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THK 1'EUFI.K VICTORIOUS.
Fridny afternoon at 4 o'clock the
aaoato b> a vote of 14 to 1, witb two
senators absent, passed the ruilroud bill
and it now goes to Governor Sporkt
for his signature. In the morning the
bill was reported to the senate favorably
by the oommittea on railroads and
half pa9t ono o'clock was set for it*
consideration.
When the bill came up for considera
tion, Senator" Pyne, Boyd, Oddie,
O'Kane, Euston and Mack spoke in
favor of its pussage and Wtjonbtuy nud I
Campbell against it. Woodbtiry said
that at that moment be bail a pass ii>
his pocket and know that others who
were going to vote for the bill had the
B'liue, but were going to vote to cripple
the hand that extended that courtesy to
them. Campbell spoke against the bill,
but said that ho would vote tor it and
rely on itH unconstitutionality.
Senators Drossetneer and Martin were
absent. The former is very eick at the
hou e of a friend in Cnrson and the
latter dodged the voto by remainm*.'
away from the senate.
The 60 n ate chamber was crowded
with people during the oonsiderittionof
the bill and the senator? who spoke for
the people were loudly applnudeU.
When the vote was taken every "Aye"
was greeted with applause and when the
the tinal voto waa anQounced men threw
their hats in the air mid greeted the
result witb thunderous applause.
The bill uow goes to the governor. It
is not probable that ho will veto it as in
odoiug he would place himself in di
rect opposition to the sentiment of the
i people as expressed by the unanimous
vote of tbo assembly for the bill and the
nearly unanious voto of the Senate. If
he should exercise the veto power, the
bill can bo easily passed over his head.
It is uot likely, however, that Governor
Spurks will uso the veto power to defeat
the will of the people.
The passage of this bill murks the
first vic?ory the people of N'ovnda ever
wou over the ?corporations. For over
thirty years they have been hold in the
grip of the railronds. Their pleas for
justice and better treatment havo been
nibt with sneers and tlioy have been
made to feel the tyrant's power. Leg
islature after legislature pledged to yive
the puople relief, have betrayed tho
people and fastened the shackles more
Becurely upon them.
Hut a uow era has dawued upou N'e
vada. A legislature pledged in party
platforms has, with the exception of one
senator who wears tho corporation ool
lar securely a round, his neck and one
skulker, too courwdly to vote, re
deemed its pledges and kept faith witb
the people. All honor to the members
who proved true.
CONSTITUTION A I, VIIANOKN.
A few years ago it was generally con
ceded that the constitution of the United
Statoe, tho supremo law of the land,
was liko the laws of the Mcdes and
Persians that changeo uot. lint a now
theory has been put forward by those in
high places that expediency is of more
importance than preserving the constitu
tion intact. They would read in clauscs
that ore oot there <ind override other
to obtain immediate results on the basis
of their own interpretation of what
should or should not be. To keep
governments from disintegration and
despotism, even in ti republic, there
must be u fundamental law, beforo
which all mtiU bow, until uocc-mity
forces a change, win oh und? r tho con
stitution of the United Slntee is vory
difllcult to obtain, jit rcquirea t o.'hirds
of congress, or two thirds of the let'is
lauircH of the states to propose amend
ments and three- fourths of the states to
ratify such ameu'lmeiilp, Public
opinion tnu?t tie well nigh unanimous to
accomplish the change, and this our
republican reformers cannot wu;t 'or,
so thoy propose to stretch or contort the
law to accomplish their purposes.
Thoso who would abet them hi their
unconstitutional proceedings should
remember that the rights of all the poo
pie are very fully protected and tho
rights of the states praiorved by the
constitution and the amendments
thereto, anil that if a IcMeh in made in
the outer wall the citad I itself will be
iu danger, which would tudnti chaos or
despotism. There is, however, nothing
a tiered about the ot rwtitution; it waa
made to lie amended, and what the
Uuited Statew cannot accompli*!) under
it, the at .-it en individually can d>>, and
what neither can tin is reserved to the
to*orpl(tn people.
The work for those who would rnako
changes must therefore be done <1o*
nently nud in order, and the proposed
now laws must be so purely of advant
age and tiecensary that almost none will
question them. Tho great ninst of the
people have more to lose by stretching
the constitution than tliey would gain
by the new republican doctriue of ex
pediency. (or who can say that the
disiotagrfttiou and annihilation of law
that would eo6U? would not lead to an
end of free government? L<et us there
fore be patient of tlio ills we Imre tbat
we may not suffer from eti'l greater
once tbat we know not of. ? Exchange.
DE1RCUATIUN OK HI. AC)
I n rt ferritig to it bill introduced in
the assembly by A set-in! ly man Gifford,
of Orinsby county, tin- Touopnh Sun
phjp:
A bill to prevent desecration of the
tlair of the United State*.. which was in
troduced this week id Cnr?uu, by Mr.
Gilford, the lively liitle ass-mbly 1111111
of Ornifeby ooiiulv, is of more importance
than a great mnuy perron 3 may believe
In till* part of the state, de.-vcratious of
ths lliii! are of frequent O-Otirance and
always willful. In many public places
wi lli i it Mir paat eight mouths speeches
have been uiade in Tonopah ami Gold
Held , declaring in to may words tbat tb<
Hag shou'd be trampled under foot or
woriw. Some have said openly and
boastfully in tlie public strei-ts, after
hurling tbeir iii6ultf at the star- and
stripes, that they would prefer the red
Hag of anarchy. The mere reference to
that much Bilk or muslin, m the case
may be. amniluts to iiotbiug, but the
star- and stripes is the insignia of the
nation, and an nsult to it is an insult to
all men and women -ho are protected
by it. 1 1 lb tht! same as saying the same
things of the sacred obligations of
Americanism or the man who has the
courage t?r. admit that he believes 111
the principles of the republic. For a
citizen to rna'-o use of such language or
to be guilty of acts of violence to the
llag itself is the worst of treason and in
times of war t uch traitors would be
shot in their tracks. However the law*
of this nation and all states are applied
I with great lenience and men are taken
to be virtually joking when tliey make
their lucentliarv remarks ugatust the
Hag. But that should not be so. if it
is well that the lawe prevent desecration
of the banner that protects tho persons
and homes of all alike, it is also well
that such laws tie enforced in spirit and
to the letter. It is proper that men iu
this isolated section of the nation be
taught that they are as amenable to the
laws as those under the sttadow of the
capitol at Washington.
The bill of Assemblyman Gilford has
practical application in tl\is state, a
living and cryiug need. For the honor
of the state aud the protection of the
principles of the constitution, the first
violator of the law, when it passes
should be made an example of (or the
good of others who miiflit try to emu
late his trangri-Ksions.
UOVKIlSlllt SI'Al'KSSC.tMli 1* AT.
A Carson dispatch to the Iteiio Journ
al says tbat J.(\ Sin bin of the Southern
Pacilic, Chief Counsel Whittemore of
the Salt Lake railroad and odu r railroad
olllcials argued ti e inertia ami demerits
of the railroad commission bill with
Governor Sparka for two hours Tues
day.
In the course of the nrguinen*, Mr.
?St u libs is represented as saying:
"We are hard hit by the so called rail
road commission bill, Tlio law if not
defeated in the courts, will 'work untold
hif'.isiiips nu the people as well as the
railroads. Your rates in soino cases are
too low, and in othors we already make
concession* which your trainers of tho
bill did not detect.
"l'lio Southern Pacific will stop all
projected improvements, if >011 sign this
bill. The Southern Pacilic will let the
state regulate tbe line if it must but
when tbe matter is finally settled we will
again dictate to the people. Oo not
misunderstand i*e, I do not mean that
tho management of the road will be un
fair. Wo will continue to direct oper
ations 111 our interests, thus serving the
interests of the residents of the stute.
"You would base the rates in Nevada
en tho rates charged over the hills from
Sail Francisco. Tiiis may scorn fair oti
the face uf it, but ?vo oporafe under dif
forent conditions. I'hu whole trouble
lice wilh the man who make laws for the
government of the intricate systems of
railroads, aud yet do 110'. tin lerst.md the
f ludauiental problems 'lint hey s.iould
know.
"We will light tlio li I in the eour a
find there wo "xpoct '.<> win if yon do no
send flits tne um 0 Illicit to the sonde for
rci'onsidera ioii."
Tho threat was ata lo mil un mstvored.
The governor heird but lio did not ro
spon I in a w ty that would s itiafy the
speaker,
"1 will be Iru- to my tnM," he -aid
(Irmly, "the people ?eiit me here to c p
resent them, to exercuMiiiy belter judg
ment against influences suuh in you
would bring to bear, and I will have to
refuse jiitlf requw ?.
"I agree with some of your views ?
t unt tho rnteu in Nevada on soino mud
mouitic* are too high and >011 pay on
others too lo.v ? hut you should have ex
plained it nil to die axsuaibly end Relate
railroad eomitilttee.
"My course lies clrtir before me. I
Will tlo my duly to the state "
As told in yesterday's Usue, G aver nor
Simrkn iilllxed hi* signutute to the lull
anil It in no'V tin* law of the state. In
doing so he gave force and ? lT>-et to tfie
will of the people n? expressed in the
al i.O't unanimous passage of tho lu!| by
tho legislature. While he men ly did
his duty ill signing this bill, he never
theless dooervc the thank* of every
citi/.' ii of Nevada for manfnlly ?? tilling
between tlieui and ?'? ii niliible greed
ot the ruHronit*.
All heti'ir to John Npnrk*, Netadi's
honed. fearless governor
A COWAIIIil.T ACT
Tho assault committed by Hecretray
of State Douglas uu Sutu U<vse, editor
of the Cursuu Appeal, for criticising the
conduct of the state library was no out
rageous affair and one that deserves the
condemnation of all fa:r minded men.
It is a uotcrioas fact that the conduct
of the state library since Mr. Dougla
has been in charge of it ha* boon in com -
petant and iiietlicient. This incoinpet
ancy aud ineflieioEcv has been so pro
uouncvd ?hut the members of the su
preme court sent m eotnMinnSc,Vioti to
the legishitn e ut>kuig Unit body to place
the management of the stale library in
competelunt hand*. Mr. Davie in pur
suit of hi* duties ?-?* editor ??r tin Appeal
saw til t<> comment upoti tho supreme
court's comumnicAMun mil wits ????? up??ii
by Douglass iuid ia-aten almost insen
sibility
l*h? K.'iio Journal m commenting n | -
on this cowardly net ??jf:
alf Secretary of Stale Gib D.imlnse
imagines that he has settled his tight t<
retain the patronage of th* state
library by his attack on l?ilitor Sum
Davis of the Carson Appeal, he ht.B
uia le u great mistake.
The library is a large and valuable
collection of bonds belonging to the
state ami no one but a competent person
should be la charge them. This
thing of appointinu h person to ollice
who happens to tie a >r? iniive of an
official or a friend, without any regard
to the qusJiticatioi 9 of the person. is
e imetbiug that ought uot to be permit
ted, whetner secretary of state of Nevada
like*? it or not. And who is the secretary
of state of Nevada, at)) how, that he
should think himself above criticism?
Hie state lav.- library ought to be
catalogued by a competent pore >u and
someone with the required knowledge*
of the duties of a librarian ought to be
employed for the task. I'lie justices of
the supreme court ai? us'ttng nothing
more than common hei.se would dictate
when they request that the legislature
look at the matter in (hat light.
Sam Davis, as any i tber editor would
bo. was well within the right ? of the
press when he published the facts. As
a newspaperman it was his duty to give
the truth all the publicity he could, and
to bo assailed orally or otherwise) for
I doing his duty .vna an outrage that all
! the newspapers of Nevada should resent.
And the sooner the src*> tary of stale or
any other state < llicial net* it out of his
heat? that his act-1 and appointments are
uot subject to revii-w and criticism by
the newspapers the better it will be for
him."
To Whom It May Conccr.i.
I own approximately three thousand
Acres of Outside land-, lying along
the Creek bottoms from Tucker's to
Gold Ureek. The A lam- Kst.tte has no
lands of nine under lease except what
is under fence at "Kancho Grutido" and
"llav Stacks." As I have p ud interest
oul taxes on t!i lii property for twenty
live year?, while lie public have used it,
this yimr, it will be my intention to
force tresspassers to help pay my in
terest and taxes,
11. Motto an 11 1 i.i. ,
Heaver, Nevada.
Where Snow Is Sold.
In some parts of Asia Minor snow Is
obtained In the mountains and packed
tightly In a conical pit which la cov
ered with straw and leaves. At the
bottom of the pit a well Is dug, with a
drain to carry off the water formed by
the melting snow. The snow la deliv
ered to customers in near-by cities at
the price of ten to 25 cents for 100
pounds.
In an interview, published in the
Ueno Journal, .1. C, Stubbs, trnlllc
manager of the ilarruiian lilies, denies
that ho used profanity to the Gazette
reporter and that he said the things
imputed to him hi the interview
published by the Gazette and which we
copied in yesterday's is-un In the
Journal mterviow, Mr. Stubbs admitted
that freight rates are too high in this
state and that lie wottld have agreed to
a reduction of ten per cent had lie been
consulted by tuc Commercial League,
In regard to passenger rates, tie thought
there wmi it tiple justification for tlieiu,
but he would have been willing to iigree
to a material reduction in them also.
Hit s.iid these leJiionons had been!
planned befoie the cominiadon bill was
framed and would liavo been voluntarily
put into elleul. 1 1 ?? thinks the bill is
useless to (he people so far an nut mil
accompli hmci.t i are concerned.
s I ?? 1 1 ? 11 || h i lie lli'iul .
l'lici body of William M. lick waa
hroiglit in tine morning from his camp
some six miles out oil the ruahipin to the
sou til, -uys the Ooldt'eld News, where
lie died suddenly. Wor I of his death was
brought to tow, i by his lartner. Victor
Sluiubf.rt, and Acting Coroner Solomon
returned with him und accomp'tuied the
body in. An inquest was held, result
ing in a verdict of death fiom natural
causes. Kck ntnl Shauberi retired
early hi the evening, I'ick being in per
fect health. During the iii^ht Mlin illicit
was ?iwak'ined t?y the fall of the li aly of
his partner across his feat. Belt noma
to have arisen ilurinu the night without
awakening Slui.ibeit. The latter at
lirtit thought it was a man who had been
employed tvith tin in and "ho had gone
to town mid was expected to return
durum the niglii Hliaubert fell of Uie
man's clothing ill the durktiern and
found tlnil it was his partner, lie arono
illid after milk ill a lljli! llincoV(>red
that Kelt was dead. 1 1 ? started at once
foi town, leaving the body aloti". lie.
cause of the presence <:( coxites on the!
desert he induced Judge Solomon lo |
return with hint at once, Kelt is said to
'?nve been riubj ?ct to epileptic attacks
and this is supptMcJ to have been the
cause of bin dentil.
Kx-Coiik reaauiMu Vhii Uuirr.
Clarence D. Van Duzor is now a has |
been. Ilia term as oougressoiuu from |
Nevada expired at uoon on the -Uli of |
tliia month. IIo was first elected in 1002
and re-elected in 1001 Ho made an ex- ;
cellent record during the first term and
a very discreditable uuo the second. (
How be closed bin public career is told
in the following Washington dispatch |
of the 4tb:
A touch of the tragic wtu? given to the ,
closing Jay of '.lie Fifty ninth ooogreas, i
when late yesterday i. ftcruoou epre- (
eentativo Clarence Devi uo Van Dozer of j
Nevada was held up i:i ?!??? corridor of
the house by a group of nit n w ho threat
eneti him with arwt, ji'csecution and
perronal tiolcoco.
There >vere live of tlivm, two coal
dealers, their attorneys and twu others
said to tie private detectives. Van Doz
er was waylaid as he was coming from ,
?lie sergeant at arms' ollice with his
mileage allowance, amounting to be
tween 81,000 and #1,100. and judging
from the medley of sounds -itid threats
an effort was being made to separate him J
from a part or all of it.
After wrangling with V.iti Dozer for
five in mute j one of the alleged detect
ives announced Mud ho would tako the
congressman into custody and thus pre- 1
cipitaced a spectacular denouement.
Capitol Policeman Webber ha I arrived
on the sceue b> that time and as the
sleuth seemed about to lay hinds upon
the agitated representative, Webber |
stepped forward uud announced that Van J
Duster's person was sacred under the
dome of the Capitol and that anyone who
undertook to restrain him or deprive
him of his liberty did so at Ins peril.
Baitig h member >f congress and that
body being in eesg.-oii, the Nevada mem
ber was immune from arrest for any
thing except treason or felony. There
was a cessation of liottilitictl for a min
ute or two, mid Webber escorted Van
Duzer to a cab that was in waiting and
tho latter drove away. It is said he left
the city enou afterward.
N c * h 1 1 ii ' * I)?-ni.| | Kf|;ltj||?,
Nevada's desert regions will be grid- j
ironed with cable ore-carry nig railroads, 1
if the legislature pusses the bill giving
?o San Francisco and Mmitiaitan a right
of way The provisions of the meusure
are that the ore line shall have a fran
chise for a rofid from Millers to Manhat
tan, Konrul Mountain and Austin and '
I from l-'allon to Castgate, Fairview and
J Wonder The territory covered will tie
about miles m length,
The plan of ?he promoters is to place
an inch wire cable along tho proposed
route, to which a 1 100 horse power disttil
hite cogiuo will be attached, propelling j
ten 100-ton oro wagons by a releaso '
clutch sjsteui. The cable will remain |
?itiitioi ury, u live-foot machine working '
ny tliy engine mid traveling hand over i
i hand fttong the cable.
I'ho scheme is patented and is said to
operate successfully at Felton, Santa !
Cruz county, Cat, li is used there for
carrying lime from ;i factory to tho sou
ehore. So great litis been the reduction
iu the cost where the cable chain grip
system is employed that the Novada
mining promoters sre determine! to
reduce the cost of the transportiition of
ores in this state. Thoy asserted here
today that until .lie railroads roach tho 1
many new camps that are springing up
throughout, the ileserl regions it will bo
practical)) impossible to get ore to a
ehippiiu point.
F T. Torpey of Manhattan, a prom
inent mining cugineei ; A.C. Aiken u
promoter of San Fruuciiico ami largely
ui teies ted in Nevada mineral properties;
Charles Ne.vcomb, president of tho
"Qoickcilvcr Trust;" and Attorney F.
I*. Soli risky of San Frnociace, are be
hind the project, and luivo tho capital
already subscribed for carrying out the ;
plan.
Kightecn inch tires will bo used on
the wngous on the triune for carrying
tho oro over tho s indy iesert. Tho
right of wny will give the men who build
tho road exclusive right to operate over
it, and protect thorn from encroaching
tea ms,
1'orpey asKcrted Unlay that whon the
eugiiiM is working on tho cable it will bo
strong enough to pull u I'onopah Gold* j
Held train up the bill near Millers. IIo j
said that the traction engnio has proved
unfeasible on tliu deseM, and a cable
line seems to bo the only reined) until a
railroad can be constructed into the !
region* ? A ppenl
J, t). ,-ln him limit, oi.
J. C. Stubbs, oontrary to whit many |
may believe of him does not wear hoofs j
and borne, neiihi r tlocw lie go uhoi.t i
exhaling sulphurous odors, and, in short, ;
is not the devil, lint a devil of ii nice i
fellow, personally, and a most entertain- !
dig story teller.
liist ni.'lit, while iu a reminiscent |
mood, he told the following:
"About twenty )iarstigo, there Was an
old fellow up here at Kelton who wan in
the mtlli loi-iiiess, and in the habit of
shipping ti car or two of cattle every
little while, mill at limes, of importing
some ,
"I won there at one time when lie was
contemplating the importation of a !
blooded bull, iind he called on mo Ui |
tn<|iiire iiboiu rnt( >, [ told him rliat the
rate for a cow wan based on a weight of
'2,0' 0 pounds, olid Mint a bull was sup.
posed t ? weigh twice that much, or
1,000 pound '.
" I'lie o'd man was nlltlcled with what, .
is called mi 'involuntary ffirik', and this, i '
together with his iiisiuuat ng smile at ! |
times during the interview, rather di*
concerted me. VVhen I told him thai |
the weight of Iho bull would be Con. '
sldered by the compiiny, he studied the ,
matter carefully for some minutes i
before answering me. then let smile ami ,
involuntary wink loone on me and nsitl: ;
- 'Now looK hero youug feller, look
bore. 1 kuo* that u hull is some bigger
than a cow. Even a railroad man knows
thai. Hut then the ueck is live main
thing that is bigger, and yon know d-d
well that the bull's ueck oon't weigh no
2.000 pounds more than the oow's*.
"1 was forced to agree with him, and
und the result was that he got the
woight fixed accordingly to his more
iccurate ideas of such tlr.ugs.
*1 don't kuow whether it was his lojjic
>r the tftuilx and 'the involuntary wink'
thai did the business, but 1 was tloored.
md 1 tli ink the (joint taken was worth
it." ? Reno Journal
COM MISSION KltS' PROCEEDINGS.
The Hoard uiet Monday, March 4
1007, all the members present.
Minutes read and approved.
Money in the county treasury counted
mil found correct.
Reports of various otlicers read aud
placed on ti It*.
Hit. bill of 11. J. llogan for Coroner's
[ees Wi>s laid ever until next meeting.
i'lie foil j wing transfers were made
from the general fund into the following
fund*:
I.digen t 31,(00 00
Carlin Rouil 54 00
Clover Valley Roud 128 50
Klko Road 127 (HI
Lauioi'le Road 51 00
t'uscaroru Roud 120 00
'L'he onicinl bontls oS Ja?. 11. O'Hrieu,
II. J. Iloifun and Owen Vaughn were
approved.
l'lio bo ird levied (he county lux rate
lit 50 cents on the 8100 aud a special tax
is 6 .10 on the 61)0 the town of Klko
and J .50 on the 5110 in the Moutella
school district.
llin bids for the county print'iig worn
opeuec Hud read as foil j as: Wells
Herald 822.5U per mouth; KIko
pkndknt, 815.00 per month; Kluo Free
Press ?18.50 pur Uionth. itie bid of the
Widls Herald hoing the lowust the con
tract was awarded to it.
I he appleca'ions of Frank Phalen and
Fred Schumacher for engineer's licenses
were grunted.
Upon petition of citizens of lluntum
tor. (owoship. Arthur II Toyne was ap
pointed Const .i hie.
T. C. Tetinillu refuanit: t<> <| n ?< li f > as
road supervisor of Cope district, the po
sition win declared vacant.
Tho communication of K, ( Downey
relative to burial of indigents was ta
ken under consideration.
die map or plat of Hie town of Mix
pab was presented aud approved.
Hoard adjourned until Monday. April
1. 11)07.
It 1 1 Ik Allowed.
Following are the hills allowed liy the
commissioners at their meeting on Mon
day:
SAI.AKV
A. u. Dawley 150 00
W. M. Woa the r< 183 .14
!'i. K. Cnitio 12500
L. O. Clark 200 CO
J. (', Harris 100 00
C. W. Grover 150 00
Jns Clark 33 74
K H bytton 42 51
A. A. Priineaux 53 34
continoknt
Ij. O.Clark hoard prisoners 201! 25
II. J. Jones, stamped envelopes.. 70 HO
A. (J. Dawlev, freight ami dray.
3 55
C. W. Grover ex preRHiige 2 35
Hicks Judd Co, binding papers.. 4 (10
Irwin Hodson ?fc Co. record books 20 50
l.vntOKNT
J. H. Abel, hospital stowurd .... 310 50
Dr*. Hood county physicians.... 05 00
J W. Thompson teams 1 00
Klko Ijtimber Co. wood and coal 102 77
A. t'riuicaux supplies indigent.. 20 50
\V T. Smith Co. supplied indigent 8 50
J L. Honeyinan services to indi
gent 2 20
SOAI.PH.
L. L. Redden 0 00
Anloue Ziuiino 17 50
J. F. K Inner 22 00
Win. Orillln 11 00
N 1' Gulilager (i 00
( Inn, W. I liinna 40 i n
Scott H itinn 10 (Ml
('. II. Hotiikcn .... (3 50
I',. I". Anderson 2K 00
Kd II <>0
liobt, 1' tick or 11 00
T. A. T.. ufer II HO
Herman Stanley 21 00
W in. Mi nncrly 0 00
OKNF.lt A I,
Fdko Lumber Co, coal, lumber .. . 127 07
E. K Cnme tclei/riiphmg 1 50
W. T SmUli Co, m Inn W 50
Guy Hnrh . coal . 18 15
Klko Tel. Co phones. 2 u>o?. ... 21 00
l\ S. Triplet! ixi printing 2 mos, 50 00
li O Clark pri-otiers' It. It f.ire 3 08
J. W. Siraouhier work on
cesspool 3 00
Irwin llods .n On supplies 5(5 20
W. H. Armstrong, jnnilor 10 00
Kilto Drug Co. drugs 13 50
Chin. A. H iok!e supplies .... 2 85 '
Klko Water A Lijlii Co liJil*., 22 75 i
PriuuioxCu. Itri Ige uaterid.. 7.'l 87
W, II PricdhcK <|itnrati(itin of
llcer Montello 5| 00
A. 0. Olmstead services ph)sl
clan 25 00 <
ionise Oudorkirk abating noi
anee? 32 00
Aubrey \riustrong typewriting. 13 10
Ins Rut ledge J. I'. fo.n lit 50
W, I', Friodrick ciitist fce?? 10 20 |
II, J. Ilogaii J. P, few claimed
?:i035 alio wo I 27 50 j
I'ldt S Tripled J. I?. feed .'Ill 00
Win. Drake const, fees 0| 8(1 :
I 1/ Hoii ytunti const, fees 15 30
?""rank Ontlin Interpreter 7 85
\ Hrtioe coroner's fe<? 05
s'clse Oudorkirk const, fete... . ,12 80
A. liruce J. P. fees SI 50
KOA I) WOKK.
Carlio ? Goo. Arthur 01 00
Clover Valley ? Win Duval 128 50
Klko ? Kuox Cruue 127 00
Liiaioille ? Eld McDeruiott 51 O'J
Tuscarora ? George Rizzio claim
ed 81.'13 allowed 120 00 t
Smiu UavU
Accord ids to tin? following difpatcb, I !
Sum I >i? v its ami W, (j. Douglas, score- ! t
taryof at;?te, tiad u rough and tumble j (
tight at Cnrsou yesterday: ||
Not since Corbett and Fitzsimmous
battled Lt-rc for the world's champion
ship has mi encounter been seen bore
that any wnere eijutlled tliu tiitie OOO
test between *hiu Divis, editor of the
Carson Appeal, former state controller
and one-time candidate for the demo
cratic uoiuinutiou for cougretu, and
Secretary of State Douglass. Tho bat
tleground wua directly in front of the
capitol. There under the tries the
statesmen fought aud wrestled for live
minutes. Finally the spectators inter
vened when it waa been that neither oom
b aunt would obey the call .?f time to
separate the contest into ruundf>, accord*
,l)k' *? rules Opinions differ mi to the
exact outcome. Some say that :h?: huge
diaiuund worn by Douglas* did much
damage to tho (<ditorial visage, and '
other? claim that if Sam bud had ?
chance to hold Douglas* while he told !
him one or hut funny storiew the buttle !
would have gouo to the statesman
humorist.
The encounter grew ; of a dispute !
that has been in progress .'or come time
m regirJ to the slut.. library. The jus- j
tice* of the supreme court have intro j
duced a bill providing f?r changes !
iu 'lie conduct of the library, ai.o the
uieuaura w tu:;ijk. bitterly fought t.y I
Secretary of State liouglaw, who is ex-:
otlicio Ubrai iiiii. Davis, unwilling
to be merely a spectator to such a merry
war, rusueii into the engagement, with '
the result detailed above.
An elfort la being made o> some ill?- '
luterusteil persons to have the bcllig.i
er.int gentlemen met m an ureuu
according t.. rules, but it is thouuht the!
oliori will not bti Miei\8aful."
Following ia tho article published l>y i
the Appeal. t|?,t stirred Up tlle |,|ootJ Jf
Douglass and caused the light:
Ihw ?uoriiiug there waa very little of |
so) thing d.me of importance in either j
house. fi?, proceedings, however '
| were livened up by ? verj lively
umiiK-ation from i,,e aupreioe court I
*?gued in ?1| U.ren of the judges asking |
for the passage of senate bill 77 intro
duced by <jd,lie nl lh? it( Um ,
supreme bench. 1'he hill provided for a I
modern up-to Jate library which shall'
bo der the supervision of the supreme !
oiiiiri. j
I'ho reason of '.ue bill s introduction i
waa because of a growing f.-ohi.g that
or the hut few years tiio Statu Library '
has f ill.-n fur below what a state library
' 00 '??- heel, growing tapjd|y
wortk?. F 7
Attorney a who go II, , re to get hooka!
complain that they cannot lind them n? |
he books lire not properly indexed and ,
catalogued and the people who want
| current literature and works of llction I
are even in ? worse pi. I Makes not,
! y experienc il ,,HI)Ulo n;
j large library but there should beat it* I
, ? ,K,r8"" w?? ??,;,! literature j
?"id abreast with the great world of i
letters,
j Complaints have been made to the 1
j supreme oaurt of scant .Mention and!
courtesy and these complaints have he- !
| come so numerous n.at the iiec? iieity of i
having some one supervise the Secretary I
State in the matter became apparent, I
Secretary of State Howell look a great j
pride in his management of Hie library
"J'd since his retirement it has become !
almost useless, not from any design ?? j
he part of anyone, but ? general lack of >
knowledge of the requirements.
I'lio hill which niiiied to make an up
to-date library with the supremo court
?H super vuilou. has been bitterly fought I
l>> ho .Secretary of Slain Dotlglafw
'?'..I hi* interference with the bill llnnlly
oxIiiiiisIih] tiie patience of t|,0 court an, I
io result is a com.i.unicatioii to both
, houses in Which the judges I, mdied the
matter without gloves.
It ?? hy far the livili?, call down that
a state ollleor o?er g,,| N. vad.,."
J?, Tfach People About Snakes
H ute Zoologist Surface, 0f IVtinsvI
? 'h preparing to send
each county Ulu H(8n0/;" ?
tiso of Us schools a collection
wtirf0:,,:'; ''?'"""ylvnnh"
won a ennrt showing tin,
of tho various serpent*, tho ramin-n
Hons of tho snake family .?,i
Krnphlcul ,l?ttr,{;l (i|tll?||o)| ' ??<>?
rlous species. The snakos w
used for edueiitloiiiil pu, poses ?? that
h0 m'ii- ?S?b?2;0l
to rocosnlr.o thr/ varieties fion, tho r
ITSZrL uno';w wholh
Abuul UMth ValUjr,
A. L. Buitoo, an old ti<ne prospector
irbo baa rustned the bills and valley a of
Jftiifomiu for many years, and others of
Bennett's bole, Death Valley have tiled
in application for a IGO acre ranch.
S'ear Uenuett'a there are about six sec
ions of the finest gram land. It is a
jurro'o paradise, and quite a crop of
nesquite was raised last year. Acoord
nc to tho report >f the fteolouicnl *ur
fey, Heuuelt'a Hole u? 217 feel below
ie? level. In 1B87 Prof. Whe?-ler eeti
mated that'll wits only .'U feel below the
level of the ?ea. According to the same
lutbority the lowest point in the volley
in at Mormon I'oint, where Prof. VV heel
er erected a uiouumtnt which baa tiuce
lisuppeured, on winch was the leKeiid,
'331 feet below sea level, the lowest part
:>f tho valley. Mormon Point is 12 miles
southeast of liennettV."
A dispatch recently published in l'a
:ltic Coast neWMpapers, related on the
authority of oue Parker, that a few dajs
tinM ton inches of suow fell in Death
Valley, llio report, s*ys Mr. Hurton. ?
ridiculous. No enow over fulls in Deuth
Valley, but wurm rains sometimes do, ?
S'arohlit'ht Hull itcii
Business Locals.
Save those natural teeth, thereby m
tain jonr facial exprewloii. Dr. GiUU
liud "the dentist." Ollice over Drug
Store, Klko. *
The I- J. Wintermantel Co., Jewelers
are prepared to do rcpuiritiu at the most
reasonable ratjs at their plaoe of busi
ness, KnuraviiiK free of charge on all
articles sold. *
IU*t;inottiK on March 1st, the Palace
K.titauralit will stop the sale of bread.
The people should tskc noliiv nii.l tfov
ern themselves scco'luiuly. ?
Mr. J. W. Thompson Ins put a te. in
?>>l the street and is prepared to do si)
kinds of liaulmv. All work entrusted
to him will receive prompt attention. *
I'lm safe, uei tain, reliable little pills
that do not K.*ipe or sicken are I >ndn'?
Little Liver l'dlo. licet foi tick head
ache*, billioiisuess and la/.y livers. Sold
by Elko Dru^'et'j.
For sale. ? \ ne# lleil Incubator,
capacity , 210 ckk*, buff the r with broi .!.
er. Will sell cheap. Inquire at Imdk
I'kmik.nt ollice. *
NEW!!!
Krilliant Disj la) of New I1W7 Shirt
waist*, anil Shirtwaist Suits. Fine Va
riety of Shirts aud mnuy other Now
limit,'" at Knifh'r's.
It \% *% t It ? Clork .
W.tli (lie issuance of a marriage li
cense ycflterday to W. 15. Knot, of I'ly
Nev , and Misn Lena Miller, a I'elifornia
belle, by the county clerk here, a
courtship <>f the moat strenuous charac
ter coinen to an end, says the Salt Lake
Tribune,
An alarm clock that failed to ?o off
started the trouble that caused the Koot
Miller nuptials to taka place two days
later than originally planned. Mr. Knot
who is oun of Kl> '* pnimiiient business
men, and bm bride wore to have 1m en
married in Suit Like. l'lio two wore to
meet at Cobre, Nov., last Friday and
proceed to Salt Like.
Friilay evenltitf saw a very lonely, t? ar
ful hride-to be landed safely in Silt
Lake ami au excited, fate-bewailing
pro>pecti v?s bridegroom pacinu Ins ollice
in Klv, ciuninit alarm clocks in general
and one in particular.
Mr. Koot had misseil Ins train. The
alarm didn't ifo o(T till ten minutes be
fore the Southern Pacific passenger
train pulled into P,ly Friday morning.
It is a good half mile from the koot
home to the rtailou. As the prospective
bridegroom b iuiided up the depot steps
he could dimly nee die tail li.hts of the
last coach iu> it swum; out acrosn the
valley toward O/den. lie wired franti
cally :uid finally cut into comunni'v?tioti
with the perturbed Miss Miller. 1'horo
wim nothiiiu to do but wait till Saturday
for the reunion and until today for the
m irriuiM' liceme.
Where He Ftubbed It.
Routhward from the Ktimmlt of Mt.
Mooidliuiku and near Its imse Ilea tho
pretty little village of Warren, N*. II.
Here Uvea tlto town's kciiIiih, whom
everyone culls "Pal," ono who la
ever ready wit li Ids Rood nature and
Irish wit to make Iriom'a with nil.
Olio colli, rainy day flu* Methodist
minister of tho town met "Pat" on tho
at root In Ids shirt sleeves and mild,
"Pat, yon outfit fo liavo pn your coal,
you will cab'' your ilea of cold."
"Sure, I w i't" replle ' . at. "When
I get a xood Honking I line n llftlo
whiskey and always come out all
rlcht."
"Hut, Pnt," said tho in' dster, "May
I auk where yon rub It on?"
"You arc too wise a man to aak
such n question as that," replied Pat,
with a laugh.
1 ^
i Y?u ^a" D? a kittle Better
H Ity Hclllncr Yottl* Hides to Doll
11
FRED T. POll,
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|l i:i,I?) NEVADA
JS AOKNCIKft:
Klkn - Cl. S. (ifiri'ln, Ikt'lli? Mnyor * Mo(.'iill
skclt i iii ? llyllon \ IIhiiiim, !?!?<?? Ilyllon ft William*
Pij| Kiirckn? .1. M. I tin h*. I.niimlllc? .1. l.lmlNn.v ft('o