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The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-01-23
DON'T KNOCK

Put your hammer in the locker,
Hide the sounding board likewise
Anyone can be kn0cker,
Anyone can criticise.
Cultivate a manner winning,
Though it hurts your face to smile.
And seems awkward in beginning
Be a booster for awhile.
Let the blacksmith do the pounding
That s the way he draws his paw:
You don't get cent for pounding
Saint and sinner night and day!
just for solid satisfaction
Drop kind word in the slot,
And TIL warrant you get action
In your effort on the spot.
Kindness every time beats knocking;
Mirth is better than frown;
DO not waste your time in picking
Flaws with brothers who are down.
And it ism 7 so distressing
If you give little boost
To the man the Fates are pressing
When the chicks come home to roost.
Yes, the old world would be brighter
If you would kindle friendship s
flame,
And thus make the trouble lighter
OF the man against the game.
Send your Crouch on vacation,
Give your grumbling tones shake
And with grim determination
Throw your hammer in the lake.
Yours very respectfully.
HERMAN & PALMER.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-01-23
SEVEN COUNTIES
RANKED ABOVE
HUMBOLDT
APP0RTIONH6ENT OF THE
STATE SCHOOL FUNDS
Belief Exists that Humboldt County
Should be Entitled to More Funds
That She Has Received by the
Apportioumeut.

In the statement Of the first semi
annual apportionment of the state
school moneys for the year 1908. Hum
boldt county is credited with having
only 721 school census children, and,
under the apportionment Of $12.2003l,
per census child, this cont receives
per census child, this county receives
$8,796.43. This ranks Humboldt county
eighth in the list Of the counties Of
the state, ad the belief exists that
this county should receive more from
the apportionment that she has re-
ceived.
This has been due to the scrupr-
lous honesty of the school census mar
shals Of Humboldt county, pitted
against tendency otherwise on the
part of school marshals Of the other
counties, or to the fact that Humboldt
county has not been properly reported
by the school census marshals. The
belief exists that the former is the
case, and this county win therefore
be the loser.
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Mining NOTES OF
MANY DISTRICTS
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u CANYON q
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q q y q q q q q q q {

Fuller and Payne, the well known
operators of Winnemucca, who are ex-
Jensively interested in the Sonoma
Canyon, returned to Winnemucca late
Monday afternoon, having spent seve-
raj weeks doing development work on
the ground owned by the Nevada
Northern Copper M. & M. company
at that place. In speaking of the
property they remarked that while as
yet there was nothing definite to re-
port regarding it, that from appear
ances and from a recent discovery of
large deposit of horn silver had been
found. In fact, the surface showing
of groupings demonstrated that the
ledge was that width, but as yet they
had only uncovered about eight feet
of it, and they had considerable dis
tance to go before theopposite wall
to that at which their work had start
ed would be found Across the vein
was exposed a very rich streak of
ore containing horn silver. This
morning they left for their camp,
where extensive work on this ledge is
being done.
w. Fiske who is located in Gold
bud and townsite located about three
quarters of mile from Rosebud, was
in Winnemucca last Wednesday In
speaking toa Silver State reporter, he
made the following statement regard
ing the camp of Rousebud and vicin-
ity: Although at present, CONNER
cial pursuits are slack, the mining in
terests seem to have received renewed
energy beginning with the first of the
new properties have started develop
ment work. All of theold companies
are doing more or less work, and
everything points to the prospect of
much activity during the year.
M. Davis of Rawhide paid a short
visit to Winnemucca during the past
week, looking after his several inter
ests in the mining line in this Sec
tion. He reports that Rawhide is daily
making big strides towards becoming
the principal camp of Nevada. At
present many leasers are at work as
well as are nearly all of the property
owners in the camp. Recent discover
les have plainly shown that the min
eral helt in this section is of greater
dimensions than at first supposed.
New faces are daily seen on the
streets and operators Of note in the
southern part of the state are visit
ing the new camp At present there
are about 5000 people in the camp, all
of whom seem to think this is the
coming camp of the state.
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q PERSONAL MENTION 8
Il e
Il y u q q q q q q q q q q q q 6

J. c. Charters the Goldbanks restau.
ranteur arrived Monday evening ON
his way to Gold Circle
Mrs. C. J. Smith Of Golconda and
Miss Nellie Sheehan of San Francisco
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J. sheehan,
BORN-In Wnnemucca, Nevada, Jan.
81, 1908, to the wife Of w. H. Dun
can, daughter.
s. Siard Of Golconda was in town
yesterday.
Mrs. Emily Reid arrived Wednes-
day from McDermitt.
Louis Junker the cattle buyer was
in town Wednesday
Mr.. and Mrs. G. R. Warren arrived
Wednesday evening from Golconda.
Three cars of cattle were shipped
wednesday evening for Milpitas. Cal.
by the Evans brothers
Fred Braito arrived Tuesday from
Natchez.
Meth and Evans are shipping a con.
signmentof hides and wool to San
Francisco.
Vim R. Moore, manager Of the Co.
mes store at Golconda arrived on No.
8 last night and returned on No. 4
this morning.
Grays and browns and stripes will
be the prevailing fashions for spring
and summer 1908. j. p. Grandel, Win
nemueca's progressive tailor, has Just
received samples of the new fashions.
They are very pretty. How about
your spring suitf
1.-THE better the watch the better
it can be repaired,'' and no watch 10
too complicated for me to repair,''
states J. p. Keppler, the well known
jeweler, located at the corner of
Bridge and Fourth streets, and the
rack of watches at his place for re-
pairs tells of the confidence of the
public in his statements.
F. N. Muller was taken seriously i'll
at his home this morning.
c. Diehl has received a fine ship
ment of valentines, including the
fancy and comic. Valentine g day will
soon be here and it will pay the pro-
bable investor in a valentine to ex.
anime the stock carried by C. Diehl.
Mrs. f. G. Hoenstine is confined
to her room with severe attack Of
la grippe.
The condition Of Mrs. Porter is re.
ported to be very much improved.
The Paradise freight teams came in
last evening in charge of Geo. Colem,
as the regular driver G. f. Stock is
i'll.
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Highest prices paid for old clean
rags at this Office. Bring them to us.

Last Tuesday, Martin Duffy. a
western Pacific laborer. fell from a
heavily laoded wagon near the Dutch
man s wells about twenty miles west
OF Winnemucca and the wheels of the
wagon passed over his chest AS a
result. he sustained four broken ribs
the r'~ht arm aislacated and the left
arm was broken and other internal
'riuries. which VIII in all nrohahilitv.
cause his death. Ie IS now in tho
aeuntv hosnital. whore he was brought
after the accident.
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Cases to Come Before
the Grand Jury

The following cases are the ones to
come up before the grand jury at the
time of their convening on February
10. 1908:
Tom Hogan of Loveloek accused of
perjury. Nash accused of bur
glary at Paradise Tom Davis, ac-
cused of murder in Winnemucca uur.
'ng December. j. Kuhule, accused of
grand larcency at Lovelock. H. L..
Warren of Winnemucca accused of
assault with intent to kill
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-01-23
SCOTTY TO RIDE HORSEBACK
FROM FRISCO TO NEW YORK

Walter Scott, commonly known as
Scotty' is determined to remain in
the limelight and not satisfied with
hiring special trains to cross the con
tinent, he now intends to ride horse.
back from San Francisco to New ork
in twenty-six days, no more or. no less.
" Seotty' has madea gigantic effort
to become famous in the mining an
mails of the West, and every efforton
his part has been dirested toward no
toriety, someof which has been good
and some of it has been bad. He first
claimed that he had great gold mine
in the Death Valley country and Ger.
tainlpy did make the proper "nash T"
to sustain the position, for money
dropped from his hands like water.
and where it came from is still un-
known. Some supposed that the
Santa Fe railroad supplied these funds
, attention, and Incidentally increase
the travel to the mining regions on
its lines, and others have said that
a "cache" in the desert, originally OBJ
tanned through lawless methods on the
part of others, was his banker.
Scotty' now says that during his
present trip into Death Valley, he
has actuallytaken out $4,000 worth
of very rich ore from his mine, and
no doubt he will produce the money
later, even if he doesn't produce the
ore.
AS to the ride across the continent,
"Scotty' states that he will bet
every dollar that he can raise or make
or go broke on the proposition, and
his pastescapades lead people to be-
lieve that he will at least attempt
this ride.
Three or four months ago "Scotty"
dropped down in New York and in
vaded the Waldorf Astor hotel with
a cow boy air and swagger, rugged out
in cheap business suit, flaming red
necktie, blue flannel shirt and a great
big broad brimmed hat. 1t is al
togeter probable that there was not
another man rugged out in the same
style within two thousand miles at the
some time, and hence he attracted the
proper attention. Every man in sight
looked at "Scotty and sized him up as
a typical western road agent, but who
he was or where he came from nobody
seemed to know. However, as he put
his name on the register the clerk
quietly but firmly told him that they
had no vacant rooms, and "Scotty"
was compelled to move his traps down
to the Herald Square hotel, where he
secured apartments. In any event,
"Scotty'' is character, and while
at times he may disgust mining men
by his exaggerations, he is probably
the worst enemy to himself, and GER
tainly does get a great amount of
pleasure out of the attention that he
attracts.-Ogden Journal.
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PARADISE STAGE
NOW DRIVEN THROUGH

Beginning last Monday. the Para
disc Winnemucca stage now drives
through, instead of driving to Willow
Point and there turning around and
returning. The change was effective
when the new stage station, Fort
Hope was put into running order. The
mail from Paradise now reaches Win.
nemucca at two O'Clock, instead of at
three as heretofore, and the Paradise
mail reaches its destination at one
o. clock instead of two.
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gone into to warrant the opinion that
it is in fair way for a successful
termination.
The enormous profits which hav,
accrued to the operators of the Amer
can Smelling and Refining company
should be sufficient To secure the
hearty cooperation of sufficient capital
without any delay whatever. Tho
corporation ,lisbursed in dividends the
enormous sum of $30000,000 in si,'
years, and Ogden being an eligible
point in every respect for the loea
tion of big smelling plant is pos
tive assurance of very large returrs
of an investment in this enterprise
which is one indeed quite important
to Ogden.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-01-23

Regular services Sunday morning at
~ O'Clock by the pastor. In the even.
ing service of song. Judge Robins
Miss Florence Guthrie, Miss Dora Par.
ker, Mrs. Gilbert and others will sing
solos, besides extra music by the choir
All Welcome
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iho~e. Jr., w. e. Staunton, g. II. Van.
vokerberg, f. G. White, C. ]. Wolf,
\. NJ. Williams, A. L. Wagner, N.
York.
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WANTED.

Work, carpentering, or job work of
ny kind. Address p. o. Box 81, Win
'"mucea. js2sto2
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HirHce' rr'ces I'D Cor ~, rle~,
rags o. .hic office. Brir~ them to US.
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the apportionment:

ORVIS RING,
State Supt. Public Instruction.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
Death Of His step7ather Recalls
Memories Of Americas Most
Desperate Outlaw.
WAS A SLAYER AND RoBBER.
outrages Upon His Family Incited
Him to Deeds Of Maniacal
Fury.

Recently the death Of DR.. Reuben
samuels. of Missouri, has been an
nounced in line. To the majority Of
readers this item conveyed no sig
niicance. Yet Doctor Sanrlels was q
figure in the guerilla warfare that
made Of Missouri and Kansas settings
for the bloodiest and bitterest strife
ever waged by banded assassins Sam
uels was, however, a passive figure, the
accidental center Of affairs in which he
took no part. Conflict waged about
him, its fiery pillows surging up to the
threshold Of his home. For he was the
husband of the mother Of Jesse James.
woman with the heart Of lioness,
loving her own with an Intensity as
fierce as the hatred she felt for her
enemies.
The death Of Doctor Samuels recalls
the mad career Of Jesse, as intrepid q
freebooter as ever murdered and
robbed; q man who for years, moving
in community where everybody knew
there was a price on his head, never
finched il the presence Of danger
James was man OF curious paradoxes.
He was strong In friendship, terrible,
unrelenting in battle, whether under
the black flag OF Quantrell or warning
on the society that had made him an
outlaw. TO his mother he was always
kind and affectionate; to his wife a
model husband. His children found in
him, 50 far as. their tender senses could
| appreciate every desirable element Of
fatherhood. For long time he as
sumed the name Of Howard. There was
no better citizen than "Mr Howard"
no more thoughtful neighbor. Shortly
before he was killed there had been q
municipal procession in st. Joseph,
| marking local event. At the head If
the parade was platoon Of police
Immediately behind the police rode
Jesse James on a blooded horse his
little boy Jesse held before him, Such
were the chances the bandit took.
There have been attempts to exalt
Jesse James. That he was driven into
the hard school of Quantrell must be
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Gould SEQ For himself,

Clarence Foster ("Pop'). che old BALI
player. was always busy sewing in his;
spare moments in the clubhouse. Eos
ter was a handsome fellow and took
pride in keeping himself looking neat
and natty as far as bis attire went
and he was as particular az an old
maid regarding bis clothes, so was
kept busy doing the tailor act with
the needle and thread. One August
"Pop" was taken Ill and was ailing
for some few days. The fact Of his III
ness got into the public press and So
became common talk among the play
ers. A few days after the announce.
ment was made that Foster was III
the st. Louis aggregation blew Into the.
Washington grounds. The first day
Foster was discovered sitting in front
of the clubhouse, busy at his everlast-
ing sewing.
Hello, Pop" shouter Catcher Joe.
sugden. II heard you were sick, but.
how are you now?"
aWell, Joe" carelessly responded
Foster as he paused moment In. his
tailor stunt, "I have been sick, but
just at present, as you can see for
yourself, happen to be on the mend ~
Washington Star.
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+ .
men flttingly described as crossed be
tween highwaymen and tigers. He was
a smooth-faced boy, vet soon there was
not one of his comrades a more dan
gerous fighter. He was as good a rider
as any, better shot than any. and
the ferocity that had slumbered within
him as demoniac as the rest Of the ini-
quitous brotherhood of butchery.
The exploits Of the guerrillas, In
which Jesse soon took active part,
were almost beyond belief In their
reckless daring, their frenzied brutal
ity. The affair at lCentralia illustrates
the actuating spirit. One day-it was
September "a. 1904 train bearing
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story of sojourner Truth


The late Theodore Tilton, who boast
ed that he had never had pipe, cigar
or cigarette in his mouth, used to de-
clare that the most inveterate smoker
he ever knew was Sojourner Truth, the
famous freedwoman reformer and lee
turer. He was wont to tell how one
day, when the venerable dame, then
about 90 years old, was on visit to
his house, she sat smoking her pipe By
the chimney corner, when George W.
Bungay, the author of several eloquent
anti-tobacco tracts, called to see her.
Aunt Sojourner," he said. II revere
your character, but deplore your
smoking, for 1t will keep you forever
out Of heaven"
'Lawkes, honey, how SOP" she asked,
Because, Aunty," he rejoined, you
know that, according to the Good Book
nothing entereth there that defileth
Now, how do you expect to get into
heaven with your breath defiled by to
bacco?"
"Lawkes, honey" answered the old
negress when I 60 to heaven I 'speci
to leave my bref behind mel"
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admitted. His mother was native OF
Kentucky, and when the mutterings OF
civil war were first heard her sympa-
thies were with the South. So were
those of Doctor Samuels. In these SYM
pathies 1t was but natural that the boy
should share. Quantrell's guerrilla or
genization had operated before the dec
larntion of war. 1t was sinister
group, wholly without mercy. hideoua
IN it's methods, Its members made up Of
social renegades STEPPED in crime, and
bent upon revenge.
Quantrelps Guerrillaa.
Quantrell had grievance against
some Of the maurauders OF the border.
Others had sworn to kill all the Fed
erals they could in reprisal against
outrages committed by sympathizers
with the cause OF the North. As Guam
trell gained prestige some soldiers de-
serted the Confederate ranks to join
him, impelled, by blood-lust not to be
satisfied on the battlefield. They craved
the joy Of murder. They gave no quar-
ter. No prisoner was spared. AS fight
ers they were demons. They relied up
on skill as horsemen and with revol-
vera When they went into action it
| was with a aendlsh zest that could
not be withstood.
| 1t was the practice of every Guam.
| trell follower to take the reins in his
teeth, guide the horse by pressure OF
the knees alone and, with a revolver
In each hand, plunge at full speed into
the heart Of the enemy. There was nc
preliminary order, "Trot, gallop!" bu1
! the trained horses sprang to the utmos
i gait on the instant The rush was
terrifying spectacle, pitiless, awful; {
/ yeritable swath Of death.
Bad as was Quantrell, as monstrou:
/ his cruelty and measureless his passion
there were bodies opposing him tina
lacked none of his malignity of pur
pose, but did lack his leadership. On
day the representatives of one of thes
| bodies rode up to the Samuels home
They found Doctor Samuels at Worl
with Jesse in cornfeld. With oath
they demanded the Whereabouts .
Quantrell. Samuels could not tel
them. They hanged him to a tree an
/ kept him suspended until nearly deaf
i Thrice did the doctor haye to submit
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GANG.

twenty-four Federal soldiers rolled into
the little station. Upon the platform
awaited Bill Anderson, one Of Guam
trell's most savage followers, and
enough of his associates to overawe the
soldiers. The twenty-four were march
ed out Of their car, stood In line and
slaughtered to a man.
Soon after 300 troops under Major
johnson sought to punish this deed,
and approached a rendezvous where
there were 262 Of the guerrillas. John
son adopted suicidal tactics. Evident
ly he did not understand Quantrelrs
way. = He caused his men to dismount
and thus they stood awaiting the on
slaught. On came the guerillas like a
whirlwind. They could not be with
stood. Human courage, could not en-
dure against these grinning devils who
rode with teeth barred and holding The
reins. After one volley the troops fed.
They were pursued as foxes are pur-
sued, and Of the 800 only eighteen es-
capped. The rest were not wounded
They were dead.
In this charge Jesse James, having
the best horse, was in the lead. 1t was
bullet from his unerring revolver that
laid poor johnson low, and many others
were accredited to him that dreadful
day. The guerrillas lost four men. Such
was their usual fortune By expert
ences Of this kind Jesse James was
| hardened He was q butcher OF men.
An incident characteristic of Jesse
James may be related here. After the
war, travelling In Tennessee, he found
the widow of an old comrade. 1t hap
pened that mortgage upon her home
was to be foreclosed that day, and she
was momentarily expecting the Sheriff
| and the money lender. The sum she
needed was $500. Jesse had this with
him, but no more, and he was far from
home, but he gave it to her. Then he
secreted himself by the roadside, watch
ed the officials and the lender arrive
and depart. and stepping from ambush
with leveled pistols, made them dis
gorge the entire amount, with which be
went on his way, happy in having saved
the Widows home at the cost of ri
fling inconvenience not In itself disa
greeable.
When fully launched npon his criml
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to this torture, and was left senseless
and bleeding. Jesse had been obliged
to look on Then with whips he was
scourged up and down The corn rows,
prodded with bayonets. Little wonder
that there arose within him tumuit Of
hatred. Unwittingly the visitors were
training him for a place with Guam
trell, that grim individual who with
his own hand had slain thirty out Of Il
band Of thirty two that had killed a
brother.
Leaving Samuels to suffer, the inter
lopers next demanded Of Mrs. Salnuels
that she betray Quantrell 81 am like
Marion's wife, she responded, what
know / will die knowing They did
not kill her. A little later she was
taken to Jail in Liberty, and there, with
her daughter, subjected to hardship and
grossest insults. She was Southern
sympathizer and, far from denying the
fact, gloried in it. In community
aflame with excitement and prejudice,
growing accustomed to every express
sion lof violence this was offending
enough.
Slaughter of Troops.
1t was enough, too, to drive Jesse
from the perils Of his threatened home
into the ranks Of the Quantrell guerril-
las There hn faund himself amono
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Took Exception.

Remember, brothers." shouted the
orator of the strenuous life, II haven't
any use for mollycoddles."
The very old gentleman who was sit
ting in the last row removed his pipe
and retorted.
oval, by heck, mister, even If yon
haven't any use for Molly Goodies
yeou needn't stand thar and talk be-
hind her back, SEEM that she Is NOT
present to defend herself"
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Cause for Thanks.

Church-'There's one thing to be
said In favor of the photograph"
Gotham-"I'd just like to know
what it isl"
well, they haven't succeeded In
making a record reproducing all the
noise one hears on the Fourth of
y."-Yonkers Statesman.
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just Possible.

Her-What Is meant by going from
bad to worse?"
Him-Getting divorce and marry
Ing again, believe.
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The Coop.

'erhis fiat is mere COOP"
Eyes, john" said his wife sweetlyr
"and the cook has just flew it"-Pitts-
burg Post.
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It's surprising how many clothespins
a little woman can hold In her mouth
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It is always a sign of weakness to
take compliment seriously.