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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
INVESTIGATION BY
LAND OFFICE Agent

Charles w. Wells, engineer for the
U. ). general land Office, with head.
quarters at Denver, Colo, in in town,
looking into the merits of the appli.
cation of the Ellison Ranching CON-
pany to enter some $4,000 acres of
land, in the Quinn river country, un.
der the Carey act. On each applica.
tion made to the government for lands
under the Carey act, an independent
investigation is made by the general
land Office to determine the financial
responsibility of the parties applying,
the adequacy of their proposed water
supply, and numerous other points.
Mr.. Wells has jurisdiction in this
respect over the five states of Neva-
da, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and
Arizona, where the Carey act is en-
ployed as a means to take up large
tracts of land more often than in all
the other states of the Union CON-
bined. Thus far he has investi-
gated 19 applications for lands, of
which number but three have been re-
ported favorably, although several
more are still under advisement. He
has had charge Of this work in the ter
ritory indicated for the past five
years, although Nevada obtained it's
first lands under the act in March,
1910.
Up to the past four years acquiring
government land was a very simple
proposition. All a settler had to do
was to make his entry, and at the
proper time prove up, and little atten-
tion was paid to him, and contests
were very rare. AT present, however,
owing to the fact, perhaps, that va
cant land is becoming scarce, settlers
are compelled to live up to the regu
lations imposed by the government,
and should they fail to do so, con-
test is almost sure to be the result.
In the case of lands taken up by
corporations and companies under the
Carey act the government sumbits the
application and the applicant to the
strictest scrutiny, in the interest of
the intending settler. Unless the ap-
plieants are parties of unquestioned
financial standing and the water avail
able is sufficient to irrigate the tract
sought, the application is denied.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
HOw'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
+. j. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo, o.
Hall Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, aet,ag directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price rs cents
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family rills for eonsti-
pation.-Adv.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
TWO PROBABLE
ELECTION WINNERS

In another column of this isue of the
Silver State appears the announcement
of N. p. X. Hatch, Of National, as an
Independent Democratic candidate for
Assemblyman.
Mr.. Hatch has resided in Humboldt
county for the past several years, max
ing his home at National, where he
conducts the leading hotel of the
camp. In addition, during all those
years he has been working a lease on
Charleston hill, paying out thousands
of dollars in wages and for material
and supplies.
Mining is one of the principal in.
dustries of Humboldt county, and it Is
no more than a matter of justice that
this class of our business enterprises
have representation in the state legis-
lature, where all law are enacted. Mr..
Hatch is an experienced miner and
mine operator and is thoroughly con.
versant with the needs of the mining
industry at the hands of the legisla-
ture, and should receive the support of
the votes of the county, irrespective
Of party.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
Those Stolen Stories.

"The Bull Moosers have come and
gone without creating an overabund-
ance of enthusiasm, says the Phoebe
Record, which asserts that no resi-
dent Of Phoebe could be found to act
rs chairman and not a resident of that
town appeared upon the platform.
Says the Record:
"Judge Thomas endeavored to per
suade Democrats and likewise Repub-
licans, to desert the old ship and to ad-
vance to the mourner's bench and en-
list themselves as full fledged Bull
Moosers: but no one seemed inclined
to accent the invitation.
"Then came Judge Sunlmerfield,
who WAS the real orator of the even
ing. The senatorial candidate enliv-
ened his audience with a few stories.
They were good ones, too; but the only
tad feature about il was that he
"swiped" them bodily from the
sreech made recently at Reno by Col.
W. ]. BRYAN. The speaker put the
stories out rs his own coming and they
were greatly enjoyed; but it happen
ed that some Pioeheites had read
Bryan's REM speech otherwise no
one would have known the difference
ard everything would have been love
~ Evider tlv the speaker went back
- one of the cardinal principles OF
tho Progressive party, "Thou Shalt
Not Steal - The stories were all
RIO and the speaker made them fit in
81 eioht to bring cut his noint: but he
Should have played on the square and
said that he Just borrowed the stories
from BryanD -
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
Democratic Inconsistency.

Several members of the Democratic
state press are giving considerable
space to the announcements that no
mud singing is being INDUCED in this
year by the Republican and Demo-
cratic candidates for the United
States Senate. At the same time they
are using their editorial columns for
the purpose of indulging in PERSONAL
ties against Senator Massey.
This kind of campaign can never
win votes and the sooner the Demo-
cratic papers realize their error, the
better il will be for them. Senator
Massey is conducting a clean-cut cam
paign, and in all the Republican pa
pers of the state there has not been
one personal item directed against his
opponent. Past experience has proved
that the voters of Nevada prefer a
campaign without mud singing, and
the words of approval that have greet
ed Senator Massey assures the junior
United States Senator of this state
that he will be returned to Office on
election day by handsome majority.
-Tonopah Daily Bonanza.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
JUDGE DUNN RETURNS FROM
PERFORMING SAD DUTY

Judge j. T. Dunn returned yester-
day afternoon from Oakland, where he
went to attend the funeral of his broth
er, Robert Dunn. The obsequie5,
which were held ON the 4th instant,
were under the auspices of the Eagles,
and were largely attended.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
PasQuale Attaches Hotel Lafayette
Bar.

Yesterday A. Pasquale, through his
attorneys, brought suit in the District
Court against the Hotel Lafayette
company for $1,025, alleged to be due
for rent on what is known as the Ho-
tel Lafayette annex. An attachment
was issued against the bar and stock
of the hotel and placed in the hands of
the sheriff. Before night the bar was
released, when it was re-stocked, and
business went on in the usual manner.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co. Quitting.

The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company has five ears In the Southern
Pacific yards, which are being out
fitted with stoves, bedding, tools, etc.
The equipment was shipped in here.
There is force of fifteen or twenty
men with the cars.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
LOCAL BRIEFs

Mrs. M. Bookhout, who had been
visiting for the past month with her
daughter, Mrs. M. w. Rhea, returned
to her Oakland home last evening.
George Scott, Lander county min
ing man, is in town today.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
PIONEER MERCHANT WILL
RETURN HOME THIS MONTH

{. Word has been received from A.
Kleinhans, Winnemucca pioneer
merchant, now visiting in Ohio, that
he will return home the last Of this
month, probably on the 31st. During
his stay in the Buckeye state, Mr..
kleinhans has visited every part of
the commonwealth, and reports that
he is having a splendid time.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
Eeyistration Exceeds that Of Two
Yearg AQo

Registration Agent Dunn this after
noon stated the total registration for
Winnemueca and West Winnemucca to
he 1913, about evenly divided between
the two precincts. Two years ago the
total registration when the books
closed was 72l.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
new PRESIDENT
FOR THE WESTERN

Edward Gould, a younger brother of
George J. Gould, is to be q guest at
Del Monte and then at the Palace in
few days with a party of friends,
they having passed Ell Paso yesterday
in his private car, says Tuesdays Ex
aminer.
Edwin Gould is, it is understood, to
become director and then president
of the Western Pacific at its annual
meeting in this city on October 22 at
the request of his oldest brother,
George J. Gould. If he is elected, the
Western Pacific will then have three
Goulds on its board, Edwin, George
and the latter's oldest son, Kingdom.
From present reports all three will
attend the annual meeting in this city.
By that time Charles H. Schlacks, first
vice-president and director, will be
home from Europe, and his future with
the property, together with that of
President f. T. Jeffrey, will be finally
determined.
VIII Retain Schlacks.
1t is generally believed, owing to his
ability and the way he has been han
uhhk inc property dS new HHt
handicapped from lack Of feeders,
that Schlacks will be retained as first
vice-president and director and Civ
en- increased powers. Edwin Gould, it
is reported, is to succeed Jeffrey As
president in order to allow the latter
to devote more time as a general ex-
ecutor of the Gould family in New
York.
Edwin Gould is now chairman of the
board of directors Of the st. Louis
Southwestern railroad, Gould line.
He is director in the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern and other So
called Gould properties. George Gould
has his hands fu.. as chairman of the
board of the Missouri Pacific. His son
and another brother, Howard. are d.
rectors of that company. The son is
also viee-president.
IT is too soon, the family is said to
think, to make young Kingdom Gould
railroad president. Frank Gould, the
fourth brother, who married Edith
Kelly, the English actress, gives no
time to railroad matters. For Ties.
reasons, it is rumored, George Gould
has picked out brother Edwin to be
the new and second president of the
Western Pacific.
When the deal is arranged Edwin
Gould will come to the coast at least
twice year.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
CARLOAD Freight Receipts.

During the past As hours the fol-
lowing carload lots of freight were
received at the Southern Pacific sta
ton:
Sumerfield Pearce, oats.
Verdi Lumber Co., a carload each of
coal and wood.
f. Reinhart & Co., carload each of
lumber and shingles.
Golconda Telephone& Power Co.,
car of posts.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
Heavy Stock Shipments Yesterday.

Yesterday was one of the heaviest
days for stock shipments of the year.
Miller & Lux shipped 80 cars of cattle
to Lovelock, to be fed in transit. The
same firm also shipped four cars of
beef cattle to San Francisco.
Thos, Mcconnell, Ernest Sullivan and
John Dobson SHIPPED two carloads of
horses to st. Louis.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
DIR. TAYOR WILL SPEND
FEW DAYS AT PARADISE

DR.. W. E. Taylor, the eye specialist,
will leave in the morning for Para
disc, where he will be quartered for
few days at the Auditorium hotel. He
will return to Winnemucca the first
of the week and remain for a few
days longer at the Shone house.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
Western Pacific Personals.

Trainmaster G. ". Hamilton, Of
Portola, arrived in Winnemucca for a
days visit on No. 4 last evening Mr.
Hamilton has just returned from San
Francisco, where he submitted to a
minor operation, which was entirely
successful.
Trainmaster J. 8. Spelman is spend
ing the day in Gerlach on official bust
ness.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
Agent Born Attending Convention.

Mr.. and Mrs. P. E. Born left on No.
5 this morning for Sacramento where
the former will attend the convention
of Southern Pacific freight agents,
which will be held in the California
city tomorrow and Saturday.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
e. REINHART 4 COMPANY
INSTALLING NEW RNACE

A new furnace is being installed in
the basement of E. Reinhart & Com
pany's store, of sufficient capacity to
supply heat for the new buildings in
course of construction.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
Denocratic Rally Tomorrow Night.

Local Democrats will rally at th
Nixon opera house tomorrow evening
to listen to Senator Newlands an
Sam Belford.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
STANDING OF CANDIDATES
IN BAZAAR DOLL CONTEST

Following is the standing of the
candidates for the doll, to be given
away at the Catholic Bazaar, to be
held in the Nixon opera house the last
of the present month:
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
H. x. Davis for Asemblyman.

In another column of this issue of
the Silver State appears the announce
ment of H. X. Davis as an Independ-
ent candidate for Assemblyman, en-
dorsing the Socialistic platform. Mr..
Davis has resided for number of
years in Winnemucca, where he is ex-
tremely popular. He is man in
close touch with public affairs, and, if
elected, may be relied upon to repre-
sent Humboldt county in the lower
house of the state legislature in a sat
isfactory manner.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
FIXES RESPONSE
B|L|TY FOR ACCIDENT

A board of inquiry, comprising J.
Copley, Nevada merchant, N. w.
Griffith, mining man, and FIVE South
ern Pacific officials and employees, con-
vened to ascertain the cause of and
fix the responsibility for the explosion
of the boiler of engine 1888 on west
bound extra freight No 1888 at Co.'S
grave, Nevada, resulting in the death
of Engineer N. L. Robinson and Fire
man c. c. Cool, has found that the ac-
cident was due to the water in the
boiler being allowed to get too low.
Responsibility is placed upon Engineer
Robinson.
The inquiry brought out the fact
that the locomotive had been carefully
inspected at Sparks on October 8,
both by inspectors of the Southern
Pacific company and of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and was found
to be in good working order. The ex-
plosion occurred while the train of a
cars was running at about 80 miles an
hour.
The boiler was thrown distance of
$50 feet by the force of the explosion
and debris was scattered about in a
radius of 500 feet from the track.
Railroad Men Inspect Town.
Carlton c. Crane, general agent for
the New York Central lines. and w.
ID. Snedaker, general agent of the H.
linois Central railway, both with of
fees in San Francisco, are visiting in
Winnemucca' today, calling on the
agents of the Southern Pacific and
Western Pacific, and telling local mer-
chants and shippers of the great ad-
vantages to be obtained by using their
rails for freight and passenger bust
ness.
During the day the railroad men
visited the Chamber of Commerce and
had nice things to say about the fruit
and vegetable exhibits. Mr.. Crane is
horticulturist and has 50-acre or
ehard of prunes and apricots at De-
Gotta, Alameda county, California Mr.
Snedaker is inclined towards hay-rais-
the best oney-maker. They will
visit in Nevada for several days be-
fore returning to the coast.
John A. Gill accompanied the gen.
tlemen to Winnemucca and has been
busy all day showing and explaining
the many substantial improvements
that have been recently made here.
The new business block of E. Reinhart
& Co., recently started and which,
when completed. means two additional
stores and a bank; new hotel. which
will be in operation before the first of
the year; several more new business
houses and at least so new residences;
a new power house, with additional
water and light facilities. were duly
upon the visitors.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10

A. J. Huber, former proprietor of the
"Elite,' and now connected with the
Wheeler chasing company, returned
this morning from atrip to Salt Lake
City.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
TAKES UP QUARTER SECTION
IN GRASS VALLEY

The first of the week Mrs. August
Bohnert filed on quarter section of
Grass valley land before u s. Com
missioner w. s. Bonnifeld, .Jr.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10

nopulation of New England in two
months. and more than onethird OF all
the people of the United States in
wear. Greater even than this, perhaps,
Is the number handled by the Southern
Pacific at its unique Oakland pier ter
minal at San Francisco. To deal with
the traffic at the Northwestern ter
minal requires 3l5 train day; to
handle that at the Grand Centrai ter
minal, 4l3 a day; to handle that at
the Broad street station, 543 day. To
haidle the traffic at the Boston south
station requires 779 TRAINS ever
twenty.four hours-an average q
more than one every two minutes
During, the busiest hour-from to
clock p. m.-eighty trains enter
and leave the south station, or one
every fortv.three seconds. There leave
and enter the Oakland pier terminal
e the Southern Pacific about l,zoo
aims day, or not far from one ev-
nv minute. The only terminal IN the
-o~la with business exceeding that
the largest in this countr" Is the
Care Saint Lazare at Paris, wnere
there are said to be handled 45,o0O,-
900 persons a year, or $4,000 a day
Samuel o. Dunn, in the October ocrip-
ner.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10

John Etchart, Of Goleonda, is at
tending to business in town today.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-10
THE PURCHASE OF ALASKA
BY THE UNITED STATES

Professor Dunning,of Columbia Uni
versity while examining the papers OF
President Andrew Johnson, stumbled
upon the fact that Johnson Is first mes
sage to congress was written by
George Bancroft, the historian. The
professor made another surprising dis
covery in that mine seven years ago,
which he has now published for the
first time in the current number of the
Political Science Quarterly. He found
a memorandum in the handwriting of
Johnson giving a report of q verbal
communication from William Fl. Sew
ard, secretary of state, explaining how
the appropriation of $7,200,0 900 was OBJ
tanned to carry out the terms of the
treaty for the purchase of Alaska
from Russia in the year 1868. The
treaty was negotiated in March, 1867,
between Seward and the Russian min
lister at Washington, Baron Stoeekl.
After it had been ratified bv the SEN
ate in June, the same year, there was
halt in the proceedings, owing to the
quarrel between congress and the
president on the reconstruction of the
south. This quarrel eliminated in the
impeachment of the president. Not
withstanding the blind fury with
which the house of representatives, pur-
sued Johnson, both before and after the
trial, the appropriation was favorably
reported by General N. Banks,
chairman of the committee on foreign
affairs, and supported by Thaddeus
Stevens, chairman of the committee on
wavs and means, and was passed July
Ia, 1865, by vote of 1l3 to 43. The
communication of Seward to johnson,
as written down by the latter, was
that Baron Stoeckl paid, out of the
money so appropriated, $4,000 to
John w. Fornev, editor and proprie-
tor of the Washington Chronicles; $S,-
900 to General Banks, and $4,000 to
Thaddeus Stevens, besides 100000 to
r. J. Walker and f. p. Stanton, two
Washington layers, who held no offi.
cial position then, although both had
been governors of Kansas in President
Buchanan time, and the former had
been secretary of the treasury under
President Polk. No suspicion OF cor
ruption of public officials attaches to
either of them.-New York Evening
Post.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-01-09

Joe Bouten returned Monday from
his monthly visit to the Bears Nest
canyon, where he read the record or
the gauge recording the flow of Sal
mon river just below the mouth of
Shoshone creek He states that the
level of water in the reservoir back of
the Salmon dam is now IL feet above
the floor of the outlet tunnel, and that
it is steadily rising, freezing weather
having not as yet, stopped the flow of
the Salmon river.-Hollister Herald.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-01-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Foster D. Hall depart
ed Friday evening for Boise, where
Mr.. Hall has accepted a position with
one Of the largest dry goods stores in
the Capital city. Mr.. and Mrs. Hall
have been employed in the Idaho De-
partment store for some time past and
while here have made host Of
friends who are sorry to see them
leave the city.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-01-09

Miss Beulah B. Lamb left yesterday
for Salt Lake. At Minidoka she will
stop off for visit with her sister and
brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. George W.
Burke, and from there she will go to
Twin Falls for short visit with a
classmate from the training school Of
nurses in Salt Lake. From there both
young ladies will go to Zion to prac-
tice their profession.-Wood River
News-Miner.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-01-09

Mrs. H. ]. Failing and son, and DR..
and Mrs. Townsend, father and moth
er of Mrs. Failing, departed last even
ing for Los Angeles, Calf, where they
will spend several weeks.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-01-09

St. Cecelia's society of st. Edwards
church, will hold it's first social meet
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. R.
Cox, Addison avenue, two blocks east
of Shoshone street, Thursday evening,
Jan. II, at 8 p. m. All the young
people are most cordially invited. Good
time assured.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-01-09

]. E. Sweeney and L. R. Hazel, who
have been in the city for the past two
months conducting a sale for Stalker
and company, departed Saturday even
ing for Butte, Mont, to conduct sever
al large sales in that city.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-01-09

Mrs, I. B. Perrine will give a silver
tea at her residence Thursday after
noon, January IL, for the benefit of the
Episcopal Guild. The public is cor
daily invited to attend.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-01-09

Mr.. Perry D. Freeman, young and
married man of Jarbidge, who has
been in camp since the latter part of the
summer and was engaged with John
Young in the vegetable and fruit bust
ness, departed for Twin Falls last
week to dispose of some real estate
he possesses in that city, for the pur-
pose of investing the proceeds in the
camp Of Jarbidge.-Jarbidge Miner.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-01-09

Rev. John Gourley departed this
morning for Burnley where he will at
tend meeting Of the Twin Falls Pres
bytery, which will be in session in that
place for couple of days.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-01-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Wertzbaugher ar
rived home Saturday evening from an
extended visit with relatives and
friends in Chicago and other Illinois
cities.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-01-09

Frank Reynolds and G. r. Hendricks
arrived in the city Sunday from their
home in Haley, to take look over the
Magic City on the Snake. This is their
first visit and they are more than
pleased with the city and surrounding
country.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-01-09

Attorney c. M. Booth left yesterday
for Boise. After a short visit there he
goes to Twin Falls to locate perman-
emily In the practice of his profession
River News Miner.