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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-23
REMARKABLE CAREER OF
SENATOR ODDIE AND HIS
STRUGGLES AGAINST ADVERSELY

heaviest part of the work fell on
him.
The camp of Tonopah grew with
astonishing rapidity for the first
two years and eddie managed all
the affairs. There were $50 leasers
on the property with many partners
in some of them and Oddie kept
the business affairs of practically
all of them. All of these leases
were oral and every detail was
left to Oddie. Several million dol
lars worth of ore was shipped
from these leases and Oddie had to
keep track of the hundreds of
thousands of sacks of ore from the
mine-on the sixty-mile road on the
ore wagons, on the narrow-gauge
and broad-gauge railroads and at
the smelters. He did all this alone
and at the end settled with every
one of the hundreds of men, and
there were only sixteen sacks of
ore short and absolutely no disputes
or controversies. This was probably
one of the hardest tasks ever un-
dertaken by any one man and the
successful accomplishment of it
proved Oddie to be a man of phe-
nomenal executive ability and tact.
Only those who were in Tonopah
in the early days can realize what
he went through.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-23

money, he secured the appointment
as deputy recorder, and by working
nights in that office he secured just
about enough bacon and beans to
carry him through; If some weeks
business was better than others he
managed to secure enough to get a
can of condensed milk. He had
little cabin and did his own cooking
and washing, but early every morn
ing he was up working at his little
mine, sharpening his own steel,
pounding the drill all day and do
ing all the work himself. Working
this little mine was no easy job,
as he had to climb up and down a
75-foot incline every time he hoisted
out bucket of rock. He often
worked as many as fifteen hours a
day and kept up this record for
over a year.
While engaged in this work his
friend Jim Butler started on his
famous prospecting trip in 1900,
and together they talked over the
section of country which has since
become one of the most famous
regions that the world has ever
known. Butler returned shortly af-
ter to Belmont with his samples,
showing them to a number. and
asked some of his friends to have
them assayed These friends, how
ever, ridiculed him and Taught at
the samples he had brought in.
Oddie. however, who had been
studying ore and formations, recog-
nized the fact that the rock gave
much promise and so it fell to
Oddie's good fortune, coupled with
his business sagacity, to have them
assayed. Unfortunately eddie had
no money to pay the assayer the
price, which would have been IS, so
| he took them to a friend and Of
| fered him an interest in the prop
erty if he would make the assays,
promising him that if the ore did
not run we'll, that some day Oddie
would pay for the assays made.
The assaying of these samples cost
Oddie in the end $4,000, this
being the amount which the assayer
received for his trouble.
Butler had agreed to give Oddie
an interest in the property If he
would have the samples assayed, as
he knew that Oddie was one of
the few men in that part of the
country who would and could work
hard and who could endure hard
ships and also knew that Oddie was
absolutely square. Butler never had
any cause to regret his action in
giving Oddie an interest in the
property, as the latter took hold
and from the start was its man
ager for the first five years. Never
has man worked as hard or as
faithfully for his associates and all
the people of the camp as did
Oddie in Tonopah.
He did the first mining in the
camp himself, with his other part
ner, Wills Brougher, but as Oddie
was the youngest of the trio, the
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-23
NEW ADVERTISEMENT.

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ERENCES.
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LOS ANGELES, CALF.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
APPLES GROWN IN AMERICA
ARE POPULAR IN IRELAND
Belfast and other Cities Consume
Large Quantities of Second
Grade Fruit.

Apples grown in America are cheaper
In ireland than in this country, according
to the face of the returns, but the con-
sular report says the grade sold in Ire
land is somewhat inferior and that there
would be a splendid market for second
quality apples grown on the Pacific
coast.
Belfast consumes 5000 barrels Of apples
week, Of which 1000 come from the
United States and 1000 from Canada. The
report says there are few extensive apple
markets in the world in which such a low
quality Of apples is to be found as In
Belfast over 80 per cent are of grade
far below the first quality of fruit and
everything seems to find a sale at some
price. "UncoIored. very small, immatured
and withered apples are seen generally on
the stands apples which the Pacific coast
apple grower would not gather from the
ground bring a price here"
A comparison Of the Belfast and Omaha
market shows:
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
)EBRANl!yIR=!EEl5SjS;I Nl!yIR=!E El5SjS;Is(

closer approach was impossible and we
fired. Both the leading bulls were hit, and
at the shots there rose from the grass not
half dozen buffalo, but seventy or eighty.
and started at a gallop parallel to the
swamp and across our front. In the rear
were number of cows and calves, and
at once singled out COW and fired. She
plunged forward at the shot and turned
toward the swamp, going slowly and dead
lame, for my bullet had struck the shoulder
and had gone into the cavity of the chest
But at this moment our attention was dis
tracted from the wounded COW by the con-
duct of the heard, which, headed by the
wounded bulls, turned in a quarter circle
toward us and drew up in phalanx facing
us with outstretched heads. II was not
nice country In which to be charged by the
herd and for a moment things trembled
In the balance. There was a perceptible
motion OF uneaslness among some of our
followers 'Stand steady! Don't run!" I
called out And don't shootv called out
Cuninghame; for to do either would invite
charge. A few seconds passed and then
the unwounded mass of the herd resumed
their flight, and after little hesitation the
wounded bulls followed.
Dance of the VSnydah Birds.
But the most interesting birds we saw
were the black whydah finches. The fe-
male is a dull-colored, ordinary looking
bird, somewhat like a female bobolink.
The male in his courtship dress is clad
In uniform dark glossy suit. and his
tail feathers are almost like some OF those
OF barnyard rooster, being over twice
as long as the rest of the bird with a
downward curve at the tips. The females
were generally found in flocks, in which
there would often be a goodly number OF
males also, and when the flocks put on
speed the males tended TO drop behind.
The flocks were feeding in Heatley's grain
fields, and he was threatening vengeance
upon them. l was sorry, for the male
birds certainly have habits of peculiar In
terest. They were not shy, although IL we
approached too near them in their favorite
haunts, the grassland adjoining the papyrus
beds, they would fly off and perch on
the tops OF the papyrus stems. The long
tail hampers the bird In fits flight, and IL
is often held at rather an angle down
ward, giving the bird a peculiar and al
most insect-like appearance. But the
/ marked and extraordinary peculiarity was
the custom the cocks had of dancing In
artific!ally made dancing-rings. For q
/ mile and a half beyond our camp, down
the course Of the Kamiu. the grassland al
the edge OF the papyrus was thickly stTewu
with these dancing rings. Each Was about
two feet in diameter, sometimes more
sometimes less. A tuft OF growing grass
perhaps foot high was left in the cen
ter over the rest Of the ring the grass
was cut off close by the roots and the
blades strewn evenly over the surface OF
the ring. The cock bird would then alight
In the ring and hop up to height OF a
couple OF feet wings spread and motion,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

less tail dropping and the head usually
thrown back. .
NnIrObi Falls.
The Nalrobi falls, which were on Heat
ley's ranch, were singularly beautiful
Heatley and 1 visited them one evening
after sunset, coming home from a days
hunt. 1t was a ride 1 shall long remember
We left our men, and let the horses gallop
AS the sun set behind us, the long lights
changed the look of the country and gave
II a beauty that had in 1t an element of
the mysterious and the unreal. The noun
tains loomed both larger and more vague
than they had been in the bright sunlight
and the plains lost their look of parched
desolation as the afterglow came and went
We were galloplng through a world of dim
shade and dying color; and, in this world
our horses suddenly halted in the brink of
a deep ravine from out of which came the
thunder of a cataract. We reined up on a
jutting point The snowy masses of the fall
foamed over ledge on our right, and be-
low at our feet was a great pool of swirl
ing water Thick foliaged trees, Of strange
shape and festooned with creepers, climbed
the sheer sides of the ravine. A black
and-white eagle perched in a blasted tree
top In front; and the bleached skull of a
long-dead rhinoceros glimmered white near
the brink to one side
On another occasion we took our lunch
at the foot Of REVERB falls, These are not
as high as the falls of the Nairobi, but
they are almost as beautiful We clam
bered down into the ravine a little distance
below and made our way toward them, be-
side the brawling, rock-choked torrent!
Great trees lowered overhead, and among
their tops the monkeys chartered and
screeched The fall itself was broken in
two parts like a miniature Niagara. and the
spray curtain shifted to and fro as the wind
blew-Theodore Roosevelt in February
Scribner.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

by the rough shake of a sailor Of the re-
firing watch. Out on deck the cold and
damp sea air gets into his very marrows
though he is clad in hip boots and oilskin,
but he gets good exercise in the process Of
washing down decks.
In port he has a comparatively easy job
He is either stationed at the gangway at
night or he checks cargo during the day
with a patent register. During the first
and second years of his service the cadet
is allowed two furloughs of eight days
each in which to visit his home.
In his third and fourth years he looks
back with disdain or pity on the ignorance
of the plebes who may follow in his foot
steps. For him there is no more brass
cleaning, he has become elevated to the
rating of able seaman, and in the night
watches he has some responsibility. He
is placed either aloft in the crows nest or
forward on the lookout bridge. according
to the construction of the ship but from
either place it is his duty to sing out every
light that is sighted.
His studies too, have increased, and the
books that crowd his table cover seaman
ship the international rules of the high
seas ship etiquette, the international
code Of signals. mathematics. charts. ele-
mentary astronomy and elementary meteo-
rology. He has also a list of oil to break
heavy seas. use Of kedge pamphlets on the
devices for safety at sea- easing shin.
steadying ship, use OF anchors, and the
alteration of sound in fogs. He is in
fact busy man, and he begins to feel
that he is a useful part OF the little world
In which he moves.
His Senior Year.
The fifth and senior year, called the year
OF dawning sense, the cadet passes out Of
the boatswain's hands entirely. The first
half OF the year is spent at the wheel with
the quartermaster and sometimes, II the
line is shorthanded he is appointed as such
with the larger pay. This experience gives
him practice in keeping the ship on its
course as we'll as training him in the
courses the line usually runs from port
to port.
The second half OF the year he spends
with the officer on the bridge. He takes
the full part OF the navigator for practice
only, and at noon, when the observation
Of the sun is taken, he. too has his own
sextant and charts, marks his own calcu-
lations and lays his own course, and then
submits them to the chief officer for in
spection.
The calculation OF cargo capacity and
storage is an important factor. also the
methods OF lashing cargo and what to do
in case OF a shift What gives the most
pride is that he is assigned post OF com
mand in best drills. fire drills and aban-
don ship drills. He must acquire a thor
ough knowledge OF the laws pertaining to
shipping. including international maritime
law, and he must display general in
telligence concerning the causes OF change
In maritime rates and the cost Of main
tenance and operation OF his ship. Or to
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
OMAHA VIEW SCHOOL IN USE
New Building II Occupied by Teach
ers and Pupils from the
Old One,

The new Omaha View school at Thirtieth
and Binney streets has been occupied by
the teachers and pupils from the old build
ing at Thirty-second and Corby The new
building contains sixteen rooms, but for
the present only ten rooms win be occu-
pied. AS soon as the manual training equip
ment can be bought and installed by the
school board two rooms will be devoted TO
this purpose. 1t is expected that the other
four roomS will be required after the sum
mer vacation, because Of the fact that
many children who properly belong IN the
Omaha View school are now attending
Druid HIN and Lothrop schools.
What is TO be done with the old Omaha
View building has not yet been decided by
the school authorities, but there Is some
talk OF turning the material in 1t over 10
the superintendent OF construction for the
construction VI a service building.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
ALONG AFRICAN CAME TRAILS
Theodore Roosevelt Tells of His
Experiences in the Wilds.
BUFFALO IS DANGEROUS GAME
A Critical Moment in the Hunt
Dance of the Whydnh Birds
Evening View of NairObi
Falls.

The buffalo is by many hunters esteemed
the most dangerous OF African game. 1t is
an enormously powerful beast with, in this
country, coat Of black hair which be-
comes thin in the old bulls, and massive
horns which rise into great bosses at the
base these bosses sometimes meeting in
old age so as to cover the forehead with
frontlet of horn. Their habits vary much
In different places. Where they are much
prosecuted, they lie In the densest cover
and only venture out into the open to feed
at night. But Heatley. though he himself
had killed a couple of bulls, and the Boer
farmer who was working FOR him another
had preserved the herd from outside mo-
lestation, and their habits We're doubtless
much what they would have been in re-
gions where man Is a rare visitor.
The first day we were on Heatley's farm
we saw the buffalo. to the number OF sew
enty or eighty, grazing in the open, some
hundreds Of yards from the papyrus
awamp and this shortly after noon. For a
mile from the papyrus swamp the country
was an absolutely flat plain. gradually rls-
ing into a gentle slope and it was an i'm
possibility to approach the buffalo across
this plain save in one way to be mentioned
hereafter. Probably when the moon was
full the buffalo came out to Craze by night.
But while we were on our hunt the moon
was young and the buffalo evidently spent
most of the night In the papyrus, and
came out to Craze by day. Sometimes they
came out in the early morning, sometimes
In the late evening, but quite as often In
the bright daylight. We saw herds come
out to Craze at 10 o'clock In the morning,
and again at in the afternoon They
usually remained out several hours, first
graEing and then lying down.
A Critical Moment.
We erept up the watercourse until about
opposite the buffalo. which were now lying
down. Cuninghame peered cautiously al
them. saw there were two or three. and
then led us on all fours toward them
There were patches where the grass was
short, and other places where It was three
feet high. and after a good deal OF eau
tlous crawling we had covered half the dis.
tance toward them, when one OF then
made us out. and several rose from thell
beds. They were still at least 900 yards of
"a Ions range Tor heavy rifles; but any
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

broken. On a first class liner there are
three watches, the port, starboard and miz-
zen and on a second class ship, there are
two, the port and startoard. On the former
the cadet has four hours on and eight off
duty; on the latter four on and four off.
The cadet during his first year Of service
is of very little use to the company. To
himself his duties are disagreeable and la
borious. If he goes to sea through the
cabin windows as regards his mode of liv-
ing on shipboard he certainly does not do
SO in his work. The first year is really his
crucial test and II he passes through 1t
with the romance OF his profession still un-
dimmed he has won half the battle For
one thing he will have realized that the
profession OF master mariner is not that of
the sea captain of former days, but a mod
ern calling equal to any on shore.
His Life on shipbOard.
At the beginning of the morning watch,
a. m. II 1t is his first day out, he gets
can of kerosene. a bunch or rope yarn and
a can of brickdust. and with these he scours
the brass deck fittings which may have be-
come corroded in port. If he overlooks the
smallest piece on either side of the ship
the boatswain, that knocker and booster of
sailors, doesn't, and the boy usually doesn't
forget the experience. 1t Is a slow and te-
dious process, but once thoroughly cleaned
the daily polishing keeps them bright. BY
the time he finishes this task 1t is noon
and he is at liberty to go below until his
next watch.
The noon watch involves as miscellane-
Gus an assortment OF work. HoIystoning
comes in once week. The cadet gets
down on his knees with the sailors and for
four hours pushes back and forth twelve
inch block of sandstone, five inches thick
and five inches deep, over the wet sanded
surface OF the deck He may wonder at
the idea OF such back-breaking work, but
when he takes his broom ana follows the
boatswaln with the hose he soon sees how
spotless the boards have become.
Some times there is painting, mending
OF sails or awnings, or tarring the rigging.
Very often when the work is slack the
boatswain takes him aloft for a bit OF ex-
ercise, or selects some quiet corner where,
with piece OF rope, he instructs the
youngster in all kinds OF knots and splices.
Decks are swept down at 400 D. M,
halliards are recoiled. and the ship made
as neat as new pin, He is. taught how
important 1t is to make things shipshape
on deck and below for the night and before
the watch is relieved by the second dog
watch at 6 p. m. they have secured all
matches and everything movable on deck.
The duties OF the first night watch and
the midnight watch are the same, merely
to navigate the ship. and the cadet Is
posted on the bridge with the officer OF
his watch where he gains many hours OF
solid experience
six Bells n Terror.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

put it briefly. he must be versed in marine
finance.
If there is no vacancy in the line at his
graduation, which seldom happens in the
larger companies, he is usually taken care
of in some capacity. The company realizes
that'a cadet who has shown aptitude makes
a good and efficient officer
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
SPRAGUE ABBOTT AT REST
Champion Golf Player of Nebraska
IA Buried at Forest Lawn
Cemetery.

The funeral service OF Sprague Abbott,
the champion golfer Of Nebraska, who died
early Friday morning at the ClarIson hos
pitsl, was held Saturday morning at the
establishment OF H. X. Bur
ket 4l2 North Sixteenth street Rev. George
A. Beecher, dean Of the Trinity cathedral,
was the officiating clergyman. The pail
bearers were d. o. Russell, c. T. Rountze,
A. A. Mcclure, w. ]. Foye, II. A. Kaliebe,
John Redick, rhe interment was In For
est Lawn.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
a Turning shame

Is not 10 have Bucklen's Arnica salve 20
cure burns sores. piles, cuts, wounds ana
ulcers 25c. For sale by Beaton Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
slE BeIIs a Terror.

Four o'clock In the morning is a madden
ing hour to the cadet when he is on the
second night watch. At that time he is
reused from q sound and glorious slumber
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
MARINE CADETS
Students on Shipboard Who Work
and Study Hard.
COURSE IS FIVE YEARS LONG
Wide Difference Between Old and
New Way of Trainins-Chances
for Young Men on American
Merchant Ships.

NEW YORK, AIN 2S.-nI the days when
clipper ships sailed the seas the training
of young man anxious to become
master mariner consisted of heart break
ing work, curses and blows and some
times real torture. The result was good
seamanship, stanch nerve and whole
lot of daring, but a lack of the business
ability and education necessary in the mod
ern ships officer. In those days the be-
ginner was termed an apprentice and
called boy" by the crew; today he is
called cadet and the sailor uses Sir
in addressing him.
This does not mean that the modern
cadet sailor goes to sea through the cabin
windows. He works very hard mentally
and physically, as do the students OF
technical schools on shore, and the re-
suits have been such as to satisfy the
requirements of the present merchant
marine service. When he finishes his
five years of cadetship he is a capable
seaman and navigator and versed in
marine finance
Under the present law all United States
mail ships are required to include in their
crews one cadet for each 1000 tons or
fraction thereof Of the ships registered
tonnage. The cadets duties are TO study
seamanship and navigation. He is ap-
pointed by the general agent for a school
ing OF five years, during which his pay
varies from $40 to $50 q month.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
Outfit and Quarters.

At the beginning Of his apprenticeship
the cadet must be provided with good
warm underwear, two uniforms. heavy
and light weight of the design prescribed
by the company. a storm coat, seaman's
jumpers and overalls for work, a pair OF
hip boots. sou'wester and oilslSins and
II the line runs to the tropics, an outfit OF
white duck uniforms,
The cadets are assigned to the officers
mess for meals and to one large stateroom
for quarters, in which is a single berth
for each and lockers and drawers The
room is simply furnished with a few
chairs and tables; It IS comfortable and
during his hours OF watch the cadet is as
well equipped for study as the student on
shore.
AS soon as the ship sails the cadet is as
signed to a watch. and from then on his
hours for rest and work are regular but