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Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
Hall for Irrigation Congress.

Albuquerque. N. MAT the meeting
OF the board of control of the National
Irrigation Congress here Friday night
1t was voted to expend $4,000 on a
convention hall for the meeting here
next fall. Plans are being drawn for the
hall and for buildings for the great
industrial exposition covering hun.
dreds OF acres, to be held in conjunc.
ton with the irrigation congress.
Chief Forester Pinchot and the rec.
lamation service are cooperating with
the congress officials to make the ma.
tional irrigation meeting and exposi.
ton the greatest thing of the kind ever
held in the Southwest. Colorado,
Texas. Arizona ars Utah will take
part in the exposition which II is
planned to make a record.breaking ex.
,ibit OF the resources OF the vast irri.
gated lands Of the Southwest.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
Western Live Stock Exposition.

Denver.-With a premium and prize
list aggregating over $500, and with
a larger list of entries Of fine blooded
stock than was ever gathered together
west of Chicago, the Western Live
Stock Exposition will open its gates
to the public January Goth. All ar
rangements for the big show have
been completed practically.
The management of the stock show
is going to take no chances with the
weather this year. In previous years
there has been some complaint made
that there was no proper place in
which to exhibit the horses, the cat
tie, the hogs and the sheep. When
the weather turned bad during the
show there was cause for this com.
plant. This year, however, a spacious
pavilion. capable of seating between
1000 and 5000 persons has been
erected at the stock yards. A big cir
Gle of seats built in tiers surrounds
the show ring. The pavilion is GOV.
cred and besides is heated by steam
so that no matter what the weather
spectators will be as comfortably
housed as though they were seated
in an opera house.
The active management OF the stock
show this year is in the hands of Col.
onel w. E. Skinner, who was for a
number of years at the head of the in.
ternational live stock exposition in
Chicago and who built it up into the
greatest live stock show in the world.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
7 76e
General Demand

Of the Well-Informed of tho World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of knows
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its com
ponent parts are known to them to b
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, ut
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufactur by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
VIII Withdraw Troops.

washington.-Presi Roosevelt
has determined to withdraw the fed
eral troops from Goldfeld. Nevada,
shortly after the convenirg of the
special session of the Legislature. which
met Tuesday. This intention was
made known at the White House
when the report of the special investi-
eating commission was made public,
together with a letter from the Presi-
dent to Governor Sparks dated. Janu-
airy 4th.
The President says he shall be gov
erned by the recommendations in the
report unless the governor can show
that the statements of the report are
not in accordance with the facts. The
report says:
1.-The conditions did not support the
general allegations in the governors S
request for troops, nor We're his spe-
cific statements established to any
such extent as to justify his use of
these statements for the purpose of
getting federal troops
The commission expresses itself as
satisfied that out of the entire men,
bership in the miners union thee are
not over a few hundred men OF dan
gerous type, while the great majority,
probably three-fourths of the member
ships of the union, were conceded to be
men of law-abiding tendencies. The
report adds:
by permitting their organization to
be managed and controlled by men OF
violent tendencies, the union as body
has thus laid itself open to the re-
proach Of Seing vicious organiza-
tion.
'In view Of the foregoing facts we
believe there is considerable danger
that serious disorders will be attempt
ed If the troops be withdrawn and the
mine operators insist on carrying out
their publicly announced policy. But
II handful of men have controlled
the Goldfield Miners Union and com
mitted the organization to indefensible
policies and practices, 1t is no reason
why the county of Esmeralda and the
state of Nevada should tamely submit
to the domination of this same group
and should not assert their authority
and power and enfore respect for law
and order without support OF federal
troops"
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
Awful Theater Disaster.

Boyertown, Pa.-One hundred per-
sons of this borough were killed in
theater fire and panic Monday night
and nearly three-score injured, many
of them fatally. A majority of the
killed were members OF the leading
families Of the town.
While 1.-The Scottish Reformation"
was being produced In the Rhoades
opera house by Mrs. Monroe of Wash
ington, a gasoline tank used in NOV
ing picture scene exploded. Immedi-
ately there was n wild rush for the
exits of the building. Men of mature
years endeavored to still the panic,
but their voices couS not be heard
above the shrieks and screams of the
terrified women and children, who
composed the greater part Of the audi
ence.
1t seemed as though nearly the en-
tire audience made mad rush for the
exit the moment the explosion oc-
Cured. In their attempt to quiet the
great crowd those persons who were
on the stage accidentally upset the
coal oil lamps used at the footlights.
The burning oil scattered in all di-
rections, and the lamps which were
used to light the opera house ex.
ploded, throwing the blazing oil over
the terror-stricken people who were
fighting frantically to gain the exits
In the mad rush a section Of the floor
gave way, precipitat.ng scores of per.
sons to the basement.
It was scarcely five minutes from
the time Of the explosion Of the tanks
until the entire heart of the structure
seemed q roaring furnace
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
WYOMING WOOL MEN.
Condemn Government Forest Reserv.
And Fee Grazing Policy.

Laramie. Wyo.-The Fourth annual
convention Of the Wyoming Woo
Growers Association closed Saturday
night after selecting Rawlins as the
place Of the 1909 meeting and re-elect.
ing ]. A. Delfelder Of Wolton, presi.
dent; E. ]. Bell Of Laramie, vice presi.
dent, and George s. Walker Of Chey.
enne, secretary-treasurer.
General Manager Mohler OF the
Union Pacific. addressed the conven.
ton, telling telling what the railroad
had done during the year. He ex.
pressed fear that the wave of prohibi.
tion sweeping over the country would
be a possible means of reducing traf.
fic. He also denounced agitation along
the line of rate regulation and other
reformative legislation.
The executive committee of one
from each county was elected and a
large number Of delegates left by spe-
cial train tonight for Helena, Montana,
to attend the National Association.
Resolutions were adopted unalter-
ably opposing the Burkett bill, or any
system of federal leasing of range
lands; condemning the policy of the
administration management Of forest
reserve and the grazing fee system.
The Black Hills forestry policy was also
condemned and the convention is OPP
posed to the regulations issued by pub
lie land officials. Clifford Pinchot's ad-
ministration of the forestry bureau
was opposed and the alleged dissemina-
ton of misleading statements in
Eastern newspapers and magazines
was condemned. Newspapers in Wy
oming which oppose the so-called Pin
chot policies were commended, the
convention condemning the utterances
OF certain newspapers.
Congress is to be petitioned for the
enactment of a law to make the mini
mum speed of stock trains between
feeding points not less than fifteen
miles an hour, including all stops. A
pathological bureau in the state was
favored and the State Board of Sheep
Commissioners Is commended. The
present tariff on wool, hides and sugar
was approved and Senator Clark and
Congressman Mondell were indorsed
in their work, both in and out of Con-
press, particularly on the public land
question. Governor Brooks Of Wyom-
ing was also commended. Resolution
II was only one not approved, only
twenty-five delegates voting for 1t and
double that number against 1t criti-
cised the President and opposition to
such action was led by Governor
Brooks and William Daley Of Rawlins.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
GUARDING THEIR FLocKs.
Two Hundred Armed Mon Protecting
Twenty Thousand Sheep.

Two Hundred Armed Mon Protecting
Twenty Thousand Sheep.
Denver.-A Grand Junction. Colo.
special to the Republican Monday night
seys:
Appeals to the governor and to the
shoriffs of Mesa and Delta counties for
special protection having failed, and
fearing that bloody battle might be
precipitated by irate cattlemen through
whose territory they must pass and
which had been the scene Of many
range wars and murders. the owners
OF 10000 sheep are sending the stock
from Montrose to the winter range in
Utah under guard Of over 200 men.
armed with Winchesters.
This great body arrived within two
miles of Grand Junction at dusk to-
night and bivouacked on the Orchard
mesa. For miles around and along the
route skirmishers are deployed, look
ing for the slightest sign Of hostile
cattlemen. The guards form a Gordon
about the focks, taking turns at keep
ing watch.
The sight is the most picturesque
ever seen in this part Of the country
and brings to mind the days when the
Ku Klux Klan of the South mustered
it's wierd forces under the shadows OF
night to make impossible negro domi-
nation.
On every peak, hilltop, In the ra-
vines and along the roads and trails
watchmen are tonight silhouetted
against the clear sky and refuse to
speak. Save for infrequent challenges
by sentries of curious persons ap-
preaching too close to the line, all is
quiet.
The owners of the sheep are mem
bers OF the Western Slope Wool Grow
ers' Association. They petitioned the
sheriffs for 200 deputies, but they were
refused. Then a petition to Lieuten-
ant Governor Harper for troops was
also refused, but he sent a letter to
the sheriffs to see that the flocks were
protected.
A short time ago John Swanson,
sheep berder, was murdered and his
flock driven Off the range. Although
$4,000 reward was offered the murderer
was never captured. The feeling be-
tween the two sides Is bitter and mi
nor troubles have been frequent. The
sheep are feeding as they go along and
trouble is feared. The sheepmen will
break camp at dawn and continue to-
ward the Utah line.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
HI, Opinion of the Dinner.

The guests at large dinner party
did ample Justice to the tempting
viands as course after course was
served. They were loud in their
praises of the Chinese cook, of whom
the hostess was justly proud. They
declared they never ate more deli
cious or appetizing delicacies. Final
ly the Chinaman brought in the last
course, a huge cake heavy with
frosting. He was a converted Chi
naman, and desiring to honor his
religion he had put motto on the
cake that satisfied his conscience.
1t read, Prepare to Meet Thy God"
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
OF SUCH STUFF ARE DREAMS.
Little Virginia Imagined She Had
"Eated Herself"

Little Virginia, three years old,
brought her mother to her nursery a
few nights ago with heartbroken
walls.
What is the matter, dearie? Why
are you screaming so?"
Mamma, am l all here?"
Certainly you are all here, right in
your bed
But, mamma, feel of me, see If I'm
all here. Are my feet here and the
top of my head, both?"
Certainly, Virginia, every bit of
you is here, tucked in your little
trundle bed. Why do you think you
are not?"
II dreamed"-this with another
great sob-"I dreamed l was choco-
late stick and 1 had Gated myself"
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
Non.Unlon Miners at Work.

Goldfeld, Nev.-Nearly 200 new men
took Jobs In the mines Saturday, most
Of them former members OF the West
ern Federation Of Miners. All of the
active mining district is picketed by
hundreds Of federation men who
swarm the hills in droves attempting
TO influence the miners to quit work
The miners have to run gauntlet
hearty half mile long to get to the
quarters provided by the mine owners,
but 80 far few have seeded.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16

kidneys and made me worse. 1 have
used many different medicines and
was discouraged when I began with
Doan's Kidney Pills, but now the
symptoms that alarmed me are gone"
Sold by all dealers, so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
Would Widen the Canal.

Washington.-Secretary Taft has
written n letter to the President rec
ommending an increase of the width
Of the Panama canal from 100 feet as
ut present planned, to 10 feet. The
change will cost about $5.000,O00 ad-
ditional. but meets the naval view as
to the likelihood Of larger battleships
in the future.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16

herited kidney trou-
BILE grew steadily
worse with me until
so nervous l could
not sleep at night. l
was dizzy and spots
fioated before my
eyes. My back and
hips ached and every
cold settled on nv
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
STATE OF ONO. CRY OF TOLEDO. s..

partner of the nrm OF F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing
business In the City of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said irm will pay the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of CArARRH that cannot be cured by the use Of
HALL's CArARRH CURE - -
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence.
this 9th day OF December, A. D., 1856.
.T.ls A. v" SorAnr rgStro.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists. 15c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16

Get leave to work in this world.
'Tis the best that life may offer.
Browning.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16

Occasionally woman is glad when
her husband makes her cry, because
she can work him for a peace offer
ing.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
REASON FOR WoMEN's "NERvEs'
In Very Many Gases It Is Weakened
Kidneys.

Mrs. Frank Rosebooln, 512 S. Wash
ington ST., Moscow, Idaho, says: I'm
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16

PILES CURED IN O TO II DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any ca 50
of Itching, Blind, bleeding or Prutrudlng Piles in
to IL days or money refunded. 5Oc.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16

Mrs. Wlnstows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums reduces In
nammation ailays pain, cures wind colic. 25c bottle
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16

Calamity is mans true toucnstone.
Beaumont.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
Many Professional Men,

clergymen, teachers and singers use
Browns Bronchial Troches for curing
hoarseness and coughs.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16

Our great care should be not to
live long, but to live well.-Seneca
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-19
THE MAINE ELECTION

Democrats throughout the country
are deriving great comfort from the
returns from the recent Maine election,
claiming it to be the forerunner of
Bryan's success in November.
While it is true that the Republican
state ticket was elected by greatly re-
duced majorities, the question of part,
politics did not contribute in the least
to the result. The population of Maine
is composed largely of a very staid
and respectable, but il some respects
illusory and illogical class of people of
~puritanical tendencies, who believe it
possible to make men good by statute.
The Republican party of the state is
prohibition law that does not prohibit.
and the more practical men of the party
repudiate it. This year the Democratic
platform favored a sensible high-lieense
law to supercede the present obsolete
prohibition act, which would insure a
revenue to the state from the traffic
now carried on. The battle was fought
on this single issue, and the result
shows a much larger vote for the Re
publican candidates than conservative
members of the party throughout tho
country anticipated.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-19

nue.. Washington Avenue, Clay avenue
Scott Avenue (2nd.), Beatrice Avenue,
First Street, Second Street, Thlrd
Street. Stanford Street, Croker street,
Fourth street, Fifth Street, Sixth
Street, Seventh Street and Kent Street,
together with all alleys intersecting
the same, the said right OF way, so iar
as any one such avenue, street or aiiey
is concerned, beginning at any point
thereon and extending, in either dlrec-
ton, to the ends thereof;
Also along, over, upon I'M across
any and all public roads, or highways,
and lateral branches thereof, SO far as
the same are public, leading to or fron
the said Town of Golconda across, over
or to any part of the said Gold u
Township, beginning at the said point
in Lot 8 of Block 43 of the Town OF
Golconda, and terminating at the Inn
it's of the said Gold Run Township or
other limit Of any such public road or
highway, or branch thereof, within
said Township; also along, over, upon
and across any and all public roads or
highways crossing any part of the SAID
Gold Run Township, beginning at any
point on the length of any such road or
highway and running thence in either
direction to the limits of the said
Township, or any other termination OF
the said roads or highways in the said
Township.
And all rights Of way to be granted
by this franchise, shall be only OF such
width and extent as to permit the con-
81 ruction and maintenance of telephone,
light and power lines along the same
in the way in which such lines are
ordinarily constructed, maintained and
operated; and in all cases sach lines
and right of way shall be so located,
constructed and maintained as least to
disturb or interfere with the customary,
necessary or proper use and occupation
of any street, alley, road or highway,
by the public or individuals entitled
to the use of the same.
GOLCONDA TELEPHONE & POWER
CO, Applicant.
G.. c. HILL, County Clerk.
First publication Sept. 8, 1908.
Last publication Oct. 6, 1908
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-19

According to the press dispatches, the
legislative candidates nominated by
the Democratic county convention ~
Fallon last week pledged themselves, If
elected, to vote for Senator Newlands.
From this action, it must be in.
ferred that the Churchill county Dem
ocratic Legislative candidates nave
either not heard of the bargain entered
into by Candidates Flanagan and New
lands, or do not propose to be bound
by any agreement to which they were
not personally a party.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-19
THE 1909 MINING CONGRESS

1t has been urged by the Goldfeld
Chronicle that by a united effort on the
part of her citizens, Nevada may be
able to secure the 1909 meeting of the
national mining congress, which this
year will meet at Columbus, Ohio, in
November.
The suggestion is most opportun..
During the two months that will inter
vene before the holding of the 1908
convention, steps may be taken that
will insure the congress for the state
mex year. just why the congress
should 60 east of the Missouri river
is not apparent, and upon a proper rep
resentation Of Nevada claim to the
honor, the convention, at it's meeting
this fall will without doubt, decide to
hold it's 1909 session in a mining state.
While it is one of the Oldest mining
states of the Union, Nevada's mineral
esource have as yet been barely
touched, and only await development
to make this commonwealth the great
est producer of precious metals in the
country. The meeting within our Dor
ders of . representative body of min
ing men would Immediately give our
principal industry an impetus that
could not be acquired in many years
in any other nj
1t is to be hoped that the press AMI
citizens generally will take the matter
up in earnest and secure for the state
that which properly belongs to it.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-19

knew that the company violated the
law with regard to the blocking of
frogs; that this violation was so fla
grant and open that Narramore vas
bound to know Of it; and that even
though he was free from fault himself,
still he had no case as he had assumed
the risk of working under the condi-
tions as he saw them.
Narramore's case was carried to the
United States circuit court of appeals
in 1899, presided ove by Judge VIM
H.. Taft. Judge Taft reversed the de-
cision of the court below and wrote an
opinion that has finally become in
spirit and in practice the established
law, not only of Ohio, but of the ma
ton. He took an impregnable po-
sitiOn against presidents and numerous
decisions that had declared, in effect,
that where an employer was violating
the law with regard to the use of safe
appliances an injured workman coull
not recover damages because he was
supposed to know of the violation and
to assume all risks consequent thereto.
In his decision Judge Taft stated in
part:
"The intention of the Legislature of
Ohio was to protect the employees of
railways from injury from a very fire.
quent source of danger by compelling
the railway company to adopt a well
known safety device. And although
an employee implicitly valves a compl;
ance with the statute and agrees tc
assume the risk from unblocked frogs
and switches by continuing in the ses-
vice without complaint, THIS COURT
WILL NOT RECOGNIZE OR EN-
FORCE SUCH AGREEMENT. The
imposition of a penalty for the viola
ton of a statute does not exclude othet
means of enforcement, and to permit
the company to avail itself of such al
assumption of risk by it's employees is,
IN EFFECT, TO ENABLE 1T TO
NULLIFY A PENAL STATUTE, AND
is AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY"
The principles of this decision have
been incorporated in national law
through the urgent efforts of President
Roosevelt in a special message to con
gress, which resulted in the passage of
an act known as the employers liabil-
ity act for interstate railroads. This
act has introduced into the federal law
what is called the comparative negli-
gence theory, by which if al employee
is injured, proof of negligence on his
part does not forfeit his claim for
damages entirely, unless the accident
was due solely to his negligence. If
there was negligence by the company,
the jury is authorized to apportion the
negligence and award compensation
for the proper part of the damage to
the employee.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-19
A TAFT LABOR DECISION

Narramore was a brakeman. His
foot became tightly wedged in an un
blocked frog, which was left open con
trary to the law of Ohio, and he was
u down by a train and left a cripple
with q wife and children to support.
The company was Indifferent to the
sufferings of the man and his family
and a suit wal filed. The decision was
against him, the railroad basing its
evidence on the decision known as the
Morgan case, which declared that Zone
who voluntarily assumes a risk, there
by valves the provision of the statute
made for his protection" The court
In substance said, that Narramore
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-19
NATIONAL TICKET

For President - WILLIAM H. TAFT
of Ohio.
For Vice President-JAMES s.. SHER-
MAN of New York.
For Presidential Electors:
J. G. Thompson, Of Esmeralda,
H. A. Comins, of White Pine,
w. r. Thomas, of Lincoln.
State Ticket.
For United States Senator-Pstrick l..
Flanagan, Of Washoe.
For Congressman-Col. H. B. Maxson,
Of Washoe.
For Justice Of the Supreme Court,
Hugh Brown, of Nye.
For Surveyor General-Con A. Ahern,
of Storey.
Fol Regents-A. A. Codd and o. ).
Smith for the long term and H. 8.
Starrett for the shor, term.