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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-02-05
Ninth Day.

Senate Joint Res. No. l, Bell: Rela-
tive to the coal lands OF the United
States. Referred to Committee on
Federal Relations. ~
S. B. No. IL, Greene: An act to es-
tablish boundaries In western Nevada
Referred TO Committee on State AZ
| fairs. 4fas
S. B. No. Is, Bell: An act to pre-
vent fraud at elections. This act con-
tains a provision for a IS, 900 fine or
mprisonmentfor five years for trading
and combining, against any candidate
running upon any ticket at any cleo
ton. Bill passed by a vote of Is to L.
S. B. No. s; Act to pay State def
eieneies for years 1901-1902. Bill con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole
Ordered engrossed. azsf
| ASSEMBLY.
After the Assembly was called to
order Mr.. Skaggs reported that he had
asked the Attorney General for an
opinion upon Governor Sadler's veto of
the proposed Constitutional Amend
ment, taxing patented mines, and re-
ported that he expected to present it in
the afternoon.
Mr.. Syphus, OF Lincoln, gave notice
that he would introduce bill defining
the liabilities Of employers in the event
OF an accident to the employed.
A. B. No. IA, Denton; To amend the
act providing for Jury fund and to
regulate the disposition of other funds
in Lincoln county. Referred to Judi
ciary Committee.
A. B. No. IA, McCarran: To equip
and build an assaying and mineralog-
ibal labratory 1t the State University,
Referred to Ways and Means Commit
tee.
A. b. No. l6, Holmes: To provide
for copying the Assembly Journal,
making the third bill now in committee
for this purpose.
A. B. No. II, Cooke; To amend sec
tion lac OF the act regulating civil pro-
ceedings in courts OF justice of this
State. Referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
A. B. No. 4, Ayerill; Up on third
reading and final passage. The bill
provides that any soldier. sailor or
marine OF the CIVIL War might obtain
free license to 3peddfeo or auction, by
presenting HIS honorable discharge
papers to the County Clerk OF the
county in which he seeks to do bust
ness 1t was reported back unfavor-
ably from the Committee on Trades
and Manufactures.
Mr.. Cooke moved to amend by max
ing the proposed law OF equal benefit
to those who participated In any OF our
wars The amendment, as we'll as the
bill, was opposed upon the floor by As
semblymen Lothrop, Syphus, Brown,
Holmes and Denton. The amendment
was lost and the bill killed by being
laid on the table.
Assembly Joint Resolution and Me-
mortal to Congress No. 1, Vaughan
Relative to the placing OF coal on the
free list. Reported back from the
Committee on Federal Relations with
recommendation favorably, after Ger,
tain suggested amendments had been
made. Specific reference to the Dem
ocratic party we're to be omitted and
the resolution made more general and
broader In character. It had not been
printed, SO the matter was made q
special order for Friday afternoon at z
o'clock.
A. B. No. 10, Pohl: Reported back
from the Education Committee favor.
ably, considered, engrossed and placed
on third reading and final passage.
The bill relates to the election of school
trustees The present law requires
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Eureka
PaIisade Railway.
TRAINS
For Passengers, Baggage. Mall,
Express and freight

rof rnssongofs' baggage. MAIL,
Express and freight
LEAVE PALISADE at Z A. M. daily,
except Sunday, arriving at Eureka
IL noon. This train receives mail,
express and baggage at Palisads frem
train leaving San Francisco at =. N.
daily, and also carries mail from ever
land flyer, leaving San Francisco at 10
q. m, both the day previous. Also
with alltrains leaving Ogden the day
previous.
STAGE FOR ELY leaves Eureka nj
p. M, latter arrival of train ar.
irving at Ely 8 A. M. the following
morning.
RETURNING STAGE, leaves Ely q,
! a. m. daily, except Saturday, arriv-
Ing at Eureka q, m. Passengers can
rest at Eureka and take train Of
l p. m. daily, except Sunday,
arriving at Palisade p. M, to con.
meet with eastbound passenger train
at 6;2O p. m, which arrives at Og-
den at 6:46 a. M, and Salt Lake City
at $40 q. m. the following morning.
Also connects with westbound pas-
senger train at 1888 p. M, due in Saa
francisco at 4:25 p. IN. next day.
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PROCEEDINGS OF
THE LEGISLATURE.



S. B. No 8, Graham: An Act to pay
State deficiencies for the years 1901 and
1902. Referred to Committee on Ways
and Means.
S. B. No. 0, Pitt: An Act regulating
insurance In the State. Referred to
Judiciory Committee
Resolution by Senator Bell, provid-
ing for the printing of 300 copies OF all
bills introduced during the session.
Adopted.
S. b. No. 9. Bell An Act to prevent
fraud at elections. Placed at bottom
OF file
Senate Joint and Concurrent Resolu-
tion No. /, Pitt: Relative to trouble
in Venezuela and foreign powers; con-
demning The dction of Germany and
England; advocating the Interference
OF the United States in the controversy
and demanding the upholding of the
Munro Doctrine.
Senator jackson of Washoe placed
f. G. Newlands in nomination for U.
S. Senator, and was followed up by
Senators Rolf, Bell and Hardin. Sen.
ator Brougher of Ormsby placed Hon.
Thomas P, Hawley in nomination, be-
ing seconded by Senator Prudential.
The vote for Z. S. Senator in the Sem
ate was. 10 for Newlands, against
for Hawley.
ASSEMBLY.
Mr. Vaughan of Lincoln county, in
PRODUCED Assembly Joint Resolution
and Memorial to thank Congress for
having placed coal upon the free list
and asking that other trust made arti-
cles, etc., be added to the same list
Mr.. Averill. OF Esmeralda, suggest
ed that If some changes we're made he
felt sure the Republicans would be will
ing to vote for the resolution also. 1t
was referred to the Committee on Fed :
eral Relations.
Mr.. Cooke, of Washoe, was appoint
ed committee hof one to interview
Senators and explain the urgency of
hn0 NO. AnCAiIO lNCoOlIbAVA AuQ w ooh
them to hasten consideration of it.
MIR. McCarran of Washoe gave notice
of a bill to regulate the practice of vet
erenary surgery in Nevada and also
creating board OF CATTLE commission
ers.
Mr.. Reilly, of White Pine, gave no.
tice that he would at some future day
introduce bill preventing great COM
panies and corporations from coercing
their employees into boarding at Com
pany boarding houses and trading at
Company stores.
A. B. No. 3, Cooke: Placed on third
reading. This bill defines who are to
be considered presidents and who
fellow-seryants in the employ of cor
porations, individuals, ETC. 1t provides
that every employee having authority
or direction over other men shall be
considered as yice;principals, and every
employee having no authority over
anyone shall be considered a fellow-ser-
want. The bill passed By unanimous
vote of the Assembly.
The Speaker announced that the
newly created Fish aud Game Commit
tee would consist OF McCarran, Pogue,
Burlington, Trembath and Reilly, OF
White Pine. e.,-1 s... -.-rs E.
The special order for noon-the cleo
tion OF United States Senator-was then
taken up.
Mr.. Cooke. OF Washoe, placed Hon
f. G. Newlands in nomination for q.
S. Senator, being followed up by ad-
dresses from Assemblymen McCarran,
Skaggs, Judd, Denton, Trembath and
Riley of Humboldt.
Hon. Thomas p. Hawlev was placed
In nomination by Cushing OF Ormsby.
The vote for U j. S. Senator In the AS
sembly stood: Newlands, 30, Hawley,
s.
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The above statements serve 10 show
the true status OF the affair and tbat
Mr.. McKim had no grounds on which
to prefer charges against any of the
teachers, and further show that the
teachers were dischargng their d1tv
in enforcing. the rules and reeulations
Of the school. Let it be further under
stood that the Board did not sion anv
OF the statements OF Mr.. MeKim that
have been published In the Seminal
and signed nothing but the resolution
exoneratlng the teachers from the
charge OF Mr. NcKim.
As TO The editorial of tho Examiner
reproduced 10 the Sentinel at the re-,
quest OF Mr.. McKim. we would. reply
by saving that in all probability Solo
man was as wise as either the editor of
the Examiner or Mr.. McKim, and he
SAID Spare the rod and spoil the
ehiid' And we have no objection what.
'ver To Mr Va kim pursuing that pol
icAi put rs far as schools are concern
ed We Will see That the laws and regu-
lalipns ara enforced.
Mr. MeKim is rather late In posing
az a iei1rmer, aud in fact there is nc
fidenee 90 record TO show that he ever
bsiieged ia reforming anything until
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-02-05
G. D. ABBOTT, Supi.,
PALIsADE. NEVADA.
l~~~NE w HOTEL

lat PALlSADE has been completed y
Aand Is ready to receive guests. Pas-(
esengers travelling via the Eureka 4 4
Palisade can now be assured OF good 4
Xand comfortable accommod ations Of I
ereasonable prices while Transforming
Ato or from trains at this point.
V>$>0SND0EOOk0GNo>~~e
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Total in all Funds. sl5,407 o. sl5,407 3
We hereby certify the foregoing to be the
true and correct statement OF the finances OF
White Pine County, Nevada, for the quarter
ending Dec. 81, 1902.
NJ Is .GARAGHAN,
County Auditor.
J. b. WILLIAMsON
County Treasurer,
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after his boy has disobeyed the rules OF
the school and had been punished for
the same.
Very truly yours,
c. II. CRoNANT,
RoBT. A. LAIRD,
p. McELRoY.
(By r. A. Laird.)
Eureka, Nevada, Jan. 2lst, 1908.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-06
THE GENIAL IDIOT.

vance what it's going TO cost him. Put UP a placard
i'm your of1ce-something like that grocer's sign:
eggs, 20 cents. You could have it, Advice s. Good
advice $40, Counsel Sl5.' Then a man could take
his choice according 10 his means one OF the five
twenty-six- dollar case
Christmas doesn't need TO come on a Friday to be
unlucky, said the Doctor. That is. considering
growing eXactions of its celebration Things have got
these days that the fudlment its requirements
practically bankrUpts fellow has got his hands
full supporting himself and his family. Santa Claus
Is a good old cn1p, but he very often leaves a wolf
sitting the front doorstep that paterfannlias is
months in driving away"
That eli depends pate, falnlias' said the Idiot
The man who gives more than he can afford is
snob and the sOOnere is taught the fact the better
he has no just cause for complaint against Santa
Claus 1t isn't old Kris KrRgle that leaves the
ing Won outside. It's old patertamiias himself who
invites the beast take up his residence there
cause he hasn't the moral courage 70 his chill
dren that his eXchequer suffering from nervous pros
trauon and that this year. instead Of expecting
carte blanche order the toy shop, and a ton of
mixed candies, theyn have get along with a mon
Key on a stick apiece and five pounds of peanut
DrltJie- don't see any sense in mans giving his
wife suit OF sabes when hasn't got enough spare
cash to pay the expressage a coon cat from
Maine to Massachusetts,: have ever had the
teller presents just because he has overdrawn his
account at the bank Sis"
''Wel-that's all very true" said the Bibliomaniac
but can quite understand how n can do such
things Christmas should be glad day for every
ct should indeed" said the Idiot lint there's
such thing as buying gladness at too high a figure
The gladHess get by running into debt is an un-
digested security and along about February when
lle LUIS come around you begin TO feel as IL the
wafer was being squeezed out Of your investment"
You speak feelingly though you were your
self an offender" suggested the Doctor
Il am, said the Idiot I'm a all right when
IL comes to giving away what / haven't cot. and
what is more. I'm going to give handsoner presents
than ever I've got a patent extension Christmas
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-06

present scheme which in my Judgment is a dream Of
beauty ana economy as well. It's sort Of Install
emoarrass none It not only places rich gifts for
friends within reach of my at uresent ra Their enact
sted purse, but iHsues agafnst any possible ralf
down for twelve years come
You should publish it o the world If it win do
that said the Doctor. "A scheme of that kind if
il really works would be inestimabIe boon to the
myself"
III is simplicity itself" said the Idiot In any
case, 10 is going to get Of Christmas pit
for less than SD down. seen these advertise
ments in the magazines haven't YOU of the Coslno-
pohtan CyclOpedia Of Cookery in tventy-four vol
umes; the Crankioa Mechanical Paderewski and the
Yes" said the Doctor
And that also Of the Canadian Diamond Tiara
company end the Skowhegan Pearl Rope corpora
ton? said the Idiot.
u have observed them began the Doctor
And the New York, Harley & Bronx EasysChar
company, imited?' continued the Idiot
"Well-what Of it, Quered the Doctor impatient
~ We've all been buying 81 worth Of that sort of
thing with cents worth literature every month
for the past five years. What have they to do with
your scheme2"
They my scheme" said the Idiot II fnd on
footing the thing up that SIS down can have all
those things sent to my friends this coming Christ
Senolng 81 TO the Cosmopolitan Cycopeda of Cookery
company / have the whole twentv-four sunni
tuous volumes of that interesting work delivered TO
my Aunt Iabitha on Christmas morning. For an
other dollar the Crankiola Mechanical Paderevsli
viii be forwarded with my compliments to my sister
in-law who is very musical but whose hands are so
octave and is therefore unable enjoy the delights
Of her piano. Then for my sister, a dollar in
vested in the Canadian Tiara company or the Pearl
Rope Walk at Skowhegan will bring by return mail
collection Of gems will rival the spIendors of
an Indian Durham
"Pah," cried the Bfbliomaniac "they wont be
real"
They'll look real" retorted the idiot and she
VIII never know the difference"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-06
BY John
Kendrick Bangs

got from the hundred YOU viii be as snug as moth
ball in a fur overcoat. ThatH fetch him. Gad-yhen
he gets that I shouldn't be surprised if he made it
hundred and fifty
You ougbt to be ashamed of yourself for impos-
ing old gentleman that way" said Mr. Brief
ITS regular game Of bunco"
Nonsense" said the Idiot. Where does the inn
position come -in2 7 every word of III. i
grateful for his hundred. Moreover suppose it is
impOston-what is rich uncle for if he isn't 20 be
imposed on? From time immemorial the word uncle
has been a synonym for the of funds III you
need SIS i'm hurry and can't get il in other way
it's time-hOnored custom to take your watch to
your uncle and borrow money on 1T. The very title
carries with it a Of financial responsibility
and man who shir6ed it would deserve to lose the
father any other kind of poor relation who isn't
of any more use to you than a safety match would
be in Hades.
We'll L think it's a good scheme" said Poet
only think you'll find 1T embarrassing the follow
ing Christmas sending them those instaIment re-
ceipts"
mot at all" said the Idiot. IN the first place
what's the use of worrying over embarrassment
that's twelve months off2 Never put on an embar-
rassment today that you stave off for year is
a mighty good proverb In the second. with man
like Uncle George i'm reserve. embarrassment Of
that sort is likely TO prove blessing. If he's the
man / take him to be, when he gets his instalrnent
receipt at Christmas, 1904. he'll extra hun
dred just for the sport of it,"
Unfortunately for most of us sighed the BibIio-
maniac Uncle Georges are as scarce as huceberries
IN January me only uncle George / have Is my
marriage. and he's regular old skin flint. He thinks
only of his stomach
sThen you should send your aunt The CosmopoIi-
tan Cyclopedia of Cookery said the Idiot 1T only
requires cash outlay of 81, and the recipes in it
good that the dishes irresistible III guarantee
that the old gentleman VIII eat himself death in
What good win that do me2" demanded the
Bibhomaniac.
Il don't know" said the Idiot Maybe your aunt
viii give you a commission on his life insurance"
Copyright, 1903 by John Kendrick Bangs.
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Doctor
sordid you are Sell Christmas present? Never
or, II she did try, We'll then she would deserve all
me disappontmeht She got. And then f5r-lny dear
Old Uncle George who always sends ne q Cheoue FOR
500 at Christmas cash payment of 81 VIII secure
for him immediate possession Of one of the patent
combination rockers Of the New York Harlem Bronx
easy Chair company. with of Kiprg thrown
dandy
ITS ike most Of your schemes" said the Doctor.
You don't seem to reflect that for the twelve
months there win be insallments falling due on the
list of every month"
'Oh, yes, 1 do said the Idiot That's where the
insurance for the next twelve years comes in. I'll
keep sending the receipts at Christmas every year
find later that afford to do better by them.
Whatever happens, though it spreads the cost over
paying cash down, but enforces Christmas prepare
ton that is spread out over twelve months instead
of crammed into one, and that at the end of the
year when money is scarce
Those monthly payments are likely to prove en-
barrassng.' said MI Brief.
Not with Uncle Georges cheque for 800 set aside
to meet them they fall due" said the Idiot The
way figure it out, Uncle Georges hundred dollars
the fifty I always get from Aunt Tabitha ought
TO take of the whole proposition and leave what
get from other sources all velvet"
suppose for once Uncle George fOrgets your" de-
manded the Lawyer.
Then III forget to pay the instaIlments on his
chair said the Idiot And he'll have TO send it
back. But don't think he will forget. because with
the chair which by my patent scheme is TO be de-
livered week before Christmas goes letter some
thing in the nature of reminder. Something like:
Ny Dear Uncle George: Please do not think
JraNagant IN sendlng you so pOrtentouS a looking
present this chair. The fact that for long 7
remember YOU have enriched my exchequer to the
extent of 500 at Christmas has led think
I could not begin to show my appreciation of your
generosity If sent you a dozen such. If you get /
per cent as much comfort out of the chair as have
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-06
BY FRANKLIN FYLES

back from Punishment this week How
can / explain his long absence from the
city Of his professional popularity with
out mentioning his personal anairs2
And IL le no secret. anyway Manteil
was the handsomest actor on our stage
When he disclosed himself as the Rus
sian lover in Fedora Sardou had
written the play 20 create Dhrenzv
role Tor Bernhardt, and that part was
taken here by Fanny Davenport. the
beautiful. yet il was the blonde Loris
quite as much as the brunette Fedora
who filled our ears With eloquence and
especially our eyes with loveliness.
Mantell was an Englishman, and when
his wife followed him she found evil
dence on which to obtain q divorce The
court ordered that he give her alimonv
along with her freedom. but he
wouldn't pay dollar. and had TO stay
out Of this state to escape punishment
for his disObedience. In the interval
ne has acted from Maine TO Texas. and
from Florida to Oregon; he has come
as near as New Jersey and Connecticut.
but never has he dared to cross New
j ork until now, through a compromise,
the wanderer is permitted to come
home.
To young New Workers Manteu Is a
stranger. so quickly does a new the
atTicai generation rise into the place
OF the older one. Yet many who re-
memDered him We're present. in either
curiosity or friendliness, to see how ne
looked and acted. I wonder If he
means anything peculiarly pertinent in
naming his play The Light Of Other
Daye2' Maybe so: for his mel0dra-
matte fire rs still incandescent. and the
play 81 The French revolution isl lurid
The hero ashes and ares with pas
sionate fervor. and blnzes and burns
with reckless bravery, like one OF Ne
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a certain individual burst into my Of
nee / do not care to identify him
other than to say that he IS the holder
Of a fat county Office to which the
people, in the psychological moment
when they were all fooled. have elected
him. He was also one of the assistant
secretaries Of the Republican city COM
mittee. u want you TO go with a little
party Of us on a duck hunt tomorrow, %
said this individual. Everything is
all ready. Wen be back Tuesday and
III guarantee you big time and lots
Of ducks Right there was where
fell down. didn't require him to post
a forfeit If / had. and If it had been
commensurate with the bitterness Of his
failure TO make good. I would have
drawn his salary until the people slow
to wrath but terrible in their anger,
turn him out. Such is my beautiful
trust in human nature that I agreed TO
go. Worse, and more of il. I went.
The next evening at 5:45 7 was at the
short Line station. 7 mention the name
OF the road because ride on a pass ard
Dan Spencer insists on this equivalent.
/ took along with me a roll Of bedding,
some changes Of clothing. two guns. a
pair of hip boots and several hundred
shells. If I should so far forget myself
as 90 go to the Salt Creek swamp again.
/ shall leave the shells behind. They
are really superluOus. The train start
ed. as ever short Line trains viii do
ON occasion and we merrily spun toward
DeWeyville. We passed through ogden
on route. The next time ] won't pass
through Ogden, and I am not particu-
larry fond Of ogden. either: but next
time I'll stop there and do my duck
hunting in the court house yard
In the course of human events and
along toward 2 o'clock i'm the evening
we reached Deweyville. Great place
DeweyyHle. The hotel proprietor has
one lantern: the station agent has an
other. That's the way the town is
lighted. However, I shall ever cherish
grateful recoilections Of the hotelkeep-
err r. g. Freyer. Mr.. Freyer conveyed
me from the station to the hotel He
didn't have to do this. either. for he
owns and operates the only hotel in
Deweyville. The five Of us-did I say
there were five in our party?-stayed all
night in Deweyville. We occupied one
large room, just to be sociable. We
We're sociable all right. About $3.50 a.
m / fell asleep just as two Of the young
men finished settling the Panama ques-
uoE. They had exhausted everything
else, including the other members Of
the party.
We arose at $3.50. A wagon with four
horses attached was waiting to convey
us and our camping outfit to the Salt
Creek swamp dozen miles away over
the mUddiest road between ST. George
and Logan. It was after Q o'clock. and