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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-23
.Jnmc. River Power.

have note from modest bust
ness man who says: The water
power in the upper James is some
thinE simply immense. That power
harncssed and put into use would
make Richmond and forty or more
towns and villages along tho river
front from here to Lynchburg
Industrial boehlvcs. Why don't YOU
quit scattering your industrial shots
all over Virginia and North Carolina
and concentrate them on this James
RiVcr water power proposition
There is the question and the suSEes-
ton and the hint and all OF it in
about nvc lines 1t is up 10 Rich
mond folks who have more cash than
can he found in newspaper Office TO
answer this inQuisitive booster.
Seventeen letters on the annexation
question have been referred to the
department. 10 which they belong
This is hint TO letter writer's.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-23
For Gcncrul Information.

Thorc is standing statement at
the head of this column inviting any
body who wants TO be heard on indus
trial subjects TO speak right out in
meeting Very many correspondents
read this invitation too literally.
They seem to think that Views and
Ncar Views" which is really 4 kind
Of stmieditorial column. is omen 10 all
kinds or views and near views.
have on my table not less than forty
latters that nave turned down. They
hear upon. and discuss matters that
have no business in an industrial de-
partmcnt OF a paper: in the main
they arc strictly political. Perhaps 1t
may nc VOL enough for me 10 say
that the conduct of President Wilson
and Senators Martin and Swanson and
tho doinEs of Cousressmcn Montague
and Glass and Flood and Saunders
and the balance of them are not sub-
jccts for discussion in the Industrial
Section This column is not opcn to
politics and the numerous corrcspcn-
dents who have thouEhtlcssly oil
otherwise reached different conclu-
sion viii save time ana postage
stamps by addressing their POLITICAL
eTusions 10 another department. of the
paper or just to The Times Dispatch
dry so, or to ANYTHING else except
the Industrial Section.
Purrl, Local.
The Industrai Editor is in receipt
OF letter that seems to he properly
signed hu; the signature is written
in such :, fantastical way ! cannot uc
ciphcr it. IT may bc "Iohn Smith" or
1, may Ice Polly Jones' the sigma
turc mean; In, | have a suspicion
that IT was written by a woman. II
kinder sounds that way. However
lor news Will hnd endorsements. She
SAYS II it bc a She, Il have been
watching the doings OF the Chambei
Of Commerce. Maybe II Is doing a
great deaf OF good for Richmond. tn
presidents last report indicates rs
much. hut / am little in doubt. /
think We have too many conventions
and wine suppcrs and things like that
and loo few new industries Or IL
may be that Tho Tines Dispatch is moi
faithfully recording things. often
read in my favcrite paper about the
DESPERATE FORTS being made by the
hich officials of the chamber to bring
conventions to Richmond. and surely
cpnVcntious and big meetings are
Sood things FOR tho hotels and tho
vine dealcrs-but have not read in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-23

raised ss5oo.ooo; France. s2,5oc,o0o. and Italy.
81. 900, 600.
Tho unnatterinE comparison is rendered
tho more striking at this moment when A
committee OF Frcnchmcn is engaged In erect
Ing memorial TO Wilbur Wright near lie
Mans. where he made his first public nighta.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-23

The William sburG Knitting Mills.
which have been idle for q few months.
are likely 10 get to work ere long. The
Williamsburg Gazette says:
There is no change in the situation
AT the Williamsburg knitting Mill, al
though there are rumorS that an at
tempt VIII be made soon To organize
Joint stock company TO take over the
concern. several names are mentioned
IN this connection, but II is too carly
to say just what tho outcome will he.
II is known that - number Of people
have shown an interest in the big plant.
and ~ rs possible some development
may occur AT any time now
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-23
Exactly So.

The Sandy Valley News, kind OF
free lance: n noncommittal but plain
talking publication, calls attention to
tho fact that the laws of the State
forbid the catching OF bass in the
streams of Virginia until on and at-
ter July LIST. The News intimates that
law cuts Very little figure in its re
eion. but IL is evidently trying TO work
out reformation. 1t says:
"Approaching days for fishing are
near at hand and ii should be under
stood whether the officers arc going
TO allow every ono to fish or not. The
way the law has bccn carried out
heretofore. the mon who want to
comply with IL are forced TO stand
back and Let the other fellows catch
all the fine bass
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-23

The Halifax Record tells this inter
cstirG story-intcrcsting of it's kind:
-. 7. Noblln, who lives OH the mud
road between Houston and Mount Lau-
rel, was III town on Tuesday buying
clover seed Last fall he seeded twelve
bushels OF oats. eight bushels OF rye.
two and three-quartcrs bushels OF
crimson clover and seven bushels Of
wheat lie says he got 81 splendid
stand. and the crops are looking fine
notwithstanding the fact that he was
feeding five Head of horses OH bought
hay. lac had some corn and plenty Of
meat. and the prospect looked good
enough To keep him in good cheer"
The Danvilc Boosters train is an
established fact. and Martinsvllc. stu
art. Kcysvillc South Boston. Chase City
ana several other towns will nnd out
more about the git up and git Of Dan
willie than they ever knew before
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-23
4 Norfolk snecial SANS:

y Norfolk special says
The heaviest crop OF potatoes ever
planted in Tidcwatcr Virginia has been
put in the ground this year. One rca-
son advanced for this is the fact that
potatoes have for the past two ycars
brought exceptionally fancy prices
'kale and spinach are the crops be-
ing marketed now. Spinach is bring
ing Il fair price. but kalc Is not paying
a profit. This is because an unusually
heavy crop Of cabbage was raised in
the North, and in the great food CEN
tres people are eating cabbage instead
OF kale, because cabbage is cheap.
kale shipments will be ~ an end in
about three weeks. Shipments OF spi-
mach Will continue until about May l."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-23

my old favorite anything about any
recent efforts to attract and persuade
new industries to locate hcreabouts.
II hear that furniture factories and
buggy factories and several other
kinds OF factories are knocking at
the door and when they knock they
are told that the powers mat be are
out OF town, away up yondcT some
where, looking for another convention
Of some kind. That may be all right;
l reckon ii is more than all right. but
think one real good Industrial propo-
sition like buggy factory or fur
niturc factory or something like that
would be worth hundred conven-
tons True. not quite as much wine
would flow, and probably there wound
not he quite as much opportunity for
oratory for all the fellows, from the
Governor OF the State down TO tho
janitor of the Jefferson Auditorium,
but there would be much more real
business in 1t all, Don't you think
sou Amen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-23

The Tidewatcr Democrat dolefully
remarks:
The backbone OF winter has not
broken TO the contrary, il has every
appearance of having strengthened
pcrceptbly; a mild winter is usually
followed by a late spring, the wise ones
tell us. and perhaps this year will not
be an exception"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-23

They arc fixing to live closer and
cheaper up in Rock bridge County. The
Lexington Gazette commends the fol-
lowing to its constituency:
People in the United States who
complain OF the high price of beef i'll
the retail markets should eat more
goat meat. II is cheaper and Just as
good and nutritious when properly pre-
pared and properly cooked is re-
mark which is heard in cattle circles
at times. and one which is becoming
more frequent.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-23

Chemists and at least two other
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-23
INDUSTRIAL BITS
ALL over VIRGINIA
Many Small Towns Better Than
One Great Big Ono, Thinks
Tazewell Paper.
BEDFORD MOVES LANDMARK
Big Potato Crops i'll Tidewatcr
Section-Knitting Mills to
Resume Work.
BEDFORD MOVES LANDMARK

Concerning small towns, the Taye-
we'll Republican has this to say:
FIFTY small towns with a combined
population of anywhere from 100000
TO 100000 arc of far more value to a
nation than any one big city of similar
population. This is true regarded from
any standpoint one pleascs. They are
better for business. socia! life, local
government, morals education and re-
lgion. y moments reelection will con-
vince almost any one of the truth of
that statement.
Take the matter of business In
not one Of the small towns may there
be a gigantic industry employing thou
sands OF hands and no mammoth mer-
camille store employing It's hosts of
undcrpaid clerks But, instead, there
will be found smaller industries. in
which the workers will be treated as
human beings. and not az so many ma
chimes, and dry goods and other stores
doing a healthy business and in close
and friendly touch with their custo-
mers, whose wants and convenicnccs
are duly regarded"
This is from the Bedford City Bullc-
tin:
ITO clear the ground for the new
government building the work of tear
ing down the old structure opposite
the Bulletin office was began last Fri
day morning, the contractors being
Pac Walker and Lon Sncad. The huge
stone chimney in the roar. which was
mentioned in this paper last week,
was the first TO come down. IT is said
that il took an old stone ma son who
thrived here in the eighteenth century.
but whose name has been lost, one
year to build this monster. 1t took
Lon just an hour to lay II low. lie
priced out a few stones from near the
ground, and let fall OF its own weight"
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-08
LETTERS SHOW
MADERO COURTED
INTERVENTION
HuERTA PROMISES TO MAKE
PUBLIC EVIDENCE OF DE-
sIREs OF PREDECESSORS


MEXICO CITY, March S,-Three
columns of the regular army, and
1000 adherents of Orozco are closing
in on Venuatiano Carranza, the rebel
governor of Coahuila, A decisive bat
tie is expected Sunday. unless Car
rama manages to escape over the
border.
1t is reported the Southern Paci.
fic has transferred all of it's rolling
stock from Sonora to Nogales and
has annulled the train service.
1t is announced that Huerta is
considering making public all Off
cial correspondence of the closing
days of the Madero administration
with the object of showing the eff.
forts OF Madero to incite an anti
American sentiment, 1t is alleged
that Madero ordered the officers
of the Mexican gunboats at Vera
Cruz to fire Immediately on the
American marines if any attempt was
made to land forces,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-08
GOVERNOR ODDIE
TAKES PART IN
MOTION FILMS
ARRIVES FROM NORTH THIS
MORNING AND PARTICIPATES
IN SEVERAL SCENES

Governor T. l.. Oddie arrived in
Tonopah this morning for the pur-
pose of participating in the moving
pictures that are to depict scenes of
this district, The governor was in
vited to participate in the pictures
several weeks ago and Immediately
sent his acceptance The time was
arranged to suit his convenience
and on his arrival this morning he
was met by a delegation of citizens,
also the promoters of the moving
picture project.
Several scenes were taken by the
motion picture apparatus in which
Governor Oddie figured The scenes
were typical of the desert and will
be used in the four reels, showing
the drama, that intersperces the pic
lures and also the mines and mills
of the district.
Governor Oddie will leave in the
morning for Carson to be on hand
Monday morning when the legislature
convenes for the last round up of the
session,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-08
PRICE 10 CENTS

court can be cited. This is the case
wherein former Superintendent Yo-
der of the Tonopah schools was
charged with assault The incident
occurred in Esmeralda county, but
Nye county paid the costs of the
trial.
The entire object is to straighten
out the Tonopah mining district and
avert the expense on future lltiga-
ton. Even the Tonopah cemetery
is in Esmeralda county, although the
upkeep of the burying ground is
borne by Tonopah.
Practically the most valuable min
ing property in the disputed terri
tory portion Of the Tonopah Ex-
tension holdings. The Red Rock
shaft is about 600 feet from the line
while the nearest ore body is fully
1000 feet within Nye county proper.
Esmeralda county has shown no
disposition to effect an even ex-
change for the territory in question,
and the outcome of the entire affair
may be that the change will be
made Notwithstanding the opposition
of the Goldfield contingent.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-08
over five TONS
SILVER BULLION
FROM BELMONT
NEW RECORD OF SHIPMENTS is
ESTABLISHED AS RESULT
OF CLEANUP

The greatest bullion shipment ever
sent out of Tonopah has been for
warded to the Selby smelter by the
Belmont company, The shipment
represented the cleanup of the Bel
mont mill for the last half of Feb
ruary, and although the month was
several days shorter than the pre-
yious months, the cleanup established
a record.
Ninety bars of silver bullion were
shipped weighing 163,220 ounces, or
the equivalent to five tons, 1895
pounds. The shipment was valued
at $124,000. The total bullion ship
ments from the Belmont for February
totaled nearly II tons, or to be exact
10 tons and 1875 pounds. This IL
in addition to the regular consign
ment of concentrates, which will add
considerably to the total.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-08

CONTINUE
TO Fight
JURY AFTER LONG DELlBERA-
TIoN REPORTS INABILITY
TO SECURE VERDICT
my Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, March S.-After
having been out for 381a hours the
jury in the case of Clarence S. Oar
row, on trial the second time for
alleged jury bribing, reported at 11:35
this morning that they were unable
to agree and were discharged by
Judge Conley
The jury stood eight for conviction
and four for acquittal. Judge Pow
ers, of counsel for defense asked for
an immediate retrial. Judge Conley
on motion fixed the date for retrial
for March 81.
Darrow received the disagreement
calmly, his only comment being, 81
will continue to fight"
District Attorney Fredericks said
he was willing to try Darrow again.
He declared Darrow's admission that
he had given money to Guy Biddinger,
the Chicago detective, who aided the
investigation of the Mcnamara case,
was enough to cause his disbarment
The specific charge against Darrow
in the present case was the bribery
of Robert Balm, a juror sworn to
try the McNamaras. The evidence
was almost as identical as the for
mer trial which resulted in quick
acquittal. Darrow will remain at
liberty on $4,000 bail,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-08
GRANT MILLER
DISCUSSES MERITS
ASSEMBLY BILL
RENO SOCIALIST ATTORNEY De,
LivERS ADDRESS TO LARGE
CROWD LAST NIGHT

Some 200 members of the Miners
union turned out en- masse last night
to hear A. Grant Miller the Reno at
torney whi is also attorney for this
union.
Miller confined himself to union
conditions and union mems legisla-
tion. He is a concise and forceful
speaker, making his points in a
manner easily understood and i'm
pressed upon his audience the neces-
sity of education, of careful thought
and consideration by each individual
of the problems which confront the
union man of today. That his hear
ers were in full sympathy with the
speaker was evidenced by the hearty
applause accorded him.
He touched on the merits and de-
merits of numerous bills which have
come before the lawmakers at Car
son, but made particular mention
of assembly bill No. 121, known as
the industrial insurance bill or com
pensation act, fathered by Assembly
man Forman of Nye, and which vital
ly affects all members of any union.
1t was declared by his analysis of
the bill that instead of being pro-
gressive measure it would put Ne
Vada back 20 wears and the whole
audience as unit requested Presi-
dent Pagan to wire Carson their dis
approval Of the bill or at least to
amend it.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-08
Greatest Value Ever
Offered for one Penny

THE what
1t will buy evenings o
written incidents
comics and dcous features bring
and ingemarks o from brows"
will
baseball strength review
and musi
a
dime
fold will
they afford
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-08
By John c. Martin

onopah has shamefully neglected
= name of the man to whom it is
indebted for worldwide recognition.
So completely has the deed and
recollection Of this man been snuffed
out that teachers and school children
engaged in the study Of local history
are woefully ignorant of the fact
of his connection with the camp.
Ask most any broker, banker or
business man If he ever heard Of
John F. Anderson and it's dollars to
doughnuts that he will rattle right
off the reel the single word mo" in
a positive and decided tone.
The questioner may express sur
prise and essay to illuminate his
query to elicit confession of dis
tant acquaintanceship or remote
knowledge of the subject but he
might as well stop narrowing the
feelings of the other man he has
buttonholed who may reluctantly con.
cede, with an l don't wish to be
bothered air:
"Oh, ah, yes. OF course, I've heard
of him."
When one speaks this way you
know that he knows nothing and
only wishes to escape the pumping
process by rendering himself eligible
for an active membership in the An
anias club.
Twelve years ago the name Of Johr
f. Anderson was on the tongue ot
every man in Tonopah. The future
Of the camp rested on his vardic
and nod or shake of his heat
would have carried with it the max
ing or breaking Of the silver camI
which was beginning to spread radi
ance over southern Nevada.
John f. Anderson was the finan
cial father Of Tonopah, the god
father of Goldfield and the ancesto
OF the wonderful mineral develop
ment Of a section that gave $10O
100000 to the worlds treasure valut
in the course OF ten spectacula
years.
Skeptics may sneer at the state
ment, but the exploiting of the nam
of John F. Anderson as the MAJ
who made Tonopah is outside tn
ms of controversy, Jim Butle
authority for the credit whic
lid have gone to Mr.. Anderson
which has aureoled others les
serving Of credit than the jackas
.-.shich kicked up the first values o
the slope of Mount Oddie.
Anderson Is the man who bough
the mine from me, who eonsummate
the purchase and whose o. X, afte
having made a personal examInatIo
Of the ground, resulted In Topepa
going to Philadelphia"
This was the carefully studied r.
mark Of Jim Butler, the grandaddy {
Tonopah, the other evening to s.
lect coterie Of old-time chums in th
lobby Of the Mizpah hotel.
No more convincing authority coul
be quoted. Jim Butler owned tn
ground that subsequently became tt
estate Of the Tonopah Mining cor
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-08
Low WAGES TO
WOMEN Is CAUSE
OF IMMORTALITY
CHICAGO MERCHANT DECLARES
WOMEN WOULD SELL VIRTUE
BEFORE STARVING
lRy AsnocIated Presnl


CHICAGO, March S,-That con-
nection exists between low wages
and the immortality among women
was conceded today by Edward Hill
man, of Hillman's, one of the larg-
est department stores in Chicago, be-
fore the Illinois vice commission.
He said he believed woman would
sell her virtue before she would
starve. The lowest wages paid in
his store are SO a week.-to errand
girls who live at home. He thought
if the girls lived at home the par
ents would not be responsible If they
lost their vitrue. He thought a girl
could support herself independently
on SO or 50 week.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-08
Pen Sketch of the Pioneer

Pen Sketch of the Pioneer
John F. Anderson, the man who
had the nerve to say of mine in
the prospect stage and in a new
country, 81 will take it for $4,000
is quiet, dignified, unassuming gen.
tleman, of affable, approachable
manner, who takes to mining camp
In the rough stages of Ragtown
garb as cowboy to the saddle or a
hunter to the trail OF Kiplingesque
mind, hailing from Brattleboro, VT,
the home of the famous novelist, Mr..
Anderson has the same general cast
of countenance, heavy gray NOUS
tache, medium complexion. clear,
mild, blue eyes of the country school
MASTER with 200 pounds of closely
knitted flesh and muscle well dis
tributed over feet 10 inches of
stature, He is credited with millions,
but he would not attract attention
in crowd as he is not of the OBJ
trusive order. Under the carefully
trimmed moustache, is firm mouth
setting off a jaw of the indeterminate
Woodrow Wilson mould. A strong
nose slightly protuberant with a rise
in the bridge indicating leadership
imparts an imperative cast to the fea-
lures, Nose glasses, with a hanging
black silk cord attached to the
lapel of the vest adds a scholarly
pedantic finish to the portrait,
Mr.. Anderson continues to be a
good mixer although never indulging
in liquor and, when he came to
Tonopah he took as kindly to rough
camp life and the miners as the
miners took to him. Minerlike he
not only investigated the property
himself, but he had that wonderful
faculty of getting the honest opin-
ion of men engaged in polishing the
heads Of drills, He was not a geolo-
gist but he rarely was mistaken in
his conclusions,
In report written September
1901, Mr. Anderson described the
property of the unborn Tonopah Min
ing company as mot only the rich
est mine in Nevada, but probably
the richest mine in the world"
This gave impetus to the boom
aborning and in few months the
rush was on,
The report on Tonopah was writ
ten after a journey of $4,000 miles
taken in the interest of Philadelphia
investors who had their money scat
tered in mines from California tt
Central America. Anderson went ou
to Grass Valley in May, 1901, to re
port on property being operated
by his eastern clients in that old
time favored district. Oscar A, Tur
ner was the supervising engineer
During the time spent at Grass Val
ley he picked up periodical at thu
hotel and read for the first time
of the discoveries in southern Ne
vada and the new camp OF Tonopah
Turning to Turner he asked if h,
knew anything about Tonopah.
Turner replied in the negative,
Anderson then told Turner tina
he had better visit the new distric
and investigate the country as
looked good to him, especially sine
he (Anderson) had decided in writ
ing his report on Grass Valley t
> recommend closing down the proper
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-08
MONTANA SHIPS OVER
TON SILVER BULLION

Thirty-seven bars of bullion, the
result Of the February cleanup,
were shipped to the Selby company
this morning by the Montana Tono-
pah company. The shipment weighed
1886 pounds, or few hundred pounds
over a ton. The estimated value of
the shipment is about $4,000
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-08
ST. MARKS CHURCH

Services tomorrow: 10 a. M, Sun
day school; II a. M, morning prayer
and sermon; 1880 p. M, evening
prayer and sermon, subject: "The
Company At the Cross" Everyone
welcome. Rev George Gallup, rec
tor
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-08
SPANISH WAR NAVAL
HERO SUDDENLY STRICKEN
ORy Asaociated Press)

(RY Associated Press)
NORWELL, Mass, March 8.-Rear
Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton, who as
commander of the transport Reso-
lutte during the Spanish-American
war informed Admiral Sampson of
the enemy's fleet leaving Santiago
bay, died suddenly at his hc-se to-
day.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-08
tBy Associated Press,

PANAMA, March s,-An official
survey has established the fact that
the Pacific Islands of Tortola and
Tortolita are part of the Panama ca
nal zone, being within three miles
of the coast. Both islands have rich
pearl fisheries.