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Weekly journal-miner., 1912-12-04
PREPARING FOR THE NEW
 PARCELS POST SYSTEM
Uncle Sam is Busy With Plans For Becoming Competitor of Express
 Companies.

show clearly the units. of area. These units of area, according 10 the law, shall be 90 minutes square-that Is, just half a degree square each way.
 Made With Great Care. The printing of these maps will be done under supervision of the Postoffiee Department by the best experts obtainable. so that the great est care will be exercised in their preparation It will be absolutely necessary that the zone lines be ac- eurate and be drawn from the ex- act center of each unit of area. SO that there will be no chance of hay ing one map showing a cheaper rate than another. The printing of these maps is the most particular part of the whole work.
 There will be a base map from which all other maps will be made. All future maps must be made from the base map. The base map will he engraved upon the finest copper plate by the most expert cngrav- CTS in the Government service. No map will be considered official un- less it IS made from this plate, just as in making stamps or money. When the maps are completed each one will be mailed to its postoffiec in separate tube prepared especi- ally for that purpose All of the work is now under way and the maps will be sent out shortly SO that everything will be ready by January 1, 1915
 "In addition to the maps there will be parcels post guide. Tn this guide will be printed the regula- tions governing the parcels post system. Every detail will be cover cd not only for the information of the public. but also for postal em. ployes, instrueting them just what may or may not be carried Great care will be exercised in preparing a complete index to the regulations so that ready reference may be made by anybody. We are now working on the regulations and cx- pect 10 have them completed in few weeks.
 Before the regulations are issued every system in use all over the world will have been carefully stud jed. In addition 10 this information. business men representing every class of enterprise in the United States, in fact. representatives of every phase of business now car ried on in this country. arc appear ing before the committee and aiding us in the preparation of the regula- tions"
 Why Congress appropriated only Ns000O for the new service when the cost of 70.0O0 scales required will be from $3O0,0OO to $400,0 900, and the purchase of necessary wag- ons. rental of storage space ard em- ot times exceed that sum, is pug gle.
 It will be necessary that additional appropriations be made at the scs- sion of Congress beginning next December in order that the parcels post may be carried on, efficiently until the funds of the next fiscal year become available Already postmasters all over the country are making contracts for hiring wag ons and automobiles for local deliv- : cry service
 Postmaster-Gen Hitchcock says the service will start efficiently and promptly. How long it can continue after January will depend on Congressional appropriations. There are approximately 62,0OC / posioffices in the United States. All
 of them must be equipped to handle l the postai parcei business
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-12-14
~lnstaIment Plan

The late Police Captain William II
Hodgkins, of New York, who died
tram cardiac strain hat he brought
On by reducing his weight over fifty
pounds in three weeks, hated corpu
lence, and often RECALLED his friends
with anecdotes that had corpulence
for their butt.
II went to q me1odrama the other
night" Captain Hodgkins said one
afternoon to a police reporter. 'tThe
heroine was fat-fatter than myself
I'm the second act she fell over
board, and the hero, a little, crawny
chap, plunged after her, and seemed
to be having a good deal Of difficulty
I'm swimming with her toward the
yacht
CAS- the hero splashed and strug
Gfed under his heavy burden a god
yelled from the gallery:
you'll eve do it that way, DO!
Save what you can now,~ and come
back for the rest. Make three trips,
II necessary"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-12-14
TELLS OF BROTHER NOVELIST
s~nteresting "Reminiscences Related by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle of'George
Meredith.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, speaking at
the annual dinner in aid of the News,
vendors Benevolent and Provident in
sututiOn, gave some personal rem1nls-
cences Of George Meredith.
In the veal 1S94-5 Sir Arthur visited
the novelist at his residence at Box
hill, in Surrey. when I went there I
inadvertently offended him in n
way. He met me at the door. He
told me he had just come from the
cop Of a high hill near the park. I
expressed my amazement. He asked
me why I was so surprised, and I said
I thought he was an invalid. He said
that would be the sort of compliment
n would pay to an octogenarian.
subsequently a maid servant
brought in a jelly or blanchmange, and
Meredith, looking at the shivering
lump, expressed himself in a charac-
Tter1stic phrase-just such a one as he
would put in the mouth of n Of his
characters. He said, The jelly
seems as treacherous as a Trojan
horse
Meredith was fond Of a bottle Of
wine, but his state of health when
I saw him forbade him taking any in
toxicant. He had a bottle covered
with cobwebs brought up for me, and
asked if 1 could drink some. I said I
did not think there would be n diff
Guilty. l finished the bottle, and Mere
dith expressed his qualification, say.
ing that on one occasion some one
only drank one glass Of a bottle he
had opened and he had the morti1ca,
ton Of seeing the rest of the con
cents wasted."-London Mail.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-12-14
SHOWING VAGARlES Of FAME
Nov Rublnstein, at tho Height al
Emlnenoe, Refused Offer That
Meant Great Distinction.

Teresa Carreno, the eminent womi
IN pianist, INDUCING In reimbursement
of her career Of fifty years before the
public, tells a story Of TschaikowsH
and Rubinstein, which, in one respect
- Illuminating. !,
R~ubinstein, the great Russian mas
Der, composer and performer Of his
time, is seated in his study whe4
Hscha1kowsA arrives and humblN
asks permission to dedicate to tho
great man a concerto for piano and or,
chestra. Rubinstein examines the
composition hastily; flies into a ter
Hble rage; shakes his leonine head
and asks the afrighted TschaikowsH
how he dares to offer to dedicate this
trash to a man of such eminence.
Thereupon, Tschaikowski leaves tha
house, and by chance, meeting the
conductor Won Bulow, offers him the
dedication, which is accepted. !
Observe the mutations OF time!
Rubinstein was a great musician, a re,
markable performer, but not a cons
poser of the first rank by any means!
Tschaikowsh has sprung into the first
rank of composers and is generally re,
garded by musicians as one of the
greatest musical geniuses Russia has
produced.
A dedication by him Of n of his
works is in itself title to unusual dis
Hnction, and will make for the per-
petuation Of any ones fame, while, as
the years bring a lessening Of memory
Of Rubinstein's wonderful playing, his
reputation is bound to diminish. L
Thus, ever the pet Of fortune and
circumstances car afford to be cour;
teous, for posterity often rewards our
tesy and properly Furnishes overween'
ing self-esteem.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-12-14
ASKING Too Much,

A large shepherd dog owned by Dr..
George W. Bowers was run over by
an automobile on High street at 1880
o'clock Wednesday evening and was
killed. The occupants of the automo-
bile stopped and returned to the
scene, but the dog ran away.-Mobile
item. ,
You would scarcely expect It to re1
main and be killed a second tina,
would you?-Houston Post
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-12-14
When Murray Tackles Oedipus.

complained, but have pointed out
that when Prof. Gilbert Murray trans
Ates Euripides into English verse he
slides that dramatist over his rough
spots by doing mediocre Euripides
into gorgeous and splendid Murray.
1t Is better than Euripides, to be sure;
but it isn't Euripides. There will be
no difficulty of this kind In Professor
Murray's newest task, the Oedipus
Colonus. Murray at his murrayest
will have all he a do to keep up to
the sustained elevation Of Sophoc1es.
But there is hardly a living hand
worthier Of the task, and Joy be the
Observation-Disclosures Transcript.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-10-18
WHY THEY ARE
AFTER NEWLANDS

Just why the republican papers
are turning their guns on Newlands
is hard 10 figure. They have some
pretty good marks in their own
line to shoot at. Ncwlands is Il
big man and it may be that they
want hig mark to shoot at. That
he is big man and so recognized
is testified to in the Salt Lake Tele-
gram, republican paper At the
opening Of the irrigation congress
IN Salt Lake City = hat paper
publishes under the caption Of
prominent Men," a picture Of
Mr.. Newlands and saws:
THE keynote speech delivered
by President Francis G. Newlands,
United States Senator from
Nevada. the father of federal ir.
rigation aid whose address was on
big lines, handled in big way.
Dealing with the control of water.
ways, the conservation and control
of water in the great river systems
of the country, the protection of
those living in the lowlands. by
the construction Of great reser.
voirs at the headwC.ers Of the
great rivers; the use of those
waters for irrigation and for
development Of power, his addres.
outlining a huge task for this con
grcss to perform. Carson Az
peal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-10-18
4 TRIBUTE OF RESPECT

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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-10-18
PESSIMISTIC VIEW Of
TnIS STATES FINANCES

A dispatch under recent
Ca:s"n City date line says:
A couple of Ormshy politicians
we're overheard today discussing
the alarming condition of the
states finances.
"Why" said one, there will not
bc enough money at the close of
the year to pay the salaries of the
state legislature and attaches that
will convene in January, and when
we take into consideration the
different drags that will be
attempted on the empty treasury it
is appalling. Take for instance the
removal of the capitol. Embryo
statesmen are figuring on $4,000,
600. Then those dress parade
fellows will want $3.50. .00C for an
exhibit at San Francisco in 1915:
then there is whole lot Of com
missions deputies and employees to
provide for. II also looks as if the
state tax. instead Of being soc
would jump to Sl.25."
well. the only way out of it,"
said the other fellow" is to elect
good conservative business men and
taxpayers to the Legislature. Unless
q fellow is a taxpayer and inter-
views the assessor annually. he is
not competent to legislate for the
men who bear the burden of
taxation. but we shall see, what
we shall see-a busted state
treasury"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-10-18
{. NJ. GUTRIDGE

A dispatch from Salt Lake.
received about IL O'Clock this fore.
noon by Mrs. Gutridge. brought
her the unexpected news of MIR.
Gutridge's death. No particulars
except the news of his death were
given in the telegram. Mrs.
Gutridge was prostrated by the
ews and the town was shocked
when it became known that Mr..
Gutridge was dead. A later tele-
gram fron St. Marks hospital
stated that MIR. Gutridge died at
$3.50 Friday night of edema of the
bralr.
Mr.. Gutri3gc left here about ten
days ago, expecting to go to West
Baden, Indiana. Nothing was
heard from him until telegram
announcing his death was received
today. He seemed to be in his
usual hcalU %hen he left and the
news of his death came as a clap
of thunder Uut of a clear sky.
We have not the data before us
for an extended Loticc today. But
we cannot help paying a tribute to
Mr.. Gutridge's memory. He was
an enterprising, charitable. law
abiding citizen. His word was as
good as gold. That he had the
confidence and respect of the
people of Elko can lie truly said.
They will miss him as the days
come and go.
The sympathy of the community
goes out to Mrs. Gutridge in her
great bereavement.
At this writing it is rot decided
whether or not his remains will br
brought here for burial.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-10-18
DISTRICT COURT

At the afternoon session the
district court Saturday the sentence
Of Snyder Smith, the Indian who
! lead guilty to stealing a horse.
vas continued antil 7 o'clock. At
tnat hour Judge Taher questioned
the Indian and drew from him thr
claim of inno. .cncc. His plea of
guilty was then set aside and he
Olead not guilty. His trial was set
for 10 o'clock today.
At this mornings session of the
court, the roll OF jurors was called
and a number were excused
After which, applications for
continuanccs were filed in tho cases
Of the state vs.. W W. Dawson and
Albert Nelson. The court took the
motions under adviscmcnt until
lis this afternoon.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-10-18
.PlTTMkR COkPLIMENTED BY
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS

At the regular bi-enniel session
of the Nevada legislature in 1911
Senator Holmes introduced. on
January %. the following senate
joint resolution Nos:
Resolved, By the republic;
minority in this jIint session y.
both houses of the Twenty fifth
session of the Nevada legislature,
in winch a democratic majority has
voted to make unanimous the cleo
tiun of a republican candidate to
the senate of tne United States,
that our thanks and coDgrctula-
tions be extended with a hearty
goodwill co the democratic
members for the honorable way in
which they have accepted the
result of the last election and
bowed tn the will of the people as
expressed by the popular vote. Be
it further.
Resolved. That we extend our
sincere congratulations and good
will to the Hon. Key Pittman, of
Nye county, for the unequivocal
manner in which he has carried out
his part of the "Pentlemen's
agreement" made between himself
and the Hon. George S. Nixon in
the campaign of last fall, in with
drawing from the contest after the
result of the election was announc-
ed and that he has earned the
lasting regard of his opponents by
the fair, able and honorable cam
paign made by him in his fight for
the senatorial toga, thereby making
record of which every true
Nevadan may we'll be proud. Be
it further.
Resolved, That the election of
republican, who was chosen by the
popular vote. as against a. canGi-
date tor the same Office with
democratic majority in control of
the legislature on joint ballot.
emphasizes an epoch in American
politics Of which the senate of the
United States n ay well take heed,
until the elc tion of United States
senators by direct vote of ihe
people, shall become the law of the
land. Be il further
Resolved, That a copy of these
resolutions Ue forwarded TO both
honscs of congress in Washington.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-10-18

that those recUri is show conclusive
ly that they were both dyed-in-the
wool stdndpatters. absolutely and
irrevocahly allied with the republi
can standpatters. and that no pro-
gressiy" Of any class or description,
be he democrat or progressive re-
publican. could. with consistency,
vote to return these men to con-
grcss.
The speaker closed with an
eloquent appeal to all progressives
for tht support Of Woodrow Wilson
and the democratic party.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-10-18

The Elko Dancing Club will give
a campaign dance ut the Opera
House Friday night. November lst
Music by the Elko orchestra.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-10-18

OF terminating a condition. in tho
country that was believed b, the
j, majority to hc contrary tn the
general principles Of our rove,n.
ment. He stated tnat that uartv
however, becoming gIuttcd with
power, became cOHtemptuous of
the wishes Of the people and sought
rather to protect the special in
terests than the great masses of the
people. He stated that our
government wss founded by the
greatest Of minds after long and
careful consideration and debate.
and that the functions Of govern
ment were divided between the
Judicial. the legislative and the
executive. and the administration
Of government between the nation,
the states. the counties and
municipalities. 50 that tyranny in
government might b, ayoidod a,d
the government ricb, J., al.
ministered most directly by those
to be affected b, il
MT f'''ma' re'ited then he
evolution OF the republican party.
'i' ",'cuS'c" us attempt TO change
,oorIo - ,,.. w.,
hrroor,o.o,r mo.,a,.I ..,
powcr was cors,ontI, hoin,
cor,,oIi1od D. u.sr;na.n, .,I 49,
state wcrc cors,or,I, ho;nr d.n,;,,
,dofarv ricb, ~ soIC co,.a-n,I.,.,
uo ,bor ,r,.oJ ,,.o o,.oIr.io. ,Lo
rennhI;ca, oarty fr,c na-,r -,
tba roonre g. rar,y - t,o s,o.;oI
io,orcsts Uc ,bnycd ,bc ,,o,os,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-10-18

Key Pittman, J.B. Fitzgerald and
Assessor Weathers had to pump a
hand car from Metropolis to the
Southern Pacific main line Friday
night. They had to use their
muscle in order to get here for the
meeting Saturday night.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-10-18

Thomas z. Marshall. dem ,cratic
candidate for vice president will
speak in Reno on Monday morning,
October 2lst. lie will pass through
here Sunday night. Let us wake
him up.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-10-18
KEY PITTMAN'S
SPEECH

The synopsis of Hon. Key
Pittman $ speech in this issue
gives hue a faint impression OF
its power. We have a COPY
Of his speech as taken down
by the stenosraPher and are
putting IL into tyEe as fast as
possible. IL will be ready for
the next issue OF the weekly.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-10-18

OF argument. and to assume, that
his opponent, and those on the
other side, were equally honest
and sincere with hims,lf in the
position taken by Il en-, but that
their official record as public rep
resentativeS Of the state was :
proper subject for investigation.
comment and criticism. The
speaker then took the record #
Mr.. Roberts in congress. showing
that he. voted with Mann. Payne.
Cannon and Dalzcll snd the stand
pat crowd on practically all the
great tariff meuSurE:. ne called
attention TO the fact that MIR.
Roberts, when fin ally forced to a
vote on the Farmers Free List Bill
voted 70! it, though hrss had voted
with the standpattcrs a. every turn
Of the road to cnasculatc the bill
and prevent its coming TO vote.
and then. uircr The lill lad LCcr
naSsc and vetoed by rn, president
and returned to tho lower house.
Mr.. Roberts changed MS vote. ard
voted again-st this his bill, which
would have saved the psoule Of
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-10-18

| N'N "HOlC issue on the
'"' I'll Question was always a uues-
'on OF what constitutes a fair and
Just tax with respect to both pro-
ducers and consumers. The
speaker then proceeded to show
the fallacy of the various argu-
ments IN favor of ar extremely
nigh protective tariff that had been
hade IN years past taking them up
IN order, and showing that the olo
arguments OF nursing infant
Inrnstrics.' that the "foreigucr
pays the tax" of home competi-
ton Keeping prices down" and that
the tariff is benefit to I.hur"
had all been proved fallacious and
worn threadhare and abandoned.
The speaker made specific illustra.
ton OF the workers in the wooden
and cotton mills anu the steel
industry, showing that by the
official government reports bv COM
mlttccs If congress composed of
both democrats and republicans. it
has been proved beyond a doubt
from the actual figures that II e
highest protected Industries pay
the poorest wages. The Sneaker
then showed tnat, having been
forcei to abandon all the old
Arguments for a tariff wall around
the United States. absolutely
prohibiting the importation Of any
articles of commerce except thasc
not produced in this country at all
that the republican party Was
forced tU find new argument. and
so, four years ago. solcmnly and
seriously propoundcd thai the true
principle rt tariff making Was to
have protective tariff equal to
the difference in the cost Of pro-
Iro,;a, ~. b.... o,.tI
roosoroIio ,.,e, TLa ...,..-
then showed the absolute fallacy
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Of any section Of the country. he
called attention To the veto of thp,c
measures nv rne prrsiG.ui nrrur,s,,
,hcy proceeded the report Of the
Tariff BOARD and then showed how
after ,ho thrift hoard had rcportcd
and the bills were passed a second
timo President Tuf, and thc stand.
matters for the purposc Of giving
tho urotoricd priviIcVcd industries
ncw lease ofIifc for 4 year ar two
Ionqer had arbitrarily set himself
nm agoirst the demands Of the
whole people of this country, and
arbitrarily vetoed the bills that hC
mu,t have known were Just and
| foir qnG right, and actually sub,
s,un,ialIy in harmony witt tho
rcrort Of the tariff board which he
had awaited.
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-06-13
NEWS BY PHONE.
Southern Bell PEOPLE to Accommodate
Subscribers.

There is considerable interest in
Brunswick in the two national con-
entiyons. The republican convention
meets in Chicago June Is, and the
democratic convention meets in Bal
timore June 20.
1t is anticipated that there will be
constant inquiries about the progress
of each convention and the telegraph
and telephone companies are Erepar-
ing to handle bulletins covering every
detail of each convention.
The Southern Bell Telephone COM
pany has arranged for an elaborate
bulletin service by long distance tele-
phone.
Residents of Brunswick can secure
these bulletins by calling No. 5000
in Savannah on the long distance
telephone and paying the regular toll
charge for the message. The buI-
letins will be at the disposal of all
interested parties and the only cost
will he the small charge for the long
distance message to Savannah.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-06-13
HIS PLATFORM
IS ANNOUNCED
HON. j. RANDALL WALKER
MAKES FORMAL ANNOUNCE-
MENT FOR CONGRESS.

Hon. j. Randall Walker of Valdos-
ia, who is a candidate for congress
from this district to succeed Hon.
w. G. Brantley, has just made his
formal announcement Mr.. Walker
also announces his platform, which
will be found on page in this issue
OF The News His formal announce
ment is as follows:
To the Voters of the Eleventh Dis
trict Of Georgia:
l peg to announce that l am a can
didate for congress from the Elev-
enth district of Georgia, subject to
the democratic primary. 1 have out
lined my views on public questions
in ny announcement and letter ad-
dressed to the people, of June 18th.
If elected to congress l promise at
all times faithful service in the in
terest of the people of our district,
our state and our country.
Thanking you for your support and
influence, am,
Obediently yours,
J. R. WALKER.