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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22

The weather conditions since
the washouts in the Meadow
Valley wash have been such
that a thorough examination of
the present line has not been
possible and such an examina-
tion cannot be made until later,
but as soon as the weather will
permit the matter will be gone
over carefully by competent en-
gineers to determine the exact
extent of the dana ,e done and
the feasibility OF reconstructing
the Inc through the canyon Of
Meadow Valley wash in its for
mer location or elsewhere. In
the meantime reconnoissances
are being maze on two other
routes with view to ascertain
ing II a satisfa ctory alternate is
available. II IL Is not found feas
ible to rebuild ,he line through
the Meadow Vailey wash ON an
absolutely safe basis, then 1t is
possible one of the other lines
being considered will be adopt
ed and the the road constructed
on such route However, as yet
nothing definite has been de-
cided as to what Is to be done
in the future until full reports
are submitted by Tue engineers
giving the results of their in
vestigations.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22

made in raise from the S00-foot
level
Mr.. Cook says the ore will assay
about 90 ounces In silver, one ounce
in gold, 80 per cent lead He also
declares that if the Salt Lake Route
builds its main line this way that
the Mendha viii send full train load
Of this material to market within
thirty days after the SaltLake- Phoebe
ends of the road are connected up.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
oEMIJoHN WORK
PLEASES MR.. BAILEY

President w. B. Bailey of the Pi-
oche Demijohn mine, who is giving
personal attention to the development
Of that property was in town Wednes
day last
Mr. Bailey says recent work in the
mine has wrought very satisfactory
results and just as soon as the rail.
road facilities are restored, the prop
erty will make a good account of it
self A contract was recently lei
to further explore the resources on
Il e 200-foot level.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
PIoCHE, NEVADA SATURDAY, JANUARY q, 1910

can yer be planted. Much hay. grain
and oiher material was either swept
away or ruined.
THE Moapa Valley is the natural
let Of the Meadow Valley wash
10 the Colorado river, but 1t is sell
dom that a large volume of flood
water travels SO far south on top
OF the ground
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
DIVIDEND RECORD OF
GOLDFlELD MINES

According othe Goldfield Tribune.
the mines of the Goldfield district
paid dividends during the year 1909
amounting to IS, 3O2, ,7S7 80.
OF this amount. shareholders OF the
Goldfield Consolidated received $4,-
$50, 1880; those of the Florence
Goldfield Mining company, $4,000;
Combination Fraction, s92, 200; Con
solidated Red Top, $4,000.
Goldfield mines have paid to date
In dividends, a total of s16,026, 1927. 10
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
Dayton Wins Out.

The supreme court has handed
down a decision sustaining the com
missioners of Lyon county, the ef-
feet Of which Dayton retains the title
to the county seat of Lyon county.
Citizens of Yerington have been try
ing for the past two years to wrest
the seat of government from Dayton
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
ThurteII Re-appointed.

Commissioner Thurtell OF the rail-
road commission has been re-appoint
ed to the position by Governor Dick
erson. His present term will expire
in February.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
Delinquent Tax Sale,

The delinquent tax sale of property
upon which last years taxes had not
beeen paid was held under the direc-
tlon Of County Treasurer Henry Lee.
The list OF property sold was small.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
METAL QUOTATIONS..

Furnished Friday afternoon from
Salt Lake City by w. H. Tibbals,
broker:
Silver, 54 Ia cents per ounce.
Lead, $4.67 12 at s4.72 IL per 100
POUNDS.
Copper, 13 1-s at 13 3-S cents per
pound
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
ENGINEERS WILL GO
BRISTOL PASS WAY

OFFICIAL RcEs CONFIRMS THIs-WATINe
REPORT ENGlNEERs-sT GEORGE CITIZENS WORKING
SECURE MAIN LINE OF SALT LAKE ROUTE BUT WAY
WAS PATHWAY FOR LATE AWFUL FLOODS
CONDITIONS WHICH AGAINST THEM-BRisToL PASS HIGH
FOREVER IMMUNE FROM SUCH TROUBLES
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22

County Assessor John r. Roeder
has returned from Carson where he
went to attend the meeting OF the
state board Of assessors. ~.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
COMMERCIAL CLUB ASKS
SALT LAKE SUPPORT

LETTER ADDRESSED TO SALT LAKE POINTS
OUT IMPORTANCE OF BRISTOL RouTE-How uTAn CAP
TAL WOULD BE BENEFITED IN WAY TRADE RELATIONS
DOCUMENT RECEIVED SECRETARY GAME WHO SAWS IT
WILL RECEIVE CONSIDERATION AN EARLY NEE r,Nc or
GOVERNING BODY OF ORGANIZATION.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22

Cashier NJ l.. Lee of the Bank Of
Phoebe has gone to Salt Lake on q
Il .siness trip.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
NEVADA MINES
were PROLIFIC
LAST YEAR

STATE BULLION TAX COLLECTOR
HALEY PLACES OUTPUT AT
MORE THAN TWENTY MILLION
DOLlARS-REvENUE FOR THE
sTATE-HoW LINCOLN COUNTY
FARED.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22
Snow Disappears.

snow UIsappearS.
The warm weather Of the past few
days has made telling eject on
the mantle OF snow that has covered
| the ground for sometime.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-01-22

Read the Record how are you
going to know what transpires
in Lincoln county? 1t prints
more news than all other pa
pers in the county combined. 1t
costs no more to get the best.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-24

families whose men were not serving in the ranks
of the regular army Refused army rations. COM
PEELED to roam from one devastated village to
burnt down hamlet, they could not but succumb
to hunger and exhaustion.
Had weyler been less brutay honest. he
would have omitted such damaging admission
Up to this day we have had books of many
kinds dealing with the Cuban war; pamphlets
put forth by tie insurgents and notorously unfair
TO Spain; Spanish publications which misrepre
scented grossly the attitude of the United States;
articles in European newspapers almost unani-
mously censurng the Americans for 'robbing
Spain Of her colony.
Now, however, have the facts presented
almost without any comments and certainly with
out establishment by Spaniard who loves his
country and frankly detests the Americans.
Once or twice he registers a protest against
the senate's decision concerning the recognition
Of belligenercy or the campaign of defamation
directed against him in American papers.
He complains that in March, 1896 when he
had the situation well under control the senate
of the United States interfered most unfairly for
it recognized the belligerency of the insurgents
thereby giving them new courage.
This is less convincing than the majority of
his arguments. for il compare dates we And
letters in which he admits his failure to stop the
progress Of the insurrection
His gravest charge against the United States
is contained in the following paragraph, which
other statements of his:
The United States were against everything
that would bring about a termination of the war
American citizens held several millions worth of
Cuban bonds. issued with the provision that the
island would pass under the domination of the
United States ten years after Cuba would have
separated herself from Spain. The Yankees saw
that with the pace set the chlonged for indie
rendence of Cuba and its corollary the annexa
ton thereof, was becoming a and more re-
mote possibility. But there no reason vhya
the peninsula should have robbed all the gossip
which originated in America"
But on the whole the picture his letters and
reports. as we'll as the letters Of Martinez Cam
pos he publishes. present to our eyes Of Cuba in
the years preceding the Maine incident would
have justified any nation, near or remote In inter
vening for the sake Of humanity; population
unanimous In its desire for Independence: a
bloody war which could only lead to an ephem.
eral peace and at best would have left the island
dreary waste for years to come: the rights Of
foreign land owners and investors trampled un-
der foot; all this horror had to be stopped
Spain did not lose Cuba as q consequences Of
the war with the United States; by the very ad
mission OF SPANS military representatives in that
illfated colony. Cuba irretrievably lost to
Spain in 1897. and the few Spaniards residing in
the coast towns. the only safe abode for them.
felt themselves = despised. ostracisad rnipnrtt,,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-24

oo'h' no" gloomy the outlook Is set
toitn graphically in confidential letter from
Gen Martinez Campos to Canovas do, Castillo
prime minister of Spain
Although from the very first 1
ieahzed the gravity of the situation / refused to
peiieve it, my visits in Cuba Principe and Ho
gin appalled, me: however in order not to annear
pessimistlc, lid not express all my thoughts and
decided to visit not only the maritime commun
.ies' but the towns in the interior. The few Span
iards who live in the island do not dare to men
tion their origin except in the cities The rest
OF the population hates Spain. Wherever YOU pass
iarfn and ask the women where their husbands
are they answer with terrifying frankness: In
the mountains with Chief So and So
You could not get anyone to carry a message
for 800 nor 1000 pesetas he would be hanged IL
he Were caught
The rebels who charged Weyler with wanton
cruelty seldom restrained themselves from accom-
plishing deeds Of violence likely to terrorize the
few remaining supporters Of the Spanish rule To
quote Weyler:
The insurgents did not return in any way the
cohslderate treatment accorded to them by this
generous commander martinez Campos) At the
beginning OF the war Maxine Gomez showed him.
self very fair; but Maceo, l shall prove by au
thentic documents, ordered his bands to set fire
to all the sugar mills whose owners not pay
ing war tribute. to plumber and loot the country
to shoot mercilessly all the messengers men
caught repairing railroad lines or bringing pro-
visions into the villages. Worse yet: The insur.
gent chiefs did not hesitate to kill with their own
weapons defenseless islanders, and Maxine Co
mez in his Memories confesses to having shot
personally man he had sentenced to death a
deed which call willful murder. And still that
individual presumes to call assassin
As his authority for the foregoing statement
General Neyler not only quotes extracts from the
Cuban papers. but appends proclamation of
Maceo, Gomezs lieutenant. to his bands.
Comrades in Arms: Destroy, destroy every
thing day and night; to blow up bridges. to deral
trains. to burn up villages and sugar mills to
annihilate Cuba is the only way to defeat enc
mics We have not to account for conduct
to anyone. Diplomacy, public opinion and history
don't matter. 1t would be sheer insanity to seek
the laurels of the battlefield to bear the fire of
the enemys artillery and contribute to the glory
of the Spanish commanders. The essential thing
Is to convince Spain that Cuba will be but a heap
OF ruins. What compensation will she receive
then for the sacrifice entaied by the campaign?
We must burn and everything. 1t would be
folly to fight though European
army. Where rifles of NO avail let dynamite
do the work. A. MACEO"
The only way to subdue such bloodthirsty. des-
perate pirates to adopt their own tactics. The
insurgents of their own admission, never gave
nor accepted battle but harassed the regulars and
destroyed their sources Of supply. "Concentra-
ton" seemed to be the only solution of the prob
lem. for the wives and children Of the insurgents
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-24
How's This?

We onef One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
oase OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
CAtArrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known F. J. Cheney
lof the last Is yeafs and believe him perfectly hon.
orable In all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his nrm.
WALpINo. KINNAN 4 MARVIN.
Wholesale DrugEtsts Toledo. o.
Halls Catafrh Cure s taken Internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of tho
system. Testimouias sent free. Price IS cents pr
bottle. Sold by all DruGKists.
Take HAls Family Pulls for constipation.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-24

which seems quite
sufficient under the
circumstances. A
few paragraphs.
however, couched in
his blunt. soldierly
style. sett in g at
naught the terrible
charges preferred
against him in con-
nection with that
stern system Of war
fare would h a v e
b e en- interesting.
but they were lack
ing. His silence
amounts to a confes-
sion of guilt. He
makes a weak at
tempt at explaining
that the wives and
children of insur-
gents were not con
centrated." b u I
obliged to betake
themselves " h e r e
the head of the fam
lily was supposed to
be found. This Is
worse yet. for one
can conceive the ap-
palling abuses which
such an order ema'
mating from the gen
eral in chief must
have countenanced
and justified. AS the
evolutionary bands
we're con $ t a n t ly
moving from east to
west and from west
to east and coula
not be located with
any certainty, what
an existence must
have been that OF
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-24

When Rubbers Become Necessary
And your shoes pinch, shake into your
shoes Aliens Foot Ease. thee antiseptic
powder for the feet Cures tired aching
feet and takes the sting out of Corns and
Bur!ons. Always use It for Breaking in
New shoes and for dancing parties Sold
everywhere &c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address. Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n r
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-24

b e 9 4 d @ 9 what
the minister OF
war had told
me and what |
had read in the
y a p er s or in
anonymous let
ters sent by
Spaniards living
In Cuba, and I
thought that all
of them exag-
& e r a I e d I h e
facts: | had no
knowledge OF
the secret docu-
ments | have
a p p e n d e d to
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-24
W0YmS

scascarets are certainly 6ue. I gave . frien
one when the doctor was treating him for caacef
OF the stomach. The next morning he paened
Sour pieces Of . taps worm. He thea got . bon
and In three days he p..sed sese..ssn - fees
6sunhin Co. Pa. / Am quite 4 vorter fo1 49,:
rets. use them yselfand 6nd them beneficial
for most any disease caused By impure blood"
chaa e. condoo, Lewiston, Pa, (1tdin co.)
Pleasant. Palatahle, Po4snt. Tasts Good.
Do Good. Nevsr Sickea. .Weaksn or Grips.
l0c. sc. Soc. Never sold h bulk. The eeour
Inc tablet stamped G c. GunEaneDod to
cng0 OF yoos Wo0oy back. q
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-24
Cruel.

Mrs. Benham-Every time I sing to
the baby, he cries.
Benham-He gets his ability as
musical critic from my side Of the
house.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-24

No man can Justify censure or con-
denim another, because, indeed, no man
truly knows another.-Sir Thomas
Browne.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-24

enemies instead of
fighting them: and
he faunts in our
faces the ugly stains
that show where he
wiped on his knife.
Captain General
OF the most fertile
province of Spain
tand a province
which more than
once manifested her
Intention to throw
OF the our bon
yoke, he makes
such a case against
the country that
buys his services as
no citizen of the
United States could
nave ever made to
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-24

IN which he attempts to defend his
conduct while the representative OF
The Spanish crown on that island
MI MANDO EN- CUBA
MY Command in Cuba)
in letters OF CORY scarlet on a pa
per of livid gray.
Whatever the motive may have
been that prompted such a choice.
that bloody eye catcher" of line
htly sylnDollzes the man and the
work which caused so many years
OF discomfort in Cuba Weyler has
been on trial before public opinion
far hue ,gr;,~r II
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-24

w. L. DOUGLAS
"1sR,sEWEo SSoeEyy SHOES
MEMS $500, $3.50. $500, $3.50, s40o, $500
woMEN's $3.50, 50, $3.50, ~
BOYS s2.00, $3.50 g. $500
THE STANDARD 4
FOR 80 YEARS A
They arc absolutely the u
most popular and bestshoes ri ~
for the price in America. A -
They are the leaders every
whore because they hold VI
their shape, ft better, YA
look better and wear LON AIA
ger than other makes. ~
They arc positively the HG1R
most economical shoes for you to buy. ". Z.
Douglas name and the retail price are STAMPED
on the bottom value guaranteed.
TAKE NO oUoor1YOT1i your dealsg
eanaot supply you write for Nail Order catalog.
w. L DOUGLAS. BssskAea, MAsA
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-09-24
WENcGbOOk4
JjuSfi6!eOQr|1fer |!
VcnfiOn in9Ub0>

tn an unpardonable
lack OF tact or a grew
some attempt at a
sinister piece of hui
NOR, Gen. Valeriane
Weyler, the former
Spanish captain gen
eral OF Cuba, who
gained for himself
the unenviable title
of butcher" has al
lowed the publishers
to print the title OF
the nSaYiapaf Lo1L
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-01-15
ANTITRUST LAW AND
FEDERAL INCORPORATIONS
Government Control Of Big Industrial
Corporations Favored-Asserts
Scope Of Present Law 10
Too Wide.

There has been a marked tendency in
business in this country for 10 years last
past toward combinations of capital and
plant In manufacture. sale and trans
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-01-15

such corporations to file fun ana com,
plete reports of their operations with the
department of commerce and labor ~
regular intervals. Corporations organized
under this act should be prohibited from
acquiring and holding stock In other cor
porations Except for special reasons upon
approval by the proper federal author
ity). thus avoiding the creation. under
national auspices. OF the holding COM
pany with subordinate corporations in
different states which has been such an
effective agency in the creation OF the
great trusts and monopolies,
II the prohibition of the antitrust act
against combinations in restraint OF
trade is to be effectively enforced. II 10
essential that the national government
shall provide for the creation Of national
corporations to carry on a legitimate
business throughout the United Statea
The conflicting laws of the different
states Of the union with respect to for
eign corporations make 1t diffcnlt. II not
impossible, for one corporation to comply
with their requirements so as to carry
business in number OF aiHerent
states
To the suggestion that this proposal OF
federal incorporation for industrial COM
hinations is Intended to furnish them .
refuge in which to continue Industrial
business under federal protection ~
should be said that the measure cohte1n-
plated does not repeal the sherman anti
trust law and is not to be framed SO AZ
to permit the doing OF the wrongs whicn
ii is the purpose OF that law to preNehI
but only TO foster a continuance ana ad-
vance of the highest industrial efficiency
without permitting industrial abuses.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-01-15

I therefore recommend the enactment
by congress of general law providing
for the formation Of corporations to en-
gage in trade and commerce among the
states and with foreign nations protect
ing them from undue Interference by
the states and regulating their activities
go as to prevent the recurrence under
national auspices Of those abuses which
have arisen under state control Such
a law should provide for the issue Of
stock of such corporations to an amount
equal only to the cash paid in on the
stock; and If the stock be issued for
property, then at a fair valuation ascer-
tanned under approval and supervision OF
federal authority after full and COM
plete disclosure of all the facts pertain
ing to the value of such property and the
interest therein of the persons to whom
IL is proposed to issue stock in payment
of such property. 1t should subject the
real and personal property only OF such
corporations to the same taxation as i'm
posed by the states within which Il NAV
be situated upon other similar property
located therein. and 1t should require
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-04-06
INDIANA IS
ON BOTH SIDES
Endorses Taft and Applauds
Beverage Attack on Taft's
Tariff Bill.

INDIANAPOLIS, April 5.-Repub-
licans of Indiana, in State convention
held here today. adopted a platform
that fully upholds the position taken
by United States Senator Reveridge,
and sets pace for the Republican plat
form makers OF the West during the
coming state and congressional cam
paigns
The tariff plank was the one feature
Of the platform that resulted in 2 hard
fight. As finally adopted. the Repub-
Leans demand a protective tariff meas
ured by the difference between the cost
OF production at home and abroad.
The platform lndorses the admins
tration OF President Taft and also the
stand taken by United States senator
Beverage, who is candidate for re
election by the next State legislature.
Senator Beveridge. when invited 10
address the convention, attacked the
tariff passed BY the last congress. and
was loudly applauded
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-04-06
NEWLY DREDGED
PEARL HARBOR
CHANNEL FILLING
Sailing Vessel Drawing Only Sixteen Feet of
Water Goes Ashore in Middle of
Channel

-,
me oarheh'lnt Alild' "id" ny
only sixteen feet OF water, grounded
late yesterday afternoon in the middle
Of the Pear Harhor channel which was
vary rooop+7,, drodc,o5 r. aon+b IF
49,,
'Hn'y lee' anu i'i"'e th'ee n"n"'e'IAe'
wide. She was unchanged, and the
incident is unimportant except as it
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-04-06

is about in proportion to present ex-
penditures.
Logan attached a resolution amend.
ing the appropriation bill by revising
the figures for the road district ex-
penditures.
There was a lot Of fun during the
discussion. Logan spoke a few words
in hurried defense of his resolution be
fore somebody assassnated it, and
Quinn came through with modified
comment on it. calling attention to the
old way Of doing business and compar-
ing it with the new. This didn t seem
to excite anybody and so Aylett rose
slowly and after a preparatory clear
ing of his throat announced that he was
in favor of cutting all the salaries ten
per cent. right down the line.
\ sibilant whisper Of 'Shut up
wandered down from a corner of the
room, and the board unanimously reach
ed for their inkweIlS and drew a bead
on Aylett 5 physiOgnomy. Avlett dis
dained to notice them and repeated his
assertion that they ought to cut the
salaries and save the roads
Logan suggested that it was possible
they might receive a larger stipend
from the Territory. but the board ex-
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