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WESTERN PACIFIC
WILL TAKE OVER
EUREKA 8 PALISADE

Letters received in Carson with
in the last day or two state that IL
is pretty we'll authenticated and
generally believed in Eureka that
the Western Pacific has taken over
the Eureka and Palisade railroad,
and tina, it will Immediately begin
the rebuilding and widening of the
old narrow gauge.
The old road as il now stands, is
almost unfit for business and for a
ong time its rolling stock has been
so decreDit that it has been unable
to handle the limited amount OF
freight that has been awarded IT,.
The road is eighty four miles long
and passes through a wonderfully
rich country and run on business
principles, should become a great
factor in the upbuilding of Eureka
county.
II has been slated that il the old
road had been in good condition II
could have been supplied with daily
shipments of ore from the old
mines of Eureka to the amount of
a thousand tons a day, but because
Of the management refusing to pre-.
pare for the freight IL could not be
handled. There are a number of
big low grade lead and silver mines
in Eureka that will produce ore of
a value Of 80 a ton, and estimates
made of the amount place il at
over a million tons. This is all
above the water level; what is be.
low that, and what its value, is a
matter Of conjecture, but the old
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By the Governor:
George Brodigan,
Secretary Of State.
STOCK BUYERS
OFFER 10 CENTS

Cattle buyers have invaded the
Reese river country, which is some
thing unusual for this season Of
the year and they are more insist
ent then ever on getting punches
of two.year olds for fattcning for
the Panama Pacific exposition year
These men are offering IS cents on
the hoof. but such stockmen as
Bell, and Kcogh and Welch know
90 well the value of their herds to
let go at this time, when they are
plentifully supplied with alfalfa.
They think they can hold onto their
stock a little while and get the
benefit of topping off prices by
ending their stock to Mason Valley
or Fallon for the winter.
Two buyers of this class arrived
in Tonopsh this week and took
autos for Stone Cabin, with the
idea Of going through to Duck.
water and Ely.-Tonopah Bonanza.
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PROCLAMATION

The President of the United
States having by proclamation des-
gnated Thursday, November p.
1918, as a National day Of Thanks
giving. now therefore. |. Tasker
L. Oddie, Governor of the State of
Nevada. in obedience TO law and
custom, do hereby proclaim and
designate THURSDAY, NOVEM-
Der TwENTY-SEVENTH. NINE
TEEN HUNDRED AND THIR-
TEEN a day Of PUBLIC THANKS
GIVING to the Supreme Ruler of
Nations for the blessings bestowed
upon US during the year.
The people Of this State have
MANY reasons for thankfulness. Our
mining interests have shown untold
prosperity, as is evidenced by the
wonderful production Of gold. sill
yer and copper; the area OF our
agricultural lands under cultiva,
tion is rapidly increasing. end our
harvests are greater than in pre-,
ceding years; our wage earners are
employed, and Labor and Capita.
are on friendly terms. Poverty
among US is unknown. and prosper,
ity abounds.
These are the material blessing.
which the All-Wise Father has be
slowed upon US during the wear
drawing to a close, and for which
grateful acknowledgment. through
prayer and thanksgiving should b,
made.
|, therefore, recommend that OF
this day, the people cease fron
their labOrs and, gathering in theiD
homes and churches, they make i
a day of praise and gladncss.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, / hav,
hereuntO set my hand and causet
the Great Seal of the State to b.
affixed. at the Capital in Carson
City. this tenth day of November
nineteen hundred and thirteen.
TASKER l.. ODDIE,
Governor
By the Governor:
George BrodiRan,
Secretary Of State.
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From Thursdays Daily.
DISTRICT COURT

The case Of Jan Byrd went,to the
jury shortly before g o'clock last
This forenoon they report.
ed to Judge Taber that they were
unable to agree and were cent back
to try again. At 2:3O this after.
noon, they we're still wrestling
with the case. 1t is said that the
jury stands 7 to 3 but it is not
known whether the majority is for
conviction or acquittal.
Judge Taber set the McComb
case for trial at 10 o'clock next
Monday.
In the Jack Griffin case Judge
Taber denied the motion to set
aside the Indictment. The defense
then dcmurred TO the indictment
The demurrer was argued and TAX.
en- under Amusement by the court.
Court then took a recess until 3:Ij.
when the Hutto perjury case was
taken up.
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NO SURRENDER TO
MONEY POWER

President Wilson will have the
country behind him in a stesdfast
refusal to compromise the funda-
mental principle OF the currency
reform bill as it has passed the
House. His determination that no
bill dictated in whole or in part
from Wall street shall go through
Congress under this administration
is unalterable and while he has been
extremely anxious that the matter
of currency reform be disposed Of
at this session he will not accept a
compromise that vitiates the bill.
The big banking interests which
derive exorbitant profits through
the present system are making a
desperate fight 10 so emasculate
and amend the GIass-Owen bill that
their power to concentrate the
money of the nation into q few
hands for speculative purposes at
the expense Of honest business will
not be destroyed or seriously cur-
tailed. The plan to reduce the
number of regional reserve banks,
which the bill as drawn places at
~, to four or FIVE is designed to
place them under the control of the
few great groups that have hereto
fore exercised malign influence
over the nations finances. The pro-
posed elimination of the Secretary
of Agriculture and Comptroller Of
the Currency from the governing
board is another step in the same
direction. 1t is fortunate for the
country that there is in the execu-
tive chsir a second Andrew Jack
son. whom the money power cannot
cajole, bluff, or browbeat into per-
mitting their further concentration
of power and wealth under the
guise of amendments" to a bill
honestly drawn to furnish relief
from ~intoIerable conditions.-Hum-
bolt Star.
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AND
MALICIOUS ATTACKS

We wonder what the republicans
of the state hope to gain by such
articles on Senator Newlsnds that
have lately appeared in some of
their party organs. Articles that
TEEN with vicious personalities and
malicious lies. Such an article was
the editorial that appeared in Mon
days Free Press.
While the writer opposed Sena-
tor Newlands' course while the
tariff bill was under discussion, he
had the fairness to admit that the
Senator was clearly within his
rights 10 oppose any party mea-
sure in caucus and fight with all
his power to have his views adopt
ed by his party. When he failed
in this, he took the only course an
honorable man could take and vot
ed with his party for the passage
of the tariff bill. He could take no
other course and maintain his
honor and the confidence of his
party.
The Free Press tries to make it
appear that Senator Hunter, John
Henderson, Gay Dawley, c. B.
Henderson and others had business
elsewhere because they did not
want to meet Mr.. Newlsnds. Let
US see how near the truth that is.
Senator Hunter left Elko for the
east, about two weeks ago; Gay
Dawley left the first Of October;
c. B. Henderson went to San Fran
cisco about the middle of October;
and John Henderson left Saturday
morning in contemplation of a
months visit to his mother and
sister in Chicago.
or course, according TO the Free
Press reasoning. it is plain that all
these men left ElkO because they
were not in sympathy with Senator
Newlands and did not want to
meet him. The Free Press may
think such rot a powerful weapon,
but intelligent men will wonder at
the brazenness and the utter lack
of sincerity of its author. The vot-
ers of Elko county are too wise TO
be fooled by such rot.
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From Fridays Daily

The jury in the Jan BYRD case
reported a disagreement at $3.50
yesterday afternoon and were dis
charged. Judge Taher set the next
trial of the case for the next term
OF court and placed Bvrd's bail at
$4,000. Failing to give the bail,
Byrd was committed to the custody
of the sheriff. The jury stood 7
to 5 for acquittal.
The case of Frank A. Hutto.
the Twin Falls, Idaho, attorney.
charged w'th forgery in making an
aifidaVit before Justice TripIett. of
Wells was taken up and a jury was
secured before adjournment was
taken until this forenoon.
At the forenoon session thc tok.
ing Of evidence was begun. Justice
lrIpIett was the first witness. His
evidence was objected TO by the
defense on the ground that the
aihdaVit in question was not set
out in full in the information. Ar.
sument Of the objection consumed
most Of the forenoon. The defense
hnally consented to let Mr.. Ttiplctt
I..lgF.
testify over their objection, the
court r%eserving it's decision on the
points raised. AZ the conclusion Of
Mr. Triplett's evidence court nd.
iourned until 2 o'clock this after.
noon.
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THE MEXICAN SITUATION

At noon Thursday. the Mexican
situation stood substantially as fol.
lows:
The demands which the Ameri.
q government made yesterday on
the provisional authorities at Mex
leo City have not brought any re.
spouse from Hue.ta or those repre-
senting him.
The American charge, Mr.. o.
Shaughncssy, has not been instruct
ed to call for his passports, nor
have any steps been taken thus far
toward the withdrawal Of his diplU.
matte functiOrs.
The latest American demands
call on Huerta for action which
will prevent the meeting CT the
congress voted upon at the election
held IN October 26. No rejoinder
has been made TO that demand.
The unofficial negotiations which
William Baya.d Hale is carrying
forward with General Carranzs al
NOgalcs. Mexico. have to do princi-
palIy with the question Of raising
the embargo on arms, although 1t
is expected to develop mucn other
information concerning the consti-
tutionalists.
Reports that a Pacific blockade
may be applied to the ports Of Mex.
leo are %conjectural and NJ serious
consideration is Mt present being
given to that move, although il is
among the other ultimate possibili-
ties Of redress.
While South and Central Ameri-
can countries are being consulted
and advised concerning the Mex.
can problem, there Is ne concerted
move toward securing united Pan.
American action.
President Wilson prepared q
statement setting forth the atti-
tude Of the Unitld States, but il
was not made public as originally
planned
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had Z let ~ party traitors in tie
until the thing has tecome
somewhat monotonous. IL their
votes were given to the public
some of them would be suspected
either of being natural imbeciles
or else in the pay Of the Republi-
can Central Committee. There r
state senator's who voted for every
Republican job that was Matched
and they seemed to be in sufficient
numbers TO give the Republicans
everything they asked for in the
upper house.
If they attempt TO run again the
Democratic press should give their
names to the public.-Appeal.
While We agree with the Appeal
that there should be party har-
mony. there is something more
than party at stake so far as the
Legislative branch of the state gov
ernment is concerned. The tax
payers should see 10 il that men
are elected to the senate and as
sembly who will rid the state of
some Of the costly commissions and
useless officials. whether they are
the creatures of democratic or re.
publican legislation. Men should
also be elected who will cut down
all excessive salaries and DO some,
thing for the relief Of those who
pay taxes. So far as politics i;
concerned il has made little differ,
ence in the past 50 far Us the crea,
tion Of useless commissions anC
officials with excessive salaries ar,
concerned. Both parties seemed L
have been tarred with the same
stick. This state Of affairs viii
continue 20 long as the taxpayer
Of the state elect men to the legis
! lature simply because they are
democrats or republicans.
e The Independent believes tha
politics should cut no figure IN tn,
election of members Of the mex
legislature. Nevada needs NOR
business in the senate and assembl.
( and less politics.
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TROUBLE At BULLION

Last Monday VIM. Ryan. a min
err employed by Kerr & Peterson at
Bullion cashed a check for $7S at
Balls saloon. He went from there
to OUTLETS saloon to pay a bill. He
paid Outlet $3.50 and according
to his story. Outlet then took him
into another room, knocked him
down, kicked him in tn" face and
took $20.35 from him. A man who
followed Ryan from Balls saloon
told Outlet TO dig up the money
he had taken from Ryan and Gull.
lei dug up 80 cents which he kept.
Ryan swore out a complaint he.
fore Judge Castle this afternoon
for Quilic's arrest. Ryan's face
shows that he has been roughly
used hy someone.
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THAT PROCLAMATION

That Admission day proclamation
of Governor Oddie must have been
an extensive adjunct for atvertis-
ing The good roads movement. Ac-
cording to the Eureka Sentinel, the
proclamation was issued so late
that it had to be t~elegraphed that
paper at the expense Of the state,
presumably, with a request that it
be posted at the postotice for the
edification of all good citizens who
might not have known that Presi-
dent Lincoln had ever been inter
ested in building a boulevard
through Nevada for the pleasure
of the joyriders. -Tonopah Bonan-
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A LINCOLN STATUE

Judge Norcross believes that Ne
vada should celebrate the fftieth
anniversary of its admission into
the Union by erecting a statue of
Abraham Lincoln in the capitol
square next year. The statue to be
unveiled on July 9TH, the date Of
the adoption of the stats constitu-
ton, or IN October 3lst, the date
on which President Lincoln signed
the act making Nevada a state.
The funds TO be contributed by the
S 'hool children Of the state and if
they do not raise enor gh the bal
ance necessary to be made up by
subscriptions.
The idea strikes us as heing a
good one and we hope to see it car
ried out. President Lincoln was a
friend TO Nevada and its people
should do something to perpctuatc
his memory. Her people are pat
riotic and generous and we believe
the necessary funds cen he easily
Iqised for the statue. II will be
a lasting testimonial to our state
pride and to the memory Of a great
American.
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No ,Mt

Sotee OF the Establishm.n,
Dis,rlet IN the State OF ~ AacitiooA
eaiion 81 ~ IIino Lard District. Ana Be
So,Ga % tne Land Once Thereos me 10
Notlee Is hereby given that nv ~ Elko
apprvNeu octooera 3, 1918. IL Was &C., songress
be created in,S nat N
.SSunSla 70 embrace the lands ron,s,nc Stateof
following described boundarsSs S1.neo In The
~ .ne eotntnoa corner between tounShinencing
ty-tlEht and thirty nine east rn..s,nlps thtf.
~ MOUNT Dlaolo base and merdf.n seven
". u uotbb o~Sendary line OF The S,., Ustng
ala: thence south on the uiyIdin, ni,sats Of New
oNnshlpsethlrty eight ard thirty.n1n oetsesn
Us Interse tim with the third s,s,1ss, east, 70
80 1. saiu paraiiel being the dividing ifcnxel
ssecn .Ahkes hfteen and sixteen ne pe
siount Dlablo base line: thence cas-, Iottn Of
thltu STANDARD parallel north 10 49, 80 sad
tioh OF the Ruby Valley guide merSoi.ss 'srsec-
IA ,rSas tlhe between townships nf,S.aIs
apo hitS-sin east: thence south aIony ~.sLs2p,nte
valley guide meridian TO its interSsc,Iosn ooy
the hrst standard parallel north ssinHn Win
,Gtns me between ranges I'VE and s1 no-h
said hrst tandard parallel norm SAst along
RANGES nfe and six. TO the east bo1,'ss.a Sld
oiihe State Of Nevada: thence north 49, hne
east boundary line Of the State OF SsT.S,s We
,SsSe. .stsS Ihe OF The State Of Nevada
line OF the State of NSoAt)
the point of beginning. The city OF Fisc =, y
county OF Elko. Is hereby designated a. IN. -,
OF SAID land Onice, am the distric, shsIt ~
known as the Elko lard district. In mai y
o. satd Act of Congress. the land orrce AZ Tnaa
Nevada. Mil be opened for the trAnsartio, y
buulc business on January I. 1914. and ~
krE ster and Receiver OF the and ornec AZ ~.
son city. Nevada will transact no bnSinsS S'
tanning 10 the lands included within ~ -
described boundaries after DgcgmbeT a 10,
Given under my hand At the city OF Ws,hins
ton, District of columbia. this eleventh Ssx
October. A. d., 1918.
Clay Tallmap.
commissioner OF the General Land ONCE
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SUGAR COMPANY OPERATIONS

Four thousand sacks IF extra fine
sugar are now stored 10 the Neva-
da Sugar Company stereroom and
this supply is being added to each
"a hours by something like 500 adj
ditional sacks. weighing 100 pounds
each. Commencing on the second
of this month the factory has been
slicing on an average of about 275
tons of beets each % hours, this
amount being exceeded the last
two days. when the runs have been
around 900 tons. For the first i've
days Of this years campaign 1908
tons of beets were sliced as CON-
pared to 467 tons for the same per-
iod of last years campaign, which
is something of a testimonial to the
mechanics at the factory and par.
ticulsrIy to Supt. r. Stock and
Chief Engineer Tom Powers.
The first shipment Of 1913 Fallon
sugar went out yesterday, when the
two cars were dispatched to Reno,
one to the Flanagan Warehouse
and the other to the Nevada Trans,
fer Co. Shipments will be lively
from this time forward and Neva,
da folks will all be eating of the
Fallon product within a short time
The sugar percentage is not 8:
high as in former years, the aver.
age for the campaign TO date being
slightly less than Is per cent. Il
is said that the earlier beets. moi
having fully matured, are RESPONSE
bic for this condition and that sub
sequently the late heets will mater
tally boost the average per cent
-FalIon Standard
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CEMERTING THE PARTY

The Republicans are already &C.
cusing the Democrats of going af-
ter the spoils OK political patron
age. The elimination Of the civil
service feature from revenue ap-
pointments is held up as a sample
of the greed of the Democratic
politician. This charge can be made
to stick, thank the Lord, against
the national Democratic party, but
alas. the Democracy of the State
of Nevada cannot be charged with
partisan bias of late years.
The Democrats of Nevada need
a little common drilled into
them. Theysneed to be taught how
TO swing the good strong club of
party patronage.
For years past the Republicans,
with ininorities in the legislature
have been able to outwit the easy
going Democrats who give up all
the good things to their willy OPP
ponents.
You never hear of the Republi-
cans giving out any of the party
doughnuts to any one but their own
party. The democrats of Nevada,
whenever they eau help a few Re.
pnbl;cans to get something good,
stand in and give them the big lift.
This has hurt the party more than
a be estimated.
Patronage is the cement That
binds the party together. Without
IL there is no real ad~hesiveness.
Without It the party Is easily dis
%integrated. Leading Democrats
have for a long time in this state
adhered to the foolish policy of ig-
noring their friends and conciliat.
ing their enemies. It is time this
nonsense stopped. The Appeal pro-
poses to 20 TO the bat on this ques-
ton and fight It to a standstill. We
hold that there are enough lives
honest aud conscientious Democrats
laboring in the cause Of Democracy
to partake of the provender of the
There is q campaign com
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ing on next year. We must prepare
for it by putting none but friends
on guard. There are many leading
Democrats in the state at the pres
ent writing who are giving the best
things at their command to either
straight. open Republicans or men
who have knitted the ticket on cleo
tion day. If the officials having
the appointments can't tell the
difference between the friends and
enemies of the party, the rank and
file can mighty soon put men in
their places with a better sense of
political discernment. Weed out
the mouldy half and half Demo
Gratis and clean the decks for Demo-
Gratis who would have honesty and
courage.-Carson, Appeal.
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THAT S14O,OOO

1t goes hard for the San Francis
co papers to say a good word about
Tonopah. Last Friday afternoon
the West End Consolidated Mining
company held a meeting of direct
ors at the headquarters of the COM
pany in Oakland and declared its
maiden dividend of 5 cents a share,
providing for a disbursement Jap
proximating 500, 900, yet there
was not a word about the fact in
the Saturday morning Chronicle or
Examiner, while both papers devot-
ed space to weakness Of the day be-
fore in the stock market. The Be-
was the only paper that gave
the news.-Tonopah bonanza.
Yes, it does go hard for San
Francisco papers to say anything
good Of this section OF Nevada. 1t
is only on very rare occasions that
anything favorable to Nevada
creeps into their columns but any
thing detrimental to the interests
Of the state--especialIy the mining
interests-is generally played up
strong front page position. And
yet, the San Francisco papers can
not understand why Nevadans loath
to see $40, 900 of Nevada money
there to help boost the exposition.
Manhattan Post.
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Conductors. Engineers, Fireman
and Brskemen. Promptly at seven
o'clock last night the flash was
sent TO the employees and they i'm
mediately abandoned their train,
and engines wherever they were al.
One passenger train just entering
New Orleans was stopped by the
Engineer and trainmen and left
standing in the open country, the
employees walking into New Or
leans. Across the river practically
the same thing prevailed with a
fast freight. The men have been
negotiating with the railroad COM
pany for the past six months and
e~ndeavnring TO bring a satisfactory
adj Istment but the company has
been practically ignoring then.
They demand an increase in wages
and a satisfactory adjustment Of
a list OF grievances. Today practi-
cally not a wheel is turning on the
Sunset lines OF the s. p. between
FL Paso, Tex, and New Orleans.
Officials Of the lines state that
there will ne strikebreakers run
ming trains within a few hours. All
trains due to leave terminal points
have been snnulled until further
notice.
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THE LOGICAL CONCLUSION

a little girl was walking along
the street with her mother, when
she saw n onc.armcd man. IL was
the first time in her life that she
had ever seen a man without on
arm, and she wanted to know all
about it. Her mother explained
In answer TO her questions that the
man had probably met with M ac'
cident OF some kind and that his
arm would never grow back. The
little girl thought for a moment
and then said:
well, IL tho Lord made us, u
seems TO me like He ought to keep
us in repair Judge