The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-05-25
WAR CONFERENCE
CLOSES IN RENO
ABLE-BODIED LOAFERS IN STATE
WILL BE FORCED TO
WORK


an end Saturday afternoon with a
meeting of the state and county
councils of defense in Eagles hat,
Governor Emmett d. Boyle presid-
ing. A round-table discussion vas
the feature of the gathering, anc
valuable views on patriotic matters
we're exchanged.
The conference has been in every
respect a success. and patriotic en-
deavor throughout the state viii;
undoubtedly be greatly benefited.
Chief among the days activities
was the gathering of farmers.
stockmen and ranchers at the Reno
Commercial club. Dean C.. s. Knight
presiding.
Notable among the business
transacted was the. adoption OF re-
solutions outlining a uniform wage
schedule for harvest labor, other
than stackers, of SO per day and
board; recommending the prosecu-
ton for vagrancy of a~ble-bodied
loafers, idlers and FOUNDERS.
THAT the wage scale for harvest
labor, effective June Is to Oct. l.,
1918, be as follows:
Harvest hands other than
stackers, SO per day, inclusive of
board.
Boys enrolled in the boys
working reserve, to be used in all
positions where the work is within
their physical ability to perform,
and to be paid relative to the above
scale in accordance with their in
dlvidual capacity to perform an
average mans dor.
That the owners proprietors CT
managers of all hotels, lodging
houses and saloons be required %
Export fully daily the names of E.eE
who frequented their places of b"si-
ness during working-day hours the
preceding day, under penalty of the
revocation of license, and that
county and municipal officials
ADOPT such regulations or ordin-
ances as may be necessary to make
such penalty effective.
That police officers under sal
airy be required to secure such
daily reports, and that in towns
where such police officers receive
lees, instead of salary, provision be
made for their reasonable compen-
sation for such service.
That the county councils of lie
f.nse in each agricultural county
be requested to consider the propo-
sition of securing the closing of
saloons between the hours of II
midnight on each Saturday until
6 O'Clock the following Monday
morning, between June Is and
October /.
THAT no a%ble-bodied man be
sentenced for vagrancy until after
he has refused an opportunity for
legitimate works but that such law
be strictly applied to all able-bod-
led loafers, idlers and FOUNDERS, re-
%gardless of all other distinctions.
That the state and county coun-
ellis of defense be charged with the
duty of securing the required ac-
tion by county and municipal Off
Gals to put this plan into effect"
C. A. Norcross, c. S. Knight, ].
T. Boyd and C. H. Duborg compri'-
ed the committee on resolutions.
At the Nevada labor conference
held in the Eagles hall the 'rma
zion of a league of labor unions iii
Nevada, to be known as the Liberty
League of Nevada, was urged, and
the Endorsement of the project in
cluded in resolutions adopted at the
conference one which recommended
the creation of a state war labor
board to work in conjunction with
the national labor board.
Saturday night the Rialto theater
Gas filled with a large gathering
which came to hear Nine. Victor
Horta speak on behalf of the starv-
ing children of Belgium. Though
not actually a part of the war con-
ference program, the address by
Nine. Horta fitted in admirably
with the patriotic activities of the
day.
Nine. Horta, who is the founder
IF the American Aid for Homeless
Belgian Children, spoke eloquently
OF the need OF Belgium's starving
tots, here address being frequently
punctuated with applause.
Nine. Horta is giving her entire
time t this cause, and has arrang-