Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-09-01

AMI
A FOOLISH BUSINESS POLICY
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY is now engaged
in making Il strenuous fight against miners who are attempting to de-
veiop mining property inside the dead line of tae twenty mile limit OF
the railway company.
There are W ways OF looking at this matter and either
standpoint the situation does no reflect credit upon the sagaciy Or
common of the railroad company
In the first place the United States Government when it granted The
land t. the railroad company reserved the mineral This lea was
finally upset v "a decision Of Judge Steven Field. who never gave IN OPP
inion against a corporation in his life. He decided that the lay OF
congress mea te known mineral. In other words Field o. OK ne I'D
erty OF interpolating II word in 1t la which onsre IA MOI see "
to put there.
functions of the judge and the functions of The hwmaker Since hen
other courts have reversed his decision and still the railroad I'M
panies hgat to prevent an n developing mining ground that they de
cline TO work themselves.
This dog in the manger policy is taking money directly on oil their
pockets and they ought to wake up to that fact
But for this mistaken policy, there would be hundreds of mining
enterpriSe IN 'he went "ne NM" Dr "r"1 -, fnash, and nassen-
make IL great deal morem money if they threw their lands open to h
miner and allowed him to make all he could NJ OF the mineral veal
OF the ground and hn spend par of paying freight dis.
Every mine opened in the state helps the agricultural development
for it is the miner who buys the farmers grain, beef and nay and in
When will the Southern Pacific business department wake up?
wHrTELAw REID, the U. s sychopant and tOady to the Court OF
ST James has sent in his resignation Ito President Taft. This is a
mere matter Of form, of course, but it is said that Taft will promptly
accept it, a $ a mere matter Of form OF course
Reid came to the coast broke m years g and managed by
shrewd diplomacy, to me himself to he millions MAJ Mills mao o'
of ralroading in Nevada.
Tais money he has scattered like a drunNen sailor in bedazznng
INT mar set II circle uncut Ic our i ohuo
lie has been of ne sort Of use to the United States and the holy
show he is making OF himself should come to a close as as a la
1f ordinary sense and standing can be selected.
' If he would let people know over there that Nevada furnished the
money for his elaborate functions it migat give tn state % advertis-
ing but according to all accounts he never mentions it.
The latest news that from the comstock is the rumored m
sohdation of the old Territorial Enterprise and Virginia chronicle, with
Edward Sturgis As the owner OF both papers. Sturgis has been a IL
pie OF years II the Comstock and has bought u number of mines which
he Is running at a profit. In the first place he began buying a lot of
~ n aou"ns ~ 81" ""s e'}"" "o :" T., ' 1 s1 ~, ~pp ro va ~ Wy nmnr
intendents wered drawing $500 a month for visiting the mine ice a
year.
The assessment machine ground nut the money and the stock
holders got the experience. 1t is Il certain thing that Sturgis has
already secured the Chronicle and has a option 81 the Enterprise.
1t is claimed that by owning the papers that he Will save 5000
Il month III the assessmen advertising which is o small item.
IT MAY BE o interest to o r subscribers to know something OF
the inside history OF the State Bank and Trust Company faiure.
With this aim in view W e will from time to time throw a little light upon
its management.
On June Is. 1907. the Hickey Land and Cattle Company had o
deposit in the State Bank and Trust Company $71sO932; II August IL.
withdrew $l27,5Oo' leaving "A overdraft of $s93SZS 30; IN August %. 1907
the overdrat stood $loi9i293. October 10, 1907. the overhraft stood
$6al7O1.
Did the management have IN idea On the unsafe condition Of the
institution por to its closing?
NOW that Attorney General Stoddard has returned to Carson Cit,
Il majority of the Board of Prison Commissioners are present and it is
expected that some actor will be taken in the na future in regard
to selecting the site or the location of the re- prison.
THE EDITOR has o been showered this morning with answers to
the question propounded yesterday: why should the Sagebrush Club
conduct a retail liquor business without procuring a ncense?"
MANY of the natives have oh served that the automobile that
makes the los noise is nt always the fastest machine.
BOWERS