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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

Nor is it likely that the people will
grow very enthusiastic over the ad-
ditional s25,OOO.0oo which Andrew
Carnegie has given ito promote the
advancement and diffusion of knowI-
edge and understanding among the
people of the United States This sum
must be a part of the 1920. 100000 in
stock which Mr.. Carnegie received
from the steel trust for S160.0OO,OO0
worth of property. and on which
water the consumers of the products
of the steel trust have been forced to
pay dividends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14
DAFFYDHS
BY Q. NOALL.

If a triology Is a suite of three
operas would you call two operas a
Biology
CNo wonder the waters are bIueD
If the wind lays after a storm does
the egg plant?
(stop the ship. captain. until the
sea swelIs pass by.)
If they soak a man six months for
kissing a maid what would they give
a potato masher2
(Order in the court)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14
KANSAS COMMENT
Observation-Disclosures.

OFFICIAL BONEHEADEDNES S-
The other day in Kansas town, a
crippled man who has been an object of
charity for years, was taken sick with
pneumonia, and was hauled to the police
station After an examination, doctor
pronounced his condition highly serious
and then followed a squabble as to what
should be done with him. The police de-
partment insisted that the sick man was
not under arrest and therefore should not
be kept at the police station, while the
county officers were just as sure his was
not case for the county. The honorable
officers met in debate, and used big
words, and referred to the ordinances and
the statutes. and strung out red tape by
the mile Meanwhile, the sick man,
whose only offense was that he was poor
and destitute, lay on a cot in the police
station Not one move was made for his
comfort and his shoes were left on his
feet While he was burning up with the
fever. the high and mighty officials met
in solemn debate over what should be
done with him.
1t is this sort of bonehead edness among
public officials that causes strong men to
weep 1t did not make one whit of diff
ference who took care of this man so
long as he was properly cared for. To
the officials themselves, however. the in
cident was invested with Importance
Their own dignity had to be preserved by
all odds, and while they drew upon stores
of logic in support of their authoritative
positions. the poor outcast was parched
with heat-sickness
AT the expense of plain humanity were
the scruples of office preserved.-Emporia
Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14
KEEPS HIM OUT OF JAIL
President Taft Extends Pardon to
Man Under Sentence.

Washington. Nov. 14.-President Taft to-
day pardoned Clarence W. Robnett, form
er bookkeeper and clerk in the Lewiston
National bank of Lewiston, Idaho, con-
victed of embezzling the banks funds and
sentenced to ten years Imprisonment He
has not served any of the sentence
Through Robnetts voluntary confession
the government enabled, it Is said,
to convict VIM. F. Kettenbach, former
president, and George H. kester, former
cashier of the bank
The prosecuting attorney recommended
Robnett's pardon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

President Taft has arrived at Wash
ington after a tour of 5000 miles
around the country which kept him
on the go just about two months. The
progress and development of the
United States during little more
than hundred years, a brief period as
measured with the history of the ages,
is shown by the fact that if George
Washington had attempted a similar
journey when he was first elected to
Office he probably would not have been
able to complete the trip by the end Of
his second term.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
IFrom the New York Press.I

TF'rom the New York Press.l
Selfishness wears medals; sacrifice
mourning.
A man seems to save money chiefly to
help out his friends who don't.
When a man is a good example to his
son. it's because the boy only sees him a
home.
The more reasons a girl thinks she has
for loving a man the more they are in
her imagination
Before he narries her a man wants to
cherish q girls gloves; afterward it's
hard for him to think of her health.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14
MEXICO.

The successful political revolution in
Mexico resulting in the overthrow of the
Diaz government was affected without
such serious ernbarra ssnent of the trade
of the country as had been generally eX-
pected. The returns of foreign commerce.
lately made public for the fiscal year 1870
1911, ending June 30, 1911, show that the
imports totaled S205, S35. 7S4. 4S, against 1884,
S65, 81 in the fiscal year 1909-1910 an in
crease of S10,970, 003.11, or 5. SO per cent, and
that the exports were valued at S293 752, :
1905. as compared with $3.50, O46, 269. IS in the
fiscal year 19O9-1910, showing an increase
of s33, 705. $3.50. 81, or 1926 per cent.
This is an unexpectedly favorable and
satisfactory showing, indicating a stabil-
ity in the industrial development of the
country that augurs we'll for future
growth and prosperity. With peace re-
established we may confidently look for
ward to a resumption of railway building
and mining operations so needed to de-
velop the vast natural resources of the
country To the heavy export of gold
silver and copper from Mexico will be
hereafter added an increasingly large ex-
port of oil, which promises to be a great
factor in the future trade of the country
and in supplying cheap fuel for purposes
of manufacturing and transportation
Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

It is peculiarly fitting at this stage
in the progress of public education
that Henry J. Waters. president of the
Kansas State Agricultural college,
should have been chosen as the head
of the State Teachers association. Mr..
Waters stands and works for education
Of the practical sort the kind of eduea-
ton that is in keeping with the de-
mands of the times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

There is this to the advantage and
convenience OF the Kansans who de-
pend upon the natural gas for fuel and
light: Whenever cold weather comes,
il is unnecessary for them to stick
their noses out of doors to consult the
thermome letters. They can approximate
the temperature simply by noting the
gas supply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14
gas supply

Such a hard fight is being made by
many of the western Kansas commu-
mites for the location of the new state
hospital in their midst, that the dis
appointed ones will surely be COM
prised of a vigorous mould of men if
they do not provide a large quota of
patients for this institution when it
finally is established
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

Nothing more fruitlessly labored has
appeared on the journalistic horizon
of Kansas than the efforts of the edi-
tors with Republican ''insurgent'' ten
denotes to explain away the defeat of
Mr.. Guyer in the Second congressional
district election and the defeat of
Lieutenant Governor Hopkins for the
congressional nomination in the Sew
enth district
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

No matter what the probe of the
National commission uncovers in the
investigation of the handling of the
tickets for the recent baseball cham
pionship series. there is no possibility
that the patrons of the games. who
were held up by the ticket spectators,
will get hack any of the money out of
which they We're fIehed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

Attention is called by the federal
agricultural department that high
prices will make up for the crop short
ages-but not to the consumers, not to
the consumers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

China's revolutionary government is
following the plan of conducting its
affairs that was taken by the Ameri-
can colonies in 1875. It is far from
likely, though. that the Chinese revo-
lutionists have the requisite human
material to make such a plan a success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

Can the rroxirsitv of innumerable
whisky emporiums he responsible for
tie story that the remains of a serpent
209,G90 years old has Teen unearthed
in the excavations being made for the
new union depot at kansas City, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14
by TIE WAY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

Woman may know very little about
politics, and prefer a matinee ticket
to either the Republican or Demo-
cratic ticket, but she has this consola-
ton: she knows a blame sight more
about politics than the average man
knows about the blue prints, plans and
specifications of a woman's dress
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

A coincidence that didn't have the
slightest semblanee of a joke: On the
dsy the Topeka gas company an
nounced that the price of gas would
go up, the pressure in the gas mains
went down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

Plans are again being made to wipe
Tammany Hall out of the Democratic
party in New York City and state. It
would be easier for New Workers to
attempt to get Niagara Fails to flow
the other Wav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14
FULL, LEASED WIRE REPORT
or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

There is slight consolation in the
fact that the severe cold weather of
the past few days was pretty general
throughout the country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

The trouble with the average maya
zine story is that it lacks that element
of possibility. In current monthly,
for instance, we read one wherein
man talked seven straight paragraphs
to his wife, and wasn't interrupted
once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

From the eagerness with which the
Democrats are collecting Republican
goats, one might gather that they con-
template starting a great National Zoo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

The effect of the government war on
the meat packers will probably be an
other rise in the price of meat. Con
Sumer always pays for the erection of
a grand stand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

The ambition OF the barefoot dancer
seems to be to pull off something
without being pinched by the police
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

The necessities of life haven't all
gone up; there's the salary, for in
stance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

When told to take a back seat, ;
woman usually takes affront.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14
A critic is an artistic knocker.

And still Rogers has broken all re
cords by breaking a few Stats near tn
end of his long journey instead of a
the beginning thereof.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

The worst thing about reformed
spelling is that it takes longer to re-
member how to spell it the easy way
than it would to write it twice accord
ing to the old-fashioned cumbersome
method.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

Lots of people mistake an insipic
wish for an ambition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14

Suffrage in California is an empty
honor to the women, because the men
slipped in a joker. The ruling that all
women must swear to their age be-
fore voting, is a meaner trick than the
grandfather clause in Oklahoma
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-14
CHAPTER XXI.
TPoliticaI. mostIy.l

This mornings mail, which was a
heavy one, brought some interesting
letters; none more so than the fol-
lowing:
office of G. Polk Cline. Larned. Kan.
Nov Is, 1911. Topeka state Journal
Sometime ago cut you all OUT leav-
ing you in my debt & few coppers. Have
tried investments il two other papers
and finally told them to go to blank.
Thought 1 would grow up in ignorance
for thus 1t is written Ignorance is
Bliss But the campaign is coming
on and do not wish to remain II
bliss till after the election. Look at
my credit mark. add the enclosed check
for SO to it and put me back on your vilo
sheet. G. POLK CLINE.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-08
COMMISSIONER PROCEEDINGS
Board Holds Regular Monthly
Meeting and Disposes of vari-
GUS County Matters

The regular monthly meeting of the
Board Of County Commissioners was
held Monday, July 8. Present, Com
m%issioners J. B. Bale. A. Fraser and
Otis Fulton also the District Attorney
and Clerk. The following business was
transacted
A list Of the bills allowed by the
Board will be found published in an
other column.
The joint Quarterly Statement Of the
Auditor and Treasurer of Eureka Coun.
ty appears on the first page of to-day's
SENTINEL
The Board and the Auditor counted
the money in the Treasury and
found the same to agree with the Audi.
tors balance; also with the expert &C.
countant's report.
When the bill of NJ. Mahoney for
SOL. 20, expenses on a nine days trip to
Reno and return, In the Smith habeas
corpus case, came up for passage, Com
missioner Fraser voted no on the item
of s36. for nine days board aud lodging,
He also voted nc on the item of $24.50.
nine days board and lodging. in the
bill Of 7. j. McParlin for $138. %, ex-
penses incurred in the same case.
The attention Of the Board having
been called to the fact that n of the
s~ureties on the bond of S. O. Strattan,
Justice Of the Peace of Buckhorn town.
ship, has removed from the State, it
was ordered that the said s. O. Strattan
appear before the Board Of County Com
missioners Of Eureka County on An.
gust Z, 1911. and show cause why he
should not execute an additional bond
with good and sufficient snreties, pro-
vided service hereof shall have been
made on him in less three days before
such meeting. 1t was further ordered
that the Clerk furnish the said s. @.
Strattan with a copy Of the order.
Ordered, that all the poll taxes col.
lected in Eureka County be turned into
the respective Road Fund of the sew
eral road districts in which the same are
collected.
II will be noted by the above order that
all the poll tax collected in the county
is now by law turned into the respec-
tive road funds of the several road dis
tricts for the benefit of those roads. in
stead of 45 per cent prior to this year.
This law was authorized by an amend
ment to the Constitution of the State.
and voted on at the last general election.
The Board adjourned to July 10.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-08
Death of W. D. Cooper

II. M. Cooper, secretary OF the
Farmers Mining Company. received a
telegram Tuesday announcing the death
in Chicago of his uncle. w. ID. Cooper.
one of the principal stockholders of the
Farmers Mining Company Of Eureka.
The telegram requested that Mr.. Cooper
Immediately come on to Chicago to look
after his uncle's affairs. and he left the
next morning by auto for Palisade en-
route to that city.
Deceased visited Eureka about the
LIST of November. 1910. for an Inspection
of the Farmers Company's property,
and was accompanied by David Raveli,
another stakeholder Of the company. In
making the trip from Palisade to Eu-
reka the gentlemen had quite a strenu'
GUS time. They left the former place In
a two.horse rig, and on reaching a
point about nine miles the other
side of the Winzell ranch the horses
ran away. MI. Cooper was thrown out
and for a time was rendered unconscious
From the Winzell ranch the trip was
made to Eureka in an auto.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-08
THE FOURTH IN EUREKA
Although There Was No Celebra-
ton Here, Many People from
the Outside were Visitors

/; Although we had no celebration in
Eureka last Tuesday, the Fourth was
generally observed asa holiday. Salutes
were fired at sunrise, and at intervals
Tor two or three hours after. The Wind.
fall mines shut down to allow the m
ployes to observe the day. as did also the
Farmers Mining Company and Chicago
Eureka Company.
Quite a number Of people from Ruby
Hill, Prospect and the outside ranches
were in town. aud all seemed to enjoy
themselves.
All the business houses along Main
street were Hastily decorated with Ma
tional flags and bunting. In the resi-.
dence part of the town many of the
houses were similarly decorated.
In the afternoon the Rescue Hose
Company, headed by the Lobster Club
Band. paraded the principal streets Of
Eureka to the strains Of inspiring airs.
The members of the Ruby Hill Band
and a number of their friends held a
picnic at the upper Depaoli ranch, aud
they report that they had q most en-
joyable time. Merrill Fletcher drove
them ont to the picnic grounds in the
Fletcher Bros wagonette. As they
passed through town in the morning
the band played several pieces. and on
their return in the afternoon they
stopped and played for the different
business houses. This first appearance
as an organized band left a favorable
impression with the people of Eureka.
Besides the horse racing on Main
street several foot races were also run
in the afternoon. In the evening there
was a display of fireworks In front of
many Of the residences about town.
The days festivities we're concluded
by q grand ball in the evening at the
Eureka Opera House given by the
Rescue Hose Company. An unusually
large number were In attendance, the
floor for dancing being overcrowded
until after the midnight supper. The
hall was deliberately and tastefully
decorated in the National colors with
flags aud bunting. showing that an an
usually large amount Of labor had been
expended and good taste displayed in
the interior decorations Of the hall. The
Lobster Club Band rendered its usual
good dance music. and from the lateness
Of the hour that the dance ended, all
present must have enjoyed the annual
ball Of the Rescue Hose Company.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-08
Long Successful Auto Trip

Goodwin's Weekly has the following
regarding an auto party that remained
in Eureka over night recently on their
way to the Coast:
w. V. Rice. John s. Critchlow, Frank
Botterill and p. O. Kittle got through
to San Francisco without difficulty last
week in AR. Kittle's SO horsepower
Pierce-Arrow although they encoun-
tered some bad roads. The worst stretch
was between Brigham City and Mon
tello. the mud in many places being up
to the hubs. From there to Placerville
the conditions were varied. In some
places rocks or mud made travelling diff
fcult, while for some stretches they
were able to push ahead at the rate OF
90 miles an hour or better. The run
from Lucin to Eureka, much of il over
bad roads, a distance OF 1857 miles. was
made at an average gait OF "a miles an
hour.
Snow was encountered in climbing
the Sierras, but the a went through
all right. and reached San Francisco, a
distance Of approximately 1000 miles,
with an absolutely perfect score. The
motor never missed a shot. Not a tool
was touched to the car nor was an ad.
justment necessary. There was not
aver a puncture of a tire.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-08
MINING PLANTS OPERATING
Windfall, Farmers, and Chiesgo-Eureks
Companies Prosecuting Active Work

The Windfall mill that has been
steadily in operation since May 10 was
shut down for about a day and a half
this week on account of the breaking
OF a small part Of the gasoline engine
on the afternoon Of the Fourth. Dur
ing the shutdown other needed re-
pairs were made, and the mill resumed
operations on Thursday. The mine is
now reported to be looking better than
at any time since it has been opened up.
The Windfall paid of its employees on
the 9Th, and the company made another
shipment Of gold bars this week.
The Farmers Mining Company has
its new mill running in a small q
this week, adjusting its machinery and
getting ready for a steady run. The
company on Friday sent two six-horse
teams to Palisade for lumber and
supplies.
Manager William Sweet of the
Chicago. Eureka Mining Company in.
forms the SENTINEL that the pipe line
connecting the company's plant on
Adams Hill with the Ruby Hill water
works was completed this week and an
ample supply of water is now being
furnished. Workmen are engaged in
cribbing up the 30o.foot shaft on the
Racine mine, and Mr.. Sweet states that
he expects to have everything in shape
to begin active development work Oh
the property about the LIST Of next
month.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-08
Expected Railroad News
Fails To Mat0rializ0

The news that was expected to reach
Eureka about July 4 giving some def
mite information regarding the rebuild.
ing of the Eureka & Palisade Railway,
has so far failed to materialize. In
fact, no information Of any kind bear
ing on the matter seems o~btainable at
this time. The SENTINEL yesterday in
terviewed Agent S. G. Dye of the E. &
p. and Superintendent A. P. May
berry of the Richmond. Eureka Mining
Company. and both assured the SENTI.
MEL they were without news of any
kind regarding the rebuilding of the
railroad.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-08

robbers nea him, and with his gun in
close proximity to Clark's face. told him
to put his head inside the coach and
keep it there or he would take . ducks
head off. Finally Johnny realized the
situation and asked the boys how it was
banning out" and they replied I'D
poor" As the way bill was lost, or did
moi come through, the loss could not be
estimated. None OF the passenger were
molested.
John Gregovich, above the Parker
House on Main street. has just received
700 dozen fresh Mormon eggs-not Q
bad n in the lot.
Eureka was lively last evening. At
an early hour the boys began to pour
down from the hills, and by 8 o'clock
the saloons and ether public places were
crowded. We very much doubt If
Montgomery street, San Francisco,
presented a more animated appearance
than did Main street last night.
Bill Sweeney's mare, Maggie, that
won the race at the Willows on the
Fourth, was stolen from her stable last
night. The lock was broken and Q
clever job generally was performed.