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Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-12-16
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CASES SEEMS
CERTAIN.
Peaceful Settle
ment Hinted at
By the AttOr-
ney General.

The prevalent notion that the
government suits against the Gen.
trail Pacific Railway company, to can
eel patents to valuable mineral
lands in olinghouse, Ramsey and in
other parts of the state. will be
the mining men of the state, is
given much more force, by the pub
lication of the annual report of the
Attorney General of the United
States.
The report on this point, does not
furnish definite information respec-
ting the progress of the suits but 1t
does state that present indications
are favorable for a compromise
The news, even in it's present
isfaction by the mining men and
prospeetors OF the state, and it is
doubtful if anything else of equal
importance has happened to the min
ing world since the state was or
ganized
The property under dispute is Ian
along the right-of-way of the Cen
tral Pacific railroad in Nevada.
Tho railroad was given grant of
20 miles wide on each side of the
track in alternate sections, and the
grant made a princely Domain 1t
was provided that the land selected
by the railroad should be non-min-
eral land, and more fitted for agri-
cultlre than for mining. Iu the
years that have passed the railroad
from time to time took up the land
and secured patents, vesting abso-
Lutte title, proof agaisnt any attack,
except the allegation of fraud.
Mining men claim that in many
cases the railroad has secured pat
ents on valuable mineral land by
declaring that it was agricultural
land, and in this way the mining de-
velopment of the region along the
railroad has been retarded.
The present matter, with which
the attorney generals report deals.
embraces "a suits in equity that
have been in court for three or four
years, on and Off Hearings have
been held here and in Carson CITY
before judges and referees, with spec
ial examiners and hosts of expert
Witnesses ON both sides.
The attorney generals report COW
ering this matter follows:
Twenty-four suits in equity
have been brought and are
pending in the district OF Ne
Vada against the Central Pa
oific Railway company and
others for the purpose of annul-
ing patents issued to the rail-
way company under the acts of
July / i, 1862 and July 2, 1864,
The gfayamen of these suits
lies in the allegation that the
patents conveyed land which
| was chiefly valuable for miner
nj, and known to be such at the
time when they were issued
Inc acreage lnVOlVeu ID WY
large ana the litigation is re-
! garded as having an important
bearing upon the development
of the mining industry in the
state A number of the cases
are at issue, and in some aof
them the government has al
ready completed the taking of
testimony The department Is
prepared to proceed vigorously
II called upon, bat the present
indications are favorable to a
general compromise which Will
result in the restoration to the
| public domain of practically all
of those portions of the areas
involved which may fairly be
/ regarded as mineral land.
Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-12-16
Catholic Church Services.

There will be services in the Cath
lie church, Sunday december 18th,
1880 q. m,
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25

things and all men. he who glories in
the appellation of self-made man, he
who has brains above the average and
way with words that astounds. he
who could harangue the chamber OF
commerce and reduce the single tax
to a practical working basis-even he
has not enough loose change to spurn
the accommodations Afforded by the
nickel ferry. He is like to the proud
philosopher spoken of by Thomas
q Kempis who ponders the course OF
the stars and neglects himself.
The creek route boat gives US
numerous variations of the Jingle type.
Some of them have less brains and
others fewer rents in their garments,
but they are alike in this. that while
they rail against the sins and follies
of their fellow men, they are blind to
shortcomings Of their own. Physicians
at large for the suffering universe.
they would physic the land. purging
1t of graft and dissension. of ugliness
and sorrow and crime; but they take
no heed of the admonition: Physician,
heal thyself." Their charity neither
begins nor ends at home.
Take the nickel boat on the return
trip to San Francisco-provided of
course, that you are brave enough and
don't mind the length of the ride-and
YOU will find another celebrated char
acter from Dickens. no less q person
age, indeed, than the optimistic Mr..
Micawber. He is little beyond middle
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of churning the Sacramento river mud
with her stern paddle
But the Espee nickel ferry kept right
on. 1t served purpose. 1t was in
valuable as freight line, and it fitted
TO a T the needs and the purses Of
certain classes OF passengers. 1t
came to be officially known as the
Creek Route and gave everybody who
venturej to use it an extremely gen.
erous moneys worth. Even today, If
you want to get all that is coming to
you at the least possible expense, you
would do well to try 1T. Here you get
a longer ride for nickel than you get
on any other route for dime
In the days of its incipiency the
nickel ferry was a novelty; later on 1t
was a joke, and today, save to its own
unrepreSentative clientele, 1t is an OBJ
ject of lofty unconcern. At first every
body rode on the nickel ferry. 1t was
a thing to brag about. and Have you
gone to Oakland on the creek boat
YETI" was a current bromidium. Then
people didn't talk about it so much. 1t
was a slow and roundabout way, any
how. to get to the heart of Oakland,
and to reach Alameda or Berkeley by
means of a nickel ferry was almost an
all day job. Furthermore it was dan
gerous to say too much about the
nickel ferry. The 50 per man sitting
next to you in the car would sniff con-
temptuously and put you down for a
cheap guy. That is how the nickel
ferry became a joke. The popular SEN
timent was voiced by small boy who,
when his father took him across the
bay by way of the creek boat, COM
planned that he was being treated to a
5 cent picnic.
Thus did the nickel ferry pass out of
the popular sight and out of the popu-
lar mind From the deck of the Berke-
ley or the Yerba Buena we can see the
nickel boat plowing on its way, but we
never seem to give it the least atten-
tion. It's the Southern Pacific freight
boat, that's all.
Alas, that is not all The nickel ferry
is a stage whereon all day long is
enacted an unending and monotonous
drama drama that abounds with
curious characters, while realistic pow
erty, with settings cheap and tawdry.
with a plot that offeuds the nostrils yet
saddens the heart.
The nickel ferry is more than a
freight boat. From the point of view
of the corporation that controls it's
comings and it's goings the creek boat
can hardly be considered a money
maker without the freight, but to
those Of US who have not lost our in
terest in life and in men and women it
is the human element of the "5 cent
picnic barge" that especially appeals.
Yes, the creek boat has human ele-
ment. Incredible as it may seem, it is
a fact that scores and scores of per-
sons hardly know what it means to
cross the bay otherwise than by the
nickel ferry.
You and I, who always have dims
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Golden Era syndicate. company
formed to build up a portion of San
Francisco between Holly park and San
Bruno. My job was to take prospect
i've patrons out in carriages and show
them the land we had for sale and
jolly them along"
I'm sure you were successful jol-
lier."
well, at any rate, got away with
the job. You see I'm naturally of a
cheerful mind Nothing ever discour-
ages me. We all have our little ups
and downs, yoN know, but on tho whole
life is n pretty decent proposition A
fellow has to be contented. wa all
like to be millionaires. I suppose. but
I guess most of US would soon get tired
of the millionaire's joH'
Are you still jollying unsuspecting
people to invest in lots in GoatviIle?''
"Oh. no. The old Golden Era syndi-
cate went to pieces inside of six months
and 1 never could get an opening In
the real estate business after that. But
there's always something doing, so
what's the difference?"
He sticks out one foot and wiggIes
his toe reflectively through a gaping
hole in the discolored leather. Then
he plucks a thread from the frayed
knee of his. shapeless trousers and pro-
ceeds:
sJust now, I'll admit, I'm what you
might call on my uppers- There's
nothing in sight at present-tinaes are
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man today If he only knew then as
much as he is wise to now. Amt got
any kick coming, though. Works in a
garage-sometimes. Married? Nothing
doing! Crosses the bay three times a
week-belongs to debating club in
West Oakland, you know. Hates to
praise himself, but the fact is he can
put up a mighty convincing talk when
he's warmed up to 1t.
Such is Mr.. Jingle. AS the ->-n..-..-
" passes the Alameda pier and pe-
gins her monotonous voyage up the
Oakland creek, he launches on a TRADE
against the men who didn't realize
long ago the superb natural advan-
tages Of the Oakland harbor. Lot of
mossbacks, all of 'em. All the sand and
vim and ginger seems to be on the
west side of the bay. Some day he'll
join the Oakland chamber of COM
merce, and you bet he'll make those
old fogies of city fathers sit up and
take notice. Yes, stree, he'll talk 'em
off their feet. And somehow that re-
minds him of the question of municipal
water supply for the bay cities, and
that carries him into a prolonged
eulogy of the Hstch Hetchy project,
and that in turn uetngs him to a heat
ed explanation OF the intricacies of
the Ballinger episode. and the next
thing he is giving his views on the
personality of Bwano Tumbo. and
well, here we are at the foot Of Broad
way, and he's talking yet.
Funny, isn't he, this Mr. Jingle
Well, yes. if you choose to regard him
in that light. But there is something g
akin to tragical about him, too. He
who has such great ideas about all
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TAKE THE CREEK ROUTE BOAT TO
OAKL LAND AND YOU'LL COME FACE
TOFACE WITH Mr.. JINGLE, Mr. f1ICAWBEn !.
AND MANY ANOTHER FROM THE PAGES
OF DlCKENS--YOULL LEARN SOME THINGS
FROM THE MEN WHO HAVE NOT WON

in our pockets when we want 1t, can
scarcely know what all this means.
Maybe some of us do ride on the creek
boat occasionally. Funerals usually
go that way, and we may leisurely
alight from our carriages and stroll
about the splintered decks and de-
clare that this manner of crossing the
bay, though a trifie slow and all that.
is quite a novelty, don't you know.
Or, perhaps, when the spirit moveth,
we take to the creek route as mild
and harmless form of stunning. This
may happen twice a year, and for the
rest of the time the. very existence OF
the creek route we forget.
But there are men and women who
can not forget. The creek boat is their
boat. For various reasons nickel
looms large in their vision-when you
come TO think about it there are so
many things you can get for nickel
and they can not afford the luxury OF
the regular and eminently convenient
and respectable 10 cent ride. Yet they
have to cross the bay. At least they
think they have to, which amounts to
one same thing. And therefore. since
there is no possibility of swimming
across or getting absolutely free trans
portation, they get the cheapest trans
portation they can find, and that Is
the nickel ferry.
often been ungenerously maligned. The
other day 1 heard a big stevedore de-
nominate the creek boat a Noah's ark
for buns and yags The stevedore was,
to put t-conservatively, unconsciously
inaccurate in his statement. The creek
boat is no bum boat True it is that
Dusty Rhodes and his brethren of the
tomato can and the bundle on stick
sometimes honor the nickel ferry with
their distinguished presence, but the
vast majority of the men and women
are in no sense vagrantS. If they
were the creek route drama would be
a comedy. But it is not comedy.
The class of persons who do travel on
the nickel ferry make that institution
partake far more of the nature of
heart gripping tragedy, tragedy with
few high lights and the drearineSS of
its shadows almost totally unrelieved.
Most conspicuous in the cast of char
acterS on the nickel ferry is the man
whom we describe as the shabby gen
teel. He has seen better days. He
comes, often, of wealthy forebears and
numbers prominent lawyers and doctors
and clergymen among his nearest of
kin. He has plenty of schooling, too.
And he has native ability of no low
past, the present and the future, to drop
his shabbiness and to cleave to his gen
tility. Why. then, is he here? Why
should he, with his frayed collar and his
thrice soled shoes and his once orthodox
frock coat turning a plaintive green,
why should he be obliged to cross the
bay on the creek boat?
Well, he is down and out. And, what
makes his case most tragic of all, he
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age and inclined to badness and cor
pulency. A four days beard of washed
out red adorns his rotund though
heavily lined face, and the laugh
wrinkles at the corners of his small
eyes show themselves on the slightest
provocation. Micawber might be a
prosperous businessman were 1t not for
that sloping chin that bespeaks Of
lack of sticktoittiveness and undue In
terest in the other fellows Job.
Like the garrulous Mr.. Jingle, Mi
cawber is by no means averse to i'm
proving conversation-which means, of
couse, conversation about himself. Tt
is a noteworthy fact that the farther
a man goes on the rough way of the
down and out club. the more and more
of an egotist he becomes. Most of the
egotists of the nickel ferry have un-
kind things to say of themselves and
of everybody else, but Mr.. Micawber
looking glass through rose colored
have to take the nickel boat to San
Francisco it isn't such a bad world
after all.
WELL he declares, after he has re-
freshed himself at the water butt and
smacked his lips as though he had been
slipping the nectar of the gods, you
simply can't beat the bay cities for cli-
mate. I've Travelled some in my time
all over the United States and through
most OF Canada and Mexico-and I tell
you, take it all in all, the San Fran
cisco climate is just match1ess."
Were you ever in the real estate
business?"
II sure was. In 1894 I was with the
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.XK assure. assure .,. our @ friends IDS. that ., we
We go to the theaters-all OF
-S@-e=c-anS we are quite at home in the
panhandle and at the ocean beach, and
:Sve know Chinatown and we dine now
and then at a restaurant in the Italian
Quarter. What more would you want2
- But there is one place that most Of
us overlook, and that is the nickel
ferry. Possibly a good many of US
don't know that it exists. And yet
here is one Of the things IN San Fran
:. cisco life that counts, ono OF the things
that broadens our views of the city
and OF life, one OF the things calcu-
2a5ed TO give us a brand new insight
:Anto Certain phases Of human nature
->Soody should ever say he knows all
:+about san Francisco until he has
crossed the bay on the nickel ferry.
" The nickel ferry is not in the least
alike the nickel dance. The latter is
n comedy-or- more often a farce
with shadow of tragedy here and
there 10 bring out the brighter tints;
the former is tragedy, a hopeless, ap-
pealing tragedy. with touches of humor
all too scantily supplied. On the nickel
ferry life is verify a thing OF shreds
and patches.
~ Until the early nineties there was no
nickel ferry in San Francisco. Indeed.
until then there was 10 10 cent ferry.
The regulation fare TO Oakland, Ala
media or Berkeley was Is cents. or 25
cents round trip. Had not rival
transportation company started things
that rate schedule would undoubtedly
have continued for years, and even to-
day we might b4 Auying round trip
tickets TO Oakland al the ferry depot
?: without SO much as a demur. For we
San Franciscans are proverbially pa
tient folks.
- Some II years ago. however, there
was a man who was not patient. His
name was Davie and he lived in Oak
land. and, contrary to the opinion we
: are apt TO hold anent our transbay
brethren, he was hustler of a decided
> and aggressive type. He had some
X. surplus capital and so had few of his
friends, and so they dubbed together
. and sprung a pleasant surprise on the
A.ong suffering cOmmuter. They let you
cross TO Oakland for cents. Davies
L. two steamers. the Rosalie and the AL
E vlrs, were the talk Of four towns and
did q rushing business.
- Then the Southern Pacific got into
: action A rival nickel ferry under the
Regis Of the late Coils P. Huntington
/: began TO ply between the foot of
!: Market street and the foot of Broad
. way and managed to take away a fair
: proportion Of Mr.. Davies patronage.
For q time it was merry war along
our water front Runners for both
lines OF nickel boats were out hustling
:. Tor passengers and affairs at one
p. period of the conflict so shaped them
selves that we were almost paid for
the privilege Of crossing the bay.
- Then. and all Of a sudden. Davie
dropped out of the game. He was
: losing money. He had been a gallant
= Don Quixote for several months. but
:: this incessant fitting against impas-
=; sable wlndmins began to get unspeak-
3: ably wearisOme. So the Rosalie-and
:: I. trim little screw steamer she was
: ceased making her regular trips. and
the Alvira went back to her old job
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25
S Francisco SunayC
CroMgsi4g g @ Boy
By Will Scarlet

M ~ san franciscans are prone to
assure our friends that we
wv know the town like a book"
We go to the theaters-all OF
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-03-26
DON'T BREAK DOWN.

Severe strains on tie vital organs,
like strains on machinery, cause
break downs. You can't over-tax
stomach, liver. Kidney, bowels or
nerves without serious danger to
Yourself I! you are weak or run
down, or under strain Of any kind,
take Electric Bittegs the mstchless,
tonic medicine. Mrs. J. L. Van de
Saude. Of Kiilani, H., wri es: "That
| did not break down. while enduring
Il most severe strait, for three
months, is due wholly to Electric
Bitters" Use them and enjoy health
ard strength, Satisfaction positively
guaranteed. soc. at.... All Druggists,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-03-26
Permanent Condition.

Bruce L. Rice. cotton broker. tell the
court justice OF Tennessee, Mr. Rice's
native state:
"TEe Democrats were assembled In
state convention at Nashville and were
engaged In tho organization OF the con-
vention. A former member Of the su.
preme court who had partaken quite
freely Of that beverage which makes
Lincoln county famous got the floor
and proceeded to discuss the questions
involved in the temporary organiza,
ton. Naturally his reasoning was not
clear, and one OF his friends, In loud
whisper. said to him: sit down
Judge. You don't know the difference
between temporary and permanent
You're druukv
with an effort the Judge steadied
himself and with fine scorn replied:
"'Yesh, I'm drunk. Thash tempo
rary. You're a blamed fool. Thash
normnncnt' New York Times
BeAlnA the Human Eyes.
The dlfflCultleS opticians nave expert
enced in arriving at an accurate dag
Aosls of the complaints from viii b
their patients are suffering have led to
experiments in photographlng the eye
For this purpose an instrument has
recently been invented, affecting op
teal science In general, and the fur
Their development Of the eye specialist f
profession treating eye diseases and
faulty vision In particular.
The fact that all attempts to photo
graph the interior or the background
Of the eye had remained fruitless so
tar was due to the peculiar construc'
ton OF the eye. 1t is dllllcult to light
up the interior to such an extent ne
to enable one to take n photograph
Of It, and even the use OF strong
sources Of light In the exposure would
require 30 much time that the eye
would have to be fixed. which woult
mean great Inconvenience to the pa
tent Now Or. Thorner has construct
Ell an apparatus with which he frs
succeeded IN photographing the eye
Of animals especially cats
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-03-26
Foreclosure Sale

STATE OF WISCONSIN,.
~ a- In Circuit Court.
Douglas County
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we DO ANYTHING IN THE LINE
OF JOB PRINTING.
SATURDAY MAR. 26, 1910.


woodlands Of the National Forest
States last year than it did in 1908
although the number Of fires was
40 greater. The Department Of
Agriculture has just completed the
statistics. The protective value Of
the work of the Department is
shown in that Q) almost eighty
per cent Of the fires were eXtin-
guished before as much as five
acres had been damaged; ~ less
than one half and ane-half acres
60 the square mile OF National
Forest land burned over; (3) and
the amount damage done to the
burned-over area averaged but
81 ~ PER hNI''
H'or the twelvemonth ended De
cpmber 81 last, there were 3, l3S
fires on the Forests, | ,lS6 caused
by locomotives, Adj by campers,
29i by lightning, 18l by brush
burning, 81 by incediarier, 80 by
sawmills and donkey engines, 1873
by miscellaneous ana 100 10y UNI
known agencies. The area burn
90 over was, in round figures, 800,
900 acres, Of which about 5000
were private lands in National
Forests, rs against, some 400. 900
acres in 1908. Some 10000, 900
Board feet of timber was consum,
cd, of which 33, 0OO,0 900 feet was
privately owned owned, as against
$50, 100, 900 IN the previous year.
The loss in value of timber des-
troved was less than $500, 900, of
Which close to $50, 900 was privat,
" owned. The loss of the year
y fore vas about $i50,0OO De.
mage done to reproduction an,
forage shows a remarkable deere
asc, less than Sl60,0 600 being tn,
re ord for 1909 and over 500, OOl
that for 1908.
The largest number of fires oc
Cured in Idaho 1911; but the grca
increases over 1908 in that State
namely, 573- is entirely attrihut
able to fires IN the Occur II \ Ienc
which were extinguisned wlthou
material damage. Locomotive
sparks were accountable for 81 | O
the hInZes in this Forest last year
The EXPLANATION of the increase il
the total for all Forests is to b,
found in this Occur d'Aleno in
crease.
The Report OF the Forester fo,
1909 said of the fire record of 1905
THAT year was one Of prolonge,
drought during the summer an,
fall, and Of disastrous forest fire
throughout the country. tn,
National Forests suffered relative
Is little
About 232, l9l 900 board feet c
OF timber, or O.Ob per cent OF III
stand, was destroy ed.
\ total of ,. 12S fires was report
ed, Of which 2,OS9 were small fire
confined us rule to hn area of tiy
acres or less. The cost Of I'll
fighting, exclusive Of the salairt
of Forest Offices, was S13 ,2S3, );
This sum. added t. the proportio
.4l ,,l,r;a. ~ rau,rars a -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-03-26
IT SAVED HIS LEG.

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me up. Then BuckIen's Arnica Salve
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