; 200 at 121k.
Shares sold, g, $50.
Selling value, 81, 423.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11

Boston, Jan. lO.-The New York market
made good Roadway almost all day, but
toward the close ran off sharply on the
break in Southern Railway. Local COP
pers have not yet caught the enthusiasm,
but we believe they will just as soon as
Amalgamated Copper is allowed to rally.
Dominion, Butte Coalition and Royale
looks good
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
COPPER STOCKS IN
BOSTON AND NEW YORK

- lowingis the daily market comment
of PAine, Weber q CO., Boston, together
with the range IS prices of copper stocks
and other Boston iistings in which the
west is Interested, as we'll as a similar
feature that has lust been added by
James A Pollock & Co. to its private
wire service. and from which it is Sc
cured for use IN this department of The
Herald:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
UTAH LiTHoeRAPHiNe CO..
45-47 Richards ST..

Makes a speciality OF bank and COM
rnercial work, stock certificates. bonds
and diplomas. The only lithographing
house between Denver and the coast
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-11
The Best Printing

Is done by The Century, Salt Lakes
printers. 165-167 South West Temple.
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8. oeERNpoRFER,

!. o6ERNDoRFER,
Stock Broker.
Tel. Bell 1872. 161 South Main st.
Union Asaay Office.
NJ. S. Hanauer. ]. v. Sadier.
1872 So. West Temple. P. o. Box 1446.
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
MAGDALENA BAY, LOWER CALL FoRNIA, IN DREARY WASTE.
Anchorage and Strategic Facilities Ex, celient, But Shores DesoIate- Ships to Engage in
 Target Practice.
Copyright by waldsp Fawcett.

Washington.-Unc Sans greatest armada ia history, numbering 53 ships of war-19 battleships, IT cruisers and IT auxiliardes-is ROW assembled for target practice ill the magnificent port at Magdaiena bay, Lower California; s grim harbor of tragedy and romance, which has been leased by Mexico to the United States for three years as coaling station
 Admiral Evans fleet, which passed around the Horn, sailed from Callao on February 29, and arrived in fine con- dition at Magdalena bay on March 12. It was the longest lap on the eventful voyage, distance of 3,102 nautical miles. There are no wireless telegraph stations on the coast of South and Central America, and was no commu- nication by this means. The vessels were not heard from until they reached the bay The torpedo squadron will arrive April 6. The men will there
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
SOUL FIGURES IN WILL.
Rich Old Land Owner Makes a Special
 Request of 1t.

Washington, Pa.-The will of A. M Russell, late of Hickory, Mt Pleasant township, this county, received in the registers office, is the most peculiar testament ever probated in Washing ton county. Russell was a wealthy land owner, retiring from active work several years ago. After disposing of his large land interests, distributing his wealth among his widow and sev- eral sons and daughters, the testator provides in his instrument as follows:
 T hereby direct that my soul shall be returned to the God who gave it, and that my body shall be consigned to the earth, whence it came"
 Russell then moralizes on the short ness of life and the uncertainty of mans existence, urging upon his widow and children the importance of following the straight and narrow path"
 The Russell estate is variously esti- mated at from $150,000 to $200,OO0 MT. Russell had for many years been active in church and temperance work, and gave largely of his means in the support of charity. He was one of the representative citizens of the county.
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
Farmers Raise Money.

Special Agent A. V. Swaty of the Experimental Department of the Uni ted States Department of Agriculture, with headquarters in the office of Con- missioner Guy B. Tucker, has just been notified that the farmers of Faulkner and Conway and some other counties have raised enough money to pay the salary of an assistant for MT. Swaty in his work. MT Swaty will soon appoint his assistant, who will likely have charge of the govern ment experimental and agricultural work in Logan, Yell and Pope coun- ties, while MT Swaty will devote the most of his time to the work in Faulk- ner and Conway counties.
 The fact that the farmers in the state are raising money for the pur- pose of employing assistants for the furtherance of experimental work is significant of the unusual interest they are taking in the work, and of the fact that they are desirous of learning as much as possible about latter day farming.
Woodruff County news., 1908-03-26
White Scourge Still Claims a Large
 Percentage ef Victims.

Washington.-Death statistics for 1906 in 15 states, made public by the census bureau, show that by far the greatest scourge of the country is tu- berculosis, with an average of 159 deaths per 100000 of population. However, this is a decrease of 10 since 1905. Colorado and California were the states with the highest mortality records from the white plague, with South Dakota and Michigan the two lowest.
 The death rate for suicide appar- ently showed a large increase from 1902 to 1905, but 1906 statistics exhib- it a marked decrease, being 5,853. Of this number 4,521 were males. The entire number of violent deaths was 49, ,552-a about 1909 per 100000 Rail way accidents were responsible for 7,090 lives, and 183 persons were killed in automobile accidents. The entire death rate of the states and cities in which statistics were collected was 16.1 per 1000 of popu- lation. The annual average rate dur ing the same period for England and Wales was 16; for Scotland, 16.9; Ire land, 17.6; Germany, 199; and France, 196. Comparing these figures with previous records, it appears that the world has now reached an era of low mortality. Several foreign countries formerly had as high a death rate 3as 25 per 1000.