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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
Commissioners Fix Tax
Rate For The Year 1911

Quired to make an ccountng.
The county board of education> ap-
peared at the meeting with the infor-
nation that 1t is impossible to Sc
cure suitable rooms in the public
school building for the conduct of the
high school at Panaca during the com
Ing year and asked that levy of 90
cents on each 500 of assessable prep
erty be made: that the same be col
lected and paid into the county treas
urer, to be known as the county high
school fund. 1t is proposed to raise
$4,000. the proceeds from which are
to be applied In erecting building
foe FAC school
A petition was received from a num-
bcr of residents of PaIaca asking
fer the removal from office of the
supervisor of the Panaca road district
and the appointment in his place of
William Keele. In the absence of
more specific charges against the pres
ent incumbent, the matter was laid
Jtre until next meeting.
James NJ Hollinger was appoint
ed 10 the office of supervisor of the
Spring Valley road district.
the resignition of John ii. Deck,
public administrator. was received
ana accpeted
NYE COUNTY REQUEST
A bill was received from Nye coun-
ty for taxes alleged to be due that
county, but collected by Lincoln coun-
ty, on 5000 head Of sheep belonging
to w. B. Cutler and which ranged in
Nyo county for nine months during
-mnu eues eql no oslo :0I6l de56 ap
ber Of sheep and for the same length
OF time. belonging to w J, Schcfield
The matter was laid over for investi-
gatiol.
An engineers license was granted
to ". s. Town upon the payment OF
the usual fee.
A petition from the residents of
Geyser praying for the creation of
tha Geyser school district was re-
cei.ed and granted.
District Attorney McNamee in
formed the members of the board
that Francisco Gallindo, wanted for
the murder Of fellow countrymau
in tho Meadow Valley Wash last De-
celnber. had been apprehended at
Green River. Wyo. The board author
izel the sheriff to 60 after the pris-
oner and charge the expense of
the trip to the county.
The board ordered transfers made
In the several funds. as follows:
From state school to general coun-
ty, s4,O27.ls; from Caliente fire to
Cal'ente special town, 1857; from
general county to salary. sS,140.65;
from general county to current ex,
rehsc. s17s.75; from general county
to INDECENT, s707.76
-'hn next meeting of the board will
be held March s.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
DOlngS Of Legislature
In Session At Carson

CARSON CITY. Feb. S-The at.
tempt to repeal the gambling law will
soon make its appearance Fitzgerald
of Nye isthought to be the man who
will Introduce it into the assembly for
il " well known that he is in fav-
or of change in the present law.
Quite a number Of people interested
in having the gambling law repealed
are now in Carson and many secret
conferences are being held
Just what the plans of the pro. gam
bling element are is not known but
they are prepared to make bitter
fight to reopen the state.
Failing in gazing a repeal of the
law an attempt will bemade to obtain
local option on the question, fail
ing in that, a strenuous effort will be
made to get the penalty for the VIC.
lation Of the law reduced to misde-
meanor
Just what the result will be is at
this time impossible to foretell, but
at all events 1t is thought that there
Will be a fight waged which will RI
val that of two years ago when the
bill was passed
COKE ANTI-CIGARETTE BILL
Assemblyman Coke of Lincoln coun
ty has introduced bill to prohibit
the sale of or giving of cigarettes
or cigarette papers to minors. II
was referred to the committe on pub
lie morals.
Coppernoll has introduced a bill de.
signed to regulate passenger rates or
intra-state lines and between intra
state points, This bill has been re
ferred to the committee on railroads
and interpretations.
Price of Esmeralda has introduced
bill providing for the abolishment
OF the death penalty in this state.
The Judiciary committee has ask
ed for an additional ten days in whic
to consider and report on the appor
tionment bill The committee has wir
ed Senator Nixon for the certified
census returns and will render a re
port on the bill as soon as the data
is received and considered.
Campbell of Washoe offered hill
prohibiting any barber shop being
Kept open Sundays in this state,
The codified form of the civil prac
tice has been received In the assem-
bly, 1t consists Of two large volumes
and will require much work before
it Is finally disposed of as 1t requires
reading section by section.
Notwithstanding all the rumors ant
predictions that there would be a
bitter fight over the Esmeralda coun
ty division measure, the bill passed
the assembly Monday with only one
dissenting vote.
THE STATE PRISON
The joint committee consisting OF
Senators Tallman and Heffernan and
Assemblymen Coke, White and Booth
Is evidently taking the work of inves
tigating the state prison with ali
seriousness for meetings are beine
held behind closed doors and it Is
thought that the report OF this com
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
DEAL MADE FOR THE
CERLACH GYPSUM Mine

One Of the biggest cash deals that.
has been consummated In Washoe
county In many years past was cen
cluded last evening in the office OF
James b. Jones in this city, when
sum Of money, in real cash, that is
known TO be absolutely somewhere
between $4,000 and 100000 was
paid for the big gypsum deposit in
the northern end OF the county. s..
the Reno Gazette.
The purchasers are believed TO le-
long to the gypsum or plaster trust
and this is their first venture in the
west. The property sold consists of
a deposit of gypsum said to measure
between 50,000 900 and SO. 1000. 900
tons. II is located ten miles south
east OF Gerlach and may be seen for
twenty miles. as it arises like a cliff
Of marble, to which the deposit Is
closely related, A railway is to be
built at once from Gerlach to the de
posit-
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
C-D-TiME PiocHE MAN
DIES IN Los ANGELES

David Wertheimer Of this city, says
the Sal, Lake Tribune. received word
from Los Angeles that his father,
Leopold Wertheimer, who was well
known here. had died at Los An
geles at the age of 81 years Mr.. Vert
heimer left Monday afternoon for San
Francisco, where the funeral will be
held Wednesday, and burial will be
had beside the wife of the late Mr..
Wertaeimer, who died eighteen
months ago. At the time of Mrs.
Wertheimers death the couple had
lived together nearly sixty years.
David Wertheimer was born in Ger
many and came to the United States
about IS years ago. He went to Cal.
ifornia in 1850 and came to this state
Abort twenty years later. He had
hcen engaged In mining and general
merchandise business for number
yeare here. He was also we'll known
In Nevada, having had business in
terssts in both Phoebe and Delamar
Eight children survive. These are
David Wertheimer and Mrs Ernes,
l. Godbe Of this city; Louis Vert
heimer. recently Of Deiamar, New.
but now Of this city; Charles werr
heimer Of San Francisco; samu
el Wertheimer OF Portland, Or; Mrs
Latx Of Portland, Or; Mrs. Hamilton
and Miss Susan wertheimer Of LoI
Angeles.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE, EDWARD DOUGLASS WHITE.

WHAIF Democrat ex-Confeterae at
the head of the IS
query
uceship OF sixteen years standing,
sectlonaism religion
In his boyhood
troops or his native state louisiana
and
ascended
picked
In the body which
Cleveland had the appointment
1891 de named Wheeler II Peckham b.
Hill blocked the president william
Hornbowe of New York
surprised and routed Mr. Hill the ou
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
SMALL FORCE ON
DAY NINE PAYROLL

The Nevada Utah company has
retained about a half dozen men
at the Day mine at Jack Rabbit pend
ing the resumption of traffic on
the railroad. A shut down, as far
as ore extraction is concerned, be.
came necessary for the reason that
there are no facilities to get ore
to market until the Salt Lake Route
repairs the damage done by the
washout on the Phoebe branch.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
ABOLISH THE LOcK-STEP
AT THE STATE PRISON

An edict abolishing the lock-step
at the tsate's prison has been issued
by Warden Ray Baker.
The lock-step, which has been prac.
ticed in the prison at Carson since
it was first used, has been abolished
IN most prisons of the country.
Many other improvements and
changes are being made by the now
warden, who is determined on hav
ing an ideal orderly prison.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11

The board of county commissioners
met at the court house last Monday
in regular session and transacted an
unusual volume of business most
important of which was the fixing
OF the foregoing stated tax rate for
the year. 1914.
After the usual routine Of auditing
bills and hearing petitions, the bids
for the county hospital. boarding the
county prisoners and prinung were
opened and awarded. The hospital
contract went to DIR. j. w. Smith of
Caliente, who agrees to care for a
minimum Of three patients per month
for the sum of 500. and for each ad.
ditional patient. the charge for keep
ing will be 81 per day; which care
includes food. clothing. medical and
surgical attention. The only other
hospital bid received was from DR..
~, w. Stockham Of Phoebe who had
ne contract for the care OF county
county indlgents the greater part OF
last year. The cost of transporting
the patients In the pioche hospital
to Caliente Is to be borne equally by
the county and Or. Smith.
Mrs. Hattie Walker of Phoebe put
In bid of IS cents per meal to feed
the county prisoners. Her bid being
the lowest. the contract was awarded
the contract. The other bidders were:
Mrs. N. C. Jones. at 30 cents per
meal: Ong Chong Lung. at 2S cents;
Mcdowell q Farrow, at 33 Is cents;
Mrs. Alex orr.at 81 1-2 cents and Mrs
L, NJ. Bruno. at 81 1-2 cents.
The Prospector Of Caliente was sue
cessful in landing the printing con-
tracts. Notwithstanding that the pub.
lication does not possess the equip
ment to do the work at home and Is
therefore Obliged to send out Of
the state to have It executed. That
the Prospector man figures his time
70 be valued at absolutely nothing
IL conclusive. The Record submitted
bids which len but a narrow margin
Of profit to thd rblisher. How the
Prospector figtrd be is going buy
ham and bacon on what he will get
out of the county printing 1t is diff
cult to understand for in numerous
instances prices were named which
are below actual cost Of production.
The Prospector publisher was reQuir
ed to furnish q bond Of $500
INTEREST WITHDRAWN
At the January meeting. the board
passed . resolution authorizing the
county auditor to add to all salary
certificates q sum sufficient to pay
interest. This matter was reeonsid.
cred and the action taken at the
previous meeting anEulled,
The county clerk was instructed to
notify the sheriff that In the fu-
ture officials connected whit his of
flee will be required to take receipts
for any monies paid out for the coun-
ty while in the discharge Of their
duties. The commissioners believed
that by 90 doing there would be
less occasion for disputes to arise ov'
or such bills against the county.
II was oredred that the fire commits
sionsrs OF Phoebe be given authority
to offer . reward Of IS to owners OF
horses to expedite the hauling ol
the fire Apeatus to any fire which
may occur In the future.
CALIENTE FIRE BOARD
1t appeared to the members OF tn,
- hAsrf.w 49, a.. -,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
Begin Next Monday.

Begin Next Monday.
A message from railroad headquar.
ters contains the information tht
a force OF men will be put te work re-
pairing the Piochs branch Monday.
II Is reasonably certain, then, that
the line will be in shape for the Cd.
eration OF trains again by the end
OF next week.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
Case Dismissed.

Case DIsnissed.
The case against J. A. Nesbitt, ac-
cused of conducting a liquor busi-
ness within three miles OF a rail-
road grading camp in the Meadow
Valley wash, which came up before
Justice Maynard at Caliente last
Wednesday, has been dismissed.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
Rebekahs Entertain.

HcpoKAhs EhtertaIn.
The members Of Miriam Rsbekah
lodge entertained the members OF Pi-
oche Lodge No. %, l. o. o. r., and
visiting Odd Fellows last Tuesday sy.
ening. Following the rendition of q
literary program. an inviting repsst
was served and all in all a most en-
joyable time was had.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11
P|0CRE MERGER DEAL
NOT YET COMPLETED

The Salt Lake Tribune of last Mon.
day says; Anthony II. Godbe, one
or the officials OF the Prince Consei-
idated and other properties mention.
ed In connection with the merger
with the Nevada Utah, loft Friday
noon for the east. armed, according
to rumor. with documents calculat.
ed to grease the wheels of the deal.
Definite word that the deal really
has been consummated, therefore,
may be expected some time dur
fng the coming week. Ernest n.
Woolley, president of the Nevada
Utah company has issued another
statement In which he expresses re-
gret over the false reports circuist-
cd broadcast recently to the effect
that the deal had been rounded out.
stating that when the details had
been perfected and the plan fully
agreed to, all stockholders Interested
Will be notified authoratively and
not by market manipulation of the
issues involved"
That the deal is gradully, but sure,
ly being worked out, was evidenced
this week by message received by
William Lloyd instructing him to for.
ward abstacts to certain parcels OF
property involved in the transac tion
without delay.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-02-11

e. Kahn is expected to arrive home
from the coast this afternoon,
Mohave County miner., 1911-07-22

they were all saying that if sulphides
 were only obtainable there would be
 much greater profits in the industry and that great smelters for the hand ling of customs ore could be erected Today a very large portion of the ore treated is sulphides. This has Occa stoned a change of methods of treat ment. The Copper Queen company met the changed conditions as they oc cured by changes in the shelter. The same has been the case at Cananea and it is my opinion that the prevalence of sulphides in the ore treated is the true reason for the building of practically a new shelter by the Calumet and Ari- zona company. do not know whether the silicous ores have been largely ex hausted or whether it is the cost of mining them that has made it so that such ores are not now shipped to the smelters to any extent but for one req son or another sulphide ores now large ly predominate at the smelters of Ari- zona.
 Mining in Arizona suffers it's handi- cap from nigh costs which make it ex- pensive. This is so as to everything that is brought in, the n, Jal that is shipped out and for lab r. Freight rates are high. do not mean to say the railroads are overcharging. l do not think they are, but they also have high expenses that have to be met. The hauls are long and the cost of hauling higher than in other sections. Higher freight rates therefore have to come as a direct result. The cost of living is high and the price for labor therefore has to be high. This is what makes Arizona mining expensive.
 "There have been very few success ful copper propositions, " continued Mir. Walker, lin which the public has not been taken in as a partner, where the property was a permanent success. The propositions that looks so good that few individuals want to keep it for themselves has only in a few in- stances lasted. A copper mine and the making of it is a great undertaking. That is why the public have to be taken in as partners in the early financing. That is why copper mine is considered a rich mans proposition and why it is so much more difficult to dispose of a really good copper pros pect than an ordinary gold or silver prospect. It takes much money to handle the copper question"
 Mir Walker was much interested in the railroad situation at Tucson and anxious to obtain all possible reliable information on the subject. The rail roads have opened up and thus far made the southwest what it is and further railroads, he continued, indis- pensable to further rogress.-Phoenix Democrat.
Mohave County miner., 1911-07-22
Copper Mining Methods Change

Copper mining methods have under gone great changes in Arizona in the past eight or ten years. A few years ago a very large part of the ore treated was silicious while now sulphide ores predominate, according to the observa- tion of George L. Walker, the Boston copper writer, who left Tucson for Los Angeles last week after having finished a tour of observation of the Arizona copper camps and Cananea. Mir. Wal ker has made periodical tours of ob- servation of this country for a number of years and is in a position where his observations of the changes that have come in the industry are interesting The matter of change of methods came up in the course of a converse tion of which Arizona mining condi- tions was the subject and Mir. Walker said:
 Flight or ten years ago the bulk of the copper produced by the big con- panies was from silicious ores. Then
Mohave County miner., 1911-07-22
Nevada Niter Beds
 Are of Great Extent

Additional news of the recent dis coveries of hitter in the northern part of Washoe county were brought to Winnemucca by T. H. Howard, one of the original discoverers. He brought with him about twenty-five pounds of hitter samples. of various grades and taken from different parts of his claims, and tests are being made by L. D. Hubbard of the Winnemucca assay offices
 Some of the hitter sam pies are of what might be termed the high-grade va riety, being nearly pure.
 The hitter deposits were discovered by Mr. Howard and his partner, Miles Lyons, several weeks ago, but they did not make any locations until June 27th, after thoroughly prospecting the ground and assuring themselves that the whitish substance they had found was really hitter. The deposits are To- cated in High Rock canyon, about three and half miles west of High Rock lake in Washoe county and about fifty-five miles north of Gerlach, the nearest railroad point.
 The purest hitter they have yet found has been at places near the bot tIm o the steep rim rock which walls in High Rock canyon for many miles. Niter is also found in the canyon bot tom for a distance of about l6 miles, but this hitter is mixed with the dirt and of course far less pure than that which has been dug from the rim rock.
 The commercial value of the find is, of course, an undetermined quantity, as the original discoverers and other locators have had DO time to do more than superficial prospecting. But the work which has been done, Mir. How ard says, has been sufficient to prove that the deposit is the largest ever discovered in the United States. In this connection it may be stated that hitter is very valuable, the pure stuff being worth about 750S per ton. Niter is used in the manufacture of gunpow- der, medicine and nitric acid. None is produced in the United States, the en- tire supply of this country being ex- ported from Chile.
 A camp, which has been given the very applicable name of Nitric, has been established at the scene of the new hitter discoveries. There are al ready quite number of people in the camp and a large number of claims have been located. d.-Winnemucca Star.
Mohave County miner., 1911-07-22
HIne Warning Notice.

To Whom it May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that the property gen. orally known as the TyTo group of mines. sit uated in the San Francisco mining district. MOhave County, Arizona. is under bond to parties working the same, and that neither the mines, nor the owners thereof, will be respon- sble for any labor or debt contracted, nor iu- juries sustained by any employer or employee in working said properties; and that em- ployer or employee the agent of the owners for any purpose, and that all operatives engage in such service at their own risk. and that no debt or claim of debt is valid against said min ng claims or their owners.
 J. R. RUSSELL. Ringman. Arizona. May 2l. 1910.
 First insertion May 2l.
Mohave County miner., 1911-07-22
Notice Of FOrteItUre.

To Nj. c. Rogers, his heirs and legal represen
 tatives:
 You gre hereby notified that the undersigned, who is co-Owner with you in the NJ. & R. Lead Mountain and Blue Vale mining claims has expended the sun of three hundred CSslOO) dollars in labor and improvements on them for the year 1910, in compliance with the United States mining laws requiring annual expendi ture to be made on mining claims. The said NJ. & K Lead Mountain and Blue Vale mining claims are situated in the Wallapai mining district, Mohave County, Arizona, and the not ices of location are recorded. the NJ. & R., in book A. page 666; Lead Mountain, in book A, page 667; Blue Vale. in book A, page 66S Mining Records of MOhave County Arizona; and you further notified that if at the expira tion of ninety days from the last publication of thIs notice you fail or refuse to pay your proportion of said expenditure, together with the cost Of publication of this notice. your in terest in the said NJ. & R.. Lead Mountain and Blue Vale mining claims will be forfeited and become the property of the undersigned in ac- cOrdance with law. H. E. TATUM
 Kingman, Arizona, May l9, 1911.
 First publication May 20-l9 Aug.
Mohave County miner., 1911-07-22
To Whom it May Concern:

To Whom it May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that the mining prop critics known as the Mohawk, Homestake, Home stake No. 1, Overlook, Overlook No. and Over look No. 8 mines, situated in Secret Paas mining district, Mohave County, Arizona, are under lease and bond to parties working the same, and that neither the mines nor owner thereof will be re- sponsibe for any labor or debt contracted, nor injuries sustained by any employer or employee in working said property; and that no employer or employee is the agent of the owner for any pur- pose and that all operatives engage in such serv- ice at their risk, and that no debt cla i'm of debt is valid against said mining property their owner. W. M. HARRISON.
 Secret Pass, Arizona, April 29, 1911.
Mohave County miner., 1911-07-22
Mine Warning Notice.

To Whom 1t May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that the NighthaWk mine, situated in Wallapai mining district Mo- have county, Arizona, is under lease to parties working the same, and that neither the mine nor the owner thereof will be responsible for any labor or debt contracted, nor injuries sus- tained by any employer or employees in work ing said property; and that no employer or en- ployee is the agent of the owner for any pur pose, and that all operatives engage in such service at their own risk, and that no debt or claim of debt is valid against said mining claim or their owner.
 NIGHTHAWK MINING co.
 GEORGE NJ. BOWERS, Supt. Kingman, Arizona. March 6. 1902
Mohave County miner., 1911-07-22
Mine Warning Notice.
To Whom it May Concern:

To Whom it May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that the Neglected Group of mining claims composed of the Neglected Nos. | 2 and 8. Portland, D1ue Queen and Cactus min ing claims situated in the San Francisco mining district Mohave County, Arizona, is under bond to parties working the same, and that neither the for any labor or debt contracted nor injuries tained by any employer or employee in working said property, and that no employer or employee is the agent of the owner for any purpose. and that all operatives engage in such service at their own risk and that no debt claim of debt is valid against said mining claims or their owners.
 CHAS. GEORGE Oatman, Arizona, July IS, 1911.
 First insertion July 22 1911.
Mohave County miner., 1911-07-22
Mine Warning Notice.

Kingman. February 14th. 1911