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SWINDLERS ME FOUND
GUILTY UNO FINED
The case of the Western Pacific
operators J. B. Ellinger and M.
B. McMullan, on the charge of
obtaining money under false
pretenses. was concluded in Justice
Dunn's court Monday afternoon
and yesterday morning he gave his
decision, finding both men guilty.
Justice Dunn fined Elinger $200.
with the alternative of serving
100 days in the county jail.
McMullan was fined 8100 or 50
days in jail. The latter paid his
fine and was dischaiged but,
Ellinger is still in jail.
A number of witness testified at
the trial of E linger and Mc
Mullan, the evidence showing con
clusively that the defendants were
guilty as charged. Their vic
tim was a ranch hand named
Martin Walters, whom they
swindled >ut of S25 by f<?king a
charge against him of robbing the
Western Pacific telegraph office,
afterwards having the charge
against him dismissed in considera
tion of Walters giving them the
money. ? Humboldt Star.
AWAKE AT LAST
This morning the News
awakened to the fact that the
State of Nevada is shy of funds.
It is with considerable pleasure
that the readers realized that the
morning paper had been rudely
awakened from i.s slumbers. For
the past month others have known
of the condition bui it must have
taken the shaving of warrants to
awaken the contemporary from its
sleep.
The News states that Governor
Oddic warned the Legislators of
the impending wrecking of the
treasury ship. For a Captain who
had the wheel in hand he did some
pretty bad steering. For the list
of appropriation bills he n'gned,
with a wrecked treasury in eight
it wo. ild appear that his pilot was
off his course.
The Governor had a chance to
raise taxation at the last ncetirg
of the State Board of Revenue. It
was notable that he did not put a
motion before the Board asking
for a horizontal raire. The
revenue law is all right and the
Governor as Chairman las more
power than any other individual
or irember thereon. Nevada had
one experience with .a Commission,
which also would J.ave to be paid
a salary. It was the rankest
failure that evir decorated the
pages of the taxation history.
The Governor and others may now
wake up as has the News. It is
about time. ? Carson Appeal.
A GOOD TAKE OFF
ON ALFALFA
We hear a good deal about the
value of an alfalfa crop. Some
people never let up blowing about
it. They tell you if you feed it to
your work team you wont have to
feed grain to keep them f*t;that it
is wor?.h pound for pound as much
as bran for feeding milk cows;
that it is fine for feeding beef
cattle, and also will tell you about
the immense crop you can make.
"O come off. Give us a rest.
It makes us tir^d. Isn't there
another side?"
In ' May just at the time you
ought to be fixing your ditches or
something of that kind you have to
get out into the field and '?ut the
first crep. It sort of worries you
but you have to do it. Then
about the end of June just wiien
you want to go fishing there's
another crop of alfalfa to he cut
and you feel as if you ought to
rest in the shade along about the
end of that month but you have
to go gat busy with that alfalfa
again. Along about the first of
September you want to go to ramp
meeting, swop yarns, have a good
time and in going you have gotten
re'igion. But you can't, there is
that doggoned alfnlfi again. In
October you want to go and visit
your wife's kinfolks or maybe to
tne county fair and spend some of
your money, for you are about
done with most other crops but
you have to harvest another crop
of this infernal alfalfa.
In November in desperation you
turn the cattle in on tl e field and
tbey grar.e on it all fall. Arc you
through then? Heaven?, no. you
have got to spend all winter feed
ing it.
Markham makes a wail about
the man with the hoe. He ought
to shed tears over the m&n with an
alfalfa ranch. If you want a
picture of ?olid enjoyment see the
man with the hoe resting upon it
and watching the weeds grow.
But the man with an alfalfa ranch,
is a man to be a mere machine to
transform alfalfa into a hank
account. Is his soul to have no
higher aspiration? Don't be
burdened with an alfalfa ranch, j
If you are tired and need a rest, if
you have all the money you want,
sell your alfalfa ranch to some ne
who doesn't know any better than
enjoying seeing the stocks pile up,
his horses, cattle, sheep and hogs
fat. his wife and children hapPJ
and con tented and himsell
prosperous' ? Exchange.
COMET NOW VISIBLE
TO THE NAKED EKE
The new comet 1911 discovered
at Lick Observatory on the sixth
of last July, may now be seen by
the naked eye, says Alfred
Rordamer, a Salt Lake astronomer.
It is nearly of the fifth magnitude
and appears in the Eastern, sky
near the sevi n stars shortly after
1 o'clock in the morning and
moves toward ihe southwest. The
comet and nucleus are dis
tinguishable but the tail is very
faint. It is expected tnat the
comet will shortly become more
brilliant and make a splendid
spectacle. The planet Venus is
now visible in davlight and one of
may see it by standing in a shadow
at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon
and looking directely south about
half a ay between the zenith and
horizon. With the aid of a small
telescope or opera glass it appears
as a crescent or a very young moon.
MINING FOB MEN
No feat of mining can put the
same spirit into the work as that
which is set on foot to accomplish
the rescue of an entombed man.
No one who has ever been present
at a mine catastrophe enn fail to
feel, while reading of the event
the sentiment that pervaded the
rescue parly at the White Oak
mini near Joplin, Missiouri when
Jose h Clary was saved from the
agony of slow death in a caved
drift. Every moment of the
workmen is of the heroic order.
^Thc rescue of Clary is an event
that will duobtlesz save in some
future situation of like moment.
Thejminerjwas cutoff in a drift and
remained three days in total
silence and darkr.es?, without food
a.id in some danger of rising
water. His protection was one of
those limestone strata that
frequently overlie the mineralized
b'anket formation in the Joplin
|
district constituting a safe roof
for his prison. Four drill holes
were put down by the rescuers in
the expectation of cutting into the
drift, and the last of these brought
them into communication with the
man below. It was afterwards
discovered that one of the earlier
holes also cut the drift but some
how communication was not estab
lished. The depth of the drift is
Baid to have been 78 feet. While
the drilling wa.? in progress, a
shaft was being sunk and this
reached the level some hours after
the fourth ho'e passed through the
roof of the cave. Food, fresh
water and stimulants were low
ered through the drill ho'e and
the rescuer? sent down a rope
which Clary tied about his *?if>t to
use in the event that water rose
too high in the drift. The hole
was used chiefly ns a speaking
tube after this. The rescued man
was very wet from floundering
about in the water.- Mining
Sclcncc.
REFUSED PUBLICATION
State Superintendent Hrny has
sent a lon? type wr tten nrtiele to
tnis paper in defense of the action
of the state text hook commission
in (.'hanKinu the hooks to he used
in the public nr? tiols.
If the commission did nothing
but its duty under the law, it
needs no defense and we refuse to
publish a long-drawn out article,
free of charge, for the benetfi of
it* members. We long since made
it a rule to consign such matter to
the flames.
If the commission violated the
law, no one-sided statement of
their action will set its members
right befor* the people. State
officers who d.a v fat salaries from
the people have no ripht to work
the press of the state. For that
and other reasons, Mr. Bray's
article is refused publication.
SCHOOL TUX IS
RAISED 4 CENTS
A d'sastrous tangle in the
assessment, brought about by an
unusual system of legislation dur
ing the last session, became
apparent yesterday when a letter
was received from State Superin
tendent of Education John
Edwards Bray, bv Auditor and
Recorder Rell, calling attention to
the fact that four cents additional
must be added to the school tax
according to the state law.
The tangle comes about throujjh
the passage on March 18 of thisj
year of a six-cent school tax This
on March 20, was amended to ten
cents, with the result that the
latter is in effect, however, the
actual taxation law furnished
the assessors all over the state
with the information that six cents
Roverns, and such arrangement
was made. Bray, having discovered
the amendment, has called the
attention of auditors all over the
state, to the condition and an j
[additional four cents must be
collected.
Th? effects are far reaching As
an illustration the Goldfield Con
solidated bullion tax has been;
increased 5550 on this account!
which amount has already been
p3iJ. Whether or not it will be
possible to collect the advance on
the personal property rolls, is
however, quite uncertain, and it is
believed that this difference will
be allowed to stand as it is.
In any event the tax rolls of the
county will have to he revised
j causing a considerable loss of lime
and work. It is reported that
Aduiter Grimes in Nye county
revision until instructed thai u
was his duty under the law. The
responsibility for the improper]
modification is placed with those
placing the state law in circula
tion. ? Goldfield T ribune.
Auditor Greathnuse has received
the same kind of a letter from Mr.
Bray and has referred the matter
to District Attorney Dysart. As
the matter stands now, the county
auditor ln<s no control over the
assessment roll and will not have
until the board of equalization
passes on it and it is turned over
to him in pursuance of law. It
is very doubtful if the auditor has
the righ* to change the tax levy
as fixed by the state controller and
the county commissioners.
However, the matter will be
threshed out by the district at
torney ar.d Auditor Grcathf usi I
will art in accordance with his
instructions.
To a man up a tree, it Iroks as
if the state controller fid the
state superintendent are mponsi
ble for the mix-up.
MANY SPIES IN UNITED STATES
A Washington dispatch says that
startling evidcne of the pernicious
activity of forupn spies is in the
possession of the army general
staff, accounts f?.r the serious
consideration that is now being
given to the most trifling report of
attempts to discover the military
secrets of the country. Some of
these incidents are of comparatively
recent date nr.d it was upen the
submission of such information to
a secret Krtion cf tic judicial
committee of the house that legis
lation was. secured the last ses
sion of congress providing for the
severe punishment of spies in time
of peace.
An Knglishmanji. Calcuttajpacked
in thi* strets a small package of
blue prints showing every detail
of the defiiifcs of Corrrgidor
Island, the main stronghold of the
United States In the I l.ilit pircr.
The prints were not copies of any
drawings or charts prepared for
us* of the United States, but were
evidently the result of a careful
and deliberate investigation of the
official and confidential record* of
the United States. The existence
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We have to offer during
August some fair quality
Diamond
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1 carat (" $125.00
*/2 carat (" $60 and $70
Smaller sizes proportionate
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of the blue prints made it evident
that there were other copies in
existence. The Englishm an sent
the papers to the War Depart
ment here, but the most careful i
investigation failed to discover the!
means by which the information |
had been obtained.
A waiter in a Seattle I otel was
found to be a foreign c nicer in j
disguise, possessing many draw- ]
ings and notes he had made of the
Pacific coast defenses
An American ambassador
notified the State Department that
a certain captain b?longing to the
army of the country where he was
stationed had been detailed to
spend three years secretly investi
gating the American countries and
studying their military conditions.
Even the. Panama Canal has not
I
escaped: one of the engineers
found a loreign officer an attache
to one of the American countries, |
secretly studying the canal from a
strategic standpoint and he under
stood that there were six or seven
| other officers of the same nation
ality in the United States gather
nig military information.
A New York policeman arrested
an American for a trivial offense
and fou nd in his trunk military
maps and information which con
vinced the officials that he was in
the employ of a foreign govern
ment.
Fi.it tha incident that convinced
the judiciary committee of the
necessity for the protective law
occurred less than a year ago in
the Philipines. An enlisted man
in the enginers was offered $55,
000 by two foreign officers for the
plans of the defense of Corregidor
Island. Being the official photo
grapher he had ample opportunity
to get all the necessary pictures,
having first informed bis superior
officer of the attempt. A trap
was laid and the two foreign spies
were captured. Hut habeas corpus
proceedings were obtained and
they were released as there was
then no law in the Philippines or
the United States under which
they could be prosecuted.
THE NAME OHIO !
WHS II POZZLE
One of the best navy Morion of
the sometimes amusing miitnken of
the Britisher over names in com
mon use in the United States is
told by Hear Admiral W. P.
Potter, U. S. N. on duty nt Wash
ington.
"Some years ago," said Ron
Admiral I'otter, "the old United
States ship Ohio steamed into
South Ameiicn port and anchored
near a Hritish passenger steam
ship. She interested the pas
sengers of the steamship very
much.
?'After a little n new man rame
on deck and bej?an an eyeglass
inspection of the battleship. He
slared at the name for several
moments and then delivered him
self as follows:
" 'An O and n H and n 10," he
muttered. "Ain't that an 'ell of
n name for a ship?"
S. P. UNO CASES SETTLED
The stipulations for the settle
ment of the suits of the United
States government against the
Southern Pacific company wen
completed yesterday afternoon and
the decrees prepared in accordance
with the stipulators. This morn
ing the decrees were taken ro Car
son to he presented to Judge
Karrintgon to he signed and
entered. The decrees and I
stipulations were carried to Car
son by Attorney Cowden, repesent
ing the Sotuhern Pacific company:
Attorney Frank Hall, representing
the government; Engineer,
McKniry for the government, and
Col. W. S. Prosky. They traveled j
in Proskey's Flat car and intended
to make a fast trip from the city
to Carson.
In ail there were twenty-six
cases to he settled and out of these!
the Southern Pacific secured
judgment in five, compromise
judgements weri entered in
eighteen and ther# are still three
to he disposed of. These three
will he settled without further
itigation however, and judgement
will he entered in them. The I
three still uncom promised do not
in any way affect the title to the]
land in the Olinghiouse or Talla
j ooosa districts. ? Gazette.
CATRRRH CANNOT BE CUAEO
by local applications, as they can
not reach the diseased portion of |
the car. There is only one way to
cure deafness, and that is by
constitutional remedies. Deafness
is caused by an inflamed condition
of the Kustachian Tube. Wheni
this tube is inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed.
Deafness is the result, and unless;
the inflamation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out
of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces, i
We will give One Hundred
Dollars for any case of Deafness
(caused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free. I
^ F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Hall's Family I'ills for
Constipation.
Representative I.ongworth, of
Ohio, tell* of an negro who
brought his three sons to town on
election day in a border town in
Ohio.
"Hello, Rastus" said a man who
knew the negro,, "what are you
doing here?"
"I'm jist projectin' roun' to see
how's election.'
In the afternoon the same mnn
met Kastus again.
"Have you voted, Rastus?" he
asked.
"Yassir I'se voted an' my boys,
they's voted."
"How did you vote?"
"Well, boss, it was disyer way.
1 meets a republican on th' street
an* he gibs me 'leven dollars to
vote hit- ticket. An' 1 meets a
democart an' he gibs me seven |
dollars to vote his ticket. So I
voted for th' democrat."
Rut the republican gave you the
most money."
"Yassir, dnt's jlst th* pint. I
voted for dem democrats be- ,
cause they was least corrupt."
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see that patrons always find here a friendly atnios- I
phere. You are doing us a good turn when you ?
bring business of any nature to this bank. We ap a
preeiate it and want you to feel at home here, and I
and find it a pleasure to come. Don't stay away 8
because your transaction is a small one. It's the j
sum of small things that makes this bank great.
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THESE HOT DAYS:
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li n<?t try art-freshing vacation at the La
moille grove. (mod fishing, 'loo red tents with
bed, bedding and cook stove l?>r rent, terms live
dollars per week or fifteen dollars per month.
Provisions and all campers supplies for sale
at reasonable prices at Lamoille Mere. Co ?
store.
(iood aecomoda lions may also be had at
the Lamoille Merc. Co's hotel, under the man
mcnt of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Myers. Single meals
liftv cents, room and hoard Sl.fiO per day
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COPRSES in Mining Engineering and Metallurgy,
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COPRSES in Education, Elementary and Ad vanced,
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T ogether
We have a few lines of merchan
dise which we are closing out en
tirely and our prices are very low,
in fact much lower than the orig
inal wholesale price.
Make it a Point to Ask us
About it.
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