The morning call., 1895-02-13
NOTICE:
pledge my word eff honor as gambler to
vote for ten per cent reduction Of fares
and freights.
BILL GIBSON.
notice.:

Mr.. Gibson replied: 81 allow that pencil is
good to hold. At any rate it will have to do, so
far as l am concerned"
Mr.. Gibson was successful at the polls. When
the proposed railroad bill was called up for
consideration the active lobbyists began to ex-
ert their influence. They converted nearly all of
his colleagues by the use of logic and hypnot-
ism and lacking only one vote went to the mem
Der from Gold Hill
Senator Gibson listened to their arguments
and after they had finished simply said: 'tI
would be glad to accommodate you, gentle
men. but you see l have given my word of
honor as a gambler to vote the other way and
can't go back on my promise to my consti-
tuents."
T. G. Knight, gentleman extensively en-
gagged in the cotton commission business in
New Orleans, was at the Palace yesterday. In
speaking OF the material progress which that
city is making in business affairs, he referred
to the lottery question, which for SO many
years formed the chief subject of contention
among the friends of good government there
and its enemies. "One has but to walk about
our streets now to ascertain the radical change
which has already taken place since the grip OF
that monster has been broken. In former
years almost every saloon, cigar stand and
many OF the restaurants were distributing
places for lottery tickets. Almost any amount,
from nickel up, would be invested. and the
customers were a mixed lot of children, women
and men. Thousands of poor people frequently
went hungry in order to invest their scanty
means in ticket. 1t is true that lottery tick
cts are still sold there, but it is also true that
the field OF operations has been very materially
limited and is being made more so every day."
All w. Stayman, who was a proof-reader on
the Government census of 1890, was at the
Occidental yesterday and, in speaking of some
OF the peculiarities of various sections of the
country brought to the surface by that work,
mentioned some of the most sparsely populated
countries in the United States as shown by the
returns at that time. "In Texas" said he,
there were four counties, the most populous
OF which had only seven inhabitants and it is
not probable that these figures have been ma
terlally changed in the past four years. The
counties referred to were Loving with three
inhabitants, Lamb with four, Yoakum with a
like number and Farmer with seven. In North
Dakota similar condition of affairs exists, for
therewe find that at that time Bowman County
mad but six inhabitants, Sheridan could only
muster five, Choteau contained only eight and
Martin but seven. Cook County, Mimi, had but
ninety-eight inhabitants in 1890, having
gained but sixty-three in ten years."
"There is a growing feeling among some of
the farmers In San Bernardino that under pres
ent conditions the growing of figs cannot be
made profitable" said A. V. Holt of that county
at the Lick yesterday. "In at least one instance
OF which know this has resulted in deter
mination to quit the business entirely. T. NJ.
Honey, who owns an orchard OF fve-year-old
fig trees in Cucamonga, is having it.rooted out,
because, as he says, he has found ii impracti-
cable to cure an article of dried fig equal to the
imported. Whether this is due to improper
handling OF the product is question which is
open to debate, but nevertheless the fact re-
mains that there are number of gentlemen in
the southern portion of the State who have had
the same experience as Mr.. Honey, and who
will probably follow his example and quit the
business
W. G. Merrick, an old resident of Boonville,
Mo-, was at the Russ yesterday. Away back in
40 and the SOS Mr.. Merrick was engaged
in the freighting business when Boonyille was