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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-05-07
OPIUM DEN IS RAIDED
Officer Waidely Captures In
mates and Paraphernalia.

About 2 o'clock yesterday morning
Officer Fred Waidely, assisted by a Mr..
Peterson, descended upon the opium
joint conducted by Mrs. Fong Lung,
near the Day Hotel, and captured the
proprietor and four inmates in the act
of smoking opium. They were taken to
Jail and will appear before Judge El
w. Black today for their preliminary
examination.
In the raid Officer Waidely confiscat-
ed some fine opium pipes, large guam
tity of the drug and paraphernalia for
preparing it for smoking.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-05-07
Locking for Persimmons.

]. Otto Lee, OF the STANDARD, lef,
Aonday afternoon Tor Reno as del
gate lrom Lahonton Camp, M. w. A.,
Il this city, 10 the state convention oI
nc order, winch conyenes IN that city
SednesGay. Mr. Lee Is a candidate
.Or Slate uele. ats to the Head CAM
-onv lntlon, winch assemblies in Peoria,
H., sCme time IN June, and he tooA
a.tn nm the big stick which gathereti.
ne persnmmOn. At Is TO De hoped thai
Jtto Is successful. Tor he deserves the
.lOHor.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-05-07
Weather Eye Open

Assemblyman N. ~. Fitzpatrick is
one of the men VINO prohted oy his MN
ing ventures ana has aispiayeu tne aDil-
ity to take care OF what ne accumuiat-
ed. saturday titz was traalns eggs az
the faiion Siaught and supply
Co.. s tor PROVISIONS. he has a lev
mems on his place IN the Verplank addl-
ton and says he Is gong to make them
pay Tor themselves. he has no un-
profitable pride and always has his
weather eye out Tor RAINY day.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-05-07
The Means Family Arrives

Thos. II. Means, engineer in charge
Of the Reclamation Service, took the
train Monday afternoon for Hazen,
where Mrs. Means and children ar
rived Tuesday morning from Washing.
ton, ID. c. Mrs. Means was accom-
panied by Miss Carpenter, sister OF
Frank Carpenter, Of the Reclamation
Service. Mr.. Carpenter went with MIR.
Means to escort the ladies to Fall.n.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-05-07
New Transfer Company.

Louis Ioyel and Robert Dick, who
lave been oriying Tor the fallon Trans
.er Co., have formed partnership anu
entered the transfer BUSINESS on then
Jwn account. The new company is
sailed the Peoples Express. both are
ldastrious and reliable young men, as
ne.r past record wnlle IN the employ
u budd Williams Will warrant.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-05-07
To Have Operation Performed.

Charley and Leon Cirac, of Still
water, left Monday for San Francisco
to view the fleet. While there Leon,
who is suffering from appendicitis, will
probably undergo an operation, accord
ing to the advice of his physician.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-05-07

DR.. G. M. Gardner went to Rawhide
Friday, returning Saturday. The Doc
tor is an enthusiastic supporter of that
camp, and says he is sure it will make
good.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-05-07
Grief in The Standard" Office.

A phone message received at this
office yesterday from Otto Lee at Reno
announced that he had been defeated
by Mr.. Neff in the honor of represent
ing the Modern Woodmen of America
Of Nevada at the Head Camp session.
There were eight votes cast, as fol-
lows: Neff, 5; Lee, 3. The STANDARD
repeats that Fallon's aspirant for the
honor would have been credit to the
local, State and national camps.
Try some of the delicious ice cream
and ice cream soda at Popenoe's. 2l-tf
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-05-07

Big assortment OF cuckoo clocks,
mantel clocks, alarm clocks. etc. Frank
smith, ieweler and optician, opposite
post office. aI.ti.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-05-07
Rehekahs Will Entertain.

Tonight Mrs. Ella B. Woodruff, Of
Hawthorne, Grand State President Of
the Daughters of Rebekah, will make
her annual official visit to Ramona
Lodge OF this city. After the lodge
meeting banquet win take place at
the Overland Hotel All of the mem-
bers of Ramona lodge are requested to
be present, and cordial invitation 10
extended to visiting members to attend.
Fred Wightman returned Friday from
Sierra Valley, California, where he had
gone to buy cattle for the Fallon
Slaughtering and Supply Co. He sue
ceeded in purchasing 80 head.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-05-07

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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-18
A Republican Bolt.

i The Republicans are suffering from
the ambition of some of their leaders
and the evident intention Of President
Roosevelt to dictate the nomination OF
Secretary Taft as his successor, OF
himself. in case Taft is impossible,
may result in a split in the party
Even in Ohio where the convention
was apparently unanimous for Taft
there Is a rebellion. That stalwart
Republican organ, the Toledo Blade,
which has been faithful to the Repub-
lican party since its organization,
leads in an open bolt against the Taft
Cox-Brown ticket. The Blade declares
that the Taft managers have handed
over the party organization to the cor
rupt Cox-Brown machine, and the San
dusky Register indorses the Blades
attack upon the state ticket.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Taft must have known that in max
ing this combination with Boss Cox
and allowing him to dictate the most
important nominations for state Off
GERS, they were guilty Of b%etraying
the people for their own personal ad-
vantage, and it is decidedly refreshing
to see that the honest organs of the
party refuse to abide by it.
Such personal politics always leads
to party disruption.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-18

cPEAKER CANNON and other lead
- ers in the house are concerned
over the growing practice of repre-
sentatives In being away from the
chamber during the consideration of
important business. 1t always has
been difficult to keep the members
present during the daily sessions, but
absenteeism has become a positive
evil this year.
This is due to the fact that the
house now owns a large office build
ing, put UP at a cost of several mil
lions of dollars and containing fine
quarters for every member. In the Sc
clusion of the office building a mem
Der who is not burdened with any re-
spOnsibility other than to cast his vote
when a signal for him to do so is
given spends his time sending out
seeds and writing to the folks back
home.
If present plans are carried out an
other excuse for members who are not
disposed to attend the daily proceed
ings will be provided. What Repre-
sentative Tawney of Minnesota calls
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-18
Women Involved in the Hill Imbroglio

easy matter to have a hint dropped
hat a continuation Of Ambassador
Towers term would please every one
concerned. The trouble consisted in
the hints being dropped in the wrong
quarter.
Another supposition that seems ten
able is that limited at by a former
Washington society woman, now a
resident of Paris. She intimated that
social, not political, enemies were re-
sponsible for the supposed rundown.
She is thoroughly %conversant with the
secret diplomatic history of Europe,
and asserted emphatically that the
whole imbroglio was social.
According to this authority, there
has been strong feeling in the diplo-
matte set against Mrs. Hill ever since
she became the wife of the then as
sistant secretary Of state. Washing
ton social enemies made then, she de-
clared. are striving now to accom-
plish her highlands downfall, although
every one, even her enemies, is fond
of him.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-18
Popular Misconception of the Cloakroom

and dank, smelly %raincoats on wet
days-as the only place to which
patriotic but pestered statesmen might
resort when tagged or in need Of a
smoke.
The reality is so different, as most
of us who live here are well aware.
for the Republican and Democratic
cloakrooms of the house, for instance,
are furnished with such attention to
solid comfort-not to speak of luxury
as to make the lounging room Of the
ordinary club look like a parlOr in
Thrums by comparison. There's a
scrumptiously thick carpet, a perfect
flock Of astonishingly comfortable
chairs and half a dozen leather-covered
davenports of remarkably form-fitting
qualities.
1t is In the cloak-room that the leg
i~slative back unbends and the brow
u~nwrinkles. Atlas, having a tenn
porary respite, unstraps his world
burden, dumps it In the nearest
corner, slaps brother Atlas on
the back and borrows a cigar. Re-
lieved from a pose that is Oftentimes
physical as we'll as mental, Atlas be-
human. He listens, he tells q
story, he sometimes laughs. And in
the intervals of reminiscence and such
and sometimes there are 10 intervals
he brOils to a turn, with language
comprehensive and ornate, every per-
son and thing connected with the gov
eminent, from the president and the
constitution down to the messenger
to the eighteenth assistant secretary
of state who does not know his place,
and the wearing flight of steps to the
second floor of the census office. And
oftentimes they put each other on the
pan.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-18
Reform Demanded,

Congressman Ashbrook of Ohio is a
new Democratic member of the house
of representatives, and is anxious for
reform legislation. In a ten-minute
speech-all the time the Republican
managers would allow him-he read
the memorial of the National Editorial
association for the repeal Of the tariff
which was signed and sent to men,
bers from every congressional district
in the United States. But Mr.. Ash
brook says he has discovered that the
present congress has time to burn,
time to kill, that ought to be employed
for the betterment Of all the people
and cease to be what it appears to a
new member to be-a stand-pat, do-lit-
tie bunch"
Yet many Republican editors sup
port the do-nothing policy of this Re-
publican congress for partisan pur-
poses, while at the same time they
memorabilia congress to reform the
wood and paper schedules of the tariff
law that protects the paper trust.
How can they expect the Republican
leaders to pay any attention to their
demands when they worship at the
shrine OF such "a stand-pat, do-little
k1lc:f" The people of Ohio should
strengthen the hands of Mr.. Ashbrook
by electing such as he from other dis
tricts and the next congress would
pr>Io~ -f, -yN;4L 49, 1o4
congress will never do.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-18

MI ASHINGTON. - Every now and
w then there's a paragraph in a
local paper, or perhaps in a dispatch
sent out from here, that has to do with
things political, mention of ~''cloakroom
gossip" at the capitol. To tell the
truth, it is doubtful whether half a
dozen people, outside of those who live
in Washington or who have been
here in a more or less intimate ca
pacity at n time or another, know
what the capitol cloakrooms are like.
In fact, from a remark innOcently
dropped by a friend of mine from
Egypt, Ill, ono upon a time-and who
may be taken as fairly representative
at least Of several million ordinarily
intelligent folks-I'm quite III they
haven't an idea.
Il never could understand" said this
simple-minded person, aprOpos Of a
comment of mine on some clOakrOom
brilliancy, how 1t was this great gov
eminent couldn't provide something
better than cloakrooms for senators
and representatives to use when they
are not working, but have to be there
just the same"
l have no doubt that this modern
Egyptian had pictured in his minds
assorted garments in even the best
Of weather, and made uninhabitable
by soggy, mud-splattered goloshes
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-18
ISSUES SET FORTH
GOV. DOUGLAS ON THE DUTY OF
DEMOCRATS.
Doing Away with Ubiquitous DingIey
Tariff the Most important Project
to Be Achieved - Consumers
Victims of Greed.

William l.. Douglas, former governor
of Massachusetts, is a sound and sensi-
bic Democrat. Regarding three tenets
of Democracy he says:
81 am heartily in favor of a larger
measure of home rule for our cities
and towns.
1T Is hardly necessary to say that
| am opposed to extravaganza and In
favor of strict economy and retrench-
ment in all of our governmental af-
fairs. Not a dollar Of the peoples
money should be spent unnecessarily
or invested in measures of doubtful
utility to the people as a whole.
THE most important issue in this
country is that of the tariff. In my
opinion, the Dingley tariff wall that
surrounds this country is entirely too
high, not only for the welfare of con-
sumers and of the people as a whole,
but for the manufacturers, as a class.
1t protects the larger manufacturers,
combined into trusts, at the expense
Of the smaller and Independent manu-
f%acturerS. 1t does not protect me
farmer, for the prices of our staple
farm products are usually fixed by he
prices in foreign markets. 1t does not
protect the wOrkingman, for there is
no tariff duty on labor.
THE extremely high tariff rates OF
the Dingley act, higher than any be-
fore enacted, or than those OF any
other country with the possible excep-
ton of Russia, are largely responsible
for the era of trusts in which we now
find ourselves. The protected manu-
facturers have combined in order to
restrict production, raise prices n
get the full benefit of these unneces-
sarily high duties. For he same rea-
son. and to make their monopoly more
perfect, the smaller trusts have beer
merged into larger ones.
THE protected infant industries OF
today are the billion-dOllar steel n
other giant trusts that get the lions
share of the tariff bonus and then
show their appreciation for these IA
vors by intimidating and depressing
ordinary manufacturers, and by SELL
ing their tariff protected wares in un-
protected foreign markets at prices
only t~wo-thirds or three-fourths as
high as those charged at home.
I'm my opinion, the American con-
sumers, who pay the tariff taxes that
go to swell the profits of these trusts,
should be the most favored customers
of these giant paupers. Our W peo-
pie are entitled to any bargain-counter
prices that our protected trusts may
have to offer"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-18
Adulteration of Seeds to Be Stopped

the interests of the farmer, gardener,
horticulturist and honest scotsman.
The United States has become the
dumping ground for the poor seed of
the world, which can be and is used
by INSCRIPTIONS dealers for adultera-
ton purposes. Seed that is held over
until the germ is dead and the vital
force is entirely gone, is mixed with
fresh seed of the same kind. The
mixed, article is sold as fresh seed. In
buying seed it is usually impossible
for the purchaser to tell the true char
acter or quality of the seed. 1t is i'm
possible for the ordinary purchaser to
see any difference in appearance be-
tween turnip seed worth 40 cents a
pound, cabbage seed worth 81 a pound.
and cauli1ower seed worth $40 a
pound"
The bill prepared by Mr.. Mann is
severe upon those who misbrand or
adulterate seeds. 4 fine of 5000 is pro.
vided for the first o%ffense, $500 for the
~offense, and Imprisonment for
one year, or both.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-18
Corruption and Scandal.

The federal oficeholders in the
southern states are expected to turn
out delegates to the Republican ma.
tional convention with quickness and
dispatch at the disposal of the ad.
ministration. But somehow the old
machine is squeaky and the plan does
not work we'll. The negroes are op-
posed to President Roosevelt and his
man Taft. The Lilley-whites are some
what divided and there will be con
testing delegations from nearly every
southern state. This offers a good
chance for the Republican national
committee to Elk things" The fact that
any Of those states have the same
power in voting on contests as other
states have, and that those members
who are involved in the contests from
their states will have to pass, in a
judicial way, upon all the contests,
will put their virtue to a test that
most of them will be unable to with
stand.
Corruption will rear it's hideous head
and with both factions trying to fix
the committee to pass f~avorably on
their side of the contests, there is
almost a certainty of a scandal and
perhaps a split that will tear the hide
from the tough old elephant Of the
e. o. P.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-18
A GLANCE AT THE PAST.
How Trust-Busting President Sue
stumbled to Power Of Protected
Interests.

When Attorney General Knox, the
great trust lawyer, undertook to prose
cute the beef trust and the railroad
merger, every one but the combine
magnates was delighted, and praised
Mr.. Roosevelt for doing something.
When the injunction was obtained
against the beef trust magnates,
Armour, ct al, commanding them not
to disObey the law, and the order Of
the court to the Northern Securities
company to disband that unholy alli-
ance was procured, unthinking people
said that trusts had at last found their
master; but as the months rolled
around, those corporations and CON-
blnes still continued to do business at
the old stands, and when Mr.. Knox
told the people that there would be
no running amuck against the trusts"
there began to be doubts in many
minds OF the outcome; w~ell-founded
doubts, as the sequel has shown.
When congress ordered the secre-
tary of commerce and labor to inves-
tIgate the beef combine and the presi-
dent ordered the bad trusts to be in
vestigated so that publicity" of their
dOings would warn the public whom
to beware of, the hopes of the people
revived. The trust magnates became
FESTIVE and threatened to defeat
Roosevelt for election. The magnates
OF the protected Industries also threat
ened to defeat him, unless he declared
for protection and stood pat" like
Hanna, instead of urging real reel.
procity like Mckinley.
The fate of Mr.. Roosevelt and the
Republican party in the ensuing cleo
ton hung in the balance for weeks.
IN n side were the trusts with the
money bags-on the other the people.
What happened? Slowly, but surely,
the trust side became the heavier. The
trust-buster had succumbed to the
threats of the corporation and com
bine magnates and the dial of progress
was turned backward. The assistant
was made
chairman of the Republican national
committee, redOlent with the perfume
or trust secrets n anxiOuS for the
promised trust contributions to de-
bauch the people who still were inno-
Gently believing the day of their saliva
ton from trust plunderers was at
hand.
Roosevelt, the arrogant, had chosen.
He became as docile as the prOverbial
sucking dove. The big stick was laid
away in cotton batting. The Repub-
lican candidate for president was
tanned; and the trusts held the whip
hand. Mr.. Roosevelt was elected, the
trusts have had free sailing for three
years; and the trust high prices have
continued. The people must decide
again at the coming election whether
my policies" Of false pretense shall
win, or whether we shall have an hon.
est administration with real reforms.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-18

A THOUGH the Hill affair is ap-
"A ~parently settled it is still the par,
amount subject Of gossip in diplomatic
society circles. Two theories are ad-
vanced to explain the opposition to
DR.. Hill as American ambassador to
Berlin, and both have to do with wom-
en- and high society.
In some quarters wise mes profess
to have seen in the entire affair the
desire of Mrs. Charlemagne Tower to
continue in the German capital, where
she conducted a most successful cam
paign. She is an especial favorite Of
the emperor, and is welcomed in court
circles. For this reason, it was pointed
out, a clever woman would find it an
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-18

THERE will be no more mixing of
i cheap, inferior or old seeds in the
packages which will be sold. by deal
ers after Representative Mann's bill
becomes a law The measure is to
prevent the misbranding and adultera-
ton of seeds, and it has been favor
ably acted upon by the house com-
mittee on interstate and foreign COM
merce. The prospects for the passage
of the bill are good.
Some interesting statements are
made in the report on the bill, which
has beer presented to the house. 1t
asserts that "the frightful extent to
which the adulteration of seeds has
grown in our country is a menace to
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-18
Truants Worry of "Uncle Joe" Cannon

a plot to retard business in the
house Is in process of being Matched.
When the Office building was COM
pleted members made complaint that
they were SO far removed from the
chamber they had no way of finding
out what vac going on except by
means of a telephone. This was unsat-
isfactory. 1t was then suggested that
a ticker, such as is used in trans
hitting stock quotations, be installed,
but the scheme was discarded. Then
the house officials discovered a device
that it is believed will fill the bill. II
put into use this device will communi-
cate over the wires to rooms in the
office building every sound and syl-
liable uttered on the house floor.
why not connect the wires with
Washington homes of congressman"
said a house leader. "And then prob
ably in the process of development the
time will come when measures will be
adopted making it unnecessary for the
members to come to Washington at
all.
First thing we know the house will
rejoice in the possession of an up-to-
date signal service, including a wire
less outfit. From his home in Homo
lulu the delegate from Hawaii, by
merely touching a button or sending
a message by wireless, will be able to
register his vote on a given measure.
Where is it all going to end?
"Darned if l know"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-18
Prosperity for the Few.

In spite of the panic and the pro-
longed business depression there are
three institutions that have been re.
markably prosperous during the past
year. The First National bank, con-
trolled by J.. Pierpont Morgan, pro-
poses to declare a special dividend Of
100 per cent. The undivided profits Of
troller of the currency to be $19, $685.
900, while the capital of the bank is
$40, 900, 900.
The Delaware, Lackawanna e West
ern railroad reports the most pros
porous year in the history of the
company, the net earnings after paying
all charges were $40, 0S9 1928. The sur
plus was equal to 1874 per cent. on the
common stock and after payment of
20 per cent. in dividends still left
$4,849,32S surplus.
Another corporation, the Standard
Oil trust, has paid dividends for the
year of 40 per cent. and still has a
vast surplus.
So here we have a bank, a railroad
and a trust making millions for those
who control them, while ordinary
business men have found difficulty in
securing the necessary funds to carry
on their business and numbers have
failed to keep their heads above the
troubled business water. Such pros
for the few at the expense OF
the many is the boosted Republicans
prosperity.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-18
Sees Victory for Democrats.

If the Republican party stands un-
b~lushingly behind the existing tariff
throughout the coming campaign and
Democrats make their fight on the
issue that the people have been robbed
long enough by tariff-protected trusts
even Mr.. R~oosevelt's popularity will
scarcely carry the Republican nomi-
nee to victory. - Chicago Journal
(Rep.)