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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-02
Wei Turned.

"How old are your asked the insur-
ance agent OF the lady.
1t was thoughtless Of him. and her
indignant "Sirw brought him straight.
way to his senses.
''Of course, you will understand" he
went on, that we have to be careful
about making contracts. merely
wished to assure myself that you are
legally Of age"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-02

Hotel Keeper-What did the stran-
ser say when you gave him the bill?
Waiter-Such monstrous prices he new
er saw. We were an abominable gang
Of thieves. Hotel Keeper-G Good. So
be didn't become abusive. theni-Flie-
gonde Batter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-02

Friends are a costly luxury, ana
wnen one invests ones capital In 4
mission In life one cannot alIord to
nave friends. The expensiveness OF
tf1endahip does not NJ b what one
does Tor ones fr1endA but b what one.
ont q regard foe them. leaves undone.
This means the crushing Of many an
ineellectual gsrm.-From Z Letter ~
0eorUe Brandes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-02

A foriorn looking man said. I've
txied everything that could turn my
hand to. but couldn't make anything
answer. and now have decided to 60
up among the hills. where they say
there's . wonderful echo, to ses II |
can make that answer"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-02

~sir," said DR.. Johnson to 4 friend,
commenting upon Q widower who
remarked, though his welded life had
been unhappy, 1T il triumph Of hope
over experience"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-02

True politeness h perfect ease and
freedom. Il simply consists In treating
others Just - you love to b treated
yoursslf.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08
DEADLY DUEL AT RHyOLITE
Five Bullets Reach One Victim and
He Falls DYING

Rhyolite, New, Dec. "a desperate
street duel occurred here yesterday in
which Fred A. Purdy was shot to death
BY Sam Stears. a ~newsdealer. The two
men met on the main thoroughfare OF
the city and both began firing. Stears
was armed with IN automatic and his
opponent with a heavier gun.
As the men approached each other on
the street they began firing aud when
the fussilade ceased Purdy was on the
ground dying with five bullets in his
body while Stears had a wound in his
right wrist.
1t appears that Pnrdy was paying at
tention to the mother of Sam Stears and
the ION objected. He told Purdy not to
call again at his house and warned him
repeatedly not to have anything more
to do with his mother. Purdy persisted
in his attentions and the tragedy is the
result.
Stears opened his newsstand as usual
this morning and is continuing with his
business. He has not yet been arrested.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08
FINED FOR USING SYRUP
Saloon Men Permitted to Use Only
Water in Thinning Whisky

Sacramento Bee: Several Sacra-
mento saloonmen were given a severe
jolt Saturday afternoon when fines
were imposed upon them for violation
Of the Internal Revenue laws. They
all had been reducing with water and
other ingredients the whisky which
they had been passing over the bar.
There was moi one of them who had
the least idea he was doing wrong or
who made any secret of the fact that he
was reducing the proof of the liquor.
Most Of the stuff they buy is ITO proof
before it is fixed" for the stomach Of
Of the thirsty customer. 1t is declared
that if it were served in its original con-
dition it would be almost sure death to
anyone who had the hardihood to take
a drink of it. To make it reasonably
safe for consumption the saloonkeepers
reduce it from ITO proof down to so.
There never has been. they declare, any
secret about the matter.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08
NEVADA PRESS COMMENT.
Ratss Up to LsslLaturs

1Nc04Ce6 hNoseS W -
Reduced freight rates on the railways
must be obtained. The present high
charges for the carriage of all classes Of
building materials and supplies are the
n obstacle retarding the growth Of
the State. and, while Nevada is de-
veloping as no State in the Union ever
has progressed, yet it is in spite of the
railways and not because of them.
We are aware that some of the most
progressive men of Reno are at this
time preparing to submit the rates now
charged in Nevada for the considera-
ton Of the Southern Pacific Company
officials. 1t is possible that some good
may result from such a course. We
hope so. anyhow. But railways are
are not 80 eleemosynary institutions
and they have one rule that they never
deviate from. That is CHARGE ALL
THE TRAFFIC WILL BEAR. When
there is no competition and no action
by the Legislature. it needs hardly be
said that. from the railway point Of
view, the traffic will stand anything
the company think it ought to.
Sixteen years ago or whereabouts. the
merchants of San Francisco organized
o traffic association to fight the South.
ern Pacific Company and the Transcon'
~tinental Railway Association-an or.
g~anization Of all the railways west of
the Mississippi aud the great lake,.
They engaged j. s. Leeds. former
traffic manager Of the Missouri Pacific.
and he went to work to rescue them
from their difficulties. Inside of two
years they had broken mp the Transcon'
t~inental Association and they had the
Southern Pacific at their feet. But il
cost them some $250.000 in cash to dc
it, and they Lad been compelled ,o
build a railway from San Francisco tc
q connection with the competing Santa
Fe. But they got their money back
and added a lot more to it.
1t will be easy to get the Legislature
to reduce freight rates and passenger
fares at the coming session-muct
easier than for the miners and mer
chants to build a competing railway
All that is necessary is to crystalizt
public sentiment. SO that the Legislature
will not misunderstood the fact thai
the people are absolutely a unit in de
handing the reductions. In the mean
time, the mercantile community will
lose nothing and perhaps gain much
by interviewing the railway officials at
Chicago and San Francisco. Reno
Journal.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08

books now. that provides for q revenue
from bullion, Is more honored in the
breech than the observance. A bullion
agent is in the field, but not q single
cent has he paid into the State Treas
ury since he took Office. The County
Assessors Of the State are notoriously
lax in this matter and instead Of having
received 800. 900. as is claimed by GER
tain persons, the State of Nevada has
not received one-fourth that amount
from this source. This law will prob
ably be amended SO that it will work
right.-Carson Appeal.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08
News Summary

Experts engaged in examining books
Of San Francisco officials declare start
ling evidences of fraud have been dis.
covered in Auditor Horizons Office.
In seven provinces in Russia 10000
900 people are reported in danger OF
starvation after total crop failures, and
young girls are being sold as slaves.
The bill permitting National banking
associations to make loans oil real estate
as security and limiting the amount OF
such loans passed the House Wednes.
day by a vote Of Ill to 81.
William E. Curtis writes that a death
blow to the schism from the Roman
Catholic Church in the Philippines. led
by Aglipay. the self-appointed Bishop,
has been given by the decision of the
courts that the scot must vacate church
property.
J. T. Marchand. attorney for the In
terstate Commerce Commission. who
has prepared many important cases for
the Government, has resigned. to take
effect Jan. /. 1t is known that he has
resigned to accept service with one CT
the biggest western railroad systems.
Former United States Senator Cook
rell Of Missouri is desperately i'll at his
home In Washington and has had to
give up work on the Interstate Com.
merce Commission, Of which he is a
member, and take to his bed owing to
a fual breaking up Of his vital forces.
The Marcus DAILY estate has offered to
settled the famous suit of the Govern
ment for illegal devastation OF the
forests in Montana by paying $3.50. 600.
The victory of the Government opens
the way for obtaining recompense for
the vast frauds perpetrated In the West.
The Union Pacific Railroad. Union
Pacific Coal Company. Oregon Short
Line and officials of the latter two com
panies, are accused Of fraud and subor-
nation of perjury In connection with
alleged land thefts in indictments
voted by the Federal Grand Jury in
Salt Lake City.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany's alleged monopoly on the Goa
business iu Colorado and other States
which is believed to have been obtained
through a combination of dealers and
rebates paid by railroads, will be in
vestigated by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, which began hearings al
Pueblo, Colo, on Tuesday.
The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Record Herald wires OF an in
terview held with Viscount Aoki, In
which the japanese Embassator de-
clares absurd all rumors OF a possible
war between his nation and the United
States. The envoy says his people feel
no hostility toward any government.
aud have especially warm sentiments
for America.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08
President Message Synopsized

the hands should have half holidays IN
Summer as well as those who work
with the brain.
The Interstate Commerce law has al
ready accomplished a great deal Of good.
To avert Government ownership. the
Government must properly control and
regulate the railroads.
1t is not wise to prohibit railroad COM
biuations entirely, as while there are
some combinations which do evil, there
are some which do good.
A graduated inheritance tax and q
graduated income tax should be passed
II the latterscannot be done without a
Constitutional Amendment, then re-
course must be had to that Constitu-
tional Amendment.
There is necessity for a National di-
vorce law.
The one sin for which the penalty is
National death, and race death, the sin
for which there is no atonement, is
wilful sterility.
In general the Presidents views ON
the currency question are the views of
the National bankers.
Either a lower tariff or absolute free
trade should be granted to the F%ilipinos.
American citizenship should be on.
ferred on the citizens of Porto Rico.
1t is a wicked a~bsurdity for any State
to shut japanese students out of the
public schools.
IL Cuban elections become a farce and
the instruction habit becomes con-
irmed in that island, it is absolutely
out of the question that Cuba should
remain independent.
Technical and industrial schools
should be established by the National
Government in the District of Columbia,
and it is suggested that the various
States follow along the same line.
Hawaii should be helped to develop a
community of small free-holders aud
not great planters with e titled
estates.
II the fur seals are to be cruelty ex.
terminated, as they are being, it wouli
probably be better for the Government
to end the matter at once and for all by
discriminating the remaining herd in
the most humane manner possible.
The President evidently believes in
fighting, for he says even a defeat in
war may be better than not to have
fought at all. He wants the Navy re-
built and the Army renewed and i'm,
proved.
A commission on cancellations of child
labor and the labor of q compulsory
arbitration law.
A district child labor law should b
passed for the District of Columbia ant
the Territories. and Congress should
provide for a thorough investigation o.
the conditions Of child labor and tn,
labor of women.
The employers liability law should
go farther to provide compensation fo
accidents or deaths due to actual con
ditions under which any industry i
carried ON.
Ownership Of the remaining Goa
mines belonging to the Nation should
rest with the Nation. They might b.
worked by private individuals under 6
royalty system. The Government
should also supervise the rates fol-
transporting the product.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1906.


1t is surely about time the people OF
these United States arose in their COM
nonsense IL not their wrath and put a
stop to being continually MIXED and
swindled by the National Banks.
Not satisfied with the present bank
ing laws which are an outrage upon the
people all and severally, the National
Banks have formulated a new law giving
them a great deal more for nothing,
which they will ask the Congress to
pass.
AS it is now, the national banker may
invest, say, $4,000 in Government
bonds. These bonds are exempt from
taxation. He may deposit these bonds
and have delivered to him $50,0 900 in
National Bank notes. From the Gov
eminent he draws interest on the $780,
900 of bonds. and then from his Gus
toners he draws interest on the $4,000
of National Bank notes.
But he isn't satisfied with that fine
scheme of milking the Government and
the citizens at one aud the same time.
.4o Tauts even a greater percentage
game .asa .L.., = more remunerative
nickel-in -the-slot snap. So this proposed
new law among other things provides
that, after drawing interest from the
Government, and interest from his
customers on his $50. 900. the banker will
have the privilege of issuing "credit
bank notes" or asset currency to the
amount Of 40 per cent Of his bond
secured circulation.
That gives him the right to Issue $780,
600 additional, and to issue it in unse-
cured circulation. 1t takes away from
the Government and gives over to the
money-gamblers the money issuing
function.
As the Commoner well pointed out
the other day, if this law passes, the
National Bank which deposits $50. 900
in Government bonds will draw inter-
est on $120. 0OO-it draws interest on
$4,000 now. 1t will draw interest
from the Government on the $50. 600 in
United States bonds deposited with the
Government; it will be paid interest
by its customers on the $4,000 the
Government allows it to circulate in
National Bank notes because it has
those $50. 900 in bonds; and it will be
pulling interest also ON the $50. 900 in
unsecured circulation it will be allowed
to put out.
If there is any bigger bunko game in
the United States than that, will SOM
friend kindly inform MS what it car
possibly be ?-Sacramento Bee.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08
Piping Water to Supply Engines

In order to supply its engines with
water for the long trip across the desert
from Hagen to Winnemucca, the South.
ern Pacific Company is building a pipe
line for a distance Of over four miles
from the large Government irrigating
canal to Hazen. where the water will be
pumped into a large tank. The company
first attempted to obtain water at Hagen
by boring an ARTISAN well, but after
boring to a depth of 900 feet the we'll
boring gang struck a flow of hot salt
water which proved SO injurious to the
boilers that it could not be used. Since
that time the company has been hauling
water from Sparks to Hagen.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08
WHAT SAN FRANCISCO NEEDS


The Sacramento Bee calls attention
to the absurdity Of the situation in San
Francisco, where the assault against
graft is led by newspapers. one Of which
laid the foundation Of its wealth in
blackmail. and another of which sup.
ported the present grafters, in the era
of their worst grating. This goes to
the root of more situations than merely
this graft sensation. What California
needs, above all other things, Is an hon.
est and independent metropolitan press.
There are several interior newspapers
with character and ability enough be-
hind them to r~egenerate the State If
they were in the metropolitan field.
But there is zone In the metropolis.
And these things must be done at the
center of things. We have been trying
too long to cure the dry-rot at the cen.
ter by keeping the outside clean.-
Fresno Republican.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08


The President now declares the
United States has no idea Of establish
ing a pro~tectorate owe Central and
Southern American Republics. and thai
it cannot countenance the idea thai
debts down there shall be collected by
other Nations by force of arms. In
other words, he lays the Big Stick aside
and completely c~ontradicts his message
of December 6. 1904. wherein he vir'
tually said that if these Nations did
not see that the debts of their peoples
to other Nations were paid. the United
States might have ito exercise interna
tional police power and force them to
do it.
The President will report to the Con-
gress Fat length later on the whole sub.
ject of the Panama Canal"
The Government should be granted
the right of appeal in criminal cases on
questions of law. The Government
has now definitely begun a policy of
resorting to the criminal law in those
Trust and Interstate Commerce cases
where such a course offers a reasonable
chance of success.
No Judgment should be set aside in
any case unless it shall appear that the
error complained of has resulted in a
miscarriage Of justice.
1t would be wrong to prohibit the use
of injuuctions. There must be no hest.
tation in dealing with disorder. But
there must likewise be no abuse OF the
injunctive power as is implied in for
bidding laboring men to strive for their
own betterment in peaceful and lawful
ways; nor must the injunction be used
merely to aid some big corporation in
carrying out schemes for its own ag'
grand cement.
The Judiciary is not above criticism
II it were, it would be a dire menace tC
the Republic.
There is but one safe rule in dealing
WITH Dldck men as Win WHito uou
it is the same rule that must be applied
in dealing with rich men and poor men
that is, to treat each man, whatever hi
| color, his creed. or his social position
with even-handed justice on his rea
worth as a man.
The plain people should remembe
that the most damaging blow that ca
be given popular Government is t
elect an unworthy and sinister agitato
ON q platform of violence and hypoc
Internationally referring to William
Randolph Hearst.
1t should be our aim steadily to re
duce the number Of hours of labor
with as a goal the general introduction
of an eight-hour day.
On the Isthmus of Panama the con
ditions are in every way so differer
from what they are here that an eigh
hour day would be absurd; just as it
absurd, SO far as the Isthmus is col
cerned, where white labor cannot /
employed, to bother as to whether th
necessary work is done by alien blac
men Or by alien yellow men.
Government employees who work wit
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08

Notice Is hereby given that from this date /
will not be responsible for any bills contracted
by my wife. Mrs. Ellen Hawkins, for necss-
saries or otherwise, the said Ellen Hawkins
having left my bed and board without due
cause.
WILLIAM HAWKINS.
Dated at Eureka, Nevada, Nov. q, 1906.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08

The Reno Journal is authority for the
statement that Supt. Rowlands Of the
Southern Pacific Company at Sparks
has received orders to sell coal to the
dealers, and that the order extends from
Sparks east TO Utah. This was done
to prevent suffering among the inhabit-
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08

Washington dispatches indicate that
the new Congress is disposed to meet
the demands Of bankers and shipbuild.
ers for new currency laws and ship
subsidies. but nothing 10 said about re.
lief from the present tariff robberies
for the benefit Of the Trusts.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08
sHONTs HAS RETURNED
Chairman of Commission Says Work
on Canal Is Progressing

New York. December 2.-President
Roosevelt took the Panamans by storm.
said Theodore p. Shonts, Chairman OF
the Panama Canal Commission. who
arrived on the Panama line steamer
Colon to-day from Colon. Mr.. Shonts
spoke enthusiastically Of the recent visit
OF the chief executive, and declared that
work on the canal was progressing un-
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08

now being alone on a shooting expedi.
ton in Andalusia. This. it is said, is
due to the fact that Queen Victoria is
expecting a visit from the stork. Her
mother, Princess Beatrice. of Batten.
burg, will soon come to Spain for a pro.
longed stay.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08

ORDERED. That the following sums Of
money be allowed the following named per.
sons, respectively, to-wit:
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08

How About This, Tax Agent NeUsn!
The amendment taxing patented
mines was passed. but it will probably
prove a dead letter. The law on the
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08

Washington. Dec. A. President
Roosevelt's message was read to-day in
both the Senate and the House Of Rep
resentatives. Its reading was listened
to with the greatest attention. The
following is a summary of the message:
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08
EXPECTS STORK'S VISIT
In Anticipation of Momentous Event,
King Alfonso Is In Exile

Madrid. December For the first
time since their marriage the King and
Queen of Spain are parted, King Alfonso
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08

der satisfactory conditions. During his
talk with reporters. Mr.. shonts took
occasion to deny that his daughter.
Theodore. has become engaged to a
titled foreigner. -
Chairman Shonts said that he would
moceed at once I Washingto. DE was
accompanied on the home trip by Rear
Admiral NJ. 7. Endicott, also a member
Of the Canal Commission.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08

hereby certify that the above is a corree
copy of the record.
]. H. HoEGH, Clerk.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1906-02-13

Seem Sort nie ciilen Spiel in bier
Siertel lfneioer, bas gdbe Idon
bier biibIfle 0tiaioncnItobte OH Ser
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fam MOI nidtS Oaran dnOern. lbs
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1906-02-13
Sumner Seriel6e.

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