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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1904-02-13

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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1904-02-13
Saved $500.

One Missouri farmer gives testi-
monv to the valve of rural free
delivery He is cattleman, and
markets several hundred steers
every Winter. One day he round
ed up his herd, and was on his
way with it to the city when he
met the rural carrier bringing the
daily paper. The farmer turned
at once to the market quotations,
and he found that there was a big.
slump in the cattle market, due to
a glut of steers that had been sud
denly thrown on the market.
Prices had slumped completely
The farmer accordingly turned
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1904-02-13

back with his herd, and waited
for several days until the market
recovered before shipping his cat
tie. He saved just 81, 500 through
the delivery of his mail to him by
the rural carrier. This is merely
one instance of the advantages
that are constantly coming to
every farmer who receives his
daily paper from the hands of the
carrier. Every farmer whom we
have interviewed who enjoys the
service is an enthusiastic support
er of the free rural delivery sys-
tem.-Farm, Field and Fireside.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1904-02-13

should be taken to the St. Louis
Exposition this year and exhlbi-
ted as a treasure beyond price and
a discovery more important to the
human race than all the wonders
contributed by the wealth of ma
tions. Come, oh happy little far
mer, and tell us how to be happy
without vast possessions, satisfied
without fame or social distinction,
and content with what we have
without longing eternally for what
we have not.-The American Far
mer.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1904-02-13
Don't Expect Too Much.

Why is it that new advertisers
always think they'll have to hire
a special vault to keep money in,
lust as soon as their announce
ment appears? Notwithstanding
the we'll known fact that all news
paper solicitors invaribly tell them
that it's only the persistent adver-
tisers who gather in the dollars.
At least, so we have been told.
OF course, they hear of so-and-so
spending a thousand a day and
and getting in two thousand for it,
but they seem never to take time
to think that for many weary
months the money probably went
the other way. 1t has been de-
monstrated that advertising pays,
and pays big, but it is like every
thing else; persistence, intelligence
and work and persistence, are
what must enter into any success
full advertising campaign. Just re-
member this when you get ready
to advertise; and if you are not
willing to stick to it, don't begin.
Practical Advertising.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1904-02-13
HUNTING FOR RADfU NJ
Not Found in Pure State, and Costs much to
Procure.

The popularizing of facts con-
cerning radium and its compounds
has led to the dissemination of a
great deal Of pseudo-scientifc
writing in the daily press, and this
has now brought forth a harvest
of alleged discoveries of radium
deposits, such as to become ba-
sis for swindling the public.
The New York Sun prints a
foolish telegram from New Or
leans stating that "Rumors of the
discovery of earth bearing large
piece of radium in the Llano have
been persistent for some time, and
to-day these rumors were verified
by the return of party of scien-
lists who have visited the mine to
investigate the report. j" 1t is no
wonder that a local paper in Utah
wakes enthusiastic over the dis
covery of uranium oxide in that
State and goes on to say: "As ra-
dunn, like uranium, can be found
only in carnatite, and these twin
metals are as closely associated as
the letters and II, the certainty
of radium is established" :"
The number of analysis able to
isolate radium can be counted;
radio-activity does not entail the
presence of radium; many min
erals are radioactive which are
barren of radium itself. Assayers
and chemists in mining camps
have no means of making tests for
the element; if they pretend to do
so, they are charlatans. The sep
aration of radium from its ore is a
difficult and extremely tadious
process, only to be carried out in a
specially equipped laboratory by
expert chemists. 1t is also to be
borne in mind that pure radium
has never been produced; the
material thus far obtained is
an impure salt containing varia-
BILE proportion of the element, usu-
ally in the form of chloride
There is little probability that the
production of iridium will ever be.
come an important industry, de
spite the enthusiasm with which
new discoveries of ores are her
aided from day to day, much O
which is evidently being used il
order to form secondary enrich
ments in the pockets of irresponsi
bic people.-The Engineering anc
Mining Journal.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1904-02-13

The Elko Free Press announces
that it will be issued as a daily in
stead of weekly as soon as the
Western Pacific line of railroad
runs into the town of Elko.
Rather indefinite.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1904-02-13
ONE C0NTENTED MAN
1t Is Not Surprising that he Should be found
on the Farm.


he had found a contented man
and wrote about it one of those
beautiful and sympathetic stories
that made him the popular and
beloved of all American writer's.
Irving's was discovered in the gar
dens of the Tuileries at Paris in
the person of an old French gen
tlen1an, who had been robbed of
nearly all his property during the
revolution but did not grieve.
about it while living on the small
estate saved from the wreck. But,
alas for poor human nature A
subsequent French government
restored to the old man the bulk
of his former estate, but instead
of making him happier, this event
had the reverse effect. When Irv-
ing next met him he had become
a soured and pessimistic misan-
thrope, grieving over the one
third withheld instead of rejoicing
over the two-thirds given back to
him.
Now comes the Mail Order Jour
nal insisting that it has found the
only simon-pure, blown-in-the-bot
tie contented man, and as search
for this rare animal has hereto
fore proven unavailing, the an
nouncement of the sensational dis
covery will be received with in
terest. The Journals friend is
not a rich man, as some might
suppose; rich men are never con
tented and happy. This bipedal
curio owns a small farm of ten acres,
good soil, which he keeps highly
iCl lllllLCu' IIC HdS NOIlllOl ldDlS
little house, a barn and outbuild-
ings. He keeps one big horse,
which does all the team work on
the place; four first class COWS, a
few good hogs, flock of seventy
FIVE hens and ten stands of bees.
He received last year SIPS from
his poultry, $500 from his dairy,
5000 from an acre of onions, 500
from his potato crop, sold small
fruits to the amount of SIPS and
apples SIIo, calves, $50; hogs, SI2o,
honey, $50 and has plenty of good
things left to carry him through
the present Winter He and his
wife have done most of the work,
she caring for the poultry and
dairy and helping him during the
small fruit harvest. We are as
sured that this man lives a happy
and peaceful life, as well as one
of absolute independence.
Such is the story. If really
contented man has been discov-
cred, it is an event of prime inn
portance. 1t is doubly interesting
that the first man contented with
his lot should be a farmer and a
small farmer at that. This seems
to confirm what some of us had
suspected, that if contentment
could be found at all, the most
natural place to look for it would
be on the farm. 1t has been
proved over and over again that
happiness will never be found at
either of the extreme ends of the
social ladder No philosopher
would ever think of looking for a
happy man among the extremely
rich or the extremely poor.
"You will go safest in the mid
die" wrote the Roman poet, and
similarly it has been found that
among the middle classes, the
merely well-off, we must search
for the happiest man and woman,
Blessed be America if she has sue
ceeded in bringing about condi-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-06-30
l presume your next brilliant


l presume your next brilliant
move will be to dissolve the +. r.
e p. company and pat the several
street ear lines into the hands of six
or eight separate owners, that the
people may have competition, and
thus, according to- your argument,
better service, togefher with an op-
portunity to pay five cents every time
one gets on a car, whether II be to go
one block or from one part of town
to another, thus dolng away with the
transfer system, and allowing the
people to pay two OF three times as
much as they are now paying for
street car fares.
This, in my opini0n, would be as
logical as requiring every person
who has need of telephone to pay
for two telephones in each Office,
store, shop or residence.
1t is an easy matter to say con,
you need not have more than one" !;
but, having lived In town with two
telephone systems, know that a
busy person, if hes has phone at
all, wants to be ab4@ to reach every
one who has phone. Besides, he
must have telephone that connects
with long-distance lines.
do not know whether you will
publish this. There is no money in
it's publication. 1t win do no good TO
publish it, for | am satisfied that
nothing short of death will stop the
council from granting the proposed
franchise TO the scfealled Independ-
ent Telephone company; but then
you claim that your paper is inde-
pendent, and say tf3at you desire to
publish both sides Of all public
questions.
I regret that yoh were not able
to resist the temptation to ''worl1
the 'rubes, and live up to the good
promises made in the early issues OF
your paper, Ito work for the up
building of Tacoma.p
The old gags, "I1hey will spend
money here,' They will give em-
ployment to labor,i and others OF
like purport, looking only to the
present, utterly disregarding the eff
feet your action VIII have on the
city, for all future time, are the
same that are used In every attempt
to rob the public,
/ have met not less than dozen
children circulating petitions to the
council, urging that body to grant
the franchise, all of them striving to
get the largest petition, asking their
friends to sign to assist them in Sc.
curing the prize offered by the com
pany to the one securing the great
est number of signatures to the petit
tions. This is what you call Eek
preston of opinion of the public ;
and behind, which you expect the
members of the council to hide
when, in after years. they are chided
with their shortsightedness OF
worse. Very truly yours,
LOlIIS f. HART
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WHO OWNS TACOMA EASTERN AND
|NTERURBAN ELECTRIC RAIL WAY?

as feeder. Opposition on the part
of that road indicates that someone
hostile to the interests of the North
ern Pacific is behind the Tacoma
Eastern, and this can only be the
Hartman forces.
Too Good for Logging Road.
The fact that so much money is
being spent in the construction OF
the new road shows that it is NOT
alone a logging and mining enter
prise. 1t is amply suggestive of the
way a transcontinental line would go
to work to build a railroad terminus
in Tacoma.
with the Tacoma-Eastern hold
ing CowlitZ pass through the
mountains and fine entrance into
Tacoma, the Union Pacific would
have part of it's line built from
Portland to Seattle, and the Mil
waukee a part ON the Western end
of it's proposed line. The distance
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-06-30
COUNCILMEN WILL MAKE TOUR OF
INSPECTION To PUMPING STATIONS

Because the commissioner of pub
lie works has had crew of men
flushing the paved streets during the
past few days, many people are won
dering how II happens that the city
can draw off enough water to flush
the streets in the daytime, when
there Is an alleged shortage in the
residence district at night. At the
council meeting last night Council
man Giblett presented the views OF
some of the property owners In re-
gard to the matter, and another dis
cussion on the old subject of water
supply resulted.
Commissioner Welsh stated that
the city had an abundance of water,
but the trouble was with the pump
ing stations. He said that the wash
ing of the streets did not in any
manner affect the sprinkling, and
the reason he preferred to do the
work in the daytime rather than at
night was because il could be done
at less cost.
Councilman Whitman favored the
plan Of making an appropriation for
the purpose of having the whole wa
ter system thoroughly investigated,
but the council did not look upon
the suggestion with favor on account
of the expense involved. Commits
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from the line of the Tacoma Eastern
to the old grade of the Union Pa
cific, built in 1883 and 1889, is short
and could easily be closed up in case
the big line wanted to occupy its
old rights.
Right of Way to Yakima.
Belief that the Tacoma-Eastern is
to become part of a transcontinental
system, if it is not already SO, is
further strengthened by recalling a
press dispatch from Yakima about
three months ago. 1t Was tc the
effect that representatives of the Ia
coma-Eastern had been in Yakima
and had stated that options had
been secured on right of way from
the mountains to the latter place.
Negotiations were also pending at
that time for right of way from
Yakima to the eastern boundary of
Washington.
Added to this is the fact that Pres
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sioner Welsh suggested an inexpen-
sive method, and II was quickly act
ed upon. On Friday night, during
the sprinkling hours, the fire, water
and light committee, chaperoned by
Mr. Welsh. will make tour of in
sDection to the pumping stations.
Several ordinances We're passed on
the third reading last night. and
only one of these was able TO evoke
a discussion. The ordinance in ques-
tion makes 1t unlawful for any per-
son other than the city engineer TO
make surveys for sidewalks, and
fixes the cost of such surveys at So
for a single lot and 2 cents for each
additional adjacent lot Councilman
Martens thought the charge was ex-
cessive and said that many residents
had demonstrated against IT, City
Engineer Davis explained that in
some cases it cost great deal more
than the amount named TO make a
survey, but in the general run this
charge Is the average cost Of the
work. The ordinance was passed
with Councilmen Martenis and
Wright voting against II.
The ordinance rearranging the arc
light circuits and creating two addi-
tional circuits at an expense OF
$500 was passed by a vote of 10 TO
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-06-30

s. Coumcilmen Duevel Lamborn,
Usher, Read and Salmson were in
the minority
In order that the city may cash
the salary warrants tomorrow, Coun-
Gilman Duevel introduced an ordin-
ance transferring s2,500 from the
general fund TO the salary fund This
months pay roll amounts to about
$25, ,O00
An ordinance, introduced BY Com
rad and subsequently placed upon rs
third reading, increasing the wages
Of teamsters with teams employed
by the city from s4 to $3.50 per day,
was passed. All the contractors OF
the city. 1t is reported. are now pay
ing $3.50 per day, and the city has
had considerable difficulty in hiring
teamsters at the old rate.
Another lengthy remonstrance
against the granting of the proposed
r r. Il r. franchise was presented
TO the council last night. The IIsI
includes the names of many of the
prominent business men OF the city
and is headed by A. l.. Jackson. The
was referred to the
committee, in whose hands
the franchise now is.
The franchise committee will
meet In the city hall this evening TO
consider the new telephone fran
chise.
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kurOpatkin May Find Himself in a Box And be
Compelled TO Fight--Japanese Ministers
Hold Important Conference

LAO YANG. June 30.-General
Kuroki, having forced the Russians
from Motienling pass, is now advanc-
ing toward this place Should he
reach here he will have cut off the
retreat of General Kuropat!lin, who
is at Haicheng.
ROME, June 30.-A telegram
from Toxic today states that a meet
ing of the council of ministers was
held there this morning, with the
mikado presiding. Field Marshal
Oyama, who will assume charge OF
the Japanese forces in the field, was
also present.
VIII Ask Enemy TO Surrender.
1
1t was decided that after the fall
of Port Arthur and after the Rus
SLAMS have evacuated Liao Yang
General Oyama should address an
ultimatum to General Kuropatkin
asking him to surrender and avoid
further bloodshed.
1t was also decided that General
Oyama should send a copy of the
ultimatum to the powers.
Should General Kuropatkin refuse
to surrender the japanese anticipate
that they will be able to annihilate
his forces.
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JAPS' MOVEMENT WILL CUT OFF
RUSSIANS CHANCE To RETREAT
chemical laboratory there have been
blown up.
No details are obtainable.
Two Hundred shots Fired.

LONDON, June 30-The Japan
ese minister, Baron Hayashi, re-
ports that the Japanese consul at
Gensan has wired Toxic that six
Russian torpedo boats entered the
port today and fired 200 shots into
the settlement, sunk a steamer and
a sailing vessel, and then rejoined
three other ships outside the har-
Dor. All then disappeared.
Four persons were slightly wound
ed, but the damage TO the town was
insignificant.
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GEN. MILES TURNS DOWN PROH|B
NOMINATION. --SWALLOW GETS IT

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 30
General Nelson A. Miles telegraphed
the national Prohibition convention
this afternoon that he would not
accept the nomination for president,
and refused to permit his name to
be used in the convention.
John G. Wooley received the te1e-
gram and at once announced that
General Miles name would not be
placed in nomination.
Convention Opens.
The Prohibition delegates were
slow in assembling at Tomlinson's
hall this morning, and not until
$50 did Chairman Wolfen bergel
call the convention to order.
Campaign Fund Raised.
Oliver Stewart then entertained
the delegates with a brief political
speech asking for campaign funds.
No one replied to the query as to
who would contribute $4,000, but
w. H. Smith of Poughkeepsie do
mated $1,000. Two qualified in the
$500 class, three in the $500, two in
the $3.50, and quite number gave
smaller amounts.
There was a flood in the 500
class, the contributors including /.
H. Amos of Oregon end Clara Crow
hurst of California.
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ident Earling of Milwaukee road
owns local road operating between
Blackfoot and Salmon, Idaho, 1t is
pointed out that this road could
easily be utilized assone of the con-
Meeting links between the Tacoma
Eastern and the present western ter
minus of the Milwaukee at Evarts,
South Dakota.
Option on Tacoma Tide-Flats.
One of the largest ttide-hat options
given in Tacoma lately was that
given by the Tacomai Land company
The tract includes about 40 acres
on the east side of the Puyallup, and
extends along the old Mason wharf.
Altogether options have been Sc
cured on nearly zoe acres in this
vicinity. The most direct route to
these lands is by why of CONNER
cial avenue, a right of way that
was left open when the land was
plated, for the purpose of some day
getting railroad through there
from the present terminus of the
decentralization.
Easy Route TO Waterfront.
Commercial avenue can very east
ly be reached, affordIng an easy way
of reaching the waterfront Those
who have watched the railroad game
are firm in the belief tnat the Ia
coma-Eastern is the road that will
ultimately occupy Commercial ave
nue..
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TO run it, no matter how much he
is loved and admired. Judge parker's
refusal to submit TO Interviews while
he occupied judicial position has
added to his strength.
Washington for Parker.
"The Washington delegation will
be for Parker without doubt, as
nothing but Hearst's money prevent
ed the adoption of instructions. The
sentiment Is strong in Washington
and other Pacific coast states for
Parker and conservative platform.
A meeting of the Washington and
Oregon delegates is TO be held to-
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Washington Senator Believes BTyan's Opposition
Is All That Stands in Way OF OfParker--Defc-
gates are HustIing TO Land Turner
In Second Place

ST. LOUIS. June sO.-"Judge
Parker will be nominated ON the
second ballot, in my opinion said
former senator Turner of Washing
sasaralEsr.r .-asas
ton this morning, "If 1t were not
for Bryan's attitude, Parker would
be nominated ON the first ballot,
believe,
Bryan Will BE There.
"Unquestionably Bryan is going
to exert great deal of influence
in the convention, continued Mr..
Turner, but the Democratic party
is not going to allow any one man
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He DOESN' 7 WANT
TWO TELEPHONES
Neither Does He Approve of
The Times Course To-
wards the T. r. &P.

Editor Tacoma Times-Sir: 1t
was with some degree of surprise I
read your doublecolumn leader on
"Rubes" in last evenings paper.
The surprise was not that you
thought Tacoma was filled up With
"rubes, but that you should so pub
licly express your opinion of the peo-
pie here.
If you did not believe you had
rRn into a nest of gullibles, You
would not be so strongly urging
upon the people a graft of 100000
or 100000 per year for a double tel
ephone service.
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recognize lhe paramount Importance

recognize the paramount Importance
of this subjects
Against PolSgamy.
Venturing into broader fields, the
platform declares in favor Of the
impartial enforcement of all laws,
safeguarding the peoples rights by
the rigid application of the princl-
pies of justice. 1t fayors the wise
adoption of the principles of initi-
atiye and referendum, international
arbitration, reform in divorce laws
and the extirpation ,of polygamy