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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
'SWIFTWATER BILL" LIABLE
TO DEMONETIZE GOLD

That it sometimes pays to test the
old saw that there is virtue in ex-
tremes is exemplifed by the reports
one hears in regard to William c.
Gates, the pioneer "Sour Dough" of
the Klondike sometimes called "Swif-
water Bill' or Saltwater Willie,' ac-
cording to his financial barometer, who
is contining his operations at present
to concession in southern Peru, said
to consist of 20,000,000 acres. This is
mineral ground, and according to re-
ports from the northwest, Gates
home being in Spokane, engineers esti-
mate that there is not less than $10,-
600, 100000 worth of gold ore within
this ground.
How the engineers reach their
modest estimates is not fully explain
ed, and what Gates will do with this
sum when rescued from old earth can
only be imagined, but without regard
to the merits of his concession con-
temptation of his proposition is full of
interest and speculation, bound up, as
it is, with romance of the all but for
gotten Inca days.
Gates succeeded, it is reported, in
interesting some of his old associates
in his Peruvian enterprise, person
al investigation of the field has con
vineed him that the natives are
peaceful and willing to work, and that
he has an empire holding a few score
of bonanzas which may serve to domoa-
etize gold and to encourage its use for
roofing and paving the world over.
Gates has ever been picturesque
figure. In the early days of Alaska
mining, when he shot without assist
ance, the White Horse rapids to make
and spend several fortunes, inspired
many a young fellow in the length
and breadth of the United States to
follow his example, resulting in large
part in the stampde of 1878. His
operations added materially to the
gold supply of the world, and equally
as much to the circulating metal, and
the far and cold northwest still re
sounds with the echos of his eomings
and goings.
There are many who know him per-
sonally and who like him, for the
goodness of his heart on many oecas-
ions has been shown to be as compre-
hensive as his Peruvian concession. If
his empire holds the gold reported, or
even a very small part of it, it ceI-
tainly will do the world more good by
being rescued and poured into the
channels of commerce. AS pourer,
" saltwater Bill' has no superior and
few equals. If the yellow stuff is there
he will get it, and get it oan extent
that will make Croesus a fit candidate
for the poorhouse, or some of the bar
ons Of finance in the United States
too insignificant to command car
passes.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
66e Unique Story ofits Discovery
NE CHAMPION EAR
'G..pO'lRNH ..p-'lR|'''Nll1'|l.H'

just a CONFERENCE.-The all, ~
is the way the grower of this remark
able ear of corn, Fred G. Palm, styles
himself. Though he is admitted to be
one of the leading corn experts in the
country-one whose services are great
ly in demand as a judge of corn ex-
hibits, Mr.. Palm asks for no greater
honor or distinction than to be known
as plain Hoosier farmer, and while
he openly processes reasonable pride
in the achievement of growing the
famous ear of corn which was adjudg-
ed the most perfect ever grown, it is
without a shadow of ostentation.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25

The champion ear of corn was not
an accident. There can be no greater
lesson in the value of careful study
and painstaking selection of seed and
breeding than the experiences of this
same Palm. The farmer who thinks
he stands a chance to go into his corn
field and by piece of luck pick out
an ear which Nature has fashioned
even more perfectly and with it wrest
the honors from this Indiana man, can
not do better to disabuse his mind of
this fallacious notion than to read the
story of Palm and his champion ear.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
ANOTHER MUIR
DER AT CERLACH

At 2:30 this afternoon Trainmaster
G. w. Hamilton, of the Western Pa
cifc, received the following wire from
the company's agent at Gerlach:
Zone of Gerlach g men killed yes
terday. Suspect is named Coonev Ell
lis, who answers the following de
scription: Smooth shaven, dark com
plexion, height 5 feet, 6 or 8 inches;
weight, about 165 pounds; scar on
nose and right cheek; when last seen
at 10 o'clock this morning had on dark
coat, black shirt and overalls. May
be packing riue.'
The above information was imme-
diately telephoned to Sheriff Lamb
and Constable Moore was stationed at
the Western Pacific station to watch
incoming trains for the suspect.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
PETER LOUX REPORTED
MURDERED At KENNEDY

Yesterday morning Frank Guthrie ar
rived in town and notified Sheriff
Lamb that the previous evening a
courier had arrived at Guthrie IS So
noma ranch, bringing word of the
killing on Tuesday afternoon of Peter
Loux at the Gold Note mine, near
Kennedy.
Shortly after the news was received
Deputy Sheriff G.. w. Muller, District
Attorney Callahan, Coroner J. T. Dunn
and County Physician Mangan left for
the scene of the tragedy in one of
Haviland & Hoskins' autos. At 5
o 'clock this afternoon the party had
not returned, and owing to the fact
that there is no telegraph or telephone
communication with Kennedy, details
of the killing will be lacking until
they arrive
Peter Loux had lived in Humboldt
county for many years and at Kennedy
for the past ten or twelve years and
was well known to residents of the
county.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
THE DIRECT PRIMARY
A RICH MANS GAME

An example of those who favor the
direct primary system for the selection
of senatorial candidates shows them to
be divided into two classes One is
composed Of those well meaning but
misguided persons whose ignorance Of
the subject invests it with the custo-
mary virtues Of the unknown; the 9th
er is the political faker who, failure
under the system, feels that he may
have a better chance under the direct
primary method, confident tht his con.
dition can by no possibility he worse.
One of the latter argues that Senator
Stephenson must have corrupted the
Wisconsin electorate because he spent
siG7 600 TO be nominated whereas
Senator LaFollette spent only 100000.
From this he deduces vice for Steph-
enson and virtue for LaFollette.
When Senator LaFollette spent only
$4,000 to elect himself, he was sup
ported by the Republican state ma
chine, by every state leader of prom
inence and by Senator Stephenson,
the most powerful politician in the
state. Having poured out money like
water TO make LaFollette governor,
Senator Stephnson had not yet leara-
ed that his idols feet were of clav
and he aided him to be elected sena'
or Battle Bob then began an effort
to exercise domination over stephen
son, which caused a break.
When Senator Stephenson appeared
for reelection he was opposed by La
Toilette and such section of the ma
chine as LaFollette controlled. The re-
suit was a bitter fight, with several
candidates in the field, each drawing
from the Stephenson strength. Steph-
enson was successful, and the lessons
TO be drawn from it are that LaFol
lette is a demagogie migrate. that
Stephenson is a political general Of
some attainments, and that the direct
primary is a rich mans game.-Her
aid Republican.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25

In the first place, Palm knows corn.
If there We're no more proof of this
fact than the bare story of the de-
velopment and discovery of the cham
pion ear, it would be enough. And in
proof of this fact, here is the story as
he told it himself:
cit was in November, 1910, and we
were just harvesting our crop. The
weather had been good, but We were
little late with the harvest. The
men were goinc through the fields with
the wagon in the usual way gathering
the corn, and the harvest was a prom
ising one.
"We have a sort of corn show at
my farm all the time. and there is
always an award for exceptionally
good ears of corn-ears sufficiently
true to type to permit of their being
exhibited. There is a small box on ev-
cry corn wagon in which the most per-
feet ears are thrown. These, when
properly selected, constitute the seed
corn, and among these more perfect
ears we occasionally find an ear that
we are willing to exhibit in a contest.
"On the day the champion ear
was found, | was at the house and at
dinner time one of the men brought it
in and laid it, with a number of other
ears, upon the window sill in the we'll
room for me to take and put away in
the seed house.
Well, said, do you think you we
got good ear therea'
:" 1t looks to me like a good ear,
he said. what do you think of itP
81 picked it up and looked it over.
We'll, / said finally, Il think it is the
most perfect ear of corn I ever saw.
It's good enough to win the w. X.
Kellogg $1,000 trophy this year at
Omaha
"And I was confident the moment |
saw it, and looked it over, that / held
the trophy winner in my hand. So
much so that when left for Omaha to
exhibit the ear, | took it out of my
grip and showed it to the station
agent with the words, THAT s the ear
I'm going to win the $1,000 trophy
with -
So there's the story of the champion
ear as Palm told it himself. And on
the strength of it who will say that
Fred G. Palm doesn't justly mereit the
title, "The Man who Knows Corng'
But that s not all of Palm s story
lie tells it willingly, though modestly,
for he knows that his story whenever
told is a source of great encourage
ment of thousands of farmers who
never had a better chance than he had
himself. Palm was born and brought
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
". u. NOW Open
DAY AND night

Supt. Mercer, of the local Western
Union Office, announces that, begin
ming with today, his office will be open
for the entire "a hours every day in
the year. This move was found neces-
sary in order to accommodate the large
amount of local business, as well as
the through traffic, Winnemucca now
being the repeating point for the
state of Nevada and the only one be-
tween Salt Lake and San Francisco.
Today the repeating apparatus sta
toned at INLAY and at the Western
Pacific station here was moved to the
local Office
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
ANNUAL MEETING POSTPONED
OWING TO OFFICIALS DEATH

Hugh L. Thomas, president of
the Utah, Nevada & Idaho Telephone
company, arrived in town this morn
ing, coming from Metropolis, where an
exchange has lately been installed
Mr.. Thomas reports that the annual
meeting Of the directors of the COM
pany convened at Salt Lake during the
first week of the month, but on ac-
count of the recent death of /. T.
Dyer, of Los Angeles, ce-president
of the company, adjourned until such
time as the vacancy on the board may
be filed.
Mr.. Thomas will leave tomorrow for
Reno and the western part of the
state, on a tour of inspection.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
new HOTEL AN
ASSURED FACT

Yesterday Phil Blume received plans
from a Stockton architect for the new
Eldorado hotel, to be located ON the
site of his present building, Bridge
and Third streets. The structure will
be heightened to the alley and two
stories added, giving frontage of rs
feet on Bridge street, by 125 feet on
Third, and containing approximately
100 rooms. The plans call for steam
heat and two electric elevators, one
to handle freight and the other pas
sengers.
The south % feet of the ground
floor will be used for dining room
and kitchen purposes, and the latter
will be equipped with large ice
house. The construction will be let by
contract, work to be commenced about
Nav |
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25

up on farm near Newtown, Ind. He
has never owned foot of farm land
in his life, and the 360-acre farm ON
which the champion ear of corn which
won the Kellogg Trophy was grown
is a rented farm.
Mr.. Palms real experience as .
farmer began about sixteen years ago.
He had been on the road as a grocery
speciality salesman, when he took q
notion that he would rather be an ag-
riculturist, so he took a few short
courses at Purdue university and rent
ed a portion of thhe farm he now occu-
pies. Nine years ago he began care
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
APPOINTED ADMINISTRATIVE
OF H. w. FUSS ESTATE

Tuesday afternoon Mary T. Fuss
appeared in the District Court, accom-
panied by her attorney, j. A. Gala
han, and made APPLICATION for letters
of administration on the estate of her
deceased husband, II. w. Fuss. Judge
Ducker granted the motion, fixing the
bonds at $4,000 John g. Taylor, Peter
Anker and L. N. Carpenter were nam
ed as appraisers of the estate.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COLONIST
RATES SOON EFFECTIVE

Agent Born, of the Southern Pacific,
announces that colonist rates will be
sold from eastern points to the coast
from March l to April Is, at same
rates as last year. While the tickets
viii be good to California, stop-overs
will be allowed in Nevada.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
FORTY TONS OF CONCENTRATES
FROM NATIONAL MINE

Yesterday the freighting outfits of
Summerfeld & Pearce and f. J. Frey,
came in from National, loaded with
concentrates from the big mine. The
shipment consisted Of about forty
tons and was consigned to the Selby
smelter, via the Southern Pacific.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
VICE-PRESIDENT MCCORMICK
PASSES THROUGH TOWN

f. o. Mccormick, president of
the Southern Pacific, with headquart
ers at San Francisco, passed through
Winnemucca yesterday, in his private
car, "Sunset,' attached to No. 10.
j. M. Fulton, district freight and pas
senger agent, was one of the accom-
panying party.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
COMMISSIONER BRADSHAW IN
FROM PARADISE VALLEY

Commissioner J. ID. Bradshaw arrived
in town Tuesday evening, accompanied
by his son, Ernest ID. Bradshaw. The
latter left the same evening for Byron
Springs, where he will take the treat
ment for rheumatism. Commissioner
Bradshaw went on the same train as
far as Lovelock, returning this after
noon.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
BYRNES FAMILY VISITING
RELATIVES IN WINNEMUCCA

Mr. and Mrs. James P. Byrnes came
in from Paradise Tuesday evening, ac-
companied by their children, and are
visiting with their mother and sister
of the former, Mrs. Mary and Miss
Byrnes, at the Shone house.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25

to make this exposition much broader
in scope than any held in the past, and
consequently longer time will be re-
quired for preparation, Special build
ings are being erected for the exposi-
tion, the main building to be 4oo by
l61 feet, ground measurements. The
show will last ten days. The state of
South Carolina has appropriated S40,-
00O for the expenses Of the exposition
and the prospect is that Dixie viii
"do herself proud in an effort TO
make this exposition the greatest Of
its kind ever held.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
Default in Divorce Case.

Yesterday defendant IS default was
entered in the divorce case of Elsie s.
Reilly VS.. Patrick F. Reilly and fur
ther proceedings continued until this
afternoon at O'Clock. to permit of
the attendance of J. A. Callahan, at
torney for plaintiff, absent from town
on official business.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
BACKACHE IS A WARNING
Winnemucca People Should Not Ne
glect Their Kidneys

Backache is natures most frequent
signal of sick or weakened kidneys.
To cure the pains and aches, to re-
move the lameness you must reach The
cause.-the kindneys. If you have
pain through the small of your back,
urinary diorders, headaches, dizzy
spells, or are nervous and depressed,
start treating the kidneys with test
ed kidney remedy. The slightest symp-
toms of kidney trouble may be ma
tnre's warning of approaching dropsy,
diabetes. or fatal Bright's disease.
Doan's Kidney Pills should be used at
the first sign of disorder. Doan's Kid
ney Pills are especially for sick kid
neys-have been curing kidney trouble
for over rs years. Read Winnemucca
testimony.
Mrs. George Gingery, Railroad ST.,
Winnemueca, New, says: although
| have never had occasion to rs,
Doan's Kidney Pills personally.
know they are a good remedy for hacl
ache and kidney troubles. They ha
hceu taken in my family with excel
lcnt results and / can safely recon.
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For sale by all dealers. Price so
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States.
Remember the name--Doan sand
take no other
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25

David Payne returned last evening
from Sonoma canyon, where he is
erecting several buildings at his copper
mine.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
Judgment by Default.

Tuesday evening judgment by de-
fault was entered in the case of Lottie
Lynn VS.. Lyman Andrus, ct al, an ac-
tion to recover on promssory note.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25

on his farm a byproduet and he real
lied handsome returns from his sheep
last season. lie, however, raised only
few and his success could not be
applied to the west, where the indus
try is carried on on large scale"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25
DISCOvERER OF AWAKENING
DIES THIS MORNING

Irving Vaughan, one Of the original
discoveries of Awakening, died at the
camp this morning. Further than the
bare announcement of his deeease,
none of the details have been learned.
Relatives in Minneapolis have been
notified.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-01-25

A. Y. Blum, manager of f. Rein
mart & Co.'S dry goods department, is
confined to his room today by illness
Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-10
NEW STATION HOPE
 OF ALL DOUClASITES
While Silence Is Maintained by Officials Smelter
 City Hopes

While the officials Of the Fl PaEo & Southwestern railroad are main- taining a strict silence regarding the erection of a new depot in this city, there are reasons for believing that it win be forthcoming during the present year and before the time comes for the accommodation Of the big through passenger trains from the Rock Island by the South western. That the railroad officials recognize the necessity for a more commodious depot in Douglas is at tested by the fact that more than two years ago plans were drawn for such a building, which was to be located at the north end of c avenue, a much better location than the site of the old depot says the Douglas international
 The present depot, while it is a substantial building and those who occupy it are enabled to keep up with their business promptly. there is more or less congestion in every department The waiting room is especially inadequate for the acco- modation Of the passengers who at times are waiting for trains. Nearly every day sees it crowded with a miscellaneous crowd. Either a new depot will be coming along pretty soon, or an extension of the waiting room should be provided for. as the Southwestern management will hard ly allow present conditions to con tinue much longer at the depot.
 The company has provided for the expenditure Of close on to i3.000,000 for extension and substantial i'm provements of the line between Fl Paso and Tucson, and 1t is hardly possible that with all this progress failure has been made to provide a new depot in Douglas.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-10
ncHECkERSn

At last the theater-goers of this city are to have an opportunity to see Checkers" which will be seen at the Orpheum on Wednesday, Jan uary r. It is story of the race track. Of the horses and the men whose hearts beat time to their hoof beats It begins with a dash, like all races should, and 1t ends with dash, and in between there moments when the thunderous hoof beats are muffled in the dirt of the course, and rider and horse are A1den with dust In these moments there are pathos and pain, signs and remorse, and then once mCfe the racer breaks through the dust clouds and Check SITS, down to the last cent and with a sure thing before his eyes, stakes on a gallant horse the fifty dollar gold piece Ais sweetheart had given him for a keepsake, and luck smiles on him and he wins both fortune and Esr hand. Checkers is an interest ing and as true to life as anything that has been seen on the stage in many years.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-10
WILL PETITION FOR RAILWAY UP CANYON
Residents Want Terms of the FranCiSe Carried Out
 by Company

lt was stated last night by a resi- dent Of Upper Tombstone Canyon that a petition would be circulated and presented 10 the city council ask ing that the Warren company be not released from extending the street railway lines equidistant with lhe canyon road extension as planned by the city.
 This petition will recite a protest against the acceptance of the sum Of. fsred by the railway company before the street car line is extended and asking that terms of the franchise be carried out literally.
 The council has as yet taken no ac- tiOn regarding the offer of the War ren-Bisbee railway. It is claimed by residents of the upper canyon district that several years ago when the peo- ple Of that citS were being urged to come into the city limits that two members of the city council as at that time composed, promised that the line would be extended and that it was with this promise before them that they acceded to the plan for eX- tending the limits of the city. The council, as the representative of the city. would be acting in bad faith, these residents claim. if they took any action that would revocate that prom ise
Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-10
SNAKES DOCILE WHEN
 THREATENED BY FIRE
Poisonous Reptiles Prove 10 Be Harmless Midst Fire
 and Smoke

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. g. (SpeciaO-San Antonio firemen en- countered a new danger when in fight ing a fire that destroyed recently a bird and snake store, one Of the unique mercantile establishments iu this city, they stepped on and crushed copper-head snakes and rattlesnakes that had been released from their cages by the flames and were crawl ing about the floor seeking 10 escape. The snakes gasped for fresh air and then coiled in a fual effort for eX- isJence. and did not even hiss or strike at their great enemy-man-Hs he stumbled through the smoke and crushed them beneath his heel The chattering tongues of five hundred parrots were stilled, q few Gila mon sters were burned 10 conders and venomous spiders died in their own tracks. Few of the birds or snakes were saved