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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25
WELL KNOWN MAN
DIES IN DENVER

The following article will doubt
less be of interest to Phoebe people,
as we understand he was well known
locally;
Willis D. Prewitt, who died at
Denver, Colo, July 10, 1916, was
born in Paris, Mo-, in 1868, where he
resided for 81 years and then came
west and taught school 13 years. 1t
was while he was teaching that he
was united in marriage to Miss Lii
lian Campbell, daughter of Colonel
Campbell of Missouri. To this union
three children were born. Two sons
and one daughter. One son died a
few years ago
Mr.. Prewitt was a member OF
Henry NJ. Teller Lodge No. 144, A.
F. & A. NJ, of Modern Woodmen,
and an officer and prominent member
tof Highland Christian church. Those
left to mourn his sudden departure
lare the widow, daughter, Juanita,
g years of age, son, Wendell d.,
~ years and | month, brother, sis
ter, and aged mother
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25
ACCUSE Railroads Of
<P|aying for Time

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23-The
raidroad employees committee show
ed such marked signs of unrest to-
day at the delay in the negotiations
between President Wilson and the
railway executives that the leaders
of the men were alarmed and openly
expressed fears of their ability to
hold them much longer.
An employees meeting this morn
ing was thrown into an uproar by
speeches OF a minority which de-
manded immediate action unless the
roads accept the presidents plan, but
the leaders succeeded in adjourning
it before any vote could be taken on
any of the various proposals. They
.said afterward that while the pres
sure for immediate action came from
minority, it was strong, but they
believed the majority would be will
ling to give the president little more
ntime.
Some of the men urged that most
Hof them go home leaving the brother
hood heads with authority to call a
strike if the railroads do not accept
the presidents plan.
The meeting adjourned until 10
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25
RECOMMENDS WITHDRAWAL
OF AMERICAN TROOPS

A recommendation from General
Funston that the American troops be
withdrawn from Mexico was con-
tanned in a recent report on the mill
itary situation made at the request
of the war department and designed
for use of the joint commission
which will discuss border problems.
State department officials do not at
tempt to disguise their regret over
premature publication of General
Funstons conclusions, but they indi-
Gated today that it would not cause
any alteration in plans.
Officials realize, it is understood,
that the most pressing matter for dis
cussion by the commission, from the
Mexican viewpoint, will be the ques-
tion of withdrawal of Pershing's ex-
peditionary force. In order to fur
nish the American commissioners
with full information, General Fun
ston was asked to express his views
on the military aspects of the expe-
dition
There is every indication that the
commissioners, and later, the admin
istration, were expected to abide by
4 the recommendation of the chic
military advisor on border matters.
Publication of the fact that Gen.
eral Funston believes it wise to with
draw the troops may hamper tn,
American commissioners, some off
cials think, in obtaining whateve
guarantees they may ask of the Mex
ican government as to security 0
the border from bandit raids 1t i
believed the administration is full
, prepared to arrange for the recall o
: General Pershing's force, since bot
state and war department official
are understood to share the views ez
pressed in General Funston's report
There can be but little doubt, it
> now said, that the withdrawal will b
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25
ROBERTS
TO PRESENT FLAGS

Last night a special meeting of the
Women's Relief Corps was held, and
resolution passed asking Congress
man E. E. Roberts to make the pres
entation speech for the corps at the
delivery Of the magnificent silk flags
which were procured by the several
corps of Nevada for the battleship
Nevada. The matter of presenting
the silver service was some time ago
placed in the hands of the senator's
and representative in congress by
Governor Boyle, and they selected
Senator Key Pittman to make the
address when the big punch bowl
and other silverware are presented
to the officers of the ship. The flags
and silver service will be shipped to
Washington in d day or two.-Car-
son News.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25
WRECK Is AVERIED
BY BLOCK SIGNALS

High wind moved box car from
the side track on the main line at
Elko last Saturday, setting the auto
matte electric block system. The en-
gineer of passenger train No. 10, rap
idly approaching Elko, observed the
signal two miles out of town and slp-
ped, sending forward the flagman to
ascertain the cause of the trouble.
The boxcar was switched back on the
side track and the passenger train
proceeded on its way The perfec-
tion of the working of the block sys-
tenn notifying the engineer of the
presence of something on the track
prevented what may possibly have
been bad railroad wreck.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25
Sale of Indian Lands

The Secretary of the Interior has
authorized the public sale at Willis,
California, commencing at 10 o'clock
a. m, on August 20, 1916, of the
undisposed lands in the Round Val
ley Indian Reservation, California.
Purchasers will be required to pay
at least one-third down, the balance
in two equal installments, with inter
est at per cent per annum on de-
ferred payments, in addition to COM
missions.
The lands are in general noun
famous, with several small valleys
and are almost entirely covered will
brush and timber. The timber, aside
! from madrona, consists of oaks, val
liable only for firewood, and conf
frs, of doubtful economic value.
A schedule of lands and other in
| formation in regard to the sale ma.
be obtained upon inquiry of the Reg
lister and Receiver of the U. S. Lane
Offices at San Francisco and Eureka
! California
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25

contest started last Wednesday and
to date there have been about 30
suggestion sent in.
Some are accompanied by drawings
and some are just plain statements,
but at the rate they are coming the
committee will have little trouble in
securing an appropriate slogan on
September 1 when the contest ends.
Among other suggestions received
ar the following: Trade at Home
and You'll Have a Home: me
vad-a Home Run, Making a Gain for
Everyone; Nevada Assures Pros
perity and eYars''; "Hometrade
Dollars Bring Homeland Wealth.:
Home Buying Assures Prosperity"
Reno Gazette.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25
CHANGING NAME OF
SALT LAKE ROUTE

The San Pedro" will hereafter be
eliminated from the name of the Salt
Lake route, the corporate name hav-
ing been changed to Los Angeles &
Salt Lake Railroad Company" This
will be an advantage in brevity and
also save in errors in billing freight,
ETC., by reason of the IS, P" initials
being eliminated. Moreover, since
San Pedro is now portion of Los
Angeles, there is no longer any rea-
son for indicating the harbor town
as the terminus by making it a part
of the name. For all general busi-
ness and advertising purposes, the
road will be known simply as the
salt Lake Route, LAS Vegas
Age,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25
FUTURE PROSPECTS ARE
BRILLIANT FOR PANACA

George Edwards, one of the prom
inent and influential citizens of Pa
naca, was a Phoebe visitor yesterday,
having come over to bring Henry and
Morris Bowling, who have been doing
carpenter work at his place.
Mr., Edwards states that the out.
look for Panaca is very bright A
spring with flow of s second fee,
which will be piped into town, giving
them an adequate water system. The
crop outlook is better than ever be-
fore is the opinion of Mr.. Edwards
and he predicts a bountiful harvest
He reports encouraging prospects
| from tract of land south of tina
place, which was placed under irri
cation year ago. Everybody il
prosperous and happy in that favor
ed locality,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25
Hunting Il Slogan

Use Your Hammer to Build" is
the suggestion of well known resi-
dent of Nevada as slogan for the
state. His letter to the contest COM
mittee of the Commercial Club, came
in this morning accompanied by
about 25 other slogans andtrade
marks.
The committee is offering a $40
prize for the best slogan and a $40
prize for the best trade mark. The
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25
ALL IN READINESS
FOR CONVENTIONS

The Democratic State convention
will be called to order on the 5th of
September at IL o'clock in the Ma
iectis theatre in Reno.
Sam Pickett, chairman of the
Democratic State Central committee,
will call the convention to order.
OF the eighty delegates who have
been selected to represent the var
ious counties, all but one are said to
be in favor of Senator Key Pittman.
This lone delegate is from Eureka.
Before the convention meets it is
probable an arrangement will be
made to make Pittman's nomination
unanimous.
The Republican State Executive
committee met Tuesday and made
the preliminary arrangements for
the state convention to be held in
Reno on the 5th of September.
The committee have secured the T.
anu - eiCdtCi Ioi lHe CONVENTION
hall and the meeting will be called
promptly at IL o'clock. State Chair
man George Sanford will call the
convention to order.
The Republican list of delegates
as given out at Platt Headquarters
will consist of ninety. OF these it is
claimed that sixty are for Platt anc
sixteen for Norcross, while Howe has
fourteen elegates.-Carson Appeal
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25

O'Clock tomorrow morning. Frequent
ily shouts and applause were heard a
.block away from the hall.
1T is our belief" one of the COM
mitteemen said, that the railroads
are playing for time with the presi-
i dent just as they have done with us
for many months. They are tiring
JUS out all right and the men are get
Hting disgusted
While the railroad executives con-
itinued deliberations on what form
or counter they shall make to Presi-
dent Wilson's plan, the president
conferred with Senator Newlands
and Representative Adamson, chair
men of the interstate commerce COM
mittees in congress, about the bill to
increase the membership of the inter-
state commerce commission by two,
Senator Newlands afterward an
nounced he would push the bill I'M
mediately.
Possibility of passing an eight
hour law for railroads was discussed
among several congressional leaders
but no definite program was evolved
and it was understood no action
would be taken unless the president
! efforts failed.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25
RED SOX DEFEATED
IN GAME WEDNESDAY

The Red Sox and Blue Legs met
in mortal combat last Wednesday
evening at Recreation park and after
four innings of fierce struggle the
Blue Legs were found on the long
end of 2 to / score, The Blue
Legs were slightly handicapped by
having only seven men, but that did
not matter. A little thing like being
"shy" man or SO didn't seem to
bother them and they stepped out
and won the encounter anyway
The Red Sox had chance to dc
business in the last of the fourth
Hal Chase Scott, first up. peered in
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25
BAD MEXICAN PRISONER
REFUSES TO "CASH IN

The man LeBaron, who was shot
from the prison, seems inclined to
fool everybody 1t was thought at
first that his wound was fatal, but
yesterday he was able to eat, smoke
cigarettes, and put on his CLOTHES. 1t
is almost universally considered a
misfortune in Carson that he will re-
cover, for he is very dangerous
man, and it is feared that he may
live to kill someone else before he
gives another occasion to be shot
Carson City News.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25
PATH OF PROSPfcTOR
NOT STREWN WITH ROSES

When man goes up against the
monied individual claiming to be
looking for and ready to invest in a
mining proposition, the chances are
that the one presenting the PROPOSE
tion will lose all his chances for fu-
ture happiness, caused by the lam
guage he will use before he is half
through.
AS matter of fact he might as
we'll go home and SOW spuds as to
try and deal with the average So
called mining investor. If one
has large and producing property
it's too large and. il he has a good
prospect it isn't large enough and a
producing mine is what the hombre
wants.
Don't they keep you waiting?
There is supposed to be all kinds of
a market for good producing prop
erty but did you ever go up against
those ducks that claim to be looking
ana Just crazy to get their money
into the game? Ii not you have
lost half your business experience.
Try it.
If there's one thing more than an
other that will take the conceit out
of fellow, it is to tackle them catch
as catch can in the mine promotion
business.
ONLY developed properties have a
ghost of chance of sale and If a
prospector finds something that has
fair or good showing and worthy
of development, and has no funds to
do the development work with, how
in the world is the property to be de-
veloped? These advertised monied
roosters that are always ready to
put in, positively refuse to entertain
anything that hasn't everything in
sight and without a chance to be
taken or any risk to run in the way
of development or outlay.
| The average one of them Is sim
ply big bunch of bluff and it's just
a waste of time generally to
tackle 'em at all; and it's doubtful il
they would buy $40 gold piece for
SIS, first mainly for the reason they
haven't the SIS, and secondly they
are suspicious that it might be coun-
terfeit
II by any possible chance they do
interest someone else and get an in
terest in it without costing them any
thing. how important they get and
what big fat interest these fellows
want for the dab they put in Al
ways the control that's q cinch and
if the property amounts to anything
the prospector has about as much
show usually as snow ball has to
stand the heat of Hades.
One always finds a man out in
camp life and one also finds him out
in mining deal. No matter how
honest he may be in other lines OF
trade. if there's any corkscrew pro-
clivities in his makeup, being inter-
ested in mining deal will certainly
incubate them and they'll come to
the surface and float Call same Ivory
soap), though he wont be as pure
probably. However, it's an old ad-
age that
"A rolling stone is the noblest
work of God, but an honest man
gathers no moss"
This parable teaches us that a
prospectors life is not altogether
happy but our advice is to keep ever
plodding along, ever firm in the be-
; lief that some day we'll hit it and be
ablt to look every DANCED man
straight in the eyes and tell him tC
go to--well, hell, if you want t6
know
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FARMING

At the industrial school at Elko
oats are four and one-half feet high
and will yield two and one-half tons
to the acre, or over 156 bushels,
which is big yield, and with oats at
70 cents per bushel amounts to
S109,20 per acre All the boys at
the school are evidently contented
as there have been no late attempts
to escape. The discipline has been
somewhat relaxed and more privi
leges have been accorded them
Clark County Review.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25

result of this action the Mexican In
stitute's affairs, which have been
handled with difficulty because of
national troubles, will be financed
by the American Institute and the
latter acquires more than two hun
dred of the best-trained mining ex-
perts of Mexico. This increases the
strength of the American institute to
more than $500 members.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25
INSTITUTES OF MINING
AND METALLURGY UNITE

New York, Aug, 24,-Announce-
ment was made here today by the
american Institute of Mining Engin-
GERS of it's absorption of the Mexican
Institute of Mining and Metailurgy
to be known as the Mexican section
of the American organization. As a
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25
ATTRACTIONS AT THE
STATE FAIR AT FALLON

Aside from the fine stock and large
and varied agricultural and horticul-
tural exhibits at the state fair at
Fallon, September II to 16 inclu-
sive, every visitor from other parts
Of the state will want to see the
great Lahontan dam, 120 feet in
height, storing 100000 acre-feet of
water for irrigation of Uncle Sans
Nine Million Dollar Farm" There
are many attractive features on the
| Truckee-Carson irrigation project
that are we'll worth a visit. Attend
the state fair and see these attrac-
tions
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25

promptly agreed to when the COM
mission meets, the conferees then
turning their attention to the draft
ing of protocol to cover future bor-
der operations, investigation of the
causes of bandit raids and such other
matters as they may wish to take up.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25
PROMINENT NEVADA
INSTRUCTOR MURDERED

News was received in Carson
City Sunday of the finding of the
body of f.. Thomas Hamill, vice prin-
eipal of the Carson City high school,
which was discovered Thursday with
the head horribly crushed, lying
about 200 feet from his cabin on his
homestead, which is about As miles
south of Twin Falls, Idaho. He had
evidently been dead for two or three
days and had been killed by a blow
on the head He was last seen by
neighbors Monday evening three
miles from his home
Prof. Hamill was married last De-
cember to Miss Jessie Mitchell at the
home of her parents at Oakes, s. D.,
and had intended to return to Car
son City about September 4th to be
ready to take up his school duties,
rev II. III. McGreery of Carson City
Il cousin, has sone to the scene ol
the murder t. make arrangements
for disposal of the body.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-08-25

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 22.-Lynn
and Harold 'Lovelace, brothers aged
/ and IL years, have confessed to
the authorities to reports received
here that they murdered Il. F. Ham
i'll, a teacher of Carson, New, whose
body was found at his ranch south
of Twin Falls last Thursday. The
lads We're first taken into custody as
runaways, and were found to have
Hamllls team, wagon, pocketbook
provisions and eight guns and revol-
vers in their possession. The kill
ing, according to the reputed confess
siori5, occurred when Hamill sur
prised them robbing his cabin. The
body OF Prof Hamill has been sent
to his parents home in Legioner
Pa, his widow accompanying it.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-01

For advertisers could get along by
dropping any one of them. So the
Herald, Journal, Post, American and
Examiner have to be careful about
offending advertisers. The State
street combine could put any one of
them out of business by withdrawing
State street advertising.
That's what penny papers are do
ing to themselves and to American
journalism. There are editors and
newspaper writers on the other pa
pers who would go just as far as go
in protecting the public if they dared.
They simply can't do it.
But they never appreciated the i'm
portance of the adless paper until
the white paper increase emphasized
their dependence upon advertisers. I
think thy begin to see The Day Book
as the pioneer in the new journalism,
and the possibility of The Day Book
surviving the white paper famine,
while many advertising papers will
go to the wall.
don't want to create the impress
sion that newspaper publishers
WANT to be controlled by their adj
veTtisers, for they don't They fret
under that control They know
they are in a measure slaves. They
don't like it. They want to be free,
yet don't seem to know how to be
free. The courageous ones who have
a firm hold on their readers can be
free.
towards will go to the wall-which
is all right. This country can stand a
cleanup of it's journalism, which has
been made top-heavy by greed. It's
high time new standards were set.
The people begin to understand the
modern newspaper. It's editorial and
f1uence has Waned as it's advertising
volume increased and its cash box
grew heavy with profit. Having lost
editorial influence, it is now in dan
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-01
THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS

BY N. D. Cochran
The influence of advertisers on the
news and editorial policy of newspa-
pers is not always directly applied.
There is too much of the direct in
fluence, but the indirect influence is
even more deadly. The daily stTug-
gle of the great majority of papers
is to get advertising. Business man
ayers, advertising managers and So
icitOrS are at work every day, not
only trying to secure new advertisers
but also to get those already con-
tracted with to increase their space.
Naturally the business Office wants
to curry favor with advertisers, and
there is a persistent, never-ending
pressure in the editorial department
by the business Office to so shape
the papers policy as to help secure
advertising. 1t takes an unusually
strong man as editor to resist this
pressure from the business office.
Few editors get chance to resist it,
because the publisher wants his
profit and seldom will permit edi-
torial and news policy to interfere
with it.
With publishers selling their paper
below cost and depending upon ad-
vertising for profit, they are at the
mercy of a few big advertisers. For
example, the State street stores
could ruin any newspaper in Chicago
by Withdrawing their advertising. In
many big cities local advertisers have
an organization just as the State
street stores have. And in union
there is strength - which is often
used to make newspapers ''be good"
In any matter in which the big ad-
vertisers are interested they can have
a powerful influence on just how the
mouIders of public opinion do their
moulding.
The News is in position to be the
most independent newspaper in Chi
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-03-25

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