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The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-22

and as she watched him swing away
laughed lightly and strangely. Later,
still standing outside her door, she
sighed, and an odd light glowed deep
in her eyes of grayish-green. Signing
again, and with another low laugh
that rang thought derisive, as
though she were flouting the man
whose service she accepted SO gladly.
she turned and vanished within her
stateroom.
AS she did 30, the opposite door
that Of an inside stateroom on the
same gangway-was opened cautious.
ly. A turbaned head peered out, its
eyes glancing swiftly up and down the
corridor. Long since, however. the
excited passengers had been reassur.
ed and had returned to their berths;
the coast was clear.
The lascar stepped noiselessly out.
shut the door without sound. and
sped swiftly forward: a long, brown
man with an impressive cast of coun.
tenance in which his eyes shone with
a curious light.
AS he swung into the space at the
foot of the saloon companionway, he
collided violently with an understood
and excessively red-headed Irishman,
nearly upsetting the latter, to say
nothing of a glass of brandy-and-soda
which he was conveying to a certain
stateroom.
"Phwat the divvle, We domned nay
CUR! Pwhy dye not look where ye're
going?" demanded Danny with some
heat.
The East Indian backed away, bow
ed profoundly, mumbling something in.
articulate, and sprang up the steps.
Danny looked after him, for a moment
hesitant, then put down the tray and
pursued. He caught the flicker of the
iascar's cummerbund as the latter es-
capped to the deck, and himself arrived
at the forward end of the promenade
fust in time to see a white shape dis.
appear into the steerage companion.
way.
I'D take me oath" said Danny re.
dectively, "thot he's the naygur thot
came aboard at Suez. 'Tis meself
thot wishes I'd had betther peep Is
the ugly mug av him. I'm thinking
I'd betther be after tellin' himself"
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-22

--rS.. 1AIe iIcch Win symptoms or ex.
IRENE joy. A lull succeeding his first
transports, he wiped his eyes, beamed
upon his guest and suggested insinuat-
ingly: Drink"
"Brevity's ever the soul of your
wit, captain" said O'Rourke. 81 will"
And he meekly followed Quick's bare
heels forward to the officers quarters
beneath the bridge.
Having set him in a chair, Quick,
still a-gurgle, wandered of. unearth-
ed bottle, beamed upon his visitor,
asked dozen questions in as many
breaths and. without waiting for an
answer, waddled of again to return
with a brace of dripping saltwater
bottles. "Schweppe's." he said, pat
ting their rotund forms tenderly;
land the last in our lockers-all in
your honor, colonel"
"So?" commented O'Rourke. Hard
up, Is 1t? It's not the O'Rourke who
would be wishing we Ill. captain, dear.
but, faith. meself's not sorry to hear
that word this day. I'm thinking me
luck is sound. after ALL"
Quick had again vanished. Present
~ " INouI nc utdIu LIB LulSnty NolCc
booming down an engine-room ventila-
tor. 'Dravos! Dravos, you loafer!
Come up and see a strange sight"
He came back, still vibrant with an
elephantine sort of joy. "O'Rourke,"
he painted. hopping a damp brow with
the sleeve of his jacket, you're a
good sight for sore eyes. Never did
we meet up with you yet but there
came a run of luck"
Tits good hearing" said O'Rourke.
smiling.
A slight little man slipped bald
head, relieved by ragged patches Of
gray hair about the temples. apollo
getically into the cabin door.
The top of the day to we, Dravos!"
said O'Rourke loudly. for little Dravos
was partially deaf. And how are the
engines?"
The engineer carefully hitched up
his trousers and regarded the wander
err with temperate geniality.
Good afternoon, Colonel ORourke."
he replied, clipping his words mincing-
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-03-22
CHAPTER XXI.

BY nine O'Clock the Rance lay with
steam up, ready to weigh anchor.
It is no praise to Dravos to state
that his engines were In admirable
condition. Such was their invariable
state. For an assistant he impressed
into service none other than Danny
Malone. to Danny's intense dismay.
O'Rourke took upon himself the du-
ties of first officer under Captain
Quick. The Irishman cared little for
the sea, knew less Of first officers
duties; but 1t was patent that Quick
could not stand every watch, and
O'Rourke was not to be daunted by
experience.
In the knowledge that they were
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ly. Very nicely. | thank you"
He shook hands. sat down on the edge
of a berth with the manner OF one
who fears he intrudes. and glanced
searchingly at Quick. IF you're go
ing to serve the drinks. cap'n." he
snapped acidly, hump Yourself"
He accepted his glass with a dis
passionate air and drank hastily after
a short nod to the guest, as one who
sacrifices his personal inclinations to
the laws of hospitality. But from his
after-glow of benevolence. O'Rourke
concluded that the drink had not been
unwelcome.
What brings you here?" demanded
Quick In q subdued roar.
I've Job for ye. II 80 be II ye're
not otherwise engaged-and IL ye can
do It,"
Quick slapped huge thigh delight
eddy. Il knew it-could have sworn
q it,"
Can do anything" asserted Dravos
with asperity.
"'Tis merely a question of speed"
explained the Irishman. "Can ye make
Bombay In four days-be the fif.
teenth"
"Dravos," roared Quick. how much
speed can you get out Of those
damned engines?"
Twenty knots" snapped Dravos.
when can you sail?"
Tonight" said Dravos.
"If," stipulated Quick. II can pick
up q crew In Alden"
"'Tis settled then"
We'll need a bit Of money In ad-
vance"
I'VE shall have 1t, within reason"
Dravos rose and sided towards the
door, a faraway look in his pale eyes.
you strike the bargain, Quick" he
said; "Ill have a look around the
engine-room."
"Right-O, Bobby. Yourself
alone, s'pose. O'Rourke?"
And three others. Danny"
Eyes, yes"
"And two ladies'; an Englishwom'
an and her maid"
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CHAPTER XIII.

The day came out OF the East with
q windy swagger; as Quick had fore
told. a series OF thunderstorms swept
the sea before dawn. SO that 1t. like
The sky. seemed newly washed, clean
and brilliant.
ORourke relieved Quick at foui
bells of the morning watch and kept
the deck for the remainder of the day.
his meals being brought to him on
the bridge. His duties were simple
enough. requiring :i:ue more than
display of the habit of authority
which sat so well on his broad snour
1ers. 1t was no great trick to keep
the crew in order: they went about
their work peaceably enough and
showed no signs of desiring to renew
their disputations. Otherwise he had
to keep an eye upon the helmsman
and see that he held the Rance to the
course prescribed by Quick: and that
was nothing difiicult TO a man of av-
erage intelligence. Naught but deep
water lay between them and Bombay.
so long as n direct course was shaped
and maintained.
AS the sunlit watches wore out and
nothing untoward took place.
O'Rourke's grim apprehensions dissL
pated into shadows. He began to be-
lieve with Quick that the affair OF tho
winged knife was merely a hapchance
accident, quite unprecedented.
Below decks. Dravos and Danny
were standing watch.and-watch. with
clockwork regularity. where the for
marie haloyod appipau MARA fuefifyipU
his confidence and pride in them and
clicking of their twenty knots with
out a hitch.
Now Danny happened to have OF"
the first afternoon watch. O'Rourke
from the bridge saw him come up the
engine-room companion ladder, dive
into the messroom for his dinner, and
later emerge. picking his teeth and
grinning self.complacency until his
master could have kicked him, had
such a course been polite before the
crew. or even consistent with the dig
nifty OF his Office
"A word to say to We, sor, II I may
make SO bold"
O'Rourke glanced at the helmsman,
and having long since made up his
sH'ht 'h"t 'ht mum wan NohhPttShep
left him in possession of the bridge
for n space. and Joined Danny below.
What is ite"
Danny lowered his voice to n hoarse
whisper "kape yer eye on thot black
divvie up there. sor. for the love OF
Hiven. and don't look surprised at
anything"
O'Rourke moved few PAGES aft.
along the rail. to n point whence he
could see the head and shoulders of
the helmsman. "Well?"
"'Tis nawthin' l cud swear to, sor.
but tbs meself thot's mortal leary av
these naygurs-rapspicts to ye-and--
and"
Come, come! Out with II, Danny"
: Sure, sor, It's the serang. Have
ye CHANGED to notice him, SORT"
O'Rourke glanced down to the fore
deck. where the parsonage in question
was standing at ease. What of him ?"
he inquired. running his eye over tho
fellows superb proportions.
"Tis nawthin' I'd take me oath to.
sor. but I'm thinkin' he's tho man who
boarded the Paninab at Suez. sor,
40 be oontinued.)
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-12-31
HEAVY INCREASE
in AUTO EXPORTS

There seems to be no pause or
abatement in the prodigious output
OF our automobile factories. The bust
ness of making them has operated to
swell one city Detroit, from one of the
minor to one of the major cities of
the continent. It has served as a
boon to manv localities and it is fill
ing the land with automobiles. It is
reducing the imported automobile to
al ineonsiderahle factor, while the
American machine has gained so much
favor abroad that it has come into
great demand and our automobile ex-
ports have reached a large volume and
are steadily growing.
Up to the end of October for the
present calendar year the exports of
automobiles from the United States
were in value $19,s36,111. month
earlier they stood at $1s,252, ,296. For
the fiscal year ending June, 1910, we
exported automobiles to the value of
$9,54S,700; FOR the year following it
was $12,965,0t9 and for the year end
ing June 80, 1912, the exports of en-
tire automobiles were $21 ,650,13 and
if the parts of automobiles exported.
except tires, ale added, the total is
$25, ,657 ,294. The imported automo-
biles for the last fiscal year numbered
only 963, and their value is $2,134, ISL
In other words, our automobiles, while
holding the home market, is capturing
the foreign as well. The sales are
particularly large in the English
speaking countries, Canada, the Unit
ed Kingdom and British Oceanica.
The United States now leads the
world as an automobile exporting ma
tion, but the number and value of ma
chimes exported in the twelve months
ending June 80 last is less than one
sixth the number registered at home
in Just one-half that time, that is for
the first six months of the present
calendar year On June 30 there were
$50, ,s5S registered automobiles in the
United States, divided unequallv
among the states, New York leading
with 92,407, ana the great state of
California following with 1868. Ohio
comes next With $4,000 and Pennsyl-
vania fourth with 52,267 and Illinois,
Indiana, New Jersey and Massachu-
setts following in order.
Maine leads the whole country in per
centage of Increase since January l,
its farmers, 1t is said, having turned
the proceeds of their large potato crop
of last year into automobiles In
farming sections everywhere the auto
mobile is coming into wide use. There
is no limit in sight to the development
of this great industry and invaluable
utility. The people not only enjoy it,
but they find it pays, and the supply
is under compulsion to advance at
enormous strides in order to meet the
unceasing AMI steadily increasing de
mand.-Phila1elph Press
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-12-31
WESTERN UNION MAKES
REDUCTION In CABLE RATES

The Weston Union Telegraph com
row, material reduction in Allan tic
cable rates viii be made, covering
their new service an cable Letters,
weekend letters and deferred cable
messages. fhe present deferred half
rate service will be reduced three
cents per word on messages between
the United States and Canada ON the
one hand, the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland on the 9th
er. The charge for cable transmits
sion on cable letters win be reduced
from $50 for twenty (20) words to
IS cents for twelve (12) words; 5
cents per word to be added for excess
over twelve (l21; delivery to be made
the following day instead of on the
morning of the second day following
fling. Separate day messages, day
letter or night letter rates will no
longer be charged for the telegraphic
handing of cable letter beyond the
cable station in this country and
Canada, but instead through cable
letter rates will be established, max
ing the rate from California and Ne
vada S1.75 for twelve (l2) words and
five cents for each additional word. On
week -end letters the charge for cable
transmission will be reduced from
$40 for 30 words to $l.15 for "a
words and FIVE cents for each addi-
tional word. If filed before midnight
Saturday they viii be delivered the
following Monday morning, or "a
hours earlier than at present. The
through rate on weekend cable letters
from California and Nevada will be
$2.l5 for "a words and five cents for
each additional word. Gable and
week end letters will be accepted for
Holland and Belgium as a present,
but at the new rates, plus two cents
per word for transmission beyond Lon
don. This progressive move in sim
plving the new services was put into
effect some time ago and further re-
auetion in rates and more liberal con
litions will no doubt be appreciated
by the general public, as it provides ?
cheaper and quicker form of communi.
cation to Europe and is direct ana
20 closer trade and social relations he
tween the two countries.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-12-31
TRANSATLANTIC AIR
LINE IS THE LATEST

An 'aero company in Savannah
ambitiously promises to make the trip
by aeroplane to Liverpool in thirty
SIX hours. Even year ago this
might have been dismissed as scatter
ed-brained folly. But the project--if
not the airship-is launched almost
simultaneously with the confident dec
laration of Claude Grahame- White,
the leading British aviator, that a
year. hence he will be able to make
the ocean transit in hydro.aeroplane
constructed by his company.
When Professor Langley was ex-
perimenting from his floats on the
Potomac he was mercilessly pillored
by 'comic = paragraphers and cabi-
net-eritics the world over The ridi-
cule broke his heart. Since his day he
is revered as one of the pioneers of avi-
alton in this country; the Wrights
and others who succeeded him have 81
fenced the scoffers. No matter how
ambitious the prophecy, the public is
inclined to suspend Judgment. 1t has
seer how the handiwork of the Steph-
ensons, the Fultons, the Ericssons has
confuted the scoffers. 1t is rather
tired of the old game of poking fun at
inventions ami batting the inventor,
however radical the departure from
the former way of doing things. There
is no mortmain of the procedure OF
our grandfathers to prove an incubus
upon originality. The public will be
vastly interested, but not greatly as
tonished, if the feasibility of trans
Atlantic flight is demonstrated with
ing two or three years-or twenty
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-12-31
STATE MEDICOS
IN SPECIAL SESSION

proposals by the State Medical as.
soclatlon that the next legislature take
steps to provide Nevada with more
uP-to-date laws touching this profes.
sion, so that Nevada may take its
pace among the more advanced states
OF the Union were discussed at lenotb
by the physicians at special mee+,
ing OF the state body held in this citv
last week in the Commercial cInh
rooms. Among other things the bodv
desires is some legislation to reonira
clear bill Of health by persons de-
siring to wed, registration of certain
diseases, etc.
Dr. Ascher, of Sparks, state senat.
or and member of the association
asked the profession to inform him
as to any legislation it desired that
ne might be IN position to bring the
SUBJECTS up at the coming session.
Another action taken. at the special
meeting was the adoption of resolu-
ton placing the association on record
as opposing any and all legislation TO.
ward the restoration of a state cor.
tifieate to DR.. F. II Wichman. allow
ing him to practice medicine and snr.
gerry IN this state. Wichman is the
local physician recently paroled from
the state prison where he was sent to
serve term for manslaughter. The
resolution WAS drawn up at meeting
of the State Medical association held
on December 49, and at the special
meeting last week the adoption was
made by a vote of so per cent of
the state membership. Many of the
votes were in letters, the members be-
ing unable 10 be present in person.
There were a number of letters favor
ing the resolution received from per
sons not members of the association.
but who are praeticing medicine in
the state
The next regular meeting of the as
sociation is to be held in Reno next
October. At that time new Officers
will be elected. The present officers
are NJ. Il. Walker, president; J. A.
Lewis, first president; p. J. Man
gan, Winnemucca, second viee-presi-
dent; NJ. A. Robson, secretary and
reasurer.-Gazette
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-12-31
LOOKS LIKE DOCTOR HAD
SHADE THE BEST OF EDITOR

The following is again going the
rounds:
If an editor makes a mistake he has
to apologize, but if the doctor makes
a mistake he bnries it.
If the editor makes one there is a
lawsuit, swearing and the smell of sui
phur, but if the doctor makes one
there is funeral, cut flowers and a
smell of varnish.
A doctor can use word yard
long without knowing what 1T means,
but if the editor uses it he has to
spell it.
IF the doctor goes to see another
mans wife he charges for the visit,
but if the editor goes to see another
man s wife lie gets charge of buck
shot.
When a doctor gets drunk it's a
case of ''overcome by heat, - and II
he dies it is heart trouble.
If an editor gets drunk it's case
Of too much tooze, and if he dies 1T
a case of delirium tremens.
ANY college can make doctor.
You can't make an editor, he has 10
be born.-Exchange.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-12-31
mine With Lad.
DfRS AT new CAMP

They are mining silver and gold
with ladders said ]. E. Kendall, for
mer assemblyman from Humboldt
county, VINO was in Reno yesterday af-
ter a visit to Rochester canyon sTbe
camp looks like a winner to me and
| have yet to hear anyone saw q dis
eouraging word of the strike and I do
rot think that any Of the axnerts
would care to take the chance of turn
ing it down. ;,
The ledge, says Mr.. Kendall ex-
tends Tor distance of 1900 feet over
the mountain at an elevation of from
6,400 to $500 feet. It averages TX
rect WIDE and rock picked up along
'hg ontcrops assays in good values.
1T is nine miles down grade to
oreana on the main line of the rail-
ROAD ana on one side the slope leads to
amerlcan canyon, while on the other
- goes TO Rochester canyon. A town
slte is iaid out at the original strike
ana another about mile and a half
pelow near Lincoln HILL Each town
promises to prosper as the adjacent
INNING claims are showing up well.
It was in discussing the remarkable
iact that the strike had been over
looked that Mr.. Kendall told about
mining with ladders. The ledge. he
sald, Juts out, the most prominent fea-
ture OF the landscape and no one ap-
parently guessed that it might be ore.
because it was so plainly in sight. II
rises from the rest Of the slope in
rugged cliffs so that in one place min
ers have placed ladders against the
wall and are knocking ore down with
picks and hammers in addition to
blasting it out. The ore is in silver
sulphides, chlorides and bromides and
Is naturally much weathered so that
miner looking for quartzite might re-
Ject it after cursory inspection.
Mr.. Kendall says that in the cliff.
or reef, alone, he estimates as con.
servative guess that there is $25O.O00
IN sight practically on top of the
ground. That the ore runs down is
shown from the fact that the Bovian
brothers lease is tunneIing at the
base of 250-foot cliff at the west end
and getting shipping ore, which they
are sending out. Kendall bases his
estimate on IN average of $l2 values
which he says is obviously low.
As to travel Mr.. Kendall saws
stage lines running seven or eight
autos are operating continuously and
there are easily 100 tents in camp.
Leases are in great demand accord
ing to Mr.. Kendall and sales of inter
ests in claims are reported daily. 1t
IS reported that Joe Nenzel sold to a
Salt Lake group 100000 shares for
~ cents share, keeping the con-
troll. A lease offered to Reno man
at $l0,000--sa,d to be the No. lease,
was speedily snapped up.-Journal
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-12-31
SYRIA'S QUEER
RAILRAD CUSTOMS

They have a curious way of manag-
ing some railways in Syria. Weary of
much riding, a party of travellers on
their way to Reyrout resolved one day
to go by train. They arrived at
primitive station, but could find no
stationmaster. Presently, however,
one Of the camp followers arrived,
looked about, and, spying small red
flag lying on the platform, made off
with it along the line. When train
came in the man waved his flag, the
engine driver pulled up and the trav-
elers got in. Later, while the train
was putting On its way, the guard
came along the foothoard and issued
the tickets, carefully noting down the
names, nationality and occupations OF
the passengers. Two stations farther
on they got cut, and here there was
not only stationmaster bnt porter,
and the latter stayed with them all
day in an orchard till the camp az
lived. meanwhile feeding them with
honey from the comb. Where else
ne wonders, could such charming
railwav system be found Aide
\ orld Magazine.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-12-31
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
IN TWO CHURCHES TODAY

At 3:l5 O'Clock this afternoon the
funeral service of Elsie Rotheray was
held in the First Baptist ehureh Of
Winnemueea, DR.. CoIbq officiating.
Deceased was the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. G. +. Rotheray, Of Inlay.
and was only twelve years of age.
She passed away last evening, at the
family residence, of Bright's disease
The remains were brought to Winnie
mueca this afternoon on No. and
were accompanied by number of
relatives and friends. Mr.. Rotheray
Is fireman Of the local Southern Pa
cifc freight, running between INLAY
and Carlin.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-12-31
STAMPEDE |NCRFAS-
ING AT ROCHESTER

Victor Reinhart returned Yesterday
morning from Rochester CANYON.
where he went on business mission
Tor r. Reinhart & Co., and reports
the stampede on at the new camp.
twenty automobiles are engaged in
carrying Passengers from LoveIock to
Rochester The class of men going in
dlffers from that usually attracted to
new mining camps, in that all are
men men OF means, and adventures, with
ilttle or no money, are scarce.
New business houses and residences
are going up in every direction, and
nearly every lot in the original town
site has been sold. There are now a
sufficient number of restaurants and
lodging houses to accommodate the
crowds of visitors, and new store
building is in course of construction
by the Loveloek Mercantile company.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-12-31
DIR. AND MRS. MANGAN ENTER
TERRAIN IN HONOR JACOBS

Last evening DR.. and Mrs. Mangan
gave farewell reception at the T
Bridge street residence, in honor OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Jacobs. A
pleasant evening was spent by all
present, during which an elegant
luncheon was served. Among those
present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Reinhart, Miss
Helen Reinhart, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A.
Rogers, Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Jacobs,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A, Lipman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Reinhart, DR.. and Mrs. +.
J. Mangan
Mr.. Jacobs, who recently resigned
the secretaryship of the Chamber OF
Commerce to accept the management
Of a Pacific coast mercantile agency,
win leave with his family for San
Francisco tonight, on the Southern
Pacific Limited.