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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-02
MOLINE

Kent Leaves Council. - Alderman
Walker Kent of the Seventh ward has
announced that he will not be can
didate for reelection to the council
in April. He has served but one
term. having been elected in 1906 to
succeed Frank A. Gustafson. But in
these two years Mr.. Kent has been
substantial influence both for his ward
and for the city. and he has given his
time and effort unstintingly in behalf
of the public He has been in charge
of the effort of the city to establish
a municipal garbage burner.
O.
Shot at Burelars.-Three revolver
shots broke the quiet of night and
startled residents in the vicinity of
at an early hour Saturday morning.
Burglars who had entered the resi-
dence of Rudolph Winskey We're tar
gets for the bullets. There were two
OF them and they gained entrance to
the house by forcing a pantry window
the men and he made enough noise
to brighten them from the house. AS
| they were leaving he took three shots
at them, accelerating their haste to
get away, but harminS neither of them.
Winskey is not able to give descrip-
| ton of either man. They We're fright
ened early in their work and search
| through the house reveals that nothing
of value was secured by the men.
| o.
Big Order from South America.-An
order for gasoline engines received by
the Root & Van Deryoort Engineering
company speaks eloquently of trade
conditions in South America despite
the depression i'll business in this
country, and of the estimate of the
focal cOmpany's manufacture in the
eyes of the exporter. \ representative
of Agar. Cross & Co. of New York
la $1,000.000 concern which does an
extensive business with several loca
factories was in the city. and placed
a minimum order for two carloads OF
engines month to be supplied by the
Root & Van DervoOTt company for the
New York company's trade in the
Argentine republic. The Agar Gross
concern has its headquarters at Bueno:
Ayres. The minimum order means
that the local company may expect Il
supply at least two carloads a month
or 10 months for the Argentine trade
Local Option Headquarters. - Loca
option adherents have opened cam
paign headquarters in the new Aims
worth block on Fifteenth street
where they have suite of three
rooms. Rev. Richard Haney is il
charge of the Office and will be il
charge of the campaign. In discussin:
: the outlook and the plans of the loca
option organization he said: 81 fee
confident of victory for local option il
Moline this spring, and l shall b.
: greatly surprised if Moline does no
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-02
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

while he was away from his home
over the store Friday night, while his
mother-in-law was alone in the house,
the sum of $240 was taken from the
home. The police are investigating.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-02

Kennedy Laxative Cough Syrup acts
gently yet promptly on the bowels and
allays inflammation at the same time.
1t is pleasant to take Sold by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-02
On Sunday morning

On Sunday morning
you will want to linger
over your breakfast to
enjoy an extra cup of
coffee and read the
paper. The pleasure of
the day will probably de-
pend upon the flavor,
aroma and salubrity of
the coffee. IL it is an
ArbuckIes' Certified Cof-
fee. it is sure to be all
right.
The Certified Java and Mocha 40 cts. per
pound, brown package, fourfold protected,
looks and tastes unlike any other coffee.
The Certified Mexican and San Paulo (35
cts blue package, fourfold protected, has a
more pronounced flavor. The elusive after
taste of the highland Mexican gains this coffee
the reputation of the finest drinking coffee in
the world.
The Certified Old Rio Us cts), yellow
package, fourfold protected, is over six years
old strong, rich virile coffee Of velvet smooth
ness; the kind that makes the Cafes of Rio
Janeiro everywhere famous.
The Certified Old Santos as cts.), red
package, is the coffee favored by people of
artistic temperament and refined tastes, mild
coffee that is not weak. but full favored; rich
in body, but not over stimulating or 'heady"-
very dainty, salubrious drink that charms the
palate and quickens the perceptions.
Ariosa, the original packaged coffee and
the largest seller in the world.
Choose your coffee with care, partake s.,
moderation, and you will find coffee the best
drinIfin the world-and the most economic al.
Arbuckle Bros,
The Old Coffee House.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-02

Get DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Ha-
eel Salve-it is good for piles. Sold
by all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-02
NO GREASE OR DANGEROUS
DRUGS
In Herpicide, the New Scientific and
Successful Dandruff Treatment.

In Herpicide, the New Scientific and
Successful Dandruff Treatment.
Have You dandruif? Then You have
a contagious parasitic disease, unpleas-
ant, unhealthy, and one that will
eventually lead to badness. To cure
it, you must destroy the parasite that
cats al the root of the hair The only
preparation for destroying these germs
is Newbro's Herpicide. Charles Klein
of Laramie, Wyo., says: "Herpicide
aliayed the itching, cured the dandruff
and stopped my hairs falling out, and
it is bringing a new crop of hair.
Herpicide is free from grease or dan
gerOus drugs, and makes hair glossy
and soft as silk. One bottle will con-
vince you of its merits. Sold by lead
ing druggists. Send 10 cents in stamps
for sample to the Herpicide company,
Detroit, Mich. Two sizes, 80 cents and
81. T. II. Thomas, special agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-02

How She Won limits the pretty,
winsome face that's leading most men
to the altar. Girls get wise. take Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea and get
that clear, sweet look happy smile
that wins them. Begin now. 80 cents.
tea or tablets. Harper House phar-
macy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-02
ESTIMATES FOR MARCH
Crop Correspondent Campbell Submits
Farm figures.


Crop Correspondent Thomas Camp
bell in his report mailed to the de-
partmCnt of agriculture March l esti-
mates that 35 per cent of last years
corn crop is stlll in the hands of the
farmers. Ten per cent, he says, has
been shipped out of the county. Sew
enty-five per cent of the seasons crop
was of merchantable quality. 1t is es-
timated that 40 per cent of last sea-
sons oat crop is still in the hands of
| the producer for consumption or sale
| and that 45 per cent will be shipped
| out of the county. The average prices
| received by the farmers are estimated
as follows: Wheat so cents, corn 90
cents, oats 45 cents. barley so cents,
potatoes GO cents, hay $3.50 per ton.
With health all things are happiness
without it other blessings can't be en-
joyed. We make health-for Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea is health
Try it; twill surely make you WELL 80
cents tea or tablets. Harper House
pharmacy
| Get DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Ha
Eel Salve-it is good for piles. Solo
| nv all druorisfS
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
DE BERRY LEASE AT ESTHER
GAINS AS DEPTH INCREASES

SEARCHLIGHT. March S.-The
shaft of the DeBerry lease c1 the Es-
Their has reached a depth of forty feet.
In sinking the last few feet some of the
best ore so far found has been taken
out. This ore, it is estimated VIII run
as high as four or five ounces In goid
to the ton.
Mr.. DeBerry in speaking of the prog
ress made, declared that he was more
than pleased, not only with the values,
but for the reason the vein was fast
becoming more regular and defined. A
foot wall has been present from tne
first and now a hanging is being fol-
lowed. Between the two walls there is
about four feet of ore. of which Is
inches is of the higher grade.
The shaft is to be sunk as fast as
possible to the 10O-foot level before any
drifting or cross cutting is undertaken.
In all probability it will then be found
that the walls, now being followed, are
mere slips and that the vein is much
wider than now appears.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
FIND RICH PLACER
IN " ALNUT GROVE
LOS ANGELES FIRM KEPT ITS
SECRET WELL
Quietly Secured Options, but Digging
Well Disclosed Their Purpose.
What w. H. OImstead
Says

To discover rich placer diggings, al
most at their very door, while sinking
a we'll, to develop water for horticul
tural and other purposes. and then to
discover that their find would benefit
them or the old Wagner residents
little, if any, was the experience a few
days ago of the McNary brothers, re-
siding in the Walnut Grove district,
says the Prescott Journal Miner.
After making the discovery, the
brothers learned that the engineering
firm of Olmstead & Whitsett of Los
Angeles had prospected the Walnut
Grove placers more than year ago,
and had secured options from the sur
rounding residents for the purchase of
their holdings, keeping the richness of
the ground a profound secret
w. H. Olmstead is now in the city
ready to make the final payments on
the properties held under option, and
the parties interested are expected
here in the next few days to pass title,
which, according to late advices from
Walnut Groce, they will do, although
deeply regretting that the McNary
brothers did not discover the richness
of the land long ago or that they had
not prospected the diggings prior to
disposing of their rights for a mere
song.
The McNary find was made in a well
less than twenty feet deep. The
ground is said to be very rich, it being
reported that one man at work sinking
the we'll shoveled and washed out $14
in gold from the dirt in one shifts
work. The find was made last week,
and as a result the Hassayampa river
for miles above and below is appropri-
ated by the McNarys and outsiders,
who are said to have located claims
reaching from the bed of the river al
most to the tops of the hills on either
side.
Mr.. Olmstead, speaking of the firms
holdings said: 1T is true that myself
and partner spent a large amount in
prospecting there last year and it is
also true that the richness of the
ground was kept secret. work was
stopped when it was proven beyond
doubt that the claims were very rich,
AS a result the firm now owns 900
acres of land, all that is suitable for
dredging operations there. Had the
richness of the ground become gen
orally known, a large amount OF
ground, rich in gold, could not have
been purcha sed at any reasonable f1g-
ure The McNary discovery was an
accident, l understand. l do not care
how much rich ground is found out
side. NV firm has secured control of
all the desirable dredging ground
there"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED
AT THE CAPITOL GROUP
Management Is Arranging to Spend
100000 in Equipping the Mine
with Stamps and Cyanide
Plant

SEARCHLIGHT. March S.--There Is
good report from Eldorado canyon that
the new owners of the Capitol group,
about seven miles southeast of Nelson
propose to put up line of improve
ments that will far outclass anything
heretofore attempted. This news fol-
lows the visit to that section last week
of T. j. Murphy of Monahan & MUIR
ply. in company with T. II. Tracey,
president of the Tracey Engineering
company of New York city, and 0. r..
Nay also of Needles.
The estimated cost of the improve
meuts is placed roundly at 100000.
The vo principal items are large
stamp mill, adapted also for custom
purposes, and several lines of aerial
tramways for transporting ore. The
latter, more properly, is to be single
line, but taking circuitous course
with the idea of serving wide extent
of country. One point in the so-called
circle will touch Camp Nelson. Eagle
Wash will make another detour, the
latter being a part of Eldorado canyon
proper, and finally it will encircle a
considerable portion of Mob Hill. The
proposed route will require many miles
of tramWay.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
REPORTS TELLURIDE ORE
IN THE GOLD BULLFR0G
Blind Vein at Depth of Two Hundred
Feet Is Said to Show $3.50.
To Be lnVesti-
gated

BULLFROG. March S.-The manage
ment of the Gold Bullfrog property,
four miles north of Rhyolite, announces
the striking of a seven-foot vein of tel
luride ore, which, according to care
full sampling by fire tests in the COM
pany's assay office, checked by reliable
Los Angeles chemists, gives the excel
lent average of $1S0.47 per ton across
the entire width of the vein.
The presence of telluride ore in Bull
frog may be strongly questioned and
doubted by the majority of people ia
miliar with the ores of the district,
but the Gold Bullfrog people declare
positively that they know whereof they
speak. and say that they are willing
that tests shall be made of the ore to
prove their position.
while we make our determinations
by fire tests, checking same by chemi-
cal analysis" said Mr.. Nash, 1--WE do
not use the same f1uxing mixtures that
are universally in use by assayers. In
stead of using four ingredients we use
at least nine, and in some of our work
we use thirteen ingredients In this
way we are able to get satisfactory
values from the Gold Bullfrog ores,
while with the ordinary fluxing mix
lures the values shown are invariably
low. We submit all our ores to fire
tests and the values which we have
announced were secured in that man.
ner. However. our chemical checks
on the assays show an increase in
values of about 25 per cent as n rule
over the fire tests, showing that in the
chemical analysis there is a greater
saving"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
FIRST LoDER GAS SHELTER
TO BE BUILT AT sEARcHLIGHT

SEARCHLIGHT, March S.-Superin-
tendent John M. Taylor Of the Stnta
Barbara Searchlight Mining company
says his company has signed contract
for a 100-ton smelter. When seen Mr..
Taylor declared that he was SO busy
that it was hard for him to find time
to eat or sleep I'VE have signed a
contract" he said. with John s. Loder
of Reno for one of his patent gas smell
tiers, the same to be delivered within
ninety days. The total cost Of the plant
will be close to 100000.
1.-THE smelter will be erected right
at our Rich hill mine at Mob hill, and
I am now building roads for the haul
ing in of the ore. The smelter will be
the first of it's kind to be erected in
Nevada and / am confident that 1t will
be great success OF itself and likewise
a great benefit to the district. Follow
ing our order was one from w. A.
Clark for a 6OO-ton plant, and in all
Mr.. Loder has sixty different orders to
fill. am showing my own confidence
by offering to take hold Of any prop
erty that has a showing"
1~------
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
FRACTION IS
TO BE SOLD
THIS WEEK
DEAL is SCHEDULED FOR COM
PLETiON AT RENO
CONSOLIDATED BE-
LIEvED TO BE BUYER
Al Myers and Others Interested Are
Now at the Nevada Capital.
Gates Not the Pur-
chaser

GOLDFIELD, March S.-The passing
of the Combination Fraction into other
hands will be consummated ir day
or two. Al D. Myers and Tom d.
Murphy, who have controlled the des-
TIMES of the company ever since the
ground was located by Myers, will step
down and out All the details for the
transfer of the controlling interest
have been made, and probably at
Reno tomorrow the papers will be
signed. The consideration is reported
at $S00,000
What price is to be paid, or who
are the purchasers, could not be
learned One story was to the effect
that Charles S. Gates and his associ-
ates were the parties to whom the
property was to be turned over but
this idea is secuted by those who are
close to the Gates party. They are
not after a lawsuit in the purchase
of any ground, although very anxious
to secure a mine like the Fraction If
the little question of apex rights has
not cropped up.
The most reasonable theory is that
the ground will be taken in by the
hlLSS COMPANY.
No confirmation of that story could be
secured, but it is pretty certain that
when the stock is turned over it will
be found that the Consolidated will be
the owner of the desirable block of
ground which lies between the Jumbo
and the Combination, both owned by
the merger That will mean that an
other one of those vexatious apex
suits will be settled out of court and
for the benefit of all concerned.
A little ore that went fairly good
pay was found and shipped under COM
pany management, but what brought
the property into the linelight was
the discovery made N the lease ope-
rated by LOTUS. Davis and Sweeney,
and the stock went soaring to over Sc
a share These lessees put down a
shaft to a depth of over 600 feet, and
during the short life of their lease a
heavy production was sent out, and
it was all high grade They tried to
get an extension on their lease, but
failed and it is understood that a few
days before the expiration of the lease
the richest ore that had ever been en-
countered in the mine was entered in
one of the drifts. The total acreage
owned by the company is only about
fourteen acres. but it is situated right
in the heart of one of the richest gold
belts in the world.
George b. Holleran. Tom D. Muir
ply and others connected with the sale
have gone to Reno. where the final ar
ran--ments will be completed. The
former is one of the large minority
stockholders. but when seen last night
refused to state to whom the property
was to be transferred or the consid-
Grafton.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09

was impossible for the incoming gold
seekers to secure a rig or even a burro
at any price with which to get to the
rich strike, which is said to be in old
Iiachita, about fifteen miles from the
town.
All kinds of stories of rich findings
are coming out of the country and
nearly every inhabitant of the town
is said to have a little vial contain
ing small amount of gold dust
or few little nuggets. The ore is
claimed to run as high as 1910 to the
ton. f. c. Hill, a business man of
Hachita. claims to have staked out
ten claims and found gold in every one
of them.
Two outfits with pack burros and a
full kit started out from Douglas
overland yesterday. A number OF citi-
zens started for the new camp yester-
day and many will go today. Some
Douglas railroad men who are deeply
interested in the new strike are Con-
ductors Massey, Skiels, Hunter and
Gardiner. and Engineer Harry Loeven.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
EDDY'S DREAM A
SHOCK TO EDlMUNDS
PoET-PRosPEcToR FAILS TO
CONVINCE IOWA MAN
Behring'S of Death Valley Show No
Gold, but Millions in Borax.
Eddy Is Still opti-
mistlc

James Edmunds of Iowa, who ac-
companied Clarence e. Eddy, the poet
prospector. to Death valley ten days
so at least. the latter's theory regard
ing placer deposits in the valley, re-
turned with the poet the first of the
week, his faith being considerably
shaken in the theory, says the Bullfrog
Miner. Shattered would probably be
the proper word to use in the premises,
judging from what Mr.. Edmunds says.
In fact, he says that he seriously doubts
if there is any placer gold in CONNER
cial quantities there at ALL He tested
the sand in various localities and he
failed to raise color.
He had along an auger and bored to
considerable depth, but bored into a
stiff. sticky clay. This material, with
more or less difficulty. he succeeded
in dissolving, but it showed not trace
of placer gold in the pan. He does not
doubt that placer deposits may exist
in some parts of the valley, as claimed
by Mr., Gould. from tests he made, but
in the particular part which he visited
he thinks it is foolng away time to
look for placers.
However, Mr. Edmunds sees possibili-
ties of untold wealth in the borax and
salt deposits, which are numerous IN
Death valley. He thinks it only ques-
ton of time until a railroad will be
built up the valley and these deposits
turned to profit. "Borax" Smith al
ready has taken up great deal OF this
land and the main supply of borax in
this country comes from Mr.. Smiths
works in the valley. but there are other
deposits yet available. But from
placer standpoint Mr.. Edmunds is very
skeptical.
Mr.. Eddy, however, still exercises the
same 'childlike faith in his theory. He
saws that the tests made by Mr.. Ed
munds were superficial and do not
prove anything one way or the other
He relies much more on the tests made
by Mr.. Gould, which he believes to
have been scientifically conducted. The
material tested by Gould returned ~
in gold, 80 cents in silver. with traces
of platinum He cites the fact that the
hackers of Gould are sending in a
dredging outfit and concludes that they
would not go to this expense If the
proposition did not possess merit.
Mr. Edmunds will remain some time
in camp enjoying the fine weather and
incidentally looking into other mining
matters. 1t was his intention originally
when he left Iowa to spend the rest or
the winter on the coast, but he speed
lily reached the conclusion that the
Rhyolite brand of weather now on tap
is good enough for him. He is fresh
from the snow and ice of Iowa and he
thoroughly appreciates the change.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
HOIST PICTURE ROCK
FROM 6ULLFROG GOLD BAR

BULLFROG, March 8.-The miners
at the Bullfrog Gold Bar were given
quite a surprise the other day when
one of them picked a large chunk of
ere from the bucket and began using
extraordinary ordinations in respect
10 what he saw The quartz was liber-
ally sprinkled with free gold and repre-
scented way-up values.
Upon being questioned, the manage
nent stated that the rich ore had been
taken out of one of the slopes, but did
not signify that any new body of ore
had been found. Milling ore in being
hoisted daily and treated in the mill,
" hich is now down to business.
The result of the cleanup March 1
was shipped to Carson City, but the
management would not give an estl
mate on the probable returns. The mill
vas running only twelve days and bull
lion returns are not expected TO be
large.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
Rich Placer Finds Near Hachita
Causing Stampede of Mining Men

DOUGLAS, Arizona. March S.--The
fever of excitement produced by
~ the discovery of rich gold field
in the neighborhood of the little town
of Hachita. about half way between
Douglas and Ell Paso. has now be-
come malignant and crowds of rail-
road men and prospectors from Doug
las, Bisbee and Ell Paso are throng-
ing the country.
The discovery of rich placer gold in
a large quantity was discovered some
time ago by the Clark brothers, from
Colorado, who have since been busy
panning the yellow metal and realiz-
ing from $40 to 500 day. 1t was kept
very quiet by the inhabitants of Ha-
chita for quite while, but railroad
men uncovered the secret. and the
Juror among the fraternity which fol-
lowed soon awakened the whole Sec
ton to what was happening at Ha-
chita. Trainmen coming into Douglas
say that last week the little town was
deserted all week. Sunday the stores
and livery stables were closed and it
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09

There is population of between
500 and 600 in the camp, and arrivals
are coming in at the rate of between
so and so people a day. Our water
system will be fully completed soon, the
telephone line is now in and by the
action of the board of supervisors to-
day we have now a separate township.
Hart township, and brand new JUS
tice of the peace and constable.
"Col. c. A. Hopkins of the Quartet
group at Searchlight, with Mr.. Hall,
his expert, looked over the camp last
week and as result of their personal
Investigations he has closed a deal
through George A. Foster for the
original Hart-EIitt leases, the sum in
voIyed being over 100000. Other
deals of magnitude have also been
closed. the result being to give mine
owners immediate money with which
to go ahead with their development
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
FlFTY.THREE TONS OF
ORE VALUED AT $3.50

PRESCOTT, March S.-Extracting
fifty-three tons of ores that sample
$3.50 to the ton in gold, besides a much
larger tonnage of lower grade ores,
from a sixty-foot drift without doing
any stopping, is the feat accomplished
by Henry Smith and P. B. Werdon
in six months actual work in the Bull
whacker mine, located three miles
east of the city limits.
The partners secured bond on the
mine June "a 1907, from r. II. Bur
mister. 1t took the two thirty days to
unwater the shaft and do some neces-
sary camp work. The water was
pulled out by means of a whim, the
mine not being equipped with hosting
machinery A station was then cut
and the 153-foot level in the shaft and
n drift on the ore shoot started. This
drift is now in 90 feet, the high grade
paying streak showing continuous,
ranging in thickness from twelve to
tWenty-three inches.