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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30
ELY CITIZENS COME TO
VISIT PiocHE MiNEe

Z. b. Lakeman, general manager of
the Nevada Consolidated Mining Co.
at Ely, and A. B. Witcher aud wife.
were in the city yesterday and spent
the day taking In the sights on the
Prince Consolidated side OF tho camp;
visiting the Prince Consolidated and
Virginia-Louise mines. Mrs. Wtches
Is sister Of w. II. Pitts, manages
OF the Hodges-Cook Mercantile com
oany and was much disappointed up.
on arriving here to learn that her
brother and family had gone to SaH
Dakn TO remain until after the
Thanksgiving holiday. The party WA
travelling in Mr.. Witcher's automo-
bile.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30
FILE ANSWER TO SUIT
OF oOlDFiELp OPERATOR

Key Plttman and Frank Pittman,
as attorneys for John q. kirche1,
ney Pittman and the Tonopah Meg
ger Mining company, filed la the
district court an answer to the COM.
paint In the suit instituted prlcr to
election by Louis stchloss. OF Cold.
gleld, against Messre. Pittman and
Nirchen. the Merger company, Rob
ert G. Hall and the Golden Anchor
mining company.
The answer denies the allegations
contained in the complaint and re-
cites that the organization Of the
Tonopah Merger Mining company
was effected in strict accordance
| with the law in every particular. -
ronopah Nevadan.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30
THANKSGIVING PROGRAM
IN THE PlOCHE SCHOOLS

Thu pupils Of the public schools
OF Phoebe gave an interesting Thanks
giving program under the direction
O. the teachers at the school building
wednesday afternoon, as follows:
1-2roclamation Of Gov. Isabella.
2-Song, Bearing Fruit"
3-Recitation, ....... Melba Craw
4-Pen Pictures Of the First
Thanksgiving, by Six Pupils
5-Reading, .......... Eoia walker
6--Origin OF Thanksgiving
(a) The Pi grims in England, Dor
othi Widdiccmhe.
b The Pilgrims Gross the Oc'
an, Liclle Getchell.
(c) The FIRST Thanksgiving, Thel
ra Nesbitt.
little Pilgrim Maids" Eveltn
Roe 'rr ard Louise Levi.
S-Reading, -. Zelpha Middleton
o--Song, Thanksgiving Day." by
-'irlsk
10-Turkey Soi!oQuy :. four boys
11-Recitstcn ;. :. Sam Eubanks
l2-Thanksgiving Day. Three Boys
lS-Recitation :. :. Elex orr
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30
HERE'S CHANCE TO GET
SELECT ALFALFA SEED

Congressman Roberts has received
word from the Department of Agri-
culture that he has been awarded a
consignment of alfalfa seed. The
seed Is result of experiments on arid
lands and it is 20 be planted ON such
ards with the hopes o. reproducing
aud giving the farmers results says
he Carson Appeal.
The amount of seed is limited and
Congressman Roberts will endeavoi
( rward It where 1t will do the most
good Parties who will attend to this
,eei as instructed and not waste 1t
viii b. forwarded a package There Is
enough In each INSTANCE for about
IN aero OF land and those who file
their names with him viii receive
the seed during tbs, winter,
Mr.. Roberts Is taking an active N
-erest In this sort OF Development anc
',rtainly keeps in touch With the de
| DartmentS that can 90 the peoph
S,od. In this ease he explains tha
it was a special concession and thu
department is anxious that the seet
b given favorable and fair test
The seed is the selection from man,
varieties and iconsidered as the bes
adapted to this section of the worl
Or the ard portions where irrigation
Is limited
Considering the number of farmer
who are endeavoring to carry on dr.
farming, this small consignment {
seed will be welcome and RI. Rot
erts hopes to secure other dry farm
Ing seeds for the use os Nevada G,
perimenters and help the new wor
along as fast as possible.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30
Nevada Utah Men
DUG In PiOChc Soon

The following taken from the Des-
eret News Of Salt Lake may be Of 10.
cal interest:
According to word received from
the east, several members of the re-
organization committee of the Nsv-
ada Utah Mines & Shelters corpor-
alton will reach Utah shortly after
the first Of next month, and accom-
panied by many of the l-'cal people
interested in the properties will make
an inspection Tip of the various
pieces of territory owned by this cor
poration. Iii understood that this
trip will be followed shortly by ac-
tive wor on severa OF the properties.
Although it is not officially stated
as to who will be the members of
the party, it is understood that F.
A. Dillingham; of the law firm that
hhas been handling thhe affairs of
the Company, Manager Palmer of
Trippe G Company, which is the con-
-ern that has been active in bring
ing about reorganization CT the
e.upaly, E. G. Hathorn Of Vogel-
st in G. Company, and Allan H. Rog
ers, consul ting engineer for the re-
i .za;ion committee, win make up
g4r.y Mr.. Rogers has already
p.erared an extensive report on the
various properties owned by the cor
.!.4 ii ne aaa and Utah. He has
aed the work be taken up and
Aea on lined plans for the develop
neat OF the territory owned by
s8is concern.
j. Is understood that the party will
a salt Lake sometime about the
s ma week in December and that
ley wi give orders to start work
- the Pioche properties first. II
is probable that work will be resum-
81. at the No. shaft at Phoebe al
most Immediately after their ar
rival. Before work WIS closed at
this csilaft the company had an ex-
ceptionally good showing. having
just opened up the famous
Black Ledse which not only contain
ed silver .unning as high as 100
ounces, but also contained high zinc
values. On account OF the high price
OF zinc at present work in this prop
erty, it is believed, would be highly
prof. able to the company.
There is also under consider
alton a plan to deed back to the
owners OF the $125,000 note, given by
Nevada Utah, in consideration OF Sc
curing control the Ohio Kentucky
the old Susan Buster property, IL
fill payment of the note. In this way
the note could be sold and give
sufficient capital to the Amalgamatet
Pioche property to start work. The
Analgamated Phoebe is the operating
company fer the Nevada Utah in the
district.
If this is done 1t is understood
that the owners Of the Susan Dus
ter will be given the right to use
the Zero tunel, which Is upon th'
Amalgamated Phoebe ground!
..'A9 soon as operations are resume
OH the Nevada Utah properties II
the Phoebe distric. will mean a neV
era for the town, as all the propertie
that are now operating in the dis
t let are not within the town OF RI
oche."
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30
JUDGE TAEER AT
LAS VEGAS THIS WEEK

Judge Taber is holding court at
Las Vegas this week. The grand
ury OF Clark county was called to
consider a number OF criminal cases.
Ind the Age says:
There are seven prisoners await {
he action Of the grand jury as fol
bws: James l.. Graham and ]. L
Dalton on charges Of murder; Jesu.
ja.azar for assault with deadly
Weapon; Earnest Ritter, forgery
jtocker, Murphy and Joe Watkins.
urglary. The later will be remem-
cred as the individual who ente.e5
10 house OF Walter NJ. Brown. IN
arch light, and stole fur oyercoat
l the middle of August. Hen-y Glib
IN OF Nielsen, who has been max
g trouble for himself recently a
lat place and Searchlight, wa
ought to the county jail Friday a
II additional candidate for the ser
ices Of the grand jury. 4
THE week beginning December Enc
will be devoted to jury trials, Ii
.ere are any, and the trial jury i:
Xtpected to be IN hand promptly u
} o'clock of that day. There ar,
ums.ous small matters to occupy
ne attention Of the court and 1t Is
,robable that the court viii be In ses
ion here for about three weeks
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30
WILL SOON MAKE A
TOUR OF THE STATE
Believing Reclamation to be NeVada's
Eventual Salvation Key Fittman
viii Give HE Attention

Senator key Pittman, who spent
the latter part Of the week in THIS
city. is already breaking ground for
the next six years as representa-
tive of this state. He is getting
busy looking up state and public
needs. He has for some time had
in view the possibility OF securing
public aid in the matter Of reclama'
ton fer several sections Of Nevada
he will during tho next few months
or until he takes his seat in the
senate, put in time going over ths
esound with the different people OF
the state where reclamation pTojests
could be of vast assistance.
AS Senator Newlands IL consider
Cd the father Of reclamation IN tht
senate it is the intention Of Senator
Pittman to work with him along this
line. The problem Of future conserv
alton of water and the building Of
reservoirs and canals about Carse1
alley leading to EAGLE valley was
'tscussed. Mr.. Pittnan intends
taking an auto and making a person
al Investigation cf the subject. liz
He realizes that by such wc.h
vast and profitable proposition couif
be- nut through. He will within
,rery shcrt time go over the groun'
and then be in position to tai
ftom the ground floor end Of tn
game. He realizes that the mainsta,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30
COL. MANSON MAY
RETURN FROM PANAMA

The possible return of Col. H. B,
Maxson,. Republican national commit
teeman from Nevada, to Reno is in
Dictated in letters received stating
that the climate Of the canal zone
where he was given a position by
President Taft does not agree with
hsm and that he has been Ill most
Of the time since he arrived in the
tropics.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30
ORE SHIPMENTS STARTED
FROM COMET piSTRic1

Ore shipments will be inauglrated
q few days from the Comet dist
let and it is expected that thereaft
II this will be regular occurance
rom this vast miueralized district
Thanks giving day, Il. D. Smiley mad
arrangements with Ras Ronnow tt
laul the initial shipmen. to Panaca
riE Is to be the shipping point foi
Comet ores.
rs. Schodde and Christensel
Who are working the old Lyndon prol
grty, expect to start shipments from
mat Comet producer within the next
week Or two.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30
BRING PICTURE ROCK
FROM DAY BRISTOL

+. w. Dickle and H. w. Turner
4pent Thanksgiving day at the Day
Bristol mines and partook of a boun.
teous turkey feast at tho company
boarding house; which. they declare.
was tit to serve before king.
They brought in with them some
fine specimens of ore taken from
me recent disclosures in the Iron
anG May Day mines. The ore Ii
nigh grade aud gives a very good
idea of the character of the ore now
teing sent to market by the Dag
Bristol company.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30

Work has been stsarted on what ID
known as the Horseshoe group
81 II 'sqooId-IolsIIa opa 3llsmlo,
understood that 90 h. p. hoistins
plant will be installed and vigorous
campaign of development carried on
there. Eastern parties have become
intereAesi through the efforts Of e
F. Prudential and others.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30
New York Broker Coming

E. F. Prudential and G. A. Stone
ham are expected to arrive from New
York Wednesday. Mr.. Stoneham Is
the New York broker who has had
Phoebe interests for several years.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30
COPPER SHIPMENTS
FROM THIS STATE

Eighty carloads of copper are now
hippad every month from the state
:; Nevada, the majo. portion O..
.hich comes from the Ely district.
.ad which has 4 commercial value
i more than $1,000, O0O.-Ely Record.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30

14-What November Brings. Three
Boys.
l5-Reading. Fay Walker
16-Play:-t
The First Thanksgiving Day.
l7-Song, Eve Thank Thee"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30
Thanksgiving Ore Shipments

The Day Bristol Mining company's
ore teams transferred lilo tons OF
ore from it's Bristol properties to the
Jack Rabbit for shipment over the
Jack Rabbit for shipment over
the Phoebe Paaific railroad Yester-
day the narrow guaged train made two
trips to Jack Rabbit.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30

E. G. D. Marriage came In from At
lanta Thursday evening, He repoyu,
considerable activity in the Atlantis
district at the present time.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30
PARcE

Class Mall" the ints.
mailing parcels comparh.
With those for mailing 9th
OF mail
1t is ordered that after Janua
Ill mail of the fourth class must hs.
On It the special PARCELS post stamp.
and any mail not so tampei Will b.
marked held for postage" Ordinary
postage cannot be used after January
on mail of the fourth class.
Parcels which are included in fourt
lass mail can only be mailed al the
lostofflces, branch postoffices, loca
r or numbered stations OF the coun.
.ry after the beginning of the now
year.
All parcels post packages must
Dear the return card OF the sender
n the upper left hand corner, ane
lnless this is placed on the package
t will not be- accepted for mailing
This feature is expected to prove
big help to the postal officials II
tracing their ownership in ease of ca
.crs In addressing.
The postmaster is eXpec ting
| yhedule CT postage rates In tn,
lear future. He is advised that
nap showing the division of thu
ountry into eight parcels post zone
| will be forwarded before the, frs
Il January. A different postage rat
| WI; Apply in each zone. In eact
lcue Of origin. the rate Is to be
cents for the first pound and ! con
or each succeeding pound up t,
| he limit Of IL pounds weight.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30
METAL MARKET

Silver CSC. per ounce.
Lead S4.625 per 100 lbs.
Copper S17.40 per 100 lbs.
Speltea' s7.35 @ $7.55.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30
PiocHE STOCKS

Quotations on the Salt Lake Stool
md Mining Exchange:
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30

SIN.
per to
a,aon, tn
position
pensive wagoh
. the railroad a.
small matter In the
Conditions at the Da,
N fine shape and Sup
dicombe has ore developed To
up the present production indeflnitA.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-30

The Successful. N
eersity Regents In ~
we're Walter +. Pratt,
Held and A. A. Codd, Rep
Tor long term positions and
O'Brien, Rep. of Sparks for
term.
Gilpin observer., 1912-05-02
CONDENSED RECORD OF TIL e
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, D o I N G 8, ACHIEVE.
MENTS, SUFFERINGS, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

Preliminary plans have been per
fected for the erection of labor ten
| pie in Fresno, Calf
Colonel John M. c. Marble, one of
the best known men of finance in
southern California, died in New York
recently.
Mrs. William F. Curry, wife of the
clerk of the Justice Court of San Jose,
Cal, township, has been sworn in a
deputy constable.
| A cyclone which swept the country
near Broken Bow, Neb., picked up a
little country school house, in which
were twelve children and the teacher,
carried it a mile Snd set it on the
ground without injuring a child.
Unless an immediate settlement of
| the strike of the Union Pacific shop
men is effected, strike of the 300,
600 shop employees of the Denver &
Rio Grande, Burlington, Colorado &
Southern and other lines is threat
ened.
The United States government,
through its attorney, Harry Kelley,
has filed suit in the Federal District
Court against the Union Pacific Rail
road Company, on the charge of vio-
lating the safety appliance act of
March 2, 1898.
In the stomach of a speckled trout
cut open to determine what sort of
bait was advisable, Henry Parrott,
Homer Musser and Hugo Sillisch of
Bellingham, Wash, found a one-carat
diamond of the finest water in a Tiff
fany setting.
Henry NJ. Dearing, aged 72, and son,
Palmer NJ. Dcaring, 40, were brought
to the federal prison at Leavenworth,
Kan, to begin sentences of five years
each for embezzlement. Henry NJ.
Dearing was cashier of the Albion
National bank of Albion, Mich, ahd
his son an employe.
Because the Western Union Tele-
graph Company refused to pay it's tax
assessment in the state of Idaho, the
attorney general, o. NJ. Van Duyan,
has authorized the seizure of the cJnl-
pany's property. The telegraph com
pany claims that the rate of taxes WAS
too high.
AS detailed reports come in, the ex-
tent of devastation and loss of life
and property from the recent Oklaho
ma tornado increases. 1t is known that
twenty towns were struck by the
storm which swept northward through
portions of southwestern and central
Oklahoma; that two of them, Butler
and Foss, were literally wiped out ana
forty-one dead and more than a hun
dred injured are accounted for.
Gilpin observer., 1912-05-02
FOREIGN.

The cable ship Mackay-Bennett has
reached Halifax, N. S.. with 200 of the
Titanic's dead.
The Pope's physicians, Drs. Pellaci
and Marchiafava, at Rome, are in
close attendance on his holiness, who
is very i'll.
The great bazaar quarters in Da-
mascus have been destroyed by fire.
Several persons were killed and many
injured and the damage is estimated
at $lO,OOO,00O.
Four men were killed by cave-in
at the Elisa mine At Cananea. Mex
When rescuers reached the imprisoned
men, one was dead, and the others
died within five minutes after being
taken out.
The Jewish quarter of Fez, Morocco,
presents a lamentable spectacle as a
result of the recent pillaging and loot
ing by the revolving populace and mu-
tineers among the Moorish soldiers.
or the $4,000 Jewish residents no fewer
than 1000 have been made homeless
by fire. and these have now taken
refuge, half naked and hungry, in the
gardens of the sultan's palace.
Bonnot. the leader of an organized
gang Of automobile bandits who have
been terrorizing Paris and the sur.
rounding district for months, and Du
Bois, notorious anarchist, were shot
to death in the most thriiting encoun.
ter in the annals of French crime.
A garage at Choisy-le.Roi. six miles
south OF Paris, in which the bandits
had taken refuge. was blown up by
dynamite, after these two men had
kept at bay for hours a large part of
the police force of Paris.
The English continue to make liber.
al contributions to tie relief fund for
the sufferers from the Titanic disas.
ter. The Mansion House has re-
ceived s735.000. the Mail $l50,000, the
Telegraph $4,000, while other funds
are growing in proportion.
Thirty Of the 1000 rifles shipped to
the American Ambassador at Mexico
City. for use of the American colony
in the event of trouble were seized
by the police as they were being dis
tributed. More than 700 already had
been apportioned among American
residents
Gilpin observer., 1912-05-02
SUIT TO SMASH
HARVESTER TRUST
GOVERNMENT CHARGES CORPOR.
ALTON WITH ELIMINATING
COMPETITION.
RECEIVER IS ASKED
2 CORPORATIONS AND 1a INDIVID,
UALS NAMED AS HEADS OF
$14oooo,ooo.oo CONCERN.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
St. Paul.-Suit against the Interna,
tIonal Harvester Company charging it
with being a monopoly in restraint of
trade and asking that it be dissolved,
has been filed by the government in
the United States District Court here.
A petition in equity naming seven
corporations and eighteen individuals
as being the responsible heads of the
$140,000,000 harvester corporation sets
forth the charge that the defendant
controls a majority of the trade in har-
vesting machinery in the United STATES
ito the grave injury of the farmer
and the general public"
1t asks that a receiver be appoint
cd to take charge of the corporations
business, if the court sees fit.
Another petition asks the issuance
OF subpoenas for all defendants net
residing in this district The defen-
Gants, it was announced, will have
Until June 3rd to enter their plead
ings, and the trials probably will be
set for the October term of court.
The government contends that The
corporation has eliminated competi-
tion by securing control of great
ajority of the retail implement deal
ers in the United States, who ale
made their exclusive selling agents.
The petition says:
THE opportunities for any new
competitors are constantly beilg
Closed by the defendants in all lines
of agricultural Implements; the agsn-
cies for distribution, the retail imp'e-
n,ent dealers and others are rapidly
coming under their undisputed con-
troll, and unless prevented and re-
strained. their complete, unchallenged
dominion of every branch of trade and
commerce in agricultural implements
OF all kinds may be confidently On
pected at an early date
The government charges that tie
defendants have absorbed competing
companies, but concealed their own
ership, permitting them to be adver-
t.sed "as wholly independent and
without connection with them, the
Trust, or any combination, intend
ing thereby to mislead, deceive and
cefraud the public and more effectu-
ally cripple existing competitors and
keep out new ones"
The bill contains these charges
THE defendants have resorted 20
unfair trade methods; have made in
accurate and misleading statements
concerning rival machines or concern
ing the credit of competitors; have by
misrepresentation sought to induce
competitors, agents and dealers to
abandon them, and in divers unf air
ways have endeavored to destroy
them, and for the purpose of destrlc-
tive competition have reduced prices
OF their machines in some localities
below cost of production and distri-
button while keeping prices up in
other localities"
Gilpin observer., 1912-05-02
New Town for San Luis Valley.

Alamosa.-A new town is being born
in the San Luis valley near here as a
result of the drainage systems now be
ing constructed. This is the town OF
Gibson, established on the site of the
town of Dune, which was an early set
tlement here. but has long since passed
out of existence. Drainage work, which
has been carried on in and around Ala.
mosa for the last two years, has n.
ready resulted in the construction Of
more than 200 miles of drainage
bitches. At the present time much
new work is under way, and thousands
of dollars will be spent in thus reclaim.
Ing lands in this valley.
Gilpin observer., 1912-05-02
GEN ERAC.

Robert Cameron Rogers, poet, lover
of nature. journalist. true friend, is
dead. He died at his beautiful home
in Mission canon, Santa Barbara,
Cal
Representatives Kindred, physi
clan who runs sanitarium near New
York, will introduce a bill providing
for the establishment of government
sanitarium for the people who drink
too much liquor and have other all
ments.
Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of ].
Pierpont Morgan, has set up 1900
Navy yard workmen in the restaurant
business in New York. She surren-
dered control OF her Brooklyn Navy
Yard eating establishment to the yard
employees, and gave a check for 81 900
as sinking fund.
DR.. ID. X. Pearson, the aged philan.
thropist, died in sanitarium at Hins-
dals. ILL.,, at the age Of ninety-two. He
had been at the point of death sew
eral days. and physicians had given
up all hope for his recovery. He was
kept alive by the use of oxygen for
several days. DR.. Pearson's fortune
of $G,000.000 Mas given away to needy
schools and colleges.
The king of beggars" is In New
York and under lock and key In pos.
session of fortune-as some fortunes
go-he was picked up on charges of
intoxication and disorderly conduct.
He calls himself the king of beggars"
and had no objection to telling the po.
lice of his career. In Cleveland re.
Gently he gathered up $4,000 from
sympathetic auditors and the Probate
Court of that city appointed guar.
dian to look after his money.
Insurance men estimate that the to.
tai losses to be paid by the various
life, accident and marine companies
as result OF the sinking OF the TT.
tanic will reach approximately SIS.
100000. Some companies have been
hard hit
The steamer Nina, which has taken
the place of the steamer. Mackay Ben.
nett in search for bodies OF victims Of
the Titanic disaster. has recovered
few bodies. but It was impossible to
continue the search on account OF
stormy weather. according to wireless
messages.