The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-17

TIN YEARS AGO
(Fron TIE Silver ssats Files)

TEN YEARS AGO
In the district court this morning,
the case of State Of Nevada VS.. s.
j. Bonpifield, ex REL, came on for
hearing before Judge Peter Breen of
THE. Third district. Plaintiff was rep
resented by District Attorney Cal
lahan and defendant by w. s.
Bonnifeld. A demurrer was inter-
posed by defendant which was
argued and submitted. Judge Breen
ANNOUNCED that the court would take
1.-THE matter under advisement. These
proceedings are an application by
the county commissioners for q writ
| of mandamus to compel County
Auditor Bonnifield to file the quar-
terly reports Of his Office as pro-
vided by law. The last report, for
the first quarter of 1911, was filed
about two years. ago and there is, at
the present time eight quarterly
reports due. The point raised in
defendants demurrer was, in effect,
that the. court is without jurisdic-
tion to compel the present county
auditor to perform official acts
omitted by his predecessor in Office
whose term for which reports are
requested having expired on the
first Monday in January Of the
present year. It was argued that
the fact that Auditor Bonnifield
is his own successor in office is i'm
material. Judge Breen announced
that as this point had never be-
fore been raised in this state, he
would take the matter under adj
visement. Before leaving for home
this afternoon, Judge Breen stated
that he would return to Winnie
mucca in about two weeks, at which
time he would make his ruling.
Although several woolbuyers have
had their headquarters in Winnie
mucca for the past several weeks, so
far as known there have been but
two clips sold in Humboldt county,
being those of John G. Taylor and
Taylor & Wheeler. These were dis
posed Of before the extra session
lof congress convened and are said
to have brought IA cents pound
which is the top price for this sea-
sons clip. At Argenta two weeks
ego, Warren Williams sold about
100000 pounds at Jpn cents ard
the sale last week Of 100000 pounds
by George Williams Of Fallon, at IL
end3-8 cents is reported. 1t is
probable that these clips were
purchased by HIS VII, had the W.T..
contracted and Lr'.'-. paid can
not be said TO ,e ..er &C. quota
ton. Scyesa, H.. 1hol,t unity
sLeepmen aese shipped their sea
sons clips =. ca.tera commission
Houses on consigrmr receiving
advances aroc.l c-nts. It is
l,r. proba !. that tie rarkct will
adjust it's. before the LT.rs on
wool and o.cn ,naa ifA.ture1 arti-
Is have been .et.,I by congress.
Tie Undsfwo ID tariff bill which re-
Getty passs.. tie ,oas. has reached
the senate. BY those l., a position
to know is c.n:m+a that the bill
lvi' not iass in its present form
roviding fur fire., wool and sugar
ut that small duties vii! be re-
ts-ped on 5yn ccmm ,dities
This morning MAY 15) the
Stephenson Drug Company opened
for business, in the Robins building,
corner Third and Bridge streets.
County Clerk Davey will leave
this evening for San Francisco to
attend the biennial convention of
the International Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, which will con-
vene Monday. He expects to be
absent for the greater part of this
week. 3enz - ns
President Wilson came out strong
| ly Thursday as the champion Of
free wool and free sugar in three
years, as provided for in the tariff
bill recently passed by the house.
He announced emphatically that he
was not considering compromises Of
any sort, that he stood. squarely
behind the measure as it passed
the house and that he regarded it
as the duty Of the Democratic ma
jority in the senate to fulfill its
platform pledge by enacting the
house bill into law.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Minor and
children came in from McDermitt
by auto yesterday afternoon, to at