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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-05-14

Mr.. and Mrs. T. ]. Ryan left last ev-
ening for Star canyon, where they own
several mining claims.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-05-14
BENEFITS OF NORTH
AND SOUTH LINE

The following is taken from a pam.
phlet issued by the "Golden Gate
Route in 1907:
BY looking at the map of the north.
western states and noting the railway
systems that move the products of this
great country, one can readily see the
dominant factor prevailing. Focus
your eye ON Caldwell, Idaho. Imagine
yourself in business at that point.
Take into consideration the transpor.
tation situation. II you were mer-
chant or stock grower, your goods
would be received over one system
you would ship over the "one sys-
tem.' If you wanted to assist your in
dependence and patronize some other
railway, you might "freight in'' by
wagon and out to Winnemucca, Neva-
da, 249 miles to the southwest, and
then hand over your product to the
Zone system.' You might want to
travel to the east or to the west. If
You did, you would go via the Zone
system A trip to San Francisco
from Caldwell would take you on the
one hand to Portland, Oregon (476
miles,, thence to San Francisco via the
Zone SYSTEM (772 miles) all the
Ogden 423 miles), thence to San Fran
you ride 1928 miles via the
nearest route The building of a
railroad from Caldwell to Winnie
mucca, Nevada, changes all these
conditions, reduces the distance
to San Francisco 620 miles, connects
with transcontinental road (now
building, the Western Pacific c)-since
this article was written the Western Pa
cifc has been completed-at Winnemuc-
ca, Nevada. Opens all this vast terri
tory to competition. Goods bought in
San Francisco will reach the mer-
chants many days in advance Of pres
ent conditions. Then again, the new
road puts the great mining country of
De Lamar, Silver City, South Noun
tain and other equally rich camps, in
direct touch with all the world. Ore
is now being freighted out by wagon
at a cost of $40 per ton, not taking in
to consideration other expenses incl
dental thereto. Mining experts say
that this mining district will equal If
not excel any other in the United
States. Then the cattle, the sheep, the
wool that comes from Jordan Valley
every year on hoof and by wagon, a
vast country that for years has been
crying aloud for railway facilities. You
ask, why was not some system built in
there long agos We ask, why should
any independent line attempt it here
tofore with the Zone system on one
end and the "one system on the
otheri Why should the Zone svs-
TEN" build when no matter which way
the miner, tn wool grower, the stock
raiser, the merchant hauled his wares
for shipment, the System" gets it
anyway This proposed cutoff has
been discussed by all classes of people
from the layman to the expert railroad
manager, treated upon editorially by
the leading railway journals of the
country, as well as by newspapers all
over the United States, and pronounc-
ed by the very best authority to be
feasible, money maker, and want
long felt by suffering but patient
people.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-05-14
western Pacific oficials in Town

Yesterday K. NJ. Ogilvie, division su-
perintendent, and G. M. Briggs, master
mechanic for the Eastern division,
spent the day in town.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-05-14

Martin Echave, of McDermitt, was
in town yesterday.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-05-14
THE TOCC[RY"
AUTO CONTEST

Standing of active contestants in
q The Toggery" automobile contest at
the close of voting Wednesday:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
er eatin's in these we're canvas sacks.

er eatin's in these yere canvas sacks.
We might kindle a fire"
IT'S hardly possible" said Matt
land. I'VE shall have to eat it cold :"
"Oh, Robert" pleaded his wife.
isn't it possible that she may have
escaped"
Possible, yes, but"
I'VE won't give up hope, maam,"
said Kirkby, until tomorrer wen
We We had a look at the canon"
By this time the others joined the
party. Phillips and Bradshaw showed
the stuff that was in them. They i'm
mediately volunteered to go down the
canon at once, knowing little or moth
ing of its dangers and indifferent to
what they did know, but as Kirkby
had pointed out, the attempt was
clearly impossible. Maitland bitterly
reproached himself for having allow
ed the girl to go alone, and in those
self-reproaches old Kirkby joined.
They were too wet and cold to
sleep. There was no shelter and 1t
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
AT ANNAPOLIS
Does Not Want This Bridge.

Annapolis compel the Stata
Roads Commission to take over con.
troll of the bridge across College creek,
Annapolis. the County Commissions
ers OF Anne Arundel county will, in .
few days institute mandamus proceed.
ings in the local Circuit Court. The
College creek structure. like the long
county bridges over the Severn river.
was included in the route of the Ball
timore-Annapolis boulevard and de-
spite the urgent requests of the coun-
ty authorities, the Roads Board has
persistently declined to assume con.
troll and maintenance of the bridge.
The county wiped its hands of the
bridge few weeks ago, when the
Commissioners dispensed with the
services of the bridgekeeper, claiming
that the bridge is legally under con.
troll Of the State. and that the Roads
Commission should provide for a
keeper.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02

Kirkby, who had not forgotten her,
but who had instantly realized that he
could do nothing for her, shook his
head, lifted his eyes and solemnly
pointed his finger up to the gray
a mans hand! And, yet, who shall
say that the old hunter was not right
and that the man himself, as men OF
old have been, was sent from God?
1T can't be-" began Mrs. Maitland
in great anguish for the girl she had
grown to love.
EFF she seed the storm an realized
what it was, an had sense enough to
climb up the canon wall, answered
the other, "she won't be no worse
off'n we are; eff not"
Mrs. Maitland had only to look
down into the seething cauldron to
understand the possibility of that IF. +"
"Oh," she cried, 'let us pray for her
that she sought the hills"
1--WE been dom It," said the old
man gruffly.
He. had a deep vein Of piety in him,
but. like other rich ores, it had to be
mined for in the depths before 1t was
apparent
BY slow degrees the water subsid-
ed. and after long while the rain
ceased. heavy mist lay on the noun
tains and the night approached with
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02

the youngster, should so back to the
wagon, drive to the nearest settle
ment, leave the women and then re.
turn on horseback with all speed to
meet Maitland and Krkby. who would
meanwhile search the canon
The two men from the east had to
go back with the others, although
they pleaded CALAMITY to be allowed
man to man and then Robert Matt
land, standing in the midst of the
group bowed his head in the sunny
morning, for the sky again was clear.
and poured out a brief prayer that
God would prosper them, that they
would find the child and that they
would all be together again in health
and happiness. And without another
word, he and Kirkby plunged down to
the side Of the canon, the others TAX.
ing up their weary march homeward
with sad hearts and in great dismay.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02

along" said Mrs. Maitland, extending
three others.
Good" said Kirkby. Now Wen
take our packs an"
DO you think there is any danger
to Roberto"
Hell git nothin' worse n a wet
tim" returned the old man confident
ly. eff we'd pitched the tents up on
the hog back, that's all we'd been in
for"
81 have to leave the tents and all
the things" said Mrs. Maitland.
"You can stay with them" answered
Kirkby, dryly, "but If what l think s
goin' to happen comes off. you won't
have no need of nothin' no more
Great God, here she comes"
AS he spoke there was a sudden,
swift downpour Of rain, not in drops,
but in torrent. Catching up his own
pack and motioning the woman to do
likewise with her load, Kirkby caught
her by the hand, and half led, half
dragged her up the steep trail from
the brook to the ridge which bordered
the side of the canon. The canon was
much wider here than further up and
there was much more room and much
more space for the water to spread.
Yet, they had to hurry for their lives
as it was. They had gone up scarcely
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
CHAPTER VIII.
A TeIearam and a Caller.

"You say" asked Maitland as they
surveyed the canon, that she went
down the stream?"
she said she was goin' down.
showed her how to cut across the
mountains an avoid the big bend I've
got no reason to suspicion that she
didn't go were she said
Nevertheless, said Maitland, at
is barely possible that she may have
changed her mind and gone up the
| canon"
yep. the feemale mind does often
change unexpected like" returned the
other. but w'ether she went up or
down. the only place for us to look,
take 1t. is down, for if she's alive, II
she got out Of the canon and Is above
us. nacherly she'd follow it down yere
an we'd a seed her by this time II
she didn't git out of the canon, why,
to remain with the two who were to
take up the hunt for Enid. Maitland
might have kept them with him, but
that meant retaining a larger portion
of the scanty supplies that had been
saved and he was compelled against
his will to refuse their requests. Leav.
ing barely enough to subsist Maitland
and Kirkby for three or four days or
until the return of the relief party,
the groups separated at daybreak.
ooh, Robert" pleaded his wife, as
he kissed her good bye, take care OF
yourself hut find Enid"
Yes" answered her husband, 81
shall. never fear, but | must find the
dear girl or discover what has become
of her"
There was not time for further
leave taking. A few handclasps from
all that's left of her is bound to be
down stream"
Maitland nodded. He understood.
WED better go down. them" con
tinued Kirkby, whose reasoning was
flawless except that he made no al
lowance for the human-divine interpo-
stion that had been Enid Maitland's
salvation, IAN if we don't find no
trace of her down stream, we kin
come back here an go up"
1t was a hard, desperate journey
the two men took. One Of them fol.
lowed the stream at it's level. the
other tramped along in the mountains
high above the high water mark OF
the day before. If they had needed
any evidence of the power of that
cloudburst and storm, they found it in
the canon. In some places where 1t
was narrow and rocky the pass had
been fairly secured; at other places
the whole aspect of it was changed,
the place was weller of uprooted
trees. logs jammed together in fan
tastic shapes; it was as if some wan
ton bosom of destruction had swept
the narrow rift.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
Absent-Minded Man Has Some Diff
Guilty at the Book Store and
the Grocers'.

AS the little man walked absent
mindedly along the sidewalk he sud
denly stopped in front OF a bookstore.
It recalled to him the meaning of that
piece of string on his finger, and with
a frightened face he entered.
Gust minute" he said to the
clerk my wife wanted me to get
a book for her-a certain novel she's
heard a good deal about. must find
the memorandum she gave me. She
wrote the name on a slip of paper,
and put it in my pocket"
After considerable fumbling he pro-
duced small bit OF paper, and laying
1t on the counter, took out his spec
tacles and adjusted them on his nose
Here's the name-Cobbs Coma
tine. Yes. that's it."
Tin afraid don't know the
book, SIR" said the clerk apologetical'
ly, but I'll look through the list OF
new ones" And he ran his eye over
the list on the wall mo, I'm sorry
to say | can't find It here. You are
sure of the name?"
Yes, it's right here on this piece
of paper"
well, I'm afraid we haven't got
it then"
"But-but l don't dare to go home
to my wife without it. 1 promised to
get it for her"
The clerk called to another in the
back of the store, who came forward
To the other he said: Say. Bill, do
you know of book called Cornatine
by a fellow named Cobb?"
Whats that?" he asked in sur
prise.
The old gentleman broke in:
"Cobb's Cornatine. Here, see for
yourself"
I'm afraid you've made a mistake,
said the nav arrival with q twinkle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02

was not until early in the morning
they succeeded in kindling a fire.
Meanwhile the men talked the situa-
ton over very carefully. They were
two days journey from the wagons.
1t was necessary that the women and
children should be taken back at once.
Kirkby hadn't been able to save much
more than enough to eat to get them
back to a ranch or settlement, and on
very short rations at best. 1t was
finally decided that George and Pete
and Mrs. Maitland, the two girls and
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
parent uine of All GRAPES.

Hugo Lilienthal, who believes that
he has discovered the parent vine OF
all grapes in the world-the vine
which produced the enormous clusters
of grapes found by the spies Of Moses
on their first entrance into the Holy
Lands superintendent Of parks in
Berkeley, California The specimen
was found by him in Palestine in 1884.
Claim is made that the improved
plants now produce punches of grapes
30 inches long. Lilienthal has not
grown the plant in Berkeley, but de-
clares that when it Is distributed 1t
will be one of the wonders of the
world and will treble the grape-grow-
ing capacity of the country,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02

a hundred feet when the disgorge-
ment of the heavens took place. The
water fell with such force, directness
and cOntinuousness that it almost
beat them down. 1t ran over the trail
down the side of the mountain in
sheets like water falls. 1t required all
the old mans skill and address to
keep himself and companion from los
ing their footing and falling down into
the seething tumult below.
The tents went down in an instant.
Where there had been a pleasant bit
of meadow land was now a muddy,
tossing lake of black water. Some of
the horses and most of the burros
which Pete had been unable to do any
thing with were engulfed in a mo-
ment. The two on the mountain side
could see them swimming for dear life
as they swept down the canon. Pete
himself with a few of the animals,
was already scrambling up to safety.
Speech was impossible between the
noise of the falling rain and the in
cessant peals of thunder, but by per-
sistent gesture, old Kirkby urged the
terrified, trembling woman up the
trail until they finally reached the
top of the hog back, where under the
poor shelter of the stunted pines they
joined Pete with such of the horses as
he had been able to drive up Kirkby,
taking a thought for the morrow, not
ed that there were four of them,
enough to pull the wagon II they
could get back to it.
After the first awful deluge of the
cloudburst it moderated slightly. but
the hard rain came down steadily, the
wind rose as well, and in spite of
their oilskins they were soon wet and
cold. 1t was impossible to make
fire, there was no place for them to
go, nothing to be done. They could
only remain where they were and
wait. After a half hour of exposure
skies. He had said nothing to Mrs.
Maitland before. What was the use
of troubling her
God only kin help her" he cried.
She's beyond the help Of man."
All, indeed, old trapper, whence
came the confident assurance of that
dogmatic statement? For as it chanc-
ed. at that very moment the woman
for whose peril your heart was wrung
was being lifted out of the torrent by
to the merciless fury of the storm, a
thought came suddenly to Mrs. Matt
land. She leaned over and caught the
frontiersman by his wet sleeve. See
ing that she wished to speak to him,
he bent his head toward her lips.
Enid" she cried, pointing down the
canon. She had not thought before of
the position of the girl.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02

up by the roots had lodged against
them. 1t was a scene of desolate and
miserable confusion and disaster.
"Oh, Robert, don't you think she
may be safe?" asked Mrs. Maitland.
There's just chance, l think, that
she may have suspicioned the storm
an got out of the canon" suggested
the old irontiersman.
"A slim chance" answered Matt
land gloomily. God, | wouldn't have
had this happen for anything on
earth"
Nor me. I'd a heap ruther it had
got me than her." said Kirkby sim
ply.
81 didn't see it coming" continued
Maitland, nodding as if Kirkby's
statement were to be accepted as
matter of course, as indeed it was.
I'VE were on the other slope of the
mountain until 1t was almost over
head.
"Nuther did 1. To tell the trutL !.
was lynn down nappin' wen Pete,
yere, who'd been down the canon
rounding up some OF the critters,
came Dustin in on u.s."
81 amt saved but four hosses," said
Pete mournfully, "and there's only one
burro on the hog back"
I'VE came back as fast as we
could" said Maitland. 81 pushed on
ahead, George, Bradshaw and Phillips
are bringing Bob and the girls. We
must search the canon"
TT can't be done tonight, old man."
said Kirkby.
Il tell you we can't wait, Jack!"
We've got to, I'm as willin' to lay
down my life for that young gal as
anybody on earth, but in this yere
mist an as black a night as it's goin
to be, we couldn't go ten rod without
KILN ourselves an we couldn't see
nothin' noways"
But she may be in the canon"
"If she's in the canon twon't make
no difference to her w'ether we finds
her tomorrer or next day or next
year, Bob"
Maitland groaned in anguish.
81 can't stay here inactive" he per
sisted stubbornly.
IT'S hard thing, but we got to
wait till mornin'. Eff she got out OF
the canon and climbed up on the hog
back she'll be all right, she'll soon
find out she can't make no progress in
tbs mist and darkness. No, old
friend, we're up agin it hard. We jest
got to stay the night were we are an
as long as we got to wait we might
as well make ourselves as comfortable
as possible. For the wimmen an
children, anyway. fetched up some
ham and some canned goods and 9th.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
CHAPTER VII.
A Wild Dash for the Hills.

Old Kirkby, who had been laZily
mending a saddle the greater part of
the morning, had eaten his dinner,
smoked his pipe and was now stretch
ed out on the grass in the warm sun
taking a nap. Mrs. Maitland was
browsing over a book in the shadow
Of one of the big pines. when Pete,
the horse wrangler, who had been
Abandoning rather far down the canon
rounding up the ever straying stock,
suddenly came bursting into the camp.
Great God Almighty" he cried,
actually kicking the PROSTATE from
tieraman as he almost stumbled over
him. Wake up, old man, an"
what the" began Kirkby fierce
iy, thus rudely aroused from slumber
and resentful of the daring and most
unustMl affront to his dignity and sta
ton since all men, and especially the
youngcr ones, held him in great hon
or
Look here" yelled Peter in grow
ing excitement and entirely oblivious
to his lese-majestie, pointing at a
black cloud rolling over the top of the
range. It'll be a cloudburst sure.
Well have to git out O. here an in
hurry too. Oh, Mrs. Maitland"
By this time Kirkby was on his
feet, the storm haG stolen upon him
sleeping and unaware. The configura-
ZION of the canon had completely hid
Its approach. At best the three in
the camp could not have discovered 1t
until 1t was high in the heavens Now
the clouds were already approaching
the monday sun. Kirkby was alive to
tne situation at once. He had the rare
ABILITY Of men of action of awakening
with all his faculties at instant COM
mand. He did not have to rub his
eyes and wonder where he was, and
speculate as to what was to BE- done.
Inc moment that his eyes, following
retes outstretched arm, discovered
me black mass of clouds he ran to-
ward Mrs. Maitland and standing on
no ceremony he shoe: her vigorously
Dy the shoulder.
Wen have to run for our lives,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
Girl Drowned; Three Saved.

Annapolis Miss Mamie Woytych.
23 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis J. Woytych. of Woytych Station.
on the Washington, Baltimore and An
napolis electric line, was drowned
while bathing in the Severn river and
Rev. Father Klauder, rector Of st.
Mary's Catholic Church, Annapolis.
and two other persons narrowly escap-
ed a similar fate in their heroic et.
forts to effect a rescue. Louis Woy-
tych, brother of the young woman, and
Miss Bessie Brady, who lives near An
napolis and is nurse at Annapolis
Emergency Hospital, together with
Father Klauder, were rescued by
young men from Annapolis, who ar
rived in a launch in the nick of times
having heard frantic cries for help.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02

ma'am," he said briefly "Pete, drive
the stoc': up on the hills, fur as you
kin. the bosses pertikler, they'll be
more to us an them burros must take
keer Of themselves"
Pete needed no urging. He was off
like a shot in the direction of the i'm
provised corral He loosed the horses
| from their pickets and started them
up the steep trail that led down from
the hogback to the camp by the wa
ter's edge. He also tried to start the
burros he had just rounded up in the
same direction. Some o. them would
go and some of them would not. He
had his hands full in al instant.
Meanwhile Kirkby did not linger by
the side of Mrs. Maitland. With in
credible agility for so old a man he
ran over to the tent where the stores
were kept and began picking out such
articles of provision as he could
easiest carry.
Come over here, Mrs. Maitlandf'
he cried. Wen have to carry up on
the hill somethin' to keep us from
starvin' till we get back to town. We
hadn't orter camped in this yere
pocket noways, but who'd ever expect
ed anything like this now?"
What do you fear?" asked the
woman, joining him as she spoke and
waiting for his directions.
Looks to me like a cloudburst,"
was the answer Greeks pretty full
now, an if she does break everything
below yere II go to hell on run"
1t was evidence of his perturbation
and anxiety that he used such Ian
guage, which, however, in the emer
gency did not seem unwarranted even
to the refined ear of Mrs. Maitland.
rs it possible?" she exclaimed.
"'Taint only possible, it's sartin.
Now, ma am" he hastily bundled up
lot of miscellaneous provisions in
small piece of canvass, tied it up and
handed it to her. "That'll be for you"
Immediately after he made up much
larger bundle in another tent fly,
adding, AN this is mine"
"Oh, let us hurry" cried Mrs. Matt
land, as peal of thunder, low. NUT
tered, menacing, burst forth from the
flying clouds. now obscuring the sun,
and rolled over the camp.
We've got time enough yit," an
swered Kirkby, coollv calculating
their chances. BEST git yer slicker
on, you'll need it in few minutes"
Mrs. Maitland ran to her own tent
and soon came out with sou wester
and yellow oilskins completely cover
ing her. Kirkby meantime had don
ned his own old battered, soiled rain
clothes and had grabbed UP Pete's.
81 brought the children's coats
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-02
Jewels Of Indian Princes.

Some Of the Indian princes possess
Jewels which would put those OF Abb
dull Hamid in the shade At the 1903
durbar the blaze of gems surprised
even the Indians themselves. The
Maharajah OF Darbhanga was wearing
diamond necklace which had cost
100000, and was considered a bar
gain at that Besides a necklace OF
10 rows of perfectly matched pearls
as large as filberts, the Maharajah OF
Gwalior disported a sash depending
from his left shoulder to his right
knee. the material of which was com.
pletely hidden by similar stones. An
other rajah carried a sword-hilt cut
from single emerald, and in the tur'
ban OF the Nizam Of Hyderabad was
the Nizam diamond, which weighs 271
carats, or more than twice as much as
the Koh-i-Noor.