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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
SUBSTANTIAL OUTPUT
OF "QUICK" AT lone

Frank Davis, who with his broth
er, owned and sold the cinnabar
mine of the Nevada Cinnabar COM
pany, near lone to the present own
ers, was in Battle Mountain last
week and intends to give our min
eral shOwings a careful examine
ton. Mr.. Davis stated that the
mines at lone have produced to
date over 100000 worth of quick
silver, and with that commodity up
to $500 a flask, as it is now, the
property which he and his brother
formerly owned, promises to make
a record production, surpassed by
only some of the big producing
mines of California. From what
Mr.. Davis let drop III an interview
he is of the opinion gained from a
preliminary examination of several
of our tributary mining districts
that this section is destined to wit
hess a tremendous expansion in
mining operations within the COM
ing year and that succeeding years
will but increase the constant
stream of wealth which our miles
are capable of yielding.-Battle
Mountain Scout.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
BOOST BIRTH RATE
IS GERMANS PLAN
SAME RESULTS HOPED FOR BY
LOWERING INFANT DEATH
RATE

BERLIN, Feb. Some of the
difficulties which, for the present at
least, confront many of the details
of plans for increasing birth rate
of Germany have led to a strong
companion movement to lower the
infant death rate. Its proponents
argue that many steps are possible
along this line at present.
Prof. Langstein, dill ector of the
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria house for
combating infant mortality in the
German empire, believes that il
will be possible to reduce the loss
in infants to Z or 8 per cent,
Sweden's present rate, and thereby
gain about 100000 in population
annually. He relies largely upon
education to accomplish this re-
suit, education beginning with chill
dren in the folk schools and ex-
tending upwards SO as to include
everp person who has anything 10
do with babies, mothers, nurses,
physicians and so on.
He advocates a mild form of sea
hygiene instructions in the schools.
as we'll as both theoretical and
practical education as to the care Of
..nildren which shall extend from
the lowest through the highest
schools.
The newspapers can be a great
educative power for good, he be-
lieves, and he recommends that they
publish helpful articles at regular
intervals.
Maternity hospitals and like in
stitutions have in the past, he he
lieves, had too great tendency mere
ly to give assistance at birth and
have failed to pay any attention
or to exercise any supervision over
mothers or children afterwards.
This must be altered, he says, 20
that by some system of inspection
the hospitals may continue to exert
a wholesome influence.
In every corner of Germany there
have sprung up so-called care in
stitutions, where the wives and fam
lilies of soldiers have been given
all sorts of aid, from meals TO
clothes and money, advise and gen
eral oversight. Prof. Langstein
hopes that these institutions will
not disappear after the war, but
rather that they will continue and
develop so as to fit into his whole
social plan.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
TALKS BIG FIGURES
TELLING OF PLACERS

IN connection with the pia"s OF
The Lucky Strike Min.t! o"rlpaby,
vi ich proposes to % . the King
Solomon group of placer claims, 80
niles northwest Of Reno. II. D..
Howard, one of the promoters, says
Ali English syndicate o. mining in
vc.tors is negotiating for a large
block of the stock. o. B. Steen,
one of the directors, general man
eyer of the Pacific Pipe Line, How
ard says. is in New York negotiat-
ing with the prospective buyers.
Joseph Macarthur, president of the
company, says; Our estate is
located OH the old neocene lava
capped river which represents the
earliest river system. The river is
filled with white quartz, an m
failing sign of these old river beds.
When this gravel is found it usual
ly runs around $40 to several hun
dollars a yard. We have demor@
strated it's existence on our ground
for a mile in length and 800 feet
in width.-Gazette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
OLD GOLDF|ELOER
IS IN FAR NORTH
JUDGE McGINNIS WRITES FROM
POINT FAR BEYOND THE
ARCTIC CIRCLE

Prof. B. J. McGinnis, formerly
state teachers examiner for tie
Goldfield district and subsesuent'
ly principal of the Manb attain school
in 1911, has been heard from
through his brother from the far
thest north court or judicial dis
trict under the American flag. Mr..
McGinnis is stationed on the Kay
ayuy river, SO miles north of FAIR
banks in the arctic circle, wnere
the unsetting sun holds forth for
the entire summer and the nights
of the winter season endure for
another six months. The terri
tory presided over by Judge Me-
Ginnis covers an area of over 90
900 miles and there is no appeal
from his rulings.
The letter states there is a new
excitement at Coldfoot, $50 miles
rorth of Kayayuy, and a rush IS
.cdtcted for that section as o
as winter passes. After leaving
Ma1nattan the judge secured a Job
as purser on a boat of the
North American Transportation
company and afterward managed tho
company store at Forty Mile.
He located claim 81 on Gold
Run creek, a tributary of the DG-
minion, which produced millions
before it was acquired by Chute
& Wills. Chute is another Nevada
man, being a brother of Elmer
Chute, who laid out the townsite
of Goldfield. Wills is manager
of the Canadian Bank of Commerce,
which controls all business in Yukon
territory.-Tonopah Bonanza.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19

eff Nevada is granted the T.
600, 1000 acres provided for in this
bill it will still only be treated
as the least literally treated of
1.-THE public land states. The rea-
sonableness of the grant is more
apparent when it is realized that
the remaining unappropriated pub
tic lands of the state of Nevada are
practically all desert lands without
water supply.
"The bill prescribes that the pro-
ceeds derived from the sale of such
lands by the state after the grant
is made shall be appropriated for
the use of the public schools in the
state and of the state university in
the following proportions, to-wit:
80 per cen of such proceeds to the
public schools and 20 per cent of
such proceeds to the state univar-
sity. While the population of the
state of Nevada is small, such pop
ulation is scattered ove such an
enormous area that the expense
of maintaining public schools Is
unusually large. Such public school
system is in need Of support. and
such grant for such purpose is not
only reasonable but just. The state
university is most fortunately sit
uated for the investigation of min
ing and agricultural problems and
the dissemination of knowledge with
regard to such subjects. 1t is the
policy of the government to en-
courage such Investigations and
the dissemination of such knowl-
edge, and the grant to said univer-
sitv is not only reasonable and just
but will be of great value to the
government, particularly through
the accomplishments of such uni
versity along the lines Of agricultur-
al and mining research.
THE committee considered a
number of suggestions relative to
he placing of restrictions in the
grant with regard to the disposal of
such lands, but after due deliber-
aticn deemed it wise by reason Of
the peculiar conditions existing in
the state of Nevada to leave such
questions to the determination or
the state. 1t was further influenced
in this course by the belief that
the people of the state of Nevada
are fully awake to the necessity of
So disposing of such lands as to OBJ
tain the very best consideration
for tse state"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
MALATESTA is
AN H

Ore shinments from the Gold Pen
mine at Rand, the latest bonanza
camp, which have been held up by
the deep snow, will be resumed
Monoay. Thirteen miners are at
work. and the property is said to be
improving steadily as development
continues.
Joe Malatesta left today to exam
~" the mine. Mr.. Malatesta holds
r'ther a unique position at the Gold
p"n. as wcl' as at other properties.
heins o"erated bv John Miller. He
has an uncHpnv canability of locat-
'"g h~igh-grade orebojies. md when
ever n vein appears to be lost he IS
""lied il to locate it.. When ask
ed how he does it. Joe said. "Huh?
"e' q. I smell ZEN .'-Walker Lake
bulletin.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
CLUBS MAY OBTAIN
GOVERNMENT RIFLES
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION
Is PROMOTING INTEREST
IN DEFENSE

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. T.
Reports reaching here from all
parts of the country show an awak-
ened interest in rifle practice among
civilians as a part of the program
of national defense. Under a Law
passed by congress two years ago
ten or more civilians in am 10
cality can organize a rifle club an
der wa: department rules and Oh
utilization with the National Rifle
association Of America, which CO.
operates with the government IN
promoting rifle training, receives a
free issue of rifles and ammunItio1
at the ratio of one rifle for each five
club members and 120 rounds OF
ammunition per member per year.
At present there are about 700
such rifle clubs organized in prac-
tically every state. and inquiries
reach Washington bv the DOZENS
daily for information as to orgn1I-
izing clubs.
The National Rifle association is
bending every effort to increase the
number of clubs in the country and
offers every encouragement for their
formation. The organization OF
these clubs is regarded as a step in
the direction of national defense.
1t is to be hoped that quite a
number of rifle clubs may be repre-
scented by teams at the national
matches, which have been recon-
mended by the national board for
promotion of rifle practice, for
Jacksonville, Fla, beginning Oct. 20
next. Secretary of War Garrison
has not yet acted on the matter,
but it Is highly probable that he
will approve holding matches this
year.
Rifemen throughout the country
we're pleased at the action of the
board in voting for annual matches
instead of holding these competi-
tions every other year.
Persons interested in the organi-
cation of rifle clubs may procure
full information and descriptive
literature by making application to
Major Fred S. Phillips, Jr., secre-
tary of the National Rifle associa-
ton and assistant recorder of the
national board, at Washington, d. c.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
FallOn Il -,Ieat Center

Farmers of the Fallon irrigation
project in the central part of the
state are assuming leadership III
the expectation OF dressed meats to
state points. Shipments of dress
ed meats for January, 1915, by the
farmers reached a total of $500
pounds while in January, 1916 over
1880 pounds was expressed out
of Fallon. The figures Go not in
clude poultry, which was about the
same as for January a year ago,
or 1850 pounds.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
CATTLE ARE KILLED
IN RAlST0N VALLEY
COYOTES COMMIT DEPREDA-
TIONS, ATTACK HERDS ON
THE DESERT

George Potts, an Indian, report
ed having seen two steers killed
by a band of coyotes in Ralston
valley. One of the streers was a
three-year-old and the other a yearl-
ing. The Indian said that the band
of coyotes attacked the first steer
and before he could reach it on
horseback they had torn it to
pieces. They then turned boldly and
attacked and killed the second steer.
He reported the coyotes to be fol-
lowing bands of cattle and killing
the stragglers, which are weaken
ed by the lack of food due to the
recent storms.
Potts declares that the coyotes
nav been driven to attack cattle
on account of scarcity Of food.
Two sheepherders who came into
town Tuesday to purchase supplies,
told of having lost all their sheep
dogs in fights with bands of coy
otes. They said the coyotes were
travelling in bands of ten AMI
twelve and displayed unusual fierce
ness and boldhess.
Ralston valley, which the men
said, is infested with coyotes, runs
from Tonopah to Manhattan and it
was within Is miles of Tonopah that
George Potts saw the coyotes kill
the two steers.-Tonopah Times.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
BRUCE GLIDDEN WEBS
GERTRUDE THOMPSON

A telegram received from Los
Angeles Tuesday announced the
marriage of Bruce Glidden, well
known lawyer, and Miss Gertrude
Thompson, assistant secretary Of
the Oatman district chamber OF
commerce.. The ceremony was per-
formed Monday afternoon. Mr..
Glidden is president of the chamber
of commerce and one of the best
know attorneys in the southwest.
Miss Thompson has been a resident
of Oatman for the past two months
and has been a leader in the social
life of the camp.-Oatman Miner.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
Appropriation for Indians

The Stewart Indian school, neal
Carson, recently received an in
crease in the annual appropriation
from congress and increased eff
cheney will be possible at the school
for the Indians of the state. The
appropriation totals over $4,000.
The Indians of the WashOe tribe
also receive over ST. 900 while the
reclamation system for the Pyramid
lake reservation received 5000.
This is the largest increase in the
appropriations allowed in the Unit
ed States for Indian service.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
Nevada a Game Reserve

Sportsmen of the northern part
of the state are taking action in
regard to procuring elk from the
federal game reserves in Wyoming.
The latest proposal is to make the
entire state a game preserve and
IN ordinance protecting game was
recently passed by Washoe county
commissioners, which will be ap-
plicable to every county of the
state and a movement is on foot
to get every board of the state
to take favorable action in regard
to the law.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
Ranks Show Increase

The banks Of the city of Reno
have just issued annual statements
of their financial condition for the
preceding year. The statements
show an increase in deposits of over
$500, 900; an increase in liabilities
of $714,OOO; and over 500, 900
reserve. The statements show over
$4,000 900 in deposits in the three
institutions figuring in the reports.
The banks pay interest to the
amount Of over $4,000 a year to
the depositOrs.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
Cattle Shipments increasing

Shipping of Nevada cattle to Cali
fornia points is increasing daily from
the Reno and Sparks yards. Cali
tornia points depend on the Nevada
ranges to supply the fresh meat do
nand of the coast. Many packers
in advance orders for a portion of
the Nevada supply. Ten carload of
cattle was recently billed for San
Diego. to be shipped over the Salt
t.&Fe route to the coast and thence
by toat to the southern city.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
Humboldt on Rampage

Dispatches from points on the
Humboldt river contain incarnation
of a rapid rise of the waters of tho
river and several points report flood
conditions imminent. The thaw is
on in earnest in the Humboldt;
drainage basin and streams that
have been dry for years are filled
10 overlooking with water from the
hills. Wells reports the river on
a rampage.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
Changes i'm Service

Several changes Of Importance to
holders of reclaimed land in the
Truckee-Carson and Lahontan dam
projects have been made in the per-
sonnet Of the force. D. w. Cole
will take charge of a project in
Boise and F. G. Hough, an assist
ant to Cole. will be retained as
head of the Nevada projects. A. P.
Davis, chief engineer of the reclama-
ton service, will be in Reno soon
on business connected with the
service.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
Reno to Meet TOnOnah

The girls team of the Reno high
school will meet the team of the
Tonopah school Friday evening in
= game of basketball. The Reno
"irls have won every game they
hove nlaved thus far this season and
have had a large lead over their
~""norents in every department of
tho game. The Reno girls have
held the championship of the state
Co. several vears and bid fair to
cnnex it again this eason
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
SHELTER WILL TREAT
BLACK MOUNTAIN ORE

The Black Mountain property
which is located near Schurz, and
which was formerly known as the
Beach-Yerington mine, is being
worked by a force of Is men under
the direction of Manager Kirchen.
The work, which consists of a shaft
sunk on the vein below the old tun-
mel run to tap it, is being pushed in
anticipation of the reopening of the
smelter. for which operators are
awaiting impatiently, but hopefully.
When the smelter starts up the In
tention of the of this prop
erty is to increase the working
force and make regular and steady
shipments to the Thompson plant.
There is reported an abundance OF
ore on this property which is of
sufficient value to pay a big profit
If it can be treated nearby.-West-
ern Miner.
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19

A valuable shipment of cattle and
sheep recently passed through Car
son en- route to the stockyards at
Sparks from whence the shipment
will he billed to the coast. The
train consisted of % cars of cat
tie and four cars os sheep. The
cattle were valued at $40 a head
and the sheep at Sc eacn. The
shipment carried a total of 80 cat
tie to the car and the sheep a total
of 1870 to the car making a total
of $55,620 for the shipment.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
NEVADA'S PROPOSED GRANT OF
new SCHOOL LANDS DISCUSSED

Inc lTlDuHe Is III TcCSlpI VI u
copy of the report on the bill which
passed the senate on Tuesday, pro.
posing a grant of 1000, 600 acres
of land to the state of Nevada, the
proceeds to go to the school fund
of the state. The following are the
important sections or paragraphs of
the report:
This bill Toes not in any way
change the policy of the federal
government or extend or enlarge its
practice as heretofore adopted with
regard to the other public land
states. The bill does not attempt to
obtain a grant of a larger proper
ton of land than under the prac-
tice of the government has hereto
fore been granted to each and all
of the puclic land states. On the
contrary, it seeks to grant to the
state of Nevada sufficient lands TO
make up a deficiency in the land
grants heretofore made to the state
under the policies and practices OF
the government. The bill simply
seeks to have the state of Nevada,
with regard to the public lands
within it's borders, treated with the
same justice that has been melted
out to the other public land states.
Nearly every one of the public
land states, with the exception of
Nevada and California, at the time
of their admission as states was
granted 5 per cent of the gross re-
cepits from public lands in such
state.
"In addition to these appropria-
tions of a portion of the proceeds,
derived from the sale of public
lands, the states least literally
treated have received actual grants
in acres from the public domain in
such states of more than 6 per cent
of their total land area, while the
the states most literally treated
have received more than IA per
cen of the total acreage OF their
states in actual land grants. This
means that the least literally
treated of the public land states,
with the exception of Nevada, have
had the benefit Of more than II
per zen of all of the lands within
the state, while the most literally
treated have received over 10 per
cent of the total area of the lands
within such state. Nevada, from
all sources, has only received about
2 per cen of the land area within
the state, yet of the 100000 900
is public government land with the
execution of less than 100000
acres.
1ho following tables, prepared
under the direction of the COM
missioner of the general land office,
shows clearly the total acreage in
each of the public land states and
the total land grants in such states
with the percentages adduced. AS
before stated, in addition to these
land grants, practically all of the
public land states with the excap-
ton of Nevada have received grants
of 5 per cent of the gross proceeds
from the sale of the lands
the government, so there should
be added to the percentage of all
of the states except Nevada such
5 per ent in arriving at the total
benefits derived By each of such
states.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19

Wool BUYERS in the eastern part
of the state have been paying high
rrices for the product of Nevada
sheepmen. The growers in and
around Elko have received as high
as 20 cents for this years clip.
while last seasons clip brings 17G
cents. Spring shearing will begin
the middle of March this year.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
Carson Flooded

A portion of the residential sec
tipn of Carson is flooded to a dentii
OF several feet as a result of heavy
:haws which are general through
~ut that part of the state. Resi-
dents of several portions of town
have experienced difficulty in ge,-
ting tc and from their homes and
CITY authorities state the, water in
several portions of town is over
three feet deep.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
Farmers Week at Peno

AS a result of the interest taken
in the short course for farmers at
The state university. a special pro-
gram has been announced for the
first week of the session. Many
prominent agriculturalists from all
over the country will speak. A 500
cial event will be ''potato day" and
the inspection of livestock.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19
To Enlarge Plant

The power plant of the Douglas
Power company. near Gardnervillc,
will soon be enlarged to double its
present capacity for the production
of electric power. Increased bust
ness has necessitated the enlar ,e-
ment of the plant. as the present
n has been running on a 90 per
cent overload for some time, In or
der that the demands of the resi-.
dents of the G~ardnerville district
for power might be met. The en-
large plant is situated on the Car
o river and will be so arranged
as to hermit of a dron Of over So
feet thus insuring sufficient pow
or for all needs.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19

F.. C. NORMAN, a mining man oil
the Rhyolite district, registered al
the st. Nicholas for a short Wis
with friends today.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19

F. C. BEEDLE, a mining man of
the Bellville district, came in this
morning and is a guest at the Gold
field.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19

ROBERT MARTIN of Silver Peak
arrived last evening and is a guest
at the st. Nicholas. He is in from
his mining claims in the Silver Peak
range.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-02-19

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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-05-26

Miss Elizabeth Lester, who taught in
the schools at Mayslick, Mason-co., re-
turned home last Thursday. Since the
close of school a few weeks ago she has
been visiting relatives in Fleming-co.
and Ashland.
DR.. George T. Conley came down
from Williamson, w. Va, last week
and visited relatives. He was accom-
panied home Friday by his wife and
two sons who had been guests of Mr..
and Mrs. p. H. Vaughan and other rel
atives for about two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays and Mr..
Fred AusdR motored in from Charley
Thursday and were accompanied home
by Miss Dimple Austin. Miss Austin
is attending school in Louisa and win
spend Sunday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Austin at Charley.