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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
ITEMS OF IiTEREST FROM
PIATORA NfIGHBORHOOD
PIatora. New. july 9. 1911,

Platora, New, July 3, 1918.
Haying is on at full blast here. Al
though the recent rains have hindered
to some extent.
A. Remusat was in town last even.
ing from his sheep ranch. Mr.. Remu-
sat has just finished marking his lambs
which are among the largest and best
raised this year by local sheepmen
Felix Hermitte was in town yester-
day for supplies.
Two prospectors arrived in town
by auto Yesterday and are stopping at
C w. Young's ranch while looking
over the camp
II. H. Scott is training his race mare
for the fall races.e
T. n. Danforth arrived last week
from the national range station. Mr.
Danforth has been putting in water
tronghs for the forest reserve He has
now taken charge of the hay crew on
the MAJOR ranch
J. d. Minor and son LYLE, Howard
Edison and J. D. Lowry were visitors
at Skull Creek yesterday.
c. l.. Lowry came in from his ranch
on Skull Creek and left this morning.
Coyotes are getting worse in our sec
tion.
J. D. and C. L. Lowry killed one at
their ranch last week. The animal at
tackled the dogs during the night.
T. N. Danforth killed a coyote at
Packard's s Station a few DAYS ago. Two
coyotes were fighting Mr.. Danforth 's
dog, when he heard the rumpus and
started out to investigate the cause Of
it. The dogs nearly killed one by
themselves, but it managed to escape.
The Fourth was rather a quiet affair
here, as most of the people went to
McDermitt on that day.
We are in receipt of a letter from
the president of the chamber of com.
meree of Quinn River Therein the
president thanks MS for our enlighten-
ing news items of Platora and vicinity
and asks if it would not be possible
for ms to write of other neighborhoods
and localities in addition to our own.
We regret to say that we are not
ubiquitous and as we re not a general
correspondent for the Silver State are
only supposed to write of the doings
Of our particular neighborhood. If
other districts wish to have outsiders
know of their resources. why not have
some enterprising member of the com
munity write them up and send to the
Silver States
The president also compliments us
OF, the progressiveness of our local peo-
pie. 1t is for this reason that we take
pride in mentioning them.
Our vanity was so tiekled over the
Presidents letter-to think that so
high a parsonage noticed us-that we
completely forgot to to speak of His
Honor's high standing in the commu-
nifty and sincerely hope that he will
overlook the slight omission.
DIPPY DOPE.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
BRYAN FAvoRS ONLY
WOMEN WHO ARE DEMOCRATS

William Jennings Bryan has refused
tn aid the Congressional Union for
Woman Suffrage in securing endorse.
ments of their amendment for national
suffrage to the Constitution of the
United States.
As Bryan was entering the Civic au.
ditorium at the Exposition to address
the National Council of Women Voters,
he was approached by Mrs Dora Bard
Field Of Portland, who headed delo-
cation of members of the union attend
ing the convention.
Mrs. Field asked Bryan to speak IA
vorably to the delegates concerning the
proposed amendment.
. Madam said Bryan, "I never
would speak for your organization.
never would move one inch to speak
for any body of women that opposed
the Democratic party"
The members of the Congressional
Union who accompanied Mrs. Field
were Mr.. and Mrs Jesse d. Hampton
of New York: Miss Iris Caldedrhead
Of Lawrence, Kansas, the daughter of
fcrmer Representative Calderhead;
Miss Bertha Crone OF Omaha, Neh
Miss Ruth White of Omaha, and Mrs.
Lydia Gibson Mestre Of New York
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
WOOL MARKET STRONGER,
IN sympathy WITH LONDON

The London market for wool cortin-
ues strong and indications are that it
will become stronger before the sum
mer is over, according to dispatches
received by IS W. Mcclure, secretary
of the National Woolgrowers' associ-
alton, yesterday from the National
Wool Warehouse & Storage company
of Chicago. The message indicates
worldwide shortage of well grown
shafty merinos will put this quality at
a premium, while war demands assure
strong market for medium wools The
message to Mr.. Mcclure follows:
London continues very strong.
Shafty Queensland sixty-fours shrink
ing A per cent, 80 cents in the grease.
There is the keenest possible demand
for good merinos at this price, which
is equivalent to about rs cents landed
cost Boston. Average Bradford sixty
four tops now quoted at 90 cents as
against GA cents a few weeks ago.
Americans Offering tops London. Lon
don can be considered fully 10 per cent
higher on good merinos and 7@ per
cent higher on poor or inferior quail
ties.
Americans not buying London.
Brisbane. Australia, market Yesterday
advanced 71a per cent on merinos. ia
pan and America buying freely. Bos-
ton not active, but very strong with
perceptible hardening of values. World
wide shortage of well grown shafty
merinos will put this quality at pre-
MUM, while war demands assure strong
market for medium wools.''
More than 1,250,000 pounds of wool.
representing almost the entire clip in
Beaverhead county, Mont, and Madi-
son and Lemhi counties, Ida, has been
purchased this year at the highest av-
erage price ever recorded in the annals
of the wool history of these states, bv
Jones & Donald of Boston. whose rep
resentatives are J. r. Edgheill of Salt
Lake and Robert Boone of Dillon,
Mont. News of the sale was made pub
lie in Salt Lake Yesterday.
During the last few days Mr.. Edg-
hill has purchased the clips of A. l..
Stone, amounting to $4,000 pounds: J.
P. Farmer, W. G. Orr, $4,000 pounds
and w. II. Rhodes, for all of which
an average of 25 to 81 cents was paid.
Herald Republican
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GEORGE WINGFIFID THE
W(IlM OF BIA(KMAILFRS

That the authors of the blaekmail-
ing letter sent to George Wingfeld, the
Reno banker and millionaire mining
men, last Friday, are in earnest and
mean business, is the conclusion 10
which Chief of Police Hillhouse Of
Reno, and Sheriff Farrell of Washoe
county, have come.
The letters received by Wingfeld on
his return home from San Francisco
demanded $4,000 or his life.
Wingfeld has offered 81, 900 for in
formation leading to the arrest and
conviction of the person or persons
who sent the letter.
In their fetter the writers say they
have taken ga solemn oath under the
Black Arch of Heaven, in the presence
of God and the Devil, - to surrender
their lives before giving information
that win lead to their detection.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
INCREASE IN
NUMBER SCHOOL CHILDREN

Today Deputy Superintendent Abel
finished the compilation of the number
Of school children in the Third dis
trict. composed of Humboldt and Chui-
chill counties, and forwarded the pa
pers 70 State Superintendent Bray. In
Humboldt county the number IF chill.
dren under six years of age is COS; be
tween 6 and IS, S5; between Is and 2l
lo7; total. LOO, as against 1862 last
year. In Churchill county the number
of children undeg six wears of age Is
405; between 6 and Is. 1853; between
Is and 81, rs; total, 1916, as compared
with l.159 for last year.
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DAVIS MAKES A
PUBLIC STATEMENT

The Humboldt Star, issue of Wednes-
day, July 7sh, 1915, contained the fol
lowing statement:
81. b. (Rawhide Jack) Davis, who
was arrested few hours after the find
ing of Forquer's body, is still in Jail
Davis and Forquer had been bitter
enemies for several years, but it seems
all there is to connect Davis with the
affair, and that most remotely and cir
cumstantialIv, is the fact that he in
quired at the G. B. Brown company
store, Saturday evening, if 32-40 car
tridges were carried in stock. He was
informed by clerk that there were
three boxes of that size cartridges in
stock Davis did not make purchase
then, however, but went on up the
street. He was seen at the store later
in the evening and 1T was afterward
found that one of the boxes Of 32-40
cartridges was missing, but none of
the clerks in the store can state that
the cartridges were bought by Davis
or anyone else. -
The above is only the part of the ar
ticle which concerned me.
As to the statement THAT Red For
quer and myself were bitter enemies,
that is not true. for we had never quar-
relied with each other at any time in
our lives. NV quarrel was always with
the town and county officers-espe-
cially the sheriff's office, the district
attorneys office and the constable Is
office-as a great many of the good
citizens of Winnemucea who are ac-
qrainted with the facts know, because
it was possible for them to eliminate
a great many Of the evils existing IN
the red light district, where Red For
quer conducted a house of very i'll
fame, as did several others at the same
time
So my fight against the red light dis
triet was not against Red Forquer
alone, but against all who were then
in the district, and against the officers
who had the power to put an end to
a great many of the evils then exist
ing in the red light district and who
refused to exercise that power.
The statement that I had inquired
a. the C. b. Brown eompany's store
about 32-40 cartridges is not true; one
reason for it not being true is that |
never owned, nor shot, a rife of that
size in nv life. The main reason for
the statement being untrue, is the fact
that I was PLAYING cards in the pool
hall on Bridge street during all of the
time that I am supposed to have been
inquiring ahout the cartridges, and for
some time before and after that time
without a break in the game, as can
be proved very easily by several others
who were PLAYING in the game at the
time. and by others who were looking
on and watching the game at that time.
Tn conclusion 7 wish to thank my
friends for the interest shown by them
in nv behalf during this trouble and
to assure them that 7 appreciate that
friendship in the fullest meaning of
the word
Signed. July 9th, 1915.
J. r. DAVIS.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
$1,000 ACRES LAND
TAKEN UP IN MONTH

From June 9th to July 9th the state
engineer office received seventy-two
applications for the appropriation Of
water for the reclamation of land. Fif-
weight of these applications cover
15.525.60 acres of land for agricultural
purposes and the balance for stock
raising purposes. The fees for the fiji.
ing of the applications amount to
Sl ,0S0 The filings cover tracts of
land in White Pine, Elko, Lander, Nye
Humboldt, Washoe, Lincoln, Douglas
Ormsby, and Lyon counties. The fees
paid are for the fling of the applica
tions and after the engineer has looked
over the lands under the filings and
approved them. the land win become
the property of the applicants.
The largest tract applied for in this
list amounts to 1910 acres and the
smallest % acres.-Appeal.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
The Star Peak Mine

Harry Griffin, who il not romaneer
Int an optimist, is in Winnemucca from
Star Peak, where he and Martin Cos
tello are directing the work which is
proving the Star Peak a big, profitable
mine.
Griffin is a miner from way back and
always gets results and in brevity he
expresses it,: 4" At Star Peak we have
picturesqueness and a masterly touch
of natures portraiture, and let me tell
you il gloriously healthful and inspir-
ing to live ON a roof of the world. The
heavens with all their beauty above
us and that inspiring reality of the
valleys below us and the mountains
and gorges close to our touch. 1t is
magnificent in its enchanting beauty
and pleasure
"Life there also brings its reward
for under the superintendent of Mar
tin Costello, almost TO the summit of
that gigantic mountain, a great mine
IS being proven. Tn short there is a
massive body of gold and silver ore
which is being opened and on a small
scale extracted and reduced at great
profit. The mine is there and speaks
for itself This is another evidence of
humboldt wealth which is giving the
old Humboldt range such repute and
makes any legitimate mining PROPOSE
tion presented from its environs such
Ia welcome opportunity to awakening
capital
81 predict one Of the most remark
able mining movements for this sec
tion that has taken place in the past
80 years within Nevada. 1t sure has
the signs of greatness ahead'
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
FIRE SEASON OPENS
ON NATIONAL FORESTS

WASHINGTON, July 10.-With the
opening of the season of fire danger IN
most of the national forests, the forest
service is sending broadcast a warning
that more than half the forest fires in
the United States are due to careless
ness or other preventable causes, start
ing from campers, railroad locomotives
brush burning, incendiaries and saw
mills
This statement is based on an anal
ysis of statistics compiled from the
forest fire records of last season, when
more than 1000 fires were reported on
national forests alone and approx
mately 10000 on state and private
holdings in the eighteen states which
received federal cooperation in fire
protection under the Weeks law, viz.
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
Massachusetts,, Connecticut, New York
New Jersey. Maryland, West Virginia
Kentucky. Michigan. Wisconsin, Min
nesota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho
Washington and Oregon
Forest fires destroy millions of dol
lars worth of timber and other prop
ertv every year, and in some years
cause considerable loss of life. 1t has
been estimated from the best informa
tion ohtainable that forest fires last
year burned over an area of approx
mately 6.O00,000 acres. with tota
loss Of at least $9.500,0 600.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
SCHULTZ PRELIMINARY AT
GERLACH NEXT TUESDAY

Assistant District Attorney Salis.
bury expects TO go to Gerlaeh next
Tuesday to conduct the preliminary
examination of George Schultz on a
charge of assault with intent to kill
Ernest Mickey during fight in
Schultz saloon at Leadville several
weeks ago.
Mickey was in the county hospital
IT Winnemucea for some time, but now
is employed nj Gerlaeh. having recov-
cred from his wounds. Schultz has been
released on bail and is at Leadville,
40 miles north Of Gerlach. Justice ef
the Peace Norton of Gerlach has in
formed the district attorneys office
that il will be necessary TO bring one
of the chief witnesses from Grass Val
ley.-Reno Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
SOUTHERN MINES LOSE RATE
CASE AGAINST RAILROADS

The Interstate Commerce commission
Yesterday dismissed the complaint Of
the Goldfield Consolidated and other
mining companies against the Southern
Pacific company, the Tonopah & Gold
field railway and other carriers that
serve Tonopah and Goloheld.
The complaint asserted that rates
from outside points to Goldfeld, Tono-
pah and Millers were excessive. The
commission found that the roads op-
Grated through on unproduetive terri
tory for the most part, that engineer
ing work was expensive and labor high
and. all things considered, the rates
were not excessive.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
SEASONABLE SPECIALS FOR FRI
DAY AND SATURDAY THIS WEEK

Jergen's s Crushed Roses or Violets
Talcum Powder. Ice can. A regular
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Or. Graves Hairflrf Shampoo, Zoe
can. Irregular 25e, for shampooing,
cleaning hair and scalp)
Wanous' Shampoo Bag, Sc. { A pure
herb shampoo and hair food.)
Nyal's Foot Bath Tablets, lie box.
Regular 25e, antiseptic, soothing and
cooling Foot Comf0rt.)
Rexall Nice, Zoe jar. Irregular 25e.
An effective neutralizer of the odors
Of perspiration Guaranteed.l
EAGLE DRUG CO,
Cut Rate Druggists
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
LUNATIC HOLDS MAN
PRISONER "a HOURS

After being held a captive in his
cabin at the tunnel of the Virginia
Gold Hill Water eompanv's pipe line
for more than twenty-four hours, by
1 X, Smithers lunatie. Ed Muldoon,
a watchman. escaped under cover of a
deuhle-barreled shotgun and summoned
aid by telephone.
lie telephoned to Sheriff Stearns of
Carson City for help. Sheriff Ferrell
n Washoe county was also notified,
md the two officers succeeded in cap
turing the lunatic. who was taken TO
eero. Smithers formerly lived in Reno.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
TALKS WITH THE
BUSINESS man
[Bv Nels DarlinQl

q Merchandise well bought is
q only half sold. Your stock rep
q resents money and it is money
q that is tied up. Make this money
q work for you as much as possible
q and advertising is the key to
q the situation
q You have certain fixed expenses
q that cannot be materially reduced.
q Better sell fifty articles at a
{, gross profit of 80 cents each, than
. sell thirty articles at gross pro-
. fit of so cents each, even though
q you have to spend two dollars in
. advertising in order to sell the
q fifty articles.
. Nothing succeeds like success.
. People like to trade with a firm
Q that is doing a good business.
2 To stop advertising because of
. dull season is to lose momen-
q tum. Keep the ball rolling when
2 you have it started, by using a
Q iudicious amount of advertising .
. motive force
Q The largest department stores !
. and mail order houses are send
. ing tons and tons of advertising
Q matter into the short crop sec- .
. tions of the country. People have ;
. to buy some goods, so be sure to !
9 get your share of the business.
y The steady drip will wear away
2 the stone. Careful, stick-to-it, i'm,
? formation-full advertising will !
q bring paving results.
z With the big merchants of the !
Q country advertising is an asset,
. not liability, and you can make ,
Q your advertising one of the most
9 successful features of your bust
q ness.
q
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
HEAVY EXPOSITION TRAYtl
VIA THE WfSTFRN PACIFIC

special train of nine Pullman cars
passed west yesterday, via the Western
Pacific, loaded with people from Mem
phis and Nashville, Tennessee, en- route
10 the Exposition. The train was
brought in by Conductor Whitney and
taken out by Conductor Woodward.
W. r. No 90 this morning consisted
of two sections. the second being made
up of eight Pullmans.
Tomorrow the Cincinnati Chamber of
Commerce win pass through here, via
the Western Pacific, en- route to the
Exposition.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
BALL GAME AT ASS0(IA-
TlOh PARK TOMORROW

There will be a baseball anne at As
soeiation Park tomorrow afternoon, be-
tween the Winnemucca team and a
combination of Loveloek and Fallon
players. The Fallon team has several
good players, but not enough to hold
their own with as strong teams as
Lovelock, Elko and Winnemucca, hav-
ing lost the two games played with
the locals this year, one by ridiculous
score. The Lovelock team is a much
better aggregation, but has only been
able to win one Of the three games
with Winnemucca this year. 1t is hoped
by combining the best Of the two teams
to present formidable group for the
edifieation Of the housekeeping Whine.
muccans, and a hot game is sure to
be seen tomorrow.
The game will be called at 2:30
sharp, in order that those desiring may
return home on Southern Pacific No. 10.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
RABID COYOTE KILLS DOG
IN ELKo COUNTY

G. G. Smith, deputy state engineer
under William Kearney, who has been
spending three weeks in the extreme
northern part of the county in the in
terests of water claimants, was an ar.
rival Sunday from O'Neil Mr.. Smith
stated that he was glad to get back to
civilization again, stating that the sec.
tions he had visited We're among the
most mountainous. rugged and isolated
he had ever seen in the state. He state
that some sheep herders had thrill
n,g experience with a coyote up ii
those sections week or so ago. The
animal, showing symptoms of being
mad, suddenly appeared among a bans
of sheep one day The dogs attacked
the coyote and one Of them was killed
IL the fight that ensued. Finally ont
of the herders procured a gun and kill
ed the mad animal.-Wels Herald
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
FORMER wINNEMUCCA COOK
LOSES ARM AT ELKO

While trying to board Southern Pa
eifc No. 6 at Elko Thursday evening,
for the evident purpose of stealing a
ride, James Swan lost his footing, fell
under the moving train, anod lost his
left arm. Swan is a cook who is known
here, having worked in Winnemucea
restaurants.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
Winnemucca Win Again Play a.

VAhtiOAAuISd " III AGAIN fldY dt 6lKO
Regarding the third game between
the Elko and Winnemucca teams, the
Elko Free Press has the following to
say:
A treat is in store for baseball fans
Of Elko, and il promises to be one Of
those hair raisers that call for such
roofing that men 90 hoarse in their
attempts to cheer their own team TO
victory. For the Winnemucca team is
scheduled to be in Flko to PLAY the
Elko nine either on Sunday the 18th
or the 25th of July, il has not been de.
eided exactly which
There are fans in this town who
would give one hundred dollars to sec
that game, for IL win be to the death
Each team Is determined to win, each
team will strain every nerve that Is IN
them to be victorious and everv nlaver
on both sides viii avoid making errors
that day The teams appear to he
evenly matched. although from the
present -orslook, Elko has the better
team. Both mines have admirable piten.
ers, Killilay of Winnemucca and Man
ming of Flko. both being classy twirl-
ers. So far in the season Winnemueca
has beaten Elko once and Elko has de-
feated Winnemucca, so they are even.
and the third game will decide the
standing between the two cities. At
the beginning of the season when FIko
first played Winnemucca. the Elko
team was not so strong as az present
but unbiased spectators of the last
game between the two towns state
that the Elko team is little bit
stronger than the Winnemucca team.
and in the next go between the two
towns, Winnemucca win have to smoke
uo and play a good. fair game of ball.
On Monday Of this week Golconda
defeated Winnemucca bv score of
II to 7, which looks as though the Win
nemueca team had a hole somewhere
In their lineup. Elko win play Col.
conda. next Sunday at that place and
then three cheers for the game with
Winnemucea. for II will be a fierce one.
and the grandstand will probably be
filed to overfiowing
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
Decision in Balm VS.. Miller

Judge Ducker has fled his decision
in the application of George A. Balm
for a dissolution of his partnership
with Fred Miller in the Nevada mar
ket. The decree orders that the part
nership heretofore existing between
the parties be dissolved that the prop
erty and assets of said partnership be
sold, either at public or private sale
and that the proceeds of such sale be
applied to the payment of secured and
unsecured Indebtedness of the partner
ship, and that after said sale and the
proceeds applied in the manner above
stated the plaintiff shall have judg-
ment against the defendant for one
half of the amount owing to said plain
tiff by said partnership and unpaid, to-
gether with one-half the amount then
owing to said partnership by said de
fendant and unpaid.
The receiver, r.. w Lewis, is ordered
10 proceed at once to sell the property
and assets of the partnership.
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Reduced Judgment for Plaintiff

A decision was rendered on Thursday
by Judge Dueker in the case of the
Golconda Mercantile company VS.. the
=. Reinhart company The suit was
brought 10 recover the sum of 81 ,646G4
fof goods alleged to have been sold to
the defendant The decision is that
plaintiff is entitled to recover only the
value of the goods which defendant
did not offer to return TO the plaintiff.
amounting to 5000 and that defendant
is entitled 10 recover its costs
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-10
Nothing New in Forquer Case

Nothing new has developed in the
Forquer murder mystery since the cor
oner's jury reported. Yesterday Billy
Horgan, the last suspect, was released,
"a nothing could be found to warrant
holding him further