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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02
DEFINE %SQUATTER'S RIGHTS
ON FOREST RESERVES

saeretarv Wilson has lust issued IN order providing for a more liberal
treatment of bona fde souattesu po unsurveyed land which las been IN
eluded within national forests since the time of actual occupancy OF me fu
by the squatter.
title to unsurveyed public land, but occupancy pending survey is recognized
ass giving a prior claim % the land after survey, nde wnat Is Known as
suuattes'1r rights A squattr who had, in good faith, taken possession OF a
piece of national forest land before the national forests were created is lot
dispossesed of his claim by the forest service, n if he upon IL
culivates it until the land has been surveyed, hs is ahe to get ms home-
stead Just az though he had settled O any part OF tn unreserved puphc
domain. But snce the passage of the act of June II, 1906, which permits
the secretary IF agriculture to list for settlement lano which hi finds chiefly
valuabl for agriculture, it has been possible for squatters to apply fol- the
listing IF their lands under this act, and thus to obtain title PRIOR 10 me
government survey. The object of the new order of the secretary is to pro
receive if he exercised his option of awaiting the government survey,
claim is bona fe and the land is not more valuable for its timber than
for agriculture.
Secretary Wilson'S order is as follows:
ga person who has settled upon and continuously occupied unsurveyed
lands within a national forest before its creation and is at the present time
occupying such lands in good faith and is in all respects complying with thu
homestead law, has the right to include within the lines of his homestead 100
acres after the land is surveyed. Therefore, if the land is occupied for agrcu[
tural purposes and is lot more valuable for its timber than for such purposes,
and there are n 10 circumstances which would in the opinion O the district
forester tend to discredit the bona fdes of the claimant, he should be allow
ed to make application for the patentng of such lands under the vet of June
IL, 1906, and the examination for listing should be made with a vew OF list
ing 100 acres of land where possible. The traces so listed should conform SO
far as practicable to the form of the public land surveys The listing of
lands as above should not in any way govern the determination of the total
area or amount of o ncultivable land listed for applicants under the act
of June IL, 1906, who were not residing upon the land before the creation of
the forest.
''n cases. where less than 100 aces Of land has been listed to a person
who settled upon the land prior to the creation of the forest, a additional
area sufficient to complete the homestead entry may be allowed upon proper
application"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02
mining MAN FOUND
DEAD ON DESERT

f.. Clifford, mining man of Elgin,
Illinois, who was reported missing last
summer, persisted on the desert, accord
ing TO reports from Las Vegas. A man
named Andreas has found a human
skeleton on the desert, IL miles from a
point where Robert Martin some time
ago found a rifle, pack saddles and
other paraphernalia Identified as be
longing to Clifford.
Within a short distance of where the
skeleton was found Andreas came upon
the clothing of the missing man. In
the pockets were $40 in coin and a $50
bill, besides letters positively identify
ing the property as that Of the missing
Clifford.
Clifford left Needles last summer with
two pack hurros ON a prospecting trip
His failure TO return after six week,
absence led 10 a search, which resulted
m the finding Of the man 5 lat, but be
yond this no other trace of him was OBJ
tanned until the discovery of his para
rhernalia.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02
WORK PROGRESSING
ON NANCY DONALDSON

Work on the Nancy Donaldson is
showing up this property in excellent
shape, and there is a strong indication
that the famous lost ore shoot will soon
be picked up. The drifts and crosseuts
which have been run from the shaft
at the l25-foot level have shown that
the rhyolite ledge which runs through
the property for nearly a mile, is in
contact with an andesite dyke on both
the east and west sides. 1t has re
quired a great deal of work to deter
mine these facts, but the work of ex-
pioration has reached a state where the
development can be carried ON with
greater certainty of the result. A
crosscut was run to the east and the
vein followed for quite a distance. and
until its course and character were de-
termined. A erosscut Is now being run
from the bottom of the shaft 10 inter
eept the west andesite dyke. where
good values are looked for. This vein
at a depth of IS feet showed value of
from seven to ten dollars, and The
picture ore taken from near the sur
face is now believed to have been an
off shoot from the main west vein. The
work has now reached a point where
sensational news any day may be
looked for.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02
Especial Correspondence

AUSTIN. April 2.-Work has adj
'vaneed rapidly on the Golden Eagle
whore contractors have been running
"a tunnel to tap the southern extension
of the Jack Pot ledge. The ledge has
been cut and a drift run for thirty feet
70 the south. Some so feet more must
be made before they will be under the
workings done by leasers. The ledge
at the point where work is now being
prosecuted is four feet in width anil
carries fair values in silver.
The progress in the Wine in the
Hardy tunnel, another Austin Manhat-
tan property, is satisfactory, and the
metalliferous showing is very encourag-
ing. The ledge continues to be over
two feet in width and average assays
of the ore body indicates that the
break of the ledge will hold to between
$40 and $50 per ton.
/, Good progress is also made by the
contractors on the Mizpah and on the
Midnight claim at Midas Flat. The
Midnight is being opened up by a tun-
mel in which a small tense of ore has
already been broken which yields very
high values. This property adjoins
the Peerless lease which has produced
a good many tons of shipping ore dur
ing the past few months.
The team of the Austin Manhattan
company has made a trip to Battle
Mountain, returning with a load of
needed supplies which included half u
ton of castings needed in the repairs be
ing made on the big air compressor
Machinists are now busy finishing this
plant.
During the past week a gang of men
have been busy in the tunnel remov'
ing some two thousand feet of three
inch air pipe and replacing it with
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02
AJISTIN MINES BEING PUT
IN SPLENDID CONDITION

fo,r inch. The three inch was ihs"
"A =, a time when air was badly nee''
ed in the operations and before tne
livery of the four inch had been maui
whan this lob is finished the com
~pressor plant will be connected win
the Frost shaft by four inch pipe
throughout. =
As soon as the county road from here
10 Bridges is completed, it is planned
NV the Austin Manhattan company 10
mt on an eight-horse team and TWO
wagons to bring in mine timoers anu
distillate. At this time it will be pos
sible to resume work in sinking the
Frost shaft, an important work that
was interrupted by the floods and wash
outs.
Tn the blacksmith shops the men
have turned out a number of solid iron
buckets of ii cubic feet capacity to DC
used in the Jack Poe and in other
places.
During the past few days, the JacS
Pot has been shut down for the pur'
pose of putting in guides from the zoo
level to the surface. In the near III
ture. work of sinking the JACK fo'
shaft to deeper levels will be started
A sum will be made in the west cross
cut at the FOG level to collect all DARN
age at that point. A duplex pump Of
the latest pattern will be installed a.
this level to handle the water. INT
Jack Pot is a double compartment
shaft and the division between the tive
has been made alright which will CIV
excellent circulation in the mine; ont
of the compartments being connected
with the tunnel go feet from the SUI
face. At this mine a self dumpin!
arrangement has been installed at tn
surface so that the buckets will dunn
automatically into cars, reducing sur
face labor to a minimum of cost.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02

CARSON CITY, April 2.-That
Governor Dickerson of Nevada did right
when he refused to accept several hun
dred dollars worth of repudiated North
Carolina bonds, rendered him by repre-
sentatives of New York brokers, is the
%opinion of w. w. Kitchen, North Car
olina's present governor. Governor
Kitchen has written in response 10 d
telegram from Governor Dickerson 1or
information, to the effect that the
bonds in the first place are the lowest
of four classes; in the second place
they are absolutely worthless. lie Is
sure the people of Nevada will commend
the action that Dickerson has taken
Portions of the letter follow:
State of North Carolina, Ralaigh
March %, 1910.
To His Excellency, Denver ). Dleker
son. Governor of Nevada, Carson CITY
Nevada:
Dear Sir-I have just wired you al
per copy of telegram attached and mere
by confirm same.
This whole question has been SO re
Gently and extensively gone over tina
! conceive that l can not do bette
than to send you copies OF the CORE
spondence which took place between
former Governor Glenn, my predeces
sor in office, and the governors OF tn
states of New York and Michigan; to
eether with a statement made by mi
to the press when the matter was be
fore the Rhode Island legislature.
The state of Rhode Island followe'
New York and Michigan and repudi
ated the bonds when it was seen tina
it was an attempt of spectators t
urge the state to harrass another.
The action in Rhode Island wa
comparatively recent. Not only tn
governor but the senate then in ses
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02

property.
A %12-pound specimen of the ore tax
en- from the new find was on exhloitloh
at the First National Bank last Tues
day. The nugget as it might well
be called, attracted much attention
among the mining fraternity and was
viewed by many. In character the
specimen resembles the ores which have
been opened up on the upper levels,
only that it shows much more free gold,
being literally alive with the yellow
metal. The find is regarded as very I'm
portant and it is firmly believed the
shoot win prove a bonanza.
Manager Friedman of the Coalition
company stated hat fally 60 miners
were now at work for his company ana
that a vast amount of developments
work was being done.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02
IMPORTANT STRIKE
AT SEVEN TROUGHS

A strike of unusual Importance and
one which shows all the earmarks of
opening into one of the biggest ever
made in the Seven Troughs district
vas uncovered in the bottom of the
Kindergarten shaft at Seven Troughs
the early part of this week, says the
Lovelock Review.
Advices from the camp are to the
effect that the new find was made at
the 450-foot level and consists of an
enormous shoot of ''picture rock'' and
surpasses any yet discovered in this
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02

low values, with small spots of good
ere scattered through the quartz, but
the last 6 feet shows highly increased
values. A sample taken across that
distance returned $50 to the ton, with
the ore showing a constant improve
ment as the crosscut advances towards
the hanging wall. This is the biggest
vein of pay ore yet encountered in the
mine and promises to furnish an i'm
mense tonnage of good milling ore. Fur
Their developments will be watched with
increased interest, as, from present ap-
pearances, a most important find has
been made. The ore is partially oxi-
died, and shows considerable black
metal. Work at other points IN the
mine made the usual progress, but no
important change has taken place. Inc
ore shipments for the week consisted
of 100 tons to smelter.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02

Mountain Railroad company. the in
corporators propose to build a line,
some fourteen miles in length, from the
former point in this county TO Gold
Mountain, in Esmeralda county. The
capital stock is $150,O00, divided into
1900 shares of a value of 800 per
share.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02
W0I]LD FORCE WORTHLESS
R0NDS ONTO NEVADA
North Cardinals Governor says They are
Green Goods and Refused By Other
States as Gift" From Spectators

sion refused the gift of the bonds, ana
the governor denounced the holders
of the bonds in scathing terms.
The letter states that a legislative
committee Investigated recently and re-
ported on them, dividing them into
four classes. The bonds offered Ne.
vada are in the lowest class and are
stated to be of absolutely no value.
The letter %concludes:
Let me add that the state of North
Carolina keenly appreciates the posi-.
ton you have taken in the premises
and 1 believe your attitude will be
heartily commended by the people of
Nevada.
w. w. KITCHEN, Governor.
The clippings enclosed go completely
into the history of the North Carolina
bonds and the many attempts that have
been made to induce states to lend
themselves to the %unenviable role of
litigant for the use and benefit of the
bondholders.
On next Thursday the petition for a
writ of mandamus to compel the gov
ernor to adopt the repudiated bonds
will be heard in the supreme court at
Carson. Attorney Alling, represent
ing the governor, is confident that the
writ will be denied. In event that the
governor should be forced to accept
the bonds, there is still a remedy, the
repeal of the statute of 1901. which
| makes such a thing possible. Asked
recently if he would call a special SEES
sion of the legislature in event 1T be
came necessary to have the law re
pealed, the governor replied that he
did not think that the case would ever
reach that serious stage. He added
that it would cost $4,000 to cali a
special session, a burden which he felt
J the citizens of Nevada should not be
called upon to bear at this time.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02

FroT newspaper reports from Eureka,
this state, the closing of the Eureka
County bank, owned largely by Oscar
J. Smith, who was president, Minnie
ID. Smith, his wife, Bert l.. Smith, his
brother and w. f. Griffith his father
in.law. caused the greatest consterna-
ton among the people Of that com
munity and, being the only banking
institution there completely prostrated
business. This was owing to the fact,
a. the Eureka Sentinel says, that near
~ every man, woman and child In
Eureka was financially interested eth
er directly or indirectly. We doubt If
another community of the size of this
can be found in the state that has
been as seriously affected as has this
Ly the suspension of business by the
Eureka County bank. Not only peo-
pie of large means, but those who
possessed meager sums of money had
nearly every dollar they owned i'll this
hank. These include business men,
capitalists, widows, and even small
children.
The Community Strapped.
1.-The tying up of nearly all the avail
able money in this community has par
alyzed business here, and the people
stand around and wonder what the final
outcome will be. They do not discuss
the washouts on the +. q +. railway,
neither do they appear to care when the
Wells Fargo company will bring here
the three or four tons of express matter
consigned to Eureka that has been
lying at Palisade for the past month,
their minds being centered on the hnan-
eial disaster"
Receiver Asked For.
The attorney general of the state of
Nevada, at once filed a complaint in
the district court in Eureka, praying
for the appointment of a receiver for
the Eureka County bank upon the
grounds that this institution was in
solvent; that it's capital was impaired,
and that it's engaging in the banking
business was en%dangering the interests
of depositors.
The complaint alleged that the total
amount of the deposits aggregate the
sun of 1919. 1886. The total liabili.
ties, the sum of $4S6,S41.16, and the
total assets, $2S5, 9eS.73.
Worthless Assets.
The bank showed about 100000
cash on hand and due from their banks
and bankers, which would pay about
80 per cent of the deposits, And while
the cash reserve seemed high and suf-
~icient, the other assets of the bank
were almost worthless, being the un-
secured notes of the Smith family or
mining and cattle companies they con
trolled. The bank examiner levied on
the assets of the Eureka Live Stock
company for an Indebtedness of $751; 900,
covered, although the company was
largely in debt. Notwithstanding, the
bank examiner was so prompt in action
that the banks claim viii come in be
fore all others. Then other attach
ments came thick and fast, against
Minnie ID. Smith, Oscar !. Smith ct al,
both by the bank and Others.
The First National Bank of Elko
commenced a suit and attachment pro-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02

Look over the Office supplies at the
News ofice-supply store and see if there
are not many little labor and time raw
Ing appliances that you are no, IN
need Of.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02
Professional and Business Cards
DETCH 4 CARNEY
ATTORNEYS
AND

AMI La
Counse in Southern Nevada for the South Da-
kota Corporation Charter Company. Compan-
les organized nnder the laws of South Dakota.
MILTON N. DKrcH Main Street
P. +. CARNEY Golddeld, Nevada
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02

Articles of Incorporation have been
filed with the county clerk of Nye
county for the Bonnie Clare and Gold
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02

ceedings in the district court al Elko
against Oscar J. Smith TO recover s21,-
600 the Elko bank had loaned him.
Double Dealings.
The Eureka County bank had " ITS
vaults stock of the Elko National bank,
whose par value was $4,000. Whiie
This stock was in the name of Oscar
j. Smith, il was always included In the
assets of the Eureka bank. But 1t APP
pears that Oscar j. Smith borrowed a
large sun of money from the Elko bank
on the statement that he personally
owned the stock, and an attempt was
made by the Elko National bank to
attach this stock fer Smith indebted
ness. The banking commission will re-
sist this suit, claiming tnat the stock
in question was an asset of the Eureka
bank. This circumstance will I'M
doubtedly lead to criminal action
against Smith, either by the Elko or
the Eureka bank, according to which
enc loses the attachment suit.
Grand Jury Summoned.
Judge Peter l.. Breen summoned the
grand jury Immediately after a re-
ceiyer was asked for. In asking Tor his
reasons for summoning the grano jury,
Judge Breen replied that information
had reached him semi-oficiaily which
he considered amply sufficient to de-
mand investigation at the hands OF a
grand iurv. That the sudden closing
of the doors of our local bank, an in
stitution yhich, up to a few days ago
was regarded as one of the most solvent
in the state, coupled with rumors OF
wrong doing, made i. his duty to set the
machinery of the law in operation to
the end of obtaining the facts, and act
ing on them when found. That his in.
struetions to the jury will be to chew
20 the line, LET the chips fall where they
may
Smiths Prominent.
Oscar J.. Smith and his brother, Bert
{. Smith. are two of the best known
men in Nevada. They are old-timers
and have, for many years been reputed
to be wealthy. They had banks at Eu-
reka. Rhyolite and Manhattan, the
Rhyolite bank being a national bank.
They were prominent in all business
and lodge matters of the state and
socially had the entire to all circles.
They were equally wellknown in al
most every town in Nevada.
Not a great while ago, Oscar }.
Smith married the daughter of w. L.
Griffin. MIR. Griffin was reputed to be
one of the wealthiest men in Eureka
county, and Mrs. Smith when she was
married, was wealthy in her own right.
Their money has been used by the
Smiths, presumably, in his various min
ing and cattle and other business ven
lures.
Although engaged in banking in three
different places and with their banks
in a precarious condition, the Smiths
apparently gave little personal atten-
ton to their banking interests, only
recently Oscar j.. Smith opening up a
law Office in Reno. Their attention will
be held for some time 20 come. now,
however, as criminal as well as civil
suits will doubtless be brought against
them, the criminal suits by both the
state and national bank examiners.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02

OLD PAPERS FOR SALE at the
News-Cheap.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02

fOh SALE Mining and scien'in.
books. Mine Examiner anu
Prospector's Companion; Mh'
Investors Guide; Secretary :
Manual, and Origin of Ore W
posits; all at The News Office
ALL kinds of state and mining diSs''s'
maps. Maps showing r0sa1
trails, water and camps, for W.
at The News.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-04-02
OSCAR ]. SMITH FACES
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
Eureka Banks Affairs in a De~plOrable
Condition and Banks Collapse Nearly
Breaks the Community

eeedings in the district court al tiko
against Oscar j. Smith to recover w.
600 the Elko bank had loaned him.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-01
SUTRO DENIES HE
BROKE AGREEMENT
Was Willing to Sell His Interest
in Fathers Estate for
$l25,00O

The determination of who won when
Edgar Emanuel Sutro and John G..
Hughes gambled on the supreme court
decision relative to the will of Adolph
'Sutro was advanced a stage yesterday,
when Edgar Sutro, Henrietta l.. b.
Sutro and Emma l.. Merritt filed an
swer to the suit for s150.Oo0 damages
instituted by Hughes through the Occl-
dental finance corporation.
In March of last year while the su-
preme court had under submission the
case involving the validity of the trust
in favor of the city created by Adolph
Sutro. an option was given to Hughes
by Adolph Sutro for the purchase of
estate for $125,000. The option was to
be exercised by Hughes within so days
after the rendition of the courts de-
cision. If the trust had been sustained
by the court Adolph Sutro's bargain
would have been good one, but as the
trust was broken much valuable realty
was thrown into the estate, maxim g
Sutro's one-siXth interest worth prob
ably greatly in excess of $125,000.
In its complaint the Occidental
finance corporation asserted that Sep
tember "a, 1909, $125,O00 was rendered
Sutro and he was asked to turn over
the deeds and titles to all his interest
in the estate. Sutro asserts that he
was quite willing to abide by his bar
gain, and on the day mentioned de-
manded from the agents of Hughes
that they make to him the payment
stipulated. but they refused to do so.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-01
MRS. HARRY YOUNG
DIVORCESCLUBMAN
Attorney Fails to Defend Suit.
Being Charged With WiIIfui
Desertion
fSeeeiai DisD0teH 10 The. coi1


SANTA BARBARA April 3O.--In. the
superior court behind. closed doors yes
terday Judge $. e. CROW heard the tes-
timony in the: divorce !: proceedings
brought by Margaret Louise: Young
against. Harry :somer;s. young. attorney
and eiubnlap Of san Francisco, and
-sranted* the wife. an fnterlocutory de-
cree. p. ~ -: x
Mrs Young. is. the =. only child Of
former Mayor Frank N :whitnex of
This city and is prominent in social cir
cies IN both cities. 3: The marriage here
about -four. years ago was. one. of. the
1alemoca b lie events of local society ::
Mrs Young I.et7lrned..to ;her< parents'
home. tN1o years ago. and< there were
rumors then shat She: w@7ild not resume
the -conpsnioRship Of her husband. In
the coInplai at She charsed wiFlf,il de-
.serTion. and the deeree-. signed today
dnds that the ALLEGATIONS are. subsfan-
Hated by the. EVIDENCE: Young ddd.n6t
appear in the: case. -.
- The wife giTen- custody. Of the little
son. Edward whitney .YoiIls-~ and is
allowed SIS q month for the Support of
the eaild There was. To-:request.. for
Rnllony: When. th6..boy. reaches 7 Years
OF age the father. may. have .hirll for a
week during each winter vacation and
1o1 three weeks: during each summer
Vacation. 90 e: - ::