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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-05-06
We Can Turn Our Hand

to anything in the Plumbing line and
ly. Effective Plumbing is great
do the work effectively and complete
boon in every house. Defective Plumb
ing Is Il great curse, We are as equal
Is ut home in putting in modern
Plumbing systems AS we are at repair
ing Let MS do your Plumbing work
and you win never have cause for
complaint.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24
MINlNCEX.
PERT RETURNS

Hassall Powell and o. M. Marks,
representing London mining syndicates'
arrived in town, direct from the world q
metropolis, Saturday evening. 1t will
be remembered that Mr.. Powell was
here for several days about the Fourth
of July, and inspected several mining
properties. AS it is not customary for
business men to come fourth of the
distance around the globe to pay social
calls, it may be reasonably concluded
that there is a mining deal of unusual
magnitude under way.
Yesterday the two Britishers, in COM
pany with Messrs. Edward Reinhart
and Charles Harlowe, visited Chafey,
the two latter named gentlemen return,
ing last evening. Messrs. Powell and
Marks, however, remained over night,
in order to further pursue their inves-
LEGATIONS, and are expected back this
evening.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

Lille Belle Stinson Brackett was
born in Susanville, CAL, December 25,
1880. Since her early girlhood her
home had been in Winnemucca, where,
ON February 25, 1899, she was married
to Albert l.. Bracket. Since that
time they have resided here, with the
exception Of about two years spent in
Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sacramento.
To friends in those cities the news Vf
her death will be shock no less keen
than it is to every person in this COM
munity who knew her and in whose
esteem she held a place that was the
highest tribute that can be paid to the
qualities of truest, gentlest woman
hood which she possessed.
The funeral services were held this
afternoon frem Silver State hall, under
the direction of Silver State Chapter,
No. 8, Order Eastern Star, of which
deceased was an honored member, Rev.
j. n Wilson Conducting lne service.
Messrs. DIR. w. L. Samuels, George
Rose, Lee Windle, Ed Stauffer, w. A.
Brown and H. w. Duncan officiated as
and the remains were fol-
lowed to the cemetery by large con-
course of sorrowing friends.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24
GRAND OPENING OF
THE LAFAYETTE GRILL

Thursday the new Lefayette Grill
will be opened with a Thanksgiving
banquet, which will be served from 4
o'clock until p. m. town time. A
feature of the occasion will be music
by an orchestra, during the entire four
hours. The nominal price of $1.00 per
plate will be charged, which win in
clude wine. The dinner will be under
the personal supervision Of Mr.. Frank
Darbey, the well-known chef, ably
assisted by Mr.. Edward Leet, favor.
ably known to local epicures. The
menu appears in another issue Of the
Silver State News.
The Lafayette is now the only place
in town that employs white help in
both dining-room and kitchen.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24
TAKES RECESS FOR
FUNERAL
COURT ADJoURNS IN
RESPECT TO MRS. BRACKETT

At noon today Judge Orr adjourned
court until A o. clock, in order that the
court, court officials and jury might
have the opportunity to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Bracket.
The bench warrant issued for the
man Patterson, the eye witness to tho
Nichols killing, has not yet been re-
turned, and for this reason the case
was continued until December 3.
In the Longacre murder case a
motion by the defense to continue the
case until the January term was taken
under advisement by the court. The
delay was requested for the reason
that three important witnesses for the
defense were unavailable at this tim..
1t is possible that tomorrow court
may take a recess until after Thanks
giving, in order that the members of
the jury may spend the holiday with
their families.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24
EDlTORBEARDSTHE
KANGAROO

Editor Case came down from Love-
lock last week, and having business at
the courthouse, considered the time
oppOrtune to inspect the new county
Jail, Of which all our citizens feel Justly
proud.
Now Johns long suit is mechanics,
and when Sheriff Lamb showed him
how he could lock all the cells stimuli
taneously by the simple throwing of a
single lever, he stepped inside the
cage in order that he might the better
observe the modus operandi. The
scribe was SO busily engaged in scruti-
nizing the apparatus that he failed to
note the disappearance of the sheriff,
and suddenly was brought back to
consciousness by someone crying, in
official tones:
Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, the
kangaroo court of Humboldt county,
Nevada, is now in session." AT the
same time he was laid hold OF by the
Sheriff. - whose sole recommendation
for the position had been of purely
physical character, and was marched
up to the Judge" young man await
ing sentence for peddling other peo-
ple's autographs. Further proceedings
were then dispatched with a celerity
that would do credit to an ordinary
police court.
The "cuter'' presented the indict-
ment, which recited that defendant
had, then and there, wilfully, felonious-
ly, and with malice aforethought, know
ingly and with intent, broken into and
forced his person into the Jail of the
aforesaid county, against the peace
and dignity of the inmates thereof" :"
winding up by recommending the
prisoner to the mercy of the "court. -
The Judge" assuming from the
silence of the culprit, who stood
aghast and evidently conscience -strick-
en-, that he plead guilty and waived
time for sentence, pronounced judg'
ment as follows:
Considering the recommendation OF
the prosecuting attorney, the extreme
youth of the defendant, and the fur
ther fact that he has plead guilty, the
prisoner will be let off with the mini
mum fine of one dollar, which viii be
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24
DEATH OF HIGHLY
ESTEEMED LADY

Shortly before midnight Saturday,
Mrs. Lille Belle, wife of A. L..
Bracket, OF the Humboldt Star, passed
away at the family residence in Winnie
mucca, from valvular affection Of the
heart, complicated with a severe cold
Deceased was prominently identI-
fed with local society, and was much
esteemed for her many womanly and
noble qualities. Besides a husband,
there are left to mourn her untimely
death father, j. w. Stinson, and a
brother, w. A. Stinson, residents of
Elko, who were summoned in time to
bid their loved one last farewell be-
fore dissolution.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24
LET US ALL OFFER
THANKS
(By REV. j. M. WILSON.)


The custom of proclaiming an annual
day of Thanksgiving and prayer is as
old as the nation itself. 1t was Gov
ernor Bradford, of Plymouth colony,
who, in 1921, issued the first call for
a day of feasting and thanksgiving,
thus establishing the festival Of our
Gratitude is one Of the noblest
attributes of the human soul. Its alb
sence leaves cold, irresponsive and
sterile nature, of which the more the
world has the poorer it is. Many
things appeal to our gratitude:
First-socially-things might be
worse. Contrast the social conditions
of this country with other countries
Turkey, for instance, or Russia, where
class distinction relegates the indus
trial masses to serfdom and the most
grinding slavery.
There have been vast improvements
here in the condition of the laborer.
His place is more secure, his wages
are much improved, his educational
privileges doubled and trebled. Cor
porate capital is coming to recognize
that the laborer is a mana manly
man; that he has rights and privi-
leges, God given, that should and
must be recognized.
Nationally, there is none other like
ours, and it is to be doubted if ever
there win be. This is government
for and by the people, and If the
people do not rule, they have no one
to curse or to blame but themselves.
Political bosses we have, tits true, but
who said we have to knuckle to them
or obey them-not the fat Of the
Almighty, nor the constitution Of the
country.
The mighty movements in construct
i've, civic and commercial righteousness
are everywhere apparent to the student
of the times. We are coming upon
better days.
When the federation Of the fraternal,
political and economic forces of the
world shall assure more respectable
and conservative consideration of the
interests of all classes and conditions
of men, we should be thankful for
life under improved, and improving,
conditions: for oncoming waves OF
reform, that shall take away temp
tations, curtail evil influences, and
stamp out dens of vice; for better
state of feeling among nations; the
sensible, rational adjustment Of fric-
tions between Norway and Sweden; the
recent declaration of the independence
of Bulgaria; the growing influence of
The Hague, and the vast, worldwide,
international fraternal feeling over all
the face of the earth.
Let everything that hath breath
praise the Lord.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24
NATIONAL
PROPERTIES TRANSFERRED
TO A CORPORATION

Mr.. Gundaker arrived from the
northern camp Saturday evening, and
was joined this morning by his part
ners in the National Mining company,
Harry Macmillan and G. b. Holleran,
of Goldfeld, who arrived on No. 5.
Deeds were filed with the county re-
cordel today, for nominal considera-
tion, from j. l.. Workman to S. w.
Gundaker and he in turn to the Ma
tional Mining Company of Nevada,
transferring the Fairview, Fairview
No. /, Charleston and West Virgin 4
mining claims.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24
JEALOUS OF ATTENTIONS
PAID TO AMERICAN TARS

! over the visit of the United States Pa
cific feet. Australians are arden.
lovers of excitement, and when Mr..
Deakin, III one Of those self con vincing
outbursts of eloquence to which he is
subject, melted Mr.. Roosevelt to sen 1
his fleet to Australian shores the peo-
pie of the commonwealth welcomed the
opportunity that such visit afforded
them for the display of bunting and
illuminations and the holding OF ban.
quets, reviews and races-all these
things being to them the very breath Of
life. Many writers in the press went
50 far as to say that the Americans, In
sheer gratitude for the lavish entertain
ment of their Pacific fleet, would be
ready and willing to come to the res
cue whenever the influx of Orientals,
which they resent SO strongly in their
own country, should seriously threaten
Australia
1t has been many years since any
thing has so aroused the jealousies OF
Englishmen as the reception Austria
lians gave the American battIeships.
They seem to think America is trying
to ALLEVIATE the affections of Australia
and, more to the point, that they
have met with no little success.
This British jealousy of things
American extends now into almost
every walk of life. All the world is
familiar with the unpleasantness at the
Olympic games, when British prejudice
against Americans made little if any
attempt to conceal itself.
Not long ago Jimmie" Britt of
America and 'Jem' Summers of En-
gland met in ten-round boxing match
and Britt was awarded the decision BY
the referee, himself an Englishman.
British sporting writers have been
weeping over it ever since. They de-
clare Summers outboxed Britt 1t
every point, and though they admit
he could not stand before Britt Is
rushes, they declare the Englishman
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24
v. P. Will SOON
REACH ELKO

Track laying on the Western Pacific
has been completed to point two
miles west Of Halleck, which leaves u
gap of IL miles to be laid before
reaching Elko, which it is expected
will be completed about the Goth of
December. After a few days spent III
the terminal town in laying side
tracks, ETC., the force will start west,
beginning the laying of track on the
humboldt division, about the first of
.he year.
There are no new developments IN
the terminal situation at this point, nor
do the local officials know when tracK-
laying will be commenced here.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24

Do not fail to attend the Thanks
giving ball to be given by Neva
Rebekah Lodge, No. %. at the Nixon
opera house, Thursday evening.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24
MRS SENATOR NIXON
REPORTED CONvALESCENT

Word has been received from Reno
that Mrs. Senator Nixon, who has been
quite ill for several weeks, is now
convalescent.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24
Report Denied.

The San Jose Mercury Saturday
evening reached Henry Miller ct his
home, the Bloomfield ranch, near Gill
roy, by telephone. Mr.. Miller stated
that there was no foundation for the
report, and that the deal, SO far ~ hs
knew, was not to be considered by the
firm of which he is the senior member.
A late dispatch from San Francisco
says: At the office of Miller 3 Lux in
this city it was stated that the report
of the sale Of the properties of the
firm in California, Oregon and Nevada
were unfounded.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24

was entitled to the decision on all
points. All Britt Is Furnishing blows,
they assert, were landed in clinches,
either with gloved fist or the bare
arm, and they think these ought not
to have counted against Summers.
That it was an English referee who
gave the decision makes the case all
the more aggravated, in the eyes OF
the British sporting writer's.
A time -honored British institution
lad a narrow escape from being ex-
Terminated by the governm mt b. he
lie ms ng bill now pending before par
hamenI. The bill as introduced by the
government provided that licensing
jusdIc,s might make it condition OF
the renewal of an old license that 10
barmaids be employed, licensing jas
tices having such discretion in the
bill i'll that form would have pla. the
employment of barmaids in any par
ti;.l'r district in the hands Of local
just ices and as there alwa1s is lot
of ciamor against the employ tent of
women in public houses, local
iuaiIces would be bound to be- ssayed
b. this ,iamor.
The government had promised rep
resentatiyes of the barmaids' unioH
that they would not be disturbed in
their employment, so when the pro-
vision was questioned in parliament it
was withdrawn by Mr.. Asquith.
Barmaids have been employed in
English public houses from time i'm
memorial, and until recent years the
institution always had been accepted
as matter of course. But profes-
sional reformers got after them and
the life of the barmaids has been any
thing but happy.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24

DO NOT FAIL TO SEE SANFORD
DODGE IN FAUST TONIGHT.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24
MINERS WANTED

The Michigan-Nevada Mines CON-
pany win pay $i.O0 per day for COM
petent miners. Apply to Robert Ken
nedy, manager, Mill City, Nevada.
Nov.14-24.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24
HAVE MILLER & Lux SOLD
OUT IMMENSE HOLDINGS?
CONSIDERATION REPORTED TO
BE TWENTY MILLIONS
Story Of Sale Telegraphed from st.
Louis Denied by Henry Miller

Reports have lately been current re-
garding what purports to be the larx-
est deal in real estate which has been
consummated on this coast in years.
1t is reported that the entire land
and stock holdings OF the firm Of Miller
q Lux have been disposed of to An
eastern firm for the sum OF $20, 1000, 900.
The property consists OF 100000 acres
OF land in California, 250,0O0 acres in
Oregon, in addition to lesser holdings
IN Nevada. This sale includes also
100000 head OF cattle and 10000
horses. The dispatches follow:
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24

Los ANGELES, Nov. 2l.-The sx-
tensive holdings OF the firm OF Mile.
& Lux in California, Oregon and Ne
vada are reported to have been dis
posed OF for a sum placed at $4,000
200, Of which $1,0O0,000 is said to have
been paid down. The properties have
been purchased by several wealthy
German-Americans, headed by Liggett
q Meyers, former tobacco manutac-
turers in st. Louis. Adolphus Busch,
the brewer, is said to be interested ~
the extent OF $l,000,000. The lands
sold include 100000 acres in Califor-
mia, Of which 10000 acres are oil lands,
and 250,OO0 acres in Oregon, and
cmaller amount in Nevada. There are
also 100000 head Of cattle and 20,00v
horses.
The deal includes q virtual monopoly
of the butcher business in san Fran
cisco, which, it is rumored, viii pass
to some eastern firm.
The lands are to be colonized ~ rap
idly. as possible, it is asserted.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 21.-The Republic
tomorrow will say:
Negotiations are pending between
nutledge y Fitzpatrick OF this city and
a syndicate of eastern financial men
for the acquisition OF the entire land
and stock holdings Of the firm OF
Miller u Lux OF san Francisco.
The st. Louis firm has an option on
the property. The deal involves the
expenditure OF more than $4,000, ,00J,
and win mean the passing OF the
greater portion of the butcher business
OF the Pacific slope into the hands or
the eastern men, who, dispatches from
the west assert, are affiliated with the
beef trust.
The land holdings include more than
450,000 acres in the heart Of the
San Joaquin valley and viii mean the
transfer Of the finest stock ranches
around Merced, Fresno, Visalia anu
Bakersfield, as well a. more than 10000
acres of land where oil is flowing IN
abundance.
1t was definitely ascertained yestev.
day that negotiations were all but con-
cluded and that the prospective pur-
chasers had gone 80 far - to place
81, 100000 in escrow pending the ar
ranQement of details.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24

appropriated to the purchase OF 20
baceo, and the sheriff is hereby
ordered to execute the judgment of the
court
At this the last-named official held
out his hand, whereupon the editcr
hastily settled.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-07
Theodore Roosevelt.
Atchison Globe Sights.

II a woman's shoes don't hurt her
corns. she claims they are a size too
large.
The living too often impover.sh them
selves to erect monuments over tho
dead.
Nothing will make a red headed wom-
an more angry than to be asked IL
she Is ready.
After a sick man recover and In
again abl to eat, the first thing he
wants Is sausage
AS a rule a boy doesn't care for a
rocking chair unless his sister hapne,,s
to be occupying one.
What has become Of thai article for
merly found in every kitchen. a bas-
ket for holding chips.
Whenever a railroad man builds 4
house. people expect to hear Of his be-
Ing transferred to another town.
Those persons who have a ..piece..
they want printed in the papers should
have a care; a citizen who has hean
quite persistent in his respect Of late
was lately declared insane.
A thousand years after you are dead
there will be The same old things tn
worry about; too much rain. or not
enough; financial furries, intemneran ca
IN eating and drinking. unfaithful
friends. etc. II you are able to over
come worries over the ordinary thing.
OF life. 1t is a sign that you have &c
CURED a little sense. II you "go to
pieces. over nothing. 1t IL q sign YOU
nave learned nothing.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-07

tory where the dangerous machinery IS
UNPROTECTED as having the right" freely
to contract to expose herself to dangers
to life and limb. She has no alternative
but to suffer want or else to expose her
self to such dangers. and When she loses
a hand or is otherwise manned or disfig.
ured for life, 1t is Il moral wrong that
the whole burden of the risk necessarily
Incidental to the business should be placed
with rushing weight upon her weak
shoulders, and all who profit by her work
escape scot-free. This is what opponents
Of a Just employers liability law advo-
cate; it is consistent that they should
most dangerous members of the criminal
class-the criminals of great wealth.
Our opponents have recently been Bit
terly criticising the two judges referred
to in tho accompanying communications
from the Standard Oil company and the
Santa Fe railroad for having imposed
heavy fines on these two corporations;
and vet these same critics of these two
Judges exhaust themselves in d%enouncing
the most respectful and cautious discus
sion of the official action of a judge which
results In immunity to wealthy and pow
erful wrongdoers. Most certainly 1t be-
hooves us all to treat with the utmost
Judges, as a. whole, are brave and up
right men. Respect for the law must go
hand in hand with respect for the judges:
and. as a whole. 1t is true now as i'll the
past that the judges stand in character
and service above all other men among
their fellow servant of the public. There
is all the greater need that the few who
this high standard of Integrity, of wis.
dom, of sympathetic understanding and of
courage. should have their eyes opened
to the needs of their countrymen.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-07

Among the most important recon-
mendations OF the president are the fol-
lowing:
The immediate re-enactment OF the
employers liability Jaw.
The passage of an act providing com
pensation from the government for all
persons injured in its service.
Regulation Of the use OF the injunc-
ton in labor matters.
Provide the Interstate Commerce
commission with the means to make a
physical valuation of any railroad as
to which the valuation seems neces-
sary.
Declaring his nrm belief that the
financial distress was not brought on
by the actions of the administration,
but by world wide causes, the presf-
dent makes a strong reply to his critics
In which he refterates his faith that the
government should attempt to scourge
the country of sin. He does not re-
treat one iota in his policy heretofore
declared.
AS he progresses in the discussion OF
the subject he grows more emphatic
and the best passages of his message
are to be found near it's close.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-07
Reply to Attacks.

on the administrations actions have been
given a wide circulation throughout the
country. In the newspapers and otherwise,
by. those writer's and speakers who. ON
sciously or unconsciously, act as the rep
resentatives of predatory wealth-of the
an forms of iniquity. ranging from the
oppression of wageworkers to unfair and
unWholesome methods of crushing out
Tic by stock jobbing and the manipulation
or securities. Certain wealthy men of
lnis stamp, whose conduct should be alb
conscience, and who commit the hideous
wrong of teaching our young men that
phenomenal business success must or
during the last few months made 1T APP
parent hal they have banded together
10 70 " work ousrf for a a re e, Their endeavor
estly administer the law, to prevent any
additional legislation which would check
ana restrain them, and to secure IL pos
sibie q freedom from all restraint which
will permit every unscrupulous wrongdoer
to do what he wishes unchecked provided
ne mas enough money. The only way to
men are engaged is to make clear to the
public Just what they have done in the
past and just what they are seeking to
In the present.
The administration n those who sup
Por. IFS views are not only not engaged
IN an assault on property, but are siren
Under no circumstances would we coun.
tenance attacks upon lawab!ding prop
erty. or DO aught but condemn those who
cause Of their riches. On the contrary,
u whole effort is to insist upon con.
duct. and neither wealth nor property nor
proper standard by which to Judge the
actions of men. For the honest man Of
great wealth we have a hearty regard.
honest politician and honest newspaper.
But part Of the movement to uphold hon
esty must be q movement to frown on