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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-02-28

a man in your position would be
capable of such statement AS is
stated above, we have done more for
community in which we make our
homes than you have, and our work
and results show for themselves.
What have you ever done for Tono-
pah or Nye county, and isn't it pos
sible that you could choose voca-
ton from which the community
could at least derive some benefit?
You say that gambling draws
produce nothing, and that S. per
cent of the criminal cases in the
courts of Nye county are the result
of gambling. You know, or should
know, that the criminal element in
any community is drawn from rep
resentatiVes in all walks of life, and
we venture to say that if you examine
the records in the state prison at
| Carson you will find that less than
5 per cent of the inmates are i'm
prisoned from cause which led di-
rectly or indirectly from gambling.
As to 65 per cent of the cases in Nye
county coming from cause in con-
nection with gambling, you know
that that is a false statement, and
we challenge you to bear out your
statement with figures and cite the
cases. A careful investigation on
your part of the court records will
show the per cent to be less than TO-
and probably it will not equal 4 per
cent
Your reason for supporting the
anti-gambling bill, we fear is a secret
one and if explained would not be of
whole cloth. In conclusion we ask
you as representative of the people
OF Nye county to work for the inter-
ests of your constituents and not
against them and remember that the
question is a local one and one
which should not be decided on per-
sonal grounds. If Reno and Elko
want local option let them have it.
CAL SHAW,
"A. J. POAK,
CHRIS MALATESTA."
Chris Malatesta-Paid taxes in Ne
vada for thirty-four years and have
never lived in a trunk
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STYLES
IN FURNISHING
GOODS ARRIVE
THE TOGGERY SECURES SOLE
AGENT RIGHTS FOR FA-
NOUS HATS.

The Toggery, Tonopah's leading
haberdashery, has just received a
of Dunlap hats, which
are famous the world over for their
workmanship. The shipment con-
.sists of all the latest styles in head
gear, and is direct from the eastern
factory.
Mr. j. Sands. the proprietor of the
establishment, on opening the store
several months ago, sent in large or
ders for furnishing goods to the east
ern factories, which has delayed the
arrival of his stock. These shipments
have just started to'arrive and from
now on the store will be supplied
with nothing but the latest and best
goods on the market. Mr.. Sands has
had a life experience in the furnish
ing goods business and for many
years conducting large house in
Colorado, where the name of Sands
is sure guarantee for a square deal
and it will be on these lines that the
Tonopah store will be conducted. No
article will be misrepresented and
purchasers can be assured of receiv-
ing goods of only the standard grade.
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PYTHIAN KNIGHTS
Will ENTERTAIN
MONDAY night
SOCIAL MEETING WILL BE HELD
MONDAY NIGHT IN HONOR
OF ANNIVERSARY.

Migpah Lodge, No. Is. knights of
Pythias, will hold social session on
Monday night in Butler hall, and a
program has been arranged for the
occasion. All Knights and their
ladies are requested to attend, and
following the social session a lunch
will be served.
The affair is held in commemora-
ton of the forty-fifth anniversary of
the birth of the order, which had its
origin on February 10, 1864, in
Washington City.
This will be the first social feature
held this year to which the ladies
have been invited, and it is expected
that with the large membership of
the order, the hall will be crowded to
its fullest capacity.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-02-28
GAMBLERS REPLY TO
BERRY'S STATEMENT
CONCERNING VOTE
Charge that Nye County Assemblyman
Made Misrepresentation of Facts
Concerning Gambling in Southern
Nevada.

The statement made by Mr.. Berry
Wednesday afternoon, of gamblers
living in their trunks, is refuted by
three of Tonopah's leading citizens
in the following communication:
"Tonopah, New, Feb. 81, 1909.
ITO Mr.. Fred Berry, Carson, Nevada.
in reply to the reasons you gave
out for your voting for the anti
gambling bill, we wish to inform you
of few facts relative to the gam
blers.
1T is stated in Reno paper that
you said the gamblers lived in their
trunks and could move to a new To-
cation without the trouble of wind
ing up their affairs. Now we would
like to know if that definition would
not fit you? A careful search of the
tax lists here fails to reveal your
name, and shows that you do not own
a single article of taxable property.
We live in our homes here, but we
understand that the only home you
lay claim to is in your Office which
you turn into a sleeping apartment
at night. We pay taxes here on real
and personal property, and then you
have the unlimited nerve of asserting
that we live in our trunks
Don't you think, Mr. Berry, that
your allegations were made a little
hastily and before you had carefully
considered the matter?
I'VE are human, just the same a.
you, and have done more for the up
building of this city than you have,
and we venture to say, more than
you ever will do Our money is in
vested in the different mining camps
of Nevada, and whenever we secure a
few hundred dollars it is reinvested,
and not used to pay the expenses of
a pleasure trip to California and
other states.
In your letter to the Bonanza
you state that should the bill pass
the better element of gamblers will
adapt themselves to vocations bene-
fetal to the communities where they
make their homes
I'm response to that paragraph,
Mr., Berry, we think that you are do
ing those interested in gambling a
rank injustice, and cannot think that
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(By Special Correspondence

CARSON, Feb. 26.-The assembly
committee on public morals today
put the "kibosh" on Winters local
option liquor bill, with the seal of
it's disapproval, and reported favor
ably Citizens bill putting the lid on
dance halls and i'll fame joints, with
some minor amendments. Though
the assembly usually pays little at
tentfon to committee recommends
items, these two will probably go as
they lay.
Committees reported adversely the
bill making an appropriation for pay
ing expenses of Nevada delegates to
National Commercial and Industrial
congress, and for typist for the sec
rotary of state. The latter measure
passed the senate. The senate bill
abolishing the state board of pub
lefty, which, in its fatal effect means
firing Sam Davis from his soft snap
job, was favorably reported.
These bills were passed: Assembly
bill, No. 42-Eight hours for mill
employees; senate amendments being
concurred in. Senate substitute for
assembly bill, No. 55- adequate
crews for railway trains. Assembly
substitute for senate bill, No. "a
abolishing officer of state auditor
: and Brooks bill fixing salaries of a
job lot of Esmeralda county clerks
and assistants.
The Reno Journal stated in its
report of the final vote on the anti
gambling bill. that McCafferty was
'clubbed into support of the measure
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NOTICE.

THE MANAGEMENT OF THE
BONANZA WILL CONSIDER IT A
FAVOR IF. PATRONS OF THE PA.
PER WILL REFRAIN FROM PUR-
CHASING THE PAPER FROM ANY
OF THE CARRIERS, AS THIS Is
STRICTLY PROHIBITED. REGU-
LAR CARRIERS HAVE NO AU.
THORITY TO SELL PAPERS.
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ARRESTED FOR
Stealing WOOD

One of the watchmen employed by
the railroad company arrested an un-
known individual last night for steal
ing wood from the railroad yard.
The prisoner was placed in the city
jail and will probably be tried Mon
day in the justice court. The officer
discovered two men around a wood
car and as he started to approach
them to investigate, one took to his
heels and disappeared in the dark
ness. The other was captured.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-02-28
WEATHER REPORT.

The following is the weather re-
pert of the Tonopah station of the
United States department of agri-
culture for the week ending Feb
ruary 26, 1909:
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HOTEL ARRIVALS
MIzPAH HOTEL.

John c. Spinney, F. D. Wagner
and daughter. Reno; N. Sachs, Jr.
Reading, Pa; e. o. Smith and wife
Millers; DR.. E. G. Smith and wife
Chicago; V. A. Newman. Mason
Fred L. Wight, San Francisco; X. W
Simpson. Denver; Mrs G. NJ. West
Rhyolite.
PALACE HOTEL.
Charles Patrick. Helena; f. T
Gleason. Silver Bow.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-02-28

Sixth race-Fireball, Little Sis,
Argonaut.
ARCADIA SELECTIONS.
First race-Chief Desmond, Ray
Hindo, Tendercrest.
Second race-Chinn entry, Domi-
thilda, Jennings entry.
Third race-Eathon, Adriuche,
Ida May.
Fourth race-Green Seal, Edwin
7. Fryer, Tony Benero.
Fifth race-Crack Shot, Brancos,
Iyanho.
Sixth race-Jane Laurel, Dextrine,
Lulu G.
Seventh race-Galves, Billy Bode-
mer, Capt. Kennedy.
Did you ever try those delicious
French mixed candies which are re-
ceived by express daily at Rotholtz
Bros? Next door to Wells Fargo. If
Advertise in tha naily pnpop1a
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Don't forget to try our ice cream
chocolates; fresh three times week
o. RothOltz Bros. Next Wells Fargo.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
MERCANTILE CANCER.

Recently in an adjoining town, the
sheriff was offering the goods and ac-
counts of merchant for what he
could get. The accounts amounted
to $1,000, and were sold for less than
So. Why? Because they belong to
that class of people who never pay
an honest debt, nor expect to pay
one If they can help it. The prime
cause of this state of things is the
credit system. AS the cancer is to
humanity so is the credit system to
the business world. Politicians are
quarreling about Protection" and
Free Trade" but if the system of
pay as you go" could be impressed
upon the people of this country, it
would be a vastly greater benefit
than either. The credit system caters
to the morbid desire of a certain
class of people who live beyond their
means. 1t gives them a chance to
get everything they want; not what
they really want; but what they think
they want. Then there is a class of
people who lack moral stamina.
They never pay book account, but
may pay cash when they can't get
credit. These human parasites are
the cause of more real suffering than
anything else under our government,
excluding whisky. The economy of
nature, perfect as it is, lacks one
thing-a jumping-off place.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Football Reform.


The Philadelphia Inquirer has this
to say about Transforming football
from rough game to that of real
mild, tame game:
while West Point has given up
football for the remainder of the
season because of the fatal injury to
member of its team, the game will
be resumed next year. Recent ac-
cidents have given the football
critics renewed opportunity to de-
nounce the game, but their argu-
ments lack force. OF course foot
ball is not marbles and it is not in
tended for weaklings, but under
proper management it has its value.
But it is evident that there is still
room for reform. A few years ago
an attempt was made to reduce and
develop open playing. The effort
failed. Yet every football expert
knows precisely how the mass forma-
tions could be practically eliminated
by certain changes in the rule.
Perhaps the Committee on Rules
will take this matter up in earnest
during the winter. Certainly the
football-loving public would be bet
ter pleased if long runs, swiftly
passed balls and scientific evolutions
could in a considerable measure re-
place the line bucking that cannot
readily be followed by the eye and is
the source of most of the danger.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19

Here are few testimonials for
patent medicine men: II have been
unable to walk without crutches for
many years, but after using your
liniment / ran for Office" II lost
my eyesight four years ago. l used
a bottle of your eye wash and l saw
wood" II have been dumb ever
since l was married, but the other
day, after taking your remedy, l
had speaking likeness taken at the
photographers" Some time ago /
lost the use of both arms. Shortly
after buying a bottle of your nerve
tonic l struck man for ten dollars -
II had been deaf for many years, but
after using your ointment l heard
my aunt had died and left me $1O,-
OOO."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
The Horses, Plea.

An attractive placard, headed with
a picture of four horses and the
words please be kind to us-We
work hard for you," is being circu-
lated in Cincinnati by the Ohio HUI
name Society. 1t reads as follows:
PLEASE give us water often.
PLEASE give us a moments rest on
the way up the hill.
PLEASE do not overload us. We
are doing our best.
PLEASE don't use the whip, It is
seldom necessary.
PLEASE remember that we will re-
spond to a word as quickly as to
a blow.
PLEASE look out for our health and
don't work us when we are sick.
PLEASE see that we are properly
shod.
PLEASE be sure that we have
enough to eat and that we are fed
regularly.
PLEASE keep us in such good con-
dition that you'll be proud to
drive us.
PLEASE see that the harness fits
and does not chafe sore or tender
spots.
PLEASE remember that two weeks
vacation each year will make us
more serviceable and valuable.
REMEMBER WE WORK HARD
FOR YOU.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Banks and Banks.

Don't take your money out of the
bank and bury 1t. Skunks or squir-
rels or dogs will dig it up and de-
stroy it. Don't put it in your stock
ings because you can put your stock
ings to better use by wearing them.
Don't wrap it up in an old newspa-
per or an old rag and hide it in
some corner, because the rats will
surely get hold of it and destroy
1t. The house is no place for your
money anyway. Burglars get it
and carry it off and then you lament
your foolishness in taking it out
of the bank. If you want to invest
money let it stay in the bank-if it
is there. All this drawing money
out OF the bank and boarding it con-
tracts the currency and produces
stringency in the money-market.
The times may be the best imagin-
able and all the wise legislation
conceivable adopted, yet a panicky
feeling can be suddenly started by
concert of action on the part of
the people in withdrawing their de-
posits from the bank.
The money in the banks does not
belong to the banks. 1t is the peo-
pies money. 1t is put in the banks
for convenience and safety. The
banks use it and the business men
borrow it. The great share of the
business Of the country Is done with
borrowed money. If the people
withdraw their money the banks
can't make loans, and the business
men, unable to borrow, go by the
board, and this condition of things
continued any great length of time
produces a panic, and then those
who have drawn their money out
of the banks, and in reality produc-
ed the panic, will find they are the
first to suffer.
If you have any money you are
not using put 1t in the bank.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Appointed Trust Officer.

Russell Dimmick, Esq, a product
of Honesdale, Mayor of Dalton, and
a prominent member of the Lacka-
wanna bar, was this week appointed
trust officer of the Lackawanna
Trust and Safe Deposit Company,
Up to this time there has been no Of
ficer of the institution with the title
of trust officer, but that branch of
the business has so rapidly increased
of late that this addition to the work.
ing force has become absolutely
necessary. So soon as Mr.. Dimmick
can close up his general law business
he will devote his whole time and at
tention to the affairs of the Lacka-
wanna. He is lawyer of high stand
ing at the bar and in the community
and is especially we'll informed along
the legal lines which will be most
useful in the performance of his new
duties. 1t is the general opinion
that under the management of Mr..
Dimmick the trust business of the
Lackawanna will increase more rap
idly than ever before.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Wonderful Medium.

Madame Palladin, who has con-
fused the most noted scientists OF
the old world, and whose manifes-
tations have withstood every test,
is now in New York City, and the
men who have been selected to test
the genuineness of her manifesto
tions number eighteen of Americas
ablest and most learned men, and
among them are Professor William
James, DR.. Jastrow, Professor of
Abnormal Psychology at Wisconsin
University; DR.. G. Stanley Hall, of
Clark University; Professor Hugo
Munsterberg, of Harvard University;
DIR. Norton Prince and DR.. Charles
A. Dana, of New York City.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Best Time For Planting Trees.

when is the best time of the
year for planting fruit trees like the
peach, apple and plum? If trees
are planted in the fall is it necessary
to hill them up over the bud?"
The above information was re-
quested' of Prof. H. A. Surface, State
Zooligist of Pennsylvania, by a man
residing in Franklin county, near the
Maryland line, in a celebrated fruit
belt" 1t is sample of hundreds of
similar letters received within few
weeks. The reply of Professor Sur
face was brief and to the point, as
follows:
II am we'll satisfied that apple,
pear and ounce trees can be planted
in the fall with good advantage, and
l would prefer fall planting for such
kinds. However, in planting peach
and plum / would as soon plant in
the spring, as early as the ground
can be put into proper order. Yet
believe that fall planting of peach
and plum trees in your part of the
State and over the warmer portions
of Pennsylvania would be all right
and successful. 1t will be best to cut
them back we'll at planting, and
think it would be advisable to
mound them up over the bud. If
they were so mounded they would
not be liable to be killed by every
severe winter freezing, and If they
were injured, only the upper and
exposed part would be damaged, and
the remainder could be left to grow
new top, which it would do very
nicely. Cherry trees should be plant
ed early in the spring-the earlier
the better"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
THE TIME TO ADVERTISE.

There is nothing on earth so mys-
teriously funny as a newspaper ad-
vertisement. The prime, first, last
and all the time, object of an adver-
tisement is to draw custom. 1t is
not, was not and never will be de-
signed for any other human purpose.
So the merchant waits till the busy
season comes and his store is so
full of custom that he can't get his
hat off, and then he rushes to the
=, newspapers and puts in his adver-
tisement. When the dull season
gets along and there is no trade and
he wants to sell goods so bad he can't
pay his rent he takes out his adver-
tisement. That is, some of them
do, but occasionally a level headed
merchant puts in bigger one and
scoops in all the business while his
neighbors are making mortgages to
pay the gas bill.
There are times when you couldn't
stop people from buying everything
in the store if you planted a cannon
behind the door and that's the
time the advertisement is sent out
on its holy mission. 1t makes light
work for the advertisement, for a
chalk sign on the sidewalk could do
all that was needed and have a half
holiday six days in the week, but
who wants to favor an advertisement?
They are built to do hard work, and
should be sent out in dull days when
a customer has to be knocked down
with hard facts and kicked insensible
with bankrupt reductions and drag
ged in with irresistible slaughter of
prices before he will spend cent.
Write this down where you'll fall
over 1t every day. The time to draw
business is when you want business,
and not when you have more business
than you can attend to already.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19

Under the changed Constitution
the term of election officers will be
two years, that of assessors, con-
stables, school directors, councilmen,
supervisors and of all city and county
officers will be four years, and that
of justices of the peace, will be six
years. County officers elected in
1907 and 1909 will each serve four
years, but those elected in 1908 will
serve only three years.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
PREACHING is A LOST ART.
Critic Lays Decline of Churches to
the Fact that Pastors Do Not
AInof tho RoaI Irr.nne, of i go

Critic Lays Decline of Churches to
the Fact that Pastors Do Not
Meet the Real Issues of Life.
The narrow-minded, out-of-date
preacher is the real and direct and
immediate cause of more "freethink-
ing" skepticism agnosticism than
any other factor in to-day's life,
writes a correspondent in The De-
lineator for December. Preaching
seems to have become a lost art.
Droning has taken it's place. l sup
pose I've been to church thirty times
in the past year, and the only SER
mon I've had the patience to hear
out from beginning to end was a
Talk" given by Miss Jane Addams
on settlement work. That was real
lied Christianity, not idealized slush
Now I am not more critical than
the fellow beings with whom l as
sociate, nine-tenths of whom would
probably bear witness to this truth
that the reason why church-going
is dying out is because the ministers
DO not make the right effort to mold
and interest their congregations.
We want the vital, living, every
day truth from the pulpit. We want
to know how to meet the tempta-
tions that face us during the week.
We want to know how to live NOW;
and how to die when our time comes.
We want preachers who will help us
work out our own salvation, and
not wooden images who have had
no experience of life and who are
satisfied to shout out a few galvan-
lied commonplaces at our heads
every Sunday and sit down satisfied
in their studies all the rest of the
week, imagining they have done their
duty by us.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19

A wise woman once said that there
were three follies of men that always
amused her. The first was climbing
trees to shake the fruit down, when
if they would wait long enough, the
fruit would fall itself; the second
was going to war to kill each other,
when If they only waited they would
die naturally; and the third was that
they should run after the women,
when If they did not do so the women
would be sure to run after them.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
NOVEL POTATO PEELER USED.
Electric Machine at Normal School
Turns Out Bushel of Potato
Peeled in Short Time.


The East Stroudsburg State Nor
NAL School has placed in the school
an electric potato peeler which is a
thing that is not commonly seen in
this vicinity. The first experiment
with the peeler, Wednesday even
ing, made evident the fact that they
could peel five bushels of potatoes
in eight minutes.
The machine is of the circular
shape and holds bushel of pota-
toes. The sides and bottom are lin
ed with carborundum which is melt
ed in. the metal of the peeler. The
machine with it's circular disc on
the bottom revolves at a high rate
Of speed and the centrifugal force
makes the peeling of the potatoes
possible.
These machines are commonly
used in large hotels of the leading
cities of the country and it makes
a convenience and needed improve
ment at this school, as well. The
potatoes come from the peeler in
perect shape.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-19
Air rs Fuel for Autos.

William Matrolis, of New Phila-
delphia, Pa, claims to have invent
ed an automobile that runs without
fuel, generating its power of propul-
sion from the air while the machine
Is in motion. For three years Ma
trolls has been working on the prob
lem behind closed doors, and an
nounced that he has perfected his
invention. The car, he explains,
gathers its power from the air
through the application of new me-
chanical principles. His invention,
he says, will revolutionize the auto
mobile industry.