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Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-07-21
down RIVER REPORTS
STATE that DUCK
HUNTING Will Be GOOD

Reports from down the river are to
the effect that ducks and geese are
plentiful on the lake and marshes in
the lower end of the valley. The
open season begins the 18th of Sept
ember for This class Of game and by
that time it is expected that the loc-
al nimrods will be fit and ready for
the chase.
Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-07-21
|. |. BACHRODT HERE
ON A SHORT VISIT

A. L. Backrodt, formerly manager
for the Tonopah Lumber Company
and now a travelling salesman for the
same company was in Loyelock two
days last week. Mr.. Bachrodt, has
been at the company's mills, for the
past half year, tamiliarizing himself
with the various intricacies of the
lumber business.
Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-07-21
". Il. COOPER OUT FOR
OFFICE OF CONSTABLE

w. H. Cooper has beer annonnc-
ed as a candidate for constable of
Lovelock precinct. Mr.. Cooper is
about the strongest candidate that
could be- secured in the local field, +,
and the contest between him and the
present incumbent of the Office Phil
Wolf, will be hotly contested.
Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-07-21
SENATOR SPENT DAY
LAST WEEK in town

United States Senator George S.
Nixon accompanied by F. M. Lee,
were in Lovelock on Saturday Of last
week and remained here during the
day. :
Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-07-21
ADOBE SALOON TO
Be REOPENED SOON

w. H. Hubbard. former Love-
lock resident arrived Sunday from
Vale, Oregon where he has been
for the past three years. In company
with W. M. Nelson he will open up
the Adobe Saloon.
Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-07-21

Mrs. G. B. Sims returned to Love-
lock yesterday from an extended east
ern trip. Mrs. Sims will leave shortly
for Kennedy where she will join her
husband who is engaged in the ranch
ing business in that section.
Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-07-21

Mrs. Claude Campbell, accom-
panied by her son George Campbell,
left "Wednesday for San Francisco
where she will visit for two months.
Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-07-21

The Lovelock Mercantile Com
any have put in two iron doors, in
the driveway to their property ad-
joinining the jewler store
Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-07-21

Lovelock was visited by refreshing
shower on Monday evening. the first since
the 14th of last month. The storm was
general throughout the western and south
ern part Of the state. At Lovelock the
storm was light, but 1t wes sufficient to
settle the and claify tho atmosphere and
WA very beneficial in this respect.
Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-07-21

The trustees of the lower valley
school have elected Miss l.. Schultz
Of Carson for the coming term.
Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-07-21

LOvELOCK SEWER BILL
First National Bank Of Lovelock, payment
on sewer, contract Roberts Concrete Con.
Co. $2000.00
Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-07-21

Mrs. Or. Mcdonald, spent day
this week in Seven Troughs visiting
with her sister Mrs Ed. Davis.
Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-07-21
Will TAKE CHARGE OF
HALF WAY HOUSE

Mr.. and Mrs. P. Felthem will
leave shortly for the Half Way House
which they will take charge of.
Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1910-07-21
LOvelOck Town
Bills Allowed by
Commissioners

The Lovelock town bills passed at the
last meeting af the board of County Com
missioners weoe as fillows:
LOyELOCK TOWN BILLS
The Prescott daily news., 1910-04-29
DrowsIness or Custom House Men E.s piained When Cocoanuts were
 Examined.

Officers. clerks and janltors em- ployed by the Brownsville custom house have for the last few days been suffering from strange attack re- sembling the dreaded sleeping SICK ness, and the symptoms were becom- ing so accentuated that the -matter was getting to be serious, until this morning a sack Of cocoanuts ad- dressed to Chinaman at San Anto uio, Tex, was hauled out into the cor ral of the custom house for more con venient keeping.
 The sack of cocoanuts arrived by ex press rom Tampico by way of Mon trey several days ago and had moi 3een called for.
 The express messenger, baggage master and postal clerk, all of whom occupy the same car, were last asleep then the train pulled into the station. The express messenger was lying with his head upon the sack and was the most difficult of the three to awaken.
 When 1t was found that they were not drunk examination of the contents of tie sack was made and it was found that one of the cocoanuts was merely the shell, the space within con. taining opium. The sack was seized by the authorities on the Texas side of the river and was thrown carelessly into a corner of the office room It will from now on, however, be stored in the yard until 1t is disposed of through the usual methods-Mexicar Herald.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-04-29
The Prescott Daily News
 PUsLEsHED BY The News Printing co.

Entered as s.con1 class mail matter November 4th, 1905, at the postofhce at Prescott, Ark. under the act of Congress-, March 3, 1879.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30


saying family time
troubled
only ST. Louis this
the train The thought the situation
Ill tell you what St Louis
the Y They speak German there
theyc you till uncle back
French but word of English
hopeless happened that
manufacturer had told
be the lookout capable young who could
set to and had secured boarding
family After some three months his uncle wrote for him and
to position held
nothing with his uncls
him substantial settled the matter
he came to Louis.
youth
urged him the night
and prepare himself something
in congenial
friends night
railroad positions within
mechanical drawing
night school, leading the excellent situations for
earning enough to ut himself Tor more remuneave employ
first drawing
the contracting
excellent added to his designing
buildings private enterprise
the night school Porto Rcan
architect
a
man in one Of the big architectural Offices third member of this Class
him school by dint of much
Immediately in
sany required The boy chance to step into paying position
he could fill for the did the designing
would help little while
told the night school
the rudiments his craft
draughing manufacturing
although ne is barely past the voting age
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30

NOT thirty, perhaps, but getting on that.
way-I got into mess like your friend.
and, like him, was at my wits end. and
horrid thoughts began to lift their heads.
One morning, I remember, I'd as good
as brown up the sponge, and the
thought of them all at home was like.
ire in my brain. There seemed no help
and no hope-only one thing to be done
and that, | knew towards shift. I
was in my office-the old one, you know
and l heard the postmans knock The,
boy brought in batch of letters
fastened on one-I don't know why Tt
sounds like melodrama, | know, only it
happens to be true. 1t told me of a
legacy [ had never dreamed of Just
enough to clear me- Well, for some rea-
son or other, as | stood in front of the
ire, with the letter trembling in my
hand, L suddenly turned my head round,
and instead of the Alliance almanac on,
the wall | actually saw, mind you
"a great black empty barge gliding
down an oily river, and taut and drip
ping rope, and knew that for the second
time it had just grazed my head. There
was someone on the BARGE
This time the pause was lone. Tt was.
broken by the first speaker.
i was the nipper I told you about y,
he said.
The other nodded. "Do YOU feel up to.
another round ?" he asked..B. Pan! Men
man in tic Westminster Gazette.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
Maxims and MottOs.

Other things besides events repeat
themselves in history. Even our fads
and fancies find prototypes in far
countries and times. The mania for
illuminated texts and quotations which
runs riot in these days is nothing new
nor distinctive. When the English
mission of 1904 forced it's way to the
forbidden city of Lhasa and laid bare
the mysteries of inner Tibet, they
found that the native taste for illu-
minated mottos had been established
for centuries, Lieut.-Col. l.. Austine
Waddell Tells of the custom in his
book on the expedition.
The Grand Lama's spell, ''Om mani
padme HUM" HAIL! the Jewel is the
Lotus Flower!-is carved everywhere
on the rocks. Inserted stone tablets
and plastered posters bearing pious
sentences and texts in ornamental lib
etan letters are all along the way, to
improve the minds of passing readers.
These are mostly maxims of a moral
kind. Some of these are as follows:
Speech should float forth freely like
a bird in the sky, and be clothed IN
charming dress like goddess"
Speech should be bold as lion.
soft as a gentle hare, impressive as
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30

WHEN WIDOWS PREFER TO WED.
French Statistics Raise Questions
Which Are Hard to Answer.

French Statistics Raise Questions
Which Are Hard to Answer.
The French have been compiling
some statistics as to the ages at which
women most frequently seek husbands.
The figures as published show that
widows of 20 or younger and those of
80 or over are as ready for another
husband as the maiden for her first
one. But between the ages of 20 and
30 the desire for successor to the
departed one appears to be lacking.
Gust what is responsible for this
state of affairs cold facts and figures
fail to show" says the Washington
Herald, commenting on this phenome-
non. ut is not question of mathe-
matics, but Of heart pulsations, and as
yet no machine or instrument has
been invented which can keep account
of Cupid and his wiles. 1t is need
less to go deeply into these figures,
but it is possible that between the
ages of 20 and 80 the widow is so
charming and so attractive that her
suitors are so numerous she is un-
able to decide which one to favor
Then, again, it is possible that she Is
content with her station, whereas pre-
vious to 20 she is SC young as to feel
the necessity for some protector; while
after the age OF 80 she is eager to
wed lest she be left without a life
companion owing to her advancing
vno re- 4"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30

Once more powerful syndicate is
trying to purchase Petite Ile," the
pretty little island and chateau in
Lake Geneva, the New York Herald
says. The object is to start in Swift
erland a gambling resort on the lines
of Monte Carlo.
But the figure is high and the Swiss
authorities are opposed u the scheme.
a wealthy Partisan artists the owner,
and he is so pleased with his beauty
spot that it would requie big mag
net of gold to displace lim Several
similar attempts have ben frustrated
by the Swiss government, which de-
sires to keep Switzerlandfree from the
undesirable and often tagc associa-
tions Of the famous reort of south
ern France.
On this Petite lie" Byron wrote
part Of "The Prisoner O Chiffon" 1t
lies opposite Montreaux, the resort of
thousands of wealthy Americans every
year, and would without doubt soon
rival Monte Carlo If the syndicate got
started in the Swiss caino business.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
THAT OLD oAKEN BUCKET.
War Is Waged ON the Romantic
UtensiI and Its Companions.

AE ~ :" AbCu Oh hhC
UtensiI and Its Companions.
Since the germ theory got us in its
grip the romance Of the old oaken
bucket, the moss-covered bucket" with
its companion, the rustic gourd or old
tin dipper, has waned. AS a pic
turesque decoration of the farm yard
the moss-covered bucket is very good,
but the enlightened grown-up, with a
knowledge Of hygiene, finds his enthu-
siasm for its use, in common with
every passer-by, decidedly disturbed
says the New Idea Woman's Magazine
And so it is with the tin bucket Of
the scnoolroom, with the dipper drop
ped back into it after each drinkers
thirst is quenched. War is being
waged on that bucket and on the COM
mon dipper or drinking cup in all
public places. 1t is a campaign of edu-
cation and the purpose is to prevent
disease and to minimize the slaughter
of the ignorant
The danger that turks in the COM
mon drinking cup Is silent, unseen and
frequently unsupported, and therefore
has long been ignored. But with the
public conscience awakening to the
dangers of infection from tuberculosis
and other diseases and its mind stirred
to the possibilities of prevention the
outcry against the public drinking cup
"a source Of many evils-is newt
able. Within years time-even in
six months-there has been tremend-
Gus feeling created on the subject.
The boards of health of three different
states-kansas, Michigan and Missis-
sippi-have passed ordinances abolish
ing public cups. The New Jersey
board has asked railway companies
whose trains pass through the state to
use individual cups. The New York
state board of health has passed a
resolution condemning public drinking
cups Various cities have forbidden
the use of common drinking utensils
in schools and public places.
The manufacture Of paraffin paper
cups that sell for penny has helped
to solve the problem Of providing
hygienically for the thirst of the pub
lie.
In many department stores and bust
ness places in the large cities and on
the trains of several railway lines
these cups have recently been intro
duced. They come in automatic ven
ders that operate in the same way as
the chewing gum and chocolate ma
chimes.
In few years we will doubtless
look upon the common drinking cup
as a symbol of barbarism and when
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
Fish Eating bnies.

'The Shetland peasants, as soon as
the cold comes on. tun their ponies
out to shift for Themselves" said a
horse dealer. ION thoe high, rocky,
barren islands, amid tn powerful and
cold winds of winter, he ponies live
on heather and seaweed and it is indu-
bitable that in their hunger they even
scour the wild coast 70. dead fish. 1t
is this life of exposurethau gives the
Shetland pony his Shaggy coat What
gives him his kind aid gentle dis
position is the fact tina he is brought
up with the dogs an( children-one
might almost say in thl house"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
ENGINE EMULATES CRAB
New Oil Burner Is Constructed 70 pm
Backward.

New vi burner is constructed to Run,
Backward.
Naturally you look for go-aheadness,
in everything new these progressive DAYS.
but here is a great locomotive works
turning out engines that run backward
The driver of this latest space devourer
however. looks forward, with a clearer
view of the track than any "eagle eye''
on the usual type of engine.
The new engines, oil burners, have
been built for the Southern Pacific. and
run cab first. the smokestack bringing
up the rear says the Pittsb burg Press.
Back of the smokebox is the tender.
The engines are equipped with two sets.
of eight-wheel trucks, with the usual
small wheels in front and behind the.
drivers.
In the backward running engine the.
cab is entered through side doors by iron.
ladders and from the height of his seat
the engineer has an unobstructed view
of the track. The type is the result of
experience gained in operating through
tunnels and snowsheds. Will the old
type the smoke and oil fumes were
forced upon the crew, shutting off the.
view and increasing the danger of coll
lision. This is impossible in the back
ward running engine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30

Complaint is made in the east that
while consumers there have been paying
from fifty to seventy-fve cents a bushel
for potatoes, producers within a few
miles of New York have been receiving
only twenty cents a bushel, and others,
in the west, have been getting only ten
to fifteen cents a bushel, and in some in
stances have been dumping them on re-
fuse piles to rot, because of their inabil-
ity to market them. 1t is charged that
this anomaly is due to faults in the sys-
tenn of distribution, chiefly in the line of
transportation. This may be true, as
potatoes are too bulky to be transported
prOftably over long distances; but there
has been margin enough for some time
between the buying price on the farm
and the retail prices in cities to make
somebody with nerve enough to handle
old potatoes at this time of the year rich
IN a hurry.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30

A fire at Stoughton, Wisconsin, which
caused a loss of twenty-five thousand
dollars is said to have been due to de-
fects in electric wiring. AS electricity
comes into general use, there will be cor
respondingly greater danger of fire in the
smaller centers, and therefore more need
than ever before of fire apparatus with
which to cope with sudden flame. With
gasoline fire engines that can be brought
into play quickly every small center of
population would be in position to pro-
tect itself against destruction, as any
body with a knowledge of the workings
of an automobile could handle an engine
in emergencies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30

Chicago capitalists have Incorporated
a sea-to-sea railroad enterprise Ill Hon
duras, and will proceed to construct the
new road without delay. The line will
not figure in transoceanic freightng or
through line service, but will merely car
~ products of the interior of Honduras
to the coast and also develop agriculture
In the interior. Central America will in
a few years be completely transformed
by enterprise of this kind, and then the
days of -''2x4" revolutions will be over.
Stability will be compelled by business
interests, ana peace will reign on a strip
of land that has been the scene of fight
ing ever since its discovery.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
A SKETCH FROM LIFE

It's eyes are gray.
It's hair is either brown
Or black;
And, strange to say,
Its dresses button down
The back!
II wears a plume
That loves to frisk around
My ear;
1t crowds the room
With cushions in a mound
And queer.
Old rugs ana lamps
In corners a la Turque,
And things.
1t steals my stamps;
And when 1 want to work
1t sings!
1t rides and skates
But then, 1t comes and fills
My walls
With plaques and plates,
AnG keeps me paying bills
And calls.
IT'S firm; for if
l should my many woes
Deplore
'Twould only sniff
And perk It's little nose
Some more.
It's bright, though small,
And rhymes, you may have guessed,
With strife
Yet, after all,
1t gives wondrous zest
Arthur Guiterman in Ladies's Home Jour
nal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30

seesaw that can be used by an adult
and child and can be adjusted to make
their weights equalize each other. An
upright post rises from a firm base
Pivoted to swing on this post are hor-
izontal bars with seats on their outer
ends and handles by which the user
may hold on. The horizontal bars are
made in two parts. slidably mounted
so that one side of the seesaw can be
made different lengths, thus adding to
the weight of the person who sits on
the long end. The whole structure is
strongly built and works easily and
there is no danger Of breaking board
or of children losing their balance on
it as they have rests for their feet
when in the air and handle to grip.
Such device will be found a popular
one for private or public Fairgrounds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
White Lungs and Black.

Edinburgh university is an exhibit that
is a striking object lesson of the value Of
fresh air. A professor has secured the.
lungs of an Eskimo, a Londoner and
coal miner. He has had them preser7 I'll
by chemical process and they are now
side by side in a glass case.
The Eskimo's lungs are pure white,
the LOndoner's lungs are a dirty brown,
and the coal miners lungs are jet black
The Eskimo had kept his lungs clean.
not because he knew more about breath
ing than the Londoner or the coal miner
but because he lived in a land of snow
fields and spent his time in the open air..
-Fur News
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
Hot Bread Finds a Champion

The toothsome hot biscuit finally has;
been INDICATED, having found a friend
and benefactor in James Wilson, secre-.
tary of agriculture, who has co-operated
with science in destroying baseless ira.
dition that has commanded more or less;
respect for ages. In a bulletin on
Bread and Bread Making" the genial
formation on the subject in the state,
ment that "well made bread of any kind
is nutritious food" and refuses to take,
any stock in the popular theory as to the,
Embellishments of hot bread.-St. Paul
Pioneer Press
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
To Be Lady of the Bedchamber

port, one of Britain's most statuesdue>
young matrons, will be appointed a lady
of the bedchamber. Viscountess New
port will eventually become the Countess
of Bradford. Six years ago she welded
the Earl of Bradford's eldest son. She.
is the mother of two interesting daugh-
tiers, Helen Diana, 3 years old, and Ursu-
la Mary, who will be 2 in July.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
Angry Bow Kills Father.

Victor Walton, is years DID, shot and
killed his father because the parent tried
to coerce him into returning home to a
had left home to work in coal mine.
The father went to the boys boarding
house and took his clothes away. When
the youth returned to his home for his;
clothes, father and mother met him on
the doorstep. Angered at his fathers.
ruse, the boy shot him dead on the door.
step and inflicted flesh wounds OF a.
brother who tried to interfere. Young
Walton is lodged in jail.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30
Potential Contact Mines.

Three submarine contact mines, each.
containing a charge of 1873 pounds Of
gun cotton, were discharged by electric.
ity in San Diego bay between Fort Rose
Grams and the Naval coaling station. The
mines were exploded automatically. A
barge was towed over them and struck,
a submerged buoy so contrived as to
complete the electric circuit the instant
the barge touched it. Although the
charge was only about one-sixth of the
one that would be employed in war time,.
the explosions were of sufficient force to.
wreck almost ANYTHING that floats.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30

Although Harte tried to steer tn
claquers they insisted upon applaudiP
and laughing in the wrong places, wRln
may or may not have been intende, ~ az
joke on Twain; but at last thea9tII',
ence, which began to catch onlhh np ne
ate his quantity whimsical ei thiS
overwhelmed the claque and /ad tnlngs
It's own way. nd +bo 1oo
IAN old timer who atteae;Hnu , 1ne Zee ,e;
ture says of the effect of "i dro upTn t liis
first audience: His sbrassion nf i his
anxious and perturbed pa;nfnl - aff l,rs
visage. the apparent lis sentences a and
with which he framg that spread over
a 40 e al the s1qrpddience roared with
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30

to go in a body to the old Mechanics
hall, where Twain was to deliver him.
self, and form big claque that would
insure the success of the affair.
MARK wrote his own handbills, which
set the town agog with anticipation.
One. particularly inviting phrase printed
at the bottom of the announcement was
The Trouble Will Begin at D. M
THE hall was crowded and the claoro
was uproarious when Clemens appeared
upon the platform. The lecture was de-
llvered with manifest effort in a slow,
deliberate drawing manner, and the lee
turer paid no heed whatever to the in
cnnslderate demands OF Faster, fasteri
We can't stay here all nightr and other
urgent calls.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30

serpent, pointed as an arrow, and
evenly balanced like a scepter held
in the middle"
1.-THE Ten Faults-Want of faith,
disrepescl for teachers, unpleasant con-
duct, covetousness, talking too much,
laughing at another's misfortune,
using abusive language, getting angry
with old people, robbing and pilfer-
ing"
''The Roots of Quarrels are three,
namely: Yes (assertion)! what doubt
ing sarcasm) and you (abuse)W