THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 2, f 1908.
SENATOR JONATHAN BOURNE TELLS WHY --
ROOSEVELT WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT
L J j ' ' - " .- ' ' ' St : ; :
: . By June J. ', Morrow. '. ' ' .
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' WuMitpton, April II. Th Bournes
' have alno buntea whale. Jonathan Br
. now. dead, . owntd mort whaling hlp
-j than any one Ue- lit New" England.
." Jonathan 'f Jr.,'rverjinuc& all va, Tinaa
aenator from th atata of Orfcgon.;waa
onoa shipwrecked In - the China, sea.
The Bournes, i It will be seen, are ter-
eons of hasardous enterprises, having
: nourafro ana aanng. iiaewise. iney nave
- : Imagination andr temperament eapclal
, ' ly temDerament . f;
The center for the diffusion of ar-
' uments In support of Mr. Roosevelt s
. - ''second , elective term" - Is Senator
Bourne's al'ttinaj-room, '. seventh floor,
able chairs, many brands of rood oiga,
- numerous tins and boxes of first-rate
tobacco, and an adequate, suddIv of
, brier-root pipes. A large dining-room is
' held In reserve for dellcater-argumentative
or hesitating casea. ., ', ;
: .. 11- Jl , .1 . . 1
mo MUJiiu iriccuvw " wi fii -hub.' no
other headqiarters. -- Senator Bourne
cays that another one, east or' west,
would .. m m. . rMloulnua - unnftAiiltir.
Sentiment.-he explains, is 'practically
unanrmouflk but it requires "crystalliza
tion," a process, which,- In spite of all
obstruction, will co on naturally until
- th- Republicans delegates-meat in Chl-
r'I Jiave "yet to hear of any one," he
wia iu ma, who oeiievea jne president
- would fall- of the nomination were he
a candidate,' and of the thousands I
have either talked with or heard from
- through correspondence, only one man,
and ' he is a Democrat In California,
thinks the president would be defeated
should he be nominated. Nothing but
blunder - J! "govern rnc n't an-Wp Thait
dore k Rooaevelt's renomlnatioa and re
. election." t
Because ! of his cheerfulness ' and
steadfastness tinder rebuke, his indus
try and Intelligence In the cause he has
taken so gravely to heart and the gen
eral publicity which haa resulted from
his efforts. Senator Bourne 'has become
a notable and Interesting personality.
He is short, slender, and volcanic. When
be Is In temper his eyes are brown.; at
other times they are gray. His brow is
bulging and Sroad and his black hair
Is parted In the middle If he Is stand
ing up ho talks and teeters on his toes;
If he Is sitting down he rocks.- Mean-
nip vuiireiHuun suunas mm n rean
frorn a book or red ted from memory.
)n the gag belt when I asked htm it the
president-had ever condemned him- to
his -face, i,
Will ?alk Baek to Booserslt,
"No." he replied, whtpplnir out bis
words ,&nd snapping 'lils thin laws to
gether' like sclssor-bladea, and be
never will. He knows my rights. If
he says anything seriously unpleasant
BTFsir- grTtn -vmm. .uiuuuft
pretty straight, at that."
"But he decUxes." I ventured to ob
servA "that under ' w circumstances
will, he be a candidate again." ,
."That foolish statement." Senator
Bourne replied. ."Is a re 11 a of the past
We are dealing with present elements
and conditions. If there should be war-l
tomorrow, mtllions of men would in
stantly volunteer' to leave -their homes
and their property, and flgrht. I should
rut Theodore Hoosevelt Infinitely lower
nan any of those men if he refused the
presidency at the call of his country.
He has preached duty for more than six
-years, harshly holding up to us oitr obli
gations as citizens ana loudly thunder
ing against men whom , he has - called
weauings. is ne to eat nia own words
and confess that he is either a coward
or a hypocrite? He Is neither, and he
will make no such confession."
"When," I Inquired, "did you begin tov
agitate the nomination of Mr. Roosevelt
by the convention of 1901?"
"Three years ago, and 1 have been
working steadily ever since. After 1904
'I said, as I eny now, that he was eligible
In 1. law, sentiment,- and ; necessity to a
second elective term,' a. phrase which
has -galr.fcd ' considerable currency all
over , the country. . The remnant of Mr.
McKlnleys terra Is not to be considered
at all. It chanced to be three years
long. Suppose it had only been three
days long, or three, hours long, or three
minutes long! Such Is the Issue brought
down to the last analysis. Furthermore,
at the side of McKlnley's coffin Theo.
dore Roosevelt promised to carry out
the polloles of the dead president, a
pledge he kept In loyalty and Integrity
to the last,? He haa bad but one term
or his own, mark that; but he will nave
another," - g !.iirr? ':"-" :
' ."It Is said , you bave written 11,000
letters telling why Mr, Roosevelt should
ba reelected? ' - " -:-r - ;'-'.-v-v .
Only WriUrs Against JUeleotioa.
"Tour figures are, .wrong. "'. I .havs
written 16.500 letters, and 11.000 Der-
sona have written to me.. How many of
my - correspondents,' oo you imntt, are
unfriendly to Mr, Roosevelt? SlxT and
only two of the, mit referred to the
f rejudlce against a third term. The
hlrd-term argument-lf it can be called
an argument, which I deny will not be
used In h own party, except by those
wj are antagonistic, to Mr. Roosevelt
for reasons they, will not make public.
. -"Practically and' I hiVe thought the
matter all out. coin over lt-day after
day, using , an atlas and an arithmetic
practically. I say, the -third-ternv scare
crow will not make a difference of a
thousand 1 votes in the net result Mr.
Roosevelt ; will be nominated ,ln June
by the Republican convention, and his
nomination will prove decisively the
dreaA' and stupid Ineffectiveness of the
third-term rubbish which Is being talked
and printed by those who live in terror
Of turn so long as he is president."
"But the' crv of Caesarism "Will be
beaqcdfcJuhAJfljnalJ. aal&
"WhereT" Senator Bourne . auietlv
asked, but bis eyes glittered and turned
brown ss he laid a black cigar, six
inches long, on the table "at his side.
"I'll tell you where In WalK street, nd
the roar of Wall street will help Roose
velt, If Wall atreet didn't roar I should
be afraid. I hope it will roar nA spend
Its money. One hundred mfTfion dol
lars couldn't buy the presidency away
from Roosevelt this year. - Every cent
that Is offered will be taken, no doubt;
but let me tell you that when the men
of this country go Into the booths on
election day they will voe for them
selves.' :
"What are you aomg besides writing
letters?"
-Nothing much -that Is apparent.
Nothing -much is necessary. Able men
are organising sentiment in all parts, of
the country organising it you under
stand, and not creating: It, because it
is already created-."
"What -arguments are you emphasis
ing?" v,
"Arguments are not required. - Mr.
Roosevelt la a complete demonstration.
I point- out In mv correspondence, how
ever, that we are to havs a tremendous
contest mta ymrrlaTinaHti!HKr,
Bryan- Is stronger now than he was In
189 or 1900. During the first cam
paign he represented certain questions
which had been agitated for IS years
by advanced thinkers, political reform-:
era and Populists. The country was not
ready to accept some of Mr. Bryan's pe
culiar views. Since then they have been
adopted by the Republican party under :
the vitalising and energetic leadership
of Theodore Roosevelt, and have be
come immensely popular with all classes
of voters.
Bryan Growing- Yery popular.
There mere suggestions of Bryan
have been put Into dally use by Roose
velt, who is a great constructive states
man and the strongest and most bril
liant man on earth today. Bryan is not
constructive, and he is only a partial
demonstration. ' but he Is popular and
has grown rapidly In the last three or
four years. In his Journey around the
world he came tn contact with mission
ary work of all. denominations. - The
Iettera he wrote for publication and the
speeches he haa made since his return
have 'been alive with the missionary
spirit, and - have shown him - to be a
deeply religious man. He has spoken
In hundreds of churches, east ana wesc
for whinh he hu chirmd no fee. and
has profoundly Impressed .Christian
people in au sections, t - ' -.v., ;
v In' " thla . connection I bave : often
ttiniiffht tr the immense narsonal Influ-
lenoe which our two, foremost political
t-'laat haM.nti tha mnrnl ' llf of the
nation.;- Rooaevelt and Bryan preaon
whenever there la ah opportunity. They
are young, attractive and dynamic En
thuelaatlc and energetic aermonisers in
speech and by example,- each with a
mighty party behind film, they are not
alone worthy and potential In them
selves, but are convincing witnesses of
the spirit of the time., u
; "So It wiU n2t do to say that any
Republican cat beat Bryan. Nor... will
It do to say that Bryan's election, conr
frrese being Republican In the senate at
east, 'Would make little difference to
the country. The, work already - under
way must -not be stopped. Dishonesty
in buHlnemt im In retreat. It Should be
kept moving..-. Control and regulation of
corporations, in my, opinion, naa De
come a permanent principle, and there
will be neither surrender nor recantation
by the people, no matter bow hi any pan
ics may oe cooaea up in wan irw.
If I owned the Standard Oil company,
or t"oe- Pennsylvania - railroad, .orthe
sugar trusv or- tne unitea tsiaies eieei
corporation, I should Want to give my
bonds arid shares the Stable-value wfctoit
would follow government regulation
and for-a still . better reason I should
helD Mr. Roosevelt all I could to carry
out tne policies ne has inaugurates
- Is BaaUy Protectlag Property.
"In olaln words, we shall either have
control and regulations of corporations
or socialism, Mr. Roosevelt has been
the -protector of ' property -against Its
am. greecu juur bguntearjeaa jnaroi i y
Property Is often ignorant and fre
fluently property Is so busy that. It
hasn't time to think. . ' Mr. Roosevelt
Understands that the questions In the
minds oi his countrymen today arw eco
nomical and ethical. First, the observe
ance ana not the avoidance oi taw. sec
ond, the regulation and control of cor
porations. Third, the conservation of
the national - resources of ' the United
States forests, lands, streams, miner
als, and so on.
"In the future our o residents. I, be
lieve, will be taken from among ' the
governors of our states.. After the
Clvtl war. we chose soldiers, being un
der the spell of patriotism and senti
ment. In thoae daya we were imag
inative, epical, and Impractical.- Then
followed ft period when we nominated
Ulustrloua leaders of our laraer Dolltl-
cal princlplesv McKlnley, for instance,
as representing; protection, and Bryan
as representing "the unlimited coinage
of silver. In the meantime, but very
slowly at first, the little matters of
everyday life began to be discussed
in some of our cities street railway
fares, for example.
"ve -found that the simple things
right at ou r n andsy : the: liMcoiIMiaered
trifles of noisy and spectacular poli
tics, were quite as Important to us aa
were the more showy issues, which we
heard explained with considerable
sound and no less evasion on the stump.
Roosevelt, back from Cuba, elected arov-
ernor .of New York, perceived the tyr
anny of the local corporations. Wall
street, strategic as tne proverbial ost
rich, but lacklnar the gifts of clairvoy
ance, put him away In the catacomb
of the vice-presidency, whence he burst
to become the first of our utilitarian
chief magistrates. Others will follow,
trstned to our states while governors
to the common needs of the common
people. j
Absolutely Bones and Entirely . Tn-
Bslflsh.
Our voters . don't stoo to make a
scientific analysis of abstract prob
lems, unless there Is agitation, and then
their opinions are always sound and
Just They know, as 1 know from cloao
observation, that Roosevelt approaches
every question Vith two inquiries. Is
It right? '.'And then: la it heal. for Hie
preitettgr-elagSos ? It ba -.hoileveait
to oe right and that it will benefit the
country as a whole, the people know
he will take off bis coat. Jump into
the middle of, the ring, and scrap like
i,r n-ii not amw or any man or
any group of men on earth. Moreover
he la a-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y honest and en
tirely ; unselfish and splendidly compe
tent i. m told by one of. the most
eminent men in public Ufa, and him
self a distinguished lawyer, that Roose
velt' has the . greatest naturally - legal
fit is to be believed." I added,- "that
ho Is about the shrewdest politician in
the Republican party."1 ' '
- "He cares .loss, about politics and
thinks less about politics than any pub.
no man in my acquaintance, - I have
been looking at him- at close range for
two years. Before I came to the ann
ate in December, 1905, I had - never t not
met mm.- i nave no particular per
sonal irienasnip ror mm now. - we naa
simply been a study to me, and I have
gone about my work with an open mind.
Take my word for It when I say that
he Is no politician, While he never
thinks of himself in any matter he un
dertakes. , I suppose he does think , of
his policies, but they are national and
impersonal. - :
"The self-discipline, by ' the way, of
pyttlng aside all .the feelings and im
pulses of Theodore Roosevelt, the Indi
vidual, ' when he sternly turns to he
duties of Theodore" Roosevelt, the presi
dent, haa caused It to be said that he
is utterly rutniess wnen ne nas an oo-
iect in view. He Is a kind man, that I
mow. but he remembers he la not
president of himself or of his house
hold, but of a nation. Here end there
soma one may hate him, but no one
ever ; deSnlaes him. - If Bismarck had
been a chancellor of wood Instead t t
Iron, the Mttle states of Germany
would not have been knit Into an em
pire.
a'- Koosevslt's Tiger Is Electric
"I have noticed, too, that the vigor
of Roosevelt Is more than Intellectual
and-physical. It Is also electrical. He
takes you by the hand for . a moment
and -some of the power of your arm
goes Into his own. Meeting 4 thousand
men -during- the day, getting a little
streHglRr&T ewcKT nermafVetolTiny
alive and alert . for his usual exercle
in -the evening. I deubt if he ever gets
tired. Such a person couldn't be s
politician in the conventional meaning
of the word. - Can. a Hon i assume the
arts of a fox?
"Three or four times I have asaefl
Mr Rnnaevelt for small favors, and
after investigations of his own he has
turned me away witn explanations mat
were satisfactory. Little as they were,
my requests would have violated the
rules of some of the departments. Had
Mr. Roosevelt offered me excuses .as
Other presidents . would have done, . I
ahmiM have Inst resDect tor nim ana
concluded that he was a weak man. I
have Invariably found him to be bluntly
plain, precisely sqnare, and laboriously
conscientious. '
When he said on the nignt or elec
tion day in 1904 that 'under no clrcum
stancea will I be a candidate for or
accept another nomlriatlon,' he was
guilty of an assinine performance aa a
Dolltirlan. Of course, his motive was
apparent: his motives always are. He
thought he would strengthen his hands
for the work before him by serving no-
tfee on the world-that-.no future; aet
or W administration eeuld be. fairly lt-
trlhuted to Dersonal ambition, a poli
tician skilled at the game would have
said nothing.
Then, on the lztn or last uecemoer.
yielding to bad counsel at his elbow,
h added a wholly fruitless and un
necessary pontscrlpt to his former fool
ishness by saying mat ne man i
changed his mind. His first state
ment was assinine; the last one was an
Insult to the American people. I know
Mr. Roosevelt Is sincere In everything
he has said, and that, the members of
his family want him to leave the pres
idency for gooa at me ena or nis term:
but neither his own personal program
nor the demand of his family ls of any
weight whatever. When there Is war
and there Is war on predatory wealth
every American worthy . of his flag
and his cltlxenshlp does his duty, and
does It manfully. Roosevelt a politic
ian! Yes; in the sense that Abraham
Lincoln was a politician." , ,
"What will you do after- yoo reach
Chicago to attend the convention?"
"I expect to W'a'-deiegala, ? What I
Shall do or what-I shall not do will
epend WofrclrcuWStancSK- By that
time Republican sentiment', will be
crystallied. , - Tho delegates Will "- be
r icked men. - As " they coma ; together
hey will note conditions and will an
alyse the situation. ; They will learn
far. themselves. If they . don't already
know It that Roosevelt can poll nearly
every Republican .vote In the country
and 16. per oent of the - Democratic
vote, and that- ha can break the solid
south and i carry Kentucky,. . Tennessee
and North Carolina. -
"It will be seen, too, that Mr. Bryan
and bis minor leaders hay bet all of
their money on one - card. , Believing
that Mr. Roosevelt would not be re
nominated they have loudly approved
many of his public acta, and, thereby
have out a-aars in their mouths against
hostile utterance. Mr. Roosevelt will
not. be chosen In 1 a stampede. The
convention will be coldly deliberate,
and when the entire situation . is., dis
closed to him end he Is nominated,
Mr. Roosevelt will be compelled to ac
cept the - nomination and make ' the
fight." - ..,
But suppose-he telegraphs a fierce
and positive refusal T' -..-.
"When men -are drafted for-war It la
not cuatomary to regard their excuses
or protests. They are seised nd hus
tled to the front"
"Where will money be obtained for
the campaign?" " :
"From tha- people themselves In
small contributions. No .more than
$1,000,000 will be needed. And business-will
begin to revive from the very
hour of tho nomination. Tou may say
I am Idealistic, but, I feel sure that
during the next five years Mr. Roos
evelt, as president of the United States,
will take measures to Insure complete
cooperative . efficiency between . labor
and capital. 1 believe we shall have
arbitration , boards organized, as are
the federal courts, by districts and cii
cults, with a supreme board in Wash
ington for the final aettlement of all
disputes. Hard times and panics after
that will rarely return. If ever they
return at all and Mr. Roosevelt will
have accomplished more for humanity
than has any man since the world was
created."
spu wejafcoj?L In, Magsaeliuaettt
How did you get to Oregon?" ; ;
Skip Burned By Hsadhanters.
"I left Harvard at the end of my
Junior year, and, going to Cardiff,
wales, took passage on a sailing ship
In which my father was Interested.
The ship was bound for- Hongkong
with a cargo of briquets.. During a
typhoon In the China aea we were
driven on a rock and had to beach the
ship -on the Island of Formosa. Going
ashore we fell among head-hunters.
They were harmless, however, but
When out. backs were turned they
burned our ahip. After getting to San
Francisco I went ttt Portland, where I
made pleasant acqualntlnces a.nd where
I concluded to study law. to please my
father. I practiced for a year and then
went Into business mining, prlncU
pally, at first"
"Who was your father?"
"A poor bov from Cape Cod, who set
tled In New Bedford, Massachusetts, as
a , clerk. He- began to buy whaling
ships before he' was of age. and later
In his life owned more ships of that
kind than any man In- New TTno-lan
but petroleum made whale oil unprof-
ft or his death I saw by his accounts
Afte
that
liable, end he gave up the-business.
during his ownershlB of a alna-la
ship he had made 1680.000. Ha was n
banker, a cotton manufacturer, a rall-
roaa oirector. ana a remarkably sa
gacious business man."
LAflOENEWMILLJN
SOUTHERN OREGON
(Special Dispatch) to Tbs Journal.)
Ashland, Or., May 2. The Algoma
Lumber company Is erecting a new saw
mill at Klaniathon which will have
a icuttlng capacity of 100,000 feet dally.
The company has 40 men employed. It
has a large contract with the Klamath
take railroad to haul loga for the new
mill covering a period of three years.
The company has a fine belt of "tim
ber which will make about 40,000,000
feet of lumber.
PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT
& POWER COMPANY
.BoZcfin Ho. 2
. THE RUSH-HOUR PROBLEM,. 7
. We intend to discuss in this-bulletin, firjt, the nature of the.
rush-hour problem; next, tome of the greatest difficulties incidental
to this trying period of the day; and 'lastly, how we are meeting
this problem. ,-. , , - - ',
' Briefly stated, this rush-hour problem is that of handling the
, traffic at the hours of heavy travel, between 6 and 9 o'clock in the
morning and between 5 and 7 o'clock in the evening. . '
' ' Between' these hours every man in the city who is earning his
living in this work-a-day life is on the move and anxious to reach
his destination promptly and conveniently. .
' Our most difficult problem is in the evening between 5 and 7
o'clock.- Between these two hours everyone who has been brought
down town in the three morning hours, and many more who have
come down later, in the day, start for home, and are in the typical '
American hurry to reach it,
An illustration will make it easier to understand the difficulties
of furnishing transportation for a great crowd. . ,
BASEBALL GAME AS ILLUSTRATION. ,
' . You have all been to a baseball game, where there were 5,000
rooters. You know how we line the cars up outside the grounds
waiting for the end of the game. Forty cars, each carrying 100
people, are necessary to move this crowd, which means a line of
cars, standing lp feet apart, almost half a mile in length,
v When the crowd piles on the cars after the game, even, with
this line of cars ready, it takes 15 or 20 minutes to load them all,
and bring the last car up from nearly half a mile away. If every
one waited for seat the crowd wouldn't get home until long
'afteMsrk.---- . -,, -,
THE DAILY PROBLEM. & t
, With this explanation we will take up our daily, problem. - The
office buildings, wholesale houses and shops around Washington,
Third and Morrison streets, pour hordes of people into the streets
at 5 o'clock, again at 5:30 and again at 6 o'clock. '
It is not a question of handling 5,000 people, but the number is
approximately, 50,000. We are not allowed to line our cars up ss
at a ball game, but must keep them moving. The streets sre filled
with slow-moving wagons, some of whose drivers think that they
are punishing the company by delaying 50 or more people in a car, -
STOP AND THINK. ' , ,
It takes 15 to 20 minutes to move 5,000 people at the ball .
grounds, where we can line up our cars. How much greater is the
problem when there are 10 times that number to be moved, taking
into consideration the difficulties mentioned above?
We wish to emphasUe two difficulties encountered in grappling
with this problems '
First There are the delays to traffic caused by Interruptions
of service across, the bridges. v .
SecondThe attempts of passengers to get on board cars that
are already crowded, when by waiting a few seconds they can board
other car whkh-are ot filled -----::----- - -
N " " HOW THIS PROBLEM IS BEING MET. t
We are always at work on these problems: We have increased
our equipment over 30 per : cent, and during the rush hours our
carrying capacity is doubled.
This rush-hour problem is not local, every city has it- It is
more difficult here for the reasons given, but ssk the people who ,
travel how our service compares with that of other cities at these
hours-Hhat is s fair test, ' .
- This bulletin is to convince you that we are endeavoring to
give you good service, and to give you s broader understanding of
our underlying difficulties, so that we will have' your cooperation
and encouragement. . ;
If this sketch appeals to you, try not to kick if you don't get
a seat in the evening or if some one casually walks over you.
Think it out, ana realize some ot our oimcuities.
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A New Lease on the World-Famed Florence Gold Mine Closed Yesterday, and Its Promotion Stock Will Be Sold to the Public
, An Absolutely New Deal in, Establishing a Cold Mine Enterprise Sale Will Close Next Saturday, May 9, at Noon
, i" Here is an absolutely new deal in gold mine promotion. It has been said, and honestly believed, for
se'veral months, that no new lease could be had on the Florence mine of Goldfield, Nevada. It has been con
tended, that a mine so unspeakably rich as is the Florence could not longer lease its ground. There are probably
25 leases on that property now, and each a monumentally rich producer! The Little Florence lease expired last
Sunday at midnight arid could not be renewed. It had been mining a million dollars a month.; The, Rogers Syn
dicate lease expires July 11 "at midnight, and already a renewal has been refused. This mine has been producing
more 'gold than any mine-before it on the face of the earth ever has produced. Within the last month it sacked
105 100-oound sacks of ore that netted the leasers $1,000 to the sack $105.000 and the eold was taken out In
share we have left on hand, but, with all due regard to the gentleman, we believe we shall not have one for -him
to buy. 0 . .',.'''
FOR ONCE, AT LEAST, WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
GET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
It never has been done in Oregon, arid, we think, once we have broken the ice, the method will prevail
forever. As stated, our promotion stock will go at cents per share, until 150,000 shares have been sold,
and will then be taken from the market and the treasurv stock will be held at 10 cents oer share, until results :.
1 . fi 1 1 ? .rmAA a. - ,1 i i - i li ,t'iii d 1 ee rrr a. 1 a. : C T-t , . . i , i nn 1 -rt - -- ! -1. a. . nr v
cigui tiuuia. ii nas uccu i mining m ipuu,wvio-inc-iun ore, ana some . aciuauy mincu ;piuu,vwu iu mc itni - jusiiiy ajiuincr rise, -mis ougni XO De Wlinin ou or w aays. incre is nine guess aixjut mis. , vvc Know
loads of it. - The Florence Annex lease has been paying nearly 5,000 per cent on all moneys invested in its almost to a dot what we have and how deep we must go to get it. Ask any of our local Goldfielders about
shares. The Daisy Florence lease is, enriching everybody that is connected with it. The Pollard-Florence lease that. They know that we will cut the ledge at 250 feet. That fact is already established. It is' a foregone
is pouring gold into the coffers of its people. The Aurelia-Florence lease is one of Goldfield's great properties, conclusion, and by that time we will be able to hoist the ore to the surface and pay dividends as large as any
The Emma Fraction Florence lease IS; a big producer. The Goldfield Chedd Florence lease is up to its chin in property in that great camp. '
gold.' The Portland-Florence lease, owned by a Portland company, is just breaking into that immense body TT .. T -,AOT? '
of ore that has made the Little Florence the wonder of the globe, and will most likely pay its Portland stock- HOW DID WE SECURE THIS LEASE? $
holders Lrnonster profits in the coming months.' ' We have, not a thing to secrete from the public. In Goldfield we have desk .room with Hany C. Davis.
agent ior iom jLXKKnart, principal owner ot the Florence, we Decame warm, personal inenas, and, though
often friendship and business dontmixf they did this time Mr. Davis is a most estimable, - kindhearted
v OUR NEW LEASE IS SMACK IN THE CENTER OF THIS NEST..
It is crowded in between the Little Florence on the south, Pollard-Florence and Ajurelia, Florence on the
east, Florence Annex on the west, Chedd lease and Portland Florence on the north, all adjoining our property.
It is as squarely in the center of this world-amazing group of the richest gold mines that ever was opened by
the hand of manj as the sun :at noonday in the month of June is squarely m the center of the skies above. To
the north there is gold, to the south there is gold, to the east there is gold, and to the west there is gold
touching us on all sides and you cannot find a man in this town, who ever has been in Goldfield, who will
not tell rou that he would wager his. precious life against a small sum of the shining mineral, that there are
millions in gold beneath the surface-of that ground. - , '
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gentleman, and rarely is there one more companionable than he. Our associations i ripened into more than
ordinary friendship, and through them, though it had been decided never to lease another inch of Florence,
territory, Mr. Davis stretched a good many points and consented to let us have a dip into that mine's hidden
treasury. "If you have a lease at all you want a good one," was his final conclusion, "and you shall have that
spot there," as he pointed to the VERY CREAM of all the Florence 65 acres,' because it-has leaning against
it every one of the giants of the tract. It was a matter of friendship from- first to last from beginning to'
end and we now have an ambition to show the people of this coast there i more to life than mere mercenary
motives than pure-selfishness so we invite the co-operation of alL those who really heed the fruits of the gold
mine, and desire to get out of the rut of every-day plodding to make both ends meet v-, -s.'ff-r-.
ON SATURDAY NOON OF NEXT WEEK THE DOOR WILL CLOSE ON THIS OP
PORTUNITY, ANP NEVER WILL SWING ON ITS HINGES AGAIN.
We know there is not much time to investigate or give this matter thought,' but we cannot help that.
We had this one hance to get this lease, ani were glad to get it on the terms we have. There is now more
than $15,000,000 in sight in the, Florence mine above the 400-foot level, andt our. lease is hedged in on every
side by just such ore as is a part, of this. " ' - - .
WE WIRED $1,000 TO GOLDFIELD YESTERDAY TO BIND THE BARGAIN
' THISXEASE, AND MUST HAVE $4,000 MORE THERE ON MAY 10.
(" - There are four men in Portland, who Offer to taVe this stock at 3 cents per' share. We can have their
nioney in 10 rninutes. We would rather not accept it. We would rather sellto the general public at the same
price. It has been widely advertised, that stock companies have been in the habit of "selling' their promotion
.stock to their friends at a low price, and their treasury shares t6.vthe public at large advances. We freely con
fess that the charee has been too often based on factsl This time we will let the oublic-in-on the oromotion
stock. ' The property has been capitalized at $1,000,000, divided into 1,000,000 -shares of non-assessable stock, " ': vV''-' "f-. OUR HEAD QUARTERS." '
500,000. of -which shall be treasury and 500,000 promotion stock. To pay expenses of incorporation, rent and ad- This bargain has come upon us in such a rus.lv.its conclusion being by telegraph, that we have "not had
vertising tolls, and to enable His tQ wire-"$4,000 to the owners of the parerit Florence ; before the close of tho , time to "fix up, pr do much ftse. Therefore we are quartered with the Butte Boys Company, 517 Lumber
banks on Saturday, May, 9, we will, sell 150,000 shares of this promotion stock at 3. cents per share. Our con- Exchange building, Second and Stark.' Interested ones may there see all telegraphic correspondence in con
tract calls for the money on Saturday, May 9, the 10th being Sunday, and it will be therein time, no matter section with the deal, and be convinced that everything has been done open and above board, and nothfiig
what number of shares we may sell by this public method. A business man stands ready to take every concealed from any one. !. . " t
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