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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-03-02
FIRE PROTECTION
Bill to Bond Town of Ely for Fire
Protection Becomes
Law.
ALL BILLS AFFECTING COUNTY
OFFICERS PASSED AND SIGNED

Senate Bill No. 3,3 and Assembly
Bills Nos. 65 and oS have passed
both Houses and received the gov
ernor' signature.
Senate Bill No. Ss increases the
salary of the Treasurer of this coun-
ty to S. 900 a year and gives the
Sheriff the authority to appoint a
deputy at SIS per month, who shall
act as jailor, janitor and watchman
Of the court house. The act took
effect immediately upon its approval.
Assembly Bill No. IS takes effect
the first Monday in January, 1907.
Under it the Sheriff and ex-officio
Assessor shall receive $500 per
year, fees and mileage; the District
Attorney, $1,000 per year and some
fees: the Recorder $500 per year
and fees; the Treasurer and as ex-
officio Clerk, $1,000 per year and
fees, and the Commissioners, $500
per year and mileage.
Assembly Bill No. os, introduced
by +. NJ Clark, is the most i'm
portant measure passed by the
present Legislature, so far as the
people of Ely are concerned. The
substance of the bill is as follows:
For the purpose of fire protection
in Ely, the Commissioners are re-
CURED, within 90 days after the ap-
proval of the act, to issue bonds i'll
sum not to exceed So, 900, none of
which shall run for more than I6
years. The bonds shall be issued
for not less than $Ioo each and bear
interest at a rate not to exceed E per
cent. $500 worth of the bonds
snail be payable Jan. I. 1906, and
$500 worth on the same day of each
succeeding year. They shall be
sold at not less than their par value,
the proceeds to be placed i'll a fund
to be created, known as the Fire
Protection Fund" To pay the in
terest on the bonds and to provide
for their redemption, the Commits
sioners shall, at the time of fixing
the annual tax levy, levy tax upon
the taxable property of Ely, of suf-
ficient amount to keep the interest
paid and redeem the bonds as they
become due.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-03-02

MANSION BILL VETOED.
Gov. Sparks Says Taxes Are Too
High to Build an Executive
Mansion.
GIVES REASONS IN DETAIL;
OTHER OUTLAWS MORE URGENT

Governor Sparks has vetoed
the bill introduced by Speaker
Platt appropriating $4,000 for
the building governor man
sion. The bill was passed, after
much opposition, and only es-
capped defeat through the united
and strenuous efforts of the
Ormsby delegation. II. NJ Yer
rington offered to donate to the
state IL valuable piece of ground
suitable AS u site if the. bill be-
came a law.
The bill did not strike the Coy
crnor with favor, and in his mes
sage to the Legislature he gave
the following reasons for vetoing
the measure:
In the first place, necessary
appropriations and deficiencies
are now approaching the limit
allowed by law, as shown by the
several reports Yf State officers
rand different committees OF the
Legislature. which appeal To
greater interests of the people
than IL governors mansion.
Appropriations should be made
and sustained for the benefit of
all the people of this state before
purchasing or building a mansion
for any officer of the state.
1t is my earnest desire that the
Legislature in its wisdom will
sustain these objections and pre-
vent the increase in the rate of
taxation, and, if possible, reduce
such rate for the benefit of the
taxpayers who bear the burden.
Our state is growing in wealth
and population, but in my judg-
ment this luxury cannot be con-
sidered necessary at this time.
We have had good and efficient
governors who have served the
state with honor and distinction
and have lived in homes without
cost to the state exceeding the
salary appropriated by law, and
the rule can be continued to a
great advantage at this time.
Respectfully,
JOHN SPARKS, Governor. "
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-03-02
A PETTY THIEF
Commits the Serious Offense
of Burglary.

Monday night Justice Van
Volkenberg. who rooms at the
Riepe Hotel, heard some one en-
ter and leave an ad joining room.
His suspicious were aroused, and
looking out Il window, he saw a
man, whose identity he is quite
positive of, making way with a
pillow.
Tuesday morning, in company
with the sheriff, he hied off to the
cabin owned by Jake Shallen-
barger on Murry street, formerly
occupied by Mai. Treece, and the
article was delivered to him. The
cabin is occupied by three men,
each of whom accused the other
of being the thief.
With this triangular passing of
the buck, and there being no
other witness except himself, the
Judge feels reluctant about put
ting the county to an expense
which would accrue mostly to
himself for fees. But the accused
was told in plain language 10
leave town or stand trial.
Stealing even pillow is very
serious offense, when committed
in the night time, and were the
accused bound over, he would
suffer confinement in the county
Jail until the Grand Jury meets,
at least. The penalty for bur
glary, which is the crime com
mitted in this case, is from one
to ten years in the State Prison.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-03-02
ELY VISITED BY SPECIALISTS.
Iawer and Hand d-writing Ex'
pert Come and Go.

Attorney Carter P. Pomeroy
and Hand writing Expert Theo-
kdore Kytka, both of San Fran
$50, arrived in Ely last Thurs
day by private conveyance from
Eureka. Both gentlemen stand at
the top of their respective pro-
fessions. Mr.. Pomeroy is known
not only as one of the most prom
inent lawyers in the west, but as
the compiler of the California
Codes. His father is the writer
of that great work on equity
'Pomeroy on Equity Jurispru-
dence' found in every lawyer S
library. Mr.. Kytka is probably
the best known hand writing eX
pert in the United States.
Among the numerous forgeries
which he has detected and con
victed the forger on his testi-
mony was the Becker draft,
drawn OH the Bank of Woodland
for So Becker raised this to
$4,000. 1t was presented to the
Bank of Nevada and paid, which
bank passed it on the CrOcker-
Woolworth Nat. Bank, which
honored it. 1t was not till tue
draft went to Woodland that the
forgery became known.
!. Their mission to Ely was the
hdnsult of ID coincidence.
- Millionaire Samuel Davis of
San Francisco, lately deceased,
owns most of White Pine coun-
ty bonds. When the REDEEM ption
fund warranted the calling in of
bonds, Mr.. Davis would forward
the County Treasurer coupons to
be redeemed. In March, 1904, IA
call was made and Mr.. Davis, as
he was wont to do, wrote Treas
urer Miles Il letter dated March
=, enclosing coupons.
February q, 1898, Mr..
<Davis left ii will disposing of his
Sl,oOO,OO0 estate. This will was
admitted to probate, but during
the proceeding, a codicil TO the
Will turned up, making differ
eh1 disposition of most of the
property. much of which, under
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-03-02

the codicil, goes to comparative
stra ngers. Messrs. Pomeroy and
Katka are engaged by the heirs,
who claim the codicil is IA fOrg-
cry.
AS to the coincidence, the let
ter to Mr.. Miles was written on
the same day the codicil is dated.
The letter, of course, is gen
uine, and jury will naturally
presume that if the codici1 is
gen uine, the hand writing on the
two ought to be alike.
To guard against any refusal
on Mr.. Miles part to let the let
ter out of his possession, Mr.
katka brought his five by three
foot 450-pound camera along to
photograph It. On leaving re-
receipt attached to certified
copy of the letter. they were
given the document.
The gentlemen were most con
genial. They treated a few
friends whom they became ac
quaiuted with TO an oyster sup
per. They came well stocked
with 25,cent cigars, and knew
how to hand them out without
leaving the least impression of
being forward. Mr.. Miles was
presented with a pocket glass
such as is used by Mr.. Kytka for
professional purposes. Mr.. Pom
eroy promised to make Dis
trict Attorney Walker IL present
of the latest edition of the Cal
ifOrnia Codes.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-03-02
DEATH OF GEO. HARRISON.

From Cherry Greek Correspondent
Great was the surprise created by
the spread of the news among our
people OH Monday afternoon of the
death of George Harrison.
George had been in poor health
for some months, and on last Sun
day night was taken with pneu-
monia. The doctor, upon his ar
rival at about E a. m. the following
morning, was surprised to find
condition of the heart that made
the near approach of death almost
certainty; and in spite of all that
could be done to stimulate the heart
and relieve congestion, the. end
came suddenly about p. m.
Mr.. Harrison was 81 years of
age, born in Cherry Creek, and
leaves to mourn his departure,
mother, brother, Ben, and sister,
Mrs. Bambrick.
The funeral took place cn We'd
nesday.
Great sympathy is felt for his
mother, Mrs. McAu1ay, and brother
and sister.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-03-02
TO POPULATE NEVADA
Thirty Thousand People on way TO
Nevada, Mostly from the
Middle West.
EIGHT THOUSAND FROM ST. LOUIS;
SEVEN THOUSAND FROM CHICAGO.

An influx of people. to this
state such as was never heard OF
before has commenced. The Rio
Grande, Southern Pacific and
Union Pacific are preparing to
transport thirty thousand people
to Nevada, most OF whom are
destined for the southern gold
camps, within thenext six weeks.
Over 1000 tickets hav been sold
in Chicago and ST. Louis alone.
The first of the long series OF
specials that will be run left
Chicago Tuesday.
The extensive advertising
which Nevada has recently re-
ceived through the marvellous
strikes i'm Esmeralda, Nye and
Lincoln counties and the general
Outl look for the whole state, fol
lowed by cheap rate which be.
gan last Tuesday, is the cause of
the unexpected Immigration.
A. H. Rising, Division Passen-
ger Agent of the Southern Pa,
citic at Reno, said
''That the influx of people com
ing into Reno two weeks from
today will be the greatest ever in
the history of the country, will
be noted from the fact that there
have been up to today more than
1000 tickets sold in Chicago for
Goldtield, as we'll as 5000 from
st. Louis for the same place.
just where all these people will
sleep and eat is a hard matter at
this time to conjecture, but it is
not unlikely that they will be
we'll taken care of in some man
ner.
The serious question now is:
How will all the people be ac
com modated? Hotel accommo-
dations never keep pace with the
demand in towns that spring up,
or take new life, in II day, so to
speak.
That there will be a protracted
freight blockade on the s.. P. is
certain. The blockade on the
G. & has not been raised yet,
and, as stated last week, it is i'm
possibleIto get any freight into
Tonopah or Goldfield by railroad
except food StuffS.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-03-02
NO. "a
voters.
AuthorIAll


Goldtield school district ne
bonds for school purposes.
Authorizing the commissioners
of Humboldt county to issue
bonds to build IA hospital.
Providing for the appointment
of NOtaries Public. (Under this
act White Pine county will be en-
titled to twenty notariesD
Prohibiting corporations xrom
making political contributions.
Re-apportioning Senators and
Assemblymen. white Pine coun
tvs number of representatives
remains as at present.
Fixing the salaries of the
officers of Storey county.
Relating to schoolflcensus mar
shals.
Relating to procedure in civil
cases.
Relating to the education of
the deaf, dumb and blind.
Making it a misdemeanor for
corporations, companies or in
dividuals to blacklist any EN-
ployee.
Authorizing the State Con-
troller to employ u stenographic
clerk.
Granting Il right-of-way to E.
L.. Labadie reconstruct Il railroad
over the public domain in Hum
boldt county.
Fixing the salaries of the of
ticcrs of Lyon county.
Authorizing the ianitor of the
State Capitol to employ steno-
graphic clerk,
Fixing the compensation of the
officers of Elko county.
Providing for the appointment
of fish commission.
Removing the county seat of
Esmeralda county from Haw
thorne to Goldtield.
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU-
TIONS.
Requesting the Nevada repre-
sentatives in Congress to aid the
Territory of Arizona in it's effort
to obtain statehood.
Favoring such national legisla-
ton that will compel all persons
who have declared their inten-
tion to become citizens to take
out their final papers within
certain time, or forfeit all rights
under the land laws.
Asking for an amendment to
the Nevada Constitution relative
to the land laws.
Requesting our national repre-
sentatives to use their efforts in
Congress to get an appropriation
for the encouragement of rifle
practice.
Relative to amending the Ne
vada Constitution in the matter
of taxation of patented mines.
-lTu n1 nEn lsAnnIcnaI
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1905-03-02
AT The STATE CAfl-
Both Houses at Carson City
Graphing with Legal
Propositions.
SENATE BILL a. BRINGS OUT
CRITICISM FROM STATE PAPERS

lllS llOIe UildI uTdWllS Ullcll Ity
these days. They are working,
and working hard, too. An oc-
casional bill is introduced which
gives rise to newspaper editorials
headed Kill This Bill, but
most of the proposed measures
are wholesome, and no one can
accuse the legislators of not be-
ing honest in their intentions to
serve their state and home coun-
ty to the best of their ability; and
one state paper goes on record as
saying the present legislature is
one of the most intelligent, if not
the most so, that hasconvened at
our capital for many years.
The Reno Journal aud the Ga
zetto, the two largest dailies in
the state are not sparing print
er's ink trying to defeat the bill
providing for another iudgeship
for Washoe and Churchill coun-
ties.
The bill fixing the penalty for
rape at death, which was drawn
up by Attorney Cooke at the re-
quest of the Journal, has been
side tracked in the Judiciary
Committee and a substitute intro
duced. This has raised the ire of
the Journal to "a boiling pitch.
Senator Lords bill, which
practically makes the male pop
ulation of Nevada between the
ages of l8 and 45 years subject to
military duty at the call of the
governor, is causing much adj
verse criticism. While the mea-
sures therein provided for may
never be necessary, yet the bill
cannot be called poor legislation.
No one can presume that any
governor will exercise the au
thority which the bill gives him
unless conditions arise which
warrant his doing SO. Should
our services ever be needed in
time of;war or rebellion, the act
will prvoide for the emergency.
If there is never u call to arms,
the act will have done no injury,
The most that ought to be said
against it. is that it might be
called unpatriotic for Republic,
in that it presumes that not a
sufficient number of volunteers
can be depended upon to enlist in
case of national or state safety,
a condition which did arise dur
ing the latter part of the Civil
War, when conscription was re-
sorted to.
The Senate measures, from the
last issue of the News to date,
are as follows:
Providing for the selection and
sale of lands that have been or
may hereafter be granted To the
state of Nevada by the United
States.
Compelling assessors to place
upon the assessment roll all pat
ented mines aud to tax the acre
age thereof at $40 per acre.
Fixing salaries of township Of
ficers of Reno, Sparks, Wads-
worth and Verdi.
Organizing and disciplining
the militia of this state. Iord s
bill No. 44)
Appropriating 5,722 to pay
deficiency on construction of |
the State Orphan Home.
Permitting County Commits
sioners to issue bonds to refund
existing indebtedness.
Providing for the testing of the !
sight and hearing of all school
children.
IN THE ASSEMBLY
Fixing a method of submitting
of constitutional amendments
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-29
Rows Are Bigger These Days.

Ready made" cIothiers have dis
covered that the average youth Is
many degrees bigger than his fellow
of con- paratively few years ago.
81 do not know to hat it is due
if it be not to athletics, but the ma,
iority of the fourteen-year-old boys
whom we now uress are as big as the
ordinary eighteen-year-old youths OF
a few years back" said the manager
of one of the larger clothing stores,
"It is not uncommon for fourteen
vear-old boys to require chest meas
urement Of 81, and even 3S inches
these days. TIL puny lad is the ex
ception now.
schools nave gone in for physical
culture on a big scale during recen
wears. and the development Of the
hodv is now considered as important
as the Improvement Of the mind. The
lad who is not proficient in baseball
football, rowing and other kindred
sports these days is a curiosity in
deed.
athletics are making big bodies
of heretofore small frames,and while
I believe in a lad going in for al
sorts of muscleImaking pastimes, ]
shudder to think of the poor tailors
who have to give away men-size suits
at lad-size prices."-New York Press
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-29
Hallway Rate Lesis11tion.

At the biennial convention Of The
Order of Railway Conductors, recently
held at Portland. Oregon, resolutions
were unanimously adopted yoicing
their sentiments as to tie effect Of pro
posed railway rate legislation On The
100000 railroad employees, whom they
in part represented. These resolutions
endorse the attitude OF PRESIDENT
Roosevelt in condemning secret rebates
and other illpgalitics, aud commend the
attitude of the heads Of American rail
ways, who. With practical unan'mlty,
have Joined with the President on this
question: They then respectfully
point out to Congress tie 'inadyisabil-
ity of legislation ycsting in the hands
Of a commission power over railway
rates, now lower by far in the United
States thsen in any other country he,
cause such regulation would ''reSult in
litigation and confusion and Inevitably
tend to an enforced reduction i'll rates,
irrespective of the question OF the ahIl-
ity of the railroads to stand the Teduc,
ton, especially in view Of The increased
cost of their supplies and materials.
They further protested against such
power being given to tho present Inter
state Commission because 'tha pro
posed legislation is not i'll harmony
with our idea of American jUriS-
prudence, inasnluch as it contcmplate>
that a single body shall have the right
to investigate, indict. try, condemn and
then enforce its decisions at tho cost
of the carriers, pending appeal, which
is manifestly inequitable."
The conductors base their demand
for only such legislation, if any, as
would ''sccure and insure justice and
equity and preserve equal rights to al
parties concerned" on the ground that
the low cost of transportation lis the
result of the efficiency of American
railway management and operation
which have built up the country
through constant Improvement and de.
velopment of. territory. while at the
same time recognition has been given
to the value of intelligence among EN-
ployes in contrast to foreign methods
where high freight rates and Lowest
wages to employees obtain
In pressing their claim against leSis
lation adverse to their interests, they
| point out the fact that 'the freight
rates of this country average only two
| per cent. of the cost of articles to tht
| consumer. thus making the freight rate
so insignificant a factor in the selling
price that numerous standard articles
are sold at the same price in all part:
Of the country"
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-29
Literary Labor.

It is an interesting study to compare
the different methods Of WOrld-famOus
authors in producing their works. Vir
gil, for instance, thought no toll toe
laborious in order to perfect his verse;
his Eclogues occupied him for three
years, his Georges seven, and the
Aeneid 60 less than twelve. Yet Dry
den translated the whole in less than
three; but then composition and
translation are not quite the same
thing. Our great Shakespeare must
have been a very rapid worker, tc
judge by the voluminous quantity OF
his PLAYS; while as for Sir Walter
Scot, he fairly takes our breath away
Or the other handH Ere is 9Addison
who used to stop the pre- ~ order
to insert a comma. But of allvmark
able feats in rapidity of production
to our mind there is nothing to com
pare with that of William Beckford's
"Vathek." Beckford was the son o.
an Englishman, L Alderman Beck
ford. leader of the Opposition OF the
city of London, in the stormy times O.
Wilkes. Yet "Vathek' was written il
French, and written, too, in the course
of a continuous sitting of three day:
and two nights, the author sustaining
himself by large draughts of wine
| Beckford is, perhaps, best remember
| ed now as the original builder of Font
hill Abbey.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-29
UNCLE MATS" GREAT sEcRE7
Did Visiting Minister Little Good T.
Find 1t Gut.

Old Visiting Minister Little Good T.
Find 1t Out.
Having accumulated a considerable
property, the late Nathaniel Whitmor'
of Gardiner, Mass, more fanlllarl,
known by people of the Kennebec va!
ley as "Uncle Nat" Whitnlore, received
naturally enough, numerous request
from various organizations to contrib
lutte toward the work in which thes'
organizations were interested. Sci
dom, however, did he respond to th'
appeals.
On one occasion the minister OF ;
certain church in Gardiner approached
him, only to be politely turned away
as many others before him had beer
on the plea of poverty.
But, Mr.. Whitmore," said the oil
vine, "you are reputed to be very ricn
What, pray, since you have no, chi
+dren. do you intend to do with you
money when you die?"
Uncle Nat" rubbed his long, bon
hands together, and with a slnlste
smile on his face, replied:
my good sir, that is a secret nav
never confided to anyone, u as yo'
are a minister of the gospel, and Will
presumably, hold inviolable anything
may say, I'm going to tell you"
The clergyman assured Mr.. Wnlt
more that the secret would be wei
kept, whereupon the latter drew CLOS
and, in a tone of the greatest conn
dence, said:
when / die I'm either gong U
take my money with me or leave !
behind"
The Opelousas courier., 1905-07-29
FEED YOUNG GIRLS.
Must Have Right Food While Gro"lna

Great. care should be taken at the
critical period when the young girl IS
just merging into ~womanhood that 'he
diet shall contain all that is upbulldins,
and nothing harmful.
eAt that age the structure is beihg
formed and if formed of a healthF'
sturdy character, health and happiness
will follow; on the other hand I'M
healthy cells may be built in and a SICK
condition slowly supervene which, IL
not checked, may ripen into a chronic
disease and cause lifelong suffering.
A young lady says:
Coffee began to have such an eHect
on my stomach a few years ago, tina l
was compelled to quit using 1t. III
brought on headaches, pains Ill my
muscles, and nervousness.
II tried to use tea in its stead, but
found its effects even worse than those
/ sufferedfrom coffee. Then for j long
time / drank milk alone at my meals,
but it never helped me physically anu
at Hast it palled on me. A friend came
to the rescue with the suggestion tha'
/ try Postum Coffee. >
4 did so, only 10 find at flrst. ina !
didn't fancy it. But ( had heard Oh 81
many persons who had been benen'eo
by its use that I ~perseFered, and When
I had it brewed right found 1t graleiu'
in flavor and soothing and strengthen
ing to my stomach. ! can flna na
words to express my feeling OF Wha'
I owe to Postum Food Coffee!
In every respect It has worke a
wonderful improyement-the heaa
aches, nervousness, the pains in my
side and back, all the distressing synp
toms yielded to the magic power "
Postum. Ny brain Gems also 70 snare
In the betterment Of my physical con,
dition; it seems keener, more alert alo
brighter. / am, in short, III pe',e,
health now than I ever was befofe, All
/ am sure / owe 1t to the use OF your
Postum Food Coffee" Name given "
Postum Co, Battle Greek, Mich.
There's a reason.