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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
IN THE DISTRICT COURT

In the matter of the estate VI
Joseph Rudnicki, deceased, h. 7
Armstrong, A.. e. Talbot and G. +.
Jensen were appointed appraisers.
In the matter of the estate OF
Michael j. Drum, deceased, hearing
was set for Dec. IA.
The case of Healy against Healy, a
divorce action, was partially heard
Yesterday and is being continued to-
day.
The case of j. G. Thompson
against Roger Foley, in which the
contestee asks a recount of the
votes cast for district attorney in
the recent election, on motion of the
c~ontestee, was set for hearing on
Dec. 26.
In the case of the MOnteZuma Min
ing company against Flees, the time
given the defendant to answer to
the complaint was extended five
days. Thompson & Thompson repre-
e n the plaintiff and M. M. Detch is
attorney for the defendant.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16

The sheriff's office has received a
letter from Charles l.. Brown, a San
Francisco attorney with offices at
TOT Pacific building, asking for in
formation as to the whereabouts of
A. A. Cabral, who when last heard
of a working in Southern Pacific
railroad shops somewhere in this
state. He is a laborer and is de-
scribed as being 33 years of age,
5 feet 10 inches in height; black
hair, brown eyes and weighs about
16O pounds. He has a brother in San
Francisco and his mother is in Ha-
wall. The letter states that a liberal
reward will be paid for information
that will locate him either dead or
alive and that he Is not wanted for
a crime.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
BIG VOTE CAST
AGAINST STRIKE
THREATENED STRIKE IN TONO-
PAH NOW THOUGHT TO BE
SETTLED

There will be no miners strike
in Tonopah. This was decided most
emphatically yesterday and last eve
ming by the vote cast by the Mine
Workers union and the four other
unions which are represented at the
mines. Although it was agreed not
to make public the way the vote
stood, it is understood to have been
about four against striking to one
in favor of a strike. The total
number of votes cast by the miners
was 1929.
The ballots were cast by all the
unions, except the Mine Workers
union, in secret meeting.
Mine workers were heard to ex-
press themselves quite freely yester-
day over the situation, and little APP
prehension was felt about town
over a strike resulting. The mine
workers declared for the most part
thai they were getting so cents more
a shift than formerly and as long as
the price of silver remains over 20
cents an ounce say they have no
cause for cOmplaint.-Times.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
Survey Board Meets

At a three-day meeting of the
educational survey commission, held
at Carson, the particular work Of
the session was directed to the
work of drafting a recognized sys-
tenn of organization and administra-
ton of the school system of the
state. Members present were un-
aLimous in recommending that the
present state board of education be
abolished, it's place to be taken by
a state board consisting of five
members to be appointed by the
governor, and that the office of
superintendent of public instruction
be filled by appointment by the
state board of education. The COM
mission also decided that the pre-
sen system of school-district super
vision should be abolished and it's
place taken by a county board Of
education, to appoint its own county
supervisor.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
REPORT
BY POSTMASTER
RECOMMENDATIONS MADE FOR
IMPROVEMENT OF Gov
ERNMENT SERVICE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Postmas-
ter General Burleson's annual re-
port declares there was a post
office surplus of s5,2OO,OOO during
the present year and enumerates as
among the years accomplishments
improvement of the parcels post,
extension of city and rural deliver
les and development of the postal
saving system.
A surplus of $12,500,0O0 is
shown, says the report, for three
years of the -four the administration
has been in office, and it calls at
tention to deficits under previous
administrations.
The department makes many recon
m%endations for improvement of the
service. Some of the most import
ant are these:
That early action be taken by
congress declaring a government
monopoly over all utilities for the
public transmission of intelligence
and that as soon as possible the
telephone and telegraph facilities of
the United States be incorporated
into the postal establishment.
That 100000 be appropriated
now for acquiring telegraph aud
telephone utilities in Alaska, Porto
Rico aud Hawaii.
That second class postal rates
be revised to make second class
matter pay more of its share OF
transportation expense and that the
one-cent rate be applied to all so
called drop letters.
That public buildings erected for
postoffice purposes be standardized
and that their costs be commensu-
rate with the needs OF the service.
That funds be expended in a
number of large cities for builG-
ings not of ornamental design but
designed to accommodate the pos
tai service before more money is
spent in smaller towns where build
irgs are not needed and cannot
be justified.
That changes be made in the
present building policy which i'm
poses a fixed charge on the de-
partment that has grown burden
some.
That 100000 be appropriated
for experiments in aerial transror-
tation of mail.
That legislation be passed to en-
able the department to organize
postoffices on a more business-like
basis and to standardiZe the salar-
les of supervisory employees in an
equitable manner.
Growth of the parcel post will
cut the cost of living to the city
dweller, the report declares. The
service is now handling ninety mil
lion packages a month. Liberal
changes in it's regulations have done
much to bring about it's extension,
il is declared.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
TrainlOad of Sheep Shipped

A few days ago the H. F. Dang
berg company or Minden shipped
% doubledeck carloads of sheep to
Chicago, five ~double-deck cars to
the u. M. Slater company Of San
Francisco and six to other parts
OF the country. This week 20 more
cars will be shipped to the coast.
The shipment of 90 cars to Chicago
by the Dangberg company is the
first eastern shipment to be made
from the Minden district this sea
son. The shipment consisted of
choice spring lambs and is said to
be one of the finest lot of lambs
ever shipped from Nevada to the
eastern market. Prices of sheep
and beef cattle are high enough to
make the outlook a prosperous one
for stockraisers of the Carson val
ley and before long a steady string
of shipments will start from the
valley and continue until spring.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
Suit Over Land Taxes

Tax officials of Churchill coun-
t. have been made defendants in
an action brought before the federal
court at Carson by the Southern Pa
cific company. Judge Harrington
has issued an order prohibiting the
defendants from collecting taxes levi
ed or assessed during 1916 upon the
lands of the plaintiff in that coul-
ty or declaring them delinquent.
The defendants are ordered to ap-
pear on Dec. IA in the federal court
show cause why the restraining
order should not be granted during
the tendency of the action.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
MASONIC COUNCIL
ELECTS OFFICERS
L.. AND 5. Nj. WILL HOLD IN
STALLATION CEREMONIES
ON JAN. i3.

At the annual assembly of Ne
vada Council No. /, X. & S. M.
held in Masonic hall last Saturday
evening the following officers were
elected:
George f.. Bates. illustrious mas
ter; Joseph Hamilton, deputy mas
ter; William II. BourQuin, principal
conductor of work; Wilbur T. Lig-
Gett, treasurer; Adams F.. Brown,
recorder.
The Royal and Select degrees
were also worked on several can
didates, followed by refreshments.
The council has had a prosperous
year.
At the stated assembly January
Is the above officers together with
the appointed officers will be in
stalled, and the super excellent de-
gree will be conferred on several
candidates.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16

Polk know; but they gave him
the Hiram Johnson.
Chief Judge-What's the Hiram
Johnson?
Polk-Ask Hughes.
Chief Judge-We can't find him.
Polk-Well, It's a lemon, grown
in California.
OF the special train load of casa
elm ome who ~campaigned in the
west for Hughes. The scene was
laid in Kidderville, Kansas, where
the millionaire special" arrived
amid town officials, townsmen and
native women. The s~uffragists
aroused the jealousy of the native
women when the home men-folk
followed the gayly dressed eastern
crs to the train, and one of the
rative women. addressing her de-
serted Sisters, exclaimed:
First Women-Sovereign women
of Kidderville: Our men folks have
deserted us to trail after them
stuck up. g~oggle-eyed. just-fawn-
cey, shilly-shally Jumps from the
effete east. Now, my idea is to
teach them a lesson. Let us rise
as one mani meal one woman
and show them weakened men
who the real politicians are. As
William Allen White said: "The
hand that churns the butter is the
hand that rules the world" Come
on, women; not a man in Kidder-
Vile gets a hot meal or a clean
shirt until he promises to vote
against the monkey dinner bunch.
When the returns are in you'll find
there amt nothing the matter with
Kansas. Come on girls!
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
Valuable Properties Change Hands

The contamination of two i'm
portant deals involving Nevada pro-
porty and the transfer of close to
100000 was a few days ago
reported from San Francisco. The
properties are the interest of Ed.
Wolfe in the Smoke creek ranch,
60 miles north of Reno, and the
Nevada Meat company's plant in
Reno. The Wolfe interests were
purchased by Moffatt and Humph-
reg and the H. Moffatt company of
San Francisco. The price Is said
to have been $500, 900. The Ne
vada Meat company's plant is said
to have been taken over by the
Western Meat company. the San
Francisco branch of Swift and com
pany at a price said to be from
100000 to $1,000, 600.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
Branch of Electrical Association

A Nevada branch of the National
Electric Light association, the larg-
est organization of electrical engin-
GERS in the world, will be establish
ed in Reno early in the spring
thus giving the students of cleo
tricity at the university an oppor-
tunity to study the work of the
worlds greatest geniuses in the
field of electricity. Through the
efforts of f. ID. Brown Of the Reno
Light and Water company and
Dean J.. G. Scrugham, the associa-
ton has decided to establish q
branch in Reno.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16

New Workers turned out by thou
sands to welcome home the Seventh
regiment. which arrived from the
Texas border after five months of
the hardest kind of peace service
in Texas. Escorted by more than
1000 Seventh veterans, in addition
to about 400 members of the depot
battalion, the regiment as it march
ed up Fifth avenue was acclaimed
by crowds which totaled, the police
estimated, between 100000 and
200 600 persons.
Everyone cheered, and the Seventh
never looked better than it did as it
swept up the avenue, every man in
his cid uniform of khaki. All show
ed the effects of the hard service on
the Rio Grande, a service hat had
tanned and hardened officers and
men alike until they looked like sea-
soned regulars.
The reviewing stand was erected
the Fifth avenue side of the Union
league club at Thirty-ninth street.
When the head of the regimental
column reached the reviewing stand,
Colonel Willard C. Fisk, command
er, lifted his hand to his campaign
hat in salute to Governor Whitman,
VINO was the reviewing officer.
The veterans organization, with
Major General Daniel Appleton, for
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
Killed at Copper Flat

at the Steptoe hospital from internal
injuries received while at work in
the Liberty pit Of the Nevada Con-
solidated company. He was en-
gagged with other workmen in NOV
a large piece of frozen earth worked
loose in the embankment and, strik-
ing a projection, rolled down like
a wagon wheel, pinning him against
the shovel. He was unconscious
when picked up and was beyond
aid when he arrived at the hospi-
tai.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
Rabbit Sausage

A rancher in the northern part
o. the state suggests that a plan
recently proposed in Austin, Tex,
to reduce the cost of living and at
the same time rid the state of jack
rabbits, be tried in Nevada. Peo-
pie of Austin, Tex, are now plan
for the production of rabbit sau-
sage and the rancher wants such a
factory constructed In Nevada. Since
the war on coyotes has resulted in
the death of large numbers of
them. the Nevada jack rabbits have
lived a life of ease, as they are
n of the chief articls of food for
coyotes.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
Jas. H.PARKS
CALLED BY
REAPER
PIONEER SURVEYOR OF Dis
TRICT STRICKEN SUDDENLY
AT HIS HOME

James II. Parks. a pioneer of
Goldfield and well known in Nevada
and Colorado as a mineral surveyor,
died at his residence on Columbia
street at 1915 last night. Death
resulted from heart failure.
While suffering somewhat from a
cold, Mr.. Parks was cheerful y~ester-
day and attended to many matters
of business. AS late as six or sever
o'clock he executed some official pa
pers, as public administrator, for
Attorney Adams f. Brown. He COM
planned, however, or a pain in his
chest at hat time.
Mr.. Parks was a member of the
order of Elks and while he did not
feel well enough to attend the char
ity ball last night, yet he insisted
that Mrs. Parks should attend, and
about ten O'Clock, or a little earlier,
he called her by phone and asked
her to return as quickly as possible.
DR.. Davis was summoned, but the
patient was IN a dying condition
allied when he called Mrs. Parks
that his end was near
Mr.. Parks vas born in McDon-
ough county, Illinois, October 8,
1S49, and was therefore about 67
years of age. He was educated in
fhn nnhlia cnhnn1C an1 in thA uni
versity of Illinois, from which he
graduated as a member of the class
of 1875. Among the first he met in
Goldtield on coming here was a for
mer class-mate in the person Of
Arthur r.. Barnes. Another mem
Der of his class, and it's valedictor-
ian, was the Hon. James r. Mann,
the minority leader in the lower
house of congress, who in all prob
ability will succeed Champ Clark as
speaker of the next congress-.
Mr.. Parks specialized in the engi-
neering department in his univer-
sity course. but for Two years fol-
lowing his graduation he was en-
gagged in newspaper work in Tusco-
la, Illinois, with the Douglas Coun-
ty Review. In 1877 Mr.. Parks
took up his home in Texas and be-
gan the active practice of his pro-
fession as a surveyor and civil en-
gineer. Two years later he return
ed to Illinois for his marrige and
from hat time until 1898 he and
Mrs. Parks, who is also well known
in Goldfield, continued to reside in
Texas. From Texas they removed
to Colorado and resided in Cripple
Creek for about ten years prior to
their removal to GOldfield, which
has been their residence since 1905.
Mr.. Parks has practiced his pro-
f%ession, that of a civil engineer,
since 1877, and as United States
mineral surveyor has made many OF
the more important mineral surveys
of this district and southern Ne
vada. He was a member in good
standing of the Masonic order, the
Elks and the Moose. There is one
son living in Oregon and a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Hansen, formerly Miss
Nina Parks, who lives in San Fran
cisco. The funeral arrangements
have not at this writing been an
nounced, but interment will be in
the Goldfield cemetery.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
Predict Omen Winter

Ranchers in Elko county say that
the present winter will be an open
one. They base their opinions on
the fact that beavers are this
year doing no extra work on the
small streams and are laying in no
supplies of food. The ranchers say
if the winter was to be a hard one
the animals would provide for 1t
by doing their work early in the
season.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
Revoke One; Grant 10

On receipt of a petition signed by
Lovelock citizens, the Humboldt
county commissioners revoked the
liquor license of the Big Meadow
buffet, about to be opened in Love
lock. At the same session Of the
commissioners, 16 liquor licenses
were granted.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16
Rochester Miners Get Raise

An increase of so cents per day
has been given employees of the
Rochester Mines company. The in
al will remain in effect as long
as the price of silver remains over
10 cents.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16

REV. F. C. THOMSON left this
morning by motorcycle for Los An
geles, where he will visit with his
mother for several days.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-12-16

WALTER ST. PIERRE, proprie-
tor of the st. Pierre shoe store in
Goldfield and the Bootery in Reno,
arrived yesterday from Reno.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-05-29
ATTEMPT MADE TO
DESTROY A HOTEL
REAR PORCH SOAKED WITH kER.
osENE AND a MATCH
APPLIED.

Roxie, Miss, May 29.-An attempt
was made last night to burn the Com
mercial Hotel. One of the rear
porches on the lower floor was piled
with kindling and saturated with coal
oil and set on fire.
The reflection of the blaze woke up
one of the occupants of the second
floor who gave the alarm. The fire
was soon extinguished without doing
much damage.
R. l.. Grant, of Crystal Springs, was
called and reached here about day
light with his blood hounds, they i'm
mediately picked up the trail and after
short while it ended at the house of
Rose Mcknight, a negro woman, who
was Immediately placed under arrest
and lodged in the county Jail.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-05-29
JAMES ]. HILL DEAD
CONTINUED from rage one.)

That but roughly spans the story uf
his achievement.
Near Guelph, in Ontario, where
James Jerome Hill was born in 1888,
the son of an Irish-Canadian fari.--G
who died when the boy was Is, there
stands a tree stump labeled: "The
last tree chopped by James ]. HILL"
1t marked the lads resolution to go
to the United States. He had been
prompted by an odd incidnt. Accord.
ing to tn story that is told, a strange
traveller had stopped at the Hill farm
to take dinner, and left his horse at
the gate. Young Hill saw the animal
was tired and he carried it pail OF
water. The stranger vas pleased with
the lads thoughtfulness, and as he
drove off he tossed him a newspaper
from the United States, and called out
gravely:
go there, young man. That coun,
try needs youngsters of your spirit.
Hill read the paper carefully. 1t
contained glowing accounts of oppor.
tunities in the States. HeresoIved to
Investigate for himself. 1t was the
next morning that he chopped his last
tree.
AS mere roustabout lad of is, he
toured from Maine to Minnesota
When, in 1856, he disembarked from
a Mississippi river packet at st. Pau
chat place was frontier town Of
5000 inhabitants. At the sign of w
L. Bass & Co., agents for the Dubuque
& st. Paul Packet Company, he found
a job as both stevedore and clerk.
In the fifteen years that followed ht
seized every opportunity to study thu
whole problem of river transportation
He gathered no end of experience ant
a little capital with which he launched
his own firm of Fill, Gr'iss & Co., whicl
promptly displayed its initiative b.
bringing the first load Of coal that ha
ever been seen in that section into s
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-05-29
CARTER BURIED IN
G|LL|S CEMETERY
loNE OF couNTYs OLDEST RESI-
DENTS DIES AFTER
LONG ILLNESS.

The funeral of A. d. Carter, one OF
the oldest residents Of this section OF
the county, former Confederate vet
eran, for many years justice of the
peace, and prominently connected
with one OF Mississippi's oldest fami
lies, who died at the Carter home al
McLaurin Saturday night, after an
illness of some time, was held at 4:3O
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The in
terment was in the Gillis cemetery
near Iattiesburg. The Rev. MF. CHS
holm had charge of the services. A
large delegation of Hattiesburg friends
were in attendance.
The services were in charge of the
Masonic lodge, of which Mr.. Garter
was secretary for so long.
Born in New Augusta, in old Perry
county, on June 4. 70 years ago, Mr.
Carter had resided there and in For
rest all his life. He had lived at Nc
Laurin 20 or 25 years. He fought
throughout the civil war, and fol
years was a justice of the peace.
Mr.. Carter is survived by four sons
two daughters, one sister, Mrs. FULL
love, of New Augusta, and brother
Capt j. P. Carter of this city.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-05-29
SOLOMON ATTENDING
TRUSTEES MEETING
Former Hottesburg Pastor Goes to
Fort Worth Gathering.

Meridian, Miss, May 29.-The Rev.
z. D. Solomon, pastor of the fifteenth
Avenue Baptist Church will return to
Meridian some time during the week
from Fort Worth, Tex, where he is at
tending meeting of the trustees Of
the Southwestern University, he being
a member of this board, now holding
its annual session.
The Rev. Mr.. Solomon returned from
the Southern Baptist convention in
Asheville last Tuesday, after which he
left for Texas. His pulpit at the
church was filled by substitute. who
will officiate for him again next Sun.
day.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-05-29
ATTACKED WITH CRAMPS,
NEGRO BOY LOSES LIFE
Companions Become Frightened And
Desert Him as He Begins 10 Sink.

While swimming in the Bouie River
yesterday afternoon, Walter Myers. Is
years old, delivery boy for Clark's
grocery, suffered an attack of the
cramps, and was drowned. There
were Is or 20 other negroes in the
river at the same time. but at the
first cry of the boy, they became
frightened and deserted him.
Ramsey, the undertaken, was in a
motorboat near the scene, and reach
ed the place after the boy had gone
down for the last time. He recovered
the body. One of the hands had
clasped stick, and it was impossible
to remove it, so strong was the death
clutch 1t was necessary to saw the
stick off at both ends, section still
remaining in the closed hand.
The body was taken to Palmer's
Crossing and buried.
A coroner's jury was impanneled i'm
mediately after the body was recover
ed. 1t was determined, however, that
death was purely accidental. Services
were held at the Fifth Street Method
ist Church, Pastor Smith conducting
them. There were a number of white
persons, who had know the boy, pres
mi. n m -
the Broad Street Methodist Church
was present and made brief talk
A part of the colored church was Sc
aside for the white attendants.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-05-29
POLICE COURT

Ernest Carpenter, assault and bat
terry, plead not guilty; discharged.
Ernest Carpenter, carrying con-
cealed weapons; dismissed because
wife was only witness against him.
Charlie Rowell, carrying concealed
weapons, plead not guilty; fined $25
and costs.
Mrs. Lou Plndoris. dangerous and
suspicious; set for Friday.
Edna Elder. dangerous and sus
picious; set for Friday.
Henry Allen. assault and battery
plead not guilty; discharged
Charlie Rowell, assault and battery
case dismissed.
Ernest Carter. profanity, plead
guilty; $3.50 fine.