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Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-12-08

WANTED:-By young married man
(student international Correspondence
Schools course in metal mining) a sit
uation In any capacity in an ore mill
ing or metallurgical plant, or as assay
er's assistant. Has had several years
experience as miner and isn't afraid
OF work. Address:
w. G. r.. Reno. New. Box 36l.
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Don't be knocker. Buy your holi-
day presents at home instead of send
ing away for them. Every dollar you
spend at home is just that much added
to our home prosperity.
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Warning.

All persons are forbidden to skate on
the Wadsworth. Light and Power Co s
reservoir. The privilege was abused
too much. property was injured and
destroyed, and the company has no
other recourse to stop the nuisance.
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>
and Mr.. and Mrs. Elmcrs visited East
Reno yesterday.
j. J. Cahill. r. B. Gates. R.. ].
LeClert and Alex Forrest atten led the
D 0. K. <. meeting in Reno Friday
night.
Vim Short and wife. Miss Lille
6ranain. Tim Regan. Earl Brannln,
5. ,. Bryant and wife AMI Dr.. w. L.
kister we're in Reno Saturday to
attend Haverl US Minstrel show.
The Churchill bows who went to
Reno TO travel the hot sands under
guidance Of the D. o. K. K. are
struggling back as If they had met
some hot stuff and hal slain a tiger or
1.-Two.
Aiprsctical education is the most
sensible Christmas present you can
give your son or daughter benefits
are everlasting Put a SCHOLARSHIPS at
Atkinoon's Nevada Business Institute,
Reno, in the stocking this year.
Men who come from Stones camp
say they see, In a tent with no stove
In 1t and the thermometer below zero.
Some of the employees have better &C.
commodations. At Warren,s camp
they have bunkhouses and are more
Comfortable.
1t is known that the Indians like to
read the pictures In the Sunday papers
and It is very seldom they buy papers
and yet they have them frequently.
Take your Sunday paper in as soon as
you can and you will not miss so many.
One Piute subscribes. pays for and
reads the Dispatch.
There was large crowd and great
deal of fun Sunday afternoon at the
skating rink. otherwise the Water Cos
reservoir. The ice was from two to
three inches thick. We notice that
people abuse the privilege when they
throw rocks and cans on the Ice which
will necessitate some dredging later on
and It spoils the sport now.
According 10 the statement OF the
Commissioner OF the General Land
Office, published last month. there is
now In the reclamation fund 'of the
Federal Treasury $l6.l9l.836 Of
which amount S8.46l.493 resulted
from sales OF public lands during the
present year. Sixteen States and Ter
rtories have contributed to this fund,
which is set apart ior the reclamation
Of arid lands.
Senator Rolf, as referee in the mat
ter Of the suit for accounting brought
by the administrator Of the estate Of the
w. D. Eperson, deceased. against E.
Griswold. as surviving partner OF the
firm Of Eperson & Grswold. has been
holding a session Of court during the
past few days. taking testimony and
trying to come to some conclusion from
an examination Of a car load or so Of
books and accounts covering more than
twenty years OF the business OF Eper-
son g. Criswold.
David Crisman. an old d-time miner
of Humboldt county. was killed by the
premature explosion of a blast near
| GoIconda. About eight years ago
Dave Crisman, who was then 81 years
of wears Of age. had an experience
which few men would survive. He
was imprisoned in mine on Winnie
mucca mountain. about four miles from
Winnemucca. by cave-in. and for
forty-six days he was shut up in the
d,rkh lie without a morsel Of food and
with no water to drink except small
Quantity obtained by m ,lting snow.
wnsn rescued he was mere living
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Glasses Lost.

'a p pair Of glasses In case covered
with black ribbon Finder leave at
this office = ''r'A'
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STORIETTES.
Some Short Truths About
Home People.

Wnen Jim r1OloroCk was II Gill
berts store he was fond of hunting. as
was John Lee, who always had several
fine shotguns and has yet, They went
DIVE shooting one day down at Joe
Felnagle's where the birds we're MANY
and the foliage thick. They lost tr OK
OF each other but were simultaneously
found when the greater part Of a
charge Of bird shot from Jims gun
found Judgement in the seat ef 10 n
Lees pants at such distance as net
to p rticularly lnjure him but to give
HIN the idea wasps nest had fallen
In there and thawed out. II caused
the Scotchman to stampede anyhow.
says Andy.
Mike Mcclure, the shoemaker, was
not long out from Ireland when he
landed in Wadsworth. Not long
enough to outgrow the superstition re-
garding banshees and other dead per-
sons. He had shop in the front of
the house and the rear room was his
woodshed. A hobo with a wooden leg
came over the desert this far and died.
Leu Bever and Jeff Poole put the ho-
bo on Macs woodpile with peg leg
nearest the door. They went around
to the front and induced Mac to 90 for
wood. He did. He grabbed the
wooden leg alright and the corpse rolled
into the hallway. He was paralyzed
for one minute. then let howl out Of
him like comanche and took tc the
woods He didn't return to to h $
happy home until somebody told him
the stiff was buried and the boys had
rolled boulders on his grave.
When the teamsters were here, says
George Hills. every morning at JAKE
Lewis | mixed tw-nty-six cocktails
and no two alike. before did anything
else.
~U4~
A bo came In one day and some OF
the gang put up a purse that he
couldn't drink a quart of whskey at
one drink. He was willing ard won
d e money. They buried him the next
day. The grand jury limited broadly
that life was a trifle too fast at the
Big Bend.
Chief Natchez came to McCuire's
back door at dusk one evening with two
three quarter grown black bear cubs,
muzzled. He wanted to leave them
there that night If agreeable. "Al
right whin lock me chickens up says
Mac. Natchez took the muzzles oil
and locked the gate. Tom Berry went
over the fence at midnight to get one
Of the chickens, as was the fashion OF
the day. He landed in den Of bears.
Some Of his his hair stands up straight
yet. He's on the police force now.
Tom Herman always prided HIM
self in having thoroughbred farm and
GARY stock. big vegetables and fine
iowl. He had blue ribbon bunch OF
turkeys this Christmas and never lost
enc. He went to the Christmas tree
entertainment; and stopped at the Re-
csption where Jim Crosby was mixing
MN Tom and Jerry. SNOWFALL c4me
IN the back way with his eyes shining
ana seeing nothing. "Massa Jim. ain
ne a fine birda" he says holding up a
o'e gobbler Jim got red and Snow
oail saw Tom Herman and turned
white and walked out. The turkeys
were all there in the morning for the
'ae first time in twenty years.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
= BRIEFS !
-
0MlAllll! ILiikIEk klkkALlLIlkR

Sssseses sSssssssse aee 40 1se SsA ill tllIN
Keep AN Ey. on Hubby"
Frank Gates visited Reno YESTERDAY.
ollnghouse eulch Is still wild and
woody.
A Spaniard was stabbed at Clarks
Sunday,
Ralph Fortune returned from Reno
this week.
John Lee has received carload of
new f our.
Goa is $l3 per ton at Reno and
poor stuff at that. siarlsa
The electric light plant at Wlnn :
mucca shut down.
Major Spriggs has been admitted to
practice law in Nevada.
D. Cozzens Of Olnghouse had busi-
ness in Reno Saturday.
]. G, Day and daughter Clara visit
ed friends in Reno Friday night
Did you see those Blucher cut shoes
for ladies and gents at Dalton's.
Engineers Abbay and Trewick had
business at the county seat Sunday.
Firemen Laherty. Alderman and
Chambers are enjoying themselves in
Reno.
Ross .Ainley has been very sick at
his home In Reno but is improving
slowly.
Go to Dalton's for your mems dress
and working shoes. You can't do
better.
Robert Buchanan is booked for Dec.
l4th in his famous comedy. IAN Eye
on Hubby.
Fine line Of ladies' extension sole
shoe just opened at Dalton's Shoe
Store.
Preparations are bling made for a
big time at Falon about the first OF
/ the year.
Yardmaster B. F. Wamsley and
wife returned last night from a visit to
California.
Frank Singleton. long time waiter
at the Nevada House. dropped dead
in Reno.
George Nichols has gone to Valleys
Springs. He is laid up with infiam-
matory rheumatism.
!. A full line Of the r. G. corsets.
black. also full line of Drama girdle
corsets, pink and blue.-E. Griswold.
Harry Wightman has gone to the
railroad hospital in San Francisco 10
be treated fer throat troubles.
[. N. Wightman has been spending
a few days in Reno on account OF tne
illness Of his young son who Is suffering
with typhoid fever at the Whitaker
hospital.
On Monday, the IA. E. Griswold VIII
open an entirely new and carefully Sc
selected line Of Christmas goods. Ev-
erything will be new and up-to-date.
! Robert sommers swore out a war
rant against w. c. Williams Tor as
s.,dt with deadly weapon with intent
to do great bodily harm. Wi'''a"s IS
at liberty on bonds.
/ VIM. Jeffrey, John Schneider W.
w. Sanford, Mamie Sanford r. r''-
,,ne VIM. Brown. Henry Ferguson
Robt. Lee, Hsrbert Austin w. T.
Williams, Joe Jarvis and Geo. LIKES e
went to Reno to attend the D. o. \, :,
K We are informed they cari5d oil
the honors.
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The weather is very cold.
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Decrease

Total saving $1O6 ,336. .S4
Work Of the Railroad and Warehouse
Commission Grain Department.
- In this branch Of the state service you
will find the most thorough discipline.
Practical civil scr service prevails; All high
the service. Helpers are promoted to
the inspectors only after thorough test
and examination.
partment has been decreased in the face
Of the fact that the capacity Of cars has
been practically doubled.
that the grades established on ali kinds
Of grain are accepted the world over.
The railway department for years has
been hampered in it's work from the fact
have the same system Of bookkeeping,
nor have the same basis for reporting
the gross earnings for the purpose Of tax
BY the present commission and a uniform
system has been adopted and accepted by
the various railway companies:
This question misht properly be the the
is particularly called to It in considering
2 new proposed gross earnings law. Much
litigation has been successfully conducted
Rates on livestock have been reduced
over q large territory. All roads charging
three cents
eSSSSeSA~SSeSeA
Of three cents per mile.
l. I would suggest. for the consideration
Of your honorable body. the extending
Of the state law so as to prohibit the
railway companies from raising the rates
to 50 change its classification as to have
that effect, between stations. in this state,
without first obtaining the consent Of the
1 take this occasion to say that the
commission has at all times worked in
harmony with the chief executive and
its work is to be commended.
It IS proper to add that the work has
been somewhat hampered BY lack Of
important branches Of the state govern
me11t, I suggest this matter be given your
serious consideration at this session.
Dairy and Food Department.
During the past two years the efficiency
of the state dairy and food commission
has been brought to greater state OF
helpfulness to both the dairy and mer-
camille interests of our state than ever
before since its creation. At least one
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Purchased in towns
where institutions

Wner0 lnSClIuClO1lS
are located .....
Purchased in towns
outside Of insti-
tutions towns -.
Purchased in other
states .........
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$1,334,O35.65

S1,So
II viii thus be seen that our school and
university funds amount to about seven
teen million dollars. 1t is estimated that
this fund, when all our lands are sold
secured win amount to thirty million dol
lars or more.
& 'Ry a wise provision of law the, fund
es g. C cam ne Ss used. Annually more than one
half million dollars from this source Is
available for educa tional purposes:
eti nF e'eo" e paSc aSS crtsasm
the management Of the state prison. and
especially Of the binding twine plant, as
goon as It was possible to make change
den The new management took imme-
comp conplained Of. That Il was most sue
1o15Swiln pSrin< isei 1877 there wa. manufactured in
round numbers. $500, 900 pounds Of twine:
es. .e S.1 St peuna a Sse~s Of p1ees aaee
vas % soid BY jobbers and manufacturers
s ae:5a pf ..7n tas to %oSe
p1fSn'ssas se pTone 'Gh e. The '" state on binding
+ SoGna Sr n%mSsE' be- Fves Sstte9
%saufaesnred sS,'s sHaa cd s.sSeSeSS pounds: Ths
w9s sold ,as at cents T ;obsr,p per pS%SSn;s %S;s
win prove an actual saving Of .s125,ooo
fo the farmers Of Minnesota who pur-
chased twine the present season, and II
YOU consider the reduced price, at least
ffe state, some eighteen million pounds.
caused BY competition with prison twine.
there Is ! further saving Of $3.50. 900. or .
Not only has the twine been Of a SUI
peri6r quality and thus great saving to
The purchaser resulted. but there has
been q clear saving to the state OF 1884,
clear gain in two years in favor Of twine
plant or $4,000. .'.
This splendid showing was made pos
able by the adoption Of business methods,
ma placing at the head Of the prison q
thorough business man and one who fully
understands the duties required Of him.
DO vel has the twine plant been man
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7ss,5ss.o1
4.274.5es.o1
427,519:;S8
Statement Of Finances,

The state treasury had credit to the
several funds as follows:
Balances in treasury at close Of busi-
The Worthington advance., 1903-01-16

In dccoroance Win t1e Mw eHacSeu
appropriating $50. 900 for drainage. the
board thereby constituted. consisting Of
the auditor, the secretary Of state and
an an engineer, and provided Tor the prose-
the law. After careful surveys contracts
erai Gsae have s6 BEN % COMPLETED ana others are
well under way. The work has been re-
tarded by the unusually wet season, high
Of q sna oas tc tns
ditches. In ali se:e. miles Of bitches
have been contracted for. and when these
are completed: toeether with the expense
expended. These ditches have reclaimed
many thousand acres Of land and 1t is
certainly desirable that this work should
Ss as tie 1G1 c
the state. suitable appropriation
should be made to carry this work on
Education.
Nothing can say would give you q
more thorough knowledge Of the advanced
position taken by our state along edu-
Lines nnc OF the fS fSe
regents Of the university. and Of the nor
NAL schools. commend these to your
pace with the growth Of the state. We
have enrolled 414.671 pupils. gain Of 49,
164 during the past two years, and 12,-
siSa sSs tes?nsTs 81 sSis gain during the same pc
There were built during the last bien-
NAL period 633 new school houses at a
cost Of $1,264,756. We now have S,598
school houses ana these with sites cost
This large number Of scholars and great
amount OF money invested will convey to
you some idea Of the magnitude OF our
school system. It Is pleasure to state
that the superintendent OF public tnstruc-
tion has made q special effort to promote
The Worthington advance., 1903-01-16
1900-1901. 1901-19o2.
g~f
1901, 1866. .03 $146.706. Is
263, 1887. go 371,377.75
67,350. 81 go, ,463. .06

The figures for 1soo-1so1 being compiled
and for 1901-1902 from the books Of the
board Of control These figures show that
the board Of control not only purchased
$53,5O5.S3 worth Of supplies less than
during the former year, but nearly $1,000
worth less from other states. These facts
certainly disarm the creticism suggested
The board has saved to the state a very
large sum Of money as will be shown by
the following table:
The Worthington advance., 1903-01-16
$650.578,49

Hft-- $66U,b78. ~
i; Apparently we are in flrst class con-
Aition financially. We are not obliged to
bonded Indebtedness and this was in
Cured some forty or more years ago,
and is being Mquidated as rapidly as the
cur a dollar Of bonded Indebtedness to
build our new state capitol: in fact. we
have $5,000,000 worth OF the bonds OF
other states in our treasury, and In addi-
cnrities drawing a large amount Of In
terest. refer to securities In the ma
ture Of loans to counties, cities. villages
and townships and to state land coh-
tracts. These investments represent our
permanent schol and university fund a.
The Worthington advance., 1903-01-16

ased that there is % nov to the credit Of
ns hs ssvS,ne .rns sneWsss Tor tn. entire
prison, too, Is most excel!ent as win be
,ol For Is 1900 co11;s{ there was aecit Of '61ss
(. For isoi1;is.es. while for 1902, the
Warden w Wolfer. there RE was vas ! gain 81 Of
havs neo aesa
excellent record made in the state prison
hss prsoPp 5as Pais I've and .da
tional cell-room must be provided for at
this session Of the legislature.
Board OF Control.
At the last general session bill was
passed now known as the Board Of Con-
troll biz. and pursuant to it's provisions
entered upon. the discharge Of its duties.
The wisdom Of the adoption Of the board
Of contAol system has been amply. vindi-
ton Of the board as has passed "a saS and % it's work
pectations Of its friends. Prompted by
TIE h 18th
q hundredfold by its splendid work dur.
ing the past year, it Is safe to predict
that the board Of control system win be
coupled with its effective work in our
state will, in my judgment. eventually
non 70 its Ss by ss
satisfactory in the. state Of wisconsin that
Governor La Toilette used the following
v'sG1Sy' %nS pareS tsss9 soe. before tn. stat.
with plank in it's platform advocating
the repeal Of the law will be buried. as
1t should be. in ignominious defeat"
in the mnds e the aaHe At the last
general session OF the legislature and Of
many Of our citizens. az expressed
hS Of to Of
could be justified from q Humanitarian
standpoint. If there is any criticism that
was made against the establishment Of
rest it is the one just suggested. A care:
full perusal Of the report Of the board Of
control, showing, as it does. what has
convince the most skepticai that the care
Of the unfortunate inmates Of our state
institutions has received the greatest at
tention at their hands. It has given
practical attention to the subject Of die
tary at the different state Institutions and
has employed an expert to visit the in
stitution for the purpose Of teaching en-
and to the
inmates. The same class Of food Is pur-
chased for inmates as for officers and
employees. All articles a;s.oa Of food are re-
BILE, and the dairy and food commissioner
visits the different institutions and ex-
amines the character Of the supplies. and
sees strictly: to it that any food product
ply with the requirements Of the law, is
rejected. Thus the intention Of the board
to protect inmates from unwholesome
food products Is apparent.
I firmly believe that the institutions in
charge Of the board Of control have never
been in q higher state of efficiency and
hands Of the board. and do not hesitate
to say that the great saving to the state
has been brought about solely by the
new departure in the purchase Of supplies
and by enlarged and improved: business
methods. and not in the least at the ex-
pense Of efficiency. y .. j 4 ~ 3$5s G.: n &Ss ID.
The impression seems to have gone out
that under the present system our. home
markets are Disseminated against and
that markets outside Of our state are
unnecessarily favored. find the follow
ing table In the report, which speaks for
The Worthington advance., 1903-01-16
Permanent school Fund.

Cash in treasury ............$
Land contracts ............
Bonds as follows:
Alabama consols IA" 8 per
~ cent.
. Alabama consols ''B" s per
NV cent. .ss... sss. .sssss
1 Alabama consols &C" 4 per
2 cent. ...............
/ Alabama funding 1 per cent.
Delaware 8 per cent. ........
Massa achusetts. ~ per cent.
Massa chusetts. 8 per cent.
Minnesota capitols, 1 per cent
Minnesota capttols, 8 per cent
Minnesota school districts.
s. city, county and townships,
4and 5 per cent.
Louisiana, 4 per cent. t........
Tennessee, ~ per cent?.
Utah. 81 per cent: ........
Virginia, 8 per cent. ........
Minnesota funding. S3x per
G24Y1S .
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Gov. Van SAINT 5 Message
The Thirty-Third Minnesota Legislature Con-
xenes and Listens to the Document.

q iS sas .ssss Hoadss sspea
I ant ut this time to give your honoreole
body such Information as is possessed pstt IN IN
sour consideration suE{estions ana rec rec
I ful. Understanding fully the necessity o!
executive departments, and appreciating
;olr respective obligations, let US with mu-
tual confidence and with the earnest oe-
scommonweaith, com ' enter upon the discharge
Of the duties assigned to US:
NJ The treasury department. being one OF
upon sps nfss that iR department for the next bi:
efnial period will be large. the matter OF
providing for necessary funds must receive
/ e@stimates @ the receipts and disbursements
81 endins ING xs July Il. 'i 1913, 1904 and 1906 as
follows: ., +~ -
1902. Amount in the treasury
to the credit Of the
,,o,. R.esipes. ssysase fund including 7's's''ol
80 -N' above cash balance: 4.274. .5ss. .ol
1905. Disbursements, includ-
u ssi=Y ing all appropriations a.. -.
,,s: ,sst BB:sssiSs: SSS g
5; 5;$; BBssSs;s:: ss:sss$ g
There M viii be: an estimated -.
surplus July 81, 1905. of.:.: 427, ,619: SO
$& IN the receipts the auditor has reckoned
y the state tax at one mill on $500. .000. .000
Tho item Of disbursements for the three
fiscal years contains 100000, for new
\ shndldinKs and extraordinary repairs. The
I estimate Of the amount for new build
4 lnxs Is no doubt near the limit Under
4 the most favorable circumstances It could
} not exceed $1,00o.00o without increasing
4 In order to avoid this urge the strtctest
economy and the most careful tnvesttga-
tion Of every appropriation asked Tor,
s Statement Of Finances.
The state treasury had credit to the
Aeveral funds as follows:
Balances in treasury at close Of busi-
ness Dee. 81. 1902:
y Revenue fund ..:.........:..$
The Worthington advance., 1903-01-16

Cash In treasury.
Land contracts including
E = ,S86, ,768.48 transferred inter-
nal improvement land con-
tracts
Bonds as follows:
Alabama consols "A" s per
II cent.
Delaware 3 per cent, t,.........
Massachusetts, 8 per cent. %.
Minnesota funding, 81 per
s cent. ..
Minnesota villages, 4 per cent
Tennessee. ~ per cent.
NirKfnta, 8 per cent. t..........
Experimental farm ..........
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346.285.41
5.680.873..42

s $14,316. .3S9. O6
The sale Of school lands and Of timber
on school lands during the fall Of 1902 have
manent fund, so that the fund now
:=anounts to nearly fifteen and one-half
million dollars.
!; Permanent University Fund-Auoust I,
aSEs 1902.