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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-10
January 8. 1900.
MY Dear Senator

MY DtdI SEUdVOI
Corporations should not be
required to make public the
names or holdings of all stock
holders. 1t is an unjust and un-
necessary inquisition into the
private affairs Of individual
stockholders and serves no
public good, If demanded by
creditors, State laws now pro
vide the means Of obtaining the
information. Private corpora
lions should not be required TO
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mere IOllOW, Reproduced
from HEARST'S MAGA
ZINE for August, a few of
the many letters from John
D. Archbold, Of the Stand
ard Oil Trust, to Senator
Boies Penrose and others.
Like the Oil Letters print
ed in previous numbers of
HEARsT'S MAGAZINE,
they are illuminating and
amazing.
In the previous chapters We have
seen. the widespread and powerful
influence exercised hy the Standard
oil Company to secure the election
of their own reliable agents to po-
sitions Of public trust
We have seen the enormous
amounts of money expended by the
Standard OH Company I'm campaign
contributions To control political
parties and to place dependable
men in public office.
We have seen the same effort and
the same expenditure employed to
keep faithful servants of the people
out of positions of power where
that power could be used for the
protection Of the people and for the
prosecution Of the illegal and OPP
pressiye trusts.
Active in public life today and
active In the service Of the trusts
Is Senator Penrose of PennsyNa-
MIA
At this writing there is a contest
in PENNSYLVANIA between the ma
chine led by Penrose and support
I'd by the Taft administration ana
the Progressive Republicans of the
state.
In this contest the Standard OH
can he counted upon to come to
the support Of Peurose, both be
cause Of his past services and be
cause Of its future necessities.
Senator Penrose has always been
d valuable and highly valued agent
OF the Standard OH i'm public life
In the preceding article we have
seen how he was elected To serve
the Standard OH and how he served
them, and i'm this article Ne shall
SEE how he continued TO serve the
STANDARD OF and what generous
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August 18th, 1901.
MY Dear Senator:

My attention is called to the
fact of the appointment of Sen
ator Thomas r. Bard, of Hue
meme, Cal, as a member Of the
Industrial Commission to fill
the vacancy caused by the res
ignation of Senator Mantle, of
Montana. I have further infor-
nation that determined effort
will be made at the meeting
early in September by the Dem
ocratic and disgruntled mem
bers Of the Commission to make
political capital against the So
called trusts. If Senator Bard
can be counted on for sensible
action in regard to this ques-
ton, an effort should be made
to have him present at the
meetings. It is very desirable
also to have him favor Colonel
Clarke for the Craftsmanship.
Can you reach him, and will
you do so?
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26 Broadway, New York
February 81, 1900.

Hon. Boies Penrose,
Senate Chamber,
Washington, D. G.
My Dear Senator:
I have your kind note of yes
terday with Enclosures which
latter I beg to return herewith.
WE THINK THE REPORT rs
so FAIR THAT WE WILL
NOT UNDERTAKE TO SUG-
GEST ANY CHANGES.
With MANY thanks. ! am.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS SATURDAY AUGUST TO-

AND THE SENATOR TO THE LEFT.
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the names Of their stockholders
secret.
on the first page of the report
we find this:
at should be kept clearly in
mind through all the discussion
that great capita or d great
combination of capital has no
necessary relation to monopo-
ly, although it seems that vir-
tual monopoly may be secured
from the influence which comes
from great capital"
The commission reported against
overcapitalization. but decided that
the Standard Oil Company was not
oVercapitalized 1t defended the
trust for selling oil cheaper abroad
than in the United States on tn
ground that such a policy was nee
essary to capture the market
Mr.. ArChbOld is not only a moral
man, deacon in the church. but
patriot, So just before leaving his
Office to take part in the patriotic
ceremonies of the Fourth of July he
wrote the following letter:
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make public items of receipts
and expenditures, profits and
losses. A statement of assets
and liabilities is all that can
benefit the public. Items of re-
ceipts and expenditures, prof
its and losses can only benefit
the competitors.
I. beg to acknowledge also
with many thanks your favor
of January 1st, the enclosures
accompanying which I beg to
return you herewith. Was very
sorry not to see you here last
week, but, as you know, I was
away on a little vacation.
Sorry to learn today of the
report of the committee in the
Quay case, but still hope for
favorable action by the Senate.
With thanks for all your
courtesies, I am,
Very truly yours,
,Jno. D. ArChbOld.
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Very truly yours,
Jno. D. .Archbold.

Early in 1900 the commission was
hard at work on it's report. This
was important for recommended
tious were 20 be made upon which
laws were to be enacted. It was so
important that Mr. Archbold sent
to Committeeman Penrose long tel
oErams Of instructions which the
Western Union. Telegraph Compa-
ny obligingly carried without
charge.
And to make sure that there
We're no mistakes about it, Mr.
Archbold REPEATED the contents OF
the kilograms in letters OF which
the following is one:
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Among the interesting articles in Ie9rs Magazine for sale
Autobiography Of Admiral Dewey The Inside of the Cup by Winston Church
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July 8, 1901.
VI ., II
Hon, Boies Penrose,
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa.
My Dear Senator:
Following the lamentable
death of Senator Kyle, we are
very strongly of the opinion
that you should take the chair
manship of the Industrial Com
mission. This seems eminently
fitting from every point of
view. Your name as chairman
would undoubtedly give to the
report exceptional assurance of
integrity and intelligence; you
are the ranking Senatorial
member of the Commission; the
interests of your State are pre-
eminent in the matter; and,
lastly, and we may hope not
unfairly, we make it as a
strong personal request.
May I venture to ask for an
affirmative answer by wire, so
that we may do what seems
possible to aid in the matter.
With kind personal regards,
I am, Very truly yours,
JnO. D. Archbold.
Mr. Archbold. Penrose being
unable to accept, then worked for
Colonel Clarke. recommended by
Penrose.
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Hon. Boies Penrose,
Washington, D. G.

Can anything show more clearly
than this correspondence that the
institution which was being inyes-
tigated was itself, conducting the
investigation; that it was deter
mining what witnesses should be
called and when, and that it was
further determining what should be
incorporated in the report of the
commission and what should not be
incorporated in that report.
Mr.. Archbold read carefully the
report made in Difference to his de-
sires as to testimony and in ac-
cordance with his suggestions as to
recommendations.
Mr.. Archbold read the report and
gave 1t the sanction of his personal
approval
Read the following hearty in
dorsement of the. report made a full
week before the report was made
public:
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May II, 1899.
Hon, Boies Penrose,
1881 Spruce Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa,
My Dear Senator:
l don't suppose it is at all
necessary to bother you again
regarding the Washington mat
ter, but MIR. Wardwell is this
morning in receipt of the en-
closed letter from the Secre-
tary of the Commission, urg-
ing him to appear before them
in June. l have said to him
that he need give himself no
uneasiness about it, and that
the understanding is clear that
none of our parties are to ap-
pear in June. AS I think I have
told you, Mr.. Wardwell is in
poor health and is planning to
leave for Europe. 1 have
thought best, however, to send
this to you out of the fullness
of preCaution.
Apologizing again for trou-
bling you in the matter, I am,
Very truly YOURS.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21
Married His erandmother.

There lived in the village of Arreton,
Isle of Wight, many years ago young
man who was betrothed to a young
woman. Both were poor and in humble
life, but the grandfather of the young
man had money, and he fell in love
with the young woman and proposed
marriage to her. The girl told her
lover. He was displeased, but, having
pondered over the dilemma, saw way
to extricate himself and his sweetheart
from the same. Marry him." said he
to the girl HE is rich. He cannot live
long. When he dies you'll have his
money and I'll have you" She took
the advice. By the marriage she be-
came the young mans grandmother.
Not long after the old man died, and
then she welded her first betrothed.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21

was slightly above normal, but
in most of the mountainous inter-
ior there was a deficiency. Little
snow fell at the lower attitudes
and even in some of the more
elevated districts a considerable
part of the precipitation was IN
the form of rain. The average
snowfall for the State was the
least experienced in the last ten
years. The temperature was
considerably above normal. AS
a result of these conditions, the
depth of snow now in the mount
aims is, except over limited areas,
considerably below that of last
year at this date, but what snow
remains is unusually compact and
full of water. Neither the melt
ing that has taken place nor the
rain that has fallen has caused
any material rise in the streams,
most of the moisture having been
absorbed by the soil or by the
remaining suow. The present
prospects is for somewhat less
than the usual amount of water
in the Wood-Malad system, the
Salmon River and the various
streams in the Lost River region,
and for slightly more than the
average flow elsewhere. Con-
ditions in most sections favor
slow melting.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21
Present Day Prospecting.

We read a great deal about the
decline Of prospecting. This
may be, in one sense, but on the
whole it is not SO. Truly the
picturesque old timer with his
red shirt and top boots, accom-
paniee by his ever faithful friend
the burro, has disappeared. In
most of the western states pros
pecting has necessarily declined
for more reasons than one. The
country has become more settled
in an agricultural way; the al
lurements are not so great, but
principally the great attractions
in other parts, such as Nevada
and Alaska, have taken a great
number. The north today offers
better inducements for quicker
returns than at home. The hardy
prospector, ever adventurous,
seek those fields.
On the other hand, for instance
in Nevada, every sheepherder,
cowpuncher, rancher, etc., is a
prospector in his spare time,
Again, the new mines and dis
tricts that are being heralded do
not suggest that prospecting is
declining.
We might say to day that pros
pecting has changed. of late
years. 1t is no longer done in
the old way. The men that
prospect today do so more scien-
tifcally. They understand some
thing of geology, mineralogy
and chemistry, they do their
work more quietly, consequently
we do not notice it so much.
That prospecting will not
cease, but may change, is certain.
Man is ravenous for gold. anc
the quest Of it has too much fas-
clnation; there is no danger too
great for him to overcome tC
acquire it. Alaska has proved
this. Mining and Engineering
| World.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21
Wasting Time.

"Whatw exclaimed the young man
whom we shall call Bill. "You got en-
gagged last night? Why, Archie, my
dear old friend, tell me how you ever
came to do itr'
"Well, Billie" blushed the fellow we
have already named as Archie. 81
really hardly know myself But it
was just as easy as falling off log.
I was on the edge Of a proposal-she
gave me a gentle push-and there l
was-engagedw
"Geel | never had any such expert
ence. Every time l try to start my
knees knock together, my teeth chat
ter, and my tongue gets stuck in my
throat. I've tried a dozen times to
propose to Marguerite Dempster, you
know, and 1 get stuck every time."
"And she lets you get stuckT
"Why, yes"
"Then you're courting the wrong
girl."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21

if all the mills that have not yet
joined in the movement follow
the lead of larger concerns.
Announcements of contemplated
advances affect upward Of 200,-
600 mill workers, while other
cotton manufacturers have in
dicated an intention of equalling
the wage advances.
Statisticians figure the injury
by the Lawrence strike to manu-
facturers at $1,500,000 on bust
ness in hand and advance busi-
ness lost; a forfeit by the strikers
of about an equal amount in
wages and cost to the state and
city of 100000 for militiamen
and extra police.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21
A Winter That Was Cold

The past winter has been a
severe one, but not so severe as
the winter Of 1928, according to
a local oracle who lived back in
one of the central states at that
time. 1t froze the noses off the
teakettles that winter, and the
ears off the wash tubs. The
finger Of time peeled with the
frost and the hand of fate froze
stiff. They had to amputate the
foot of a hill and the head of TIE
river was frozen solid. 1t was
awful. Farmers bored wells
down to the tops of their barns
through the roof and hauled the
mild up in the morning with a
bucket and chain. Oh, that old
milk bucket, that frost covered
bucket, that three hooped milk
bucket that pulled up with a
chain. Sundogs froze stiff that
winter and a night mare lost it's
hoofs. A saw horse had its legs
frozen off, the tongue of the
wagon froze and was always red
after that; this was sad catas-
trophe. 1t was so cold that the
farmers did not get the frost out
of their socks until dog DAYS. -
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21
WILL EXAMINE
THE MAJESTIC
Metallurgist from Baltimore
at the Mine.

Leslie P. Lehman, of Balti-
more, Md, passed through Elk
City this week for Dixie, where
he will make thorough exam
ination and test of the property
held by the Majestic G. & S. M.
Co., of Washington, D. C.
Mr.. Lehman states that just
as he was about to start, accom-
panied by A. H. Mcknight. the
general manager, Mr.. Mcknight
was taken with an ATTACK Of
appendicitis, and was compelled
to be operated on, and is now in
a hospital, but will be in Dixie
soon.
Mr.. Lehman has with him a
complete laboratory and assay
Office, with which he will make
tests at the mine. He will take
about three months to make the
tests, as most of the work will
be along the line of cyanidation.
If the ore is found to yield
readily to cyanide, a complete
plant will be installed this sum-
mer-
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21
Big Wage Raise.

Wage increases aggregating
more than $10,000,000 will go
into the pockets of New Eng
land textile workers in the next
IL months, according to authori-
tative estimates of the result of
the upward trend of wages in
cotton and wooden mills.
Fully 275,000 operatives will
share in the increase by April /,
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21

or previous permit, the amount
not to exceed a stumpage value
of $50 in any one calendar year.
No timber may be sold, but an
agent may be employed to cut it.
Application to purchase timber
to be cut for use in Alaska, but
not for export, may be made to
the receiver of the local land
Office for the district, to be acted
upon similar to applications to
cut timber IN the United States.
Hungarian rifles of the angle
iron type are considered by many
as the most effective for gold
working. These consist of
series of angle-irons spaced 2 IL
in. centre, with the horizontal
leg placed so that it points down.
stream. The water passing over
the rifles forms an eddy under
the projecting leg, which pro-
tects the quicksilver and facili-
tates the catching of the gold,
The rifle frames are set with
the rifles across the current and
are sometimes alternated with
plain iron bar rifle frames set in
the direction of the flow. Quick
silver is usually fed at regular
intervals into the top Of TIE
sluice. The small quantities cf
quicksilver in the sluices and the
break in the current, caused ly
the eddy of the rifles, help to
secure amalgamation. H,ft
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21
Notice to the Public.

The two leading magazines of
the Pacific Coast, the Pacific
Monthly and the Sunset, have
been consolidated under the title.
of "Sunset--the Pacific Monthly. D
1t is the intention of the pub
fishers to spare no money nor
effort to make Sunset-the Pacific
Monthly a credit to the West and
a magazine of national value and
Importance.
To introduce it to new readers,
we will make the following Offer.
Send SOC in stamps, and we will
put your name on our subscrip-
ton list for the next four months.
and will send you free a copy
of the superbly illustrated Mid
Winter number, and also the
famous Sunset Indian poster, Sc
curely packed in a mailing tube.
1t will make a beautiful ornament.
for your front room or den.
Send your order to Fred Lock-
ley, Northwestern Manager, Sun
set-the Pacific Monthly, Port-
land, Oregon.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21
The Worlds LARGEST FLYING Bird.


Among the most notable birds in the
London zoo is what is generally re-
garded as the largest flying bird in
the world. 1t is known as the hammer
geyer Qamb vulture. or bearded vul-
ture). This giant bird is from India
and is the largest of all eagles or vul-
lures. Its wings measure over four.
teen feet from tip to tip, and it is not
yet full grown. The lammergeyer is
found in mid-Europe. Asia and north
Africa. 1t is said to live mainly on
carrion, but it is not averse to Great
ing carrion by knocking an unwary
chamois or goat over a precipice with
a blow from its tremendous wing, aft
erward flying down to the body to OBJ
tain a meal. Even mountaineers have
been reported as having fallen victims
to this method of assault.-Londop
Mail
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21
Rather Emphatic.

In Virginia courthouse a negro was
describing how cutting scrape start
ed.
''Dis here Johnson niger started to-
ward me-" said the Witness land ez he
done so he stuck his hand down in his
hip pocket. And l says to him, Mig
GER says, 'whutever you has got your
hand on now better be chicken. cause
| suttinly is gwine to make you eat
itr "-Saturday Evening Post.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21
CONCENTRATES.

From the Mining and Scientific Press.
Patenting a millsite does not
involve meeting any special con-
ditions. Those attached to a
lode claim may be entered with
the lode claim or subsequently;
they may even be located after
the lode claim is patented. While
no $500 expenditure is required
upon a millsite claim, those at
tached to a lode claim require to
be used for some mining and
milling purpose in connection
with the lode claim, and those
unattached to the lode claim, to
have an actual reduction works
upon them.
Actual settlers, residents, in
dividual miners, and prospectors
for minerals, not associations or
corporations, may take timber
from the public lands in Alaska
for frewood, fencing, buildings,
mining, prospecting or other
domestic purposes, without
charge and without application
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21

Geo. w. Otterson, the trapper
who was reported lost last winter,
has been located on the South
Fork Of Salmon river. Otterson
spent most of the winter in the
Bitter Root valley, Montana, and
left Darby in January, and came
across the mountains, taking 80
days to make the trip to the
Salmon river.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Jones, are
back in town after spending
several week in Lewiston and
Harpster, Mr.. Jones is manager
of the O. G. Lapp store at this
place.
Chas. R. Pampory and A. R.
Dorwin, Of Walla Walla, passed
through town this week for
Dixie. They will examine some
placer ground on the Salmon
river.
DR.. and Mrs. J. N. Davis, of
Topeka, Kas., arrived in Elk
City, Monday, and have decided
to locate here.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21
Still Shipping Ore.

The Mineral Zone is still send
ing ore to the Reduction plant,
and will continue to do so until
the snow road breaks up. In
the cut where the ore is now be-
ing taken from the vein has
widened to 8 it,, all of which is
sent to the mill, as there seems
to be very little difference in the
value across the entire width.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21
Hotel Changes Hands.

The hotel property at Dixie
has been purchased by Oscar
Waller, and he will take charge
the first Of April. Frank Duncan
will be manager, which will in
sure the public that the hotel
will be strictly frst-class,
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21
Dixie Mines VIII Start
Soon.
SALMON RIVER BARS TO WORK
Much Activity Will be Shown
This Season.

The coming spring and summer
gives promise Of great things
doing in Dixie. 1t is now as
sured that at least five companies
will be actively engaged in work.
The Central Idaho Power and
Mining Co., of Seattle, Wash,
and managed by j. Hudson Wise
is at present taking in COM
plete outfit of hydraulic pipe
and giants. This equipment will
be installed as soon as the snow
starts to go. The bitches were
all cleaned out last fall and every
thing made ready for spring
work. The company's ground
is situated in Fourth of July
gulch, about two miles from the
town,
S. R. Gayton, manager of the
Idaho Realty and Power Co., is
expected in about the first of
April, and will put the placer
ground in shape for an active
season. This company have all
their equipment on the ground,
including a Rubel elevator, pipe
and giants. Their ditch was en-
larged last fall, and it is expect
ed they will install an electric
plant this summer. 1t was their
intention to make this installa-
ton in the winter, but the storms
were so bad that it was given up
until spring.
J. r. Painter, general manager
of the Salmon River Mines Co.,
is expected back from the east
in few days, when active oper-
ations will commence on the bars
owned by this company. Last
summer the company installed a
complete electric plant, which
was tested out, and put in first
class shape. The power will >be
transmitted to the bars to be
worked, which are equipped with
the drag bucket system, and in
this manner work can be carried
on all summer. This company's
bars are situated about Is miles
south of Dixie, and were for
merly known'as the Eakin ranch,
At the Lemhi bar, which is
three miles up the river from the
Eakin bar, there are, severa
men now employed in construct
ing -flume and sluices, and this
outfit will be ready to star
shortly. Walter Cook is ii
charge here, and being an ole
and experienced placer man, viii
have things in good shape fol
the seasons run. This bar il
owned by the Adams brothers o.
Spokane and Chicago.
There are several other bar
along the Salmon river that ar
under consideration by capital
and it is possible that others viii
be put in shape to work thi
summer.
D9pth of Snow in February
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21

D Dspth of Snow in February.
Taking the State as a whole,
the precipitation for February
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-03-21

DR.. and Mrs. c. E. Yates and
children left on Wednesdays
stage for Grangeville. DR..
Yates expects to locate in east
ern Colorado.