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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-03
GENERAL AGENT
OF 7. & 7. ROAD
TAKES EXCEPTION
w. w. Keith Refutes Statement Made
at Citizens Mass Meeting.

have to date back SO very far to be
able to recall the time when it used
to take shipments weeks to come
via the lines of the Southern Pacific
company, when as matter of fact
they are now in a position to COM
plain bitterly when it takes five or
six days. This splendid service, par
ticularly from San Francisco was not
known until the Tonopah and Tide
water railroad brought in it's COM
petition from the south.
Again. at this meeting, one of
Tonopah's prominent citizens invited
a declaration from anyone to show
a single expenditure made by the
roads from the south Mr.. Keith
goes on to state that it would be
very easy matter for him to show
that during the past few months, at
which time the survey corps for the
Ely-Goldfield railroad have been in
the field, he has personally placed
orders each month with different
Tonopah business houses which have
run into a good many thousands of
dollars.
Furthermore it is the intent and
policy of his company to eliminate
the Objectionable feature put into
practice by most of the railroad
companies (of which the Tonopah
and Goldfield railroad company is
not an exception) to purchase as
much as possible from the local
firms and in doing SO, not to ask
for bids, but to allow the merchant
reasonable profit for his wares
So far as the Tonopah and Tide
water is concerned, it is a company
more strongly identified with the in
terests of Tonopah people than is it's
competitor who is trying to induce
the people to believe, that, by rout-
ing via the Nina gateway they are
receiving more revenue. The Tono-
pah and Tidewater railroad is made
up of men whose whole interest is
within the state of Nevada and sim
ply because their little general of
flee force of eight or ten men have
tt cir headquarters at Los Angeles,
10 would seem small cause for the
action proposed at the mass meeting
on the part of the Tonopah business
men to take the business away from
the one railroad which has brought
about a betterment of conditions.
If there be any doubt in the
minds of the people as to the di-
vision of revenue, Mr. Keith sug-
gests that the matter be taken up
with officials of the Tonopah and
Goldfield railroad who would be in
duty bound to admit it's correctness
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-03
COMMISSIONERS BEGIN
IMPORTANT SESSION

The Board OF county commission
ers convened in regular session yes
terday morning, full board being
present. The present meeting will
probably be one of the most i'm
portant in many months as there
are any number of important mat
tiers to consider.
The greater part of yesterday was
consumed by routine work with the
exception of passing upon the bonds
which were TURNED over to the Of
ficers a few days ago. The COM
missioners highly complimented the
workmanship, while a representa-
tive of the legal firm of Campbell,
Metson and Brown, after a careful
examination, pronounced them legal
in every particular.
These bonds are already sold.
They will be taken up by United
States Senator George Nixon, the
money, $4,000, being on deposit in
the Tonopah Banking corporation to
be turned over to the county on de-
mand. The commissioners do not
yet know whether they will take the
money in a lump sum at this time
or sell the bonds by piece-meal.
However, 1t is more than likely that
today's action will result in the
commissioners asking for the entire
amount.
There are fifty bonds OF $1,000
each. Attached to each bond are
sixty coupons. The bonds and the
coupons will have to be signed by
the county clerk. the county audi
tor and the chairman of the board
OF county commissioners. II will be
seen. therefore that each of the Of
ficials mentioned win have to sign
his signature 3O50 times These
signature. under the law. will have
10 be In pen and ink, consequently
the gentlemen have quite a task be-
4 fore them.
At this session OF the board, the
lnatter Of accepting the report II the
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-03
SANITARY CONDITIONS
TO BE INVESTIGATED

At the meeting of the Promotion
committee last evening committee
of three composed of Roger Stenson,
Harry Epstine and D. ]. Fitzgerald
was named to confer with the coun-
ty commissioners relative to the
sanitary conditions of Tonopah. This
action was the result of letter sent
the committee wherein the present
sanitary conditions were condemned
and suggests the naming by the
county board of sanitary inspec-
tor to see that the orders of the
county physician are carried out in
practical manner
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-03

w. w. Keith, the general agent of
the Tonopah and Tidewater railroad,
making reference to the resolutions
passed and being acted upon by the
citizens committee in connection
with action being taken in trying to
induce the TonOpah and Goldfield
railroad to re-establish it's shop ia
cilities at Tonopah, takes exception
to statements made by different citi-
zens particularly wherein it was
stated that, by routing the freight
through the Goldfield gateway, the
Tonopah and Goldfield railroad was
deprived of the benefit to be gained
by the longer haul from the Suu,h-
ern Pacific company via Nina.
Mr.. Keith explains that in reality
the benefit is just the opposite as on
every pound of freight received
through the Goldfield gateway from
his line, the revenue is identically
the same for the short haul of
thirty miles, so far as the Tonopah
and Goldfield railroad is concerned,
as it is for the seventy miles from
Nina when received from the South
ern Pacific company at that point.
In addition, the Tonopah and Gold
field railroad receives from the Ton
opah and Tidewater railroad $40 ad-
ditional as transfer charge. This is
not the case when the cars are re-
ceived from the Southern Pacific at
Nina. He further argues that it
must certainly cost the Tonopah and
Goldfield railroad less to make the
haul of thirty miles, as against the
seventy miles, from Nina, and,
therefore, in reality, the Tonopah
and Goldefild railroad derives more
real revenue for its service in con-
nection with the shipments received
from its southern connections at
Goldfield.
If the citizens and business men
of Tonopah really owe any great
debt of gratitude to the Southern
Pacific company for past favors re-
ceived, then of course there may be
some merit in this argument pre-
sented at the mass meeting and
some reason for the people of Tono-
pah to take the stand as proposed
by the committee of routing all
their freight by the Southern Pa
cific company and disregarding the
benefits which have, without doubt
been brought about by the compe-
tion of the southern lines which, in
reality, have been the means of bet
tering the service to say nothing of
the rates.
The people of this city would not
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-03
MISCELLANEOUS

FOR SALE-Three-room house, fur
nished; electric lights. $3.50. If
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-03
AN AFFAIR OF HONOR.

Two aspirants for honors pugilis-
tic entertained small crowd yester-
day afternoon in st. Patrick's street
right off of Brougher. The fight
lasted some twenty minutes and as
far as Nanybody could see or learn
there was not blow struck
Neither of the contestants remembers
of getting hit. The police interior
ed and prevented what might have
been a disturbance of the elements.
The moving pictures will not prove
a great drawing card.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-03

An advertisement in the Bonanza
IS sure to bring results.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-03

IFIRST-CLASS BOARD by single
meal or month; nice cool rooms at
the Greystone. Mrs. Hollie Heis-
ner, proprietress. Ga
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-03
MISS ROPE OF
LODI HAS LOST
CONTROL OF Mind
RESIDENT OF LODI BECOMES
VIOLENTLY INSANE
THERE.

Word was received from Lunine
yesterday to the effect that young
lady by the name of Rope, "a resi-
dent of Lodi, was at the former
place in violently insane condition
The sheriff's office dispatched Tom
Marshall to the scene where he will
take charge of the lady. She will
be brought to Tonopah and given
an examination as to her sanity. No
further word was received other
than that herein stated. The officials
did not know the woman, nor could
they throw any light on the cause
of the loss of her mental faculties
The Butler theater tonight-Pe-
terson's Burlesque Show.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-03

expert will come up. There is a
large number of bills to be exam
ined and passed upon, while in var
ious parts of the county the roads
are reported to be badly in need of
repair. This matter will also re-
ceive consideration as will number
of other important measures.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-03

Daily Bonanza and San Francisco
Bulletin delivered to your door for
$1.25 per month.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-03

FOR SALE-One new two-horse
power Wagner 6O-cycle, single
phase, electric motor. Address q
Bonanza Office. tt
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-03

Location notices IN tripI,care-
nandiest affair for prospectors and
miners-contains carbon-15O no.
tices In book For sale at the Bon
ANA office.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-03

Whipped cream chocolates, the
best in the world. Fresh shipment
just received at Rounsevells. Post
Office block. 7-31-3t
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-03
still Room at the Top.

oVAA4 TWILL ~ ~ wye
An encouraging sign in the world Of
work is the call Of the government for
500 forest rangers to be chosen after
examination from among applicants
who may present themselves. The
pay at the start is 5000 a year. There
are thousands Of men capable for the
work, yet the forest commissioner
seems obliged to advertise widely and
hold out promise of promotion in order
10 get recruits.
knowledge of field conditions is
essential for beginners in scientific for
estry, and that is about the only spe-
cial qualification not possessed by the
mass who come within the age limits
and depend upon labor for support.
This merely means that the recruit
must have been in touch with work in
the open. Here is a cue for the grown
boys and young men who. If they do
not soon attach themselves to some.
useful calling, will eventually drift to
the ranks of those for whom there x.
lists no employment. Every man de.
pendent upon his own exertions should
get in touch with the practical side OF
things somewhere. The day when his
knowledge and skill will be called fol
and we'll rewarded is certain to roll
around.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-03
Value Of Humus.

Humus in the soil has seldom been
taken at its full worth. The mission
which 1t fulfllls Is second in impor-
lance only to that which is fulfilled ly
the presence of plant food in the soil.
Humus is helpful in keeping soil in
proper mechanical balance. in binding
soils that are much prone to blow. In
increasing the power Of soils to alb
sorb and hold moisture.
When the humus is exhausted In a
soil its mechanical condition suffers.
It becomes more impacted, less easily
aerated and less easily penetrated by
the roots Of plants. Some soils SO light
as to lift with the wind a be kept
from blowing, at least in a great meas.
ure, by simply keeping them stored
with grass. roots or other vegetable
matter buried in the soil. The increase
in the power Of soils to hold moisture
Is very great when well stored with
humus. When commercial fertilizers
are sown on land they will fail to re-
spond properly unless the land is sup
Piled with humus.
Such being the case, every effort
should be made to store the land with
humus. II would be possible to have
an excess Of humus. but In practice
this seldom happens. Humus may be
put into the soil In the form Of clover
roots, Of grass roots. Of buried catch
crops and barnyard manure.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-03
UNCLE SANS NEW MELON.
DeIieaey From Roumania Whieh viii
Be Grown Here.

<a. "E."" - GlNE NsE.NfW+ y
Delicaey From Roumania Which viii
Be Grown Here.
The department Of agriculture is al.
! ways alert for something new, and the
diplomatic and consular officers Of the
United States have special orders to be
on the lookout for new fruits and
vegetables.
So we'll have these orders been car
ried out that many new and strange
fruits and vegetables have found their
way to the tables Of the American
housekeeper.
One Of the tntest and best things in
this line has been the Introduction into
the United States Of the Roumanian
watermelon. This was the result of a
deal consummated by the late minister
to Roumania, Horace G. Knowles.
When Mr.. Knowles found this melon
growing among the foothills Of Car
pathia he realized that 1t would be
just the thing to serve individually in
America. and instead of hotels scrv-
ing huge slices Of watermelon 1t. would
be possible to serve a whole uncut
watermelon of the Roumanian variety.
equal in every way to the best Georgia
melon.
The new melon has a thin skin, and
the meat. which is less fbrous than
the American melon. is both yellow
and red in color. The favor is deli
cate and delicious, but the chief char
acteristic Of the fruit is its size, which
is about that Of a good sized grape
fruit or shaddock.
After a~thoeeughatestab by
tural department., which found that
the Roumanian melon could be success
fully grown wherever u own melons
would grow, and having been assured
of its royal reception by the American
public. Mr.. Knowles was anxious to
repay the gift. He had noticed that
corr in Rounania was n Of the chief
articles of agriculture. but that sweet
corr was unknown. Accordingly he
obtained a quantity of seed, hired sew
eral plots of ground and instructed the
Roumanians in it's culture.
The result was so successful and the
corn so thoroughly enjoyed that the
king called Mr.. Knowles to a private
audience and thanked him for making
it possible for the Roumanian people
to gain this delicacy.
This melon has received such a wei
come and so great has been the de-
mand for it that two large hotels In
New York and Philadelphia have
-----l l. ~ AL-L 1000 no A~~r
in the United States during the next
and it is their intention to fea-
ture them on their n
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-03
Amount Of Grain For Cattle.

Amount Of Grain For Cattle.
The difference in practice between,
the amounts Of grain that are fed to
cattle that are being fattened is very
great.
The following rules will be found Of
some service to those who are feed
ing: First. aim to feed coarse foods to
the greatest extent possible consistent
with good increase. as they are the
cheaper foods; second. feed enough con-
c~entrates to make the ~fattening rea-
sonably rapid In order to save In the
food Of maintenance; third, when
the droppings show that the food is
not being we'll digested by the offensive
odor that comes from them the grain
should be reduced: fourth, when the
animal gets of feed the grain should.
be at once cut down OF the trouble Is
Vkely to get worse. At such times con-
Gimental food may aid In bringing tho.
stomach back into tone.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-03
from and the New Tariff.

3d. 1EOu anu tnO NOW A0G1AAs
According to the Iron Trade Review,
the effect of the new tariff upon the
iron and steel trade Of the country Is
already in process Of test. This au-
thority states that the aggregate i'm
portations of iron and steel have not
materially changed in the last four
years. and the reports for the last fis-
cal year ended June 80 show that the
proportion was maintained in the face
of the uncertainty as to the new rate.
These importations have amounted to
100000 tons annually, over GO per
cent coming from Cuba.
1t was predicted that lower rates
would increase i~mportations from
Cuba, and the Review says that do
nestle buyers are at present keenly in
terested in. foreign markets. Prices
equivalent to and on some classes Of
finished steel slightly below those of
the home makers have recently been
quoted. However, the question of de-
livery to meet the broadened consump.
tion Of the country at large is more
vexing just now than the tariff change.
A prospective car shortage and an ac-
tual labor shortage in some regions
tend to show that the industry adapts
itself quickly to tariff conditions, be-
cause the people must have the goods.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-03
Plague spots In Cities.

When Governor Glenn dilated upon
the evils Of cities In a recent Chautau-
qua address he struck a popular
chord. Most big cities are a menace
to the country about them, and a few
are a to the nation at large.
The thinking people Of the cities do
not need to be told this, and the pee
pie outside are painfully aware that
the truth is eve and never can be
told. This is not saying that the moral
level Of the country is superior to that
Of the city and that the evils of the
city cannot be matched in the distant
mountains and on prairies where no
faint Of the city ever reaches.
But the evils in the city are more Of
a IL than the same things in. the
country. There takes place a concen-
tration of pleasures that allure and be-
tray weak human nature and develop
perverted characters to breed and
spread contagion. Still, great things
are done in cities, and there must be
good lives there to inspire them. The
evils that menace society are conta-
gious, and the people Of the city and
Of the country may we'll unite against
this common foe as they do in the
warfare against tuberculosis. Were
the evils of cities not fed from the
country they would annihilate them
selves.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-03
"coma Into the eard-n..

Weeds are sly about c%ont"ssing their
ancestry. In youth they lave the
charm Of freshness aud promise de-
MED many fragrant flowers. and 1t is
only when gripped to t!r earth with
roots Of iron and ready q set their
progeny in delectable grounds that
they show their true cOlors.
1t is q puzzle how to tell friends
from encn;irs. flowers from weeds. An
observing eye. long about the business,
may be gifted with m instinct and
power to detect at once what promises
to be c%andytuft. what grass. what mas
turtium. what rue. or plantain. or pop
by. or dande!ion. and far into the spe-
cies losing themselves in the disguise
of similarity.
BY taking the garden seriously there
is variety enough to enliven the days.
A package of lawn grass seed on q
we'll prepared lawn will in time
arouse all the. emotions latent in the
human character. According to we'll
laid plans and promises. 1t should be
clover and lawn grass. An English
friend persuaded the Introduction Of a
pinch Of daisy seed. and at the hour
of the first wedding a tender heart
suggested that no lawn was perfect
without dandelion gold. &
One who would write a book with
many pictures on the distinguishing
traits Of first sprouts should be re-
warded with the privilege of making
many editions to follow the first
sweeping sales. Plants have curious
ways of beginning life. Those that
start out ~rosettes become tall and
spindling later: those that send forth
threads develop woody stems.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-03

PERSPECTIVE OF PLANE DRAG.
tiles. Still, in order to have good
roads the farmers must see to it that
they are kept in good condition. TO
accomplish this there are numerous
devices, some satisfactory, some other
wise.
One that has been tried out in the
Dakotas and that has created talk
in the western agricultural districts
is known as the king drag" The &C.
companying cuts, the one showing a
plank drag, the other u split log drag.
will give an idea Of the device.
The drag is made Of heavy plank or
a split log. AS shown in the picture,
these are attached three feet apart
and dragged diagonally along the road.
In this way they do the good work of
a road scraper without its faults.
They do not plow. as the road ma
chine often does. but scrape and level.
Roads are ruined by leaving ruts and
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-03
Hudson River In Books.

1xOu6OA kSAVCE III 11OVAOs
The noble Hudson river lives in the
folklore Of the people to a greater ex-
tent perhaps than any other stream
associated with the early settlements
Of America. But readers Of today who
look for treatment in literature of the
Hudson as 1t is or as it was in the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
and the early half of the nineteenth
century will turn from the pages of the
poet and novelist, also Of the essayist,
unsatisfied. Irving introduced local
color into his tales, yet only skinned
the surface Of legendary remains, for
the people Of the valley in his day and
for a century before were ingenious
and indefatigable story tellers. Fen
imore Cooper utilized the vastness
and the prominence Of the Hudson in
his Indian stories, not, however, in a
way to distinctly localize it's features
and make it a classic trail. Drake
purposely laid the scene of "The Gull
prit Fay" in the Highlands. Then his
fancy cut loose from "Cronest" eli
vironment as from all other realities
in the elaboration Of the scheme.
George William Curtis, Theodore
Winthrop and John Burroughs, among
moderns, have taken the Hudson or
events turning upon it for themes,
Burroughs in a descriptive essay, Cur
tbs in "Lotus EATING and Winthrop
in edwin Brothertoft," a historical
novel treating of actual places; mili*
tary deeds and characters of the lower
Hudson during the Revolution. His-
tory has much to do with the Hudson,
especially in colonial days. During the
Revolution the British tried to close
it and cut New England off from the
middle and southern colonies. Wash
ington crossed the Hudson to battle
and as a sequel to defeat in battle.
The blot put upon its banks by the
treason of Benedict Arnold is fully
offset by mad Anthony" Wayne's
brilliant deed at Stony Point. The
river has been the highway Of interna-
tional travel and commerce, but scenic
ally it may be, like Niagara, a subject
too huge for romantic fancy to encom.
pass and control.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-09-03
Hints For Stock Owners.

Shear the sheep early.
Dip the sheep Immediately after
shearing and again in about three
weeks to destroy eggs and all ticks
that may have escaped at the first dip
ping.
The lambs should be dipped at the
same time. for when the ewes are
shorn the ticks flock on to the lambs.
Do not leave them out in the spring
rains.
When a COW is q little off never put
her milk in with the rest.
Apply the Babcock test and be guild
ed by its teaching, and thou shalt have
gold both to spend and to lend.
If the young pigs should show signs
of l%ooseness of the bowels, shut off all
feed to the SOW but dry oats for a day
or two, and the trouble will usually
disappear.
Blind tie hogs that have the habit
Of eating chickens by hanging a strip
of tin four inches by eight inches in
size from their ears. This will stop
them when almost everything else has
failed.
The newborn colt must have milk
during the first half hour of it's life or
the chances are that 1t will die.
See that the colt is strong enough to
start the milk. If it is not. help 1t.
The first milk is necessary, as 1t
causes the bowels to move naturally.
If there is any serious constipation.
give a little castor oil or give injec-
lions of soap and warm water.
Keep the mare quiet and feed care
fully for a week or ten days. when
she may be turned in pasture. but only
for q short time at first.
If the mare does not have milk
enough, cows milk may be given to
help out, but it must be done with
common sense.
Very rich milk should not be used.