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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-31
MYSTERY OF
WATER COMPANY
/ is BATTLING
A DEEP CONSPIRACY MAY BE
ON FOOT-NOTED DETEC-
SUMMONED

THE mystery of the water COM
pany, or who stole the water re-
I serve" is a question that is both
ering not only the officials of the
Tonopah United Water company, but
the people of Tonopah At the fire
Friday night which resulted in the
total destruction of the residence Of
Billy Grimes and the house owned
by w. w. Keith, not drop of wa
ter could be coaXed through the
three different lines Of hose, and
when it was attempted to form a
bucket brigade, the faucets in the
nearby houses also refused to con-
tribute
When asked concerning the mat
ter by a representative of the Bo-
nanza, the officials of the water
company produced a chart of the
amount of water pressure for the
past "a hours. This shows that at
1910 o'clock in the evening, or ten
minutes before the fire broke out.
the pressure registered so pounds
to the square inch. At 10:45 the
register had declined to 40 pounds.
1t remained at this point until 1870,
when a slight raise was noticed, and
DIT z .ou Ten pOuuuS udu DSSh 5ulHSu'
1t was not until A O'Clock that the
6C mark was reached.
The reason? Ask US something
easy. The water company says that
both pumps at the pumping station
were in operation throughout the
night az a small stream had been
turned into the new pipe line, but
this would not have resulted in the
great reduction in the pressure.
The representatives OF the company
surmise that some party or parties
diverted the water from the pipes
and concealed it in an abandoned
shaft. One OF the officials visited
every water hydrant In this city ana
also went over the line between
Tonopah and the pumping station,
and not a clue could be found. No
break in the pipe occurred or this
would have been noticed by the
4iynx-eyed Hawkshaw.
Now what became of the water?
Did somebody steal it? | they did
they took a mean advantage oyel
the poor water company which Il
Struggling along to make an homes
living 1t couldn't have evaporated
for the night was too cold. Where
in the devil did it go?
Dr. White Wolf, the worlds fam
oMs sleuth, who occupies the ofic
of state detective, will be cofnmuni
Gated with and asked to bring
flock of bloodhounds to take up tn
hunt for the water thieves. He wi
work in conjunction with that OLD
time favorite, Budd Carburry,, VIII
is the champion gum shoe man c
the west. There is a mystery some
where, for with both pumps work
ing all night, the pressure shouldn
have fallen from 60 to 40 in tn
brief duration of 20 minutes.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-31
PYTHIANS Have
OLD Fashioned
CANDY Pull
HALLOWEEN is PLEASANTLY
OBSERVED BY LODGE AND
AUXILIARY

A regular old fashioned Hallow-
cen party was enjoyed by the
knights of Pythias and Pythian Sis
tiers last night at the Castle hall
over the postoffice. The programme
called for all the games that used
to be played years ago and it is
doubted il more enjoyment was clio
tied in the younger days than that
which resulted last evening. Fol-
lowing the games there was can
DIV null which was participated in
by all present. In a short time
sticky hands and faces were COM
mon, adding greatly to the enjoy
ment. Refreshments We're served at
the conclusion of the entertainment,
which also called for songs and 9TH
or diversions The committee hav-
ing the affair In charge worked hard
for the success and are deserving oil
credit for the way they handled the
entertainment part of the evening
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-31
MASS MEETING
IS CALLED FOR
MONDAY night
CITIZENS TO PROTEST AGAINST
UNJUST CHARGES OF THE
WATER COMPANY

All citizens of Tonopah are re-
uuested to attend the mass meeting
scheduled for Monday evening at
the Miners Exchange hall. The
meeting is called for the purpose OF
protesting against the exorbitant wa
ter rates that prevail in this city
and also to adopt measures insurine
fire protection to the outlying dis
tricts. It is desired that every bus.
mess man and taxpayer be present
and raise a voice in protest. Senti'
ments should be expressed and i'm
mediate action will in all likelihood
result. Be on hand and work fol
the interest of your community
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-31

For results try the Bonanza,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-31

A good sized house greeted the
Lorraine Buchanan company at the
Nevada theatre last evening when
THE Senator's Daughter" was pre-
sented. Needless to say, the show
was good and was appreciated by
the audience. Tonight will witness
the presentation of Bertha NJ Clay's
famous novel, Dora Thorne, This
will be the last performance of the
company, as the members leave to-
morrow morning for Reno.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-31

FOR neat printing try the Bo.
nanza
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-31

Advertise in the Bonanza.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-31
Valley Hot Springs

Genoa, Nevada. A frst-class health
summer. Hotel and cottage accommo-
dations table the best, and the baths
are famous for their cures of Rheu-
matism, Liver, Kidney and stomach
Our reserve is alive with ducks.
Deer, grouse and mountain quail in
the near by hills, also good trout fish
ing almost at our door. Rates $125O
$1,000 and $3.50 per week, including
Fare $2.S5 via " & T. Ry., Reno
70 .Mlnden, where our stage meets
train daily; fine six-mile drive to the
Springs.
M. L. HEWITT. Manager.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-31

H. j. Haley, who has had charge
of the local Wells-Fargo office dur
ing the absence of Tom Dryer,
leaves today for Goldfield to relieve
the agent at that point.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-12
The Traction.
In ELIIs o. JONEs.

al have great difficulty in under
standing your traction system" said
the Man from Mars.
1T is a little complex. What seems
to bother you the most?" replied the
Upright Citizen.
well, for instance, IN whose in
terest is It conducted?"
an the interest of the people, OF
course" answered the Upright Citi-
zen.
Then why are the people not
treated with greater courtesy and
supplied with greater comforts?"
Because It is not to the interest OF
those who conduct 1t to do So"
But thought you said 1t was con-
Quoted in the interest of the people?"
an way It is. That is to say, the
people, in their own interest, intrust
the traction business to selected mem
bers OF the community, to whose in
terest It is to conduct it in the inter-
est Of the people. Understand"
perhaps | am a numskull," vouch-
safed the Man from Mars, but do
uOI uuutl oLdhu gNNs ANc" W "hSeN
interest is 1t to have good service?"
ITO the interest of the people, Of
course; but then you could not expect
the traction officials to give good SER
vice when 1t is not to their interest,
could your"
IL do not expect anything" ex-
planned the Man from Mars. 81 am
trying to understand it. AS near as l
can determine there are two conflict
ing interests. Now. in such con-
fict, which gives way?"
"The people, of course. You could
not expect individuals to give service
which was not to their interest. Have
you ever studied the question of vest
ed rlghts?"
"No; but suppose vested rights
are those which authorize the few to
make the many uncomfortable.
"You talk like a dangerous man, "
rejoined the Upright Citizen.-From
Life.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-12
Penetrabiiity of Matter.

In a lecture at the Royal Institu-
ton recently, Professor Sir James
Thomson said that matter is neither
continuous nor homogeneous. He
showed by an experiment that hydro
gen can be passed into a vacuum
bulb through an incandescent plati-
mum window In a similar way
sodium can be passed into the tube
to absorb the residual oxygen. Bel
lati, the Italian physicist, has shown
that hydrogen can pass through cold
iron. Natter may therefore be gem
orally regarded as full Of holes
Youths Companion.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-12

track till you reach edge Of field near
A. Drive across the first track and
back on the opposite side TO the
other end. Cross over and back on
opposite side again.
Continue crossing over at each
end inside your last track and outside
thu list track along the sides. When
half done the piece will look like
first diagram, and the next trip would
be from c to D, to E, to +, to c.
When done the last trip would be
from G to II, and the piece will have
been dragged twice diagonally in
opposite directions. This works well
on pieces that are nearly square or
not more than twice as long as wide.
OF late we have found that It is econ
omy in blowing, cultivating, ETC., to
make our lands as long as possible.
On these Dutch dragging did not work
as wen as 1t was too near lengthwise
the burrows, so we hit upon what we
call crazy Dutch" shown in second
diagram. We strike out" zig-zag
across the piece two or three or more
times, according to its length COM
pared to width. The picture shows
three tlmes-viz.: From A to b, 10
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-12
Poor America.

The American novelist of the newer
order is apt to write, as the American
young woman talks, at the top OF his
voice. There is something in the at
mosphere OF the United States, partly
natural, partly artificial, and the eff
feet of an inveterate spirit of rivalry
which stimulates the organs OF ex-
preston to an excessive, often a
strident, pitch of energy. The itching
national desire to be thought original,
to have SNAP and co." in season and
out of season, leads inevitably to
freakishness, irrelevance, slang and
grievous maltreatment of language.
The literary ideals Of Hawthorne
are evidently obsolete. Even those
of Mr.. Henry James and Mr.. w. D..
Howells are condemned or forgotten.
The ambition of the younger school
of transatlantic novelists is, as we are
frequently told, to produce real live"
stories. Assuredly that is one OF the
most laudable of ambitions, but 1t
miscarries sorely when It results in a
fussy effort to galvanize inert matter
to a semblance Of vigor and gayety.
Not thus is the novel endowed with
organic life.-London Chronicle.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-12
Better Feeding.

II growth and eggs are expected,
more attention must be given to feed
ing. The idea that the chickens can
gather all the feed they need If they
have sufficient range is one Of the fall
lacies which account for the fact that
we are not getting as much out of our
poultry as we should. If the poultry
have large range they may get
enough to make the feeding Of an
imal feeds or green stuff less imper-
alive, but they will still need grain
II they are TO do their best. 1t is true
that the man who spends 81 on his
chickens and gets IS in return is
making a large percentage of profits,
but the man who spends $50 and gets
$40 in return is making the most
money.
We must see that the fowls have a
fair allowance of grain-corn, wheat,
etc.-and a liberal quantity Of animal
feed, and It will probably be best not
to depend on them getting all Of this
themselves no matter how large the
run. Green feed should also be sup
piled in abundance and since win
ter eggs are profitable, why not grow
some crop to supply green feed the
year through? 1t can be done and
will pay. The poultry must also
have grit and unless there is plenty
of sharp, hard gravel on the runs, It
should be supplied Lime is also a
necessity and charcoal desirable. II
wet feeds are used they should not
be too wet, should always be sweet
and never given in large quantities.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-12
Labor.saving Device.

Joseph H. Choate, at a recent BAN
quet in New York, praised Attorney
General Wickersham.I
when this able man fights" he
said, Feathers will fly. But he won't
fight until he has a grievance, There
will be nothing spectacular, nothing
burlesque, about his battles"
Mr.. Choate smiled.
"No," he said. eve shall see moth
ing Of Broncho Bill in Attorney-Gen-
eral Wickersham. 'Broncho BILL you
you know, had only one eye.
How did you lose that left optic,
Bin?' a young tenderfoot politely
asked him.
Lose it?' Bill Numbered. Did
you say close" it?'
'Why-er-yes,' faltered the ten
derfoot.
Lose 1t be hanged said Bill
ferociously I cut it out SOS l
wouldn't allus be havin' to shut it in
DRAWN a bead Washington Star.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-12

The man who declined to eat at a
formal dinner because he was not
hungry showed unusual independ-
ence. Indeed, the modern table,
decked out for a festive OCCASION Is
a formidable affair. Few, even the
most expert, know exactly what they
are eating. In a book called "Old
Kentucky" Mr.. ]. F. Cook describes
an elaborate repast which he attended
some years ago while on a visit TO
the East
"Perhaps what food satisfies one
depends largely upon taste and habit
Had Mark Twain been permitted TO
enjoy the evening meal-they called
IL dinner-at Sherrys, in New York
he would not have been so frank IN
expressing great admiration lot
Southern cooking.
"It was said that 1t took four thou
sand dollars to provide the supper
for four hundred people-and how
much money was spent on other
things was not estimated.
"It was a great occasion, and TO
an old Kentuckian who had spent a
quarter of century in the West, II
was naturally an occasion Of great
expectation.
"All Of us we're seated by number
Finally the trouble began. An elab-
crate way-bill. called menu was
presented to each one, and If ever
that way-bill has been read thorough
~ by any one to this day, / have moi
heard OF 1t. 1t was principal!
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-12

c, to d. Turn to the right and go
back on left to first track to C and
drive across It. Go on right side to
B, then up left side to A. Cross
over and back on left side of q.
Drive straight across the first two
tracks, turn TO the left and go on
right side to c, where you will cross
the two tracks again, and go on left
side to D. Always go straight ahead
till you get to the edge OF the field
before you make a turn.
When half done 1t will look like
the picture, and the next trip would
be from 2 to F, G, H, 1, ], X, L, E.
When done the last trip will be from
NJ to N, o, p. This looks compli-
Gated, but It isn't half as hard TO
do as It is to tell about it. At least
It seems that way to me just now
In striking out we never measure q
piece but guess at the angles. How
ever, the truer you get 1t struck out
the better it words out in finishing
concludes Uncle Reuben" in writing
the foregoing to the Rural Ne"
Yorker.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-12
Modern Farm Methods
Il. AS Applied in the South.
''-.-'E7isJlre taya " F26sAssgs~
Notes of Interest to Planter,
Fruit Grower and StocIxman

this State who died at the age Of
elghty-fve a few years ago, wrote me
some time before his DEATH ION this
farm where we under the old system
Of farming made twelve to fifteen
bushels of wheat an acre, I have for
the last twenty years averaged forty
bushels an acre, and during that time
l have bought no fertilizer except
plain acid phosphate. And yet all
over the cotton country of the South
farmers by the thousand write to me
continually to give them formula to
make q fertilizer for this, that or the
other crop, seeming to think that for
every crop planted they must have a
special fertilizer, and millions of dol
lars are spent needlessly in the South
for fertilizers that they would not
need II they farmed this land instead
of gambling on the chances with fer
tilizers on dead soil, the life OF which
has gone with the wasted humus, and
will never return till the humus is re-
STANDARDIZATION w. f. Massey, Sal
isbury, Nd.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-12

Some Other Insects to Combat.
Another very prevalent scale and
one that does a great deal of damage
is the oyster-shell bark louise, so
named from its general appearance
and easily recognized by its name.
This may also be controlled by spray
ing with the lime-sulphur wash or by
the use Of a solution made by dis
solving one pound of caustic potash
in five gallons of water. This latter
is best used from the middle of May
to the first of June just as the young
insects are beginning to crawl. Pro-
fessor Waugh says that spraying the
trees in winter with pure lime white
wash will also get rid of the oyster
shell louise.
The codling moth is another enc
my of apple growers which can be
controlled by spraying just after the
blossoms have fallen and about one
week later with Paris green or ar
senate of lead.
This poison is usually combined
with the Bordeaux mixture so that
two purposes may be served by the
same spraying and the same thing
is true OF the poisons used to kill the
destructive potato beetle.
In conclusion 1t may be said that
spraying is one of the persistently
neglected pieces of work that should
ba dona on the farm There is GER
tainly no economy in allowing from
ten to twenty per cent. Of our crops
to be destroyed by insects and plant
diseases. Spraying cannot prevent
all the loss from these sources; but
it will prevent much Of It and pay q
handsome profit on the money and
time invested, when properly done.
Get a good sprayer and take care
Of your orchard, vineyard and truck
patches this year.-Progressive Far.
mer.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-12
Nitrogen as Fertilizer.

Getting sd ,and power from peat Is
a great deal Better than using 1t as
source OF nitrogen In fertilizers, as
many fertilizer men are doing, The
fertilizer may anRlyze all right, but
the peat nitrogen will be long time
showing Its effects, II ever. And yet
! hear Of prominent men using It,
Dried peat may make a better filler In
low grade fertilizer than sand, but
the time is coming, and In some sec
lions Of this State now is. when farm
ers in the best wheat growing section
Of Maryland have not bought any nj
trogen in fertilizer for twenty years,
and yet have sden their wheat crops
trebled and qdt drupled, while using
nothing but acid phosphate and pot
ash. In fact, one Of the English bull
letins has shown recently that where
Phosphate fertilizers only were used
for eleven years the soil nitrogen in
creased S51 pounds an acre over the
soil receiving no fertilizer, and the
plats receiving sulphate OF ammonia
and nitrate OF soda IN addition to the
Phosphate fertilizers contained less
nitrogen than those receiving phos.
pilates alone.
An old friend and correspondent In
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-12
AN ELABORATE DINNER.
Modern Table. Decked Out For Festive Occa'
=. sions a Formidable Affair.

French, mongrel English, and out
landish expressions.
without attempting to name the
different articles, / will say that It
seemed they had swept the pools, the
ponds, the swamps, and all strange
places to get the materials for dim
ner.
Never having tasted terrapin, I
thought that when We came around
to that l certainly should be delight
ed We had gone through with the
frogs and different kinds of soups,
and then came the terrapin and can
yasback duck.
81 had eaten among the Indians
among the negroes, among white
FOLKS and among the Dutch, but l
had never tasted anything like that
terrapin. 1t seemed TO be mixed up
with little chips and gristle, small
bones, spices, fiavoring extracts, sage,
rue and hair oil,
81 tackled 1t BOLDLY had tried
several other dishes and soups and
failed-but the first mouthful of this
discouraged me. turned to my
neighbor and said
How do you like this?' His an
swer fully concurred with my iudg-
ment. l then knew he was a wise
man.
1T took till very late in the night
to go through with the whole busi-
ness, but hung on because l waited
! TO hear the speeches. n
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-12

Inc military reservation at Fort
Brown, which served the United
States a useful purpose in trouble
some times during periods of border
warfare, Is now being put to a still
greater and far more beneficial use,
writes the Fort Brown (TeXas) cor
respondent of the New York Tribune.
The abandonment of Fort Brown as
a military post as direct result Of
the shooting up Of the town Of
Brownsville on August IS. 1906, left
the War Department with this valu-
able property upon its hands. Soon
after the abandonment an investiga-
ton of the agricultural possibilities
of the land was made under the di-
rection of the Department of Agricul-
ture. It was decided that It would
be an ideal site for the establishment
of a United States plant testing and
introduction garden. 1t was found
that 1t was the most southerly local
ity in the United States where such
a garden could be established, In
point of climate and in other respects
it offered opportunities for conduct
ing experiments and investigation in
the growth OF a wide variety of pro-
ducts that could not be undertaken in
any other section Of the United
States. There were two other govern
ment plant testing and introduction
gardens in this country, one at Miami,
Fla, and the other at Chico, Cal
Professor f. c. Green was put in
charge. His first step, was to clear
the land and install a system OF irri-
cation. The water for irrigation
purposes is obtained from the Rio
Grande by means of one eight horse
power gasolene engine, which drives
a centrifugal pump of a capacity Of
six hundred gallons a minute. A
small engine provides the agricultural
colony with its own electric lights and
domestic water supply.
These gardens at present embrace
an area of fifty acres, but the remain
ing hundred and fifty acres will be
brought under cultivation as rapid
ly as possible. Even with the fifty
acres in use more than twenty-five
hundred different varieties of plant
life are growing or have been grown
since November, 1907. A detailed
account of what has already been ac-
complished in these gardens would
occupy many columns. Seeds and
| plants have been brought from all
! over the world and are being expert
mented with in order to discover
/ whether they are adapted to the soil
and climate of the lower Rio Grande
Valley, as we'll as to other parts Of
! Texas and the South generally.
As an illustration of the possibili-
| ties in this direction, one variety Of
/ cotton which was obtained from Mica
/ ragua produces squares which hang
downward. 1t is a proved fact that
the boil weeyil is a clumsy insect and
that it clings with difficulty. There
fore 1t would have difficulty in hang
ing on to the Nicaragua cotton. The
Nicaragua variety is being successful
ly grown in its native country despite
the fact that that is the country
whence the boil weevil originally
came. It is Professor Green's idea to
cross the Nicaragua cotton with the
best long staple cotton Of the South
in the hope that the trait Of the
squares hanging downward may be
retained and at the same time the
yield Of the staple increased.
One of the most important expert
ments is that of growing the cork
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-08-12
A Musician and His Dolls.

Dragonetti, the famous double
bass. had two weaknesses-one for
snuff taking and the other for dolls,
of wtSch he owned a large number.
They we're not beautiful and were
most quantity dressed, especially the
large black one he called his wife"
but the whole wooden family accom-
panied him whithersoever he vent
and ke would find Amusement for
hours talking to them, Homo Notes.