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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-09

Wisner and Meyers only sixteen Of those
promotions were taken up.
Wsner's success In unloading on To-
public more than 100000 shares FOR
cash return OF S20is.29s was not due 70
his glowing descriptions OF the properuet'
but rather to the declaration OF DIVIDENDS
on the stock of mining companies thaI
had never earned net profits ana usins
the payment of small dividends ss an
argument why investors should purchase
other securities" from him.
The sixteen companies discussed at the
trial produced in all only S41S,505 worth 81
ore and oil during the whole PERIOD, ano
although the operation OF those mines
and wells cost sS2s 635, Wisner paid out IN
dividends s4so.379. using for the payments
moneys secured from sales of stock.
Guaranty Fund a "Trick.">
Another impressive trick of Wisner q
co. was the advertising Of guaranty
fund of 100000 made up OF worthless
securities of companies promoted by WIS
ner which was held out to prospective
investors as an absolute security against
loss. II al investor was dissatisfied WIN
the securities he had bought he could Al
any time exchange them for an equivalent
in those comprising the guaranty fund.
In the last years of the enterprise VIE
ner & co. sold mucn stock on the install
men. plan. Turing into investment many
people of small means who, as shown ey
their testimony during the trial. denied
themselves many necessary things In or
der 10 meet the payments they had con-
tracted for. The governments raid on the
company saved those instalment plan Gus
toners from paying nearly $4,000 more
into the pockets of the men behind Wis
ner e. co.
Among the mines promoted by Wisnsr
and Meyers were the Black Oak Gold
Mining Company. the Black Oak Gold
Mines Consolidated the Mount Jefferson
Gold Mines Consolidated. the Mount JET
ferson Mining and Exploration Company,
the Murchie Gold Mines. the Murchie Ex-
tension, the United Tonopah, the Goldheld
Somerset, the Manhattan Neyaja, the
Philippine Plantation. the Empire Gold
Mines. the California New York, tn
California Monarch, the California Did-
mond Oil. the California Mutual Oil and
the Amalgamated Mining and Oil Conn
pany.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-20

also many other available usertof
sites "a me tributaries g zee ohio
aboyc Cincinnati Even ereateT nor
aea capacity however Win probably
BE- required 20 control falls the floods
on the ohio. for an the floods DO not
originate "a she same tributaries aud
therefore sufficient reservoirs must
be- provided to control floods on two
or more combinations q tributaries
The report emphasizes the made.
Quacy Of the data available concern
ing the Ohio river system and urges
the necessity for an immediate broad
ening Of the past and present meagei
studies Of the conduct Of the man,
great tributaries Of the Ohio, which
shall conclusively answer the much
discussed question whether the floods
of the OHIO can be absolutely con
trolled by reservoirs and levees.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-20
LANES c. ROBERTSON.

The name Of James G. Robertson
has been woven with the history of
Goldfield Bakersfield and Tonopah.
He has operated in gold oil and sil.
yer stocks and is familiar with every
phase of the business, both from the
standpoint Of broker and that Of an
operator. For four years he was a
broker in Goldfield and remained
there during the boom, when the eyes
Of the world looked 10 that camp for
a sensation every morning and that
camp supported three stock exchanges
with all-night sessions. In The Ba-
kersfield district he got clear in,
sight into the system Of handling
gushers before going into San Fran
cisco. where he bought a seat on the
Bush-street exchange and opened an
office that ne maintained until two
years ago when he decided 70 join
the movement in this direction He
opened an office on Main street and
has handled his share Of local bust.
ness. In Goldfield he promoted the
Red Top Consolidated lease, which
was one of the successful leases
there paying dividends. He retained
his membership in the San Francisco
stock exchange and has correspond
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-20
BUILT THE RAILROAD AFTER
PIONEERING THE DEsER

If eyer firm was entitled to dis
tinction, that firm is Mclean & Nc
Sweeney, as it had a representative
in the field the first year after Tono-
pah became known to the world. 1t
was established here in 1901 in the
wholesale grain, hay, feed, coal and
grocery business, handling every com
modify that was needed in young
mining camp, and always growing IN
popularity. This firm, through Its
contracting department, built the
Tonopah & Goldfield railroad into
Tonopah from Nina, and then, after
putting the road through 10 Gold
field, continued with construction Of
the Bullfrog line. These were days
when labor was at a premium and
few employers could hold a force OF
laborers together long enough to ac.
complish anything, but Mclean &
McSweeney finished their contracts
and delivered the goods Their work
ing force included 100 head of horses
and a string of animals was kept on
the road hauling feed and supplies
for the small army engaged in con
struetion. In 1905 the company went
into the wholesale mercantile bust
ness on a larger scale than they had
been able to do before, owing 10 the
poor facilities for procuring merchan
disc, and they have always made
specially of handling Nevada prod
ucts. To this day the firm claims
credit for being the only house IL
Tonopah that handles home products
where they can be obtained, to the
exclusion Of the foreign article.
The firm was the first heavy
freighters associated with the open
ing of leases, and to them the leaser'
looked for their daily supply of grub
as there was not another outfit or
the road. They took out ore and
brought back lumber and all sorts
of commodities that a camp could re
uuire, and there was roar wheT
the liquid goods failed to show up II
their wagons. The firm was brought
in here through the influence of tht
men who organized the Tonopah Min
ing company, and prior to that time
they had been hauling ore to th'
mills at Searchlight and freightin(
from overton, on the Salt Lake 4
San Pedro railroad The name o
Mclean & insolvency is one of To
nopah's gilt-edge securities.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-20
HARRY E. EPsTlNE.

Harry e. Epstine opened broker
age office in 1905 and now ranks as
the longest in continual service in
Tonopah. He opened an office in the
old Stock exchange building in
Brougher avenue, at the corner of
st. Patrick street. Mr.. Epstine is a
member Of the San Francisco Stock
and Exchange board and has CORE
spondents in Philadelphia, the New
York curb and the New York Stock
exchange. When the big fire of July
s, 1912, swept every business man
from Brougher avenue, Epstine was
one of the heaviest losers, but he was
doing business at new stand, with
wires cut in and ticker service flour
ishing at o'clock the same morning
His office was burned at a. M, and
in less than five hours he had leased
a big store on Main street and wat
taking care OF his customers with the
promptness that has always charac
terized his system Of trading.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-20
MODEL CIGAR STORE.

This is the only exclusive cigar
store in Tonopah, and the Lee Broth
ers, who look after the interests OF
patrons, are always on hand TO cater
to the taste Of the men who love a
good smoke. The Model always car.
ries a variety of the best assortment
of smokers goods, and ladies or gen
tlemen contemplating making pres
ents can always rely on the repre-
sensations Of the Lee boys. In add
tion to their retail trade they are the
local distributors for Osmmdor Chan
cellor, Roi Tan and Lawrence Barrett
cigars.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-20
RYAN q sTENsoN.

This firm was established in Tono-
pah in 1901, when the principals
came from Virginia City on the
strength of reports emanating from
the new camp just found at the base
of Mount eddie They prospered
from the outset and soon found there
was no accommodation for the enor-
nous business they were carrying
This compelled them to build the
present twostory building that shell
tiers a $4,000 stock of goods of the
very highest material. The members
of the firm are Roger p. Stenson
j. P. Stenson and D. M. Ryan.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-20
roNoPAH HARDWARE CO.

With the passing of the Nye County
Hardware company, its place was
taken by the Tonopah Hardware com
pany, which has proven one OF the
most aggressive and enterprising
firms in this part of the country. The
succession came about in 1911, when
Henry Schmidt and w. Russell Will
liams organized the present company
The speciality is in heavy hardware
and mining utensils and machinery,
and the average value of stock car.
ried is $4,000. AS a supply house
for the mining trade and prospectors
the Tonopah Hardware company is
without rival as it has the exclu
sive agency for the Sullivan roch
drill, Midyale steel and Milburn wag
ons. They also handle the best line
Of cable, grease, oil and paint.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-20
GEORGE J. LEWIS, sTATIoNER.

The leading stationery store, filled
with office supplies. is that of George
J. Lewis, situated conveniently in the
business center opposite the Bank
building and near the Mizpah hotel.
Mr. Lewis is we'll known to old-timers
and those who we're in the Rawhide
boom. The stock of goods embraces
everything in the line Of CONNECTIONS
cry, cigars and smokers goods, and
he also keeps a complete stock OF
magazines and the latest publications
Mr.. Lewis refreshment parlors are
the popular after-the-show resort.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-20
CAUSES OF OHIO VALLEY FLOODS
AND THE MEANS OF AVOIDING THEM

The causes which led % ihe great
flood Do tho ohio alley iasl sprine
he losses thereirom. ard enc proven
zion % aamaee by future floods are
discussed IN the timely report jnst
issued ~ the United States geoioEi
cal survey as the result q field
investigation Of The districts affected
and a study Of the records Of precipi
tation. run-off and stream flow. While
the flood Of 1918 was the most de.
structive that has ever visited the
Ohio valley, 1t is pointed out that
floods Of the Ohio are now the rule
rather than the exception and that
the problem OF preventing flood dam
age is a vital one, pressing for solu-
I ton. In no year since 1873 has the
! Ohio river failed to overflow its
banks at some point along its course
and flood large areas, and in some
years the flooding has been repeated
five times. The actual material loss
on account of the recent flood is
more than $500 100000, without con
sidering indirect losses or the loss Of
life.
A distinction is made between the
prevention of floods and the proven
tion of damage by floods in order to
bring out forcibly the obvious idea
that excessive rainfall and the accu-
mutation of excessively large volumes
of surface water in river basins can
not be prevented, but that the thing
to strive for is to prevent the great
damage done by flood water all along
the rivers course. The two means
of preventing damage by floods that
are most discussed and that are stat
, ed to be unquestionably the best and
most reliable are levees and storage
reservoirs, although forests are also
prominently mentioned. The geo
: logical survey points out, however
that to guard against the most de
: structive floods all available prevent
2 i've measures must be employed ant
5 that no one alone can possibly b'
5 adequate. In Analysing the figures
L showing the volume of the floods o
< various years at Cincinnati it is in
+ teresting to note that to have KEEP
e the highest flood on record at tina
city below the danger line it woul'
have been necessary to hold bacl
above Cincinnati 226,0OO million cubi
feet of water representing the danger
Gus crest or top of the flood-the &C
cumulated excess during the nineteei
days that the height Of the river wa
above the danger line. The capacit
of the forty-three reservoir site
above Pittsburgh, investigated in l9l
by the Pittsburgh Flood commission
is $4,000 million cubic feet, and pr
liminary investigations during 100
!. by the geological survey in tn
Kanawha river drainage area disco
cred seventeen reservoir sites with a
!. additional storage capacity of abo'
100000 million cubic feet There al
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-20
KEEPS TWO FIVE TON AUTO TRUCKS
AND TWO SCORE HORSE TEAMS BUSY

n 1896 ite operations grew III
large tha vas found better 20 81.
corporate. WIN Charles WHenbers
president AZ he same time q was
decided to expand by enlarging ihe
scope 81 operations lhroueh taking in
the agencies q several % The most
reliable breweries. getting the exclu.
slve agency for Budweiser and Vie.
land beers. Then he added coal and
produce and. while engaged in dis,
fributing these commodities, he did
not forget the transfer business, on
which his success was based. He
added ten auto trucks to his Manhat'
tan service for the dispatch Of fast
freight. and opened a warehouse and
office in the Pine Tree camp, where
he is also engaged in several exten'
sive mining projects. Mr. Wittenberg
has the machinery and capacity for
hauling the heaviest machinery and
mining outfits 10 outside camps, and
for the past year his teams and auto
trucks have been busy twenty-four
hours a day filling orders from the
outside districts.
Recently five cars Of beer, flour
/ lumber and produce were received u
one day, consigned to the Wittenbere
company, and the railroad company
received its immense freight bill on
the spot.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-20

The wltonberg Warehouse coH.
many Is one Of the oldest concerns so
the district rs Il first came into
prominence ln 1909, vhen ieasers
were numerous and the demand for
shipping facilities required re-
sourceful man aud one who could
keep teams going under the most
difficult conditions. AS the business
expanded he added other lines 10 his
teaming, and started the construction
OF warehouse that is identified with
the name Of Wittenberg wherever
that name is heard. Every firm in
the state is familiar with Wittenherg
and the standing ranks A No. / m
the most conservative agencies.
Charles Wittenberg came originally
from Eureka. New, with one horse
and a dray, with which he proposed
doing a little express business around
town. His genius grasped the i'm
portance of the local situation quick
er than some of the other arrivals,
and soon he had acquired big
wagon and double team This paved
the way for rapid advancement, and
with every dollar he could scrape TO-
gether, invested in live stock and
equipment he soon came to own the
largest strings of freighters in the
Tonopah district.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-20

There ere 5 Dos o lhlngs IN ihis
soAa ihat we never Bvc-aciresses
h0 sust defpiro e bare their pie.
tares rs the papcia. fof instance.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-20

refrigerated tank car has brought
$500 Holsters to California. In spite
of the fact that we have fairly
good imitation in Sacramento.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-28
HEADAcHY, CoSTiVE,
BiLIOUS-"CASCA
Liver and Bowels are Ciogged-CIear
Them Tonight! Feel Bully!

Get a ten-cent box.
Sick headache, biliOusness, dizzi-
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and
foul >breath-always trace them to a
torpid liver; delayed, fermenting
food in the bowels or sour, gassy
stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testines instead of being cast out of
the system is re-absorbed into the
blood When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gasos, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a ten-cent
box from your druggist means your
head clear, stomach sweet and your
liver and bowels regular for months.
(adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-28
STOCK AND FARM NOTES

Col. f. B. Park sold Saturday 116
Waynesboro, Georgia The price is
private, but it is known to be good
figure. One load was shipped out
Saturday, another will go December
1 and the two remaining loads on
December Is.
Carlisle Advocate: "Mr. and Mrs.
Arson Squires, of near Little Rock,
arrived Monday, and will have a
room with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry King.
Mr.. Squires is connected with the
the Burley Loose Leaf clerical force
for the tobacco season."
Congressman J. Campbell Can
trill sold Monday to j., w. Thacker,
his farm of 297 acres in Fayette
county. The price was between $685.
900 and $4,000 Mr. Thacker re-
Gently bought from Mrs. Cantrill SO
acres adjoining, which gives him
$50 acres.
About one month ago." says
the Carlisle Advocate, Victor Ross
Rolla VanHook bought of Frank
Barton, his farm of 100 acres in
Bourbon county. VanHook, Cason &
Cox, this week resold the farm to
Mrs. III. S. Barr, for $121.50 per acre,
and advance of about SIS per acre. ~
The Carlisle Advocate says: "Dr.
McCord, the 7-year-old jack belong
ing to A. ]. Duncan, died on Satur,
day afternoon, at Mr.. Duncan's farm
near the White Chimney. DR.. Nc
Cord is known throughout the country
as being possibly the best breeding
jack in the county and he has sired
many prize colts, two of which sold
at worlds record prices, and the loss
will not only fall heavily = on Mr.
Duncan, but to stockmen as we'll
Mr.. Duncan a number Fof time had
been offered over $1,000 for the ami
NAL, and a few weeks ago he. was on
a deal with locaI stock raiser to
sell half-interest at much greater
| sum. He was fortunate, however, in
carrying $500 insurance on the ami
NAL"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-28
Celebrities Unfairly Treated.

In 1849 Poe wrote: Everybody says
that if I lecture again and put the
tickets at so cents will clear 800.
never was received with so much en-
thusiasm. l lectured ct Norfolk and
cleared enough to settle my bill at
Madison house (Richmond) and 5000
over" Set against this, We who blush
unduly at the memory of pirated edi
tions, the $4,000 that Dickens cleared
on his American tour-Algernon Tas.
sin, in the Bookman.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-28

dy by T. W. Robertson. A classic
among comedies, telling of the serio-
comic events brought about by mar
riage of a ballet dancer with a drunk
en- sot of father into one of England's
most aristovratic families. The cast
includes number OF welEknQwn
players.
Seeds of Wealth." Lubin drama,
a dainty child's story with a beautiful
moral. Mr.. Ertz is singing.
Saturday, Nov. 29-"When the West
Was Young" Vitagraph Western
drama, featuring Mr.. George Stanley
"To Love and Cherish" an excel
lent problem play by the Lubin com.
pany: Fool Luck" and "Deceiving
Asa" two screaming Kalem come
dies.
The following famous plays and all
star films have been booked for the
Alamo Theatre for the month of
December: Tuesday, Dec. 9, Mrs.
Fiske, in "Tess of the D'Urbervilles,'
in six reels; Tuesday, December Is,
Mary Pickford, In 1.-THE Bishops Car
diage," reels; Tuesday, December
%, Henry E. Dixey, in Chelsea 1850;
Tuesday, December 80, Arizona" in
six reels.
The mary elous Gold Fibre Screen,
the screen that does not hurt the eyes
and which brings out all the na.dral
colors of the pictures, giving the very
best picture service. has just bean In
stalled, and VIII be in use today.
This is the irst screen Of the kind
ever used in Paris.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-28
CARDINAL GIBBONS AND FARLEY
ENDORSE TUBERCULOSIS DAY.
t>fshest Roman Catholic Church Off
Gais Urge Clergy to Help in
Nationwide Movement.

- Cardinal Gibbons and Cardinal
- have endorsed the movement
1he observance of the Fourth Ma
u Tuberculosis Day on December
according to an announcement
y by the National Association for
Study and Prevention of Tuber-
srdinal Gibbons, who has for a
- time taken an active interest in
ant(-tuberculosis fight in Mary
writes to Mr.. H. Writ Steele,
retary of the Maryland Associa-
- for the Prevention and Relief of
tuberculosis Day movement, and eX-
pressing his interest and appreciation.
AH9ng other things he says:
ny wonder has been aroused by
~ simplicity of the. arms used in
4 : warefare- namely-rational liv-
= and cleanliness-which are with
81 the reach of all.
Il shall follow with special inter
lest all your efforts in this splendid
psapaganda against the terrible dis
eu1e, and hope the results Of your
7aber will be commensurate with the
ze&l, the energy, and ,self-sacrifice
which you your fellow-workers are de-
Teting to the work.
II can remember we'll the ravageS
zade by yellow fever in days gone by,
III rejoice TO see that the medical
fraternity have conquered it.
Il trust that you will be equally
: successful against tuberculosis.
Cardinal Farley in letter to Mr..
Frank III. Mann, Secretary Of the New
York City Committee on the Proven
ton of tuberculosis is even more en-
JAatic in his support of the Tubercu-
losis Day campaign. He has spoken
TO the clergy under his supervision
about assisting in this movement and
has directed that the work be rightly
4romoted in all the parocial schools.
In his letter to Mr.. Mann, the Car
&inal says:
Your work must be commended
itself to every human soul as it aims
to free an evil that has blighted many
family and to destroy a source of
- contagion that knows no barrier.
1T did not take more than twenty
years in the past to make smallpox,
which has countless victims in its
day, almost an unknown terror. This
was accomplished through local san
1tary efforts and we may expect, il
your organization can prevail upon all
20 use personal sanitary efforts, to
see the White Plague banished from
our midst the not distant future.
THE campaign of education and
regulation must continue until all
shall know their duty and have the
determination to push forward all
preventative effort against its breed
ing places, so that neither occupa
ton, residence, or personal habit
shall give occasion to its develop
Rent"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-28
RELIGIOUS.

The First Quarterly services for
the conference year will be held at
the Methodist church Sunday. At
the morning service. 10:45 o'clock, the
sacrament of the Lords Supper will
be administered. Night service at
z O'Clock.
Sunday school at $3.50 p. m. This
will be Orphans Home day. The
offering taken will go to the Method
list Orphans Home at Louisville.
The EpwOrth League devotional
services at els o'clock Subject,
''The Foreigner in the United States"
Leader, Miss Frances Hancock.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all the above services.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-28
"The Confession" at the Ben Ali.

"The Confession" said to be the
most powerful dramatic. play seen in
years, will be the attraction at the
Ben Ali Theater in Lexington next
Tuesday night This is the play
which startled all New York, and had
long run at the Bijou Theatre in
that city. The New York papers
were unanimous in chasing it as the
most tsartlng and vivid play seen in
the metropolis in years. Every
Catholic should see it. The most
noted clergy in the United Statesi have
endorsed it.
Leave your order tor seats with r.
S. Porter, representative Of the Ben
Ali in ParisA Seat sale will open to-
dy. (adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-28
Newest In Begging.

The beggar on horseback used to
be common everywhere, but up in Kan
sas they have just arrested beggar
who was travelling in an automobile by
hight and pleading poverty by day.
His plan was to leave his wife in
charge of their conveyance every
ncrning While he went out and graft
gasOline.-Dallas News.