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VOL. II NO. 178
TONOPAH NEVADA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 10, 1907.
PRICE 10 CENTS
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All in Hearty Accord With
the Move and Think It Is
a Step in the Right Direction-Time
Is Ripe for At
tracting Capital.
There will.be a royal gathering of business men, brokers, mer-
chants, and men of all professions, at the Mizpah Club tonight,
when permanent organization of the Tonopah Manhattan Promo-
tion Committee' is to be effected. There will be leading citizens
to advance ideas and suggestions; there will be others there to
listen, and to give to the movement their moral, physical and fin-
anclal support.
The meeting at the Mizpah Club on last Saturday night, and
that of Monday night at Manhattan, has aroused the citizens of
Tonopah to a sense of action. As one gentlemen expressed him-
self yesterday, "Anything that has for the stirring up of things,
has my approval."
N This movement is going to stir up
things with a vengeance, not only in
Manhattan, but all over this district.
Some have demurred for the reason
given that the movement has been
started too soon. This is poor rea
soning. There is .no time like the
present. Conditions in the east and
in some parts of the west, are much
depressed just now, but in the nature
of things, this cannot go on forever,
"While the great bulk of capital is
tied up, there is reason for it.
One of the great reasons for it is
that capital has taken its cue from
Wall street, and tightened up. This
kind of capital does not want to take
any chances in anything which is un
der the dominion of the moneyed
powers; but any proposition which
affords a good investment, will surely
appeal to it.
There can be no better proposition
than a good mining proposition. Show
Oapltal that the money Invested is
oing to be put into the ground, and
see how quickly it will come along.
The thing is to find the capital, and
then convince it. The knockers tell
us that the east wants no more of
Manhattan; they can go farther than
that, and say to us that southern Ne
vada securities are a dead issue in
the eastern centers.
' This falsehood is easily disposed of
by facts which are submitted to ns
every day. For we see and meet the
representatives of eastern capital
right here. They are traveling
through the country, looking for In
vestments, and they are finding them
and taking them up. Witness, at
the meeting at Manhattan on Monday
night, there was not the representa
tive of capital, but the capital itself.
Mr. Mayer, a multi-millionajre of
N'ew York, was there to speak for
himself. ' He did not need anyone
, to point the way. He was on the
ground, and had seen what there was
to be seen in Manhattan. He liked
the plac well enough to make his
home there. : He had heard it said,
he stated, that New York was broke,
but he would undertake to go to
New York and champion the cause
of the camp, and wake them up. As
for himself, his money was going
Into Manhattan, he did not care
whether anyone else went with him
or not.''
This is only one case where the
people of the east are coming into
this country, and where the majority
are never heard of until they have
. become mine owners. This is the ob
j ject of the movement, to get more
capital on the ground. The camps
and mines of southern Nevada are
open to the examination of the pub
' lie, an dthe more that is seen , of
both, the more attractive they are to
the eastern and the western in
vestor. , '; '
. Southern Nevada does not have to
go to the east; there are plenty of
other money centers. All that is
necessary is to bring the camps and
the districts to their 'attention. ' We
want publicity, but we want publicity
of the proper kind. Let the local
papers teem with the stuff that we
want disseminated. The local papers
may not go as far in point of circula
yn as the metropolitan dailies, but
, Ve articles of the local papers, as
ixxs been said at the meatlngs. are
clipped by the metropolitan dailies,
and given the widest circulation.
That is one way of getting circula
tion. There are other ways. The
. men who have been promoting prop
erties for years, and promoting lo
calities, can advise on that score.
There is no doubt in the world that
if everybody gets to work in earnest,
there will be evolved the finest kind
of an advertising campaign. That
the movement just started Is going
to be a grand success cannot ba
doubted when the following expres
sions of opinion are read. They were
picked up at random by representa
tives of the Bonanza, who asked a
number of people if they were going
to be present at the meeting tonight.
Nearly everyone answered in the af
firmative, and gave his reasons. Here
are some of those who are going to
be present, and their opinions of the
movement: .
John Salsberry, the copper king of
the Ubehebe I was not at the prev
ious meeting, but I certainly shall be
at that of tomorrow night, if I am in
town, If I am not here in person,
I will be at the meeting In financial
spirit. I am willing to do my share,
for I believe, that this is the right
kind of a movement, and I am heart
ily in accord with it, and so Is the
Tonopah Lumber Company, We need
something to stir up the district, and
I believe in including all' the camps
in our jurisdiction. As for Manhat
tan, I am going to get busy there
next week in the way of develop
ment. We are going to commence
work on the Gold Wedge and the
Manhattan Crescent light away.
Donald B. Gillies, president of the
Tonopah Extension I am with the
movement with all my heart. I am
going to the Shoshone in the morn
ing, but I shall be back by evening
in time to be at the meeting. A
world of good can.be done with a
movement like this, not only for
Manhattan, but for all the camps in
our immediate neighborhood. I am
glad to see a thing of the kind start
ed, and you can call on me' for any
thing In my power.
Professor Jenny, mining expert
It will be a pleasure for nve to be at
the meeting. Manhattan, with an
area the. size of the State of Con
necticut, and the mines which sur
round it, would naturally be a big
mining center; but apart from that,
she has the mines herself, and all
they need Is development. This is
the right kind of a movement, start
ed in the right kind of a way.
Senator T. L. Oddie We need at
this time a stimulus for the develop
ment of the country, and Manhattan
has all the qualities for the develop
ment of a great camp. And there
are other districts, in which Tonopah
lias the greatest interest, that can
be benefited by a movement like that
which has been started.. I will take,
great pleasure in attending the meet
ing. John J. Mullin If half the truth
about Manhattan were to be told, it
would be enough to make them shut
up their shops in the east and come
and live with us. You can take
mine after' mine in Manhattan, and
show the greatest expert in the
world, or the poorest one, where
there Is not less than $150,000 911
the dumps, and at that I am very
conservative. With the mills being
rushed to completion, there is no
doubt of the future of Manhattan. It
is going to be one of the greatest gold
camps in the world.
L. A. Gibbons I am much grati
fied to learn of the movement that
is going on. All that Manhattan
needs is a little ginger, and Tonopah
ATTEND THE MEETING
Tonight at 5 o'clock
MIZPAH CLUB ROOMS
Tonopah-Manhattan
will help out on that. Don't forget
that baby camp. Round Mountain,
'either. It is already a producer,-and
the two camps give promise of being
among the greatest in Nevada. I
will be delighted to be at the meet
ing. Clarence M. Oddie t is a magni
ficent move, and one in the right di
rection. It is timely, too, for we
have waited here long enough for
help to come to- us and our proper
ties. If we want help from the out
side, we must first help ourselves,
and show others how they can help
us. Count me in for anything that
may be done.
W. W. Keith Manhattan is goin
to pull out all right. The future is
assured by the tons of milling ore in
sight, and the mills which are rapid
ly approaching completion. The move
ment which has been started is cer
tainlly the light dope, and I will be
glad to aid it in any way possible. .
Elmer White, manager t for the
Renfro Auto Company I am an old
newspaper man myself, and I am a
firm believer in the liberal use of
printers' ink. There is nothing like
it to get-a proposition before the pub
lic. I want to say that anything that
our company can do to advance the
movement, command us. There is
always an auto at the disposal of the
press on any occasion when it is re
quired to boost Manhattan. It will
be a pleasure to me to repeat this at
the meeting.
Harry - Epstine I will be at the
meeting, sure. The movement is the
best kind of a thing, both for Tono
pah and for Manhattan. So far from
it being premature, it should have
been done long ago. If. we show that
we have faith in ourselves, we are
going to establish faith in the out
siders. 1
Frederick W. Boake Good move
ment; couldn't be better. Anything
EXPLOSION
By Associated Press.
FONTANET, Ind., Oct. 15. By an explosion at the Dupont pow
der works today, between twenty-five and fifty persons were killed
.and 600 injured, and Fontanet, a city of 1000 people, was wiped
out. Where stood a thriving and busy town this morning, to
night there is ruin and scattered wreckage. The dead and serl-
TELEGRAPHERS TO
VOTE ON STRIKE
I By Associated Press.
DENVER, Oct. 15. In a state
ment to the public, issued ' today,
Vice-President Charles H. Schlacks
of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad,
gives the reasons for the company's
final refusal to reinstate on demand
of the Order of Railway Telegraph
ers, Operator R. H. Skeggs, who' was
discharged September 21st for refus
ing to test the Western Union wires
at -Grand Junction, Colo. ' Skeggs'
action, Schlacks says, was in violation
of the railroad company's obligation
to the Western Union Company, and
his refusal to obey the order of his
superior officers was destructive of
discipline. A call for a referendum
vote of the operators employed on
the Denver & Rio Grande on the
question of striking as a result of
Vice-President Schlacks' decision,
was sent out tonight.
Promotion Committee
.
- County Commissioner McQuil-
lan said last night that he was
in favor of doing, all that was
possible in -the way of improv-
ing the roads between here and
Manhattan.
"I am only one of the board,"
said Mr. McQuillan, "and I can-
not speak for my confreres, but
if It is possible to make an ap-
propriation to make a good auto
and. freight road between here
and Manhattan, I for one would
like to see it done. Manhattan
is our neighbor, and we owe her
the courtesy of having a good
road to the camp." 4
to help Manhattan suits me. And
anything that helps Manhattan helps
Tonopah, and anything that helps
tonopah, will help all the surround
ing camps!
. Hugh H. Brown I will do all in
my power to aid in the movement,
for I do not think that a better plan
could be suggested at this time for
cjvnkeulng the people of southern
Nevada from the lethargy into which
we seem to have fallen. Manhattan
is a great camp, without a doubt,
and it needs only to be exploited to
the world to bring capital in there.
It has the mines, with plenty of ore,
and now It Is to have the mills to
reduce the ore to the coin. . Such a
movement will help not only Man
hattan and Tonopah, but it will tend
to open up the development of the
camps in our immediate vicinity. 1
will certainly be at the meeting.
J. J. Trimble I am for anything
that will help Manhattan,' and also
Tonopah. We need something to stir
us tii), and in my opinion we have
waited too long before taking action.
This movement Is all right. We have
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EMPEROR WANTED
PHYSICAL EXERCISE
(Associated Press.)
. VIENNA, Oct. 15. According to
trustworthy information, the condi
tion tonight of Emperor Francis Jo
seph shows ' no improvement. The
fever has returned to moderate ex
tent, but in spite, of this his majesty
remains in good spirits and today he
expressed a desire for physical exer
cise. .
THE METAL MARKET.
(By Associated Press).
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 15.
Lead, $4.60 to $4.75; Lake cop-
per, 13c to 13 c; bar silver,
61 c.
I1ASEBALL SCORES.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15. The
following are the scores for today's
game: Portland 7, San Francisco 1.
Personal Inspection
Backs Up Statements
(Special to the Bonanza.)
MANHATTAN, Oct. 15. The committee of Tonopah boosters who
lingered after the meeting to personally inspect some of the Manhattan
mines, had a most gratifying experience today. They were shown things
which they did not know before had existed.
They went down into the Rose-Nash lease which adjoins that of
the Cram-LaLime, and as a result Editor Booth of the Bonanza will
carry into Tonopah tomorrow some uf the richest looking rock that ever
went out of Manhattan. Mr. Booth has a forty-pound specimen which Is
simply covered with gold.
Everything that has been said of the LaLluie lease has been verified
by the committee by personal inspection. There is a twelve-foot body of
ore that will average forty dollars a ton, and there is a streak, which is
at least two feet in width, from which returns were made of $303 a ton.
Another big strike was made here yesterday morning on the Union
No. 9, an assay being returned of $1300 to the ton. This is getting into
the high grade with a vengeance, and makes it look as If all the ore of
the camp would not have to wait for the mills. ,
. The Tonopah committee will leave early in the morning for Tono
pah in company with the Manhattan committee; and will appear before
, the County Commissioners at 1 o'clock to request their immediate action
in improving the roads between here and Tonopah. The Manhattan peo
ple will remain over to attend the meeting in Tonopah tomorrow night.
started right, let us continue to be
right. A meeting like that of to
morrow night will be sure to be pro
lific of many ideaB, out of which we
can evolve a plan of action that will
bring the capital into this country.
That is all we need; we have the
mines, we want the money to develop
them. v
R. P. Dunlap Anything like this
movement, judiciously handled, can
not help being of the greatest benefit
to Manhattan and to Tonopah. We
do not want to let our enthusiasm
run away with us, but let us get down
to a thoroughly well defined plan of
action, and we cannot help winning
out.
Zeb Kendall They are going at
things in the right manner in Man
hattan, and Tonopah can do the camp
a world of good. Manhattan is help
ing hersejf out to u marked degree
by putting up her mills and when
these are completed, the camp will
rank with the greatest in the State.
S. R. Moore The movement for
the exploitation of Manhattan is cer
tainly a good move, and it could not
have been made at a better time. By
the time the noise of itfis heard over
the country, things will have begun
to loosen up in the financial world,
and we will be on the ground ready
for action. In helping Manhattan,
Tonopah is going to help herself, and
the rest of the district.
Kills and Injures Hundreds
Town Blown Out of Existence
ously Injured have been taken away. Several hundred inhabi
tants, all more or less wounded, remain together and are sleeping
under tents, guarded by the soldiers of the State.
Without warning, the powder mills, seven in number, blew up
at 9:15 o'clock this morning. They employed 200 men, and of
these seventy were at'work. When the first , explosion occurred
in the powder mill, in quick succession the glacing mill, two
coining mills and a powder magazine blew up, followed by a cap
mill. In a magazine, several hundred yards from the mill, were
stored "4000 kegs of powder.
The concussion, when the magazine blew up, was felt 200 miles
away. Every house in this town was destroyed. . Farm houses,
two miles away, and school houses equally distant, were torn to
pieces, and their occupants injured. Indianapolis, and even Cin
cinnati, felt the shock. A passenger train on the Big Four rail
way,
four miles
away, had every
eral
passengers
were injured
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Pish and Harriman
Both Claim Victory
By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 15. E. H. Harriman was today, by order of
court, deprived pf the voting power of 286,731 shares of Illinois
Central stock In the annual meeting of that railroad , company,
which opens here at noon tomorrow. The order of the courwas
practically identical with the modification asked by the attorneys
for Mr. Harriman. Both sides claim a victory, Mr. Fish because
he enjoined shares that will not be effective at the election, and
Harriman because his modification was secured.
Charles Kellhofer The move la a
splendid one, and it is coming just
at the right time. It will help not
only Manhattan, in which all Tono
pah is Interested; but it will help us
here, and the camps right close to us.
The talk about there being no money
to be had is all rot. There is lots of
it, and to prove it, I can say that
there is considerable going on in
Goldreef. which is eight miles from
here. You can always get capital
for the right kind of a proposition,
and the time is always ripe. The
movement is all right.
Ray Baker I am sorry that I can
not be at the meeting, but I am go
ing to Ubehebe tonight. I am with ;
the movement all right, for there is
nothing like concentrated effort to
make anything go. 1 When you have
a good proposition that will stand the
test, there is no trouble in getting
the money to develop it. You don't
have to go any farther for an exem
plification of this than Ubehebe.
James Skelton The movement has
had the right start, and it is beyond
stopping. The last two meetings,
the one here and that of last night
at -Manhattan, show that the spirit of
the people has been aroused, and
that they are going right through
with the movement. Once get the
people going toward Manhattan, and
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