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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-08-24
Serial 06003.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, u. 8.
Land Office at Carson City, Nevada,
July IA, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Eliza
beth Hendra, Of Dun Glen, Nevada,
who, ON May 8, 1911, made homestead
application No. 06O03, for the Sh Of
SWA section 10, township 33 north,
range 36 east, M. D. Meridian, has
fled notice Of intention to make final
FIVE year proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before w. 8.
Bonnifeld, j., U. 8. Commissioner, at
Winnemucca, Nevada, on the Gath day
of August, 1911.
Claiman. names as witnesses: Rich
ard Granville, Of Clear Creek, Hum
boldt county, Nevada; William 8. Bon
nifeld, ST., Harry M. Leonard and
Elizabeth Floyd, all Of Winnemucca,
Nevada.
eslys LOUIS J. COIN,
Register.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-08-24
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Notice is hereby given that until the
i7th day Of September, 2 1911, at 2
o'clock D. m, the Board of Education
Of Humboldt county, Nevada, will re.
ceive bids at the Office Of the Secre.
tary Of said Board, at Winnemucca
said county and state, for the con-
struction, erection and completion of
a high school building, to be situated
in Winnecucca, in accordance with the
plans and specifications on file with
the Secretary Of said Board, to which
reference is hereby made.
A deposit of ten dollars will be re-
quired for each set Of plans and speci-
fcations asked for, said deposit re-
funded upon return Of same.
At the time and place above men
toned said Board will open all bids
and award the contract to lowest re.
sponsible bidder, reserving the right
to reject any and all bids, ~ the in
terest Of said county may require.
In witness whereof, / have hereunto
set my hand this 7th day Of August.
A. d.. 1911.
H. w. DUNCAN
Secretary Of Said Board.
NAH PIX ~ A..
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-08-24
WEATHER REPORT

Following is the report Of the local
office of the weather > bureau for the
twenty-four hours ending at 8 a. m.
today:
Highest temperature yesterday, 8S.
Lowest this morning, so.
Mean yesterday, IS.
Normal yesterday, SO.
Prevailing wind direction, N. E.
RAY l.. FISHER,
Official in Charge.
Weather Forecast-San Francisco,
August "a: Fair tonight and Friday.
WILSON.
Suhscriha for the Silver Stafe
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The Washington times., 1911-04-21

and infectious disease work, but Con-
gress has been mighty slow to appro-
pirate money for this purpose. In the
District, you know, the Health Officer
can't send out an inspector to hunt for
disease and prevent its spread unless
there's specific law giving him the
power to do that very thing. 1t hap
pens the District law doesn't cover such
a disease as infantile paralysis, which,
while perhaps not contagious, is
strongly suspected of being infectious.
So the District Health Officer has to
sit with folded hands while infantile
paralysis attacks first one child and
then another, occasionally fastening
itself onto an adult just by way of
variety.
Congress-which dispenses govern
ment for the 1000 people of the
District without the consent of the gov
erned-is in session. Summer ap-
proaches. Infantile paralysis is likely
to appear in our midst again. Will the
statesmen on Capitol Hill give the
District Health Officer authority to
fight it, or will they allow the disease
to run wild as it did year agof
The Washington times., 1911-04-21
PLAN TO PROBATE WILL
IN TESTATOR'S LIFETIME
To the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor of THE TINES:
1t long since has been a matter of
doubt in the minds of most intelligent
people whether or not 1t is safe to
make a will. The law for the distribu-
ton of a mans estate who dies in
testate is just and equitable-human in
genuity could not make it more so-and
unless a mans domestic relations are
abnormally complicated it Is not diff
ficult, to determine the correct identity
of the heirs and put them in possession
of their respective legal portions of the
property of the deceased. But II a man
does not elect to avail himself of the
wise provisions Of the law, but desires
to dispose of his accumulations by a
written instrument, drawn and exc
cuted with all the necessary formalities,
in majority of the cases he has con-
structed a solid foundation for endless
litigation, family dissensions, etc.
There are certainly as many eminent
lawyers now as formerly, as successful
the expression of a mans desires In un-
ambiguous English Is surely no more
difficult than hitherto, and yet 1t seems
impossible to frame will which can
not be made the occasion of a pertina-
cious and expensive fight In the pro-
hate courts. Nobody could doubt the
ability of Commodore Vanderbilt to
make a will, yet bitter contest was
begun, with prospects of an indefinite
continuance, until II was blocked by a
surrender Of millions to the opposing
heirs. The Stewart will was lombard
ed by an army OF voracious claimants,
The Washington times., 1911-04-21
Policy Toward Mexico
A May Munsey Feature

The May Munsey opens up with one cf
Isaac +. Marcosson's typical stories OF
the financial world. 1t is entitled
Grown Princes Of Capital" and takes
US back Of the scenes in some of the
big houses in Wall Street, sketching the
careers of such men as Henry P. Dayi-
son, Thomas W. Lamont, the new Nor
gan partners; Otto H. Kahn, of the
great firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.. and
Mortimer L. Schiff, son of Jacob Schiff.
and score of other equally prominent
young men in the great game of finance.
Andreas Dippel, manager of the Phil
adelphia-ChicagO Grand Opera Com
pany, describes the future of American
opera, and expresses the belief that
few years will see American opera pro-
duced and sung by American artists.
Elizabeth Hiatt Gregory forecasts the
progress of Aviation in 19lL"
Judson c. Welliver contributes a sti--
ring arraignment of Senator Lortmer,
and descHbes the shameful proceedings
that married the closing days Of the last
In the Famous Aff1nities" series is
told the story of the Carlyles.
John Grant Dater, the financial edi-
tor, discloses sensational condition IN
a stock fiotatiop that has numbered Its
Investors by the thousands in nearly
every State of the Union.
Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart contributes
a paper entitled lis the Puritan Race
Diving Out?" which will interest every
Yankee in the country, and Prof. Fred
eric Austin Ogg discusses Our Policy
Toward Mexico"
There Is the usual array of short sto-
ries by Charles Battell Loomis. Ellis
Parker Butler. Crittenden Marriott. and
other well-known writers. Matthew
White, jr., is responsible for a breezy
department devoted to the stage, hand
somely illustrated.
The Washington times., 1911-04-21
Southern Society in
Campaign for Members

Plans to make of the Southern Society
one of the largest and most influential
of the Capital will be discussed at a
meeting of the society at Confederate
Memorial Hall in Vermont avenue Mon
day night. The membership of the So
ciety is now about 200 and it includes
some of the best known Southerners CT
the District. but It is desired to extend
1t, and means to that end will be con-
sidered Monday night.
The appointment of a vice president
for each of the sixteen Southern States
will be one of the methods used, and It
Is expected that a campaign for mem
bership will be started.
Secretary of War Dickinson. presi-
dent Of the society, will make an ad-
dress at the meeting. He will r<obably
follow the lines of the address he made
in New York, a speech that was re
garded as one of the best ever made
before the Southern Society there. The
vice presidents of the society in Wash,
ington, Speaker Champ Clark and
Holmes Conrad. commander in chief of
Confederate Veterans, may also speak.
The Washington times., 1911-04-21
HE SAW THE WAR DRAMA
OPEN IN BALTIMORE

To the Editor of THE TINES:
On the morning Of the 18th Of April,
1861, 1 strolled up Baltimore street Gin
Baltimore), turned on South street. and
down Pratt street. where I saw several
men and boys tramping UP the railroad
track. OF course, every one knows all
passenger cars were hauled through
Baltimore in those days with horses
from the Baltimore. Wilmington and
Philadelphia Railroad to the Baltimore
and Ohio.
There were one or two companies of
Massachusetts, soldiers that had not
gotten through the night before, and
came on up Preston street and turned
into Pratt at a double-quick pace. Then
stones few thick and fast. One poor
old soldier fell and half a dozen per-
sons Jumped on him. They did not harm
him, however, as far as I could see.
They took his gun and fired at the fee
ing troops, but no one fell while this
was going on. No police were in sight.
The, troops marched on, and l think
they commenced to fire about South
street. N
followed a good DISTANCE in the rear.
as I was not looking for trouble. I
followed on, however until I saw one
or two dead men on the sidewalk.
About this time Marshal Lane, came
The Washington times., 1911-04-21

until want OF ammunition compelled
cessation of hostilities. The will OF
the astute lawyer and statesman, Sam
uei j. T1lden, was dragged along to the
mgnest court OF New York. with the
result OF in part defeating his we'll
known intentions in regard to the dis
position OF his own property.
In this age of the world, when the Gus
toms of antiquity are not so much re-
garded as formerly, 1t would seem that
some remedy might be devised to eradi-
cate the evils arising from a contest of
the last known wishes of a man who in
life was regarded as of profound wis
dom and sagacious business ability.
Great evils require radical treatment,
even to the overturninG of ests blished
customs. This evil, which Is constantly
growing more serious, might be stop
ped by a law permitting the probate of
wills before the death of the testator
The details to be observed before the
list of the names of all persons who
would be entitled to share in the dis
tribution of the estate, and such other
matters necessary to bring the case be-
fore the court. could be easily deter
mined, and all matters touching the
competency of the testator to make a
will could be decided during his life
time, and the validity of the document
fully established. Then he could de-
part this life with the conviction that
MS WISHES To In6 DISPOSITION
of his property would be carried out to
the letter, and that he would not be
obliged to rest under the stigma of an
unsound mind, Or that If fraud had not
been used he would have made a differ
ent disposition of his property.
The provisions of such a, law could be
50 framed as TO avoid publicity by
enacting that the contents of the will
should not be divulged, thus rendering
the testator entirely free from embar-
rassment that might follow the disclos-
ingof the contents of the will.
Any measure that will settle before
death the questions that usually are
raised to defeat the intentions of mar
as to the disposition of his property
after death cannot be received but ia.
vorably. and no doubt the time viii
come shortly when public opinion will
force the enactment of some. measure
to checkmate the disgracefuI schemes
now daily witnessed all over the coun'
try. EVERETT SPRING.
The Washington times., 1911-04-21
THE LATEST SENSATION IN
ALASKA AFFAIRS.

Senator La Toilette does not seem to
realize how much need there is for ex-
PLANTATION, in connection with the Gov
ernment's presentation of an Alaskan
harbor to the coal exploiters of the far
Northwest.
The Senator has started very well /;
but he fails to get to the bottom of
the situation. His resolution asking
information does not ask for those
facts which would really be most
illuminating
Perhaps the Senator, and the public
as well, will be interested to know
some further and especially significant
facts.
The Guggenheim railroad, built to
command access to the Cunningham
and other coal fields which the Guggen-
helms had undertaken to appropriate,
needed terminal. There was just one
available, and it could not be secured
till it should be withdrawn from the
Chugach national forest. Application
was made and pressed for this with
drawal
The Forest Service officials would
not take the step. Then appeal was
made to Secretary Ballinger and Presi-
dent Taft.
The decision was reached to with
draw the land from the reserve, open
it to settlement, and give the rail
road the chance to get its termi-
nal, perfect it's scheme, and cinch its
control of the two richest coal fields
in Alaska.
In ordinary procedure-the pro-
cedure long established Heretofore
in such cases-a proclamation would
have been issued. This would have
been sent to land office officers all
over the country, and thus would have
gained wide publicity.
But in this particular Alaska Incl
dent, no proclamation was issued, no
publicity was achieved. Instead of a
proclamation, an executive order was
issued; a procedure which made it pos
sible to avoid the usual publicity.
Senator La Toilette might do well
to introduce a supplemental resolution,
calling on the Administration to ex-
plain why, in this special case, the
ordinary procedure, which necessarily
involved publicity, was waived, and for
this one occasion an extraordinary pro-
cedure, which made secrecy possible,
was substituted.
The people would like to know. Even
Congress might possibly work up
languid interest.
The Washington times., 1911-04-21
THE DISTRICT HEALTH LAW
NEEDS FIXING.

DR.. Simon Flexner's message on in
fantile paralysis hits the District of
Columbia squarely between the eyes.
1t was delivered yesterday before the
National Academy of Sciences, and
was this:
The control of infantile paralysis to-
day must be by prevention, since no
specific remedy or cure for it is known.
Last summer we had considerable
infantile paralysis in Washington. 1t
amounted almost to an epidemic-and
the District Health Department could
do practically nothing to combat it.
That seems strange, when you con-
slider that our Health Department is
maintained for the specific purpose of
safeguarding the public health, doesn't
it? Well, it isn't strange at all. It's
just Congress way.
For years the District Health Officer
has been trying to have Congress give
him authority to extend his contagious
The Washington times., 1911-04-21
LOCAL PRIDE IN SAFE AND
SANE FOURTH.

Washington invented the safe and
sane Fourth. Let's not forget that.
Instead, let's capitalize it, No objec-
tion to that, is there? We're entitled
to do some boasting, because We led
off in this wholesome reform, and the
rest of the country is tumbling over
itself to follow.
But, as matter of fact, aren't we
allowing our glory of invention to dim
little? Aren't we in danger of per-
mitting other cities to wrest the lead
away from us?
The announcement of the safe and
sane Fourth committee that the elab-
orateness of the days program depends
on the amount of money collected in
dicates the committee harbors some
doubt whether the necessary funds will
be forthcoming. 1t has set its mark
at $1,000, which is $1,000 more than
was raised and expended last year.
Five thousand is, in fact, small
sum for the National Capital, the in
ventor of the safe and sane Fourth, to
spend. Little difficulty should be ex-
perienced in raising twice that amount !;
no difficulty whatever should be ex-
perienced in raising $1,000. The coun-
try looks to Washington to lead in re-
forms of such nationwide interest. It
must not be permitted to look in vain.
When approached for a contribution
to the fund which is to provide a day
of wholesome recreation for the peo-
pie of the District, do not look only at
the local aspects of the case. Remem-
Der that in thousands of cities through
out the land the measure of success of
Washington's Fourth of July celebra-
tion will determine, in very large de-
gree, whether the safe and sane
Fourth shall be established every
where
The person who contributes to the
Washington fund will contribute indi-
rectly to the security of the health and
lives of the people of the whole coun-
try.
The Washington times., 1911-04-21
HUBERTY IN MINOR
ROLE SCORES AGAIN
IN OPERA HEROD|ADE
Proves the Scott of French
Grand Opera Company
AT Belasco.

Although cast In a minor role of Mas
senets opera "Herodiade," which was
presented by the French Grand Opera
company at the Belasco last night. NJ.
1uperty again scored in such a man.
iier as 10 make his work worthy of first
mention in review of this much talked
Oh production During the two weeks
engagement here he has shown himself
TO be the Scott of the company. His
wonderful voice and dramatic ability
give him recognition even in a minSr
role. He sang the part of Phanuei,
IL was the first time that 'Herodiadap
nad been seen in Washington. In tina
locale, and characters the opera is Al,
most Identical with the Strauss opera
Salome,' which the Metropolitan Opera
Company, of New York, had little sue
cess with and which was barred from
several cities. The Salome of Hero
diade loves John the Baptist, but with
a maidenly and natural affection far
different from the mere love of desire
with which the Salome of the Strauss
opera Is consumed. And in "Herodiade''
seen such dance as Is given by Salome
In the Strauss production.
The music is good and affords splen-
dld opportunities for both orchestral and
vocal work. AS Salome, Mile. ScaIar
did creditable work. In physical ap-
pearance and dramatic ability she was
not lacking. In certain parts her voice
was resonant with deep feeling and ex-
preston, but on her upper register 1t
was almost shrill
NJ. Morati, instead of NJ Fontaine,
as was announced, took the part of
John. His singing was good, but only
that. His costume seemed out of all
keeping with his part. His voice,
though. naturally OF excellent quality,
is weakened by his technique.
AS Herodias, victim Of her own de-
sires and a creature Of King Herod,
Mile. Blancard was brilliant. She is a
striking type, and her acting was su-
perb. Unusual in a contralto with
such range, Mile. Blancard's high
notes soar out with ease and freedom
The ballet again was in evidence
The Washington times., 1911-04-21
SPRINGFIELD PUTS ON HER
MAIDEN BLUSH.

One would naturally suppose that
Springfield, Mass, which was answer
ing to the name of Agawam when cities
like Washington were mere lodges in
the wilderness, was old and settled
enough not to be troubled by maiden
bushes. And yet she flushed up, the
other day, until the Connecticut river
ran crimson to the sea. The "Old
Homestead" is starting out on the two
night circuit, and the advance man be-
gan finging posters on the outer walls.
Of course, if there is anything more
moral than "Pilgrim's Progress" or the
collected works of Cotton Mather it
is. the "Old Homestead" Your "Uncle
Josh" is about the most wholesome in
nocent who ever went abroad.
But the advance man is usually
given carte blanche, which is the French
for red ink, in the matter of billing the
town, and he selected garish three
sheet poster representing Uncle Josh"
gazing fixedly at q statue of Venus
which was even more altogether"
than the Venus de Milo, whose loss of
a couple of arms leaves SO much less
nudity to shock the beholder.
1t was a familiar design. The vigi-
liant town council had been up against
it before. Previously, however, the
conscript fathers had been content to
paste a strip of white paper over Venus
and let 'Uncle Josh" stare to his
hearts content. The blank expression
on his face, as we'll as the area where
Venus ought to be, was as fetching as
the advance man himself could have
desired.
But when he began plastering the
dead walls this year, Springfeld's
maiden blush mounted more feverishly
than ever before. She hasn't felt the
same since Sol Griffin began printing
news on the front page of the Repub-
lican, and is easily excited. Policeman
Patsy Glue, a recognized authority on
adhesives, glanced menacingly at one
of the Autographs on Court square
billboard, and dropped his eyes, accom-
panied by his well-known inquiry, "Are
you glued there?" He tipped the wink
to Inspector Guilty that one of Jim
ellis high art specimens had escaped
from the celebrated gallery where
some racy products of the brush and
chisel are exhibited in a dim, religious
light. The advance agent was stopped
before he had even begun to paper the
town, and Springfield resumed her nor
NAL calm and pallor.
The happy Puritans have settled
back into SNUG contentment until a
wiser advance man, armed with few
innocent handbills, shall announce a
forthcoming representation of that
charming household favorite, "The
Easiest Way" Whatever may be the
play, the billboards must be taught
the language of propriety.
The Washington times., 1911-04-21
Special Life Insurance
To Be Given TeetOtalers

DALLAS, Tex, April 21.-Teetotalers'
policies for life insurance will be the
special attraction offered by the Tenn
perance Life Insurance Company, or
ganized here yesterday, with a capital
of 100000.
Premiums on policies Of drinkers will
be so per cent more than on policies of
total abStainers.
The Washington times., 1911-04-21
SUGGESTS "BIOPHONE"
AS DESCRIPTIVE WORD
To the Editor Of THE TINES:

TO the Editor Of THE TIMES:
1 read with much interest in The
Washington Times the article entitled,
Name Now Needed for ehe Message
Sent on Telephone"
Allow me to suggest the two familiar
Greek words: Bios-life, and phone
sound; giving US the word Biophone, as
the one needed; the idea being the
message is living or life-sound, as dis
tinguished from that of the telegraph
or a, message written or otherwise con-
veyed than by word of mouth.
T. H. FITNAM.
The Washington times., 1911-04-21

out with his police and formed q line
across Pratt street. as / suppose he
saw the soldiers could take care of
themselves. He opened ranks and al
lowed the soldiers to pass. AS they did
not halt at this time, I returned home.
/ did not go any farther.
l might add that my sympathies were
with the South, but did not take any
active part at the time. I was twenty
two years Of age.
OLD SUBSCRIBER.