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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-02

The board on taking charge of the
banking affairs Of this state found
some of the banks in not the very
best of condition, and the object OF
the board has consistently beer to
build up the banks in the most ex-
peditious manner. The result has been
very gratifying, as there has only beer
two failures this year, being banks eff
fliated with each other and within
three weeks after the failure of one
of the banks, the same was l~iquidated
and depositors paid in full. This was
made possible, as the act of 1909 vests
the necessary powers in the banking
board. The other bank matter is pend
ing at this writing, but the board ex-
poets to liquidate it also, and in the
same manner.
Under this law now governing state
banking affairs, there is a board hav-
ing the authority to take control Of con-
ditions when necessary to the welfare
of hank depositors; heretofore, there
was no such specific authority existing,
and untold complications and troubles
resulted. Bank officials were at liberty,
practically, to conduct affairs about as
they pleased, without any restraint OF
supervision Of any disinterested OH
cial regularly appointed for emergien-
cies which might arise. The prompt
ness with which the deficiencies OF
the bank which recently failed was
made good to the depositors through
the agency of the state banking board,
in their authority to take hold of af-
fairs Immediately and direct a settle
ment in the interest of all concerned, is
but a single example of the merit and
practibility of the provisions of the
new banking law.
With best wishes for a successful
meeting, I am,
Yours respectfully,
M. M. VAN FLEET,
State Bank Examiner.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-02
NEVADA'S NEW BANKING LAW
MEETING WITH APPROVAL

A letter from N. M. Van Fleet. tn,
state bank examiner of Nevada wa,
read before q session of the America,
Bankers association held in Chicaof
last week. A request from the president
of the association for the state baul
examiner of Nevada to be present was
received here several weeks ago and il
was suggested that if Mr.. Van Fleet
could not attend he would send a short
statement Of the workings of Nevada IS
new banking law passed at the last
session Of the last legislature. In reply
to this request Mr.. Van Fleet forward
ed the following letter to the president
of the association and the Nevada
banking law as described in this letter
was approved by the committee ap-
pointed to report on the banking laws
of the various states:
Hon. Pierre Jay, President, National
Board of Supervisors of State Banks,
40 Wall Street, New York City:
Dear Sir-Answering your request of
August 18th, / I'm enclosing you here
with a copy in pamphlet form OF all
the banking laws in force snd effect in
this state, as 1 regret very much that
/ cannot attend the convention to
be held September 18th in Chicago.
I would respectfully call your at
tention to sections as, 4s, SO and 81
of the banking act of 1909. There was
an endeavor made to pass a depositors
guarantee, act, but the bill was killed,
and while mention is made in these
sections of a depositors guarantee fund,
we have no depositors guarantee law in
this state.
You will note that this law was
enacted by the legislature of 1909,
and is a new law for this state, only
including a few sections of the then
existing law.
Under the old law the banking
board consisted of the governor, the
secretary of state and the state treas
urer, who were compelled to work under
a law that was deficient in almost every
particular that should characterize a
good banking law as was testified by
so many failures of banks in this state
during 1907 and 1908. The new law
creates a board to consist Of five mem
bers to be appointed by the governor,
with the governor as chairman of the
board. The governor in his selection of
this board exhibited rare Judgment, the
members being: Hon. j. w. Adams,
former governor of this state; Hon. s.
w. Bedford, q prominent attorney; Hon.
A. B. Witcher, banker, and Hon. Chas.
s. Sprague, a successful newspaper
man.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-02
PIONEER TO BE GREAT
DISTRICT SAYS E. S. GILES

Edwin 8. Giles, a mining engineer
who is one of the pioneers of the Pho
neer district, is in town on business,
and is optimistic concerning the out.
look for the camp of Pioneer in the
future. Mr.. Giles has been working
in the Pioneer district for some five
years, and is perhaps the best posted
man ON the district as a whole in the
state. He predicts that Pioneer will in
time be a great milling camp.
"The Mayfower mine," he said, sis
going to be greater than the Mont
gomery-Shoshone. They will have just
as much, or more ore, as the Shoshone,
and they are milling a richer grade of
ore right now. There are q dozen diff
ferent properties along the main ledge
system that have huge bodies Of mill
ing ore in sight right now. Among
them are the Savage, the Puritan, the
X. K, and the property of the Pho
neer Extension Mines company.
cup on the jolly Jane lease Of the
latter estate at 125 feet there is a big
ledge of milling ore that approaches the
shipping grade, and on the other side
Of the Jolly Jane claim the company
shaft Of the Pioneer Extension com
pany at 200 feet has just reached the
same character of ore that is exposed
in the jolly Jane leasing shaft. In
both shafts every foot downward shows
of the ore.
"Pioneer was unfortunate in that the
strike of high grade in the Pioneer
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-02
BULLION GROUP IN EASTERN
SECTION TO WORK AGAIN

Preparations are being made for the
resumption of work on the Bullion
group in the eastern section a few
miles from Goldfeld, and it is under
stood that work will be under way
within a very short time. This is one
of the most promising portions of the
outside section of the Goldteld dis
trict, and is in a dacite zone quite
similar to the producing area close to
the city. Small punches of good ore
have been encountered in the develop
ment that has been done on the Bull
lion property, but it reached the
stage of q shipper.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-02
HOMESTEAD MINE RESUMES
WORK WITH TWO SHIFTS

When it was announced a few weeks
ago that the Homestead company con-
t~emplated extensive development work
doubtless few people appreciated the
Importance of it, says the Searchlight
Bulletin.
Wednesday morning there was the
first trying-out of the compressor and
drills and all was found satisfactory.
Yesterday marked the regular starting
of two shifts on the drills.
This elaborate program of develop
ment-which has to do with dropping
the Fraction shaft 400 feet deeper or
to the 1000 level-has required the
building of a 20 by 40-foot addition to
the old hoist house. In this new part
are the compressor and engine. Ais,
the base has been built for the large
Good Hope hoist. In the meantime
the old Fraction hoist is doing duty
and this will be kept for emergencies.
The entire plant has the earmarks of
premanency and efficiency and reflects
credit on Superintendent Morrison,
who personally looked after the con-
struction.
In this new sinking there will be no
pause or station cutting for a distance
of 200 feet. Then here is to be lateral
work concurrent with sinking, and also
the employment of two additional drills.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-02

1t has been impossible to get people
interested, and with a combination of
bank failures and fire, concerns that
were operating on a slender margin
were forced to quit work. But l be-
lieve that outsiders are becoming more
interested in Nevada properties now,
and that this fall Pioneer will get an
other start, and that this time it will
be backed by enough money to put a
number of properties into the money
1t is certain that there are few dis
tricts in the state that can make such
a showing of milling ores as can the
Pioneer districts, and developments in
the Mayflower mine and in the Pioneer
lease have shown that there some big
bodies of high grade ore along with
the milling ore. The Pioneer lease is
back into the pay shoot by the way, and
/ believe that it will show up better
than ever this fall. They got excited
there when they were shipping ore, and
instead of blocking out ore reserves,
put in all their time cutting the ore
they had in sight.
81 want to arrange to get some of the
visitors and delegates to the Mining
Congress to pay Pioneer q visit. They
will not regret it. And when they soc
the Maylower and the Montgomery
Shoshone mines down in that part Of
the country they will get to thinking
pretty seriously. Pioneer is close to
two railroads, has plenty of water, and
offers exceptional inducements to the
mining man who is looking after a
milling proposition. And that is what
takes the money these days.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

lowing his race Sally procures a divorce
from Malakon and manages to make
Welden marry her They have been
married few months and have taken
a house in Santa Barbara, when Wei
den discovers. by accident the note
Maud had written TO him which Sally
had intercepted The whole story
rushes over him in a maze and he cuts
Sally's throat.
Then he goes back TO Maud in New
York, and they are about TO be mar
ried. when the book closes. All this
is not accomplished without many de-
tails and much difficulty, but there is
the story. Welden writes confession
and leaves it for Maud, TO be read in
case he is obliged to testify in favor
of a suspect. Maud reads the letter,
and so knows all before he asks her to
marry him. They discuss the murder
and their love in the same sentence,
and the situations are horribly abnor-
NAL As plain and horrid as this brief
sketch of the story is, the book itself
is more So In many of the descrip-
tions little is left to the imagination,
and all the beauty of expression and
charm of style does not save 1t. What
is the use of book like this. which
has no discoverable purpose and which
does rot amuse?
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

common 10 the scene as a statue of
Phoebus Apollo had been--a babu iof
Bengal. every inch OF him, from his
dirty red and white turban 10 his well
worn and cracked patent leather shoes.
His body was enveloped in complete
suit Of emerald silk, much soiled and
s(aded and girt with sash OF many
cOlOrs, crimson predominating. No
wonder the horse SHE'D and bolted.
Before the Interview is over the babu
has thrust an emerald into Amber's
hand and vanished. Amber continues
on his way and discovers that the love
ly maiden ia distress is visiting his
friends wife. She is Miss Sophia Far
reIi adopted daughter OF Colonel Far
ron or his majesty Edward WIS army.
and they arc just about TO return to
India
Amber discovers a little cabin on the
island and finds an old friend occupying
81. Rutton. an East Indian potentate,
who is hiding there for some strange,
secret reason RUttun is Sophia's father.
but she does not know "a. and he is
there 70 watch over her safety Il ap-
pears that the babu who had thrust the
emerald upon Amber had mistaken him
for RUtton. and the emerald token had
something 10 do with the royal success
sion which Rutton was anxious 10
avoid The babu discovers his mistake
and comes to the cabin. but Rut.on
shoots him dead and takes poison. and
in the rather obscure interview they
have Rutton commissions Amber to go
10 India and seek out Sophia and marry
her. This is all a sort Of prologue to
the tale Of adventure in India
Every sort OF complicated adventure
which the ingenious imagination Of the
author can invent is thrust upon Amber
and often he has a narrow escape. He
is taken for Rutton. but his vehement
denials awaken doubt and they are
afraid TO Kill the wrong man. There is
- attempt at anything like character
LIS. the sole purpose OF the book is
ID entertain. and this the author does
fn full measure. Those who are looking
for thrilling adventures VIII enjoy the
book and lee proud Of its American hero.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
The Romance OF a Plain Man

By Ellen Glasgow. author OF The Deliver
ance." etc Published by the Macmillan
compzDy, New York. Price $3.50.
Miss Ellen Glasgow's new novel Is
the autobiography OF a selfmade man.
There is scarcely a line in the book
which could be called in any way ex-
citing and yet one is interested and
reads on and on with calm enjoy
ment and a pleasurable appreciation.
which remains after the book is an
ished and laid aside.
The hero il indeed a plain man"
He is the son OF a stone cutter and
appears to be just one step above the
poor white trash" OF the south. The
scene is laid in Richmond. Va. and the
picture OF the poverty and manner OF
life of these Iowly people is very
graphic
When the hero. Ben Starr. is a child
or 5. his ambition is formed. and his
life romance begins. This Is caused
by two events. told In the first two
chapters OF the book. The first r. his
romance: a little girl and her mother
rush to his house on a stormy night.
They are seeking protection from
drunken husband and father. as well
as from the storm. The little
girl is little snob and
scorns the offer OF the little boys
friendship, and the boy never fOrgets-
The second event is his meeting with
General Bolfngbroke. president OF the
Great South Midland and Atlantic rail
road. The child asks questions In
childish fashion of the man, and the
man idly and gOOdnaturedly answers
them The little girl has called him
a common boy and the boy IS just
old enough to know that he doesn't
wish to be common. After hts inter
view with General Bolingbroke the boy
decides to grow up ant be a railroad
president and. for the sake OF the little
girl. Sally Blend. not TO be common.
It takes but a few chapters TO tell
the tale OF the youthful struggles OF
Ben Starr and of his education and
success in life, and finally or his mar
riage with Sally. Then the real romance
OF Ben's life begins. and the develop
ment of the character OF Ben and Sally
is Of deep interest. Sally belongs TO
one of the old families of the state.
and while she is no longer the snOb
she appeared to be in infancy she is
a born aristOcrat. miles above Ben
I'm birth and breeding She appreciates
his fine. manly qualities and loves him
devotedly, and their married life be
gins with much happiness Ben thinks
he can make Sally's life happy by all
the material blessings OF the world, so
he works harder and harder all the
time and neglects his wife. His motive
justifes him. but he can not under
stand that she wants him, and not
more money.
Slowly and almost involuntarily he
learns by good fortune and bad the
true value of the treasure committed TO
his keeping. learns the brutal stupidity
OF his attempt to raise his value in his
wife's eyes by piling one fortune on an
other. learns the wisdom Of the little
fhfuesfs be affempfa5 f0 daSpise
This story of passionate love break
ing through the still rigid barriers OF
social caste, of it's temporary eclipse in
the shadow Of material prosperity and
of its final triumphant victory over
misunderstanding and misplaced am
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

If you ever hear a man say. / am go
ing to the theater with the Billy Will
sons you can be perfectly sure that
the Billy Wilson's are all right II he
says, I am going with Billy Wilson and
his wife, or Billy Wilson and Mrs.
wilson he had better stay at home
he will not enjoy himself
.sThe Band" "The White Light of
publicity" and 'The Dancing Man are
exceptionally good stories, and all of
the titles are to be commended. The
art of selecting a good title is rare. but
MIR. Davis has developed it TO a marked
degree. The book is an addition to tile
trunk for summer reading, but one viii
also save it for the home library.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
Random "reminiscences
Men and Events"
By John d. Rockefeller. Published by Double
day, Page Co., New York. Price 81.

By John D. Rockefeller. Published BY Double
day, Page & Co., New York. Price ST.
Coming from a man who has been
SO much in the public's thoughts, but
who has been SO 10th to satisfy the
pubic's natural interest in himself
Rockefeller's "Reminiscences are sure
to be read with curiosity. As was to
be expected, from a literary point Of
view the book is of no value. The
"reminiscences are extremely random
and are written in a manner lacking
smoothness and connection; while their
entertaining qualities, when there are
any, are derived absolutely from the
fact that they are from the pen Of the
richest man in the world Mr.. Rookie
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

stage Door etc Published by Charles
scribper's Sons. New York Price S1-5o
No longer does 1t seem necessary
to identity Charles Belmont Davis as
the brother OF Richard Harding Davis
BE stands firmly upon his own feet
and while his style is not in the least
like that of his successful brother, II
is quite as attractive and his tales are
quite as clever
For New Workers.. Mr.. Davis stories
are a continual pleasure, for they have
an atmosphere of the town more real
even than the tales of Q. Henry
The first story In the book, which
gives it's title to the volume, is slightly
alegoricaL. The narrator of the stories
is In a very disturbed state of mind
He Is a bachelor, but he has passed
his first youth and the very young
girls seem too young and their moth
ers seem too old-"so there was l. a
human pendulum swinging between
two generations-and the pendulum
swinging a little more slowly every
year"
The ''Lodger Overhead" is youth. and
in their final conversation he asks her
name When he has learned that she
says: Il am the grist ready for the
mill-you are the chaff ready for the
winds" And then she goes away up
the stairs and shuts the door tight
upon him. So this youth is gone and
even though he has all sorts of sentl-
mental adventures afterward we never
quite forget that he is no longer
young.
The titles of the other nine stories
in the book are "The Essential Sense,
THE Band" Tommy" The Girl With
the Green Toque" "The White Light
of Publicity" THE Dancing Man" The
Greatest of These" "The Executors,
and The Beggar al Your Gate" OF
these "'The Essential Sense" is, per-
haps, the best. though all tastes will
be suited in this excellent collection.
The Essential Sense is real American
humor and is sure to be appreciated
by every reader In this story We
meet the "Bopps' and we find most
original description of happy mar
riage defined by Miss Burden before
her marriage TO Bopps.
What / mean is this" said Miss
Burden 'If man. for instance, walks
into club and another man says.
Have dinner with me- the first man
must say: Thank you. ] am dining
with the Bopps.' I don't want him TO
say he is dining with Ned Bopps, or
even Amy Bopps. I want that we and
our home shall be known as The
Bopps.' There must be no predomi-
nance; our friends must be the same
and our personality must be single
never double. Our friends must love us
for the mutual atmosphere we create
whether we are at home or visiting.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
Daughters of the Rich"

BY Edgar Ssltus author OF .'Historia Amoris
etc Published by Mitchell Kennerly New
York. Price S1.25-
The beauty of style, the extreme
brilliance, the vivid color, the exquisite
taste and phrase Of composition Of this
book are beyond question and beyond
criticism. But the nastiness of the
story. its deprayity, and utter lack of
any reason for being, are also beyond
question. One almost always feels like
apoiogizing for Edgar Saltus. His
style is so beautiful and so unusual: so
readable and so thoroughly enjoyable.
why can he not select theme that
one can mention without blushing?
Gerard Welden is an American
sportsman He loved in a purely
pagan animal fashion. a beautiful
New York girl. Maud Barthyte, who also
loved him She permits an engage
ment to be announced for the sake of
the world and the conventions, but she
refuses to set day for the wedding.
preferring to be his mistress. She
thinks he may tire OF her IL they are
married.
Another woman, not so pretty, not
so clever, Sally Kaudy. also loved We'll
den. although he did not know it Her
mother, a rich widow, had higher am
bitions for her and took her to Europe
and married her to the duo de Malakoff
welden, Maud and her father go to
Europe together. Welden and Maud
are invited to a country house party,
and they are pleased to find their
rooms near each other. Welden IS
called to Paris and returns fin the
middle OF the night. He expects to
find Maud waiting for him, but when
he opens her door he discovers the due
de Malakoff with her. He does not
know that the chere AMI OF the due
has the same beautiful red-gold hair
that Maud has; nor does he know that
Maud has left the house party hastily
on account OF her fathers illness, and
that the note she has left for him is
purposely hidden from him by Sally
Malakoff.
He sends back ring which Maud
had given him: invents an excuse to
fight a duel with Malakoff; tries to kill
himself in a steepTechase race, but
nothing helps. During the illness fol-
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

pic. Young Mr.. Van Pycke is a New
York dandy, but thoroughly good fell
low at heart. Old Van Pycke, also n
New York dandy, is not so good at
heart How they meet unexpectedly at
the house of rich widow, where they
have both gone to propose and where
the adventures of young Mr.. Van Pycke
lead him to true and adorable girl
and make a man OF him. while the mis-
adventures OF old Mr.. Van Pycke lead
him into peculiar situations, make a
typically gay clever McCutcheon story,
full of humor and full of romance
The investment Guide" compiled
bv Henry Clews & CO., New York. is
one of the most compact and useful
handbooks for investors. All the es-
sential facts as to earnings, expenses,
Capitalization, dividends, etc, of the
important railroads and industrial
corporations are selected and con-
densed with excellent judgment into
a compact little manual The in
vestor will find more facts to the
SQUARE inch in this useful compilation
than anywhere else.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
New Books Briefly Noted

Mrs. Caro- Smith-Senour has written
two charming books, not only for chill
dren. but for all animal lovers. One,
Master st. Elmo" is the autobiography
OF a celebrated dog, and the dog Peing
the authors own pet greyhound we are
assured the tale is true. The story is
poetically told and the book is filled
with illustrations of the dog and other
pets of the interesting author. The
second book is newer and is entitled
.Captain Kidd Jr. and Sinbad the Sail
or" This is a tale of two kittens, and
they really live, and the experiences are
related as they happened. Many famous
pedigreei cats, with their biography.
are pictured here. and the cat shows are
vividIy described. Kindness to animals
is the theme of both books, and no one
can read them and not be influenced.
&c. s. Senour. Villa Alba, Hollywood.
Cal. Price-S1 each-)
when Mother Lets Us Garden by
Francis Duncan. is the attractive title
of a book for the young flower lover
Young in years and experience. 1t is a
companion volume TO When Mother
Let's Us Cook" by Constance Johnson,
and its author has the same apprecia-
tion of the needs OF youngsters IN gar
dening which Miss Johnson showed in
her treatise on cooking. Only the sim
plest plants and flowers are dealt with
those with which the little people
may hope for success in spite of some
ratural carelessness and neglect. 1t is
prettily illustrated by Ada BudeH and
will prove pleasure to all flower low
ers. (Moffat. Yard Sc Co., New York.
Price rs cents.)
Belated books on Lincoln continue to
come in. Abraham Lincoln" by Ida NJ.
Tarbell, is a homeiy recital of Lincoln's
virtues told in the vernacu1ar. 1t is
good reading: as all Miss TarbelI's work
is. There are some unusual illustra-
tions. IMoffat, Yard & Co., New York