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The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-01-25
PARADISE VALLEY
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TO START WOR KON MARY WILL
DER MINE
Sewer and Ward Examine Waters of
Martin Creek for Mining
PURPOSES

PARADISE VALLEY, Jan. 24.--
J. w. Driver and Henry Fritchen,
are preparing to reopen the old Mary
Wilder mine situated in the Colony
Creek canyon, about four miles west
Of the town of Paradise. They have or
dered supply of powder and tools
and will soon put force of men to
work on the property. This mine was
worked in the early eighties and il
the boom days of Spring City produc-
ed considerable amount of ore. 1t has
lain idle for twenty years. Driver and
Fritchen believe that good body of
ore lies in the old mine and are going
after it.
Examining Water Course on Martin
Creek.
j. c. Sewer returned this week from
a month s visit to Goldfield He con
tinued on to the Spring City mines
Yesterday he returned to town and to-
day he and George Ward are making
a trip up the course of the Martin
creek for the purpose of getting an
estimate on the electric power it could
be possible to produce by the stream
]. D. Richards IN . Short Visit
]. d. Richards is on a short visit TO
the valley aSd is guest of Mrs. f.
J. Lye. Mr.. Richards is a photogra-
pher of unusual ability and will ply
his trade while here.
Oh for Sunny Italy
Charles Recanzone win leave this
week for q several months visit TO
his home in Sunny Italy.
Improvement Society Friday Evening
The Improvement Society will hold
its next regular meeting Friday even
ing, February l. This meeting prom
ises to be the affair of the season in
literary lines. A cordial invitation 20
attend is extended to ALL Some Of the
numbers on the program for the ewes
ing are:
Chorus-School
Song-Oscar Nehls.
DeclamatiOn-Prof. w. L. Brandon.
Vocal Duet-Mose Gilbert and Geo.
Riley.
Following the program debate will
be held on the questios, Resolved,
That Labor Unions are Beneficial. -
The complete list of contestants is not
obtainable now. However, the follow
ing will is all probability take part:
w. L. Brandon, j. +. Abel, Doctor
Burns, James Sterling, j. r. Harvey,
J. Roy Bradshaw, l.. +. Riley, Irwin
Case. Judge T. j. Bradshaw will be
chairman of the evening.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-01-25

LoeatioFh hlanks at this office.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-01-25

+. uarties and M. ID. Staunton left
this morning to look after their
sheep interests in the vicinity of Jack
son Mountain.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-01-25
Crowded Out Of Today's Issue

The Silver State has story of i'm
portance which, through lack of space
is crowded out of today's issue.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
Plot Formerly Owned by Mrs Robert E. Lee Now
Largest and Most Beautiful of the National
CemeterieS-HOw It Was Acquired by United
States GOpernnrent-SOme Who Rest There

sale, the fight being instituted by George
Washington Custis Lee, as heir under the
viii OF his grandfather. The cause was
heard in the United States Circuit Court.
and the government lost Appealed to
the Supreme Court of the United states
the lower court was sustained and 50 Con-
sress by an act of March 3. 1875. apprO-
priated the sum OF $15C000 for the pur-
chase of the property. and thereupon
George Washington Custis Lee decided
II, in consideration OF the amount ap-
proprlated. to the United States.
II was in 1864 that, by an order of the
Secretary Of War, Arlington Mansion and
the grounds surrounding It, TO the extent
OF 200 acres We're appropriated for mil
ltary cemetery, and ii was specified then
that 1t was for the use OF all soldiers
dying in the hospitals of the vicinity of
Washington and Alexandra. Time after
time the boundaries Of the estate were
enlarged until now the entire tract in
closed embraces 40S 1-3 acres. The state
ly mansion on the estate, where all Wis
itors go and register. was begun in 1894.
but 1t was not completed until after the
war Of 1872. 1t is said 10 be modelled after
the temple of Paestrum. near Naples.
Until 1861 IL was the residence OF Robert
Z. Lee He was living here when he re-
signed his commission in the United
States army TO take up the cause Of the
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

/ and there TO the east is the resting place
OF 264 Confederate soldiers. 1t is a circu-
lar piece Of ground. of about three acres.
and all the scattered Confederate dead
have been moved to this spot Here the
1rst memorial services In honor OF the
Confederate dead were held on June Z.
1903. To these services a tribute OF flow
ers was sent by President Roosevelt. 10
be scattered on the grave, and after honor
had been done the Confederate dead. the
mourneTs, In due reverence. gathered
about the monument to the unknown
dead and placed there a shield In the
Name Of Fraternity"
This monument TO the unknown dead is
one OF the most awe-inspiring In the GEM
etery. Il is close 10 the amphitheater.
and II rests beneath the shade of won
derful old trees. II IS a solid granite mon
ument, bearing this inscription. which
tells its own story:
Beneath this stone repose the bones of two thou.
sand one hundred and eleven unknown soldiers.
gathered after the war from the fields cf Ball Run
ana the route 20 the Rappahannock Their bodies
could not be identified but their names and death
are recorded in the archives Of the country and lis
grateful citizens homer them their noble army Of
martyrs.
May they rest in peace.
September. 1866
The Unknown Dead.
Not all the unknown dead lie here
though. About 5000 are unknown. only
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
Murm0nt'S "OId Match House. !"

Sixty miles north Of Washington. in
| Maryland, at the foot OF the Blue Ridge
Mountains, stands the little old one
story stone house in which the first luci-
fer match was made. II was the product
Of .he ingenious brain Of Joseph Weller
and his brother, Jacob Weller. jr. This
| discovery was made in 1926 Several reIa-
tives of the Wellers still live at Thur
mont, where THE Old Match House" as
it is known, occupies a prominent place
in Main street. near the center Of the lit
tie mountain village.
The father of the inventors was the
first settler at Mechanicstown, the name
of which was afterward changed to Thur
mont. In 1911 he started an extensive
edge-tool factory which gave the hamlet
its first cOgnomen. The Wellers were
hard workers and early risers. Every
morning the father and sons were at their
tasks long before daylight. This brought
TO Joseph the thought of devfsSng some
means of doing away with the use of the
old-fashioned flint and steel every time
light was desired
Joseph Weller and his brother spent
their leisure time working on their
scheme. They made a birthstone mix.
ture, and continued to experiment Time
and again the mixture failed. In fact
it was months before the concoction was
made so that any results developed At all.
Little did the two young men realize
that they were working on an invention
which in the course of the next generation
would be used IN every civilized country
Of the world and millions OF times each
day.
Late one night, while working on the
birthstone mixture by the dim light OF
homemade tallOw candles they found the
key TO the situation. The mixture fairly
glistened in the weak light of the candle.
Into the fluid was dipped a small piece of
Wood. Then It was allowed to dry.
Striking the new invention on the wall.
they found that it ignited. There was
light It burned. The boys were
astounded. They laughed with Joy, and
hurried to their father to tell him of
their success.
Then Joseph and Jacob Weller, jr., went
to work to supply their neighbors with
the new lightmaker, which was quicker.
easier. and more convenient than the
flint and steel In a corner of one of the
rooms of ''The Old Match House" they
had their workshop for time.
The matches (they weren't called that
at that time) were first made into blocks
and subdlvided. first by hand. and then
dipped, one at time, into the birthstone
mixture. Then they were allowed 10
dry and later packed in boxes, which the
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

| brothers retGiled out 10 the neighbors and
! those passing through that part of the
I country at p cents n box. The sale in
cluded a little piece of sandpaper with
/ verbal instructions as to how to ignite
the end Of the little pine sticks.
! The business of the Wellers began to
| grow Immediately. Curious people came
! for miles to see them work and buv their
goods. The flint and steel was thing
/ OF the past in that locality within the
next few months. Gradually the trade
began 10 extend more and more. and the
brothers eventually selected a site and
erected a factory. Then machinery was
| introduced into the works to assist them
In filing their orders. Twice the factory
burned, the blaze being due 20 the care
lessness of workmen In the manufactures
of sthe matches.
The Old Match House" Is now occu-
pied by Charles Domer and his family
Several years ago 1t was sold to its pres
ent owner, who started to tear down an
Old ivy vine which adOrns the west wall
OF the structure. The vine had been in
Its place for nearly a century, and eyerv
citizen OF ThurmOnt had learned TO ad
mire the growing shrub every time he
looked at the historic building and
thought of the invention that was made
within its walls. When the owner began
the destruction of the old vine there was
protest from all corners Of the village
and he was induced to leave IL unmoIest
ed The old ivy still clings TO the old
stone wall, hanging strongly, securely. as
though It had life and would dislike 10
give up its position on the side of the
structure, which is exhibited with pride
to every visitor to ThurmOnt.
Mrs NJ. NJ. Grouse. a granddaughter of
the Wellers. still lives in Thurmonk AZ
Gettysburg. Pa, sixteen miles to the
north. J. w. Seton, the dean OF, the bat
tlefleld guides, makes his home. He was
a boy at the time Of the great conflict be-
tween the States, and he witnessed the
battle Of Gettysburg from Big Round Tor.
the highest point on the field.
The Old Match House is in a good
state of preservation. Since the inyen-
ton OF the match under its roof. the
shingles have been replaced several
times. The old shutters, the chimney. and
the windows remain, however fust as
they were years ago when no one in the
world knew what a match was
Silently the old dwelling stands as a
monument to the two young men who
made a discovery for which the whole
world is indebted Within its walls the
modern match is used by It's occupants
who never have occasion to think of the
trouble the people Of the early DAYS were
put to for light
THE Old Match House" has an inter
national reputation. though few people
know where It IS located.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
Arlington, the City of the Dead

reflected sun, and there to the north
equal in the world, the Washington
Monument That city over there and
what it stands for is what these graves
meant Not a life was wastedl
Here is the Crook monument, one OF the
most dignified in the cemetery. Here
sleeps the great Indian fighter who did so
much to clear the West for the march OF
progress. There rests on the granite
tomb panel of bronze depicting the sur
render Of the Apache Indians under Chief
Geronimo to Gen. Crook in the Sierra
Madre Mountains, Mexico, in 1885. We
have recently heard from old Geronimo,
who has survived; his conqueror lies here.
In the group on the panel are other off,
GERS besides Gen. Crook, Gen. Chaffee for
one, and others who are yet living.
TOmbs That Wait.
But II is not unusual to find here monu-
ments erected by those who are still in
the land Of the living. Many old soldiers
have done disappearing for themselves
their long, last resting place. Here is the
monument erected by Gen. Arson Mills,
a simple granite block on which is in
scribed the date Of Gen. Miles birth; the
space for the date of death is left blank,
but ready.
TWO prominent monuments are those OF
George Washington Psrke Custis and
Mary his wife. 4 stately oak divides
them. Many seamen are buried here. toe,
and one notes the grave of Admiral Por-
ter, Of William Ward Burrows. lieutenant
commander Of the Marine Corps. and hard
by these the grave of Gen. Paul. who had
both eyes shot out at the battle Of Get
tysburg: Of Col. Caleb Swan, paymaster
general Of the army, and many others Of
note.
over to the west you viii come upon
the graves OF eleven Revolutionary officers,
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
A Haven of Refuge

Ambrose Bierce, in the Cosmopolitan.
In answer 10 the reaascent proposal to
give UP the Philippines. it seems neces-
saTy to say that with more than I.9O0 900
immigrants a year, mostly from South
eastern Europe. Americans will soon need
place to which to retire, where the
can hear their language and have tie
protection OF the unwrItten law Tie
lumbermen, it may be observed. are le-
tops.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
Sold for Taxes.

By an executive order Of the President
OF the United States, dated January s..
1854. the entire tract of l,lOO acres was
selected for government use for war
military charitable. and educational pur-
poses" under the provisions of the acts
Of Congress Of June :. 1862 and Febru-
ary g. 1853. By the same order il was
directed that the property be sold to
meet unpaid taxes due on It to the
amount Of Ss20. This was done and the
property was bid in for the United States
government for S26.S00
Mrs Lee having died in 1873, legal pro-
ceedings We're begun to set aside this
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-04-18
MAPLE spsaR MOTHS

Uncle John Reynolds ielis me
..Thi, i The best sugar season se have
had IN twenty-five year,. "
-Ahhoagh some have b~~n selling
maple syrup for tl.5 per gallon. Mr..
John Frosi says si.oo Is all !, IL worth.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-04-18
BROWN
&
GARRETT

Henry Streeter spent Sunday in
town.
Daniel Lackey spent Sunday in
town.
Charles Roberts is out Of town for
a few days.
Clifford Palmer Of North Rupert
was in Dorset recently.
Earl Harwood and William Hodge
spent Friday evening in Dorset.
Mrs. Hattie Meanwhile was the
guest Of her sister Jennie recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Williams Of
Dorset spent Sunday with relatives
here.
Miss A. v. Danforth does not gain
as fast as Der many friends wish she
might.
Miss Nellie Young opened her
school here last week after the Easter
vacation.
Misses May Frost and Mildred
Danforth were home from Barr and
Burton Seminary over Sunday.
Wilbur Smith has finished sork
for Moses Sheldon aud began work tor
the Rupert Lamber Co, Monday.
Riley wilkins has recently moved
Joseph Benefits household goods ID
Ralph Beebe's tenement house ~ Dor.
set.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-04-18
TEETH
EXTRACTED

absolutely without pain or dan
ger. The only place in the State
OF Vermont where this method is
used. No pain, no unpleasant
effects. No charge for extract
ing when plates are ordered.
All plates fully guaranteed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31
Revenue Cutter Service Orders.

The following Revenue Cutter Service or
ders have been issued:
Constructor ]. Q. Walton. directed to
proceed to Gloucester. Va, to inspect two
naphtha launches for customs service.
Chief Engineer N. E. Cutchfn, ordered to
inspect launch for customs service at Nor
folk. Va.
Chief Engineer c. H. Foote, granted ten
DAYS extension of sick leave
Second" Lieut.. G. F. Howell. granted nf-
teen days leave, with permission to apply
for an extension of fifteen days
First Lieut.. G. NJ Daniels, sick leave dis
continued upon his own request, to take
erect upon receipt of order
FIRST Assistant Engineer Q. B. Newman
granted ten days leave
Second Lieut.. w. T. Stromberg, granted
five days leave
Second Assistant Engineer Webb c. Mag
lathlin. commissioned second assistant
engineer. to take effect on date of oath.
First Lieut.. G. L. Garden, detached from
the Mohawk and placed on waiting orders.
FIRST Lieut.. Randolph Ridgely, jr. grant
ed thirty days leave. to begin April l.
First Assistant Engineer C. A. Wheeler.
granted thirty days leave. to begin April l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31
$4,000 REWARD FOR BODY.
Lawyer Makes an Offer on Behalf of
E. c. Webster's Family.

NEW YORK, March 3O-The family of
Eben c. Webster of Maine, who is be-
lieved to have jumped off the Morgan Line
steamer Comus On March %. has offered
5000 reward for the recovery of his body
The offer is made through Philip Carpen-
ter, an attorney, with offices at Ill Broad
way.
Webster was returning via New Orleans
from Arkansas Hot Springs, where he had
spent some months in an effort to recover
lost health. He took the Comus at New
Orleans in company with William ]. Nc
Nulty on March 20. He was first missed
shortly after the noon hour on MARCIA %,
when the boat was off the mouth of the
savannah river Prior to his disappearance
Webster had spoken despondently of his
illness and the Intellectual attempt he had
made to regain his health at the Springs.
The missing man was forty-tive years
old he weighed 175 pounds and was ) feet
81 inches tall. He was smooth shaven.
partially bald. and his teeth were heavily
filed with gold. When last seen Webster
was dressed In brown suit and tan shoes.
He carried watch of the number 1880,
bearing the monogram 'E. c. W.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31
Cutting and Packing Herring.

The cutting " herring for sailing and
packing was started at the fish wharf yes
terday afternoon and about 10000 of the
fish from the nets in the lower end of the
Potomac were made ready to be packed in
barrels and kits for food consumption dur
ing the coming fall and winter. The pack
ing season this year is ten days ahead of
that of last year, the first herring being
cut on the fish wharf April 0 last year.
The fish packing industry is big one in
this city, and several firms are engaged in
it. Many million herring and several
thousand shad are cut, cleaned and sailed
each season and the business represents an
outlay of many thousand dollars.
Salt herring-"Potomac robins as they
are known-have a national reputation and
they are shipped in large quantities to all
parts of the country after the fishing sea-
son is over. AS soon the herring begin
to run in large quantities the fish wharf
will be busy place day and night, with
vessels coming in. unloading their cargoes
and getting away and the cutters at work
preparing the fish to be laid away in salt.
The packing Of herring is not confined to
this city, for there are dozens of packing
houses along the lower Potomac and on
other tributaries of Chesapeake bay that
each season put up an enormous quantity
of the fish. Practically every fish packed
in the summer is disposed of by the packers
before the next packing season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31

cially we'll studied. and his work in gen.
eral fresh and out of the ordinary.
Too good for the corner in which they
have been placed are the little portrait
studies sent by II. F. Walbridge of Pitts
burg-"The Hermit" The Evening of Life
and IAN Outdoor Portrait" 1t was through
no lack of appreciation on the part of the
hanging committee that they occupy an
obscure position, but because being alpha
betically arranged by exhibitors wv
reached just so far. Miss Josephine Wey-
mouth, who, with Miss Bartlett, shares the
distinction of having the greatest number
trait studies. together with some which are
less good; and Miss Helen F. Williams
Little Reader is of sufficient merit to
lend distinction to the show.
But what can be said in defense of the
landscapes which have been enlarged to
death, or to the credit of the befogged and
insincere work sent in by many of the
photo pictorialists? The value of a picture
does not depend upon it's size, and artistic
merit does not mean vague uncertainty
and ultra forms. Painters have made these
mistakes as well as photograph but with
better excuse Certainly the art photogra-
pher and his brother of the brush have
their own places, and need not trespass
upon each others fields while enjoying
common privileges. The camera me-
the establishment of truly democratic
art, and the Capital Camera Club, through
the earnest work of its members, shown
annually in exhibitions, has done much to
advance it's cause The present exhibition
will continue until April 0, and will be free
to the public on all week days and Sunday
afternoons LEILA MECHLIN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31
Personal to River Men.

Mr.. John Callahan, vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Norfolk and Washing
ton Steamboat Company, returned this
morning from a trip to Newport News,
where he inspected the work being done to
steamers of his line at the Neport News
shipyard
Mr.. d. w. Cox, who was chief engineer
of the Washington and Alexandria ferry
steamer Callahan and of the Woodbury. for
several months past, has been relieved from
duty aboard those boats and will take
charge of the engine room Of the steamer
jamestown. which is to be employed in
excursion business during the summer In
connection with the jamestown exposition.
Mr.. T. L. Caps. assistant engineer of the
ferry line steamers, has been promoted to
be chief engineer and Is in charge the en-
CINE room on the steamer Woodbury., on the
ferry route between this city and Alexan-
dria. r---..
Mr. John Trower, chief engineer of the
Norfolk and Washington line, who has been
at Newport News for several weeks past
looking after work being done on the
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tremely SUBTLE and wel, modulate3 I, to,a
Little as a r,,le can he oainad nv onr,nari
sons hut II 10 true hat 800 81 thn..
transformations will he fou,a rarninisoant %
the paintines Of PeGfie,d and Tu1aohtn.. VI
and Tbaulow and of the nrints of The Ia ~,
anese "A Decenoher Day', ~, W;s IN Is.ae,
Cowlan 10 a fair axamnIa S' i'"'e'
NO Lack OF Local Themes.
Remark was made last vear nnon tho
loci, ~ ,oo, .t- ,.,,
,N VI 'ocai 'hehes oispiayeo' OUT tnls
year no lault can De FOUND upon this score.
If the members of the Capital Camera Club
have not exhausted the pictorial possibil-
itfes Of u..hi,,rto,,, 49,, to.ss 49,. -
- .oi 'heS nav at ieaSt us
covered tnem. Ihere are In this exhibit
ton besides some peculiarly charming city
pictures quite a number which set forth
most nleasinglv views ~ tho o,,t,,,ina ao,,,
So " 'e ou''' Ns eoui-
uyi,h sa - StaH ei ior instance pictures
IN m eAee enc ieeiihg ana eHect RAINY
Gay On the upper fotomac, and others
s SHOW stems IN ROCK Greek Park in old
indeed lnger with pleasure over Mr., Gran
, aa,i other contrloutlons and pause with
"o,,;at V.nat aie MSS f"s, Lizapeth DAVIS
some excellent out-of door nic,nres h1l Mr. ate
e. ]. Daw, and still farther on are several
remarkably fine portrait studies by Mr.
Charles r. Falrman. 1t is seldom indeed.
&C. q" as hiu unI portrait Is
Qlff1cultleS which haSpt ha not n
of the lanscapist also and because of the
| avoidance of them a word at least should
| be said in commentator Of Mr. l.. V. Hal
| locks group. Many will recognize the Cor
ner of the Old House." which he sets forth.
| to be Clean Drinking Manor and none
! can fall to appreciate the merit and charm
| of his three equally pleasing snow scenes.
Mr.. William p Herbst, an ex-presdent of
| the club, is better represented than usual
| this year and shows. besides some attrac-
| tive landscapes, one of the most forcef,,l
| and painter-like portraits-that of Mr. -
| in the exhibition.
| It is the manner of RENDERING which dis
| tinguishes Mr.. N. ]. Jewett's work. man
ner refined and Individual His s.Mistv
| Morning-Thomas Circle" is a notable
| achievement from the pictorial Standpoint
and his MANITOBA Landscane' Odd
| Roads" and Rock Creek evince artistic
| sentiment and excellent feeling In soma
| what similar vein and of equal imnort are
| a winter Sunset and a November Day."
| by T. L. Mead jr, which hang nearby ana
| reserve their charm for the one who fingers.
| ~. r,,:,..
many NC" HAnioi'ors'