The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1882-01-14
A PROCLAMATION.
Ex-Emperor Norton Views with Alarm
the DANGERS Threatening His Late
Faithful Subjects ia Cherry Creek.
SPIRIT LAND, ETERNAL SUM

SplflC l1dnu l nave ueNOLou mOSt OF
the tins allotted to mundane affairs
in correcting the great evils which l
behtld in the wicked metropolis of
Eureka. Until very recently I had
no occasion To particularly concern
myself about the good people of White
Pines metropolis, But OF late | have
seen with alarm many things which l
fear will destroy the peace and hap
piness Of may late faithful subjects
there.
Toe wood ranches on the hills north
and west OF Cherry Greek, for a DIS
lance OF 20 miles, are the sole prop
erty OF Maurice Fitzgerald, having
descended to him in IA direct line from
Dermod McMurrough, King OF Lin
ster, who bartered his Kingdom to
Henry IL. in the eleventh century for
these same WOOD ranches. A claim
dating back To such antiquity and
bearing the joint seals OF two famous
monarcns, should not and must be
annuiled by the gree: AMI avarice OF
trnderfeet land.jumpers or the edicts
OF petty courts.
was also much grieve | at that lit
tie lynching affair on Star Hill the
dav after Christmas 1t Was a bung-
ling job. and for that alone the per-
p~etrators must be punt .hed. No half
way executed business meets my ap-
proval. Cruel sport OF this kind is
never known in Spirit Land. Sen
tence--Sl fine and n night in the
~''cooler'' each.
But what concerns me more espaci-
ally and | view with. the greatest
alarm is tho great influx OF opium
nends in The midst OF my late faith
full subjects in Cherry Creek. These
hends are the virus thrown of by
Eureka in its late spasInodic etfor $ %
rid itself sfthe parasites who have long
preyed on her people. These new-
otuers among you are The vlle>t pesis
OF society. They neither SOW nor reap,
but revel in the dreamy fumes Of the
oriental drug. some OF Them are
young men-no. not men-but YAM
pires, who live and have their being
ga the Thrift and industry OF honest
workers.
Now, as l look down from my
ethereal realms, | wonder how it hap
pens that my late beloved subjects
permi. these iiends to squat in their
midst, eat of their substance and SOW
the seeds of the r yagrancy aud their
vice broadcast among the rising gen.
Grafton.
1 well know that YOU, my late faith
iul subjects, are lovers OF law and
order, and perhaps you dislike to VIC.
late the sacred bulwark of liberty in
any violent effort 10 fire out the fiends.
| have had to the Law Lii
brary in Spirit Land and find IA copy
of the Nevada Statutes. 1881, in which
ample pc Aers are conferred on you by
the written law To close up the opium
dens and utilize the labor OF the bends
on the new road out to Duck Creek.
And here is my warrant to my late
TAI fnl subjects for the execution of
the anne
An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to
Neg date IN sale or Disposal Of Opium, and
10 Irohibit the keeping Of faces of Resort
for smohing or Otherwise Using that Drug
Approved February .. le11i approved
March I, ISL.
The People Of the State Of Nevada. repre-
scted in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows
Section l. From and after the last day OF
March, 1881, IL shall b. unlawful for am per-
son or persons. NJ principals or ny nts 10 have
in his. hsr OF their possession any opium pipa
op Part thereof, or 10 smoke opi tIn, or 10 sell
or give away for such PURPOSE. or otherwise
dispose o. any OBI IN in this state. except
dr. ggists and apoth carries, and they shail
sell u only on h prescr, ltion of legnliy prac-
tieipg phssieianss
Sec. Z. Any person or persons who shall be
found g.iity OF violating the provisions of
this Act shall be deem d guilty OF n misds-
meanor. aud ON conviction thereof shall be
puni he'd by n fine not exceeding $3.50 or by
impTieoum nj Ia the county } IL for a tins
not exceeding SIX months, or bN both such
fin, and imprisonment, in the discretion OF
tn Court.
Sec &. An Acts and parts of Acts in con-
hict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Now, therefore, be it known by all
to whom these presents shall come,
that | have this day given particulars
instructions To my worthy mundane
bailiffs, Sheriff Raum, Deputy Lyons
and Constable Henry, that they inn
mediately, by virtue OF this writ.
proceed TO scoop in the fiends and
close the opium dens in Cherry
Creek for all tune. Let all my late
faithful subjects lend their aid and
support to my bailitfs in enforcing
this our who e,ome decree.
Executed in the third year of our
reign in Spirit Land. NoRToS l.,
Late Emperor OF America.