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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
$24O
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Over soo9o per year on the in
 This is a conservative estimate there is not particle of risk. Sub- scriptions for $10o, $500, $1,000 or more of the bonds can be made by paying 20% down and 1oao per month until paid.
 The following are a few of the large operators and their investments at Klon- dike: North American Transportation X Trading Co.,, capital $5,000,Uvv, large mine operators; Bonanza Basin Dredging Co. ing Co. capital 8, 1,ooO, GOO, property. worth s25, ,Oo0 O0O; Northern Commercial Co.,, capital s6,0oo 0oo; Yukon Gold (Guggen, Mines, $2,0O0, ,00O - besides some four or five thousand individuals, some with in- terests equal to the larger companies: The fo9Wng % mine q%ners qS or the by this plant:
 John S.. Day, Dawson, Y. T., Canada; 1 K Hunker Han1 Ghcnes epeek N Caron. Dominion Creek; Fred c. Thomp- son, Klondike River; H. B: 1seman, In- dian River; D. A. ins shindle, rodH. Rominien nj q Jones, Hunker Creek; Summers and Or Tell, Bonanza Creek; T. A. Firth, Klon- dike River; W. D. Mackay and Company, Canadian Klondike Mining Company.
 The above few names is all and prob ably more than the present or first tn- stallation of 6,o0o horsepower can sup ply.
 Cost of operating 200 horsepower dredge by steam: t.. 20 cords of wood per day, o s12.oo
 per cord .......................... .$240 Hauling from winter piling, O $50
 per cord ................. 30 Sowing to dredge, O s1.50 per cord.... 30 engineers, l on each hour shift O $500 ........--........ ...................... A firemen, 1 on each hour shift, O s70O ........................ 21 Oil, waste and repairs ................... 20 Loss of one day in the week cleaning
 s515 proper to call cleaning boilers cost of daily operating There is one day in the week lost by doing this caused by muddy water, and dredge making $1,000 profit per day reduces the weeks profit this much, which would not occur in opera
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
An Annoyinu Error,

That was a very annoying typo graphical error that crept into the pa, pers the other day, telling how prom inent society man had been held up by highwaymen and robbed of his watch and other vegetables" The editor has come out with an explanation that the last word was not vegetables, but valur ables.-Judge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
HTha Died PiperD

A New York normal school examina- tion had among it's questions. What is the educational value of The Pied Pi- persof Hamelin 9" A would be teacher answered, ""The Pied Piper teaches children to be kind to animals, espe- cially rats "-New York Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
The Good Eat Men.

Jones-You never hear of a fat crim- inal, do you? Bones-Certainly not. Look how difficult it would be for a stout person to stoop to anything low! Kansas City Independent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12

ting with electricity produced by water, so that the actual cost of steam is as above.
 Cost of operating the above dredge by electricity sold by the Yukon Milling Dredging and Power Company: 2OO horsepower, @ 75 per day. .$150 Saving to dredge from cost of steam .s365
 $45O,0 of the bonds of this Company have been already placed. The Company now offers $500,000 additional bonds for sale,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12

No one deserves to be praised for goodness unless he has strength to be bad. All other goodness is most often only sloth or weakness of will. = La Rnchefoucauld.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
Gentiernen:

Gentlenen: ' Replying to yours of yesterday ana in Detroit, I find it would require twenty dredges from forty to fifty years to work our dredging ground on the Klondiks River. "l We are now operating seven foot Marion Dredge, with the electricity pro- duced by steam. If you can furnish power zc. per K. W. it Win vi @ certainly iSon make w,z a very large saving to us in the course of operating.
 It. is contemplated by our company, install. as soon as possible, two additional dredges, as there is a large surplus of money in the treasury.
 We have also large interests where pumping can be used successfully in sluicing high benched gravel.
 Not being an officer of the Canadian Klondike Mining CO. the main office be- am a very large stockholder with my brothers, and MT. Fred Rothschild is the general Manager of the company and is located at Dawson.
 I must naturally speak without author ity, but we will naturally be large users of your power on our properties; in fact, I believe we could use the greatest part of your entire power plant.
 Very respectfully yours. c
 Harry $. Rothschild. Dear Sir:
 In reply .s to your @ inauiEy' i have E zone Milling, Dredging and Power Company. and checked the same carefully. have rsy of ts engineers, mines and users of power ad-s joining this plant. and have every req, market for the power at e large saving, to the users from present cost by steam. From my Investigations consider the Company's estimates of earnings on the power plant quite COnSeFVQttV0.
 Geo. c. Baker. IT. n. Dear sirs: J Mining for placer gold has besn carried on in the Klondike District for nearly fbs Sas producer, yielding over 12o millions of Pumping has not been in the main . so great as to make the water 90 sxpen- sive that none but the richest hill gratele could be worked at Q profit. Anything pumping water will to the extent of that reduction make it possible to work gravel by this method that up to the present could not be worked at profit.
 Dredging is to be the great wcsA' of the future in mining gold In the kion@ dilee. On the Klondike River and fts trsbu- are at present seven drsdges ready for work under construction.
 These machines are driven by steam OF. electricity. Electricity generated by wa ter power will be the power of the fu~ ture in that district and there is already a large market for such power and wtla be a much greater market in future. &s The nearest source for generating power Is the Klondike River. |
 Truly yours, i
 Alfred Thompson, jt Member of Parliament for Yukon Test1S tory. F New York City. eff you are delivered for the full 7 reports of the Company st. ~ \ i5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12

Balance on hand .................. $516,0
 Results from an investment of S1 ,0o in the bonds of the Yukon Milling Dredging and Power Company in fou Years:
 4 years interest on bonds (pay-
 able semi-annually) ......... $24 End year dividend on 1000
 shares of Bonus Stock at 10%o 10 Sd year dividend on 1000 shares
 of Bonus stock at 20%.. 20 4th year dividend on 1000
 shares of Bonus stock at 100%o 100 Value of stock paying 1o0%
 dividend ................ 1000 Value of bond 100
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
Dear SirS:

can be sold at rernunerative prices.
 Yours truly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12

Balance on ndnQ $IG,VuV
 ESTIMATED PROCEEDS, THIRD YEAR. 10000 h. D. 150 days at 75c. per 5 dredges handling 12,500 yds. yd. d ~ M ~ 2,ooo, 900 Mill of 3,0O0-ton capacity treating 5000 tons per day for 200 days at s2 per ton .................... 1,200 oo0 Balance from last year....... 177,0O0 Total s...................... .$5, ,627 900 Operating Expenses. Power plant :;,.....;....::s :s7e,ooo Dredges 100000 yds. at ZUC. 1oo,ooo Mill 6eO,O00 tons at 60c 360,00o Interest on bonds. s........!..... 75,0O0 Depreciation and insur- 2nCS .1UU,UVu Sinking fund for bonds. ..... 100000 Dividends on 100000 stock at lO0To ..........-......'... 4,Voo,VVo
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
ESTIMATED PROCEEDS,
 SECOND YEAR.

h. p. ' ....... s72oooo 4 dredges handling 1O,G00 yds. per yd. ..................t1 1,eoo o,ooo 1,000-ton mill treating 1000 tons
 per ton .................... 400, 900 Balance from last year............. 369, 900
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12

but never dismayed him. Triumph was his at the last, and barely had he tast- ed it before murder found him, and the the kindly, patient, fearless eyes were closed forever.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12

The establishment of a large pumping plant is only possible if water power be used. as the price for generating steam IS prohibitive. The Klondike River could De used for this purpose. The flow at or dinary summer level averages about 5000 miners inches. Extract from the report of R. G. Mcconnell. Geological Survey of Canada, Vol. XIV.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12

There is absolutely no question but that the installation of a properly equipped water power plant for the gen. erating of electrical power will be a tre- mendous boon to the whole community. l have personally paid as high as $s per hour per sluice head for water pumped by the use of steam power generated by wood and coal fuel.
 Yours truly,
 M E. Ewart, Government Architect of
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-26
EASTERN GROCERS
VISIT PACIFIC COAST
Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles
Appoints Committee to Entertain
Indanans and Ohioans in
Angel City

One hundred and twenty-five of the
most prominent grocers of Indiana and
Ohio will arrive in Los Angeles the
latter part of the week. They are en-
route for Portland to attend the ma
tional convention of the Retail Mer-
chants association, but will remain in
this section of the country for several
days. The party will visit San Ber-
nardino, Redlands and several other
nearby towns before reaching Los An
geles. Many entertainments have been
given in their honor since leaving the
east, notable among them being a din
ner rendered them by the Salt Lake
grocers Monday evening.
Thursday evening the reception COM
mittee appointed by the chamber of
commerce of Los Angeles will enter
tain the delegation in the chamber of
commerce rooms. Music, refreshments
and speaking will be the order of the
evening.
The chamber of commerce at it's re-
cent meeting also decided to give an
elaborate reception about June in honor
of Ambassador Jusserand who will be.
in Los Angeles about that time.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-26
CITY OPPOSES
CANCELLATION
OF TAX SALE
L. A. RAILWAY PETITION CON-
SIDERED BY COUNCIL
AUDITOR MUsHET DECLARES FOR
NO REDUCTION
Position of Municipality Outlined and
Grounds Are Given on Which
Suit by Company Can
Be Defended

If the Los Angeles Railway company
receives any consideration from the
council in the matter of a cancellation
of tax sale for unpaid taxes amounting
to about 1000 it will be against the
protest of City Auditor Mushet
But the tax sale is not likely to be
Cancelled by the council, and it appears
the railway will have to take It's
grievance to the courts.
Not only did the city auditor oppose
the matter when it was presented to
the council yesterday, but Councilman
Wallace, whose ideas weigh heavily
with the council, attacked the pro-
posal vehemently.
The matter was not disposed of at
Yesterdays session OF the council. 1t
was referred to the city attorney for
written opinion of the councils powers.
This matter has been before the
council for the last six months. 1t has
been postponed from time to time be-
cause the council did not feel like
canoeing the tax sale and there
seemed to be nothing else it could
| legally do.
Because of the failure of the Los
| Angeles railway to pay the taxes lev
led on it's franchise to be- two years
| ago some real estate owned by the
railway company was sold to the city
for unpaid taxes. When the matter
was before the board of equalization
on the railways demand the assess
ment on this franchise should be low
cred no plea was made except that the
amount was excessive. When the rail-
way asked that the tax sale be can
celed it set up the plea that its prin-
| cipal place of business was in San
| Francisco at the time the assessment
was levied.
Huntington Owns Control
| w. E. Dunn, attorney for the rail-
way, discussed this point yesterday
He said that H. E. Huntington owned
! 55 per cent of the stock of the Los
Angeles railway and when he pur-
chased the controlling interest in the
stock he tried to have the principal
place of business removed to Los An
geles. But he found to his sorrow,
said Mr.. Dunn, that it requires the
vote of two-thirds of the stockholders
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-26

dodge payment of taxes to the amount
u m That the assessment of $7,5Oo,OOo was
a proper and legal assessment.
City Entitled to Doubt
.0rha+ If there were any possible legal
doubt the city is entltleu 10 INC
of that doubt. o,,uooa
.GTbe assessed value of the railroad
comnanv's property having been con-
armed by the board OF equallzdIloh DO
81. 500 900, the levy had the force anu
effect of a judgment on an eXeculion
levied on all property. o,,+
1.-THE law contemplates the payIlleiii IL
of a tax, duly levied, under pIotesl'
desired, and provides two netnoas 81
refund of illegal assessments, ana noI
otherwise. ia %
"Tf the property had been sold to
third party there could have been no
cancellation of the tax sale, such as 10
now petitioned. ,o The
city as the third party must not De
confused with the city IN It's capaci'y
as a tax levying body. -,
"This council is not court OF coHi-
petent jurisdiction to decide this mat
ter" .,,o+;o,,
Mr.. Wallace opposed the cancellation
of the taxes on the ground that the TAX
was lust and equitable, and that hau
If not been levied on the franchise TO
be" much more would nave peem
assessed against the franchise to DO.
The tax sale will never be cancelled
with Mr.. Wallaces consent
But Mr.. Wallace had something else
to saw. He seized this as an oppor-
tunity. long neglected, to set hlmselI
right on the matter of the reduction OF
franchise assessments when the board
of equalization met behind closed doors
last year. At that time Mr.. Wallace
was accused of having been too frlendly
to the corporations in the matter OF
reductions. Mr.. Wallace showed yes
terday by quoting facts and figures ne
had opposed reduction OF the total
assessment of the Los Angeles railway
from 81, 900 900 to 100000, and he stood
up for high assessments on other cor
porations. He admitted he had voted
for some reductions, but showed that
the amounts he had demanded for oth-
err corporations more than made up the
difference for the small reductions
agreed to.
In future there will be no more Sc
cret sessions of the board of equallza-
ton.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-26
MORE ANGELEN0S PLAN
TO MAKE TRIPS ABROAD
Tourists Arrange for Visits to Europe,
Asia and Other Foreign
Countries

The following persons have booked
for Foreign tours under the auspices OF
the steamship department of the Ger
man American Savings bank:
Mrs. Charles r. Drake, Miss Pinita
Drake and Miss Marguerite Rivers
Drake, 1888 Hoover street, will leave
June Z for New York, from whence
they will sail on the steamship Fried
rich der Crosse, June II, on an extended
tour through Europe.
Mr. and Mrs. f. d. Crenshaw, Hotel
Chickasaw, left this morning for New
York, from whence they will sail on
the steamship Bremen, June s, on an
extended tour through Europe.
e. j. Peabody of Cluett- Peabody COM
pany, and his wife will sail on the
steamship Siberia June 10 for an ex-
tende tour of Japan, China and the
Philippines.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Vandergrift
and John NJ. Vandergrift will sail on
the steamship Manchuria June "a on
six months tour around the world.
Miss Elizabeth Thompson, Hollywood,
will sail on the steamship Laurentic
from Montreal, June 10, on an extended
tour through Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. b. Wymans will sail
on the steamship Alameda for Honolulu
June 5.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-26
FUNERAL OF MRS. COLBY
HELD AT BRESEE CHAPEL
Large and Beautiful Floral offerings
Made by Several Organ
izations

The funeral of Mrs. Delphine Colby,
wife of Frank Colby, was largely at
tended yesterday morning at the
chapel of Bresee Brothers, Rev. j. 5.
Thomson officiating. The floral trib-
utes were especially beautiful. the
Gamut club and choir of the Church
of the Unity being represented by two
large floral harps, while the Dominant
club and Monday Musical clubs sent
set pieces.
Music was furnished by a quartet
composed of Mrs. Roth Hamilton, Miss
Margaret Goetz. Joseph Dupuy and f.
w. Gates The pallbearers were w.
f. Gates, G. G. Daggett, Edmund
Evans, l.. w. Weatherwax. M. A. Bre-
see and r. c. Todd.
Burial was in Inglewood cemetery.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-26
SUSPECTED TRAIN R0BBER
CARRIES TELLTALE NOTE
Missive Signed by Woman Advises
Him What to Tell Police if
Arrested

SPOKANE. May 25.-Bangdon Cofer,
arrested at Missoula on suspicion of
being one of the robbers who held up
the Great Northern train at Colbert
May 16. was brought to Spokane today
and put in the same cell with his
brother. Bert Golfer. arrested here sew
eral days ago.
The officers declare they have strong
evidence against the men, both of
whom are said to have disappeared on
the day after the hold-up. When
Bangdon Golfer was arrested a letter
from woman was found in his pocket
telling him what to say if arrested.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-26
.ELKS' SHOW DRAWS
ANOTHER BIG CROWD
New Vaudeville Acts and PyrotechnIcs
Displayed at Destruction of
Pompei at Fiesta
Park

Los Angeles night at Fiesta park
proved almost the attraction, judging
by the crowd, that Elks' night was.
The Elks are burning money, and what
is more, they are doing it to some pur-
pose. According to present indications
the required $500 for decorating the
city for the reunion in July will be
raised before the end of the week
The magnificent spectacle of the
eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the
destruction of Naples was repeated last
evening, Many new features however,
were added to Monday nights program,
both in the line of acrobatic stunts and
in pyrotechnics. Notable among the
latter was mikado's fan, a gorgeous
display shown in Los Angeles for the
first time Wednesday evening will be
'.women's night" and an equally good
program has been arranged.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-26

The innocent proclivity of releasing
himself from the wickedest looking
handouts to be found by the property
man proved the stepping stone to sue
cess for warwick l.. Horne, who has
just been promoted from assistant to
treasurer of the Orpheum theater. 1t
was while Mr. Horne was acting as
usher at the Orpheum that he acct
dentally discovered how dangerous he
might be in the role of prisoner to an
unsuspecting San Diego sheriff. He
has since then kept away from San
Diego, doubtless fearing the tempta-
ton.
Mr.. Horne made a good usher and a
better assistant He is one of the most
rapid ticket sellers in the city, and is
popular for his unaffected geniality.
He is a native of Los Angeles, and is
% years old
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-26
MerChansBak and rusCo sa1 o Sa''
ss @ POLL S. Broadway s sss ras ssaa.:
WOMAN ATTEMPTS
TO KILL HERSELF IN
HUSBANDS SALOON
In Presence of Spouse, Mrs. Ella Pol
lard Takes Laudanum Because
She Fears His Love Is
Dead

Mrs Ella Pollard, 80 years old, of 6Sl
Kin street, wife of M. Pollard, part pro-
prietor of the Arizona Club saloon az
All South Spring street, made des-
perate attempt to end her life by drink
ing a quantity of laudanum in the
presence of her husband at his place OF
business yesterday afternoon. Domes-
tic troubles and jealousy are thought to
have prompted the motive.
According to the husband, Mrs. Pol
lard has been acting in peculiar man
ner for some time, and has frequently
threatened to end her life. Monday
night, it is alleged, Pollard came home
near midnight and was severely lee
tured by the woman, who accused him
of not loving her as he should. She is
said to have stated that unless he
showed her more attention she would
quit this world forever AS she had
frequently taken him to task and
threatened to kill herself unless he
came home earlier he paid no attention
to the threat and thought no more
about it,,
Swallows Poison
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Pollard APP
peared at her husbands place of bust
ness and announced that she intended
to commit suicide. He tried to dis
suade her and declared there was no
reason FOR such an act.
Mrs. Pollard would not listen TO MN,
and producing a bottle of the drug
from her pocketbook drew the cork and
swallowed almost the entire contents.
She sank back into chair and became
unconscious.
Pollard summoned physician, and
the latter administered restoratives,
but was unable to produce the desired
result, and the woman was taken to
the receiving hospital.
ri oh nror1fiaH
woman's stomach by means of a
stomach pump. and shortly afterward
she was pronounced out of danger She
was removed to the matron's depart
ment, where she will remain until she is
able to be taken to her home.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-26
CHARGED win WIG Beating

]. B. Blair, a waiter living at 81
East Sixty-third street, was arrested
last night by Patrolman Shriner and
sent to central station on a charge
of wife beating. He is alleged to have
gone home drunk and whipped his wife
in a brutal manner. Mrs. Blair stated
to the police that it was the practice
of her husband to beat her, and that
she would swear to a warrant for his
prosecution today.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-26
OLD SOLDIER AND THREE
GRANDCHILDREN BURNED

OTTUMWA, Ia. May 25.--John Car
ter, an old soldier, aged 75. and the
three children of his daughter Mrs.
Leila Shaw, were burned to death in
a fire which destroyed the Shaw house
at Eldon. twelve miles east of here,
early today.
Mrs. Shaw is employed during the
night and left the children with their
grandfather. The fire was caused by
the overturning Of lighted lamp dur
ing a storm.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-26
christian snienoe Ham Burned

EUGENE, Ore, May 25.-Fire which
broke out in a frame livery stable in
the business section today destroyed
the stable and eight or ten frame ware
houses in the rear of stores. The
Christian Science building, three blocks
distant, was partially burned, having
caught fire from sparks The loss is
between $4,000 and 100000.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-26
'PAWNSHOP BRIDE
SENTENCED TO JAIL
PLEADS GUILTY TO ABUSE OF
JUSTICE
Woman Who Married Aged Ranchman
of GIendora Called Judge Names
Because He Rendered Decision
Adverse to Her

Bertha Kuhn, who achieved consid-
cradle notoriety two years ago because
of her marriage with Samuel B. Kuhn,
an aged rancher of Glendora, after an
acquaintance of several hours, was
sentenced by Police Justice Chambers
to serve thirty days in the city Jail for
using abusive language and disturbing
the peace of Township Justice Albert
Lee stephens.
The woman, who is better known as
the "pawnshop BRIDE" appeared at
Justice Stephens court Monday and
when he emerged from his court room
at noon made him the object of her
wrath ana called him n number of vile
names, using adjectives that were more
lurid than polite.
She was arrested later by a con-
stable attached to Justice Stephens
court and locked up in the city Jail.
Later she pleaded guilty in Police JUS
tice Chambers court and admitted
having used abusive language and de-
clared she was angered because the
justice had rendered a decision against
her.
Takes Sentence Calmly
The woman's marriage with the aged
rancher was the subject of much COM
menLi at the time. huIln is Salu 10
have entered a pawnshop and was per-
suaded to buys wedding ring. He de.
INJURED at first and declared that he
had no use for such an article of jew
elry The salesman is said to have
offered to produce bride to go with
the ring, and Kuhn agreed to the prop
osition. Shortly afterward the woman
appeared and the counle were married
Kuhn has attempted to have the
marriage annulled, but without sue
cess.
When Mrs. Kuhn appeared for SEN
tence yesterday she did not seem to be
concerned about the matter. and when
she realized that she would have to
pass the next month in Jail, simply
shrugged her shoulders and accom-
panied the bailiff back to her cell in
the matron's department.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-26
Town Offers Prize

BOISE, Idaho, May 25.-The town of
NaInpa has offered prize of $780, with
$3.50 of it to the second man, for a
single handed rock drilling contest,
open to miners of the northwest. The
contest will be held July 5.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-26
HamalIans Nominate JUDGE

HONOLULU, May 25.-At a meeting
of the Hawaiian Bar association today
Attorney A. G. Roberts was Endorsed
for appointment to the vacancy on the
federal bench vice Attorney Woodruff,
who withdrew his name.