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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-12-26
BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION

In taking up the work of d.
recting the destinies of the
PIoCHE RECORD l am mindful
that the task involves many re-
sponsibilities. 1t is not always
an easy matter for one to give up
for a time old associates and
friends; to break up a comforta-
BILE home, surrounded with all
the conveniences which city life
affords; to go out into a strange
place, there to face new condi-
tons and form new acquaint-
ances. Nevertheless, there was
an inducement to come to Phoebe.
For the impression gained while
here for the first time last No
vember, convinced me that this
region has great possibilities for
the future; doubtless greater
opportunitiesthansom here
in Phoebe realize. 1t is because
l have faith in the future of Pr
oche and districts surrounding it
that the RECORD plant was pur-
chased, and that l decided to
move my family here to remain
permanently.
1t will be the policy of this
paper to boost week in and week
out for Phoebe, its mines and
every other interest affecting its
welfare. No exaggeration will
knowingly be permitted to enter
its columns; for the plain truth
about this and the contiguous
camps is all that is necessary to
gain the confidence of the in
weston and the respect of the
public at large. 1t is my ambi-
ton to make the PIocHE RECORD
one of the best, if not the best,
newspaper in Nevada; but if
success is achieved or not, will
depend largely upon the loyalty
and the support that is received
from the business men of Phoebe
and the citizens of Lincoln coun-
ty in general. Now let us all
put our shoulders to the wheel
and make a Greater Phoebe. The
RECORD is ready to do its part.
AS conditions warrant, the
RECORD viii be improved.
This issue is not as near perfec-
ton as had hoped it would be;
but it will be better.
LEWIS H. BEAS0N.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-12-26
Lewis H. Beason.

Lewis H. Beason, the we'll
known newspaper man and min
ing writer, who has handled the
mining department. of the Des-
eret News for several years past,
has purchased the Phoebe Record.
He will leave for the camp to-
night to take charge of that pub
LEGATION and make of it what the
of that rich mineral
bearing region now demands
an up-to-date and entertaining
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-12-26
WHAT OUR FRIENDS SAY /

Lewis H. Beason, for many
years mining editor of the
News" has rendered his resig-
nation and within a few days
will leave this city for Phoebe,
New, where he assumes control
of the Phoebe Record. Mr.. Bea-
son looks upon Phoebe as a camp
full of promise and through the
columns of the Phoebe Record
he intends to tell all the world
about the Nevada bonanza camp.
Mr.. Beason visited Phoebe a few
weeks ago for an ocular survey
of the place. What he had
heard he believed before he went
there and when he came back he
was sure that the truth was only
half told about the future of the
camp. AS to the Record, it is
equipped with a modern plant
for a newspaper of its size. It's
press is run by power furnished
in its own plant. 1t occupies a
building recently built for the
purpose and is fully equipped
for job work in addition to it,
news plant. Phoebe, too, is the
county seat of Lincoln county,
the longest county in the United
States, running all the way down
to Las Vegas, which is now
seeking a division of the county
with itself as the county seat.
Mr.. Beason leaves the News
with the best wishes of the en-
tire force, and the News"
staff, confident that in his new
field, he will meet with the sue.
cess in which his experience
entities him, extends to him &
farewell greeting in which is
mingled congratulations and re
greet. -Deseret News.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-12-26


Lewis H. Beason has reached
Phoebe and entered his duties as
editor in chief of the Record.
This is the only paper published
in that mining district, and by
reason of Mr.. Beason's long ex-
perience in both newspaper and
mining business, he should be a
valuable addition to that section.
In point of service Mr.. Beason
is one of the oldest mining writ
ers in Utah. He has been con-
nected with several of the daily
papers in this city for a number
of years, and has been the local
correspondent for some of the
largest financial papers of the
country. He has made a person
al inspection of all of the big
mines of Utah, and in going into
Nevada he will have the advant-
age of a valuable fund of infor-
nation which should place the
Record at the head of mining
papers in the sagebrush country.
Salt Lake Telegram.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-12-26
LIttIe Case d reIena,hu-

There is nothing strange to me in
the operation Of one mind upon an.
other" the telepathic woman said
"Once when my sister / am very fond
Of was operated on went with her
and sat in the anreroom a long way
of from the operating room. That ia
/ walked up and down there, worried
to death nearly about her, when all at
once l threw myself into a big arm
chair and vent sound asleep.
They had just given her the ether
then, so her mind was at rest and
rested mine. l slept until she came
out from under the influence"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-12-26
Future Of the Chinese.

Sir Robert Hart, director-general Of
Chinese customs. declares that the
Chinese are destined to become a DOW.
erful nation; but with such an I'm.
mense mass the work must go slow
and by the time they are organized
along modern lines. even If they were
aggressive, which they are not. thew
will know how to temper their
strength with wisdom. As to the
yellow peril" Sir Robert said ha
thought that, though the Chinese are
likely to become formidable competi-
tors in Industrial and trading matters
they will not cause the world any
special trouble.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-12-26

exponent of the camps wonder
full resources. Mr.. BeaSon re-
Gently spent some time IN the
districts surrounding Phoebe,
gathering material for the holi-
day edition of the News, and it
was while engaged in that work
that he became so thoroughly
imbued with the exceptional
merits of the country.
Before leaving he learned that
there was a chance to secure the
paper that has experienced a
rather unimportant career since
the boom times of the 70's, and
he took it. Business men, min
ing operators and everybody in
the diggins that he has been
allie to reach during the few
weeks that he has been measur-
ing up the possibilities of success
have given him every encourage
ment to go ahead and make a
live paper of the Record.
Few people without a person
al knowledge of the mines and
the mining districts surrounding
Pioche," said Mr.. Beason yes
terday. "have the least concep-
ton of what the country contains
and what the chances are for
profitable investment down
there. l am going to make il
my business to enlighten them.
In the early days Phoebe mines
added many millions to the i'm
perishable wealth of this country,
but for all that the old school of
miners and mine operators never
dreamed that the camp would be
what it is today, much less what
it will be in a few years from
now. Phoebe is anything but
what is termed a one, two o.
three mine camp. In my judg.
ment, the districts tributary t.
the town of Phoebe will boas
dozens of producing, earning
mines within year or two NOR,
and it is just as certain as any
thing can be that great smelling
ing and milling plants will be il
operation there. am going t
do what l can to let the worlt
know about that country. -
Salt Lake Herald. -
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-12-26
An AmerIcanIzlno influence.

IF any proof is needed that baseball
tends to promote good citizenship
among newly-arrived immigrants, Just
keep your ears open when at rat.
Ting good game and hear the inter.
national roofing" said a veteran
fan" Foreign visitors Of aristocrat
ic tendencies decry our national game.
but there is no doubt that it is one
of the first Of American institutions to
appeal to the average newcomer.
Even before familiarizing themselves
with the national yell they seek true
Americanism by the baseball route
and every day the bleachers resound
with the 'Hochs' and Braves of our
embryo citizens"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-12-26
Paris Gets Acquisition.

The American telephone girl has
been transplanted to Paris, and ac-
cording to reports she has lost none Of
the qualities which distinguish her in
this country, but is quite as ready to
break in upon her own private con-
versation to oblige a customer of the
telephone at any time, and her re-
plies to irate and disobliging people
asking for connections are of the same
temperate and high-class English she
employs at home.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-12-26

Phoebe boasts a "dead-man's
row." says the American Mining
Review of Los Angeles, where
seventy pioneers sleep with their
boots on. There are seventy
thousand live people in Los An
geles, all in a row, and all with
their boots on, who are dead to
the self-evident fact lhat mining
has contributed a large share to
the city's present commercial po-
sition.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-12-26

Lewis H. Beason, who for sew
eral years has been mining ed
itor of the Deseret News, has
resigned his position with that
newspaper to take charge of the
Phoebe Record, which he has
purchased. Mr.. Beason has con-
fidence in Phoebe making a great
mining camp and his business
venture is the result. He will,
without doubt, give the camp q
good newspaper. Inter Mount.
ain Republican.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-12-26

L. H. Beason, for many years
mining editor of the Deseret
News, will leave the last of the
week for Phoebe, where he will
assume the active management
of the Phoebe Record, which Mr..
Beason now owns. He has a
score, and then some, of friends
in Utah who witness his removal
from the local field with keen re-
greet, but who follow him to his
new location and duties with
best wishes and hopes for many
prosperous years in the camp
with tremendous tonnage of ores.
There is every argument to ad-
vance that Mr.. Beason will roll
up a wad" sufficiently compre-
hensive to choke the proverbial
COW at Phoebe, and when he
does, it is an even bet he will
come back to Zion to settle down.
Salt Lake Tribune.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-12-26

If all citizens of Phoebe will
put their shoulders to the wheel
this camp is going to grow.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-12-26

Now is the time to boost for
Phoebe.
The Washington times., 1908-09-20

owing to increasing attendance, ac-
Cording to superintendent Stuart The
Benning and Garrison schools will get
probably the first two additional port
able buildings to arrive. The portables
may be transferred. from time 20 time,
to relieve congested conditions at any
point IN the school system. Each room
costs about $3.50. The plan is an limo
walton here.
A number OF nAw buildings viii be
thrown open at the beginning Of the
present term. These will do much to
relieve congestion, school authorities as
sorting that never before have the pros
poets been so bright for plenty Of room,
sanitation, and fire protection.
Additions Will Help.
Additions at the Mckinley, Langdon,
Emery, and Petworth schools, and new
buildings for the Van Ness and Bright
wood Park schools will do much 10
better the conditions that have made
teaching more or less unsatisfactory IN
these schools during the past.
The Mckinley addition, costing about
$4,000. was formally accepted by the
Commissioners yesterday.
Prof. Ernest L ThurstOn, formerly
head of the department Of business
practice. Business High School. has be-
gun his duties Is supervising principal
Of the third division. a position TO which
he has just been named by the board
The authorities are expecting moro or
less trouble with those who object TO
vaccination Of school children. The
car6s Of adm ission now being issued TO
prospective pupils have upon their
back certificates OF vaccination. II the
pupil cannot shCw that he has been
vaccin2ted, he Is amenable 20 the com
pulsory vaccination law, and must IN
dcrgo incubation before entering school,
or Immediately thercaf sr. A number
Of letters have been re- lived by Super
intendent Stuart, indIct Ing that some
parents propose TO fgh the edict and
may appeal the mater 10 the courts.
The school authorities. however. are
bound by the health laws, and have
TO discretion
Speaking Of prospects IN general for
the opening day, President Oyster said
last night:
Reports Encouraging.
Conditions are better than ever be-
fore have received nothing but the
most encouraging reports from every
one. The repair work IS well up. and
believe practically every building IS
comparatively safe. or as near 50 as the
appropriation at hand viii permit. The
work OF repairs and FIRE protection is to
continue right along uitu there can be
no complaint. On the whole, we are
congratulating ourselves upon prospects
for tomorrow and consider them better
than ever before IN the history OF the
District schools"
The ways and means committee Of the
board held another meeting yesterday
afternoon TO consider the subject Of
estimates for the next fiscal year. The
estimates will be ready probably by the
end OF the week. after which time a
special meeting OF the board may be
called TO act upon them. prior 10 their
transmission TO the Commissioners.
There is no way OF arriving at the esti-
mates until the automatic sliding scale
FOR the advance Of teachers salaries
goes into effect Monday. after which
the average monthly payroll may be
estimated
The Washington times., 1908-09-20
CHUPCHMEN PLAN
"VINDICATION DAY"
Friends of Deposed Pastor Have
Arranged Meeting for
Him Today.

Believing he has been wronged, the
friends OF the Rev. o. D. Naples. %
Mt. Rainier, Nd. the deposed pastor
of the l'hirty-fourth Street Christian
Church. have arranged a public meeting
in his behalf in Firemen's Hall today.
Circulars have been issued describing
the occasion as The Great vindication
Day"
The former pastor will address the
meeting and promises 20 submit facts
which RS friends say win go to show
that in deposing him the board Of trus-
tees Of the church acted unjustly.
DR.. Maple was called TO Mt Rainier
from Jonesboro. Ill, June p. and began
his pastorate July / A few days later
the board received from Jonesboro let
ters containing allegations which led
the board to depose on June 10 the new
nastor owing to reflections on MS
moral standing Sentiment In the con-
grepation being divided. a meeting or
The members Of the church was held
I,,Iv 10 and after a discussion lasting
se,,eraI hours the action Of the board
,-as sustained. on the verbal under
standing that their vote was NOT
condemnation Of DR.. Maple.
The Washington times., 1908-09-20
CATHOLICS PLANNING
TO GREET CARDINAL
Capital Will Send Delegation to
Baltimore When Prelate
Returns.

Local Catholics are planning 70 5oi1
with those OF Baltimore in welcoming
Cardinal Gibbons home on MS return
from Europe.
II is understood the cardinal will an
rive in Baltimore October 10. but this
date has not been definitely determined
upon
Pastors Of all the Catholic churches
IN Washington viii remind their con-
gregations today Of the plans being
made for the cardinals reception Meet
ings viii be held in the various parishes
some evening this week before Thurs
day, TO be determined by each OF the
pastors, and three delegates win he
selected from each church TO atfe15 q
meeting in Carroll Hall THURSDAY even
ing
At the meeting Thursday night .. -
expected that the delegates from eacb
parish viii be prepared TO say lust how
many men viii 90 from their orr,
church to Baltimore and some fdea. will
then be gained as to the number OF To-
cal Catholics who Will participate in tbs
reception.
1t is believed that 1900 men VIII bs
in line in Baltimore
Attorney General Bonaparte will DE-
liver an address at the station on he
half OF the Catholics while Governor
Crothers viii speak for the State. and
Mayor Mahool for the city of Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1908-09-20
Our Pound Loaf Law.

By the law as now enforced a loaf
of bread in the District of Columbia
must weigh a pound. But that law
antedates two complete changes in the
form of our local government and may
therefore not be binding. II requires
also that a loaf shall weigh not more
than eighteen ounces and is broken in
that respect every day of every year
by the sale of Ioaves which weigh a
pound and a half. The local bakers as
sert that the enforcement of the law
in the former respect works a clear
hardship on them and their customers
alike. Wherefore one of them has en-
tered proceedings to have the courts
declare it invalid.
The temptation is to say that the re-
quirement Is good and the bakers must
be fought every inch of the way. That
is the ground taken by the Sealer of
Weights and Measures and one of our
contemporaries But there are two
sides TO this question in spite of the
sentiment which attaches to every bread
law; and fair play demands that all
of Us who can shall see both sides.
Suppose -four advances in price so
far that the baker can no longer sell
= pound Of good bread for cents.
He must then do one Of three things
The Washington times., 1908-09-20
Everywhere a Plague.

As a sort of prologue to the inter
national tuberculosis congress to be
held here in Washington at the close
of this month the Census Bureau has
issued a statement in which it appears
that in the States Of California, Col
orado, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hamp-
shire, New jersey, New York, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota,
Vermont, and the District of Columbia,
together with seventy-six cities IN other
States-the whole forming what is
called the registration area"-the tu-
berculosis death rate of ll.2 tops the
list. Last year 1860 people died from
some form of tuberculosis in this area.
This return is held to justify the
opinion expressed by President RoOse-
welt that tuberculosis probably kills
100000 in this country every year.
Another remarkable feature of the
statement rather weakens the phrase,
''The great white plague" The returns
from the South are incomplete, but
such as they are they prove beyond
question that tuberculosis is even more
emphatically the black mans plague.
In Maryland the death rate from this
particular disease among the whites is
1865 per 100000 population; among
the negroes it Is 23O2, or over 100 per
cent more. In the District of Columbia
the mortality rate among the white
people is 1886 and among the negroes
1880. In New Orleans it is 23l.6 for
the whites and 1850 for Che eolored
folks In Kansas City it is 1898 for
the whites and 679.8 for the negroes.
And so the grim record runs on, always
showing mortality among the negroes
to be preponderant in the South. Cor
responding figures might be presented
as to the Red Man since he has adopted
our indoor life.
The fact that the disease is so wide
spread, and that it has made some of
its severest inroads among people so
far apart as the negroes of the South
and the aborigines of the frozen North,
ought to carry home to US the fear
someness of the problem with which
the coming congress is to grapple.
The Washington times., 1908-09-20

/, lower the quality of his product; 2,
add cent to the retail price; 3, lessen
the size of the loaf. The first is the
most costly of all to the consumer.
The third is forbidden By the law, as
it is now enforced The second may
be and probably viii be a tax on the
consumer out of fair proportion TO
the extra cost to the baker. For if the
change is to be represented in selling
price alone, as the law now exacts,
the public must pay an advance of 20
per cent whether the increase in cost
to the baker is Is per cent, or 10, or 5.
How much better the law could be!
Suppose it required what the pure food
and drug act requires of food supplies
generalIy-not that a certain quantity
and quality must be sold, but that the
public shall know what quantity and
quality it buys. Then the baker, by
cutting off an ounce from each loaf,
could increase his selling price by 6 2-3
per cent instead of 20 per cent and the
customer would have full bnowIed~~ Of
the change.
Today the local bakers stand on the
threshold of some such step. Flour
which sells normally at this season
for S4.O4H a barrel now fetches S6-06A
Under the pressure of their experience
of 1903 they are reluctant to raise the
price. They cannot reduce the size of
their loaf But the change must soon
come or the bakeries must close. And
when it does come an advance in the
price of flour which epresents-mak-
ing allowance for labor, delivery, in
terest, and ncidentals-about u cent a
loaf viii have become a full cent by
the time the consumer pays.
Another point to remember as we
consider this pound-loaf regulation is
that the bakers have no monopoly.
Anybody can make bread. The moment
the price is unjustifably advanced the
householder can safeguard himself. But
he cannot so easily protect himself
against poor bread, and so it would
seem that a law which imposes hard
conditions as to quantity and none at
ali as to quality was a mighty sorry
thing to fight for, especially when it
makes the public pay in jumps of 20
per cent for advances in cost which may
range down 10 8.
The Washington times., 1908-09-20
Earning Their $500.

Earning Their 1880
When The Speaker raps the EaveI IN
TIE House OF Nineteen-ten,
When the Senate comes 70 order and
the writers grab the pen,
The tariffs dead and buried well and
the trusts are on the 90
Don't you think our little Congress
man MUST find II mighty slow?
When octopn are corraIIed. when the
marfactor's Jailed,
When the corporations branded: in
terest's scalp has failed
To arouse a waning spirit IN the poll
t.cIan's breast
Don't you reckon that our Congressman
WILL take little rest7
When the railroads grip is broken
quite. and union IabOrs calm,
When the Mas club is empty and the
rlch men sing q psalm
To a world that's wisely curious; where
everything IS right,
COULD we have a Congress session
where on speech there is a bIight2
When the fghtin' programs settled.
when the battleships arc done,
When woman Sufrage's Just The thing.
When the Demons on the run
To another better country where al
persons love 20 drink,
Don't you feel that Congress SHOULD
forget and take It out in think7
But this Is a sci and weary tale with
n'er an end in sight
II you stop 10 cast some fggers up and
count what Congress might"
There is no bane on talking long and
therS really cannot be
While Uncle Samuel stands the game
and right OF speech Is free.
The Washington times., 1908-09-20
Typewriter Goes Mad.

4 merchant in Texas, who shows that
he IS up TO date by having in his estab-
Ishment a typewriter, sends a com
municatiOn 70 the PostOfice Depart
meat that IS something OF = wonder in
phraseology and execution, OF which
the following IS a fac-simile copy.
August H.
Mr. POstohice. Aternfe- GenerL dear
sir, enclosed. please find Letter that
was riten- mea- by one. Mr.. Echiearl-
burger Of This phase. and it A ours
TO mea- that that hea. rs. violated.
thea pOasIaI- laus- in sOae- w-rightine
aUllthOUgh- hea- has. has. not. signed.
his. name. 70. ightit. would bea- verfe.
casey. 10 prove that. hea- did wright.
Il and r. hea- has. violated. tred
laugh an readfe- 10. make thea com
plant. at e1Ie- time So please let
lHea- heare from you. at your. verie.
earliest. convenience and oblige Re
spectUley''
The officials are inclined TO regard Il
as case Of typewriter gone mad.