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Strange Wanderings

OUCH a runaway car s fate IS exceptional, but
~ the old railroad men will tell of some strange
things which happen to these wanderers. Run
away freight cars are not so common to-day as
they were ten or fifteen years ago. The freight
department of a railroad watches the rolling
stock with more jealous care and system of
charges made against offending roads which
keep freight cars belonging to other lines has
stopped the old traffic. A good many small
roads formerly would appropriate freight cars
belonging to another company and use them
for special purposes during the rush season of
freight traffic, and then finally start them
homeward again.
This lax system of handling other peoples
property eventually resulted in the creation of
the office OF car tracer. The car tracer in the
old days had to keep pretty busy travelling.
He would drop off at any unexpected moment
at a small way station and pick up lost
and start it homeward. Sometimes the car
tracer would travel five or six thousand miles
after persistent wanderer, following it across
the continent, and then down to the Gulf
ports, and probably back to the Northwest.
The abuse of borrowed car privileges became
SO great in time that it taken up the
most important question of railroading. The
chief offenders were the small roads which did
not own sufficient. cars for their traffic. What
was more convenient then than to hold for
season freight car Of a trunk line which
had been shipping goods to some point along
its route!
The old custom was to depend upon the
honor OF the road receiving car to return it
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suited to the needs of the case, and offending
railroads are punished for holding borrowed
cars beyond a certain length of time. The
National Association of Car Accountants,
whose business it is to keep watch over the
cars of the different lines, make it point to
detect and punish wilful offenders in this
respect. Railroads which persist in holding
cars belonging to other lines are in time dis
eliminated against, SO that in times of heavy
traffic they cannot get enough rolling stock
to carry their freight.
A road using the cars of another line pays
for them to-day but the system is far from
satisfactory. The payment is made by the
distance travelled; but for refrigerator and the
more expensive freight cars the charge runs
up to half a cent and full cent a mile. An
offending railroad can easily misrepresent the
number of miles a borrowed car travels, and
thus evade the payment of any great sum.
The agitation now is to base the charge on the
number of days that the cars are held by any
line and not by the distance travelled This
seems the most equitable way, and it would
hurry the small roads in unloading and send
ing the empties back home.
The car accountants are supposed to keep
track of the freights distributed throughout
the country, and in addition some of the trunk
lines employ car tracers. Some of the car
accountants have upward of ten thousand
freight cars under charge of the department
So accurately is a system worked out that
some one in the department can tell at any
moment of the day or night just where any
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from nome, and alter get
ting so near it was shunted
off and sent south and
west again.
Such wandering of lost
cars is hardly possible to-
day. The system of keep
mo track of them &c more
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and braced from top to bottom. At the
first glance one could hardly fail to guess
its origin.
Before it was turned into habitation for
man it was a freight doing service on a
northern railroad 1t was one of those erratic
wanderers which occasionally get lost and
spend their lives travelling somewhat aimlessly
across the continent. getting side tracked here
and there, and then running for hundreds of
miles in good, respectable company. This car
did yeoman service in carrying freight up north,
travelling many thousands of miles loaded and
light; but one day freak of fortune sent it
west and it got lost 1t was hunted up by
tracer and started home again; but railroad
accident brought about change in its direc
ton. 1t was side tracked, and then loaded
with merchandise for the South.
1t reached one of the small Florida roads
and used in shipping fruits and vegeta
bles. A tracer once more got track OF It, and
started it homeward the second time. By this
time it was pretty well worn and in need of
repairs. BY some strange streak of luck it
side tracked once more, and then freight
train ran into it and knocked it off the rails.
There was some talk of putting it back the
rails, but as two wheels and the forward truck
were broken it was finally abandoned. In time
the switching station at this point was aban-
doned, and the old rails taken up. This left
the car several miles from any railroad and an
early settler took possession of it and converted
it into a home. 1t is to-day surrounded by
orange trees, and peeps out of the clusters of
vines in the most fertile part OF Florida.
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little home tucked
away among the orange bios
SONS and the sweet scented
iasnfines which has travelled
upward of ten thousand miles.
That is the record for any
house, as far as any available
statistics show, and the modest
little home looks like a vet
eran wanderer. 1t is dilapi-
dated, patched in many places,
and almost ready for the
woodpile, but it was originally
built of stout oak and bolted
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touched the rails
OF the home line.
1t seemed pos
sessed by a de-
sire to keep away
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llltIOllS III NtUfR1d, OF d1lSes
and tropical fruits in Cali
fornia and Florida, pig iron
and ore in Pennsylvania,
and general farm crops in
New England and the Mid
die States. Twice it was
within a hundred miles of
the shop in which it was
built, but it never once
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Ndi ID iOSdtCo.
1t is the duty
of this depart
nent to know
when empties
or loaded are
turned home
ward and just
how many are
to be expected
to arrive each
,day.
When a new
car comes out
of the shop for
the first time
1t gets a num-
Der, which is
never changed
in its life.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-15
Maddpned Slovenian Uses
 Gun Fatally

A Slavociau who had been discharged by the Treadwel company Wednesday Killed 8 Japanese cook and woundel a coua,rymau who refused to serve him with s meal st the comP,uy's boarding house vn the Mexican mine. Re escaped.
 The Iaboring man had been paid of aud went 10 the mess house, demanding something 10 eat This was denied him by the employees there. The en- ragged miner drew gun, shot the steward. a countrymsn of his in the flee, wouuding him, and then shot and killed the cook, native of the Sun rise empire, who had gotten into the fight The man with the gun took to the hills and is being pursued by officers Of the law,
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-15

Shaun Aroon," Sat urday evening, March 18th at the Elks' hall. Sale of reserved seats on sale at Brirt's drug store.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-15
WHITE PASS SHOPS MIN
 WALK OUT

The mechanics st the White Pass shops walked out this morning oa Sc- count o 8 failure to get raise of % per cent. in wages, a demand for wh ch they had made. About l5 or l6 men quit, the number being small because the force had gotten down lover Ih,n nsusl, some Of the men having quit and gone South, while C. hers were ou the sick list. Those who walked ont iu- cludsd the machiulsts, the boiler makers, themoldsrs, blacksmiths and carpenters.
 The striking workinEmen say that wages have been going up all over the
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-15
COST MUCH
Washington Legislature
 ApprOpriates S6,OO0, 900

Olympia. Was. March l5-Ths Washington legislature which adjourn. ed yesterday made appropriations sg- gregsting s5. .2s5, 4O3s4, the largest amount ever distributed by legislature Of the state.
 The expenses incident 70 the session. however, were smsller thsn usual.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-15

country and there has been no cores PoudinR raise as skAg gay. l. Is contend ed that wages are higher on Puget souud and other sections Of the country than they are st this place. They maze DO other complaint than this one of wages.
 The strike was the result Of meeting of the woringmen held at the White Pass club rooms last night.
 Superintendent Hshn,o Of the railroad, under whose department the strikers are, was not in town today, aud there was 10 opportunity to get the employ er's side of th. strike. He came over from Whiteh0rse today.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-15
KILLS ONE.KEfP MONEY
Wall Street Will Not Dig
 at Once

Special dispatch lo the Daily Alakasnl
 Washington. March l5-secretSry Cortelyeu. Of the treasury department announces that the government will not call the s2o.Ool. 900 which WAS de- posted iu Wall street banks last September to help ouJ the money marks, at time O: a strIngtuCy and which is due the middle Of the present month, for a time, He will give the Street time to collect large loans that have been made to various interests.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-15
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT

Skagway, March IS, lsO7. The weather conditions sJ Skagwsy for the q hours preceding noon today were as follows:
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-15

Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan
 PiltsburE, Pa March l5-The Ohio river is flooded to a point higher than any ir it's previous history. Ice is pii- ing uU on the streets and the down town streets are under water B feet
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-15
OHIO RIVER Al HIGHEST
 POINT IN HISTORY

deeper than the danger line. Hotel guests have escaped from windows and beer taken oa rafs down stream,
 The Allegheny yes erdSy evening reached a depth Of 36 feet but began falIing. relieving the situation.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-15
N asoBio MeatinE

There will be a regular commuu tcs- tior Of White Pass Lodge No. ll3, F. & A. Nj, Friday evening, Mar. Is, 1907 at it's hail, No. 225, Fourth avenue. Work in :. A. degree.
 SOlourning and visiting members are requested 10 meet with us
 By order of the W. NJ.
 T. J, Standish, Secretary
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-15
FurnIshsd Rooms For Rent

1 have some good furnished rooms for rent and would be pleased Co have some of my old patrons, or new ones.
 Mrs. A. J. Carlson, Sixth ave and Broadway 3.I4-i.mo.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-15

save the country from Snancisl dis ester which they say is coning. They desire that the enforcement Of the new regulations by tbe in' 'erstste commerce commission b. susreuJed,
 President Roosevelt insists hat the
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-15
WALL STREET BEGS FOR HELP
Financiers and railroad ask president to advert threatened panic--Protest against enforcement of interstate commerce regulations--Roosevelt says ligitimate business is safe.

One of the first moves bss been to e. cure soO.OOO photographs of the Ohio man which viii bs circulated tnreush- out tbe country. Senator Foraksr will manage the rreimInsries oi his own campaign.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-15

now regulations win not bs detrimental Co legitimate railroad business
 Fornker Begins Campaign
 Philadelphis, March l5-Ths cam paign Of Senator Foraker, ot Ohio, for rhe presidency has begun in earnest.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-15

Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan )
 Washington. March l5-Euudreds Of Wall street Rusnciers and brokers and railway men from various sections of the country are flooding the President with appeals 10 take action that will
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-15

B. D. Clark, Volunteer '. :. Weather observer.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-15

Al! the dehcacies Of the season g. the Pack Train Restaurant,
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-30

ed in Coos Bay, was a member of the
committee that called on Senator W.
A. Clark to acquaint him with the
advantages of the Oregon coast as an
outlet to tidewater, and was informed
by Mr.. Clark that it was the intention
to build into Oregon as soon as the
Los Angeles line could be finished
Why the projected line was not built
by the Salt Lake road became public
property in the recent investigation
of the Union Pacific. That Mr.. Har-
riman made it impossible to do SO was
the evidence of the former senator
from Montana. The foregoing is fol
lowed by another statement, that an
other antagonist to arouse the ire of
the Union Pacific was the Denver
Northwestern and Pacific, generally
known as the Moffat road, which is
being steadily advanced to completion
between Denver and Salt Lake City
Several months ago David II. Moffat,
president of the company, and former
ly the executive head of the Denver &
Rio Grande, announced that it would
be built through to Portland.
1t is given out. almost beyond a
peradventure, that the Mount Hood
company is assured of the connection
that would be afforded to the east by
the rails of the Moffat line, which at
Denver makes connection with the
Burlington, Rock Island and Santa
fe, three lines not controlled by the
Union Pacific system. At the Port
land end the road is already under
construction, surveys completed for
the greater part of the route, and it
is said there is ample capital to pros
eeute the work vigorously. There is
no doubt but that Mr.. Moffat, when he
considered the project of building a
road from Denver to Salt Lake, con
templated extending it to the north
west coast The name with which he
christened the road would indicate
that he had this extension from Salt
Lake TO Portland in mind.
The route outlined will serve a vast
section of undeveloped country east of
the Cascades and through central Ore
gon, remote from transportation. The
benefits which Salt Lake would derive
from a railroad through to the north
west coast, such as the one it is now
almost assured will be built, are be
yond computation, and would prove as
valuable as any of the lines of the
other systems centering here.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-30
OLD BUILDING IS
REMOVED

Workmen in the employ of Phil
Blume have finished the tearing down
of the old Wilcox stables, a landmark
of Winnemucca for many years.
Construction work on the hotel
building which will occupy the site
of the old stables will soon be started.
This building is to be 75x125 feet, and
be three stories in height. The lower
floor will be given over to stores and
many applications have been entered
for store rooms. J. P. Grandel has an
application on file for one of the
rooms, and expects to put in tailor
ing and gents furnishing goods line
that will be hummer. Mr.. Blume to.
day purchased three lots from Jim
Hurst on Fourth street and will ulti
mately begin the construction OF
some cottages on these lots. At pres
ent they will be used for sorting lum
Der taken out of the old Wilcox
stables.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-30
With Assay Certificates and Samples Of 0re Prospectol
Prospector Arrives From Squaw Valley, and Tells
Wondrous Tale Of Gold Uncovered

The town of Golconda was set in
a furore last night by the arrival of
a prospector by the name of Cram
berger, who came from Squaw valley,
and when he told tale of gold dis
covery that if only in part is true,
describes the richest discovery ever
made in northern Nevada. Cram
berger had with him samples of ore
that showed free gold hanging to it
in massave chunks He had half a
dozen assay certificates which shove |
values Of ore running from $50 to
over $2500 a ton. Besides these he
had small bottle of nuggets which
he claimed he had taken from so
pounds of ore from his bonanza strike
He claimed that in working on the
ledge from which he received the as
says lie showed, that at a depth of
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-30
PETER McCAULEY, MINING
MAN, DIES FROM EXPOSURE
Had Been in Fight and was Badly
Beaten Over the Head and Stonl-
ach-Found in Nixon-Lee
Fields

Peter McCauley, a prospector from
Rhyolite and owner of claims in the
New Goldfields mining district, was
found dead in the fields at the Nixon
Lee ranch six miles above town Tues
day morning. McCauley had been in
Winnemucca for some time, having
arrived from New Goldfelds district
in the northern part of the county
about two weeks ago. During his
stay here he has been on a continuous
drunk, and spent all his money over
the bar.
He was last seen alive last Satur-
day afternoon, and probably wander
ed into the fields above town, where
he lay down and died.
At the coroner's inquest the physi
elan who performed the autopsy on
the body of McCauley testified that
the deceased showed signs of having
been badly beaten. His right eve was
bruised and was swollen, and his
stomach was badly bruised. He was
also badly bruised about the legs and
arms. The coroner's jury, however
did not consider that the bruises hat
been responsible for the man s deatl
but gave the cause as pneumonia.
He has two sons at Rhyolite, il
southern Nevada.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-30
SHOWS A REVOLVER
COWARD RUNS
MISS ETHEL SAGE
ORDERS BAD MAN OUT
OF EXPRESS OFFICE AT
THE POINT OF A GUN
Overbearing and Uncivil Man is
Taught a Good Lesson, and Pos
sibly He is Still Running

Yesterday afternoon stranger
dropped into the express Office while
the agent, II. A. Gilbert, was out, and
Miss Ethel Sage, who is clerking
there, was alone in the office. The
fellow ordered some fruit, and when
it was gotten for him he refused to
pay for it. His actions were most un-
civil, and he wound up a TRADE of
abuse by demanding that he be given
some money from the express ol,ice
till.
For reply he found himself suddenly
looking into the muzzle of a big re.
volvgr that is kept at the desk in
the express office, and he heard a
quick order from the fair wielder of
the weapon that he should get out of
the Office at once.
All his air of bravado, that is char
acteristic of men who know not civil.
ity toward women, suddenly left hlm
and, as he hurried toward the door he
begged: "Don't shoot!' Once out
side, he made quick use of his legs
and when last seen was hitting it off
somewhere down in the vicinity of
johnson 4 Ramdohr S beer garden.
He was headed straightaway and is
possibly still running from Winnemue-
ca, and the brave young lady who
had the tcmerity and the mettle TO
teach him lesson he sadly needed.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-30
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD

Yesterday afternoon the funeral ser,
vices over the remains of Charles
Polkinghorn were held at the Polking-
horn home in Golconda. Mr.. Polknig-
horn died last Monday afternoon of
cancer, from which he suffered for
many years, He had lived in Golcon-
da for many years and conducted a
mercantile business at that place for
a number of years. Surviving him
are two married daughters, Mrs. G..
w. Brady and Mrs. X. b. Stewart.
The funeral services yesterday af-
ternoon were in charge of the Win
nemueea Masonic lodge, of which Mr..
Polkinghorn had long been a member.
Rev. J Nj. Wilson of the Winnemucca
Methodist church made the remarks
at the funeral and offered words of
comfort for the stricken friends and
relatives of the deceased. Those of
the Winnemucea Masonic lodge who
attended were: A. l.. Bracket, c.
Diehl, r. T. Evans, Carl Haviland.J. NJ
Wilson, F. Poulin, Chris Wolf, r. Bat
tells, M. 5. Bonnifeld, Chas. Nofsingei
and G. b. Nunamaker.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-30
THE S1OCKMARKET
DOINCS
MANY PURCHASES ARE MADE
DURING THE PAST WEEK
Eighty Cars of Sheep from Various
Parties, Is Cars of Cattle from
Evans and Curtner. 900 Head
of Beef Cattle from Ed
Stauffer

Purchases oil sheep and cattle have
been particularly active in Winnie
mucea during the past week. Over a
hundred ears of stock have been
bought by Oakland and San Francisco
meat companies and are now awaiting
shipment to the coast.
Lack OF shipping facilities has
caused considerable inconvenience and
yesterday morning so ears of mutton
sheep were started on a drive to Love
lock, where they will be fed until
ears can be procured.
The sheep were purchased from the
different sheep men in Humboldt conn
ty--40 by the Oakland Meat company
and 40 by the Western Meat company
Evans and Curtner yesterday ship.
ped 13 ears of beef cattle to San Fran
cisco and Ed Stauffer shipped 800
head of beef cattle to the Western
Meat company.
|. III. Reese a representative of
Omaha people, and wanting to buy
horses, arrived last evening. This
morning he departed TOR Paradise by
private conveyance and will look over
the horse market in the northern
valley.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-30
DANCE PAVILION WILL
SERVE FOR MACHINE SHOP

The last act is now to he written in
the tragedy OF the dance pavilion.
This pavilion was builded by popular
subscription last summer and was in
tended to serve for open air dancing
and concerts. The pavilion was built
but it was not all paid for, and was
taken by the company who put up the
lumber for its construction, after the
promoter of the business had departed
from Winnemueca.
the automobile man. who will use the
lumber for floor for his automobile
shop. The floor, which was to know
no sterner use than to be glided over
by men and maidens, now becomes
the resting place for throbbing and
dusty automobiles.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-30
THIEF STEALS SUIT OF
CLOTHES FROM DIEHL HOUSE

If you have seen a man walking
around town today with barrel
around him to hide an abbreviation
IN his garments, you will know the
man is Mr.. George Sanford.
Athief entered the room occupied
by Chris Diehl and Sanford last
night while they We're both in bed
asleep, and stole two suits of clothes,
besides other articles in the room.
The door to their room was unlocked
and the operations of the thief new
cr awakened them. When they jump
ed out of bed this morning the clothes
they had taken off the night before
were gone and now both are looking
for the thief, and also some garments
to replace those that are gone San
ford is very angry, and at intervals
talks as follows:
"He who steals my purse steals
trash, but he who steals my good
clothes takes that which would make
him shine in any society and leaves
me naked indeed.'
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1907-09-30
LOCAL BRIEFS
. . . . ooooo go {

Haviland and Hoskins are building
new office in the Humboldt ware.
house.
Mrs. Callihan and Miss Lille
Byrnes arrived from the west this
morning and took the stage for Para
disc Valley.
M. B. Staunton & Co. have re-
ceived a carload of lumber, to be
used in building, the annex to their
store
DR.. Mangan left town this morning
in response to hurried call from the
O'Donnell ranch, about IL miles be.
low town, where Mrs. Pat O'Donnell
is very ill.,
). McGinnis arrived yesterday from
Wonder Mr.. McGinnis is on his wav
to visit mining property in the north
western part of the county. He is
also interested at Gold Circle in Elko
county.
District school superintendent J. F..
Abel reports that there are several
vacancies in the schools of Churchill
and Humboldt county for which
there are at present no availibe teacr-
ers. Mr.. Abel has just returned from
week trip to Fallon, where he in
spected the schools.
The commissary department of
Nancy Bros. & Co, western Pacine
contractors, has been moved into the
Humboldt warehouse building on Rail
road street.
Articles of Incorporation of the Sew
en- Troughs Piute Mining company
are Frank Gallup, John P. Newman
and Chas. w. Kettles.
Quarantine has been established at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Vargas,
where their youngest son, Virgil, is
down with the scarlet fever.