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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-13
LECTURES OF NEVADA
AT THE LAND SHOW

In the Union-Southern Pacific lee
ture room at the Chicago land
show, which closed Saturday eve
ming, December 8, there has been
delivered SOC lectures, attended by
10000 people. Thirty different
lecturers gave Commute talks ac-
companied by illustrated slides and
moving pictures. There were 10
different lectures given on Nevada,
which were listened to with great
interest and caused a great demand
/ for literature.
That the state will be benefited
| by this action of the Southern Pa
cific company there can be no
doubt. 1t is surely an object les
son, that that company could al
ford to carry exhibits free and
also pay over 100000 in cash for
space at this show.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-13
GANG
MAN MEETS
JUST FATE
GEO. O'NEILL OF NOTORIOUS
BOX CAR LOOTING CREW
Is SHOT.

RENO, New, Dec. l3.-Ancther
of the so-called Elkins gang" met
a fate in keeping with his life
Sunday morning, it was learned
yesterday. when the robber killed
by c. + Weber a saloon man
in san Francisco during an at
tempted holdup, was identified as
George o'Neill, recently released
after serving term for escape
in Esmeralda county.
O'Neill was arrested for one of
series of box car burglaries which
had aroused the police officials. He
was arrested with several compan-
ions in barn where they were
surprised in sleep, and search re-
goods of many kinds concealed in
the barn. Further search by the
officials led the trail to a farm
house conducted by the Elkins
brothers and much goods of sim
liar kind was found concealed
there This led to the prcsecu-
ton also of the Elkins brothers
and the conviction and fining of
them after a sensational trial.
O'Neill, after being held in the
city Jail for some time, was re-
leased for failure of direct evidence
to connect him with the crimes.
He was later arrested in Esmeralda
county, broke Jail and was finally
sentenced to Carson. He was re-
leased August %, 1910, on the ex-
piration of his term, which began
March 22, 1908.
O'Neill was given credit for be
ing a desperate criminal and he
with ether members of the gang
were credited with being members
of the gang which terrorized Reno
several years ago by a series Of
safe blowings and hold-ups. For
a time hardly a week passed that
there was not daring hold-up.
Gamblers behind the roulette wheel
were stuck up and the bar
rolls confiscated; safes were blown
open and their contents strewn on
the floors. In one hold-up al
the Jargsdorf the crowd was stood
along the wall and after the rob
bers left, a shot was fired through
the swinging doors and an unfor-
tunate man named George Brown
Il fell dead.
Little was dine with the gang
until the Elkins brothers were pros
ecuted. The railroad complained
continually Of burglarized cars
Boxes of shoes and other goods
were removed by wholesale. But
/ ter infirkins, ham and bacon il
ter in firkins, ham and bacon II
/ the Elkins case the gang was dis
Il persed.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-13
old AUSTINITE
COMMITS SUICIDE

Marcel Dupuy, longtime resi-
dent of Austin committed suicide
last Tuesday morning by taking
strychnine. He was aged 81 years
and had been strangely unfortunate
for Is or 20 years. In an accident
while hauling wood in the noun
tains several years ago his legs
were crushed and both had to be
amputated. He had afterward to
undergo other operations, five in
ALL which would have made help
less cripple of a less determined
man.
In spite of his condition and his
sufferings he persisted in busy
life and sustained himself much
better than many who have no
handicap. He was true to friend
and uncompromising to an enemy.
He never sought trouble but would
fight to the limit against imposition.
He was found Tuesday morning
in his store by Louis Lees and John
King. He had taken the poison
at O'Clock that morning and was
in great agony until he died at
10 o'clock. Medical assistance was
without avail.
He was buried in the local ceme-
terry Wednesday afternoon Austin
Reveillc.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-13
BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
YOUR OWN TOWN

Show every stranger you are hap
oy and contented, as indeed you
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-13
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that l.,
the undersigned owner CT an undi-
vided half interest in the Lulu
mining claims, ! to 10 inclusive,
known as "The Tonopah East End
Dav> lopment Co.." will not be re-
sponsible for any Indebtedness in
Cured or contracted on the fore
said claims.
ERNES & BOYENs,
Tonopah, Nevada.
12-5-e.o.d st
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-13
MASKED MEN TACKLE
A PHOENIX BARTENDER

PHOENIX, Dec. 1.-TWO un-
identified masked men entered the
Olson saloon in the suburg last
night. One leveled a gun at Bar
keeper Woods, who started to
fight, when the other repealed the
assault with piece of gas pipe,
after which he robbed the cash
drawer of $50 and escaped while
Woods was giving the alarm.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-13

ledge, he said, I'VE war
a-playin' of seven-up. seven pints t
tn game. two-bits on the corner.
had bin losin' all day, jedge,
an | had up my last two-bits.
dole the kyards. He war two an
war six. He begged an l give
him one He fang his queen an
II played my trey fur low He fang
his king an l played my ten. lie
fang his ace an l played my
jack and then, jedge, then he fang
his deuce, an | hit him.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-13

week the prospects are that the
gambling cases will be with us
the rest of the year The attor-
neys are silent and watchful of the
interests of their respective sides
and are quick to take advantage
of any point that may result in
an advantage to their side. The
trial of johnson and Torager prom
ises to be full Of interesting tits
between opposing counsel.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-13
THE TRUMP CARD.

Two neighbors in a Missouri viii
lage were arrested for fighting and
brought into court The judge
asked the assailant to tell his story.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-13
PRESBYTERIAN LADIES'
AID GIVE BAZAAIl

The bazaar will be held in the
building three doors north of the
postoflice. Fancy work of all kinds
for sale Lunch from noon until
evening. Thursday, December 18th.
ct
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-13
WILL BE A LONG ONE.

From the way the trial of the
first gambling case started out this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
TURTLE DOVES.

Lots of good-natured chatting has
been directed at Professor Dyche, the
state fish and game warden, as well
as some that has been decidedly i'll
tempered and uncalled for, because of
his classification of the turtle dove as
a game bird. Whether or not such a
ruling is technically correct. one thing
is certain. Professor Dyche is right in
his insistence that turtle doves should
be protected from ruthless slaughter
at the hands of alleged sportsmen. They
are the best friends in the bird kingdom
that the farmer has.
At the present time the National
Audubon society is waging a vigorous
campaign for the protection of turtle
doves. And in this campaign it is
backed by almost every agricultural
organization of any note in the country.
This protection is deemed desirable for
the very good reason that a turtle dove
will destroy thousands of weed seeds at
one meal That each dove of this va
riety can destroy more weeds in a day
than the most vigorous farm hand
equipped with a hoe has been demon
strated to farmers in various sections
of the country BY Investigations OF the
governments biological survey. In the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
orr UNSUITABLE CURIOSITY.

| Making free with coronetS and fin
| gerire IF robes of state is a practice
that has persisted down to our own
day, though the disposition which
Drononts il may have altered somewhat
with the years, writes HoIbrook White
| in the September Atlantic. Apparent
| " it is not now q spirit of mockery,
still less is it a high scorn, that urges
| It is, for the most part, curiosity. we
are anxious to know whether the cor
onet is copper, whether the velvet Is
cotton. if the fur is moth eaten. That
is to say, If the crown is copper,
and the velvet is cotton, we want to
know it. There is no end to this Gu
riosity of ours. It is leading up up
and down and round about the wide
world, noting, listing, catalogulng.
The highways, from end to end, are
known and read of all men; the by
ways now must deliver up their Sc
crets. Not a hamlet, safely hidden
away hitherto from all inquisitive
travellers save the swallows, but is in
dexed in some county guidebook. Not
far hiIlock that crouches unseen.
Little streams so remote that only
the kingfisher's wing has brushed
them, woodland ways dear only to the
rabbits, are drawn in all their wind
ings on prosaic maps. Glens and
grassy dingles where the fairies once
danced unmolested-the trail of the
surveyors tape-line is over them all.
Mountains at which we used to gaze
from afar with a wholesome awe
have become familiar ground to un-
concerned climbers. No longer is the
ocean horizon haunted by shadowy
islands, retreating homes Of the fancy. |
Like that Aprositus. sought of ancient
mariners, they are lost to sight; they
have burst like the South Sea Bubble |
The seas are charted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
QUAKER AfEDITATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record

CFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Beggars shouldn't be boozers.
The chronic borrower is always look
ing for an encore.
It's the love Of other peoples money
that IS the root of all evil
The worst thing about an obstacle
is, that it is always in the way
Few people are too lazy to work on
the sympathy of their friends.
A man can always save himself a
lot of trouble by not looking for any.
Many a man carries things with a
high hand who never played poker in
his life.
The things that make life worth liv-
ing are generally the things other peo-
PIE have.
Many a girl has married rich bach
elor only to discover that he is q poor
husband
The fellow who turns up his nose
should remember that some day he will
turn up his toes.
AT last I have discovered why we
didn't sell more of those bathing SUITS
remarked the head Of the department
why it is?'' asked the proprietor. Z
overheard one of the salesladie EN-
phasizing the fact that they wouldn't
shrink" was the reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

lstomachs Of three doves. %, 100 seeds OF
lhawkweed, foxtai1, wood-sorrel. pas
Fpalunls and other damaging growtlls
were discovered. They had been pluck
ed from the fields as one meal by the
doves Every day in the year the doves
take 81 per cent Of their food in weed
seeds from the farms. Quite portion
OF the $500O00,0o0 that the farmers OF the
United States pay each year for labor
might be saved. so it is argued, by the
natural increase of the dove weed
killers
Is 1t any wonder then that the farm
ers' organizations are backing the
National Audubon society in its cam
paign for the protection of these birds?
And why they should be shot is a mys-
terry unless it is merely to crafty the
brute passions of men who want to
kill something. To be sure the flesh
or turtle doves is eatabls and padata-
bic. It is considered q delicacy in some
places. But there is scarcely a mouth
ful Of meat on one dove. and the both
er of preparing a mess of them for a
meal is more than such a meal is
worth There can be no sport in con-
nection with their killing, for when not
feeding, they sit percheo around in
~o-A'A'A~~1AS pA1GGSs anu d man Win d
gun can get almost close enough to
one to put salt on it's tail.
There should be a closed season on
killing turtle doves. And if there must
be an open season for their slaughter
it should be made exceedingly short 1t
should be encouraging to Kansans gen
orally that Professor Dyche has taken
the stand he has in this matter. If
his classification of the dove as
game bird is overruled by the courts, |
there ought to be no trouble In get
ting the necessary legislation at the |
next session of the legislature which |
will provide adequately for their pro-
lection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
GLoRE sIGITTs.
TFrom the Atchison Globe. ]

Iron the Atchison Globe.l
When a man takes care of the
house plants, it may be because he
likes them, or because he IS hem
pecked.'
! One trouble with the watch dog as
burglar alarm is its disposition to
put on a continuous performance.
A good deal of the Great Unrest
exists in the minds of a few who are
trying to start something like that.
An American girl not only has to
marry a nobleman to get a title. but
she has to live with him to keep Il.
An important difference between a
fight and an argument is that fight
er can usually tell when he is whip
ped.
You may have observed that the IL
Illustrated railroad folder doesn't get
enough cinders in its pictures.
While it is difficult to get something
for nothing. there continues to be
pretty fair market for oratory-
Still, the fact that he doesn't cult
vate your acquaintance. doesn't prove
that the other fellow is a snob-
Paris is a gay city. and much OF its
hilarity is supposed to result from
American efforts to talk French.
Italians are a musical people. but
we have never seen one of them who
could teach a trained bear to sing.
People kick on practical jolSers. and
Lney really Hnouiu eHlpAVy n NuuAe 10
do their kicking on such occasions.
It is also a fact that man can be
pretty ornery without smoking cigar
cites or drinking absinthe or red ink
Aside from the one who wears Il, a
fraternity pin attracts about as little
as anything we can think Of.
Automobiles are improved to such
an extent that pedestrians no longer
have much fun watching them break
down.
It is reported the cranberry crop
will be larger than usual this fall. but
there will still be good deal 20 be
thankful for.
If your trade IS dull on a day when
many people are In town, perhaps
there IS something wrong with you.
instead Of the people.
Germans are great soldiers, and II
Is surprising they have never started
a fight against the kind OF hats that
go with their uniforms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
dR EElEZ
ESlS28 81

That man proposes" is a dead one;
over 7s990 women have proposed to
Hetty Green's bank-rou within the
past two weeks.
Further discussion of round num-
bers-" The Hearst papers have II
that 10000 preachers are after Hon.
Iafts scalp. Last week we considered
nm a selling platter; now we viii back
him against the field.
Large figures being in order: You
may have observed that Hon. Taft will
once more swing around the circle, and
Dy route maps gather that Il is a large
circle. But no reasonable person would
expect one of his size to swing around
in small circle, with no protecting
rail.
Stolypin is shot; it's worthy OF news
paper space under the head OF ''un-
usual" The normal condition OF a
vodka-drinker is only half shot.
A Kansas man carried a IS bill 80
years and then blew II in mining
stock. This seems to be a prevailing
fault with Kansas capitalists,-they are
ton.
WANTED: A report OF some family
shooting scrape wherein one or all OF
of Kansas"
At a San Francisco dog funeral.
100000 worth Of mourners followed.
Your first guess is correct,-they were
blooded dogs.
The value Of n dog, however, is in the
opinion of this department. a matter
of personal opinion. We have owned
several 30-cent dogs that could not
have been purchased for a thousand
dollars each.
One-or several may dance without
paying the fiddler, but SOMEBODY
gets a bin from the orchestra leader in
time. Our pet politicians had a Good
Time with the sugar trust a few
months ago. The politicians gained by
it. and the sugar trust didn't lose any
thing. Get a pencil and hat full OF
paper. a grocery bill and a current
newspaper and see II you can locate
the Fall Guy.
Did you go out and make a fool OF
yourself last night?
So did we, so did we.
Hep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the chleago News ]


Girls look upon young widows as
brdzen things.
But Easy street is not the thorough
fare to success.
AS a rule quickly made friendships
soon spring a leak.
Every rose has its thorn, but not ev-
cry thorn has it's rose.
Most people are too polite to tell you
what they really think of you.
It's surprising how much interest a
loafer can generate in a dog fight
AS people get older they can have
good time without making a fuss
about it.
Women are not necessarily mathe-
uaticians because they attempt to
make their own figures count.
When a ricn man is seriously i'll he
can look around and see a lot OF peo-
pie waiting to put on his old shoes.
Many a man thinks he Is marryfnr q
s elf-mace woman only to discover later
that her dressmsker is the guilty part,,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

They sleep beneath the daisied sod,
And over them we streW
W hite lilies with their hearts of gold
And roses bright with dew.
They sleep beside their rusty swords,
The blue coats and the gray,
TIL Gabriel blows the reveiile
= Upon the Judgment Day.
They live within the nations heart,
Each gallant soldier-son
Who fought with Lee. the losing fight
Or marched with Grant and won.
They live in every silver star
That glftters in the flag.
From old Nantucket's light to cold
Alaska's farthest crag.
For. To- the dust OF Dixie's dead
And stern New England's slain
Have filled the cracks in Freedoms wall
And made it sound again;
And every drop of blood they shed
Before the canno's mouth
Clements the ties of brotherhood
Uniting North and South.
-Minna Irving, in Leslie's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
HUMOR or THE Day

Belshazzar saw the writing on the wall
It means your wife will be home on the
9:22, and you had better begin to wash up
all the Dishes" advised the interpreter.
Herewith a distinct gloom was cast over
the banquet.-Chicago Tribune.
She-He says he loves me, yet he has
known me only two days. Her friend
Well. perhaps that's the reason, dear
RoseleAf.
Cashier-You must get some one to iden-
tify you before 1 can cash this check.
Have you any friends In this town.
Stranger (sadly)-Not one. am the tax
collector.-Toledo Blade.
Bilton-Say, old man. VIII you lend mo
a tenner2 Tilton-Sure. Here tbs. Billion
enthusiastically gratefuD-My dear boy.
can never repay you this kindnessi-
Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
AN OLIVER OPTIC HERO.

The wreck of the steamship Lexing-
ton developed an oliver Optic hero in
real life in the boy of 16 who climbed
the rigging of the doomed vessel to
flash the wireless call for help. The
storm having dismantled the ships
wireless equipment, the daring lad
clarnbered up the mast, adjusted his
instruments, and from his per1lous
perch summoned the revenue cutter
Yamacraw to the rescue OF the 90 pas
sengers and crew.
This was a deed of boyish bravery
and. resourcefulness worthy of the best
Juvenile fiction. Apart from its TO
mantle side, it is interesting as
showing the great extension in the use
at sea of wireless teIegraphy, and as
affording new proof of the character
of the operators. Has single one OF
them f1inched in the many emergencies
in which they have won a rare distinc-
ton for devotion to duty?
Sciences new toy of yesterday has
now become indispensable to navlga-
ton. BY its means spirits can literally
be called from the Vastly deep to the
rescue of shfpwrecked passengers, and
it has virtually removed the worst risk
of sea travel The extent 70 which
boys have taken to the new vocation
1T has created has been remarked The
wireless was the invention of youth
Just passed boyhood and boys are cred
tied with experiments that have con-
tributed to its developne nt.-New
York World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
JAYHAWKER OTS

The Mcpherson Republican has dis
covered that the menu never changes
as much as the cook books indicate il
| might.
Uncle 81, of the Ottawa Republic. has
| arrived at the conclusion that "a Teller
don't have to be bigamist to have
one wife too many"
A political observation in the Phillips
County Post: The man who feeds at
| the public crib and is afraid to do his
| laborer not worthy of his hire.
The Hardtner Press is one of the
new weekly papers in Kansas A. o.
Leamon is the editor and proprietor.
For motto for his paper he uses:
In God we trust, all else Cash.
A new political joke in Wichita
which the Eagle says comes fresh from
the City Hall: Why is a certain Off
ciars policy like a feather bed? Be
cause som ebody has to make it up for
him every morning
Paintings stolen from Roman place
last July have been recovered, notes
the Ottawa Republic and it adds, so
there is yet hope for Mona Lisa. Give
the lady time to fix her hair and
powder her nose, and she will present
" reappear.
Boys don't dislike school as much as
many people say they do, insists the
Newton Kansan-Repub ltcan, and it
continues: They have a good time in
school: in fact they have too much fun
for their future welfare. A little more
discipline in the schools of this coun-
try would result in better men.
So much for advertising, says the
Atchison Globe: An Atchison man who
was in Boston last week met an in
dividuaI who could think of only three
towns in Kansas, Atchison, because of
the Atchison, Topeka & anita Fee rail-
road; Topeka, because 1t is the state
s%19 EI1ynvaTE0lI haH2ITC1
a woman mayor.
One of Wichita's able cats IS told
about by the Wichita Eagle as follows:
Every evening, on Douglas avenue,
near the Boston store, cat appears
and catches bugs. The cat attracts a
into the air after the large beetles,
the firef1ies and the insects with aero
plane wings and seldom fails to catch
one of them.
AS the Fowler Gazette has figured
it out: 1t is claimed that a divorce suit
caused the Trojan war. Many a divorce
suit is caused by little domestic
skirmish that didn't amount to any
thing at the time, but after while cut
quite figure. You see it is possible
for little difference between two peo-
pie to throw whole nation into war.
Moral: Don't scrap with your wife IL
you expect to save the nation.
Under a headline "F'avorite Fall Fic-
tion" the Fmporia Gazette prints a few
notes as follows: Emporia will have
another high school building for the
opening of the next school year.
There are more pretty girls at the
Normal this year than ever before.
Prospects for a winning foot |
ball team at the college never were
brighter. Editors Note-The |
preceding cluster is kept standing in |
type from year to year, and published |
annually during the first week Of Sep |
TENDER.