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The Ordway new era., 1905-04-21
Where Silence Was Golden.

To coin word is an achievement
eompassed by few with the exception
of Kipllng and Big Bill Devery of New
York police fame. whose "chesty"
now graces the dictionaries us Amer.
lean slang. But Frank l.. Stanton,
whose book of poems Little Folks
Down South" was brought out this
fall. is the creator of phrase which
qualities him TO be classed with the
two !mmortals mentioned above.
He was standing one day on the pi.
nzza Of huge hotel at Old Point
Comfort with a group of men who
were laughing uproariously at a story
one of them had Just told. Tho poet
turned away with trihs pertarbed
air and joined beyy of debutante3.
'Oh, Mr.. Stanton. do tell us what
they were laughing at" they rrEed.
''lt must have been fearfully funny"
My dear ladies' said the author
with true Southern delicacy, "I-er-
| really can't. 1t was much too smok.
ing-roomish."
The Ordway new era., 1905-04-21
Hail Insurance..

Mr.. i. Il. Lakiu, district manager
of the Park Region Hail Insurance
Company, of G,enwood, Mimi, was
in tom the middle part of the week
ahd formed the acquaintance of sever.
al of the policy holders of his compa-
ny. This company mas been in busi-
cess writing insurance against hail ia
the states of Minnesota, Iowa, North
aud South Carolina, for the past four
teen years. and has written cossidera-
bic in ,uranee in Colorado the past
year. especial, in the northern part
of the state around Greeley and Long
mont. Losses to the extent of about
1000 90 have been adjusted and paid
in this state, and the company opens
its books for the benefit of policy hol.
cers witt, clean aud 50 satisfactory rec.
ord. approved by the State Insurance
Commissioner.
Mr. Lakin, when interviewed, stat
ted that his company was for the pur-
pose of protecting the farmers against
the one menoce to their prosperity bv
insuring their crops from; loss by hail.
and that they would write policies on
any crop grown in the Arkansas Val
ley at fiat rate of II per cent on the
valuation, guaranteeing payment
thereon BY the frs, day of December.
Mr.. Lakin has again been appointed
District Manager for the Arkansas
Valley and The ordway Trading Co.
will represent him here. Any further
particulars and details in regard to
the management of the company and
their former policies nj, ~ be secured
by talking with c. II. Green.
The Oraway Trading Co. expects to
out several men in The field from this
point and will be pleased to talk over
agency contracts with desirable men.
Ths following is list of the losses
pai in t1e Arkansas Valley District
during the year 1907, principally occur
ring on alfalfa seed, melons and small
grains.
List Of Losses In the Arkansas YoHev in
1904, Paid by the Bark Region Hail
Insurance Co.. of 0ientuood, Mum
The Ordway new era., 1905-04-21
Poser for the Artist.

Irish bulls will happen" declared
Representative MeNary of Massa.bu.
sets. Il had friend. an old .Ir,sb
contractor. who made fortune md
wanted his portrait painted. He wont
to the artist and the terms were satis.
factory.
Now, have you any special nose
you want?" asked the artist.
oi have thot,' answered the pros.
pective sitter. 'Oi want mesclf main, ea
sthandin' behind tree"
The Ordway new era., 1905-04-21

The following visitors from the east
we're registered a; Hotel Bercndo yes
terday morning:
c. W. Bone, Lafayette, Ind.
". II. Corn, "a i
Z. G. Wagner, -
Mrs. *. and Miss L. Steele. Ind.
C. L. and Miss Custer, Illinois.
\. Finley, Illinois.
Several OF this party are here look
ing at our country with view to 10.
eating in this neighborhood. They
viii al! he welcome additions to our
community. W. ). and L. II. Winter.
mute accompanied the party.
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GOOD IN BOOK FARMING.
Notable Increase Made In Produetlsr
Of Crops.

~ SeaSAtOH
Of Crops,
John r. Spears shows now by "boo,,
farming the earth is being compelled
TO yield Its increase. He says: For
crop of potatoes. in 1901. according
10 an article printed in that year, $50
bushels per acre was considered salts.
factory TO the farmer, which at rs
cents bushel amounts to $I12.50 an
acre. Unfortunately. there are vet
many farmers who consider $50 bush.
els satisfactory. but the best growers
now produce 300, and there are men
VINO OBTAIN more than that yield year
Mter year. 1t can be shown that even
Aoo bushels OF potatoes is not the limit
mat can be obtained. From the re.
ports OF various agricultural experi.
lnent stations, II appears that the
canadian experimental farms, near OF.
tawa, hold the record in potato pro.
duction. There the Yield on small,
plo.s. carefully managed, rose az high
as '12 bushels an acre.
In turnips. which was another oron
considered. the yield was said to be
soo bushels usually for each acre In
isoi. With present.day cultivation \
crop OF from 500 to 600 bushels n
saeherea. saa Where manglss produced
ovo pusheis, modern methods have
turned out more than nifty tons, or
say i.soo bushels. In field beans the
ueveiopmcnt has been relatively very
sha''' Dut as cultivated now there ara
Jew crops that pay truck xrovere
n.sner sums for the ground occupied
man string or snap beans.
for 1t is poor variety that VIII
not give a quart Of salabis PODS fos
saen 1901 length Of dsill. and dffila
naI pe made two fest apart. AZ 6
cens qusrt-a commea price %
'uin should be- st tAs rats u 49,
The Ordway new era., 1905-04-21
Judge Bishop and Gen. Butler.

During session of the superior
court at East Cambridge. Mass. when
JUICE Robert r. Bishop was on the
bench. case was called in which n
back-courtry farmer appeared as wit.
ness. While giving his testimony tho
question of dates CAME up.
ut happened In 1882" said the wit.
ness.
Are you sure 1t was that year"
asked the counsel.
Dead sure" said the witness.
will You tell the court why Won
are so certain about the year?" asked
the counsel
Well" drawled the witness, II
know, because It was the year BEN
Butler defeated Rob Bishop for gov.
ernor."
The Ordway new era., 1905-04-21

Riley p. llgenfri,z, from Rock Is
land, H.. is here visiting his cousin,
Stephen p. Ilgeniri;z and family. He
will yisi, about three weeks, and IL
his health is benefited will probably
bring his family here TO live.
The Ordway new era., 1905-04-21

The weather clerk mus, have trans
posed the March and April weather
disks aud sent them along wrong end
foremost. We DON'T believe Wiuter-
mgte had anything TO do with It.
The Ordway new era., 1905-04-21
w7,A.srrp-rRusrwosr! ".

WANrED-TRUSTwMI
Os Woman 20 manaGe Dpsss;s
county and adjoining tel|
we'll eats h1ished house o.
eiai sian1iag. Sqaod strss
saixry with al necesssu
paid weekly BY chez + tsoE r
tesa. Money advanced y.
Positlon permanenti prevs,
enee not easentiAk NoMssIs1
quilsd. We furuiph eveyvs,s1i
close Esif.addreased enuSi
dress, Manager, SO cos'
caQps ~, .|
The Ordway new era., 1905-04-21

Doesn't 1t make you weary To hear
those ya,,ie braired idiots of the Dem
yer press who are repeatedly ridieui-
ing the country newspapers on their
locals? These two by four lunch
counter fiends think il awful funny
when some country newspaper says !:
..Hiram Slocum has sold his Holsteip
COW TO Ed Childrcss." But, of coHrse,
it is jus; the proper eaBer when they
say: Mrs. Franklin Oliver I4owden
has just returned from the EPSON Lor
inner Kennels" Oh, that's great. That
bull pup would bring about thirty
cents in the dog pound, while Sioeums
COW would sci! for $50 in the dark.
Because Gussie Davis was over at
Guards Point Sunday to see his hest
girl, they throw shoe, but If William
Henry Harrison Pook. the society
leader. was in Milwaukee last SatEr-
day to see Miss Gertie Pabst, they
would siobber over half coirmn and
have three pictures of Gertie aud Will
liam Henry on the front page.--La
Jun,a Tribune.
The Ordway new era., 1905-04-21

The carriage in which c. d. Wig
gins and family were returning from
Rocky Ford yesterday. was tipped
over by ,he'wind. None of the party
were injured.
The Ordway new era., 1905-04-21

Work on Walter Fiorer's new resi-
denee. When completed this viii! be
one of the handsomest aud most com
Portable homes in this par; o: the
country.
The Ordway new era., 1905-04-21

Gallavan's, always, IL You want the
hes, of Fresh Fruits, Vegetables and
meats.
The Ordway new era., 1905-04-21
Gbr Nr1t' Wrtt.
-
rn,srrd AZ the postofnce in Ordwsy. Colo. as
Sscoiid Clsss Matter. April ". i~s,
Published Weekly. Opposite Land Office
81. so per Year in Advance
Residence PhoneNIa4 White.
oRDwAY. COLO. ApRILl7i. 1905.

The Ladies' Aid Society are holding
their bssar this afternoon ana eyeh'
ing at Henderson, hail. They have a
10, of articles for sale, and will also
serve ice cream aud cake. There Will
be an ensertainmen in the evening
All should ,urn out aud aid the ladles
in their good work.
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}. II. PEG. E5,.
Carpenter and bu!3
Soiicits u share Of youf ~
Teleuhcue 63 Rlue.
WANTED.

WANTED.
MEN AND WOMEN 10 t.s|
~ oud adjoining sssritot'os.
sent and advertise sn o1o ny
house of solid financial stsnS
ary to men t2I weekly. 70
to SIS weekly with expepsss
each Money BY check dslest
quarters. Horse and bugV1
wuen neeessaryi position
Address Blew Bros. y U"'
Monoa Bldg, Chicago, H.
The Ordway new era., 1905-04-21

Under the direction Of the program
committee. Mesdames Smith and SAN
dityr and Miss Brown. the Methodist
Sunday school Is Predaring a good
program for Easter. There will! be
reeita,ions by Ru,h Smith, Alvina
Gerhar,, Lillian Trotter, Weltha Rob-
inet,e. wrllaee Kane Rita Mock,
Blanee Chown. Nellie Weatherwax,
Marie Hes and lies Sanbifpr. Exer-
ciscs by the different classes, two mum
bers by the ladies' quartet, duet by
Mesdames Smith and Sandifar, one
by Cecil lies and a number Of chorus
songs. A general practice is called
for Saturday evening at o'clock.
The Ordway new era., 1905-04-21
Defect In Electoral co,,.o.

Congressman Charles F. Scott of
Kansas. writing OF the session OF the
electoral college in Washington, says.
IT u a little singular that neither ths
constitution nor the laws provide Ia
: certincate al election TO president Or
vice president. or an onlcial notincs.
l!on p them Of thsir election. Thsv
anp!y have to take somSbody's voFd
The Ordway new era., 1905-04-21

The above Hat iuciuAss osiy those
lessss paid 4 ~ Asltan1a vailxy.''
tis gisss : gseefsl - 4 ~ selsn
4d I! @asi4ess nlatl y xslsfasi W tSS|
1larass ssent n tlis eon, ,rasx. Sa1
/ q alle e1ses1 sl4.a1ss q Whte1 u Y.
I n 4! 4 d 4! !! I 4 i
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-06-16
IMPROVEMENTS STILL GO ON.

Miss Laveaga of the Winnemucca San
pretty little .home for the SICK" She
is adding another ward to the upstairs
portion of the building and remodeling
the wards downstairs. Miss Aldrich, a
trained nurse, is with her and she has
place to go If one is sick that cannot
be beat on the coast. She has from
three to ten patients all the time under
her watchful care.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-06-16
MUNICIPALITIES
Personal Mention of You and
Your Friends

H. A. Terwillger of DEMO. Or sson, 10
registered at the Busch.
Sol. Schubner came in from DEMO this
morning and will remain for a day or
two.
The Murray boys are in from Jackson
mountain. where they are engaged in
prospecting.
Peter Roberti is in from his home on
Willow creek and registered at the Win
nemucca.
Miss Pearl Sealiff of Reno is here Wis
iting Miss Hazel Wilkinson. She will
spend two weeks here before returning
to her home on the banks of the "U. k
Ju ius schwartzschilds, the Nevada
agent of the hide firm of Bisseag sr &
Co. of San Francisco, is spending the
day in Winnemucca.
c. P. Hoskins came in last evening
from Kane Springs and returned inns az
teInoon. He will go as far as the ToI
House tonight. MIR. Hoskias lsroite
travel on the road a little quiet.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-06-16
FOURTH OF JULY.

The various committees are working
like beavers to make Fourth of Ju,y
week attractive to al visitors to Winnie
mucca. Tie 81 yer States word for 1t
there is grand time in store for all VINO
come to this town to spend he Fourl..
in the mean time make your arrange
ments to come to Winnemucca to spend
happy week
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-06-16
KEEP COOL.

Read the new ad. of the Morris H )f-
man Co., published today. and If you
are hot and want to keep cool call on
this enterprising firm and they will tell
how it can be done and at small ex-
pense. Perhaps the reading of the
firms advertisement will be the means
of giving you a hunch. All you have to
do, anyway. is to call and they will do
the rest"
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-06-16


ager of a large estate with but few
equals. He milks thirty Durham COWS
and makes butter enough to supply al
the company's ranches bes des supplying
quite a quantity to the open markets.
The 5000 cattle that Mr.. Noble runs are
all high grade Durhams, bred to pedi-
greed bulls. The outside range Is one
Of the best in the county and the com
pany's Elko county summer sheep range
$ one of the best in the State. Mr.
Noble manages 10000 of the woolly tribe
md his flocks are all in prime condition
and he will take them through the com
Ing winter in excellent shape no matter
what kind of winter we have. Mr..
Noble is said be one of the most sue
,essful feeders of beef cattle in the Stat },
He usually feeds 800 head for the mar
xets and he so four eyars ago the f7e !;
bunch of hay-fed cattle ever nut on he
Omaha market. He receivs1 top mitch
prices in a market where they had to
compete with corn-fed stuff OF til. mic :
die west. The Clover Valley Company
cattle are always in brisk demand wker-
ever cattle are bought and SO d. Mr.
Noble is young man yet and If he
keeps on learning he will soon be n re
act, now he is at the top in Nevada
and from what I saw of the clover val
ey Cattle Companys home u ace, /
should pronounce him a manai,er Of live
stock with but few equals and 10 supe-
iors. He sod last gear a bunch CT
brood mares to a Montana man, TO-
gether with a home-bred Elgl shsh,re
stallion that was one Of the finest speci-
mems of horse flesh that ever I@fs the
State. The bunch of mares wer, pro-
bounced by horsemen to be the hes
bunch of brood mares ever seen together
n any section of the west. North's S
Ranch is Mr.. Noble's address, and a
weekly mail runs to Cover Valley. /
will give Golconda attention IN my next
etter. a. q. r.
North's Ranch June 11th.
+ + I. I. !. i i 1. i. !. ]. i. j. ]. ]. \
ANOTHER MINING PROSPECT.
George Wilson of the Nevada Superior
mines. near Humboldt House, was In
town today ordering supplies for his
company. Mr.. Wilson is developing a
7-foot ledge of silver, lead and copper
and is sinking on the ledge and is now
down sixty odd feet. He will shortly
put in a gasoline hoist and is working
with great energy. He is operating now
with whim. he has a 6-foot vein On
the hanging wall that shows an average
Of SIS ore and the vein wi net SIS per
ton. The ledge may be traced for a dis
tance of three miles and a true fissure
vein cuts the formation for over two
miles and cuts it clean at right angles.
Mr.. Wilson is now working 12 men ana
wwhen the hoist is in place he will pu
on more.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-06-16


a fine home ranch in pretty Cover val
ey. The Humboldt land under Mr. No
ble's charge comprises 35 $3.50 acres. About
5000 acres of it are State contract lano.
Besides these broad acres the company
have large holdings in Eiko county. In
Humboldt county are 10000 acres Of
meadow and falfa and much of 1t is
river bottom. The buildings at the home
station are surrounded by grove OF
poplar trees that are very attractive. /
think that one who plants a tree in a
semi barren waste and makes 1t live t.
afford shade for other generations to en-
joy and to rest the eye of the men,
women and children of the present day,
plants something to his memory NOR.
lasting than marble, and certain a
lree is much more beautiful than the
hnest marble monument ever Arected 10
man. But l am depressing. The Glover
Valley Catl4e Co. runs about 6,0V0 heao
of catt 9 in this county and in Exc. us
various places produce upwards of 400
tons of alfalfa and natural grass hay
Mr.. Nobe has the finest Englishsh.r,
stallion In the west and breeds him tt
10 mares every year. producing co Is that
when aged tip the scale at from 1,200 to
100 pounds. The company MAKES quit,
a feature of raising fine draft horses
out It's principal business is the gro sins
If cattle and sheep. Mr.. Noble has man
aged the Glover Valley Company's prop
erty. comprising six different rancho,
Tor the past eleven years and has man
.ged it so wei that the Clover Valley
people of Humboldt have reason to fee
proud of. He divides his time between
The home ranch and the other stations
and the range. Mr.. Noble is one of the
best informed men In the live stock
business and his home place is an lea
pot in the county. The home paoe is
gatered from Jake's creek and 'hs
upper place from Spring creek. Every
hing about the home place where Mi
Noble makes his headquarters IL In fin,
|. I. + I. 1. + !. I. i !. 4. 4. 4. + !. 4. /.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
The little 15-months' old naby OF Mr..
and Mrs. J. G. Bowman swal owed a
part Of the glass eye of a 1oll about a
week ago and the little tot mas heen ID
great misery since. but its parents die
.ot know what the matter was until last
evening. when the child passed the piece
of glasss. 1t had several ragged ard
sharp corners and 1t is wonder that
death did not follow. for the little one S
bowels must have been lacerated by tie
glass.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-06-16
RIVER RISING.

The Humboldt river has risen four and
one-ha inches the past week at Winne-
mucca. Loveloc6 win have plenty or
water for the first crop and If the river
keeps on rising there Will be SUFFICIENT
for second crop.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-06-16
SCHOOL PROMOTIONS
List Of Pupils who have CompIet-
ed the Years work Satisfactorily

Following are the promotions in the
Winnemucca schools for the year just
ended
FIRST TO SECOND GRADE.
Nadine Barnard, George Biggins. Nellie
Begins. Dean C.egg. Eleanor Dwyer,
Raymond Fredrickson, Mark Guthrie,
Agnes Hayden, Grace Latta, Albert
Lowry Margaret Rucktesch.er. Lore ~
Richardson, Ruth Smith. Beth Warren,
Willie zee, Johnnie Yee.
SECOND 10 THIRD GRADES.
SUSIE Brown. Ray Corners, e &c a
Hurst, Lloyd Lewis Beuiah Lane. vln-
cent McEneIney, Nina Roundtree, Annie
Smith, Amelia Smith, Myrtle See, Ger
truae Weob. Alice Wagner.
THIRD TO FOURTH.
Hazel BJwman, Ludlow Losee, vere
son Florence Wagner.
FOURTH 10 FIFTH.
Cleto Achaval Marguerite Bowman
Vernon Bell, Fred Bragg. George Case,
Reuben Conner. Margaret Evans. JOSEPH
HIKE. Leland Muller. Edwin Painter.
Tiffany Poulin, Erma Steele. Bertha See,
Virgil Vargas, John See.
FIFTH TO SIXTH.
Emma Anderson, Edna Anderson,
Arthur Blggins. Elmer Campbell. Dru-
sllla Conner. Willie Dieh, Marjorie Lee.
Kathrine Muller, Lottie Porter. Erman
Ruckteseh er. Earl Roberts. Rosalie Rob-
erts. Joe Rupert. Edna Stauffer. Ches-
ter Va1gas,, Erie Williams.
SIXTH TO SEVENTH.
Dave Abel Willie Case. florence Gutn-
rie. Gene Guessford. Ole Lane. G adss
Miller. Mabel Nofsinger, Vernon Robins.
Lille Wueftele.
SEVENTH TO EIGHTH.
Irene Campbell. Jessie Dwyer. Hida
Diehl, Charlie Gu hrie. Fred Muller.
EIGHTH TO NINTH.
Henry Befk, Dora Noisinger. Clara
MeEnelney, Pauline schmidt, Berth.
Wof. Irma Brown. Mi dred Rutherford
boia tIouN, Goruon Benson, Gauys
CatIin. Ceciie Dwyer. Clovis Brown, VIZ
tor Groux.
NINTH TO TENTH
Irene Lying, Georgina Berk. Pauline
Wu4rtele. Frank Baldes. Vivian War
ren, anehe Bo nitie.d.
TENTH TO ELEVENTH.
Frank Fellows. Otto Diehl, Harry
Cochran. Mabel Bartlemay. Florence
Pascal, A ma Glroux, George Nease
Frank Case. Char es Evans. Forrest Bell.
GRADUATES.
William Bonniheld, Carrie Roberti
Chariestina Corecco. Kath yn Lying. Carl
Schmidt.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-06-16
STRANDED.

The why Brown Came Down" theat-
rical company Is stranded in Reno. 1t
is alleged that two members of the coin-
pany deeamped with all the money an1
property. Warrants have been Used itr
their arrest.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-06-16
HAY1NG SOUTH OF THE r. r.

HAYING SOUTH OF THE r. r.
The farmers and ranch men south of
the railroad are in the midst of haying.
They will get fairy good crop not
withstanding harvest fol ows very dry
spring. Several farmers have been In
town the last few days getting men to
havest their crops.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-06-16
WOOL ARRIVED.

Three of w. u. Scott's big teams ar
rived this forenoon loaded with wool
from his range in Oregon. 1t was un-
loaded on the Southern Pacific platform.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-06-16

To save labor and keep yourself and
children cool buy ready made Lawn.
Gingham and Percale Dresses at ID.
Reinhart & Co. 8. 6-l4-tf
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-06-16
VIII. NOT sEPARATE.

The ladies of Rero expected to enter
tain the lady members of the Congress
siona! irrigation committee in Reno. but
they have been notified that the party
will not separate, but all will go on to
Hazen.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-06-16
SALOON RuRGLARIzED.

saloon in Elko was burglarized night
before last and s6S taken. The work
was done by some one familiar with the
pace.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-06-16
VERY ILL.

Harry McAninch. who has been work
ing for C. K. Haviand. is very sick with
typhoid fever and has been taken to the
Winnemucca Sanitarium for treatment.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-06-16

CUPS AND SAUCERS. coffee sizes;
handles, white granite. extra fine finisn;
a bargain in every respect. Per set OF
six cups and six saucers, 75c. Come anu
see them at II. c. ROBINS 4 co.
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