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to allow our monopolists 70 increase the
the price OF their products, with which
the foreign imports compete. The high
er the tariff tax, the greater the price Of
trust products.
AL this maLeuverinR and evadinR of
the intention OF the nd vnlorem in the
tariff act is, therefore, in the interest Of
the trusts and combines that control tho
manufacture of home made goode.
There would not be 60 great reason for
complaint il the increased cost OF i'm.
porting foreign.madc goods did not al
low our monopolists to add to the price
OF their home made proiucts and thus
make much morS than IA reasonable pro.
tit, The whole question at issue is,
shall the trusts and man uiacturers be
inorIinatelv protected aud thue allowed
by law TO increase their profits at the
expense Of the American people? Even
the most rabid republican projections s
do not now' claim that we hive any
longer any infant industries That need
protecting, hr the ufants hive grown
TO giants, aud in league with the mag
mates Of the railroad, banking and other
enormous corporations control. in II
great measure, the Legislative, executive
and judicial departments 81 the govern
ment, by I'M alliance with the politicians
OF the. republican party tar mutual adj.
vantage aid protection.
To rrevise the tariff law would stnke
at the :iot OF these evils, and although
perhaps not entirely curing all Of them
it would tend to greatly reduce the
exorbitant profits now demanded by the
truste, most OF whom are paying large
dividends on their waiered stocks ant
bonde, and would thus reduce the cost
OF living which is now unnecessarily TOO
high. Unless the tariff il revised, 81
that the cost Of living is reduced, tn,
wages ind s~nlaries Of all classes must be
decreased to correspond with our enlarg
ed expenses 1t il entirely unfair tina
the few should monopolize prosperity n
the expense Of the many.-ExcbanHe.
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H1aId OF Pardon,

The board Ut parions met ,es .er day
and denied tba application Of Dan
O'Domn. serving n term for bigamy. r.
johnson, who WAS par,ioned last sum.
uier, was restored to cit .zenship. The
petition ~ Patrick Dnlnu. serving II life
sentence for killing Patriot. Green,
brother Of Senator Green of White Pine
county, WAS taken under Amusement for
thirty days in order :" nl,mx Attorney
WOODBURY. time tO secu re m,re evidence
for the benefit of the bOard. Following
are the other cnses to he cnueidered:
W. d. Carlton. forgery; Charles Can.
try, grand larceny; L. Fnn. house,
breacknp; Patrick Hern. murder sec.
ond degree; George lIeneler. forgery;
Joseph Hdwlev, burglary; Ed Holt,
burglny; J.. Z. Logan. forgery; NJ. Is
Spiker, burglary; Coche Segmiiler,
murder, life sentence; A. 4. Scbole,
manslaughter; TIM Shea, assault to Kill
Q. B. Treadweu, robbery; W. Is. Yates
bignmy.
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-Ahnhh.n.h nnmn.

Little Clovis Genuette. son Of Mr..
and Mira Peter Genneite of Mound
Valley. died at the Boiling hospital
about 6 o'clock this ing. About
five weeks ago. he was taken with spinal
meuengitis, He was taken to the
hosiit at once ana everything that
love and medical science could do to
restore his health was done. But these
~taile'l, and carly thus mornlug his suf.
ferings ceased rs his Rpirit winged its
way to the unseen world.
The remains were taken to the resi-
dence Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mcbride, where
they will be kept until the funeral,
arrangements for which will he made
when Mr.. Gennette arrives FROM his
ranch.
Little Clovis was nm exceedingly
bright boy and his death is a sad blow
To HE PARENTS. In his brief life OF two
", nrs and nine mopths, he 81 wove Inn.
self into their lives that his passing
leaves them with broken hearts. They
will miss his patterinR footsteps md his
childish prattle, but the thought that
their little boy peacefully sleeps in tina,
land where sickness is unknown should
comfort and console the IN.
Tho sorrowInp parents nave the
sympathy Of this community III theii
aih ,ctiop.
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Latest "Freak" Dinner.

The latest freak" dinner is tho
baby dinner, which took place at BAL.
timore. The men guests came in
knickerbOckefs, the women in short
frocks. The hostess daughter. who
has just come OUT entered sitting
In n perambulator. wheeled by n friend
In the get.up Of a negro nurse. Ar.er
firing OF dragging wooden horses and
stuffed woolly lambs about the rom,
wheeling hoops. playing with mec'ian,
Ical toys and blowing tin trumpe;s. tho
company reyeled I'm Here VIC come
gathering nuts and may" and other
Juvenile songs and rames -
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PntrutIug

United States Snt vcyor General of
Nevada Matthew Kyle Inns iesu,d n
schedule Of fees adopted Tor this diet rIcl
concerning tle fca for office work on
mineral RuFrcys. Following js the
schedule, ShiOh is the s"rap as lqai been
IN force Tor some timrl Tndc Chime,
Tor each location, single or in group, Gao;
placer claims. for each ln,ntinn, slngly
or'in group s3o; mill .ilcp, II sur Va, cl
separately, ego; II claimed in connection
with lode or placer clai ne. $40 In addi
lion 70 tho foe Tor ah'h claim; c1amina
ton o' plhcer claims by l"vnI euhdiv via.
TONE $40 Tor each lo1a,iou, srnely or IN
group.
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kob.r, EDWARD Ice.

While many Of the prominent officers
OF the civil Wal armies are yet cnnsplcu.
Gus actors IN the the aff airs OF civil iif,,
the people Of the sonth are asked Ia
commemorate the centenary OF the birth
OF Rotert Edwsri Lee, who was born
Jan. 10, 1907. Jefferson Davis was horn
the same year and Abraham Lincoln in
1909. These three history making
Americans had reached middle life
when they began to write their names III
the sands OF tune. Lee always had
younger men for ~antagoniste. He WIS
Rfty.four when he took up the sword Of
Virginia. Mcclellan. his first notable
opponent, was nearly twenty y.ars his
junior, aud Grant. 10 whom he yielded
:he sword at ~Appomaitox, was the
younger by. fifteen years. With Apo.
mattoI only forty one years behind us
il seems strange that We should associate
the centennial idea with one OF it's
heroes.
Washington has been in his grave but
q few years over 4 century. Lee added
nothing I'd his Tame AIuPF tie FuTteUucE
in 1866. His sun had set. But the
worlds estimate OF this distinRu ished
soldier hus varied little since he bore
the fortunes Of the Coutederscy upon
the bayonets Of his ever dwindlinR bat
~talions. 1t was not so much what be
did as The FEC, that. he did an! thing al
all with the at his COMMAND
that could give him rank with the fore
most generals Of his nRe. He won nc
/. Glenn cut victories. He lost Gettysburg
which is always held to have been the
, decisive battle ~ the Wal, yet he
!, rendered only n year and II halt later
and that within lL0 miles OF the firl,
G which has been declared biH Waterloo
, Sometimes. compared with WashnRt"n,
Lee resenIbled AnHrich's first ''idirr IL
, his tirmuess and forti udr. " u up'UI
u stood OIL the British year II er ear will
u vastly inferior numbers and scant SUI
plies. Lee allowed the eDcIn, I" ruai
4 where he wished almost and even lee
y the pace, but somehow he Away mnuit
4 ed TO oe on the spot when the gates u
d Il chmond were thrcaiened.-EI.
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wise Counsel From The South.

81 want to give some valuable advice
to those who suffer with lamo back and
kidney trouble" saysJ, II. Blankenehip.
OF Beck. Tenn. IL have proved 10 nm
absolute certainty thnt Electric Bittep
will positively euro this distressing o n
ditiop. The fret bottle gave me great
relief and after taking n Tow more
bottles, was completely cured; 90 con.
pletely that II benomes n pleasure 10
recommend this great remedy Sold
under guarantee Mt EIko Drug Co.'S
drug store, Price zoe.
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TARIrf TAX.

Tho collection OF tariff tax on imports
should bo Il eimplo matter, but tho
republican politicians, acting in the In
tercst OF the protected monopolis;s, hive
purpo9ely made the schedules intricate
and conflicting. lhore are, ut tho post
oi Nov York alone, hundreds OF entries
OF goods held up every month by pro.
tests OF importers he Huse the appraisers
are continu lily trying to impose higher
duties, by having The goods entered
under paragraphs ~ the tariff act other
than those that similar goods have here
totore been entered under. Then there
IL the constant fight between the i'm.
porters and the government oficiaie
about the declared value Of the goods iu
the country Oi their origin. Tie pro.
tected trusts and mopopolista have,
under this administration, M under
former republican administrations. con.
trolled The appointment Of the custom
houso officials, and trust intcrcs,s have
been eubserved by so tOrpretinR the
law no to increase tho duties paid on
imporin, 10 Tie name mentioned, go M
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We have received u circular from the
Nevada Commercial League collecting
membership. The league was orgen'Ieo
10y representative business men OF Reno
for the purpose Of procuring legislaooo
beneficial to the Sinto mud insisting III
every possible way the development d
it's many Its motto IL: Ne
yada For All; AL For Nevada
Its objects are more fully set out III
the following:
sIt.las nothing to sell. It's euerg.es
are devoted to fostering all thinRs that
have. the advancement Of Nevada as
their object. 1t gives reliable intorma-
tion on every subject connected With
the industries Of Nevada. II gives en-
couraRement to the establishment OF
new industries, aud invites desirable
immig ration. 1t Is not an employment
Agency, although it gives Information
regarding labor conditions. 1t presents
the opportunities and needs ID all heide
81 business and professional activity
The league is supported by popular
subscription and makes no charge foi
any service repde red. 1t works in har
mony with every commercial organiza
ton OF the State. Meetings. are hel;
e ni.monthly.! Headquarters Of tn,
League, Reno, Nevada"
Tie officers Of tlIe league are Alex j
McCoue,itpresideni; e.. GulliuR, vice
president; II. j. Darling. treasurer; ID
| s. Tsggart, secretary.
The league has COMMITTEES at work q,
railroads and Legislation and on thrs
lines the work is ProgressinG spleudidly
One Of the objects the league il at Twin,
TO accomplish is the establishment ~
terminal railroad point il Nevada. Tn
importance OF this to people ~ thi
State cannot be over estimated. FO
years the merchants, business men, anu
III fact, every man, woman ind child j
Nevada has paid unjust tribute I" Sn
Francisco. Because OF the robbin
freight tariffs put in force by the Soutl
ern Pacific by which the people :
Nevada have been compelled to n
through freight to Sacramento an
local freight back on all ls ehirpe
into the State from the erst, millions ,
dollars that should have remained
Nevada have gone into the Golfers
the railroad company and the pockets
California merchants. IL the Iengu
with or without the cooperation ~ oI
people, succeed in changing this cOnd
ton. its members will be entitled TO Il
lasting gratitude Of every citizen OF Il
Stat5.
The people NJ Elko county should |
interested III this work and they shou
lend thu IT assistance tO the iesgue.
blink form u application Tor membe
ship can be found Mt this uficn. 4
who desire to become members OF Il
league can call and eign the applicable
and we will for ward tic came to the O
lice nj Reno.
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John Sparks took lie oath M governor
OF Nevada before Justice Talbot Of thp
supreme court OF Nevada Monday ~
noon and ell other state o~llicinIs wore
also sworn into Office. Following ARE
the other state officers:
Lieutenant Governor ID. s. Dickersou.
from White Pine county; state rrensur.
or Dave Htynn, Secretary ~ Stata W,
o.. Douglnss, State Controller, Jacob
Eggers. Attorney General X. Stnd, nr'.
State Printer JOSEPH McGartl,. Super
intendeni oi Schools. Orvia Ring.
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III you wnnt to tell whetinr or moi
the man you are talking to liz telling til.
truth, don't look him in the eyes," said
a Denver bank teller to some friends
last night. Il thought il was just the
other way said Quo Of those present.
1--WE always understood tint it made il
harder for the bar il ynn lO"ked tquarly
i'll his eyea." -rhat's n wrong imprrsT
sion,' continued tue bank teller. -l'ho
man who knows how to lie knows how
70 look you in 'he eJ "a when ho'- houug
it. And the man who isn't a regrlnr
liar. but vino has made up his mini Ia
lie to you. donldss iirst that he must
look you straight III this ey.a !, ls '!g
voice, when you don't look at the ey to
that tells you whether the other fellow il
lying. We u+e the system frequently In
theb bank. A man will come ia u tell
us some business tale. We look at his
feet or his hands or his kneea, but never
in his eycs. II hoe telling the truth his
voice will he firm and st rsigh'for ward,
and the absence ~ your gage in his cy az
will not affect il, but il he's lying hn1l
be coufused by yonr action, and his
will tremblr. He'll hem and haw md
clear hIs throat. Yum nlny r"-t assured
then that he's str.ngInY yuu.'-D.nve YER
Post.
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The GoldfeId strike il in a fair ray
O' settlement. The committees re-
presenting the mincta and mine owners
adopted the following:
-Wage scale, t5 per shift for all skilled
labor Is per shit Tor all underground
work. gums Furnished by operators
where necessary; $50 per shift Tor al
nnskilled lRbOr on the surface.
"ChBnge-roOms shall be erected and
maintained on all o2eratrng properties
such buildings 10 he dcsIgund Tor the
comfort and health 0i the minors Voiuu
on and of shifts md slnll be located IN
near as practicable to the sllafi. I,
shall be supplied with proper apparatus
and proper precautions kh.,l i,e taken
Tor the projection Of personal efTccia.
Any operator nj my time may require
all eDpI0yGs 10 use tucli clhngc.rooms
ID going on and of shift md to abangc
not more than their Ouier gnrmentf, md
AMI he may plncc u represc uiativ 70 IN
charge OF such room whose duty n sbnll
no to take the tally Of employee md
report to the management any irrcyu.
lnrity which Gnme under his ohserya.
ton"
Senate Nixon stated M Reno ,cster,
to-day hat be- hGo good rrasons Tor be.
heVing TINT the Hiriks would suou be
and all the mines at work. III,
proposition 81 the joint committee WINS
submitted 10 y meeting Of the miners
held Inst night,
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Totals. 40 licenses 80. $500 90

That is $500 WIS collected for slot
machine licenses during the first nine
months of the year as against iG20 ior
the last three months. As 1t If a we'll
known fact that as many, il not more,
slot machines were running in this
county during the first nine months Of
the year than there we're during the last
quarter, it is very evident that licenaet
were not collected on slot machines dur
ing the fret nine months Of the year rs
the law directs.
Taking the amounts collected tor
gaming and slot machine licenses last
quar ter and comparing them with the
amounts collected in each ~ the prrceu.
ing quarters il In evident that several
thousnmi dollars have been lost "a thu
county D., the failure Ia collect gum';Ip
and rIo' machine licenses.
The l~aDErENDEST congratulntes
Sheriff Clark on his eutor cemen of the
gaming md slot machine laws Inst
quarter and hopes thut ho will hereafter
permit no games o r slot mnclIinea to do
business in this county without paying
every cent OF the licenses required by
law. In ,'oinp the, he will have the
support Of every god citizen in the
county.
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a Formrr Eikou. Sue. For Divorce.

Mrs. George j. Smith Of Reno has
filed n auit for divorce in the Waslor
county district court. She alleges
desertion and cruelty and declares That
her huebnnd ia a religious fnnaiio. She
blames him Tor the death of her sixteen.
months.old babe, because he refused To
summon medical aid. With detail che
recites how he blew hia own breath into
the babb'a lungs In vain ondcavor 10
bring it back 10 life. believing himself
possessed Of all power.
She also charges ttai Smith Ia Of n
cruel and iuhumHu temperament aud
that no has treated his children most
iubumanly, lashing them with II long
leather whip, forcing them to eat certain
quantities u food at the table, 40 cram.
ming them that they have rOmitcd H..
their plates She nlleges that he has
ccused her OF doing things which hc
learned through his revelations and
the reupon became abusive. tie in.
allowed herself and family, 10 she siy,
etc II month to live on.
Mrs. Smith was formerly Mics N,va
Burner, nm Elko girl. who will he 70.
membcred by tho old residents NJ the
town. She VIVA married 10 Mr.. Smith 6t
TuscarorR on the 9th day Of January.
1890. She asks Tor II complete sctnra
ton, the custody Of tho children, Harold
aged II and Violin aged u, and r share
OF the property, including come $1,000
due on a note Tor the sn'e ~ real cetate.
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TucSnn the Oldest Town.

DIR. Alex tnter craig Of Tucson, Ariz.,
alleges that that city Is older than ST.
\"sustin", Fla. by thirteen years. He
say:
" here can he no doubt that Tue. on
enjoys The distinction Of being the oldest
cit! IN The United States. When that
intrepid Spaniard, Melendez, discovered
the coast Of Florida, planted the standard
nf his country and founded the city OF
st. Augustine, in the year VI our Lord
Lotto, TUCSON wa a struggling und grow.
ing pueblo and had been for thirteen
years. This is not nccorling to our text
books on geography, but it is just lis
much n TACT for all Of that, and the proof
of 1t may he tOund in Il stained and
'timeworn document Of yelIlm, aligned
by their Catholic m~aics.ics, Ferdinand
and Isabella, aud conntersigned by the
Viceroy Of Mexico and General Coron.
ado, who i'll the early pnri of 1862 raised
the flag of Spain over the little Indian
village ~ Tucson and land the corner
stone of the first mission with hrs own
hands. This important paper was lost
to tho public until nbnnt Twelve years
ago, when it was discovered by a mere
accident among the archives OF the
ancient church Of S IN XIvier, nine
miles south OF Tucson As Il matter OF
pr%rcaution 1t was forwarded to the
hhrar, at Washington, D. G., where it
now lies. This discovery gives the
residents Of Tucson the right to claim
that their city is the Oldest in the United
Sintes."-Los Angeles Times.
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Important Mining D~scI.Iou

In the United States Circuit Court Of
A%rPeGls Mt San Francisco Inst Monday.
Judge Gilbert decided that one ma,
make M original location OF a mining
mining claim upon land marked aud
occupied under IN attempted prior loca.
ton, IL such prior location IL void by
reason Of failure to comply with the law
ts to location notice or recording the
same, bnt hc cnnnot make u relocation
~ sucb II claim. s ich land, IL mineral.
II, notwitl standing the prior proceeding.
unapproprintrd public land subject 10
location. Relocation IL authorized only
Tor forfeiture or Abandonment OF n no
location. by making a relocation the
locator makes admission OF the validity
OF tile prior location md prrc'ud e him.
self from cuntestiDR it. Tho decision
was rendered IN the rjectment suit on
the Eddy claim in the Searchlighi
mining dist riot.
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PATCH UP OLD S%cHooNERS
Artisans Repair with Great Skill
Chicago's Timeworn Lake
Craft.

Hearts OF oak In the Chicago schoon-
er fleet arc breaking. Beam and
s%tanchlon, rail and brace, the pic
t'rcsque lumber carrier of other days,
is going down before the attacks of
time. Wind and wave are winning
victories which send the stout ships
Of the old-time fleet with greater and
greater frequency to the shipyard,
anu boats wlich once boosted OF rec
cr1s made In runs from Chicago 10
Michigan lumber ports and back are
yearly surrenderlng TO the fire of COM
petition and :, seeking their last port
in humanity, says the Chicago Daily
News.
There still remain active, however,
so OF the thousands of boats which
Jncc crowded Chicago harbor and fur
hished business for Il hundred tugs.
Their masters, grown gray in tight
Ing battles with gales and Ice Iloes,
sill cling to the ships they love.
A1%ectionately do some OF their owners
regard! the old-tlme craft, and many
tricks Of shipcraft are resorted TO
q at some OF the boats may be kept
In service.
Water and dirt, heat and cold, CON-.
binc their forces in attacks on the old
ships. Here and there weaknesses de-
yelop. Pieces of oak falter and crack
and dry rot does deadly work. Then
comes a call for nm artisan with the
skiil OF a vIollnmaker. Oak chips
fly and hammers ring until tho weak
pieces are taken out and replaced by
now timbers. Patch on patch the
work goes OH until the ships enemies
reach a vital spot, when, worn ard
torn, she is locked. stripped OF her
canvas, and left n skeleton.
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Totals for quarter. $50
Total for quarter. $3.50

A total Tor the first three quarters OF
the year Of s3l51. only 1910 more than
was collected for the last quarter. And
that with rs many or m"e games II
nInR III the county during the first nine
months Of the year than we're running
during the last three montia
The eliot machine ii:en .es for the first
nine months of the var show up even
worse than the gaming Licenses. The
books o. the auditor chow that the fol-
lowing shot machine Licenses were sold
by the sheriff during the first, second
and third quarters oi last year:
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-e ~s-
1JnIIy SeRsDHpsr Oufuut.

IL my citizen ~ the United States d
lacking IN that kind of wisdom which 10
10 he gathered from the prrusaI ol
daily nc~wsparcrs, he can not o. ssihIy
cSrise himself under the plea II II lack
NJ supply.
a recent bulletin aublis'md 10y tho
census bureau n; VA hnetou staiG that
there nro 1862, 7j7 copies ~ daily news.
pnrcrs or II Tor every four persona.
turned out each weekday in this coun
try. On SnrdayR the number printed
10 ll,530,59l. t1n total umouot
charged Tor advertising IN 1905 WA
sl45,b3l.Bll. Tho capital invested IN
printing and publishing 10 1891, 02i $50.
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Tho RI1hI Name.

MI August Shcrpc, the ropular over,
seer ~ the poor, nj Fort Madi, on IL.
eajs: "Dr. Kings New Lilo Pills are
rightly named; they dc, more aprccahly,
ia nor good and makc ono feel better
ehHn my other laSative.- Guaranteed
I" core bilionspcss mud constipation
PC ut Elko Drug Co.'S drug store.
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Death ~ sam CuFtIg.

Sam Curtis. II Nevada p~ioreer and
prominent mining man. died in the
county hospital nj Goldheld Friday.
Deceased VIVA superinte ndent Of ne yer nj
Cornstock minee some years ago and
Eas at ope time qnit" wealthy, but died
n poor man. FrieRds Ni ,hr oIden dayG
helped brighten his last days. IIo waH
nged aboni 81 yrarp, and leaves a family
tn San Francisco. Ia which place his
body was shipped. Six months ag0 he
located n tunnel neal Cactus. Ito lind
bcen IN Goldlield only iwo or three
monlhp, faqt lRsins wlln, little money M
hal lett. his old friends Of Virginia
Dity days fed him, clothed him, houaed
him and IN many ways not only IN &C,
count oi his sensibili;y, hhi benauso no
had become tceble minded. tt- Carson
Appeal. L..- STE, e. ".
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London,s Contrasts.

London Is the city OF great con.
trasts. Adjacent to places which can
be said to be tho center OF life OF our
times wo find streets where time
seems to have stood still, and llfo
Itself moves in the slow and old.
fashioned form OF another century.