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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15
STORY OF TWO WATERMELONs
Englishman Was Perfectly Satisfied
He Knew What He Wanted In
Ordering His Dinner.

That familiar things have different
names in different countries was dis.
covered by an Englishman while he
was visiting the United States. Thus
he tells the story of the watermelons:
was eating dinner in an eastern
city, and saw on the menu, "Watermel-
on" We have watermelons in Eng
land, but they are what you in Amer
lea call "muskmelons." Therefore I
called the waiter and said: Bring me
two watermelons."
The dusky walters eyes grew large,
and he protested:
But, sab, you don't want two wa
tahmelonsi"
am not accustomed to have walters
tell me what l want. knew perfect
ly well what l wanted. | saw some
people at the next table smile at each
other, and l was vexed Therefore l
replied to the waiter with much dig
nifty:
Il want two watermelons."
The waiter seemed about to protest
again, but thought better of it, and
went away. While he was gone. I
looked round and found everyone with
in hearing distance smiling curiously.
Looking further, l saw another waiter
setting down before another man a
plate containing an immense round of
something green outside and bright
red within. Then / spied my own
waiter returning, bearing on each up.
lifted palm an immense green oval.
No wonder the people smiled! The
smile was about to become a laugh.
thought l would die! Then an idea
came to me! When the waiter reached
my place, l looked at his burden quite
judicially, tapped each of those ele-
phantine "watermelons," and then
gave my order in a calm, decided
tone:
Bring me a slice from this one."-
Youths Companion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15

TT APPEARS strange that the
greatest of American prehistoric
ruins, those now inclosed in the
= Mesa Verde National park in
southwestern Colorado, should have
escaped discovery until 1888. Years
before, innumerable ancient ruins left
In several other states by the ances-
tors of the Pueblo Indians had been
described and pictured. They had
been the subjects of popular lectures;
they had been treated in books of
science and books of travel; they had
become a. familiar American specta-
Gle. Even the ruins in the Mancos
canyon in Colorado were explored as
early as 1874. w. II. Jackson, who
led the government party, found there
many small dwellings broken down by
the weather. The next year he was
followed by Prof w. H. Holmes, later
chief of the bureau of American eth
nology, who drew attention to the re-
markable stone towers SO character
istic of the region.
But these discoveries attracted little
attention because of their inferiority
to the better-known ruins of Arizona
and New Mexico. Had either of the
explorers followed up the side canyon
of the Mancos they would have then
discovered ruinn which are, in the
words of Baron Gustav Nordenskiold,
the talented Swedish explorer, so
magnificent that they surpass any
thing of the kind known in the United
States"
This explains why delivers in IL
braries find so little about the Mesa
Verde. Most books and magazine
articles were written when cliff dwell
ings were novelty.
Monument of Bygone Ages.
Baron Nordenskiold thus describes
in his book, 1.-THE Cliff Dwellers of the
Mesa Verde" the discovery of the
wonderful dwellings in this side can
yon of the Mancos:
THE honor of the discovery of
these remarkable ruins belongs to
Richard and Alfred Wetherill of Man.
cos. The family owns large herds of
cattle, which wander about on the
Mesa Verde. The care of these. herds
often calls for long rides on the mesa
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15
MADE POLICE WORK
Philadelphia BIuecoats Had Job
Rounding Up Goats.
Youthful shepherd" Had Neglected
His Duty, and the Guardians of the
Peace Were Called on to Re-
Iieve Distress.

Must policeman in the faithful per
Torrance of duty chase stray billy
goats? Must he round up lost nan
MES" and carry them to the station
house, so they won't eat rubber plants
on Blue hill? The question has the
goat" of all the policemen in Ger
mantown and Chestnut Hill-and
there's a reason.
Likewise the goats that Craze on
the greensward of an Italian colony in
Cosgrove street, off Haines street,
have the goat" of many residents of
Germantown and Chestnut Hill.
Recently the police have been irri-
tated by telephone calls from irate
householders telling how goats were
chewing up the landscape.
Matters came to climax when Mrs.
Helen Carr of $50 Cosgrove street
telephoned to the Germantown police
station that her daughter could not go
to school because she was afraid to
venture where the goats would shove
her off the sidewalk and chew up her
dress. The police decided to suppress
the goats then and there. A patrol
wagon loaded to the gunwales started
for the goats.
The policemen knew where the
goats belonged They knew that Fe-
lix Puscano, 516 Haines street, kept
the goats for the milk they gave for
the poor people of the Italian colony.
And the policemen heaped maledic-
tions upon the head of Joe Puscano,
the seven-year-old shepherd of the
herd, whose duty it was to keep the
goats off the lawns.
After half an hours exercise the po-
licemen got the eight goats into the
police wagon and took them to the
station house on East Haines street.
They were locked up in horse stalls,
like any other prisoners. Came an
hour later Felix and his shepherd son,
begging for the goats. 1t was supper
time and the colony wanted it's daily
rations of goats milk.
After much parley the "billies" were
released-under bail to keep the peace.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15

nearly city block. The architecture
marble smoothness and every stone
joins its neighbor with exactness.
Tho walls are hollow and filled
with tiny rooms, from which doors
open into the main court So far no
doors have been found through this
outer wall, and it is supposed that en-
trance either was made from the top
by way of ladders or through tunnel
down under the walls.
Inclosed in the walls are circular
stone rooms, called kivas, supposed to
have been meeting places for the men.
Probably twenty such rooms are in
cluded in the main court
Pottery of exceptionally beautiful
design and workmanship has been
found in the interior of the walls
Excavation has not progressed faI
enough down to reveal other example,
of the craft of the extinct cliff-dwell
ing tribes.
The finger prints of the women, who
evidently laid the stones, are in the
clay between the stones.
No inscriptions have been found, al
though several of the stones bear tri
angular designs and other markings
The discovery of the castle" open'
again the question of whether the toll
| ing hordes of the cliff jewellers" were
q warlike race. No reason can be Civ
en- for the erection of this pretentioui
work except that 1t was intended a.
a refuge in time of war. No warlik'
weapons, however, have been discov
ered'in the ruin. Their energies seen
to have inclined toward pottery max
ing. basket weaving, soil filling ant
] garment making
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15

216 feet, and its greatest width eighty
nine feet.
In places were rooms original
ly three stories in height, the final
story at present having no roof ex-
cept the top of the cave, but most of
the rooms now to be seen are on the
first floor, although in some places a
second story is still standing. There
have been traced ia separate rooms in
this great structure, besides eight sub
terranean ceremonial chambers,
known as kivas. 1t has been estimat-
ed that the building had a population
of about $50 natives.
Cliff palace, the second of these i'm
portant ruins, is nearly three times
the size of Spruce Tree house, and
has over 200 rooms. 1t was repaired
In 1900 and now presents very re-
spectacle appearance to the visitor.
Like Spruce Tree house, it is in a
cave, the roof of which arches about
seventy-five feet above it, and is To-
Gated in Cliff canyon, the floor of
WhlCu 10 bCNCiui huhui Ou lCOS dOoFO
the level of the canyon. 1t is ap-
preached by means of steps cut in the
rock, and ladders.
Deep under the debris which COW
cred the lower entrance of Cliff pal
ace the excavators found the ancient
entrance to the building, which leads
by a gradual slope to the center of
the village.
These wonderful archaeological
ruins present to the visitor unusual
opportunities to see the early type of
dwellings, and offer to the student op-
portunity to study early life, construc-
ton in buildings and religious and
secular ceremonies of the ancient cliE
jewellers.
Castle Is Most Wonderful.
Only recently there has been discov-
cred, across the canyon from Cliff pal
ace, the most remarkable of these re-
markable ruins-a cut-and-polished
stone citadel, already known as the
castle"
The stone edifice is built in the
shape of an enormous 3D." The YER
tical line of the 3D. measures 1872
feet, while the circular wall measures
245 feet, mammoth affair covering
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15
Old Center of Civilization.

Prof. Marshall H. Saville. director
Of the Museum of the American In
dian, New York, announces the dis
covery of an ancient city in Honduras
which was the center of high civili-
cation. Many relics were found, prin-
cipally potteries, and ornaments of
stone and jade. "The remarkable fact
about the potteries and other objects, .
said Professor Saville. lis that they
represent at least six kinds of civiliza-
ton. We have not the facilities at
present to dig down is feet, which
seems necessary, but it is evident
there is an opportunity for vast re-
search"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15
WORD FOR WANDERER
1vAcABoND" NOT ALTOGETHER
TO BE CONDEMNED.
Economic Problem for the Student,
but Also MysteriousIy Appealing
May Boast That He Calls
No Man Master.

We are apt to use the words vaga-
bond and vagrant Interchangeable,
though there is degree of difference
In their meaning, says the Detroit
Free Press. The vagabond is a wan
derer, an irresponsible person without
visible means OF support, preferring
the open road to an occupation be-
cause of an unconventional dislike to
the embarrassment of possessions.
The vagrant is also a wanderer, but
the element of viciousness enters;
given opportunity he may commit a
crime. We usually lump the two to-
gether as tramps, hobos, Weary VIII
lies, and are told there are about half
q million of them in our country.
Economists complain that their main
tenance costs about $100,000,000 an
nually-only 5000 apiece!-an that II
they could be made wage earners they
might enrich the community by about
$300,000,000.
The wanderer, now the vagabond
in our nomenclature, was once quite
q respectable fellow, even an honored
guest. The troubadours, the travelling
friars of medieval days, the ancient
harpists who brought their songs and
stories to castle and hall, Richard
Plantagenet, the poet Villon, George
Borrow, were tramps of one kind or
another. History and romance abound
in them, and we love to read of them
because of our innate fellow feeling
and sympathy.
The vagabond wanders from Some
where to Nowhere for love of the jour
ney. His real reason is that he cannot
help it, having more wanderlust in his
blood than has fallen to the share of
the majority. After all, he merely
gratifies to an unusual extent primal
instinct which centuries of conven-
lions have not subdued in humanity.
He casts off the limitations of civiliza-
ton because they cost him more than
he is willing to pay. He will pay
meagerly and sleep uncomfortably
that he may be free. No one owns
him; he calls no man master; he Is
sublimely Indifferent to responsibility
<aiiu WIN tIou6 uo HOL lclL d pas
sionate desire at times to snap the
chains that bind and chafe, and live
our lives as we wish? In spite of
our respect for the exemplary virtues
we recognize the charm of irrespon-
sibility.
We like the vagabond in fiction
even IL we scorn him at our back
doors, and regard him gravely as an
economic problem. The tramp is more
honest than most of us; he despises
work and scorns the tasks we would
impose on him. Most of us pretend
to like 1t and sing its praises. He is,
moreover, a mysteriously appealing
figure; there is something almost
heroic in his contempt Of what other
men so prize, and we wonder, II we
pause to think Of him at all, what is
his story, what woman remembers him
and longs for news of him. There
is always at least one-his mother.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15
PROPER TYPE IS ESSENTIAL
Refers to Sheep Possessing Mutton
and Wool aracteristics-Se-
cure Purebred Ram.

Unity of type in the flock should be
the direct aim Of every breeder. This
applies to grades as well as pure
breds, and refers to the selection of
type of sheep, possessing similar NUT
ton and wool characteristics. With
pure breeds this feature is especially
important. In flock of sheep where
several types obtain, choice of a suit
able ram is most difficult. Besides,
disparity in this respect detracts from
the general appearance of the flock
and gives the buyer or casual OBJ
server an unfavorable opinion, writes
T. r. Arkell In Farm, Stock and Home.
Every breeder should aspire to pro-
duce distinctive type. He should en-
deavor to breed a class of sheep pos
sessing characteristics that, wherever
the animals are, they will be recog-
nized as his breeding. But to attain
this he should never uphold some
fancy character in preference to util-
ity features. No feature should be
given undue prominence beyond an
other, especially one that is purely or
namental. The establishment of an
ultra form of some fashionable char
acteristic has at times become an OBJ
session with many breeders of pure
bred sheep, and this sin (for 1t can
not be called anything else) must be
avoided. The ultimate destination of
most purebred rams is at the head of
grade flocks, and their utility features
should only be taken into considera.
ton.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15
Hyuiene In the Army.

The Japanese in their war with
Russia made it rule that soldiers
should take special care in keeping
clean their uniforms and that they
should battle as often as convenient.
and especially when there was time
before an engagement. Surgeons
have often praised the excellent re-
suits obtained by the Japanese sur
geons in keeping down the death rate
due to infectious diseases The long
waits in trenches and the unusual con.
ditions Of the present war, however,
made 1t very difficult to keep the men
In the ranks up to standard Of clean.
liness sufficient to keep their uniforms
fres from infectiye material.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15
EXCLUDE AIR FROM THE SlL0
Which Causes Feed to Sour
Cut In Short Lengths.

Packing the ensilage well improves
1t. 1t is the air in the ensilage that
spells it, and the more air in it the
more acetic acid is formed. This is
the acid that makes it sour The less
air the less acetic acid and the more
Tactic acid, which is the most desira-
BILE. The tramping in compacting
the ensilage leaves less room for cir
and so makes better ensilage
Cutting the ensilage fine makes 1t
pack better. Half to three-quartar.
inch lengths are the most satisfa atnrv
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15

copper coin place an ordinary earth
worm and watch it try to crawl off.
1t cannot do it, for the instant it's
damp body, which is in contact with
the copper, touches the silver it starts
a current Of electricity that gives it
a shock. The shock makes the worm
recoil. 1t tries again, but each time
it's head touches the silver 1t gets the
shock and soon finds it is more COM
Portable to stay on the copper coin.
OF course the current thus produced
is very slight, but it is quite enough
for the worm.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15
TOO MUCH FOR THE WORM
Combination of Silver and Copper
Makes Its Imprisonment Most
Effective One.

A strange and amusing experiment
is described by e. Hugo in the Elec,
trical Experimental, as follows:
Place copper coin ON a silver coin !;
the former should be at least three
sixteenths of an inch smaller all
around than the latter. A cent and
a half-dollar will do; an English half
penny and a silver dollar will do bet.
ter, because they are larger. On the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15
How II Was Done.

For years." said the actor man, 81
have tried in vain to elevate the
stage"
That's an easy matter" replied the
young architect.
And the very next day he proceeded
to draw plans for the original root
garden.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15
ASSISTING a Selection.

Hurry up, now" he growled, "and
order what you want"
"But l can't tell what I want" she
complained. "This menu is so con-
fusing. 1t offers oysters in all styles,
but l can't tell what style want from
the menu"
well, maybe the waiter can show
you some fashion plates"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15
Reassurinq.

Nervous Old Lady Con small English
railway)-Oh, dear! How we're rock
ing! I'm sure an accident will hap
pen to this train!
Elderly Aboriginal-It's along O.
their bein' short-handed wi skilled
men, mum, so my son e offered to
drive just to oblige and (conflden-
tally l don't think e knows much
about it.-Passing Show.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15
Wherein They Differ.

Little Lemuel-Paw, what's the diff
ference between a farmer and an ag-
riculturist?
Paw-A farmer, son, makes his
money on a farm and spends 1t In
the city; an agriculturist makes his
money in the city and spends 1t on
farm.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15
Civic Rivalry.

How is the rivalry between Punk
vile and Plinktown as to population ?"
AS keen as ever. One of our girls
married Plinktown man and moved
there, thus reducing Plunkvilles popu-
lation. But we Immediately desig-
mated four Plunkville boys to court
Plinktown girls"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15
No Kick COMING.

First Traveler-How do you find
business in your line?
Second Traveler-Oh, have no
cause for complaint. I'm doing a rat
Ting business.
First Traveler-What's your line?
Second Traveler-Tm one of the end
men in a minstrel show.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15
No Time for Courtesy.

81 noticed said the husband, you
didn't say thank you to the man who
gave you his seat in the car this eve
ming"
NO" replied the wife; you see, l
once stopped to say thank you, and by
the time I had done so l found that
another woman had the seat"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-01-15
He Struck Out.

Jagreen-I saw you talking to Bor-
rows on the street this morning.
Bilbrown-Yes.
Jagreen-Did he strike you for
loan?
Bilbrown-Not exactly. He STRUCK
at me, but never touched me.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-16
|, [, STANDS BACK IF RULING
 IF CORPORATION COMMISSION

The members of the state corpora tion commission were yesterday noti- fled that the Interstate Commerce Commission, which has for the past year had under advisement the case filed against the state commission by the Mccormick Lumber Company of Los Angeles, had decided the matter in favor of the state body.
 The ruling of the I. c. C. upholding the order made by the corporation commission comes as the climax of a long drawn out fight made on the commission by one of the big coast lumber companies in an effort to have the rates on shipments of lumber in this state raised to a much higher fig
 ure than at present prevail.
 The case had it's inception about eighteen months ago. At that time several of the larger lumber manufac- turers in the northern part of Arizona appealed to the commission for relief from what they considered to be eX- horbitant transportation rates on lum- Der from the north part of the state to Southern points in Arizona. Most of the raw lumber comes from the north part of the state and is shipped
 to the south part where it is used in and about the mines.
 The corporation commission had made a rate on such shipment of un- dressed lumber and the roads were charging accordingly. The rate being somewhat lower than the rate which l had hitherto prevailed. Prior to this l time, the mills in the north part of the state had been virtually barred from
 any share in the lumber trade in the southern part of Arizona. The trans 1 pOrtatiOn rates on the commodity, as 1 compared with similar rates from Pa
 cific coast points, being almost pro- 1 hibitory.
 As soon as the commission had made 1 it's order reducing the freight on lum-
 Der to intrastate points, the coast lum- Der dealers set up the contention that 1 the new Arizona rates were so low
 when compared with rates made from coast points, as to be discriminatory | to their products. They instituted the
 action, technically against the South ern Pacific railroad, but in reality
 against the corporation commission. In defending it's action in making the new
 rate on the shipments, the commission 1 cited the fact that the new rate was 1 scaled on the basis of mileage involved
 and when compared with the rate l which prevailed from San Pedro, Cal.
 was not in the least a discriminatory
 rate against the coast producers. IT l the meantime, the producers in the
 northern part of this state were enabl- l ed, under the new tariffs, to get into market in the south portion of tho state, and al the present time have sue ceeded in building up a large and lu- , crative trade, which they are, by req
 son of geographical position and sev-
 eral other considerations, rightfully en- titled to.
 It was about six months before tho Interstate Commerce Commission gay, the case their attention. The mattel was heard early in January, 1915 The case was then taken under advisement,
Arizona republican., 1916-01-16

and the decision made public only yes terday.
 The decision sustains the corporation in the latter's contentious that the old time rates on lumber shipments were too high, and holds that the new rate
 Approximately 30 per cent lower than the old ones) are equitable and in no wise discriminatory against the pro
 ducers in the coast country. mileage considered. While the l. C. c. admits that the latter firms may have lost a certain amount of business in this ter ritory which was heretofore theirs, fl holds that there is no reason why the roads should be compelled by the state commission to boost the rates which are now in effect. However, in the de- cision of the I. c. C., there is one crumb of comfort for the Mccormick com tpany. That lays in the fact that the decision contains a stipulation that in
 case the Mccormick people are able in the future, to bring any evidence be- fore the commission, which tends to
 show that there has actually been dis
 crimination practiced by the state body in framing the rates, the I. c. C. will open the case again and give it another consideration. At the present time, there has not been a sufficient amount of evidence presented to the | interstate body to warrant the as
 sumption that there has been discrIm- 1 inatiOn practiced.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-16
GLOBE ASBESTOS
 MINES BEST EVER
Recent Discoveries Cause Much Comment by
 Mining Men

The best asbestos in the United States has been mined at the Grand Canyon in Arizona for some consid- erable time, but the recent numer- ous discoveries of this metal in the Globe district have caused consider able interest. The price of asbestos is high, running from s10 per ton on extremely impure material up to $350 per ton for the better grades AL though the United States leads all other countries in the manufacture and use of asbestos most of it's raw material has been imported from Canada. However, Arizona asbestos has been proven even better than the Canadian, as it contains a lower per centage of iron.
 The above information, with bib Biography of the literature relative to the same, a description of the oc- currences of the minerals of asbestos, with some details relative to those found in Arizona, as well as the economic factors governing the pro- duction of the same, are taken up in some detail in a recent publication of the Arizona State Bureau of