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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-08-12
ENTERS NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE
SALE OF EXTENSIVE PROPERTY
IN KEYSTONE MINING DISTRIC

J. A. Hillyer. the veteran prospect
or and mining man Of the Hot Creek
region, who has been spending the
last week in Tonopah, reports that
he has entered into negotiations for
the sale of his valuable property,
During the last week. +. A. Ed
wards, Los Angeles mining engl-
neer. spent several days inspecting
the property and reported that the
assertions of Mr.. Hillyer had been
found true in every detail with re-
spect to the quantity and quality OF
the ore exposed. together with the
appearance Of the district
on his return to Los Angeles MT,
Edwards furnished the following
article for the Los Angeles Mining
Review which appeared in a recent
issue The story appears under
the caption of keystone, Nevada,
and is as follows:
This is one of the many old min
ing camps of Nevada that was dis
covered in the days Of the Com
stock boom, over 40 years ago when
there were no railroads in Nevada
and the only ones on the Pacific
coast were from San Francisco to
San Jose and from Sacramento TO Fol
SOM The high cost of Transports
tion made it impossible to work or
ship any ores that went less than
800 to the ton, so leaving thou
sands of tons of ore on the dump
that would go better than $50 TO
the ton, the miners left in the mad
rush for White Pine, Austin and Eu
rekt that occurred at that time and
the mines of this camp with a few
exceptions, were deserted and have
remained unworked to this day.
Keystone Peak, from which this
camp is named, is an isolated peal
in the Hot Greek range. II is n
miles northeast of Tonopah and 81
miles southwest of Eureka. The ele
walton of Keystone is about 500
feet, while the peak is several hun
dred feet higher, and as the side
are very abrupt 1t makes an idea
tunnel proposition. There are
number of lodges running through
the mountain. These lodges are o
the quartz class. from two to ST
feet wide and carry values prime
pally silver of 500 to 5000 per tor
which is susceptible to concentrate
up to 80 per cent There is on
ledge traceable for 5000 feet tina
is of the chloride type, This shout
be smelted without concentration o
else treated with cyanide.
Keystone is the center of yer
rich mining district. Four miles mort
is the Dominion mine, from whic
half million has been taken, an
four miles south is the Typo, fror
which $7,000,000 have been takei
while adjoining the keystone on tn
northeast is the Hot Creek Consol
dated. which is working a number {
men and has large quantities of OF
on the dump awaiting the coming
the railroad or the building of
smelter, either of which will max
this the liveliest camp in Nevad
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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-08-12

Twenty miles north OF here is Mo
rev mountain. which will make
the subject of my next letter, as in
one respect it is the most romantic
spot in the state.
Between Keystone and Morey
mountains. and southeasterly for
over 20 miles, is the Hot Greek val
lev OF thousands of acres pronounced
BY u. S. expert to be the richest
land in the state and water within
10 TO 40 feet of the surface, yet not
human being living on it excepting
at the head of the valley, where Is
the Hot Creek ranch, said to be the
fines fruit rancho in the state. Here
is twostory stone residence of the
city style of architecture which must
have cost at least 10000 It was
built and is occupied by Mrs. j. A.
Williams and as it is on the auto
mobile road from Salt Lake to Tono
pah it is very convenient and
pleasant place for tourists to stop at
Los Angeles parties are now negoti
ating for the Keystone mine Will
the intention of at once putting il
| a smelling or concentrating plan
and when this is done it will no
only put new life into the camp ant
start a boom, but it will be a bis
incentive to the building and earl!
completion OF the railroad.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-08-12
cUMMiNS WOULD LIMIT
THE PRESIDENTIAL TERM

WASHINGTON. August 70. Sen.
ator Cummins insisted today on the
consideration of his resolution
amending by legislation and fixing
the presidential terms to four years
and limiting it to one term. He de.
clared he would demand senate
vote on the measure before adjourn.
ment.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-08-12
FRED RITTER REPORTED
IN A SERIOUS CONDITION

Fred Ritter. who returned to Tono
pah last week from the coast, is re
ported quite i'll at his home on Erie
Main street Mr.. Ritter departed for
the coast about a month ago but
failed to improve and was hurried
back to this city He is now re
ported in precarious condition, suf
fering from cancer of the stomach
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-08-12
KILLS WOMAN AND
THEN TAKES OWN LIFE

SAN FRANCISCO. August l2-
Nicholas sepotinos, grocer, shot
and fatally wounded Mrs. Mary Me.
Andrew the wife OF street car
conductor, In the rear OF his gro.
Gerry today and then killed himself
The motive is unknown.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-08-12

The best OF music viii be ON
hand for the Musicians dance Al
the Miners Exchange hall Monday
Night. Everybody invited al0t9
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-03
ST|CK-UP artists
At WORK IN N|N0T

Beaudry was relieved of $50 while La
Flame lost $780, a new $40 railroad
watch which was torn from the chain
and a suit of underwear which he
held under his arms and which she had
just bought for $500. Two girls were
seen coming along and the highWya-
men addressed their victims, saying:
Run, you --, rum" Beaudry lost
no time in getting away but LaF'lame
did not like to lose those new under
clothes. Cant you give me back that
suit Of underclothes?" he said, and just
as one of the hold-up men turned to
run, he threw the bundle at LaFlame
with an oath.
LaFlame went at once to the Hodgins
barn and telephoned to the police, who
were On the scene five minutes after
the robbery happened. Ten men were
placed under arrest that night, but the
victims could not identify the guilty
fellows.
This is the third time that LaFlame
has been held up.
Jack Martin, who claims to have had
a roll Of $239 in his pocket, was wit
ness to the entire procedure, but did
not care to get into the game, so kept
we'll in the back ground.
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COAL HAS been .....
SCARCE IN N|NOT
NOT A POUND OF Ignite FOR
SALE FOR SEVERAL HOURS
TUEsDAY-MiNERS ARE SCARCE
-sITUATiON MAY BE BETTER.

For several hours Tuesday there was
mt a pound of Ignite coal for sale in
the city, but later in the day several
cars arrived, and the stock was soon
exhausted. The citizens of Minot are
living from hand to mouth as far as
fuel is concerned and there is little re-
lief in sight. Miners cannot be secur-
ed in sufficient numbers to get the
coal out fast enough g. ,ts ever in
creasing demand Perhaps, after har-
vest, there will be plenty Of miners,
but just now the dealers are doing the
coal out to the customers in small
dribs, trying to make it go round. Far
mers who intended to haul back coal
after delivering grain have been dis
appointed often, and many will have to
visit the mines later.
The hard coal situation remains un-
changed except that practically the en-
tire local supply has been exhausted
and the dealers cannot promise defi-
'nitely that AN 1other pound will be
shipped west. The great coal bins at
Duluth and the Twin Cities are empty
and very likely no more anthracite coal
will come west. Quite a number in
Minot were fortunate in filling their
bins, but many will have to burn lig-
mite or Hooking Valley coal. Lign1te
is selling at $3.50 ton, an advance of
about IS cents over last year, due to
the increase in miners wages.
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L'FLAME AND JOS. BEAU
DRY COMPELLED TO HOLD UP
THEIR HANDS WHILE THEY
LOSE MONEY AND VALUABLES.

Frank p. L'Flame, a Great Northern
railway conductor and JOS A. Beau
dry, linotype man at the Minot Optic,
were held UP by two masked men at
10 o'clock Monday night near the Hod-
gins Transfer barn on North Belyea
avenue
AS LaFlame was walking 1eisurely
along the street, two men stepped out
from a point fifty feet west of the
Hodgins barn and one held a revolver
close to his face. LaF'lame was COM
manded to throw up his hands, which
he did. He was then marched to
water wagon near by and ordered to
hold his hands on top of the tank.
About this time Jos. Beaudry came
along and he was covered with the gun
and ordered to throw up his hands al
so. This he did, and he was soon lined
up along the water tank beside La
Flame. One Of the stick-up artists
searched the men while the other held
the gun in readiness to do business.
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CANDIDATES
Cannot HELP
With funds
GEN'L. HOLDS THAT
CANDIDATES CANNOT CON.
TRIBUTE TO CAMPAIGN.

Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 2-No man who
Is a candidate for office or elected to
office can contribute to his campaign
fund, and if he does he is subject to
fine and Imprisonment and expulsion
from office. Such is the substance of
the opinion handed down by the at
torney general late this afternoon, re-
garding that part Of the corrupt prac-
tice act touching on campaign contri-
buttons. Just what will be done by
the central committee to obtain funds
remains to be seen. The question has
been put to the attorney general by a
number Of candidates, who have been
asked to contribute the usual amount
to expenses for carrying On a general
campaign in the state In closing his
answer to inquiries Of candidates. Mr..
Miller says.
I'm my opinion the provision Of the
section so clearly and unqualifiedly
prohibits any candidate or elected
person from making any such pay
ment, that there is no room for any
other view.i Section 13 makes one
violating this section guilty of corrupt
practices, and section 10 provides that
if any person is guilty of corrupt prac-
tees, he should be punished by being
deprived of office to which he is elect
ed, and under section 81 the punish
ment for violation Of this act is i'm
prisonment for not more than six
months, or a fine of one thousand dol
lars, or both The entire act is most
radical and sweeping, and you are ad-
vised that a contribution such as you
contemplate is in direct violation Of
that law, and if prosecuted therefor,
you would be subject to the penalty
above mentioned.'
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-03
CLFNBURN MAN
DIES Of INJURIES
HORSE DRIVEN BY PAT M'CARE
SHE'D AT AUTOMOBlLE-FA
THROWN OUT.

j. A. Fable sustained several broken
ribs and was otherwise badly bruised
yesterday afternoon when he was
thrown from a rig in which he was
driving, in company with Pat McCabe.
While crossing the 500 tracks a few
minutes after six o'clock, McCabe and
Fable met an automobile driven by Ell
win Reighart. McCabe's horse plunged
to one side with the result that Fable
was thrown out of the rig upon the
tracks. A freight train was approach
ing and fortunately the engineer saw
the accident in time TO stop the train
or Fable would have been instantly
killed.
The injured man was removed to the
hospital and an examination revealed
that he had been painfully, though not
very seriously hurt. Fable is employed
as an engineer on McCabes threshing
rig and the two men came into the city
last night for some repairs.
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Great EXCITEMENT
AMONG CLAIM SQUATTERS
FORTY SHACkS BUILT At RYDER
AND PLAZA PULLED OUT By
OWNERS FOR EARLY MORNING
RACE.

There were some lively scenes en-
acted out on the Berthold reservation
early Monday morning, the date when
squatters could first settle on the
homesteads that have been taken be-
fore.
Hundreds had gone to the reserva-
ton, selected their quarters, bought
lumber and hauled it close to the land.
to be in readiness for the grand rush
at nine o'clock Tuesday morning. Ac-
cording to the ruling Of the department,
no one dared to settle on the land be-
fore nine o'clock, on the morning Of
Oct l. Squatters have prior right and
have ninety days in which to perfect
their filings. Others may file on the
same land, but the squatters have
first chance, but the government will
set dates when others may show cause
if any they have, why they are more
entitled to the land than the squatters.
The squatter who got onto the land
with his shack after nine o'clock Tues
day, before anyone else appeared at the
MinOt landoffice to file, will have little
to fear, if he complies with other re-
quirements.
Forty shacks had been built at Ry-
der and Plaza and hauled to the res
ervation within easy reach Of the much
coveted land. In fact many Of the
shacks were just at the edge of the
land with horses hitclted to them ready
to haul them across
Peter Tracy, the Optics linotype man,
was there with his lumber at the line Of
the claim he selected At nine o'clock
he began throwing the lumber across
and carpenters went to work building
the shack. While they were working
a man named Madison hauled a shack
on the same claim, but Tracy hurried
to Minot and filed, thus clinching the
claim.
Mr.. Robideau Of Minot went out from
Minot in an auto and selected mis- land,
finding two others on his quarter. When
they saw his auto they hiked for other
quarters, knowing he could beat them
to Nf4not to file
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has never before been engaged. There

has never before been engaged. There
will be six lectures, each given by a man
of national reputation and each upon
a timely and interesting theme. Among
these are 'The Boy and His Gang"
and Vocational Guidance" by J. Adams
Puffer Of Boston, man who has lee
tured in every part of the country and
who has studied his themes for years.
"The New Education" and "F'resh Air
in the school Room and Elsewhere" are
subjects upon which DR.. Woods Hut
Crimson Of New York City will lecture
Dr. Hutchinson's writings on sex ed
ucation and kindred topics have Gre
ated new interest along this line and he
comes to the association with timely
message. He is lecturer of note and
an eminent authority in his profession.
"The Playground Movement and Its
Significance" and "The Message Of the
Play Movement to Teachers" are sub
jects to be discussed by DR.. Henry S.
Curtiss, Olivet, Michigan, who was
secretary Of the Playground Associa-
ton Of America for some years and Is
an enthusiastic advocate Of the play
ground movement.
Enroll in Advance.
Three hundred members in 1909; six
hundred in 1910; one thousand In 1911;
the teachers are now urged to make It
fifteen hundred this year. President
Wolfe started the machinery by secur-
ing $50 members at the Northwestern
Summer School at Velva.
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ARRESTED FOR
STEALING FLAX
JOE BARTOUSHEVICH ARRESTED
NEAR BENEDICT YESTERDAY
By SHERIFF KELLEY.
WARRANT HAS BEEN OUT SINCE
JANUARY-DEFEN HAD
SKIPPED THE COUNTRY.

Joe Bartoushevich, Russian farmer
residing in the vicinity Of Benedict, was
arrested by Sheriff E. D. Kelley yester-
day afternoon, on a warrant charging
hif with grand larceny.
Bartoushevich IS charged with steal
ing As bushels Of flax seed from Smith
and L. c. Wheeler last December. Early
in January John and Jack Thuler
claimed that they had seen some flax
seed at Bartoushevichs mine and Smith
secured a search warrant. Deputy
Sheriff Willis served the search war
rant and reported that he found evil
dences that fax seed had been stored
in an unused entry in the mine, some
having been slightly scattered about
on the clay where the entry had caved
In. Aside from this no seed was found
however, in the mine.
A warrant for Baroushevich's arrest
was issued January 9Th, but the defend
ant had skipped the country and 1t is
thought he has been spending his time
in Montana. He returned to his farm
the other day and Sheriff Kelley learn
Of it and went out yesterday and
arrested him.
Bartoushevich appeared before Judge
Murray yesterday afternoon and waiv-
ed preliminary examination He was
bound over to the next term Of the dis
trict court and admitted to bail in the
sum Of $4,000, which he furnished. The
stolen flax is valued at $500.
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W|LL|ST0N
Will SECURE
CHEAP JUICE
MADE WITH u.
S. RECLAMATION OFFICIALS
41.2 CTS. PER kILOWAT.

Williston, N. D., Oct. 2-Informa-
ton has been received from Mayor
Jackson and from the reclamation Of
ficials that terms have been agreed
upon by Mayor Jackson and Engineer
Squires and the Washington officials
for a contract under which the re-
clamaton service will furnish electrI-
city to the city from it's local power
plant.
Superintendent Hill Of the Williston
project has received message to the
effect that the cantract has been ap-
proved by the secretary Of the inter-
ior. It is stated that the city has been
conceded practically everything de-
manded. It is said the price which is,
Of course, the big consideration, is fix
ed at four and half cents per kilowat
for the first 10000 consumed; three
cents for the next $4,000 and two and a
half cents the next $4,000.
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lyman COLLECTS
AN OLD BILL
MlNOT REAL ESTATE MAN RE.
cElVEs $1.o5 IN RESPONSE TO A
STATEMENT SENT OUT FROM
EXCELSIOR, MIMI Thirteen
YEARS AGO.

one Of our real estate dealers, was en-
gagged in business at Excelsior, MINI.
He setn a statement to one M. Klingel-
hats for LOS. Nov. l, 1899, and the
amount was cheerfully paid-last Tues
day, after delay of thirteen years. The
remitter had moved away years ago
and is now living at Deer Creek, Wis.
He wrote Mr.. Lyman: please find en-
closed one dollar for that old account.
Did not know your whereabouts for
many years or it would have been paid
sooner Frank bought cigars with
that dollar and will frame the old
statement. .
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C0RNHUSKERS MADE
RAPID PR0CR[F IS S
FIVE MEMBERS OF MlkCl COM
MERCIAL CLUB DID GOOD
WORK NEAR DEERiNG.

After gathering thirty-thre bushels
Of carefully selected seed corn. building
racks for drying the ears and placing
the corn on these racks, Secr'iary F.
L. Sherman and Messrs j. y. Coell, J.
B. Taylor, Ira D Wight of tie Minot
Commercial club and J F. .:vSong Of
Greencastle, Indiana, are ful .nc-
ed that they have missed thr,~ alling.
Now they all want to go farming.
The men left early Tuesday morn
ing for Mr.. Thomas place, tNo miles
west of Deering and soon after arriving
there were hard at work gathering the
corn. BY noon they had tn!rtythree
bushels of the corn, selected an1 husk-
ed, and then they sat down 10 a big
feast-and the boys say it was some
feast AS soon after noon as they were
able to get about again, they started in
building racks upon which to lay the
corn for drying and THE remainder of
the afternoon was occupied in sorting
out the corn and carrying it up to the
garret where it was placed on the dry
ing racks.
The boys seem to have enjoyed the
work immensely. They had planned
originally in spending the entire day
in gathering the corn, but owing to the
fact that it was still rather wet and
that Mr.. Thomas would not have time
to build the racks and lay it out for
q few days, it was thought wiser to take
care of what they had already gathered.
Mr.. Thomas was very grateful to the
Minot men for helping him out. It Is
an exceedingly busy season for him and
he was unable to secure the necessary
help which would allow him to gath
er the corn and select that which
would be good for seed. However, he
now has thirty-thr bushels Of good
seed corn which win net him neat
price.
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C0[0RFD women
FLEECE A CREEK
ZONE PLACES HER ARMS FONDIY
AROUND MIC PAPPAS' NECK
WHILE THE OTHER SEARCHES
HIS POCKETS.

frankie Worthington, colored girl
Of Ill repute, was arrested and thrown
in the city bastile Friday morning,
charged with picking the pockets or
Mic Pappas, Greek, Of $40. The evil
dence against the woman was not
strong enough to hold her, but the
chief of police warned her that she
would probably be wanted on some
other charge and advised her to leave
town.
. Pappas says he was walking along
Reishus street near First street when
two colored women stepped out ana
invited him to. accompany them 10
brick dwelling. Upon his rerusai' one
threw her arms fondly around MN
while the other proceeded to search
his pockets When Pappas convinced
the women that he did not desire their
company. they left and he then dis-
covered that he had been robbed.
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ASSOCIATION
PROGRAM OUT
GOOD THINGS IN STORE FOR THE
TEACHERS OF THE STATE
OCTOBER %, "a AND Is.
Meeting OF NORTH DAKOTA Ed
ucAT,oNAL ASSOCIATION At
GRAND FORKS.

supt. S. Henry Wolfe of this city,
president Of the North Dakota Educa-
tional association, has just announced
the program Of the twenty-sixth annual
meeting Of the association which will
be held at Grand Forks October %, "a
and rs.
The teachers Of North Dakota are
urged to make a special effort to at
tend this years meeting Of the asso-
citation and to boost for a 1900 member
ship.
The program is an unusual one given
bv unusual people, The Executive
committee has secured a larger num-
ber of lectures for this meeting than
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-03
LUMBER ARRIVES
FOR ELEVATOR
WORK WILL BE RUSHED NIGHT
AND DAY ON SECOND ELEvA-
TOR FOR RUSSELL MILLER
MILLING co.

The lumber for the second new ele-
vator for the Russell Miller Milling
Co. arrived the first of the week and it
is now being unloaded. The carpenters
will work night and day and the ele-
vator will be up and running inside
Of month. This will enable the COM
pany to handle all kinds of wheat. The
grain will be taken thru the first ele-
vator. run thru the cleaning machines,
and will then go into the second eleva-
tor 1t will pass back thru the first
one, thru the conveyor to the MILL
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AN ENORMOUS
YIELD OF OATS

Oats on w. S. Shaw's farm
about eight miles from Crosby are
reported to have gone 155 bush
els to the acre. Mr.. Shaw receiv-G
ed letter from Bob Gillespie this
afternoon in which Mr.. Gillespie,
who is looking after threshing op-
erations on Mr.. Shaw's farm, re-
ported that the oats went 155
! bushels according to machine
measure and the man who did
the threshing says they will go
200 bushels when weighed up at
the elevator.
Men, are getting $500 per day
threshing in the vicinity of Cros-
by, according to Mr.. Gillespie, and
they are offering $500 day for
more men there.
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Mrs. Olive Wright and daughter,
Miss Helen and Mrs. Isaac Williams
will leave about Nov | for San Anton
10, where they will spend the winter.
Mrs. Wright may lease her cory home
On Fifth street and reside permanently
in the south. Many friends will regret
their departure.
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Harry Thorson, who has been en-
ployed at the Rogers Lumber yard for
the past three years, has been promoted
to a better position with the Minot
Sash & Door Co. His vacancy'is filled
by A. Peterson, a capable young man.
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Four carloads Of bridge material and
culverts for the 500 extension arrived
here Monday. On Wednesday a crew
of men left here to set the grade stakes
and it is expected that the grading
crew will be here in a few days. We
understand that it is quite likely that a
few miles Of steel will be laid on the
extension this fall-Ambrose News
man.