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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-07-12

Treasury Clerks in Counterfeit Plot.
Washington-An alleged counter.
feiting conspiracy, Matched in the
United States treasury, only a few
feet from the office of Chief Wilkie,
has been unearthed by secret service
men. ]. D. Atkins, a clerk in the Of
flee of the auditor for the treasury
department, was arrested on war;
rant signed by United States Commits
sioner Bond of Baltimore, charging
him with raising one-dollar notes to
ten. This action followed the arrest
in Baltimore of Percy H. Carman, a
fellow clerk of Atkins
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-07-12

talks and dreams of Palat and Florida.
He too has been TO the Legislature, and
has been renominated for another term
He is one of the most polished writer's
of the craft. In token of the esteem of
his brothers he was elected vice prcsi.
dent and will be president of the Florida
Pr. IS Association next time.
Doctor Z. S. Grill still lives. He is in
the banking business, and looks as young
as when he was state treasurer, but his
avoirdupoiS is more, and his step not
quite as brisk. DR.. Grill came from
some Northern state, but he has been
one of the most useful FloridianS. He
served as state treasurer in the first dem
ocratic cabinet after reconstruction in the
later seventies. Later he was elected to
the state senate. For nearly twenty
years his county wisely let him serve
his state in the upper branch. His clear
brain, his simple habits OF temperance
and W ork made him one Of the most in
fluential senators. 1t will never be
known how much of wholesome legiS
Iation was due to his wise management,
nor how much stuff he kept off the
statute books. There are many men
who believe Doctor Grill ought TO have
been governor long ago. He is still
Young and active and ought yet do much !
good work. We did not see Hon. Sam.
uel ]. Hilburn, who recently caused
Frank Clark TO make the race OF his lie |
to retain his seat in congress. He was |
perhaps absent from the town, or unlike
Bryan he believes in sticking TO his pr
vate business after suffering defeat. No
matter, his neighbors believe in Hilburn
and think that the future has victory for
him, if he tries politics again. Frank
Clark was Just too much for him or the
chances were against the Palatkan.
Palatka now is better than in the for
ner DAYS. The dirty, dingy dives are
not in sight Lemon street is no longer
lined with liquor shops that would put
q shame the worst in large city, Does
prohibit? AS for us we say,
he new is better than the old. We ana
not notice that any visiting newspaper
nan was suffering from snake bite, ana
lot once did a pencil puSher have
breath like pole cat.
A BANQUET could be held without
iouor. and even Col. Appleyard, W. b.
lowell and Frank Mayes found no fault
viIh the committee of arrangements.
10 much for meeting in a dry town.
When we hear some signing over the
God old times, so much better, they
hink. than these days in Florida, we
hall wish TO pack our grip for Palatka-
ne new Palatka on the bank OF the
I. Johns. W. D. H.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-07-12
JUDGE Leaves Faulty VIII.

1t is strange how many talented
judges and lawyers have failed to draw
up their own wills correctly. The
English Judge Washington, who died
recently, leaving an estate of nearly
100000, overlooked the important
necessity of having his will and a cod
icil to it properly attested. Perhaps
he intended that his professional col
leagues should benefit Indirectly by
the consequent litigation.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-07-12
Bubonic Plague in Porto Rico.

San Juan, P. R.@The American Of
fcers who arrived to assist the Por.
to Rican authorities in stamping out
the plague, in report to the acting
governor, H. Drew Carrel, confirm the
findings of the insular physicians that
true bubonic plague exists. The opin-
ion is expressed that the disease can
be controlled and finally eradicated II
the methods which are now being ap-
piled to stamp it out are carried into
effect vigorously. The total number
of cases so far recorded is 81, with
II deaths
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-07-12

The reindeer like the camel, is
particularly suited to the needs of
nomadic people; easily satisfied in the
matter of food, it is unnecessary to
carry fodder for him; what cactus,
thorns and other growths of the
coarsest are to the camel, lichen or
moss, always to be found by scraping
away the snow, is to the reindeer;
both are self-supporting Travellers
Bailey's Magazine.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-07-12
Comes Home by Itself.

An aeroplane has this advantage
over motor car: When it breaks
down it doesn't have to be lowed in
Life.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-07-12
Get to Work.

You can never tell how hard the
task is by standing and looking at it
The Christian Herald.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-07-12
Take Tim. 10 Rsnlane

A lost thumbnail will be generally
replaced in five months and a great
toenail requires twice as long.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-07-12
Listen.

money talks" but it is not over
cordial with some of us,
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-05-22
PREPARING FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION,

The Democrats of this county art
preparing to make Monday, June 3rd
one of the real large days of yeal
that will be fraught with many hare
fought political battles. For this dag
is state convention day and the Demo.
Gratis, already imbued with strong idea:
OF victory, because of Republican dis
sensioD, are going to play the role OF
entertainers for day in manner
befitting a contingent in whose arms
victory is about TO nestle.
A sum more than twice as great as
that expended by the Republican CO.
horts, has been set aside by the min
ions of Democracy, rooms have been
secured, hall rented. music engaged.
automobile trips arranged for the Wis.
iting delegates, all with the end in view
OF properly entertaining the distin-
gulshed gentlemen who will be carrying
Nevada Democracy around on their
shoulders on June 3rd.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-05-22
Kent Was Lower; Also Slower.

City Electrician L. w. Crehore is
busy witch the work of assembling the
material for the city's electrical system,
most everything needed having arrived
with the exception of the poles, with
out which further work cannot pro-
ceed. The contract, it will be remem-
bered, was awarded to the Kent COM
pany, through the fact that its man.
ager offered figure about SIS less than
competing bidders. 1t was understood
at the time that immediate delivery
was contemplated, but subsequent
events have determined the fact that
while Mr.. Kent was some lower in his
figures, he is likewise whole lot slow
er, with the result that the city will
probably lose to some extent in the
transaction.
Every day that the city's construc-
tion plans are put off simply means the
deprivation of days income that will
come from the systems operation
Likewise, it means that interest will
have to be paid upon SIS, 900 of idle
money for the same period. Of course,
the city officials are eve rrated from
all blame in the matter, for their award
was made in the best of faith, and they
believed they were acting for the best
interests of the taxpayers.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-05-22
MEMORIAL DAY ARRANGEMENTS
The Day Will Be Generally OBJ
served By The Residents Of
This Community.

Memorial Day preparations are all eff
fected and are sufficient to insure a fit
ting observation of the date and will
exemplify fully the purposes that
prompt exercises over the graves of
the Nations heroes. The line of march
has been arranged and will include a
flag bearer, fife and drum corps, Veter-
ans of the Civil War, Veterans of the
Spanish-American War, boy scouts,
school children, fraternal orders and
citizens in carriages and on horseback.
The procession will form in line at the
court house at 10 100 O'Clock and march
to the pavilion where carriages will be
invoked to get to the cemetery in the
order named.
The pavilion will be open from 1000
TO 80 as a rest room. At 80 the ex-
ercises will occur with Rev. A. r. Mer-
ritt as master of ceremonies, and will
includea well prepared program. Songs
by the school children, elocutionary eff
forts, with the Grafton of the day by
j. w. Ferguson. music by the Fallon
band, are all features that will typify
in fullest measure the significance of
the event and should attract every
patriotic local citizen.
A full program will appear in our
next issue.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-05-22
FAIRVIEW Thief IS
QUICKLY APPREHEnDED

VIM. Meyers, formerly in the employ
of Green & Aven, the Fairview hotel
keepers, whose safe was burglarized
about two weeks ago of s510 40, was
arrested last Wednesday at Fairview
after extremely convincing evidence
had been fastened upon him, and fol-
lowing his arrest S470 was recovered
from a cache made by Meyers. He
had his trial the same day before JUS
tice Lamb, of Fairview, who bound
him over to answer to the grand jury
under bonds of $500. Meyers admitted
his guilt when confronted with the
evidence.
1t seems that while working in the
bar burglarized, he had noted the work.
ing of the safe combination, and later
it was easy for him to effect the theft.
Meyers is now in the county Jail. He
claims that woman, with whom he
was infatuated, was the cause of his
indiscretion, and formerly bore a good
reputation, according to witnesses ex-
amined at the preliminary, who knew
him years ago in Colorado, where he
worked as miner.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-05-22
WHAT A REPUBLICAN
NEWSPAPER THINKS

The proposed amendment to the ted
eral constitution, limiting the Office of
president of the United States to one
term, brings to mind the views of Gen.
eral Grant, expressed in 1884. At that
time the great war hero favored term
of seven years with an ineligibility
clause attached. Here is what he said:
There is one amendment which con-
slider would be of great benefit, and
that is one that would make the presi-
Dental term one of seven years instead
of four, with provision that a presi-
dent holding Office for seven years
should thereafter be ineligible. | lay
much stress upon this, because we all
know how much embarrassment is caus-
ed to the business of the country by
these contests every four years, and
how much the public is absorbed in
them. We have, under our present
system, only about two years of peace
and quiet out of the four a president
holds Office. By having president
elected for seven years the election
would cause much less disturbance in
business circles"
While the majority of the people of
the country are in favor of one term
with longer tenure than at present. it
is probable that Grants seven-year idea
would not meet with much favor. II
would seem that term with an even
number of years would come nearer
hitting the mark.
Any discussion of this subject brings
up inevitably the present attitude of
Theodore Roosevelt. After serving
seven years in the White House and de-
claring in unequivocal English that he
would not be a candidate for another
term, this battle-scarred hero of San
Juan, this perennial office-holder, is
now making the hardest fight he ever
made for a nomination. His fight
against President Taft is amazing be-
cause of utter lack of ethical courtesy,
and bis constant distor tion of facts, his
childish playing to the galleries, shows
him to be a political acrobat of unsur-
passed versatility. In every show
down in which facts have been involv-
ed. the president has had "the goods
on Teddy, yet such is the manner of
the man that he puts it over the people
when they have their eyes wide open.
Talk about Emperor Williaml If ever
a man believed in the divine right of
ruling that man is Colonel Roosevelt
Goldfield Tribune.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-05-22
TWO FORGERS ARE GUILTY
One Found Guilty, While Other
Pleads Waving Formality
of Trial.

The district court was in session
Monday and yesterday, hearing the
criminal cases of Adolph Webber and
h. Il. Snyder Quinn, each charged with
obtaining money on fraudulent checks.
Webber's case went to jury Monday,
and his guilt seemed so conclusive that
verdict of guilty was reached in a
few minutes. Quinn did not allow his
trial, scheduled for yesterday, to come
to climax. pleading guilty upon ar
raignment. Both will be sentenced
next Saturday by Judge French. The
trial jury was dismissed yesterday for
the term. The following composed the
venire:
C. S. Bailey, W. r. Birch, II. F.
Buerer, Dan Callahan, Geo. A. Coffrin,
G. c. Coverston, F. A. Dalton, Ed F..
Dunbar, S. H. Fort S. P. Gross, L. G..
Hall, VIM. P. Hambitzer, G. M. Har-
mon, E. S. Hartman, C, M. Hoover,
Alexander Jacobs, j. w. Johnson, l..
A. Kaiser, c. E. Lawrence, w. A. Lar
son, E. j. Maupin, E. T. Morgan,
Frank Oar. M. H. Parks, L. l.. Patter-
son, Edwin Rowan, e. V. Taylor, j.
W. Vannoy, w. F. White, Alfred
Whitten.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-05-22
STOCKHOLDERS THINK
WELL OF NEVADA HILLS,

AS general rule, local stockholders
comment very fayorably upon the an
nual report of the Nevada Hills COM
panv, details of which were contained
in The Tribune Sunday. 1t is of tre-
mendous Importance to the company
that all the expensive dead sort of ores
are now available for the new mill and
that power difficulties appear to be
more questions of past consideration
than future factors. The report breath
ed optimism in each line, but practical
ly nothing was stated in regard to de-
veloped ore bodies.
The previous annual report bad stat
ed it very difficult matter to give tom
nsges and average values to available
for future operations, and the report
just released stated that the manage
ment had been able to place new ore TO
the value of $500, 900 in sight during
the past year. No idea can be drawn,
therefore, of the probable life of the
property. 1t should be remembered,
however, that one of the difficulties of
the past year was the inability to do
the work desired in ore. The manage
ment was kept busy in barren ground
making connections, ETC., for future
economical operation 1t is hoped by
the stockholders that the officials will
emphasize the developed ore matter
during the new year, for it is unques-
tionably this feature of the last report
that has occasioned the market weak
ness of the Nevada Hills stocks during
the past few weeks.-Salt Lake Tri-
bune.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-05-22
Peculiarly Inconsistent Advocacy.

Hugh Brown, late candidate for at
torney-general of the state. is out urg-
ing the idea that the nominations for
the judiciary of the state be left to the
lawyers of the state. Sure, good idea.
In the meantime, let the printers of
the state nominate the state printer,
and there would really be nothing
wrong about apportioning the other
offices around. For instance let the
sheepmen nominate the sheep Inspector;
the railroad companies the railroad
commissioners; the surveyors, the sur
veyor-general; the bankers, the state
treasurer; the bookkeepers. the secre-
tary of state; the mining companies,
the mining Inspector; the school teach
ers, the superintendent of public in
struction and go on giving offices
out to different classes within the state.
Truly it's fine idea for which Brown,
bright man though he is, stands spon-
sor on this occasion.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-05-22
RI. DOUGLASS OWNS 18TH GAR
Has Worlds Record For Mum.
Der of Cars Owned Within
Given Period.

R. L. Douglass drove in Saturday from
Reno in newly purchased Cadillac car,
built in roadster style, which is about
as nifty piece of travelling mechanism
as has been seen here. 1t is equipped
with electric lights and is said to be the
best car selling for up to $500. This
car is his 18th. but he hasn't stopped
there. Number 13 having been placed
in the discard pile by Mr.. Douglass, and
having lived through a great many
thousand miles of travel at the wheel
of the hoodoo numbered car, he felt so
good over his success that he added
Nos. ID and Is in bunch, the latest
car being Pierce-Arrow, said to be
the best American car built. The
Pierce-Arrow has been shipped to Cali
fornia where Mr.. Douglass will use it
for few weeks, while sojourning at
at the coast with his family, after
which be will drive it over the Sierras
and bring his family back home.
The former state senator is one Of
the most enthusiastic autoists in the
country, and his intimate friends ex-
pect to see him graduate into the aviator
class very shortly. Already he has sig
nifed his intention of making several
flights when Fowler comes to Fallon,
and being thoroughly familiar with the
workings of gas engines, he should be
the same success in the air that he is
on terra frma.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-05-22
Did Taft and Roosevelt Frame Up
Their Fight.

There are lot o. people in the Unit
ed States who regard the Taft-Roose-
welt political battle as a rotten prear-
ranged contest, as nauseating as a
fixed prize ring fight. And there is
good reason for such a suspicion. In
the first place, it is admitted that Taft,
as n National figure, would have been
unheard Of, had it not been for Roose-
welt, his sponsor. He introduced the
blushing and budding statesman to pc
litical society in very much the same
manner as the found and hopeful ma.
NINA introduces the debutante to her
first whirl in society. 1t really is a
mean thing for anyone, even a demo-
crat to thus impeach the motives of
the two great Republican belligerents,
and claim that they framed the thing
up four years ago, but it looks to us
like ruff stuff for fair.
Away down in their hearts, the den
tigerous and obese gentlemen are en-
joying the fiasco hugely, the while
wondering at the credulity of mankind,
which after all surpasses all things.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-05-22

John Durham, carpenter employed
on the government works at Lahontan,
fell from the concrete conduit forms,
while at work Monday, striking on a
corrugated iron bar that protruded from
the floor of the conduit, and sustained
injuries that for a time were thought
might be fatal. The bar penetrated
the unfortunate m ans side for a dis
tance of four inches, but luck lily no Wit
al part of his anatomy was touched and
the dams physician believes recovery
will be effected in due course of time.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-05-22
NEVADA RAILROAD CON-
MISSION IS UPHELD.

A Washington dispatch of the 18th
says: By an order just filed the inter-
state commerce commission has not
only confirmed the wisdom of the course
of the Nevada railroad commission in
avoiding compromises. but has insured
the reduction of commodity rates to
Nevada points amounting to a substsn-
tial advantage, effective June l.
The commission consents to the filing
of rate reductions on the initiative Of
the railroad amounting to ten or fifteen
per cent in excess of terminal rates for
shipments originating on Missouri river
points, with suitable increases for ship
ments originating farther east. For
eastern Nevada points the excess over
terminal rates Is but five to ten per
cent on Missouri river point shipments.
The granting of the order will not
only avoid placing the Nevada cases
under the fourth section in jeopardy,
but will also leave the intermountain
cases, which are uncompleted before
the commission, unimpaired by any
suggestion of compromise. The COM
mission has not passed on the reason
ableness of the proposed rates for the
interim, but has merely given permis-
sion to file them as an independent act.
The victory of the Nevada commission
and the attorney general consists in
being sustained as to the danger of q
compromise and in the refusal of the
interstate commerce commission to
sanction the proposed Spokane com.
promise which had been used to align
Spokane against the other intermoun-
tain shippers. The commission refused
to recognize the agreement to dismiss
the Spokane case and the intermountain
cases are therefore still pending for
such action as may be necessary under
the decision to be given in the fourth
section cases before the supreme court.
The rates to be put into effect after
June cover approximately 300 Of the
leading articles which move in carload
lots and while they do not give the full
measure of relief contended for they
are very substantial.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-05-22
C.S. SCOFlELO SOUNDS ALARM
Says That Unless Prompt Steps
Are Taken Our Hay Interests
Will be Threatened.

c. S. Scofield, CT the department of
agriculture, visited Fallon Saturday
and Sunday, spending his time at the
government experimental farm. In his
official work he is brought into close
touch with the agricultural conditions
prevailing over the west, and he sounds
an alarm about the danger of the al
falfa weevil that has proved destruc-
tive in Utah, where it made it's first
appearance a few years ago and has
since continued to increase its scope of
influence. the Utah farmers, the mean
while being unable to find anything of
a corrective nature. Mr.. Scofeld points
out that even Utah fruit trees packed
in straw should be Stunned by the
farmers of this valley and he advises a
rigid quarantine against Utah hay and
seed.
He sees in the probable importa-
tions of Utah hay by the Utah Con-
struction Co., which has the Fernley-
Lassen railroad contract in hand, grave
danger to the hay interests of this part
of the state, for once the weevil gets
started, there seems TO be no way of
stopping it in its mission of extermina-
tion. Nevada seems to be lacking in
laws that would govern such an ext
gency as now exists In California
there is an excellent quarantine law
that can be invoked upon a moments
notice, as Nevada farmers found out to
their chargrin when California manipu-
lators started the eel worm hoax last
fall and commercialized the advantage
that was gained by shutting out Ne
vsda potatoes from their home markets
for period.
Mr.. Scofield In discussing the Utah
weevil situation, said the farmers of
this valley were in no condition at this
particular time to stand the financial
losses that would come from the intro
duction of a hay destroying pest and
that in order to safeguard our agri-
cultural interests, some steps should be
taken to bring the matter 10 the at
tention of the state officials with the
end in view of shutting off all importa-
tions of Utah hay into this state. Be.
ing Utah corporation and subject to
low freight rates as railroad contrsc-
tors, 1t is believed that unless some ac-
tion is taken the Utah alfalfa, infested
with the weevil, will be brought into
this project by the hundreds of tons.
Once having gained foothold in the
Fernley district, the entire project
would soon be at the mercy of the
rapidly travelling beetle, which has
the alias of "weeyil."
The interests of this valley should
lose no time in joining with the farm
ers of the Ferniey district in effecting
means to eliminate this danger to our
hay interests.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-05-22

A number of the youngsters of the
town have been set upon by chicken
pox, disease that never kills. but ir-
ritates like the deuce.
A disgraceful scene in front of the
Temple theater at the conclusion of the
show Sunday evening, when a rowdy
used language not fit for anyone's ear,
to say nothing of ladies, large mum.
Der of whom were within range of the
fellows remarks, prompts the sugges-
tion that an officer be kept near on
such occasions to nab such offenders.
When buying taiboard scrapers If
the best what is are not satisfactory,
get one of ours. They always please
THE KIDD's SHOP.