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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-23
POOR OLD DEMON RUM

Time was when the demon rum
was figured as a revenous ogre, rag
ing about the earth and devouring
eve gJthing that came in his path. OF
late, however, anyone who wanted to
give an accurate picture of accom-
plished facts would choose different
symbol. He would paint the afore
said demon as the goat"
When Russia has to mobilize, she
abolishes vodka.
When France wants the most out
of her people she guillotines absinthe.
When Germany is blockaded, she
cuts down the quantity of grain that
may be used for making beer.
And when Italy finds the Alps too
hard to surmount in a reasonable
time, and needs to discover some one
she can lick quickly, she follows the
example of her allies and enemies,
and revokes 1900 liquor licenses.
The liquor traffic has become the
whipping boy of the universe. Every
body seems privileged to take crack
at it.-Chicago Journal.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-23
NOT ASHAMED OF HIS NATIVE STATE

tiest girls in the world were born and
reared there; that the brightest group
of men along all the lines of endeavor
congregated there, and by what they
produced made an epoch in the en-
tire financial world.
Tell them that Nevada is still
maintaining its aicient reputation;
that about the richest gold mines in
the world are being worked there and
old districts are coming into bonanzas.
Tell them that Nevada as an agri-
cultural State is fast becoming a won
der; that ten years hence it will be
raising more wheat than the Empire
State: that it has the best climate un-
der the sun, and the best and bravest
people OF all the forty eight States,
mad that the man who sneers at Ne
vada is like the rabble around the
cross, who, in pity, when dying, the
Master prayed for because the segre
gated idiots did not know what they
did.
Il tell you, you cannot make it too
strong. And you may add that no
where on all this old earth can a
Drawer, brighter or more generous
people be found than in Nevada"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-23
WOMAN
PASSES AWAY

Mrs. Mary McTaggart, mother Of
William L. McTaggart of Yerington,
died at her home in Walton, Ontario,
on the 18th instant, lacking but few
months of reaching the age OF ninety
years. Mrs McTaggart was woman
of unusual character, OF the the type
that all who have high ideals love to
honor. Brave and gentle, inspired by
the Christian spirit necessary to main
tain the courage SO sternly tested by
the hardships confronting the early
settlers of the community of which
she was so long a useful member, her
long and busy life came to a peaceful
end. She was the mother of sturdy
family of boys. most of whom were
pioneers in Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, North Dakota and Mon
tana. Nine sons and one daughter
mourn her death Among her chill
dren are w. L. McTaggart, who has
been resident of Lyon county for
many years and Mrs. Lorena Gum,
now residing in San Francisco, who
also lived for several years and is
we'll known'in this city.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-23

A man born in Nevada is quoted by
Goodwin's Weekly, in reply to re-
Elections on Nevada, as saying:
Tell men who cast reproaches upon
Nevada that they are segregated idiots
and know nothing of the State they
affect to sneer at. Tell them that for
more than half century it has been
the foremost of mining States
That on the Comstock, the miners
wrought more miracles in mining and
the reduction OF ores than the scien-
lists of Europe and Spanish America
had learned in five hundred previous
years; that they made mining all over
the world; that what Nevada mines
produced was the stay of the nation
in the great war; that ever since her
mines have been steady reinforce
ment, greater than from any other
State TO the worlds stock of money
THAT as it had the greatest mines,
the greatest lawyers and industrial
chieftains were called there; that the
biggest fees ever heard OF were paid
the lawyers, that the gravest problems
that ever confronted the industries of
q people were presented and solved
by the men in control; that the pret-
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-23
OPPOSITION TO CLOSING EXPOSITION

Much interest has been aroused by
the announcement that the question
ot he closing Of the Exposition is to
be reopened Wednesday next at Il
meeting of the Directors As printe /
in the Daily Journal of Commerce.
President Moore had declared that
the fair would close December 4, and
that there were no reservations III
that decision. But it appears that some
of the Directors are not satisfied with
this determination, and they have ask
ed further consideration.
Whatever the Directors may de-
termine to do it is quite evident that
public sentiment is very strongly in
favor of some plan for continuing the
exposition beyond the day set at the
beginning for the shutting of the gates
and the pronouncement of finis In
deed this feelig is so strong as to por-
tend vigorous public protest if the
Directors should persist in the pro-
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-23
WILSON APPROVES
INCREASED ARMY

President Wilson has approved Sec
retary Garrison's plan for increasing
the army. 1t calls for an annual ex-
penditure of $ll4,000,000, an increase
of approximately %5,000,000. The
plan in its approved form will be pre-
sented to Congress with the full back
ing of the administration.
Much of the increased appropriation
would be devoted to coast defense and
substantial increase in the field ar
tillery. Details as increases in the
personnel of the army have not yet
been made public.
If the navy, which will ask for an
increase of Sl00000,000, carries
through its plan making the total
naval appropriation of $248,000,000
the appropriations for actual national
defense including the arms $l84,000,-
600 would total $432,O00,000 1t is
probable, however, that in final form
the appropriation will not exceed
$4OO,OOO,OOO.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-23

gram lately announced and particu
larly is this true if the closure of the
gates is to be followed by demolition
in part or entirely as seems likely.
And here it may be suggested that
the Directors owe to the people con-
sideration of their wishes. In ordn-
airy business corporations the ques-
ton of closing up shop and going out
of business is generally decided by
the stockholders. If business has
been successful board of directors is
very apt to defer to the wishes of the
stockholders the question of ceasing,
and if there is division the matter is
put to vote. In this case the Direct
ors have proposed to proceed without
any reference to the wishes of those
whose money made the exposition
possible. And as result there is
considerable surmisc as to the reasons
behind the decision which does not
have sufficient apparent motive.-Ne-
vada News Letter.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-23
By E. F. Schultze, M. E.

The well-known Buckskin mining
district, located partly in Lyon and
partly in Douglas county, is showing
pronounced signs of coming into its
own" again. The formation, lime
quartzite and porphyry with intrn-
sions of altered granite, contains many
gold and copper ledges ranging from
ten to twenty-five feet in width. These
veins contain ore that near the surface
assay from ten to twenty-five dollars
in gold and silver. At depths of fif-
ty feet sulphide ores are encountered
that assay per cent and 6 per cent in
copper and SIS to $40 per ton in gold
and silver. During the past few
months several strikes have been
made that are indicating the presence
of high-grade gold-bearing ore Many
samples have been taken that assay
from $50 to 5000 in gold A number
of veins have been opened disclosing
lead carbonates which at the surface
contain as high as So per cent lead
and nineteen ounces to the ton in sill
yer. Lack of capital available and the
depression that has prevailed in min
ing for the past several years has held
the camp back and many without
means to carry on operations have
been compelled to leave but people
with money are now beginning to
turn their attention to the recent dis
coveries in the district Mr.. Brooks
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-23
MOUNTAIN VIEW DISTRICT TID|NCS

On matters corrected with the or
ganization of tie Burness Hills Min
ing and Development Company, H.
d. Jackson was a visitor in Carson
Tuesday. The property which Mr..
Jackson's company owns is located in
the Mountain View Mining district,
twelve miles northwest of Schurz,
and from development now proceed
ing that section promises to soon be-
come factor in the production of the
precious metals.
Adjoining the Burness property
the Rio Vista Grubstake Company OF
Salt Lake is pushing development on
q number of claims Through the hill
on which their property is located
seven very prominent ledges make
their way and it is to strike these at
depth that the company is now focus
sing it's work by tunnelling. They
hope to cut the veins at depth of
something like 600 feet, and if at this
point the values hold up nearly as
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-23

well as they do on the surface the
future of the property is assured
Recently the Mountain View Com
pany, Yerington aggregation, start
ed the construction of a hve-stamp
mill on Walker river, four miles from
Mountain View, with the idea of hand
ling the ores from their possessions
and it will be ready for operation by
the first of the month Their prop
erty has been opened by a tunnel
driven 800 feet into the hill and where
injection was made with the ledge
depth of 800 feet was attained One
of the lodges opened up shows a
width of sixteen feet and careful
sampling indicates average values OF
$ll in gold. Enough of this charac-
ter of rock has been opened up to
keep the mill running for number of
months.
Mr.. Jackson speaks very highly of
the district and believes the future
holds great things in store for it
Carson Appeal.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-23
bUCKSK|N MINING DISTRICT awake

from Tonopah, a successful mining
man of much experience, is now on
the ground for the purpose of secur-
ing leases on claims disclosing gold
deposits. Mr.. Brooks has consider
able property m Old Mexico, the de-
velopment of which he was compelled
to abandon on account of the revolu-
ton. w. A. Hardy, who has not lost
faith in the camp despite its vicissi
tudes, while doing his annual work,
discovered on his ground an outcrop-
ping from which gold showed through
the moss. Buckskin is but FIVE miles
distant from the big teaching plant of
the Nevada Douglas Consolidated
Copper Company, which will soon be
ready for the treatment of custom
ores. The success of the teaching
plant at Ludwig has been demonstrate
ed and to this fact is due much of the
activity now commencing at Buck
skin because of the profit it will en-
able owners of claims to handle the
large deposits of low-grade copper ore
that exist there in addition to the re-
cent discoveries of higher grade veins
Bud Holster and H. Westling, who
ale employed on the installation of
the plant at Ludwig, are also interest
ed in Buckskin properties. Herman
Schilling, a prospector of many years
experience, has secured and will COM
mence working lease on an exten-
sive scale.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-23
A REPRIMAN DTO
THE Indifferent

The following from letter recent
ly published in the Reno Gazette dis
cusses subject of keenest interest
and importance to every voter in Lyon
county:
Every second year the men and
women who own Nevada select 81
men to whom they turn over every
thing in the State for period of 90
days. All their property, the homes
OF their families, the health, the in
dustrial relations, the schools and the
moral and financial welfare of the
State and of everybody in it are in
these mems hands. They are selected
almost at random ard are under no
bonds, have no superior officers and
are accountable only as they recog-
nize the obligations of their own free
will.
"They meet in the Capitol, Is of
them in the Senate chamber and 81 in
the Assembly room, where they are be-
sieged, day and night, by partisans
demanding legislation, good, bad and
Indifferent Generally the men who
want the worst legislation work the
hardest and promise the greatest re-
wards in exchange, while the average
citizen neglects them entirely. unless
he falls victim or a spasm catches
the community.
Can anybody blame these men
when the State or the counties are inn
posed upon by bad legislation2 Many
of them are square and try to get
good results. Some are ready to re-
spond to either a good influence or a
bad one if urged. Few of them are
trained statesmen, and all have much
to learn Just at time when they have
neither leisure nor the best instruct
ors. Everything is hurly-burly, rush
here and rush there, pull here and pull
there, so even the smartest man hard
ly knows which end he stands on
There are many special questions re-
quiring expert knowledge, cases re-
quiring actual experience. hundreds ol
bills are to be considered, all in a
hurry Abuse creeps in under such a
system and the taxpayer wakes up toe
late and sends his howl to heaven ir
vain.
Listen to us now when the State
Controller asks for an appropriation
of $4,000 to pay salaries and expense:
{ for State supervision of public schools
Each district has three trustees ant
principals and teachers supposed to
have sense. and in addition the State
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-23

pays out about $4,000 year for men
to travel around, interfering with
them and giving them pointers about
things they already know when grant
ed their certificates.
'In the year 1865 the State govern
,ment expended 100000. in 1870, $780,
600; in 1880, $4,000: in 1890, $780,
600; inloOO, $s33OO0 and in 1910, ST.
100000 Did we have any better gov
ernment in the year 1913, when the
expenditures were over $2OO0,O0o.
than in 1875, when it was a sixth as
much or in 1900, when 1t was a
quarter?
There isn't man, woman or child
in the State who does not know that
any good business manager would
give us equally good administration
for a quarter of |. third the cost we
are paying now, and they know equal
ly well that the people alone are to
blame for the lack of of management
Some of the men elected to Office may
be open to bad inhuences-no doubt
some of them are--but who put them
there? Some go to serve special in
terests, and why should they not when
the voters shut their eyes and vote
haphazard?
"At every election time an ideal citi-
zen would say: Here is vacancy to
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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-23
AUTOMOBILE LAW IN EFFECT JANUARY |, 1916

The following extracts are taken
from the law regulating automobiles
passed at the last session of the Leg
islature and which goes into effect
January |, 1916:
Owners to File Statement With Sec
retary of State.
The owner of every automobile.
motorcycle, or other similar motor
vehicle shall, within ten days after
the acquisition of the same, file with
the Secretary of State statement of
his name and address, with brief
description of the vehicle to be regis
tered, including the name of the max
er, factory number, style of vehicle,
and motor power Subsequent filing
shall be made by each owner of any
motor vehicle on or before the first
Monday in February of each year.
The annual filing fee shall be as fol-
lows: For every automobile OF TWEEN
ty horsepower or less, three dollars;
for every automobile between twenty
one and forty horse power, inclusive,
FIVE dollars and fifty cents; for every
automobile over forty horsepower,
eight dollars. The annual filing fee
of motorcycles shall be three dol
lars Such fee shall cover State auto
mobile and motorcycle licenses as
from January to December 81 of
each year; provided, that all automo
biles or motorcycles purchased or ac
quired after the first day of July shall
molly be required to pay for one-half
of year.
Record Kept-License Plates
The Secretary of State shall keep
record of all statements filed with
him and shall also keep record of
all license plates issued by him.
Official License
Immediately upon receipt of proper
statement and remittance, the Secre-
tary of State shall issue and deliver to
the owner of such automobile or mo-
torcycle so registered an official lie
ense number plate. The number plates
shall be of distinctly different color
or shade for each year, to be desig-
mated or selected by the Secretary Of
State, so as to make a certain color
represent certain year, and the mum
ber assigned to said motor vehicle
shall be on said official number plate
and said official number plates shall
be the official State licenses.
License Plates to be Displayed
Every motor vehicle shall also at
all times have the number assigned
to it displayed on the back of such
vehicle in such manner as to be plain
ly visible, the numbers to be in Arabic
numerals, light on dark background
each not less than three inches ir
height, and each stroke to be of {
width of not less than half an inch
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-23

case, and will not be used against him
in this case"
"We have taken time and pains in
checking up anything which might
come before us on his side of the
case" said Governor Spry.
Later Mr.. Christensen said that
when he first took hold of the case
Hillstrom had written him, saying
that he did not want anything done
for him in the way of Communication
of sentence or anything else that was
in the power of the Board of Pardons
to grant.
Justice Frick asked why Hillstram
did not come before the Board, but no
answer was made.
Governor Spry then advised the
Board of Pardons of telegram re
ceived the day before from w. A. F.
Ekengren, the Swedish Minister, ask
ing for a commutation of sentence for
humanity's sake if nothing else. This
telegram was read to the Board.
The question was asked if any
authoritative information ever was
produced to show that Hillstrom was
Swedish subject The reply was
/ that none had been, although Mr..
Christensen said that he was sure
Hillstrom was a Swedish subject and
that he had been born and educated
in Sweden He told the Board that
strom was that he had come to the
United States when 20 years of age
and had been here since, but as he
had been roaming about from place
to place, he never had made applica-
ton for citizenship.
well, it has no bearing on the case,
anyway" said Governor Spry
mo, it has not. Only that the re-
quest for commutation from the Swe-
dish Minister is from little higher
authority than generally is the case"
said Attorney Christensen.
well, there is no reason why a
Swedish subject or a British subject
or anyone else should come to this
country and commit murder and be
treated differently from citizen of
the United States" said Governor
Spry in reply.
The question then arose as to where
| the Swedish Minister obtained his in
! formation on the case, and whether
he had read transcript of the pro-
ceedings or any part of them. Mr..
Christensen advised the Board of his
work in having this record laid before
the Swedish Minister; told of his being
able to secure an abstract of the pro-
ceedings from the Society for the
Abolition of Capital Punishment, and
of where he might secure copies of
the Salt Lake daily papers which con-
tanned various statements on the case.
The Board then ended the matter
by passing the following resolution;
In the matter of the application OF
Joseph Hillstrom for commutation of
the sentence of death to life imprisin-
ment
] Where as in the above matter, upon
request of the President of the United
States, respite to the sentence OF
execution was granted by the Govern
or, with the advice and approval OF
the Board of Pardons, until October
10, 1915, to afford W. A. F. Ekengren
Minister from Sweden, opportunity to
inquire into the case and ascertain
whether the applicant, Joseph Hill
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and also as part of such number the
abbreviated name of the State in light
on dark background, such letters to
be not less than one inch in height.
Regulating Sale and Exchange Of Mo-
tor Vehicles
Upon the sale or exchange of own
ership of motor vehicle, previously
registered for the year, the vendor
shall Immediately have the change
noted on the records of the Office of
the Secretary of State. In case the
vendor wishes to retain the same num-
Der, then the provisions of the first
paragraph above printed shall prevail.
Fictitious License Plate Unlawful
No motor vehicle shall be used or
operated upon the public highways
of this State after this act takes effect
which shall display thereon license
plate or number belonging to another
vehicle or fictitious license plate Or
number.
Speed Regulated
No person shall operate motor
vehicle on a public highway at rate
of speed greater than is reasonable
and proper, having regard to the traf-
hc and use of the highway, or so as to
endanger the life or limb of any per-
son or the safety of any property.
Motor Drivers Must Defer to
Horsemen
Every person having control or
charge of any motor vehicle upon
any public highway and approaching
any vehicle drawn by horse Or
horses, or any horse upon which any
person is riding, shall operate, man
age and control such motor vehicle
in such manner as to exercise every
reasonable precaution to prevent the
! frightening of any such horse or
horses, and to insure the safety and
protection of any person riding or
driving the same And if such horse
or horses appear frightened, the per-
! son in control of such motor vehicle
!
shall reduce its speed, and if request
ed by a signal or otherwise by the
driver of such horse or horses, shall
not proceed further toward such ami
NAL or animals unless such movement
be necessary to avoid accident or in
jury, or until such animal or animals
appear to be under the control of the
driver or rider.
Brakes, Proper Lights at Night, Etc.
Exceptions
Every motor vehicle while in use
on public highway shall be provided
with good and efficient brakes, and
also with suitable horn or other
signal. Every motor vehicle other
than motorcycles must exhibit, during
the period from one hour after sunset
to one hour before sunrise, two lamps
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