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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-09-30

able or worcestershire stock, for cor
porations may be formed, and in
fact have been and are now being.
formed, under the laws of other
states which allow worcestershire
stock as well as assessable stock to
be created. and the agitation for
change in the laws of Nevada per-
hitting no stock to be created ex-
cept assessable stock is unwise, in
that even though the object to be
attained is a salutary one, the legis-
lation by Nevada would be ineffec-
tive, except as to Nevada corpora
lions, as corporations would be
formed under the laws of other
states and territories and come here
and do business; besides, it is far
from certain that assessable stocks
in mining corporations is the de-
sirable thing, or that it would pro-
mote the mining business. The
| Comstock is an assessable stock
camp, yet it has steadily declined
from a bonanza producer of mil
lions monthly to a mere trifiing
comparison. Tonopah is a non-as-
sessable stock camp, and it has
practically held it's own since the
beginning, and today is the most
or at least among the most, pros
porous mining towns in the state.
Money paid for treasury stock
in corporation should be declared
a trust fund by positive law, and
if any part of it be diverted from
its true purpose of bona fide devel
opment of the groupd, the person
responsible for such diversion should
be deemed guilty of a felony ant
punished by Imprisonment in the
penitentiary. No maudlin sentimen
or sympathy should be allowed tt
| shield such person, for he is guilt.
: of the betrayal of trust, and thu
law abhors treachery in any ant
every form.
But all indications point to
healthy. sentiment on this and kin
7 bred subjects. Last winter our leg
| islature passed law designed TO
: the purpose of separating the whea
/ from the chaff and protecting tn
] stakeholder, by compelling homes
: administration of the company's al
= fairs. This law may not be all tina
e its trainers hoped or expected fo
e it, it may not be perfect in all ii
t details, but if so, its weak spots wi
: be detected, and when the next Sc!
S 4 sion of the legislature convene
e these defects will be corrected, fc
|, the mining business of this state
e now largely, if not wholly, in til
y hands of practical, honest and III
e right mining men, and public sci
y timent is squarely in favor of ar
= relief necessary to place our lea,
2, ing industry on the firm foundatiC
e principle of honor, honesty and I'll
$ square deal. But all the wildca
'r floated in the past few years {
S Nevada properties were not by N
o vada men by any means, nor WI
s. our state or our citizens responsib
4 for multitude of brazen swindl
a that were perpetrated on the ere
h. ulous public of the south and cas-
h and by them charged up to Nevad
al The fact is, that the wonderful ric
s. ness of our mines and the fabulo
in wealth of the prospects that we
being opened up from day to d
OF was seized upon to impose upon t
IS unwary by INSCRIPTIONS rasca
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-09-30

empire of land. Through the years
she has pursued her varied for
tunes until today she stands in the
foremost rank of the counties of
this state. Within the majestic
sweep of her boundaries, which
stretch a states length to the north
and the south and a states width to
the east and the west, great wealth
in precious metals lies buried.
Wealth has ever been the goal
of man and before the sound of the
last gun had died away and the
terms of peace had determined the
end of our civil war, the hardy
prospector and frontiersman had
faced the hardships of the desert,
sought it's riches and found them
within Nye county With the clos
ing of hostilities the demand for
silver and gold became greater and
active mining was begun in this
county on a business scale. More
prospectors traversed it's deserts and
sought for treasure among it's hills.
Capital sent it's dollars to aid in the
search and to perfect the finding.
| Camps and towns with war-like
names sprang up and flourished the
records were bristling with location
notices concentrating in their
titles the battlefields of the north
and the south and the hum of in
dustry was to be heard on all sides
Far removed from the centers
of distribution, with crude methods
and inadequate machinery, laborins
under the most adverse of condi
lions, the miners of that periot
quarried from the lodges of thi
county more than 100000 ant
sent this vast treasure forth to ait
in stimulating the trade and com
merce and rebuilding the credit o
the new-starting nation The pro
duction of that era was largely
production of silver and the pric
received for the white metal the
was double the present price. The
came the decentralization. Silve
: sank in price. The old camps los
their population. Mining was at
: standstill. But Fortune was kind t
the old county Of Nye, and it wa
not long until the tickle goddess ha
| again revealed the secrets of he
: treasure house. Jim Butler, a pros
t pector wandering over the hills i
3 search of precious metals, lost hi
= mule one day in April, 1900.
9 searching for the animal he disco1
4 cred the Mizpah ledge, which hs
: developed into one of the creates
producing silver mines in the worl'
o With that discovery began a ne
era-an era of prosperity and r.
y suits not alone for this county, bl
for Nevada. The news of Butler
G find was flashed about the worl
Excitement was afiame. The hill
: were soon peopled with the hare
vanguard of new civilizatio
q Towns and camps sprang up on a
h sides and the old county was aqui
q er with the excitement of her ne
a discoveries.
"a ''In the nine wears which hav
passed since Butler lost his mu
If and found the Mizpah, wonders ha'
" been accomplished. Through Il
L vast territory of this county M
lie have sought for and found gre
s. lodges of rich minerals. Fifty mi
IS ing districts have been establish
N and the clink of the single jack
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-09-30

many of whom had never been in
our state, or owned any property
1 personally know of two
of these delectable scoundrels, nei-
ther of whom had ever been in our
state, neither of whom owned foot
of ground here, but whose only
stock in trade consisted of an album
dance of beautiful gold gifted min
ing stock certificates, with a pic
ture upon the of a mine and mill
running in full blast. These GER
tificates were sold under the fraud
ulent and criminal representations
that the alleged company owned
valuable mines in Nevada, and in
one case ! know of, the victim was
a widow, a stately and noble south
ern matron living in Louisiana, who
sold a most valuable part of her
plantation and invested 5000, the
proceeds thereof, in this more than
worthless stock. When she finally
ledTueu llldJ she Hdu bSSh oNihulSN
and was impoverished, she blamed
the state of Nevada and the people
of this state, and it was with the
most extreme difficulty that she
could bring herself to treat any per-
son from Nevada with ordinary
courtesy. Such cases are not infre-
quent, yet no law that the wisdom
of a Solomon or a Socrates COM
bined could devise would enable Ne
vada to prevent such fragrant and
criminal trading upon her wealth
and her fame as a mining state"
Chairman Dunlap, of the enter.
tainment committee, who had beer
tireless in his efforts during the day
to show the visitors as much of To
nopah as possible, and also provid
ing entertainment for those who hat
no inclination toward visiting thu
underground workings, stated a
this time that followig the next ad
dress the floor would be cleared TO
dancing. With a few appropriate
remarks he then introduced tn
ladies of Tonopah to the visitini
members of the congress, thus dc
ing away with all formalities. TIL
ladies acknowledged the introduc
ton.
Hon. Walter D. Cole was then in
troduced by President Richards, an
, spoke on ''Nye County" Mr.. Col
: is one of Tonopahs most brillian
| orators and he kept the audienc
with him from the start to the fir
c ish. The tribute he paid to old Ny
p county was a handsome one, whic
6 caused frequent Interruptions of al
a plause. In speaking he said.
: "Mr. Chairman, Guests of tn
: County of Nye, Ladies and Cent?,
v men:-I assure you that l sincerel
/ appreciate the privilege and the hol
n or of speaking here tonight. 1t
e ever a privilege and an honor, M
s Chairman, to be afforded the plea
n ure of such distinguished listener
y and it is ever a privilege and
IS pleasure to ask them to carry fort
e to the great world outside simp
IS message from the state which ha7
l. learned to appreciate and from II
t, county which is my home.
a. Il regret that the necessities
L this occasion are such that I m;
is speak only most briefly of that cou
e ty. Born amid the din of bait
" than As years ago, she was chri
lie tened with the name of Nevada
S, first governor and endowed with
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-09-30
FALL HATS

The latest colors and styles, also
fall underwear.
RYAN & STENSON.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-09-30

Big sale at Sullivan's. Furniture
and clothing at cost and below.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-05-20
Crumbs Of numor

"Pa," asked Johnny, who was an in
quisitive yOungster, "is cat fond of
catnip?"
"Yes, my son." said the father, who
was absorbed in the paper.
"Pa," came the voice again, sis a
horse fond of horseradish 7"
"Don't bother me, will you?" came
from the father, this time in some ir-
ritation, as he was in the middle of a
Lawson explosion and did not like to
be interrupted.
"Ps," he asked aga N, but more timid-
ly, sis dog fond of dog weed?"
"Johnny!" came from the paterfami-
lias this time, "if you don't keep quiet
I'll send you to bed" And he stirred
uneasily in his chair and crossed his
legs in nervous manner.
Johnny remained silent for about a
minute, but commenced to fidget un-
easily and ut last broke out with:
spa, is pig fond of pig weed?"
But the fathers patience could hold
out no longer, so calling the servant,
he had the boy put to bed.
For about live minutes silence had
full sway; but at last small, hesitat.
ing voice from the bedroom asked:
spa, is cow fond Of cowslips Pr
Star of Hope.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-05-20
How to Be Happy

The only paramount desire of all
right-minded men and women is happi-
ness. "How to be happy"i is far cry
or near one, depending upon him who
prays. 1t is not matter of environ
ment and of disposition. have st en-
misel able rich men and miserable poor
ones, the misery of the one not coming
because of his riches, nor of the other
because of his poverty. 1 knew man
whose income was millicp a year, and
he spent hundred and fifty dollars a
month. l said to him, "What is your
happiness?" His answer was: Seeing
the SNOWFALL grow"
l knew another with an income
equally large who was guinea pig.
He lived upon the fees which he re-
ceived as director in many corpora
tions. He was persuaded late in life
to visit Europe, and there came across
an old associate who had become happy
after retiring from a hard business life
by studying art and accumulating the
treasures which he understood. He
took his visitor to see painting at the
Salon which was interesting all Europe.
While explaining its beauties with rare
enthusiasm he turned to see his friend
busy writing upon pad. He said
angrily, "What are you doing2 Are
you trying to copy this picture 7" "No,'
said his friend;"I am reckoning how
much money ! am losing while here in
directors fees"
The happiest man ever knew was q
peddler and Methodist exhorter.
He cheered the sorrowful, uplifted
the sick, carried joy into houses Of
mourning, added gayety in life tt
gatherings of the young, and c0nsola
tion and merriment to the old by carry
ing out to the full the scriptural motto
"Be diligent in business while serving
/ Continued on this page column 5.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-05-20

chance of acquiring wealth as he has
of flying to the planet Mars. The lot
terry is illusionary; 30 also is the stock
exchange for the speculator whose
margins disappear like dew beneath
the rising sun. The United States
abolished the lotteries and people gam
BILE furiously iu wheat, copper. indus
trial stocks etc., while trust ed employees
of banks lose other peoples money and
blow out their brains, or vanish for
long terms of years from tie general
life of the community. Powerful is
the gambling instinct, the desire to get
something for nothing, or very much
for very little. Speculative activity, a
a most legitimate form of hazard often
makes great fortunes out of relatively
small cash expenditures. About the
lottery much may be said both for and
against-in which it resembles most
human things and institutions. Mar
riage most hazardous experiment for
instance. Even being born is risk;
one may draw black, red, a yellow,
or white skin: have rich PARENTS or
poor ones; tie plunged into sordid en-
vironment or be surrounded by all the
pleasant things of life; have quick
ana alert or dull and inefficient brain.
There is always something of lottery
element in the venture of human ex-
isteEce.
There is no doubt whatever that
Cuban morals need reforming, but the
lottery is the least of many stumbling
blocks in the path to reform. If what
we read almost daily about Cuba is true
it would seem that the return of self
government forecasts the rehabilita
tion and legalization in Cuba of al
gambling. The Cubans appear to han
ker for the life of the picturesque ole
days of the Spanish regime which W,
read about in books of Cuban travel
when Havana was one of the liveliest
and perhaps one Of the wickedest town.
on the globe; picture full of tn,
brightest lights and deepest shadows
a gamblers city-where men held tt
themselves no special conscience. bu
ran the rapid race risking body ant
soul as the gambler did his COLDER
ounces. And there are plentyOf peo
pie in Cuba today who would bring al
this hack for an thay like their lives II
lie. J.L. F.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-05-20

leaving Nome each winter aud return
ing in the summer months. 1t is very
difficult to make much progress in
mine during tie winter as
everyth ng is frozen ard the workers
also suffer from the cold.
Mostly all tie food used in Nome is
of the canned variety, though of late
this as been improved upon. The city
itself contains many different streets.
The most important of these is Main or
Front street. This street extends from
one end of the city to the other and
most all places of business are located
on it.
Some of the most interesting places
are the following: The Golden Gate
Hotel, The Great Northern Saloon and
Dance Hall, the Oily mpia, the Denver,
the Wharf and many other such places.
These places will be remembered as
long as the city stands, for within these
buildings many scenes have been en-
acted and good many of the players
still reside in Nome. In each one of
these places gambling is carried on day
and night and many fortunes are lost
and won each day.
Then another interesting place is the
Dairy Farm. On this farm there are
kept the only cows that are to be found
in the city. They sIe II in number and
the owner says they have made for
time for him. Milk from these cows
sells at 25 cents per pint and it is i'm
possible to fill all the orders that are
sent in. There are very few horses OF
domestic animals of any kind to be
seen-excepting dogs, and of those
there are great many. 1t is only
within the last few years that means
have been devised by which to remove
live stock from the ships. In former
years the ships put in as close to shore
as possible-the horse or cow was ther
swung overheard, first having Ions
rope placed about the eek, One end OF
which was passed. to several men wh(
were in a small boat. The animal was
then let into the water and forced tt
swim to shore. The water about Nome
is always very cold ami this means re
suited in the death of many horses ant
other live stock. Today large scow'
handle them with better results.
In closing it may be said that a few
years ago Nome was city of tents
Today frame buildings have takel
their place, and at the present time NJ
city in Alaska has a brighter futur'
than Nome.
A. F. B.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-05-20

Gentlemen" shouted the drummer
in the hotel lobby, "there are more men
pushing the products of my factory
than any other house in the world" /"
"And what are they selling 2" ventured
the timid listener. Automobiles, sir,
automobiles. The Harvard Lampoon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-05-20
How to Be Happy (Continued.)

the Lord" The amount of pleasure
that there is in this world from making
other people happy can never be meas
ured. The larger the field which mon
ey or talent enables q man to cover,
the greater the joy. The philosophy Of
life is reciprocity, and man gets what
he gives.-Chauncey M Depew.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-05-20
Judge Eagan' 5
Experience
An Old Time Trick That is No
Longer Popular With
Lawyers.

Lawyers in the olden days were
great tricksters,' said Judge Eagan.
"They considered anything fair that
would get their clients out of trouble.
1 remember b cas where brother law
yer went over to the tombs once upon
a time to see client there who was
held for murder. The client was called
into the consultation rOom-where lie
and the prisoner exchanged clothing
the lawy er donning his clients clothes
and vice versa. The thing worked all
right, the prisoner walking out in
frock coat and silk tile. Of course,
they could not hold the lawyer-or did
not. Since then law has bt en- passed
covering such cases-snd escapes Of
that kind are no longer popular or in
vogue.
I was called upon once to defend
one of my countrynen for murder. He
was friendless and had grave doubts
as to his guilt. Leastwise my client
strongly maintained his innocence. Not
only was he friendless but he was PEN
niless. was appointed by the court
to defend him. In such cases the court
usually allowed $4,000 to the attorney
appointed.
"Of the time am speaking tt e coun-
sci rooms in the courthouse did not
have iron bars placed across the vim
dows In the courthouse there were
several of these so-called consulate n
rooms. Fo tle;e apartments the at
torney and his client wee privileged to
retire for one hour just prior to the
calling of the case on the calendar
where preparations could be made for
the trial.
ain this case l did not call for my
client-but the bailiff as matter of
course showed him in.o the consulta-
tion room where was sitting.
"When my clitn came in l asked him
numerous questions but could get no
satisfaction out of him at all. He was
surely on tie road to the galows.
81 finally said to him: The window
of this room is open-the earth is soft
be!ow-and it is only eighte en- feet to
reach it, He took the hint-dropped
out of the window quietly-snd that's
the last l ever saw of him. He no
doubt made good his escape.
"AbOut thrt e quarters of an hour
later the bailff knocked on the door
l feigned being asleep resting my head
on my arms. He came in and found
nae in that position.
"Judge, where's the prisOner?' he in
quired eagerly, observing that 1 was
alone in the room.
"sW hat prisoner 2 inquired blandly.
"Why, tLe-man-your client-that
drought in for consultation, he gasped.
} "sMy dear man. said l, you're dream
ing. You brought no one in here. L
fell asleep waiting for you to produce
him.
"BIank amazement spread over the
face of bailiff. And | played my part
to perfection right up to the Judge who
J said: I'll look into this later. Call the
next case
| "That was IN the good old Tweed
days. saw the Boss, explained things
and the bailiff did not lose his job
"The next week bars were strung
across all the windows of the lawyers
, consultation rooms in the courthouse
and there have been no other similar
escapes to my knowledge"
: UNCLE ISAAC.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-10

Awarding of diplomas, Lloyd B. Christy.
 ~The Star Spangled Banner" Chorus and audience.
Arizona republican., 1909-06-10
THE FEW VOTERS IN
 CENTER ST. PARADE SOME SAY SIX AND SOME SAY
 SEVEN. The Fact Remains, However, Tha. They Were Few and Far Between.
Temne Ariz.. June 8. 1909.


 To the Editor of The Republican, Sir: Quite number of our people from Tempe went to Phoenix a few days ago to view the south side parade. One Tempe man made an expression that was not quite true, for I believe it to be the best policy to be used by both the Tempe and the Center street bridge committees to tell the truth. My friend from Tempe stated that he counted seven south side voters in the parade, but on examining the great register l can only find six, and one of these voters did not take part in the parade.
 It las been known for a great many years~that there is a fine stretch of irrigable land lying near and just across the river from Phoenix, an area to an amount equal to about thirtyfive thousand acres, but up until a short time ago this land has been avoided by homeseekers on account of the diff ficulty in fording the river to get to Phoenix, but sometime ago, the pro- moters of the Center street bridge com mittee thought out a plan by which all this land could be reclaimed and wa. tered by building a bridge at the foot of Center street. These gentlemen have been working upon this enterprise for about a year Counting the home seekers who have been settling on that land for the last thirty years, there are at present six that are eligible to vote at the coming election. yet in this thirty-five thousand acres there are lands that are entitled to eleven hun dred inches of water to the Tempe branch of the San Francisco canal. 7IO inches in the Wormser branch of the Tempe canal. one-third of the water from the Tempe pumping plant and private pumping plant. These canals are entitled to water one thousand acres of land under the Arizona canal having noN water at all All the land out of the thirty-five thousand acres at present to speak of that has no wa ter is something like over seven thou sand acres owned by the Bartlett Heard Land and Cattle company and Pickerelrs ostrich ranch and the source of all this water is the Tempe canal. the remaining part of the, thirty five thousand acres of land has been lying within three or four miles of Phoenix for the last thirty five years. Up to this time they have not been reclaimed from the desert state and there was just as much water in all that time as there is at the present time. and I can not see for my part how the build ing of bridge will have anything to do in the increase of the supply of wa ter to irrigate these lands. think there is a "'nigger in the wood pile" somewhere, and I will say to the voters that the people of Tempe will give a handsome leather medal to any voter who finds this "nigger in the wood pile"
 Yours very truly.
 J. c. GOODWIN.