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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-03

THE grandfather acquired wealth as a
dealer in seal oil and whale blubber. The
sons greatest ambition was to learn
the business" "And the grandson" HE
wants to forget the business kansas
City Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-03
Misplaced Sympathy.

He was so kind and benevolent old
gentleman, who took much interest in
little boys.
One day as hei was walking along
the street he stopped and looked with
compassionate sympathy at a lad
whose face bore clear evidence of hav-
ing been in the wars.
MY poor little fellow he said, pat
ting the boy on the head, 81 fear you
have been fighting. You've got a black
eye. Dear me, now, I'm really very
sorry Il
Never you mind about ma said
the poor little fellow. "You go home
and be sorry for your own little boy.
He's got two black eyes."-Human
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-03

81 thought you didn't care for him.
what won your" His language. He told
me that his love for me burned like gaso-
line, and begged me to honk-honk through
life with him. louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-03

Mrs. Rubberton-After all, one-half the
world doesn't know how the other half
lives Rubberton-Never mind, my dear,
That's no fault of yours.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-03

What's the matter?" 1--WE just had
tooth pulled OUT That's funny. met
you yesterday at the other end of town
and you told me the same story" Yes
| got 10 cents after t.'-Meggendorfer
Blaetter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-03

Irate Customer-See herel That student
lamp you sold me week ago is no good.
1t won't work. Dealer-Beg pardon, sir.
I ought to have told you it was college
student lamp.-Puck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-03

Whats the proper thing at a we'd
ding?" wish the pair happiness, and
tell everybody else there's no earthly
chance for it."-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-03

7 want a man who knows all about
aeroplanes. and is sober" .Tm just the
man you are looking for, sir. Haven't
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-03

She had a good husband said Mrs.
Bableton- But she got a divorce from
him. Yes. She didn't know what good
husband he was till she saw how gen.
erously he behaved about the alimony."-
Chicago Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-03

THAT kid of mines a wise guy?' "For
1nstance?" For instance, he gave me
felt-soled slippers for Christmas. "-Cleve-
land Leader
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-03

Why do people have silver weddings.
pa? Just to show to the world what
their powers of endurance have BEEN
Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-03

A woman can thrill as deeply over her
preparations for house cleaning as a man
over getting ready to go ffshing.-New
York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-03
HUN0R OF THE DAY

Questioner Gin meeting)-You spoke in
your lecture, sir, of Selfish optimist-"
What did you mean by that? Speaker-I
meant the sort of man who would point
out the silver lining in a cloud merely
to avoid lending you an umbrella.-Boston
Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-03

The way to run this country" said the
egotist. lis to put thoroughly wise, cap
able, alert and honest men in control of
all affairs" Yes" answered Miss
Cayenne. ''but what are we going to do?
There's only one OF you."-Washfngto
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-03

The musical young woman who dropped
her peekaboo waist in the piano player
and turned out Beethoven sonata, has
her equal in the lady who stood in front
of a five-bar fence and sang all the dots
on her veil.-Everybody's Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-03

isn't your hat rather curious in shape?"
asked the uniformed man. Certainly"
answered his wife. 'It has to be- ANY
hat that wasn't curious in shape would
look queer. Washington Star.
The Shining Example.-When a boys
mother expresses the hope that he will
make the man his father was 1t is a sign
that the old man is dead.-Dallas News.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-06-23
THE PROPER WAY.

they prize fights in Nevada The legislature of
the time took the and decided
vding the license of $1,000
Nevada has had fewer
true number of virtuous states of the
union that making ghtful the
vada licenses prize fights and at the
battles their
licensing has gone
As long live there will be strength md
American people
become boxing football games
under the ban, look
stripes.
entering the try conclusions with the light
without a personfcation of all manly
strength They trained the
flesh them what actually necessary
will, muscle and pabe every
their brains performing their woned duties
ly matched
waiting for the opening that each
him later they make picture manhood
and teach a the crowds to
the physical condition
Under the licensed fights Nevada,
obtain certificate from paeteng
physical condition able withstand
which he must undergo
n which prohibiting prize
lighting breaking the
committed sanity ani-fght
overlook the abusing
Nevada wherein the state complied
who succumbed the rgors of the battles
whic pro-
hbt the battles. The undertrained
ton the ring They general rule,
followed life feel they
caring they lose as long as
they the pot boiling. of state
which they enter the insist being
paid the be carried
withstand
ring
conception of the matter and is handling it
speaks credit the state.Carson City
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-06-23
lis GIVEN A
|. DIVORCE BECAUSE
HUSBAND SWORE
HE ALSO STAYED OUT LATE AT.
NIGHTS WITH OTHER
WOMEN.

Judge Mark r. Averill yesterday
granted a divorce to Flora E. Gill
bertson from John II. Gilbertson.
The plaintiff was awarded the right
to resume her maiden name, Flora
Evelyn Porter. The couple were
married in New York on January
3, 1901, and ever since their life
has been rather unhappy. Accord
ing to the complaint the defendant
was in the habit of remaining away
at nights and on returning home
would use profane language at the
plaintiff. When the couple came to
Tonopah about six months ago, the
husband soon acquired the habit OF
consorting with other women and
girls and when asked to return to
the simple life informed his wife
that he would do as he pleased and
she could do the same. There was
no issue from the marriage
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-06-23
PROGRAM TODAY
CONSISTS Of FOUR
FEATURE REELS
MANAGEMENT OF THE BUTLER
PRESENTS SOME STRONG
PICTURES.

The Butler theater was crowded
SO that standing room was at a
premium at all three performances
last evening. The feature film of
the performance, How Champion
ships Are Won and Lost" was GER
tainly a great picture. Baby Hack
ley also continues to please in her
clever acts. The program for to-
day is: The Sailors Friend
ship" a story of the comradeship
existing between two sailors and
how easily they settle all diff
ferences by using a little good
Judgment.
THE Miners Sweetheart" is a
Lubin drama depicting the life of
a young easterner who goes west to
manage a gold mine for his faith
er. "A Knot in the Plot" is a
Biograph drama dealing with a
cowboy who imagines nobody has
chance with him for the hand
of a certain popular young lady of
the district, but his conceit proves
his undoing and he finds to his
surprise that "a bird in the hand
is worth two in the BUSH"
In addition to the regular pro-
gram the management has ar
ranged to produce an extra film
entitled Adventures of the Girl
Spy, SO that instead of three reels
there will be four shown at both
afternoon and evening perform
ances. but the price will remain
the Same-10 cents.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-06-23
WAR VETERAN
ENTERS THE FIELD
FOR TOWNgOFFICE
ED HARMER AFTER CONSTABLE
OF TONOPAH ON REPUB-
MCAN TICKET.

Ed Harmer yesterday made his
| announcement in the political field
that he was going after the nomi-
nation for constable of Tonopah
township on the republican ticket
! Mr.. Hammer is well and favorably
known to every Topopahite, having
been one of the early arrivals in
this camp. He is strong republi-
can and will receive the backing
OF his party, should he receive the
nomination, which is practically as,
sured.
Mr.. Harmer is a veteran of the
civil war; one of the few who re-,
side in Tonopah. Several times
during his life he has been con.
nected with different police offices
and would make an admirable con.
stable.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-06-23
Brings SUIT TO
RECOVER AMOUNT
DUE FOR LABOR
MINER SUES OWNERS OF PROP
ERTY FOR SUM DUE HIM
FOR WAGES.

The case of James Gilligan versus
r. r. Holbrook, George Beckley and
John A. De Vilviss, was called in
the district court yesterday and the
afternoon spent in hearing evidence.
Gilligan is suing the defendants for
the sum of $S7S.5O which he al
leges is due him for labor perform
ed on the Carrie mine in Esmeral-
da county. Gilligan was employed
at this property for number OF
months and failed to receive any
compensation whatsoever He paid
out various amounts which were
never returned to him by the de-
PENDANTS. 1t is thought that the
case will be submitted today. H.
H. Atkinson represents the plaintiff
while Mcintosh and Cooke appear
for the defendants.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-06-23
STOCK MARKET

The following quotations are fur
nished by the reliable brokerage
firm of H. E. Epstine:
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-06-23

Frank TAFT and wife came over
from Goldtield yesterday.
F. F. Page, representing the Re-
no Gazette, arrived from the north
yesterday and will spend several
days in this city.
Thomas Dry Wash" Wilson and
son, and Judge Chambers left yes
terday for Round Mountain in Mr..
Wilson's automobile.
James Forman arrived from Oak
land yesterday and will spend sew
eral days in this section looking
after mining interests.
Frank Everett, who is conducting
extensive mining operations at At
wood, came in from the north yes
terday for short stay.
Curley Graham is seriously III
at his home in this city and his re-
covery is considered doubtful. He
is suffering from Bright's disease.
P. A. McCarren, who has been
transacting legal business at Gold
field, passed through Tonopah yes
terday on the road to his home in
Reno.
Mike Catalan and Senator More
house, who have been in Reno fol-
several days, returned to Gold
field on yesterday mornings south.
bound train.
Mrs. M. +. Bayles, accompanied
by her daughters, Arlene Purcell
and Alice Bayles, left yesterday fol
Sacramento, where they will spend
the summer.
George w. Lilies. Superintendent
of the Montgomery hoshone prop
erty at Rhyolite, returned yesterday
from Valleys Springs where he
spent the last few weeks. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Lilies. They
will return to their home thi.
morning.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-06-23
GRUTT-BALIOON HILL LEASE
MAKES RICH SHIPMENT

When the high grade sulphide
ore vein on the 350-foot level of
the Grutt-Balloon Hill lease on the
Queen estate was encountered, it
was a foregone conclusion by min
ing men of high repute that some
thing pretty good had been struck
and would in all probability be
permanent.
Development has since proved
the conclusions of these mining
men of note to have been well
founded Since then this ore
shoot has been opened up on its
strike for a distance of eighty
feet and the face of the south
drift is still showing the rich vein
as strongly as ever.
Development is still being con.
tinued in the south drift and a
stope has been started. The back
of the stope is showing up just
as strong as in the south drift and
already several tons of rich ore
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-06-23

has been sacked from the stope.
AT the present rate of extrac-
ton, the management expects to
soon make another shipment to
the sampler at Hazen. Returns
have just been received from their
last shipment to the sampler,
showing an assay value of $2SS per
ton. The low value is due to the
mixing of considerable portion
of low gradeepre' for shipment along
with high grade sulphide ore
Rawhide Press.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-06-23

Senator Morehouse is in this city
on some legal matters. After spend
ing a few days in this city he will
return to his home in Goldfield.
The gentleman has accepted the in
vitation to deliver the Fourth of
July address in this city and will
arrive in this city again on the
evening train on the third of July
Carson News.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-06-23
ODDIE FOR GOVERNOR.

Hon T. L. Oddie has announced that he will be candidate
republican governor.
decided primaries O G.
I. L.. is of in the of
Nevada his manliness
he
orship, he
general election
Senator Oddie Jim Butler
the miners
for the miners doing
undying gratitude
irrespective of politics. be depended work his
Among business Mr. Oddie is equally he
will galore throughout
hardly need of him making
the different cities that his
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-06-23

The Ely EXpositor of June Is
says: A pretty home wedding was
solemnized this afternoon at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Cazier
of Currant Creek, Nye county, when
their daughter, Bertha, was united
in marriage to William Horton oil
Blue Eagle. The wedding was
private, only relatives of the con-
tracing parties being in attendance
at the ceremony. Allen WakeIing
justice of the peace at Lund, Off
ciated at the marriage.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-29
By John /. Cowan

I" HERE is no more vague aud in
definite term in American geog-
raphy than the Painted Desert"
There are maps that eonine the
name to a narrow strip of territory
along the Little Colorado river, and
others on which it is not designated at
all George Wharton James says the
Painted Desert region extends from the
Rio Grande indefinitely westward, in
cluding the Mojave desert. the salton
sea and the .Panamint. Funeral and
Calico mountains. Its northern limits
are among the plateaus of southern
Utah. and its southern boundary must
be sought somewhere in northern
Mexico.
1t includes the Colorado desert, the
Grand canyon, the tawny cliffs of Pa
jarito park. the Mogollon plateau, the
Tonto basin, the Verdi, Hassayampa
and Salt River valleys, the purple Su-
perstition mountains Therefore, it ex-
tends over portions of Colorado. Utah..
New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and Calf
fornia. Not all Of this vast region is
desert in character, and only a rela-
lively small portion of its desert ex-
panses deserve to be described as
painted" Nevertheless. the conditions
of-color and barrenness that first sug-
gested the name exist in places
throughout tl..u whole district Parts
of It are as fertile as any of the worlds
garden spots. It contains some Of the
noblest virgin pine forests remaining
in America. including a number of ma
tional forests. aggregating many mil
lions Of acres in extent II is crossed
by the continental divide. The lofty
peaks. Of the San Francisco and San
Mateo mountains, as wei as the lesser
heights of the Ladrone. Zuni, Supersti-
tion, Mogollon. Pinai and other ranges,
are within its boundaries. 1t is crossed
by one Of the great rivers of America
the Coloroda, and a hundred smaller
streams. such as the Little. Colorado.
the GiIa, Puerco and Virgin rivers. Bill
Williams fork, and Havasu, Walnut,
Oak. Willow. Diamond and Bluewater
creeks traverse other portions. Parts
of the really desert area are mere
wastes Of neutral colored sand. but
other parts are chaotic bad lands"
upon which the master painter of the
universe has spread a divine harmony
OF color that shames the utmost pow
ers of the imagination.
Transcontinental travellers over the
Santa Fe route never fail to admire
and xvopder - Tho e+a1Sfnp rocks rod
cliffs bold mesas. black lava, preci-
pices, extinct volcanic craters and tall
white walls that lend variety to the
view the whole way from the Rio
Grande to the boundary line between
New Mexico and Arizona. West of the
Colorado river the chocolate colored
mountains, tke hills that shade from
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-29

the stage coaches, freighting caravans
and prairie schooners of the emigrants
bound for the far off land of goldsin the
still plainly visible.
Just on the brink of the canyon is
an ancient cedar tree-the only one for
miles around Tradition has it that
here was the fayerite rendezvous and
camping place of a band Of despera-
does and cattle rustlers that terrorized
this part of Arizona for many years.
Hence the spot is locally famous as the
robbers roost" To descend into the
canyon at this point, with team and
wagon, is not possible, SO that sight
seers always eat their luncheon at this
spot to fortify themselves for a few.
hours, of strenuous walking. Water,
as well as<food, must be taken along,
for this Is a desert" in fact as well
as in name. as
To describe even a small portionsof.
the Painted Desert that is visible from
the robbers roost would be as hope
less an undertaking as to describe an
Arizona sunset. It might pass for the
ruins of paradise. AS far as the eye
can carry is a succession of buttes,
terraces and castellated hills that dis
play more than rainbow coloring. Per
vading all is the mystic purple haze of
into a color symphony more celestial
than Of this sordid, money grubbing
world. Away off to the northwest are
the fat topped Mogollon buttes, beyond
which lies the land of the Hopi Ind ians,s
called by the sSpaniards the province OF
Tusayan. Far to the southeast is zuni,
the sole modern representative of sthe
seven cities of Cibola";- and to the;
north and east is the land of the Nava :.
joes, the American Bedouins But thfs
is desolation itself. uninhabited even.
by the hardy tribes that find In the.
desert a congeniai home. At ones feet
is the. sandy, boulder strewn bed of a
forgotten river, whose healing flow:
ceased ages ago. when this gorgeous
land of thirst bore a far different as
pect. when It was green with tropic
vegetation and melodieus with the
of birds. From the parched des-
olation rise shimmering heat waves. SO
that one shrinks from the descent into
the canyon as into fiery furnace.
However, it is not as bad as it
looks. A circuitous path leads to the
canyon floor, over glittering beds of
gypsum and thick deposits of mineral
paint Near the bottom the ed<e of a
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-29

gray to pIacls. and from brown to GRIM
son and purple, compel the wondering
admiration OF even the least observant.
All these are of the painted desert, but
they are no more than tantalizing hints
of the greater. glories thatrfie beyond
the car window perspective.
Most of those who forsake the Pull
mans and ever after boast of a eclose,at
hand view of the painted desert. in
spect it only as an incident of a trip
to the strange towns of the HopiFIn-
dians-a long and wearisome journey
of 100 miles or so from Canyon Diablo,.
Winslow or Holbrook The portion one
sees on such trip is not that most
worthy of inspection-for the, wagon
roads follow the lines of least resist
ance. irrespective Of the scenery.
Nevertheless, no traveller over either
route will ever forget the wide outlook
over the gaudy, superheated sands.
the fantastic sky lines; the black, grim
volcanic craters and basaIt cliffs; the
orange and vermilion bad lands The
coloring is as rich and varied as that
of the Grand canyon. and the prospect
is limited only by the feeble powers of
human vision. The winds and storms
and rushing waters OF ages have CHS
eled clay, basalt and sandstone into
images. columns. monuments, towers
and strange fantastic forms that have
10 names. Irrespective of its coloring,
it would deserve to rank among the
worlds wonders. Yet its coloring con-
stitutes the greatest wonder of all.
Here may be seen a red wall, 500 feet
high and 100 miles long. Yonder is a
coal black cliff of hardened lava ris-
ing from valley floor of snowy al
kali. In other places are mural faces
of white or gray rock extending for
scores of miles, and tilted rock strata
of various hues. rising to dizzy heights
that days hard riding on horseback
will hardly carry one past From. any
vantage point one may survey a glow
ing landscape that shows hundred
shades of pink. gray, green, red. choco-
late, scarmine, crimson, mauve, salmon,
brown, yellow and olive. Near Indian
Wells is a seemingly interminable line
of tall rock sentinels, all garbed in
different hues, on guard in this land of
enchantment. No wonder that the
Spanish explorers, when they beheld
this harsh but glorious land, more than
three and half centuries ago, named
II .El Pintado Desierto.''
Hence the Painted Desert deserves
better of the traveller possessed of the
laudable desire to see and know some-
thing of this wonderful land of ours
than to be viewed merely as an Incl
dent of laborious journey with some
other objective. Nine miles north of
Adamana on the Santa Fe route is Dead
river canyon, from the rim of which
may be obtained view of the Painted
Desert that can hardly be matched for
scenic interest. The road thitfer IT.
self derives more than passing interest
from the fact that il crosses the old
overland stage route-the far western
extension of the historic Santa Fe trail.
Although this has not been traversed
fsr more than quarter of a,century
the deep ruts worn by the wheels Of
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-29

tiona monument. in accordance with.
the provisions of the Lacy act. that 1t
may be forever preserved In it's pres
ent condition for the enjoyment of the
people. Here the petrified tree trunks
are not agatized. as in the more IA.
nous deposits farther south, and the
amazing variety Of colors that distin-
guishes the petrified wood OF the lat
ter locality is wanting. Most of the
petrifactions are glossy black and
nearly all are marked with the esigil-.
laria pittings. characteristic of the
species of tree. An inspection of the
tree tops shows that they grew like
palms. without branches, the foliage
forming spreading crown at the top.
A careful examination of the whole
area shows that there are only AZ tree
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-29

trunks, or rather stumps, now stand
ing, with the roots still embedded in.
the rock beneath. OF fallen trees,
there are tens of thousands, varying
from few inches up to five feet In
diameter. Some are tfinly banded
with white agate and a. few are highly
colored- in red and orange. but the
vast majority are OF ebon blackness.
Omcially. the north sigillaria for
est was discovered by John Muir
seven or eight years ago. He was the
first to make an intelligent examina-
ton of the. whole area and to make
known its extent and its popular and
scientific interest. However, it had
been known and anathematized by
Arizona cowboys for at least a gener-
alton before he saw it. Their only ~