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The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-30
THIEVES MAY BE
DROWNED
Continued from last page.

state of intoxication when they
left his house. They both car
ried Winchesters, and after leav
ing fired twelve shots from the
guns in rapid succession, and
yelled several times.
The load on the tote wagon
consisted of a barrel Of salt, a
barrel of mincemeat, a barrel of
vinegar and several other pack
ages OF groceries, all Of which
we're discovered floating in the
lake with the exception Of the
barrel of salt, which it is be-
lieved sank when the boat was
overturned. Christensen. the
farmer, is authority for the state
ment that the men were in such
a condition when they left his
house that if they We're to be
thrown into the water they could
do little to help themselves. The
point where they are supposed to
have caps lied is one of the deep
est spots in the lake and is near
the current Of the Mississippi.
Yesterday afternoon the par
ents of Adams, who are old peo-
pie and have been residents OF
this section for some time, be-
came alarmed because he had
not returned home and it was
decided to institute a search of
the lake. 1t resulted in nothing,
however. The old people were
very much worried but until this
morning they had not been mott
fed of the fate which was be-
lieved to have overtaken their son
as both are in feeble health and
in poor condition physically to
withstand the shock.
Sheriff Bailey was notified Of
the occurrence last night and
spent this morning investigating.
He gives it as his opinion that
the men have been drowned and
this morning started a party Of
farmers dragging the lake to re
cover the bodies.
The bodies may not be recov-
cred for several weeks as there
is no clue to the spot in which
they sank and they may have
been carried some distance by
the current.
osewhoappreciate fine dramatic
4alant thnSa who enjoy q GOOD
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-03-07
CONSTITUTIONAL CON.
VENTION IGNORED.

During the last campaign the Fu-
s~ionists seemed to favor the calling of a
Constitutional Convention to revise the
constitution. The Reno Journal strenu-
ously advocated the proposition, insist
ing that such a measure should be
submitted to the people for approval or
disspproval. The SENTINEL was of the
same opinion, though it took no part in
the discussion. 1t still believes that
the people should be given an oppor-
tunity to express their opinion upon a
proposition SO vital to the interests of
the State.
Why was the subject dropped like a
hot potato? The SENTINEL knoweth not,
unless it was because Mr.. Newlands
observed casually that a revision of the
State Constitution was no longer neces~
sary, that conditions had changed, and
that existing conditions could readily
adapt themselves to the requirements
of the existing constitution. The Ora
Gle having spoken, it would be disre>
spectful. if not s%acriligious, on the part
of the Legislature to take any action
looking towards the submission of the
proposition to the sovereign people. The
Gods might be offended and withdraw
their protection from the State, and the
last condition of her people would be
infinitely worse than the first. To avert
80 disastrous a calamity was the i'm
perative duty of the Legislature, and
right nobly it rose to it's performance
ject nearest the peoples heart. Fol
this the people will some day rise uI
and call it blessed.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-03-07

county in the State. 1t is clear that those who
do not show up in the reports must dodge the
assessor in some way, The only live stock in
terests in which Humboldt o%utnumbers its
sister counties of Washoe and Elko, is hogs.
1t leads the procession with 1000.
"Humboldt also brags of its landed interests.
She had 1880 square miles. Ormsby had
but $50. Humboldt has eighty times as much
area as Ormsby, and yet Ormsby pays s12,-
600 a year into the State Treasury, and Hum
boldt but little over three times as much.
Summing it all up from the official figures.
it looks as if Humboldt was about the
champion 'tax-shirking' county in the State"
From the foregoing it would seem
that tax lodging is quite general in
Nevada, and to lessen the evil the value
of all taxable property should be pub
lished, so that every taxpayer could
know whether his neighbor as we'll as
himself was fairly assessed. In the
case of Theis of Humboldt county, his
property was not assessed at one-fifth
of its value.
If Mr.. Prudential knows these state.
ments TO be true and introduced a bill
TO prevent the publication of itemized
statements of property, then the SEN
MEL cannot see wherein it did that
gentleman an injustice. It simply gave
the statements of the State Controller
without coloring or prejudice, leaving
the people to judge for themselves.
As to the publication of itemized lists
costing more, that is a mere %pretention,
since the printer gets not more than
twenty cents for each property owners
name, whether the list of property be
long or short. Under the bill the Sem
ator wishes repealed there would be less
profit to the printer, and that is all
there is to it.
Let the light shine on all the dark
places. The people can stand it.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-03-07
ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. IL.

The Virginia Chronicle which stren-
uously supported Mr.. Newlands for the
Senate, now charges him with having
tried to defeat Assembly Resolution
No. 70 by writing personal letters to
every State Senator, urging him to vote
against the resolution.
This resolution taxing patented mines
was so popular that at the last session
of the Legislature it passed both houses
unanimously. 1t was vetoed by Gov
ernor Sadler. It was taken up this
session by the Assembly and unani-
mously passed. On being sent to the
Senate, it was referred to a committee
where the Chronicle says it sleeps the
sleep of death.
The Chronicle claims that Mr.. New
lands acted without having acquainted
himself with the real object of the bill,
reminds him that he is the servant,
not the ruler, of the people of this
State, and advises him not to try to n
large his powers.
The Chronicle seems to forget that
Mr.. Newlands made the present Legis-
lature, in order that it might make Mr..
Newlands a United States Senator, and
having accomplished his purpose.
having been elected by his henchmen
to the coveted position, it seems only
reasonable that he should rule and gov
ern, or at least direct the legislative
action of the members of his creation,
into whose n~ostrils he blew the breath
of political life.
Does the Chronicle see the point?
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-03-07
RENO GIRL TO THE FRONT.
OF the Most Prominent Parts in
Grand Opera at BOSTON,.

A Boston dispatch of March l says:
Miss Mabel Stanaway Of Reno, Nevada.
has been assigned one of the most prom
inent parts in the coming performance
of grand opera to be given in public by
students OF the New England Conserva-
tory Of Opera. She will one of be the
principals in a presentation of Gluck's
opera "Orfeo," taking the part Of Orfeo.
Miss Stanaway has had an enviable
career since entering the conservatory
and is the winner OF two opera scholar
ships in succession. She was considered
by Boston critics as one of the most sue
cessful singers who made their debut last
May and has a most promising future.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-03-07
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

THO R. Ssdler and all others, their heirs or as.
i signs, owning or claiming any portion Of the
West End Mining claim. You are hereby notified
that the undersigned has expended three hundred
dollars in labor and Improvements on the West
End mine, situated in Prospect Mountain Mining
District, Eureka county. Nevada, in doing the
necessary assessment work since 1899, in conform
inty with the provisions of section 1924 Revised
Statutes of the United States, being the amount
required to hold the same. Your proportion Of
the Assessment ia one hundred and fifty dollars,
and if within ninety days from the service of this
notice by publication you fail or refuse to contrib
ute your proportion OF such expenditure as CO.
owner, your interest in said mine will become the
property Of the subscriber under said section 1924.
j. L. THOMPSON.
Eureka, Nevada, March 8, 1908. mch7 GOD.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-03-07
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

The annual meeting of the stockholders Of the
Ruby Hill Tunnel and Mining Company will be
held at the office Of the company, at P. H.. Hubs
Furniture Store, Eureka, Nevada, on Saturday,
March %, 1908, at 2 O'Clock p. M, for the purpose
of ~electing a Board of Trustees for the ensuing
year, and for the transaction of such other bust.
ness as may come before the meeting.
c. @. Il. Hull,
Eureka, March 4, 1903. Secretary,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-03-07
Is Your Life Insured?

If not, protect your family by taking out a
policy in the New York Life Insurance Com
pany. B. l.. SMITH, Agent. n
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-03-07
NEW TO-DAY.
BILLS PASSED
10y THE....
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
....AT THEIR....
Meeting, MARCH 2, 1903.

Ordered, That the following sums of money be
allowed the following named PERSONS, respect
lively, to wit
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-14
ICONOCLASTS IN HAVANA.
The City's Old Landmarks Are Civ
ing Way to Many Modern Inn
DrOvements.

The city of Havana is rapidly being
made modern city in such way that
it will soon be so that the many sights
which draw tourists from the United
States to Cuba will be removed, says a
correspondent of the Baltimore
American. The old landmarks, such as
the old city walls, which are always &
sight of great interest to all touristA
as showing old Spanish architecture
and are almost worth their weight in
gold to the city as drawing cards te
tourists, are fast being removed, and
the stone sold for a mere plttance to
contractors. At the present time the
old city wall at the Punta and its sur.
roundings known as Lon Fosos, where
the reconcentrados of Gen. Weylel
were herded together, are being re-
moved. This always used to commanc
the attention of tourists, and none ever
left the city without insisting on see.
ing the Fosos. Now nothing remains
of the place but modern driveway,
a thing that can be seen in every mod
ern city in the United States. The
old city Walls between Zulueta and
Monserrate street are also being rap
idly removed aud being sold for build.
ing stone
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-14

fenced IN when the city was laid out,
and the commissioners planned to
leave it undisturbed.
Tens of thousands of visitors to the
national capital view the navy yard,
are guided through the great gun fac
tory by officials, and have the public
places explained to them, but very few
ever have the opportunity to talk to
''the oldest inhabitant;" the man who
knew all about it almost a century ago,
at time when the navy yard was q
thing of the imaginary future, as was
also the capital city. And, for. that
matter, in those days the success of
the republic itself was problematical.
William Birth, IS years of age, deaf
as post, who can learn nothing Of
modern things except through his eyes,
is an interesting conversationalist.
He says: II used spectacles from the
time I was so until was almost 20
years old; and then my eyesight came
back to me. For more than 20 years I
have used no spectacles. Ny eyesight
is as good as that of any young man
or woman on earth. I was Dragging
that was growing young again, when
my hearing began to fail. Gradually
l1power of discerning sounds left me,
and 1 am thus isolated from the world;
but I read all of the daily papers, and
/ know thing or two, anyway"
This wonderful old man is as Iowa
BILE as another Saint John, the Aged !;
for he thinks and speaks only in low
ing tones of all mankind, and of all
things on earth. His scrap book OF
drawings, covering all Of the old land
marks of this city, is particularly IN
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-14

81 All, my friend, there are difficulties
in photographing or painting Indi-
ans, as everyone who has attempted
it well knows. Some time ago l was
talking to L. A. Burbank, whose In
dian pictures are SO pleasing, and he
said that one of the most interest
ing of the many memories connected
with each picture was the series Of
difficulties he had had to overcome
ere the picture was completed. To
get the Indian to sit anyhow is diff
cult. His fears, his superstitions, his
nervousness at everything you do
that is new or strange to him; his
dilatoriness when under the inf1u.
ence of those who would seek to dis.
suade him from returning, and all
these were real obstacles that had to
be overcome. But, when overcome,
what a feeling of triumph there is
and the completed picture stands be-
fore you.
The same kind of difficulties meets
the photographer. He must gain the
good will of the subject; he must
catch what he wants, for pose is
generally not the thing he wants
That is, if he is seeking real life, he
wants to show the Indian as he actu-
ally is, and, therefore, any attempt
at posing is generally failure, for
it takes away the simplicity and nat
uralness which are the chief charms
~ opy artists work ,.,
Then, when one comes to the chill
dren, there subjects galore, and all
are bewitching and appealing. The
other week, when at Oraibi, l saw a
little child watching me through, a
tiny back window. It was the only
opening in that house wall, and the
baby face framed there at once APP
pealed to me. But I knew the moment
the camera appeared a score of chill
dren and parents would warn the pa
rents within, or would forcibly carry
the child away. So here was difficulty
| enough to give one the hunters zest il
outwitting them. l sent one OF my
friends with candy and calico to keeI
| the mother interested, and then l sem
| off another to make diversion with
a handful of candy among the children
who were watching me. To get ou1
| camera and adjust it was quick
| work. To focus quicker still, all the
time swinging the camera dowr
| street as if l were taking in a scene
there. Then, with a piece of cana.
in one hand and the bulb in the
| other | attracted the attention OF
the child, pressed the bulb. prayed
that he would keep still for time
| exposure. and let the sun do ths
rest. The result appears in the
heading of this article.
GEORGE WHARTON JAME2
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-14

does that hard work simply because
he loves his wife and mis- family and
wishes to provide. even at such an
expense, a little extra food for them
during the coming winter.
His limbs and body may well be
strong as the result of such IN
wonted exertions.
But the women offer abundant ma
terial as well as the men.
What can be more picturesque or
form better subject for an artistic
effort than Mashongce, the Hopi
maiden, sitting by the quaint pueblo
fireplace as shown in the picture.
Her rather disheyeled whorls show
ing that she has been hard at work
grinding the corn she is here drying;
the corn itself in the basket; the
scattered corncobs; the small basket
ID her nand which she uses both as
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-14

teresting when exhibited in his parlor.
on winter evening, and explained BY
him in his vivacious manner. He says:
II have often laughed at the officers
Of the old times, who used to think
that because the navy yard was two
miles and a half from the white house
and navy department they could do as
they pleased without any of their con-
duct or misconduct being found out.
"When Commodore Goldsborough
was in charge of the navy yard. al
though he resided in the northwest,
he knew what was going on as well
as any modern sleuth. He went to
the quarters Of the commandant ev-
cry day to attend to official business.
One morning he called for the chief
surgeon and handed him the daily re-
port, saying: Take that back, and
make out an honest report The sur
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-14
Nm Flattefef.

No FlattereP.
'.They tell me your little boy looks
like you"
Eyes, everybody says SO. Have
you seen him7"
"No, I don't think care to seq
.''-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
Gone Up In Smoke.
'sDid you invest dat nickel fer meT
"sure, Willie. put it into de cigsy
rette trust" Chicago American
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-14
Id PHILOSOPHERS have told us that

ID PHILOSOPHERS have told us that
u ne is worlds benefactor who
makes two blades Of grass grow
where but one grew before. He who
aods to our happiness is also our
creditor, whether we acknowledge it
or not
often wonder, therefore, whether
the American people, great and just
ana generous enough to go to war to
oe1r1end poor neighbor, recognize
now much they owe of late to the
Indian for the pleasure he has af-
Iorded SO many of them. One has
out to think of the great output of
Indian blankets, baskets, pottery,
Oead work. bows and arrows and
other of their handicraftsmanship,
and then to remember how many
thousands, hundreds of thousands,
nay, even millions, of pictures of In
dams made by Burbank, Reinhardt,
jackson Tor copies of their work.,
that have been sold during the last
Few years, to realize little the
great debt the artist owes to the In
dian in which the American people
share.
But this is only one side of the
question. There are a score of other
sides to look at, only one of which
1 can present in the short space of
this brief article. And that is this:
There are to-day hundreds of thou
sands of amateur photographers in
America, who kodak. Montauk, POGO
or some other camera in hand, are
hunting for new subjects of life, in
terest and some difficulty. To these
I wish to say: The Indian fills all
these requirements. His pictur-
esqueness everyone knows, and his
Eveliness is known to all who know
him, even though it is a generally ac-
cepted fact in many minds that the
Indian buck is lazy and that it is his
wife who does all the work.
Bosh and nonsense! Ridiculous
falsity. IF
8 For instance. take look at Fig.
1 of the old Hopi Indian. There
doesn't seem much life to the pic
ture in one sense, and yet it is full OF
y 1t. Look at those limbs and sturdy
{ frame, the perfection of pose in
its natural Inconsistencies. These
things are full of life; the very activ-
tiles TEEN there to the observant eye;
the locker on feels sense of power
as the result of tremendous effort
shown in the very ease and simple
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-14
Equally Tough.

Land,ady-White or dark meat?
Boarder-It doesn't matter; I'm
color piind:-N. Y. Times
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-14

grace with which the old fellow
souats down and enjoys the smoke
my tobacco and cigarette paper pro-
yided him with.
Then, too, look at his axe, or, to
he more accurate. his mattock. He
looks as if he were able to use it.
He is going out six miles over the
hot, sandy trails of Tusazan lin
northern Arizona) to cut wood for
mis- family.
Nor is that all! What will the
ahouter of 'lazy Indians" say when l
seriously and soberly assert that the
dav before this very old man had
run so miles and hoed fully an acre
and q half of cornfield? There il
power for you! There is work for
YOU that no white man could be COM
nelled to do. Yet this man, this lazy,
rude, ignorant and brutal savage %
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-14

ancient inmates of The house,
gray-haired old Indian woman grind
ing at the netate, while her husband
is splitting frewood close by. The
absolute naturalness of the poses,
the old house, the air of out-of-
doors, the suggestion of domestic fe-
Lefty and harmony, combine to make
it essentially a pleasing picture.
But, perhaps, the reader asks:
You have shown us the life and IN
terest in such subjects. but where -
the difficulty that adds zest to the
artists pursuit? These are all easy
enough subjects and evidently friend
ly: where are the difficulties?
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-02-14
SITE OF NAVY YARD.
Known in Washington Records as
Reservation No. ID.
IT Has an Interesting History Which
Ia Most Interestingly Related BY
m Old District Res
tdent.
ESPECIAL Washington letter.

HIS is the story of Reservation
H." as described on the origi-
4 nal maps of the city OF Wash
ington, by the engineer LEnfant' IN
1892, confirmed by Washington, March
2, 1897, and adopted by congress IN
several enactments.
The various land reservations pro-
posed by the wonderful genius who
planned this beautiful capital city are
numbered on the maps, and their pro-
posed uses described in volumlnous
notes which accompanied the draw
iness Preservation IA" was set apart
for navy yard, and it was the puF-
pose of the delineator that there
should also be located there ship
building plants of magnitude behtt1hg
the great nation which he believed
would grow upon this continent.
The navy yard has always been and
is vet located ON Reservation H. and
there is there in operation splen-
did gun factory; but the ship build
ing of the nation has almost always
been done by contracting parties IN
other seacoast cities. The eastern
branch of the Potomac, where the
navy yard is located, is nowadays so
shallow that it would not float mod
ern cruiser, while battleship would
have hard time coming any further
up the river than Alexandra.
This reservation is about mile and
quarter southeast of the capitol
building, and was originally in the
tract known as "the Prout farm" but,
when the yard was authorized, under
an appropriation made in 1899, addi-
tional land was found necessary and
the two triangular squares westward,
numbered $50 and ss4, were purchased
of the commissioners, Scott and
Thornton, for $4,000. The conveyance
recited that the land was "for the
sole use and behoof of the said United
States forever"
There is an impression that some OF
the officers residences in the yard
were once connected with the Prout
farm, but, as will be seen by the dia-
gram, but two of the buildings of Mr..
Prout came within the navy yard line,
and these disappeared years ago. The
first building for officers was erected
in the yard in 1901, and for many years
was occupied by Capt. Cassin, and il
known now as 1.-The captains house"
The residences for the commandant
| and other officers were built in 1904.
The mansion house of William Prout
was large brick fronting on Eighth
street, north of NJ street, originally
two stories in height and AZ by 43 feet
in size. The barns were of frame, one
46 by "a feet, another 40 by "a. The
smaller buildings were built of logs.
Many old citizens remember the man.
sion as having been the home of the
Otterback family for years, it having
been purchased of Mr.. Prout in the
thirties; but the site is now used for
. car barn by the Capital Traction
company. The graveyard was in Geor'
gia avenue and M street, 20 by 81 feet
in dimensions, and from the stories
told by old men, who as boys played
| about the tombstones, it was we'll pop.
ulated. It will be observed that in
the form of square $50, in the cut, the
lower angle does not appear, and the
explanation is that the graveyard was