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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-10-08
The Race Should Heed This Advice.

So many times, says the Savannah
(Ga) Tribune. we have urged our peo-
pie to secure for themselves much of
the vacant farm lands in this country
and thus be fortified for the years to
come when these same lands will be
out Of their reach.
Great efforts are now being made TO
induce a frugal class Of immigrants
to locate in this country. This will
cause the taking up Of all these lands
Now is the time for our people TO act.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-10-08

opening OF the
club is due to the
fact that there
are widespread
political unrest
and diSSatisfac-
ton on the part
OF the colored vot-
ers with their po-
litical status IN
the country
The prese ent
contest between
the old guard
and the progress
-
SiycS WAS dis
cussed: also the
political situation
Of the colored cit
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-10-08
GARNET REPUBLICAN CLUB.
Political Unrest Among Colored R,-
publieans Of Kings County.

The recen, reopening Of the Henry
Highland Garnet Republican club OF
Brooklyn for the fall was attended by
an unusually large number OF members
and visitors The Garnet club is said
to be the central organization of the
colored Republican voters Of Kings
county.
John A. James, president of the club.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-10-08
NEGRO SOLDIERS
BRAVE FIGHT
Forestry Department Commends
Work Of Twenty-titth Infantry.
STUCK TO THEIR POST OF DUTY

Men Of Company G Risked Their Lives
to Save Women and Children From
oevouring Flames Of Forest Fires.
Professor Ou Bois Wants World to
Know Of Their GaiIantry.
Under the caption AN Echo OF
Brownsville" bearing date Of Sept
q, Professor W. Z. B. Du Bois In
an open letter to the New York Trib-
une said: Late last week the United
States forestry department sent the
following letter to the officer In com
mand OF the Twenty fifth United States
infantry, which has been fighting fires
In Idaho:
/ take great pleasure in reporting t.
you the most excellent and gallant serv-
ice performed by Company @, Twenty
fifth Infantry. from your post Special
mention Is made Of service and hearty co.
operation with the forestry department
by Second Lieutenant Evan f. Lewis
The work as a whole was most valuable
and. viewing the conditions that existed
at Avery during the holocaust In retro
spect. II Is unanimously agreed that the
work Of Company @ was Indispensable
Beyond doubt lives OF our citizens and
personal property would have been lost
TO vandalism were Il not for the protec-
tive power OF the soldiers.
One instance OF the iire that stands out
most prominently was at the time the
women and children were loaded on
special train at Avery in order to escape
the impending disaster
Sergeant John James and Privates Ches-
ter Garraud. William Hogue. Roy Green
and Grnndwill ". Bright were stationed
on the train to preserve order and protect
pIc women and children to a place OF
safety.
gantlet Of FIRE was run by this train,
the heat being OF such Intensity that tn.
car windows were expected TO be broken
at any time, These soldiers remained
faithful at their post on the exterior OF
the cars and weathercd the storm of fire
The story OF the ere Is replete with
many instances OF the troops faithful and
excellent service. The cooperation OF
Captain George J. Holdan has been most
agreeable and satisfactory. Words are
inadequate TO express the most eificlen;
service rendered by officers and men Of
Company @. Twcnty-Hfth infantry.
Probably few persons who read this
message connected It in any way with
the late unpleasantness at Browns
vile, Tex. There is nothing In the
dispatch to indicate that this rcgl.
ment is composed Of Negro troops and
that II is the same regiment against
which Theodore Roosevelt brought the
most serious charges and OF which he
dismissed battalion from the service
without giving the men n trial. IL no,
this coincidence characteristic OF our
treatment Of the Negro?
II some poor black outcast had
stolen n chicken In South Carolina the
fact would be heralded all over the
United States. with mighty headlines
announcing his race and color But
just so soon as we have case Of
bravery there is not the slightest
whisper that the heroes are black
men.
Then. too. II there is suspicion OF
guilt on the part Of black men an,
black man that n mob or the president
Of the United States can got hold Of Is
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-10-08
SEE NG is
BELIEVING
The finest and Il reest stock Of Ladies
and Gents siis ltiy used clothing in
the West. Theai rical Gowns, Evenino

Gowns. Fine iuII Dress Suits for
rent We buy : nd sell good clothing
only. Also ira, cling mems samples,
new, at wholess le prices.
The only Ams -ican In the business
In the city.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
.J[FFR|[S-JOHNSON
SCRAP MAY Be
AT SALT LAKE

According to late Salt Lake papers
the Jeffries-Johnson 40 round box
ing contest will be held in Utah
next July. 1t appears that the OBJ
jeo, ion ret orded by many Salt Lake
citizens sometime ago have been
overcome and that the fight will be
jailed off ut the coliseum at Saltair
b. ach. A contract was signed last
Monday between the Saltair Beach
company and Tex Rickard, the pro.
noter of the fight and unless some.
thing unforeseen happens, the mill will
lie go. The Saltair coliseum has
seating capacity at the present time
for between $4,000 and 10000 persons
but is said this can be increased
by the construction of gallery to
between $4,000 and 10000
Governor Spry has said right along
that the contest could not be held In
Utah while he is chief executive OF
the state; but evidently he has said
something which the fight promoter
and his supporters take to indicate
that there will be no serious inter.
ference on his part when the proper
time comes
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
YEARS SALES ON
SALT LAKE EXCHANGE.

From the market letter of William
II. Tibbals, the Salt Lake broker, the
Record learns that the total sales of
mining stocks on the floor of the Salt
Lake Stock & Mining exchange dur
ting the year 1909 amounted TO 34.-
690,213 shares, having selling value
oi 1T,267, ,434.62, as against 29,4S2,-
J47 shares of the value of $17,254,-
154 80 in 1908.
Tie heaviest sales last year were
made during the months of March,
April and May. Pioche stocks figur-
ed conspicuously in the transfers
Prince Consolidated was traded in to
the extent of 105,955 shares and Pi-
oche Metals to the extent Of of 54,-
900 shares Phoebe King, $1,000
shares.
Nc account, however, is given OF
| the business transacted In Phoebe
Demijohn. Mendha Golden Prince an
other local stocks.
The Greatest number of shares Of
any one stock transferred was, TintiC
Central a low priced stock which
figured up to 4,460,4S5 shares Iror
Blossom. another Tintic issue, camt
next viii 3,07S,343 shares. while
| Sioux Consolidated came in thirt
with :o44,9l0 shares,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
MOAPA VALLEY PATHWAY
OF RAGING TORRENT
The Las Vegas Review says:

The Las Vegas Review says:
Peaceful Moapa Valley, the pres
ent farming center of Clark county,
suffered am exciting experience with
the flood waters of the mighty Mead
ow Valley wash The little valley
as completely submerged as the tor.
rent rushed on it's mad way to the
Ct dorado river Ranches were in.
ndated to depth of several feet. and
cattle, small buildings, ranch imple,
u ents, hay etc, swept away. What
was thought to be steamboat sail
ing across the ranch of County Com
missioner Wells, proved to be flat
car from the abandonded train UP
the canyon. Outriders paroled the
hills during the height Of the flood
to warn the people in the valley
should the danger become too grea
and to perform rescue services II
required. Assessor McBurney brough
.irst new of the flooded valley
Monday. his ranch being higher thar
cthers and not completely cuts off
When Commissioner Wells made hi
way out Tuesday the water was sub
siding rapidly and all danger over
Considerable damage has resulte,
TO the valley but not Of a permanen
/ nature. Seeded grain land will o
cocrs. be ruined, but other crop
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
CRESTL|NE-pIOCIlE
cutoff TALKED OF
Especial CorrespondenceD

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 20
Mine operators who have properties
at Pioche have received assurance
from officials of the Salt Lake Route
that the camp will not be without
transportation facilities very long.
In fact, enough has been told them
& cutoff is to be built from Crest
line to some point on the Phoebe
branch, probably near Panaca. 1t is
said that the building of this line will
be pushed as rapidly as possible as
officials OF the company believe it to
he the quickest way for them to
reach the equipment now tied up at
Caliente. This is also taken to mean
that the railroad company considers
he Pioche- Bristol route the most feas
sble one around the Meadow Valley
wash.
In view of this, ii is understood
that the management of the Consol-
idated Phoebe will advertise for bids
to supply the company with wood
for use at its hosting plant until the
railroad can deliver coal for fuel. Thi
means immediate resumption of work
a the Con Phoebe which was com.
PEELED to shut down for want of coal
after the washout.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22

The Salt Lake Commercial club has
received communication from the
Pioche Commercial club, in which
the former organization lis urged to
give support to Phoebe in the mat
ter of the Bristol Pass route for the
permanent line of the San Pedro Los
Angeles & Salt Lake railroad in event
that the stretch of washed-out track
In the Meadow Valley wash is aband
oned.
The communication from here bears
the signature Of C. A. Thompson.
chairman of the governing board of
the Phoebe club, and who is also a
member Of the Salt Lake club.
The letter was received at Salt
Lake last Tuesday; whereupon, Sec
retary j. e. Caine stated that the
matter would be considered by the
governing board in few days.
The following is copy of the let
ter sent from here:
| "'he Salt Lake Commercial club is
the most forceful, aggressive and get
there organization in the Intermoun.
tain region. The Phoebe district be
belongs to Salt Lake Salt Lake has
stood sponsor for it for twenty years
Develop the district ard Il VIII eoss
tribute more to the up-building OF
Salt Lake, viii spend more money
with its business men, machinery
| houses. hotels and all the purveyors
"a mans comfort and happiness than
viii any other place on the map.
when Senator Clark announced to
| th world his intention to devote his
millions to the construction of a trars
continental line from the Great Salt
sea to the southern ocean he chose
the Commercial club as fitting agen.
cy to receive his message and trans
NIT it the world. ! was there on that
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22

The fcre going Is an official state
lnent given out in Salt Lake last Mon
day, having the sanction Of J. Ross
Clark and w. II. Bancroft, first and
second vice presidents, respectively
o. the Salt Lake Route.
All other reports Notwithstanding, 1t
is clear that until the engineers to
,e sent into the field at once COM
piete their work and submit their
findings, no decision as to where the
line will 60 can be expected.
4 The citizens Of st. George, Utah,
have presented thier case; so have
the citizens of Pioche, and while the
7ormer have advanced PLAUSIBLE argu'
rents, the weight of the evidence
IL favorable to Phoebe and the Bris'
ttil Pass route,
One thing seems sertain. The rail
rnod company Is not going to act
hastily; the situation is going to be
uvassed thoroughly and when the
decision is reached, construction vii
begin and be pushed forward te
completion as rapidly as possible.
Trains should be running into Pi
eocAe again within sixty days after thu
company decides to come around vie
Bristol Pass.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
PLATT RE-APPoINTED.
I s. Dltrict Attorney For Nevada
Remembered BY Taft.

President Taft has reappointed
Samuel Platt to the position of Unite
States attorney for the district Of
Nevada. He was first appointed to
The position by President Roosevelt,
January 18th, 1906, and VASE fhat
time the youngest United at
+orney in office. ,{.-%
The Carson News eulogizes Platt
by saying:
He is hard working and indus
trious young man and has, without
assistance, succeeded in winning for
the government more than is9sa~-
seven per cent OF the cases that have
been tried in his district. The ex-
lent and amount of the work and
The past four years have exceeded
by far any four of the terms of his
predecessors.
"Of the important litigation now
pending ard upon which U. S. Attor.
ley Platt is engaged in prosecuting
there are nearly thirty cases filed
| against the Southern Pacific company
to set aside patents to mineral lands.
| The Importance of this litigation to
the miners and to the mining inter-
ests of Nevada can hardly be esti-
mated, Indictments have also been
| brought against the same company
md against the California Sugar and
White Pine Agency for rebating and
large fines and penalties are demand
| ed. A large number of convictions
against various railroads have beer
| secured for violations of the Safety
| Appliance Acts and the twenty-eigh
| hour law. Land and cattle compan
les and individual land holders have
been indicted ami convicted for th.
Iunlawf,l fencing OF government land
and thousands of acres of public land
have thereby been thrown open t.
thu honlcsteadc, all over the state.
During the past administration o
U. S Attorney flal; crusade wa
stated against the 'wild-catter" 70
lsin.y tile tln'rrd States mails to de
fraud aud a large number of firm
and persons have been indicted 1t /
believed that the government pros
ecutions for the offense have prao
tcally wiped out vild-catting In Ne
vada forever. 1.b2ens OF counterfeit
ers, post office offenders, forgers an
whiskey-se 'lers have been indicte
and convicted.
"Du~ils the years past 1t fell t
tho lot ct Mr. Platt TO successful
represent President Roosevelt, Sc,
I retary of Agriculture Wilson an
other members of the cabinet in
suit brought by the Eureka Liv
Stock company involving a forest r,
d 1erye in Eureka county, which ha
( been set aside by presidential pro
+ lamation."
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
JARBRiDGE TO BE A
BOOZELESS MINING CAMP

The fate of Jarbridge Is sealed ,ac-
cordiDg to predictions of old pros
peetors who declare with the utmost
solen nifty that there has never been
a good dry camp in the history of
the world Jarbridge occupies pc
cmliar position in mining. The site
OF the camp and surrounding ter
serve where the sale of spirituous
liquors is prohibited, and towpsite
schemes are in the same equation
II man wishes to acquire loi
for his cabin or store he goes to the
froest ranger, puts up $40 and get.
q fee simple to the ground. Moral
Bring your booze. Tribune
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
WRIT OF cERTERioARl.
One Issued To CaIinente Justice III
The Dr.. Smith Case.

A writ of certerioari has been is
sued on Justice Maynard OF Caliente
township in re the case of Dr. j. w.
Smith of Caliente vs. Lincoln county.
Dr. Smith was given Judgement in
Maynard's court for the sum of $99,
watch he a legged to be due him for
professional services rendered the
unity, and additional costs
District attroney Breeze took an ap-
peal to the district court, but the ap-
pliaation was denied upon motion OF
the plaintiffs attorney, II. S. Laney,
who set forth that the motion for ap-
plication had not been made within
required statuatory time. The dis
trict attorney then had the writ Is
sued to the caliente justice ordering
MIN to desist from any other proceed
ings until the case can be reviewed.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
important Strike In
The Mcndha Mine

What Manager John, r. Cook de-
G)ares to be the best strike ever
made in the Mendha mine, is among
the developments of the past week.
The ore is of a grade that would
stand, if necessary, the expense Of
shipment overland TO Modena, thence
by rail TO the smelter and ieave a
good margin of profit
The disclosure, which is beded
vein at least eight feet in width, was
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22

occasion as were many of you gen.
tlemen. We all understood that night
PioCHE was the keynote OF the sit
uation The road was built TO un.
lock the buried treasures OF Lincoln
-Jalty and the Phoebe district. | had
lived and waited and hoped in Phoebe
Tor many long year. And now
IRE clopyh Moses had arisen to lead
VI out of bondage to the promised
| 4flu
The road was built. but those who
determined on Its route overlooked
The main purpose and located Ii in
ear Won where instead OF developing
the region for which the road was de-
signed, 1t began without delay to de-
velop the habit Of being washed out
once or twice year and has kept up
This habit faithfully. In actual re-
pairs. in loss OF traffic, In loss Of pub.
lie confidence, In baneful demoraliz-
ation, the cost of that mistake has
been to date not less than five million
dollars.
This club asks you to cali a meet
Oh your governing board to conntd
er the situation. The enclosed win en-
plain what we believe to be the solu-
ton Of the problem for the railroad
for us, and for Salt Lake as the bene-
ficiary Of the Phoebe region. The Al
mighty made the Bristol Pass as the
GATEWAY from Salt Lake to the
southwest, The Meadow Valley. caax,
AID 3en7tsssA paas are A5rvfrss "
The adversary to allure railroads to
their undoing.
This was the advice given the raj :
road companies by experienced and
| able engineers who first studied the
topography of this country. This ad-
'''ee was sound and has lost none OF
Its force 1t is the route which will
u axe TRAFFIC, be eh cap to build
easy TO maintain and operate, will ad-
nit OF as rapid time and will build
up a country which will pour an un-
ceasing stream Of wealth into Salt
Lake City"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
FLOODS HAVE
sW--- "DIxIE" LAND

N-bYie the question of the rebuilding
N Salt Lake Route Is being con
a;aered the following account OF the
hate floods near st. George, Utah,
t.,an from the Washington County
Mews will doubtless be read with
interest In view Of the fact that the
c3.izens of Utah's Dixie" are exert
ing every effort within their power
ro induce the railroad company to
change the main line so as to pass
through their country. The News
says:
warm rains succeeding heavy
snowfall produced state OF flooc
thr,ryhout this section that stands
without precedent. The flood came
iown to Virgin river. Santa Clara
creek and other streams In tre'
mendous volumes Oh the 3st inst
doing much damage to lands anc
other property near the streams. This
flood that came down the Fort Pierce
wash at the same time exceeded In
volume the flood in the Virgin riv
s4r. and the roaring OF 1t could be
dietinctly heard five miles away.
THE ST. GEORGE ROUTE.
Fig as the combined volume OF wa
Ter from the Virgin. Santa Glars
creek and Fort Pearce wash was. ye
II was exceeded in volume by thu
flood that came down Beaver dan
wash (according to accounts from
khere>so that the river assumed ter
rifle aspect before it reached Little
field, Bunkerville, Mesquite and othe
settlements down the river, at all o
which places 1t did great amour
of damage Higher up the countr
the settlements suffered. Enterpris
vas nnder flood to q depth Of eigth
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22

teen inches. Chadburn's garden and
orchard have been swept away, and
various other places have suffered
loss. Santa Clara, Bloomington and
Price have suffered considerably, and
St. George owners in the Tonaqunit
and Santa Clara fields are losers.
Among Individual owners, c. r. Fos-
ter OF this city lost all his hay and
grain. being swept away by the Vir-
gin river from the Washington field.
WASHED MAILS AWAY
"The mail stage from the north
was swept away last Friday after
noon about five O'Clock while cross
ing Holt creek this side of Hollis
ranch. This stream usually 80 small
that a bucket Of water could hard
| ly be dipped from it, was raging
torrent. 1t struck the stage rig and
swept it. it's contents including the
driver and a passenger, down the
strean, like corks. The driver, Vern
Fullerton Of this city, was carried
down between 400 and 500 yards, and
was Just about done for when he sue
ceeded in reaching the north bank.
NEARLY LOSES LIFE.
"The passenger, Milo Andrus OF
this city, who was returning from
Phoebe, Was swept down about 40 or
- yards ia the Icy cold water before
reaching the south bank. The horses
were crowned and the mail lost
Since the flood has subsidized, parts
OF the wagon have been seen strewr
along the desert, and one mail sacl
the local Pinto one. has been recov
cred The main mail, however, thai
from the north has not been seen; II
may be recovered some time, but the
contents of the sack will be in de
plorablt conditicn."
EDITORIAL MENTION.
Editorilly. the St. George papel
J makes reference to the late floods
like this
The frelheri annoyance and los'
suffered by Santa Clara owing t.
the floods in the stream that passes
so close 10 that village and its frui
lands. will - doubt eventually fore
ti,. c'tizeis " that place to mov'
tc village L ihe Ss.rta Clara bench
1t is estimated that enough floo'
waters have passed through the dit
f.rent rtream channels in the count
the past week to have irrigated al
, the land in the county for an entir
| year. Too bad that such a valuabl
quantity of water shold be all lost
With reservoirs built at likely place
: considerable Of it could have bee
9 held for future use, and the des
/ truction to property lessened.
The opening Of the new year wa
anything but pleasant for the Dixi
country, with lost mails floods an
, impossible roads; but a poor begil
ming often winds up with goo
Z ending, and let's hope that may b
+ the result in this case
Much sympathy is left for thos
v who have suffered losses by the r.
b have ben lost
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
PANACA EQUIPMENT
STARTS TOMORROW

The equipment recently installed
at the Panaca mine of the Gold Chief
Mining company in the Gold Chief
district will be placed in commission
tomorrow.
This is the information given ont
yesterday by Il. A. Hodges, secre-
tary of the company. who, with John
K. Cook visited the mine this week
1T is our intention" said Mr.. Hod-
ges, ito begin a very active campaign
at the Panaca right away We ex-
pect to put on working force of
about fifteen men within the next two
weeks and then push work for all it
is worth.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
X-RAY REACHING OUT
TO SAND CARBoNATES

Manager Joe Taylor was in the city
yesterday from the Phoebe X-Ray
mine and states that a cross-cut has
been started from the main tunnel in
he direction of the big sand carbon
ate deposit opened sometime ago It
will be necessary to drive about 260
feet to intercept the resource
| To get under the shaft in which
The company has been doing some
exploratory work lately, it viii be
necessary to drive the tunnel ahead
about 420 feet