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The San Francisco call., 1908-09-17


the reviewing stand May 1 of that
year the union forces in the field ag-
gregated l,034,064 men. By August
the number of men mustered out was
o4l'ooo and by the end of November
the number was increased to 100000.
STATES-Reader, City. Which are
the middle states and which the CEN
trail states of the union?
According to the recent grouping the
states are divided as follows: North
central or lake division-Ohio, Indiana.
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin. Minne-
sofa. Iowa. Missouri; western or noun
tam section-Kansas, Nebraska, North
and South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming.
Colorado Pacific section-Utah, Ne
vada. California. Oregon, Idaho, WASH
ington; northeastern or north Atlantic
section-Maine, New Hampshire, YER
mont, Massachusetts,. Rhode Island.
Connecticut. New York. Pennsylvauia-
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lmpertinent Question No. SO
What's the Funniest Thing?

For the most original wtest this queston-the
bnefer the better-Ihe Call will pay FIVE DOLL AIRS
For the next five answers The Call will pay ONE DOL
LAR EACH. Prize winning answers Will be printed next
Wednesday and checks mailed to the winners at once MAJ
your short and SEND 1T ON A POSTAT
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THE CALL
Winning Answers '4Iov You stunss.
oloy st. Oakland
By those busy B's-Brown and Barnett
A. L. Second st. city.
By trying cash pipe
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Trying provide for day-Dazel Brown cor m.
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By doctors BILL for leaning up against the Exarin.
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While trying to sting the fellow
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By friends, whose in INV ability 70 sun,o~,
them was conhdingly abetted by myself
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WELL DONE, HUGHES

denomination of Governor Hughes by the republican party
OF New York in the opposition the party
bosses in the state will be welcomed by the whole country
The professional politicians hate Hughes an abiding
haired He will neither ucke them He treats
them they did exist When anything done he goes
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-17

Mrs. Frederick Sharon and Miss Flor
ence Breckenridge were recently the
guests OF DR.. Harry Tevis at his coun--
try home at Alma
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-17

Mr.. and Mrs James L Flood. accom-
panied by ]. ". Twiggs. spent the week
end at Del Monte. where Miss Jennie
Flood and Miss Sallie Maynard. who Is
her guest have been since the com
mencement OF the golf tournament. The
entire party returned to San Francisco
Monday
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-17

Frank Batturs, general passenger
agent Of the Southern Pacific lines In
Louisiana. left last night for his home
in New Orleans.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-17

Mr.. and Mrs William Romaine have
reopened their home in Jackson street
and viii spend the winter in town They
passed the summer months most en-
jOyably al Ross. where they had a
charming cottage. and recently were at
Lake Tahoe for a short visit
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-17

n Id Dr. Byan patent medicine for banks by of guar
anteed deposits OF Chinese origin and tried in this
try 80 years ago with disastrous results These historical
facts brought out by the Chicago Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-17

Albert MacRae. editor OF the Santa
Fe Employees Magazine. published In
Chicago, is on the coast for a visit.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-17

Harry Rodan. travelling PASSENGER
agent Of the Washing gton- Sunset route.
arrived here yesterday with a special
party from Washington. D. c.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
BIDDING FOR BOOM

Gweenah and Rawhide are vieing for
supremacy as boom camps and while
the latter is the older camp. present In
dications point to the former as the
more permanent. says the Reese River
Reveille. The hills aroun Ledlie sta
ton on the N. c.. r. r. are swarming
with men. and each train brings addt-
tional hordes, all eager to clap their no
tees on any vacant claims or fractions
that might nave been overlooked by the
too anxious of the first rush. Promi-
nent mining men from Tonopah. Blair
and Goldheld reached here last week in
auto and at once repaired to the new dis
trict where they made a thorough ex-
animation Of the properties already
opened up and also the surface showings
of various other properties. and 1t Is the
opinion of zach and every one of them
that the showings at Gweenah are re-
markable. in fact the best showings they
had ever seen in any camp for the
amount Of work done.
Lemaire Bros. have been offered q
fabulous sun for their holdings. but all
offers have been refused. 1t is under
stood that a syndicate composed Of w.
J. Douglass Of Tonopah. John II. Miller
OF Goldneld. and Jim Friedman of Blair.
who are associated with Pittsburg capi-
~taiists. have purchased an interest in
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28

the Watt property. and will at once be-
gin mining on a large scale.
1t Is understood that the better prop
critics of the new camp have decided to
block out their claims in subdivisions
and lease the same on the same plan as
in Tonopah in its infancy This is good
news. Leasing made the mines of Tono-
pah and will undoubtedly be the means
of showing to the world the true worth
and merit of Gweenah. Parties now here
are already planning to build In the
camp and in a few days there will be
saloons. and me usual pre-
lude to a new mining camp.
Still another rush Is on. this time a
little to the south Of Gweenah and just
west of the old Virgins ranch. People
in rigs and on horseback began leaving
Austin about 10 o'clock Monday night
n continued during q good portion of
Tuesday. It Is rumored that rock we'll
impregnated with gold has been found
just west of the race track near the
Virgins ranch and on the same range as
the strikes at Gweenah.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
sr1MLEH DEvrLoPxrExr co.

H. B. Doll has accepted a contract
from the Stimler Development COM
pany to sink a shaft on the Reno Elk
tension. 1t is estimated that the ledge
will be in about 100 feet.
The groupings on this property show IS
values. with the yellow metal in pre-
p~onderance.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
NEW DIsT1IcT PRoFITIMa

The Rawhide excitement Is helping
Orc City, a small, but very promising
camp situated about twelve miles from
Hawthorne in the same mineralized
zone. There is quite an nflu of visit
ors and the mines are being sampled
for intending investors.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28

r. G. Isherwood and J. w. Crandall. of
Golconda. operating the Kangaroo and
Edith groups at Gold Run. have a fine
showing OF ore.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
VALUABLE LEASE SECURED
ORC CITY

The opening up of the new district or
Rawhide. discoveries being made there
almost daily. insures that Nevada Is
a has-been. but a state of which the
half has never been told.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
SOLAR PLExus STRIKE

One of the most important events of
the past week was the cutting of the
Solar Plexus vein at a point 2S5 feet
from daylight. The lode is two and
one-half feet wide and averages better
than $50 to the ton. The strike has oc-
casioned considerable enthusiasm in the
camp.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
WILL DO CUSTOM wonx

r. j. Stone, who has secured a lease
the Cyrus Noble mill. announces that
will start up some time during the
week. probably next Tuesday.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
pAx,nxr Oh OPTION

Col. C.. A. Hopkins of the Quartette
Mining company has paid $1,000 cash
for a 15-days' option on the Jumbo at
Hart. The total purchase price is re-
ported to be 100000.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
STATE MINING NEWS BOILED DOWN
Latest Developments IN the Various Districts. Large and Small.
Throughout the State
SEARCHLI0HT
From the Bulletin.

tFrom the Bulletin-)
Details are lacking. but from author
itative sources II is learned that a
strike Of telluride ore has been made at
Eldorado Canyon
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
FINAL PAYMENT MADE

The final payment of $4,000 has been
made to Howard Perkins by the Santa
Barbara Mining company for the Rich
Hill mine at Mob Hill. The total pur-
chase price was $1,000.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
CUSTOM MILL INSTALLED

Work Is being rushed on the new
custom mill. 1t is of sufficient capac-
ity to handle all the ores available for
some time. An excellent water supply
has been obtained.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28

There are not enough miners in the
camp at present. The different COM
panies are steadily increasing their
operations. The Orc Consolidated is
planning to double its force immedi-
ately.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28

The shaft on the DeBerry lease on
the Esther is now down sixty odd feet.
The pay streak is some IS inches wide,
and the whole bottom of the shaft will
pay to mill. In keeping with the orig
inal plans, the leasers are hurrying to
reach the 100-foot level, when the vein
will be thoroughly prosecuted and
drifted on.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
sAcxrNo rox sHIPMENT

Ore that runs 800 to the ton is being
sacked in quantity on the Jumbo claim
of the Orc Consolidated. A shipment
will be made in a few days. Some of
the sacks contain rock said to be worth
better thai 81 a pound.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
SEVEN TROUGHS


h0NEfV&h
A carload of machinery. consisting of
a 15-horse power gasoline engine a
specially constructed 3s-foot gallows
frame. steel cable. cars. buckets. and in
fact a complete paraphernalia arrived
in Lovelock last Tuesday. The car was
billed to the Seven Troughs Gold Bar
Mining and Leasing company, one OF
the strong companies operating in the
Seven Troughs district. Wednesday all
the machinery was loaded on freight
wagons and taken to the company's
property. where IL will be Installed at
once. 1t will require about ten LAYS
to transport and install the new plant,
but when this work is finally completed
the management its inten-
tion Of prosecuting development work
on a larger scale than ever before.
LEASE ATTRACTS ATTENTION
The Frye lease. on which a sensa-
tional strike was made some ten days
ago and which is located on the Seven
Troughs Therien. is still the center OF
attraction among the operators in Seven
Troughs canyon. A great deal of In
terest is conferred in the development OF
this block of ground and its operations
are watched very closely. Drifting Is
being hurried from the 20o-foot level
and II is expected the point below where
the bonanza shoot was opened on the
surface. will be encountered before the
first of the coming week.
HOSTING PLANT INSTALLED
The wihuja Mines company. operat-
ing the old Stoker lease has completed
the installation of its new hosting
plant and sinking and prosecuting Is
now being vigorously prosecuted.
WILL SOON MAKE SHIPMENT
The Kindergarten company is plan
ming to install a powerful hosting
plant on its property and will COM
mence sinking a double compartment
working shaft shortly. Since the recent
big strike was made in this property a
vast amount of high grade has been
sacked and the tunnels and drifts are
becoming congested with ore. 1t is re-
ported that a shipment will be sent
out from this mine soon.
VALUABLE LEASE SECURED
w. d. Arnett, the we'll known Reno
assayer and mining man and associates
rave secured a lease on the Mazuma
Hills property. The lease covers the
ground lying between the Mazuma Hills
workings and the Frye lease on the
Therien. There are several known
lodges cutting through this block of
ground and the owners will lose no time
in opening up their new possessions.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
STIMLER

Work is being prosecuted throughout
the camp n flattering returns are be-
ing received from the lower workings.
An impetus has been given to develop
ment work by the recent profitable ship
ment made to the Observation-Disclosures Re-
duction works in Goldield.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28

A hoist will shortly be installed on
the block Of Pemberton G. Annett on the
line of the properties purchased by Mr..
vickers and that retained by Stimier.
MINIS & ranks. An extension has
been granted on consideration that the
owners Of the lease sink a 300-foot
shaft on the Reno claim.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
WIDE LEDGE or GOOD oRE

That the Jumper. under the capable
management of A. X. Wright. is making
good at an astonishing rate Is quite
apparent. The latest showing Is 80
feet of ore that 1t is safe to say Will
average better thar $40 to the ton
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
MOST MODEM III rzE WORLD

While the cyanide portion of the big
mill has not been in operation a suf-
fcient length of time to judge accurately
of it's performance. enough has been
learned to know that 1t is doing it's work
very satisfactorily, says the Blair Press.
Tests of the tailings, made during the
week. have shown the residue to be as
low as % cents per ton. which is a re-
markable record. 1t will require some
time to perfect the adjustment on the
classihers, but ever then If no greater
loss than this is shown, 1t will demon
strate the truth of the oft repeated as
sertion that the plant is the most thor
oughly modern in the world.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
BLAIR AND SILVER PEAK

A phenomenal strike has been made
by E. H. Wilson a short distrance from
the Treasure Hill. Assays range from
s2s.0s to $1.624.53 in gold and silver.
The best assay was taken across two
feet and the second across Ave feet OF
the ledge. Mr.. Wilson claims to have
gotten 81 out Of a pan of placer dirt
below the ledge. Several applications
have been made for leases on the prop
erty. Actual development will also be
undertaken on company account
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
ron DEEPER WORK

On Tuesday the long delayed carload
of new machinery for the n camp.
Eldorado Canyon. arrived. 1t was from
Fairbanks, Morse & Co, Beloit. WIS.,
and included a 15-h.p. hoist and a 70
h.p. engine for the compressors. besides
a quantity of other paraphernalia neces-
sary for deep work. The Nevada Trans
portation company has commenced the
hauling to the mine.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28

The leasers on the Reno Extension
have sent their tunnel thirty-ive feet
through milling ore. The leasers have
now decided to sink a shaft, as, owing
to the topography of the country. it is
difficult to gain great vertical depth in
a tunnel.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
BURTON = swEA1s

A contract has been let for a double
compartment shaft on the Burton q
Swears lease. Hosting apparatus Is
now on the way.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
CONSOLIDATED

On the 100-foot level the crosscut
has been advanced through the ledge
for a distance of twenty-four feet with
out encountering the foot wall. Mill
ing values are obtained for the entire
distance.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28

ing the old Stoker lease has completed
the installation Of it's new hosting
plant and sinking and prosecuting is
now being vigorously prosecuted.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28

The Irwin lease adjoins the New Ell
Dorado. A depth of 140 feet has been
reached. At 200 feet a crosscut will be
run. The shaft at 100 feet passed
through a t~wenty-foot ledge carrying
pay values.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
DAILY

One hundred and twenty feet of
prosecuting has been don on the DAILY
block, a greater portion being through
a ledge, the walls of which have not yet
been defined. Three and one-half feet
of the ledge returns S64.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-03-15
CONCRETE FARM HOUSES.

Concrete has for some time been an
accepted factor in building construc-
ton and it has taken it's place in COM
petition with other building materials.
as equal to them under all conditions,
and like them, having it's peculiar adj
vantages under favorable conditions.
In country house work, says Cement
Age, concrete finds one of it's most ia
vorable conditions. Usually in re-
mote situation where sand and gravel
can be had for little more than its
cost to haul, country house can be
built of concrete at a cost equal to the
best wood construction, and much
cheaper than it can be built of any
other material that completes with con-
crete.
A concrete country house can be
built in several different ways. The
method used in building the exterior
walls, the interior bearing walls, and
the light partitions is where the diff
ference is found. Among the different
types of concrete country houses is
that in which the exterior walls are
built up of faced block; that is, the
exterior wall shows pointed cut or
rock face. Another type is the exterior
formed wall; that is, made by build
ing forms, pouring the concrete into
those forms and plastering or other
wise finishing the exterior face after
removal of forms. A third type is
an exterior wall of rough block; that
is, a house built of rough concrete
blocks and the wall plastered or other
wise finished. Then there is the We
neered exterior wall; that is, wall
bu;1t or formed or rock block and the
exterior face veneered with brick or,
other suitable material. In houses
built of formed walls the interior
bearing walls and partitions are usual
ly formed and in houses built with
block walls the interior bearing walls
and partitions are of block.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-03-15

one-half cup of boiling water; three
fourths of teaspoonful Of soda; one
teaspoonful of salt; one teaspoonful of
cinnamon one teaspoonful of ginger
and one and one-half cups of -four.
Bake in slow oven.
Coffee Chocolate Cake-Two cups Of
sugar, two-thirds cup butter, two eggs,
half cup milk, one square melted choc-
olate mixed with half cup coffee, three
cups -four, one and one-half teaspoons
baking powder.
Currant Cake-One cup sugar, half
cup butter, creamed together, yOlks
three eggs and whites of two, half cup
milk two cups flour, three even tea
spoons baking powder, one cup cur
rants; bake 40 minutes.
Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies
Put into pan one and one-third cups
molasses, one cup brown sugar. one
cup softened shortening Clutter and
lard or drippings) and one cup sour
milk with a heaping teaspoonful soda
stirred in it. When the milk stops
"purring' add to the other ingredi-
ents, together with a tablespoonful
each vinegar, ginger and cinnamon
and one well beaten egg. Add flour to
mix soft, SO that you can handle, turn
onto a we'll Toured board, roll out in a
sheet quarter of an inch thick and
cut in cookies. Bake in a quick oven.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-03-15

To save steps in doing housework,
have small kitchen cabinet made. 1t
can be made from drygoods boxes at
small expense. One lady had her hus-
band make her one from three small
boxes, placed on top of each other, and
finished with a plain table top, and
drawers. Casters were placed under
meath, so it could be easily rolled from
place to place where it was needed. 1t
was useful when setting or cleaning off
the tables, as the dishes could all be
placed on it at once, and rolled from
to kitchen.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-03-15

many ants. To further crowd this
area means to diminish the possibili-
ties of all the rest making a living.
This means that misery will result
for the many. 1t IS wonderful how
the city draws young people to it
and more wonderful how they manage
to live when they get here. The ma
ton of small cities is the better off,
but the rural population persists in
fiocking into urban life. The aim of
industrial education, which has taken
a new impetus throughout the coun-
try, is to raise the trades in popular
estimation"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-03-15
The Rural Accommodation.

II see you have a rural trolley line
down here now?" remarked the city
drummer. Does it carry many pas
sengers?"
wall, 1 should say it does, stran-
GER" boosted the old postmaster. "The
last car that passed carried sixteen
men, ten women folks, six children,
eight live chickens, four geese, two
turkeys, live pig and 'possum in a
trap If the platform had been lit
tie wider they could have got Jeff
Weatherbys red calf abroad. Passen-
gers? Well, l reckon the Sandy Bot
tom & Frog Holler railroad hauls
Them. stranger. News.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-03-15
THE MODERN FARMHOUSE.

The new direct means of communi-
cation with the city has quickened on
the farm the sense of needed improve
ments that the outside world has &C.
quired, says The Delineator And if
there is not mortgage written over
the doorway of the home to the ex
clusion of all expenditure, the farm
house, in the year when the crops are
good, now gets a bathroom instead of
an organ or new plush upholstered
furniture set for the parlor.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-03-15

Blessed is the owner of few
acres of Gods green earth, for no
panics can run away with his holdings.
Banks may go down, merchants fail
but the man who owns a few acres
of land is prepared to live in any event
Best of all property is the ranch or
farm. Most Independent of men is the
farmer.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-03-15
Hard Ginger Cake-Three-fourths of

Hard Ginger Cake-Three-fourths of
a cup of molasses; three cups of flour;
one-half cup of sugar; three teaspoon
fuls of baking powder; one-half cup of
water; three-fourths Of a teaspoonful
of salt; six tablespoonfuls of fat; one
teaspoonful of ginger. Knead as for
bread and bake in pans in slow
oven Roll it one inch thick.
Ginger Cake-One-fourth of cup
Of fat; one-half cup of molasses; one
egg; one-fourth of a cup of sugar;
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-03-15
THE BIG CITY.

"To succeed, shun the big city. Not
one in 10000 who seek fortune or
favor in a great hive of people real
ize their hopes" was the counsel CIV
en- by Samuel Alschuler Of Chicago,
when arguing that cities as big as
Chicago should discourage the influx
of people. "Those vocations should
absorb just as keen men as the pro-
LESSONS, and the professions are over
crowded. There are 5000 lawyers in
Chicago, and a tenth that number
would be enough. Here in this city OF
over 100000 people, most Of us are
not producers of wealth; we are
packed into limited area like so
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-03-15

If you have enough money, or can
scrape it together, and the amount is
small, to make the first payment on IT.
rigated land in the Yakima Valley
which we own or have for sale, the
potatoes you can grow on the land
will pay off the balance.
We do not exactly sell on the crop
payment plan, but we make the terms
such that that is what it practically
amounts to-.
Get your ten acres and plant it to
trees.
Plant potatoes or melons or most
any kind of vegetables between the
rows, and your land will all be paid
for long before the regular time for
payment runs out
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-03-15
Potatoes Alone Will Pay for Your Farm

We have 100000 acres of the very
finest irrigated land in the Yakima
Valley which we wish to populate with
families, and we have several ways of
making it easy for families who would
like one of our ten-acre tracts to get
one.
Our booklet describing our lands is
nearly ready for mailing. Better send
for one and learn all you can about
our lands. Then you better write us
for special information as to how we
can sell you a farm and help you pay
for it.
Write for your booklet today.
1t does not cost anything.