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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-29
How Tnnopah Vas Discovered

Various references tu the discovery of
rUnopah by james l.. Butler, better
known as 'Jim," are inclined To give
the credit for this historical find to the
burro that accompanied the veteran
prOSpcctOr much III the sam" way that
the Idaho Courts rendered the "iackass'
decision. This assumption of knowl-
! edge is u serious defamation of Batter S
character and 1t loss of rights which
should b, III liSputabir. The facts of
the case are we'll established 10y Jim
Butler. vino wrote II story that was in
corpOratrd i'll the annual report of the
Surveyor General Of Nevada. which
today stands rs the. only authentic
account of the b,rnirg of Tonapah.
After reciting the fact that hc had
been influenced by reports of Indians to
70 down into the southern country. he
explains that he was prevented by other
business matters until the summer Of
1900 when hc says: IL left Belmont,
the county seat of Nyc county. ON Il
prospecting expedition to the south. |
passed all the way over tho Manhattan
mountains. left Rye Patch travelling all
day to the spring known to the Indians
rs Tunopah IA small spring. near which
found quartz showing great quantity
uf mineral. 50 much i'm fact | considered
1t of little or no value. However, |
took several sample. passed over u great
number of lodges. went on about four
miles and campcd. on May 10. near what
is now known as the Gold Mountain
mine, saw those leads also, hut as they
were all small compared with the large
lcdgcs | had discovered early in the
day. did not think much of them,
although took samples with me which
afterwards had assaycd.
The first samples from Tonopah
which | had assaycd contained 305
ounces of silver and i3I ounces Of gold
to the ton. spent some time waiting
for assays "a he made at Southern Klon.
dixie 10y H. Il. lIiggs, and on May 20 re.
turned to Tonopah. made dry camp
and next day took ~ pounds of ore from
the several lodges. which had aSsaycd
hy W. G. Gayhart ut Austin. the result
being GO ounces in silver and S2OG in
gold to the ton. WAS absent from Bel.
mont when the returns from the assay
reached there. and when did return to
Belmont | had office duties to attend
to and did not return to TOuopah TO
make locations until August 2j, 1900
Mrs. Butler accompanied me and as.
sisted materially in locating the claims.
my first location was the Desert Queen,
then the Burro. and then | told my
wife To nanc one which she did. calling
it the Mzpah. which ut that time did
not look any better than the others. but
since has proved to bc the richest on
record. also located the Valley View.
Silver Top and Blackboard on group
that Oh the whole proves to bc tho rich.
est opened up in any country. Gold.
fold Tribune.
Showing True Greatness
A noble mind disdains not TO repent
Homer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-29
4 Famous Case

Deputy Marshal Mack and Postal In.
spectOr Ranger of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
arrived this morning in charge of Leon
LoZier. who was arrested at Battle
Mountain the other day AMI charged
with being Il member uf al. famous
Maybray gang of swi:i,iirr> Luzicr
was taken before u. =. Commissioner
B)Ohcr this afternoon and committed to
the custody of the u. ). n.r,IIl to be
taken before commissioner Edwards at
Carson. There he will have Il hearing
to determine whether u Il II ~ shall b.
returned to Council Bluffs 10 answer the
indictment against him
Lozicr made no opposition To the
pTcceedilg this aftcrGuJn. He stated
that on his arrest ut Battle Mountain
he informed the Off GERS that he WAS
willing to return t. Council Bluffs with
out rcquisition. He claims that lie is
not guilty of the offensc charged against
him in the indictment He is a short,
stocky man and when arrested was
painting signs at Battle Mountain.
From Inspector Ranger, we learned
that Lozicr was one of an organization,
composed of 32l men who were using
the U. 5. mails for the purpose of de-
trauding the unsuSpecting 10y means of
fake athletic sports and horse racing
Eishy-tivc of the 32l are under in
dic,mcnt at CIuncil Bluffs. Iowa, the
headquarters of the gang. Lozier is
the twenty. second member of the or
ginizatiOn to he arrested. He was
located at Battle Mountain through his
brother inla law who lives in Oakland
getting his mail. He WAS taken to
Carson OH No. , this afternoon.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-29
Keen OIL The Tracks

When the first balmy brcaths Of
| spring cause transient workers and
h hIb,es to feel the call of the wander
lust, they will have to walk instead Of
J slowing themselves into some conven-
lent b1xcar and awaiting the movement
| of freight. TrampS must walk. is the
! slogan the railroads have adopted. The
Pennsylvania lines began it. and have
interested the state railroad commits
sions of the Keystone State and Illinois
| in the new rule.
Nowhere will the innovation bc en-.
forced more rigidly than in the west
General Manager w. II. Bancroft of
the Oregon Short Line and General
Manager Horace q. Clarke of the
Denver & Rio Grandc have both set the
seal of lhcir approval OH the rule. Rail.
road men generally believe that within
the next year the tramp nuisance will
have been greatly amclioratcd. if not
! abatod.
Tramps themselves are not the sole
cause of the railroads deciding to en-.
force the laws against trcspassing An.
nually thousands of persons are killed
on railroads. but it does not cost much
I to kill tramp. Sometimes when u
brakeman shoots him the company's
lawyer is put to the trouble of making
Il perfunctOry appearance in court, but
no one is interested, hence no damages
are given.
! II is different with factory hands and
others who use tho railroad tracks for
sidewalks. They have widows and
/ children. and jury usually gives a
verdict Of enough 10 pay tho funeral
| expenses. and sometimes trfle more.
In the course Of II year the railroad
companies have to pay for moro than
10000 funerals. Railway officials
would rather buy boxcars than collins.
80 they have decided to keep everybody
| Off their tracks. Those who simply
will not stay Off. If they get killed will
have to provide their own funerals,
because the railroads will carry tho
matter to the highest courts instead Of
/ sending suavo claim agent around
| and settling FOR a few dollars.
Tho movement IL to bc u concerted
one all over the United States. and
railroad officials believe that the hobo
who starts out next spring will find
his schedule sadly interrupted. They
believe before the summer ends tho
hobo will be about three months behind
! time. Exchange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-29
Ncuada Should Arise In Her
Honest Indiuunlior

Mrs Daniel Frohman better known
as Margaret Ellington, the actress has
filed u complaint for divorce against her
husband on the ground of failure to
provide That is the very essence of
nonscsnc. and shows COllu' sion between
the two. Daniel FrOhman made
VI trgarct Ellington what she is. SO far
rs her reputation goes. She is only n
fair actress at her best. but he doomed
her to the front and kept her there over
far ahlcr actresses because she is his
wife. She evidently wanted change
after some years Of residence on
theatrical Easy Street. So she took her
station among the other disc0ntcntcd
females who mako up the Reno divorce
colony and has for months been iigur.
ing first OH one plea for divorce. then
on another. And it seems she has con.
suited her husband thereon. She wants
To bc rid Of him. and hr Is perfectly
willing she should go. 50 she asks
Nevada 10 do that which her own state
If New York very scnsibly will not de-.
Our sister State should arise in her righ
cDus Indignation and rcfuSn To h. the
dumping ground for these married
women with changcgablc affections .--
S,rrn,nrntn Roe
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-29
Manual Training in Monticello, Nevada

There dropped into Montello, last
August Il school teacher from Buffalo,
n. Y. He was looking for an opportu-
nifty to teach school in Nevada while
looking for a suitable location on which
To either make mine or farm. He
applied for the position ut Montello and
upon the trustees asking him whether
he was school teacher, he replied that
he WIS Il manual training teacher in
Buffalo. With many wise shakes of
their heads the trustees agreed that u
teacher who would train the boys to be
man(uaN was the sort of teacher they
wanted, and they hired him.
At the end of the first week of school
the good people of Montcllo noticed
that the attendance at school on the
greatly over that of the preceding years
and an Investigation showed that the
teacher had, with the assistance Of the
children. turned half of the new school
house into a carpenter shop" and each
boy and girl was hard at work making
something of wood. The manual train
! ing period comes after school each day
and the children are permitted to work
n the benches until five o'clock each
evening. Some of the boys who were
il fair WHY - become II clcSS to them.
s,!YeS as scholars Ur any thing el-e
| have ''ta,isl a b:Lcc" AMI are max
Ing their daily work cJnnt for some
thing, knowing rs they d. that Il pJIr
days recitLtiJnS means the forfeiture of
the privilege Of the manual training
periol. The teacher says that his
! saverest punishment is to send boy or
girl hone at four o'clock without the
manual training.
Mr.. G. l.. BJnham. the teacher in
question. will present ths work an
methDl of c1l ln:Sins his clLIs:S in
manual training at u, institute in
| Elko on Nlvcmbar9. 1t will h.. wise
| for the trustees an Dthsrs interested in
education to meet Mr.. BUnham and
talk over the subject with him, for
! sooner or later there will he II universal
! demand made upon the schools of the
State for the SORT of training that makes
| the boys especially indepenahnt anl
! ready 10 do - ucshin5 fpr tltn',!TsS
ut the completion of eight years Of work
IN the public schools
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-29
SLIGHTLY Colder Win Snow

when YOU see TINT kind uf u wealth.
rr forecast you know that rhcumn.
tism wcn her IL at hand. Get ready
for II now hy getting bottle Oi
BnlInrd's Snow blnlmcnt. Finest
thing mndc for rhcumnt ism, chll'
blnins. frost bite, sOrc aud stiff joints
nnd muscles, nll uchcs and pnlns.
Price ?5c, soc nnl 800 per bottle
Sold by ElkO Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-29
Warning

All persons arc hereby warned moi Ia
fish or hunt on my promises on Smith
Creek under penalty of prosecution to
the full extent Of tho law.
r. &. BELLtNGER.
ElkO Nevada August 10. 1909.
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To The Public

All persons are hereby notified not tc
credit my wife. Mrs. Jake Minola, as
will not bc responsible for any debts
contracted by her from and after thi.
date.
JAKE MGNoLA.
Elko. Nevada, September, 10. 1909.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-10-29

p released from this stores we'll soloc'. (.
od stock is the only kind you shOuu
buy. Discard all others and wear ours.
its the best but not the dearest
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-06-30
Sheriff'S Sale.

RY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
- out of and under the seal of the Dis
trict court in and for the county of Wright
and state of Minnesota upon a judgment
rendered and dockete in the said court,
on the twentieth (20) day of May, A. d. 909,
in an action wherein j. j. Woolley was
plaintiff and W. G.. hyatt defendant, in ia
vor of the said plaintiff and against the said
defendant, for the sum of seven hundred
sixty and 80 100 t76O33) dollars, which ex-
ecution was directed and delivered TO me
as sheriff in and for the said county of Red
wood l have, this 21st day of May, A.. d.
terest of the said defendant, W. @. Hyatt
in and to the following described real prop
erty, to-wit;
Lots numbered five 90 and six (6) in block
mum bered four "a of Lam bertonS addition
to the city of Redwood Falls, in the county
of Redwood, state of Minnesota according
to the plat thereof on file and of record In
the office of register of deeds in and for sale
county of Redwood.
signed as sheriff as aforesaid. will sell thf
above described real propertyte the highes'
bidder for cash, at public auction, at IN
front door of the court house. in the city
Redwood Falls, in the county of RedWoo
and State of Minnesota, on the 1st day
July, A. ID. 1909. at 10 o'clock a. N.
that day, to satisfy the said execution, u
gether with the interest and cost thereon
Dated at the city of Redwood Falls. Nj.
B. c. SCHUELLER,
Sheriff of Redwood county, Minnesot
J. j. WOoLLEY,
Attorney for judgment creditor and appl
ing for writ, and attorney for himself.
Att
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-06-30
ORDER LIMITING TIME TO FILE CLAIMS
AND FOR HEARING THEREON.
Estate of Sarah Eta Brown

Estate of Sarah Eta Brown
GTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
~ Redwood. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Sarah Eta
Brown, decedent.
Letters of administration this day having
been granted to Albert wn,
It is ordered that the time within which
all creditors of the above named decedent
may present claims against her estate in
this court. be, and the same hereby is, linn
tied to three months from and after the date
hereof; and that Monday, the 18th day of
September, 1909, at 10 O'Clock a. m, in the
probate court rooms at the court house at the
city of Redwood Falls in said county. be,
and the same hereby is, fixed and appointed
as the time and place for hearing upon and
the examination, adjustment and allowance
of such claims as shall be presented within
the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the publica-
ton OF this order In TIE REDWOOD GAZETTE,
as provided by law.
Dated June 9th, 1909
TsEAL.1 GEO. L. EVANS,
46-St Judge of Probate
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-06-30
PETITION FOR PUBLIC DITCH.

To the county board of the county of Red
wood, state of Minnesota;
The undersigned land owners. whose
lands will be liable to be affected by, or as
sessed for, the expense of the construction
of the public ditch hereinafter described
would respectfully represent thai the public
health, convenience and welfare and the
reclamation of wet and overfowed lands
require the establishment and construction
of a public ditch along the following de-
scribed route in the town Of Granite Rock
construction Of the same would be of public
benefit and utility and promote the public
health.
A general description of the proposed
starting point, route and terminus of said
ditch is as follows
Commencing at point one hundred feet
(1OO east and seven hundred fifty feet (75O
south of the northwest corner of the north
in township. one hundred eleven Q1p north
of range thirty-eight (38) west. Thence
running in northwesterly direction to and
crossing the north , line OF said section
dred feet 5000 west of the north quarter
corner of said section twenty (2O). Thence
running northwesterly to the east and west
quarter line of section seventeen Q7) in
township and range aforesaid at point on
said quarter line about fourteen hundred
forty Q440) feet west of the center of said
erly direction to and crossing the north line
of said section seventeen at point about
eleven hundred QlOOl feet west of the
north quarter corner of said section seven
teen %; Thence running northeasterly to
and crossing the north and south quarter
line of section eight, (S in township and
range aforesaid Thence northeasterly
about four hundred (4OU) feet, Thence
northweSterly to and crossing the said
north and south quarter line of said section
eight (s) at point about six hundred fifty
$500 feet south of the center of said section
eight (S); Thence running nOrthwesterly
to and crossing the east and west quarter
line of said section eight (S) at point about
center of said section eight 49,. Thence
running northwesterly about six hundred
5000 feet to and terminating in Clear
Greek, at point five hundred seventeen
GID feet north and ten hundred eighty
four QOS4) feet west of the center Of said
section eight 81 in said township one
hundred eleven Oil north of range thirty
eight (36) west as it's outlet.
And said petitioners pray that said ditch
be established wholly as tile ditch.
And your petitioners pray that you will
proceed to establish such county ditch and
cause the same to be constructed as provid-
ed by the laws of the state of Minnesota
Dated June 10th, 1909.
HARRY JEFFERSON,
E. W. LINNEMANN,
JOSEPH WAGNER.
HENRY G. DITTBENNER.
BURCHAKD & HULBURT IN
VESTMENT CO., by j. E. Bur-
chard, president.
JOSEPH MCGEOUGH,
TOWN OF GRANITE ROCK, by
Christian Hansen. chairman
OF Board of supervisors.
GEO. BAUER.
Petitioners.
FRANK CLAGUK. attorney for petitioners,
LambertOn. MINI.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-06-30
PETITION FOR PUBLIC DITCH.
To the county board of the county of Red

To the county board of the county of Red
wood. state of Minnesota:
The undersigned land owners, whose landS
will be Ii Idle to be affected by, or assessed
for, the expense of the construction of the
tile ditch hereinafter described, would re-
specially represent that the public health,
convenience and welfare and the reclama-
ton of wet and overf1owed lands and the
Improvement of public highways necessitate
and require the establishment and con-
struction of tile ditch along the following
described route in the town OF sheridan, In
said county of Redwood. and that the con-
StruCtiOn of the same is necessary and would
be of public benefit and utility.
general description of the proposed
starting point route and terminus OF said
ditch is as follows:
Commencing at a point forty rods west OF
the center of section fifteen in township one
hundred and twelve and range thirty-seven.
Sheridan township, running thence due
east about 100 rods to a point about 40 rods
west of the quarter corner between sections
IA and 15 in said township, thence in a
southeasterly direction to point about 40
rods north of the southwest corner OF said
ton across the southwest quarter of the
southwest quarter of said section l 4 and
the northwest quarter of the northwest
quarter of section twentv-three, and terml-
mating in natural well defined run at
point ten rods south and ten rods east OF
the center of said northwest quarter of said
section twenty three in said last named
| township and range with said last named
point as it's outlet
That the descriptions OF the lands and
highways and the names of the owners who
are likely to be affected by. and assessed tor.
the construction of said tile drain as near
as your petitioners can now ascertain are
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-06-30
Notice of Filing of and
Hearing on Ditch
Petition.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT A
IN petition, of which the following is a
copy, has been filed in the Office of the
county auditor of Redwood county, state of
Minnesota, and that hearing will be had
upon said petition before the county board
at the Office of the county auditor of said
county. in The city of Redwood Falls on the
22d day of July, A. D., 1909, at O'Clock p.
m. Dated at Redwood Falls, Mimi, this
21st day of June. 1909.
L. P. LARSON,
County Auditor.
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WANTED!

Man of good business ability.
well known locally, and highly
regarded, to help handle one
ofthe largest enterprises before
the public. State past exper-
fence. p. o. Box 2O5, Manka-
to, MINI.
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A. R. A. LAUDoN,
Attorney for Petitioners,
Redwood Falls, MINI.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-06-30
Notice Of Filing Of and
Hearing on Ditch
Petition.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT A Pc
IN tition, of which the following is copy, has
been filed in the Office of the county auditor of
Redwood county, state of Minnesota, and that a
hearing will be had upon said petition before the
county board at the Office of the county auditor of
said county, il the city of Redwood Falls, on the
9Th day of July, A. d. 1909, at o'clock p. M
Dated at Redwood Falls, Mimi, this 14th day of
June, 9O9.
L. P. LARSON.
County Auditor.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-06-30
Notice of Filing of and
Hearing on Ditch
Petition.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT A
IN petition, of which the following is
copy, has been filed in the office OF the coun-
ty auditor of Redwood county, state OF Min
nesota, and that hearing will be had upon
said petition before the county board at the
ONCE of the county auditor of said county,
of July A. D. 1909, at O'Clock p. m.
Dated at Redwood Falls, Mimi, this 14th
L. P. LARSON.
County Auditor.
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SPUR TO BRANCH ..
Commencing at a point 80 rods south and 80
rods west of the northeast of section twen-
ty-one town 113. range SO, Delhi township, run
north half of the north half of said section twenty
one to point about 40 rods east of the northwest
corner of said section twenty-one, thence in a
northwesterly direction across the southwest
quarter of section seventeen in said last named
town and range, and terminating in the bed of
branch ditch No. five at point about 20 rods
south of the center of said section seventeen with
said last named point as its outlet.
That the names of the owners and the legal de-
scriptions of the tracts of land through which
said proposed ditch i'll run and of all of the tracts
of land to be drained thereby and which will be
affected by and liable to be assessed for the con-
struction of the same now be ascer-
tanned by your petitioners, are as follows;
Lands and owners in town 13, Range 81, Kin
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And your petitioners pray that you will
proceed to establish such tile drain and
cause the same to be constructed as provid-
ed by chapter two hundred thirty $500. of
the General Laws of Minnesota for 1908 and
amendments thereto.
Dated May 9Th, 1909.
l.. HOLTON
T. q, P gnnsR AS Supervisors Of the
4. M M T Town of Sheridan
Petitioners.
A r. A. LAUDON,
Attorney for Petitioners.
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SPUR B TO BRANCH 5.

Of the center Of said section thirty with said last
named point as an outlet.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-07-27
NICOLAS
EN- KEEL.
4 dreadnoughts para
la f1ota britannica.
Naufragio de un buque-es'
cuela mex1c ano.
Ell presidente Reyes, de Colon
bia resignara Ia presidencia.

New York, julio q. Hoy lego
al puerto aleman de KieI el Gar
Nicolas de Russia, acompaiado de
laCzarina y el principe heredero. FL
Kaiser Guillermo fue a borde del
Standart a cumplimentar a los
monarcas rusos. Manana segulra
el Gar para Cronstad.
New York, julio 27-Un telegra-
ma de Londres dice que las CANA
ras han aprobado el proyecto del
almirantazgo, autorizando credito
suplementarios para procede a Ia
construction Immediate de. 4 cru
ceros de- tipo dreodnought
New Yorke, julio u Il buque es-
cuela Yucatdn, de la marina de
guerra mexicana que sali6 de Vera
cruz en- viaje de instruction, fut
cogido po una tempestad Sc cree
perdido totalmente con los 35 ca
detes que componian SUI dotacion
Tn telegrama de Colombia CO.
munica que el presidente Reyes ha
enviado un cable desde Londres al
general Holguin actual vice-presi-
dente de Ia repdblica manlfestan-
dole su resolucion de resigna Ia
presidencia
Ell actual presidente INFERNO per
manecera en- la presidencia hast.
tetminar ell actual petiodo constl
tucional.