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Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
MILLIONS OF NICKELS
SPENT AT C0NEY ISLAND

This last summer 100000 to 100000
people made 20,0O0,000 trips TO Coney
Island, says Success. They spent
there $4,000, 600, mostly in nickels and
dimes, and the total sum was three
times what this nation paid to Napo-
leon for Louisiana, or six times what
we paid Russia for Alaska.
There are in Coney Island peanut
stands the size Of a broad top desk
which rent for $500 a season. The
men who sell frankfurters pay enor-
nous sums for the right to stand
where they do, and get their money
back in the nckels of the 20,OOOO 600.
On week days the attendance Is large,
but on Sundays and holidays 1t rises
to a point where each visitor has room
only to be happy standing still. On
the Fourth of July 100000 people crowd
ed into the little island, bathed, shot
the chutes, were photographed and ate
''red-hots." 1t was believed then that
Coney would not hold a single addi-
tional visitor but on August 10 new
100000 came, making 100000 in one day.
1t is a wonderful busness-this
Coney Island-but a very risky one.
The 900, ,000 900 nckels depend upon the
weather When the mercury drops
profits fall to nothing.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
HUSBANDS CHARGE IS
THAT WIFE SHUNS BATH

MILWAUKEE,, Dec. 19.-Claiming
that his wife never takes a bath un-
uess he forces her to, Max OrnoWskl,
an engineer, has filed suit for divorce
from Frances Ornowski. He also al
leges that for three years she refused
to cook his meals, and that when she
did try her hand at the culinary art
she would cook moldy meat, telling
him IL he was not satisfied he could
go elsewhere.
Mrs. Ornowski filed a counter-claim
in which she makes denial of all ale
cations.
With her complaint she filed an afii-
davit signed by several Of her neigh
bors. who testified to the cleanliness
of the Ornowski household, and that
thev had seen the family washing
hanging in the back yard regularly
every week, and that everything was
clean and wlfite. Mrs. Ornowski Sc
cured this affidavit in denial of other
allegations in her husbands complaint
10 the effect that his wife did not keeT
her ehildren's clothes as clean as she
should.
The counter-claim alleges threats
to kill, non-support, assault and
drunkenness. They were married July
26 1905
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
POLICEMAN HAS PENCHANT
FOR ARRESTING ANIMALS

NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-If Policeman
William Slattery of the Flatbush sta
ton, in Brooklyn, doesn't watch out a
comic artist will catch him for a col
ored Sunday supplement. He has been
shifted from post to post in that
stretch of lawns, houses and trees
simply because he can't resist an al
most uncanny inclination to place ami
mails under arrest.
First he arrested a pig, from Pig
town, a place of tumbledown shantiesr
where the pig often 'strays into the
parlor. When the pig was placed in a
cell beside a Yagrant, Slattery was
blamed and transferred to LenoX road.
There he found a COW which was brow
sing on a rosebush, and promptly led
the animal to the station, giving the
charge as disorderly conduct.
Yesterday it was a monkey. The AMI
mal-hating policeman found the simian
at Bergen Beach, and said that a
crowd collected around the beast and
Nicolay Aigoly, the organ grinder.
Magistrate Nash grinned at Patrolman
Slattery when the latter brought the
queer prisoner before him. Take
that thing out of here" he directed, in
dismissing the charge.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
FARMER is MADE
SPECIAL SUBJECT
Coming Census to Secure New lnfor-
mation-WiIl Ascertain Whether
American Farmer Holds own

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-United
States Census Director Durand states
that the new inquiries in the general
agricultural schedule for the census OIL
1910 are expected to develop important
data on the questions whether or not
the native American farmer is holding
his own against the foreign born home
maker in this country; the age period
when the "hired farm hand becomes
an Independent farmer himself the age
when the tenant farmer ceases 10 be a
"renter" and becomes an owner, ana
also concerning other vital facts rela-
tive to the social and industrial ten
dencies among the millions of tlllers OF
the soil in the first decade of the tWen-
tieth century.
The new questions we're added to the
farm schedule by authority of the act
of congress providing for the thlr-
teenth and subsequent decennial CEN
suses, but United states Census Dlrec-
tor Durand was instructed TO deter
mine the form and subdivision OF the
inquiries-in other words, to frame the
main questions and the sub-inqulrle5
concerning the ffty-eight groups OF
| topics embraced in the schedule.
The inquiry concerning the country
| in which the farmer was porn IS also
of great social significance. The re-
! plies should show whether or not Lna
native American is holding his own IN
! agriculture. They will, for the first
! time, enable comparisons between the
various nationalities to ascertain which
are thesmost successful in agriculture,
as indicated by the size of their farms
and the value of their crops per acre.
! This inquiry will have an important
| bearing on the immigration problem.
! 1t will show what nationalltles are
! going into agriculture and which OF
| these are the most likely to become
owners Of farms. If this information
is classified for counties it Will throw
| light on the relation between national
! itv and social activity. Is it the native
American, the German, the Scandlna-
Wan or farmer of some other natlohal-
itv who is most actively taking up ag-
ricultural cooperation or developing
| a better rural school?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
MONEY DEMAND
DULLS MARKET
YEAR-END REQUIREMENTS EX-
ERT INFLUENCE
INCREASE IN READING DIVIDEND
CAUSES ADVANCE
Control of Wall Street Business Be-
lievsd to Be Entrenched in the
Hands of Coterie of Pow-
erful Capitalists
Associated Pressl

NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-~The stock
market last week reflected the shifting
influence Of conflicting factors in the
speculation.
The year-end requirements of the
money market exercised some con-
straint on the activity. Sentiment was
responsive to favorable prospects, but
actual benefits accrued brought re-
dictionary tendency due to proht-taE-
ing sales and revealed the extent u
which the speculation already has pro-
gressed lin the discounting Of events cal
culated to increase values.
The effect of the increase in DIVIDEND
on Reading was case in point. Or
the other hand the association of sup
Dort against the effects of any un-
favorable influence was taken to prove
the control Of the market was stiil en-
trenched in the hands of the coteries Of
powerful capitalists.
1t was with the probable future plans
Of this element that speculation shoWee
itself as being a determination to pusf
the Drice advance further in the com
ing year or an effort to distribute
heavy holdings on the first favorable
opportunity afforded by an awakened
demand for stocks.
There is much discussion from th'
pending supreme court decision IN tn'
American Tobacco company and thu
STANDARD Oil cases, and it Is feared th'
uncertainty surrounding the expected
decisions may hinder speculation anC
even retard business activities.
The purchases Of several independen
telephone lines by J. p. Morgan & GO
has created the conviction the eXten
sive capital combinations were still be
! ing worked out.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
CALIFORNIA STILL
LEADS IN MERCURY

The eeopogical surveys report on the
production of quicksilver in the United
States in 1908, prepared by IL. ID. Nc
Caskey, shows an unsatisfactory state
in the quicksilver industry during the
wear but an improvement in some re-
spects over the conditions in 1907.
Prices were higher but the value OF
the total product was lower, the values
being SS2S,93 in 1907 and SS24,l46 IN
1905. The imports of quicksilver We're
valued at $6719 in 1907 and $S216 in 1903,
California is the principal producing
state. the value of its product IN l9OS
amounting to S6S4,716 as against $685.
544 In 1907. Texas is the next largest
producing state. The United States was
i'm 1908 the third largest producer OF
quicksilver among the countries of the
world, its output being exceeded by
Snain and to a smaller degree by ltaly.
MIR. McCaskey's report contains tables
showing the worlds production OF
quicksilver, the exports and imports
the range of prices, and also descrlp-
ton of the deposits of quicksilver ore
(cinnabar) at the New Idria mines, IN
san Benito county, Cal. and OF the
methods OF mining.
The report can be had free OF cost 10y
applying to the director of the United
states geological survey, Washington
d c.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
BULLFROG MAYFL0WER
PLANS TO ORGANIZE
A LEASING COMPANY

GOLDFIELD, New, Dec. 10.-The
Bullfrog Mayhower has decided to or
ganize a leasing company for the purpose
of taking over the property of that cor
poratiOn, including the mine and mill,
and putting II on n firm foundation. 1t
is expected that the new company will
be financed by the first of the year in
order that operations under the new aus
pices may begin with the opening of the
year.
The indebtedness of the company is
estimated at $4,000. which will -be
taken care of by the Ieasers, who win
have charter on the assessment plan.
This latter provision will prevent any
further delay in organization and de-
velOpment and Is a guarantee of the
faithful execution of the contract under
which the Mayfiower will be reorganized.
The mine Is reported to be in splendid
physical condition, with indications of
"a large body OF high grade ore.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
COALINGAFlELD
BREAKS RECORD
YEAR WILL SHOW GREATEST
PRODUCTION
FIFTEEN MILLION BARRELS is
ESTIMATE
Enormous Output Places California
District in First Rank of Oil
Producing Regions of
Country

COALINGA, Dec. 19.-When the year
1909 comes to a close, about two weeks
hence, the great oil fields of Coalinga
will have produced more than 15000,0O0
barrels of oil during the twelve months.
This will be the greatest year i'm the
history of the field and. beyond the
question of a doubt, places this field
In the very first rank Of the producing
fields of the country.
1t is yet impossible to estimate the
December production. However, it will
be equal TO that Of the month just
past is the prediction of Secretary
Dallas OF the Coalinga oil producers
agency. And if this proves to be the
case. the fields production for 1909 will
be practically 15,250,000 barrels.
The banner producing month of the
year was July, when /, ,42s, 397 barrels of
oil were taken from 487 wells May,
however, fell short of that mark by
about 5000, while November which was
a heavy producing month, is about
5000 barrels behind May.
Following is a table of the produc-
tion of the field for 1909 by months,
with the number of producing wells:
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
SlNALOA STATE HAS
BIG MINING CHANCE

"While the state of Sinaloa is not 80
well developed or progressive as the
eastern and central states of Mexico,
because of the lack Of transportation
facilities, it has a greater outlook for
wealth." says Charles Thomas. who is
promoting a property there. Its min
eral output is almost ineXhaustible;
the assays of ores run as high, if not
higher than many of the other mining
states of the republic.
THE area Of this state is 2S927 miles,
about three -fourths of which is min
eral land. The average production of
mines in Sinaloa Is about 100000
pesos a year. About 5000 foreigners
and natives find employment in these
mines. Mines showing development
and not worked, according to the pres
ent statistics, number 462 IL is safe to
say /. several years many of these will
be working, owing to the new trans
portatlon facilities.
Mining on a paying basis has been
heavily handicapped, owing to the eX-
cessive portage by mules, but there
are many mines showing great bodies
Of low grade ore.
MANY smaller mines which for many
years have been lying dormant are
being rapidly taken up and developed"
Mr.. Thomas of the Bella Vista and
Palo Verde mine, with OfnceS IN tne
German building, Los Angeles. has
purchased one of these mines. 1t has
an ore body twenty-five feet wide and
1000 feet long. and is only two miles
from the famous old Panisco.
Gold and Silver Assays
The assays show high values in gold
and silver, from $25 to S340 a ton;
it formerly cost an average of $100 to
get this ore out and reduced to bullion.
He says he is organizing a company
under the Mexican laws to install a
ffty-ton cyanide plant, reducing the
cost of treatment of ore to 81 a ton.
This property lies in the famous Con-
cordia district, just forty miles from
the Rosario district, where the Brad
bury properties are located. The Tajo
is now producing $50,o00 a month; the
old Panisco. 100000 pesos at the pres
ent time ON the 120O-foot level. This
ore is hoisted to the surface in rawhide
buckets on the backs of laborers and
shipped out sixty miles.
The following statistics show work
ing mines in Sinaloa
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
BOY EATS FIVE PIES, IS
WHIPPED AND RUNS AWAY
Lad, Nine Years Old, Later Swoons
from Hunger and Is Taken
Home by Farmer

BEVERLY. n. j., Dee. IA boy
who looked barely 9 years old stopped
his bicycle recently to inquire of farmer
Abram Adams how far it was to New
York Before Adams could answer the
boy fell into a swoon. Taken into the
house the boy was revived, and told
Adams he was a runaway.
He left home because his mother had
whipped him for eating five pies which
she had baked for family catherine
The youngster had had nothing to eat
since then. He said his name was
Johnny Early and that he lived about
ten miles from here. Adams hitched
up his team and took the runaway
home.
His mother was overioyed at the
prodigars return and baked him nice
apple pie.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
CONVERTED CIGAR DEALER
MAKES BONFIRE OF STOCK

WICHITA, Kas., Dec. 19.-Because
he was convinced at a revival meeting
that it was wrong to use tobacco, and
decided that if it was wrong to use
the weed, it must be wrong to sell it,,
S. N. Brees, a Murdoch avenue mer-
chant, made a bonfire of his cigars and
tobacco. A strong odOr of burning
tobacco was traced to the yard back
of Brees' store, where Brees was heap
ing boxes of cigars on the flames. Oc-
casionally he would cast in a cask of
chewing tobacco or a carton of smok-
ing tobacco.
When nothing remained but ashes
Mr.. Brees remarked: We'll, I've won
that battle with the devil" Then he
disappeared in his store. The crowd
followed him and a prayer service was
held.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
WOMAN KILLS 200 SNAKES
WITH HER HICKORY CLUB
AIabaman Claims Championship in
Her Glass When II Comes to
Slaughter of Reptiles

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 19.-Tf
any woman believes that she has any
claim to the title of champion snake
killer Mrs. Curtin Myers of Seton, Ala,
would like to hear about it.
Mrs. Myers has decorated herself
with that title, and not without war
rant. Since last spring she has dis
patched more than 200 snakes at her
home, using the same club to each one.
Her real record is just beginning, how
ever.
One day she killed sixty in her back
yard between a. m. and p. m, and
since then has killed eleven more
seVenty-one in less than one week. Mrs.
Myers does this slaughter in odd mo-
ments and doesn't let it interfere with
her household duties.
There is no especial science to her
method; she just swats a snake on the
head with her hickory stick.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
DISCARD PEACH BASKET
HAT FOR AER0PLANE ONE

CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-The National
Association of Retail Milliners last
night launched the aeroplane as the
new style of headgear, put ban on
the peach basket hat and decreed the
three -cornered hat of the Louis XVI
period as the stunning bonnet for the
coming winter months.
The new creation in millinery art re-
sembles an airship in shape, having
two long feathers on either end and
q curved rim Its dimensions are 20
by Is inches, and because of its light
trimmings, it weighs considerably less
than a mound.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20

BISBEE, Dec. 19.-Two hundred feet
yet remain to be drilled in the long tun-
mel which the Princeton mine has been
driving for several years to get under
what is believed to be one of the
richest copper deposits in the country.
This statement is made by ii. A. Ham
burg, president Of the company, who is
from the Huachucas, where the prop
erty of the corporation is located
The tunnel is now in a distance of
1000 feet The work is being carried
on by machine drills, and should be
completed in a few weeks. If ore is
encountered in the quantities and of
the quality on which the management
is counting it will be necessary to pro-
ceed with the building of a smelter, as
the mine is so located that only burros
could carry the ore from the property
to a pass9ble road.
Additional funds have recently been
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
PUTS ADDRESS ON SPOOL
OF SILK; WINS HUSBAND

POTTSTOWN, Pa, Dec ia spool
of silk. about which had been placed q
piece of paper containing the name OF
Miss Rose Robert, a comely silk mill
worker of this borough, figures in a
romantic courtshlp which will result
in a wedding soon.
Miss Robert wrote her name on a
piece of paper and placed it in some
silk. She received letter from Edwin
M. Baker, an employe of the Esmeral-
da Mining company of Columbia, New.
Photographs were exchanged, and
now Miss Robert has received a hand
some ruby and diamond engagement
ring.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
News OF the Mines and Oil Fields
PRINCETON MINE APPROACHES
COPPER DEPOSIT BY TUNNEL

secured for the development of the
property by the sale of a large number
of shares to a party of a dozen or more
capitalists from Chicago who visited
the property about month ago,
according to the statement of HAM
burg.
Hamburg has been in charge of de-
velopment work at the Princeton prop
erty for several years. The develop
ment work was shut down for a year
following the panic, but was resumed
last July The company is organized
with $2500,000 capital stock, with a
large block of the stock held here and
at Tombstone. Sales were being made
readily at so cents a share just before
the panic. This was thought to be too
cheap by the management, and $4,000
which had been subscribed was sent
back.
Twenty-siX men are now employed at
the Princeton. according to Hamburg.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
UNION WORKS TEN RIGS
IN THE L0MP0C FIELD

LOMPOC, Dec. 19.-The Union OIL
company has now ten rigs at work IN
the Lompoc field, and In the course oil
a few months the number of producers
there will be increased from fifteen to
twenty-five. The older wells of the
company are now averaging $50 bar
reIs a day after five or six years. The
last one started off at 1900 barrels, The
drifting is from 1900 to 100 feet in
depth, and is said to be comparatively
easy. -
This field has been developed for a
distance of five miles, and is regarded
as one of the great sources of supply
to be fully availed of when other nelds
more fully developed than 1t Is at
nresent have gone into a decline.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
TAILOR COMBINES TRADE
WITH WRITING COMEDIES

BERLIN, Dec. 19-Tailoring and
playwriting are combined by stephen
Brune Of Berlin, who has just produced
two comedies successfully. Bruno
manages to run the two incongruous
professions together, and they go well
in double harness.
In an interview the tailor-dramatist
explained that ideas for plays come to
him while he is measuring customers
or cutting out suits. His plots he
elaborates while sewing on buttons. He
plans out the dialogue when pressing
his handiwork, and the writing out of
the play is done in the evening after
his shop is shut.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
NEW COMPANY WILL
\ OPERATE IN KERN

BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 19.-The Big
indian Oil company, composed of sixty
FreAnans forming a pool and subscrib-
ing S15,OO0, is preparing to put down
a we'll on the west half of section &c.
2S-2S. Sin the eastern part of the Kern
river Meld.
The venture is purely wildcat prop
ostion. It is over a mile from any
we'll A rig and string Of tools were
4 purchased in McKittrick, and II. f.
Martin, who is to head the work. says
kdrilling will begin in the near future.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
BOY is BITTEN FIRST BY
RABID CAT, THEN BY DOG

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 19.-Albert
White, the 12-year-old brother OF Mol
lie White, and uncle of Richard Bottle
who were bitten by a rabid cat two
weeks ago, was bitten viciously yester'
day by dog thought to be mad.
The other two children are under
going Pasteur treatment at New or
leans. and if symptoms of rabies de-
velon Albert will follow within the next
forty-eight hours.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
BUYER IN KERN RIVER
WILL LAUNCH COMPANY

KERN RIVER, Dec. 19.-J. b. Wrenn
has taken over the south half of the
southeast quarter of section 36-2S-21,
and a company is under process of
organization to take over the property
and operate there. The lease lies i'm
mediately adjoining the TETON, where
wells of forty to fifty barrels capacity
are being brought in.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
GOLD INCREASES
IN CALIFORNIA
STATE STANDS SECOND AS TO
GREATEST GAIN
SILVER OUTPUT EXPERIENCES
GENERAL DECREASE
Government Figures Show Remark
able Gain in Gold Production
In United States-Year's
Total Is $e4,56o,ooo

The production of gold in the United
States in 1903 was 4,574,3 $40 fine ounces,
valued at $94,560,000, an increase OIL
199513 fine ounces over the productloh
in 1907, which. was 4,374,S27 fine ounces
valued at $50, ABS, 700, according TO re-
rort by the Geological survey. Inc p[oo nCo
duction of silver in 1908 was oI'f4o'9oV
fine ounces, valued at $2S,O5O,b0O, u de-
crease in quantity and in value from
1907 when the production was 560l4'-
700 fine ounces, valued at $3b299 iUO..
Of fine tVenty-three states and terri
tories producing gold nine showed IN
creases in 1908 The greatest gains were
made in South Dakota ($3,BO4'OoO), al al
fornia ($2,47620O), Colorado 6$l,S,9'-
1Oo, and Alaska Isl, 1863 40O). Smaller
increases were shown by the Phlllp-
rine Islands Cs219, 5000 and Idaho Sl8I,
900, Vourteen states made decreased
production, Nevada and Utah sustaih-
ing the largest losses ($3,721,6OO and ST.
174.900. respectively. ,,.,-
on the whole the gold mining INDUS
try had in 1908 a prosperous year az az
suite of many adverse conditions ol
trade and finance. The production dur
ing the year is the largest annual Out
put yet recorded.
silver Output Shrinks
The silver mining INDUSTRY piS'N
a rnndition far less satisfactory, owing
TO the low prices of silver, lead cop
per and zinc. Important mines IN
Colorado and Utah found It difficult 70
make profits on low-grade ores, ana
large smelters in these states were
closed during part of the year or were
operated with reduced capacities.
Temporary lack of demand for, silver
in India and n very heavy produclioil
In Canada contributed to the depres-
sion in price. The average price per
ounce during the year was SO cents, as
against sc cents in 1907
Great losses in silver production
were sustained by Utah G3,OO79OO)
Colorado CS2 5000, Montana @l,SOo'-
0OO) and Idaho ($1,163, ,4OO). and smaller
losses by Nevada, Arizona, New Me1l-
20 and California, although the per-
centages of loss suffered by Arizona
and New Mexico were large.
The Geological Surveys report or
gold and silver in 1908, prepared by
Waldemar Lindgren and ii. ID. Nc
Caskey, may be had by applying 10 the
director of the survey at washington
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-20
MRS. BELMONT HAS BIRD
CONVERTED INTO HAT

PARIS, Dec. 19.-Mrs. Perry Belmont
is to have a new hat which is sure to
set other women wild with envy, and
the most aggravating feature of all is
that no one will be able to ''copy" it..
This is the chow of it. Mr. Belmont.
while shooting over the preserves of
the Chateau de Rochefort, caused a
sensation by bringing down strange
bird with a tail four feet long. The
ornthologists say its real name is
"Faisan Venere," which is wonderful
If true, but all of this meant some
thing much more vital to Mrs, Belmont,
who Immediately hied herself and the
coveted trophy to the nearest milliner.
She is now having the bird, four-foot
tail and all, done into a hat that will
make other women resolve to fall upon
their hatpins and end it all.
II ySu want to go east. &. HaydOck. Ast.
Illinois Central r. r., lis w. Sixth street,