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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-20


Dne of our Southern congress
b, who has been spending some
Ehe warm days at Atlantic City,
b some Of bis friends that he
} going home somewhat demon.
led.
Which brings to mind q story Of
Gor Swanson, who has been
fling a tough campaign in Vir-
ia for governor. Swanson says
} at the battle OF Malvern Hill
eral Lee met q loose iointed,
ular soldier-one OF these fell
s who looked like his limbs
made Of long saplings, with
xtra supply Of knee and hip
ks, like the fifth wheel Of an
lery wagon in case OF accident.
Where are You going, siri"
ID the general.
'I'm gwine back to the wa
general, answered long legs.
fare you wOundedi' asked
commander.
mo, sir; | hain't wounded.
Are you sicki'
No, l hain't sick nor wound.
'uther, but Pm terribly de-
llized an I don't think it is
itten place for anybody"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-20
An Old Letter.

The following is an extract from
q letter written BY that grand man,
General Robert =. Lee, to his son
who was at school. Probably our
readers have seen it before, but
they will no doubt like to read it
again; y
*. 7 "You must study to
be- frank with the world. Frank
ness is the child Of honesty and
courage, Say just what yOu mean
to do on every occasion, and take
it for granted you mean to do
right. Itairiend asks a favor you
should grant IL ifit ID reasonable;
II not, tell him plainly Why you
cannot; yonwould wrong him and
wrong yourself By equiVOcation Of
any kind. Never do a wrong thing
to make d friend Or 70 Keep one;
the man who requires you to do so
IL dearly purchased at 1 sacrifice.
Deal kindly bnt firmly with all
your classmates you will find ii
the policy which wears best.
Above al, do not appear to theirs
what you are not. II you have
any fault 10 and with anyone, tell.
him, not others ofwhat you com
plain; there Is no more dangerous
experiment than that Of nndertak-
ing 10 BE one thing before I mans
lace and anSther behind his back
WE shCuld dive, act and cay moth.
Ing 70 the Injury 81 anyone. It ii
not only best as : matteT q pgins
eiple bntitis The path 10 peaes
and honor.
"A regard % duty let me in con-
eltrlpn q this hasty letter lDiorlp.
that nearly = hundred years
ago There WAS y any IA ramhrkaple
gloom snd darkness still known
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-20
|trfcity Reviving the Com
stock Mines.

Fhe last chapter of the famous
stock mine romance is now
enacted under conditions Of
Ame interest to the world. 1t
lEpical Of the changes which
econverted gold mining from
|lres Of luck and uncertainty
scientific industrial invest
q, What science ten and
w years ago could not accom-
the electrical engineer is
y but surely doing today, and
'prite'ess wealth Of the great
|tock load will be delivered
it's snbterranean beds three
I've thcnsand feet below the
n surface, to be added to Che
l's store Of gold. For upwa,d
enty years nov the large crop
HI mines associated with Il Q
mock lode have been practI
idle. Although mining en-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-20

ssMatrimOny, !" remarked the homes
grown sage, Gis like game OF cards."
"How's that?' inquired the very
young many man. "The woman in
the same game has heart, = explained
the philosophy dispenser, (which the
man pfoceedeto take with diamond
aud the one gets hold Of club first
beats the other"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-20

and bids Mir % bntgtov many 81
its brothers and sisters. Already
| III towers, son the horizon. The
charges are that iavoritism has
been shown favoritism" being
enphemistic for divide between
the CRATER and the gyaitee- IN let
ting the Panama concessions for
feeding and housing employees; and
the charges are direct and sup
ported BY detailed explanations.
Intact, the charges come In the
shape Of q protest to the presi-
dent.
OF course, the president will
duly examine the situation, aud,
as is the custom when the culprlt
has been duly selec,ed from out
the mass Of ugly circumstances
and the multitude Of participants
the Ak will TALL; a liberal applica
ton Of whitewash will follow, and
the republican party will go mer-
rily on its evil way. The big and
responsible offender, the man
higher mp, will not be found. The
great common Characteristic OF the
republican scandals is that the
heads Of departments and men Of
Importance 10 the public eye a'e
never to blame. Therein lies
much Of the family resemblance
which the scandals possess. No,
body is to blame except the scape-
goat, and even he is frequently
spared the ak and allowed time to
take passage for Europe or else
where before tue storm breaks.
However, granting that nothing
much will come Of a Panama scan
DIAL at this time, the chances are
that sooner or later under Repub-
lican administration the world will
be provided with graft spectacle
at the isthmus which will make
the doings Of De Lesseps dwindle|
into ignominious larceny by com
parison. A party capable Of milk
ing dry every opportunity for dis
honesty In the regular functions OF
government will turn the gigantic
project at Panama to the utmost
advantage-no other conclusion is
reasonable. Panama will cOnsti-
ltntethe piece de resistance Of the
feast, and the eating Of it cannot
escape detection. The party is
organized for il; that is to say,
prepared. The system which has
enmeshed oil other affairs Of gov
eminent is vast enough to involve
Panama in its tolls and feed upon
it's life.
The growing monster OF graft
must be attacked at the source Of
it's political and party being, il the
people would have done with it.
Ite death will never occur until
the republican machine is demol-
ished by defeat at the polls.
"Matrimony," remarked the home-
grown sage, Vis like q game Of cards"
CLOVIS that?' inquired the very
-. 49,. Gk0fho lYNsrnOrn n
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-16
NEVADA PRESS

Tooopah Drifting to a One Company Camp
The Tonopah Mining Company has
acquired the mill just below the Mid
way mine on Mount Oddie. This puts
another monopoly into the hands Of the
Tonopah Mining Company. They are
practically the owners of the Tonopah
Railroad Company, aud only a short
time since they acquired control Of To-
nopah's water supply by absorbing the
Tonopah Water Company. The Com
pany owns the streets of Tonopah and
now they have the Gully mill in Tono.
pah. II this keeps on Tonopah will be
a one-company camp. a condition to be
d~eplored. as nothing ruins a mining
camp 81 quickly as to have it come IN.
der the control of one company .-vir-
ginia Chronicle.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-16
Montana onopah Meeting.

The preliminaries attendant on the
holding Of the Montana-Tonopah an
nual meeting in Salt Lake occupied all
Of Tuesday and until 3 O'Clock Wednes-
day. when President G. E. Knox called
the meeting to order. A stock vote
was insisted upon in perfecting the
temporary organization. The Knox
party voted 464.355 shares and the
Dickson Eilis-Mc Donald side 332. 785 in
the contest for chairman. A perma-
nent organization raj effected and
President Knox made his report.
Its adoption was discussed for
two hours and before action was
taken. the meeting adjourned to
Friday morning. Unless the minor
ity succeeded in winning over a
large number Of Knox votes during the
recess. the Knox party had the naming
Of the Directors for the coming year.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-16
NEW TO-DAY.
NOTICE OF %FORPRITURR

To r. +. Kloke, J. c. Crawford H.
Schinstock, Charles Mei-ter, John Ms;.saly
Ludwig ROsenthal. William Stuefer o.
Bauman. Daniel GiTe { and William tbots
their heirs or assigns. owning or ella ming -
portion Of the Roy Mary, the Deins Cb,;.,
tine, the Lincoln Nebraska and the Inn,
Site Mining Claims: You ere hereby no,,ssI
that | nave expended forty FIVE hundred 49,
ten (sl5l0) dollars in labor and improyemss,a'
upon the following described mining clam.
to wit: The Rosy Mary Mining Claim ~
Deina Christine Mining Claim. the Lins"lss
Nebraska Mining Claim. the Tunnel a..
Mining Claim, all OF said claims being situs.s
in Newark Mining Distr ct. White Pr.
County, State Of Nevada. for work done ~
said claims during the years Of 1903 and Isa
in order t. hold said claims under the pro,i'
sions Of Section 1924 Revised Statutes a "a.
United States, being the amount required n,
holding the same for the years ending lse
and 1904. aud il within ninety days alter hi,
notice by publication you fail or refuse To con.
tribute , our proportion Of said expenditurs A
CO owners, your interest In said claim. viii
become the property Of said subscriber Of aid
Section 1924.
JOSEPH MEISTER.
Newark, White Pine County, Nevada
September IL, 1906. lGssOd
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-16

die for their country. but more men
who can live for their country.
There is patriotism of peace as well
as If war.
The best thing any off :ial ca have
is the il!-will of the corrupt, the hatred
Of the liwless.
''Itpays to enforce law. eve looking
at it from a sDrdid standpoint.
ideals are the life of a free people"
During the banquet Governor Folk
was hailed As the next President of the
United States.
The trip is said to mark the begin
ming of Folks campaign for the Demo-
cratic nomination for the Presidency.
The Governor proposes to start out
right on the railway question. for, in.
Guiding himself. every man on his spe.
cial car paid his fare. This was a IN
dition imposed by the Governor OF his
staff in ''permittiny =" them to accom-
pany him. Several speeches will be
made at Portland and in other towns
on the Coast.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-16
To Up-Build the Mining Industry.

The American Mining Congress at its
permanent headquarters in the Cham
Der of Commerce Building Denver, Col,
is about to establish an Information
Bureau aud reading room in connection
with a mineral exhibit aud mining Ii
brary, that it may be allie to furnish to
inquirers information about every sec.
ton of the Mining West. 1t is pro-
posed to collect a commercial exhibit of
ores of every section. 10 which will be
shown not only the ores but the wall
rock and country rock. with such dia-
grams as will give a comprehensive idea
of the district formations. together
with all the obtainable publications,
claim maps. etc., to the end that any
person Interested in mining may there
obtain information about every mine Of
the West. The SENTINEL is being sent
to the American Mining Congress and
it will be found on file in the new read
ing room in the Denver Chamber OF
Commerce, where readers who are in
terested in mining are invited and
where all such will be welcome.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-16

conspiracy. resulting In increasing the
cost of meat to the consumer. The re-
manning foul were indicted for on
spring to secure rebates from rail
ways In the shipment of meat. The
corporations indicted were Armour e.
Co., the Armour Packing company.
Swift & Co., the Fairbank Canning
company, successors to Nelson MErris
4 Co., and the Cudahy Packing COM
pany. j. Ogden Armour is president
Of Armour & Co. and Charles w. Ar
mour is president OF the Armour Pack
ing company. Michael Cudahy is presi-
dent of the Cudahy Packing company,
but for several years he has not been
In active direction of its affairs, such
duties having been performed by the
vice president and general manager.
Edward A. Cudahy. The grand jury
which investigated the packing COM
panies worked three months at It's task.
There were twenty-five members at
the start and twenty-five at the finish.
When the indictments were presented
the court said to the jury: you have
WOIhtd dt TIC baCtiAtc VI yOul DuSi-
ness In the interest of the public. II
more citizens were actuated by the
same public spirit there would be less
need for enforcement of the laws"
AT the head of the federal depart
ment of Justice is the attorney general
of the United States, William II.
Moody. The prosecution of these noted
cases falls to the United States dis
trict attorney for the northern district
Of Illinois, Charles b. Morrison, and
he Is aided in his task by Oliver z.
Pagin. assistant attorney general.
District Attorney Morrison has been
a resident Of Illinois since early boy
hood. when his parents left the east
n settled In Lee county. He grad
uated from the Union College of Law
In Chicago IN 1878 and began the prac-
tlce of law at Dixon, Ill. In 1884 he
was elected state attorn Y Of Lee
county. He was twice reelected to
that position and IN 1898 received the
appointment of assistant United States
district attorney. His promotion to his
present post followed.
Oliver e. Pagin has made quite n
record In the investigation Of frauds
and scandals In the federal service and
In the prosecution of offenders against
the laws OF the United States. He
drew up the indictments in the Oregon
land fraud cases. including those
against Senator Mitchell and Repre-
sentative Hermann; he prepared the
report 10 the federal grand jury In the
case OF the ~postofice scandals and Is
regarded as an expert In the drawing
OF criminal p~leadings. He Is forty-hve
years OF age, was formerly assistant to
the United States district attorney IA
Chicago and was appointed TO his pesc-
ent post in 1908.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-16
A BOMB.
Bill" Stewart Planning to Be Re-
turned to the q. S. Senate.

A Reno dispatch of Sept. IL says: A
bombshell was exploded in the Republic
can camp in Nevada to-day when 1t
was announced that William Stewart.
retired United States Senator. but now
q mining magnate aud attorney of Bull
frog. is preparing plans to become an
independent candidate for reelection.
Wel.-known politicians in the Republi-
can party at Reno are in the move. and
the campaign for elec,ing the hold.over
Senators will begin within the next
few weeks.
Stewart was Senator from Nevada
for about half a century and retired
only a few months ago, comparatively
poor. Since locating at Bullfrog for
tuue has again smiled on the veteran.
His ambition has been to die as a mem.
Der of the United States Senate and his
new fortune, it is understood. will be
nsed in the effort to secure reelection.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-16
STATE NEWS.

The assessment roll of Humboldt
County for 1906 foots up S.95l.1oS an
increase of $3.50, 1873 or last year.
The railroad wa completed to Gold
field last Saturday anu was thrown
open tor traffic on Friday. Sept. 10,
when u big celebralion took place.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Com.
many mas made o new schedule winch
SAINTS out the Virginia q frucKee. run
n,ns from Keno ~ Virginia CITY. from
making connecuuns with the Ionopah
tram az Mound House.
The assessment roll of Elko County
as turned over by Assessor Egsers foots
ND s., 664, 1886, an Increase oi $Sii,4io
over last year. Wasnoe County ranks
first in the State, Elko second. HUM
boldt third and Eureka fourth.
Fred Youckey won the siugle-handed
drilling ontest at Tonopin, scoring
2Ss6 inches in is minutes. w. Brai-
shaw was second with 20 lilo aches
Ross and Bradshaw won the double
handed contest, McIver aud Make oil
Blsbee, Arizona. coming second.
Throngs are crowding into Bulfrog
from ali directions. The desert BE-
tween Go .d6eld AMI Blu frog and b.
tween Las Vegas and B~ullIrog-the TWO
roads of entry-is said &c be lined with
household goods aud merchandise that
are being brought across country by
new settlers.
The Exc Free Press says that an heir
to the Hiram Chase estate has turned
mp in Buffalo. N. Y. He claims TO be q
second cousin of Hiram Chase and says
that a medium told HIM some time ago
that he was to inherit q fortune out
West. The claimant has not Yet put In
an appearance at Z kn.
A petition. signed by many business
men aud residents of Carson. has be N
forwarded to United States Senator
Nixon, who is asked to use his influence
to prevent the removal of the Nevada
Weather Station from Carson to Reno.
For % years the station has been a nix.
ture in the Capital City aud the Car
sonites feel that the change is unneces
sary in a general sense. although the
Department announced that it was tc
be made for the reason that better tele'
graphic and mail facilities were obtain.
able in Reno.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-16
THE BEEF PACKERS TRIAL
1t Will Be an Important Battle
in the War Against Trusts-The
Nature of the Charges and the
Men Involved.

"HE most important engagement
vet fought ia the war against
trusts promises to be the battle
which the federal government
will begin GU Oct. . against the beef
packers. Months were spent by q fed
eral grand jury In examining the opera
tions of the packing companies. which
are charged with forming conspiracies
In restraint % trade. The result of this
long and searching investigation was
the presentation to the our OF a
formidable list OF Indictments. Among
the men whose names are on this list
are captains of industry who count
them dollars by millions, and the cor
p%orations represented by them are
among the most powerful In the world
Of trade and commerce. With unlim-
tied funds upon which to draw in fight
ing the charges against them. These
mel and corporations will have the as
sistance of the best legal talent obtain
able. Tue representatives of the gov
eminent will have a task OF almost
unprecedented difficulty.
Referring to the general belief that
certain large corporations have fla.
gravity violated the Sherman antitrust
law, President Roosevelt recently said
at Chautauqua:
MANY Of these combinations by Sc
cret methods and protracted litigation
are still unwisely seeking to avoid the
consequences of their illegal action.
The government has very properly ex-
ercised moderation In attempting to en-.
force the criminal provisions of the
statute, but 1t has become our convic-
ton that In some cases, such as that
of at least certain of the beef packers
recently indicted in Chicago. 1t Is i'm
possible longer to show lenlency."
Twenty-one packing company Off
clals and five of the corporations with
which they are identified were indicted
by the jury which closed Its sessions
In Chicago on July 1. Seventeen OF
the twenty-one officials indicted were
charged with organizing a commercial
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-16
Work of an Unknown Eiend.

While the body of the late August
Morrison was being lowered into the
grave at Genoa. Douglas County, IN
Sept. s. the webbing used for that pur-
pose, broke. landing the coffin bottom
side up in the grave. Upon examina-
ton the webbing showed that il had
been tempered with. What prompted
the vandal act is a mystery. The dead
man was well known in that section and
liked by all who knew him. The peo-
pie of Carson Valley are up in arms and
have offered a reward of $500 for infor-
nation that will lead to the detection
of the guilty party.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-16
Motor Car on Tonopah Railroad.

Wednesday two motor cars bought on
trial by the Tonopah Railroad from
Fairbanks. Morse & Co. arrived and
were tested between there aud Mill.r's.
Representative Hall of the manu-
facturers was present and superintend.
ed the trial trips. A speed of 80 miles
an hour was attained on the upgrade
coming into Tonopah and the showing
of the cars was entirely satisfactory.
The machines are 16 horsepower and
will each hold ~ passengers. IL is the
intention of the railroad 20 run them
between Tonopah and Goldfield every
two hours.-Tonopah Sun.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-16
WESTERN PACIFIC STARTS WORK
Graders Throwing Dirt on Road from
Salt Lake to San Francisco.

Dirt is now flying on the Sal Lake
end of the Western Pacific Railway.
Sub-contractors now have their men
along portions of the ITO miles which
the Utah Construction Company Will
build. Monday the first real work was
done. Prior to hat time preparations
had been made and such preliminary
woIk is still going on, especially in the
Great American desert. west of Great
Salt Lake. At Garfield Beach the Utah
Construct on Company's camp has a big
force of men. and other forces are being
taken out by the sub.contractors further
west. BY the end Of the week the
work Of gra ling will be in full swing.
Crosses the Proposed Ely Road.
In Steptoe Valley in the vicinity of
Flower Lake three miles Of grade has
Teen thrown up, crossing the route Of
the proposed Nevada Northern Railway
from Toano. ko County, to Ely.
White Pine County. By this clever
move the Western Pacific makes il
incumbent upon the Nevada Northern
to first get consent from Gould before
crossing their grade. This being done,
it will be up to the Nevada Northern tc
maintain that crossing.
The outfits of the Utah Construction
Company were loaded at Hazen last
Saturday aud shipped to Oroville, CAL,
at which point work is to be commenced
next week. These outfits were EN-.
ployed in the construction of the Hazen
cutoff.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-16
FAILED TO PAY TAXES on LOTS.
GOldheld Property Owners Ineensed
Over Efforts to DispOssess Them.

The discovery has just been made
that over 200 town lots in Columbia
and Goldfeld, some of them among the
most valuable in the camps. were sod
for delinquent taxes at Hawthorne, the
county seat of Esmeralda County, last
Spring and the six months for redemp-
ton having expired. demand for pos
session is being made by the holders of
the tax deeds.
1t is estimated hat the property in
volved is worth 5000, 900. although the
lots only sold for a trifle over $1,000.
The owners claim that publication Of
the d~elinquencies was not made in a
paper of general circulation, the adver-
tisements having been inserted in a
small weekly paper printed at Haw-
thorne. few copies of which have ever
reached Goldfield. A public meeting
has been called to raise funds to fight
the proceedings in ejectment.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-16
Drought In ElkO County.

The Elko Free Press says that the
Humboldt river at Deeth is perfectly
dry for the first time in ten years.
Only the deepest holes contain water.
At Halleek the water is no longer run
ming. and at Elko there Is bat a small
stream. The South Fork is reported
dry at the bridge south Of the Reinhart
ranch. The ranges are drying up
rapidly and many springs that usually
flow the year round are reported per.
fectly dry.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-16

rived in Salt Lake
City Monday night.
The party was vel
coined by Governor
Cutler az the Tan
quet given by tn
Alta Club. In re-
spending Governor
Folk delivered a
pithy spec h and
spoke q number Of
e~pigrams, a IN o u g
them the following ;
Manhood is the
only patent of nobil-
ity in the East.
The o / go
over the country the
more | realize that
there is not so much
difference after all
in men.
We need n o {
mora men who can
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-16
Elko stockman Seriously Injured

John I. Wright, a well known Elko
County stockman. was riding near
Osino on Thursday Of last week when
his horse stumbled and fell and rolled
over on him. The accident occurred at
0 o'clock in the morning and it was
l o'clock before assistance reached him.
Mr.. Wright's left hip was d~islocated
and the rim of the socket bone
fractured. At last accounts the
wounded man was resting easily.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-16
Americas Greatest Lead Fields.

The State of Idaho produces more
than 40 per cent Of all the lead that is
mined in the United States and 81 per
cent of the worlds output of lead.
These interesting facts are sat forth in
the Idaho building at the Portland Fair.
together with a remarkable display of
lead ore. Some of the huge chunks Of
ore weigh 10000 pounds. being almost
pure lead.