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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
SOME THINGS THAT MIGHT BE EXPLAINED.

There arc features of the voting machine job thrust upon the State n
aNarcs by a bill that a sneaked through the Legislature when its effect
was unsupported, that need to be cleared up When the law vas passed 10
body in the Legislature. except perhaps those who engineered the bill
through, had any idea that the first cost to the State would approximate a
million dollars AM that a heavy ex Expense besides would be saddled upon
the municipalities. No prices we're mentioned until the contracts were made
and then the State was charged $3.50 each for the machines a price extrava-
gantly in excess OF. the cost of production. Why did the contractor put such
an excessive prize oil the machine? Thereby may hang N tale.
When the law was passed there yer several voting machines or the mar
kt, and a Western company put in a bid against the Rochester Company.
1t as myserously withdrawn. Why? And, moreover, it al OF after
wards renewed. 1t has been remarked that those who we're chiefly instru-
mental in getting the voting machine act passed and in influencing the Leg
stature to make appropriations now aggregatng over 100000 and all ex-
pended o. machines, have eve since stood on guard to prevent a repeal of
the act They have blocked repealers Of the act devised new methods to
retain the hold of the machine upon the State and the literature of the
contractors has been spread broadcast ever in the form Of an official paper
printed It the expense Of the State. And why? An investigation would
go far towards clearing up these mysteries
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
81 WEEK TO DRESS TWO;
LYNCH HUSBAND,' THE CRY
Feminine Population Should Rise in One Body and "Down' Him,
Says Ada Lynn--DeServes the Punishment Hurting Most.
BY ADA LYNN.

"A PAPER of last week told of a woman who left her husban because
4 a little girl H paid the bills of the butcher baker, candlestck-maken
and all the rest but all she ever touched ncash vas 81 a week, or b2 a year.
Do vu blame her for leaving him? What roma could manage OF such
sum even providing she made all Of her clothes and her daughters, a did
this woman? 49,
A dollar a week, s2 a year! For hats gowns, waists, coats suits, petit
coats, shoes. lingerie, hosiery. gloves wells, belts, collars, n IL the other
articles which g to complete a womans toilette without considering the
hats, coats, shoes, stockings, hal ribbons, gloves, ans ouer neces-
sanss of the dress If a little girl. 49,
fashion book. lest me should become desperate enough to commit SUICIDE, for
clothes mean a grat deal o a woman, n o matter what Ter station n pie.
On a dollar "a week. wonan style would b strangers always fSather
would h ind it necessary to haun the rummage sale picking up odds
ad ends among the cas-on fneryo Of others. Her hats would nave o last
from season to season. and her suns could never be anythng ut shoddy Inc
cN-fashioned. Why, ne cannot get a pair of good shoes or less mn %
nowadays Most women pay $L And suppose she and her little girl shoud
shoes at the same time 1t would take about six weeks of scrfmping
to get h required amount
The man who would ask his wife to live oil UGH a sum is a brute, inc
a "borrtd' brute at that! The feminine population should rise IN oe od
and down" hm.
The man OF my story, who would allow his wife but a doHaf a week Tor
herself and daughter. deserves punishment of he kline hat oul hurt
him most If 1 were his wife would have manageds by hook OF crook to
.secure4he $4,000 Which lie had saved in a shot tne. n which epresented
the things of which l was deprived. After l had obtained tn money | would
go ron shop to shop, spending right and left buying whatever suited my
to his home And I'd follow the bundles in a short while, so that 1 could
his expression as he noted their number.
A dollar a week! $2 ayear! It's preposterous! Let's ny Lyme him?
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
ELKS AND THEIR ANTLERS.
t. the Editor Of the Evening Star: :
When do El1s shed their antlers?

When DO fEll1s shed their antlers?
G. T. p.
LAbout the first of February gener-
ally. though much depends upon the
locality and the age of the animal. il
often happens that one antler is car
ried several days after the other has
been dropped. The new antlers push
off the old ones. and when they appear
they resemble sears on the animals
forehead, but soon take the form of
two black velvet buttons. about the
size of silver dollars. As they continue
to grow they gain in length only, and
by the first of July they have attained
their full size. when they are soft, fleN-
ibIe and nourished by blood. The ant
lers are now in the velvet as the
hunters term it. Should an accident
happen and the skin get broken or the
antler dis6gured, it might result in the
elk bleeding to death or in carrying
a deformed antler until the following
February. Through a process of ma
ture the blood vessels that have fed
the antlers are shut off about the mid
die of July and then the antlers begin
to harden. A few weeks later the elk
may he seen rubbing them against
trees or thrashing them about in the
brush while n-ndeavoring to rid them
OF the velvet. and in a few days 1t
Hangs in shreds and soon disappears
entirely Ed
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
tunnels.

Ii 1855 a politician IS experienced and keen a vas William j. SeWeh was
ed to believe by the camor that assaed ! from prohibitonsts, State and
ocl. that there really vas a majority sentiment in the State that favored
prohibition in one form oil the other, State wide or in local spots, according to
he option OF local ajo1iies. Seweu controlled the Legislature I'M he forced
through the local option law of that year Both branches of tn Legislature
we're Republican and the Senate had been Republican since 1873, The local
option issue was taken into the election that year and the majoriies in both
houses were reversed. The Republicans did not regain control until 1894 the
election year being the panic year which told so heavily against Democratic
candidates. everywhere. Senator sewen was practical and thereafter he had
40 illusions about. local option in a State like New Jersey. If he were the
oarty leader today there would be little enough chance for the Republicans
n the Legislature to be committed in a presidential election ear to a policy
hat wrecked his party in 1888 But history has a habit Of repeating itself
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
CONTRACT BIDS FOR STATE SUPPLIES.

state Charities Commissioner Wghts opinion adverse to the new law
requiring that all institutional supplies amounting to $500 and mor shall
be contracted for by competitive bidding isn't convincing, though no doubt
Mr. Wight himself is convinced The purchase Of supplies o all kinds by the
steward If the Hospital for the Insane al Trenton at exorbtant
from the son and son-ilIaw Of ne of the hospital managers al only
a single instance Of the scandaous abuses under the former system, which
MIR. Wight would have restored. The state commissioner is said to be a
kindly and benevolent man, and eyide emily has been imposed upon by some
institutional managers. The nw law has choked off a largo tribe of pro-
ferred trsdesmen, mddhmen and reat ves and friends who were wont to
max big profits ut Of complaisant boards and purchasing officers.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
DEATH OF CARS FATHER.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Did the father of the present Car
of Russia die a natural death or was
he assassinated? L. b. J..
Alexander III. died of an internal
malady. He was not assassinated. The
last Car a~ssassinated was the grand
father of the present Car, Alexander
II. He was killed by a bomb on March
81, 1SS1.-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
FROM A DISAPPOINTED MAN.

Few me- reach so without being
grateful tina they did not get the
woman they wanted.
The modern woman gives the husband
the honeymoon, and takes the rest Of
the life for herself.
The more we cultivate reason in
woman the more unreasonable she be-
comes. truth.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
PUBLIC WORK FOR IDLE LABOR.

THE STAR has urged that whatever necessary public work is to be done.
should be done this year in order to give needed employment to idle labor
and recommended the Board of Works to do all the street Improvement that
is practicable. The board has resolved TO carry out that policy, and viii cr
bark upon tho work as soon as the weather shan permit The city is well
provided financially this year and in the matter Of street paving the great
bulk O the expense is assessed upon the propery-owner and comes back to
the citys capital fund with interest There IS n o economy in the stoppage
Of public work, but on the contrary. an actual loss When there Is no work
public relief Is appealed to- and the poor and aims department is heavily
drawn upon Necessary public work means se1tsupport for hundreds Of
families If hbmers. And what is more important. It means the preservation
Of their seGrespect
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
HAVE A LAUGH WITH US
SOME SIGHTS nor EnR HER.

1--WE come to town. said the old
farmer, ITO see an that's worth seeing
ALI that's Interesting.
You haye?' returned his rapid city
nephew ~inquiringly.
you bet l have
In that case" said the city nephew,
you ought to have left your wife at
homo.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
NOT PAN For.

There goes shagley. He must be in
debt again"
"NNhy, he looks quite prosperous.
That suit of his seems bran new"
Eyes; that's why j say he must be In
debt. "-Philadelphia Press.
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HORRORS!

Wigg-Thcy say he lost his foot in a
railroad accident.
Wagg-Yes; the train stopped at a
Western eating station for lunch, and
in the hurry a sandwich dropped on his
foot.-Philadelphia Record.
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pROSAIC MAID.

was a gallant troubadour
And to her golden notes did pour
Yea, golden notes in plenty;
Alas! she spurned the notes he gave
And told him with a farewell wave:
Tho only golden note I crave
Is the golden ten or twenty!''
Chicago News.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
CLEANLINESS AND GOODNESS.

Dusty Dan-De parson said as how
sinners would be washed as white as
snow.
Soiled sam-Gee! If dat's right we'd
be gettin' out NV de sinner class.
Chicago News.
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cnIILn IMAGINE HE hAn.

ever seen Congress in session -
NO replied Farmer Coboss, but
| know about how it looks. l hev 4
hired mar who kin git as busy dom
nuthin' as anything you ever saw.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
QUITE HARMLESS,

The presidential bee sings low
And lots of pleasures bringeth,
But as it travels to and fro
How few there are it stingethl
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
AS IT SHOULD BE.

First Farmer heal you struck oil
last week.
Second Farmer-Yes. .
First Farmer-How's it running?
Second Observation-Disclosures
News.
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STAR READERS

Anonymous communications cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
names Of correspondents are not required for
publication. but as a guarantee OF good faith
-Ed
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24

There is always somebody to think up something new and often remote
for the Legislature to wrestc with in addition to the more immediate prob
lens it has in hand. 1t is fortunate for the legislator that all Of these re-
formers and innoyatos amd doctrnares and theorists do not ny to Iren-
ton to gt bills introduced and demand public hearings; but too many of them
for legislative distraction are enabled to take up the time that should be de
voted to practical and necessary measures.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24
THE LOyABLE AMERICAN.

The count declared, with graceful tact
She vas the sweetest thing on earth.
He loved her very much; in fact,
About a million dollars worth.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24

a PAPER of last week told of a woman who left her husband because
Al he allowed her only 81 a week with which to clthe herself and Ter
8 n little girl. He paid the bills of the butcher baker, candlstick-maken
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-24

wv p HY, why. why will parents insist on mating their daughters to
AA men moi of the girls choice? The unhapphr@s caused by such a
marriage is often enough brought before the public to be a Warnlns
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-11

positary of the funds of the Florence
Goldfeld Mining Co.
On examining the check Deputy
Rourke found that it called for three
dollars less than the amount stipulat-
ed in the court order. In turn. with
a smile. Lockhart produced enough
coin to make up the difference md
completely satisfy the judgment. He
was then allowed to go his way.
The money paid into the court will
remain impounded pending the dis
position of a $125,000 damage suit
brought by the Florence Goldtield
Mining Co. against the Little Flor
ence Mining Co, based upon alleged
unminerlike mining conducted by the
latter company while taking out rich
rock in the Little Florence lease on
Florence property. The parent conf
pany acknowledges that the sum paid
into court today by Lockhart Is the
amount that would have gone To the
leasing concern as its pro rata of the
net proceeds of work i'm the Little
Florence during the last days Of the
lease. had il not been discovered that
the work had been pursued contrary
to the terms of the lease and 10 the
great damage of the property. 1t was
sought TO retain possession Of the
money in question until such time as
the damage suit was disposed Of.
The Little Florence people declare
that they have no fear that show
ing can be made against them in the
damage suit asserting that the most
competent mining men of the camp
will support them at trial in their
that every term of the
contract with the Florence Co. was
filed up to and that all the mining
was well and ably done.
Deteh, Carney a. Stevens are at
torneys for the Little Florence Co,
while Macbeth & May of Denver. and
Watson & Van Dyck represent the
Florence Goldfeld Co.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-11
NeO Camp of Chafey Keeps
on Occdsionin8 Highly Fd=
DOrdbLe Comment

the discovery and the camp. Mr.
Buck is known TO be disinclined t.
i eXaggerate on any occasion and he
+ always tries TO be fair:
The rush continues from Nevada
+ 10 Silver Lake. where the recent
rich strike was reported OF course
as usual there are two sides to it
Some of the people who have gone in
and did not get to the scene of the
actual strike or who failed TO grail
something have gone out with their
hammers.
"Others who have been there ON
the ground personally and have seen
the strike and sampled the ore,
which is a tellurium, says that it is
all right and that there can be no
discount on the fact that great
mining district has been discovered
Owing TO a disagreement on the part
of those who made the discovery, the
actual strike has been revealed to but
few. \ great many of those who
made the rush i'm did not know the
country and many of them never got
further than a mile beyond Mono
lake and we're not even in the sec
ton where the strike was made. We
have reliable inside information that
the strike is not only all right. but is
more extensive and richer than at
first reported.
over 10000 a ton in values has
been secured from the assays.
THE Rawhide crowd. which Is in
terested in the new find, are enthus-
iastic and say that they have
bonanza, and that actual develop
ment on an extensive scale will be-
gin as soon as they can get supplies
and a force of miners on the ground.
The nature of the ore is such, that no
man who is not familiar with it,,
would take a second look at 1t. In
fact. il could be passed over by good
prospectors without even attracting
notice.
THE strike will make good with
the right kind of development work.
Last spring Professor Peter john
son. one of the most noted biologists
of the United States geological ser
vice. stated to us that in that sec
ton. owing To great volcanic faults.
and high naturalization. there would
be discovered a great mine in that
section. and gave his reasons, which
were good
There is a great deal of secrecy
about the location of the main strike.
but few knowing its location, but
that it is there. is fact evidenced by
the rich ore going from $4,000 TO
$40. 900 per ton. The rush in has
only begun and in "A short time there
will be thousands of people looking
for the golden treasure hidden in the
mountains of that section, and many
a rich mine will be uncovered and the
list of millionaires added to. II is
good section, highly mineralized
and well worthy of the closest pros
pecting systematic development Let
the knockers knock. They knocked
Rawhide and it made good. and SO
will the Silver Lake strike. Reno
journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-11
Vews of Mining, Metals and the Markets
TOM LOCKHART
COMES LDITH CHECK

GOLDFlELD, Oct. Thomas G.
Lockhart, president and general man
ager of the Florence Goldfield Min
ing Co. has snccumbed to the inevita-
BILE and paid to the registrar Of me
district court a certified check for
S11793503, thus satisfying an order
made by Judge Langan and sustained
by the supreme court. BY SO doing
Loekhart escaped going TO jail for
the action of the supreme court up
held the district court in adjudging
the millionaire mining man in con-
tempt of court and ordering him into
the custody of the sheriff pending the
impending of the money in question
Judge Langan's last official act be-
fore leaving for the north was to
sign a commitment in the matter y l.
suant to receiving word from the
higher tribunal The order of arrest
was placed in the hands of Deputy
Sheriffs Box and Ryan after seyera
hours had elapsed and Lockttrt had
not put in an appearance II the court
house to satisfy the order. When the
officers inquired for the head of ,he
Florence at the offices Of the corr
pany in the Nixon block, they were
Informed that he was at the mines.
The matter was allowed to rest in
Allegiance until the noon hour, when
the deputy sheriffs again called at
the company Offices and there they
were greeted by Lockhart and in
turn he was served with the court
order of arrest. The mining man an
nounced his willingness to proceed
with the officers and when he WIS
presented before Deputy County
Clerk Rourke, acting for County
Clerk Hardy, registrar of the dis
triet court, he produced certified
check for $117,932,96, drawn on a
Denver national bank, the regular de-
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-11
LEASES DRY LAKE PROPERTY.

NJ B. Thomas, a well known min
ing operator and heavily interested
at Jumbo. has taken lease and op-
ton on the claim of Art Myers and
John Stauts in the Dry Lake district
near Carson. where 500 ore was
found several weeks ago within few
feet OF the surface. The bond pro-
vides for royalty basis for ore ex-
tracted and gives the leasee the
privilege OF purchase at the end of
three months or one year Mr.
Thomas expects TO begin AT once the
development of the property sinking
a double compartment shaft and GO
ing no the water level
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-11
COPPER ORE At DEPTH.

A late report from Superintendent
s. $ Bentz. of the Nevada Douglas
mine in the Yerington district. con-
veyed he information that the drift
on the G50-foot level had broken mao
q Gne body OF chaleocite. While the
strike was moi entirely unexpected, it
is most gratifying TO the Douglas
management. This body is the same
as was followed for over 500 feet on
the 550-foot level, and proves the
continuation of this remarkable shoot
to the lower level. The Douglas is
developing into one of the biggest
PROPOSITIONS in the state.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-11

The Boston Financial News says;
September closed with the copper
market in somewhat stronger po-
sition than when the month came III.
While It is true that the selling
agents are quoting about the same
asking prices, the producers are less
disposed to offer the metal at the
figures quoted and except in a lew
cases where - = has been obtained
the majority is holding off for II
cents. The fact that prices are hold
ing up under a very light demand
with the production running ahead
of consumption. is certainly not dis
couraging to copper interests. Nor
is the fact that the demand is light
an indication that consumers are
over supplied with the metal. De-
velopments point indeed just the
opposite. for if the demand for the
red metal were 10 increase 10 any
| cents.
Probably the most interesting
feature in the market al the moment
is the heavy import movement
During September the arrivals at
Atlantic ports We're 1000 tons Of
bars aud slabs and also a liberal
tonnage of matte and ores. These
added To the receipts by railroads
from the interior indicate total ar
rivals for the month of 10000 tons,
the heaviest for any month this year.
The exports for the month amounted
10 about 10000 tons.
Reports from foreign markets are
TO the effect that the situation abroad
is slowly improving. 1t would APP
pear that the only thing that is keep
ing prices down is the steady influx
of the metal from this country aud
the general opinion is that ii the
shipments from America were to ease
any prices would readily move up
wards On the other hand. the for
eign stocks are exceptionally large;
the visible and invisible supply is
probably 100. 600. 600 tons. This
supply will not be reduced until there
is an advance i'm the price. for cop
per held in store accumplates certain
changes. such as interest on the in
yestment. storage. etc. and II will
not be disposed of except at fair
advance over the cost price. The
fact that the demand for the metal
during September was not very
activeshould tend TO make for a
smaller production and "A lighter ac-
eummulation In the next few months.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-11
ANOTHER PRODUCER.

Frank Bird, secretary of the Wild
Bull Mining & Milling company, oper-
ating in Wild Horse canyon. in the
Seven Troughs district, while on a
recent visit to Loyelock, gave out the
information that leasers on his COM
pany's ground had encountered some
very hih grade ore and that the latest
reports from Improperly indicated
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-11
SINKING DEEP SHAFT.

NJ McAulty and j. l.. Moore. own
ing the FIRST Chance group of sixteen
claims in Dolly Warden district. in the
southern portion of Elko county. are
developing the same by means OF a
shaft which has reached a depth of
200 feet This shaft was sunk in a
fat deposit of iron. and the bottom
is in an iron porphyry formation, in
which there are occurrences of high
grade copper ore. The owners of the
Last Chance, with more development.
confidently expect that they will open
up one of the largest copper mines in
Nevada
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-11
INSPECT SUNNYSIDE.

Frank Tester. Harry Tibbetts and
Z. 4. Stauts have returned from a
short visit to Chafey, says the Love
lock Review These gentlemen with
associates recently acquired the
Sunnyside group of claims adjoining
the Chafey property. They report
conditions very fiattering on the
Sunnyside. The shaft is down 6
feet and at this point a foot of 1928
ore has been exposed. Two regular
shifts are employed and the owners
intend to sink the shaft 10 the 50-foot
point with all possible haste, after
which prosecuting will commence