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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-01-13
MASON vACrEY
SUCCESSFULLY BlOWN-IN

On the 9Th inst, after construction
work extending over yer, involv.
ing expenditure of nearly million
1ollars, the first furnace of the Ma.
son Valley Mines company was success
fully blown In. Ore Is on hand to
keep the furnaces going continuously
and the opportunity is at hand for
which mines. mine owners and prospe
ors have been waiting for years in
western Nevada.
The starting Of the smelter will
provide a reduction point for mines
in Mason, Lunning and other Nevada
and California points. The smelter
is located at Thompson, ~ miles from
ierington. Its principal ore supply
comes from the Neyaad Douglas and
Mason Valley mines.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-01-13
DISTRICT COURT TERM
NEAR AT HAND IN CLAIR

Judge Taber has advised Clerk
Harmon to prepare for the opening
OF the district court for Clark coun-
ty ON the Goth inst
The grand jury will be called for
that date and the trial jury for Feb
ruary 9Th.
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! want to bring about, If possible,
and is what the public wants. II
the state bear dof assessors at this
meeting can meet the situation in
a way to show its competence to
arrive without too great delay at
the result desired. shall be most
happy. and in any way that l can
be of aid or assistance l can do so
with the sincere and profound wish
for the success of this meeting.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-01-13
Is
Mentioned
In Suit

Copies of the complaint filed in the
circuit court of the United States for
the district of Maine at Portland,
Me-, several weeks ago, in which the
Nevada Utah Mines 4 Smelters cor
Of $4,000 shares of Day Bristol Con-
solidated Mining stock from Ernest
r. Woolley, have been received In
salt Lake, says the Deseret News,
The suit makes defendants besides
Eraest r. Woolley, l., o. Naylor, q
brother-in-law, II. A. Beers, w. D.,
Woo,ley, H. c. lverson, c. A. Hoag-
land, T. H. Woolley. f. r. Williams,
Theodore Tobiascn. f. J. Fabian, A.
H. Woolley, Fred. II. Woolley, w. B..
| Burton, Il. A. Culbertson and Henry
Melville, as receiver in bankruptcy of
the Nevada Utah Mines 4 Smelters
corporation.
| According to the complaint the Day
Bristol Consolidated Mining company
owns valuable mining properties in
Nevada and that 100000 shares OF
stock in the company, of a par value
of $40 share, have been issued. On
or before July 3, 1911, the Nevada
Utah purchased Of the Day Bristo
5000 shares Of stock and the same
were placed in the name of S. f. Sui
Ivan and e. A. Culbertson.
II is alleged that the defendants OF
the month of July, "colluded and con
spired to deprive the plaintiff of thu
$4,000 shares of stock and the certif
icates representing them" 1t 1
} declared that Ernest h. Woolle
took possession of the stock, o
{ the pretense OF oeing president OF th
Nevada Utah, while 1t is alleged" tina
as matter Of fact he was not qua
flied to act as such president an
was not such president. ut is declare
that although Wooliey was asked TO
the stock he refused to return it,
According to the complaint Woolle
delivered the stock to Fred. Il. Woo
} ley and caused him to deliver tn
same to the Day-Bristol and receiv
certificates for stock in the names o
the defendants mentioned except Gu
bertson, Naylor and Melville, Thi
J stock amounted to 5000 shares, ant
it is declared is still retained by tn
: defendants mentioned.
; On July 5, it is declared that Woo
ley signed the name of the Nerad
> Utah to Il negotiable note for $1,000
payable to the order Of l., o. Naylol
, who is a resident of New York City
{ As collateral for the note it is declar
that Woolley deposie ID the remaiEin
1900 shares OF the lry Bristol stoc
The complaint charges that Woollt
still reteins the 10000 shares {
stock that was put up as collateral {
$ the $4,000 note and that he has Il
/ right or interest whatever in thel
u AS the note was not authorized by t
e company it is asserted that Il
e plaintiff can in no way be bound b
u it,
y AS Receiver Melville refused
= bring the action, it is declared tn
IS he is therefore made a defendant.
u Culbertson, ii is averred will prob
g bly, claim some interest in the 1870
u shares.
AZ The court Is asked to compel d
10 defendants to trun back all the sto
III in their possession
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Taxation Talk
By Governor
OddiG
Special to the Record


oPee'a' 10 u'o "es'
CARSON CITY, New, jan, ~ nc
state board of assessors met here last
Monday to begin it's deliberations;
.veru county in the state being rep
feseh'eu
At the opening seSsioh "o'ein noi Wv
y die delivered an interesting address
on the matter of taxation, which was
as follows:
Taxation is the fundamental busi-
nes proposition Of any form OF gov
ernment. To conduct civil govern
ment; to maintain law and order,a
to carry on cooperative institu-
tions for the general welfare requires
money, and that money IL properly
raised only by taxation. If it is a
lust government, the burden of tax
alton must be equally distributed No
man should be compelled to pay more
than his proper share of taxes and
no man should be permitted to pay
less, These are axioms which no one
will dispute. Their application pre-
seats many complex difficulties.
| believe that Nevada is far behind
many other states in the solution
of the problems OF equitable taxa
ton Yet | believe that there is no
other subject of such immediate i'm
portance to the peopie OF this state
as this.
We have an advalorem system OF
taxation on all property in this state
The tax rate is fixed by the legisla-
ture and applies uniformly to all
kinds of property, real, personal anC
possessory. Any inequality in the
system OF taxation, therefore, mus
+ resoiye itself to inequality in the ap
i prais1-ment OF valuation upon differ
:, ent pieces, kinds or classes OF prop
erty.
Sixty per cent of the cash value o.
all the various kinds of property IL
this state Is popHlarly supposed t
be the uniform basis of valuation
for assessment purposes. 1t is ;
matter of common knowledge tina
while residence property in the towns
and cities is generally taxed up t
thic basis, as we'll as the realty ant
improvements of small property own
ers in many instances, very littl'
other property in the state Is any
where near SO highly appraised. Th'
testimony OF the assessors at tn
meeting CT this board held on Januar
10, 1910, showed a range of appraise
ments of from S5 to 60 per cent
the cash value, and 1t is probable th'
the variation on close investigation
will be found to vary within wiedr e
tremes than this, or to as low as 2
per cent, at least on certain classe
of property
Effect on Taxpayer
1t is interesting to note the e
feet on the taxpayer of such varii
tions in assessment valuations, M
everyone has given it due consider;
ton, and a few have worked 1t OF
by the proper method of computation
Let us assume, for purposes OF
lustration, that si06 is required
be raised by taxation, and that II
real cash value of the proper
which must be assessed is $1,000
Let us further suppose that this Sl'
900 worth of property may be ella
sified as follows:
Residence property. actual ca
value, $1,000.
Farm property, actual cash valu
$4,000.
Railroad property, actual cash v
ue, $4,000.
Industrial business property. a
ual cash value. $500.
Public utility property, actual ca
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-01-13
Boy At Big Pine

Boy At Big Pine
Friends Of Mrs. A. H. Stewart,nee
Mary Kixmiller, will be pleased to
learn that a baby boy came to her
home at Big Pine, California, on the
second inst.
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Clark County

During hte year ending December
81. 1908, Clark county producing
tonnage of 1871, of a gross value of
$66, ,72S.44; during same period 1910
her production was 3c,S9i tons. val
ue of $3.50, 0,79l.43; for the first six
months of the current year she shows
a tonnage of 1854, valued at s26.-
447.23.
Lyon County
This county has produced during
1909, 81 ,57S tons of ore of an aggre-
gate value of S7S.lS6.79; during 1910,
ls.469 tons valued at $79,672.66, and
during the first six months of 1911,
tonnage not given but of a value of
siS,S4S.66.
Washoe County
This county produced during 1909,
1900 tons of ore of the value of S5,-
10000; during 1910, 545 tons. SS,5l06
and during the first six months of
1911, CPS tons, $20,069.23.
Churchill County
During 1909 the Churchill county
product totaled 7l5 tons of an as-
gregate value of $54, ,22SOS; during
1910. 81 tons, SS,209,So, and for the
first six months of 1911. II tons,
SS23.94.
Outlook For 1912
The outlook for the year 1912
is very altering. Mining operations
have been placed on a good solid
business foundation and the element
of chance is as nearly eliminated as
Is possible in such enterprises. The
golden treasure that has been filched
from the bosom of mother earth is
but a drop in the ocean to- that
which still lies concealed there. The
opportunities III mining way today
are greater than they ever We're be
fore. The known mineralized fields
are more easily accessible; the ex
treme dangers, hardships and priva
items suffered by the early pioneer
are greatly modified; we have the ad
vantage of more accurate geological
information and the effect of loca
formation and conditions as establish
ed by precedent Nevada is drawing
near her legitimate place in the rol
Of the precious metal producing state
of the Union, and will very soon star
at the head, andfrom thence by leap
aud bounds will so far outdistanc
he' nearest competitor that her abst
4 luts supremeCy win usaVar be 81 que,
lion of doubt.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-01-13
Nevada Mining
Outlook Is
Bright

At the recent meeting Of the state
bankers organization at Reno, l.. F..
Adamson. state bullion tax collector,
delivered an address upon the min
eral otput Of the state from which
the following excerpts have been tax
an.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-01-13
Lincoln County

During the year 1909 Lincoln coun
ly produced ii3, ,93S tons of ore value
at l.331,33; in 1910 only 76O tons,
valued at Sl0.640, (due TO the rail
road washoutD and for the first six
months of 1911, 1926 tons of the va
ue of SAG, 1859.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-01-13
White Pine County

White Pine county produced in
1909, /, 67S.S95 tons Of ore (principar
copper of the value of $1,ll4,354'19;
during 1910, 2,407 ,462 tons, SS,5S2, 400.
81; during the first six months of
1911, l,413,O65 tons, $4,326,529.49. Thi
county which during the late COS and
early 70's was the largest silver pro-
ducing county in the state, and which
for over twenty years lay dormant as
a mining section, is today one of the
largest producers of copper in the
world
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During 1909 the Churchill county
product totaled 7l5 tons of an as-
gregate value of 4,22S.0S; during
1910. 81 tons, SS,209,So, and for the
first six months of 1911. II tons,
SS23,94.
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Lyon County
Washoe County

This county produced during 1909,
1900 tons of ore of the value of S5,-
100000; during 1910, 545 tons. $S,5l0,6
and during the first six months OF
1911, CPS tons, 20,06923.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-01-13

Eurekd county
Eureka county has produced dur
ing the year 1909, 102,G22 tons of ore
cf a gross value Of 5,09S.96; during
1910, its output was 29,59Stons valued
at s1Si, 1853; for the first six month
of 1911, 9S32 tens, $42,237.04. The
great falling OFF iii the production as
shown by these figures is due to the
complete decentralization of transpor-
tation facilities occasioned by an un-
precedented series Of cloudbursts and
| floods in the year 1909.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11

tai in the Fulton superior court Of
shooting her husband.
Grace, in his petition, asks the court
to order Mrs Grace's appearance in
court at Newman, William c. Wright
appears as counsel for Grace.
"CrueI Treatment" His Plea.
Grace bases his plea on the "cruel
treatment" clause of the divorce stat
utes, the shooting, which ne lays to his
wife, being the Cruelty" The allega-
ton declares that Grace was shot while
asleep and that the wound caused total
paralysis, which will continue until his
death.
The petition sets out that Grace and
his wife were married in New Orleans
Grace schedules his property as a
one half interest in the Grace-Law-
renee Building Company, Of Atlanta,
valued at $4,000, and acreage property
in Texas, value not stated. Mrs. Grace
property is scheduled as house and lot
on Spruce street, Philadelphia, valued
at $4,000. This is the old home of
Mrs. Grace that figured so conspicu-
ouslv in the Grace case previous to her
trial.
Trial Next September.
The divorce suit is returnable at the
March, 1918, term of Coweta superior
court and will come up for trial at the
September, 1913, term.
The divorce petition was drawn by
Lamar Hill, of Atlanta, relative and
attorney of Grace. 1t was filed with
the court clerk by Mr.. Wright.
Grace. since his return from an At
lanta infirmary several weeks ago, has
never left the house of his mother, Mrs.
l.. s. Hill. He is able to sit in a chair
and to be rolled onto the front veranda,
but no farther. He refuses to discuss
his case except with his attorneys and
members of his family.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
Yale Wants Taft For
Law Professor When
His Term Expires
Negotiations Now Under Way
With President, Head of Uni
versity Admits.

NEW HAVEN, CONN, Dec. line
gotiations are now going on between
President Taft and the Yale law school
that are likely to result in President
Taft becoming the Kent professor of
law after he retires from the white
house. Rumors that he had already ac-
cepted the proffer received the follow
Ing statement issued by President Had :
ley, of Yale. today:
President Hadley denied the report
that President Taft had accepted the
Kent professorship of law at Yale. He
dld not deny that there had been an in
formal conference on the subject; but
he said explicitly that the matter had
not been formally acted upon in any
way and that he did not know whether
anything would come of it,"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
UNION ORGANIZER is
HELD AS A PERJURER
IN DYNAMITE TRIALS

INDIANAPOLIS IND, Dec. 11.-Wil-
liam H. Quigley, Detroit, carpenters or
ganizer. was arrested and held to the
Federal grand jury to answer the charge
OF perjury in connection with the dyna-
mite conspiracy case by Judge Albert
b. Anderson, on motion of District At
torney Miller, today.
I'VE have other facts in addition to
the facts we have shown here" said
Miller, ito show that this man, Quigley
ought to be arrested and made to an
sW%er the charge of perjury. believe he
is wilful and malicious perjurer, and
l believe it is the duty of this court to
arrest him and hold him to the next
grand jury"
Michael j. Cunnane, of Philadelphia
indicted business agent for the iron
workers local since 1906. took the stand
in his own defense at the dynamite con-
spiracy trial today Cunnane is charg-
ed with writing some letters to the in
ternational headquarters. which have
are said to be discriminating. One let
ter contains a clipping Of an explosion
In Philadelphia, November %, 1910 and
says:
That $500 you sent down here was
spent fighting scab labor, and more,
too"
Cunnane testified he had inclosed
clippings not of dynamitings. but of
jobs he had succeeded in unionizing.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
Cites Faults in Liability Act.

Cites Faults in Liability Act.
Good lawyers say that 1t is uncon-
stiutional. because it will deprive a man
of his rights in court of equity" he
said. but there Is no sense in the unior
laying back on that contingency. II
will be much better to kill the bill In
congress.
Senator Hoke Smith was one Of thu
first to see the dangers OF the act, and,
with Senator Overman and a few 9th
ers, he is putting up a stiff fight
against it's passage. Indications are
that the bill will not pass"
According to Mr. Teat, the bill pro-
vides that a Federal accident adjuster
be stationed in a designated district
When a railroad employee or other util-
ity employee engaged In interstate
business in injured, this adjuster fixes
the amount OF the employers liability.
From his decision there is no appeal.
In other words, railroad employee
under the proposed act has lost his
right to institute suit for damages in a
competent court of equity and must
abide by the decision Of the Federal ad-
juster who Is an appointee of a United
States court.
With Teat In his denunciation Of the
liability bill Is Vice President James
.O'Connell. OF the American Federation
OF Labor; Thomas Flanagan. vice pres
dent of the blacksmiths union. and A.
b. Lowe. president OF the maintenance
Of way employees organization, all OF
whom spoke against the projected leg
islation at the labor congress.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
EXCHANGE
ME- THODS Barred
|NPUJOPROBE
Railroad and Other Shares Sold
Repeatedly Without Actual
Transfer of Paper.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11l-F1gures
showing how railroad and other shares
are sold over and over again on the
New York stock exchange without any
actual transfer were presented to the
Pujo money trust investigating COM
mittee today when that body began it's
actual probe Of the American money
market The figures were given by
Lawrence w. Scudder, a statistician.
who has made a deep study of the con-
ditions prevailing on the New York
stock exchange. He said that the
transfers of United States Steel stock
represented only about % per cent Of
the shares sold
The capital stock of the Reading subs
ject to sale was dealt in thirty times a
year. The total Of Erie capital stock, he
said, listed on the stock exchange was
1923, 900 shares With regard to both
the Erie and Reading. the witness found
the volume of sales was graded when
the shares reached top prices. Inter
meyer developed that brokerage fees on
tn sales OF Reading for a year would
amount to seven and one-half per cent
of the par value. or about 20 per cent Of
the selling value.
Clearing House Head on Grill.
w E. Frew, chairman Of the New
York clearing house COMMITTEES.
explained to the committee to-
day the clearing houses attitude on
the subject OF charges on the collection
of out of town checks. Frew said the
inland exchange committee of the as
sociation had made report on the cost
of this matter and he asked that the re-
port be put in the record. Samuel I'M
termeyer, counsel for the committee,
| asked Frew II the report showed what
the difference in cost to the New York
bank customers was as the result of
the enforcement of the collection rule.
Can you tell what tax this rule i'm
poses on the merchants of the countryP"
asked Untermeyer
I'VE have not figured that out exact
ly,'' said Frew, explaining that the fig
ures did not cover that phase of the
question.
Untermeyer asked If the witness had
seen a statement by Frank A. Wander
| lip that the rule meant a loss of $3,000,-
| 600 a year to the merchants of the
country. Answering the question, Frew
declared that the annual out-of town
collections OF the New York clearing
house amounted to $4,S59, 100000. with
daily average Of over $14,OOo,O 900
Loss $3.50 Daily.
The loss Of interest on these accounts
| figured at four per cent would be about
$560,0OO a year. or about $3.50 a day.
| The average period Of loss due to coll
! lections being four days in which the
| banks would be deprived of interest, the
average sum would be something over
| So, 900.
DO you think there is any foundation
| for Varderlips claim of loss of So
| 100000 yearT
'T don't want to criticise him." said
F'rew.
Did Vanderlip have any data from
| the clearing house?"
HE had his own"
Untermeyer asked IL F'rew had not
| included in his schedule of collection
! expenses, charges for collections in
New York and Greater New York. Frew
denied this, but Untermeyer asked
questions intending to show that such
| was the fact. ielaM
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
1900 CHILDREN IN MACON
TO MARCH CHRISTMAS EVE

MACON, GA, Dec. 11.-All plans
have been perfected for the parade OF
the public and Sunday school children
on Christmas eve night, when it is
expected that fully 10000 will be in
line, singing carols as they march to
the city auditorium The details We're
arranged at conference of all of the
committees this morning. AS the chill
dren assemble at the various points and
march through the streets singing, all
of the church bells and chimes of the
city will also ring.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11

unions are satisfied with all other
things. They recently have gone on
record us favoring drastic amendments
to the Sherman antitrust law. With
other unions they will not be satisfied
until what they term unjust injunction
statutes" are repealed.
But, at present, they are busy plan
ming their eighteenth yearly campaign
against the Louisville and Nashville
railroad and seeing that Washington
puts complete disapproval on Senator
Sutherland's employers liability bill"
Attacks /. & N. Methods.
81 could talk to you all night about
the Louisville and Nashville railroad
and its unfairness to union labor" said
, Harvey o. Teat, chairman Of the board
Of directors of the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Firemen and Engineers
ut Is an old story in this section and
railroad employees Of the Southeast al
ways will be in a fighting attitude while
the present methods obtain and the
present management remains
I'VE called the L. & n. a soulless cor
poration in the resolution we adopted
yesterday condemning its policies As
a matter of fact, it reminds me OF the
Russian government in its matters of
administration. Do you know that half
the employees of that railroad are de-
tectives? 1t is system OF spies. whose
employees are watched continually
There isn't a doubt in my mind but
the Milton A. Smith regime caused the
Georgia railroad strike. All unionists,
well informed on the L. e n. and It's
methods, know that the Georgia Off
Gals took their cue directly from Smith
when Paschal was discharged
Use Boycott as Weapon.
This action merely was a part OF the
L. G. n policy to smash a labor union
wherever it is found. AS lessee of the
Georgia with the Atlantic Coast Line, II
is only natural for the L. & n. officials
to try and break the unions on the
Georgia system.
Our methods of fighting the Louis
Vile and Nashville will be much as
usual. We will use the only weapon
available. the boycott. We are having
marked success with It now.
1T would be surprising to you to
know the number of reliable business
firms. not overly sympathetic with the
cause Of union labor, which have ceased
to ship over the Louisville and Nash
Vile and its allied lines. our fight is
an uphill proposition. Of course. but It
is beginning TO tell, and the Louisville
and Nashville Is losing lots of real bust
ness through it, unfair attitude toward
union labor"
Upon the proposed Federal employ
ers' liability act, Mr.. Teat was no lesr
emphatic. lie said that he was sur
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
ALL GERMS IN LIBRARY
BOOKS WILL BE BAKED

MONTCLAIR. n. j., Dec. 11.-Book-
worms and bacteria will find no welcome
in the new building of the Montcair pub
lie library. Part of the equipment being
installed there Is a sterilizing device by
which all germs lodged between the COW
ers of the books are 10 be destroyed All
the books on the shelves will be subjected
al FREQUENT intervals to treatment in the
oven of the machine, where a long con-
tinued temperature ranging from $50 to
200 degrees will put an end to all bac-
terra.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11

prised to learn the number of staunch
who thought the bill was a
unoI 4bipo