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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29

tor Of division headquarters at fifty dollars month";
III be lucky to make good finish 80.
Don't say it, Don't say it, She beseeched OF MN;
"You must kill that serpent or 1t VIII rear us ugly tau
in whatever path OF lie you choose iou 0'ii NIL II
III help you Kill 1t.
MAJOR MAXIM, engaged in the onerouS task OF
lI Welding the recently purchased trans Mississippi
short nes into q transcontincntal system (the a., =.
& q already owning its rails from New YORK 10
Fort WORTH was a very busy man. He ate slept, ana
worked to the rhythmic drumming OF MS service car
wheels with such brief, uncertain pauseS at Drypohe'
his ostensibe headquarters. that Jesse biand iu "y
the slightest acquaintance with MN.
Vet i devclOpcd that the major was not too busy 10
boon one eve on his motheress daughter; for the sec
ond dav after her memorable night rde curry inc 'c'N
at the desk Of the Long Horn, observed TO jesse
aI'Tl mt YOU wise to something, old scout. MAJOR
Maxim has shut down on Josie taking any more trPS
with YOU He blew in night before last about zen V'N'
and when ne found that Josie was still out ne began 10
boil overheard them having OUT at .c D''1' IT,
table Yesterday morning He's sent her over 10 Ieha-
c,,ni 10 visit Superintendent Carcys family She leit
ON Six this morning. But. by Joclles. Jesse! the way
that q put on the mitts for YOU would have made you
spread out like peacock stay IN tle game ON S''''
She, the biggest catch in the Southwest.
Bland both hurt and angry at this inormallon grove
hi car airulcsv about the streets for week, avoiding
rather than seeking business, and halt expecting J25eP
inc % write Then one afternoon III me W,hc "' ~
bones most prominent citizens he strolcd down 10 lc
railroad station 10 greet the Pathfinder the ~, rs
fourdav train from San Diego to New York. now on her
maiden trip ,.
Amos, the first man he saw on the platform was
Major Maxim, carrying small handbag III "'"I""6
him Bland bumped into the station operator.
"UcarI the news" the youth asked eagerly. Miss
Maxim was Kidnapped about an hour az" by i,e ron
tana gang. while riding horseback over al lc'I'.'P,
and is held for ransom Guess the old man there glad
hc, got streak Of creased lightning like the Pathfinder
% take him across
The splendid train was then drawing in on time TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JUNE 49, 1919

Tehachapi and jumped aboard. He intended to volun-
teer as deputy in the hazardous work Of running down
the bandits He also intended that Maxim should
know nothing about 1t.
THE Pathfinder had been humning along for an hour
L or more when suddenly she shuddered as with
chill little girl playing in the aisle near Bland was
thrown to the floor; in the opposite section was
shot into the Lap Of his vsavis women screamed; ana
someone shouted "We're off the track
Jesse Bland knew, however that the commotion was
due 10 an emergency stop and he darted tor the qoo
He was the first passenger 10 Tedch inc lrohV' NdJo
css than a ward from the locomotives pilot, in the
center Of the track lay boulder that had Slid down the
face Of small mesa the left Both engineer ana ilre-
man had Jumped and both lay where they had struck,
one white and unconscious, the other writing ana
groaning from what proved To be broken leg
Maxim shook his head half-pltylngy, hali-censorl-
ousv 800 bad. IN error OF judgment based on
1,rl, Of nerve Rig up stretcher, he commanded oil
,t L,og,oer,an get those injured men into your car,
and cali the train for doctor. One OF you brakemel
gu, a wire SO can attach my pocket set OF instruments
and get in communication with Drybone Meanwhile
addressing the hrong of passengers you can nep out
bv tacklng that boulder. You j. probably ma rope
and crowbar in the baggage car.
He glanced at his watch, and continued 10 the con
du.tor LAYING aside my anxiety to reach lchachap'
wouldn't have had this happen for five thousand dol
lars This is my train. II was my work Of rehabla3h
ON these icrlwatcr mountain and desert lines thdt mace
her possible | suggested her i named her ! guar,
antccd her. | bought twelve new locomotives I" maui
her. spent ten thousand dollars IN advertising He''
Now here ON her first she baskS under an .ir%o"
sun. as torpid as ella monster. That engine ere"
from Drvbonc can possibly reach us under two hours
and if they have % trail that freight very lar IiaI We
passed on Yucca Siding He broke of despmnngF
RanI WAS about 10 step forward to help remove the
boulder whcn-as IL seemed 10 him aiterWard an IN
visible presence pucked at his sleeve ana voice 4"
s,,,cr1al sweetness whispered IN his ear Vow Is the
ID f..r r.r.,r ,.sflf ia
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04
A CORRECTION.
Credit for Mining Machinery Goes to
Wrong Company.

In referring to the mammoth Sy-
mons Disc crusher which has just been
installed by the National Copper Min
ing company at Mullan, the Miner, in
its issue of November 20. stated that
this crusher is manufactured by the
Traylor Engineering company. This
was an error to which attention has
been called by Chalmers & Williams.
of Chicago, manufacturers of mining
and cement machinery. The Miner
cheerfully makes the correction by
publishing the following extract from
a letter under date of November 25;
LAS this is the first machine going
into the Occur d'Alenes and as we
hope for a very large business in this
type of machine in the future, due to
the performance which we have every
reason to believe this machine will
give, we should like very much to have
this statement corrected
chalmers & Williams are the sole
licensed manufacturers for the United
States for the patentees, the Symons
Bros. Company
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04
THE RAY-JEFFERSON.
Every Preparation for Winters De-
velopment.

Not a detail is lacking in prepar-
alton for continuous work during the
winter at the Ray jefferson every
thing is rounded up said Manager
Dan McGrath, who was over to Wal
lace the first Of the week from the
Sunset section.
The winters work viii be confined
to running No. ? tunnel, a crosscut fer
the ledge and ore shoot which opened
up With such splendid results In tun-
mel No. |. This is also known as the
intermediate tunnel, for it is planned
later to get between 700 and 500 feet
deeper with the lowest practical Car
bon creek level
A good and roomy blacksmith shop
has been built at No. g enough L
rails for the winters work have been
delivered on the ground and the tun-
mel is already well underground
The working force is comfortably
quartered in the cabins on Carbon
creek.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04
SAYS BUSINESS Is GOOD.
Former Wallace Man Here on His
Regular Trip.

William II. Teel, who grew to man.
hood in this city and for many years
was superintendent of the Federal
mill was in the city several days this
week. Mr.. Teel is now travelling for
the Main Betting company of Seattle
embracing Idaho, Montana. Utah. Ne
vada and Arizona, and his itineracy
vada and Arizona, and his itinerary
brings him to the Coeur d'Alene dis
trict once in two months. His head
quarters are now in Salt Lake City,
where his family resides. Mr.. Teers
customers are essentially companies
operating machinery plants of all de-
scriptions, and his largest business is
in the mining districts He reports
business conditions good, particularly
in the mining sections Of his territory
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs Teel will be
to know that upon Mr..
Teel's return to Salt Lake in few
weeks, Mrs Teel will accompany him
to Los Angeles, where she will remain
while he makes a business visit to
riZona
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04
MINING AS A BUSINESS.
The Safest and Most Profitable

(James Wick, Millionaire Florist)
after carefully studying the United
States government reports and other
authorities, I find that mining is the
safest and most profitable business
known. Before engaging in it I care
fully looked into every phase of the
matter and was surprised to learn
that official statistics prove that the
dividends paid by the gold SILVER.
lead and copper mines Of the United
States exceed those paid by all the
banks and railroads combined Thaf
the commercial reports show that Of
those engaged in mercantile pursuits
95 per cent fail while those who SUI
ceed do not make more than 25 per
cent on the capital invested. Con-
trast this with mining, in which the
failures only reach 3S per cent, while
the average profits on the capital in
vested Is over y per cent. In legiti-
mate mining | find that a 30 per cent
or 40 per cent annual dividend Is not
unusual, and | have found many cases
where 100 per cent is paid safely and
legitimately. I shall invest my money
in mines"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04

parisons are odious," it has been sale
but they are often necessary to estab
lish common justice. Carried to it
full limit the publicity given the Coeu
d'Alenes through this Spokane news
paper source would destroy it's identi
ty absolutely. The second larges
mining camp in the west--and from
the standpoint Of permanency ant
long life, maybe the first camp--is no
ready to go out of business yet {
while; nor is it willing to go off tht
map as q distinct part of Idaho ant
be merged in as a sort of suburb o.
Spokane, to further boom real estate
etc. But more Of this at some othcl
time-if necessary
| Another comparison is strictly II
order The best index to what a cits
or community is doing is the business
of it's railroads. With all its railroad
facilities and superior location as 3
distributing point-and certainly Sp0-
kane is favored in this respect to an
the northwest or the entire west--tho
Coeur d'Alene mining district will }.
'suffer by comparison of its incoming
and outgoing business on two rail-
roads with the same business of Spo-
kane on all it's railroads.
The exact figures are not available
to The Miner but some important
facts are at hand which have a very
strong bearing and give room for es-
Inmates
During the years 1909, 1910 and 1911
the incoming and outgoing railroad
business of the Coeur d'Alenes WAS
over S14,000,000 or about $4,000, 900
year. 1t was probably over 5000
900 in 1912, and it would not be at al
surprising, judging from what is d.
ing right now, that it would closely
approach $6,OOO,0OO in 1913
Six years ago the O.-W. R. & n.
station at Wallace alone brought big
ger receipts to the company than its
Spokane office. On the entire O.-W
R. & N. system at about that time the
Portland Office was first in business;
Albina, across the Willamette was
second and Wallace was third. The
Miner happens to be in possession Of
this fact. What the business is today
at any of the stations it does not know
except as the information is general,
but it is not improbable that the Kel-
logg station may have the biggest
business of all, with Mullan close
second.
The Miner does not know what ex-
act results would be, but it would well
come a comparison of gross railroad
business Of the Occur d'Alenes and
Spokane.
Productive payrolls and transporta-
ton business tell the important tale
for any city or community.
Spokane Mines!" The impudence
Of the claim!
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04
THE ROANOKE.
An Old Property With Good Showing
of Mineral.

OF Mineral.
At the head of Elk creek Is located
the Roanoke group, consisting of two
patented claims and five unpatented.
The property has been handled by
various owners and leasers for many
years, and altogether considerable de-
velopment work has been accomplish
ed and some ore shipped. The lead
has been explored by tunnel, and IN
order to get greater depth, which was
Impractical by tunnel, a shaft has
been sunk 800 feet and is in good ore,
though not a large body, There Is a
good hosting plant on the property,
air compressor and all other necessary
equipment for mining. The directors
of the company are ]. f. Mccarthy, al
Page F.. r. Stone, L. J. ST. Jean and
w. J Eaker all of Wallace. George
II. Edrnlston is secretary treasurer
Arrangements have just been COM
pleted TO do the annual assessment
work on the unpatented claims and
1t /, not improbable that further de-
velopment will be undertaken in the
spring.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04
TEN REAL PIONEERS.
They Meet by Accident and Sit for
a Photoqraph.

A remarkable photograph was
taken at Barnard's a few days ago.
The subject is group Of ten pio-
neers of the Occur d'Alene district
and their meeting was without any
pre- arranged plan. James F. CAL
lahan and Dave Cromie, of De-
borgia, We're talking OH the corner
of Sixth and Cedar streets They
were joined by Pat Gearon. Then
came John Lafevre, soon followed
by William Osburn. About that
time Judge A. e. Mayhem CHANGED
to show up, then Henry Ellers,
Jack Alger and Wynn Evans. L
then dawned upon the assemblage
that through chance nine Of the
earliest pioneers of the district had
assembled on that corner. Mr.
Callahan proposed that a photo
graph be taken of the group, which
suggestion was acted upon after
adding j. w. Tabor to the group.
It Is most interesting picture,
one that will be sought and greatly
priced by all who are interested
in the early settlement and later
development Of the Coeur d'Alene
district Six of these men arrived
here in 1883 and four in 1884, as
follows. 1SS3---John Lafevre, Will
liam Oshurn, James r. Callahan,
Dave Cromie, Pat Gearon, Wynn
A. f. Mayhem, Jack Alger, Henry
Ellars.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04
A. N. STROBE GIVES MUCH INTERESTING
NEWS Of RECENT FEDERAL MEETING
SOME VERBAL DENIALs CERTIFIED COURT
RECORD PRooF-A DIRECTED FROM
NUMEROUS QUARTERS

otherwise, whereby the Mornin,
boarding house and United Stores ar,
protected in patronage and pay
whereby percentages are given to any
one; or whereby deductions of en-
ployes' pay are made without theil
consent When President Brownel
made this sweeping denial, especially
as to store and boarding house bills
Norman read from a certified CODY of
evidence of Federal employees in the
Kate Laughlin case in the district
court Of sums aggregating $3.50 0G0
held from pay Of Morning mine en-
ployes alone, without authority of any
kind from the latter Additional evi-
dence from court proceedings was
presented by me to substantiate
this.
When the question pertaining to
insurance was up President Brownel
laughingly said he had heard no COM
plant from the men, MY God said
Norman, instantly rising, whoever
heard of a Federal empoye making
complaints and staying with the job .:
another of my questions dealt with
the political activity of the company.
The president said he had never heard
of a contribution of the company to
any political organization, but that it
had been liberal to churches and
schools. When pressed for details in
the latter statement he could designate
but $25 donated to baseball club.
President Brownell admitted thar
the Federal company mas an interest
in the Pres5Times, bu1 claimed it was
a money ing intere9. a,:d that they
wanted t. sell, bu' my inquiry faila1
t. reveal any one to whom it had q aen
+ fiered for ssie.
"Mr. B-ownell denied in the meet
ing that any commissions on collec-
tons had been charged. ! produced
certified court record Of Federal en-
ployes evidence in which it was ad-
nltted that an order from Federal
miner to a Mullan merchant was sent
o the Federal office at Wallace. 1t
vas sent to the United Stores at Null
an. Finally the order was paid and
per cent charged the original holder. /
rhe per cent evidently went to the
United Stores, as there was no Fed /
,ral record of 1t.
1T was a hot meeting-red hot, in
act, at some stages of proceeding
md some extremely blunt truths We're
old"
81 want to be absolutely fair in this
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04
DAxON RETURNS.
Been Absent for Several Months on
Mining Business.
Arizona.

Richard Daxon returned to the city
the first Of the week. after an absence
Of several months, most of which time
was spent i'm Butte. Asked regard
ing plans for operations at the Tax
box, the well known property at Sal
tese of which he is manager he re-
piled that nothing was contemplated
this winter more than doing the an
nual assessment work, which Is now
in progress. He hopes, however, by
spring to be in position to resume
extensive operati tions in the mine Much
ore hase been exposed in the Tarbox
and the property Is well equipped for
extensive development.
Mr.. Daxon viii return to Butte about
the 10th, but expects to spend Christ
mas in this city
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04
The hypotheek.

Good progress is being made drift
ing west on the 700 level of the Hy-
potheek. Only a short distance re-
mains to be run to the point where
the raise will be started and when
when completed will be the main
working shaft of the mine The vein
is widening as the drift proceeds, but
show svery little ore at this time
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04
THE SNOWSTORM.
Crosscutting From Shaft Sunk From
No. 4 Tunnel.
lMullan Progressl

The SnoWstorm company at Larson
for the vein from the Winze that was
sunk from the No. tunnel The
winze is down about 400 feet, Should
the company encounter the ore bodies
at this depth and they prove good, II
will mean a great deal to the future
of the copper industry in this end of
the district, for on this same belt ars
located a number of properties which
will be greatly benefited by the
knowledge that depth carries the ore.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04
THE FORTUNATE.
A North Fork Property Being Steadily
Developed.

r. E. Seysler went down to the For
tunate this week, where ne will prob.
ably remain for a month or more Mr.
Seysler IS one of the principal owners
Of this property, which is located on
the North Fork, near the railroad,
short distance above Enaville. The
face showing, being a big iron and
quartz cropping with galena all
through It. 1t is possible to explore
this vein by tunnel at depth Of 1000
feet, but the present tunnel will not
cat it at great depth, This tunnel Is
new In about 400 feet and there ara
strong Indications that the vein s,tpy
be cut any day.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04
Eleven Cents Grew to $4,000.

In a prize contest at a recent Can
yon county Idaho, fair at Caldwell
John Jansenn made the best showing
for progress from a small beginning
on a government land project. He filed
in 1903 with a total capital of II cents,
day his place is conservatvely valued
at 100000. Many other similar show
ings were made.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04
bill 0SbURN SELLS HIS FAMOUS RANCH
TO EUGENE DAY, MANAGER OF HERCULES
SOMETHING ABOUT POPULAR HOUSE THAT PLAYED AN I'M
IT. COEUR CALENES.

changes soon reduced the travel by
way Of Osburn, but did not depress
the spirit of Bill He Is a resourceful
man, and the number of cards he had
up his sleeve and the mastery man
ner in which he played them in order
story which may be told later.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04
Deep Snow At the L-acIede.

Parties coming down from the La
clede Monday state that there was
four feet Of snow in that locality. Tho
Laclede is well up toward the Can
Nine Mile divide, lying on the
Nine Mile side, the group being be-
tween the Hercules on the Canyon
side and the Tamarack Custer On
Nine Mile
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04

real estate deal of more than or
dinary interest, particularly to tn,
older residents OF the Occur d'AlenC
district was consummated few days
age, by the terms of which William
Osburn has transferred to Eugene 4
Day his ranch, consisting of upwards
of 100 acres, and all his holdings III
the Osburn toWnsite, Mr. Osburn re-
serving six acres where he will con
tinue to make his home. The purchase
price Is not definitely known, but the
current report Is that Mr. Osbum re-
ceived $4,000 cash for the property.
viii Raise Thoroug ghbred Horses.
Mr., Day IS one of the owners and
manager of the Hercules mine. He
las made no public announcement of
his purpose in purchasing this choice
tract of land, but from persons who
claim to know it is learned that he
will make it a modern stock farm.
giving special attention to raising
thoroughbred draft horses. 1t is said
that he has natural fondness for
livestock Of all kinds and takes special
delight in fancy chickens, ducks, etc.
Evidence OF his strong tendency to-
ward animal life on the farm may be
seen at the Hercules mine, where a
flock Of thoroughbred chickens, ducks
and number of hogs are kept and
which 1t Is said receive his personal
attention.
The Osburn ranch will give Mr.. Day
an ideal opportunity to give full swing
to his inclination, for his large min
ing interests and other extensive and
profitable holdings render profit from
the ranch a matter of minor import
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04

After an absence of about sever
weeks from the Coeur dAlenes, A. NJ
Strobe, Of Mullan, returned the frs
of the week from visit to the eastern
Mississippi valley and Rocky Noun.
tain states. He spent more or less
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington
Indianapolis, Springfield, H., Louis
vile. st. Louis, Kansas City, Denve,
and Boise.
The primary object of Mr.. Strode's
visit to New York City was to attend
the annual meeting of the stockhold- -
ers of the Federal Mining company,
October 20, and later on his trip to the
national capital was in the interest CT
the minority stockholders of that COM
pany.
/ "The attendance at the Federal
meeting was SMALL" said Mr.. Strobe,
and this was evidently anticipated by
those In control, as only IL chairs Were
provided. The majority, which is the
smelling interest, has seven shares to
the good. This was sufficient. how
ever to do business or to prevent bus-
ness. Except the election of officers
and changing the date of annual meet
ing no real business was done. The
American Securities company in con-
troll voted its interests in a bunch.
But much was said, and it will later
bear fruit. Reporters of the New York
dailes were furnished proxies by the
minority, and what they wrote Of the
proceedings, most of which was re-
printed in The Miner, was correct as
far as it went There were no mu7-
zles on representatives of the mino =
ity stockholders.
81 want to say in this connection
that in cause so manifestly just
fighter to be found than my associate
Sidney Norman.
my IA questions were given coA-
sderation by the meeting Some of
tHe CudIStS iHNUlFeu NcIe ddll'lttN'',
others were denied, and with others
there was an attempt by the majority
to sidetrack.
"The loss of approximately 100000
a year to holders Of common stock
was laughed at by the control simply
treated as a joke. This very serious
matter, however, Is soon to be deaf
With by the supreme court of New
York.
"There was absolute denial in the |
meeting and at the New York Office |
Of the Federal Of any knowledge what
ever of any understanding, tacit Or
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04

There are some very blunt truths
and conclusions in the above, Com
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04
Famous Old Place.

While the road house as II was
known in the early days has long
since passed away yet the presence of
Bill Osburn on the old place kept
fresh in the memory of old timers his
genial humor and cordial hospitality
which made stop at his place one
Of the pleasures of life during the
eventful period when the mines We're
IN the making. q was therefore with
feelings akin to regret that those who
knew the Osburn of other days learn
ed that the famous old ranch had
passed into other hands. But this
feeling is offset by one of pleasure in
knowing that Bill Osburn was able to
shift the burden upon other shoulders
at a time in life when he had earned
q rest, hale and hearty at 81 and am
ply provided for many years of ease
and comfort as sequel to the tire
less industry that has characterized
his life