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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-25
P|TTSBURG' 5
b00DLERS
INDICTED
GRAND JURY THIS MORNING
FOUND TRUE BILLS AGAINST
TWENTY-FIVE PRESENT AND
PAST ALDERMEN.

Pittsburg, March 25.-Twenty-five
former and present members of the
city council were indicted by the
grand jury today. The indictments
contain many counts. Accompanying
the returned true bills the grand jury
handad down twenty page type
written statement covering the whole
graft exposure. This statement it is
stated carried the names of everyone
so far connected with the anti-graft
crusade and lays bare the entire
councilmanic frauds for the past three
years.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-25

John Miller, aged 10 years, was
brought down last night to the coun-
ty Jail by Deputy Sheriff Bert Nc
Manus, of Cashmere, on the charge
of burglary. 1t is alleged that young
Miller entered the office of Schmitten
Bros. of Cashmere, on the night of
January 20, and stole an amber-mer-
schaum pipe valued at SIS and also
took IS in cash from the cash draw
er. The officers had no clue to work
upon except the description of the
pipe that was taken and this was
found last Sunday in the possession
of A. c. Ericsson, who had purchased
it day or two before from Miller.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-25
BOUGHT BIG BEND
LINE
WASHINGTON WATER POWER
COMPANY OWNS CONTROLLING
INTEREST IN THE BIG BEND
LIGHT & POWER.

Spokane, March 25.-The Wash
ington Water Power company is now
reported to be out to capture the
controlling interest in the Big Bend
Light and Power company, which re-
tails electricity to most of the towns
in the Big Bend country. The COM
pany was organized a few years ago
by Eugene Enloe and others to do
general distributing business and
made contracts with the power COM
pany to furnish the electricity.
On the contracts promised by the
Big Bend company the power COM
pany built its Big Bend high tension
line from Medical Lake to Reardan.
Davenport, Harrington, Ritzville and
other points and the Big Bend COM
pany has been doing general dis
tributing business In these towns,
purchasing the electricity at the sub
station.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-25
PUMP OVER GRAV-
|TY DITCH
ECONOMY OF POWER OVER
GRAVITY FOR WATER SUPPLY
AGAIN UNDER CONSIDERATION
BY PROMOTERS.

There is project under considera-
ton for putting water on some East
Wenatchee land that Is 90 feet above
the river level. Messrs. Stryker, Tup-
per and Wyman are interested in the
matter and are at present considering
the advisability of taking the water
from the Columbia instead OF from
the high line canal that passes under
their land at East Wenatchee. The
lift from the ditch would be only a
trifling $50 feet instead of 80, but
preliminary estimates lead the pro-
moters to believe that there will be
a greater economy in taking the water
from the river.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-25
ETNA FLOWING
RIVERS Of
LAVA
FOUR NEW CRATERS FORMED
AND STREAMS OF LAVA CARRY
DEATH AND DESOLATION IN
THEIR WAKE.

Catania, Sicily, March 25.-An Of
fetal report of the volcanic disturb
ances in the Mount Etna district was
made public this afternoon. While
confirming the gravity of the situa-
ton it holds out the hope that the
worst is over. Craters that may be
properly described as new appear to
be only four in number. These have
opened at the foot of Mount Castel-
lazzo, four miles in an air line from
the summit of Etna.
One of the craters is extremely
noisy and responsible for the terror
of the population for miles around.
The four streams emitted from
these craters have united at the foot
of Mount CastellazZo and formed a
great river of lava, bringing death
and desolation to the invaded dis
tricts. Plants, trees, whole orchards
and vineyards are destroyed by the
consuming flood This morning the
lava river had extended nine miles
from the source. Even in this city
thersis little sleep.
In the pathway of the advancing
flood people are in great terror and
thousands had abandoned their homes
at daylight The roaring of Mount
Etna continued without interruption
today. A rain of cinders fell fol-
miles around. The caravans of peas
ants carrying all their household
goods and moving to places of safety
are pathetic scenes. The troops have
been ordered to the vicinity and vol
unteers from neighboring villages
have come to the aid of the distressed
during the past IS hours. The ennis
sion of lava is estimated at ten mil
lion cubic yards.
King Victor Emmanuel today ex-
pressed his intention to go to the ter
ritory threatened by volcanic erup-
tons in the vicinity of Mount Etna
to direct the work of succor. Twenty
thousand tourists are here, many OF
whom have started south to witness
the eruption.
The eruption of Mount Etna, on the
island of Sicily, reported yesterday
is already more serious than the dis
astrous one Of 1892. A huge crew
asse has oponed in Mount Etna, al
a height of 1880 meters, and smoke
steam and lava are pouring from the
opening.
The eruption increased in severity
today and the inhabitants of the vii
lagos Hh the slopes of the volcano are
fleeingEor their lives. The total de-
struction of the towns of NicOlosi
CASTILLO and Ulbanelli is hourly
threatened. Sicily and Calabria are
shaken every few minutes by earth
Quakes and a new crater is forming
on Mount Etna.
At Messina two severe shocks were
felt last night and the population was
thrown into a panic, but no damage
was done At Nicolosi twenty earth
shocks were reported last night.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-25

The ladies of the Baptist Ladies
Aid society will serve the commercial
club Tuesday noon luncheon which
has recently been inaugurated. At
this time the club will definitely fix
the date of the Mansfield excursion.
While this luncheon is primarily for
the men of the commercial club, yet
a cordial invitation is extended to
any visitors who might be in the city.
At this meeting Tuesday general club
business will be transacted and it is
expected that there will be a good
attendance present.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-25
POSTPONED CLUB
BANQUET

The banquet which was scheduled
to be given by the Commercial Club
Reds to their victims, the Blues, has
been postponed from next Tuesday
evening rntil Friday evening. This
was made necessary from the fact
that there are several other meetings
of Importance for that evening. II
is expected that there will be from
So k400 Commercial club members
D Int at the banquet and it is like
" that the contract for this feast will
be awarded by bid and at this time
Ii is not known who will provide It.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-25
CORONER ADVISES
RAILWAY
DIR. SAUNDERS EXHONORATES
GREAT NORTHERN FOR DEATH
OF THREE BUT SUGGESTS NOV
ING OF STATIONS.

Coroner Saunders in letter to the
officials of the Great Northern rail-
way suggests the removal of stations
at Cascade Tunnel and at Berne to
places less dangerous than their pres
ent location.
In letter, addressed to Division
Superintendent J. H. O'Neil at Ev-
erett, copy of which was filed with
the auditor of Chelan county, DR.
Saunders exhonorates the Great Nor
thern railway officials and employees
of any blame on the charge of neg
lect for the death of Harry Elerker
and John Bjerenson, who met death
this side of the tunnel as a result
of a snowslide on February % and
also frees them from blame for the
death of Fred Johnson at Drury. But
the coroner suggests that the shack
in which the two men were smothered
be rebuilt in a more secure and safe
place, so that the railway employees
lives will be more secure. He also
states that the station at Berne should
be removed about a hundred feet east
to less dangerous place. He also
states that the station at Cascade
Tunnel should be removed to point
somewhere between the turntable and
the water tank" The doctor feels
that the employees should be better
protected than they are at present II
these dangerous places in certain sea-
sons Of the year.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-25
NEW PHONE BUILDING
Secretarys Report Shows That Local Company Has
Enjoyed Very Prosperous Year and Has
Over 1900 Local Subscribers-Great
Improvements Planned for Year

The stockholders of the Farmers
Telephone & Telegraph company are
in session this afternoon in the assem-
bly, room of the Commercial club. A
very good representation are present.
The first business of Importance
was the reading by Secretary Little
field of his report for the year. The
election of officers is in progress as
the Daily World goes to press.
The report of the secretary is in
teresting from the fact that it sug-
gests the expenditure of thousands of
dollars in improvements for the COM
ing year and announces that the past
year has been an exceedingly pros
porous one. The report further states
that z. A. Lanham, the president of
the company, will erect three-story
building on his lot adjoining the
present telephone building. Portions
Of both the new and old building will
be used by the telephone company.
The report is as follows:
when we started to make a report
this time we wondered what differ
ent way we should commence this
not to repeat what we have said in
other reports. When we review the
years work we will have to repeat
one thing, that this has been another
prosperous year for the Farmers Tel
ephone & Telegraph company. We
certainly have nothing to complain of
when we think back only six years
ago about this time the company
started without a dollar to it's credit;
the energy usually manifested in the
Wenatchee valley in all undertakings
played a great part in its success.
The Secretary we'll remembers the
first office work and switchboard and
how We worked it out, z. A. Lanham,
Arthur Gum, VIM. Turner and H. c.
Littlefield.
"Mr. Lanham as president and Mr..
Littlefield as secretary, having served
from the first in their offices natur-
ally have had to attend to most of
the details connected with the bust
ness. For a considerable time we all
worked for nothing, except the pleas
ure to see the plant grow.
Trustees who have served dur
ing the life of this company have al
ways been ready and willing to give
their time and assist in any Of the
many ways that helped the company
prosper, until today we report to you
plant representing an expenditure
of $4,000 and a system enabling you
to talk from your homes to every
place of any Importance in the Wen
atchee valley, also long distance con-
nections with the Pacific Tel. Co. sys-
tenn. Using Wenatchee as the center,
the lines extend south to Columbia
River station, west to Peshastin, COW
ering along the line Cashmere, NAL
aga, Monitor and nearly every ranch
home along the lines and surround
ing country about Wenatchee, also
across the Columbia river to East
Wenatchee and Badger mountain
farmers, embracing over 1900 local
subscribers.
You will also realize that this COM
pany stock amounts to something
now, when We tell you that $4,000
block of it was placed on the market
this winter at par value for the rea-
son that this money was needed for
necessary improvements. 1t took a
surprisingly short time to place this,
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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-25
DESERT CLAIM IS
CONTESTED
DIR. SAUNDERS CLAIM UNDER
HIGH LINE DITCH CONTESTED
BY j. Q. METZGER IN CONIN1IS-
SIONER'S OFFICE.

Testimony was taken yesterday in
the Office of R. S. Ludington, United
States commissioner of this place, in
a desert claim contest in which it
is alleged by John Q. Metzger that
DR.. Henry A. Saunders did not get
water upon his claim near Rock Is
land within four years after filing
upon it.
The desert claim of the doctor is
under the high line ditch of East
Wenatchee and is located about nine
miles down the river. He has spent
$4,000 to $4,000 in improving the
land and much of the tract has been
planted to fruit trees. Metzger and
others allege that DR.. Saunders filed
on his claim in February, 1905, and
that he did not get water upon the
land until June, 1909. Hence, the
contestant claims that the law that
land shall be watered within four
years was not complied with, al
though he does not admit that the
high line ditch was not completed
by February, 1909.
The testimony that was taken will
be passed upon by the register and
receiver at the land Office in Water
vile and will then be sent to the
general land Office at Washington
D. c., where the matters will be fin
ally settled.
Martin & Barrows, were the at
torneys for the contestant and Por-
ter & Thomason the attorneys for the
contestee.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-25
Menace to Teams.

There is an open and unmarked
hole in the center of the crossing at
Wenatchee avenue and Yakima that
has been occasioning some comment.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-25
Irelan.ROSe.

A marriage license was issued in
Occur d'Alene City, Idaho, On We'd
nesday to Homer o. Irelan, of this
city, and Mrs. May Rose, of Brays.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-25
Gases in Court.

Thomas E. Bise ct al. VS.. C. M.
Coe ct al; summons B. j. Will
Jams attorney for plaintiffs.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-25

Washington-Fair tonight and Sat
urday, except showers on north coast;
easterly winds.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-25

David Keith, of this city, is in
Spokane on "a brief business trip.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-25

w. T. Tolch returned from the
Chelan country today.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-25
G.. ". 81 YES EQUIPMENT
Three Mammoth Passenger Engines and Four Elec-
trio Motors Not Hopelessy Wrecked-Mas-
ter Mechanic Contriving Means to
Lift Big Machinery from Canyon

Fully a quarter of a million dol
lars worth of railroad equipment
that was believed to be hopelessly
wrecked in the Wellington slide has
been found little damaged, and the
operating department expects to be
able to get it into commission within
a few weeks at comparatively small
expense for repairs.
The equipment in question con-
sists of three mammoth passenger To-
comotives and four electric motors
that were in the tunnel service. Mas
ter Mechanic Kelly of the Great Nor
thern has spent the past ten days
looking over the wreckage and con-
irving ways tolift the ponderous ma
chimes out of the canyon. After his
survey he stated that so far as could
be determined now, none of the en-
gines had suffered a serious break.
The electric motors seem to be in
even better shape, and some of the
electricians who have examined them
believe at least two of them could be
operated successfully without a re-
pair of any kind, If they were on the
tracks.
Saved by Their Weight.
The fact that they were of heavy
construction and of tremendous
weight seems to have been a protec-
ton to the great engines. They prob
ably were not tossed about so easily
as the light coaches, and were of sta
bility sufficient to stand the terrific
onslaught of the snow masses.
The Unreasonable force Of the
snow food that swept the trains into
the bed of the canyon several hun
bred feet below the tracks is best
illustrated by the case Of one of the
electric motors. The weight of this is
lis tons. 1t was picked up bodily.
thrust across the tracks and hurtled
down the steep hillside below the
rails. That the snow made a clean
lift of the monster machine is evil
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-05-14
.JESSUP DISTRICT LOOKING
LIKE A FUTURE PRODUCER

development will reveal much better
conditions. Mr.. Nenzel intends to put
on a force of men and will lose no
time in opening up his lease.
.'The Gold KING company has just
encountered a fac ledge in the cross
cut tunnel which has been driven in
for a distance. @ l65 feet. The vein
has been penetrated for a distance of
Eve feet and as yet the opposite wall
as not been reached. The entir, vein
slows average go,9 values running bet
ter than $40 to the ton. Whe3 the
hanging wall is reached it is iLtendee
. drift both was CT the ledge and
ii is believed very little work will he
required to find IN ore shoot.
"On the Mazu,at claim, which is
owned by myself an associates, and
which is located my a short distance
tran he Loose ar. RatliT gro1p, we
nave r.ade a strike which we believe
will owe a big on. At a deptt OF
S.x Ieet a ledge wa> cut which shoN-
Ell 4 considerable q1@ntity of free gold.
The shaft has reached a depth Of forty
feet 'IGw and all .hr"Igh the pays .cak
which is about twci>e inches wide,
bdncEes of high grade gold ore are
foun |. One poke. Of this ore from
which was taken about two pounds of
ore .s.e)ded $40, ,r $50 per pcun! = the
yellow metal. tn vein matter ) be-
coming more co r3,et as depth is nj
taincd and it is Da.Jeved when the shaft
reaches the 75-foc. Ieint a bigger ledge
3ai more uniform ta,ues will be founC
.'T'ere are my other ~prosnects
about the district which are being svs
trn.etIcally deverle d and co2dit. N
'htfi.nout look vsry mrch impro ,ed.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-05-14
ELY CENTRAL SHOWS
HIGH GRADE copper

ELY, May l0.-Assay returns from
The ore body encountered in the Eu-
reka shaft by the Ely Central company
last week were received this morning.
They show that the ore goes fifteen and
cne-half per cent in copper with some
values in gold. This would indicate
that the ore is richer even than that
being taken from the Nevada Consoli-
lated pit and would indicate that the
ore deposit underlying the LILY Central
holdings is probably richer in copper than
that now being taken from the big pit.
"The news came as a big surprise to
those who are at work on the prop
erty,' said j. j. Jordan. eve did not
believe that the ore would be any rich
er than that in the pit and would have
been satisfied had the returns showed
five per cent in copper. You can i'm
agine how pleased we we're to fine that
the ore goes 1914 per cent
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-05-14
ROUND MOUNTAIN
MAN INJURED

Jack Mcnamara, a well-known young
man employed in the Sunnyside mine al
Round Mountain, had has skull frac-
tured az midnight Thursday, while at
work in a stope above the so0-levci, by
a falling rock.
DR.. Mcintyre of Manhattan was at
once summoned by Frank Sellstrom of
the auto line. and it was found thae
the young man was suffering from
hemorrhage of the lungs as well as the
to his head, as a result of tine
accident. He has a good constitution.
however, and his recover is hoped for.
Mcnamara father, vino resides al
Manhattan, is with him.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-05-14

LOVELOCK, May 11.-"The entire
Jessup district is in splendid condition
and is showing Improvement each day.
was a remark made by j. j. MacRedon
yesterday. Mr.. Mackedon was in town
several days this week attending to
some business matters. In giving a re-
view of the general conditions of the
camp of Jessup he said:
1.-The lease on the Ellis property has
made an entirely new find and it IS
one which adds greatly to the value
of the lease. In the bottom of the
shaft, which has been sunk 20 a Gepth
of $50 feet, a new ledge has been cut.
The new find lies North of and is run
ming parallel with the main ledge. Ii
has not been opened up to any great
extent, but from present appearances
~ SHOWS al INT edIiidihS VI oPohAnS
into something big. The ore in char
acter is very similar to that found in
the old vein and carries high grale
mill values. The owners of the lease
are rushing development and when
the shaft reaches the 200-foot point a
series of crosscuts and drifts will be
run and the main ledge and the one
Just cut will be thoroughly opened up.
Joe Nenzel, who is operating a
lease on the Churchill claim has IN
covered a foot of high grade shipping
ore at a depth of thirty feet. Some of
the specimens taken out show much
free gold and it is believed further
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-05-14
SALT PRODUCERS CONCERN
AT BLAIR GETTING BUSY

rsnt flow of the saline solution from tue
sump can be relied upon, and Will aiso
enable the association to get some
81 It's salt upon the market IN the near
future. A well that has been SUM- TO 4
aentb of about twelve feet in the bot
tom of the sump is overlooking with
solution.
Two of these watts are to be MADE
of inch lumber fiat on the ground ana
with the earth banked up around themi
two more will be made of two-ineh lumf
her on a similar basis and the Other
four will be altogether of earth dykea
up to a height of Is inches. The soiu
tion will be pumped into these watts Il
n depth of twelve inches. As soon a
the solution in the well has been SUI
ficiently lowered to permit experiment.
work a one and a half inch pipe will b.
driven into the well to make a furthe
test as TO the permanency of the NOV
of solution. The members of the asso
citation expect to get a good stead.
flow of the saline fluid at a depth o
about forty feet from the surface any
where on the marsh. Such a volume o
solution was encountered in a well sun
on the western edge of the marsh b.
the Pittsburg-S Silver Peak company an
by the oil well of the Nevada-Ba Stat
company on the eastern edge OF tn
rarsh.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-05-14

Business affairs of the Silver Peak
Salt Producers association present a
~livelier aspect than they have presented
during the past couple of months, when
operations had been nearly suspended,
saws the Blair Press. A force of men
is again at work on the salt marsh, and
preparations for getting a crop of salt
are under way.
A meeting of the association was held
at the Blair hotel last Tuesday evening
and was well attended. What is prac-
a reorganization was effected.
The office of general manager was
abolished, and the following new officers
were elected:
President, f. Fremont Reed; vice
president, G. H. Varney; secretary and
treasurer, X. A. Lennon.
These gentlemen are men of good
Judgment and good reputation, and
ought to be able to push the salt PROJECT
to a successful conclusion. They have
been consistent boosters for the associa-
ton from the beginning.
1t was decided to begin work at once
upon the construction of eight watts,
each 10x16 feet in size, to contain solu-
ton from the large sump that has been
excavated on the marsh to a depth of
about ten feet. This is in the nature
of a test to determine whether a perma-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-05-14

keep posted on mining conditions of tie
entire state of Nevada.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-05-14
ROUND MT. LEASERS ARE
MEETING WITH SUCCESS

labor in the shape of a bar of bullion
which soon finds its way to Carson
City where Uncle Sans men 40 the
rest.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-05-14

Wolfe Wyman and Raymond secured
very nice results from a bunch of
twenty-four and one-half tons Of screen
cd ore from their lease on the cas-. end
of Sunnyside Extension claim on the
Blue Jacket acreage. The ore averaged
s44.16, and a gold brick worth $10sl.s4
rewarded their efforts They are now
placing a within on the main shaft which
will expedite matters in hosting re.
The west drift on the 25 ltvel has
reached a point 140 west of the shaft
from which a fair quantity of ore IS
being regularly hoisted. Seventy-hve
feet of the main shaft another hole
has been sent down so feet. A two
inch strInger of $50 ore has been fol-
lowed in the west drift. This is a
PARALLEL vein and lies about 40 feet
south Of the main vein on which the
principal work has been done.
Messrs. Hoag, Gommo, Buchanan and
Mcknight made a cleanup of t~hirtv-slx
ounces of yellow metal from a run of
fifty. four and one-half tons of gravel
from the Blue jacket pay shoot. The
dirt averaged q little over So per ton,
which is not bad for a week work
with the pick, shovel and pan.