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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-06-26

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ern Inc. is the largest saloon and :.
bling place in Goidfeld and one ~ -
famous resorts Of the kind in Ne,.a-
1t is Incorporated at 100000 ska,s.
81 per share. When the stock
first issued, about two years Ann
was snapped up at $3.50 per share !.
has since paid $1.90 per share A..
dends. Because of rather deprs...,
conditions in Goldfeld and the o,,~
fact that the Nevada Legislature a, !,
session in January passed an anti,,,
bling law effective October, 1910 -.
stock of the Northern has depree;.,.,
and is now selling between 10 and O.
cents per share. The stock is a o,u,'
much like the place itself, for it il -.
certain the Law will ever 90 into /.
feet, or if it does, that it will
effective long, for under the %ini,;.,;..
and referendum law in Nevada A..
law passed by a Legislature may h
submitted to a popular vote at the ri
lowing election. A hard fight was MAJ,
against the measure in the ~legislatu.
and in order that the law MIGHT
tested, it was made to go into eSs.,
about the time of the next oa,su
election, at which time it will be t,sa
out. The moral sentiment of the s,.,,
is against public gambling; but odv
a few towns in Nevada are ~ineorpo.
ated and get their revenue from tar,.
tion OF gaming. Hence, as a bu,ipe.
proposition there may be strons a.
position to its ratification at the fo4k.
coming election. If the anti-ganbE,r
law should fail, then of course. 4,
Northern stock would be more y,luah.
from an investors standpoint thai Il !
at present.
v. b., Chicago.-The Vernal Niniuo
company owns three claims u q
%uolaheid district, beyond the Gs~1
Bend and Daisy. The claims ire
CnIef, Uncle Sam and Vernal M. Il
|, Not much work has ever been dane
the claims, and nothing more tn
/ required annual assessment
: been accomplished for sop
; understand that the
stock is held in CHI
| work has been
> Indicate its
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-06-26

p. X. M, Topeka, a
vertising columns Of TheV
liable brokers. Only SUCH
space in this paper.
w. g., Venedy, m.-The peel
the property Of which you enquire
not stand investigation from -
vestors standpoint.
o. J. D., Evansville, 1nd.-W !
not personally acquainted with ~
the officers Of the company in quesu'
Will endeavor to get you the infaf1
ton wanted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-24
ECoNoMY IN CLEVELAND.

In Many Wayn Civic Affairs Are Han-
died with Exceptional Skill There.
l. p. c.. In st. Louis Post-pispatch.
the f Cleveland "a is Plain beaier learn that
the Board Of Public Service Of that
city has awarded the contract for
the grease output of the city garbage
mencing the 18th Of this month. to q
St Louis arm. The AMOUNT of grease
thus bargained for will aggregate
something like 100000 pounds. and
p nss so' Vim q ss nat TS
board also reported, the Item states,
$40. 900 worth of commercial fertilizer
as having been sod.
Some years ago. under the adminis-
tration OF Mayor Tom L. johnson, the
garbage reduction plant was taken
over by the city. and the production
Of salable commodities from the re-
duced. garbage Stops OF the Ohio met
ropoiis has been the ne plus ultra poll
cy OF Its administration ever since,
the city collecting as we'll as reduc-
In addition to this remarks able yield,
from source that formerly yielded
only a huge annual expense upon the
public revenues of the city. 100000
worth of fertilizer. as stated above,
has been dispesed of. Cleveland also
and rubbish, including waste paper
and anything the private citizen de-
sires to get rid of. Everything or any
value IL carefully picked out Of the re-
fuse thus gathered up and disposed
of at q profit and consequent reduc'
ton of the expenses of maintenance
OF the department. For instance, In
one year, to my knowledge, $4,000
worth of bottles. collected In this way,
were sold. Thus we can readily COM
prehend what can be done by q pro-
gressive administration. honestly con-
Quoted in the Interest of all the pep
pie. II real public service is the prime
incentive and emolument and party
supremacy the incidentals which ac-
tuate those who seek political prefer
ment at the hands of the voters.
Garbage collection and REDUCTION and
the hauling away OF ashes and rub
bish and making the product derived
therefrom pay large portion. IL not
all the expenses, are not all of the
good things accomplished under the
administration OF Mayor Johnson by
any means. There are shelter houses
at street car transfer points. where. In
the winter. the people can ind COM
fort while awaiting the coming of the
cars; then there is what is called
public comfort station" In the SQUARE,
to which persons of both sexes may
retire, both divisions being overseen
by a man and woman, respectively.
in charge, who keep the places clean
and sanitary. supplying towels and
lending assistance In many ways.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-24
walking Railroad Track.

new 1ork Evening GoBIs
To the average American in country dts
tricts the railroad Is traditionaIly q conven-
lent highway for the pedestrian. This Is one
reason why the present efforts Of railway
managers to check trespasing on their prop
erty meet with opposition Another is that
farmers fear that the driving OF tramps from
the railroad lines will simply let them loose
upon country roads. 1t was in this sense
- ~ Crane In Blair County, Pennsylvania,
recently passed resolutions OF protest against
-. 4. IN - prevent Migrants from travelling
alon the track to reach the large cities"
Yet the danger to life and limb from allow
ing free access to the right OF way, though
t..s. states AVE laws against II, Is coming
more widely to be felt. Nearly $4,000 tres
passers were killed on American railways
LING the past ten years. and as many
q Injured Here we have one explana-
ton OF the black showing which our rail-
,,-.s mat as compared with those In Eng
land and on the continent. There walking
along the rails Is sternly forbidden and al
mo unknown. Even our free-and-easy and
; vil ny-eare people are waking up to the
fact that they, toe. Will have to abandon
l., custom. Though dear to the liberty
loving II is deadly to them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-24
HANDLED WITHOUT GLOVES.
New York Papers Comment Severed,
Upon DIR. Cooks Performances.

New York Papers Comment Severely
Upon DIR. Cooks Performances.
DR.. Frederick A. Cook was unmer-
cifully handled in the editorial COL
umns of the New York newspapers
Tuesday afternoon, and again in the
editorials that appeared in the papers
Wednesday morning.
The Times under the caption,
Cooks Polar Imposture," says edi-
Various will be the emotions of
men who read today the complete and
final exposure of that intrepid liar.
DR.. Frederick A. Cook.
Ignorant as he is OF the explorers
art, he knew enough to realize that
his imposture, though it was the
greatest ever practiced upon civilized
men, could have no very long life. 1t
was destined to a reasonably prompt
exposure. Swindler as he is. with the
attributes and weaknesses and base
the courage to take all those chances.
He had an object. and we feel
compelled to say that he has attained
it, From his point of view the swim
die has been successful. We are
forced to conclude that Cooks object
was money 1t Is evident that from
the beginning he was actuated by the
of his swfndle. and he has made it !.
Receiving $4,000 from one newspaper
alone and $4,000 for his lectures, the
venture n9tted MIN after expenses
were paid something over 500, 900.
Like Impey he Is now quiet, he is
certainly infamous, and he is reason
ably rich.
Danish University that the obserVa-
lions submitted to 1t by DR.. Freder-
lex A Cook fall to prove that he
reached the North Pole. and. further
more, have no values whatever, will
not cause surprise among scientists.
nor will unscientific persons much
wonder or care.
"The imposture has been a study in
human guiIibility AS the first man
at the North Pole DR.. Cook may have
been an utter myth, but he had two
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-24
COREA IS DOOMED.
Annexation to Japan seems to BE Ger
tainry.
washington Special to New York Her


washington Special to New York Her
aid.
A special to The Herald from Wash
ington says: Corea is doomed to be
annexed to Japan, and the State De-
partment has Joined the ranks of those
foreign powers now giving the mat
ter serious consideration.
There will be no protest made, so
far as can be learned. 1t is consider
the United States or any other ma
ton to find a pretext to loosen Japan's
grip ON Corea, and the time for the
annexation depends solely upon Japan.
Dome in a year. Meanwhile reports
that Japan is arming have been re-
eeived here. and the rumOrs of annex
alton current in Russia are entirely
credited,
here. wishes to put the annexation of
Corea on another basis, just as she
placed the successive treaties with
Corea whereby she became in control
of the territory on the basis of econo-
mical, commercial and military neces-
Il is admitted, however. that sur
prising developments may be forth
coming. and the department will
governments in view of the present
situation. Not only does the annexa-
ton of Corea mean the wtping out of
that nation as a power and AFFECT the
military status of Japan in the Far
affairs OF all countries doing business
with Corea, as the flat per cent Gus
toms tariff of Corea will jump to 20
or 80 per cent custom rates, which
will be a 1o Sssvs By that Re extra
territorial rights of the United States
Will in any way be affected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-24
nrAi .oN,.

We hear plenty about Descendants
Of the Reyolution male ana female.
but few, we imagine. are the living
persons whose fathers were actually
in the Revolutionary army. Occasion
ally one is found as the following
from The New York Post shows:
So much fun has been poked at sons
and Daughters of the Revolution, In
Guiding those five or six who are still
lief to know that there is in exis-
tence a genuine son" He In no less
q person than Professor Jeremiah
smith Of the Harvard law school. who
has just presented his resignation. to
take effect September 1, 1910, when
Professor Smith will be in his 73rd
year. His father. likewise Jeremiah
Snra n y19 70 ,o lan ts w Revoi D
army. being then Is years of age. He
served In the campaign against Bur-
goyne. and was wounded at Benning-
lnow RutgersJ college in 1850, and
was later governor of New Hamp-
shire. congressman from that State.
and its chief Justice. His son, Pro-
of the Supreme Court of New Hamp-
shire when only thirty years Of age.
was five years old when his distin-
guished father died in 1912, at the
age of SO. third jeremiah Smith Is
also a lawyer and a member OF the
Massachusetts bench.
When we remember that this great
conflict ended little more than q
century and quarter ago we can
we'll understand how rare It must be
to find man whose father actually
bore arms In the memorable affair. It
is not impossible. as the above ac-
count shows, but certainly uncom-
mon. 1t would be interesting litera-
ture II 1t were possible to get up a
list OF those who are actually sons
and daughters OF the Revolution. and
we suppose it would be done. If prop
err efforts were made. such a list
would be good history, beyond
doubt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-24

great crowds attended. the speakers
were given oyations and men chsered
wildly every attack on the scheme
and the political conspiracy which
gave It birth.
Mr.. Lawrence need not be astonish-
ed at the large vote. II he win pos
sess himself in patience he viii see
the largest vots ever polied In an Ala
bama primary at the next primary
election. He will hear OF men pay
ing their poll tax who never paid
them before; he viii witness mighty
protest against the conditions which
have existed in Alabama for the past
three years and which have made the
State the scorn and jest of the other
States OF the Union.
Mr.. Lawrence. speaking to a nation
al audience and demanding that his
words be given a national hearing.
slandered Alabama. Let him prove
that the State was STEPPED in corrup-
tion in the last election. or let him
undo as far as he can. the harm he
did when he uttered that grave charge.
Rev. Brooks Lawrence is the man
who said that he and his crowd were
tired of the Supreme Court OF Ala
bama being under whiskey. pimp and
hariot domination.- He is the man
who said II the Constitution OF Ala
bama stood In tn way of what he
and his crowd wanted, they would
change the Constitution. He certain
.ly tried to make good his threat And
he is the man who said II the SUI
preme Court could not interpret laws
to the satisfaction "of the friends of
prohibition" they would turn out the
old court and elect one that would.
Mr.. Lawrence. clothed with the
power of the Anti-saloon League and
in his present frame OF mind. is
menace to the peace OF Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-24
BUSINESS AND NICARAGUA.
Tntimations That Troubles Are Bein
Fosfered by Men of this Country.

Tntimations That Troubles Are BEING
Fostered by Men of this Country.
ST. Louis Public.
The (Johnstown. PAD Daily Demo-
erat says; We are in recent r,,, Of q
minority member of the lower House
of Congress bearing on the Nicaragua
affair. IT know in general way"
he says. that New York financiers are
acquiring valuable concessions in all
some of these republics" he goes on
Including Nicaragua, so-called Amer
lean parties have been created. OF
course the revolution in Nicaragua In
being financed from some source; 1t
would not be possible for IL to exist
a day without strong financial aid The
papers have commenced to report the
shipping OF arms and ammunition over
from New Orleans to the rebel armies
in Nicaragua. I am inclined to think
that the revolution Is being financed
in this country: an annexation to the
to some one. wish I knew more
about it, 1t is Impossible to get any
information here. If some great news
paper would undertake to Investigate
the matter and would send represent
atives to Nicaragua. they might be
could get a Congressional investiga-
ton. we might be able to get at the
bottom of it ALL" This indicates that
a Congressional investigation Is In
contemplation and we have little doubt
that II one should be undertaken IL
would reveal a situation somewhat
different from that SO heatedly de-
nounced by Secretary Knox. We
should be very glad to know who Is
behind Estrada in this country and
money. Is this another Asphalt Trust
Pevolution3
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-24
REVOLUTION IS PREDICTED.
John Blgelow Fears Industrial Army WI
Not Always BE Peaceful.

John BlgeIow Fears Industrial Army VIII
Not Always BE Peaceful.
New York SPECIAL.
President Taft in his recent message TO
Congress denies that the recent and con-
stantly increasing cost of living is due to q
protective tariff. statement which proves
nothing so clearly as that his training as
lawyer has not made of him a statesman,
still less political economist"
John Biselow. former ambassador to
France. statesman, diplomat. and author,
thus criticises the President in a letter writ
ten to the Civic Forum. whose annual ban
quet was held In New York tonight.
Mentally alert. though in his ninety second
year. Mr.. Bigelow gave his views by letter,
because he was unable to attend the BAN
quet. The Civic Forum. which counts many
distinguished men among its officers. encour-
ages the freest utterance of opinion from
its platform.
'fof course. under these auspices" contin-
ues Mr.. Bigelow. II see more prospect OF a
revolution than Of any reform in our govern
ment. For the last two years there has been
a larger army Of wage earners. on strike
that is. in revolt against their employers
than was at any time engaged in our civil
war by the Confederate States, thus far less
bloody only because OF enforced concessions
to~the demand OF the wage earners.
How Ill he CrafD explain the recent ex-
traordinary impulse given to the white slave
traffic, except by the tariff which compeis
women to abandon their proper home life
and take refuge in factories of protected I'm
dustries for their daily bread. or else II not,
In consequence. abandon themselves to q life
of shame 2"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-24
DRIFTWOoD


The Annual.
The New Years resolutions
We made last year.
Well fetch from the drawer
And draw 'em near.
See---we hardly used them,
They'll do first rate.
So let US make an entry
On a fresh clean slate.
All, dear old resolutions,
You make me shed a tear
can not bear to use you,
You'll do another year!
sea-Weed.
What are ears for?" asked the gov
"To hear WITH" said the little boy.
oh, no. to hang earrings on" said
the little girl
A Christmas tree. is Just like a wo-
man-intended to hang pretty things
on.
IT ask for one OF your daughters"
Said the Count in tones bereft
Wait" said the rich old banker.
TN see IL ] have one left"
We frequently hear of a man being
hear of him---that's alive never see
him.
Never smile at man who Is down
and out unless you happen to be
Dame Fortune"
once-onlv once In a great while
we find a nice old-fashioned girl who
will marry the man she loves in spite
of the world. the flesh and the devil.
In small town the leaves are not
the only things that whisper-there's
the neishbors for instance
In the United Kingdom s2.s71.755
pounds of hops were used for brewing
purposes last year, but the mint-beds
of Alabama wave their green leaves
unplucked and unseen!
worth WhiIes
Is II worth while? is 1t worth while?
Twenty tears. against one smile?
The awful, weary, daily grind
TIL the feet like lead
And the eyes ha1f-blind
And the back-that's breaking half In
Rebel. ana refuse any more to dol
lis it worth while' You well may
AS you you take up each day your irk-
And work and work ana work and
Never, never daring to shirk.
Why do we toll from sun to sun?
Why do we bend till the task Is done?
why do we do It? I'll tell you why.
We sing as we work and we never
And the sky seems blue and the birds
And the roses are nodding "Heilor to.
It's Just because our tired feet roam.
To someone we love and home sweet
PHI, H. ARMSTRONG,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-24

months Of sunshine and success a. {
bold and compliment fmposter."
From The Brooklyn standard I'm
perhaps the terrible mistake wal
made Of not pending Z couple Of bar
AsAin. from The New York Press
osn ssn that the the soidd
ed in Dr.. Cook with q sfeadfast de-
votion not TO be shaken by evidences
warsr.sntins, At the least phiiosophis
The thought that any man Of
sound balance could project such 9
supportable. even in the face Of the
fact that he capitalized 1t for COM
mercial advantage.
viii humanity win be disposed not to
censure the victim OF such an hallu-
cination. but to sympathize with
The Evening Posts editorial con-
cludes with this reference to the
wrong that has been done Commander
Peary. the real discoverer Of the
In foisting this fraud upon the
world. Cook was guilty Of much more
than an injury to the man whose lau-
rels he was falsely claiming II has
been g great loss to all the world that
whole OF mankind spontaneously finds
occasion for triumph and rejoicing
was converted into time Of wrang-
In. and Sp,sss.nsns' AZ for Psary
something which can never be restor-
!, The GLOBE, in its editorial AL summary ,ssy
y V n' dsc asa sna tRat now time
that some way should be discovered
to convey to Commander Peery the
apology that is due to him." II a
had flown several miles in an aero
Wilbur Wright. The Globe says, would
brand the story as a lie. and Peary
i Tss e lust a. m much justified IN brand
The Evsnins Sun was inclined to be
sympathetic with Cook. arguing that
ne misht possibly have isb ,,ssaI under s.,n
among other things. says this:
COOK was too hastily acclaimed as
the discoverer OF the North Pole. Let
US =. not be too hasty IN acclaiming him
Let 1t be remembered that insane
decisions are caricatures Of the time
and place where they are developed"
Cooks whole career as one "of mys-'
terry and suspicion" The editorial
''out Of this monumental controver-s
sy DR.. Cook has emerged with large
lecture receipts and with no small
profit from the newspaper publication
of his story. He has much more con-
ISOLATION In the present crisis than his
associate, Capt. August Wede1 Loose.
upon whose ability as circumpolar
the University of Copenha-
gen has inferentially reflected"
Paris, Dec. 21.--A person acquainted
with Benefits views said tonight that
not in the slightest probability would
he prosecute Cook.
Benefits whole disposition, he add
ed. lie TO drop the matter entirely and
say nothing more about It.
Mathis correspondent at Christiania
says that Amundsen has been inform
ed that Cook had left that city for
Marseilles has been carefully investi-
gated, but not q trace has been found
there,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-24

an issue recently received: .The
united States 0overnment's estimate
OF the American cotton crop IL always
awaited with interest. and this year
that 1t would put better face ON our
prospects OF supply. This hope 10
frustrated. and II we are to take it
that the estimate published yesterday
will be inconveniently II not disss.
trously small. The government. how.
ever, has a way of understanding the
crop, and as year ago its estimate
the crop turned out we may hope that
its present estimate Of 10. 08s. 900 bales
is at least az far FROM the mark Ye..
with the evidence OF the ginning re-
ports to back Il. this estimate makes
ceptionally meager. and the predic-
lions of the bull party seem likely to
be justified. Here In Lancashire we
have continued TO protest against the
who may be answerable for some part
Of the present excessively high price
Of cotton. but 1t seems clear enough
that II there had not been any futures
American and Egyptian. would stiii
have been extremely high"
This expression by an eminent Lam
cashire journal indicates clearly that
sentiment among foreign spinners Il
realizing the supply conditions which
confront them. This would seem to
Indicate an active demand to secure
the remnants OF the present crop Of
American cotton. 1t being now evident
that no matter what may transpire for
the balance of the season there will
not be enough raw cotton to meet re-
It Il rather . question
as to how much shirt time> spinnerr
may have to resort to owing to In
abt.ity to secure raw material at any
price.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-24
Farmer stuhbs I.aves az Home.

Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
II all our farmers were like tBen
Stubs of Baldwin. Miss the money
that they get for 15c cotton would
stay at home, and not go up into Ilii-
nois. Iowa and Wisconsin t. buy corn
Mr.. Stubs is farmer and a drum
mer.
on Friday he sent 90 the head of his
Everything in the box was grown on
Here is what was in the box:
One turkey.
One chicken.
Fresh eggs.
Several pounds of butter.
One backbone OF y h1g.
One set OF spareribs.
Several pounds OF sausage.
Winter cabbage CASUALLY called COLI
lards.)
Carrots.
Sweet, potatoes. a-es
Irish potatoes.
Hickory nuts (
Baldwin. Miss, ~ on the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, few miles north of
Tupelo. What Farmer Stubs did at
Baldwin can be done by farmers at
Oakland, at Herndon, at Holly Springs,
land. Forrest City, Helena, Wynne, Os-
ceola. Dyersburg, Brownsville and
II does not matter much to Farmer
Stubs what hogs are selling for, be-
cause he has meat enough in his
smokehouse to last him during next
summer. and II the meat supply runs
short. there will be chickens and fresh
Farmer Stubs diversifies.