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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-10-03

CHARLES L. DEADY, SURVEYOR GENERAL.
Charles L. Deadly, the present
surveyor general and state land
register, the democratic nominee
for that Office. came to Nevada
in 1881, and located at Belmont.
Nye county, where he was en-
gagged as principal of the Bel
mont public school, until 1885.
In 1882 he was elected county
superintendent Of schools on the
democratic ticket, and served in
that capacity during 1924. He
was also appointed deputy county
assessor, which position he held
for ten years.
In 1891 he was appointed dep
uty district attorney, was elected
to that office in 1892, and served
as such in 1884.
In January, 1895, he received
the appointment as draughtsman
IN the state land office under
General Pratt, and was retained
in that position by General Kel-
ley until 1897, when Kelley pro-
noted him to the deputyship.
When General Kelley died last
March, Governor Sparks ar
pointed Mr.. Deadly as his sue
cessor.
Probably no person in the state
is better acquainted with general
conditions in Nevada, and no one
has intimate knowledge of state
land business as has Mr.. Deady.
Every phase Of the business and
the routine of the office is at the
end of his fingers, and he
gives the work his closest and
attention.
He is the nominee of the To-
nopah convention to succeed the
late General Kelley, whose we'll
known system of conducting the
land Office is being perfected and
followed by Mr.. Deadly. Ever at
the service of the people of Ne,
vada, he has become known as
one of the most careful men in
the state capitol, and asks that
ne be retained in an office he
has conducted with so much sue
cess.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-10-03

TT has become a campaign of
education. The people of all
parts Of the county have met the
question fairly on its merits and
are convinced of absolute neces-
sity and the advantages arising
from county division. The
measure will now be carried
through free from all jobbery or
political trickery."
Does the Age man know how
deep this question is now in the
politics of Lincoln county? 1t is,
in a great measure, up to a SEN
timent of the taxpayer residents
Of the county, that being made
possible by the plank of that
nature adopted by the repub-
lican party of this county; but
the democrats did not go far as
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-10-03
MurdererS GetStafe Men For
twenty YearSPublic Office

The trial of John w. and Car
rie | Scott occupied all day Mon
day, and the jury did not bring
in a verdict until 11:55 D. M.
after a time of four days spent
in listening to the damaging evil
dence the state had obtained
against the defendants, and al
though it was all circumstantial,
when the time came for Mrs.
Scott to relate what she had done
right at the time of the alleged
shooting, almost a clear con-
fession was made by her.
1t seems that the defendants
were stationed at a pumping sta
ton on the San Pedro railroad at
a place called Dry Lake, and in
the progress of the trial it was
shown that Mr.. Scott was in the
habit of shooting, as he said,
to scare" parties that might
happen to be ditched off the
trains. This practice had been
indulged in but two days before
the event which caused the death
of one Joseph Webb.
At this particular instance
Webb and two other parties were
thrown off the limited passenger
train, which reached Dry Lake
about nine in the evening. I'm
mediately after the train pulled
out, Scott advanced toward the
three men and gave orders for
the men to move off the premi-
ses, and as the testimony shows,
said, "You fellows follow that
train out, and do it cd quick,
or I'll fill you full of shot" Two
OF the men Immediately obeyed
the order, and lost no time in
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-10-03
Z Petitions Here
For Division

AT the post Office window may
be found the blank sheets for
the signatures of those in favor
of a county division of Lincoln
county. For several days the
sheets were unsigned and now
that the Independent" ticket
has been launched forth of Lin
coin county politics, the division
proposition may become a Sec
ondary matter with many.
The Las Vegas Age, who has
just cause to support the divis-
ion movement, thereby showing
its loyalty to Las Vegas, says:
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-10-03
Lucky Star
Getting Richer

Manager E. F. Prudential of
the Lucky Star, reports that the
mine the past month has re-
sponded magnifcently to the dt-
velopment work inaugurated,
and more than equal to his ex-
pectations, as the ore body is
getting richer as depth is at
tanned. He expects to start
moving the ore to the smelter by
the last of the month. This
property lies close to the famous
Day mine, owned by the Nevada
Utah. The ore of both mines are
Identical, being a ferro-mangan-
ese carrying silver and lead val
ues. This class of ore is much
sought after by the smelters, as
they are an ideal fiuxing ore.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-10-03
More Want
Public Office
Some of the DemOcratics,
Shut Out BY Convention,
Will Run Independent.

Petitions were circulated
among the qualified electors here
this week for signatures, with a
result that there will be foul
more candidates on the ballot for
public Office in Lincoln county.
The following is the list:
Hans Olson of Caliente, for
sheriff.
Henry Lee Of Phoebe, for re-
corder.
Jack Wheatley of Searchlight,
for the assembly.
Malcolm Bruce of Pioche, for
the assembly.
With these candidates in the
field it puts a different light on
the condition of things entirely.
Some seem to think that on the
sheriff fight Denton will win
without trouble, others say Olson
has a cinch, while the supporters
of Smith declare that the new
candidacy of Olson will detract
enough votes from Denton to
help the republican man.
AS for the treasurer's Office, it
is repetition of two years back,
the county funds. Lee was a
strong supporter of Clark two
years ago. and even in the coun-
ty convention it was the COM
bined efforts of Clark and Lee
that landed Syphus in the sena-
torial nomination. Clayson of
Las Vegas will poll a nice vote,
as is declared by democratic
friends of Clayson from his home
town.
Go after it, boys, but don't
forget the RECORD with a card
order, and be sure to have your
card in the directory.
The county jail is cleaned out
again.
John Shier played the court
and politics here all week.
Searchlight should give Orrin
Smith every vote for sheriff.
News was received here Thurs
day that a bouncing baby girl
arrived at the home of Sheriff
Corkhill, that day.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-10-03
Body of a
Suicide Found

Last Saturday VIM. E. Harri
son made a discovery of the re.
mains of one Wallace 7. Riley, at
a point two and a-half miles from
town, in what is known as
Slaughter House Canyon. "
The finding of the remains clears
away a mystery which has been
hanging over a few of Riley's ac-
quaintances for over a year. Mr..
Riley came here in May, 1907,
and was in the employ of S. II.
Babbitt, but had hardly started
to work before his sudden disap-
pearance occurred.
He left a lengthy note and
mailed it to S. H. Babbitt, tell
ing him of the wonderful inven-
ton he had perfected on an air
ship, and he wrote: Don't over
look a long tin box in the bottom
of the grip; there is a patent de-
scribed that is worth one hun
dred million dollars. AS | live,
| believe you will be overlooking
the biggest bet of your life if
you fail to investigate that inven-
ton, as tits the work of a twen-
ty year study, and embraces the
principles never before tried.
with a thousand thanks to
you and Mrs. Babbitt for kind
ness to me, and hoping you will
forgive me for any annoyance
this may cause you, | bid you a
final farewell. Don't waste any
time looking for me, as all the
detectives on earth could not
find me.
The deceased was about sixty
years of age, and has relatives
living in Leavenworth, Kansas.
The remains were brought to
town under the supervision of
Coroner Connell, and the verdict
of the coroner's jury was that
Riley came to his death by a
pistol shot from his own hands.
The remains were buried here.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-10-03
Property Near
Prince Sold

1t was currently reported and
in the Salt Lake Tribune that
a sale of much importance has
taken place for property held by
Chas. S. Miller, the purchaser
being John Kirby, a Salt Lake
mining man of great prominence.
The ground purchased is be-
tween the Prince mine and that
of the Golden Prince. A nice
sum is said to have been paid
down.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-10-03
Vote For Carman.

Pioche has candidate for the
commissionership, and it is in
the interest Of every resident
and voter of Phoebe, that A. A.
Carman gets their united sup
port. If any of the other candi-
dates succeed and Carman is de-
feated, that means the county
seat has no representation on the
board. For years it has been
the custom to have at least one
member here and we must do it
this year. Support Carman for
TIT commissionership and you
will be doing your business duty
and not political duty.
If you vote for Smith, you
vote for a sheriff that will live
OF tho Opt1VotNy enoA
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-10-03

Jos, Poujade, an old timer of
Phoebe, and who still retains
mining interests here that are
very valuable, came in from Car
son City this week and is busily
engaged attending to the an
nual assessment labor on his
holdings in Phoebe district.
Evening star., 1908-12-20
GOOD STORY FROM
EDITOR AID JOSS

There is lot of difference between
being fresh on the ball field and having
plenty of self-confidence. says Addie
JOSS. It's pretty ticklsh position for a
young fellow. who is Just breaking in. to
be sent to bat in pinch, and especially
when there is catcher behind the bat
who is trying to take advantage of the
youngsters nervousness by handing him
a line of talk that is not calculated to
steady his nerve.
Louis Evans who finished the season
with the Montreal Eastern League team,
was taken south by McGraw last spring
He stayed with the Giants the early part
Of the season. He was also with the
Colts.
In game the New York team was
playing with Philadelphia. in which the
score was close. McGraw found an oppor-
tunity to send Evans in to bat for some
one at a time when the Giants had man
OH second and needed Il run to win
The yOungSter stepped to the plate and
as he took his position Red" Doom. the
Philles' star backstop, after looking
Evans over from head to foot, let drop
this remark:
You had better be careful young fel-
low. This pitcher is wilder than a hawk
and Is liable to cop you on the head any
minute"
\ moment later the twrer let go of a
fast one that fairly whistled past Evans
face. Lou stepped back and as Doom
caught the ball he remarked:
II told you to be careful or he Will get
you"
The next ball pitched was closer to the
youngsters head than the first one. and
Evans who was wise to Dooin'S game,
thought il was time to take a hand in the
proceedings. Leaning over to Doom he
said:
Tell that guy out there that If he ever
expects to drive me away from the plate
lie had better pack that slow one i'll his
grip
Before Doom could recover from his
surprise at the remark he heard Evans
say IF he hands me up another one Ike
that j will knock the button off his cap
with a line drive. Tell him to duck. /
don't want to kill him..
Then to make ii good Evans drove a
vicious liner through the box, scoring
the man from second. He was not mo-
Tested again
Evening star., 1908-12-20
Big Paw for Arellanes.

SAN JOSE, December l3.-Frank Arei-
lanes. the San Jose pitcher who proved
the find of the American League last
season. has comc to terms with John l.
Taylor of the Boston Americans, the con-
tract being signed Thanksgiving day III
San Francisco. The figure reached by
Areilanes' contract is not to be made pub
lie but he will he the third highest paii
man or the Boston American League
club this year. the pay envelope OF 'y
Young being the only one that VIII be fal-
ter than his.
Arellanes made Il great record during
the few weeks he played with Boston
the last of the year. and Taylor and the
fans and press of Boston commented
favorably on his work. He is taking Il
long TT st this winter and viii be in prime
condition 10 keep UP the standard for lis
work that he set last year. He plays with
the local State LeaguerS against the AS-
State Hospital Club. an aggregation
composed of employees and patients of the
asy lum. The game is being played 50
that the local managers may get line On
tW" or three Of the hospital men who
are said tn be big league material.
Evening star., 1908-12-20
|BRITON MAY WIN
NELSON'S TITLE

Phil Brock need not feel very badly
about being defeated by Freddie Welsh.
the clever English lightweight. Welsh S
showing against "Packy" Mcfarland and
Abe Attell certainly shows that the little
Briton is about as good as they make
them. and it is no wonder that he out
c,assed the Cleveland boy.
The latter had just beaten George Mem
sic and kid" Carsey when he tackled
Welsh and expected that he would add the
Engishman's scalp to his rapidly increas-
ing bunch. But Welsh. who had seen
Brock fight. knew just how to tackle him.
When Brock would rush. as is the Cleye-
land boys style. Welsh would sidestep and
hand him one as Brock went by. Some
times he sidestepped so quickly that Brock
almost fe fiat on his face
When here last week Brock remarked
that he thought Welsh the cleverest man
i'm the business. ANY man that can out
box Abe Attell is as clever as they make
them. for Attell has been recognized for
years the best there was i'll outponting
his adVerSarieS. / never fought a man
in my life that was hard to hit. If I
could have landed half the blows that l
started he would not have lasted ten
rounds, but. instead. my fists hit the air
and ne whipped me-
How about Welsh a words cham
pionship contender now? The English
man is showing Improvement with every
additional fight that he makes in south
ern California BY his showing Wednes-
day night Welsh demonstrated that it was
no fiuke when he outboXed 'Packy' Me-
Farland' for nineteen rounds.
Considering the developments of the
past few weeks, Welsh now has great
or even greater claims upon Champion
Battling" Nelson's respect and attention
than has Mcfarland.
In speaking of Nelson the English boy
shows that he meant business when he
said:
Nelson always insists on a long route,
for, he says. he doesn't ike the parlor
affair. meaning by the latter anything un-
der forty rounds. Now. III fight Bat
forty-five rounds, and I'll sign any min
ute that the champion sees fit TO give me
d chance.
This talk has the right ring to it.
Welsh has made big hit both by his
sensational cleverness and by his gentle
manly conduct outside the ring. California
is fun of men who would back him
against Nelson.
Evening star., 1908-12-20
SCRIBES ROOT WHEN
THEY HAVE TIME

Why don't you fellows root" is a
question which every newspaper man has
often been compelled to answer What
ever may be the reply. the solution is sell
dom found in any lack OF enthusiasm. In
fact. it is doubtful if there exists any
where more interested coterie OF spec
tators than those in the press inclosure.
But they don't root-eXcept on extremely
rare occasions-and they don't because
they're too busy Nine times out of ten
when the newspa per man would otherwise
be roofing he is engaged in chronicling
some play which he must fash TO his
paper To drop his pencil and start
Whooping would make him nuisance 10
his fellows and would seriously impair
his efficiency as a reporter OF news Ac-
cordingly he keeps quiet and saws wood
In all probability the best roo:ers in the
world are lost through this combination
of circumstances. Certainly there are feW
better able 10 appreciate the real slgnifi-
canoe of what is happening than the oc-
cupants of the press box Most of them
know personally the members OF the COM
peting forces. whatever they may be.
They know the problems each has had to
face his clements Of strength and his
weakness. Often the plays which appeal
most To them are not the ones that re-
ceive the greatest applause from the null
titude. But their tongues are tied by the
demand of duty. They are working. While
their friends in the crowd are there for
amusement.
once in great while the scribes en-
thuse and root. but not often. Thus the
Detroit Times base ball man recalls "A
game last season when the Wolverine
writer's did some cheering. Says he:
The writer recalls one occasion last
year when the Detroit press box rose up
and cheered. and this was the only one
when there was any demonstration from
the real workers. 1t occurred at the
finish of the double-header which Eddie
Summers pitched against the Athletics
along toward the close OF the season.
when Detroit and Cleveland were but one
game apart in their battle for the league
lead Summers had won the first game
by an easy margin. The second was a
struggle all the way. SchlitZer was pitch
ing his best game of the year. and the
teams came down to Detroit's half of the
Claude Rossman. Detrot's first batter.
took hectic swing at the first ball
pitched to him. knocking it past the right
field bleacherS and making the complete
circuit. in spite of a close decision at the
plate. OF course, the crowd went crazy.
The press box was perfectly quiet for
Il moment while each man scored the
play and the afternoon paper men sent
their bulletins announcing the termination
OF the game and it's manner of ending.
Then from the reporters bench the work
ers stood up and like one man screeched
out a yell for big Claude 1t was one of
the few occasions when their work was
over and the recollection of a mighty
deed was SO fresh as to destroy the
habitlal calm to which the men had been
compelled to school themselves.
Evening star., 1908-12-20
One Bunt Hard to Field.

This thing of going toward first base
to get a bunt. especially on a fast man,
is about as hard Il thing as a pitcher
is called upon 10 do in the fielding line.
There is nothing that makes Il tWirler
look so bad in the eye OF the fan as To see
him stand in the box and let the runner
scamper down the line for a bas. hit.
No one has ever been able to successfully
invent check for the play. It's simply
a question of who shall rum to cover the
base as there iS absolutely no way to
plan the play before il is made.
With fast man at the bat, and one
who is liable to bunt, the pitcher is al
ways on the alert. but ne is never abe 10
tell exactly whether the batter will lay
tie ball GCWu the first base line or along
the chalk mark running from home TO
third Both the first and second base
men must play back III their natural
positions. and If either come in to field
tn ball it's better than an even bet that
the runner will beat the pitcher to the
bag II the batter IS lucky enough 10
get the ball past The pitcher ther- is hard
~ any chance for the second sacker to
field il IN time 10 get his man.
Evening star., 1908-12-20
SEASON A GOOD ONE
FOR YOUNG PLAYERS

Last season was a great one for the
young players in both major leagues. In
the National League one of the big
features of the race was the showing
Of Pitcher Otis Crandall of the Giants
while in the American young Bush Of
Detroit monopolized lot of houors at
short.
In SchweitZer. picked up from the New
ark club of the Ohio and Pennsylvania
League. Jimmy McAleer believes he has
the making Of one of the greatest out
fielders in the business. Schweitzer was
| out of the game IA good portion of last
year, but showed he possessed the class
in his workouts.
If Purtell. the yOungster picked I'D by
the White Sox, could only hit he would
surely hold down the third base job for
Comiskey. Purtell has few superiors as
a fielder but is mighty feeble with the
big stick. Comiskey has hopes for the
youngster and may start him regularly
Connie Mack is delighted over two of
his pickups. Strunk of Shamokin and
Lapp of Syracuse. Strunh is only nine
teen years Old but shows great promise.
He is clever fielder. stands nicely at the
plate and can run the bases in regular
Cobb style. Lapp looks like conner be-
hind the bat. but lacks experience.
Moxie Manuel, who isn't a youngster
can League debut in 1908 started like d
whirlwind in the box for the White Sox
but failed to show form after the early
spring games.
Walter Blair, secured from the Will
Transport team. promises to be a Valuable
man for the Yankees behind the bat A
year of experience has added much to
BlairS worth. Gardner and Cree also
look mighty good.
This Speaker. the Boston outfielder. in
few games this fall won his place as a
regular. Speaker was secured from the
Little Rock team and led the Southern
League in batting
Evening star., 1908-12-20
When to Play Safe

II : an established rule in base ball
that when your team is ahead The proper
thing 10 do IS 10 make all PLAYS safe
that is. to be sure 10 get one man, no
matter If another scores This Is the
reason that one often SECS an Outfieider
who has good chance 10 throw out Il
man trying to score on hit refusing
30 make the attempt. Instead he VIII
toss the ball To the second baseman in
order 10 prevent the man who hit the
ban from going on To second.
Many game is tossed away because
an outiieider Will try to get a man at the
plate on hit of this kind. and by 80
doing allow the batter to TAX an extra
base. There a~e times when ii is mat
ter of judgment the outfelderS part
As tn whether oI. not he can get the man
Al home. II he lands him. well and good,
but II nc misses the result iS dangerous.
Evening star., 1908-12-20
TAYLOR'S SENSE OF HUMoR.
Formed a Relay Team Which Was
Truly International in Character.

A promoter Of track athletic meets found
he was shy of relay teams about five
years ago and he phoned to the late john
B. Taylor to gather a quartet and enter.
Taylor promised to be on hand. He
was always willing to aid a friend al MS
own sacrifice.
The hour of the race came and all OF
the teams but Taylor's were lined up to
start, when suddenly Taylor was seen ap-
preaching with an unctuous grin and the
oldest combination which ever ran q re-
Iay and it took the great Penn relay OF
that year to beat Taylor's team. He was
then at Central High School. and the
Red and Blue runners won by 4 foot
after sensational race.
The first runner on Tayiors team was
w F. Ford then of Brown Preparatory.
He is an American and later entered
Penn. The second man TO start was
Julask then the star Quarter-miler OF
Manual. and he was a Hebrew. Until
this time Penn was able To gam only a
few inches on the queer combination as
senbled by Taylor. Al Nash. the noted
Indian runner. was the third man on
Taylors band and he. too. made heroic
fight and even closed the two-foot gap
between the teams, and then Taylor him
self. co!ored. ran the last lap for his
team. and. although schooboy il took
inches to the tape, while the rest of the
teams which competed at the games
struggled almost a lap in the rear
The difference in the nationalities which
competed as members o. Taylors team
struck the crowd and Taylor was Offered
matches in all parts o; the east for his
band because they could all shave - sec
onds and that was fast enough to whip
anything by yards which would compete
in the track games held in the summer
New York and Boston We're particularly
anxious to have the quartet, but none of
the men cared 10 continue to train dur
ing the hot summer months. All Of The
men made their marks afterWard in the
track world. especially Taylor and Nash
One of the most amusing parts of the
race was that none Of the men knew
who was to assist them in the race except
that johnny b had asked them To
come down and until they started for the
mark they did not becomn aware OF The
quiet humor Taylor had possessed. Then
they began to look 1t each other and
notice the vast fferences. and in ease of
an accident or Il delay Taylor had Tor
ella, an Andover runner, who came from
Cuba and was of Spanish extraction.
ready to start in the race in some ones
place