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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-10-28
A QUESTION OF A
z YESTERDAY through tho

Columns OF Inc appear
an affidavit was publish
ed by the members of the Orm-
shy County State Central Com
mittec. in which they, as indi-
viduals deny that any offer to
trade votes for any candidates
was made. The affidavit was
made as acquisitions were made
in the News charging that a
member OF the organization had
made a proposition to a Re-
publican. In defense Of this
document and statement the
News of this morning publish
es an affidavit signed by Jos.
Aderton one OF the deputies in
the employ OF the Secretary of
State, in which he quotes a
supposed conversation with
Mr.. Finch.
AS Mr. Finch, the Secretary
to the Governor, is known as
an upright gentleman, one
whose veracity has never been
questioned, and a man who mas
acted in more than one public
Office, where matters OF strict
secrecy we're necessary, and
who has never been accused of
betraying such trust. it is nat
ural to treat his affidavit as the
truth. His actions with menu
bers of the Democratic party
in the past several years has
branded MIN as a stalwart and
one of the members who has
been intrusted with matters of
heavy Importance. In each ev-
ent he has carried through his
trust and obligations without
faint or question. 1t is such
record that wins confidence and
in this worthy muddle Mr..
Finch will be believed as
against Mr.. Aderton.
On the other hand Mr.. Ad-
erton is a very young man. He
was brought to this section not
very long ago from Missouri
by his uncle, Secretary OF State
Douglass, and a position found
for him in the Capitol Build
ing. Such proceedings r
not against the young man.
but when he is pitted against
Mr.. Finch as a matter of YER
asity, it is safe to say that a
majority of people will be in
clined to take the word of the
trusted servant of the people,
as against that Of the youth
who has been filling a minor
position in the employ of his
uncle, and the uncle seeking
reelection.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-10-28

The Carson City Daily Appeal and
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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-10-28

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE FIRST JUDICIAL DIS
TRICT OF THE STATE OF NE
VADA, IN AND FOR HE COUN
TY OF ORMSBY
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND
APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR
In the Matter OF the Estate of
FRANCES EULER
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has this day been duly ap-
pointed and qualified by the District
Court of the First Judicial District of
the State Of Nevada, in and for the
County of Ormsby, as Executor of
the estate of Frances euler, deceased.
All creditors having claims against
said estate are required to file the
same with proper vouchers and stat
utory affidavit attached. with the
Clerk of Said Court, within three
months after he first publication of
this notice, if not they will be barred
by the statute.
Dated this I'D day of August, A. d.
1910.
JOSEPH E. MULLER,
Executor of the Last Will and Tesla
ment of Frances euler, deceased.
Dated this I'D day of August A.. D.
1910.
..Seal.) E. O. PATTERSON,
Clerk.
By GEO. w. COMING,
Deputy Clerk.
LEONARD B. FOWLER,
Attorney for Executor.
BARLEY KEEPS THE BEST
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w. P. STEWART COMING

w. P. Stewart, the we'll known
piano tuner will be in this city next
week. Orders left at the Muller
Drug Store will receive prompt at
tention.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-10-28

Good service and the best of goods
at Ely Barkley's. Call On him and
be convinced. Opposite the depot.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-10-28

Good Job Work at the Appeal.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-10-28

Record of Senator George S. Nixon
on the various schedules Of the Payne
Aldrich Tariff Bill:
Total number Of votes l2o
Voted against Aldrich l
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16
Vast Possibilities of Swamp Land Drainage
a,- T.. Govern n Reclamms

~ UPPOSE man should come to
you and say, 81 know how to
4 add to the tillable lands of
the United States without
going outside our Interior domain an
acreage but slightly less in area than
Ahs combined acreage Of the two states
~ Missouri and Arkansas. and every
hollar expended in adding this vast
lsultfvable area will increase its value
~ SSo."
What would you say in reply?
= you had the authority you would
eonmission him to go ahead and do
Che work.
This, In effect, is just what Benja-
lenin II. Yoakum, chairman of the board
lVf directors OF the ST. Louis and San
francisco railway, said recently in a
speech at New Orleans. Mr.. Yoakum
wants the federal government, the
letate governments and private capital
10 combine In the reclamation of the
American swamp lands. There are ap-
proximately $4,000, 900 acres Of swamp
lands in the United States. most of
which 10 reclaimable by drainage. OF
a1ls great area, about 5s.000,000 acres
more than the combined acreage OF
eAs states OF Kentucky and Tennessee
.-iie IN the south. Nearly all OF the
southern swamp districts can be re-
chained according TO Mr.. Yoakum and
Sthers who have studied the problem.
RecentIy Arkansas sent a commits
ston OF farmers and business men TO
Warrington These men conferred
wseh President Taft Speaker Cannon,
essretary of Agriculture Wilson and
wieh the congressman from their state
len the matter OF draining the swamp
|lsads. AT the last session of congress
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16
Story of C. @. Pratt and the Orphan $4,000
of Greats n Has LED
SuoeIe of StretCa Men the

ed thither TO handle t.. After much
dickering and pickering the street car
company agreed to submit the dispute
to board of arbitration. A repre-
sentative of the company sought out
Pratt and dropped into his left ear a
gentle hint that the company would
make 1t worth his while IL he would
name as a representative of the strik-
ers on the arbitration board a man to
be chosen by the employers. yif
Pratt listened very attentively and
said quietly, Meet me in my room at
the Briggs House. srs
"Prior to the hour named for tho
meeting Pratt procured an augur and
bored four holes in a door that opened
into an adjoining room. He broke the
mechanism of the transom so that 1t
could not be closed. When the agent
of the street car company arrived he
glanced wariy around and saw that
open transom. He tried to close 1t
without succeeding. Then he handed
Pratt $4,000.
".Uh-Mr. Blank, what Is this $4,000
for that. you are handing meY' asked
Pratt. loud enough to be heard by the
four members Of the strike committee
whom he had placed In the other room
with instructions to keep their eyes
glued to those augur holes and their
ears primed. ' ~
"For putting a man to be named by
the company on the arbitration board,
said the would be briber. softly. and
somewhat fearsomely. There wasn't
any use for an arbitration board.
Pratt made public the attempt to
bribe him. Public indignation did the
rest The men won the strike,
.Pratt tried to return the $4,000. but
the company threw up Its hands In
horror Never! Perish the thought!
That money didn't belong to the COM
pany. OF course not! So declared the
company.
"Finally the money was put In bank
to the credit of the Amalgamated AS
ISOLATION. which still stands ready to
return it--whenever the street car
people will acknowledge their pater-
nifty of the orphan fund.-"
Strike Organizer Pratt is forty-two
years old. He lived on a farm until
about seventeen years ago, where no
built up rugged physical frame ana
imbibed ideas of independence and
self reliance which stand him In good
stead in his present profession. He
had youthful ambitions to become q
street car man. so he left the farm and
went to work as motorman In Cleve-
land But car running was not to
be the limit of the Pratt ambition. He
developed such signs Of executive abil.
ity that he was made business agent
for the men In strike. The company
took back everybody but Pratt. who
concluded that, being minus q Job. he
would make one for himself That n
how he happens TO have become strike
organizer In general. J. NJ. CARR
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16

which the characters were feathered
fowls. Athenian theater goers In the
era about four centuries before Christ
probably went wild over this play as
highly original idea, and 1t is quite
possible that portion of the grandeur
that was Greece consisted of untrim-
med birds worn at the girdles of the
fashionable Hellenes of the day.
1t may be pointed out also that two
of the worlds most famous fable maxi
ers. Aesop and La Fontaine, wrote
fables which may have had more to do
with the suggestion of "Chantecler"
than the barnyard episode in the Pyre-
nees. The present writer is acquainted
with an American author who about
ten years ago conceived and planned
an ironical drama In which all the
characters were to be dressed as birds
and beasts. He said he was afraid the
public wouldn't stand for 1t, so he
never wrote It. And now comes Miss
Frances A. Matthews. who has offered
in a prize competition in New York a
one act piece called "Chanticleer,"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16

termed sort of female swallowtail
effect. No doubt when this gets into
print Paris will have sent us several
new things in the Chantecler line, for
every ship bound in seems to bring
some fresh fuel to feed the fad.
Chanteeler Umbrellas and Canes.
When the April showers begin to
fall. don't worry about the rain. Just
pick up your Chantecler umbrella-it's
in the market already-and spread Its
canopy above your head. There's a
rooster handle piece. And when the
showers cease to descend and the sun
peeps forth take your Chantecler cane
with its rooster headed handle and
saunter forth serenely. Perhaps you
are invited to Chantecler dinner ?
You will find NJ. Chantecler enthroned
I'm mfdtable as the chief decoration.
with tiny chandeliers imprinted on
the napkins, and perhaps Mile. Hen
Pheasant filled with chocolates or bon
bons as favors.
One of the latest suggestions is the
Chantecler suspender for men, the
buckle being n rooster In bronze, his
claws holding up the two tapes that at
tach themselves to the trousers buttons
and his beak piercing the main shoul-
der strap
The French poets "Chantecler,' .
which is written in verse, is not a
burlesquc, however much It may be
burlesqued on the vaudeville stage and
in the comic papers. Rostand wrote
It with serious purpose. Chantecler
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16

$50, 100000 for investment in Canada.
"This means" to quote Mr. Yoakum,
that our own people are building up
an empire belonging to foreign ma
tion at the expense of our own coun-
try" Mr.. Yoakum told the people of
Louisiana, which state has 10,OO0,OOO
acres of swamp lands, that these rich
lands located near the congested CEN
ters OF population may be drained at
cost of about $5 an acre and will pro-
duce the kinds of food that supply
the kitchens of the consuming masses.
For an investment of $40 to $15 an
acre In drainage and clearing the In
creased wealth OF Louisiana" says Mr..
foakum, "would be more than S600,-
oOO,OOO. It is conservative to estimate
$50 an acre annually from crops, which
would mean an annual increase of
sSOO,OO0,000 in the products of Louisi-
ana, or, to put II in another way. each
dollar invested in drainage would pay
30 annually In products. This, in con-
nection with the upbuilding of new
towns, sugar mills, cotton mills. rail-
roads and other Industries, shows the
importance of starting this work un-
der broad and comprehensive plan
with the aid and corporation of the
federal government"
In the past seven years the govern
ment has expended many millions OF
dollars In retaining by irrigation the
semiarid lands of the west and north
west. The people are coming to un-
derstand that there are two methods
OF reclamation demanding government
fprt . No..
one the water is put upon the land; by
the other 1t is drawn out. Swamp re-
Chalmers contend that their cause is
worthy Of equal attention from the
government, and they. offer in argu-
ment the fact that the water soaked
lands lie close to established towns and
communities so that It is not neces-
sary TO undergo the discomforts of
pioneering in order to enjoy the ad-
vantages of these lands.
In the past dozen years several i'm
portant private reclamation enter
prises have proved that swamp lands,
! heretofore despised, are worth more
tnan the surrounding high lands II
properly drained. 1t may be cited that
ia .ne southeastern part of Mr.. Yoak-
uins own state, Missouri, in the re-
slon known since the great earthquake
OF 1911 as the sunk lands" thousands
OF acres have been reclaimed. Untii a
| lew years ago these sunk lands, which
were depressed by an earthquake
We're inhabited only by the poorest
class OF farmers, who lived on and cul-
uvated the bumps" using canoes and
natpoats to cross the water covered
spaces That land could be bought
then TOT 70 an acre. Now much OF II
cannot be bought for 800 an acre. A
thrifty population has invaded the re-
gion' Moreover. that old time enemy
OF mankind, the mosquito. who carries
tne malaria germ and deposits 1t al
wiz In human territory. is disappear
ing from the drained sunk lands OF
southeast Missouri and northeast Ar
kansas. Malaria, locally known as
fever and ager" disappears along
with the mosquito. -
ROBERT DoNNELL.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16

versing in high tones, apparently ex-
pressing sarcasm each for each. Sud
denly the cock o. the walk arrived.
Mr.. Rooster strode into the midst of
the assemblage. Immediately all the
uproar ended. Fowl and beast seemed
to acknowledge Chanticleer as mon
arch. They all advanced and made
friends with him, saluted him, accept
ed him as their sovereign. And when
the rooster crowed there was no other
sound in the Pyrenees.
Idea 2,40o Years Old.
Taking this cue. Rostand conceived
a drama in which all the characters
I should represent barnyard denizens
and all the ironies of human life
should be expressed. Though hailed
| far and near as highly original idea,
this does not seem, after ALL to bear
the authentic hallmark of real origi-
nallty. There's nothing new under the
sun except the manner of treating an
old idea. One Aristophanes. who lived
a matter of twenty-four centuries ago,
wrote satire called "The Birds" in
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16

headpiece. Rostands drama, with the
rooster acting as universal press agent.
simply fastened the realization Of the
gorgeous dream Now the latest thing
from Paris. where nearly all American
fashions are born and brought up, is
the spring hat decorated with the un-
divided chanticleer-beak. comb, tail
feathers and all; everything except the
crow.
In view of the widespreading Chan
tecler fad a few words about the au-
thor of the play and how he happened
TO conceive and execute this ludicrous
fantasy may not be amiss. America
well remembers "Cyrano de Bergerac,"
the long nosed person whom the late
Richard Mansfield made famous on
our stage. America remembers also
"L'Aiglon." the play in which Sarah
Bernhardt, despite her sixty odd sum-
mers. appeared as the youthful son Of
Napoleon. These two dramas OF Ros-
tands served to introduce the French
poet and dramatist to the United
States.
Rostand, who is only forty-two years
old. has a large country estate near
Cambo where he takes his time in
creating poems and plays. It is re-
lated that one day he was wandering
in the Pyrenees near his home. He
entered a barnyard, where he found a
cat and turkey, a dog, a blackbird
in n cage. a duck and a flock of hens.
All the fowls and animals were con-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16

which she declares she wrote ten
years ago, taking the idea from n
novel published under the same title
by her uncle, Cornelius Matthews,
about forty years ago. Then. Of
course, Mr.. Gross of Chicago has come
forward to insist that Rostand has
plagiarized the "Chantecler" idea from
"The Merchant Prince of Cornville."
Just as Mr.. Gross claimed in the mat
ter of "Cyrano" some years ago.
But, what's the difference? Shake
speare cheerfully appropriated nearly
all his plots, picking them up wherever
he found them lying around loose. The
fact remains that we've got "Chante-
cler" on our hands. and the chante-
clerIZation of the United States goes
on apace. Like most fads or fashions
from France. It has begun at New
York and is gradually working itself
westward. The very latest thing as |
write is the Chantecler jacket, which
has arrived from gay Paree. This is a
woman's coat with the tail so cut as
to suggest a birds tail. It may be
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16

States. All of this swampy country
lies within the states which have been
settled for many years with industri-
Gus people and within the rainfall re-
gions, where irrigation is not required
In the raising of crops. These swamp
lands. having been partly or wholly
under water. have built up for them
selves a top soil of the richest alluvlal
deposits. Drained of their excess
dampness. they would supply TO the
farmer "a soil as fertile as any under
the sun, II It be true that high prices
result from lack of sufficient farming,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16

> This is addressed not
u - merely to the ladies, but to
the gentlemen as we'll. To be really up
TO date you must at least affect chan
teclerization, whether or not you have
been infected with the germ. This Is
not TO ask IL you have seen and heard
J Edmond Rostand's barnyard drama,
J "Chantecler," because that has not
reached the American stage as yet.
But have you acquired your Chan
tecler bonnet or veil or Jacket?
Are you wearing Chantecler buttons
not mere buttonhole buttons. but but
tons that button up garments?
Is your newest spring necktie a
Chanteclerr
Have you had the Chantecler i'm
press embossed on your stationery
Chanteclerism is the new French fad.
and you'll have to hurry II you par
ticipate in the fun. for II is not likely
20 last many moons
Chanticleer is what Mark Twain
probably would call the college name
for rooster. The French, of course, is
ehantecler: hence NJ. Rostands drama.
I'm which NJ. Rooster is the chief male
actor and Mile. Hen Pheasant the lead
Eng lady There is no denying that the
Rostand rooster crow Is n clear chant
of far carrying vocal power for in
France. England and America the bur-
'lesauc stage already has caught the
clarion note, and old Nine. Fashion has
taken the matter seriously and trans
'muted the message into wearing ap-
parel.
;le chspesu Chanteoler.
q The Increasing popularity of the
American hen, and incidentally. OF
sourse, the American rooster, was sure
sooner or later TO set up the entire
shicken as a memorial on the female
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16

would not the reclamation of these
lands tend to reduce high prices?
That, at any rate. is one of the heavy
arguments of the swamp reclaimers.
1t is an undeniable and ominous fact
that thousands of thrifty United States
farmers are moving to western Cana
da every year. Last year about 10000
people moved to Canada and settled
upon the virgin acres in that bleak
country braving the cold of the win
ters for the bountiful crops OF the
summers. 1t is estimated that these
people took with them $1,000 each. or
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16
- salIllsls .1.-ll1 1'a11aas111VE
Type OF
| CIa<9V7EcLERl
mar

the chief character, turns out to be
philosopher, after ALL He imagines at
first that II Is his own growing which
causes the sun to rise, but after he
discovers that dawn appears even
though his own head Is hidden under
the loving wing of the lady pheasant
he realizes that his relative Importance
In the realm of created things is con-
siderably lower than he thought
To be sure, there is something gro-
tesque about the whole thing. Rud-
yard Kipling some years ago made q
worldwide hit by humanizing beasts
and putting words of wit or wisdom
into their mouths. Rostand now has
introduced the humanized lower ami
NAL and fowl to the stage. We are
told that "Chantecler" ls n wonderful
production, as It well might be. since
the author has been incubating II for
at least seven years. II there be any
poesy or prophecy in a dramatlst he
surely should be able to hatch IL out
In fine form after sitting on the egg
that long.
Annericanized Edition Coming.
Charles F'rohman. It is said, has paid
Rostand $4,000 in advance for the
English rights of the play, though the
critics inform us that in any language
other than French "Chantecler" is likely
to look very much like sick chicken.
The French idioms and puns and COL
loquialisms cannot be reproduced. No
doubt for the production In English
we shall have n superabundance of the
American cackle and crow brand Of
wit and wisdom.
Ia -
authority, more or less authoritative.
announces that "Chantecler" is the
first epoch making drama written in
twenty-five centuries. Shall we won
der. then. that the world is being
characterized with amazing rapidity?
Let M. Rostand arise. flap his wings
and crow, for verify he has awakened
the world from a long slumber In
dramatic commonplacenes and has
made the sun to shine. be It for ever
so brief time
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16

HN a certain Cleveland bank is a
deposit of $4,000 that belongs to
nobody in particular. 1t stands
n to the credit of the Amalgamated
Street Railway Employees association,
but that deposltor does not claim to
own the money. The association has
used some Of the interest on the de-
posit to help 1t win strikes. but the
$4,000 itself is sort of neutral fund
bundle of cash without country.
Thereby hangs the tale which will
serve to introduce an interesting man
just now in the public eye. His name
is Pratt--Clarence o. Pratt. He Ia a
Cleveland man presumably. but he is
away from home so much that he
sometimes fears he has lost his voting
rights there. Mr.. Pratt is called, for
want of better description to fit his
unique profession. "strilxe organizer at
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16

large TO the American workman" He
II was who organized the great street
car strike In Philadelphia and. incl
dental thereto, the so called general
strike which was ordered after the
traction people thought they had won
out against the men.
But let us go back to that $4,000. II
is not to be disputed that sum Of
such snug size lying around, not ex-
actly loose, yet with no claimant, Is
deeply interesting. One is drawn to-
ward 1t irresistibly. 1t is In all prob
ability the only orphan $1,000 In
America.
Somebody the other day, In the midst
OF the big strike, asked II Mr.. Pratt
was honest, and this is the story that
was told him:
"Once upon time there was a street
car strike In Chicago. Pratt was call
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-16
R1ST.ANZ1 W.ffEW
YOUNGER HL2xDLNG HIS 6A4Y
BY RoBER1Us LOVE.

II KAvE you been chanteclered
yet?
This Is addressed not