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LAS VEGAS TIMES
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA* NOVEMBER 3, 1906. NUMBER 33.
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HE'8 A LIVE WIRE.
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Some Facta Regarding the Democrat
ic-Silver Nominee for Attorney
General.
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Richard C. Stoddard, the Fusion
nominee for attorney general, was
born at Reno, Nevada. f>ver thirty j
years ago. He was educated in the
Reno high schools and the Nevada
State University in the year 1899. j
he took up the study of law in Cali
fornia and was admitted to practice !
before the Supreme Court of that state
and later to the Supreme Court of Ne- j
vada He formed a partnership with i
D. B. Craig, and rapidly acquired a
reputation for a deep knowledge of i
the law and a mental acumen far
above the average, Tlie partnership
was dissolved when Craig was elected
district attorney of Washoe county.
Shortly afterwards Mr. Stoddard was
elected city attorney of the City of j
Reno, in May 1905 He is still in
that office, and as advisory official of
the city council in all masters relat- ,
ing to the government of a population i
of about twelve thousand has gained
an experience and made a reputation
that qualifies him peculiarly for the
office he now seeks. * A brief re
sume of his performances as city at
torney will give our readers a better
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idea of Mr Stoddard's ability as a law
ver. his worth ms a citizen, and hi*
independence of corporate influences
than could a chapter of glittering gen
eralities.
He has drawn about forty new laws ;
relating to every branch of the city •
government. Several of the most im
portant have been attacked in the |
courts of the state and the constitu
tionality of all sustained
He has drawn papers for the issu- i
ance -of municipal lx>nds for sewers ;
| and other ^public improvements,
| amounting in cost to many thousands
j of dollars.
And for the building of a city hall
| amounting to fifty thousand dollars
He has arranged the levy of special
■ assessments amounting to forty thou
f sand dollars which the city council or
K dered for asphalt street improvements
■ according to benefits. This was some
■ thing never before successfully ac
■ complished by any city in Nevada.
HE HAS FORCED THE WESTERN |
■TELEGRAPH COM PAY TO TAKE I
B THEIR POLES AND WIRES OFF
RTHE MAIN STREETS.
HE HAS FORCED THE SUNSET
I TELEPHONE COMPANY TO PLACE
I THEIR WIRES UNDERGROUND.
He was backed in the above actions
[ by an able Mayor and City Council.
I HE HAS REGULATED THE RENO
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANIES BY
FIXING THE PRICE OF ELECTRIC
LIGHT 30 PER CENT LOWER THAN
FORMERLY. THUS FORCING UTIL
ITY CORPORATIONS TO RECOG
NIZK MUNICIPAL CONTROL
He accomplished this by an ordi
nance proposing lower rales which the
council considered favorably after
hearing evidence for many weeks, and
which resulted in a compromise.
Regarding the last mentioned
achievement, we quote the Reno Ga
i zette. the leading Republican paper
I of the $tate, which published the fol
f lowing editorial on the occasion re
i ferred to: - v
The Compromise on the Rate Question
r A compromise has virtually been af
\ fected between the electric company
*~antf~the city council and most peo
ple will be pleased at such a success
j ful termination of what threatened to j
be a long, keenlyrfqqgiit struggle
The city council is to be congratu j
I lated on Its successful conduct of the j
■ affair in hand. And right here we,
wish to say a word in recognition of |
f the services of City Attorney Stoddard j
i in this connection. If the outcome of j
the demand for lower rates has .in it !
[ anything to commend itself to the peo-\
pie of Reno, Mr. Stoddard should :
have a hearty share of the credit
From the very inception of the de j
{termination to ask for lower rates, he
has conducted the city’s side of the
case in a masterly fashion. Opposed
to him was a large corporation, with
able lawyers, who are retained by the
year to look after its interests. The
question was somewhat of a new one
to the city attorney but be went m.
the bottom of things, and by bia que* .
turning of the experts of the oppo
sttioa he soon proved to them that he
. Wgp la the game "for keeps ”
Mr. 8toddard happens to differ pol
itically from the Gazette. In fact this
paper was ranged against him when
he appeared before the people in quest
of the office. But it is the Gazette’s
policy to recognize and call attention
to merit wherever it happens to see
It. whether the possessor of that merit i
happens to be a Democrat. Republican, j
Prohibitionist or Socialist.: We believe !
in party faith. But above party llfles
we place worth.
The rates that Reno will have to1!
pay nnder the compromise schedule
will compare very favorably with i
what other cities have to pay. Pos
sibtjr they could have been still fur- !
ther lowered and even then allowed
fbe company a fair margin of pro
fit. But to have determined that j
would have brought about expensive
Ifnd vexations litigation, and would
have undoubtedly had an effect on any 1
ether capital which might have been
looking this way for Investment. The 1
city has proved that It Intends to In
sist upon what It considers Its rights,
but It has also demonstrated that it
is not hostile to moneyed interests
and is willing to meet the man with
vested rights at least half way.
The outcome of that sharp, short
struggle, is one of those rare events
where both sides are satisfied The
company will undoubtedly survive
and avoid the bankruptcy courts
And the city has breathed new life
into a great principle—the principle
that public utility corporations are un
der the control of the people who gave
them being.
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STEAM LAUNDRY.
New Railway Make* One Posaible.
A tnuph needed utility in Ux Ve
gas is a steam laundry One could
be made to pay because of the new
railway facilities which enables ex
press matter to reach the mining
camps In a few hours. The coat of
laundry work is so nearly prohibitive
in the Bullfrog district that in many
articles the laundry charge exceeds
the article’s price as sold In Vegas.
Our large transient travel. In addition
to local patronage, would in them
selves support a good steam laundry,
with the outside trade as profii No
one in the mining camps, where
wages are $4 and $5 per day, eould
hope to compete in the laundry busi
ness with people established here on
the main line, where the cost of wa
ter and every expense would be rea-1
sonable.
RESIGNED FROM THE U. S. G. S.
Mr. Benjamin D. Stewart of the
government geological survey has re
signed his position, after many years i
of faithful service with Uncle Sam. !
His own matters of a private profes-,
sional nature have called him to Kan
sas City, where Ills extensive expert- j
ence will assuredly gain him a good
footing in his calling. Here his w.ork ;
has been principally topographical, in ;
which he will he succeeded by a j
bright young man, Mr. R. H. Chap
man.
Tbe many friends which Mr. Stew-!
art has made in our vicinity wish him
ail kinds of success.
MINING NOTE8.
Hon. S. K. Barron, aa old-time rain-’
lug man, is sojourning in Las Vegas, [
spying the country out. and is pleased
with the outlook.
James Hickey, the veteran mining i
superintendent, is now in charge of
mining operation* for a corporation In
the Wonder country.
Mr. W. L. Creeden, the well known
Butte mining engineer, paid Vegas a j
visit while en route to Greenwater.
F\ W. Putnam of Brattlehoro. Vt.,
investigated mining affairs #in Vegas
recently.
Four ineu are now at work at Nel
son on the Whale group of mines, the
property of Messrs. Vincent, Gatlin j
and Anderson.
Work will be begun about Nov. 12th
by the owners, on the Quo Vadia
group of mines, near I^aa Vegas, which
will give these mines the opportunity
so much needed to demonstrate their
staying qualities.
Mr. McKnight has struck some very
fine sliver ore on the old Stoner
ground, near El Dorado.
Work is progressing rapidly on
Knob Hill, at El Dorado, a fifteen ton
mill being on the ground ready for
installation.
Mr. E. Roberts, manager of the Sil
ver Legion Mining company of El i
Dorado canyon, left Vega* last week
for the mines, by private conveyance.
I. Aileock left town recently to look
after his mining interests at El Do
rado.
Sandy Harris Is working on bis new
strike to the northeast of the Mc
Knlght-Stoner property at El Dorado
canyon.
MAKE FOR SUCCESS
CHANCE* AND OPPORTUNITIES
IN LIFE.
Actions That Lead to Wealth and Po
sition Almost Always a Mat
ter of Development—Time
Loot in Regrets.
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"When I was a boy," said an elderly
gentleman who has doi>e well In the
world, in discussing the contributing
elements to success. "1 used to have
drwnmgd'-dtilo me by benevolent and
kindly dispos«>d people, that if I
wished to succeed 1 should take ad
vantage of my opportunities.
"And this same advice goo* to-day.
and It is good advice, too. though 1
am of the opinion that too much of |
this sort of treacle is worse in Its
elTects than none at all. Some peo- i
pie go ail through life unconsciously
taking advice, and that is about all
they do take I have given this sub
Ject of opportunities considerable
study from a practical standpoint,
and my results are these:
"The word ‘opportunities' should be
shifted to ‘chances.' " here is a vast
amount of distinction in this matter. !
which I will make clear to you.
Wherever you go, and in all callings
and stations in life, you will hear
men say: ‘Oh. if i had only taken
advantage of that opportunity I would
have been rich.' and a lot of similar
talk, which, as a matter of fact,
means nothing. If they really had
their lives to live over ’again they
would do precisely the same as in the
first instance.
“An opportunity is an evolution It
Is a matter of development. It is not
an initial instance or event but it is
of subsequent development. In othei
words, it does not become an oppor
tunity until the particular crisis
which makes of it an opportunity has
elapsed or passed i’ntll that perioil
It is merely a chance.
i nis is not us rennet! a distinction
as the casual reader would Imagine
A familiar illustration. In the realms
of speculation, as In the stock market
will .suffice to prove this statement. A
man follows the market closely for,
say. three weeks. During this time
the 'opportunity1 he had of making
successful turns make you tired to
listen to. They have come up every
day. ‘If he had bought this particu
lar stock he would have done so and
so. ‘If he had sold another stock he
would have made enoufh to have re
tired. Hut a* he didn't do either, he
goes around singing hts tale of 'lost i
opport unities.'
“As u matter of fact, almost pre- i
clsely the same, or very similar ‘op- ;
port unities' exist for him in the en- 1
suing three weeks. But the distinction j
is this: AH in the future Is but j
chance—the passing of the day. or of
the crucial moment In speculation !
and in business transactions devel- ;
ops or shows what the opportunity i
may have been. Until then It lies j
hidden, and human foresight does not
discern it. If a man makes a move j
he strikes at the chance and not at '
the opportunity. Thus, if he sells his !
stock short, und the turn of the mar- !
ket shows that be should have held |
on to It. he cries about 'missing his i
opportunity.' when the opportunity I
could not possibly have been devel- i
oped until he had taken whatever ac- i
tlon he was destined to take.
“It Is the same w'here a man moves |
from one town to another to engage
1n business, when subsequent develop- |
inents show that he would have bet- j
tered himself had he remained In the
first town. But he had to ma&e the
move, and go through it all. to prove ;
that there was really an opportunity j
for him in the first place, and he j
couldnt have developed this fact, or
‘opportunity.’ as he calls It, unless he j
had actually made the move in ques
tion.
"And thus many men pass their
lives regretting what they term ‘lost
oiTptTfujnlrlea,' when they had simply
been confronted by chances, and sub
sequent developments showed that
these chances were unfavorable to
tbem when actually taken. The man
who really grasp# an opportunity. Is
he who discerns the possibility of a
chance evolving or culminating In
wbat subsequently reveals Itself to be
an opportunity. If men. especially
those who are called (he unfortunate
sort. wl\l digest this Illustration and
what It proves, they will save them
sglves a lot of retrospective, unhap
py thoughts. They will also be en
abled to discern In future steps and
business transactions what the'pos
slble chances of thetr acts may be,
and wilt thus develop what we are all
looking for and so few And—so-called
'golden opportunities.' ’*
COME or A NOBLE STOCK.
Piid«. Dignity and Beauty of the Mod
em Spaniarda.
You may see today in any church
portal In Spain the somber dignity ot
Velasques; the sinister cast of counte
nance of Philip the Second: the nose
and proud bearing of a Roman cen
turion. says the Nineteenth Century.
In the Basque province the dignity
and the pride of the peasantry are re
fleeted In the graceful carriage and
symmetry of movement for which the
men of that coast and the girls carry
lug pitchers t>n their heads are Justly
celebrated. There is no trace of awk>
wardness in a Spanish peasant, on
whose features is stamped the pride
of Rome, who will talk to you with the
ease and volubility of a Spanish cour
tier. It Is a noble stock. '
Though to-day the glory of Spain has
departed and the modern Spanish fa
vor a western "bowler," and the worn
en wear Parisian hats, the national
type of Spain persists with all its dig
nlty and characteristics. Living types
of Murillo's street urchins may be seen
in any Spanish village A group hud
died togetlier In some shady retreat;
brown, chubby, curly headed, merry
Utile rascals, lunching off a watermel
on picked up In Ihe market, happy as
princes In their hempen rags and with
their meaner morsel. Or you may see
the sunny side of Spain as Ooya paint
ed it. A dance In the open square, a
bridal feast, a bullfighter's carousal, a
brawl, an elopement; the apparel is
less gaudy to-day, but the sun and the
types and Ihe spirit are the same.
That brawny picador with his wide
brimmed sombrero, his swarthy coun
tenance, aquiline none and raven
locks, looks for all the world like a Ro
man gladiator. The lad at his side,
with his finely chiseled features, might
have wailed on Poppoea And that
young girl In her white lace mantilla
and the red roses In her warm black
hair, such a one Ooya would have de
lighted to portray as she stands there
with her delicate head defiantly
thrown hack, her lustrous eyes aglow
with mischief, that graceful line of
figure and those pursed and pcutlng
lip*.
A College in Bokhara.
There lay behind the great arch and
the domes and the minarets a retired
precinct of ancient trees und shaded
walks, a grove, in the midst of the
city, colonnaded In quadrangle by the
pointed arches of the students' ceils.
Under the trees was a sort of summer
house or pavilion. Two or three young
men were walking in an avenue
against the farther colonnade, and on
the stone steps of a wide, shaded pool
sat several mullahs on their praying
rugs.
We visited a number of the students
In their cells—monastic little brick
walled rooms where they live the year
round (there are no vacations in Mus
sulman colleges) and for years on end.
It is not unusual for a student, after
passing the primary school, to spend
as much as lb or 20 years at his high
er studies, though usually in such a
loug course lie will go through several
different colleges In the order of ad
vancement.
Quiet men! these students, mild
eyed, patient, often middle aged.—
Minneapolis Bellman
Judge Gave Thieves a Tip.
"Now. elr." said the cross-examin
ing counsel, "answer Yes' or No.' ,
The court does not want to know
what you supposed. I supposed that 1 j
had my watch in my pocket this
morning, but, as a matter of fact. 1 ;
had left it on my dressing room table. :
The court wants facts, sir, not sup
position.' . _T I
The witness did not quibble any >
more, and the case went quietly on.
But when the lawyer arrived home [
that evening the wife of his bosom
•aid to him:
"You must have been anxious about
j_uux itainh Lu.asiiiii-Xunr. teen, uiior U .
—one after the other.”
"What!” cried the lawyer, as a sus
picion crossed his mind. "Did you
give it to auy of them?”
"Of course, she said. **1 gave it to
the first who called. Why,-1 he actual
ly knew where yoq had left it!**
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A fast penman will write at the
rate of 3b words .a minute, which
means that in an hour's steady writ
ing be has draws his pea a space of
300 yards
Discouraged.
"What do you think of spelling re
form T“
"It’s about like all reforms,” said
the man who Is seldom pleased. "The
words that were really hard to spell
in the first place are just about aa
hard as ever."
His Assets- '
"What are your liabilitiesr* asked
the lawyer of tbe bankrupt press
agent.
“Ah,” cried the latter, ‘‘my lie
abilities are my assets."—Baltimore
American.
Te Work for Woman Suffrage.
Mrs. Arthur T. Ballentlne, the only
daughter of the late Thomas B. Reed,
has gone into polities In the extreme
west, and as editor of the Yellow Rib
boa, purposes to lend her aid to the
cause of woman suffrage.
•urel
Howell—"Did that fellow who
wasted you to invest have a sure
tinny, as he claimed?*' Jfowetl—
•Yes. I was U.-‘-JudKBn.
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In Southern Nevada
FINE CLOTHING %
SHOES THAT FIT AND WEAR
FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
KITCHEN UTENSILS
Fine Line of CIGARS and TOBACCO
We have the agency for the delicious
Hazlenut Creamery BUTTER, every pound
guaranteed satisfaciory.
Strictly Fresh Eggs.
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W. E. Hawkins
The Leading Merchant
If You Get It of Hawkins, It’s Good
A MUDDLED UP MESS.
Two Recorders and Two Mining Dis
tricts—Which is Which 7
From the Greenwater Times.
Greenwater has the grace of being
favored with two mining recorders in
as many miniug districts covering the
same territory.
A mining district and a lecorder was
elected twenty years or more ago and
the books and records of the office
have been kept at the Furnace Creek
ranch from that day to this. A re
corder Is there today and he Is doing
business at the same old stand.
About two mnoths ago a meeting of
the miner* was held In Greenwater on
Sunday, July 29th. and they organ
ized what they thought was a mining
district and everyone believed they
were doing the proper thing. No one
believed for a minute that they had a
recorder or they would have taken
other steps than desecrating the Sal»
i bath, but then the boys perhaps be
lieved Sunday was the same along the
| lines. They did not know they were
jumping the Job of recorder located
by the Furnace Creek man. and this
the 1<lnd of a mess the whole game
has resolved itself into right now.
Some of the prospectors are not
satisfied with this farce comedy an4j
they want this thing fixed so as to
know where they are at. Even as mat
ters stand the acting recorder is cer
tainly doing a favor to the people by
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handling locations and making a rec
ord of them and the little business
done !>y the Furnace Creek gentle
man raises no unfrienlinees In the
heart of the Green water recorder, so
Furnace Creek ought to be good Lay
down and keep quiet.
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TONOPAH FIGURES.
Beat Men in That Bonanza Field Visit
Greenwater Mines.
Several of the big Tonopah men
have been in the dtetrlrt looking it
over during the week. Among them
were Rodger Knox. R. A. Dunlap and
W .1 Sonham. mighty men In the
realms of mining in jheir state. They
spent the day in going over the ground
and making a'critical examination of
the leads and ledges.
It is remarked that they expreseed
themselves very favorably on the fu
ture and they realized as well as the
casual observer that expresalon* have
but little to do with the wonderful
showings they have seen, and the pos
sibilities there are in store for the
camp.
The gentlemen left for their home*
the following day. after haring put in
one of the hardest days experienced
by them for some time.
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Americans to Grow Tea.
Americans and American capital are
going Into Ceylon to assist in the de
velopment of the tea-growing industry
this yeur as never before.
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