The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-02-10

OF LIQUOR
TRAFFIC
STATE REGULATION PROPOSED
THROUGH COMMISSION APP
POINTED BY GOVERNOR


tor Keddie's bill providing for the
establishment of a state excise
board to be appointed by the gov
ernor with authority to handle the
issuance o. state wholesale and re-
tail liquor licenses is said to have
originated in Reno and to have
been designed to offset the argyll
ments of prohibition advocates that
the saloonmen Of the state wish the
liquor traffic to re conducted with
been denied and some at least, of
those credited with this plan, ale
said to tie opposing the measure.
The bill proposes state instead of
local regulation. 1t divides the
state into five excise districts with
one exciseman TO be named from
each district. The districts propos-
ed are as follows:
First district: Washoe, Douglas.
Storey and Ormsby.
Second district: Humboldt and
Elko.
Third district: Eureka, Lander
and White Pine.
Fourth district: Churchill. Lyon
and Mineral.
Fifth district: Clark, Lander, Es-
meralda and Nye.
Large delegations of sportsmen
from Washoe and other counties
were in Carson yesterday to meet
with the two committees on fish
and game relative to amending the
present fish and game laws and dis
cuss the Thatcher bill proposing
the creation of a state fish and
same warden.
1t is likely hat the open ana
closed season for waterfowl will
not be changed but a defect in the
law as it relates to geese, which
makes it practically impossible to
secure a conviction will be urged.
A change also probably will be
made in the open and closed season
for sagehen. Many sportsmen have
voiced a belief that the open sea-
son should be cut to one or two
months. Under the present law the
open season is extended from early
fell till February Is.
A bill establishing fish and game
districts also is being prepared
and will be introduced in the as
sembly as soon as replies can be
obtained from the various counties
relative to proper open and closed
easOn
The senate and assembly held
two joint sessions yesterday; one
to pass on the joint resolution
pledging the support of the state
to President Wilson in the European
crisis and the other to hear Gov.
Boyle read a message from Gov.
Hiram Johnson of California asking
Nevada to cooperate with Califor-
mia in getting the federal govern
ment to construct an "all-the-year"
highway suitable for military pur-
poses across the Sierra. The mes
sage was delivered by personal en-
voy, Messrs Kuhlmann and Wad-
dell driving a Chevrolet car over
the snow clad hills to Carson. They
carried similar messages to the
speaker of the assembly and the
president of the senate.
After reading the message from
California's governor low. Boyle
addressed the joint session very
briefly endorsing the plan and say
ing that he believed the first step
toward cooperation hat will lead
to the construction with federal aid
of the military highway had been
taken. He recommended that the
legislature address a memorial to
congress on the proposition.
Ackerman's bill requiring ten
days notice to be given by mine OPP
orators in case they intend to ex-
tend their operations from their
own ground to claims owned by an
other, when the work is to be car
ried on beneath the surface, was
reported by the committee on mines
The recommendation of H.. X.
Mighels, retiring clerk of the SUI
preme court, that a deputy clerk is
a necessity in that office, is provided
for in a bill introduced yesterday by
Assemblyman Booher of Elko. The
bill was referred to the ways and
mean committee.
The majority members of the
board of regents met yesterday
morning with Governor Boyle to dis