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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03
WILD HORSES
 W ROAM NEVADA
THEIR ORIGIN MUST BE TRACED
 MANY GENERATIONS BACK.
stnte LegisIature Has Made Laws Pro tectInE AnImnls.-HOVy they Wan der and Live in Different Sea-
 aOus on the Ranges.

Anaconda Standard
 The traveller from Reno to flaw thorne, New, on the Carson and Cobra do Railway often wonders at the large herds of horses seen in the desert along Walker Lake below the Walker lnoial reservation. These horses are wllo. not range animals gone wild, but wild horses. They are as unrestralned as the horses that once covered the plalns with the buffalo and antelope. ana no doubt can trace an ancestry free rom the hackamore and surcingle for halt dozen generations back.
 If the passenger could cross walker Lake and travel among the treeless hills on it's western side he would see hum dreds and even thousands of these wlld horses in the course of few weeks Walker Lake Is thirty eight miles lons' five miles wide, and 3S0 feet deep in the deepest place and having no outlet lt ts alkaline and salty No boats arc permitted on Walker Lake. which ls within the Walker Indian reservation h. and so 1t is impossible to get to the western side of Walker Lake unless vou went around it, which is more than even the sn-haked Indians are willing to attempt If one of the mounted ln- dian police on the reservation secs you with a firearm he will place you unoeT arrest. Wild horses on the reservation are safe. but they never come very near the agents house or the Indians wickl- ups
 t'p until last winter the wild horses on the Nevada deserts were shot UT poisoned by the occasional herdsmen' Now. however. they are protected the State Legislature of Nevada haVlne passed an act to this effect at It's last session.
 The wild horses are great rangers; Trey travel many miles In day anu | pick clean the scanty herbage. con sisting mainly of hunch grass and sage, making 1t impossible to run cattle on the range even in seasons when the climate permits herding stock. ,iS AS they are swift of foot 1t was often oil | hcult to get q shot at them, ana Ia vored method to accomplish their oe, struction was to poison the scatteIeu
 water holes they visited when far ron % Walker Lake Now that the herds aLs ~ protected by law they have grown yer bold and come up the Carson vaiies
 within several miles of Carson City. They are quite often seen along n,, tn. | Carson River and in the Walker inuIar .ss,..
 reservation. where they are seiu se'.a.
 troubled by the lazy Indians, I, iaJI
 rite method of capturing the anln.'i. Z
 alive is 10 herd them cautiously uR Rp,i.
 narrow canyon, with riders on tes Ats.' tA. On each side of the canyon Ss S''''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03

1t, the mass ferments and they die Of bloat. Hundreds of them have been killed by tFe loco" weed, against which neither wild nor range stock seems to discriminate. In the winter sometimes they perish of cold and star vation or get poor and are pulled down by the wolves. The wild horses range over an area of 500 miles long and 300 miles wide, though most Of them are seen in the region of Walker Lake, through which hundreds of traV- elers now pass every day in the year, going to and from Tonopah, Goldheld. Rhyolite, I.ida and other bonanza min in gcamps in Southern Nevada.
 Forage They Find.
 One wonders at first what the wild horses of Nevada live on some of the country where they range seems even too barren for the sheep. One day, go- ing out ways from Hawthorne with a party of mining men, the writer saw bunch" of eight horses on whitened alkali fiat. They were at least a mile distant from any grass, sage or other brush or vegetation of any kind. Yet they stood upright, dozing in the middle of the flat like work horses in barn yard on Sunday. They were sixteen miles from Hawthorne. the nearest place inhabited by human beings and consisting of about dozen houses. They think they're perfectly safe out there" said an old plainsman. Prob ably they find some salt In the middle cf that flat ."
 The horses are as great wanderers as antelopes; perhaps they had eaten | twenty miles away that morning. When they get frightened they run for miles. Even wellmounted plainSman would not follow them up. Barren as the country appears. these wild horses manage to look sleek and ia in the summer and fall. If you look in the white sage you will find clusters of rich. dry bunch grass growing up | among the low sage bushes. The sage bushes only occur at distant inter- 1 vals on the fats. but are quite thick in the gulleys of the foothills. There the wild horse feeds. nosin6 out the grass and sometimes pulling the bush itself apart in order to get at the rich natural 1 forage The horses seem to be of all colors. buckskins, sorrels and bays per haps predominating, but there are some | white ones.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03
AMERICAN DOCTORS DECLARE
 WAR ON TROPICAL PLAQUES
Terrors Now Fully
  me in a York school

sufferers from tropical diseases could be secured by an arrangement with the quarantine officials opening to students the detention hospitals-for. of course. cases of contagious diseases, such as yellow fever, are not received in the or dinary city hospitals.
 At the present moment. Sir Patrick Manson, the head of the English school. is in this country delivering series Of lectures in San Francisco on tropical diseases. The Panama Canal. he mas said, presents the biggest medical prob lem of the age. Not only Is 1t neces- sary to insure the health of the labor CTS employed in the construction of the canal, but the health of the whole world demands that the isthmus be freed from Yellow Jack" once for all. When the canal is opened the commerce of the world wil flow in different channels and Asia will be brought into much closer touch with the West Indies than it is now. If yellow fever should once find its way into the overcrowded coun- tries of the Orient. 1t would meet con ditions extctly to its liking. To pre- vent such a calamity is recognized py the medical world at large as being quite as important an object to be gain ed by the improvement of sanitary con ditions in Panama as the protection or the health of the men now at work on the great canal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03
GOING FAR FOR PURE WATER.
Los Angeles Proposes to Go 24O Milei
 Away for Supply. --~ ..

Los Angeles Proposes 10 Uo %&V MiAes
 Away for Supply. -....
 A notable waterworks project is pro posed by Los Angeles, Cal. for bet ter supply of water. Never before so far as we know, has an American city proposed to go so far affeld GAO mlles1 for water, and with the exception Of the pipe line for the supply of the Coolgardie gold fields of western Aus tralia. we do not know of so long wa ter supply conduit anywhere In the world, The Coolgardie pipe line is on- Iy thirty inches in diameter. but 1t Is about 33O miles in length Instead of being a gravity line water is pumped through 1t to an elevation of 1913 feet This lift is distributed between nine humping stations, and the nominal daily cenacity of the conduit and pumps Is 6 6,OOO, 900 gallons.
 The causes for going SO far for water in Western Australia and California are in some respects similar but differ ma . terially in that at Los Angeles there is n highly developed and prosperous community Instead of a series of gold mining camps For years Los Angeles has obtained close at hand water enough to supply its most pressing needs at least, but its future and that of both town and country around 1t de- pend upon large increase In the water supply The nearby sources are not sufficient for the prospective wants of the city and its suburbs. and are more than needed for irrigation. If the future of the city will warrant so large an outlay. and that future certainly looks bright. then Los Angeles is to he congratulated on having at least solved water problem which has been more perplexing and serious than outsiders have suspected and than most of Its own citizens even yet fully realize.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03
Another Missouri Corn story.

Cedar City Reporter.
 A stranger who passed by a large corn field near Cedar City last week had his curiosity excited by seeing the own CT thereof drive a wagon load of last years corn cobs into the field. Being of an inquisitive turn of mind, the stranger went over and demanded an explanation. The farmer. whose name we withhold on account of his dislike for notoriety, explained that the nu- merous summer showers had caused the ears to i'll out so fast the cobs could not grow fast enough to accommodate the grains So the farmer had gath cred up all the old cobs he could find and was grating them on the ends of the new ears, that the filling-out pro- cess could continue. This scheme has become very popular in the river bot t0EnN
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03
More Expeditions in prospect.

Seattle wants an Alaskan exposition in 1902 to commemorate the anniver- sary or other. Los Angeles wants to commemorate the centennial of the pony express in 1909. Sedalia. Mo, all ready has on foot a project to centen- nialize Missouri in 1920. We hereby propose an exposition In Panama in the year 2205, in celebration of the first centennial of the opening of the Pan anna canal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03

fast that the mountains are likely soon to be as free of reptiles as Ireland be- fore the cottagers' demands are satis- fled. l bought this cane for $3 and con- slider it cheap at the price.
 The natives kill and skin the large snakes of that region-ones with stripes and vivid coloring. If possible and fit the raw skin over an ordinary stick. The cane is then soaked in a strong solution of alum. which shrinks the skin perfectly around the stick. An artificial snake'7 head for a handle completes the outfit"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03
SNAKE SKIN CANES A FAD.
XIII Reptiles to Make Walking stick'
 From Their Skins.

New York Press.
 The man with the Panama coulun help showing that he was proud or ms cane. The walking stick looked rather odd. and a man in the crowd asKed him about 1t.
 ..and I'm right in the vanguard of the newest fad. Wasn't 1t Aaron who changed sticks into snakes in the old Biblical days? Well. there's bunch of clever countrymen up in the Ad- Irondacks who are reversing the prop ositlon-changing snakes into sticks.
 T spent several days at a friends cottage up there last week.. he con tinued. and found the fad growing so
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03

head of the canyon Is V-shaped stock ade terminating in a corral. into which as many are driven as possible Ere; ouently quite a number of each hero are captured in this manner. It Is all most impossible to ride up to them on the range and lasso them.
 How They Live.
 The wild horses run together In lunches of from six to 200, though 1t IS seldom that so large number as 2Oo IS seen in a drove except along aoout sundown, when the horses go 10 get water and gather about, drinking ana cooling themselves off with the water up to their bellies.
 The wild horse is as readily broken fin to saddle as any Western broncho, Some are of large size. higher ana stockier built-in fact, much larger ev- cry way than the average broncho. The stockmen of Nevada have turned out some good stnllions on the range and 1t has materially improved the breed It does net pay to capture wild horse over years old, because II will take seyeral years of feeding up before the animal can stand a days work. Even then he may prove to be no good when 1t comes to bearing man in the saddle. .-..
 The wild horse has always been used to grass. and after 1t has fully got it's growth DaTH Ieeu QOcS IiOl SSSAAt produce much of m impression, A good many of theFa wild horses have been sold in Carson City and Reno during the last few months, The stock is nat urally hardy and with the exception Of the older horses there does not seem to be any diff ,rence between the mem bers of these herds and the animals used on the cattle ranches,
 It will doubtless be a great many venrs before these wild horses are eX- terminated or domosticateJ. Between the siding at The Walker Indian reser- va ton and Hawthorne, where one taxes the narrow gauge for Tor opah, dls- tance of about forty miles, there is not A single dwelling, For hundreds or miles in Nevada q similar condition eN-
 ista.
 Subject to Diseases.
 Tn the heat of the day the horses disappear They are back in tho root hills grazing. At sundown and In the early morning you see tbsm out on the
 plains: usually they are quite long dIstance off, for they seem quite shy. even of the trains. to which most wild animals become accustomed. Some or the plaInsnen who have hunted them | say 1t Is almost impossible 10 get with | in close range of them on the plains, even with a good mount, They prefer to hunt them in the hills, for even good shot will hesitate to cripple an 1 animal and leave 1t to die a lingering death and be pulled apart by coyotes
 almost before 1t is dead.
 Despite the popular conception that
 wild animals, if unmolested. will take | care of themselves. and. at last die nat
 urAlly of old age. many wild horses
 Sis in Nevada every year through causes which may be termed natural l accidents In the summer they may etrike some green forage in sink | where some stream disappears into the | desert. Then frequently, like their | brothers of the harness. they eat toe much. ana drinking water on ton oi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03

Unkissed kisses are not the sweet est They are usually in the keeping of sour spinsters and cranky old bach elors, ,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03

Effect of Full Stomach. Boston Transcript.
 Give a man all he wants to eat ana drink and he will find II easy enough to preach to others upon the duty of abstinenea --~--- .'~
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-13
BIG ROBBERY
PREVENT
BY POLICE

New York, Dec. ia big moving van
robbery was prevented today by twelve
policemen who captured an vntire gang
of robbers and $4,000 worth of furs, silks
and embroidery which was packed in huge
bundles and waiting FOR vans 10 carry
Il away
Soon after midnight the police were told
an amazing story about three men who
had been seen climbing the roof OF a six
story factory building in Wooster street.
So hmsy was the means of ascent that
the police would not climb It in pursuit
Of tho thieves. but surrounded the build
ing. About n. m. the police arrested
four men coming from an adjoining tene-
ment three Of whom they charge climbed
out Of the factory.
The other they say was n picket. When
the factory fireman arrived before day
light he let the police into the building,
whore they found several wagon loads OF
goods packed In rude bundles near the
street door The men under arrest are
William Kelley, James Reilly and George
Ryan, charged with attempted burglary
and William Fernandes, arrested as a sus-
picious person.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-13
MIST0FSKY GRANTED new
TRIAL BY SUPREME COURT

The supreme court has granted de-
fendant's petition for a new trial In the
case OF Charles o. Carlson against Barnet
MistofslIy on the ground OF newly discov-
cred evidence. Plaintiff was awarded
sl75 damages for loss OF his wife's ser
vices.
Mrs Carlson claimed that while she
was sick defendant entered her tenement
and shook his first at her and as a result
she was under the care OF Dr Russ II
for six months. ON Monday last defend
ant presented an affidavit TO the supreme
court from Or Russell IN which the doc
tor stated he treated Mrs Carlson only
once after the alleged assault and that her
husband wanted 10 soak" defendant.
who was rich old Jew"
Counsel for plaintiff stated 20 tho court
that the case had been assigned for trial
five times and that Dr Russell was at
the court on two occasions and was 90 tcs-
tify. but plaintiff did not then get 60 the
jury Or Russell was not witness when
the case was tried.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-13
MERIWETHER
RECEIVES
REPR|MAND

Washington, Dec. 13.-In execution Of
that portion OF the sentence OF Midship-
man Minor Meriwether. Jr.. requiring that
he "be publicly reprImanded by the secrc-
tary of the navy" Secretary Bonaparte
has addressed the following letter to
Midsfipman Meriwether at Annapolis:
"Sir-You have been duly convicted Of
violating Clause OF Article VIII, of the
Articles for the Government of the Navy
by insulting and subsequently assaulting
one of your fellow midshipmen and of
conduct 10 the prejudice OF good order
and discipline by engaging in a fist fight
with the same midshpman.
These offences on your part have led
TO "A calamity so clearly Unforeseen by
you and so distressing that no words Of
reproof can he needed to make you feel
their gravity. Your disobedience 10 Ihe
laws OF your country. your forgetfulness
OF the full import OF your OATH your
yielding to fierce and angry passions when
tempted by a sense OF wrong. have borne
fruits SO bitter that your worst punish
ment has been already suffered
THE merciful sentence OF tho court
which tried you. leaves you member OF
the honorable profession you have chosen.
In that great school Of self-sacriiics ard
obedience. a life useful 10 your country
will, It is hoped. alone forgive faults
which have crowded the early years of
your service.
"You will acknowledge Of this letter and
IL will be entered on your official record"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-13
BATTLESHlP LOUISIANA HAS
HER STRNDaRDIz!NG TEST

RocKland. Me. Dec l3.-The new bat
tleship Louisiana. was given her screw
Standardization test today over the Owls
sHead measured mile course. She started
away from her anchorage off the Rock
land breakwater at O'Clock. and It was
planned To go over the course 10 times
during the forenoon. Ine wind which
has been northeasterly for three days.
changed during the night. to the north
west leaving a comparatively smooth
sea. There was hardly more than a faint
breeze
The trial was expected 10 conclude at
noon, and be followed by the usual an
chor tests, requiring about two hours
The trial boards are not expected TO
complete their summary OF results at
tained before O'Clock.
The Louisiana is the first Of the five
1900 ton battleships now in process Of
construction 20 be given her builders ac-
ceptance trial. She was built by the New
port News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
compeny, and II Is thought she will ex-
ceed the contract speed OF Is knots both
on the Standardization test today and the
four -hourS- endurance run toward Boston
planned for tomorrow. She is managed by
crew from the Newport News yard.
Admiral w. T. Capps chief OF naval con-
struction, went on the trial 20 inspect the
course. He was accompanied by Cant
=. w. TAYLOR. another naval constructor
and connected with the trial boards
The battleship completed her Standard
zation test at II: 80 o'clock and began the
anchorage tests. To those who watched
her from shore. she seemed 20 be making
nearly the speed attained by the faster
craft.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-13
BILL TO ABOLISH THE
PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION

Washington Dec. IA bill abolishing
the lsthmian canal commission. was in
troduced today by Representative Mann
or Illinois. In II discretion r. given the
president 10 put the work Of building the
canal under any one OF the executive de-
partmonts. and also TO operate the Pana-
ne railroad through the same means.
II requires IN itemlzlng accounting OF
all expenditures may be made only IN
aceordance with specific appropriations
made upon detailed estimates submitted
IN the same manner as from other de-
partments Of the government
II repeals 80 much OF the Spooner act
as provides for the appointment OF the
isthmian canal commission. and leaves
the president free 10 select such persons
end employ such methods and TO TX such
salaries as ne may deem proper, subject
only 10 control by congress.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-13
LAWYER
HUMMEL
ON TRIAL.

-, york Dec. is.-The trial OF Aora-
ham II Hummel one Of New YORK "'o's
widely known lawyers, on the cha'se 5"
conspiracy. was on the calendar ueio'e
,,s,ice Rogers in the supreme court TO-
day.
1.be charge against Hummel grew oul
~ the sensational Dodge-Morse divorce
litigation. in which It was alleged 'hs'
11pnmel entered into "A conspiracy to pro
cure pernred evidence. Former supreme
Court Justice Edgar l.. Fursman also was
indicted on the charge or conspiracy III
the same case. ,o.
The conspiracy and perjury charges
rere made after an investigation by DIS
trict Attorney Jerome on allegations that
The courts had been made use OF III "i'
Improper manner IN an effort To procure
an annulment OF the decree of divorce op-
famed nv Mrs Clemence Dodge against
Charles r. Dodge. After this divorce, Mrs.
Dodge was married 20 Charles w. Morse,
n capitalist OF this city, who is very prom
inent I'm banking and steamship affairs.
The real object OF the desire 90 obtain
an annument OF the Dodge divorce was
said 10 be thereby 10 nvalidate the mar
rlage of Mrs. Dodge and Morse. Why thN
learned
Hummel appeared in the proceeding as
attorney for Charles +. Dodge and pre-
sented a claim by Dodge that he never
was properly served with the summons IN
Mrs Dodges suit EX Justice Fursman
then came into the case as counsel for
Mrs Morse and the legal proceedings
continued up 10 the point where. on Jan
uary 4. 1904. the Dodge-Morse annulment
was entered In the supreme court.
Then an attorney named Sweeter, who
had served the papers on Dodge and who
had been M work on the case 90 save his
professional reputation discovered letters
from Dodge 20 Mortimer Ruger also an
attorney saying he, Dodge. had been
served with papers I'm divorce suit and
authorizing Ruger 10 act as HIS attor-
ney Ruger had died before the later pro-
ceedings
Dodge was at once indicated for per-
Jury and after n long legal battle was
brought back from Houston. Texas. A
member OF IIummel's law firm. represent
ed Dodge I'm Texas I'm his effort 10 prevent
extraditlon TO New York. After Dodge
was brought hack here he made a state
nent in which he accused Hummel Of
having dictated 20 him the false affidavit
He said he had been plentifully supplied
with money. the source OF which he did
not question and that all the efforts TO
prevent his return to New York. were
made under the direction OF Hummel
New York Dec. 13-Immcdiately upon
the opening at the tral Hummels coun-
sell Delaney Nicoll and John Stanchfeld,
moved for 2 special jury 10 try the case.
Assistant District Attorney Rand opposed
the application. Justice Rogers denied
the motion. and when Mr. .NLcoll said he
was not prepared 10 go on for the defense
Justice Rogers said:
THE defendant, understood is mem
Der OF the bar. and his Gaze Is I'm the
hands OF several lawyers, but II you are
assign counsel to defend the prisoner"
There was no further opposition and the
empanellng of Jury began.