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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29
Pioche Nine Seeks
St. George Prize

The Phoebe ball players will go to
st. George, Utah. to compete for the
handsome prize offered by the man.
agement of the fruit festival for the
champion ball players visiting the fair
The purse has been increased to 5000
and if constant practice has any effect
on the boys they will bring home the
bacon. 1t is now settled that Phoebe
will be able to send all of her best
players to enter the competition, in
Guiding the three invincible pitchersa
Dolan, Bowling and Prudential.
The fair Is scheduled for September
10, II and II. The Phoebe aggregation
will leave the evening of September 9,
driving through by automobile to st.
George without stop. The next day
Will be given up to rest with a little
practice sprinkled in. The baseball
fireworks will start on the 11th, and
as there will be four teams competing
day, the winners of each game COM
peting on the last day of the fair for
| the grand prize.
A subscription to defray the ex.
| penses of the team is meeting with
good success and all admirers of the
| club are expected to do their share. Al
| each player will lose three days work
by the trip it is but just that a liberia
amount be subscribed for expens.
money.
1t is expected that large crowd O.
Phoebe rooters will accompany tn,
team on their scalping tour.
FOR SALE.
Typewriter ribbons for all makes o
machines at the Record office; 81 each
mailed to any address.
|
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29
Death at Hike of
Pioneer Resident

Mrs. Letitia Breaky Nesbitt died last
Sunday, August "a. at the home of her
son, George Edgar Nesbitt. in Hike
from the effects of paralysis after an
illness lasting but one week.
Funeral services were held at the
Nesbitt home Sunday. August 25.. at
S;Sg P ,i m James Hanson aso tn Gteiaelng,
terry. The services were attended by
nearly the entire population of the
The deceased was born in the town
land, April 20, 1859. She was the wife
of George Nesbitt, a pioneer merchant
passed away in Goldield May %, 1908
| Together the couple settled in Phoebe
in the early sos, whey they reared
vantage Of the Delainar excitement
and moved to that thriving mining
town. They remained in Delamar Nh 1I
Nesbitt then going to Goldfield and
entering business, also purchasing a
fine home in San Jose, Cal, where Mrs.
give the children the advantage of
city schools. This home is still re-
tained by the Nesbitt family.
vanced in school Mrs. Nesbitt rejoined
her husband in Goldfield After Mr.
Nesbitt's death the deceased again
| moved TO CalfOrnla, sWnere Sne re
ceived medical attention at Bishops
sanitarium in Pasadena for two years
Her health failing about a year age
she came to the Nesbitt ranch to make
her home with her son and his wife
and two children.
Letitia Nesbitt was known by all a!
a devoted wife and an ideal mother
not only to her own but also to he
sisters four children, whom she raise'
| as her own after her sisters death
She was prominent in lodge circles
| being a member of the Eastern Star
, was an enthusiastic worker in tn
church and was at all times willing t
, lend a helping hand. The members o
her family at distant points were no
! titled of her illness and death but wer
unable to reach Hiko before tn
funeral.
3 Mrs. Nesbitt is survived by fou
daughters and two sons. They ar
Q Mrs. A. c. Flemming of Detroit, Mich
George Edgar Nesbitt of Hike, New
Miss Martha B. Nesbitt and Miss Fan
e ME l.. Nesbitt of Berkeley, Cal; Josep
]. Nesbitt of San Francisco; Mrs.
t Philip Holcomb Of Woodland. Cal. ais
by a sister Mrs. Margaret ]. Nesbitt c
l' San Jose, Cal, and two brothers an
one sister in Ireland.
All the old residents of Lincoln cour
n ty who knew Mrs. Nesbitt in early lii
20 extend their heartfelt sympathies
. the family of the deceased.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29
Baseball Progress
in Lincoln County

The ancient, honorable and beloved
profession known as baseball has Sc
cured strong hold in Lincoln county
and Play ballv" You're out!"
"Str-i-i-iker would serve to quickly
guide any desert wanderer to some
community gathered on the side lines
of the local diamond and roofing. Wig
orously for the home team. II the
same amount of energy were devoted
to digging ore or pitching hay or chas-
ing cows would not the county surge
upward in wealth? And would it not
work and no nlay fills the cities with
buns" as the proverb has it. Quite
right; quite. ri"ht, indeed.
I, The latest community to get on the
Alamo? Yes, Alamo; a fine settlement
in the lower end of the rich Pahrana-
ga, valley; Some years from now II
New Nevada d town a Where I'll the el Alamo no base a
ball nine comes from, isn't it,"
Leonard Wadsworth is pitcner ant
captain ca of the valley boys ,s.a Verna dII,
Clarence Wadsworth, second; Ear
Wadsworth third: Verne Shumway
shortstop; Carl Stewart. left field Wv
ian stewart, center; Marion Stewart
team is called the Warts" Heavens
Is this possible? Why? Well, it's thi
way. Stewarts and Wadsworths, see
Inen came the naihe WartsWortus. be
| it?
Panaca has not only a fast team bu
it also has a good junior team grow
ing up in the practice of the profession
and a third aggregation that will 500
be on the diamond although nov
studying on vacant lots exactly a
you started.
Caliente not only has a fast tear
but a working nine who are not quit
ters. These boys will come up some
time with chickens and chicken fee
and break Phoebe. OF course, say tn
Phoebe boys, only if half the Pioch
team is sick in bed Caliente has som
undergraduates who are learning tn
rudiments and when these youths &c
a little more experience there's goin
to be doin's.
Phoebe has three mines. Four? Wei
these retired professionals may hav
a game left in their systems, but the
no longer practice and if they don
look out they'll be forgotten. TT
three working teams are the champs
and the juniors and the kids. And tt
kids! Say, to see that six-year-
steal base and then grin that o
, grin at the slow baseman is like o.
times Bow oh bowl
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

state Auditor Dan ]. Sullivan ar
rived In Ptoche Monday to check up
the county books. While here Mr..
sullivan will install the new system
OF bookkeeping recently adopted by
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29
PROBLEM A NATIONAL ISSUE
SETTLEMENT MUST BE JUST

It may be correct though it is dis
puted by some authorities, that the
intermediate cities at this time than
would be the case II the fourth sec
tion Of the act Of 1910 were to be rig
idly enforced But. except to section
alists and partisans this has nothing 70
do with the proper solution OF the
problem. 1t is particularly national
on any such narrow basis as benefits
to single individuals, single industries
or single states, or even single sections
% be tns seea wb iusce he oasis Of
national welfare. The problem is not not
is much more. 1t is not problem OF OF
transportation In general whether over over
highway. railroad or steamship line
and the house committee Is approach
to bring out all the facts and to show
Just what step should be taken TO IN.
sure Justice both to the transportation
industry and to the nation which II
II the subject is properly presented
and the step deemed Just, then tn'
COMMITTEES viii report the he, resolnniho' nndonh,
edly enact a law rigtdly enforcing th'
fourth section of the act OF 1910
This solution would seem to grant grant e
each transportation industry-rai!roa'
and steamship line-a fair held II
which to develop; a field in which tn IN
railroad and steamship line could com
pete in healthy. rivalry. ultimately spe
cializing on that profitable WORK ~
which each had proven itself the pct
ter fitted
Each city would progress accordln
to it's merits, and not according TO a
artificial aid or handicap. Each mal
whether in either industry or whethe
struggling upward In some city, woul
have equal opportunity and not =
held back with an invisible weight, a
unfair weight.
And in the competition of men an
communities for markets? Let N
competition be fair and just AMI IL
coming a natural handicap let the a
come from the nation as a matter
simple Justice and not as cheap r,
pate given by an industry and take
from other industries.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29
County and State
Money for Schools

Following is the second semi-annual
apportionment of county and state
school moneys appropriated by Super
intendent of Public Instruction w. j.
Hunting to the several school dis
tricts of Lincoln county;
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Christian have
moved into the Marriage residence il
the lower end of town. j. w. Is bacl
at his old job with the Hodges-Cool
Mercantile Company.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Mrs; William Kixmiller has pur-
CHASED the Taylor house and after
needed repairs are made she will move
10 town from the Pony Springs ranch
In order that a grandchild may attend
school in Phoebe
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Owing to the strike there has been
no train from Los Angeles since FRI
day last. No. was sidetracked Tues
day at Caliente and No. l failed to
run Wednesday morning. No. came
in as usual Wednesday. The strike
breakers who were, taken Off the train
by union sympathizers in Las Vegas
were taken back to Salt Lake Tuesday
night. Freight trains continue to ar
rive from the east H. %
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Extension Work OF Episcopal Church
Extension of the Protestant Episco-
pal church work on considerable
scale in Nevada is planned as result
of the nationwide campaign of the
Protestant Episcopal church in Amer
lea. Bishop George c. Hunting of Me-
vada, who is well known in Phoebe,
has completed survey of needs for
Nevada which has been forwarded to
the national headquarters at New
York. A chapel Is planned for the
state university at Reno, rectory at
Sparks churches at Lovelock, Good
| springs and McGill, and mission
| house and common room at the Sho-
shone Indian reservation at Moapa
Bishop Hunting plans to buy the
present Mormon church at Caliente
and make it an Episcopal church ant
expects to transport in sections by mo-
tor truck the present church at Col.
conda and reerect it sixty miles away
at Midas.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

The Caliente ball team gave a dance
In the opera house Wednesday night
which was unusually well attended
IL is seldom that all the railroad boys
are here for a dance. but this was ar
execution
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Engineer kearnes OF Salt Lake City
has taken run out of Caliente. Mrs
kearnes Joined him this week an(
they have taken up their residence OF
Main street.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Charles Thompson Jr. will Join Mrs
Minnie Thompson at Los Angeles this
week, where he will continue with his
school work.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

County Assessor j. Il. Wheeler has
been appointed by Governor Boyle as
member of the livestock committee
OF the state equalization board, which
Is at present in session at Carson City.
The deliberations will last until Sep
tember 13,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

DIR. j. ID. Campbell left Phoebe Tues
day for Salt Lake. where he will have
an x-ray examination made of his
injured shoulder, which has been Civ.
ing him trouble lately.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to express our heartfelt
gratitude to friends and neighbors in
the Pahranagat valley for their many
words of comfort and acts of kindness
in this our sad hour of bereavement.
MRS. A. G. FLEMING.
MR. AND MRS. GEO EDGAR NESBITT
MARTHA 3. NESB1TT.
JOSEPH ]. NESBITT.
MRS. J. PHILIP HOLCOMB.
MISS FAN NESB1TT.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Topkin were In
Phoebe the first of the week from Fay
and Miss Mamie Jacobson returned
with them for a few days visit.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

The watermelon season is now or
and some fine ones are available a,
several of the farms in the whit,
Wash"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Antoinette Jacobson, who with her
mother and sister has been spending
her summer vacation at the home OF
Herman Prudential, will leave Sun
day or Monday for Salt Lake to re-
sumo her school work
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Miss Edna Milsap is visiting rela-
tives in Los Angeles and Long Beach
this week.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

NJ L. Lee of Phoebe visited Panaca
| Tuesday afternoon in the interest of
the Lincoln county high school. Mr..
Lee expressed himself as being delight
ed with the favorable school sentiment
| which is evident throughout the
| county.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Tom MeCormac. who has been doInR
reportorial work on the Record for
several months, is now associated with
the Hybla Mining Company. operating
IN the Comet district. as superintend'
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Mrs. A. A. Carman and Buster and
Melba this week went to Monroe. Utah
by automobile to visit the parents OF
Mrs. Carman for a week or ten days.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Mr.. and Mrs +. ]. Boudreau returned
from visit with daughters in Santa
Cruz and Oakland. Johnny Boudreau
who is now In the navy stationed al
San Francisco, Joined them in Oakland
for weekend visit.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Robert Bunker and family Of Over
ton are guests of Mrs. Bunker's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Mathews
Sr. Mr., Bunker Is here in the interest
of the NJ L A work
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29
TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF LIN.
COLIN COUNTY.

the Taxpayers OF LINCOLN County
have invested approximately
$25,000O0
In the Lincoln County. High School.
equipment and it's efYfcient and WELL
trained Faculty, is at your service,
A term spent at the High School
will be. one OF the most profitable Of
your whole life.
Registration Monday. Sept. Is, 1917.
Instruction begins Tuesday, Septem.
ber 16, 1919.
KARL BANKS,
High School Representative.
First pub. Aug. ~; last Sept. ~, 1olNk
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Archie Bond of Modena arrived In
Panaca Saturday evening, accompanied
by Emma. Clifford and Bond Wads.
worth
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Mrs. Mary Ann Stevenson and littl,
Louise Culverwell stopped over for
few hours Saturday on their way t,
Caliente
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Henry and Maurice Bowling and wife
returned this week from a three
weeks outing in northern Lincoln and
southern White Pine county. They re-
port their efforts to lure the adult
members of the finny tribe were more
than successful
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Charles and Clark Horsey will return
to the Harvard military school in Los
Angeles as soon as the train service
Will permit.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Frank Wilcox and Gene Wadsworth
returned Monday morning from Salt
Lake, where they have been spending
their vacation.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Mrs. Nora Wadsworth and sons Jay
and Dick left Sunday for Modena,
where they will visit Mrs. Wadsworth' 5
mother, Mrs. William Bond
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

The new picture show house has
to be done before 1t will be ready fol-
the opening. A. G. Blads new store
building Is also nearly completed. Tn,
plate glass windows are already in
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Last Saturday Lester Burt purchased
A. l.. Wilkes new Ford and the next
day sold 1t to Tom Dula. Frank Pal
mer purchased Press DufYin's Ford and
Press bought new one from Roy Orr
In Phoebe. Lloyd Denton sold his Ford
to Mrs. Claire Anderson
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29
UNFAIR FREIGHT RATES
TO COAST AND INTERIOR

The long and short haul on railroads,
properly shortened to the long -and-
short haul" Is a problem now before
congress embodied In house resolution
1928, which is being considered by the
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce. An effort is being made to
obtain a law restraining any railroad
from charging more for a shorter haul
than for the longer haul. the shorter
being included in the longer. over the
same line and i'm the same direction.
This statement is too simple to be
understood. 1t means that congress is
asked to enact law that Will pre-
vent a railroad from charging, say 55
cents per hundred for hauling cement
from Kansas to Boise, Idaho. when the
rate over the same line to the coast.
SOC miles farther. is but 40 cents per
hundred. To the ordinary man this
statement is still confusing. Why
should a railroad charge 10 cents per
hundred less money for hauling cement
500 miles farther? What railroad
would be foolish enough to do it,. Why
need a law?
thousand tons of cement used in the
Arrow Rock dam. in Idaho, was hauled
from Kansas, and 1t cost $4,000 more
TO haul the cement to Idaho than il
would have cost to have had it hauled
500 miles farther to the coast. A law
is needed because the railroads wish
10 have the right, under the rulings OF
the interstate commerce commission
10 do just such things. Railroads are
not managed by foolish men. What /.
the motive which is strong enough te
justify them in fighting against tn.
passage of the law?
The railroads say that they mus
meet water competition" with al
equivalent rate to coast cities in orde
10 get freight that would otherwise b.
carried by water; and that this freigh
should be carried by the railroads il
order that their transportation plan
should run at full capacity and, there
fore, with the maximum economy. The,
claim that by taking this business will
a reduced railroad rate there is a gail
in revenue, which not only pays tn
out-of-pocket cost of hauling thi
freight, but which also leaves a sub
stantial sum which helps to meet tn
expenses of the entire system; thu
permitting lower rates to be charge
over the entire system, and that tn
intermediate points, therefore, enjo
a lower freight rate than would be tn
case IL the transcontinental busines
were lost to the railroads.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

The dismantling of the Fay mill is
progressing rapidly. owing to the bad
condition of the road between Phoebe
and Fay 1t is necessary to haul the
Phoebe by rail Several carloads of
lumber are now in transit.
Friday evening the Electric Movies
Will present the photoplay, After the
War;" featuring Grace Cunard. and the
two-reel comedy. .Ragtime Romance"
Speedy Meede," with Louis Bennison
In the leading role, will be presented.
Wednesday a special show will be
given. the. program being Hearts of
The principal is the only teacher SO
IN Foehe for Miss G shs Winnie
of Speartish. s. D.. in all probability
will fill that position. The school term
Is scheduled to commence September
., but owing to the fact that there are
still two vacancies to be filled in the
teaching force it is likely that a delay
of week or two will be necessary.
The tieup on the main line of the
Salt Lake route is almost corrplete and
Is interfering with the movement of
press and freight. This is causing a
bad condition of affairs for some of the
less fortunate localities, but the A. 8.
Thompson Company is still well sup
piled with full stock of the necessi-
| ties of life and are in a position to
withstand .protracted siege. Better
lay in supply of necessities while the
stock Is still complete.
Joe Shannon, a county charge 81
years of age who about two weeks ago
was brought to the hospital here from
Caliente. died at o'clock Monday
buried in the Phoebe public cemetery
Tuesday. The deceased had lived In
Caliente for the last fifteen years. Lit
tie is known of his previous life, but
City. Pa, thirty-fve. years ago, not
having had communication with his
family since that time.
Lee Battles and A. w. Johnson, two
old-time Phoebe miners, have taken {
lease from Mrs. NJ. l.. Roeder of Sar
Francisco on the dump of the Vesuvi
us mine, adjoining the Gypsy mine II
, the Bristol district. This dump Is sup
posed to contain about three carload
of $25 silver-lead-copper ore whicl
was accumulated during the process o
early-day mining. Twenty cars of tn
same grade ore was shipped from thi
dump about nine years ago. The dea
ing the lessor
: Last week Arthur Topkin, son of F
! w. Topkin. who has charge of dis
? light sunstroke and fell through a
t opening in the engine floor at Fay
He was but slightly injured but is suf
t fering from the effects of the hea
n wife and child, recently drove a true
n from Los Angeles to Phoebe. Thi
v truck was to be used in hauling ma
s terial to Phoebe, but on account of tn
n and the family will return to Los All
= geleS.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29
LOCAL BREVITlES

Are YOU going to accompany the
baseball boys to ST. Georgeg They de-
sire plenty OF company
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Ed Snyder. manager of the Combined
Metals. went to Salt Lake Tuesday to
visit the head offices of the company
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29
GOSSIP

W. II. Pitts has returned from a busi-
ness trip to Salt Lake.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

c. f. vanNess arrived In Phoebe yes
terday after an absence of about two
weeks in northern California
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Miss Eva Cook expects to leave to
morrow or Sunday to resume he
studies in SsIta Cruz. Cal
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29

Mrs J. Less Denton and children re-
turned Monday from Salt Lake City.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29
Caliente Notes
and Personals

Frank Pace is in Los Angeles on a
business trip.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-29
TARIFF IS NEEDED TO AID
PROsPECTOR MORE THAN MINER

sten because Of the difference in the
cost Of production in the United States
and in foreign lands. In China labor
Is found in surface deposits. which fur
| ther cheapens production. In Burma
wages range between 20 cents and 50
country, and in Burma the women and
Children work In the tungsten mines.
The only argument which could be adj
| would be the contention that because
| Of the scarcity of the rare metal and
it's Importance to the welfare of the
1 whelming Importance in time Of war.
1t would be better to discourage its
production. keep the ore In the ground
and trust to a kind providence to dis
cover the ore in a later time of need.
The argument advanced by Mr.. AS
increase the cost to the consumer Is
norance. The increase in the cost Of
tool steel would be some fraction Of q
cent on each tool, while on the flament
Of an electric lamp the increase is SO
Infinitely Inf small as t. be beyond ssnsi-
cents.
about $4,000, which he repeated later
on the floor. seems to indicate a need
on his part, using his own words to
other members. to study his bill better
before presenting II again-although
, he has been working on the bill for
some four years.
. This matter is being taken up with
: Charles R. Evans. the Nevada repre-
, sentative, and with his practical min
ing experience and business judgment
: 1t may be hoped by the tungsten pro-
, ducers Of Lincoln county that some Of
fective aid will be given to the pas.
sage Of this important measure.
In the meantime, while not making
much money and in some fields beinG
forced to close down, the tungsten pro.
ducers may hope for a more sensible
and businesslike discussion Of the bill
y when next 1t comes up, and when II
simple justice to the nation the meas
ure should pass