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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-18
Stockholders
Meeting Held
Much Business of Import
ance Transacted---New
Officers Elected

A stockholders meeting of the
Pioche X-Ray Mining Company
was held in Caliente Tuesday
last. Much business of import
ance occupied the attention of
those present, chief among
which being the election of Of
ficers for the ensuing year. ].
w. Taylor was reelected presi-
dent and DIR. w. P. Murray Sec
tary. A full electorate was
chosen, the names of whom are
not available at this time.
Other matters that were
taken up was the perfecting of
an extensive plan of development
work which the company has
under consideration. 1t was de-
cided to rush this work and
great activity may be expected
at the mines during the year.
The claims composing the
property of this company are
situate in the Highland mining
district. and are said by those
in a position to know, to be of
much promise; and that with the
development now outlined COM
pleted, should be producer of
no small proportions. j. w.
Taylor has the direct manage
ment, of the mines and is con-
Quoting the development along
economical lines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Simmons
delightfully."- entertained a few
friends at a card party last even
ing.
Edward Thomarson returned
from visit to Los Angeles and
different Arizona points the fore
part of the week.
George Karakas and Martha
Lynch were united in marriage
at the home of the brides par
ents. Wednesday evening last.
An Office is being fitted up in
the building formerly occupied
by the tailor shop, for the Ohio
Nevada Electric Power and Wa
ter Company.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26
Prevent
Great
Fire
Waste
By FRANK H. BATTILANA,
Chairman Executive Committee New
England Insurance Exchange.

sotou lighted match cigarette
cigar times careey thrown aside unmndful
it might
We should better construction building
of fire DISTRICTS improved fire departments supplies
larger water mains Every community should
which frame purposes allowed
Many communities feel absolutely with their present pro
well
have outgrown their present equipment.
The underwriters have expended and expanding
through inspection bureaus and exchanges
companies they be assured of moderate
taimnt this direction would be unfortunate
the large to-day unable all the
Much has been and will be written this
be obtained there campaign Our great news
this direction GA
Consideration of this subject before the
than aterwar last but insurance will
and do tend downward, but with
fire losses continually the up
grade they only result in 4 --N
increased
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26
GROOMING.

Anciently man thought more highly
of his horse than of his women
kind. But woman. as it CHANGED, was
crafty.
Why does he esteem his horse be
yond his wife" she asked herself, and
resolutely faced the task of finding
out
Her first answer was: The horse
VIII carry heavier lead.
Ger next The horse doesn't talk
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26
kNIGHTED BY KING EDWARD

Sir Thomas Barclay, the well-known Brit
ish philanthropist and peace advocate was made
a baronet by King Edward on the occasion OF
his majesty's birthday anniversary. The COM
pliment extended to Sir Thomas is one that
is handed out in lots of dozen or so by the
British ruler on each birthday. much as other
and earlier rulers have made it a point to open
the prison doors to certain classes of con7ict-
casions
In the present instance however, the WI rid
will agree that the royal honor was well be-
slowed. Sir Thomas has been one of the most
prominent citizens of the United Kingdom for
his work in behalf Of international arbitration
o-o-,E..oI
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

A supreme court judge out in Iowa
has decided that the football season
ends with Thanksgiving day. He says
also: THE remainder of the year of
the university student may be devoted
to the study of football, but the foot
ball season proper ends appropriately
with a general thanksgiving" That
Judge must have been sent to the
bench-or to the sidelines-a long
time ago.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26


OF BULLDOG Big Dan fought for the organization of the onhoreen and
which including
executive numbered
Mr. Keefe P
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

Among the instructions issued to the
people of Japan by the government
during the visit of the American fleet
we're injunctions to refrain from star
ing at the foreigners. and to make no
insulting remarks about the manners,
costumes or conversation of the Wis
itors.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

pressed her as being correct.
Most likely" she declared. at
length. tits in the grooming. Well.
I'll just be well groomed myself, ind
see."
It was lucky guess, and from that
time forward woman's position rose,
relatively, until in our day the horss
has scarcely a look-in, even ct the
horse show. Ramsey Benson. n
Puck
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

An Arkansas editor disposes of the
whole big subject by saying that En-
peror "Bilr' is too devilish gabby."
the finding possibly having other mer
its than it's brevity.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

Reading in bed at night is, speaking
generally at all events, an unhealthy prac-
tlce, and there is fortunately tolerably
universal consensus of opinion among
the public that the habit is better avoided
Probably the fear of its being the cause
OF confiagration of the bed curtains and
perhaps. of the whole house has had some
thing to do with the feeling against it in
the past.
The chief danger is to the eyes, partly
because the light used is frequently INSULT
eient and so placed as to dazzle them, and
partly because it Is difficult To LII Il.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

appointed navigating
Miss Pferpont
the
but
capabilities a
building which
Mr. satters most conspicuous place organizer taken when
Company The Committee and
next day..
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

Gypsy Smith has converted several
Cleveland ministers, according to the
clergymen themselves. This gets us
so mixed up in our minds that we
can't think of anything to say about it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

People who used to denounce Ca
mile" as an improper play are too
dazed to submit any comments on
some of the stage performances now
presented.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

If the German invasion scare keeps
up in England it will not be long be-
fore the Britons will be dreaming that
they see fleets of Zeppelin airships
sailing out of the storm clouds when
it's raining over the North sea.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

Europe should never again make fun
of American wealth. The respect for
It has been too obvious in various mat
rimonial negotiations to permit any af-
fectations of supercilious Indifference.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

A famous French chauffeur who has
Just arrived in this country rejoices in
the name of Szisz. When his employer
wants to call him he will only have to
make noise like soda fountain.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

sufficient
(Which the object food utility would
weigh the feaom evils which spring
Are there other food which fill hospitals prisons,
lunatc asyums poorhoue and graves?
AS to the capacity of alcohol physical gor many prac
cal have demonstrated that this the
has been shown by marching of regiments of soldiers
that the who abn endured fatigue readily
who received alcoholics No laboratory reliable
practical tests Alcohol stmuant doses;
other muans the pendulum swing the opposite direction
when depression proportion to the previous stimulation
"Oh what difference the morning. is the popular jest
preceding nights stimulated conviva Moreover
stimulant his tagging
the position of the aded which, spur
the goal exhausted.
The agreeable warmth produced b toddy proof
of its stimulating widening
of the skin which physiological of
other posons
"A gentleman who had liquor years
that ne tempted devae from his eorg
to toddy his chnes while witnessing political parade
the suppoon that he would this protect against
cold His good judgment
as the better stimulant and protective.
That the frequent alcohol quantities
In health must eventually the
seqent the heart itself well other which
sells dated by alcohol the skin
This particularly advancing
fatal faacy than the belief that
1t essential for the rising
the true status of alcohol food and tmun
men but by demonstration evidence
IN either capacity The nsidiou lurking
popular the brought
home to the student.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26
YOUNG BRITISH SUFFRAGIST

No woman the American continent is
attracting much attention as Mrs Philip
Snowden, the beautiful young British suffragist,
who has come to the United States to tell Amer
lean women how to secure their rights
Endowed with a power of oratory and elo-
quence which would be even remarkable in
man, possessed of a personal magnetism that
can sway tremendous throngs of either sex, and
possessing a physical beauty that makes her
noticed in any assemblage, the young advocate
of suffrage for the gentler has found no diff
Guilty in making her mark in this country during
the few weeks she has been in the western hem
isphere.
Before a brilliant audience of New Yorks
most prominent men and women a few nights
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

China's ancient law compelling the
new emperor always to be of the next
generation must have been put
through some ages ago by lobby of
would-be regents and kept in operation
by similar interests.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26


A
and
in
the
of
of
in
of
boths
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

A movement was started in Paris
recently to tax tourists, but the
scheme has fallen through, French
men being satisfied to continue to
soak them as before.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

foreigners are enrolled in American
universities. For many years Ameri-
cans had to go abroad to get the best
education that was obtainable. So we
owe other countries a great deal of
education in return.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

1t is difficult to see how an expert
can find enough work to keep him
busy under the stringent game laws
prevailing in Africa.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

New York has new club in which
the servants are forbidden to take tips
struggle against this tipping servitude.
1t is too firmly intrenched to be up
rooted without prolonged struggle.
1t is the ippers. not the tipped. who
must be appealed to- who would be
free themselves must strike the blow. .
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26
IN THE LIN1ELIGHT
NEW NAVAL ASSISTANT
Herbert Livingstone Satterlee of

Herbert Livingstone Satterlee of New York.
sonin-law of J. Pierpont Morgan, assistant secre
tary of the navy, is a member of the law nrm
of Ward, Hayden & Satterlee Of New York city
He is not identified with any of the enterprises
with which his fatherin-law is connected. he
is a director in the India Rubber and Gutta Per
cha Insulating Company, but beyond that is not
Interested in any corporation.
He was graduated from Columbia in 1888,
and distinguished himself in the School of Po-
litical Science. where he received degree. He
admitted 10 the bar in 1885, and entered the
law Office of Evarts, ,Choate & Beaman. In the
following year he became secretary to Senator
Evarts He active in the organization of the
naval militia and when he hecame a colonel on
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

When the prince of Bulgaria, after
declaring the independence of his prin-
cipality. took the title of tsar rather
than that Of emperor, he used the
word common in the Slavonic Ian
guages to describe the ruler of coun-
try. The Bulgarian spelling of the
word is car" &c" having the sound
Of "ts." The word first came into the
English language through the Slavonic
spelling of GEAR" The form which
gives the Russian pronunciation most
nearly is that which the Youths Com
panion uses, namely. ''tsar." although
II final &c" were added it would
more nearly indicate the sound of the
term as spoken in st. Petersburg.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

In France Mons. Dufour has sue
ceeded in making thermometer tubes
OF pure quartz. Not only are these
tubes exceedingly transparent, but
their resistance to heat and other ad-
vantages make them superior to glass
for thermometers intended to measure
high temperatures. In such Their
mometers melted tin takes the place
about 465 degrees Fahrenheit up to
over 1000 degrees. 1t could be run
up to 1900 degree. for quartz does
not soften below that temperature.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

Now a theorist insists that life can
be prolonged forever. The idea opens
up a terrible prospect in some cases
for the worlds welfare.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

That is an old saying about good d.
gestion waiting upon appetite, but
ever appropriate to the occasion.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

An Illinois man got bride on an
election bet, and will know in few
years whether he won or lost.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26
IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONER

Daniel ]. Keefe of Detroit the commits
sonergeneraI of immigration, holds one of the
most important federal offices in the gift of the
president and the most important of its kind in
the world.
Less than 25 years ago this same Daniel j.
Keefe was a Chicago dock-walloper using his
rugged strength to shove lumber. Recently the
term dock-walloper has come into reproach, for
it suggests unsteadiness in habits. big
DAN Keefe-or O'Keefe, as he spelled his name
then-was never that kind of a 1aborer He
was always the best type of longshoreman and,
while the massive strength of his squat frame
was being used to load and unload the vessels of
the Chicago port his busy brain, endowed with
n rha that
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

Every now and then some scientist
says he has discovered that monkeys
have a language But the scientist In
varlably monopolizes the llmeiight In
ftead Of letting the monkeys be later
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

The subject should interest every citi-
zen, if reduction in the great waste of our
national wealth is to be accomplished. We
are all interested in the work of conserving
our natural resources and in the promotion
of the national health, but aside from a
little furry at the time of great fires scant
consideration is given by the public to fire
prevention with property, real or personal.
The question is asked: ''What can we
do?" and 1 believe great help would be
greater care, for the lack of it accounts in
a great measure for this fire waste Pre-
vent the accumulation of rubbish: be al
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

The surgeon general OF the navy
wants a dental corps. Is this to be
on duty in the teeth OF a gale?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

At a recent meeting of scientists in
Dublin Prof. G. Elliott Smith, the
Psychologist, said that the earliest
known human remains found in the
Nile valley. when compared with those
of later times. demonstrated the fact
that at a very remote period Egypt
and Nubia were inhabited by the same
race which had existed in Egypt with
people. the average height of the men
little or no change in physical charac-
teristics throughout the intervening
5000 years until the present day.
They had been, and still were, a small
of mercury, and the scale read, from
being about FIVE feet three inches at
every period of their history.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26
NEW MARS
AROUND lII60L
81 globe &

Err since man knew
enough about astron-
omy to divide time
into years which
m ore or lie S s
agreed with the
earth's annual revolu-
ton around the sun,
he has in various
characteristic ways
regarded the first
day of the new year
as a d ay Of re-
joicing and we'll
wishing.
IT UaS tho Or0af
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26
Don't
Read
In
Bed
By DR.. FEILcHENFELD.
EosiOn.

book full the use of both This
particularly the when the lying side
there generally temptation hold the book to the ewes and
this OF itself tends TO induce Especially result TO be feared
IN the of whose fully developed For tb,
boys and girls under Is strictly forbidden to read IS M
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

ing He has visited several countries to urge the adoption Of in
eliminating He in the United States for
fuherance faenal o.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26
Danish
Alcohol
Ills Far Outweigh
Any Possible
Benefits
By SIMON BARUCH. Nj. D..
New York.

That alcohol has "a certain food value is true,
but it is also true that this value very limited and
that alcohol lacks the chief characteristic of other
Foods viz. the capacity for being stored for future
use. The statements of some advocates of alcohol
that people die of excessive eating than of drink
ing, is absurd. Every physician testify that dis
arising from overindulgence in food either
temporary quite remediable after removing the
cause while most diseases arising from abuse of al
cohol fatal, and when once established are in
durable in the large portion of cases. after aco
hol is withdrawn.
Admitting even that ''alcohol has certain food
value" the question presents Itself: Is it needed
for our sustenance and what is far more important
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-12-26

Yale may build a stadium. There it
will be more than ever a matter of
Greek meeting Greek
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-30
The ohio Middle.

The end of the first weeks cam,
raign in Ohio for the United States
cenatorshtp between Taft, Burton
and Foraker leaves the contest in a
very uncertain state, with the chances
now fayoring the Cleveland man.
There is a growing feeling that the
candidacy OF Charles P. Taft is going
10 involve the President-elect IN
many ways, and his true friends and
the followers of the Republican party
believe that the election of his broth
Ct to the senate at this time would
be a great mistake. This feeling is
losing some votes for Taft and making
the contest much more uncertain. -
Charleston Mail.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-30
a Well.Inforned eeverner.

Governor Glasscock will take his
place as governor OF West Virginia
with better knowledge of the con
dition of the State institutions and thr
States business than any other gov
ernor the State has ever had. He nas
been spending some time making an
inv estigatioh of these. conditions and
has thoroughly familiarlzed himself
with their needs. He will also spend
quite while at Charleston during
the session of the Legislature and
thus equip himself in the most
thorough manner for the work he Is
to do during the coming four years
after March 4th. Mr.. Glasscock is
to be highly commended for the great
interest he is taking in his new posi-.
ton, and there is no doubt but that
with knowledge he has gained ON tao
trips made, but that he will be better
able to grasp all conditions, than II he
had remained quietly at home wait
ins-ro his -sistersville
OH Review.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-30

The West virginian extends con
EXAMINATIONS to Editor Lynn Kirkland
vi the sistersville Oil Review, ON his
appointment as postmaster. Mr.. Kfrt
land is man of varied accomplish
cacnts, having served as justice of the
peace and mayor for several years in
addition to being a first class editor
The promotion of Hon. Geo. E. Work
brought handsome Christmas gift
TO Editor Kirkland and his newspaper
friends are especially delighted at his
scod fortune.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-30
AMONG THE EplToas.
= ~


! ID b
The F,aitniont Tim Is lerring 10
saTicus scheme for sasing me mound
a. aIcundssille Says
some few years ago 4 nlonnds,t.,5.
ing penny-beggtng scheme was work
ia through the schools for this sane
purpose. What has become Of ali
this money! No one in partcnias-
seems to either know or care. No Of
acIai record or report has been kept
Or made Of the sums realized. The
money has evidently been diverted into
foreign channels
Added to the a0oye are some an,ie.
Bile remarks concerning grating.
II the News's memory serves II
right, State superintendent OF schools
7. G. Miller not long ago said that
the money which had been raised
through the schools for mound fund
lad been preserved intact and was
still on hand. H this assertion is cor.
rect the Times has no cause to com.
plain. and no one has done any graft.
ing.
That the mound should be preserv.
ed, the Times will probably admit. 81.
en- though the Ma .,na1 and State
administrations are Republican. Tha.
It's owner cannot be expected to pre-,
serve it and pay taxes on it when ne
can dispose OF 1t at business property
rates. the Times will also probably
admit. However. we will agree with
the Times in the opinion that it Is
not right to expect the school chill
dlen of the State to raise the money
for its purchase. In Wheeling tho
teachers association has interested II
self in the matter. our the contrlbu
tons it has received have been from
those able to pay and no effort has
beep or will be made to raise money
from the children,
The State should preserve that
ncund. instead of erecting queer
looking monuments to battles and
lorts of doubtful authenticity and
leIoes who overlooked being born
Wheeling News.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-30
REPORT OF TaE DOWNS
GRADED SCHOOL.

Editor F'atrmout West vfrginiau:
We. tine undersigned teachers of the
Downs Graded school beg leave to
submit the following report Of said
school for the third month ending De
cenlber 25th, 1908:
Upper room-Enrollment, boys, s.;
girls. II; total Is; average daily at
tendance. boys. z: girls, II: total, 21.
Per cent. OF daily attendance. boys,
81: girls. SO; total, 90. Those neither
absent nor tariy were. boys, S-How-
ard Morgan. Dale McDougal and Blair
Jones. Present bnt tardy. Charles e.
sttllings: total, 4. Girls. Sarah
Enoch, Maude Morgan, Ruby Rex. Ma
RE stillings and Joyce Armsby. Pres
ent but tardy, Elsie aIalone. Total 6.
Primary roon-Enroilment boys,
10; girls, IL; total, "a. Average daily
attendance, boys, 10; girls. Ia: total,
%. Per cent. OF daily attendance.
boys, 95; girls. 80; total, 81. Those
neither absent nor tartly We're, boys.
4-Delbert Astcratt, George Graham,
Lloyd Jones and Lionel MlDougal.
Girls, pearl Enoch. Dale McAllis-
ter. Lucy Rex and Madeline Rudy.
Average daily attendance Of entire
school, boys, 20, girls. "a: total. "a.
Per cent. Of entire school, boys, SO;
girls, 80; total. 90.