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ESTABLISHED IN 1868 EAST ELY. WHITE PIKE COUNTY, NEVADA SUNDAY OCTOBER 17. 1920 _VOL, XLIX. NO. 27
DAY TRAIN SERVICE ORDERED ON
NEVADA NORTHERN RAILWAY
As a result of .in order Issued liy the
public service commission of Nevada
there will In a change In the main line
train service on or before November 0
which will in effect re-establish what
Is generally known as the day train
service us distinguished from the
night train servlc ■ now In effect
From unofficial sources it Is announced
that this change will occur on Novem
ber 7
This mallei of train service became
rather spirited and its history 's quite
generally known thioughout the dis
trict. In the early summer a nunibi r
of Kly eltl/.i ns felt that the community
would be benefited by the establish
ment of a train service bet. wen Kly
and riu 11 I .a k * City by Which passen
gers might leave Kly In the evening,
arriving In Salt Kake City on the fol
towing morning, affording them the eo
,#tlte dav during which to transact tin it
business and returning to Kly by a
train leaving Sait I-»k>- that night and
landing I hem home on tin following
morning Accordingly a petition was
presented to tin management of tin
railway company anil in turn presented
to the public service commission No
tier was given by the commission of
The presentation and consideration of
the matter and that such a change
would be ordered In the absence of any
protest, No protest was made anil the,
order was subsequently Issued anil exe
euted Hardly had the m w service
be* n in operation, however, when se
rious opposition to it present* d itself.
Counsellor Anthony Jurich then took
up the matter and lodged with the com
mission* r a complaint setting forth that
the change In Iraln service had result
ed In great damage to tin general busi
ness interests of tlie community. Cpon
this petition a henring was held before
Commissioner J G. Scrugham in Kly at
which both sides of the controversy
were presented, with the result that on
October » an order was Issued by the
commission directing that the present
nightly service tie withdrawn and that
.1 day service be substituted therefor.
General Manager n. Hickey ap
peared at the hearing and stated that
the company had no Interest In the
change In service except ns a common ,
carrier to render the beat service pos
sible to the greatest number In the
community which I* served. He took
thi view that the nightly service would
eventually prove to the benefit and said
•but If It did not the company would of
#ts own motion seek to have It with
drawn Since the Issuance of the or
der by the public service commission.
.Mr Hickey has stated to u represents
live of the News that no effort will he
innde to r< slat the order and the satin
will be compiled with just is soon ns
■natters leading thereto can be properly
arranged. The ordt i of tin* commis
sion follows
On July 24. 1920. a complaint wn*
tiled with tin- puhllr service commis
sion by Anthony Jurtch. an attorney,
for himself and unnamed eltls.ens of
Kly. In which he isked that the new
night schedule recently Inaugurated by
the Nevada Northern Hallway company
between {'oiire and Kly lie annulled and
the former day schedule to reinstated,
for the following reasons
1 That the new schedule as n»w
existing Is detrimental to the City of
•'Ity. iVhlte Pine County. Nevada.
2. That thi new schedule is detri
mental to tlie Interests ef the Stale ot
Nevada.
3. That the new schedule is discrim
inatory against the State of Ni vadn and
In favor of the State of I'lah.
4 That the n* w schedule, affecting
the transportation of persons and prop
erty between the above designat'd
points. Is unreasonable and unjustlv
discriminatory for the reasons herein
stated.
The schedule complain. <1 against Is
thnt for tin* Installation of which the
Nevada Northern sought the euttiorlty
of this commission <>n M.»> * i;vjt. *. d
'i, the ohleet sought to be attained was
the carrying "f a through Pullman
sleeper from Ely to Salt l»»ke City,
making close nohBectlony with all east
bound truln at Cobre. Ttil* meant the
Inaugural Ion of a nightly aervlce out
of Ely and an entire reorganisation of
the train schedule then In effect. Thi*
commission was appealed to by tin- Kly
■f'ommerrlal Club for affirmative ac
tion In thta matter and gave Its sanc
tion. believing In the light of the com
munications received that the general
public would be better served than for
merly. This service was accordingly
Inaugurated on July A. 1920.
fin May 21, 1920, the commission au
thorised the publication of a notice to
the public in all newspapers serving,
the territory Involved giving full par
ticulars of the contemplated change,
and no protest* or other objections
were known to the commission when
the aervlce went Into i fleet
The shove-namn^ complainant died
hla protest on July 24 a* before stated,
and several Informal complaints were
subsequently received by the commis
sion. all of them alleging the great
hardship imposed upon the traveling
public westbound out of Ely. It ap
pears that the new schedule necessi
tated a wait In the middle of the night
at Cohre of from three to five or more
hours, with no adequate service by the
through llnea. ,
The usual preliminaries Incident to
n henring were, therefore, ordered by
the commission.' and hearing waa »et
»,.r September 13. 1920, at Ely. Thta
dite was subsequently changed liy re
quest of defendant and hearing waa
held <>n K.-ptember 21. when find where
the above-named appearance* were
made hv the parties to the proceeding
At the hearing petitions signed by a
large number of citizens ami traveling
men were filed on behalf of both com
plainant and defendant and same have
been duly taken into consideration In
formulating file opinion and order in
this case
The testimony in tills case showed
quite A divergence of vi» wi among the
I citizens of Kly as to the advisability of
maintaining a nght passenger service
instead of a day service, but a large
majority of the people interested ap
pear to favor the day schedule ns be
ing m >ro convenient and best suited to
the needs of the communities served.
The most severe complaints were re
ceived at Cobre when traveling to and
from points west of that station. The
day schedule i much preferable for
the majority of such passengers.
Taking all of the facts into conrid
cratlon. tie* commission believes that
the interests of the public will be belt
served by the maintenance of a dpy
schedule similar to,that in effect prior
to July 4. 11JJM. An appropriate order
will b * nt< red In corformity there
with.
Order.
\t a ir> if-ral pension of the Public j
Service Commission of Nevada, held
at Its offices In Carson fity on October
9. 1920—Pr.sent: .1 F. Bhs ugh ncssy.
Commissi >t.i rs \\ II Simmons. J. O.
Scrughain und Secretary p.-nson
Wright.
Pursuant to tt*■ foregoing opinion,
It Is hereby order 'd that the Nevada
Northern Kuilway company shall with
draw Its nlgnt pass< nger train sched
ule now In effect between Kly and
Cobrt. Nevada, and substitute therefor
day si rvloe bast d on a schedule similar
to that la effect prior to July 4. 1920.
It Is further ordered that the In
auguration of the schedule hereby or
dered Into effect shall be completed
within thirty (30) days from <l"tc of
this order
BV TfIK COMMISSION.
Benson Wright, Secretary.
Dated October 9. 1920.
Card Party at McGill
for St. Michael's Bazar
Thursday evening at her home in'
Mcaill Mrs Bateman, assisted by Mrs.
Caret* and Mrs I>a*is. gave a card
party for the benefit of St. Michael's
bazar. The evening was an enjoyable
one, many couple* from Ely motoring
over to attend. The lady's first prise
was won h> Mrs. Joe Murphy, lady’s
second by Ml** Frances Peters; gen
tleman's first priso by W. H. Cares,
*• cond by Rev Father Kogan and the
consolations by Chr.rlei Tralnbrldge
and R. E. 1-mvIs. Those wlio attended
are a* follows.
Mr. and Mrs. Bateman Mr. and Mrs
caret* Mr. and Mr*. I 'avis. Mr. and
Mrs. Hetfernan. Mrs. Ryan, Mr. and
Mr* Stack. Mr*. Reed. Mrs. Patterson.
Mrs Harm s. Mr*. P dglase, Mr*. Mur
phy. Mr* Kaffev Mrs. Kwycr. the
Misses Anna Ryan. Catherine Ryan.
Almira Carcw, Merrcllne Oajew. Is-otn
Bateman. .jeorgla English. Messrs.
Charles Trowbridge. William Powers.
Mortimer Keough. The Ely guests
were Ri v. Father Hogan. Rev. Father
McNally, Mr. and Mrs. Oldfield. Mrs.
Carlin. Mr* Camll. Mr*. Egan. Mrs.
Iiedrieh. Mis* Peters.
Governor Oddie to Be
Here for Several Days
Former Governor Tasker I*. Oddie,
now the republican candidate for Ignit
ed State* senator, accompanied b.v Sam
uel S. Arenta. republican candidate for
congressman, arrived In Ely yesterday
shortly after noon after a vtslt to Lin
coln and Clark counties and coming to
Ely by way of Maker When Ini' rvlew
ed by a Now* reporter both the candi
date* expressed themselves as being
much encouraged by tile outlook
throughout the state. Tin* former gov
ernor said "Wo u ill be here until
Tuesday and «s 1 understand the meet
ings arranged for are llrst .it lluth,
where we will speak, and later come
to Ely. where a public meeting will b*
held Monday night We will also speak
ut McJIll on Monday night. There nre
a number of vital questions which we
are most anxious to discuss with the
people of this district and II will be
our object to meet all possible In per
son and also express our Views from the
platform
| "We an advocating strongly the pol
icy of protection of the mining, live
stock ant. farming industries so sorelj
rfeeded anti without which these Im
portant Industries would languish and
suffer. The onl> xvav this protection
can bo secured Is bv the clectlo i of n
republican senator and congressman
from this state.
“I am not in favor of the t.cague of
Nations us brought from Europe by
President Wilson. In fact I do not like
It at all. It will lead us into serious
trouble and Is a breeder of wars.
There Is another way tn which th«
peace of the world can be secured.’’
Redsra from Feast.
Attorney Charles S. Chandler and
Mrs. Chandler returned this week from
San Franc .co. where they had been
visiting for several days.
Married at Court House.
Matthew Henson of Kimberly and
Miss Alethu Pedlar of Ruth wer< mar
ried this week by Judge J. M. Collins
ut the court house.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
ABOrTEDBTGAIDIMIES
At the meeting of democratic candi
date* held following the primary elec
tion. pursuant to law, one of the im
portant subject* under discussion was
that of the adoption of a suitable plat
form. The platform as adopted will
doubtless prove of great Interest to
the voters of this county and the News
is glad to lie aide to publish It in full
as follows
■‘We the candidates of the demo
cratic party of White I’ine county,
stale of Nevada, In meeting duly call
ed September 21. 1920. pursuant to law,
do hereby adopt the following plat
form
"We tea,'firm our belief In the
principles of progressive democracy,
and accept and adopt the principles
promulgated In the national platform
of the democratic party, also the state
platform. We urge the election of our
stundarii bearers. Governor James M
fox and Franklin 1). Itoosevelt. We
unqualifiedly endorse the i^eeords of
our senator, the lion. Charles B.
Henderson, and our representative, the
lien. O. II. Evana, who have at all
times represented the Interests of Ne
vada, and we urge their reelectlon by
the people of the state.
“We are proud of the administration
of the county affairs by the various
democratic candidates who are now be
fore the people for reelectlon and we
pledge them to a continuation of the
economical and progressive adminis
tration of the county business.
“We pledge our legislative candi
date*, if elected, to recommend the pas
sage of the following legislation:
"(1) Proper recognition by the state
of Nevada to all soldiers, sailors and
marine* who served In the world war
and joined the colors In this state.
•'(2) The enlargement of the high
school facilities in this county, for the
reason that the present high school
building cannot accommodate more
students, such enlargement not only to
provide additional school room but also
to create adequate facilities for phys
ical as well ns mental training, the
equipment such as a gymnasium and
swimming pool to be available to all
the students of the county.
“(S) The Japanese having acquired
in four counties of this state large
land holdings, which policy if permit
ted wilt be detrimental to the people
of tlie state, therefore, we recommend
the enactment of such legislation a*
will protect our people from the Asiatic
colonization of Nevada
4) The passage of such l< glsla
tion as will administer more ef
ficiently the resources of the state, par
ticularly the land and the water, so as
to encourage the immigration of home
seekers to the state.
“(G) The recognition by the state
government of White Pine county,
which is second in Importance In the
state, not only In the appointment of
public state officers In responsible po
sitions, but also in the improvement
of Its public highway* by the expend
iture of more state and federal money
upon its roads.
‘‘(8) Tne enactment of legislation to
extend and enlarge the scope of the
public service commission's authority
over the public utilities of our state.
"We also recommend the amend
ment of the naturalization laws so as
to permit honorably discharged sol
dier*. sailors and marines to obtain
citizenship upon application. If they
were good enough to fight for their
adopted country they should be good
enough to be allowed to become citi
zen*.
"We also recommend the dividing of
Nevada into two federal court districts,
designating Kly as the place where
sessions of court of eastern Nevada
shall be held. Udder the present con
ditions. by reason of the long distance
to Carson City, which necessarily in
volves a large expense to litigants, it
amounts to a denial of the right to
maintain an action in the federal court
to an ordinary wage worker.
"THOB. E. HALEY. Chairman.
‘ PitES DHAY. Secretary'
Kaffirs' Ball Snl Solordoy.
White Tine nerle, Fraternal Ord< r of
Rag lea, is arranging for a grand bail
to l>e given In Hijo hail next Saturday
night. October 23. and according to the
plans of the officers and entertain
ment committee, this event will sur
pass all others of a like nature in the
history of the popular organisation In
this district On October 22, t*)07.
White F'nc aerie was organize 1 in Rly
The committee sought to obtain Hijo
halt for that evening but that being
impossible the following night was se
lected and it is then that the birth of
the organisation here will be fittingly
celebrated.
Receive* bud basso.
.1 Tress Dray received a teli gram
Frldav afternoon telling of the death of
tiis aged mother, Mrs. T. B. Stillman,
at Spokane. Washington. Friday morn
ing. Although 84 years of age Mrs
Stillman had enjoyed good health until
a few days ago and then her illness was
not considered dangerous. Mr. Pray,
who recently disposed Of his business
in Rly, was preparing to pay a visit
to his mother when the news arrived
telling of her death
HU t» School Football.
The first game of the football sea
son was played last Friday by team*
from the White Tine county high
school. The seniors and sophomores
were lined up against the juniors and
freshmen. The first team had the ad
vantge In weight over the second
team, which put tip a hard battle but
mst to th« seniors and sophomore* by
a score of 0 to I*. The senior dance
was given In the evenig at the high
school.
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410 NEW NAMES ADDED
TO COUNTY VOTING US!
White Bine County added 410 name*
to the registration books since t'ne pri
mary election. The registration cards
from the majority of the registration
agents have been returned to County
Clerk Oldfield and It is not IlKely that
many more names will be added to the
list, a* the precincts from which the
cards have not been received are li>
distant parts of the county and the
population of thus.- ranching centers
changes very little.
Of the total number of new regis
trants there are 219 registered as re
publicans with 122 democrats and 69
covers the number where party Is not
expressed and socialists.
One of the peculiarities noticed In the
designation of political parties Is that
out of the 6327 cards recorded there are
only two incidents where women have
registered as socialists. The majority
of the women voters have registered
as republicans. The last number reg
istered by the county clerk was 5327,
which does not Indicate the true num
ber of voters In the county owing to
I he fact tnat the numbers on the esrds
run consecutively and the numbers
were started two years ago. Of this
total number there are at least 500
people who have left the county, which
would Jeava the total vote of the coun
ty about 4827.
At the general election two years
ago County Clerk Oldfield received the
highest number of votes cast for any
candidate, a total of 2150. County Re
corder John McKernan was second on
the list with 2055; Robert Baird receiv
ed the highest vote for member of the
assembly with J642. Senator Hender
son received 1615. Reprcsantatlva
Charles R. Evans polled t599. and Miss
Anne Martin received 515.
According to the registration the city
of Ely is democratic with McGill
strongly republican. The outside pre
cincts are about evenly divided.
_
Commissioner Meyers
Predicts Cox Victory
Countv Commissioner W. K. Meyers
returned from San Francisco yesterday
mrrntng after a visit of one week on
the coast. When inquiry was made
from the commissioner as to the con
dition of his son Lloyd, the gallan*
voting lad who is still suffering from
the effects of the numerous battles In
which he engaged In the world war, he
said that he was greatly encouraged.
That under the advice of Dr. Wright,
the government specialist, Lloyd would
remain in tha government Institution
for at least three weeks, during which
time his condition woull be closely
I watch* d and it w as hoped a speedy
remedy might be fovnd.
When asked as to conditions on the
coast, political and otherwise, the com
mlssioner was most optimistic. He
said: "Just say that conditions are
fine. I was In close touch dally with
Senator Pittman, who Is in charge of
the democratic campaign In this w* st
ern section, and the senator assures me
that the outlook could not be better.
He says as matters stand today Pos
slirply has Harding beaten."
Manganese Shipments
! Being Resumed Locally
Manganese ore is again attracting
attention ami as a result one is now
attention and as a result one mine Is
Fine county with another reasonably
sure to follow within a few days.
Furing the early stages of the late
war manganese was sought as a coun
try need and as usual In such matters
the greatest mineral county In the bat
tle-born state came to the front. With
in just a few miles of what was in the
pioneer days known as the Comln*'
ranch, hut now known as the (* C C
or Coppermine* ranch, a large deposit
of manganese was discovered. Citi
sins were quick to see the opportunity
to supply the need and many carloads
of the precious metal went forward to
the mills of Fittsburg and from there
hclnuta and the like reached soldiers
at the front. When the demand for thi
metal became less urgent activity
ceased i>n account of litigation
over the ground developed for
some months matters at the rieli mine
have been at a standstill.
Within the pnst wet ks, however, with
an Increased demand for the metal, Jo
seph Vlettl has resumed work upon Ills
property and last montli shipped ap
proximately two hundred and fifty ton*
of ore. While the shipments this month
will probably reach a greater total than
that of last month a serious obstacle
has been encountered in the way of
hauling facilities. Trucks have been
overtaxed and due to Inability to have
trucks repaired as rapidly as possible
the ore bins at the mines are today ab
solutely full, remaining there only to
await the arrival of the trurkif for
transportation to the railroad at East
Ely.
Bert Hamilton has procured a lease
on the Bowen and Holmqulst ground,
adjoining that cntrolled by Mr. Vlettl,
and says that he expects to be In the
regular shipping list before the end of
the moonth.
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Mrs Edward McKIlin. accompanied
bv her daughter. Mrs. M. I.. Smith. Is
spending a few days in the Hamilton
district, where the McKIlin family made
their home for many years prior to the
death of the late Kdward McKIlin, who
was one of the pioneer mining ineq of
the Hamilton section and where lie left
In his estate valuable lead and silver
mines.
COUNTY CLERK OLDFIELD EVOLVES
NEW REGISTRATION METHOD
Charivari Party for
Popular Railroader
Koy Noble reTurned Saturday morn
ing, bringing with him his bride, for
merly Mrs. Lydia McClure, of Clrer
welali. Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Noble have
taken the Hildebrand house, In Kast
Kly, where they will be at home to
their friends.
“Roy ’ is undoubtedly one of the
most popular men In the district, with
his record ns an engineer on the Ne
vada Northern and his service record
in France, but his popularity with the
vounghters who treated him with a
charivari last night is undying. His
generosity has never been doubted and
last night the boys of the neighbor
hood thought he must have had sev
eral barrels of dollars in his cellar
from the way he showered them at the
noisy crowd
Open Season for Deer
Attracts Ely Sportsmen
During the last veek It Is safe to
say that the rifle of every sportsman
In this district was properly primed
and from the multitude leaving to taku
advantage of the opening of the deer
season comes the reasonable prediction
that profiteers In the meat lino will
receive a serious set-back by an over
abundance of delicious venison.
A. B. Witcher. George Sower* and
Vail Pittman went to Cave Valley,
where they were joined by W. H. Pitt*.
Charles Culvelwrll. Charles O. Stindt
and Joe Powers from Pioche B. L
Quayle, Dr. J. A Wallace, J. D Wallace
and Jay E. Brlnton selected Gardner's
ranch as a promising locality. C. D.
Vautrln, W. .1. Stewart, Ray Musgrove
and Jack Krotster went to Baker. The
Horse Camp section will be covered by
Louts Johnson and Andrew Hexem
Among those from whom the beat In
formation obtainable was that they
would cover the entire county were
Charles C. Caperton, Guy Gallagher.
Sam Basshnm. R. Mountjoy, Avel Si
mons. l-\ Messenger, Harold Jackson,
Louis Fraser, Fred Bannar.l and Wil
liam Blair. It was announced that
Game Warden Powell, accompanied by
District Attorney Edwards, would be in
the hills, but It later developed that the
game warden and the district attorney
elected to remain at the county cent,
from which perhaps by ai l of able de
tectives i hey will be able to bring to
account those who destroy more than
four herd*
Senator C. B. Henderson
Returns to Elko Home
Senator Charles B. Henderson paid a
short visit to this dlstricr during the
week, arriving late on Wednesday
night and leaving with Mrs. Henderson
on the train Thursday night bound for
KlUo, the Henderson home. This is
the second visit that Senator Hender
son has paid this district during the
month He spoke most encouraginglv
of the noepticns tendered him In the
various parts of the state where he had
visited. Hr said he had made a careful
trip through the southern part of the
state where he found conditions gener
ally good, that the season had been a
profitable one for the farmers and they
seemed most contented. The conditions,
however, with regard to the cattle mar
ket and wool market were not what
might he expected. Senator Henderson
Is directly interested In this business
and was most emphatic in saying thnt
upon his return to Washington every
thing possible would be done to assist
this great Industry In Nevada and
bring It Into Its own. The senator ex
pressed surprise at the great pro
ductivity of the soil In some of Mu
southern parts of Nevada. To n\e, In
said, one of the crying needs of this
state Is development of the agricul
tural Interests. He informer, the rt -
porter that he was going to take up
with the reclamation service the mat
ter of securing national aid lo sink
wells to prove and develop the under
ground waters. “What w> need.” said
the senator, Ms Increased population
and the way to get Increased popula
tion In this state is largely through the
development of the agricultural inter
ests. I am vitally interested in agri
culture In our state ns well as mining
and live stork. With our mines hum
ming we have a ready market for the
product of the rancher ar.d the live
stock grower and prosperous results
•re sure to follow.'*
Deutk of Alma Cnt la ldobo.
The many friend* of the lute .Ice*
Cone In thl* dlvtrirt regret to learn of
the death of Alma, the eleven-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Cone, whirh
occurred at Rupert. Idaho, during the
week. The body of tbe young girl la
expected to arrive on the incoming
train this morning and according to ;
present plan* the funeral will take j
place from the WII*on-Bate* funeral !
parlor* thl* afternoon.
.less Cone will long hi remembered j
ns one of the mo*t substantial rancher*
who resided In this countv up to a few ,
venrs ago. when he t loved to Trent j
Creek. Iftah. and hi* tragic death In 1
thnt section a few month* ago will
always be remembered with deep re
gret.
(bounty Clerk F. I). Oldfield, as a re
sult of his experience with hapdl|ng
the rigeidtratlon of voters under the
new election law. has developed a sys
tem which. If permitted by law. would
save the county and state thousands of
dollars of expense at elections. The
present system has many weak points
and necessitates the tise of tons of
paper and requires additional clerical
force to prepare.
Under the present system, the appli
cant for registration Is required to fill
out a registration card with all the de
tails necessary for identification; this
curd Is then numbered by the clerk and
filed alphabetically and according to
precinct. The details on the card are
then typewritten on the sheets for the
registration books; an original and
three copies or four copies are then
made on the registration sheet; one
copy for the office record, one copy for
the precinct book, one copy for the sec
retary of state and one copy for the
general election. When the first regis -
tration Is for the primary election, the
fifth copy Is to be revised and sent to
the secretary of stale for the general
election. When the registration for the
general election is closed these sheets
have to be revised and the new names
added. After the general election the
registration sheets are compared with
the poll books and tlie voters who did
not cast a vote at the general elec
tion have their names cancelled for
such failure to vote. This necessitates
a re-reglster for the next primary. If
a clerk of election should fall to mark
the name of a voter on the poll book,
such name will then be cancelled In
the official register and If the cancella
tion is not known to the registrant and
he does not register lie loses his vote
at the next election. This error has
been noted by the county clerk, but In
the cases discovered the voter Inquired
about his registration in time to regis
ter again. This system requires thous
ands of dollars for paper and as names
of voters are carried over for two years
is not a true register of voters In the
county and opens an avenue for fraud
In elections.
The system proposed by the county
clerk will make identification of the
elector much more positive, and will
save paper and labor. The Idea is to
use a form similar to the cards but
printed on sheets of paper that are
contained in a loose leaf book. The
applicant for registration will answer
the questions necessury to his quallfl
cations as an elector and sign the name
below Ills answers. The forms will bo
in duplicate and a carbon used between
the sheets, which will transfer all the
detail witli the true signature of the
voter to the second sheet. When the
books are closed for registration the
original sheet containing about four
forms with the rlglnal signatures of
the elector will be transferred to the
precinct books and used at the election.
If a question should arise as to the
Identity of the voter, the Inspector of
election could require the applicant to
sign his nmne and tills could be com
pared with the original on the regia
tration book.
To inaugurate this system it would
be necessary for electors to register
before each election the same as was
the practice under the old election law.
This system would almost ^tuarante*.
against error as the names' of regis
trants would be handled only onca
while the present system requires the
transfer of the names many times.
About one-fifth of the amount of paper
would be used: the present hinders,
which were an expensive outlay to the
county, could be used and the work of
preparing the books could be easily
handled by one person. The only eg
tra copy of th» registrants would be
made for the newspapers.
The installation of the present sys
tem of registration cost the county
about $2.nuo. and the paper neceacary
to maintain It runs Into the hundreds
with several hundred more for needed
hPlp.
Tin- hoard of county rommlssloners
at the regular meeting |n September
named the same election officers who
acted for the primary election to serve
in the various precincts for the general
election. In some precincts new offi
cers were appointed to till the vacan
cies caused by the resignation of the
officers.
According to the provisions of the
•■lection law the Inspectors and clerks
of the general election shall continue
In office for all elections of civil offi
cers to be held In their precincts until
other inspectors sluil! he appointed.
The law provided if in any precinci
any such inspectors or clerks are un
willing to serve they should notify the
hoard of county commissioners witnln
five days after the receipt of the no
tice of their appointment, and the
county board immediately appoints
some suitable person to (111 the vacancy.
Failure to notify the board of county
commissioners of any unwillingness to
serve as an Inspector or clerk will sub
ject the person to a penalty of not leas
than ten nor more than one hundred
dollars.
If through accident or sickness on
the dev of election of any --lection offi
cer, the Inspectors present on the morn
ing of election may appoint some sult
ab'e person to (ill the vacancy.
Filed flood as Administrator.
William FMggune of the First
a I hank has died a hond In the district
court as administrator of the estates of
Sarah Anne Moreley and Oeorge More
ley. deceased. The estates consist of
much property In the White Klver val
ley f* A. Kddy is attorney for the ad
ministrator.
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