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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
GOLDFIELD Is PROMISED
BETTER RAILROAD RATES

J. w. Reinhart, comptroller and act
ing president of the Tonopah and Gold
field railroad and ii. X. Hanlin. general
superintendent came up from the coast
Thursday afternoon in the private ear
"Mizpah.' These gentlemen, together
with w. ID. Forster. general freight and
passenger agent of the T. & g., have
been in Los Angeles and San Francisco
for the past ten days. 1t is understood
important rate matters, affecting Gold
field, Tonopah and this section of Ne.
vada have been under discussion and
satisfactory arrangements are being
concluded, it is said, which will result
in better rates and n better condition
generally for Goldfeld. Mr.. Reinhart
spent Thursday evening with his old
New York friend William Babeoek at
the Goldfeld Hotel, leaving Friday
morning for Tonopah.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
DEATH OF COLONEL g. M. KING

of about twenty-five years. Later he
was connected. with the Security Bank
of Minneapolis, Mimi, in an official
capacity.
Upon the organization of Boyer,
Thomas & Co. about the first of March,
1907, Col. King was chosen secretary
and treasurer, and up to Saturday last,
had charge of the funds of that in
stitution.
He was very eourtly in his manner,
a gentleman of the old school, and high
ly regarded by everyone who knew him.
Those who knew him best state OF him
that he was one who never, under any
circumstances, forgot 10 be a gentleman
Col. King came from Il very promi-
nent family in Canada, and although a
resident Of the states for a great many
never forswore his allegiance to
England.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09

Gerbrand NJ. King, secretary and
treasurer of the firm of Boyer, Thomas
& Co., Goldfeld, Nevada, died in this
city of heart disease, May 4th, 1908.
Col. King is one of the well known
residents Of Goldfeld, having resided
here for a period of three years, com
ing here from Rossland, British Co
lumbia. The old residents will remem-
Der that he came here for the purpose
of taking charge of the old Goldield
Hotel, which was destroyed by fire just
as it was nearing completion and
whose ruins remained until the erec-
ton of The News building, which now
covers the same site.
For many years prior to his coming
to G~oldfeld, he was manager OF n of
the branches of the Merchants Bank OF
Canada, having been connected with
that very large institution for a period
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE
POLICE IN GOLDFIE~

Captain w. L. Cox, superintendent y
the Nevada state police, is in uO"
field directing the local squad.
The number of police on actual aus,
has been reduced in order to consels
the appropriation, but the reserve l0is,
is not diminished and a large fofcs 4
men can be called into action on sH~'
notice. -,
Little active service has YET pM
cen by Sergeant Revere's dolu1 !,
squad, which is chiefly engages
patrol work. At Rawhide. where Il,
ditions are less settled than hef,' on
state police are doing splendi''
ergctic work.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09

Lincoln Davis is visiting in Los An
geles.
+. A. Webster is an arrival from New
York City. g.
]. p. Lotus and family visited San
Francisco this week.
A. A.. Codd is in Rawhide locking
after his mining interests.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Stoneham are ar
rivals from New York City.
A. X. Nicholson of New York is a
euest at the Hotel Goldield.
Dr. w. W. Rhyan has returned from
ar extended visit to the east.
VIM. l.. Clayton is in from Hornsiiscr,
where he il engaged in business.
Judge O'Brien was over from Tono-
pah this week on court business.
Thomas G.. Condor has returned to
Goldield to resume mining operations.
w. M. Sills of the Nevada Empress.
went east this week on a business mis-
sion.
C. f. Mack of Reno, counsel for rs.
meralda in the tax suit, is here on legal
business.
Eugene Thompson, formerly with
| The News. is here from Reno on a
business trip.
DR.. Hammond was this week 1p-
pointed assistant county physician. He
will reside at Rawhide.
Captain r.. r. Frisbie is in Ton
Hornsilver. where he has a valuable
lease or the Silver King.
John f. Mclaughlin, who is heavily
interested in Buckskin district. is
spending a few days in Goldfeld where
he formerly resided.
Fred J.. Seibert, superintendent OF
the Portland. spent several DAYS this
week inspecting properties in Florence
district, Humboldt county.
NJ. l.. Efinger, formerly general man
agcr of the Pittsburg-Silver Peak, has
returned from a visit to New York City.
He will make Goldfeld his home.
Senator Dix NJ. Smith of Elmira, New
York, has returned from a visit to the
east and will give his personal atten-
ton to the affairs of the Gem Florence.
Mrs. Mary A. Lyman of Butte, Mon
tana, who had been visiting her son, c.
L. Lyman of the legal department of
the Goldfeld Consolidated Mines com
pany, has gone to San Francisco.
Prof. Gilbert M. Ross. deputy state
superintendent of public instruction,
was in Goldfeld this week on his way
home after a two months tour of the
school districts of Southern Nevada.
j. Willard Morgan and J. r. Sutton
both of Camden. N. j., are in Col iiel'i
on a visit to various camps, as the guest
of w. T. Bailey. Both are prominent
New Jersey citizens, Mr.. Morgan be
Ing comptroller of the state.
Claud Inman. constable of Gol,fiell
township, has been granted a thirty
davs' leave of absence. He expects to
return to Lincoln county, where he re-
Gently uncovered several promising
prospects.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
PREJUDICE AGAINST STATE
POLICE HAS DISAPPEARED

port without compromising benes,.
But since some of the police have besn
put in action against horse and eatsla
thieves and Kidding the ountr of sueh
termentors, the farmers have beeom.
the staunchest supporters of the st.,s
police and consider the money paid /,
taxes as well invested
The fact that $4,000 was annr.
priated by tho Legislature cor =.
much thereof as might be Necessary,
for the carrying out of the state poi;s.
law, aroused a feeling of ap~prchensio.
throughout the state, that it was =.
extreme and reckless measure AM
threatened enormously increased taxes
But tho large sum appropriated wa,
only an emergency measure to meet ev
tremc conditions. should sueh Aria
CAPTAIN Cox states that he expects ~
mako the appropriation of $150.OM
spread over at least three years, and n
consequence the expense will hardly ho
appreciablc. This first year will "a.
auire a larger expenditure, as the Gen.
eral equipment has to be purchased and
all the expenses incident to the estah
lishment of the force, the purchase Of
HTTlDTN. uHilOiuto. ttt.- haNO W DE met
He states that the total expenditure 70,
the first year will not exceed $70.OM
He is reducing the force first put into
active service, to the lowest practicable
figure, the standing force now beino
about 2S. although still further refue'
ton in numbers will be made. There i
no evidence of threatened disorder IN
any particular part of the state, now
and the force can be reduced to tho
minimum. The law is elastic and the
force can he augmented on a moments
notice from the reserves who arc
always subject to call.
The state police law is working 30
well in Nevada that it is attracting the
attention of several other western
states, and their officials are sendipo
to the governor for copies of the meas
ure with the intention of adopting tho
law for their own use. As time goes
along and the law and its operations
are more generally understood. the
early prejudice is passing away and
the heartiest approval is accorded it on
every hand.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09

Captaiu w. l.. Cox. superintendent OF
Nevada state police spent some time III
Goldfeld this week, inspecting the iocah
force This is the first visit OF the su-
pe~rinteudent since the force was estao,
lished. his time having been occuPie"
largely at headquarters at Carson Ol'y'
shaping up his department.
Tn an extended interview with Cap
tain COY. II was learned that while at
first there was some p~reJudice against
the state police law in some parts Oh
the state, that prejudice IS fast disap
pearing and the law and the ponce
force il has created are held IN nighes'
respect.
At first there was a feeling among the
county peace authorities throughout the
state. that the state police was estab-
lished to supersede them and that IN
the exercise OF their respective duties,
there would be a conflict and possible
trouble In fact the authorities OF the
various counties were disposed to resent
the action of the legislature in enacting
the law and were prepared to give the
state police n cool reception, and Tor n
time in some counties, as in Esmeraidf
of which Goldfeld is the county seat,
there was some friction. But as time
went along and it became apparent
that the state police were not intended
to interfere with the local neaee author-
tiles but to assist them in maintaining
law and order, The best of feeling came
to pass. Wherever the state police are
working it is in entire harmony with
local authorities.
In towns that are Incorporated and
have a local police force as well as
county officers, as in Reno. the state
police are active but not obtrusive, and
have been of great assistance. In Keno
the local and the state police work 10,
pether as one body and have cleaned
up that town of Objectionable char,
acters as it has never been before, and
the state police, therefore, stand IL
great favor in Reno.
There was some feeling against tht
| state police law in the agricultural re
| pions, at first, as it was supposed thai
the state police were intended for the
mining camps, while the farmers would
have to bear the burden of their sup
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09

Upon telegraphic request by several
prominent citizens of Goldfeld Senator
Nixon wired this week to have work
suspended on the proposed Mine Opcr-
ators hospital. There had arizen con-
siderable opposition in the ranks If
the mine workers to the proposed hos-
pital and it's method of maintenance by
taxing the miners.
Drs. Turner and Durham, the pro-
prietors of the enterprise. will continue
the construction Of the building. fit it
up with every modern convenience, and
operate it as an Independent hospital.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09

q. L. B., Albuquerque. Nothing do
ing on the Coming Nation at present.
Has some good ground, especially the
Curly George Fraction. on which con
siderable work has been done. Com
pany does not seem to be very aggres-
sive. Home Office in Denver. Brewer
and others tried to manipulate a stock
deal on the market some months ago,
and Brewer took a lease on the Curly
George to help the deal along; but not
much work was done on the lease at
that timo. The stock got up pretty
we'll. and after wabbling about for a
time, sank back to a nominal price.
The property is all right if the man
agement were good and aggressive.
". +. g., Mt. Pleasant. We cannot
answer o satisfactorily without
knowing more of the case. liz the
broker in question furnished you a
spurious certificate, You certainly can
hold him responsible, even If he bought
IL from a San Francisco broker as he
states. You had nothing to do with
the latter broker. Your transaction was
with the Goldfeld broker. whom you
maid for the stock, and who must make
good. Was transfer on the certificate
refused because it was fraudulent
What was the stock and who are the
transfer agents! Is the broker IN ques
ton a member of the Goidheid Censor
idated Stock exchangeg
@. g., Crete, Ill. The Lucky Boy and
he Goidfeld Lucky Boys are one and
the same company, as we understand II.
The Lucky Boy has two well located
claims. The shaft is down $50 feet and
the main tunnel has been driven into
he side of the hill for a distance OF
$50 feet. The Lucky Boy is one of the
few properties in camp that has a true
assure vein. There is nothing doing on
the Great Bend Twin. Goldfeld Ne
vada at work on lease, Lone Star not
working.
A. j. M, Los Angeles. The Goldfrog
Big G.. owns a group of claims, three
miles north of Diamondfeld adjoining
the Magnolia. The property IS equipped
with machinery capable of sinking ooo
feet. The shaft is down about l2o feel
and considerable prosecuting has been
done developing a ledge of milling ore
General Manager Searight kept the
work going until a few weeks ago but
had to close down until the treasury
could be replenished.
A. R. f., FL Paso, Texas. The Great
Western group is well located in light
of recent developments. 1t is next 70
the Combination Extension, in the gen.
eral line of the Little Florence and
Rogers lodges. No work is being done
on it to speak of, but there should be
some activity in that immediate neigh
borhood.
Several Inquirers-Goidfeld Double
Eagle company was promoted by the
wilson's. Its property is located four
miles southeast of Goldfield, adjoining
the Dixie. A tunnel was run something
over one hundred feet into the hill, out
no values were developed.
q. F., New York. An extended arti-
Gle in our issue of april Is narrated the
fact that the Blue Bell company had
bought the Nevada mine at Berlin
which is a profitable producer, and that
the company will shortly begin the de-
yelopment Of its Goldfeld acreage.
FL. F., York, Pa. No work has been
done on the Heart of Goldfeld for
SOM time. The assessment work FOL
the last year was attended to.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
FIRST ORE SHIPPED
FOR NEVADA EXHIBIT

The first shipment of ore, consisting
OF five tons for the Nevada mineral
exhibit at the International Mining
Exposition at Madison Square Garden
in New York, was started from Car.tn
City by Sam Davis, chairman of the
Nevada Publicity committee Saturday
This lot of ore consists of ore from
many of the rich mines of the state and
nearly all of it is high grade. Sam
Davis states that other shipments will
follow and that Nevada will have a
very creditable exhibit at the EXPOSE
ton, although the exhibit will not be
as large and as interesting as it would
have been had the people of Nevada
gwen more freely toward the exhibit
fund.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09

Last week a building Immediately
across from the postofiee. which is in
stalled in The News Building, was
rented and repaired for a saloon; but
the prospective tenant failed to appre-
ciate the temper of his neighbors
When he came to apply for a license, a
protest went up from the dcnizens Of
the block in which the postoffiee is To-
Gated, and the commissioners were pc
titioned against granting the license.
That honorable body at once granted
the request of the petitioners, and a
resolution was adopted instructing the
sheriff to refuse to issue a license for
anyone to be used in the block of which
the postofice is the center. Post
master Collins animated the petition.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
STATE POLICE GROWING IN FAVOR

w ? E ARE glad to see that the prejudice against no Nevada State Police
M is gradually fading away as the practical operations Of the depart
ment AN better known.
We admit that the eadn~ OF the lay might readily aus serious
apprehension, because it is wide in is scope and confrs pretty full powers upon
that organisation But the law could rot be effective otherwise, and in thu hands
Of such a we1podsed and experienced superintendent as Captain W. L Coz, there
is n % need Of alarm. It might only be expected that in launching the police force
under . new and unuied law, som mistakes might " made AM some obstacles
encountered that were unlocked for and lit would only be expected that the ~
ponents Of the measurew would magnify them to the prejudice Of the law and
those in authority But the mistakes hav been q fcw and so quickly recufed
adjusted, that they created not more than a ripple in the laws successful
operation
A force that car be thrown It will inoa n section, is absolutely necessary
to a state ike Nsvada. where most Of the counties are poor and unable 10 main
tain . sufficient local peace force. These counties car hav the additional helm
PAID BY the entire state.
we predict that the Nevada state Police Law wn, within to years. be ne
Of the most popular upon or statute books and the police force an institution
that the state would not think II dispensing with.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
BELIEVES BILL, WILL. PASS

One of the pledges made by Congress
man Bartlett was that he would labor
for the passage of a bill creating a ma
tional bureau of mines. Mr.. Bartlett
writes from Washington that there is
considerable opposition to the measure
in the upper house. but that earnest
missionary work is being done and he
has reason to believe that the bill will
ultimately became a law. It's advan-
tages for Nevada are unquestioned.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
CHAIN GANG AT WORK

Under direction of Street Commits
sioner Hunsinger. the prisoners in the
county jail have been doing good work
the past week grading Columbia street.
A strike ensned several days ago, Dat
severe measures in the ma:fer Of .'iet
soon brought the prisoners to forms.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
FUNERAL NOTICE

.Cul. Gerbrand NJ. King died at his
residence No. 100 Fourth street, Gold
field, at IL o'clock noon, Monday, May
4th. 1908. Funeral at Dunn's under
taking rooms, No. 414 Fifth avenue, at
3 p. m. Thursday. Interment Kingston,
Ontario, Canada. Friends invited.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09

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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
= APPOINTED

this week appointed H. F. Brede justice
of the peace of Rawhide township, vice
A. D. Armstrong, who was removed by
process of law.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09

The annual stockholders meeting of
the Transvaal Nevada Gold Mining
company will be held June 18th, 1905
at 10 O'Clock ri their office on the cor.
ner OF Main and Aluminium streets. for
election of officers and the transaction
Of such other business as may be nee.
essary.
CHARLES n. MORSE.
NO.. Secretary.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
QUERIES AND ANSWERS

suh.crfher are welcome to thu ID of this department In asking
.bout mani state III tn facts a far ~ known Of location II prop
ertv. oncers etc. to assist in u Investigation AZ II requires mucn
49,. .a correspondence. often to elicit h desired information. n az
he demands uon hiss department are vry heavy. subscribers will pleas
exercise patience and allow for two or three weeks m tr
No answe by mall
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
ANNUAL. MEETING

The annual meeting of the Florida
Mines company will be held May 18th
in the office of Walter H. Whitmore,
when a board of directors for the cnsu-
ing year will be chosen.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
~PIEAsANTLY ENTERTAINED

Tho Women of Woodcraft gave a de-
lightful party Friday evening in Ross
Hollev hall. The guests of honor were
the WOodmen of the World.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
GOVERNOR SPARKS IMPROVING

The latest reports from the bedside
OF Governor John Sparks. who is now
at his home ranch neal Reno. are to
the erect that he is gaining strength
and has a fair chance to recover.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-09
THEY SAW THE e

Not less than 200 Goldfelders went
TO San Francisco this week to witness
the naval display.