The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-09-29
NOTICE

i NOTICE
The regular Friday night dance
will be given by the Eagles, in VIM
neva hall, on Friday, Oct, 2, 1914,
commencing at p. m. Come and have
a good time. COMMITTEE.
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city. Now 2o-story buildings are not
The city directory in the year men,
toned estimated the population at q
half million, and today the same au-
thority places it at two and one-half
millions.
called on s. c. scotten and c. W
Buckley at their Offices in the
Board of Trade building, and met
with cordial reception. These gen.
telemen are best known in Winnie
mueca as principal stockholders in
National Mines company. Both men
are in close touch with financial con-
ditions not only in Chicago and the
United States, but with the entire
world, as well. They were not pleas
ed with the outlook. Aside from these
two | saw but one more familiar face
in Chicago
As | was walking south on Clark
street on the last afternoon | remain
ed in the city, and had nearly reached
the corner of Jackson street. 7 noticed
two men engaged in conversation in
front of a saloon One of the faces
locked familiar, so | stopped, while my
mind raced back over the past 80
Years, with the result that | placed
him. 1t was Alderman Martin Ken
ma, known from one end of the coun-
ry to the other as Hinky Dink''
Walking up to him, / exclaimed,
Hello, Alderman, how are youfp
We shook hands, while he looked at
nc, finally remarking: "Your face
locks familiar, but ] cannot place
you.' | reminded him of several in
cidents that occurred during our short
acquaintance back in the early SOS,
and while he remembered those he
could not place me.
Anything going on around here
these days?' I inquired.
''Very little, - was the reply.
we have all been reformed''
The First ward of Chicago is the
| he world, and for the past quarter of
.ity council by Martin Kenna
~ 8athhouse John y. Their long
enure of office has been made possi-
lle from the fact that all the bust
iess men of the ward, with the ex-
option hotel and saloon men, re-
ide in other wards of the city. These
wo officials are generally looked upon
IS .pot ot-house' politicians, the in
arnation of all that is disreputable
nd corrupt While that may be true
to a ceratin degree, there must be
considerable good in the men or it
yould have been impossible for them
70 have held Office for so many years.
Roth are close to their constituents,
ncver broke promise and never re-
FUSED to see caller and listen to
What they had to say. For many years
9th aldremen were the close personal
md political friends of the senior
Mayor arter III. Harrison, and upon
his death transferred their fealty to
his son and namesake, the present
mayor However. times have chang
cd, and the present Mayor Harrison
is actively engaged in the "reform ~
movement, and is lending his power
FIJI help to "cleaning up the city,
ard particularly the FIRST ward. In
Ills work he is displaying a hostility
to his former lieutenants. But if I
was a betting man. / should buy
nool ON "Bat 1house'' and Hink. =
1t was fearfully hot in Chicago, al
though the mercury registered only
IS degrees. Nevada people seeing
that will 'exclaim, Chow nice and
cool.' But s5 there is hotter than it
ever gets here. even on the southern
desert. The atmosphere is damp, and
at So you begin to boil, at 80 people
topple over in the streets, and should
the mercury ever go beyond 95 it is
probable that the town would catch
IRE and burn up.
I visited Milwaukee, for the first
time in twenty years. l found that
the town had practically trebled in
population during that time. In the
| few hours that | remained | saw but
little that looked natural
At Madison new capitol is about
completed, said to be the finest in any
OF the states. This city had also out
crown me, and with the exception of
two relatives | saw no one / knew.
During my entire visit ! was inn
pressed with the idea that the people
are living too fast, in nest cases be-
yond their means. This applies not
only to individuals hut to cities and
states, as Well If, during ~ coming
two years, we are confronted with
normal Democratic times. there viii
ha a rackonin0 that will equal an