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The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
EFFECT OF 9-CENT COTTON.
Low Price Reduces Railroad Traffic
and Leaves Small Profit 10 Planter.

L. Sewer. general trafic manager Of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway, according to
dispatch from Pitsburg. where he Is
conferring with local agents OF HIS COM
pany. is quoted as saying that the low
price received for cotton during the past
season has affected the traffic Of his
road. both freight and passenger. and
that o-cent cotton left very small mar
sin for the farmer after the fixed ex-
penses we're met
The outlok in the South, he said, IS
growing more promising each day. Sa-
vannah. Ga. the principal cotton port Of
the Seaboard Air Line, the Atlantic
Coast Line, and Southern Railway. has
been running behind in cotton receipts
since December about per cent but
prior 10 that month receipts were con-
siderably in excess Of those OF the cor
responding months year ago.
Losses in traffic on account Of slower
movements Of cotton in December and
January were more than Offset by in
creases in other classes OF shipments. as
evidenced by the statements OF earnings
and expenses Of the roads named for the
two months.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
Electrical Goods In Demand.

An American consul in the far East re-
ports that in his opinion there is a good
chance 10 do some business in that re-
gion in electrical goods. The local branch
OF a house whose main Offices are in
France. contemplates putting in an cleo
trio railway line between two cities in
his district. and he furnishes the name Of
an official Of the company 10 whom inter
ested American firms should send cor
respondence regarding supplies. The con-
sui states that there is some dissatis-
faction with the electric light service
because OF the poor material employed,
and market could be found for a super
Tor grade Of electrical fixtures. such as
lamps, fans, brackets. bells. and larger
parts Of the electrical equipment
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
RECLAIMING LAND IN EGYPT
Newspaper Reports in America Are
Greatly Exaggerated.
Irrigation and Drainage Plans Are
in the Future and Quite
Limited.

Those American newspapers which have
lashed themselves into a fever over the
projected land reclamations plan IN
Egypt. which. as reported. would add
nearly 100000 acres to the cotton pro-
ducing area Of the Nile Valley. viii find
consolation in an announcement made
last week by the Bureau Of Manufactures
TO the effect that the land reclamation
scheme Of the Egyptian government Is
really quite limited In scope. and II sue
cessful will add 10000 acres Of arabic land
90 the producing area Of the Nile above
Assuan. The true situation is given in a
letter from Consul General Iddings. of
Cairo. a part Of which follows.
When the addition 10 the Assuan dam
is finished In 1912 over twice as much
Nile water will be held up as at present.
and ii is expected that 10000 acres OF
land in the very north Of the delta. over
7o0 miles distant from the dam. viii then
be reclaimed. since there VIII then be
summer water enough TO irrigate this
great tract But until the dam is finished,
no steps viii be taken TO reclaim or drain
these 10000 acres. which lie in the low re-
giOn OF the lakes.
When the work OF reclamation is be-
gun. the only machinery 20 be employed
Will be dredges in the canals; the rest Of
the labor viii be manual, which Is very
cheap In Egypt No other reclamations
Of Egyptian lands are now contemplated
The above information was obtained
from the English adviser in the depart
ment OF public works. Projects for the
reclamation Of land by artesian wells IN
a chain OF oases in the Lybian Desert. 10
one OF which oases there is now a rail-
road. are too vague. IN the adviser
opinion. 10 be yet considered.
The barrage at Esna. not far from As
slut, which Will be ready for use in Feb
ruary next VIII not increase the arabic
area OF Egypt Its purpose is 70 assist
the distribution OF water. especially in
seasons when the Nile is low. and when
without II water could not be served 10
certain relatively high lands
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
Saws south !. Prosperous.

A. c. FELTON,. OF Macon. Ca, president
Of the Masse-Felton Lumber Company.
and one Of the largest lumber operators
in that part Of the country. was in Wash
ington during the Inauguration period.
Mr.. Felton's company has recently erect
ed one Of the largest sawmills in the
South, on the line of the Georgia and
Florida Railway, at Bannockburn, Ca.
He says that business generally in the
South is Improving at gratifying rate
and that merchants and financiers have
stopped talking about hard times and
are bending their energies 10 prepare for
the Improvement which is gathering force
every day. The lumber industry. he says
Is especially active and that railroads
are receiving heavy traffic from this
source.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14

in modern style. The houses will be two
stories and OF the better type Of resi-
dences Of this class.
Joseph A Herbert will also in the i'm
mediate future undertake the construc-
ton of five new houses near those of Mr..
Murphy. These viii be two-story struc-
lures OF six and eight rooms each. and
viii cost about $500 each.
New buildings Planned.
The business building az Fourteenth
street and Park road is to be made over
by the direction OF Charles z. Gross.
owner of the property. Harding & Up
man. architects. made the plans for re-
modelling the structure. and also for ex-
tending it on Park road and carrying II
up two stories higher.
The entire building when completed will
be three stories in height. and will be
arranged for use as an apartment house.
The same architects are designing A
residence for Mrs. T. B. Young at Claren-
don. Va. which will be OF the cottage
type. They also designed the Masonic
Hall, 10 be erected at Clarendon
during the coming season
The same architects have finished plans
street. between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets. The house viii stand entirely
detached on a plot Of ground that is
about 100 feet front, with ample depth.
About forty feet OF the frontage will be
.aken up with the house and all the rest
viii be devoted 10 lawn space, as well as
affording light ana air from all sides.
In keeping with such surroundings viii
5e the colonial design of the building. A
circular porch will mark the main en-
trance and above it viii be an oriel
window The entrance viii be into hall
which viii extend from the front to the
rear of the house. and viii end in a door
opening out on a porch that will over
look the rear lawn.
On the right side OF the hall will be the
living room, spacious. as such a room
ought 10 be- Back Of that will be a den.
On the other side of the hall will be the
dlning-room. kitchen, and pantry. The
upper floor will be used for bedrooms.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
Merchants oppose Metric system

A determined fight IS TO be made by the
Manila Merchants Association against
the adoption OF the metric system. The
whole matter has been referred TO the
legislative committee. The merchants
are, in the main. opposed 10 It, while
the Filipino tradesmen feel that they
would be lost beyond recovery In its
intricacies.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
Possibilities of Electricity.

With reference TO the possibilities Of
fered through the use OF electricity, Mr.
Gibbs states:
The cost OF everything electric is tre-
mendous. The electric locomotives. such
as they are. cost more than double the
steam locomotives that they replace. and
with this but a small part Of the story
has been told, as We must add the cost Of
track preparation. Of the power plants
and all that goes TO make the electric
system as a whole.
The demand has frequently been made
that II not the entire cross-cOuntry line.
the cities or terminals should be electri-
fed. In some cases the same demand has
been made where cities are not terminals
for any but a small proportion OF the
trains running into them. Such a de-
mand would involve two locomotive ter
minals one on each side Of the city. cleo
trifcatiOn Of the space within the city
limits. supply Of special electric loco
motives. and the delay OF a double stop.
TO say nothing OF the difficulties due %
the interruption Of such functions as the
m-heating Of trains.
TO Offset the cost OF this, there is no
saving whatever IN operation; on the con-
trary, the operating cost is largely in
creased. II the railroads could stand the
burden Of cost. il Is certain that the pub
lie Itself would not tolerate unnecessary
delays OF this kind. Naturally. the roads
hesitate 10 undertake new electrifcations.
not only on account OF the expense, but
also because It is wise 70 learn the lesson
Of the mistakes Of one installation and
thus avoid their repetition at another.
While anything Of the kind IS possible
from an unlimited expenditure OF money.
we do not hesitate TO say that the time
has not yet come when the enormous out
lay OF capital for the purpose Of the cleo
trifcation OF the railroads would be jus
titled by the returns, and further, we as
sert that the capital thus diverted would
be far more useful n other directions"
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14

Or. G. A Dorsey, of Chicago, who re-
Gently returned from a trip through the
orient, found in one or the Solomon Is
ands a tribe OF hitherto unknown ma
ives, so unciyilized that they wear no
,lothing, and live in hollow tree trunks
md holes IN the ground
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
SMOKE NUISANCE
IN LARGE CITIES
What Railroads Have Done
to Solve the Problem.
WOULD AVOID THE WASTE

Superintendent of Motive Power Of
PennsyIvania Railroad Points Out
of StOkers-When Fuel Burns No
smoke Eseapes-New Devices.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
STEEL CUT BRINGS
OUT SMALL ORDERS
Business Waits Disposal of
Tariff Schedules.
PRODUCTION SHOWS DECLINE

Companies Operate on Basis of 80
and GO Per Cent of Cnpacity-Re-
ductiOn I'm Wages of Steel and Al
lied Concerns Estimated at $780,
100000 n Year.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
MARKET RECEIVERS
FROM INAUGURATION

Continued from Page One.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19
HARD TO ESTIMATE.

Placer in the Manhattan gulch is
causing the mathematician to sharp
en- his pencil and get down to doing
sums. If you have a hundred or
thousand feet of gravel and it runs
from S. to $40 per cubic yard, how
many cubic yards have you and what
is II worth? A great part of the
placer deposits have been so opened
up that it amounts to little more than
mathematical problem, and this is
indicated by the number of level
headed men who are buying placer
ground. Purchase prices are ranging
from $3.50 to $50 foot for ground.
taking in the whole gulch. But little
difference in price is made between
ground held under lease and where
title to ground is conveyed, as what
the purchasers are now after is the
gold in the gravel And it doesn't
take ten minutes to convince any
one that the gold is there in paving
quantities.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19
CONGRATULATES
TONOPAH ON ITS
new MILLS

Reports from Tonopah, seemingly
well based. are to the effect that
Tonopah is to have three new mills
within a comparatively short time
The Tonopah Extension has al
ready started work on the construc-
ton of 100-stamp mill in Tonopah,
preparations being made to install
the foundation for the first unit of
thirty stamps. The Jew mill will be
constructed on the unit system, 80
stamps being put in commission some
time next September, then another
battery of thirty added, and finally
the balance of the 100-stamp plant.
For some time there had been talk
of the MacNamara and West End
properties constructing a Joint mill,
but now this talk has come to an end
and we are informed that the Mac
Namara company will construct it's
own mill and that the West End has
also decided to build milling plant.
Nothing has been given out as to the
size of these plants as yet, but they
will probably be of from thirty to
forty stamps in size.
The Montana of Tonopah already
has mill, 40-stamp affair, which
is model and which effects a saw
ing not to be surpassed by any mill
In the state. The plant is equipped
with stamps, concentration, amalga-
nation and cyanide process, as well
as tube mills, and we learn that it is
being equipped to handle it's own
concentrates, thus handling all it's
own product, from ore to bullion.
The Tonopah Mining company
plant at Millers, of 100 STAMPS. is
also completely equipped, and has
been doing great deal of custom
work-handling practically all the
ores from the Jim Butler, the West
End, and the Tonopah Extension
companies, as we'll as from the sew
eral mines of the Tonopah Mining
estate. Much ore from districts trib-
utary to the Tonopah district has
also been handled at Millers. Re-
moval of the plant to Tonopah will
mean the elimination of railway
charges from the cost of ore treat
ment, and also that great quantities
OF ore which is on the dumps in Ton
opah and adjacent districts-iust
under shipping grade, can be milled
at profit.
With the Montana, Tonopah, West
End, Tonopah Extension and MacNa-
mara properties having their own
mills, right at the mines, equipped
to handle the ore, Tonopah will en-
ter upon a period of greater prosper
lily than ever before in it's history.
Congratulations.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19
CONGRESSMAN EXEMPT.

The proposed a
$4,000 annually contribute the
ordinary taxation, to the United
Did There
the excepted the
namely, the congressman Of the United States
One would hardly t is IL a
deal of but when it consideration
fairs and interests
modesty ',
The salary of today $780, but they that
sufficient enable
need of exemption
But what about others? We chance
income of $4,000 His daughter
nose wanted 1t badly and the father denied
her. his excuse being that he possibly could afford
annual income heavily
horse out of the question
There is doubt individual
made exception this
making the If mbued with
in personal
emp himself
So it is it has
ourselves should be
beyond power to sustain
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19
ACCIDENT IN DRAKE SHAFT.

Quite bad accident occurred on
Tuesday in the Drake shaft of the
Quartette Mining company at
Searchlight, Nevada. The sufferers
We're George Ackley, Harley Holmes
and Church Bottenfield All fell
from point about thirty feet from
the bottom of the shaft, the total
depth of which is 351 feet. Ackley
had leg broken and the others were
much bruised and shaken up.
The explanation given is that one
of the three slipped and took the
others with him. 1t is stated that
only the fact of there being twelve
feet of water at the bottom saved
the lives of all.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19
MAGPIES TO
BE EXTERMINATED

Il The recently enacted law providing
for the protection of quail throughout
f this state for three years, Is failing
to accomplish the results anticipated
/, by the trainers of the act, say local
4 sportsmen.
( A concerted raid on the magpies
which are infesting the sections
largely inhabited by quail, and which
are destroying the propagation of the
latter by eating the eggs and destroy
ing the nests, thus creating a condi-
ton of devastation among these most
desirable game birds is being con-
Stemplated.
1t is asserted by those who have
studied the situation that sportsmen
can do more in single day to pro-
tect the quail by Strengthening the
magpies than the law will do in the
coming three years. The maybe is
regarded as nothing but a nuisance.
productive of no good in any wav.
The event to which this objections
able bird is increasing and its depre-
dations upon the game bird consid-
. cred as one of the most desirable in
the state has become alarming.
a plan is being perfected whereby
a general hunt is to take place. with
a generous bounty placed upon the
. head OF every magpie killed. In which
q mot alone the sportsmen will partici-
upate but every man connected with
Ethc various ranches over the state.
L They will receive an open Invitation
Rto unite with the lovers of true sport
Tin this work OF determination. aud Il
us believed tina, much good win be
accomplished.
4 These rohhcs birds will soon be
Nnssting and sportsmen declare that
Nihe, have NO reluctance In dealing
N~i,h them Ia the same manner these
Rhlrds are dcaliag With their uaoHeu-
slvv aud more valued companions II
the air and ssxehrash That The
rnnks Of the magplss must b. dimln.
lshsd b eeneeAea ~ an spor,amet
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19
AMBITION.

Gushing academy Ashburnham has number Of
lady pupils Il to 20 of Recently
conceived the idea of asking each
lion dollars If she had ithad
save or spend 1t as her fancy suggested.
The professor the
book the
mere are those who will buy
is the girls want and how they would
But there the
beyond what curiosity goes searching for in its
the ambition in America n
Inc girls would buy automobiles beautiful
Gems fhey would have private yachts they
and would see much and would
They would have flowers clothes and all
Things that contributed to their
very few OF the girls did it that the
million would increase their
to make the brighter
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19
NOSE PAINT ROUTE IN 'o6.

In 1896 Jim Townsend printed
the following in the Bodie Mining
index; We are sure there is not
another town or city in the country
where there are fourteen saloons in
a continuous row on one side of the
street, as in this camp. 1t is a mys-
terry how they live but they all seem
to flourish. It's glorious cocktail
route--out of one door and into an
other without wetting your feet"
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19
PERSONAL

]. E. c. Williams is over from
Goldfield
T. B. Mechling, of Goldfield, came
over from the south last evening.
w. w. Keith of the Tonopah and
Underwater railway, came over from
Goldfield last evening.
c. c. Born, NJ j. Hanley and Ed
ward H. Taylor, of Columbus, Ohio
returned last evening from trip to
the Bellehelen district, where they
hold extensive interests.
County Treasurer Frank P. Man
nix, accompanied by Mrs. Mannix
and daughter, came up from Rhyo-
lite Monday evening and will make
their future home in this city.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19
Is CHIEF MIXOIOGIST.

Frank Macy, one of the most pop-
ular saloon men in Tonopah, has ac-
cepted position as chief mixologist
OF the Nyco saloon. and can now be
found behind the mahogany of that
place Frank has many friends in
this city and is one of the men who
has the knowledge to quench burn
ing summer thirst.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19
For the children: Red School
House shoes. st. Pierres. Sit
WORSE THAN ROT.

Some of the rot being sent out Cor
at least printed as coming from AZ
rical about Roosevelt would cause
linotype distributor to take on jag
and ground the current of a perfect
Ing press. Most OF the stun Is re-
eeiyed over the grapevine" route
aud Is manufactured by the Teddy
haters i odie Miner.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19
RELIEVED IN ENFORCING LAW.

What are they moving the church
fore"
Well. stranger, I'm mayor OF these
digsin's, aud I'm for Law enforce
ment, We've got an ordinance what
SAYS no saloon shall be nearer than
SOC feet TO church, gave en-
three DAYS TO move the church. -
Judge
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19
COAST LEAGUE

AT Oakland-San Francisco s,
Vernon 0.
AT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4,
Oakland /.
At Los Angeles-Los Angeles 2,
Portland
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

At Chicago-Philadelphia 5, Chi
cago 0.
At Detroit-Boston 5, Detroit 3.
At Cleveland-New York 4, Cleve-
land 2.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19

You might Just as veil expect Ia
set Rich playlag solitaire as % bald
up a business without advertising
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19
BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At New York-Cincinnat 4, New
York 2.
At BROOKLYN ittsburg 8, Brook
Ign 5.
At Philadelphia Chicago 8, Phil
adelphia 2.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19

Come and see the wooden shoe
dance at Eagles pavilion. MAY sS.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19

New goods arriving daily at Ryan
aud Steasons s.S.tf
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19

The ronopah Weekly nonaaaa
- per Near send Il back home
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19

Draft beer and tree lunch Al the
Nevada Club t.tg.tf
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19

Location notices, IN tripIlcare-
handiest affair for prospectors and
miners-contains carbon-15O no.
tees in book For sale at the Bon
ANA Office
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-19

Ice Tonopah Dairy. Sis
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

cigars in the place of drinks is not regarded as good
form by the Have Another club, but it permitted at
times
ct makes for sociablity," is the defense that is
made of the custom Men learn know eaoNN
other better when they meet each with one foot on
the bar rail than they do IN any other way 1t
brings them closer together, and they the fine
things each other that might go undiscovered if it
were not for the treating"
That is one of the best arguments they make
Rather neat too, even if it be not very convincing
There or two other specifications to the
defense. One of these told the wives is that the
acquaintance formed that way very beneficial in
material way. That is particularly good for law
yers, brokers and real estate and good takers
get away with that, providing the women be
ready to believe only the good.
Anyway, it is great custom practiced in this
city, which is not very different from Pamela
Four Corners and Unadilla Forks in that respect
In each of those places the men stand around the
bar when the town goes license. and around in a
dark room when goes dry and the excuses they tell
their wives more original than those told by
the city One OF the peculiar things about treat
ing is that the for the effects it produces are
within few hours as old as the custom itself Some
of the very used last night used in the cen
turtles long ago by men of ancient Greece and Rome
1t has been said that treating is natural instinct
and never be cured of it. Assuming that
this is true practical has suggested that it
be turned into useful, rather be turned away
from useless. expenditure One man has put forth
the idea that after the first drink which for the sake
OF the argument is assumed be in the nature of a.
life saver, the go haberdashers store. Whep
it came time to buy the second time the conversation
would be something like this:
Il will take something neat in Isle hose What
do you WANT
Think l will have of those new collars
size To-"
Give me a couple of collar buttons"
In that way all the would get the things they
need, and which would always be useful and they
would not injure their health by taking lot of
drinks they did not either want or need There are
a lot of who will condemn this and say il Is
impossible to be sociable without the works Of art
that decorate the cafes but that Is the real
why the plan will not be popular with them.