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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27
Each Man to His Own Work.

There is an opinion altogether too
broadcast that some work Is delight
full and lovable and some work not
SO. A certain great philosopher tells
an amusing tale of himself. AS he
sat in his study working he looked
out of the window and saw man
breaking up stones in the pavement.
Hour after hour, as the philosopher
set down words on the paper, the man
outside in the street continued to
ply his pickax The philosopher felt
so sorry for the man that finally he
could stand 1t no longer and he has
tened out to him and accosted him.
What do you think of all day as you
keep on hour after hour breaking
stones?" The man stood up, rested
his pickax against his hip, spat on his
hands and rubbed them together, with
a broad grin, and replied: ''Breakin'
stones" and lifted his pick again The
philosopher withdrew to his study a
happier. and wiser man. knowing that
each man gravitates' naturally to the
work he enjoys thinking, about.-De.
lineator..,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27
DramatIsts' Works Published.

Foreign plays, the work of Dumas,
Ibsen, Sudermann and many others,
We're obtainable both in the original
and in translation twenty years ago,
but the. play in the English language
was practically forbidden book.
Dramatists. publishers and readers
whose tongue was English apparently
thought that the place of the drama
was the theater, and that to act it and
see 1t acted was the sum total of its
existence, To make a book of mod
ern play was in the last years of the
nineteenth century an, unheard,of-
thing. With the advent of Ibsen as a
world power in the theater came the
change. The controversy raging over
the Norwegians head demanded the
printing and the reading of his plays
in English. Then Bernard Shaw's
plays were published before they were
acted; Oscar Wilde's appeared almost
simultaneously before reader and
theater audience. Pinero's and Henry
Arthur Jones came from the press
after they saw the footlights. One
after another dramatist followed.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27
Banana Meal Industry.

The manufacture of banana meal or
flour ag a regular industry promises
to be an effect of the war realized in
Jamaica. The diminished sales of
bananas have led to careful expert
ments, Sand a consular report states
that in sone of these 537 pounds OF
fruit yielded 1873 pounds of -four. the
cost being low enough to make selling
at four cents pound very profitable.
Mixed with wheat flour, the banana
meal nakes satisfactory and nutri-
tious bread and cakes that'fiouse@ives
are urged to try. For bread the ma
terial may be equal to OF. somewhat
less than the wheat flour, and for
plain cake or gingerbread the banana
meal may be substituted entirely for
other flour, the other ingredients be,
ing added.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27

in the sand of the Yukon for hundreds
of miles up the valley. Dawson City
is situated on the alluvial fiat where
river, two tributaries of which are the
famous Bonanza creek and bunker
creek. Although traces of gold were
discovered in the Yukon valley in
about 1869, it was twelve years later,
in 1881, before it was found in the
ward coarse gold was found on the
Fortymile, tributary of the Yukon
below Dawson, and in 1S94-1906 the
discoveries of Bob Henderson and
George Cormack, in Hunker and Be-
nanza creek and many miners made
fortunes in short time, but unfor-
tunately most of the gold was spent
foolishly or in debauchery. One man
is said to have taken 100000 out of
a claim Sc feet by 300 feet, but, so
the story goes, he spent it in a few
years and died in poverty. The quick
est fortune en- record was secured by
two men who cleaned up gold to the
value of $4,000 in 27 hours Stories
of the proceedings at Klondike during
these golden days" are not edifying,
but point to the moral that wealth
too easily and quickly won is apt to
work ill.
The total output in 1898 was $780,
100000, from which figure it jumped
six million annually until 1900, when
the production reached $22,275,OO0,
the highest point. From this point a
steady decline began until in 1908,
when it was $2,s29,131 at which time
hydraulicking and dredging began,
and the total output rose slowly until
it was $5,018,411 in 1918. It has been
estimated that only about S20,000,000
worth of gold remains to be produced,
out of the original available amount of
nearly $1SO,000, 000 At the height of
the boom in the winter of 1899 the
population of Dawson is said to have
reached $4,000; recently, however, it
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27
Travels of the Turkey

The first turkey eaten in France
was served at the wedding banquet of
Charles TX. The Mexican birds were
taken to Europe and then brought
again to America as domestic birds.
The journals CT many of the explorers,
among them Capt. John Smith, record
the attractive qualities of the wild tur.
key. They were plentiful from Can.
ada south to the seacoast. One Eng.
lish traveller wrote of the great store
of the wild kind of turkeys, which re.
main about the house as tame as ours
england"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27
A MANS THANkFULNESS.

Z AM thankful because I am strong,
L Because of the chances about me,
Because in the thick of the throng
I have brothers who never will doubt
me;
am thankful to have as my right
The freedom true manhood inherits
am thankful for courage to fight
For an honest reward of my merits.
am thankful that no one may weep
Because 1 am cunning or greedy,
Because If l sow I may reap
Without bringing grief to the needy;
am thankful because I have claimed
No vice-tainted tribute from others,
That still unafraid, unashamed,
may gaze in the eyes of my brothers.
am thankful for those who depend
On me for their freedom from sorrow;
am thankful at every days end
For the hope of a splendid tomorrow;
am glad that, though many must grieve,
There are hearts which are stirred by
compassion;
| am glad that l still may believe
That kindness is not out of fashion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27

TrAVE you counted your blessings
n and are you truly thankful?
Or are you one of the army OF
women who each year declare they
have nothing to be thankful for?'
There isn't woman living, or man,
who has nothing to be thankful for.
Those who protest against fate, who
say theirs is a hard life, void of all
beauty, comfort, cheer or anything
whatsoever to give thanks for, are
wrong with the world. Something is
the matter; they need readjustment
and different point of view.
The peevish, dissatisfied woman who
allows herself to be unhappy because
she does not possess as much OF this
worlds goods as her neighbor, and
then says she has nothing to be thank
full for, has only to go into city hos
pital and there she will see many rea-
sons for her own Thanksgiving.
You mothers who have healthy chill
dren, strong of body and straight of
limb, may be thankful that your little
ones are not compelled to inhabit a
home for incurable cripples.
You fathers who have kind, gentle
wives and well-bred children may be
thankful that you are not married to
a shrew, woman who neglects her
home, her children, and makes her
husbands life unbearable.
Every one of you can be thankful for
the sunshine, the rain, the beauty OF
the hills and fields, the fruits of the
earth that will appease your hunger,
the clothing that keeps you warm, and,
above all, for the roof that covers you.
Many there are, you know, that have
not these blessings. The blind cannot
see the sunshine or the beauties of ma
ture; the poyerty-stricken cannot en-.
Joy the fruits of the earth and warm
clothing; the homeless have no roof
tree to shelter them, and the cripples
cannot feel the softly falling rain.
Are you, then, making the world
about you more livable and lovable for
some poor, disheartened mortal? Are
you Tightening his burden? Or are you
in your selishness making the world
bleak and cold and inhospitable for
those about you?
You can do something to help the
unfortunate ones to be thankful. Per
haps you cannot give beautifully
supplied basket of provisions to your
poor neighbor, but you can send her
plate of biscuits, or call upon her
and cheer her up bit. You can write
cheerful letter to a shut-in or take
her bright bunch of posies or
basket of fruit. Flowers and fruit are
always welcomed at the hospitals; but
if you take them there yourself, add.
ing the brightness of your presence,
they will be doubly welcome.
Do not let the day pass without per
forming some act of kindness or char.
ity, Tightening some burden or making
the heart of some sad friend sing
joyful melody.
Be truly thankful for your own bless.
ings and dispense a blessing wherever
you may.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27

According to translation of re-
Gently deciphered inscription on one
of the Sumerian tablets. Professor
Langdon of Jesus college, Oxford, says
the deluge preceded the fall of man.
The tablet which has been almost
completely restored, contains six finely
written columns of. about 240 lines,
most of which are intact.
1t begins by describing the land of
primeval bliss, which 1t locates at Dill
nun, an island in the Persian gulf. In
this paradise dwelt mankind. whom
Nintud, the greatness, with the help
of EMIL had created" says Professor
Langdon. After the deluge this king
is called Tagtug, the Divine. And this
Tagtug lives In garden, is himself a
gardener, and the wise Enki reveals
unto him wisdom.
''The Greek historians, too, preserve
this legend in the story of Cannes,
who rose from the Persian gulf to
teach men wisdom In primeval times
And so Tagtug, as In the Hebrew his
tory OF Noah, plants a garden, names
the trees and plants, and Is permitted
to eat of all but the cassia tree, an
herb of healing par excellence. OF
this plant Tagtug was not to eat, for
thereby he would attain eternal life.
Mankind until this time possessed
extreme longevity, but not immortal
ity. Tagtug, on his own initiative,
takes and eats. He is cursed by Min
tud and becomes prey to disease and
ordinary mortality.
Thus in the original Sumerian story
Noah. the survivor of the flood, is the
one who eats from the tree of life.
No woman is concerned in this disobe-
dience, which resulted in our loss of
perfect health, peace and countless
years"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27
Season Teaches a lesson.

This festive season brings joyous re-
unions and pleasant greetings; the
table is loaded with flush autumn
cheer, it is a time to Danish anxiety
and sadness, to revel in all good things
of life. But this thoughtless, indiffer.
ent stage does not always continue.
Later on there comes a consciousness
that gratitude is due someone for the
countless blessings bestowed This
dawning consciousness often awakes
feeling of thankfulness, not considered
Decentralization Work and Evangel
list.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27
A Thanksgiving (Re) Treat.
First Thanksgiving Service.

FIrSt thanksgiving SeT'e
So far as is known, one of the lrs'
Harvest Thanksgiving Services ever
held in modern times was that pro-
vided for in an official document GU
titled Form of Prayer and lhankssN,
ing to Almighty God, to be used III ai,
churches and chapels in England anu
Wales and in the town OF Bethwick-oh-
Tweed on Sunday, the 18th day OF DC
tober, 1S47, being the day appointed
for a general Thanksgiving to AL
mighty God for the late Abundant
Harvest, by Her Majesty's Speciai
Command" With the exception OF
one in November, 1859, in gratitude
for various successes on sea and land,
including the capture Of Quebec, and
for IAN uncommonly plentiful Har-
vest" this was probably the first serv-
ice of the kind held in modern times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27
Cadences of Song.

AS the custom is among certain
Swiss herdsmen on the Alpine slopes,
as the sun goes down for each to call
to the one above him, through his
horn, praise ye the Lord" SO across
this land, through its valleys and over
its plains and up its mountainsides-
everywhere ought to ring the note OF
praise to the declining sun of another
year, and to the ever-rising sun OF ma
tional greatness and destiny.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27

y
~ extracted from the earth. Nat
- urally the Klondike and Yukon
goldfields, as the latest to be
opened, will attract the would-be pio-
neers OF the present, and romantic
stories coming out of the great Alas
the blood of the adventurous until the
whole region has become commercial
lied. In recent publication of the
Smithsonian, II. C. Cadell reports his
studies and Investigations in the Klon-
dixie and the Yukon and presents a
picture of conditions in these famous
fields which the man with the gold
fever will do well to see.
The name Klondike was once in ev-
cry mouth, and late in the nineteenth
century it nearly became q synonym
for all that was rich and prosperous
But of late it has not been SO common,
its early bloom having faded away.
The sensational pockets of fine placer
gold, which attracted hordes of hardy
adventurers from every quarter, now
al % ucdiiy ucpltlcu, anu uO INV OueS
have been discovered to maintain it's
earlier reputation. But while this part
of the Yukon district can no longer
be called poor mans goldfield, it
still contains a considerable quantity
of alluvial gold which can be secured
by the application of capital and
brains. It remains a region we'll
worth visiting, for besides the gold it
has other possibilities of development
There are many points Of geographic
and scientific interest; in this remote
and imperfectly explored northwest
ern corner of the British empire there
are numerous problems awaiting the
discussion and investigation of the
geologist and the geographer of the
years to come.
Skagway Now a Wretched Spot.
On his trip of investigation Mr.. Ca.
dell steamed up the coast from Van
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27
Most Blest of Nations.

1t is no boast to declare ours the
most blest of nations, favored with
every good gift that can be bestowed
upon the sons of men. A country upon
which nature has lavished her treas.
ures, where the fruits Of the earth
never fail, where dwell a spirited, red
FLOODED people, proud of its past, con-
scious of wonderful future, and eager
for its working out
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27

An he'd gobble-gobble. in the fercest
way,
That it used to scare me SO I couldn't
play.
But this Thanksgivin' saw the end of him
When the hired man pulled him from his
roostin' limb
An chopped his old head off. cause twas
Uncles plan
To put him for dinner in the roastin' nan
helped cook to pick him, though 1t was
no fun,
An stayed round a-watchin' till 1t all
was done,
An safe in the oven. as she shut the door,
cried. THAT old gobbler won't scare
me no morei
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27

A new use has been found for the
humble oorncob. This time a Kansas
farmeriis obtaining wonderful results
by burSing them in the ground be-
side his.muskmelon patch. The cobs
retain moisture for the melons when
everything else is dry as a bone.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27
THE OLD TURKEY GOBBLER

Where 1 so Thanksgiving, Uncle's folks
to see,
Was big old gobbler, cross as he could
be,
An I never went there but he'd come
around,
Struttin' so important. like he owned the
ground.
An he'd spread his feathers almost twice
his size,
An would look so wicked with his beady
eyes,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27
Anxious to Please.
outpost.

so you are expected to do kind
act every day."
Yes replied the boy scout.
How about today?"
well, the teacher has been having
little trouble with me. Don't you
think l might stay away from school
and give her a rest?"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27
Lots of Room In Russia.

Figures. show that while Russia is
increasing in population twice as fast
as Germany, she has four times as
much room at her disposal in Europe.
Japan, whose population grows rap
idly, haAs by ordinary standards. lit.
tie or NO reoH ,fdr more. : =
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27
THE FIRST
THANKSGIVING
BY 7. c. Harbaugh

Long ago the Pilgrim Fathers
In the forests cold and gray.
With the ter1pests roaring
round them,
Kept the first Thanksgiving
Day;
Near their homes the yor.
Whoop sounded,
But they needed not the cry,
As they knelt with prayer and
anthem
Meath the dark and stormy
sky.
Fleeing far from, foul oppres-
sion,
Unto Freedoms land they
came,
Where they raised their holy
affairs -
Burning with a sacred flame;
And they taught their gentle
children,
Mid the dashing of the spray,
To ioUing keep and beautiful,
Every year, Thanksgiving
Day.
In the din, aisles of the forest,
Where the oaks their
branches spread,
The tUild deer and the panther
Heard the words the Pill
grins said;
And the hymns that Hooted
skyUard
Echoed s,Ueetly far quay,
Till the dusk, descending
softly,
Crowned the first Thanks
giving Day.
They Were stern, those grano
old Pilgrims,
Men svho harked to Free.
dor's call,
And amid the snows of
Plymouth
Kept the Day beloved by all;
IN the bleak New England
Woodlands,
Lit by Autumn 8 fleeing ray,
To Colunlbia's chosen children
There they gaUe Thanksgiving
Day.
We hold it sueet and holy still
From where the pine trees
groU
To where the golden orangs
swings
In lands devoid of snow;
From the rocks of proud
Atlantic,
Where the tempest filings
its spray
To the sun-kissed, mild Pacific
Millions keep Thanksgiving
Day.
Blessings on the Pilgrim
Fathers!
They who sought a home afar,
And buiLded them an altar
In the beams of Freedoms
star;
Let their memories be sacred,
Though their graues are far
dtUay,
For the legacy they left us
Is our firstThanksgiUing Day.
(Copyright.)
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-11-27

pEY HE world will go gold-hunting
81 until the last yellow nugget is
III extracted from the earth. Nat
IL urally the Klondike and Yukon
L.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-07-07
DIPPING TANKS
NOT Be BUILT
THIS ! { A R
CATTlEMEN FAILED TO PRE-.
SENT PROPER PETITIONS TO
COMMISSIONER FOR CATTLE
TICK ERADICATION.

The question of building dipping
tanks for the purpose of eradicating
the cattle tick in this county will have
to be deferred another year, for the
reason that the cattlemen failed to
present the proper petitions to the
board of county commissioners yes
terday and for the further reasons
that the commissioners will not have
time in which to get the necessary
number of signatures to the petition,
as the law requires at least fifty per,
cent of the legal tax payers of the
county must sign such a petition De.
fore the board can authorize a levy
to build dipping tanks in the various
sections of the county where neces.
sary.
The commissioners feel that the
tanks would be a good thing for the
county at large and would have been
pleased to authorize the levy for this
purpose, but as the law Is very plain
on the subject, they were prevented
from doing so for the reason above
state.
Several private tanks are owned in
the county and next year it is believed
that the petitions will be presented in
due legal form and the board will
authorize the levy.
Yesterday afternoon the most pro-
cattlemen from various sec.
tions of the county were present and
were disappointed when it was learn.
ed that IL would be impossible for the
commissioners to authorize the levy,
but hope to have it in full force an
other year.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-07-07
INJURED LADY
IS RESTING
EASY TODAY
BADLY CUT AND BRUISED, BUT
NO SERIOUS RESULTS ARE AN.
TlClPATED - WHO ARDMORE
PARTY WAS is NOT KNOWN.

Miss Ruby Lewis of Lone Grove
who was one of the party injured
in the collision of two speeders OF
the Ringling railroad, near the wes
city limits, Monday uight, is resting
well at the Hardy sanitarium, where
she was brought for treatment. Be
sides severe wound near her knee
she suffered a severe scalp wound
which required several stitches to
bring together
The members of the Lone Grove
party, who were all more or less
shaken up and bruised, were: w
B. Moore, jerome Sullivan, Vance
Turner, Misses Ruby and Willie Lewis
and Mrs. Cain Who the parties
were on the speeGer that crashed into
their machine is still a mystery that
no one seems to be able to solve.
That more were not seriously injured
is a mystery.
The speeder upon which the Lone
Grove party wore riding was badly
smashed, but the car bearing the
party from this city was not injured
materially, as it was a much heavier
machine.
The Lone Grove party we're on
their way to this city to attend a
picture show when the accident oc.
CURED near the at the west city
limits.
The railway officials are making a
diligent effort tC find out who the
parties were who appropriated the
speeder for a 10y ride.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-07-07

heard a loud report He looked in
the direction of the cell, but it was
dark. Entering he found Hollis body
in a pool of blood in the corner.
The body was taken to the morgue
t. Hampstead, where DR.. Cleghorn
70. Eepared to perform an autopsy
i'm ;tely.
Ho. q fore killing himself, admit
ted to ", ives that he did not tell
the truth I he said that he made
the bomb eA. d 4 in the capitol at
Washington ou, rlphuric acid and
match heads, ant aid also that he
did not tell the truth about his move
ments in Washington and New York.
Holt made these admissions when
confronted by Evidence tending to
show that he made the capitol bomb
in a bungalow which he rented near
here about ten days ago. They fol-
lowed the positive Identification by
Lewis OFT of Holt as the man who had
rented the bungalow and found nu-
merous bottles with corks punctured
in the center, small walls and pictures
of dozen public buildings through
out the country, three of which were
Holt refused to say why he did not
tell the truth in the first place about
the contents of the bombs and his
He refused to admit that
he is the man who, under the name
of Hendrick. received a shipment of
100 pounds of dynamite at Syosset, l..
l., although George w. Carnes, sta
ton agent at that place, identified
Holt as Hendrick