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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-16
TREATMENT Of ALKAL Lands
IS DISCUSSED BY DEAN KNIGHT

In response to questions as to al
kali soils from a farmer residing
near Winnemucca. Dean c. S. Knight
of the agricultural college has made
suggestions for soil treatment from
which the following are taken:
In many of the irrigated districts
of Nevada large areas of land are i'm
~pregnated with injurious qualities of
alkali sails. The harmful effects of
the alkali On the production of crops
will depend upon the kind of alkali
whether white of black-and the
amount and distribution of alkali in
the coil; the system of drainage; and
the kind of crop grown.
Black alkali is a strong corrosive
which destroys the plant tissue and
the texture of heavy soils, making
them more compact, in some cases
impervious to water. This salt is
composed chiefly of carbonate of soda
which will affect the growth CT most
crops. By continuous application of
gypsum to the soil, black alkali may
be converted into a less injurious
salt which causes the soil to be less
compact thus permitting better drain
age. This is practicable only where
land is sufficiently valuable and gyp-
sum inexpensive. White alkali is
more abundant in most localities than
black alkali and is less injurious.
The white alkali salts are most COR
~rosive, but when fully taken up by
the plant they seriously affect it's
nutrition. Most crops will not grow
successfully where over one-half of
one per cen of these salts is present
in the soil.
When abundant in the soil alkali
salts hinder the absorption of water
by the roots of the plant; thus a soil
may be quite wet and still the crop
may be suffering from the lack of
water. These salts affect plant
growth only when in solution, the
strength of the solution around the
plant roots which is influenced by the
amount of moisture in the soil will
be more of a determining factor in
the effect of alkali on the plant than
the total amount of alkali in the
soil.
An accumulation of salts at the
urface during the period of seed
termination which might seriously
injure the stand Of many crops may
not prove injurious to these same
crops after their paint roots have at
tanned considerable growth. For
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-16
COALITION IS IN
FINE CONDITION
DECEMBER PRODUCTION MAKES
NEW HIGHWATER MARK
FOR THE NINE

F. H. Bird came in from the Seven
Troughs a week ago today with $751;
900 in bullion, the final clean up of
Coalition for December and the
year. This amount brings the months
run we'll over $4,000 and marks the
highwater mark in the production of
the mines, says the Lovelock Review
Miner.
The quarterly report which is just
out is in marked contrast to that of
the first quarter of the year. Dur
ing the past three months the COM
pany has produced approximately
$3.50, 900; a new level, the 1900, has
heen opened up; the equipment has
been generally overhauled and a new
sixty horsepower hoist added and the
company enters the new year in ex-
cellent condition, not only financially
but physically as we'll.
The management authorizes the
announcement that at the February
meeting of the board a dividend will
be declared and it is the expectation
that, unforeseen conditions barred,
dividends will be a regular feature
henceforth.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-16
NINE RESCUE ACTION

States which have taken legisla-
tive action in the mine rescue and
first aid movement are as follows:
Illinois, Oklahoma, Nevada, Colora-
do, Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky and
New Mexico, according to J. w.
Paul of the U. S. bureau of mines.
Mention only is made of the states
which have taken some action in
promoting rescue work and training.
Some of the states named have ap-
prOpriated funds for the purchase of
breathing apparatus only; some have
required the mine operators to pro-
cure a certain number Of sets of
such apparatus: some have author
lied cooperative training and others
have provided stations, cars, and a
permanent organization for the con-
duct on the instruction and training
of miners in modern equipment and
methods.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-16
BECOME
T|llER OF SOIL
T.. +. COOKE RESIGNS AS MEMBER
OF LOCAL SCHOOL
BOARD

E. P. Cooke, board accountant for
the Goldfield Consolidated Water
company and a member of the local
school board, has resigned both po-
sitions and will leave Friday morning
with his family to become manager
of a 4S0-acre ranch five miles south
west of Las Vegas. Mr.. Cooke is
associated with G. G.. Patrick and 9TH
ers in the ownership of the property
and will upon his arrival there begin
active work to put the land under cul-
tivation. In order to ecure a suf--
ficient water supply for irrigation
needs Mr.. Cooke will carry out the
plans already formulated of boring
artesian wells.
Mr.. Cooke has been a resident OF
Goldfield for the asst nine years, COM
ing to camp in 1905 from Des Moines,
Ia. His departure will be greatly re-
GREETED by the people of Goldfield.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-16

JUDGE AVERILL SIGNS ORDER
FOR DISTRIBUTION OF MIN
ING STOCKS

Judge Mark R. Averill of the Nye
county district court, presiding in
the local district court, today signed
an order empowering Augustus TIL
den, attorney for Mrs. E. M. Rebard,
administrative of the estate of F. P.
Richardson, the local stock broker
who committed suicide last Novem-
Der, to distribute mining stocks upon
which there are no membranes to
claimants and to effect compromises
with claimants of stocks upon which
there are shortages.
Judge Averill also signed an order
allowing the administrative until
January 81 to file an inventory of
the estate. Judge Averill assigned
the hearing of further matters in
connection with the settlement of the
estate to Judge Walsh.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-16
GATHERING EXHIBITS FOR
THE SAN FRANCISCO FAIR

Professor J. C. Jones of the depart
meat of m~ineralogy of the University
of Nevada was a Lovelcok visitor re-
Gently, says the LOvelock Review
Miner. He was here gathering the
from Humboldt county for the San
Francisco fair and stated that the
state exhibit was practically COM
pleted. Every mineral of economic
value found in the state will be rep
resented and ought to form an exhibit
of great Importance to Nevada.
He said that the larger mines of
the state were making individual ex-
hibits showing the methods of min
ing and milling. In the center of the
Nevada booth a large relief map of
the state will occupy a prominentpo-
sitiOn.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-16

and the amendment thereto, ap-
proved January %, 1880, concerning
annual labor upon mining claims, be
ing the amount required to hold said
lode for the period ending on the
31st day of December, A. d. 1914.
And, If, within ninety days after the
publication of this notice. you fail
or refuse to contribute your proper
ton of such expenditure as a CO.
owner, your interest in the above
mentioned property, will become the
property of the subscribed, your CO.
worker, who has made the required
expenditure, by the terms of said
section. s. T. McELROY.
First pub. Jan. 8, 1915.
Last pub, April 8, 1915.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-16
BURKE Is SENTENCED
BY JUSTICE ARNOLD

Justice Marvin Arnold in his first
official action this morning since
taking office January 4 handed out
a sentence. The case was that of
lanes Burke, who was convicted of
stealing an overcoat from the Ideal
restaurant, the evidence of eye wit
nesses proving conclusively that
Burke entered the restaurant and
took the coat from a hook. Burke,
who is but twenty-five years old, in
sisted he was innocent and asked
the judge to let him out on proba-
ton. In sentencing him to a fine
of SIS Or thirty-seven and one-half
days in Jail Justice Arnold stated
that the evidence was so plain
against him that he was forced to
give him the sentence in spite of the
prisoners promise of good behavior.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-16
NOTICE

Goldfield, New, Jan. 1, 1915.
To Tasker l.. eddie, his heirs or as
signs:
You are hereby notified that
have expended during the years of
1913 and 1914, one hundred dollars
in labor and improvements, each
year, for each claim of the "IXL"
group of mining claims, consisting
of the Xxi, Xxi No. 2, XXI No. 3,
XXI No. 4 and XXI No. S, once
known as the Brownie mine), sit
uate in the Oneta mining district,
county of Esmeralda. state of Ne
vada, the location certificate of
which is found of record in Book 8,
pages 1853 and 159, in the office of
the recorder of said county. In or
der to hold said claims under the
provisions of Section 1924 of the
revised statutes of the United States
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-16
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
U. s. PATENT
Survey No. 1918
Serial No.. O8S55

U. S. Land Office, Carson City, Ne
vada, November IS, 1914.
Notice is hereby given that in puc-
suance of an Act of Congress, ap-
proved May 10, 1872, Mrs. M. l..
Hoover of Sacramento, California.
by George E. Bates, her attorney in
fact, whose postoffice address Is
box 131, Goldfield, Nevada, has
made application for a patent for
1900 linear feet on the Patch and
Patch Fraction lodes respectively.
bearing gold and silver, the same
being 1888 feet N. So 16' E. and
1907 feet S. So 1e' w. on said
Patch lode, and 1857 feet N. So
16' e. and 661.3 feet S. So 16' w.
on said Patch Fraction lode, from
the respective location monuments
thereon, with surface ground 600
feet in width and about 361.2
In width respectively on said lodes,
the same being designated as U. s.
Mineral Survey No. 4213, situated in
the S. E. u and the S. w. u of Sec.
%, T. 1 S. r., 40 E., M. D. B. &
M. In an unknown mining district
In the County Of Lsmeralda and
State of Nevada, and described as
follows, to-wit:
PATCH LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence
the S. e. Cor. Sec. %, T. 1 S., R.
40 E., M. d. B. & M, bears s. &C.
AZ 80" e. 1984.5 it., thence N. go
a. W. 800 IT. to Cor. No. 2, thence
S. So 16' W. 1900 IT. to Cor. No. 8,
thence S. go AZ e. 500 IT. to Cor.
No. 4, thence N. So 16' E. 1900 IT.
to Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning.
Containing 20.661 acres.
PATCH FRACTION LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical
with Cor. No. 2, Patch lode, whence
the S. E. Cor. Sec. %, T. 1 s., r. 40
E., M. D. M, bears s. 5S' So E.
1882 it., thence N. 42' "a w.
5000 #. to Cor. No. 2, thence S.
So 16' w. 1900 TT. to Cor. No. 3;
thence s. AZ "a e. 361.2O IT. to
Cor. No. 4, identical with Cor. No.
3, Patch lode; thence N. So 16' e.
INV !! ~ nv. - tue place OIL
beginning. Containing 12.1S1 acres.
Variation at all corners To East.
The original certificates of loca-
ton of said lodes are of record in
the office of the County Recorder of
Esmeralda County, Nevada, in Book
Il, Page 1928. The nearest claim
shown on the plat of the official SUR
vey is Survey No. 4217, Patch No.
! lode.
SHOBER J. ROGERS,
Register.
ADAMS F.. BROWN,
Goldfield, Nevada,
Attorney for Applicant.
First pub, ~11-28-14.
Last pub, 1-30-15.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-16
MINING LABORATORY

During 1914 S04 persons in Ne
vada sent in 1881 samples from 24S
localities, and the state mining lab
oratory made $3.50 determinations
on these samples. This is an in
crease of almost SO per cent e
the number of persons and samples
for 1913. Those sending samples
would derive much greater benefit
from it's work if they all took large
samples and crushed them down and
quartered them and finally sent q
considerable quantity to the labora-
tory than if, as is commonly the
Vase. they sent only a few frag-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-16
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
u. s.. PATENT
Survey NO. 4217.
Serial No. O8856.

u. S. Land Office, Carson City, Ne
Vada, November 18, 1914.
Notice Is hereby given thai in pur-
suance of an Act of Congress, ap-
proved May 10. 1872, Mrs. M. L.
Hoover of Sacramento, California,
by George e. Bates, her attorney In
fact, whose p%ostoffice address is
box 131. Goldfield. Nevada, has
made application for a patent for
1900 linear feet on the Patch No. l
lode, bearing gold and silver. the
same being 1145.7 feet N. 80 AS
E. and 354.3 feet S. 30 AS w. on
said Patch No. 1 lode, from the loca-
ton monument thereon, with sur
face ground 600 feet in width on
said lode, the same being designated
as u. s. Mineral Survey No. 4217,
situated in the S. e. a Sec. 90, T.
l s. r. 40 E., M. d. B. & M, in an
unknown mining district in the
County of Esmeralda and State of
Nevada, and described as follows,
to-wit:
Beginning at Coz. No. 1, whence
the s.. E. Cor. Sec. 90, T. 1 S., r,
40 E., M. d. B. & M. bears S. 74o 49,
30" e. 1240.3 it,; thence N. So Is
W. 600 IT. to Cor. No. 2; thence N.
80 AS e. 1900 IT. to Cor. No. 3;
thence S. So IS E. 600 IT. to Cor.
No. 4; thence S.. go AS w. 1900
1T. to Cor. No. 1, the place of be-
ginning.
Variation at all IT. East.
Containing 2O.661 acres.
The original certificate of loca-
ton of said lode is of record in
the office of the County Recorder Of
Esmeralda County in Book X of Min
ing Locations, Page 456. The near
est claim shown on the plat Of the
official survey is Survey No. 4213.
Patch lode.
SHOBER J. ROGERS,
Register.
ADAMS F. BROWN, ESQ.
Goldfield, Nevada,
Attorney for Applicant.
First pub, 1884.
Last pub, 1-30-15.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-16

this reason seed should be planted
so that the termination may occur
Immediately after an irrigation or
heavy rainfall which will dilute the
soil solution near the surface and al
low the roots to go down into the
soil before this solution becomes en-
,ntrated by evaporation.
Drainage is one of the most i'm
7ortant factors to be considered in
the reclamation of alkali lands. The
most practical method of removing
the alkali salts from the land is by
continuous flooding and drainage. This
is often impossible for an individual
farmer until a cooperative drainage
system is established in his region.
retaining the heavy soils there is
danger of impairing the texture by
continuous flooding, which causes the
soil to puddle. The growth of certain
crops during this process may pre-
cent to a large extent this pudding,
provided the land is favored with a
good drainage system or immediate
outelt for this excess of water. If
proper drainage is not present this
condition is usually associated with a
high water table, which is especially
unfavorable to deep rooted crops like
alfalfa and sugar beets and by con-
tinuous irrigation the accumulation
of alkali salts at the surface prevents
the growth of shallow rooted crops
like wheat and grasses.
Only a few useful plants can be
grown where more than two per ent
of dry weight of the soil consists of
alkali salts. The salt brushes will
thrive as forage and the sugar beets
will grow, although the beets will be
small, with a low sugar content.
Where one and one-half per cent of
salt is present the sugar beets will
make a fair crop, but not a very prof
not considered ~unfavorable to sugar
beets, western wheat grass and tall
meadow oats grass.
On soils containing not more than
six per cent of salts good crops of
the following may be grown: Sugar
beets, western wheat grass, bronze
grass, tall meadow oats grass, millet,
redtop, timothy, orchard grass .
wheat, barley, rye, alfalfa, field peas,
sweet clover and vetches. Where
not over four per CEN of salt is pres
ent forage crops did remarkably veil.
With we five per cent of salt in the
top soil seeding it usually is i'm
possible to secure a uniform stand
of the above mentioned crops.
OF the above mentioned crops the
sugar beet is probably the most re-
sistant, but where the soil contains
o than six per cent of salts the
sugar content is impaired, even
though the growth of the plant ma
not be hindered. The forage plants
used principally for hay and pasture
are generally more satisfactory than
cereals or other crops grown for their
seed. OF these crops, redtOp, orchard
grass, timothy, tall meadow fescus
~fOXtail, milelt and the %saccharine sor-
ghums are especially resistent t. the
black alkali.
OF the cereals barley and rye are
most resistent, While corn is the
most sensitive. With the presence Of
four per ent Of salts the heads of
grain are not well filled and the
grain is shriveled.
or the shade trees the cottonwood
and the black honey 'ncuts are rec
commended as probably the most re-
sistent varieties FOR NevaJa-GaZette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-16
~Instigates Riot.

Bert Smith pleaded guilty recently
to starting a small sized riot among
chanics' club in Reno, where a num-
Der of boxing matches had been held,
He was fined only IS. Upon reach
ing the Jail entrance after his ar
rest Smith made a dash for liberty.
Officer Holmes fired four shots, but
Smith ran until he fell into the
arms of another officer two blocks
distant.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-16
NEW CLERK ADDED

Improved business conditions have
caused Walter St. Pierre to add to
the clerical force in his local store.
Mr.. Demerse of San Francisco has
arrived and will hereafter have
charge of the ladies' shoe depart
ment.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-01-16
Receives Present.

Miss Eleanor Anne Siebert, niece
of Ex-Governor Oddie, received a
handsome piano. Robert Govan
proprietor of the Mizpah hotel at
TOnopah presented it to Miss Siebert.
Little Miss Siebert christened the new
(battleship Nevada last summer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-27
CAN A SWEETHEART
 REFORM HER LOVER? !?

@Do not think doubt theo,
 I know thy truth remains; 1 would not live without thee
 For all the world contains.
 Thou are the star that guides n1e
 Along iife's changing sea, I And whate'er fate betides me
 This heart still turns to thee The young woman who believes that, when she has won a mans heart, she ten finds she has mistaken her calcu- laHons. She is not the kind Of a girl to give up a, lover and call 1t quits with him just when her dear number of friends are all congratulating her upon her happy betrothaI Not a, bit Fof itI She knows there's many a. slip I stWixt the cup and the Hpl
 He has his secret enemies, as have many joviaI, Hberal-hearted bachelors i who have lived up to the old saying: come across the one young woman whom he realizes can change the cur rent of his life
 Although he turns from the old life cf gay bache1orhood to the woman he has found, his new and only love. yet temptation pursues him on the eve of his happiness His enemies embrace him in the guise of friends. Now and then he strays off with them, leaving his little sweetheart at her home, waiting and counting the hours until he shall keep his promise to pay his usual visit to her or to take her to friends gatherings, where she has set her heart upon going with him. She has learned the secret Of his undoing. which he has repented of when sitting by her side penitent1y, and that is that 1t seems almost impossible, under the influence of so-calIed friends to say no when they propose that he should go off with them on a, lark and forget dull care
 on her thinking cap she will reason the matter out that 1t does not help things to constantly complain or sharply re- preach her swooers to nag or lecture him on these oft-repeated irnproprde- lies Love, which has found 1odgnenx In each heart, spurs her on to reform him. if she has faith in thirn that he l IS really worth saving. ssT am deter mined to give him chance to turn over a new leaf, f,'s is her one aim.
 When he is half stubborn and half Inclined to ask her pardon, yet sends her word he will be busy for a few 1 days and may not have time to call during that time, she does not sit down and write him cold scathine half dozen Ines which vii make him crush the note into bits and wish he might never have to cross her threshold again. Instead of w1d ling a few lines of shadoWy nntsgivings she fills the lpage with sunshine and a merry 111fp or so. He reads 1t over and over with l a twinkle in his eyes; her merry flu- nor Is contagious. Tt draws him to her Instead of widening the breach and fseparating them.
 There are more lovers worth reform ling than condeznning- A true, deter
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-27
MISS LENA.
NO ESCORT TO NIGHT
Dear Miss Libbey :

Dear Miss Libbey:-
 II am a boy Of eighteen years, con sidered good looking; student at high school. While going to school I spoke to a girl student q few times [ think could love this girl. One even ing after tabernacle meeting |. asked to escort her home. This was her re- ply: T am afraid not tonight Mss Lfbbey. please advise if my ofrer would be futile to go with this girl lave her; would like better ,acquaintance with her. Tell me how to become bet ter acquainted. please,
 B. You would have made better 1ra- pression upon inc young girl if you had been properly introduced. Then she might not have refused to have you escort her home that night It is not too late. to become better acauaint- ed by being presented to her.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-27

I'M .sgssaa NCOntdnnaa. D 2 gaasET77-s
 You're a better man than thougAt, ' he said If you'll bury the hatchet, so will L I take back what said to you not because I'm afraid of you, but because respect you. What say :? Will you shake hands7''
 The surly, arrogant expression was gone from his face. In its place was a puzzled, somewhat inquiring look.
 No hard feeling on my part, I cried gladly. We shook hands. Jasper jun for slapped me on the back Its 3. most distressing. atav1stfc habit I'm getting into, knocking people down without rime or reason. 7
 q daresay you had reason mutter ed Colingraft- T got what was com ing to me" An eager light crept into
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-27
ToDAY's POEM
.sW1HEN sPARRows BUILD,


 TWEEN sPARRoWs BUID'' When spaErows build. and the leaves
 break forth, My old sorrow wakes and cries For know it Is dawn in the far,
 far north And a scarlet sun doth rise; Like a scarlet fleece the snow-held And the icy rounts run free: And the bergs begin to bow their And plunge. and sail in the sea. on. my lost lovel my own love. my
 love that loved me so! Is there never q chink in the world Where they listen for words from
 below Nay, spake once. and T grieyed thee remember all that saw Ana now I shall see thee no more. T1ll the sea gives up it's dead. Thou didst set thy foot on the ship To the ieenelds and the snow: Thou vert sad, for thty love did not
 avail,
 And the end I could not know. How could I know I should 1ove thee
 today
 Whom that day I held not dear? How could I know should love thee away
 When I did not love thee anear We shall meet no more on the sod den plain,
 With the faded bents o'erspread; We shall stand no more by the seeth- ing main,
 While the dark wrack drive o'er-
 head. We shalls part no more in the wind
 and rain l Where our last farewell was said, ~ But perhaps I shall see thee and
 know thee again. When the sea, gives up her dead.
 Jean IngeloW.