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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-04-28
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

The city council met in regular ses-
sion Tuesday evening with just enough
members present to transact business,
Featherstone, Hale, Seeley and Kugel-
man. There was much conversation
and some business was transacted.
The bond Of City Attorney Nelson
for $3.50 was presented and accepted.
The ordinance read at the previous
meeting granting the Wenatchee Val
ley & Northern the use OF portions oil
certain streets and alleys was passed.
Geo. Watson, who will build resi-
dence just outside the city limits, west
Of town, was granted permission to tap
the city's water main.
Purchasing Agent Brown was author
lied to purchase set of code books
at cost OF $25.
At previous meeting County Com
missioner Hickey suggested that it
would be a good plan for the city to
have a charity organization to take care
of its poor and needy during the winter.
Acting on this suggestion Mayor Day
is trying to effect such an organization.
To carry out the plan he has in mind
it will be necessary to have a room OF
small building in which donations OIL
clothing, etc., may be kept, and which
will be the headquarters of the COM
mittee who will have the work in
charge. A committee was appointed
to see about getting such place.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-04-28
Keep Your Skin Clear and Healthy

There is only one way to have a
clear, healthy complexion and that is
to keep the bowels active and regular.
DR.. Kings new life pills will make your
complexion healthy and clear, move
the bowels gently, stimulate the liver,
cleanse the system and purify the
blood. A splendid spring medicine.
25c at your druggist. y
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-04-28
Methodist Church

Sunday School at 10 a. m
Preaching at II.
Junior League, Q p. m.
Bible Study Class, 8 p. m.
Epworth League at $50.
Preaching, 1880.
F. L. Moore, Pastor.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-04-28
Lutheran Church

Sunday school at o:45 a. m.
Preaching, 10:45.
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Congregational Church
law School at 10.

Sunday School at 10.
Preaching services at II a. m. by
Rev. John Thompson OF the Presby-
terian church.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-05
ITS NOBODY'S BUSINESS
BUT NINE" SAYS MAYOR;
DEFIES BONDING PROBE
"Its a Waste of Time to Ask Me
About It." He Replies
When Asked About
Underwriting
ON A COMMISSION BASIS

Defiance against inquiry into his city
bonding business was issued by Mayor
Smith when he was asked about the more
than t1,0oo.0o0 worth OF municipal bonding
securities which the Thomas b. Smith
Bonding Company. OF which he is an eighty
per cent owner. under-wrote during the
first six months OF his administration.
IT'S nobody's business but mine" he
said. TITS a waste OF time to ask me
about IT,"
The bonding company. founded by him.
was shown in the appendix TO the Journal
Of Select Council. 20 have handled nearly
half the city's bonding business. according
to the sworn statement of its president.
Charles Lloyd. 1t was the agent for the
National Security Company OF New York
on a commission basis.
When Senator McNichol was asked about
his patronage OF the Mayors company, lie
said
'Yor twenty years the Thomas b. Smith
Company has written our bonds. The sums
mentioned in ths report made today are
Insignificant as compared with the amounts
involved in the past. We had to have many
millions of dollars OF surety when the Mar
ket street subway was built and on other
big operations The Smith company had all
of this business"
On April 15, when Il was shown that
Mayor Smiths company wrote bonds 10 the
amount OF s1,653.927.S0 in two days, the
Mayor made this comment:
Il cannot but consider this personal at
tack on me. 1 have lived in Philadelphia
forty-six years. being horn here. My life
is an open book. Never before has anybody
questioned my honesty. have been twenty
years building up the Thomas b. Smith
Company. II you were me would you give
IL up after all these years?"
A day later the Mayor said:
Every one knew that 1 was president
OF the Thomas b. Smith Company when 1
was a candidate for Mayor. l spent the
best part of my life making that company
success I resigned the presidency, but,
surely, no sane person expected me to
give up my holdings in that company, the
fruits of years of hard labor, simply be-
cause 1 was going to take a temporary
office in the government OF the city OF
Philadelphia"
Competitors OF the Smith Company for
municipal bonding business are:
United States Fidelity and Guaranty
Company, with assets OF S10,25s,ss772.
Globe Indemnity. Of New York, with
assets OF $780,, ,644.79.
American Surety Company, of New York,
with assets of $9,635523e4.
Maryland Casualty Company of Balti-
more with assets OF $9,4S0.S44.78.
Aetna Accident and Liability Company,
of Hartford, with assets OF $4.3S3, sos. .23.
The business done by the various com
panies in the last half OF 1915 and the first
half cf 1916 are shown in the following
table:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-05

highest physical standard w. ,o,, ,s,.
msteer up with the selflnsurlnx cornorn.
tions ana they promised US not a. nractlc.
sucn uiscriminatlon. but II IL hard 10 rovern
s,e sa,' ss',Vns OF the employment agencies who
secure these men and there n certain 20 be
discrimination In spite OF our best efforts
NOW, III these corporations were cou,
PEELED to insure in the state Fund or IN one
.oas os o.ner OF the mutual stock companies,
,hey would have no object IN discriminating
IN favor OF the physically perfect. their An.
suiance az would cost them the same amount
personally" continued Mr Jackson II
su,nN .ne casualty companies are making a
mistake. The conduct OF the stat. u,,se.,,
ls cooperative and not competitive and an.
tagonistic. But " by their feverish arIta.
tion and organization they arouse the public
as as mas oeen done In Ohio, they may find that
the public will demand that the coy,r.nss' ,,sa,s
tlon act be made compulsory and be op.
Grated by the State" "
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pany, three bonds. total. $3.50 throush
the Union Paving Company, two bonds
total, see.tif
PHILADELPHIA PAVING COMPANY.
headed by T. y. Cunningham. twenty-six
bonds. total $50. .oeo.
CUNNINGHAM PAVING AND con-
sTRUCTtoN COMPANY. two bonds.
total sssb0
RICHARD p. DENNIS. six bonds. total.
tbt.2s5
DAVID MMAHoN ESTATE. three bonds,
total, Si1,ie7.
EASTERN PAVING COMPANT. seven
bonds. total. s2s.4s7
JOHN BA1zLEy IRON WORKS. owned by
John VI. Bailey. a Common Councilman
one bond for $4,000.
The fact that the Smith Company Is
considered an asset 20 the National Surety
Is said to be shown by the fact that since
last April its surplus has Increased by
s5iLsse.7o
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WHEAT WILL REACH So,
GRAIN DEALERS ASSERT
Continued trem rsr. On.

Continued FROM Rare On.
will 30 TO Europe or the United states.
whichever offers the highest bid.
One shipload already is en- route TO the
United States and others will probably fol-
low. The greatest difficulty lies In the
fact that Argentina IL unable TO furnish
many ships TO transport grain, and the
United States Ia IN similar plight
But even n n large part OF tho Argentina
surplus should be dumped on the United
States market. Il would make little differ
ence in the price OF wheat in the Chicago
market, because of the shortage In the
United States crop. Jahitte said.
Some millers this week were reported to
get 80 n barrel for nour In carload lots,
but that price was thought exceptional,
rather than average Second-grade -four
sold today at $40 to $3.50, with flour
usually used In pastry and by bakers SELL
ing at s7.20 to $3.50.
with -four prices this week the highest
in forty years, spot orders were few. There
were virtually no deferred orders. Busi-
ness for this time OF the year is unusually
slack
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the completed area Of ground desired, our
company win not hesitate 10 Increase the
investment by large expenditures IN many
ways. as we shall have considerable pride
In the knowledge Of possessing the greatest
proving ground in the world, and believe
that many advantages will how out 20 the
surrounding community from our activities
at this point. as Il surely will result in
making this location famous throughout this
country and abroad.
Incident 90 the proving Of ordnance for
the United states Government and foreign
countries Is the bringing to the locality
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-05

The business done by the various COM
panies. before and after the agitation
started against Mayor Smiths participa-
tion in the bonding business is shown in
the following table:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-05

RE. Of such large investment a. We ar.
making here.
1T might mean q similar extensfon with
We have large factory and buildings and
works. conhected with the manufacture OF
ordnance material. and where more than
1900 persons are employed within a stones
throw OF the station.
This is, moreover. situated IN q COM
paratively thickly populated country. The
location r. unfavorable and does not permit
US 70 make any night or range tests.
we can assure you that n we can eet
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-05

81 numbers Of prominent military men
representing their several governments.
which would be a very desirable addition
20 the life and spirit Of the community.
I'm short, while the property extending
from Mays Landing 60 Tuckahoe is al
most ideal for our purposes and would be
a great national asset 90 our country. II
also offers facilities for that distribution
and separation OF plants so often desirable
in a business such as ours, and yet not
great enough distances apart TO Interfere
with organization and eficlent manage
ment"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-05
MILLERS IN MINNEAPOLIS
PREDICT TWO-DOLLAR WHEAT
Only Argentina Rain Can Prevent Rise,
They Say

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct s.--Millers today
predicted $40 barrel for -four at retail
and s. a bushel for wheat 10 the farmers.
Unless rain falls in Argentina soon one
said. two-dollar wheat Is almost certain
ty this month.
Flour opened quiet today with patent
frsts. the highest grade of flour. getting
a few buyers at $3.50 TO $3.50.
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ORDNANCE TEST PLANT
BIG BOOM FOR JERSEY

Continued from Page One
will also realize that should we be In need
OF land or extensions. which II might not
be possible or convenient to obtain I'm South
Bethlehem, we. would naturally consider
favorably tracts of land within the bounda-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-05

STONE HAnBoR n. y. oct bl--kt !
meeting Of the Cape May County board
OF Freeholders n has been decided 10
build bridges over Main Channel Middle
City and Corsons Inlet. These bridges are
20 be twenty-four feet wide and one win IN
clude a bascuie type draw. giving a clear
ance OF nifty feet. Approval OF this ktfuc-
ture is TO be obtained from the war De-
pnrtment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-05

CONTRACTORS AS CUSTOMERS
The principal contractors for which the
Smith Company wrote bonds In 1915 are:
SENATOR Il. II. WARE who is close to tho
Mayor. five bonds. total amount, $99,050.
SENATOR MNICHOL, through the Nc
Nichol Paving and Construction Com
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-01-29
MCGilliVray and Party
Reach San Francisco

A telegram received in Eureka
this morning from San Francisco an
nounced the arrival in that city Fri
day of Angus McGillivray. wife and
child, and Mrs. Mary Fulton. The
party left Eureka Saturday morning.
one week ago, to take Mr.. McGilli-
vray to a hospital in San Francisco
for medical treatment. and did not
reach Palisade until 9 pm. They
took a Western Pacific train from
there soon after. but ran into a land
slide at Keddie. California, where
they were delayed until Thursday
night.
The telegram stated that Mr.. Nc
Gillivray's condition was not i'm
proved, and when he reached the
hospital was in a more weakened
state, owing to the long. strenuous
journey and the lack of proper
nourishment, which could not be OBJ
tanned where the train was blockaded.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-01-29
Heavy Loss Of Sheep
In Northern Nye County

Ely Record: The manager of
O'Neil brothers sheep, which are
now grazing in Nye County, passed
through Ely on Tuesday last for
Elko. where he had been called to
consult with the owners. 1t is stated
that up to last week there had been
a very heavy loss, owing to the Sc
verify of the weather and the heavy
snow fall, hence it is probable that
since the last heavy snow the situa-
ton has become desperate. The
statement has been made that the
owners contend that all of their loss
es are due to the fact that their sheep
were for some time held up along
the northern line of Nye County by
deputy sheriffs, and that therefore a
suit for damages will be brought
against the sheriff and his bondsmen
and also against Nye County. The
Record has no authentic information
for this statment. therefore it may
be merely an idle rumor.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-01-29
From the DuckWat0r Country

Earl Cobb returned to Eureka We'd
nesday from his trip to Duckwater
with a four horse team of the Fetch
er Bros. hitched to a bob sleigh. He
left here Saturday with six sheep
owners of Elko County who went
south to look after and arrange for
taking care of their bands of sheep
w~intering in Nye County.
They got over Pinto summit and
made the Fish Creek ranch the first
day out, and reached Duckwater the
next day. The deepest snow was en-
countered in Fish Creek valley.
where it averaged from Is to 20 inch
es down to Pogue's. From there it
lessened to about 10 inches at the
Managers, about IL miles this side of
Duckwater. and gradually went
down to three or four inches at
Duckwater.
The sheepmen obtained saddle
horses and teams there and struck
out to locate their bands, which were
further south where the fall of snow
was reported much heavier.
One big band of sheep had already
been driven into Duckwater and was
being fed hay. There is considerable
hay on Duckwater reported to be
for sale, and stockmen are figuring
on securing enough of this to sustain
| their hocks until the snow settles Sc
| they can brouse on the sagebrush.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-01-29
Ends Life With Poison

Mrs. Thomas Mum, wife of a bust
ness man of Reno and formerly a
resident Of Goldfeld. committed sui
eide at her home in the northern city
by drinking carbolic acid. She died
almost Immediately. Ill health was
the cause of her action. She arose
from bed at midnight and told her
husband that she was going to get a
cup of water, and drank the acid.
Mrs. Mum was 80 years of age and
a native of Canada.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-01-29
BROuGHT IN WITH FROZEN FEET
Proprietor Loses Bearings and IL Out in
Snow Four Days

j. C. b sh, a prospector, was
brought into Eureka the first of the
week from Antelope valley suffering
from frozen feet and general ex-
posture. While stopping at the Hick-
erson ranch his burros strayed off
and he started out to find them. He
became bewildered when overtaken
by the storm and lost his bearings,
and was out four days and three
nights in the big snowstorm when
found by Casey Jones. who started
out to look for Bush when the latter
had been out for two days.
Jones was out two days and anight
when he found Bush near Willow
Station, and the latter was about all
in. He procured a team and sled at
the Regli ranch and brought Bush
into Eureka and to the County Hos
pital for attention.
While Bush is a man past 70 years
of age and he became greatly weak
ened through his long exposure, it is
thought that his hardness due to his
outdoor life and work will pull him
through all right, and that he will
escape the amputation of his feet.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-01-29
DEATH OF ROGER McMENAMIn
Former Resident Of Newark Valley
And Well Known in Eureka Passes
Away At Reno

Roger McMenamin. a former wei
known rancher and stockman of New
ark Valley, died at his home in Reno
on January 20. The Journal of that
city has the following notice of his
death:
Roger McMenamin for the past
fourteen years engaged in the team
ing and contracting business, passed
away at the family residence, No.
GOT West Third street. Thursday.
The deceased was aged 62 years, 9
months and % days and although
he was a native of Ireland he ranked
as a pioneer of Nevada and the Pacific
coast, having settled in California in
1872. Some four years later ne
moved to Nevada, taking up his resi-
dence at Eureka. where he was en-
gagged in the cattle business until
about IA years ago when he moved to
Reno and went into the teaming and
contracting business.
Soon after coming to this city he
was married to Mary Darrah, who
with three daughters survive him.
About eight months ago he began
to decline and from that time his
health gradually failed until the end
came. He had a large circle of
friends in this city and throughout
the entire State.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-01-29
HONOR ROLL
OF the intermediate Grades of the
Eureka Public School

vi A00 hBS91 mACo18tS okooGS ~ ~
Eureka Public School
Those who have been neither absent nor
tardy for the month ending January q.
and who have not received less than 80 in any
study, and So in department.
First Grade-Johnnie Minoletti.
Second Grade-Robert Davis.
Third Grade-Milfred DeSautels.
ISABEL MERIALDo, Teacher.
Fourth Grade Margaret Laird, Albina
Signorini.
Fifth Grade-Jean Davis, Nolan Reynolds,
Mary Laird.
Sixth Grade-James Laird, Mary Boston,
Margaret Lncey.
SARAH IMOBERsTEG. Teacher.
Seventh Grade-Albert Bale, Louie Mag
gini. Rosalie Davis, Robert Lucey, Estells
Minoletti.
Eighth Grade-Addie MeriAldo, Fanny Glib
son, Peter Breen, Velma Reynolds, Thelms
Smith.
MILDRED De SAUTELs, Teacher.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-01-29
NEWS FROM STONE CABIN
kilograms From Tonopah and
GoldHeld Show Lighter Fall
of Snow in That Section

AS a number of stockmen are in
terested in the snowfall and storm
conditions in the southern country,
the SENTINEL has obtained the fol-
lowing regarding the present situa-
ton in and about Tonopah and Stone
Cabin section.
The news is in a telegram to lsa-
dore Sara, president of the Eureka
Land and Stock Company, from w.
H. Thomas, and was sent from Tono-
pah at Up. m. on January u. The
telegram reads as follows:
Joe Clifford in from Stone Cabin
to-day. Says about six inches of
snow at ranch. Not so much on
south. Two to three feet on sum-
nit. He reports a bunch of sheep
showed in in Monitor valley. Does
not know who they belong to. Six
to eight inches of snow around Tono-
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-01-29
Raise $4,000 Fund

The National Woolgrowers' con-
vention at Salt Lake City recently
started to raise a fund of $40. 900 in
order to send a committee to Wash
ington to obtain results in the way
of legislation that will aid the grazers
of the West. The recently passed
land laws. the association fears. will
cause the grazers to be forced out of
business. and the situation in the
eastern part of this State as we'll as
in Utah is approaching a crisis.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-01-29
NEW TO-DAY
Notice TO G. I. Witt0nbnrg
OF TOnOpah Nevada

We, the undersigned, owners Of the Bird
mine, which is situated on Adams Hill, Eu-
reka Mining District, Eureka County. State
of Nevada, do hereby notify you to remove
your men, location notices and posts from said
Bird mine. because we own the aforesaid Bird
mine and have q lawful title thereto.
J. II. FINE,
w. J. HARRIS,
r. J. HARRIS.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-01-29

NOTICE is hereby given that all applica-
lions for permits to Craze cattle. horses and
sheep within the TOIYABE NATIONAL
FOREST during the season of 1916. must be
fled in my Office at Austin, Nevada, on or be-
fore March l, 1916. Full information in re.
gard to the grazing fees to be charged and
blank forms to be used in making application.
will be furnished upon request
VERNON METCALF. Supervisor.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-01-29
Elko County Levies Rabies Tax

At a special meeting of the Elko
County Commissioners a county tax
of 8 1-2 cents on the 500 was levied
to raise money to fight rabies among
coyotes. This will raise between
81, 900 and S12, 900. The Board also
increased the bounties on coyotes
from so cents to S1.00 each.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-01-29
Live Stock For Sale

The University of Nevada has a limited
number of high class registered stock Of the
following breeds for sale: Holstein-F ~riesian.
Hereford. Guernsey. and Jersey cattle; Chew.
lot, Dorset, Hampshire, Rsmbouillet, Shrop-
shire and Southdown sheep; Duroc-Jersey and
Berkshire swine; and Percheron horses.
Prices to citizens Of Nevada for pure-bred
sires, cattle $3.50; sheep. s25; hogs, s25. Price
Of females on application. Certain resersa-
tions are made for outstanding animals. Rx.
tended pedigree will be sent on application.
Apply UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, Reno,
Nevada.
University Of Nevada, December "a, 1915.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-01-29

A telegram to A. c. Florio of Eu-
reka from Goldfeld under date of
January q says the last storm
brought only from two to three inch
es of snow there. with thawing
weather.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-01-29

Sacks made of fabric woven from
paper strips that are twisted with a
short vegetable fiber are being sue
cessfully used for transporting ore
in Chile.